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Í want to know how to add links to the stuff í add to pages. For example, if í mentioned oranges, í would want to link the word to the page about oranges. 136.33.235.64 ( talk) 02:13, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
[[like this]]
. If you need to link to a page that's different than the text itself, put the page name before a
pipe, so [[orange (fruit)|orange]]s
would make sure you don't link to the
disambiguation page because one might be talking about the fruit or the color, etc.I have seen many people have added their perception of history and they are not objective on Wikipedia. They have quoted only the biased or marxist historians perspective and not others.
This goes against the basic tenets of producing information for all. Abhimanyu200 ( talk) 06:27, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
_ СтасС ( talk) 09:36, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
Thanks. yes I can speak english, very well, so please, help me with my question
I just want to make a new publication (a biography) similar to this one:
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Arellano_Roa
with my picture, and a link to my blogger page. I just need an example to make it... or maybe some friend can help me to do that. It will be updated only two or three times a year.
In this blog (in spanish) I published all my books for free, to help people that cannot buy the "physical" book, or cannot find some (most then are sold out)
Thanks in advance !
Luisgilbertosantander ( talk) 20:44, 23 December 2023 (UTC)
Editing a biography about yourself is acceptable only if you are removing unambiguous vandalism or clear-cut and serious violations of our biography of living persons policy.Deltaspace42 ( talk • contribs) 20:55, 23 December 2023 (UTC)
Hi there, I tried to rename the article "2024 North Macedonian parliamentary election" to "North Macedonia's 2024 parliamentary election", using the Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Macedonia) that states: Article names, categories, and templates should avoid adjectival use altogether. The use of neutral formulations such as "of North Macedonia", "in North Macedonia," etc. is preferred. But the action was not completed, because the edit triggered an automated filter for anti-vandalism. I was suggested to ask a more experienced editor here to help me perform that move. MkEditor12 ( talk) 22:57, 23 December 2023 (UTC)
Filter description: Pagemove throttle for new users. And since you're new and started moving many pages, the filter was triggered. Deltaspace42 ( talk • contribs) 23:00, 23 December 2023 (UTC)
For individual elections and referendums, use the format "[date] [country name or adjectival form] [type] election/referendum".
Hi there I recently submitted an article about J Merlin (music producer) and it got rejected due to not having reliable sources even though I did added reliable sources such as press etc however I think the moderator who rejected it may see them as passing mentions instead of significant coverage. I need help with this article, what is really considered a reliable source for a musician? Christoffheaney ( talk) 14:53, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
Need assistance. I am accused of being a sockpuppet (see User talk:BlueMoonset#Current GAN on Penang) when I had zero idea of that previous user who did the sockpuppeting. How is this good faith and is there any action I can take against that? hundenvonPG ( talk) 11:10, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
So I'm on a mini-quest of rewriting articles for popular regional Mexican artists, and right now I'm focusing on Grupo Firme (because they're currently the talk of the internet). Some problems I've hit:
I've encountered similar problems with other artists ( Banda MS, Calibre 50, etc) when I tried to rewrite their articles. I was able to rewrite the article for Christian Nodal, and even got it recognized as a GA, so these sort of artists often //do// have a lot of information about them. I just don't know where to dig or how hard I should dig.
Anyways, that's about it. I'd like replies to be specific to VisualEditor.
– Dontuseurrealname ( talk) 16:27, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
– Dontuseurrealname ( talk) 16:36, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
Hello, I was just wondering where I could request that my article on Perothopinae could be promoted to C-class, or maybe even B-class? Based on the criteria that I've read, I think the article is okay for B-class. UserMemer ( chat) Tribs 01:56, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
my articleit might be better to let someone else promote it instead to avoid any appearance of bias. You can try asking about the article at the WikiProjects whose scope it falls under and explain why you think it meets the "B-class" criteria. Someone may see your post, agree with your assessment, and promote the article. Similarly, someone may see your post, disagree with your assessment and explain why. You could also seek a WP:PEERREVIEW as well. -- Marchjuly ( talk) 02:44, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
Biden’s economy vs. Trump’s, in 12 charts [1] from Washington Post. I want to anlyse the idea given by them.
Brandflock ( talk) 08:04, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
When citing a work where the author has one or more middle names, should the middle name be put in the last name or the first name parameter, or outright ignored? Examples:
Last name param: Mackenzie, William Lyon, Title; OR Mackenzie, W. L., Title
First name param: Lyon Mackenzie, William, Title; OR Lyon Mackenzie, W., Title
Ignored: Mackenzie, William, Title; OR Mackenzie, W., Title
Which is correct? Cremastra ( talk) 17:17, 23 December 2023 (UTC)
Hi there,
I'm trying to create my first national soccer team page and I'm having issues. When I click on publish the players, results and references mess up and move to the side (looks okay when I click edit). Can anyone assist with this issue?
This is the page https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=User%3AMcwamcwa%2FSouth_Africa_national_under-15_soccer_team&wvprov=sticky-header Mcwamcwa ( talk) 22:48, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
What coding language does source editing use? Adityaverma8998 ( talk) 17:33, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
So i am wondering if examples require citations like if i said that a example of a emergency was a house fire would i have to cite somewhere that said that? 50tr5 ( talk) 22:06, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
how does starting an rfc work? do you just use the template in any given article's talk page and ask about whatever it is that might require more people's opinions? cogsan (give me attention) (see my deeds) 00:50, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
How do I get something to be the featured article on Wikipedia? I’m trying to put Weezer on there. Theobegley2013 ( talk) 22:03, 21 December 2023 (UTC)
Hi! I've been lurking on Wikipedia for a year now (and refuse to log in on my phone), but I'm not really sure where to start. I've basically run out of copyediting tasks or I'm hesitant to move on to the harder ones given a general lack of knowledge on both source & visual editor.
Also, what is the best place to report vandalism? I watch recent changes quite often, but often don't know what the best place to report those is. Thanks in advance! Schrödinger's jellyfish ( talk) 01:27, 23 December 2023 (UTC)
Hi, I'm currently dealing with another editor adding unsourced content after I remove it from the article. Is there a limit to how many reverts I can do? I've put some notices on their talk page asking for them to add sources. I will revert for a third time, and then leave it. Schrödinger's jellyfish ( talk) 02:47, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
How to fix my page is not indexed in search engine. When i search the name of article. Chparveshtaak ( talk) 02:28, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
Is there a problem with Commons? I'm not seeing any images, just blank spaces in articles? Murgatroyd49 ( talk) 20:51, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
I'm seeing the blank spaces too. I can see images if I go to Commons, but not on Wikipedia, apart from the main page. -- Northernhenge ( talk) 22:21, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
I'm trying to figure out how to add information that Nova 3 trains have been withdrawn from TransPennine Express service as off the December 2023 timetable on this Article. The issue I'm having is that the only sources about the withdrawal are from before the withdrawal took place so any edits keep being reverted due to lack of recent sources. The only other evidence is that the trains have been removed from the TransPennine website, have not been visibly recorded (that I can find) on any services since the timetable change and do not show up on any services on RealTimeTrains. I was wondering if I was to email TransPennine directly and get a direct quote that the trains have infact been withdrawn (as announced in August) by email, if there would be a way to cite that and if that would be a valid source for wikipedia?
Thanks in advance
@ Alexbrassington Alexbrassington ( talk) 20:01, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
It's me again! At both Rukhsar Rehman & Faruk Kabir, User:BAPASSPHD has been removing sourced information without providing a good reason. On their talk page here, they claim to be from their legal team. This is a violation of WP:COI, right?
I'm unsure how to proceed here and would appreciate some help! Thank you for your time! Schrödinger's jellyfish ( talk) 04:59, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
Apparently, User:BAPASSPHD now indef blocked despite having been confirmed correct in denying the divorce. I left a note on Talk page how to appeal block, and in the future, because paid, propose changes on Talk pages versus editing articles directly. David notMD ( talk) 09:38, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
I want to create a new article, but there's a redirect obstructing it. How can I have the redirect deleted to claim that namespace for my upcoming article? Sajjad Altaf ( talk) 01:39, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
Merry Christmas to all you fine folks at the Teahouse.
I was just wondering, how do I start creating pages and articles on Wikipedia? I want to do so for a cartoon I'm surprised hasn't had a dedicated page to it. The show in question is Kody Kapow, a cartoon that used to air on Sprout, and later Universal Kids for a short while after the rebrand of the channel. You don't have to provide me with exhaustive details, but I was wondering how to begin making an article, as I have yet to do so. Specifically, however, I was wondering what some good sources are which relate to the show. Accurate sources, I mean. I hope it's not too much trouble and not too silly a request and question.
Thank you, and I hope your holidays are going merrily. Triviatronic9000 ( talk) 06:12, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
The show is billed to launchfollowed by lengthy quotes from a network executive does not indicate independent coverage. A phrase that says that Sprouts
has greenlighted a new animated seriesis evidence that the coverage is generated by public relations, as the author has clearly not seen the (future, at that time) series, and is parroting network talking points. We learn from another that Jason Alexander
has been tapped to lead the voice castwhich is
set for premiere July 15. This is not independent reporting. It is clearly recapitulation of a network press release. And so on. Cullen328 ( talk) 07:09, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
Hi, the article draft /info/en/?search=Draft:Kezia_Hayter is ready to publish but there is a redirect on the page "Kezia Hayter". Can someone please publish the draft over the redirect, or leave me instructions on how to do so? Thanks and merry Christmas to all those celebrating today! MurielMary ( talk) 10:49, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
Hello, I was just wondering where I could request that my article on Perothopinae could be promoted to C-class, or maybe even B-class? Based on the criteria that I've read, I think the article is okay for B-class. UserMemer ( chat) Tribs 01:56, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
my articleit might be better to let someone else promote it instead to avoid any appearance of bias. You can try asking about the article at the WikiProjects whose scope it falls under and explain why you think it meets the "B-class" criteria. Someone may see your post, agree with your assessment, and promote the article. Similarly, someone may see your post, disagree with your assessment and explain why. You could also seek a WP:PEERREVIEW as well. -- Marchjuly ( talk) 02:44, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
Biden’s economy vs. Trump’s, in 12 charts [3] from Washington Post. I want to anlyse the idea given by them.
Brandflock ( talk) 08:04, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
When citing a work where the author has one or more middle names, should the middle name be put in the last name or the first name parameter, or outright ignored? Examples:
Last name param: Mackenzie, William Lyon, Title; OR Mackenzie, W. L., Title
First name param: Lyon Mackenzie, William, Title; OR Lyon Mackenzie, W., Title
Ignored: Mackenzie, William, Title; OR Mackenzie, W., Title
Which is correct? Cremastra ( talk) 17:17, 23 December 2023 (UTC)
Hi there,
I'm trying to create my first national soccer team page and I'm having issues. When I click on publish the players, results and references mess up and move to the side (looks okay when I click edit). Can anyone assist with this issue?
This is the page https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=User%3AMcwamcwa%2FSouth_Africa_national_under-15_soccer_team&wvprov=sticky-header Mcwamcwa ( talk) 22:48, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
What coding language does source editing use? Adityaverma8998 ( talk) 17:33, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
So i am wondering if examples require citations like if i said that a example of a emergency was a house fire would i have to cite somewhere that said that? 50tr5 ( talk) 22:06, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
how does starting an rfc work? do you just use the template in any given article's talk page and ask about whatever it is that might require more people's opinions? cogsan (give me attention) (see my deeds) 00:50, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
How do I get something to be the featured article on Wikipedia? I’m trying to put Weezer on there. Theobegley2013 ( talk) 22:03, 21 December 2023 (UTC)
Hi! I've been lurking on Wikipedia for a year now (and refuse to log in on my phone), but I'm not really sure where to start. I've basically run out of copyediting tasks or I'm hesitant to move on to the harder ones given a general lack of knowledge on both source & visual editor.
Also, what is the best place to report vandalism? I watch recent changes quite often, but often don't know what the best place to report those is. Thanks in advance! Schrödinger's jellyfish ( talk) 01:27, 23 December 2023 (UTC)
Hi, I'm currently dealing with another editor adding unsourced content after I remove it from the article. Is there a limit to how many reverts I can do? I've put some notices on their talk page asking for them to add sources. I will revert for a third time, and then leave it. Schrödinger's jellyfish ( talk) 02:47, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
How to fix my page is not indexed in search engine. When i search the name of article. Chparveshtaak ( talk) 02:28, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
Is there a problem with Commons? I'm not seeing any images, just blank spaces in articles? Murgatroyd49 ( talk) 20:51, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
I'm seeing the blank spaces too. I can see images if I go to Commons, but not on Wikipedia, apart from the main page. -- Northernhenge ( talk) 22:21, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
I'm trying to figure out how to add information that Nova 3 trains have been withdrawn from TransPennine Express service as off the December 2023 timetable on this Article. The issue I'm having is that the only sources about the withdrawal are from before the withdrawal took place so any edits keep being reverted due to lack of recent sources. The only other evidence is that the trains have been removed from the TransPennine website, have not been visibly recorded (that I can find) on any services since the timetable change and do not show up on any services on RealTimeTrains. I was wondering if I was to email TransPennine directly and get a direct quote that the trains have infact been withdrawn (as announced in August) by email, if there would be a way to cite that and if that would be a valid source for wikipedia?
Thanks in advance
@ Alexbrassington Alexbrassington ( talk) 20:01, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
It's me again! At both Rukhsar Rehman & Faruk Kabir, User:BAPASSPHD has been removing sourced information without providing a good reason. On their talk page here, they claim to be from their legal team. This is a violation of WP:COI, right?
I'm unsure how to proceed here and would appreciate some help! Thank you for your time! Schrödinger's jellyfish ( talk) 04:59, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
Apparently, User:BAPASSPHD now indef blocked despite having been confirmed correct in denying the divorce. I left a note on Talk page how to appeal block, and in the future, because paid, propose changes on Talk pages versus editing articles directly. David notMD ( talk) 09:38, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
I want to create a new article, but there's a redirect obstructing it. How can I have the redirect deleted to claim that namespace for my upcoming article? Sajjad Altaf ( talk) 01:39, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
Merry Christmas to all you fine folks at the Teahouse.
I was just wondering, how do I start creating pages and articles on Wikipedia? I want to do so for a cartoon I'm surprised hasn't had a dedicated page to it. The show in question is Kody Kapow, a cartoon that used to air on Sprout, and later Universal Kids for a short while after the rebrand of the channel. You don't have to provide me with exhaustive details, but I was wondering how to begin making an article, as I have yet to do so. Specifically, however, I was wondering what some good sources are which relate to the show. Accurate sources, I mean. I hope it's not too much trouble and not too silly a request and question.
Thank you, and I hope your holidays are going merrily. Triviatronic9000 ( talk) 06:12, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
The show is billed to launchfollowed by lengthy quotes from a network executive does not indicate independent coverage. A phrase that says that Sprouts
has greenlighted a new animated seriesis evidence that the coverage is generated by public relations, as the author has clearly not seen the (future, at that time) series, and is parroting network talking points. We learn from another that Jason Alexander
has been tapped to lead the voice castwhich is
set for premiere July 15. This is not independent reporting. It is clearly recapitulation of a network press release. And so on. Cullen328 ( talk) 07:09, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
Hi, the article draft /info/en/?search=Draft:Kezia_Hayter is ready to publish but there is a redirect on the page "Kezia Hayter". Can someone please publish the draft over the redirect, or leave me instructions on how to do so? Thanks and merry Christmas to all those celebrating today! MurielMary ( talk) 10:49, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
Can this be used as a citation for an article? Thanks, Wikiexplorationandhelping ( talk) 20:48, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
Muslims are warned not to say “Merry Christmas” in Islam. This is because Islam teaches us to stay away from joining in festivals and traditions that do not agree with our beliefs. “Merry Christmas” could seem like something nice, however, it may also be seen as supporting beliefs that are against Islamic principles. Preventing the copying of rituals from other religions is the main problem. Muslims are reminded to uphold their religious beliefs and avoid celebrations connected to other religions, such as Christmas. To put it another way, Muslims are advised to show others kindness and friendship in non-Christmas-related ways. Talhaahmed25 ( talk) 17:18, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
Hi, Im new on wikipedia. My friends gave me the task of making a wiki page but i got a speedy decline. What should i do. this is the draft of the article.
