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A page submitted for AFC review and accepted was afterwards nominated for deletion and subsequently deleted, without a collective decision to do so. Is this right? Heatrave ( talk) 02:49, 29 December 2023 (UTC)
I think this was about Rhymesonny, approved as article on 10 December, AfD nominated 13 Dec, then AfD Administrator's decision to delete on 22 Dec. David notMD ( talk) 03:33, 29 December 2023 (UTC)
I created a userpage and started adding content before realising that I'd made an error in the titling of it. Where is the best place to request it to be deleted once blanked, or do I have to apply a template for speedy deletion? EphemeralPerpetuals (they/them) ( talk) 19:34, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
Done. I'm reading your last comment as your question has been answered, and we're done here. If I misunderstood, please revert my comment, and/or elaborate. Mathglot ( talk) 09:06, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
I was looking to update the english version of this page ( https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/) which existeAlexandre_Havard about six months ago but seems to have disappeared. I am looking for recommendations as to how best to proceed to activate the english page so that I may contribute minor updates. Thank you. Apologies if this thread exists out there already... Feanor112 ( talk) 19:14, 29 December 2023 (UTC)
I’m really bored so il just do something here. In theory, would this count as vandalism? (Seriously, this is my question) Encyclopédisme ( talk) 16:35, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
editing deliberately intended to obstruct or defeat the project's purpose. Often people who are probably "really bored" make edits which meet that definition, but if you're not intended to obstruct or defait the project's purpose, it's not vandalism.
How do I speed up the reviewing process? Can I speed it up? (Aside from just putting a bunch of tags on it and getting the attention of underpopulated, pretty much inactive, and totally useless Wikiprojects). Encyclopédisme ( talk) 04:51, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
Hi, I just started editing on Wikipedia. I've mostly been adding sources, it's something I enjoy and (I think) I'm good at. I came across an article (Vilna Gaon) that look like it can use a lot of sourcing and possibly deleting. How do I go about such a thing? is there a place I can store drafts until it is ready for print? do I have to notify editors (in talk page I guess) that I am posting a major change? any guidance is appreciated.
Thanks FergusArgyll ( talk) 21:45, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
Ok I'm going to give it a shot, first by looking at the Hebrew version and finding sources from there. Keep an eye on me so I don't act too bold... Assume good faith :) FergusArgyll ( talk) 22:23, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
|quote=
param, and then you can translate it into English and place the translation into the |trans-quote=
param. You can copy the following, and adjust as needed:
<ref>{{cite book |lang=he |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |title=Original Title in Hebrew |trans-title=Title in English |date= |page= |publisher= |location= |isbn= |oclc= |quote=Original Hebrew text copied from the article that backs up your summary. |trans-quote=Your translation here. |url= |access-date=Today's date}}</ref>
I'm not sure why my attempts to fix citations are becoming inline references.
See here and here DarklitShadow ( talk) 14:45, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
Hello, I was planning to request the cancellation because I mistakenly misspelled the word "coffeeshop" in my draft. However, I noticed that my draft is not being published. Could you please assist me in getting my draft published? What should I do to have it published? Mskoksal ( talk) 13:22, 29 December 2023 (UTC)
How to add perfect citation? Youknowwhoistheman ( talk) 17:58, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
|language=ur
and be scrupulous about citing specific page numbers, and you should be fine to cite your books.
Folly Mox (
talk) 18:20, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
My town, Emmitsburg, Maryland, adopted Lutsk as a Sister City after the invasion by Russia. I am not sure how to do it. Please help. Thanks. Dwalbrecker ( talk) 17:07, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
A bio wiki page needs a name update as the person has married. I am unsure how to update the name change and still keep reference to the former name that the person is associated with. WikiTikiTavi63 ( talk) 15:38, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
E D Berman has been moved without any discussion to ED Berman by a user listed as far as I can make out via their talk page, a sockpuppet User:Gaybryant. Grateful if someone could let me know who to bring this to the notice of. Thanks Edmund Patrick – confer 23:18, 29 December 2023 (UTC)
I just had a tussle over pseudoscience, and weirdos making it to parliament in Mexico. Now I’m bored again, so I’m going to invent a stupid question. Anyway there’s this editor really insisting on it all. An I wanna know if there are similar problems down here? With Thierry Jamin type ppl. Happy new years ! (I’m soon no longer bored, so I wont ask stupid questions anymore). Encyclopédisme ( talk) 21:39, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
Recently, the Wikipedia article on Letterpress was promoted to good article status. The reviewer noted that they couldn't spot any flaws, and so decided that the article passed. I'm not sure if this is allowed. TWOrantulaTM ( enter the web) 23:24, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
Happy New Year Teahousers!
A photographer gave permission for an image to be released to Creative Commons 4.0. All has gone well. Permissions all done properly and the VRT are content.
However, both being newish at wiki, both the photographer and I have just noticed that the all the metadata has been uploaded - including that photographers's contact details.
While the photographer is happy to release the image under creative commons, photographer didn't mean to release personal information. (Yes, something to watch for next time.)
Now I can edit information in the "Summary" section regarding the image over at commons.wikimedia.org — however, I can't edit the metadata section. I'm guessing it can only be done by an admin.
Going off the general principles of anonymity and so on, seems right to ask if those details can be removed. Can someone tell me the right person, and the right way, to ask?
MatthewDalhousie ( talk) 03:04, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
Please, l need assistance on how to create infobox on Wikipedia. Olivia Harry ( talk) 21:57, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
Hi there, I am having issues finding reliable sources for my page on Sandra Hazlehurst, Mayor of Hastings, New Zealand. There is limited online material on her, part of the reason I wanted to create a page. Could anyone be of assistance. Thank you and hope you're having a great new year, Joseph. Draft:Sandra Hazlehurst Jtwd ( talk) 06:31, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
Hi! Please let me know if this is more appropriate for somewhere like WP:ANI. User Antoniocarreras81 (see contribs here) has been mass changing the national anthem of Spain. I don't know if this is just plain and simple vandalism I should mass revert and throw to WP:AIV, or if this is just me being silly and new and afraid to revert things like this. Thanks in advance! Schrödinger's jellyfish ( talk) 00:17, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
talk:Schrödinger's jellyfish and Deltaspace42, please note that the National anthem of Spain was published in 1761. As the article notes, the original music is out of copyright, but a particular harmonization is copyrighted. Presumably, that specific 20th century harmonization should probably be avoided. Cullen328 ( talk) 09:20, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
So in prefs there’s a place where you can put links to external profiles (I’m assuming it’s for Twitter or Facebook type stuff). I have a Bandcamp account where I occasionally release music (I’m not going to name it here because it could be construed as promoting it), and I was wondering if linking to it would count as advertising? blueskiesdry … (cloudy contribs…) 17:50, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
a recent feature and many old users don't know it yet.Could've said, "accounts created before it was added", or "users who haven't looked at Special:Preferences in a while", but, nope! Went right to "old".
58 / 3000 I got a message saying it's hard to register while I'm registering on Wikipedia. I've been asked to modify it, what should I do? 182.216.4.174 ( talk) 07:38, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
How do i create that? Iljhgtn ( talk) 20:31, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
Happy new year everyone! 🥳🙏 On Swedish Wikipedia, I can edit the text as I see it. There is another, separate mode which resembles some sort of code. On English Wikipedia, I can only see the "code mode" and can't edit the text as I see it.
Why does Swedish Wiki have two editing modes and English one only has one?
Learn new things in 2024 ( talk) 15:07, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
Dear fellow editors, I just created a draft article and it needs expansion. I appeal for help from here. Here's the link Thanks everyone! Olivia Harry ( talk) 08:38, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
Hello again 🙏
I noticed that some Wikipedia images are uploaded onto Wikipedia (Wikimedia?) while others are from Flickr. How can use Flickr's images on Wikipedia? And how do I know that I can use them (copyright and so on)?
There are some amazing images on Flickr that would really improve some Wikipedia articles. Hundreds of pictures like this, and they are IMHO 10/10:
Learn new things in 2024 ( talk) 15:22, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
To clarify, Learn new things in 2024, NC means "non-commercial" and NC licenses are not acceptable on Wikipedia. Our freely licensed content can be re-used for any purpose, including commercial purposes like posters, books, magazines, videos, t-shirts, coffee mugs and the like. Cullen328 ( talk) 21:42, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
Recently the page for "Ben Gurion Canal Project" has been deleted by a 7/3 vote & I need help reopening the discussion for keeping the article.
While I understand that the current Geo/political climate is not conducive to something as controversial as the above named project, the fact that there was/is a proposed project is reason alone to have information available to everyone & not burry it.
The Ben Gurion Canal Project has gained some recent notoriety due to TT and I believe that is the motivation for the article to be deleted.
Below are vairious sources of articles published before the current crisis from both sides of the isle that may lend credence to keeping this information on WP.
https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/statement-to-the-knesset-by-pm-ben-gurion
https://m.jpost.com/opinion/an-israeli-suez-canal-393225
https://www.albawaba.net/node/suez-canal-ben-gurion
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/459467/The-second-coming-of-Ben-Gurion
Please let me know your thoughts and any help would be appreciated. LtCdrLaForge ( talk) 20:52, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
Hello Wikipedians,
Flickr images with CC-BY-SA-2.0 license can be used on Wikipedia. Say that a Flickr image with CC-BY-SA-2.0 license gets uploaded to Wikipedia. And the original photographer changes the license to "All rights reserved" half a year later. What happens?
Does the initial CC-BY-SA-2.0 still apply or does it become a copyright infringement? Learn new things in 2024 ( talk) 19:44, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
The licenses and CC0 cannot be revoked. This means once you apply a CC license to your material, anyone who receives it may rely on that license for as long as the material is protected by copyright, even if you later stop distributing it.
Theoretically, if anybody knows anything about the muiscas and the incas (even though, that’s unlikely), could they give me an article to create? If not, please don’t bother to answer. Encyclopédisme ( talk) 20:42, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
Dear all, Happy New Year! I'm brand new to Wiki and need help please! I've created a blank draft article (The Music Man Project) and have some content ready, but don't want to publish it. I'd like to add some of my draft content and familiarise myself with the editing tools. How can I save the draft content so I can go back to it and work on it without publishing? Thank you! Marilyn Fowles ( talk) 01:25, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
Hello, and thank you for reading,
In the last year or so, I contributed to an article on the Great Fire of East Nashville in 1916. Last week, I looked for the article and couldn't find it. I used multiple variations on the search terms and came up dry. How can I find the article, ask that it be restored, and/or find out why it is no longer available?
I ask mainly because my grandparents, my dad, age 3, and my uncle, baby in arms, lived there at the time. Their house was passed over by the flames, and they were all safe. I ran across a picture that my grandmother had in an album of the aftermath of the fire, and wanted to add that to the article, if possible.
I'm new at this, and greatly appreciate any help that anyone can give me.
Best,
John Hampton JohnHamptonIII ( talk) 21:37, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
First thing first, big thank you to everyone for such receptive welcome earlier today. And thank you for so clear, friendly and useful answers. I would like to ask about references. And I try to not bother you again today. How do you make references? I spent time googling for it and answers vary a lot:
These are useful for WP:Visual editor, but what about the other WP:source editor?
Also Wikipedia articles on the topic:
Citoid and Citer seem really nice. It seems that Citoid is for WP:Visual editor and Citer is for WP:source editor Do you use them? What is the best option to create a high quality reference with the least repetitive effort? Learn new things in 2024 ( talk) 16:29, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
Most company pages on Wikipedia have company logos. Some don't.
Examples of Swedish companies with logos:
Swedish companies without logos:
Same country, same rules, but different outcomes.
Many companies have their logos and graphic material in the press or investor section, so they seem to encourage usage. Learn new things in 2024 ( talk) 22:47, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
I WANT TO CREATE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL FAMILY WITHOUT DEATH 104.245.218.59 ( talk) 09:12, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
In a recent edit, I wanted to use a citation that already existed in the article, but I created "new" citations instead, making duplicates. How do you insert a citation for a publication that is already listed? Davideteiemusic ( talk) 19:27, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
here<ref>some citation</ref>, another place<ref>some citation</ref>becomes
here<ref name="choose name">some citation</ref>, another place<ref name="choose name"/>Deltaspace42 ( talk • contribs) 19:48, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
Hello
I am a first time writer for Wikipedia, and just completed an article entitled "Horace Heyman" on December 30, today.
It is about my father, but all sources, duly annotated, are public, including Wikipedia itself, newspapers, and magazines.
My first question is what is the average time for review.
My second question is how do I access my Sandbox, once I have left the user page.
My third question is that for some reason Wikipedia claims it does not like my User name, but then it seems to accept it anyway..
My fourth question is that apparently I have to use a Template but I have no idea why or how to access templates from my User page. Ipandro Acaico ( talk) 16:51, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
Another, fifth, question.
I know that my last questions are now at the bottom of the page, a long way.
How do I know when and if someone has answered them. Do I have to wait permanently on this page for the rest of the day, or does someone advise me, and, if so, how and where?
By email? with a Popup? with a sound? Ipandro Acaico ( talk) 16:59, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
a Sixth question
When I go to my User Page, it says that Wikipedia does not have an exact name for my page, but then uses my User name Ipandro Acaico anyway.
What on earth does that mean? Ipandro Acaico ( talk) 17:03, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
Heyman also diversified the company to the manufacture of refrigerated trucks, and of ice-cream trucks, by introducing soft ice-cream to the United Kingdom through a joint venture with Mister Softeebut the only citation for that statement which is supposed to be used by readers to verify that this is true is in fact a link to the top level of the Softee website, which of course says nothing about Heyman. My recommendation is to start again in a few months, after you have understood how Wikipedia works and you have amassed a group of suitable sources meeting these criteria. The obituary in The Independent may be one of these but you need several. Mike Turnbull ( talk) 17:57, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
Mehraban 87.241.151.156 ( talk) 02:45, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
Why don’t most articles have a Greek letter in the page title, for example, α Centauri is located at Alpha Centauri. Astronomical Editor ( talk) 00:39, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
Courtesy link: § Adding company logo to the infopanel on the right
Decided to create a separate topic, to not overload the previous one. To avoid making it messy. Many logos on Wikimedia are accompanied by the following text
This logo image consists only of simple geometric shapes or text. It does not meet the threshold of originality needed for copyright protection, and is therefore in the public domain. Although it is free of copyright restrictions, this image may still be subject to other restrictions. See WP:PD § Fonts and typefaces or Template talk:PD-textlogo for more information.
Seen on
WP:Commons, for example:
,
File:BMW.svg
File:Apple_logo_black.svg
File:Adobe Corporate logo.svg
File:Baker Hughes logo.svg
File:Meta Platforms Inc. logo.svg
File:Applied Materials Inc. Logo.svg
File:Amazon_logo.svg
The example used previously, File:Elekta Logo.svg is geometrically simpler than the American company logos in the quote. And many Swedish logos currently missing from Wikipedia are geometrically simpler than the American company logos in the quote. It would be good idea to add them, and I could add a bunch, once I figure out how this works. Learn new things in 2024 ( talk) 00:34, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
What's the best infobox to fit Draft article Hananya Naftali and how do I find it? Olivia Harry ( talk) 21:16, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
I need help in creating a page for the work that our nonprofit is doing. The initial page I submitted for publication got deleted. Can anyone help me Svee1 ( talk) 08:39, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
Hi, I work with Sonu Nigam - a reputed singer from India. This is his Wiki page - Sonu Nigam There's is an error in his bio where the names of one of his sisters is not mentioned. Currently it only mentions Teesha Nigam but he has two sisters - Meenal Nigam and Teesha Nigam, Meenal Nigam's name needs to be added. Shreyjadav ( talk) 09:00, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
hi again,
How can I translate the content of a Turkish title into English?
It gives an error like: ''Your translation cannot be published because publishing is only allowed to more experienced editors on this wiki.''
I would appreciate it if you could help me on this issue. thank you Mskoksal ( talk) 13:58, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
How do I delete external links from an article? Jackeyed One ( talk) 15:51, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
/info/en/?search=Bettmann_Archive has a citation [3] referencing an advertisement placed in a journal by Otto Bettmann (not a peer-reviewed paper in the journal) but there is no title for the advertisement and I don't seem to be able to get to the source to see it. I made the minor change of
Of course the rendering for this still correctly complains that there is no title:
{{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
How should this citation be given? (I may run into this again, myself, if I refer to an ad about a historic computer or related product.)
Ainsinga ( talk) 16:37, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
I only want to see the bold edits so I can have something to feast on when I’m bored. blueskiesdry … (cloudy contribs…) 00:58, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
Hello Everyone,
I'm Saad , just a fresh new editor. I have just barely gotten through the wikipedia adventure, anyways now i'm here and the reason that I started doing this is becuase I need to create a biography for my Boss , who's a well know thought leader. The link that I gave above is from one of her direct competetors. I was exploring it and noticed that it says that the page has many erros and does not follow the notibility criteria. If possible could some help me identify some examples of what's wrong with the article so I could make one for my boss without the mistakes she made. I also need 10 edits so I though I should start from here. Steen Rasmussen FYI ( talk) 10:12, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
Draft:Altay Şükrü Yılmaz Hello dear wikipedia editors!
Can you help me with my article in draft form?
Thank you in advance for your cooperation.
https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/g/11s3zjgp_f&hl=tr Tartou ( talk) 20:30, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
I'm a bit confused how this was declined. Meets WP:BLP with awards, noms and has plenty of significant RS. Am I alone here? If so, why? Filmforme ( talk) 11:51, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
Hello! I recently took a photo of Rachel Zegler that I was wanting to use for her wikipedia page, as her current one is quite old. I've never uploaded on here before, so I have some questions. If I upload this photo, do I still own its copyright? Can it be used in any other official media like websites or magazines without my permission? Sorry if these questions seem silly, but I am very new to this! Thank you in advance. Brutallygolden ( talk) 22:22, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
As above, I am bored again. I’m going to ask you a genuinely useful question now. Is en.wp more liberal (I.e economically), possibly even neo-liberal, and more conservative, in short right-wing, than it is (reformist) socialist (social-democratic, democratic socialist) or communist (Marxist, far-left)? I have realized that some articles here on en.wp are largely different from their French or Spanish counterparts. Also, why is the German Wikipedia so professional? Please do not answer with, "You should ask there", or something like that, please give me an actual response. Was there ever a poll done of editors and their beliefs? Cheers. Encyclopédisme ( talk) 22:08, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
Courtesy link: Template talk:Physical constants § A second-level shared reference idea
TL;DR: How can I can generate reference list entry from within a template invoked in the article body while suppressing the visible tag ([1]) that <ref>...</ref>
would generate?
This is for use in a template that includes a reference, but currently a shared part of that reference is quite long, and if that template occurs many times (as it frequently does), the duplication creates an unnecessarily long and repetitive references list (see
List of physical constants for an example). It would make sense to have a single subordinate reference that all of these link to via the |work=
citation parameter, and I want to "invisibly" generate this shared reference entry and bluelink to it.
If I'm in the wrong forum, please redirect me :) — Quondum 23:59, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
<ref>...</ref>
used in the body of an article does provide something that will be inserted in that reference list, but it displays the link in a form that I don't want. If I use that, I will have a superscripted footnote tag within the citation that references the shared citation, which is not the format that I'm seeking. —
Quondum 02:56, 1 January 2024 (UTC)style="display: none"
by wrapping the full citation information bit of your template output in <span/>
tags? Apart from that I'm out of ideas. Another venue may know better than I.
Folly Mox (
talk) 19:02, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
mw-cite-backlink
) but you don't have access to it, because it it is generated by the mw software when it interprets the <references> tag and not something you have access to in the wikicode. The footnotes are an ordered list (<ol class="references">) and each of the numbered refs have a list tag element (<li>) with an id that is targetable by the refs or sfns in the body; for example, the id for note #2 is "cite_note-2" and for note #3 is "cite_note-3". This means that in theory, you could adjust your common.css and target note #1 with "display:none", but that would work only for you and nobody else, and only as long as the inline refs or sfns on the page didn't change in number or order, so essentially is completely unworkable. Beyond that, you'll notice I didn't mention the id on the li-tag for note 1, which you would need to use in common.css to disappear the backlink for that note, and that's because it isn't "cite_note-1", it's this monster:<li> tag for note 1. This is hidden, because the code line is probably three or four times your window width.
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I'm thinking definitely an XY problem, now. I think maybe the question should be something like, "How can I avoid duplicated footnotes when using template {{ Physical constants}} and take advantage of standard consolidated footnotes in the References list?" – does that sound right? Trying to divine your question, I started looking at the design of {{ Physical constants}} and {{ Physical constants/data}}, and that's what I'm guessing your underlying question really is, but I can't know for sure.
Before getting too deep into it: yes, this is the wrong venue; this should be moved to
Template talk:Physical constants, or maybe the Templates WikiProject, if multiple citation wrapper templates are involved. But at first glance, what I'm guessing might work, is a way to take advantage of normal,
named references. For that, you'd need to provide a refname in your */data table, and a way to access the name from the template code, neither of which is very difficult. For example: the ref */data for 'bwien' is <ref name="physconst-bwien">{{cite web ... }}</ref>
, and param |ref=
in the template only allows the values no
and only
. Why not change the */data, so that bwien also has |refname=physconst-bwien
, and add a new allowed value in the template code for |ref=
of named
(or, reuse
, etc.) and when the user provides that value, then you pick off the |refname=
value out of the data table? Then the mw software will consolidate them all for you, as it is designed to do, and you won't have any more duplicates. Seems like that ought to work.
Mathglot (
talk) 21:14, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
I think this article does not meet the usual standards of Wikipedia. To begin by labeling the Declaration a "fringe" notion is pejorative and question-begging. Even Francis Collins, who with Anthony Fauci, tried to cancel the authors and this Declaration, apologized a few days ago for his actions. Gregory Pence January 2, 2024 I have written about this topic and my book was even praised by Anthony Fauci's wife, Christine Brady: (Redacted) Pence ( talk) 00:29, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
Hello! I'm new and need help... Could you please tell me how to separate 2 quotes from 1 source for 1 reference, or if there are Paragraph1 with TopicA and needs no quote but Paragraph100 with TopicB needs QuoteB (both of them use the same source, cite web, therefore they will be placed under 1 reference)? I'm looking for something like... for example, Reference number 3, has 2 cite webs, and we can use * with enter to create a list under Reference number 3.
Reference
1
2
3
4
And then, how to:
Reference
1
2
3ab cite web
4
Do we have to write QuoteB manually outside the cite web without |quote= ?
I also want when we read the whole article, for Paragraph1 (with TopicA) we click [3] and QuoteB not show up.