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Title: Puzzler Foundation Introduction: The Puzzler Foundation is a non-profit organization, registered as a 501(c)(3), dedicated to supporting underprivileged children through various educational initiatives. Founded on December 2nd, 2021, and headquartered in Michigan, USA, the foundation's mission revolves around leveling the educational playing field for children with limited resources. With a strong emphasis on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) education, the foundation has been instrumental in providing books, educational tools, and infrastructure support to enhance learning opportunities for children in underserved communities. The Puzzler Foundation's approach is rooted in the belief that access to modern technology and quality education is crucial for fostering confidence and competitiveness in today's global, tech-centric society. Its efforts extend beyond the local community, having made a significant impact across several continents, particularly by donating STEM-focused books and facilitating essential infrastructure development in educational settings. History: The Puzzler Foundation was established in 2021 by individuals deeply motivated by their personal experiences and family histories. The founders, having a direct connection to the challenges of growing up in underprivileged environments, particularly in rural India, were inspired to create an organization that could make a tangible difference in the lives of children facing similar challenges. This background played a pivotal role in shaping the foundation’s mission and approach. In its early years, the foundation focused on small-scale, community-based projects, gradually expanding its reach and impact. Over time, the Puzzler Foundation has evolved, marking significant milestones such as expanding its programs to multiple continents, reaching thousands of children through its book donation and STEM education initiatives, and developing substantial infrastructure projects to aid educational development. Mission and Vision: The mission of the Puzzler Foundation is to enrich the lives of underprivileged children by providing them with the necessary tools and resources to succeed in a technology-driven world. The foundation is committed to fostering an environment where every child, regardless of their socioeconomic background, has access to quality education and the opportunity to develop critical skills for their future. The vision of the Puzzler Foundation is a world where educational inequalities are minimized, and every child has the chance to reach their full potential. This vision is pursued through a combination of direct educational support, resource provision, and infrastructure development, all aimed at creating a more equitable future for children in underserved communities. Programs and Activities: The Puzzler Foundation operates several key programs to fulfill its mission. One of the primary focuses is on STEM education, where the foundation provides resources and learning opportunities to spark interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. This is achieved through the donation of STEM-focused books, educational toys, and STEM kits. Another significant area of work is infrastructure development, where the foundation contributes to building and enhancing educational facilities to create conducive learning environments. In an orphanage location in Tamil Nadu, they have worked on giving food, beds, and a wall, and more recently, they have received a donation to build a solar water heater so the children can have running water throughout the day and night. Additionally, the foundation organizes book donation drives, offering a range of educational and enriching reading materials to children. These books have been provided to schools near their headquarters in Detroit, Michigan. These programs are designed not just to provide immediate educational resources but also to inspire a long-term love of learning and exploration in the children they serve. Funding and Support: The Puzzler Foundation's operations and programs are funded through a combination of private donations, corporate sponsorships, and fundraising events. As a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit, it relies heavily on the generosity of individual donors and the support of businesses committed to corporate social responsibility. The foundation also engages in crowdfunding campaigns to support specific projects and initiatives. This diverse funding model enables the Puzzler Foundation to maintain and expand its outreach and impact. The foundation places a high value on transparency and stewardship, ensuring that the funds received are used effectively to advance its mission of empowering underprivileged children through education. They are currently accepting donations through their website at https://puzzlerfoundation.org/. |
Thank you Clarkgf1 ( talk) 21:18, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
... is not allowed. Perhaps someone can explain this better than I did to a new well-meaning editor here. He already made one edit and I fear we have to revert them. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 03:12, 26 December 2023 (UTC)
Can someone help me place what's on my talk page in the archive. Everytime I try to do it I make a horrible hash of it. TIA MaskedSinger ( talk) 19:18, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
Not sure if I'm using the correct terminology. To get to the "Encephalitozoon cuniculi" article, I can type in that name or "E. cuniculi" or "E cuniculi". However, if I'm editing a different article & want to link to that article, within the square double brackets, if I put in "E. cuniculi", it gives a red link (page does not exist). How do I edit it for this to work? I know I can do "E Cuniculi | E. Cuniculi", but my understanding is that using "E." is the correct way to indicate this organism. Thanks. Sunandshade ( talk) 02:10, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
I would like a second username to separate contributions on a completely different topic. How can this be done, please? This is for a guebuibe "sock puppet :-)" ---- MountVic127 ( talk) 07:32, 26 December 2023 (UTC)
I guess I've found a bug on Wikipedia. Where can I report it? Aredoros87 ( talk) 15:53, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
Hello everyone! How to create svg logo for Wikipedia articles? Do not forget to tag me while replying. – 𝙰𝚔𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚟™ 🗿 08:13, 26 December 2023 (UTC)
Hello, I tried cropping the fair use image on Neuro-sama's infobox to center it better, but instead of having the updated picture on the article, now we have a distorted version of the old image. Does anyone know what went wrong and how to fix it? Thanks. SunflowerYuri ( talk) 11:19, 26 December 2023 (UTC)
Hello,
I tried to publish a biography about Cal Currier, the youngest person to sail trans-Atlantic solo, and it was denied for being "not adequately supported by reliable sources." It was supported by 10 news articles and he has been a highly publicized person. What can I do to make the article better so that it is approved?
Thanks,
West WestCurrier ( talk) 06:00, 26 December 2023 (UTC)
When I try using the
Maplink template, the map doesn't show at all, just an error message. The template instructions just doesn't seem to give me the right details, and it seems these maps are connected and created by an outside source. How do I pinpoint what location I want to find on the Maplink and in what form? (e.g. zoom, line, shape, etc.)
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Alex26337 (
talk)
11:03, 26 December 2023 (UTC)
Please help me destroy vandalism on Wikipedia. 2601:98A:A00:DB50:D03F:7377:C578:7742 ( talk) 13:38, 26 December 2023 (UTC)
I was recently part of a discussion about the WP:AFD page and possible changes to it. Where do I go to talk about that? 100.7.34.111 ( talk) 16:07, 26 December 2023 (UTC)
i was editing and i clicked on an article that had a whole paragraph of strikethrough text in the lead section of the article. what is this about and should i do anything with that? i've never seen that before. this article Toothlessness Iljhgtn ( talk) 18:21, 26 December 2023 (UTC)
I've been waiting for weeks for my draft, Fabien Vienne, to be reviewed. When will it be reviewed? Bera678 ( talk) 15:16, 26 December 2023 (UTC)
Hello. I am planning to write an article about a local restaurant. However, I'm not sure if it's going to be notable. What makes a restaurant notable? TWOrantulaTM ( enter the web) 17:48, 26 December 2023 (UTC)
A company, corporation, organization, group, product, or service is presumed notable if it has been the subject of significant coverage in multiple reliable secondary sources that are independent of the subject.Also be careful, if you are an owner of this restaurant or you are working there, it would be a conflict of interest. Deltaspace42 ( talk • contribs) 18:06, 26 December 2023 (UTC)
Attention solely from local media (e.g., the weekly newspaper for a small town), or media of limited interest and circulation (e.g., a newsletter exclusively for people with a very unusual job), is not an indication of notability. At least one regional, statewide, provincial, national, or international source is necessary.Local newspapers will provide run of the mill reviews of almost every new restaurant that opens in their communities, and this routine coverage does not establish notability. Consider an article I wrote about a small restaurant in a very remote area of California, Whoa Nellie Deli. I used sources published in three major California daily newspapers located hundreds of miles away, plus one in Texas, and three national publications, the New York Times, Gourmet, and The Atlantic. Cullen328 ( talk) 19:38, 26 December 2023 (UTC)
I wrote a draft for this restaurant, but after reading WP:AUD, I don't think it's notable. TWOrantulaTM ( enter the web) 20:06, 26 December 2023 (UTC)
I literally got the only websites on the intenet for my draft Draft:Quizimaze.
The photo lower down is a reference itself for the section questions. Orastor ( talk) 20:24, 26 December 2023 (UTC)
I am trying to find editing guidelines for specifying children in a biography box. For example, my edit of Natalie Wood's two children was reverted because one of the children doesn’t have her own distinct Wikipedia article "yet". There appears to be a policy involving citing a number and the word "including", but my multiple attempts to locate the help or template, or guideline for this specification have failed. I have two questions, but answering the "how" will answer the "what". That is, what are the guidelines -- where are they described?
But more importantly is: how should I be able to locate the correct relevant guideline ON MY OWN? There are so many guidelines, I don't understand how to navigate or search the guidelines to find answers to specific issues such as typified by this one.
Lastly I have seen hypertext brackets to pages which don't YET exist, and it is permitted. But when I made a hypertext link to Natalie Wood's 2nd daughter and the page doesn't exist YET, the editor reverted my change due to her article doesn't exist. Where can I read about when making hypertext links to nonexistent pages is okay or not? James Rodriguez 17:06, 26 December 2023 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jrodor ( talk • contribs)
wp:
in front of a search is often more useful than help:
for editors. wp:
(alias for Wikipedia:
) searches the Wikipedia namespace which means pages starting with "Wikipedia:". We use those pages for a lot of things. help:
searches pages with "Help:" in front. We use that much less. You use the mobile version which omits many interface links and doesn't have the "Help" link. Mobile screens are usually small but I often think the mobile version omits too much. See
Wikipedia:Red link for links to non-existing pages.
PrimeHunter (
talk)
19:01, 26 December 2023 (UTC)Solar permitting use 49.249.83.10 ( talk) 08:10, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
A few months ago I published an article about the European Seniors' Union, which is active in the European Union to represent the interests of older people. It was previously pointed out to me that this article comes across as promotional and relies too much on primary sources. In the meantime, I have deleted a number of items that could be considered promotional. In addition, I have added several links to press websites and independent organizations. I just received the message that my contribution was placed in the draft space because it was still too promotional. Can anyone explain to me what is missing or too promotional in this article?
(See /info/en/?search=Draft:European_Seniors%27_Union)
Luxil ( talk) 12:14, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
played a significant role in...,
The organization is dedicated to...,
in response to a growing need...,
gained recognition...,
develop crucial resolutions...,
reflect the ESU's commitment to...
This may seem like a stupid question but why are secondary sources more reliable than primary sources in Wikipedia's case? Is it because that they are more factual than them as they are basically just a very thorough analysis (and maybe correction) of the primary sources?
Thanks 2A0A:EF40:1003:E01:B01F:22B6:A0A4:B6FC ( talk) 15:52, 26 December 2023 (UTC)
Hi, just reporting a couple of possible issues with Vial of Life:
1. Punctuation is poor, e.g., the use of hyphens. One example: is no longer able to express their own preferences - due to illness or unconsciousness
.
2. The various references to vialoflife.com/vialoflife.org/"Vial of Life.com" seem to border on advertising... though the site seems to be down anyway.
3. Factual errors, e.g., Due to his historical claim to the Vial of Life name, no organization can copyright the name
. That's wrong twice over. First,
copyright applies to expressions of ideas, not to names.
Trademarks do apply to names, but a name that was only in historical use isn't trademarkable, generally speaking—and the particular name may not be defendable as a trademark anyway due to its low
distinctiveness. As it happens, the semantics described are actually closest to the semantics of
patents.
4. The article is US-centric, e.g., The names of the other more comprehensive physician orders (MOST form or POLST form) will vary by your state
. The only states I have are "awake" and "asleep" :P
Would be nice if someone could at least drop an appropriate template ("This article has multiple issues" or whatever) at the top of the article. Thanks. 2A0D:6FC2:6A92:3F00:0:0:0:5F9 ( talk) 11:17, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
Hi! Lately I have been adding references to articles that have been marked as unreferenced since many years. I stumbled across several articles regarding municipalities in Barbados:
(there are probably more of them)
They are all one-line articles which provide no added value to the encyclopedia and have been marked as unreferenced since 2009. While populated places fulfill the requirements of notability, I wonder if such articles should be kept on Wikipedia. Today they would not be accepted as a new page.
I tried reading the guidelines for deletion and merging and I didn't find a "best practice" on how to deal with this kind of content. How would you proceed? The pages could possibly be improved by finding sources and additional information, but nobody has touched them for almost 15 years. Broc ( talk) 11:16, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
Hello, I would like some help or advice to improve my draft Draft:Tomb Raider I-III Remastered, which is about an unreleased game that isn't out until February (which may explain why my submission has been declined several times before and I really wanted to submit for review this as a real full article). MinionsFan1998 ( talk) 05:19, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
как задать вопрос ? Виктор Рахман ( talk) 16:10, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
Нужно сделать текст моего аккаунта - первой единственной страницы - сделать доступным любому землянину по указанной гипер-ссылке : ".........".
Виктор Рахман ( talk) 16:33, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
i have asked many questions here, but never asked what i should ask. I once heard from a mentor that one of the best questions to ask is, "What question should I be asking?", so I am applying that now here too. just seeing if there is anything that i could be doing to improve. Iljhgtn ( talk) 20:27, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
I created a page and submitted / "Published" on December 14th 2023 and have not had a response.
What is my next step?
MichaelCousins1 ( talk) 21:30, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
I just spent several hours trying to finish revisions on an article. When I was ready to publish, I got a message saying there was an edit conflict and I could not post my work, or had to do it manually.
Wikipedia really needs to figure out how to have one editor at a time working on an article. Two hours worth of work is just gone. I am not happy.
ProfessorKaiFlai ( talk) 13:30, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
How does one upload a map from OpenStreetMaps with lines drawn. Please and thank you! Cwater1 ( talk) 00:57, 26 December 2023 (UTC)
Hi, I have noticed that a lot of the articles of lesser-known Russian and eastern European figures in the English wikipedia contain sparse information and very few sources.
I recently revamped the article for Pavel Blonsky and did some work on the article for Lev Kassil. The problem is, there are very few if any sources on these two in English.
I was wondering if anyone had access to reputable Russian sources that could be translated, or would be willing to directly translate from Russian? Or if I should be asking this somewhere else? MunsterManicotti5092 ( talk) 22:33, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
There is a citation to the IUCN Red List website in the Collared Pika article. I looked at how it was cited, since I wanted to so the same thing in another article. I assumed it would use "cite website" but instead is used "cite iucn". I looked in "Wikipedia:Citation_templates" to get details but it did not appear there. I thought that page had ALL citation templates. Where can I get help details on "cite iucn"? Thanks. Sunandshade ( talk) 10:31, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
Hello, I noticed that article Hwang Hyun-jin already exist but only consist a redirect to Stray Kids article. Meanwhile there is also Draft:Hwang Hyun-jin which is not completed (barely have any information and sources). I'm wondering if I can request to move the draft to mainspace or should I improve the page first before request move article? Please give me a guidance, thank you! Shenaall ( talk) 01:16, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
If my citation reference is an online PDF document, which page # do I use? The page # that is printed on each page (could be i, ii, etc.) or the page # that my PDF viewer says I am reading. If the doc has an un-numbered title page & several i, ii pages, then the printed page could be 5 but the PDF page could be 10. I've tried to research this in WP but could not find the answer. Sunandshade ( talk) 01:46, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
I'm in the process of expanding and improving the article for Mieczysław Weinberg and have hit a bump with sfn referencing. Two of the sources I use are authored by the same person and were written in the same year. This causes an error message to appear. How can I fix this? Thanks! — CurryTime7-24 ( talk) 02:37, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
I just decided to make my userpage a useful resource for myself, with links to things I find myself coming back to and intend to use. Among those links are ones to wikipedia Categories, Portals.
Once done adding all that, I found I had added myself TO some of these things, when that shouldn't be the case. No matter what I try to call myself, I am not a branch of mycology.
Obviously I need to undo that... but how do you add links to categories to a page without adding the page to the category?? Is it just by posting the plain url link, as in /info/en/?search=Category:Mycology_organizations ? I had switched them to internal page links with [[ brackets and maybe that's the problem. I just wanted them to not look as chaotic as plain url links do, and be more readable.