English is not my first language but I hope you can still catch the idea from my words... Miracle for0110 ( talk) 21:12, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
How to I use my account to create a biography of my own life and cerdentials? NordicRedAmericanBjorn ( talk) 02:09, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
Links and formatting in original, though the nuances between writing and editing may be pretty similar. — Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 02:25, 3 January 2024 (UTC)Writing an autobiography on Wikipedia is an example of conflict-of-interest editing and is strongly discouraged. 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.
What kind of physical limitations are there for this process? For most organ transplants you can just take one organ out of someone and put it in someone else. But for fecal transplant wouldn’t you have to line up the anuses? And what if the donor doesn’t have to defecate? Would you have to wait for them to need to defecate before you could initiate the transfer of feces from one anus to another anus? Windolson ( talk) 02:48, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
Hello. Could you tell me a daring story of online image campaigns starting problems on Wikipedia? Or of long time vandals? Of influential sock puppets, and sock empires? Or maybe of outside conspiracies playing out on wp? I am really just bored. Encyclopédisme ( talk) 16:18, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
Can Wikilove option be removed from a user (to receive) and if so how can it be retained? WikiTikiTavi63 ( talk) 10:58, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
Hi all! i hope you are doing well!
my question is, Many times articles are posted by the "news desk". That means there is no generic name. What to do in such a situation? Is the author's name necessary in a citation? Youknowwhoistheman ( talk) 11:01, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
Can someone help me improve my article so it can be published Draft:Cavalli Williams-Simpson Jasper colins ( talk) 02:33, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
Have been partially working in the 2024 Haneda Airport runway collision since the start of the incident. But lately haven't been able to publish an recent change due to the semi protection layer, which is meant to block off any unnecessary edits or vandalism. The update I was gonna publish is related to the positions of the wreckages (both aircrafts) and the spot where both planes have collided on Runway C (16L/34R). The visual post have been referred of BBC's article and some aerial footages to correctly place the markings on the SVG file (which can be fixed still afterwards for any mistakes).
So I request for some help to get the diagram published please. Any help would be really appreciated. Detektiv Prime ( talk) 10:22, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
My submission was rejected due to unreliable sources. My source was the Spanish version of Wikipedia. Wikipedia's translation refers to Germania Rodriguez as "his". Since I personally met Germania, I know that she prefers the pronoun "her". This is the only change I made, yet it was rejected. I've no further ties to Germania, & do not profit from correcting her pronoun. Please clarify how Wikipedia's policy rejects its own sources. AcidFreeBase ( talk) 03:55, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
How can YOU create a template NOW? Is it difficult? I wonder who made the choice of creating templates. What is the computer code of templates? Encyclopédisme ( talk) 14:41, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
Hello,
I'm trying to improve this article on a Football Player /info/en/?search=Steve_Moran
I noticed that for the player's career history the sources are all fan sites. My current understanding of source reliabilty is that these are poor sources and that for biographies of living persons the standards for source reliability should be fairly high and that unverifiable infomation should be removed quickly.
I deleted the section as I was unable to find reliable sources for this infomation. This deletion was then reverted.
I considered tagging the poor sources but I realised if I did this there would be a situation where that whole section was unverified.
Was there a better way I could have handled this situation? Have I misuderstood what is acceptable on Wikipedia? How would you recommend I approach this situation? OneMillionGuineaPigs ( talk) 15:15, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
Hello. What are your opinions on RationalWiki and Conservapedia. Have there ever been incidents with editors of the two? Also, on a lesser note, am I allowed to take part in Teahouse discussions if I have something useful to add? Encyclopédisme ( talk) 18:49, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
Hello, I can't find any information about locating my donation receipt. can you help? Howkew21 ( talk) 19:23, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
is there a limit to what can be done with invisible comments in an article besides "anything actually related to improving the article or keeping it good" and "hopefully not adding enough of them to clutter the source for anyone who happens to be editing"?
in the cases i'll hopefully have time to work on tomorrow (being the lists of pokémon, currently still at gen 1), noting unimportant, unsourced anime and game examples (like may's beautifly in the anime, or the dead gardevoir in pmd) and common misspellings (like "ninetails" for ninetales, or "alamomola" for alomomola) are both things i believe would be fine cogsan (nag me) (stalk me) 18:55, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
How do you make a GIF? I want to upload a gameplay screenshot for Ape Out, but I feel as though a still image isn't clear enough. The video can be found here. TWOrantulaTM ( enter the web) 20:31, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
I have started an article in my sandbox. When I get a solid lead and some credible references how do I get it checked for notability? I checked the notability page for criteria, and it seems I am ok.
My first article was through a semester long WikiEdu format so this is new for me WikiTikiTavi63 ( talk) 17:12, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
Hi. I would like to know if there is any saloon or something like that to discuss things? This is my last question here. Encyclopédisme ( talk) 20:55, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
I have come across a problem in the article that I am editing where the images take up space around a title that aren't relevant to the title that I am editing. I have tried moving the pictures to the right, but it still takes up the space. I am thinking that adding a few extra lines to space them out should help, but I don't seem to see it on other articles. Are there any possible solutions that I haven't come across? Thanks! Fdefect ( talk) 20:57, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
This has been stuck in my head for some time and the question in advance may seem dumb, but what do they mean by "copyrighted sources" prohibiting drawings and other depictions of a certain object (for instance an image of the German destroyer Z43)? Does this even cover official descriptions of said object?
Sincerely, e ( talk) 19:09, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
Hi, I'm a relatively new editor, and so far have been doing some small edits, and functioning relatively well, but this seems like it could benefit from some experienced editors.
I was editing the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation page, and everything was going well, but when I went to save my edits I was told that there was someone else editing the page, causing a conflict. I thought, "ok, so I'll just save my edits and go on with life," but when I saved my edits and saw the page, what I had added was not there. And, I found that I was staring at a table accompanied by information that A) does not even pertain to the BBRF in any way (its about some sort of band and their tour dates), B) removed the source that I had added, along with two others, C) taken away the sensibly placed template asking that the article get more sources added along with more info, and D) removed the infobox that I put in in an effort to add some information in an organized manner.
When I looked at the edits log, mine were not there, (but the edit(s) by the user who put the unrelated information are there), which seems like it may be important to resolving this. It's like I never edited the article at all, and it's somewhat frustrating that this happened. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Villaida ( talk) 23:18, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
If one user adds content, another user reverts it, and the initial user reinstates it without engaging in conversation, what would be the best course of action for me to take? LeónGonsalvesofGoa ( talk) 05:01, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
{{
citation needed}}
.
Remsense
留 23:56, 3 January 2024 (UTC)Heath Ledger was a direct descendant of Emanual Solomon , a 15 year old convicted of theft at the Durham Assizes in 1817 and transported to Australia wit his brother Vaiben in 1818. This is researched, documentad and verified in " Descendants of Samuel Moss Solomon" written by Jenny Cowenthe first edition which appeared in2019 and the second edition which will be published in 2024. Heath Ledger is entry 1230 on page 386 and entry 1406 on page 420. The ISBN is 978-0-9945173-1-9. Heath Ledger's maternal forebears were Jewish. GavinSilbert ( talk) 01:18, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
ISBN 0-8160-5764-8 1 appears on https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofpa0000unse_s7e2/page/n3/mode/2up but "{{cite book}}: Check |isbn= value: length (help)" when I click Publish. What needs to be done for it to be accepted? Mcljlm ( talk) 21:23, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
Using the convert template, if I do: 15|$/oz|¢/g
I get: $15 per ounce (Error in convert: Cannot convert "$/mass" to "cent/mass"
The help message didn't help me too much.
I can do: 15|¢/oz|¢/g to get: 15 cents per ounce (0.53 ¢/g)
I can do: 15|$/oz|$/g to get: $15 per ounce ($0.53/g)
What am I doing wrong in the 1st example? I know I can't convert currencies (e.g., dollars to euros), but this is just a decimal place conversion. Also, how do I get it to spell out gram? Thanks. Sunandshade ( talk) 08:59, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
{{
convert}}
with |abbr=no
({{
cvt}}
is actually an alias that uses |abbr=yes
)—which produces $15 per ounce ($0.53 per gram).
Remsense
留 09:09, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
Hello! Happy new year to ya'll at Wikipedia! I really don't have anything to say other than if there could be little categories in the search bar (example: on the left history and on the right food so you find a specific category) I'm not saying that it's messy but it's something to think about. Jude marrero =D 74.103.166.181 ( talk) 21:35, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
My question is: how do I move pages between languages? I'm asking because there is a certain inactive user draft I found that I want to move to the Georgian Wikipedia (which is the language the draft is written in). - Alex26337 ( talk) 22:41, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
I am trying to fix this draft. I do not see what is wrong with the links, the son of the national poet of nepal, a major academic and public radio exchange and routledge? How is then credibility defined? 85.191.190.175 ( talk) 11:12, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
See TAROM (airline) and then Draft:Legend Airlines (romania) tarom has a side table where it says full name and stuff i want that but idk how Poyeker ( talk) 14:42, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
Some years ago, an editor began a draft on Ian Charles, who is the director of the Quadram Institute, a UK public-funded research institute specialising in food and the gut. The draft is in their sandbox, here: [3]. The editor attempted to submit the draft, but it was rejected (inappropriate tone) and I think they lost heart and gave up - they haven't edited since. I'm wondering whether it's worth resurrecting this draft, but had some questions: (1) Is it okay to start with a draft from someone else's sandbox, assuming that I attribute it? (2) Is he likely to pass WP:NPROF? My feeling is that the director of a substantial public research institute ought to be a match on criterion 4 or 5, but when I've seen discussions it's mostly been in the context of universities rather than public-funded research institutes, so I'm not sure. Inevitably, as with any academic, independent sourcing is going to be a bit sparse (that's why we have NPROF). (3) I have a slight COI (I have connections with a different organisation somewhat related to his, and know professionally at least one person who works in his institute).
If people think Charles is a pass, my intention is to tone down the 1st and 3rd sentences to get rid of the internationally recognised fluff and the mission statement, convert the "references" into selected literature, and see if I can prop his biographic details with at least his University of East Anglia institutional web page, while also making sure it's not a copyvio (which some of the existing text definitely is) [4]
Grateful for any advice. Elemimele ( talk) 16:47, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
I see that you have already moved a large about of content from the abandoned draft to MrStoat's draft without first notifying. Although it is now after this action, I recommend communicating with MrStoat, as what you've done is hijacked the draft. You may not get a reply, as MrStoat created this draft in early October and has not edited it nor anything else since then. David notMD ( talk) 10:56, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
Hello, I'm trying to upload an image I took on to wikipedia, but as soon as I upload the photo here it turns horizontal. If I continue uploading will it switch back vertically? I'm using a MacBook if that helps. Sorry I'm new to this. Brutallygolden ( talk) 15:35, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
During a recent discussion I was told that the SPLC was "quite literally, in the business of manufacturing controversy to generate donations." As far as I can tell the context in question is somewhat pointed, but factual. I am concerned because I have had several interactions with this editor, and they are bringing up previous debates from other articles which seem to misrepresent me as an editor. I have asked them to strike and stop doing that on their talk page, and linked them to WP:TPNO. I'm not really sure where to go from here. DN ( talk) 12:14, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
They seem to refuse to let it go. DN ( talk) 12:25, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
i've been working on an article for 4 days now, and i've been trying to publish it for a while, but it just won't work. i keep getting this pop up: "No stashed content found." is there any way i can solve this? or copy the exact content to a different window? or anything? i suspect this happens if i keep a window open for a very long time. creating this article all over again would be a severely tedious task, so i would really appreciate any solutions to this issue. Dissoxciate (talk) 19:49, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
Some of the best templates for specifying what type of English to use for a page have handy abbreviations. Examples include American English, which you can just type { { AmE } } for, or British English which you can type {BrE } } for.