Thank you! MariahKRogers ( talk) 04:05, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
I'm looking at Felicia Montealegre Bernstein. It gives her name as "née Felicia María Cohn Montealegre". But I found on Geni.com that her baptismal certificate says Felicia María Josefa de Jesús. Do we include or not include baptismal names? --jpgordon 𝄢𝄆𝄐𝄇 02:14, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
To make a point at a Talk page discussion ( here) I need an example of an article which contains a Table where much of the content is prose, and not just a bunch of cells with figures or short strings. Can you think of a good example of a prose-full table? Mathglot ( talk) 08:21, 26 December 2023 (UTC)
How can references be added during discussions about whether or not to keep an article in different places? Are only admins allowed to do this or else regular editors get blocked? I’m new so I don’t understand how alot of policies get made on Wikipedia yet but I will learn soon? Thellosnellow ( talk) 06:02, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
I am writing an article on the Denver attorney W.W. Anderson. I found a photograph of Anderson on a Wikisource page, but I’m unsure of it’s copyright status. I can’t find the photo on Wikimedia Commons. Do Wikipedia sister projects also follow the same copyright rules that Wikipedia does, and can the images on a sister project be transferred between projects? Roasted ( talk) 02:33, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
Hi, I have added content with reliable source to expand the IndusInd Bank Article referring to Partnership section. Would like to understand whether it was promotional content or can this be added again? VKG1985 ( Talk | E-Mail | Contrib) 09:44, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
I have seen an article link that promotes their articles so I don't assess to remove as I am new, I am requesting for removable https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uczenie_g%C5%82%C4%99bokie Drakeshrao42 ( talk) 10:19, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
How can I create a new translated from uk:Територіальний центр комплектування та соціальної підтримки article with no registration? 46.211.78.23 ( talk) 10:26, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
The content in the above subjected line is shows false report of Israeli military's casualties, can you please correct this. Since the casualties count also reduced after few days again.. it's false and seems israeli propaganda 2409:40F2:1015:EA9D:8000:0:0:0 ( talk) 09:22, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
Non-extended-confirmed editors may use the "Talk:" namespace only to make edit requests related to articles within the topic area, provided they are not disruptive.(my emphasis). Polyamorph ( talk) 12:55, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
hello! i am currently trying to work on the article Partnership to End Addiction . it is written majorly in an editorial/ad type way, but there are a lot of examples of descriptions of ads im not sure how to write in the wikipedia manual of style, keep, or remove. an excerpt from the current version of the article:
In one television commercial, a camera zooms in and out on two adolescents, one of whom is trying to get the other to try marijuana. The tagline then reads: "A friend who offers you drugs is not your friend." It was a "strikingly different tack" from the milder Just Say No campaign.
it doesnt look "right" for wikipedia, but im stuck trying to think of how a description of a video should be written out. should i leave this as is? should i change the formatting (if so, how) or clear it completely. there are plenty of these in the article, how many specific examples of descriptions of ads does an ad company article need? (0? 3? 5?) ive been having difficulty finding similar articles to reference. any other tips or notes regarding this article are highly appreciated, thanks :) Sydpresscott ( talk) 23:06, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
I created a page in my sandbox for a record producer that includes a discography as a list, with returns after each entry. When I hit Publish, the version shows up with the llst as a single text block. How do I fix it? OrcaThatWrites64 ( talk) 19:05, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
Hello, Thank you in advance for helping me. CAPTAIN RAJU suggested that I come here for help. I just created a user name and password. My name is Demetrius. I created my account in order to create a Wikipedia for a Musical Artist. I was experimenting with building her infobox within the Sandbox to see what it looked like to test my coding. It was deleted. Obviously, I need to be setup up properly before creating this Wikipedia. I also need to declare a COI. I took all of the photos on her album covers and except 2 albums. I thought I would upload all of the images, album covers (high resolution) first and then work on the article to connect to them. I need help with how to get started in the right direction. Any feedback you have, I am willing to learn.
Thank you,
Demetrius
Wiki-Wiki-2028 ( talk) 06:40, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
I created my account in order to create a Wikipedia for a Musical Artistis great, but it's a bit like "I bought a violin in order to perform the Beethoven violin concerto". Please learn the craft, and get lots of practice, before you take on a challenging work - creating a new article. I advise you to put aside the idea of creating this article for a few months, while you learn how Wikipedia works by making improvements to some of our existing six million articles: I predict that this will save you a lot of frustration and disappointment. In particular, learning about reliable sources, verifiability, and notability. (Once you have learnt about these, you may discover that your artist does not at present meet Wikipedia's criteria for notability: if they don't, then you'll know not to spend any more time on writing about them). ColinFine ( talk) 14:26, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
Hello, I would like to translate this page : https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniela_Pes . Her first record was voted as one of the best in 2023 in Italy from the majority of the magazines. Above all, she won the Tenco Award ( Club Tenco, probably the most important award for songwriters in Italy) as best new artist in 2023 . Waiting for your opinion. Thank you in advance. Kimbamy ( talk) 20:04, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
Hello, I am a bit confused because from some time, I have been looking forward to again start contributing to wikipedia, but, I am unable to find any article to improve easily and from my previoys experiences, I fear doing some considerable edits as till now, I have seen my edits being reverted and nearly all the times being said "useless", "inneccessary" and even I once tried to raise some concerns and wsa replied back with some very rude tone. Wherever I tried to edit, or even resolve a conflict in talk page, I saw a policy of wikipedia just coming above against me even if I went through many of them. Can you suggest what and how can I contribute, till date, only this place is where I have got some oositive replies.
My sincere apologies if I said something wrong or something out of myself.
Yamantakks ( talk) 18:13, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
Searching for an article to add as an external link " https://search.ebscohost.com › login ebsco The History of Messianic Jews and the State of Israel, 1948 ..." [1] appeared after I'd scrolled through snippets and clicked "repeat the search with the omitted results included". When I clicked "Publish changes" an error notice mentioning ebsco appeared which included "You can link to https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?AN=<access number> (the ebsco 'permanent link' to the record), the access number is sometimes visible in other ebsco links (the number after 'AN='), or available from the ebsco page that you are visiting.". Where is the relevant access number which will make the URL acceptable? Where do I add it? Do I need to change the URL in any other way? Mcljlm ( talk) 23:46, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
https://eds.p.ebscohost.com/eds/detail/detail?[.......]#AN=158043326&db=a9h
References
i tried to create an article, but it declined due to its looks advertisment for the system, but it isnt, i just added corporation information, please help me to improve and fix it so i can publish it =]
thanks so much, Rea H. Rikoshar ( talk) 10:01, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
Draft:RS Royal Services INC was Speedy deleted. You can try again, but all content must be neutral point of view and varified by independent (non-corporate) references. David notMD ( talk) 11:08, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
Do all wiki websites that run on the MediaWiki software have the same basic commands like Wikipedia, like for example searching "Special:ListUser" etc Bzik2324 ( talk) 20:58, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
Hi, thank you in advance for your time and any thoughtful help you may be able to lend. There is an actor of whom I am a fan, Bourke Floyd and I tried to write a n article with him as the subject. My submission was reviewed and declined because he was found to be “not notable”. It stated the sources I included made only “passing references” to him. He has been mentioned in deadline Hollywood, interviewed on ABC News, on 20/20 Downtown and a few other places. I recognize that he isn’t a house hold name but he’s on a bunch of tv shows and movies. If that isn’t enough to warrant an article I understand and accept that but I guess I’m just hoping there’s something else I can do to resubmit.
thank you again for all of your help,
Alex AlexandraWade ( talk) 22:08, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
When I looked at 2023 Israel–Hamas war this morning, there were 29,000 deaths listed for the Gaza Strip. Now it's gone down to 21,000 deaths. I can't comment on the talk page because my account isn't extended-confirmed, so what happened, and which numbers are accurate? Kk.urban ( talk) 04:55, 29 December 2023 (UTC)
Kindly provide some tips for publish article Drpaturiramarao ( talk) 10:52, 29 December 2023 (UTC)
No matter what I do, even logging in on another Android phone, when I access en.m.wikipedia.org, the mobile version, none of the buttons on the left side of the screen work, when I push any of them the left side list simply hides back. Bzik2324 ( talk) 12:05, 29 December 2023 (UTC)
Howdy, there's been a little update on: /info/en/?search=Sharksploitation Someone has made notes similar to the one about Open Water 2, at the bottom of the first box. For a couple of the movies. How do I get them to display correctly, like the one about Open Water 2? I am not sure on the right terminology to search for on the tutorial pages. Simdude1990 ( talk) 14:10, 29 December 2023 (UTC)
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14:17, 29 December 2023 (UTC)Seeking more outside opinions for the sentence Johor Bahru was also the second largest GDP contributor among the first tier cities in Malaysia in 2010. The reference used ( "Urban Regeneration :The Case of Penang, Malaysia. Putting Policy into Practice" (PDF). Khazanah Nasional: 10. 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 January 2016 – via The chart of the GDP contributor is in Page 10.), seemed like a Powerpoint slide of questionable reliability. It was never mentioned where the data for city GDP came from. Official GDP data in Malaysia are available down to state-level only, not smaller-level divisions like cities ( https://www.dosm.gov.my/portal-main/release-content/gross-domestic-product-gdp-by-state-). Could this count as peacock or synthetic claim? Slothades ( talk) 01:43, 29 December 2023 (UTC)
I sometimes see comments that could be described as "mean", "rude", or "trivial" on talk pages of a wide variety of topics. Sometimes these comments are days old, months old, or even years old. One example is on this talk page that I looked at now Talk:North East (Nigeria). There is a comment that just says "i hate u" made by an anonymous ip user.
What is the rule? Am I supposed to leave those be. Should i cut them and make a note of removing it in my edit summary? I would appreciate what the guidance is on this. Iljhgtn ( talk) 16:32, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
Hi! I'm trying to understand the rules about uploading photos of public art in the United States, specifically photos I've taken of 3D public artworks that are not mine, of artworks that are not very old.
The rules I read here ( Wikipedia:Image use policy) seem to say that if I take my own photo of someone else's 3D public art, the photo is considered a derivative work, but I'm unclear about whether that means I can upload it to wikimedia commons or wikipedia.
This page here seems to say I *cannot* use photos of 3D artwork: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Freedom_of_panorama#Buildings_and_sculptures_as_works_of_art
But I'm confused because there is this entire public art project on wikipedia, in which all of the examples I've looked at include photos (by people other than the artist). Wikipedia:WikiProject Visual arts/Public art/Showcase#Lists of public art and there are a lot of other examples.
The goal is to add it to a wikipedia page, so if it's allowed on wikipedia but not wikimedia commons, that would be good to know too. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Krhettn ( talk • contribs) 18:19, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
Is there an exception I am missing? I want to make sure I don't break the rules, but the rules seem to contradict what I see. Thank you!
Krhettn ( talk) 17:58, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
@ Krhettn: Images uploaded locally to (English) Wikipedia or globally to Wikimedia Commons aren't officially vetted or otherwise examined before being uploaded; in other words, there's no formal approval process and it's mostly assumed that those uploading images either know enough about image copyright and relevant Wikipedia and Commons policies to either know what they're doing or know to ask for assistance if they don't. Unfortunately, not many people bother to do their due diligence when uploading their images and just assume that (1) it's automatically OK to do so and (2) someone else will fix things if it's not. In addition, many people misunderstand the meaning of " public domain" and " free license" and just are assuming that anything that can be downloaded for " free" online must be OK for Wikipedia from a copyright standpoint. Furthermore, many images of 3D works that people upload to their social media accounts or other websites that have absolutely nothing to do with Wikipedia are also incorrectly licensed, either unintentionally or intentionally, but Wikipedia users often just take these people at their word and assume they know what they're doing. This means that lots of images are uploaded to both are ones uploaded with incorrect or at least questionable licensing requiring further examination. In many cases, these images can simply fly under the radar until someone like yourself asks about them or otherwise indirectly makes their existence known to others via a question that mentions them. So, yes it's quite possible that some of the images being used in Wikipedia articles (even ones uploaded to Commons) that you've seen are copyright violations that will need to be further discussed to determine whether they need to be deleted.
Under US copyright law, creative works with a known author and a known date of first publication are, in general, eligible for copyright protection for up to the greater of 95 years after their date of first publication or date of creation, or 70 years after the death of the creator depending on when the work was created. There are also lots of conditions and other caveats that apply, and most of these are explained pretty well here. As for 3D publicly installed artworks in the United States, there is no automatic freedom of panorama for such works and whether they're eligible for copyright protection depends upon when they were installed, whether they were published with a copyright notices, whether they were formally registered for copyright protection and several other things. So, before you upload anything under a free or public domain license, I strongly suggest that you ask about it at either WP:MCQ or c:COM:VPC to let others help you sort out whether it would actually be OK to do so. Please note that under various versions of US copyright law, "publication" didn't necessarily mean "publicly displayed" when it came to 3D works of art.
As for non-free content, you're correct in that Wikipedia does allow such content to be uploaded locally ( Commons doesn't allow any non-free content at all), but there are lots of restrictions placed on it. Wikipedia's non-free content use policy is much more restrictive by design than US copyright law and there are ten criteria that need to be met for each use of non-free content. Wikipedia policy generally allows non-free content to be used as long as freely licensed or public domain content that is capable of serving essentially the same encyclopedic purposes of any non-free content can neither be found or reasonably created. It also prefers alternatives to non-free content such as WP:WIKILINKs or text be used whenever possible. So, a non-free image of copyright protected 3D work of art publicly displayed in the US can sometimes be uploaded and used, but usually only when the image is used for primary identification purposes in the main infobox or at the top of a stand-alone article about the work itself and usually only when it's an image you've taken yourself. Trying to use such images in other types of articles or in other types of ways (for example, to illustrate individual entries in an article like " List of public art in Indianapolis" is almost always considered WP:DECORATIVE and not allowed per WP:NFLISTS. All of the images currently used in that article appear to be ones uploaded under some sort of free license to Commons, and are not non-free images. Whether they're OK for Commons is something that might need to be further examined, but that's a separate discussion that will need to take place on Commons. -- Marchjuly ( talk) 22:56, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
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I have drafted an article with a section called Examples and another section having a subsection also called Examples. How do I link to the subsection?
For instance, if I am inserting a link within the article, #Examples takes me to the section, not to the subsection. How do I link to the subsection? I tried a couple of obvious things but they didn't work. Johsebb ( talk) 21:18, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
Newbie here still on the learning curve. My subject has the same first and last name as a number of other pages, one who has a very similar career as my subject. Guidance appreciated. OrcaThatWrites64 ( talk) 17:52, 29 December 2023 (UTC)
Hi, I had made a draft for Hypra and it was declined for WP:SYNTHspam
I had left a comment on the declining reviewer but something tells me I wont get a response. So i'll re: the comment here so maybe I can get some help and direction to what I should do to get the artcle passing
The citations dont reference Hypra directly, but as Hypra is a branch off Ethereum the citations about the technology is still valid, as they are inherited from the underlaying project. I beleive it is incorrect to classify it as a "full-on
WP:SYNTHspam" and "bullshit-citing"
Thanks to anyone who will help.
TagKnife ( talk) 14:38, 29 December 2023 (UTC)
"We've safely aborted connection with www.hypra.network because it was infected with URL:Phishing". That's not a good look. If you think it's an AVG issue, you might wish to report it here. Regards, Nick Moyes ( talk) 17:58, 29 December 2023 (UTC)
Hi, there i was confused that, if you could add rebbellions, uprisings and large scale operations, battles/skrimishes to the page (involving any country of course) :-
( List of wars involving Pakistan)
A user (with many edits) reverted my edit in which i had added a uprising giving the reason it was not a war, where as in other countries lists the same rebbellions, uprisings, Large scale operations/battles and skrimishes and other small scale conflicts are also added to lists of wars involving other countries by why were they not removed just like in the ones which i added ? like in ( List of wars involving the United States), ( List of wars involving India), ( List of wars involving Afghanistan)
Also majority of these conflicts are added in other pages are without even a citation ! If it dosent matter then why does the user remove it ? Rahim231 ( talk) 18:45, 29 December 2023 (UTC)
I see in an article talk page "This article has been rated as C-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale." However, in my opinion, the article can be rated as B-class. How can I 1) find out when the last time the article was graded, and 2) change the content assessment grade? Pinkslimo ( talk) 20:07, 29 December 2023 (UTC)
Hello, guys. Sorry if this question is too basic. I want to upload a picture on Wikipedia. I'm logged into English and Turkish versions of it. When I go to Wikimedia Commons I can't find any way to sign up with my existing Wiki account, but only to create a new account. Please refer me to a place where I can learn to use my existing account to use Commons. Thanks in advance! HamzatCan ( talk) 21:09, 29 December 2023 (UTC)
Sorry! I just used my Wiki credentials and it works. Question closed :-). HamzatCan ( talk) 21:12, 29 December 2023 (UTC)
The article on Gabriel Baer implies that he is still alive, but I couldn't see how to edit this. Thanks 94.174.138.132 ( talk) 22:27, 29 December 2023 (UTC)
I run a Fandom wiki and I was wondering how can I transfer/copy a template from Wikipedia, for example Template:Year article header over to my Wiki so it works correctly when typed in into any article on that wiki, and since I know both Fandom and Wikipedia run on the same MediaWiki wiki software, I was wondering if this is possible, and how? Bzik2324 ( talk) 15:37, 29 December 2023 (UTC)
{{Year article header|2023}}
on a blank page in the desktop version ("Desktop" at the bottom of the mobile version) then "Templates used in this preview" at the bottom shows a long list of templates and modules you may need. Sometimes a template is only used when certain parameters are present. Sometimes it also relies on other things, e.g. an installed extension listed at
Special:Version, or code in
MediaWiki:Common.css to format the output as intended. I haven't examined this example.
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23:02, 29 December 2023 (UTC)I would like to publish an article about a man in India named Dr. Jitendra Sharma. Who is renowned and is doing tremendous work in the filed of Medical Technology. I have all associated links and citation to support the facts I am trying to publish. Rimithapa ( talk) 02:36, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
For months now, I've been working independently on a draft on the modern space race and would like to humbly ask for users to help review, fact-check, and improve the draft before an eventual move into the article space. I'd like to point out, first and foremost, that the article is still a work-in-a-progress and is not, by any means, complete yet. This topic is very broad and has over-qualified itself for a separate, stand-alone article in accordance with WP:GNG and WP:N.