Many of the other variations of English could use shortform versions, but I try them and they do not exist or don't work. Just one example might be Indian English. I try "IndE" and it doesn't word. I get you couldn't use just "IE" because there are others like "IrishEnglish" etc.
If I could add some of these chosen abbreviations for language templates that I work with frequently, that would be really helpful. Some are Indian English, Nigerian English, Irish English, but there are so many different versions and it would be helpful to know how to edit a template, and where to locate that etc. Iljhgtn ( talk) 01:38, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
#redirect [[Template:American English]]
. Click "What links here" under "Tools" on
Template:Indian English and select "Hide transclusions" and "Hide links" to show current redirects.
[5] The only one is
Template:Indian-English with a hyphen so there is no abbreviation. {{
American English}} and {{
British English}} are used far more than other variants so an abbreviation is more helpful. I think they have too many redirects
[6]
[7] and personally I'm not fond of something like {{AmE}}
in an article source because the meaning can be hard to guess. {{IndE}}
would be harder. {{
American English}} is used in 18441 pages. Only 424 of them use the {{
AmE}} redirect.
PrimeHunter (
talk) 03:03, 4 January 2024 (UTC)Hello, I actually have a Wikipedia page on here & the information is incorrect & insufficient & I would like to both change it & add to it. 108.14.77.234 ( talk) 17:45, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
Hi Everyone, I am not sure whether this is the right place to put this concern here. But i think this is a serious issue for Wikipedia decorum. Today i noticed a user named User:Sush150 frequently adding Bollywood Hungama website links as references on Wikipedia's various articles. I checked his recent contribution on the pages below and found Bollywood Hungama is used very frequently as references: Singham Again, Murder Mubarak, Maddock Films, List of Hindi films of 2024, List of Hindi films of 2023, List of Hindi films of 2021, List of Hindi films of 2020, Kareena Kapoor Khan filmography, Tiger Shroff, List of highest domestic net collection of Hindi films, Dunki (film), Tiger 3, Fighter (2024 film), Jawan (film), Akshay Kumar filmography.
These are few i found, but i am sure there is a long list. Macbeejack ☎ 08:08, 4 January 2024 (UTC) Macbeejack ☎ 08:08, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
Hi there!
I have a question about the use of the unreliable source tag as I am unsure when to use it, or if it conflicts with this guideline which says that information that is not backed up by a reliable source should be boldly removed.
For example, on the article Gamefam, two sources lead to Forbes contributor pages; a source that has been called generally unreliable per WP:FORBESCON. Should the information that relies on these sources be removed or is this tag enough.
If this tag is sufficient, how can't falsified information be used on Wikipedia if it is backed up by an unreliable source (provided the tag is present). TenToe ( talk) 20:41, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
Any material lacking an inline citation to a reliable source that directly supports the material may be removed and should not be restored without an inline citation to a reliable source. Whether and how quickly material should be initially removed for not having an inline citation to a reliable source depends on the material and the overall state of the article. In some cases, editors may object if you remove material without giving them time to provide references. Consider adding a citation needed tag as an interim step. When tagging or removing material for lacking an inline citation, please state your concern that it may not be possible to find a published reliable source, and the material therefore may not be verifiable. If you think the material is verifiable, you are encouraged to provide an inline citation yourself before considering whether to remove or tag it. Do not leave unsourced or poorly sourced material in an article if it might damage the reputation of living people or existing groups, and do not move it to the talk page.
The page I was working on ( Megan M. Carpenter) was deleted but I want to take another try at it. Is all that work lost? The notice says to contact the person who took it down but when I click that person's name ("User:AmandaNP") I don't see any type of messaging tool. Can someone suggest a next step? I'm new to all this. Thanks! Pilgrimfoot ( talk) 15:48, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
I have never attempted to author a Wikipedia article before, so this is all news to me. I am working on adding content related to a World War II pilot, and would like to have his service photo in the article. I have the image, but cannot provide a source/year when it was taken -- although I know the photo represents the subject. This is more than 80 years ago, so it's more likely those details can ever be known. Do these circumstances make it impossible to import this photo into Commons (and ultimately add to my article), or is there a way around this? I've tried twice already with no success. SMC317 ( talk) 22:56, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
I want to have the entirety of the Beatles WikiProject on my watchlist so I can see all the edits, but I can’t be bothered to add them all manually. Is there some script that can do this for me? Blueskiesdry ( talk) 00:05, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
Dear all, is there a friendly member available to help a newcomer please? Just need some general advice from a kind person! Marilyn Fowles ( talk) 23:55, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
How can I disable "learn more about this page" in my talkpage? I put my status up there, and I'd like people to see it easier. Wikiexplorationandhelping ( talk) 23:20, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Lignum_vitae&oldid=1193635624
I made a change to link to the correct page but someone came along reverted it and gave me the vandalism template. I even left a note in the edit summary explaining. The whole phrase containing the wiki-link is un-cited, do I need to cite a new source to make a change to the wiki-link without being accused of vandalism? Or is it just because I don't have an account. 76.16.75.39 ( talk) 00:28, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
/info/en/?search=Amjad_Jaimoukha
In the first paragraph, someone has quoted a book claiming the impact and the importance of the author on the page. Is the the neutrality that Wikipedia is seeking? Thefrozencelt ( talk) 02:04, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
Hello, I've been referred here to ask questions I might have about Wikipedia editing.
I've adding public information to Terracotta, Inc. article, but it was all reverted for being "Promotional". I'm not sure I understand why updating the the Company Info Element to include the C-Suite, Yearly Revenue, and the history of the company's acquisitions is considered "Promotional" information.
If that's the case, how do other companies provide this information on the article? User talk:LiteFrozen#c-MrOllie-20240105014700-January 2024 LiteFrozen ( talk) 02:16, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
When I rename an article to a name which doesn't already exist on Wikipedia, it gets moved no problem.
However when I try to rename an article to a name which already exists on Wikipedia, I always have trouble, especially when it exists as a redirect.
I'm fairly sure that in the past, all I had to do was to remove the redirect, and then redirect it in the opposite direction, but now even that doesn't seem to work.
Do I always have to request assistance in these redirect cases, or is there a way I can do it myself?
I know you'll want to know what I'm trying to do as always, even when it's irrelevant to whatever I was asking, so here it is... I've just attempted to rename St Anne's Pier to St Annes Pier, as that is what its name is. It doesn't contain a comma, just like the town of Lytham St Annes which it's located in, doesn't contain a comma either. Danstarr69 ( talk) 09:11, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
Moreover, the move will fail if a page already exists at the target name, unless it is simply a redirect to the present name that has never been modified, in which case you can move over the redirect (check the edit history). If you cannot move a page yourself because of a technical restriction, and you expect the move to be uncontroversial, you can list it at the technical section of requested moves. ColinFine ( talk) 11:20, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
Hello, I'm having some trouble with my translation. I'm working on this article: /info/en/?search=Draft:Rheinhotel_Dreesen which is a translation of this one https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rheinhotel_Dreesen . I originally submitted it as a personal draft, and I've started messing with it today to try and make it a community draft and I think I might have made some sort of mistake. I also can't figure out how to fix my citations, so if you could give me some guidance I would really appreciate it. I really want to publish this page because it discusses a significant WWII site and there is very little information on it in English. Yustyn Kokor ( talk) 23:24, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
<ref name="Vogt2004">
:::[[Helmut Vogt (Historiker)|Helmut Vogt]]: ''Wächter der Bonner Republik. Die Alliierten Hohen Kommissare 1949–1955.'' Verlag Ferdinand Schöningh, Paderborn 2004, ISBN 3-506-70139-8.
:::</ref>
<!--<ref name="Vogt2004">
:::[[Helmut Vogt (Historiker)|Helmut Vogt]]: ''Wächter der Bonner Republik. Die Alliierten Hohen Kommissare 1949–1955.'' Verlag Ferdinand Schöningh, Paderborn 2004, ISBN 3-506-70139-8.
:::</ref>-->
<!--
at the start and the -->
at the end signal the start and end of a
comment in
HTML. This is called "commenting out" because placing the list-defined reference within a comment prevents Wikipedia from doing anything with it.
Rjjiii (
talk) 00:06, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
...in 2000.<ref>...</ref>
not:...in 2000<ref>...</ref>.
|language=de
parameter, a translation of the title, and the publisher location. I'm also a big fan of the |oclc=
parameter, but you don't need to add it if you don't want.|quote=
and |trans-quote=
;I had put this article on deletion at a time when there was no citation in it. And this article was completely failing Wikipedia's general notability guidelines, but later citations were added to it and the article was improved. Can I remove the deletions I have placed? Will there be any problem in this? Or should we wait for the results? Thanks. Youknowwhoistheman ( talk) 12:58, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
Regarding citation #2 of an article, I am working on: Wdallen49/Bobbie R. Allen I have a PDF document that was scanned from a Draft which was written by a U.S. Gov't official. I would like to cite this document in my article about Bobbie R. Allen but I'm not sure if that is acceptable. Can someone advise me regarding the use of this document? Wdallen49 ( talk) 02:54, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
Hello! I accidentally created an article when I meant to create a draft! Could anyone remove it? Article in question: Kingdom of Menabe ''Flux55'' ( talk) 13:53, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
My user page is fine but it does have a lot of notices on it about events etc which are now out of date. Question 1. Is it okay to remove stuff from my user page or should it all stay as a permanent record? Question 2. How do I delete stuff like invites to participate in events now past etc. I use visual editor and am technologically challenged so would need very clear instructions if anybody has the heart to help! Thanks. Balance person ( talk) 09:23, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
Hi everyone,
My name is Sweetabena and I'm a passionate Wikipedian with a long-term interest in contributing to this incredible resource. I've been editing actively for two years and have made some contributions across various topics.
I'm deeply impressed by the dedication and expertise of the reviewer and admin communities on Wikipedia, and I'm inspired by the crucial role you play in maintaining the platform's high standards. As I strive to further my involvement, I'm eager to learn how I can become a reviewer or even one day, an admin myself.
I understand that both these roles come with significant responsibilities and require deep knowledge of Wikipedia's policies, guidelines, and community dynamics. I'm committed to dedicating myself to gaining this knowledge and developing the necessary skills.
I'd be incredibly grateful if any experienced reviewers or admins could share their insights on the path towards these roles. And at what point do I qualify to become a reviewer or admin? Sweetabena ( talk) 09:19, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
Can't Remember my username or password. please help. this is the 18th account i've made. Jordan'sWiki ( talk) 15:19, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
if i state that I have been paid to create a wikipedia page about my employer, will this statement be visible to other users? Chiara ravasio 96 ( talk) 14:46, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
Hello! I am hoping to create a page called Despair or Despair (theology). Since despair and depression are different in the religious context, I want to create a page expanding the latter definition. Before I begin compiling my reading and writing the article, is there any way I can search to see if the page has been deleted, merged, or discussed by a WikiProject group before? I'd rather not be that guy who makes a page that’s been created and deleted several times. Also, since Despair redirects to Depression (mood), should the main page be Despair (theology), should I simply create the page as Despair since the usage makes it a unique article with a particular usage, or should I add it to the disambiguation page for users to determine which is the better usage for their purposes? Thank you in advance! ThaesOfereode ( talk) 15:59, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
Hello everybody, I am seeking advice regarding the page Draft:We Are Era, which has been under review and was recently rejected by Robert McClenon due to concerns about corporate notability.