Thanks, -- WellThisIs TheReaper Grim 01:32, 29 December 2023 (UTC)
This includes any analysis or synthesis of published material that reaches or implies a conclusion not stated by the sources.Deltaspace42 ( talk • contribs) 01:51, 29 December 2023 (UTC)
A registered Wikipedia user Alirezadubai said they had the ability to get a page I was editing [Sue Williams (writer)] published for a modest payment. I thought they were going to research some missing citations. I then realised all they were doing was moving the page past the CfC process (against the rules) and I refused to pay. Now they are threatening to block the page and my topic's name. At no time did I give this person our logins or permission to do anything except edit the draft. I now see the page is being deleted section by section because the citations it required are not there. So, firstly, here's a warning to avoid these conmen. Secondly, how can I get the material back so I can continue working on it. JimmyT1967 ( talk) 07:44, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
STATUS: Draft:Sue Williams (writer) exists and User:Alirezadubai has been indef blocked. David notMD ( talk) 09:10, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
In closing, I have to warn JimmyT1967 that his participation in this entire thread has been a stream of increasingly asinine and combative interaction, and it is not going to inspire anyone to help him source this article. Check your attitude, JimmyT1967. Yes, the "articles for creation" process (or any other article creation here that doesn't end in rapid deletion) can be frustrating, especially for someone not yet familiar with Wikipedia's notability and sourcing policies, and how to write encyclopedic instead of promotional or magazine-style prose. But WP:Civility is also a policy, and personal frustrations must not be taken out by being habitually rude to other editors. There is not a single person here who thinks that insults and sarcasm are clever or interesting. It's also important to review WP:NOT, in particular the principle that Wikipedia is not a web host or blog (nor a soapbox for promotion). The fact that you think a writer is "important" and the fact that you can write material about them and their books does not automagically make it an encyclopedic topic (or encyclopedic writing about that topic). There is no requirement that Wikipedia cover a topic you are interested in, or publish what you want to say about the subject. We have stringent standards and they must be met whether or not you agree with them or want to do that work. (And it is often tedious and thankless.) — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼 09:55, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
Hello! I watch recent changes for vandalism. This IP, 2601:243:202:7450:31E4:F387:732D:A09C, (see any of their contributions so far). Their edits are just adding "insurrectionist" to a bunch of American Civil War articles. Is this an appropriate time to revert these edits for WP:DUE or WP:NPOV? Normally I wouldn't be concerned, but this is on a pretty large scale. Thanks! Schrödinger's jellyfish ( talk) 04:53, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
Hi, On page Ravidassia I did editing and now someone revert it and i am unable to rectify it as this page is locked for me. Can anyone help me to reedit the page. Dev Mahey ( talk) 09:58, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
Hi. Im new here (although I already edit since June under my IP). My draft just got moved to the main space, but sadly I made a typo in the name of the person the draft is about, and instead of Amaru Topa Inca, the draft is now titled Amara Topa Inca. Could someone move the draft please? Cheers. Encyclopédisme ( talk) 13:12, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
Hi, I am Rishika currently in India, I would like to know whether i could edit articles and how is the work like? could anyone explain is it daily or whenever i could edit? Authorrishika ( talk) 13:21, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
When I say farm sim, I mean the likes of Stardew Valley and My Time at Portia, both of which have articles.
Any idea if farm sims like Coral Island, Sun Haven and My Time at Sandrock could justify having its own article given that they are quite popular for those that already play farm sims? or least be included somewhere in an article Breathinkeeps32 ( talk) 20:01, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
my draft article for an artist who’s work I encountered publicly displayed in London was rejected for lack of notability evidence.
I’ve added several references to articles dedicated to the artist in print publications. I’ve also linked to several museums who list her work in their permanent collections.
is more needed? Draft:Rebecca Ackroyd Resing ( talk) 23:04, 29 December 2023 (UTC)
Hello. So I saw the Teahouse article suggestion bot and decided to add it to my talk page. One of the WikiProjects I put in seems to work fine, but the other (WikiProject The Beatles) goes nowhere. Did I mess up the syntax for it or is something else needed for it to work? blueskiesdry … (cloudy contribs…) 16:06, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
My draft, Fabien Vienne, I have some problems about references. Please someone help me. Bera678 ( talk) 16:13, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
Bera678, in addition to being the subject of a PhD thesis by Manon Scotto (Université Grenoble Alpes, 2022, already cited in the article), and a published monograph by the same author (isbn 979-10-94352-15-1, 87 pages, also already cited), which I feel substantiate "significant critical attention" ( WP:NARTIST criterion 4c), I was able to find another few source's about Vienne's contributions to mathematical art.
Apparently he was responsible for the structural design of a permanent holographic exhibition at a shopping mall in Paris (which I'm not sure meets NARTIST 4b, but there's a whole conference paper about it: Christakis, Anne-Marie (1994). "Large holograms in traveling exhibitions". In Tung H. Jeong (ed.). Holographic Imaging and Materials. Optics Quebec, 16–20 August 1993, Quebec City, Canada. Proceedings of SPIE, vol. 2043. pp. 112–122. doi: 10.1117/12.165568.; TWL link alt URL). Also Vienne seems to have pioneered some theoretical underpinnings of construction of large mathematical artistic structures, and a tribute to his contributions was held at a related conference, including a paper memorialising them: Verbiese, Samuel (2017). Zometool Tribute to Fabien Vienne at Bridges Finland 2016 (PDF). BRIDGES WATERLOO 2017: Mathematics, Art, Music, Architecture, Education, Culture. University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. 27–31 July, 2017. pp. 277–282.. I'm not sure if this satisfies NARTIST criterion 2 or 3.
Noting also that Vienne had artwork exhibited previously at the same conference (for example 2011, mentioned in Bier, Carol (2012). "Bridges Coimbra 2011: Art Exhibition". Journal of Mathematics and the Arts. 6 (1): 43–52. doi: 10.1080/17513472.2011.628616., doesn't contribute to notability); and that his submission in an artistic contest related to the Marshall Plan and European Unity has been mentioned and reoroduced in a much later academic article: Stephan Leibfried; Susan M. Gaines; Lorraine Frisina (2009). "Das Schiff Europa — Europe's Ship of States: Über eine Kippfigur der Integration". Leviathan (in German). 37 (3): 389–427. doi: 10.1007/s11578-009-0055-0. JSTOR 23984658. (p. 409; doesn't contribute to notability). There are also a few google scholar hits for conference papers by the author of the PhD thesis and the monograph, none of which I followed up on.
There were almost no TWL matches for search string "fabien vienne"
, but many of the publishers we can access will only search metadata rather than full text, so will return false negatives unless the search string appears in a metadata field. I still personally feel like the subject meets notability thresholds, but the English language literature appears scant.
The draft seems to have fallen down by not beginning with the reliable sourcing, instead starting out unsourced or from non-independent sources, based on the prose currently present at Draft:Fabien Vienne. Cutting out the material sourced to poor sources, and adding material from Manon Scotto's works and from the papers cited in this comment, is probably the route towards establishing notability to the satisfaction of AfC reviewers. Unfortunately I don't have access to the Scotto material and can't read French anyway, so I'm unable to help with that part, but hope some of this is useful, and can lead to a published article. Folly Mox ( talk) 18:14, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
i was looking for Review for bobby vee Take Good Care of My Baby album, nothing there. i need newspaper sources please. Samchristie05 ( talk) 21:48, 29 December 2023 (UTC)
During research done by me, by inflating worldwide gross totals via Box Office Mojo, it turns out the 2003 Pixar film Finding Nemo is the highest grossing film Pixar made, however due to vandalism I can't edit the page, so can anyone put the information on the page? Link is here. JrStudios The Wikipedian ( talk) 18:52, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
Finding Nemo is the highest grossing film Pixar made, then you can make an edit request, citing that source.
Finding Nemo is the highest grossing film Pixar made, that would be synthesis, and not permitted in a Wikipedia article. ColinFine ( talk) 19:02, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
I have been trying to add John Harding, Jr. to wikipedia for the last few weeks. My fourth attempt failed a few days ago. Can someone help me get this published? Here is my latest revision:
[Added at 20:48, 30 December 2023 by Belmontguy]
Why do people think I can be a good one — Preceding unsigned comment added by Acting mail ( talk • contribs) 23:33, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
On my web browser (Firefox) the text is running into the images on the right side of the page. Images are a mystery to me. Can someone here take a look and fix it. Thanks. 76.14.122.5 ( talk) 05:41, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
Thanks for all the replies and tests! I don't know enough to understand how or why this happens, although I've only noticed it on this page. I'll report back if I see similar effects on other pages. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.14.122.5 ( talk) 16:22, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
How do you reference something to its own article such as prime ministers of the uk and it will come up as rishi Sunak and his own Wikipedia article Mauveman2123 ( talk) 00:48, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
I created a Draft:Erin Williams page for an American cartoonist, Erin Williams], which was declined. Jamiebuba’s feedback was that the references do not show significant coverage about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources independent of the subject.
I want to follow up about this feedback. I'm concerned that this feedback is not actually accurate given the references that I used. The 12 references I used are from independent reliable sources. Three of the twelve references are in-depth review articles of Erin Williams’ books, which I would believe meets the definition for significant coverage. An additional 3 of the 12 references focus on awards Erin Williams’ works have received. Five of the 12 references cited refer to Erin Williams’ artist and written works, which are in published reliable sources such as The Believer magazine, The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) Magazine, and Abrams Books, among others. One citation is from a university website, a reliable secondary source that offers significant coverage about Erin Williams’ role as a lecturer at that university.
I’m concerned that very few notable women cartoonists’ accomplishments are featured on Wikipedia. I notice that Brian Fies, an American male cartoonist of a similar notability as Erin Williams, has a Wikipedia page. Williams’ work tackles huge issues we face as a society: sexual violence and how that shapes women’s lives; body shame; and chronic pain, which impacts 20 million Americans. I appreciate any clarification about the feedback I received. Thank you. Unicornnerd ( talk) 14:16, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
I skimmed WP:CITE after looking at the article for Center Embedding, but I want to be 100% sure of something. The references section looked weird, and the citations were also weird. It appears as if someone wrote the article using an MLA-esqe citation style. Those citations aren't set up correctly, right? I can do stuff! ( talk) 18:57, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
User579987 ( talk) 04:26, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
I wanted to ask about this article, published under the CC BY 4.0 license
I wanted to upload ( Figure : 2 ) from it to a Wikipedia article I'm working on, but this figure ( Figure : 2 ) says, " Reprinted by permission from Copyright Clearance Center: Springer Nature: Whittam D, Wilson M, Hamid S et al. What's new in neuromyelitis optica? A short review for the clinical neurologist. J Neurol 2017; 264:2330–44. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-017-8445-8. ".
Does this mean that this exact figure is copyrighted and isn't included by the CC BY license? — Preceding unsigned comment added by User579987 ( talk • contribs) 04:28, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
I was recently reading about Larry Allen and under his awards it did not mention he was inducted in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. It did have a line at the end of his page about it but it was not in the awards section. That's a pretty big award.
Thanks Gerald Palmer 71.76.175.78 ( talk) 04:53, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
Hello everyone !
I'm a new user trying to understand how to use Wikipedia to diffuse my knowledge on green finance. Unfortunately my draft has been rejected for sounding like an essay. I might be biased on this one by my academic background as I try to keep a neutral pov and of course show the two sides of the story...
I'm definitely working on the format standard of wikipedia for now but feel free to check it and teach me what is problematic as I see this style everyday on wikipedia :(
Thank you in advance and happy New Year !
Draft:Regulation of ESG rating in the European Union yasszz 20:25, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
Following the ordinary legislative procedure with the Council of the European Union and its preparatory bodies, an amended version of the proposal was published on July 14, 2023. This revised proposal was subsequently presented to the European Parliament for the first reading . Its adoption, in its current form or with minimal amendments, is anticipated to be a crucial step in sustainable finance regulations in the EU and worldwide.
Provided, Adam Fleck Published 10 months ago About a 4 minute read Image: Tesla Brand." What does that mean? Reference 8 is "
"Home". www.oecd-ilibrary.org". There's no way that can support a claim in the prose. Reference 10 is a link titled "
#LIVE COP28 | Global Climate Action Through Fostering Sustainable Finance | #LIVE COP28 | Global Climate Action Through Fostering Sustainable Finance Global Action to Foster Sustainable Finance showcases a panel of global... | By COP28 UAE | Facebook". Whatever this is supposed to have said, Facebook and other social media are not reliable sources.Some of your sources look really good: the references sourced to Journal of Business Ethics, the Grantham Institute, European Business Organization Law Review, Journal of European Public Policy, and Review of Finance are almost certainly appropriate for an encyclopaedia article about some topic or another, although not necessarily the same one. Some of the journal sources look speculative (specifically, the ones where the title ends in a question mark, which tends to signal a hypothesis rather than descriptive facts).The tone of the draft is not always encyclopaedic: phrases like
The EU has a leading position in the sustainable funds market, commanding 84% of global assets in this sector. Additionally, it stands as the most advanced and diversified market for ESG investments. In comparison, the US, following at a distance, accounted for 11% of these global sustainable fund assets,
the Netherlands launched a “green lending scheme” in 1995 and held that subject at heart since,
the engagement of EU in matter of a greener world blossomed through a flow of regulations, directives and proposals,
This highlights the need for more effective capital allocation in ESG funds that integrate impactful initiatives to achieve real sustainability of the economy, or (as an entire paragraph)
This challenging role is granted to ESMA.: none of these feels like it belongs in an encyclopaedia article.There's also some speculation:
It is expected that the regulation obligations will have an impact on small providers with some administrative burden and costs of organizational changes,
The shift from voluntary to mandatory reporting, coupled with the increasing demands for data availability, accuracy, reliability, and understandability, is likely to result in higher administrative and training costs, potentially affecting the financial performance of SMEs, etc. Also, the final sentence of the draft is problematic:
In addition to these, the independence of ESG rating is set to an unseen level before, and measure for hindering potential conflict of interests are setting the bar high as none of the rating agency can undergo consulting, investments, Audit, Banking, reinsurance, credit rating activities nor elaborations of green benchmarks.What does that mean?Stylistically, you've chosen to boldface all of your wikilinks, which isn't a thing we do. As a minor issue, almost all of your inline citations precede punctuation, which is also improper style, but easily addressed and would never stop an article from being accepted. Some of the other punctuation and fornatting is also incorrect (hyphens instead of dashes, {{ blockquote}}s set in oblique), but again these are minor issues, and not nearly as jarring to experienced Wikipedia editors as uniformly bolded links (which I note the most recent AfC reviewer has also mentioned).All that said, I really do sympathise with your position: this is an important thing, and your arguments appear sound. With your expertise in the subject, I wonder if you might be able to submit a version of what you've written here for publication somewhere. If you don't think it would stand up to review, v:Wikiversity might accept it. That project publishes original research and I think your draft might be appropriate there, although I'm not very familiar with their policies.However, it doesn't really make for an encyclopaedia article. You could split up the material, and add some of it to Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation, some of it to Greenwashing, some to European Securities and Markets Authority, etc. I imagine that wouldn't be a particularly satisfying outcome, but the problem of an article topic not really being the topic of an encyclopaedia article is one that's very difficult to overcome here. Folly Mox ( talk) 04:47, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
Hello. This might sound naive, but is there anywhere I can request a draft be looked over again? I know that I will be told what’s wrong if the draft gets declined, but I’m talking more about the writing style. My English isn’t too bad, and this isn’t the first time I’ve edited, but it is the first time I’ve written a draft. It’s a translation of a french article, and I fear the vocabulary isn’t very comprehensible. There should be some place to request that, right? If not it’s fine too. Cheers. Encyclopédisme ( talk) 14:28, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
translation of a french article. Is your draft a translation of a French Wikipedia article? If it is, then I strongly suggest you take a close look at Wikipedia:Translation and Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia#Translating from other language Wikimedia projects for reference. It's OK to translate articles from non-English Wikipedias into English for English Wikipedia, but the original source article needs to be properly attributed for the translation to be in compliance with Wikipedia:Copyrights. I also suggest you take a look at WP:OTHERLANGS as well because each of the Wikipedia's are separate projects with their own policies and guidelines. Many of the non-English Wikipedias have policies and guidelines similar to English Wikipedia's, but there are also sometimes some big differences. In additions, even when the policies and guidelines are the same as English Wikipedia's, they might not be being as rigorously applied and enforced. So, just because an article exists on another language Wikipedia doesn't mean it should also exist on English Wikipedia. Please keep in mind that your draft will be assessed in accordance with English Wikipedia's policies and guidelines and not those of another language's Wikipedia. -- Marchjuly ( talk) 06:11, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
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Í want to know how to add links to the stuff í add to pages. For example, if í mentioned oranges, í would want to link the word to the page about oranges. 136.33.235.64 ( talk) 02:13, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
[[like this]]
. If you need to link to a page that's different than the text itself, put the page name before a
pipe, so [[orange (fruit)|orange]]s
would make sure you don't link to the
disambiguation page because one might be talking about the fruit or the color, etc.I have seen many people have added their perception of history and they are not objective on Wikipedia. They have quoted only the biased or marxist historians perspective and not others.
This goes against the basic tenets of producing information for all. Abhimanyu200 ( talk) 06:27, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
_ СтасС ( talk) 09:36, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
Thanks. yes I can speak english, very well, so please, help me with my question
I just want to make a new publication (a biography) similar to this one:
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Arellano_Roa
with my picture, and a link to my blogger page. I just need an example to make it... or maybe some friend can help me to do that. It will be updated only two or three times a year.
In this blog (in spanish) I published all my books for free, to help people that cannot buy the "physical" book, or cannot find some (most then are sold out)
Thanks in advance !
Luisgilbertosantander ( talk) 20:44, 23 December 2023 (UTC)
Editing a biography about yourself is acceptable only if you are removing unambiguous vandalism or clear-cut and serious violations of our biography of living persons policy.Deltaspace42 ( talk • contribs) 20:55, 23 December 2023 (UTC)
Hi there, I tried to rename the article "2024 North Macedonian parliamentary election" to "North Macedonia's 2024 parliamentary election", using the Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Macedonia) that states: Article names, categories, and templates should avoid adjectival use altogether. The use of neutral formulations such as "of North Macedonia", "in North Macedonia," etc. is preferred. But the action was not completed, because the edit triggered an automated filter for anti-vandalism. I was suggested to ask a more experienced editor here to help me perform that move. MkEditor12 ( talk) 22:57, 23 December 2023 (UTC)
Filter description: Pagemove throttle for new users. And since you're new and started moving many pages, the filter was triggered. Deltaspace42 ( talk • contribs) 23:00, 23 December 2023 (UTC)
For individual elections and referendums, use the format "[date] [country name or adjectival form] [type] election/referendum".
Hi there I recently submitted an article about J Merlin (music producer) and it got rejected due to not having reliable sources even though I did added reliable sources such as press etc however I think the moderator who rejected it may see them as passing mentions instead of significant coverage. I need help with this article, what is really considered a reliable source for a musician? Christoffheaney ( talk) 14:53, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
Need assistance. I am accused of being a sockpuppet (see User talk:BlueMoonset#Current GAN on Penang) when I had zero idea of that previous user who did the sockpuppeting. How is this good faith and is there any action I can take against that? hundenvonPG ( talk) 11:10, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
So I'm on a mini-quest of rewriting articles for popular regional Mexican artists, and right now I'm focusing on Grupo Firme (because they're currently the talk of the internet). Some problems I've hit:
I've encountered similar problems with other artists ( Banda MS, Calibre 50, etc) when I tried to rewrite their articles. I was able to rewrite the article for Christian Nodal, and even got it recognized as a GA, so these sort of artists often //do// have a lot of information about them. I just don't know where to dig or how hard I should dig.
Anyways, that's about it. I'd like replies to be specific to VisualEditor.
– Dontuseurrealname ( talk) 16:27, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
– Dontuseurrealname ( talk) 16:36, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
Hello, I was just wondering where I could request that my article on Perothopinae could be promoted to C-class, or maybe even B-class? Based on the criteria that I've read, I think the article is okay for B-class. UserMemer ( chat) Tribs 01:56, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
my articleit might be better to let someone else promote it instead to avoid any appearance of bias. You can try asking about the article at the WikiProjects whose scope it falls under and explain why you think it meets the "B-class" criteria. Someone may see your post, agree with your assessment, and promote the article. Similarly, someone may see your post, disagree with your assessment and explain why. You could also seek a WP:PEERREVIEW as well. -- Marchjuly ( talk) 02:44, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
Biden’s economy vs. Trump’s, in 12 charts [1] from Washington Post. I want to anlyse the idea given by them.
Brandflock ( talk) 08:04, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
When citing a work where the author has one or more middle names, should the middle name be put in the last name or the first name parameter, or outright ignored? Examples:
Last name param: Mackenzie, William Lyon, Title; OR Mackenzie, W. L., Title
First name param: Lyon Mackenzie, William, Title; OR Lyon Mackenzie, W., Title
Ignored: Mackenzie, William, Title; OR Mackenzie, W., Title
Which is correct? Cremastra ( talk) 17:17, 23 December 2023 (UTC)
Hi there,
I'm trying to create my first national soccer team page and I'm having issues. When I click on publish the players, results and references mess up and move to the side (looks okay when I click edit). Can anyone assist with this issue?
This is the page https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=User%3AMcwamcwa%2FSouth_Africa_national_under-15_soccer_team&wvprov=sticky-header Mcwamcwa ( talk) 22:48, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
What coding language does source editing use? Adityaverma8998 ( talk) 17:33, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
So i am wondering if examples require citations like if i said that a example of a emergency was a house fire would i have to cite somewhere that said that? 50tr5 ( talk) 22:06, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
how does starting an rfc work? do you just use the template in any given article's talk page and ask about whatever it is that might require more people's opinions? cogsan (give me attention) (see my deeds) 00:50, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
How do I get something to be the featured article on Wikipedia? I’m trying to put Weezer on there. Theobegley2013 ( talk) 22:03, 21 December 2023 (UTC)
Hi! I've been lurking on Wikipedia for a year now (and refuse to log in on my phone), but I'm not really sure where to start. I've basically run out of copyediting tasks or I'm hesitant to move on to the harder ones given a general lack of knowledge on both source & visual editor.
Also, what is the best place to report vandalism? I watch recent changes quite often, but often don't know what the best place to report those is. Thanks in advance! Schrödinger's jellyfish ( talk) 01:27, 23 December 2023 (UTC)
Hi, I'm currently dealing with another editor adding unsourced content after I remove it from the article. Is there a limit to how many reverts I can do? I've put some notices on their talk page asking for them to add sources. I will revert for a third time, and then leave it. Schrödinger's jellyfish ( talk) 02:47, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
How to fix my page is not indexed in search engine. When i search the name of article. Chparveshtaak ( talk) 02:28, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
Is there a problem with Commons? I'm not seeing any images, just blank spaces in articles? Murgatroyd49 ( talk) 20:51, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
I'm seeing the blank spaces too. I can see images if I go to Commons, but not on Wikipedia, apart from the main page. -- Northernhenge ( talk) 22:21, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
I'm trying to figure out how to add information that Nova 3 trains have been withdrawn from TransPennine Express service as off the December 2023 timetable on this Article. The issue I'm having is that the only sources about the withdrawal are from before the withdrawal took place so any edits keep being reverted due to lack of recent sources. The only other evidence is that the trains have been removed from the TransPennine website, have not been visibly recorded (that I can find) on any services since the timetable change and do not show up on any services on RealTimeTrains. I was wondering if I was to email TransPennine directly and get a direct quote that the trains have infact been withdrawn (as announced in August) by email, if there would be a way to cite that and if that would be a valid source for wikipedia?
Thanks in advance
@ Alexbrassington Alexbrassington ( talk) 20:01, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
It's me again! At both Rukhsar Rehman & Faruk Kabir, User:BAPASSPHD has been removing sourced information without providing a good reason. On their talk page here, they claim to be from their legal team. This is a violation of WP:COI, right?
I'm unsure how to proceed here and would appreciate some help! Thank you for your time! Schrödinger's jellyfish ( talk) 04:59, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
Apparently, User:BAPASSPHD now indef blocked despite having been confirmed correct in denying the divorce. I left a note on Talk page how to appeal block, and in the future, because paid, propose changes on Talk pages versus editing articles directly. David notMD ( talk) 09:38, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
I want to create a new article, but there's a redirect obstructing it. How can I have the redirect deleted to claim that namespace for my upcoming article? Sajjad Altaf ( talk) 01:39, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
Merry Christmas to all you fine folks at the Teahouse.
I was just wondering, how do I start creating pages and articles on Wikipedia? I want to do so for a cartoon I'm surprised hasn't had a dedicated page to it. The show in question is Kody Kapow, a cartoon that used to air on Sprout, and later Universal Kids for a short while after the rebrand of the channel. You don't have to provide me with exhaustive details, but I was wondering how to begin making an article, as I have yet to do so. Specifically, however, I was wondering what some good sources are which relate to the show. Accurate sources, I mean. I hope it's not too much trouble and not too silly a request and question.
Thank you, and I hope your holidays are going merrily. Triviatronic9000 ( talk) 06:12, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
The show is billed to launchfollowed by lengthy quotes from a network executive does not indicate independent coverage. A phrase that says that Sprouts
has greenlighted a new animated seriesis evidence that the coverage is generated by public relations, as the author has clearly not seen the (future, at that time) series, and is parroting network talking points. We learn from another that Jason Alexander
has been tapped to lead the voice castwhich is
set for premiere July 15. This is not independent reporting. It is clearly recapitulation of a network press release. And so on. Cullen328 ( talk) 07:09, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
Hi, the article draft /info/en/?search=Draft:Kezia_Hayter is ready to publish but there is a redirect on the page "Kezia Hayter". Can someone please publish the draft over the redirect, or leave me instructions on how to do so? Thanks and merry Christmas to all those celebrating today! MurielMary ( talk) 10:49, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
Hello, I was just wondering where I could request that my article on Perothopinae could be promoted to C-class, or maybe even B-class? Based on the criteria that I've read, I think the article is okay for B-class. UserMemer ( chat) Tribs 01:56, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
my articleit might be better to let someone else promote it instead to avoid any appearance of bias. You can try asking about the article at the WikiProjects whose scope it falls under and explain why you think it meets the "B-class" criteria. Someone may see your post, agree with your assessment, and promote the article. Similarly, someone may see your post, disagree with your assessment and explain why. You could also seek a WP:PEERREVIEW as well. -- Marchjuly ( talk) 02:44, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
Biden’s economy vs. Trump’s, in 12 charts [3] from Washington Post. I want to anlyse the idea given by them.
Brandflock ( talk) 08:04, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
When citing a work where the author has one or more middle names, should the middle name be put in the last name or the first name parameter, or outright ignored? Examples:
Last name param: Mackenzie, William Lyon, Title; OR Mackenzie, W. L., Title
First name param: Lyon Mackenzie, William, Title; OR Lyon Mackenzie, W., Title
Ignored: Mackenzie, William, Title; OR Mackenzie, W., Title
Which is correct? Cremastra ( talk) 17:17, 23 December 2023 (UTC)
Hi there,
I'm trying to create my first national soccer team page and I'm having issues. When I click on publish the players, results and references mess up and move to the side (looks okay when I click edit). Can anyone assist with this issue?
This is the page https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=User%3AMcwamcwa%2FSouth_Africa_national_under-15_soccer_team&wvprov=sticky-header Mcwamcwa ( talk) 22:48, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
What coding language does source editing use? Adityaverma8998 ( talk) 17:33, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
So i am wondering if examples require citations like if i said that a example of a emergency was a house fire would i have to cite somewhere that said that? 50tr5 ( talk) 22:06, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
how does starting an rfc work? do you just use the template in any given article's talk page and ask about whatever it is that might require more people's opinions? cogsan (give me attention) (see my deeds) 00:50, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
How do I get something to be the featured article on Wikipedia? I’m trying to put Weezer on there. Theobegley2013 ( talk) 22:03, 21 December 2023 (UTC)
Hi! I've been lurking on Wikipedia for a year now (and refuse to log in on my phone), but I'm not really sure where to start. I've basically run out of copyediting tasks or I'm hesitant to move on to the harder ones given a general lack of knowledge on both source & visual editor.
Also, what is the best place to report vandalism? I watch recent changes quite often, but often don't know what the best place to report those is. Thanks in advance! Schrödinger's jellyfish ( talk) 01:27, 23 December 2023 (UTC)
Hi, I'm currently dealing with another editor adding unsourced content after I remove it from the article. Is there a limit to how many reverts I can do? I've put some notices on their talk page asking for them to add sources. I will revert for a third time, and then leave it. Schrödinger's jellyfish ( talk) 02:47, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
How to fix my page is not indexed in search engine. When i search the name of article. Chparveshtaak ( talk) 02:28, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
Is there a problem with Commons? I'm not seeing any images, just blank spaces in articles? Murgatroyd49 ( talk) 20:51, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
I'm seeing the blank spaces too. I can see images if I go to Commons, but not on Wikipedia, apart from the main page. -- Northernhenge ( talk) 22:21, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
I'm trying to figure out how to add information that Nova 3 trains have been withdrawn from TransPennine Express service as off the December 2023 timetable on this Article. The issue I'm having is that the only sources about the withdrawal are from before the withdrawal took place so any edits keep being reverted due to lack of recent sources. The only other evidence is that the trains have been removed from the TransPennine website, have not been visibly recorded (that I can find) on any services since the timetable change and do not show up on any services on RealTimeTrains. I was wondering if I was to email TransPennine directly and get a direct quote that the trains have infact been withdrawn (as announced in August) by email, if there would be a way to cite that and if that would be a valid source for wikipedia?
Thanks in advance
@ Alexbrassington Alexbrassington ( talk) 20:01, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
It's me again! At both Rukhsar Rehman & Faruk Kabir, User:BAPASSPHD has been removing sourced information without providing a good reason. On their talk page here, they claim to be from their legal team. This is a violation of WP:COI, right?
I'm unsure how to proceed here and would appreciate some help! Thank you for your time! Schrödinger's jellyfish ( talk) 04:59, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
Apparently, User:BAPASSPHD now indef blocked despite having been confirmed correct in denying the divorce. I left a note on Talk page how to appeal block, and in the future, because paid, propose changes on Talk pages versus editing articles directly. David notMD ( talk) 09:38, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
I want to create a new article, but there's a redirect obstructing it. How can I have the redirect deleted to claim that namespace for my upcoming article? Sajjad Altaf ( talk) 01:39, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
Merry Christmas to all you fine folks at the Teahouse.
I was just wondering, how do I start creating pages and articles on Wikipedia? I want to do so for a cartoon I'm surprised hasn't had a dedicated page to it. The show in question is Kody Kapow, a cartoon that used to air on Sprout, and later Universal Kids for a short while after the rebrand of the channel. You don't have to provide me with exhaustive details, but I was wondering how to begin making an article, as I have yet to do so. Specifically, however, I was wondering what some good sources are which relate to the show. Accurate sources, I mean. I hope it's not too much trouble and not too silly a request and question.
Thank you, and I hope your holidays are going merrily. Triviatronic9000 ( talk) 06:12, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
The show is billed to launchfollowed by lengthy quotes from a network executive does not indicate independent coverage. A phrase that says that Sprouts
has greenlighted a new animated seriesis evidence that the coverage is generated by public relations, as the author has clearly not seen the (future, at that time) series, and is parroting network talking points. We learn from another that Jason Alexander
has been tapped to lead the voice castwhich is
set for premiere July 15. This is not independent reporting. It is clearly recapitulation of a network press release. And so on. Cullen328 ( talk) 07:09, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
Hi, the article draft /info/en/?search=Draft:Kezia_Hayter is ready to publish but there is a redirect on the page "Kezia Hayter". Can someone please publish the draft over the redirect, or leave me instructions on how to do so? Thanks and merry Christmas to all those celebrating today! MurielMary ( talk) 10:49, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
Can this be used as a citation for an article? Thanks, Wikiexplorationandhelping ( talk) 20:48, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
Muslims are warned not to say “Merry Christmas” in Islam. This is because Islam teaches us to stay away from joining in festivals and traditions that do not agree with our beliefs. “Merry Christmas” could seem like something nice, however, it may also be seen as supporting beliefs that are against Islamic principles. Preventing the copying of rituals from other religions is the main problem. Muslims are reminded to uphold their religious beliefs and avoid celebrations connected to other religions, such as Christmas. To put it another way, Muslims are advised to show others kindness and friendship in non-Christmas-related ways. Talhaahmed25 ( talk) 17:18, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
Hi, Im new on wikipedia. My friends gave me the task of making a wiki page but i got a speedy decline. What should i do. this is the draft of the article.