In response to this feedback, I have carefully reviewed and revised the draft, placing a particular emphasis on addressing the corporate notability criteria. The draft now includes references from around 28 reliable sources, the majority of which are reputable newspapers or magazines in Germany (e.g. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Der Spiegel or Der Tagesspiegel). All these sources are comprehensive and secondary. There are also no signs of them being unreliable or dependent on the subject. I am convinced that they give a balanced and external perspective on the company, covering aspects such as the company itself, major campaigns, and acquisitions.
As an active contributor to the German Wikipedia for over ten years, with a focus on geography, history, media, and politics, I am relatively new to the English Wikipedia. Therefore, I welcome any advice or input to ensure the article meets the required standards.
Are there any concrete tips anyone could share?
Thank you! Renredam ( talk) 13:27, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
Born 2011 Domingo6777 ( talk) 19:48, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
Hello! I've been working on the Dutch East Indies article, and there's a paragraph that describes types of punishments used on slaves. I tried to find references to support the detailed list, but was unsuccessful in finding anything more specific than beating/killing (and am not very enthusiastic about digging deeper on slave torture). I'm hesitant to remove the paragraph, particularly since I want to avoid whitewashing the article, but am not sure how else to improve it. I'm hoping to get this article closer to being a Good Article, and it seems this paragraph as it stands would get in the way for important lack of citations. I considered being WP:BOLD, deleting the paragraph and leaving a note on the talk page, but figured as a new-ish editor I should ask somewhere first. I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask about this, but the article's talk page doesn't seem very active. Thanks for your time! Placeholderer ( talk) 19:39, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
Hello New to creating , can you help create the wiki
Arun Keshav Sapre 1955-1971 - late Squadron Leader Arun Keshav Sapre was Pilot in the Indian Air Force, Sq Ldr Arun Keshav Sapre died at age of 43 testing four-gun firing on HAL's Marut aircraft during the 1971 Indo-Pak War. He was awarded Bharat Rakshak Ati Vishist Seva Medal by Government of India posthumously. He played an important role during the war.
Reference https://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/4981 http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/Awards/awards.php?qaward=AVSM&qunit=ASTE&qname=&qyear= https://www.naidunia.com/chhattisgarh/raipur-mayor-pays-tribute-to-martyr-arun-keshav-sapre-on-49th-death-anniversary-6579507 59.96.80.53 ( talk) 14:09, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
we wrote an article about our association but it seems as though it does not meet standards. Please advise why /info/en/?search=Draft:Drug_%26_Alcohol_Testing_Association_of_Canada_-_DATAC DATAC2024 ( talk) 20:46, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
This draft's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article. In summary, the draft needs multiple published sources that are:
- in-depth (not just brief mentions about the subject or routine announcements)
- reliable
- secondary
- strictly independent of the subject
Make sure you add references that meet all four of these criteria before resubmitting. Learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue. If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia.
I was hoping to correct some mistakes on an existing page about a painting, based on information given to me by the curator of the museum where the painting is currently held. How should I go about citing this? I would be happy to post this correspondence anywhere it would be helpful. Alexanderwbr ( talk) 21:49, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
Does being a member of the US House of Representatives make someone notable enough for a Wikipedia article on its own based on WP:POLITICIAN, even if their career was "unremarkable"? The article that prompted this question was Nelson Papucci though I am sure there are similar very short articles about members. Recon rabbit 21:59, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
So, I managed to fix the inline citation problem on the Integrated Conservation and Development Project page, but when I was doing the first one (a book), there was text that told me that apparently, I didn't do the date (of when accessed) correctly and I don't know how to fix it. Villaida ( talk) 22:05, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
Hello, (Not bored this time) I am planning to change the name of a page. How do I do that? Are there any guidelines for page names? Cheers. Encyclopédisme ( talk) 22:19, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
What is the policy in regards to this? Caitlyn Jenner has the birth name listed but Laverne Cox doesn't. Traumnovelle ( talk) 00:47, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
Refer to any person whose gender might be questioned with the name and gendered words (e.g. pronouns, man/woman/person, waiter/waitress/server) that reflect the person's most recent expressed self-identification as reported in the most recent reliable sources, even if it does not match what is most common in sources. This holds for any phase of the person's life, unless they have indicated a preference otherwise.
If a living transgender or non-binary person was not notable under a former name (a deadname), it should not be included in any page (including lists, redirects, disambiguation pages, category names, templates, etc.), even in quotations, even if reliable sourcing exists. Treat the pre-notability name as a privacy interest separate from (and often greater than) the person's current name.
Hi, can someone please confirm if holding "Presidential award for furthering diversity" from Brown University satisfy WP:NACADEMIC #2? Thank you. 1.23.250.167 ( talk) 13:36, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
Would like to check the references mentioned are sources that are independent of the subject. Adarshkagineregunduraj ( talk) 05:21, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
How Bengali became an official language in Sierra Leone | Research News - The Indian Express. Sierra Leone officially recognized Bengali as an official language due to the successful peacekeeping mission of Bangladeshi UN peacekeepers. However, Wikipedia has not yet updated this information. Would you like me to help make the necessary edits on Wikipedia?
Gokul Balagopal96 ( talk) 06:40, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
Please help me understand if the following entry is acceptable to Wikipedia. Thanks.
Draft:Oindrilla Maity Surai Basuproma ( talk) 14:41, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
Hello,
I am seeking advice regarding the page Center for Inquiry.
This page was up until now filled with an overly positive and biased viewpoint. The original page made no mention of Center for Inquiry's many well-publicized controversies. Recently, I overhauled the page and made good-faith edits that mentioned these controversies while also maintaining a neutral viewpoint. All of my edits had sources. Also, they remained unbiased, simply covering the facts without injecting any personal opinions.
However, a user is undoing my edits, and they are pressuring me to take the discussion to the talk page, citing WP:BRD. They are acting as if WP:BRD is mandatory, when it is an optional measure as per Wikipedia's page on it.
It turns out that this person, a user named Gronk Oz, is affiliated with CFI. His user page says "I have been a member of Guerrilla Skeptics on Wikipedia ("GSoW") since 2014." GSoW is a group founded by user Sgerbic, Susan Gerbic of Center for Inquiry. https://centerforinquiry.org/speakers/susan-gerbic/.
Additionally, the user Sgerbic / Susan Gerbic is part of the CFI article talk page which is why I refuse to employ WP:BRD.
To summarize: CFI employees who actively monitor CFI's Wikipedia page are undoing my perfectly valid and well-sourced edits because it covers facts that they don't like.
What can I do in this case? VegitotheKnightmare ( talk) 05:14, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
It may be useful for editors to look at the edit history that VegitotheKnightmare has mentioned to form your own view about the neutrality of recent edits. Just a suggestion. BlueWren0123 ( talk) 09:21, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
Here is a list of "Staff" of CFI. It doesn't claim that the list is exhaustive, but FWIW it doesn't include Gerber, who is described as a "speaker" and as a "fellow" of CFI. So she's affiliated with CFI, but I see no evidence that she's an employee (and rather doubt that she is one). Of course, not all conflicts of interest are paid, but an allegation of a paid conflict of interest (or a description of somebody as an "employee") should be based on sound evidence. -- Hoary ( talk) 09:28, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
Normally I would limit my response to the article's Talk page, but since VegitotheKnightmare made accusations against me here (without bothering to notify me), I think it's fair that I reply here. Firstly, to be absolutely clear - I do not have, and have never had, any connection to CFI, nor any dealings with them. Secondly, I was not the only editor to suggest that these changes need discussion - two others (neither of whom I know at all) did so before me. I won't go into the merits of the proposed changes here - that is what the Talk page is for. Gronk Oz ( talk) 00:27, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
I have been trying to update a Wikipedia essay about my former professor. /info/en/?search=Donald_Brown_(anthropologist). It includes his biography and his research and influence. I tried several times to Publish Changes to the site after pasting in a Word document with my changes. It seemed to accept the changes. However, when I went to the essay about his work, etc. later it was in the original form. Thus, I assume my changes were not accepted. I could not figure out how to use VisualEditor with a Word document. I thought I could modify changes needed such as using links on names, etc. that needed to be cited in other Wikipedia articles, but I could not do so. Do I need to make all those changes in the Word document before pasting in the content? Rscupin ( talk) 19:40, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
Extensive quotation of copyrighted text is prohibited.I think that most editors would agree that direct quotes of two, three or even four sentences are fine in most cases, as long as they are properly attributed to the source with an inline citation with full bibliographic details. In this case, the direct quotation is 31 sentences long, and is considered a copyright violation on Wikipedia.
Essays, as used by Wikipedia editors, typically contain advice or opinions of one or more editors. The purpose of an essay is to aid or comment on the encyclopedia. Such essays are not visible to casual readers of the encyclopedia, and are "behind the scenes", as it were. In addition, the essay style of writing is not appropriate in encyclopedia articles. Cullen328 ( talk) 21:54, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
Hey seniors! Happy new years to all of you.
i have one question for you, How many minimum words should there be to create a new paragraph (new section)? Is there any specific criteria for this? Thanks Youknowwhoistheman ( talk) 09:14, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
Is there anything like a template to set myself a future reminder that would ping me on a specific date? Respublik ( talk) 11:44, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
If any administrators are reading this, can you please delete this monthly category for bare URLs listed in January 2022, which has been emptied and now falls under CSD G6? (I'm asking here because I can't find where-else to ask. Also, this place is usually busy.) - Alex26337 ( talk) 04:34, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
I'm wondering if anyone can just literally edit out the "[[#REDIRECT]]" code from a redirect and turn it into a comprehensive Wikipedia page Abigbagel ( talk) 04:18, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
What is twinkle and what are the circumstances to use it? Thank you, WikiTikiTavi63 ( talk) 13:52, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
Why does the initial description of it say it's a "fringe" notion? This is very prejudicial and unlike Wikipedia.
Francis Collins just expressed regret last week for his efforts in trying to shut down Focused Protection: He said, "If you’re a public-health person and you’re trying to make a decision, you have this very narrow view of what the right decision is, and that is something that will save a life. So you attach infinite value to stopping the disease and saving a life. You attach zero value to whether this actually totally disrupts people’s lives, ruin the economy, and has many kids kept out of school in a way that they never quite recovered.[i]
Only years too late does he acknowledge that the Great Barrington Declaration “could have been a great opportunity for a broad scientific discussion about the pros and cons” of focused protection, but he fails to admit his mistake in actively trying to cancel the authors and to stop discussion of its ideas. This is like saying that protests about the Vietnam War could have been a great opportunity in the political community for discussing the merits of that war, but not admitting that you previously and strenuously tried to prevent all the protestors from gathering to protest.
[i] Francis Colins, quoted in The Wall Street Journal, December 30-31, 2023, p. A12. Pence ( talk) 14:08, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
Hello,
I am working on a draft on Excavator Service Repair Manual. I believe that the topic of the article is of interest due to his activity in the world of mechanics, especially as a well-known one. I would like you to give me a recommendation or if the article is good to be accepted.
/info/en/?search=User:Excavator_Service_Manual/sandbox Excavator Service Manual ( talk) 14:29, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
I am trying to make the vector logo of WTVF, could you help me? This is my progress so far.
User:Yardwave Logo Maker/sandbox#/media/File:Wtvf 2010 logo prototype-svg.svg Yardwave Logo Maker ( talk) 17:53, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
I am trying to make a page on Major Hans Freiss, but the only references I have are in German. It is very hard with so little info. Some sources say he died, others say he is alive, but since he was born in 1910, he is probably dead. Here is a link to my draft: Draft:Major Hans Freiß - Wikipedia Deerare2good ( talk) 21:50, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
Article:
Letterpress (video game)
So I want this article to become FA status; I feel as though it has potential. However, I believe that there's a criterion for FAs that it must be comprehensible. Therefore, I have doubts on whether or not this article can become a FA. TWOrantulaTM ( enter the web) 19:41, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
Hi all, hope you’re all well.
I recently created the article Sheth Ghoolam Hyder and I would like some feedback from experienced editors as to how it could be improved and also would like to see new contributions to the article as well!
Kind regards Ixudi ( talk) 14:39, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
I uploaded this image: File:Don Schlitz, January 2024.jpg There is a typo in the name. It should read Don Schlitz instead of Schits. Will you either delete this and let me upload again, or just correct the spelling for me? The intention was to use the image in the article Don Schlitz. My apologies, Thanks Eagledj ( talk) 20:46, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
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Victor Schmidt (
talk) 21:45, 6 January 2024 (UTC)Hello,
I'm working on a draft about Emirati art curator Hoor Al-Qasimi. I've included citations from reputable journalistic outlets and primary sources. I believe the subject of the article is of interest due to her activity in the art world, especially as a very well-known biennial and generally due to her public status as a Sheikah/member of the Emirati ruling family active in civil society as a cultural figure.
I would appreciate support on this article and to work with "Visual Editor."
Kind regards,
CAE ~~~~ Contemparteditor ( talk) 14:12, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
There is a wiki page about me, Carlos Kennedy Knight, and the information is incorrect. have attempted to upload corrections, but they have not been changed. How do I verify that the new information is correct. I have never done a music video with Young Thug and my birthday is incorrect as well. 2603:6080:5306:7400:B8C0:A4E:ABAB:6B35 ( talk) 23:45, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
Hello Wikipedians,
How does Freedom of panorama work in practice?
Why is this image nominated for deletion because of "Freedom of panorama" but images that follow the same logic are actively used everywhere on Wikipedia, e.g. – here, here, here and here? And many other examples.
Why do some images "violate" FoP, while others images of the same type do not?
The force of ikigai (
talk) 01:20, 7 January 2024 (UTC)
Is there a standard across Wikipedia for this section or are the two used interchangeably?
Artwhitemaster ( talk) 18:21, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
standard for Wikipedia for this section, please feel free to consult the Heading names paragraphs at MOS:REFERENCES. Rotideypoc41352 ( talk · contribs) 06:53, 7 January 2024 (UTC)
hi Risjjius ( talk) 13:58, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
Is the source you actually mention which is the Intercontinental Music Awards Website where she is noted to be an Ambassador, also an unreliable source that is NOT separate from the subject? I still say the same thing, you are not clear in how you select articles to improve on, and those you completely decline. Even Awards that are verifiable and relevant, backed by Hollywood, and published in these articles with the actual Award links shared, are still not verifiable by your editor? Artist Notability according to you, NEED to include ONLY one thing: Winning a relevant award, representing something significant in that area, Being published in major reliable independent sources. This artist meets all three. You are saying that the Major Nigerian Newspapers are not reliable, since their articles are included. You are saying, that even the United Nations is not reliable, since the link included showing this woman is also a UN/SDG's ambassador with Globcal International, with both the Globcal webpage link, the UN webpage link, and her designated Ambassador page unverifiable? I think something is wrong with your assessment. There are references in all that I have submitted, which verify at least ONE of your listed criteria, even if you choose not to acknowledge the rest. Jewels of Africa
Jewels of Africa ( talk) 21:12, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
and appeared some parts copied from one of the sources
A few days ago, I volunteered to advise or correct articles specifically in biology (and within that aquatic biology). I believe I finished my initial work to start but I don't know if there's something else I need to do and who do I report to. Brian Quelvog Brian Quelvog ( talk) 20:04, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
Hello all,
I'm new to editing so have lots of questions!
I'm creating a new entry with a very challenging subject. I have recently gained access to primary material relating to Iraq's only internationally-recognised contemporary composer, now deceased. Primary material includes letters written to him by notable composers and musician of his time (original letters and postcards which are also scanned for easy digitale upload). The inheritors of the material are currently in correspondence with an institutions in France as well as the Gulbunkian Foundation in Portugal to archive and keep the material for scholarly access. My interest is in preserving Iraqi culture which is hugely challenging for many reasons. Language is just one of them war and loss of archives of many notable institutiosn is another. In presenting material for a wikipeadia article, I'm working with source material in Arabic, French and Russian (I'm a linguist with, primarily, good experienc ewith Russina and Arabic - and just for the record, I'm not paid to do this work). Quotations from these letters is currently in the public domain via secondary sources (primarily in the many online articles on his life written after his death in 2007). Do I cite these as links? They are all in Arabic. Can I cite his biographies which are in the public domain on the websites of notable institutions? These last are on the website of the websites of the Contemporary Music Centre Ireland and on the Iraqi Syphony Orchestra. Are they sufficient as sources? If I wish to include scanned versions of source material can I do so? This of course with the permission of the family. The same applies to pictures held by the family of the subject. If I try to include this material, how do I go about ensuring copyright of these for the family? Or is this even necessary as these pictures are a primary source.
I'm also finding it difficult to understand how to present citations. Are links to external online material sufficient or do I need to provide a reference note as well?
As you can see, I have a lot of questions.
Cheers! Sue Cosgrave ( talk) 15:29, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
<ref>
tags if that is more natural. On Wikipedia, you can cite things to
primary sources and even personal materials if they've been made publicly available, but Wikipedia's policies don't allow for entire articles based on primary sources or interpretation of primary sources.
Rjjiii (
talk) 19:51, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
I'm trying to create a page about a company Gigwing and stating facts based on independent references and yet I'm getting speedy deletion alerts Gwmt24 ( talk) 08:05, 7 January 2024 (UTC)
Hello Wiki, regarding of my great grand dad ( Sultan Ali Bin Hamoud Al Busaidi ) he had two Sons and its not even mentioned on this wiki i wanna clear put my grand father name and my family names in Wiki ... -The great Grand Son Farid Al SAid 188.135.48.183 ( talk) 12:06, 7 January 2024 (UTC)
https://www.royalark.net/Tanzania/zanz5.htm names his two sons, two daughters, and his wives, so can be used as a reference. David notMD ( talk) 13:35, 7 January 2024 (UTC)
Can you just make one, or do you have to get special permission first? Blueskiesdry ( talk) 21:50, 7 January 2024 (UTC)
Content dispute
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This page has been deleted with not much discussion and obvious little consideration of the sources available for the project. A search on "Google Scholar" shows sources back to 1950 from academia and other official sources. The deletion by @ Daniel seems to be too quick and without much consideration. The users participating in the discussions were made around 20th December 2023 and deleted by 28th December 2023. As a former employee in Middle Eastern projects in the Shipping Industry 2 decades ago, I also happen to have insights in how this project stands today from insiders in the region and globally in shipping. I find it hard to accept a deletion of this article in the light of the events that goes on in Eastern Mediterranean p.t. The article is more relevant than ever, since it has been under detailed planning for 70 years. With the screenshots I managed to get before User:Daniel deleted it and the approach he used when I did an effort to start a discussion, makes me question if said user is biased. The latter because of the amount of academic- and professional records from the shipping industry. Talk is here Talk ¦ The Ben Gurion Canal The article should be reinstated and the known paid false editors, paid to edit Wikipedia according to their employer's agenda, should be banned or observed with focus rather than speed.
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I'm sure this is not the place to report it, but this does not seem to be intentional. The page has no history besides this. This may be a misplaced draft or a misplaced name.
I found the page Draft:AfC submission when viewing Template:AfC submission, as it had a warning that read "This page should probably be moved, but a page already exists at Draft:AfC submission."
The actual draft article seems to be at Draft:Advance Street Name Plaque. Vanillyn ( talk) 23:49, 7 January 2024 (UTC)
I know that you should put inline citations after the comma and dots, but do you put the citations inside or outside of the parentheses?
Is it like this (blah blah blah[1]) or (blah blah blah)[1]? RandomGuy3114( talk) 4:15, 7 January 2024 (UTC) RandomGuy3114 ( talk) 04:15, 7 January 2024 (UTC)
My question involves U.S. State articles. The New Mexico page has a tag suggesting that it should be trimmed down (from ~21,000 words) and I see in the guidelines that it should be <10,000 words. If I was to work on this I'd want the result to be consistent with other state articles, in terms of length and formatting, and with Wikipedia guidelines. I got to wondering about the word count and formatting of other state articles in comparison, which got me wondering if there are guidelines for state articles or if this type of article is a subset of a broader kind of article which has its own guidelines. If I work on this I want to make sure I'm not wasting time or causing problems. Or maybe I should take on another project from the list of high priority projects. What do you think? Gamboler ( talk) 02:29, 8 January 2024 (UTC)
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Archive 1205 | ← | Archive 1209 | Archive 1210 | Archive 1211 | Archive 1212 | Archive 1213 | → | Archive 1215 |
A page submitted for AFC review and accepted was afterwards nominated for deletion and subsequently deleted, without a collective decision to do so. Is this right? Heatrave ( talk) 02:49, 29 December 2023 (UTC)
I think this was about Rhymesonny, approved as article on 10 December, AfD nominated 13 Dec, then AfD Administrator's decision to delete on 22 Dec. David notMD ( talk) 03:33, 29 December 2023 (UTC)
I created a userpage and started adding content before realising that I'd made an error in the titling of it. Where is the best place to request it to be deleted once blanked, or do I have to apply a template for speedy deletion? EphemeralPerpetuals (they/them) ( talk) 19:34, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
Done. I'm reading your last comment as your question has been answered, and we're done here. If I misunderstood, please revert my comment, and/or elaborate. Mathglot ( talk) 09:06, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
I was looking to update the english version of this page ( https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/) which existeAlexandre_Havard about six months ago but seems to have disappeared. I am looking for recommendations as to how best to proceed to activate the english page so that I may contribute minor updates. Thank you. Apologies if this thread exists out there already... Feanor112 ( talk) 19:14, 29 December 2023 (UTC)
I’m really bored so il just do something here. In theory, would this count as vandalism? (Seriously, this is my question) Encyclopédisme ( talk) 16:35, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
editing deliberately intended to obstruct or defeat the project's purpose. Often people who are probably "really bored" make edits which meet that definition, but if you're not intended to obstruct or defait the project's purpose, it's not vandalism.
How do I speed up the reviewing process? Can I speed it up? (Aside from just putting a bunch of tags on it and getting the attention of underpopulated, pretty much inactive, and totally useless Wikiprojects). Encyclopédisme ( talk) 04:51, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
Hi, I just started editing on Wikipedia. I've mostly been adding sources, it's something I enjoy and (I think) I'm good at. I came across an article (Vilna Gaon) that look like it can use a lot of sourcing and possibly deleting. How do I go about such a thing? is there a place I can store drafts until it is ready for print? do I have to notify editors (in talk page I guess) that I am posting a major change? any guidance is appreciated.
Thanks FergusArgyll ( talk) 21:45, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
Ok I'm going to give it a shot, first by looking at the Hebrew version and finding sources from there. Keep an eye on me so I don't act too bold... Assume good faith :) FergusArgyll ( talk) 22:23, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
|quote=
param, and then you can translate it into English and place the translation into the |trans-quote=
param. You can copy the following, and adjust as needed:
<ref>{{cite book |lang=he |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |title=Original Title in Hebrew |trans-title=Title in English |date= |page= |publisher= |location= |isbn= |oclc= |quote=Original Hebrew text copied from the article that backs up your summary. |trans-quote=Your translation here. |url= |access-date=Today's date}}</ref>
I'm not sure why my attempts to fix citations are becoming inline references.