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Title: Puzzler Foundation Introduction: The Puzzler Foundation is a non-profit organization, registered as a 501(c)(3), dedicated to supporting underprivileged children through various educational initiatives. Founded on December 2nd, 2021, and headquartered in Michigan, USA, the foundation's mission revolves around leveling the educational playing field for children with limited resources. With a strong emphasis on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) education, the foundation has been instrumental in providing books, educational tools, and infrastructure support to enhance learning opportunities for children in underserved communities. The Puzzler Foundation's approach is rooted in the belief that access to modern technology and quality education is crucial for fostering confidence and competitiveness in today's global, tech-centric society. Its efforts extend beyond the local community, having made a significant impact across several continents, particularly by donating STEM-focused books and facilitating essential infrastructure development in educational settings. History: The Puzzler Foundation was established in 2021 by individuals deeply motivated by their personal experiences and family histories. The founders, having a direct connection to the challenges of growing up in underprivileged environments, particularly in rural India, were inspired to create an organization that could make a tangible difference in the lives of children facing similar challenges. This background played a pivotal role in shaping the foundation’s mission and approach. In its early years, the foundation focused on small-scale, community-based projects, gradually expanding its reach and impact. Over time, the Puzzler Foundation has evolved, marking significant milestones such as expanding its programs to multiple continents, reaching thousands of children through its book donation and STEM education initiatives, and developing substantial infrastructure projects to aid educational development. Mission and Vision: The mission of the Puzzler Foundation is to enrich the lives of underprivileged children by providing them with the necessary tools and resources to succeed in a technology-driven world. The foundation is committed to fostering an environment where every child, regardless of their socioeconomic background, has access to quality education and the opportunity to develop critical skills for their future. The vision of the Puzzler Foundation is a world where educational inequalities are minimized, and every child has the chance to reach their full potential. This vision is pursued through a combination of direct educational support, resource provision, and infrastructure development, all aimed at creating a more equitable future for children in underserved communities. Programs and Activities: The Puzzler Foundation operates several key programs to fulfill its mission. One of the primary focuses is on STEM education, where the foundation provides resources and learning opportunities to spark interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. This is achieved through the donation of STEM-focused books, educational toys, and STEM kits. Another significant area of work is infrastructure development, where the foundation contributes to building and enhancing educational facilities to create conducive learning environments. In an orphanage location in Tamil Nadu, they have worked on giving food, beds, and a wall, and more recently, they have received a donation to build a solar water heater so the children can have running water throughout the day and night. Additionally, the foundation organizes book donation drives, offering a range of educational and enriching reading materials to children. These books have been provided to schools near their headquarters in Detroit, Michigan. These programs are designed not just to provide immediate educational resources but also to inspire a long-term love of learning and exploration in the children they serve. Funding and Support: The Puzzler Foundation's operations and programs are funded through a combination of private donations, corporate sponsorships, and fundraising events. As a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit, it relies heavily on the generosity of individual donors and the support of businesses committed to corporate social responsibility. The foundation also engages in crowdfunding campaigns to support specific projects and initiatives. This diverse funding model enables the Puzzler Foundation to maintain and expand its outreach and impact. The foundation places a high value on transparency and stewardship, ensuring that the funds received are used effectively to advance its mission of empowering underprivileged children through education. They are currently accepting donations through their website at https://puzzlerfoundation.org/. |
Thank you Clarkgf1 ( talk) 21:18, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
... is not allowed. Perhaps someone can explain this better than I did to a new well-meaning editor here. He already made one edit and I fear we have to revert them. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 03:12, 26 December 2023 (UTC)
Can someone help me place what's on my talk page in the archive. Everytime I try to do it I make a horrible hash of it. TIA MaskedSinger ( talk) 19:18, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
Not sure if I'm using the correct terminology. To get to the "Encephalitozoon cuniculi" article, I can type in that name or "E. cuniculi" or "E cuniculi". However, if I'm editing a different article & want to link to that article, within the square double brackets, if I put in "E. cuniculi", it gives a red link (page does not exist). How do I edit it for this to work? I know I can do "E Cuniculi | E. Cuniculi", but my understanding is that using "E." is the correct way to indicate this organism. Thanks. Sunandshade ( talk) 02:10, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
I would like a second username to separate contributions on a completely different topic. How can this be done, please? This is for a guebuibe "sock puppet :-)" ---- MountVic127 ( talk) 07:32, 26 December 2023 (UTC)
I guess I've found a bug on Wikipedia. Where can I report it? Aredoros87 ( talk) 15:53, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
Hello everyone! How to create svg logo for Wikipedia articles? Do not forget to tag me while replying. – 𝙰𝚔𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚟™ 🗿 08:13, 26 December 2023 (UTC)
Hello, I tried cropping the fair use image on Neuro-sama's infobox to center it better, but instead of having the updated picture on the article, now we have a distorted version of the old image. Does anyone know what went wrong and how to fix it? Thanks. SunflowerYuri ( talk) 11:19, 26 December 2023 (UTC)
Hello,
I tried to publish a biography about Cal Currier, the youngest person to sail trans-Atlantic solo, and it was denied for being "not adequately supported by reliable sources." It was supported by 10 news articles and he has been a highly publicized person. What can I do to make the article better so that it is approved?
Thanks,
West WestCurrier ( talk) 06:00, 26 December 2023 (UTC)
When I try using the
Maplink template, the map doesn't show at all, just an error message. The template instructions just doesn't seem to give me the right details, and it seems these maps are connected and created by an outside source. How do I pinpoint what location I want to find on the Maplink and in what form? (e.g. zoom, line, shape, etc.)
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Alex26337 (
talk)
11:03, 26 December 2023 (UTC)
Please help me destroy vandalism on Wikipedia. 2601:98A:A00:DB50:D03F:7377:C578:7742 ( talk) 13:38, 26 December 2023 (UTC)
I was recently part of a discussion about the WP:AFD page and possible changes to it. Where do I go to talk about that? 100.7.34.111 ( talk) 16:07, 26 December 2023 (UTC)
i was editing and i clicked on an article that had a whole paragraph of strikethrough text in the lead section of the article. what is this about and should i do anything with that? i've never seen that before. this article Toothlessness Iljhgtn ( talk) 18:21, 26 December 2023 (UTC)
I've been waiting for weeks for my draft, Fabien Vienne, to be reviewed. When will it be reviewed? Bera678 ( talk) 15:16, 26 December 2023 (UTC)
Hello. I am planning to write an article about a local restaurant. However, I'm not sure if it's going to be notable. What makes a restaurant notable? TWOrantulaTM ( enter the web) 17:48, 26 December 2023 (UTC)
A company, corporation, organization, group, product, or service is presumed notable if it has been the subject of significant coverage in multiple reliable secondary sources that are independent of the subject.Also be careful, if you are an owner of this restaurant or you are working there, it would be a conflict of interest. Deltaspace42 ( talk • contribs) 18:06, 26 December 2023 (UTC)
Attention solely from local media (e.g., the weekly newspaper for a small town), or media of limited interest and circulation (e.g., a newsletter exclusively for people with a very unusual job), is not an indication of notability. At least one regional, statewide, provincial, national, or international source is necessary.Local newspapers will provide run of the mill reviews of almost every new restaurant that opens in their communities, and this routine coverage does not establish notability. Consider an article I wrote about a small restaurant in a very remote area of California, Whoa Nellie Deli. I used sources published in three major California daily newspapers located hundreds of miles away, plus one in Texas, and three national publications, the New York Times, Gourmet, and The Atlantic. Cullen328 ( talk) 19:38, 26 December 2023 (UTC)
I wrote a draft for this restaurant, but after reading WP:AUD, I don't think it's notable. TWOrantulaTM ( enter the web) 20:06, 26 December 2023 (UTC)
I literally got the only websites on the intenet for my draft Draft:Quizimaze.
The photo lower down is a reference itself for the section questions. Orastor ( talk) 20:24, 26 December 2023 (UTC)
I am trying to find editing guidelines for specifying children in a biography box. For example, my edit of Natalie Wood's two children was reverted because one of the children doesn’t have her own distinct Wikipedia article "yet". There appears to be a policy involving citing a number and the word "including", but my multiple attempts to locate the help or template, or guideline for this specification have failed. I have two questions, but answering the "how" will answer the "what". That is, what are the guidelines -- where are they described?
But more importantly is: how should I be able to locate the correct relevant guideline ON MY OWN? There are so many guidelines, I don't understand how to navigate or search the guidelines to find answers to specific issues such as typified by this one.
Lastly I have seen hypertext brackets to pages which don't YET exist, and it is permitted. But when I made a hypertext link to Natalie Wood's 2nd daughter and the page doesn't exist YET, the editor reverted my change due to her article doesn't exist. Where can I read about when making hypertext links to nonexistent pages is okay or not? James Rodriguez 17:06, 26 December 2023 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jrodor ( talk • contribs)
wp:
in front of a search is often more useful than help:
for editors. wp:
(alias for Wikipedia:
) searches the Wikipedia namespace which means pages starting with "Wikipedia:". We use those pages for a lot of things. help:
searches pages with "Help:" in front. We use that much less. You use the mobile version which omits many interface links and doesn't have the "Help" link. Mobile screens are usually small but I often think the mobile version omits too much. See
Wikipedia:Red link for links to non-existing pages.
PrimeHunter (
talk)
19:01, 26 December 2023 (UTC)Solar permitting use 49.249.83.10 ( talk) 08:10, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
A few months ago I published an article about the European Seniors' Union, which is active in the European Union to represent the interests of older people. It was previously pointed out to me that this article comes across as promotional and relies too much on primary sources. In the meantime, I have deleted a number of items that could be considered promotional. In addition, I have added several links to press websites and independent organizations. I just received the message that my contribution was placed in the draft space because it was still too promotional. Can anyone explain to me what is missing or too promotional in this article?
(See /info/en/?search=Draft:European_Seniors%27_Union)
Luxil ( talk) 12:14, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
played a significant role in...,
The organization is dedicated to...,
in response to a growing need...,
gained recognition...,
develop crucial resolutions...,
reflect the ESU's commitment to...
This may seem like a stupid question but why are secondary sources more reliable than primary sources in Wikipedia's case? Is it because that they are more factual than them as they are basically just a very thorough analysis (and maybe correction) of the primary sources?
Thanks 2A0A:EF40:1003:E01:B01F:22B6:A0A4:B6FC ( talk) 15:52, 26 December 2023 (UTC)
Hi, just reporting a couple of possible issues with Vial of Life:
1. Punctuation is poor, e.g., the use of hyphens. One example: is no longer able to express their own preferences - due to illness or unconsciousness
.
2. The various references to vialoflife.com/vialoflife.org/"Vial of Life.com" seem to border on advertising... though the site seems to be down anyway.
3. Factual errors, e.g., Due to his historical claim to the Vial of Life name, no organization can copyright the name
. That's wrong twice over. First,
copyright applies to expressions of ideas, not to names.
Trademarks do apply to names, but a name that was only in historical use isn't trademarkable, generally speaking—and the particular name may not be defendable as a trademark anyway due to its low
distinctiveness. As it happens, the semantics described are actually closest to the semantics of
patents.
4. The article is US-centric, e.g., The names of the other more comprehensive physician orders (MOST form or POLST form) will vary by your state
. The only states I have are "awake" and "asleep" :P
Would be nice if someone could at least drop an appropriate template ("This article has multiple issues" or whatever) at the top of the article. Thanks. 2A0D:6FC2:6A92:3F00:0:0:0:5F9 ( talk) 11:17, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
Hi! Lately I have been adding references to articles that have been marked as unreferenced since many years. I stumbled across several articles regarding municipalities in Barbados:
(there are probably more of them)
They are all one-line articles which provide no added value to the encyclopedia and have been marked as unreferenced since 2009. While populated places fulfill the requirements of notability, I wonder if such articles should be kept on Wikipedia. Today they would not be accepted as a new page.
I tried reading the guidelines for deletion and merging and I didn't find a "best practice" on how to deal with this kind of content. How would you proceed? The pages could possibly be improved by finding sources and additional information, but nobody has touched them for almost 15 years. Broc ( talk) 11:16, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
Hello, I would like some help or advice to improve my draft Draft:Tomb Raider I-III Remastered, which is about an unreleased game that isn't out until February (which may explain why my submission has been declined several times before and I really wanted to submit for review this as a real full article). MinionsFan1998 ( talk) 05:19, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
как задать вопрос ? Виктор Рахман ( talk) 16:10, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
Нужно сделать текст моего аккаунта - первой единственной страницы - сделать доступным любому землянину по указанной гипер-ссылке : ".........".
Виктор Рахман ( talk) 16:33, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
i have asked many questions here, but never asked what i should ask. I once heard from a mentor that one of the best questions to ask is, "What question should I be asking?", so I am applying that now here too. just seeing if there is anything that i could be doing to improve. Iljhgtn ( talk) 20:27, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
I created a page and submitted / "Published" on December 14th 2023 and have not had a response.
What is my next step?
MichaelCousins1 ( talk) 21:30, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
I just spent several hours trying to finish revisions on an article. When I was ready to publish, I got a message saying there was an edit conflict and I could not post my work, or had to do it manually.
Wikipedia really needs to figure out how to have one editor at a time working on an article. Two hours worth of work is just gone. I am not happy.
ProfessorKaiFlai ( talk) 13:30, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
How does one upload a map from OpenStreetMaps with lines drawn. Please and thank you! Cwater1 ( talk) 00:57, 26 December 2023 (UTC)
Hi, I have noticed that a lot of the articles of lesser-known Russian and eastern European figures in the English wikipedia contain sparse information and very few sources.
I recently revamped the article for Pavel Blonsky and did some work on the article for Lev Kassil. The problem is, there are very few if any sources on these two in English.
I was wondering if anyone had access to reputable Russian sources that could be translated, or would be willing to directly translate from Russian? Or if I should be asking this somewhere else? MunsterManicotti5092 ( talk) 22:33, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
There is a citation to the IUCN Red List website in the Collared Pika article. I looked at how it was cited, since I wanted to so the same thing in another article. I assumed it would use "cite website" but instead is used "cite iucn". I looked in "Wikipedia:Citation_templates" to get details but it did not appear there. I thought that page had ALL citation templates. Where can I get help details on "cite iucn"? Thanks. Sunandshade ( talk) 10:31, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
Hello, I noticed that article Hwang Hyun-jin already exist but only consist a redirect to Stray Kids article. Meanwhile there is also Draft:Hwang Hyun-jin which is not completed (barely have any information and sources). I'm wondering if I can request to move the draft to mainspace or should I improve the page first before request move article? Please give me a guidance, thank you! Shenaall ( talk) 01:16, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
If my citation reference is an online PDF document, which page # do I use? The page # that is printed on each page (could be i, ii, etc.) or the page # that my PDF viewer says I am reading. If the doc has an un-numbered title page & several i, ii pages, then the printed page could be 5 but the PDF page could be 10. I've tried to research this in WP but could not find the answer. Sunandshade ( talk) 01:46, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
I'm in the process of expanding and improving the article for Mieczysław Weinberg and have hit a bump with sfn referencing. Two of the sources I use are authored by the same person and were written in the same year. This causes an error message to appear. How can I fix this? Thanks! — CurryTime7-24 ( talk) 02:37, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
I just decided to make my userpage a useful resource for myself, with links to things I find myself coming back to and intend to use. Among those links are ones to wikipedia Categories, Portals.
Once done adding all that, I found I had added myself TO some of these things, when that shouldn't be the case. No matter what I try to call myself, I am not a branch of mycology.
Obviously I need to undo that... but how do you add links to categories to a page without adding the page to the category?? Is it just by posting the plain url link, as in /info/en/?search=Category:Mycology_organizations ? I had switched them to internal page links with [[ brackets and maybe that's the problem. I just wanted them to not look as chaotic as plain url links do, and be more readable.