See here and here DarklitShadow ( talk) 14:45, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
Hello, I was planning to request the cancellation because I mistakenly misspelled the word "coffeeshop" in my draft. However, I noticed that my draft is not being published. Could you please assist me in getting my draft published? What should I do to have it published? Mskoksal ( talk) 13:22, 29 December 2023 (UTC)
How to add perfect citation? Youknowwhoistheman ( talk) 17:58, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
|language=ur
and be scrupulous about citing specific page numbers, and you should be fine to cite your books.
Folly Mox (
talk) 18:20, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
My town, Emmitsburg, Maryland, adopted Lutsk as a Sister City after the invasion by Russia. I am not sure how to do it. Please help. Thanks. Dwalbrecker ( talk) 17:07, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
A bio wiki page needs a name update as the person has married. I am unsure how to update the name change and still keep reference to the former name that the person is associated with. WikiTikiTavi63 ( talk) 15:38, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
E D Berman has been moved without any discussion to ED Berman by a user listed as far as I can make out via their talk page, a sockpuppet User:Gaybryant. Grateful if someone could let me know who to bring this to the notice of. Thanks Edmund Patrick – confer 23:18, 29 December 2023 (UTC)
I just had a tussle over pseudoscience, and weirdos making it to parliament in Mexico. Now I’m bored again, so I’m going to invent a stupid question. Anyway there’s this editor really insisting on it all. An I wanna know if there are similar problems down here? With Thierry Jamin type ppl. Happy new years ! (I’m soon no longer bored, so I wont ask stupid questions anymore). Encyclopédisme ( talk) 21:39, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
Recently, the Wikipedia article on Letterpress was promoted to good article status. The reviewer noted that they couldn't spot any flaws, and so decided that the article passed. I'm not sure if this is allowed. TWOrantulaTM ( enter the web) 23:24, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
Happy New Year Teahousers!
A photographer gave permission for an image to be released to Creative Commons 4.0. All has gone well. Permissions all done properly and the VRT are content.
However, both being newish at wiki, both the photographer and I have just noticed that the all the metadata has been uploaded - including that photographers's contact details.
While the photographer is happy to release the image under creative commons, photographer didn't mean to release personal information. (Yes, something to watch for next time.)
Now I can edit information in the "Summary" section regarding the image over at commons.wikimedia.org — however, I can't edit the metadata section. I'm guessing it can only be done by an admin.
Going off the general principles of anonymity and so on, seems right to ask if those details can be removed. Can someone tell me the right person, and the right way, to ask?
MatthewDalhousie ( talk) 03:04, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
Please, l need assistance on how to create infobox on Wikipedia. Olivia Harry ( talk) 21:57, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
Hi there, I am having issues finding reliable sources for my page on Sandra Hazlehurst, Mayor of Hastings, New Zealand. There is limited online material on her, part of the reason I wanted to create a page. Could anyone be of assistance. Thank you and hope you're having a great new year, Joseph. Draft:Sandra Hazlehurst Jtwd ( talk) 06:31, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
Hi! Please let me know if this is more appropriate for somewhere like WP:ANI. User Antoniocarreras81 (see contribs here) has been mass changing the national anthem of Spain. I don't know if this is just plain and simple vandalism I should mass revert and throw to WP:AIV, or if this is just me being silly and new and afraid to revert things like this. Thanks in advance! Schrödinger's jellyfish ( talk) 00:17, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
talk:Schrödinger's jellyfish and Deltaspace42, please note that the National anthem of Spain was published in 1761. As the article notes, the original music is out of copyright, but a particular harmonization is copyrighted. Presumably, that specific 20th century harmonization should probably be avoided. Cullen328 ( talk) 09:20, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
So in prefs there’s a place where you can put links to external profiles (I’m assuming it’s for Twitter or Facebook type stuff). I have a Bandcamp account where I occasionally release music (I’m not going to name it here because it could be construed as promoting it), and I was wondering if linking to it would count as advertising? blueskiesdry … (cloudy contribs…) 17:50, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
a recent feature and many old users don't know it yet.Could've said, "accounts created before it was added", or "users who haven't looked at Special:Preferences in a while", but, nope! Went right to "old".
58 / 3000 I got a message saying it's hard to register while I'm registering on Wikipedia. I've been asked to modify it, what should I do? 182.216.4.174 ( talk) 07:38, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
How do i create that? Iljhgtn ( talk) 20:31, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
Happy new year everyone! 🥳🙏 On Swedish Wikipedia, I can edit the text as I see it. There is another, separate mode which resembles some sort of code. On English Wikipedia, I can only see the "code mode" and can't edit the text as I see it.
Why does Swedish Wiki have two editing modes and English one only has one?
Learn new things in 2024 ( talk) 15:07, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
Dear fellow editors, I just created a draft article and it needs expansion. I appeal for help from here. Here's the link Thanks everyone! Olivia Harry ( talk) 08:38, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
Hello again 🙏
I noticed that some Wikipedia images are uploaded onto Wikipedia (Wikimedia?) while others are from Flickr. How can use Flickr's images on Wikipedia? And how do I know that I can use them (copyright and so on)?
There are some amazing images on Flickr that would really improve some Wikipedia articles. Hundreds of pictures like this, and they are IMHO 10/10:
Learn new things in 2024 ( talk) 15:22, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
To clarify, Learn new things in 2024, NC means "non-commercial" and NC licenses are not acceptable on Wikipedia. Our freely licensed content can be re-used for any purpose, including commercial purposes like posters, books, magazines, videos, t-shirts, coffee mugs and the like. Cullen328 ( talk) 21:42, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
Recently the page for "Ben Gurion Canal Project" has been deleted by a 7/3 vote & I need help reopening the discussion for keeping the article.
While I understand that the current Geo/political climate is not conducive to something as controversial as the above named project, the fact that there was/is a proposed project is reason alone to have information available to everyone & not burry it.
The Ben Gurion Canal Project has gained some recent notoriety due to TT and I believe that is the motivation for the article to be deleted.
Below are vairious sources of articles published before the current crisis from both sides of the isle that may lend credence to keeping this information on WP.
https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/statement-to-the-knesset-by-pm-ben-gurion
https://m.jpost.com/opinion/an-israeli-suez-canal-393225
https://www.albawaba.net/node/suez-canal-ben-gurion
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/459467/The-second-coming-of-Ben-Gurion
Please let me know your thoughts and any help would be appreciated. LtCdrLaForge ( talk) 20:52, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
Hello Wikipedians,
Flickr images with CC-BY-SA-2.0 license can be used on Wikipedia. Say that a Flickr image with CC-BY-SA-2.0 license gets uploaded to Wikipedia. And the original photographer changes the license to "All rights reserved" half a year later. What happens?
Does the initial CC-BY-SA-2.0 still apply or does it become a copyright infringement? Learn new things in 2024 ( talk) 19:44, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
The licenses and CC0 cannot be revoked. This means once you apply a CC license to your material, anyone who receives it may rely on that license for as long as the material is protected by copyright, even if you later stop distributing it.
Theoretically, if anybody knows anything about the muiscas and the incas (even though, that’s unlikely), could they give me an article to create? If not, please don’t bother to answer. Encyclopédisme ( talk) 20:42, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
Dear all, Happy New Year! I'm brand new to Wiki and need help please! I've created a blank draft article (The Music Man Project) and have some content ready, but don't want to publish it. I'd like to add some of my draft content and familiarise myself with the editing tools. How can I save the draft content so I can go back to it and work on it without publishing? Thank you! Marilyn Fowles ( talk) 01:25, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
Hello, and thank you for reading,
In the last year or so, I contributed to an article on the Great Fire of East Nashville in 1916. Last week, I looked for the article and couldn't find it. I used multiple variations on the search terms and came up dry. How can I find the article, ask that it be restored, and/or find out why it is no longer available?
I ask mainly because my grandparents, my dad, age 3, and my uncle, baby in arms, lived there at the time. Their house was passed over by the flames, and they were all safe. I ran across a picture that my grandmother had in an album of the aftermath of the fire, and wanted to add that to the article, if possible.
I'm new at this, and greatly appreciate any help that anyone can give me.
Best,
John Hampton JohnHamptonIII ( talk) 21:37, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
First thing first, big thank you to everyone for such receptive welcome earlier today. And thank you for so clear, friendly and useful answers. I would like to ask about references. And I try to not bother you again today. How do you make references? I spent time googling for it and answers vary a lot:
These are useful for WP:Visual editor, but what about the other WP:source editor?
Also Wikipedia articles on the topic:
Citoid and Citer seem really nice. It seems that Citoid is for WP:Visual editor and Citer is for WP:source editor Do you use them? What is the best option to create a high quality reference with the least repetitive effort? Learn new things in 2024 ( talk) 16:29, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
Most company pages on Wikipedia have company logos. Some don't.
Examples of Swedish companies with logos:
Swedish companies without logos:
Same country, same rules, but different outcomes.
Many companies have their logos and graphic material in the press or investor section, so they seem to encourage usage. Learn new things in 2024 ( talk) 22:47, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
I WANT TO CREATE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL FAMILY WITHOUT DEATH 104.245.218.59 ( talk) 09:12, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
In a recent edit, I wanted to use a citation that already existed in the article, but I created "new" citations instead, making duplicates. How do you insert a citation for a publication that is already listed? Davideteiemusic ( talk) 19:27, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
here<ref>some citation</ref>, another place<ref>some citation</ref>becomes
here<ref name="choose name">some citation</ref>, another place<ref name="choose name"/>Deltaspace42 ( talk • contribs) 19:48, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
Hello
I am a first time writer for Wikipedia, and just completed an article entitled "Horace Heyman" on December 30, today.
It is about my father, but all sources, duly annotated, are public, including Wikipedia itself, newspapers, and magazines.
My first question is what is the average time for review.
My second question is how do I access my Sandbox, once I have left the user page.
My third question is that for some reason Wikipedia claims it does not like my User name, but then it seems to accept it anyway..
My fourth question is that apparently I have to use a Template but I have no idea why or how to access templates from my User page. Ipandro Acaico ( talk) 16:51, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
Another, fifth, question.
I know that my last questions are now at the bottom of the page, a long way.
How do I know when and if someone has answered them. Do I have to wait permanently on this page for the rest of the day, or does someone advise me, and, if so, how and where?
By email? with a Popup? with a sound? Ipandro Acaico ( talk) 16:59, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
a Sixth question
When I go to my User Page, it says that Wikipedia does not have an exact name for my page, but then uses my User name Ipandro Acaico anyway.
What on earth does that mean? Ipandro Acaico ( talk) 17:03, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
Heyman also diversified the company to the manufacture of refrigerated trucks, and of ice-cream trucks, by introducing soft ice-cream to the United Kingdom through a joint venture with Mister Softeebut the only citation for that statement which is supposed to be used by readers to verify that this is true is in fact a link to the top level of the Softee website, which of course says nothing about Heyman. My recommendation is to start again in a few months, after you have understood how Wikipedia works and you have amassed a group of suitable sources meeting these criteria. The obituary in The Independent may be one of these but you need several. Mike Turnbull ( talk) 17:57, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
Mehraban 87.241.151.156 ( talk) 02:45, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
Why don’t most articles have a Greek letter in the page title, for example, α Centauri is located at Alpha Centauri. Astronomical Editor ( talk) 00:39, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
Courtesy link: § Adding company logo to the infopanel on the right
Decided to create a separate topic, to not overload the previous one. To avoid making it messy. Many logos on Wikimedia are accompanied by the following text
This logo image consists only of simple geometric shapes or text. It does not meet the threshold of originality needed for copyright protection, and is therefore in the public domain. Although it is free of copyright restrictions, this image may still be subject to other restrictions. See WP:PD § Fonts and typefaces or Template talk:PD-textlogo for more information.