Thank you! MariahKRogers ( talk) 04:05, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
I'm looking at Felicia Montealegre Bernstein. It gives her name as "née Felicia María Cohn Montealegre". But I found on Geni.com that her baptismal certificate says Felicia María Josefa de Jesús. Do we include or not include baptismal names? --jpgordon 𝄢𝄆𝄐𝄇 02:14, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
To make a point at a Talk page discussion ( here) I need an example of an article which contains a Table where much of the content is prose, and not just a bunch of cells with figures or short strings. Can you think of a good example of a prose-full table? Mathglot ( talk) 08:21, 26 December 2023 (UTC)
How can references be added during discussions about whether or not to keep an article in different places? Are only admins allowed to do this or else regular editors get blocked? I’m new so I don’t understand how alot of policies get made on Wikipedia yet but I will learn soon? Thellosnellow ( talk) 06:02, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
I am writing an article on the Denver attorney W.W. Anderson. I found a photograph of Anderson on a Wikisource page, but I’m unsure of it’s copyright status. I can’t find the photo on Wikimedia Commons. Do Wikipedia sister projects also follow the same copyright rules that Wikipedia does, and can the images on a sister project be transferred between projects? Roasted ( talk) 02:33, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
Hi, I have added content with reliable source to expand the IndusInd Bank Article referring to Partnership section. Would like to understand whether it was promotional content or can this be added again? VKG1985 ( Talk | E-Mail | Contrib) 09:44, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
I have seen an article link that promotes their articles so I don't assess to remove as I am new, I am requesting for removable https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uczenie_g%C5%82%C4%99bokie Drakeshrao42 ( talk) 10:19, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
How can I create a new translated from uk:Територіальний центр комплектування та соціальної підтримки article with no registration? 46.211.78.23 ( talk) 10:26, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
The content in the above subjected line is shows false report of Israeli military's casualties, can you please correct this. Since the casualties count also reduced after few days again.. it's false and seems israeli propaganda 2409:40F2:1015:EA9D:8000:0:0:0 ( talk) 09:22, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
Non-extended-confirmed editors may use the "Talk:" namespace only to make edit requests related to articles within the topic area, provided they are not disruptive.(my emphasis). Polyamorph ( talk) 12:55, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
hello! i am currently trying to work on the article Partnership to End Addiction . it is written majorly in an editorial/ad type way, but there are a lot of examples of descriptions of ads im not sure how to write in the wikipedia manual of style, keep, or remove. an excerpt from the current version of the article:
In one television commercial, a camera zooms in and out on two adolescents, one of whom is trying to get the other to try marijuana. The tagline then reads: "A friend who offers you drugs is not your friend." It was a "strikingly different tack" from the milder Just Say No campaign.
it doesnt look "right" for wikipedia, but im stuck trying to think of how a description of a video should be written out. should i leave this as is? should i change the formatting (if so, how) or clear it completely. there are plenty of these in the article, how many specific examples of descriptions of ads does an ad company article need? (0? 3? 5?) ive been having difficulty finding similar articles to reference. any other tips or notes regarding this article are highly appreciated, thanks :) Sydpresscott ( talk) 23:06, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
I created a page in my sandbox for a record producer that includes a discography as a list, with returns after each entry. When I hit Publish, the version shows up with the llst as a single text block. How do I fix it? OrcaThatWrites64 ( talk) 19:05, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
Hello, Thank you in advance for helping me. CAPTAIN RAJU suggested that I come here for help. I just created a user name and password. My name is Demetrius. I created my account in order to create a Wikipedia for a Musical Artist. I was experimenting with building her infobox within the Sandbox to see what it looked like to test my coding. It was deleted. Obviously, I need to be setup up properly before creating this Wikipedia. I also need to declare a COI. I took all of the photos on her album covers and except 2 albums. I thought I would upload all of the images, album covers (high resolution) first and then work on the article to connect to them. I need help with how to get started in the right direction. Any feedback you have, I am willing to learn.
Thank you,
Demetrius
Wiki-Wiki-2028 ( talk) 06:40, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
I created my account in order to create a Wikipedia for a Musical Artistis great, but it's a bit like "I bought a violin in order to perform the Beethoven violin concerto". Please learn the craft, and get lots of practice, before you take on a challenging work - creating a new article. I advise you to put aside the idea of creating this article for a few months, while you learn how Wikipedia works by making improvements to some of our existing six million articles: I predict that this will save you a lot of frustration and disappointment. In particular, learning about reliable sources, verifiability, and notability. (Once you have learnt about these, you may discover that your artist does not at present meet Wikipedia's criteria for notability: if they don't, then you'll know not to spend any more time on writing about them). ColinFine ( talk) 14:26, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
Hello, I would like to translate this page : https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniela_Pes . Her first record was voted as one of the best in 2023 in Italy from the majority of the magazines. Above all, she won the Tenco Award ( Club Tenco, probably the most important award for songwriters in Italy) as best new artist in 2023 . Waiting for your opinion. Thank you in advance. Kimbamy ( talk) 20:04, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
Hello, I am a bit confused because from some time, I have been looking forward to again start contributing to wikipedia, but, I am unable to find any article to improve easily and from my previoys experiences, I fear doing some considerable edits as till now, I have seen my edits being reverted and nearly all the times being said "useless", "inneccessary" and even I once tried to raise some concerns and wsa replied back with some very rude tone. Wherever I tried to edit, or even resolve a conflict in talk page, I saw a policy of wikipedia just coming above against me even if I went through many of them. Can you suggest what and how can I contribute, till date, only this place is where I have got some oositive replies.
My sincere apologies if I said something wrong or something out of myself.
Yamantakks ( talk) 18:13, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
Searching for an article to add as an external link " https://search.ebscohost.com › login ebsco The History of Messianic Jews and the State of Israel, 1948 ..." [1] appeared after I'd scrolled through snippets and clicked "repeat the search with the omitted results included". When I clicked "Publish changes" an error notice mentioning ebsco appeared which included "You can link to https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?AN=<access number> (the ebsco 'permanent link' to the record), the access number is sometimes visible in other ebsco links (the number after 'AN='), or available from the ebsco page that you are visiting.". Where is the relevant access number which will make the URL acceptable? Where do I add it? Do I need to change the URL in any other way? Mcljlm ( talk) 23:46, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
https://eds.p.ebscohost.com/eds/detail/detail?[.......]#AN=158043326&db=a9h
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i tried to create an article, but it declined due to its looks advertisment for the system, but it isnt, i just added corporation information, please help me to improve and fix it so i can publish it =]
thanks so much, Rea H. Rikoshar ( talk) 10:01, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
Draft:RS Royal Services INC was Speedy deleted. You can try again, but all content must be neutral point of view and varified by independent (non-corporate) references. David notMD ( talk) 11:08, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
Do all wiki websites that run on the MediaWiki software have the same basic commands like Wikipedia, like for example searching "Special:ListUser" etc Bzik2324 ( talk) 20:58, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
Hi, thank you in advance for your time and any thoughtful help you may be able to lend. There is an actor of whom I am a fan, Bourke Floyd and I tried to write a n article with him as the subject. My submission was reviewed and declined because he was found to be “not notable”. It stated the sources I included made only “passing references” to him. He has been mentioned in deadline Hollywood, interviewed on ABC News, on 20/20 Downtown and a few other places. I recognize that he isn’t a house hold name but he’s on a bunch of tv shows and movies. If that isn’t enough to warrant an article I understand and accept that but I guess I’m just hoping there’s something else I can do to resubmit.
thank you again for all of your help,
Alex AlexandraWade ( talk) 22:08, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
When I looked at 2023 Israel–Hamas war this morning, there were 29,000 deaths listed for the Gaza Strip. Now it's gone down to 21,000 deaths. I can't comment on the talk page because my account isn't extended-confirmed, so what happened, and which numbers are accurate? Kk.urban ( talk) 04:55, 29 December 2023 (UTC)
Kindly provide some tips for publish article Drpaturiramarao ( talk) 10:52, 29 December 2023 (UTC)
No matter what I do, even logging in on another Android phone, when I access en.m.wikipedia.org, the mobile version, none of the buttons on the left side of the screen work, when I push any of them the left side list simply hides back. Bzik2324 ( talk) 12:05, 29 December 2023 (UTC)
Howdy, there's been a little update on: /info/en/?search=Sharksploitation Someone has made notes similar to the one about Open Water 2, at the bottom of the first box. For a couple of the movies. How do I get them to display correctly, like the one about Open Water 2? I am not sure on the right terminology to search for on the tutorial pages. Simdude1990 ( talk) 14:10, 29 December 2023 (UTC)
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14:17, 29 December 2023 (UTC)Seeking more outside opinions for the sentence Johor Bahru was also the second largest GDP contributor among the first tier cities in Malaysia in 2010. The reference used ( "Urban Regeneration :The Case of Penang, Malaysia. Putting Policy into Practice" (PDF). Khazanah Nasional: 10. 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 January 2016 – via The chart of the GDP contributor is in Page 10.), seemed like a Powerpoint slide of questionable reliability. It was never mentioned where the data for city GDP came from. Official GDP data in Malaysia are available down to state-level only, not smaller-level divisions like cities ( https://www.dosm.gov.my/portal-main/release-content/gross-domestic-product-gdp-by-state-). Could this count as peacock or synthetic claim? Slothades ( talk) 01:43, 29 December 2023 (UTC)
I sometimes see comments that could be described as "mean", "rude", or "trivial" on talk pages of a wide variety of topics. Sometimes these comments are days old, months old, or even years old. One example is on this talk page that I looked at now Talk:North East (Nigeria). There is a comment that just says "i hate u" made by an anonymous ip user.
What is the rule? Am I supposed to leave those be. Should i cut them and make a note of removing it in my edit summary? I would appreciate what the guidance is on this. Iljhgtn ( talk) 16:32, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
Hi! I'm trying to understand the rules about uploading photos of public art in the United States, specifically photos I've taken of 3D public artworks that are not mine, of artworks that are not very old.
The rules I read here ( Wikipedia:Image use policy) seem to say that if I take my own photo of someone else's 3D public art, the photo is considered a derivative work, but I'm unclear about whether that means I can upload it to wikimedia commons or wikipedia.
This page here seems to say I *cannot* use photos of 3D artwork: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Freedom_of_panorama#Buildings_and_sculptures_as_works_of_art
But I'm confused because there is this entire public art project on wikipedia, in which all of the examples I've looked at include photos (by people other than the artist). Wikipedia:WikiProject Visual arts/Public art/Showcase#Lists of public art and there are a lot of other examples.
The goal is to add it to a wikipedia page, so if it's allowed on wikipedia but not wikimedia commons, that would be good to know too. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Krhettn ( talk • contribs) 18:19, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
Is there an exception I am missing? I want to make sure I don't break the rules, but the rules seem to contradict what I see. Thank you!
Krhettn ( talk) 17:58, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
@ Krhettn: Images uploaded locally to (English) Wikipedia or globally to Wikimedia Commons aren't officially vetted or otherwise examined before being uploaded; in other words, there's no formal approval process and it's mostly assumed that those uploading images either know enough about image copyright and relevant Wikipedia and Commons policies to either know what they're doing or know to ask for assistance if they don't. Unfortunately, not many people bother to do their due diligence when uploading their images and just assume that (1) it's automatically OK to do so and (2) someone else will fix things if it's not. In addition, many people misunderstand the meaning of " public domain" and " free license" and just are assuming that anything that can be downloaded for " free" online must be OK for Wikipedia from a copyright standpoint. Furthermore, many images of 3D works that people upload to their social media accounts or other websites that have absolutely nothing to do with Wikipedia are also incorrectly licensed, either unintentionally or intentionally, but Wikipedia users often just take these people at their word and assume they know what they're doing. This means that lots of images are uploaded to both are ones uploaded with incorrect or at least questionable licensing requiring further examination. In many cases, these images can simply fly under the radar until someone like yourself asks about them or otherwise indirectly makes their existence known to others via a question that mentions them. So, yes it's quite possible that some of the images being used in Wikipedia articles (even ones uploaded to Commons) that you've seen are copyright violations that will need to be further discussed to determine whether they need to be deleted.
Under US copyright law, creative works with a known author and a known date of first publication are, in general, eligible for copyright protection for up to the greater of 95 years after their date of first publication or date of creation, or 70 years after the death of the creator depending on when the work was created. There are also lots of conditions and other caveats that apply, and most of these are explained pretty well here. As for 3D publicly installed artworks in the United States, there is no automatic freedom of panorama for such works and whether they're eligible for copyright protection depends upon when they were installed, whether they were published with a copyright notices, whether they were formally registered for copyright protection and several other things. So, before you upload anything under a free or public domain license, I strongly suggest that you ask about it at either WP:MCQ or c:COM:VPC to let others help you sort out whether it would actually be OK to do so. Please note that under various versions of US copyright law, "publication" didn't necessarily mean "publicly displayed" when it came to 3D works of art.
As for non-free content, you're correct in that Wikipedia does allow such content to be uploaded locally ( Commons doesn't allow any non-free content at all), but there are lots of restrictions placed on it. Wikipedia's non-free content use policy is much more restrictive by design than US copyright law and there are ten criteria that need to be met for each use of non-free content. Wikipedia policy generally allows non-free content to be used as long as freely licensed or public domain content that is capable of serving essentially the same encyclopedic purposes of any non-free content can neither be found or reasonably created. It also prefers alternatives to non-free content such as WP:WIKILINKs or text be used whenever possible. So, a non-free image of copyright protected 3D work of art publicly displayed in the US can sometimes be uploaded and used, but usually only when the image is used for primary identification purposes in the main infobox or at the top of a stand-alone article about the work itself and usually only when it's an image you've taken yourself. Trying to use such images in other types of articles or in other types of ways (for example, to illustrate individual entries in an article like " List of public art in Indianapolis" is almost always considered WP:DECORATIVE and not allowed per WP:NFLISTS. All of the images currently used in that article appear to be ones uploaded under some sort of free license to Commons, and are not non-free images. Whether they're OK for Commons is something that might need to be further examined, but that's a separate discussion that will need to take place on Commons. -- Marchjuly ( talk) 22:56, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
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I have drafted an article with a section called Examples and another section having a subsection also called Examples. How do I link to the subsection?
For instance, if I am inserting a link within the article, #Examples takes me to the section, not to the subsection. How do I link to the subsection? I tried a couple of obvious things but they didn't work. Johsebb ( talk) 21:18, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
Newbie here still on the learning curve. My subject has the same first and last name as a number of other pages, one who has a very similar career as my subject. Guidance appreciated. OrcaThatWrites64 ( talk) 17:52, 29 December 2023 (UTC)
Hi, I had made a draft for Hypra and it was declined for WP:SYNTHspam
I had left a comment on the declining reviewer but something tells me I wont get a response. So i'll re: the comment here so maybe I can get some help and direction to what I should do to get the artcle passing
The citations dont reference Hypra directly, but as Hypra is a branch off Ethereum the citations about the technology is still valid, as they are inherited from the underlaying project. I beleive it is incorrect to classify it as a "full-on
WP:SYNTHspam" and "bullshit-citing"
Thanks to anyone who will help.
TagKnife ( talk) 14:38, 29 December 2023 (UTC)
"We've safely aborted connection with www.hypra.network because it was infected with URL:Phishing". That's not a good look. If you think it's an AVG issue, you might wish to report it here. Regards, Nick Moyes ( talk) 17:58, 29 December 2023 (UTC)
Hi, there i was confused that, if you could add rebbellions, uprisings and large scale operations, battles/skrimishes to the page (involving any country of course) :-
( List of wars involving Pakistan)
A user (with many edits) reverted my edit in which i had added a uprising giving the reason it was not a war, where as in other countries lists the same rebbellions, uprisings, Large scale operations/battles and skrimishes and other small scale conflicts are also added to lists of wars involving other countries by why were they not removed just like in the ones which i added ? like in ( List of wars involving the United States), ( List of wars involving India), ( List of wars involving Afghanistan)
Also majority of these conflicts are added in other pages are without even a citation ! If it dosent matter then why does the user remove it ? Rahim231 ( talk) 18:45, 29 December 2023 (UTC)
I see in an article talk page "This article has been rated as C-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale." However, in my opinion, the article can be rated as B-class. How can I 1) find out when the last time the article was graded, and 2) change the content assessment grade? Pinkslimo ( talk) 20:07, 29 December 2023 (UTC)
Hello, guys. Sorry if this question is too basic. I want to upload a picture on Wikipedia. I'm logged into English and Turkish versions of it. When I go to Wikimedia Commons I can't find any way to sign up with my existing Wiki account, but only to create a new account. Please refer me to a place where I can learn to use my existing account to use Commons. Thanks in advance! HamzatCan ( talk) 21:09, 29 December 2023 (UTC)
Sorry! I just used my Wiki credentials and it works. Question closed :-). HamzatCan ( talk) 21:12, 29 December 2023 (UTC)
The article on Gabriel Baer implies that he is still alive, but I couldn't see how to edit this. Thanks 94.174.138.132 ( talk) 22:27, 29 December 2023 (UTC)
I run a Fandom wiki and I was wondering how can I transfer/copy a template from Wikipedia, for example Template:Year article header over to my Wiki so it works correctly when typed in into any article on that wiki, and since I know both Fandom and Wikipedia run on the same MediaWiki wiki software, I was wondering if this is possible, and how? Bzik2324 ( talk) 15:37, 29 December 2023 (UTC)
{{Year article header|2023}}
on a blank page in the desktop version ("Desktop" at the bottom of the mobile version) then "Templates used in this preview" at the bottom shows a long list of templates and modules you may need. Sometimes a template is only used when certain parameters are present. Sometimes it also relies on other things, e.g. an installed extension listed at
Special:Version, or code in
MediaWiki:Common.css to format the output as intended. I haven't examined this example.
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23:02, 29 December 2023 (UTC)I would like to publish an article about a man in India named Dr. Jitendra Sharma. Who is renowned and is doing tremendous work in the filed of Medical Technology. I have all associated links and citation to support the facts I am trying to publish. Rimithapa ( talk) 02:36, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
For months now, I've been working independently on a draft on the modern space race and would like to humbly ask for users to help review, fact-check, and improve the draft before an eventual move into the article space. I'd like to point out, first and foremost, that the article is still a work-in-a-progress and is not, by any means, complete yet. This topic is very broad and has over-qualified itself for a separate, stand-alone article in accordance with WP:GNG and WP:N.
Thanks, -- WellThisIs TheReaper Grim 01:32, 29 December 2023 (UTC)
This includes any analysis or synthesis of published material that reaches or implies a conclusion not stated by the sources.Deltaspace42 ( talk • contribs) 01:51, 29 December 2023 (UTC)
A registered Wikipedia user Alirezadubai said they had the ability to get a page I was editing [Sue Williams (writer)] published for a modest payment. I thought they were going to research some missing citations. I then realised all they were doing was moving the page past the CfC process (against the rules) and I refused to pay. Now they are threatening to block the page and my topic's name. At no time did I give this person our logins or permission to do anything except edit the draft. I now see the page is being deleted section by section because the citations it required are not there. So, firstly, here's a warning to avoid these conmen. Secondly, how can I get the material back so I can continue working on it. JimmyT1967 ( talk) 07:44, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
STATUS: Draft:Sue Williams (writer) exists and User:Alirezadubai has been indef blocked. David notMD ( talk) 09:10, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
In closing, I have to warn JimmyT1967 that his participation in this entire thread has been a stream of increasingly asinine and combative interaction, and it is not going to inspire anyone to help him source this article. Check your attitude, JimmyT1967. Yes, the "articles for creation" process (or any other article creation here that doesn't end in rapid deletion) can be frustrating, especially for someone not yet familiar with Wikipedia's notability and sourcing policies, and how to write encyclopedic instead of promotional or magazine-style prose. But WP:Civility is also a policy, and personal frustrations must not be taken out by being habitually rude to other editors. There is not a single person here who thinks that insults and sarcasm are clever or interesting. It's also important to review WP:NOT, in particular the principle that Wikipedia is not a web host or blog (nor a soapbox for promotion). The fact that you think a writer is "important" and the fact that you can write material about them and their books does not automagically make it an encyclopedic topic (or encyclopedic writing about that topic). There is no requirement that Wikipedia cover a topic you are interested in, or publish what you want to say about the subject. We have stringent standards and they must be met whether or not you agree with them or want to do that work. (And it is often tedious and thankless.) — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼 09:55, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
Hello! I watch recent changes for vandalism. This IP, 2601:243:202:7450:31E4:F387:732D:A09C, (see any of their contributions so far). Their edits are just adding "insurrectionist" to a bunch of American Civil War articles. Is this an appropriate time to revert these edits for WP:DUE or WP:NPOV? Normally I wouldn't be concerned, but this is on a pretty large scale. Thanks! Schrödinger's jellyfish ( talk) 04:53, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
Hi, On page Ravidassia I did editing and now someone revert it and i am unable to rectify it as this page is locked for me. Can anyone help me to reedit the page. Dev Mahey ( talk) 09:58, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
Hi. Im new here (although I already edit since June under my IP). My draft just got moved to the main space, but sadly I made a typo in the name of the person the draft is about, and instead of Amaru Topa Inca, the draft is now titled Amara Topa Inca. Could someone move the draft please? Cheers. Encyclopédisme ( talk) 13:12, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
Hi, I am Rishika currently in India, I would like to know whether i could edit articles and how is the work like? could anyone explain is it daily or whenever i could edit? Authorrishika ( talk) 13:21, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
When I say farm sim, I mean the likes of Stardew Valley and My Time at Portia, both of which have articles.
Any idea if farm sims like Coral Island, Sun Haven and My Time at Sandrock could justify having its own article given that they are quite popular for those that already play farm sims? or least be included somewhere in an article Breathinkeeps32 ( talk) 20:01, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
my draft article for an artist who’s work I encountered publicly displayed in London was rejected for lack of notability evidence.
I’ve added several references to articles dedicated to the artist in print publications. I’ve also linked to several museums who list her work in their permanent collections.
is more needed? Draft:Rebecca Ackroyd Resing ( talk) 23:04, 29 December 2023 (UTC)
Hello. So I saw the Teahouse article suggestion bot and decided to add it to my talk page. One of the WikiProjects I put in seems to work fine, but the other (WikiProject The Beatles) goes nowhere. Did I mess up the syntax for it or is something else needed for it to work? blueskiesdry … (cloudy contribs…) 16:06, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
My draft, Fabien Vienne, I have some problems about references. Please someone help me. Bera678 ( talk) 16:13, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
Bera678, in addition to being the subject of a PhD thesis by Manon Scotto (Université Grenoble Alpes, 2022, already cited in the article), and a published monograph by the same author (isbn 979-10-94352-15-1, 87 pages, also already cited), which I feel substantiate "significant critical attention" ( WP:NARTIST criterion 4c), I was able to find another few source's about Vienne's contributions to mathematical art.
Apparently he was responsible for the structural design of a permanent holographic exhibition at a shopping mall in Paris (which I'm not sure meets NARTIST 4b, but there's a whole conference paper about it: Christakis, Anne-Marie (1994). "Large holograms in traveling exhibitions". In Tung H. Jeong (ed.). Holographic Imaging and Materials. Optics Quebec, 16–20 August 1993, Quebec City, Canada. Proceedings of SPIE, vol. 2043. pp. 112–122. doi: 10.1117/12.165568.; TWL link alt URL). Also Vienne seems to have pioneered some theoretical underpinnings of construction of large mathematical artistic structures, and a tribute to his contributions was held at a related conference, including a paper memorialising them: Verbiese, Samuel (2017). Zometool Tribute to Fabien Vienne at Bridges Finland 2016 (PDF). BRIDGES WATERLOO 2017: Mathematics, Art, Music, Architecture, Education, Culture. University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. 27–31 July, 2017. pp. 277–282.. I'm not sure if this satisfies NARTIST criterion 2 or 3.
Noting also that Vienne had artwork exhibited previously at the same conference (for example 2011, mentioned in Bier, Carol (2012). "Bridges Coimbra 2011: Art Exhibition". Journal of Mathematics and the Arts. 6 (1): 43–52. doi: 10.1080/17513472.2011.628616., doesn't contribute to notability); and that his submission in an artistic contest related to the Marshall Plan and European Unity has been mentioned and reoroduced in a much later academic article: Stephan Leibfried; Susan M. Gaines; Lorraine Frisina (2009). "Das Schiff Europa — Europe's Ship of States: Über eine Kippfigur der Integration". Leviathan (in German). 37 (3): 389–427. doi: 10.1007/s11578-009-0055-0. JSTOR 23984658. (p. 409; doesn't contribute to notability). There are also a few google scholar hits for conference papers by the author of the PhD thesis and the monograph, none of which I followed up on.
There were almost no TWL matches for search string "fabien vienne"
, but many of the publishers we can access will only search metadata rather than full text, so will return false negatives unless the search string appears in a metadata field. I still personally feel like the subject meets notability thresholds, but the English language literature appears scant.
The draft seems to have fallen down by not beginning with the reliable sourcing, instead starting out unsourced or from non-independent sources, based on the prose currently present at Draft:Fabien Vienne. Cutting out the material sourced to poor sources, and adding material from Manon Scotto's works and from the papers cited in this comment, is probably the route towards establishing notability to the satisfaction of AfC reviewers. Unfortunately I don't have access to the Scotto material and can't read French anyway, so I'm unable to help with that part, but hope some of this is useful, and can lead to a published article. Folly Mox ( talk) 18:14, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
i was looking for Review for bobby vee Take Good Care of My Baby album, nothing there. i need newspaper sources please. Samchristie05 ( talk) 21:48, 29 December 2023 (UTC)
During research done by me, by inflating worldwide gross totals via Box Office Mojo, it turns out the 2003 Pixar film Finding Nemo is the highest grossing film Pixar made, however due to vandalism I can't edit the page, so can anyone put the information on the page? Link is here. JrStudios The Wikipedian ( talk) 18:52, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
Finding Nemo is the highest grossing film Pixar made, then you can make an edit request, citing that source.
Finding Nemo is the highest grossing film Pixar made, that would be synthesis, and not permitted in a Wikipedia article. ColinFine ( talk) 19:02, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
I have been trying to add John Harding, Jr. to wikipedia for the last few weeks. My fourth attempt failed a few days ago. Can someone help me get this published? Here is my latest revision:
[Added at 20:48, 30 December 2023 by Belmontguy]
Why do people think I can be a good one — Preceding unsigned comment added by Acting mail ( talk • contribs) 23:33, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
On my web browser (Firefox) the text is running into the images on the right side of the page. Images are a mystery to me. Can someone here take a look and fix it. Thanks. 76.14.122.5 ( talk) 05:41, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
Thanks for all the replies and tests! I don't know enough to understand how or why this happens, although I've only noticed it on this page. I'll report back if I see similar effects on other pages. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.14.122.5 ( talk) 16:22, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
How do you reference something to its own article such as prime ministers of the uk and it will come up as rishi Sunak and his own Wikipedia article Mauveman2123 ( talk) 00:48, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
I created a Draft:Erin Williams page for an American cartoonist, Erin Williams], which was declined. Jamiebuba’s feedback was that the references do not show significant coverage about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources independent of the subject.
I want to follow up about this feedback. I'm concerned that this feedback is not actually accurate given the references that I used. The 12 references I used are from independent reliable sources. Three of the twelve references are in-depth review articles of Erin Williams’ books, which I would believe meets the definition for significant coverage. An additional 3 of the 12 references focus on awards Erin Williams’ works have received. Five of the 12 references cited refer to Erin Williams’ artist and written works, which are in published reliable sources such as The Believer magazine, The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) Magazine, and Abrams Books, among others. One citation is from a university website, a reliable secondary source that offers significant coverage about Erin Williams’ role as a lecturer at that university.
I’m concerned that very few notable women cartoonists’ accomplishments are featured on Wikipedia. I notice that Brian Fies, an American male cartoonist of a similar notability as Erin Williams, has a Wikipedia page. Williams’ work tackles huge issues we face as a society: sexual violence and how that shapes women’s lives; body shame; and chronic pain, which impacts 20 million Americans. I appreciate any clarification about the feedback I received. Thank you. Unicornnerd ( talk) 14:16, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
I skimmed WP:CITE after looking at the article for Center Embedding, but I want to be 100% sure of something. The references section looked weird, and the citations were also weird. It appears as if someone wrote the article using an MLA-esqe citation style. Those citations aren't set up correctly, right? I can do stuff! ( talk) 18:57, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
User579987 ( talk) 04:26, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
I wanted to ask about this article, published under the CC BY 4.0 license
I wanted to upload ( Figure : 2 ) from it to a Wikipedia article I'm working on, but this figure ( Figure : 2 ) says, " Reprinted by permission from Copyright Clearance Center: Springer Nature: Whittam D, Wilson M, Hamid S et al. What's new in neuromyelitis optica? A short review for the clinical neurologist. J Neurol 2017; 264:2330–44. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-017-8445-8. ".
Does this mean that this exact figure is copyrighted and isn't included by the CC BY license? — Preceding unsigned comment added by User579987 ( talk • contribs) 04:28, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
I was recently reading about Larry Allen and under his awards it did not mention he was inducted in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. It did have a line at the end of his page about it but it was not in the awards section. That's a pretty big award.
Thanks Gerald Palmer 71.76.175.78 ( talk) 04:53, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
Hello everyone !
I'm a new user trying to understand how to use Wikipedia to diffuse my knowledge on green finance. Unfortunately my draft has been rejected for sounding like an essay. I might be biased on this one by my academic background as I try to keep a neutral pov and of course show the two sides of the story...
I'm definitely working on the format standard of wikipedia for now but feel free to check it and teach me what is problematic as I see this style everyday on wikipedia :(
Thank you in advance and happy New Year !
Draft:Regulation of ESG rating in the European Union yasszz 20:25, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
Following the ordinary legislative procedure with the Council of the European Union and its preparatory bodies, an amended version of the proposal was published on July 14, 2023. This revised proposal was subsequently presented to the European Parliament for the first reading . Its adoption, in its current form or with minimal amendments, is anticipated to be a crucial step in sustainable finance regulations in the EU and worldwide.
Provided, Adam Fleck Published 10 months ago About a 4 minute read Image: Tesla Brand." What does that mean? Reference 8 is "
"Home". www.oecd-ilibrary.org". There's no way that can support a claim in the prose. Reference 10 is a link titled "
#LIVE COP28 | Global Climate Action Through Fostering Sustainable Finance | #LIVE COP28 | Global Climate Action Through Fostering Sustainable Finance Global Action to Foster Sustainable Finance showcases a panel of global... | By COP28 UAE | Facebook". Whatever this is supposed to have said, Facebook and other social media are not reliable sources.Some of your sources look really good: the references sourced to Journal of Business Ethics, the Grantham Institute, European Business Organization Law Review, Journal of European Public Policy, and Review of Finance are almost certainly appropriate for an encyclopaedia article about some topic or another, although not necessarily the same one. Some of the journal sources look speculative (specifically, the ones where the title ends in a question mark, which tends to signal a hypothesis rather than descriptive facts).The tone of the draft is not always encyclopaedic: phrases like
The EU has a leading position in the sustainable funds market, commanding 84% of global assets in this sector. Additionally, it stands as the most advanced and diversified market for ESG investments. In comparison, the US, following at a distance, accounted for 11% of these global sustainable fund assets,
the Netherlands launched a “green lending scheme” in 1995 and held that subject at heart since,
the engagement of EU in matter of a greener world blossomed through a flow of regulations, directives and proposals,
This highlights the need for more effective capital allocation in ESG funds that integrate impactful initiatives to achieve real sustainability of the economy, or (as an entire paragraph)
This challenging role is granted to ESMA.: none of these feels like it belongs in an encyclopaedia article.There's also some speculation:
It is expected that the regulation obligations will have an impact on small providers with some administrative burden and costs of organizational changes,
The shift from voluntary to mandatory reporting, coupled with the increasing demands for data availability, accuracy, reliability, and understandability, is likely to result in higher administrative and training costs, potentially affecting the financial performance of SMEs, etc. Also, the final sentence of the draft is problematic:
In addition to these, the independence of ESG rating is set to an unseen level before, and measure for hindering potential conflict of interests are setting the bar high as none of the rating agency can undergo consulting, investments, Audit, Banking, reinsurance, credit rating activities nor elaborations of green benchmarks.What does that mean?Stylistically, you've chosen to boldface all of your wikilinks, which isn't a thing we do. As a minor issue, almost all of your inline citations precede punctuation, which is also improper style, but easily addressed and would never stop an article from being accepted. Some of the other punctuation and fornatting is also incorrect (hyphens instead of dashes, {{ blockquote}}s set in oblique), but again these are minor issues, and not nearly as jarring to experienced Wikipedia editors as uniformly bolded links (which I note the most recent AfC reviewer has also mentioned).All that said, I really do sympathise with your position: this is an important thing, and your arguments appear sound. With your expertise in the subject, I wonder if you might be able to submit a version of what you've written here for publication somewhere. If you don't think it would stand up to review, v:Wikiversity might accept it. That project publishes original research and I think your draft might be appropriate there, although I'm not very familiar with their policies.However, it doesn't really make for an encyclopaedia article. You could split up the material, and add some of it to Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation, some of it to Greenwashing, some to European Securities and Markets Authority, etc. I imagine that wouldn't be a particularly satisfying outcome, but the problem of an article topic not really being the topic of an encyclopaedia article is one that's very difficult to overcome here. Folly Mox ( talk) 04:47, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
Hello. This might sound naive, but is there anywhere I can request a draft be looked over again? I know that I will be told what’s wrong if the draft gets declined, but I’m talking more about the writing style. My English isn’t too bad, and this isn’t the first time I’ve edited, but it is the first time I’ve written a draft. It’s a translation of a french article, and I fear the vocabulary isn’t very comprehensible. There should be some place to request that, right? If not it’s fine too. Cheers. Encyclopédisme ( talk) 14:28, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
translation of a french article. Is your draft a translation of a French Wikipedia article? If it is, then I strongly suggest you take a close look at Wikipedia:Translation and Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia#Translating from other language Wikimedia projects for reference. It's OK to translate articles from non-English Wikipedias into English for English Wikipedia, but the original source article needs to be properly attributed for the translation to be in compliance with Wikipedia:Copyrights. I also suggest you take a look at WP:OTHERLANGS as well because each of the Wikipedia's are separate projects with their own policies and guidelines. Many of the non-English Wikipedias have policies and guidelines similar to English Wikipedia's, but there are also sometimes some big differences. In additions, even when the policies and guidelines are the same as English Wikipedia's, they might not be being as rigorously applied and enforced. So, just because an article exists on another language Wikipedia doesn't mean it should also exist on English Wikipedia. Please keep in mind that your draft will be assessed in accordance with English Wikipedia's policies and guidelines and not those of another language's Wikipedia. -- Marchjuly ( talk) 06:11, 31 December 2023 (UTC)