Seen on
WP:Commons, for example:
,
File:BMW.svg
File:Apple_logo_black.svg
File:Adobe Corporate logo.svg
File:Baker Hughes logo.svg
File:Meta Platforms Inc. logo.svg
File:Applied Materials Inc. Logo.svg
File:Amazon_logo.svg
The example used previously, File:Elekta Logo.svg is geometrically simpler than the American company logos in the quote. And many Swedish logos currently missing from Wikipedia are geometrically simpler than the American company logos in the quote. It would be good idea to add them, and I could add a bunch, once I figure out how this works. Learn new things in 2024 ( talk) 00:34, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
What's the best infobox to fit Draft article Hananya Naftali and how do I find it? Olivia Harry ( talk) 21:16, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
I need help in creating a page for the work that our nonprofit is doing. The initial page I submitted for publication got deleted. Can anyone help me Svee1 ( talk) 08:39, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
Hi, I work with Sonu Nigam - a reputed singer from India. This is his Wiki page - Sonu Nigam There's is an error in his bio where the names of one of his sisters is not mentioned. Currently it only mentions Teesha Nigam but he has two sisters - Meenal Nigam and Teesha Nigam, Meenal Nigam's name needs to be added. Shreyjadav ( talk) 09:00, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
hi again,
How can I translate the content of a Turkish title into English?
It gives an error like: ''Your translation cannot be published because publishing is only allowed to more experienced editors on this wiki.''
I would appreciate it if you could help me on this issue. thank you Mskoksal ( talk) 13:58, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
How do I delete external links from an article? Jackeyed One ( talk) 15:51, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
/info/en/?search=Bettmann_Archive has a citation [3] referencing an advertisement placed in a journal by Otto Bettmann (not a peer-reviewed paper in the journal) but there is no title for the advertisement and I don't seem to be able to get to the source to see it. I made the minor change of
Of course the rendering for this still correctly complains that there is no title:
{{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
How should this citation be given? (I may run into this again, myself, if I refer to an ad about a historic computer or related product.)
Ainsinga ( talk) 16:37, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
I only want to see the bold edits so I can have something to feast on when I’m bored. blueskiesdry … (cloudy contribs…) 00:58, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
Hello Everyone,
I'm Saad , just a fresh new editor. I have just barely gotten through the wikipedia adventure, anyways now i'm here and the reason that I started doing this is becuase I need to create a biography for my Boss , who's a well know thought leader. The link that I gave above is from one of her direct competetors. I was exploring it and noticed that it says that the page has many erros and does not follow the notibility criteria. If possible could some help me identify some examples of what's wrong with the article so I could make one for my boss without the mistakes she made. I also need 10 edits so I though I should start from here. Steen Rasmussen FYI ( talk) 10:12, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
Draft:Altay Şükrü Yılmaz Hello dear wikipedia editors!
Can you help me with my article in draft form?
Thank you in advance for your cooperation.
https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/g/11s3zjgp_f&hl=tr Tartou ( talk) 20:30, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
I'm a bit confused how this was declined. Meets WP:BLP with awards, noms and has plenty of significant RS. Am I alone here? If so, why? Filmforme ( talk) 11:51, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
Hello! I recently took a photo of Rachel Zegler that I was wanting to use for her wikipedia page, as her current one is quite old. I've never uploaded on here before, so I have some questions. If I upload this photo, do I still own its copyright? Can it be used in any other official media like websites or magazines without my permission? Sorry if these questions seem silly, but I am very new to this! Thank you in advance. Brutallygolden ( talk) 22:22, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
As above, I am bored again. I’m going to ask you a genuinely useful question now. Is en.wp more liberal (I.e economically), possibly even neo-liberal, and more conservative, in short right-wing, than it is (reformist) socialist (social-democratic, democratic socialist) or communist (Marxist, far-left)? I have realized that some articles here on en.wp are largely different from their French or Spanish counterparts. Also, why is the German Wikipedia so professional? Please do not answer with, "You should ask there", or something like that, please give me an actual response. Was there ever a poll done of editors and their beliefs? Cheers. Encyclopédisme ( talk) 22:08, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
Courtesy link: Template talk:Physical constants § A second-level shared reference idea
TL;DR: How can I can generate reference list entry from within a template invoked in the article body while suppressing the visible tag ([1]) that <ref>...</ref>
would generate?
This is for use in a template that includes a reference, but currently a shared part of that reference is quite long, and if that template occurs many times (as it frequently does), the duplication creates an unnecessarily long and repetitive references list (see
List of physical constants for an example). It would make sense to have a single subordinate reference that all of these link to via the |work=
citation parameter, and I want to "invisibly" generate this shared reference entry and bluelink to it.
If I'm in the wrong forum, please redirect me :) — Quondum 23:59, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
<ref>...</ref>
used in the body of an article does provide something that will be inserted in that reference list, but it displays the link in a form that I don't want. If I use that, I will have a superscripted footnote tag within the citation that references the shared citation, which is not the format that I'm seeking. —
Quondum 02:56, 1 January 2024 (UTC)style="display: none"
by wrapping the full citation information bit of your template output in <span/>
tags? Apart from that I'm out of ideas. Another venue may know better than I.
Folly Mox (
talk) 19:02, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
mw-cite-backlink
) but you don't have access to it, because it it is generated by the mw software when it interprets the <references> tag and not something you have access to in the wikicode. The footnotes are an ordered list (<ol class="references">) and each of the numbered refs have a list tag element (<li>) with an id that is targetable by the refs or sfns in the body; for example, the id for note #2 is "cite_note-2" and for note #3 is "cite_note-3". This means that in theory, you could adjust your common.css and target note #1 with "display:none", but that would work only for you and nobody else, and only as long as the inline refs or sfns on the page didn't change in number or order, so essentially is completely unworkable. Beyond that, you'll notice I didn't mention the id on the li-tag for note 1, which you would need to use in common.css to disappear the backlink for that note, and that's because it isn't "cite_note-1", it's this monster:<li> tag for note 1. This is hidden, because the code line is probably three or four times your window width.
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I'm thinking definitely an XY problem, now. I think maybe the question should be something like, "How can I avoid duplicated footnotes when using template {{ Physical constants}} and take advantage of standard consolidated footnotes in the References list?" – does that sound right? Trying to divine your question, I started looking at the design of {{ Physical constants}} and {{ Physical constants/data}}, and that's what I'm guessing your underlying question really is, but I can't know for sure.
Before getting too deep into it: yes, this is the wrong venue; this should be moved to
Template talk:Physical constants, or maybe the Templates WikiProject, if multiple citation wrapper templates are involved. But at first glance, what I'm guessing might work, is a way to take advantage of normal,
named references. For that, you'd need to provide a refname in your */data table, and a way to access the name from the template code, neither of which is very difficult. For example: the ref */data for 'bwien' is <ref name="physconst-bwien">{{cite web ... }}</ref>
, and param |ref=
in the template only allows the values no
and only
. Why not change the */data, so that bwien also has |refname=physconst-bwien
, and add a new allowed value in the template code for |ref=
of named
(or, reuse
, etc.) and when the user provides that value, then you pick off the |refname=
value out of the data table? Then the mw software will consolidate them all for you, as it is designed to do, and you won't have any more duplicates. Seems like that ought to work.
Mathglot (
talk) 21:14, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
I think this article does not meet the usual standards of Wikipedia. To begin by labeling the Declaration a "fringe" notion is pejorative and question-begging. Even Francis Collins, who with Anthony Fauci, tried to cancel the authors and this Declaration, apologized a few days ago for his actions. Gregory Pence January 2, 2024 I have written about this topic and my book was even praised by Anthony Fauci's wife, Christine Brady: (Redacted) Pence ( talk) 00:29, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
Hello! I'm new and need help... Could you please tell me how to separate 2 quotes from 1 source for 1 reference, or if there are Paragraph1 with TopicA and needs no quote but Paragraph100 with TopicB needs QuoteB (both of them use the same source, cite web, therefore they will be placed under 1 reference)? I'm looking for something like... for example, Reference number 3, has 2 cite webs, and we can use * with enter to create a list under Reference number 3.
Reference
1
2
3
4
And then, how to:
Reference
1
2
3ab cite web
4
Do we have to write QuoteB manually outside the cite web without |quote= ?
I also want when we read the whole article, for Paragraph1 (with TopicA) we click [3] and QuoteB not show up.
English is not my first language but I hope you can still catch the idea from my words... Miracle for0110 ( talk) 21:12, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
How to I use my account to create a biography of my own life and cerdentials? NordicRedAmericanBjorn ( talk) 02:09, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
Links and formatting in original, though the nuances between writing and editing may be pretty similar. — Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 02:25, 3 January 2024 (UTC)Writing an autobiography on Wikipedia is an example of conflict-of-interest editing and is strongly discouraged. 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.
What kind of physical limitations are there for this process? For most organ transplants you can just take one organ out of someone and put it in someone else. But for fecal transplant wouldn’t you have to line up the anuses? And what if the donor doesn’t have to defecate? Would you have to wait for them to need to defecate before you could initiate the transfer of feces from one anus to another anus? Windolson ( talk) 02:48, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
Hello. Could you tell me a daring story of online image campaigns starting problems on Wikipedia? Or of long time vandals? Of influential sock puppets, and sock empires? Or maybe of outside conspiracies playing out on wp? I am really just bored. Encyclopédisme ( talk) 16:18, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
Can Wikilove option be removed from a user (to receive) and if so how can it be retained? WikiTikiTavi63 ( talk) 10:58, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
Hi all! i hope you are doing well!
my question is, Many times articles are posted by the "news desk". That means there is no generic name. What to do in such a situation? Is the author's name necessary in a citation? Youknowwhoistheman ( talk) 11:01, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
Can someone help me improve my article so it can be published Draft:Cavalli Williams-Simpson Jasper colins ( talk) 02:33, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
Have been partially working in the 2024 Haneda Airport runway collision since the start of the incident. But lately haven't been able to publish an recent change due to the semi protection layer, which is meant to block off any unnecessary edits or vandalism. The update I was gonna publish is related to the positions of the wreckages (both aircrafts) and the spot where both planes have collided on Runway C (16L/34R). The visual post have been referred of BBC's article and some aerial footages to correctly place the markings on the SVG file (which can be fixed still afterwards for any mistakes).
So I request for some help to get the diagram published please. Any help would be really appreciated. Detektiv Prime ( talk) 10:22, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
My submission was rejected due to unreliable sources. My source was the Spanish version of Wikipedia. Wikipedia's translation refers to Germania Rodriguez as "his". Since I personally met Germania, I know that she prefers the pronoun "her". This is the only change I made, yet it was rejected. I've no further ties to Germania, & do not profit from correcting her pronoun. Please clarify how Wikipedia's policy rejects its own sources. AcidFreeBase ( talk) 03:55, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
How can YOU create a template NOW? Is it difficult? I wonder who made the choice of creating templates. What is the computer code of templates? Encyclopédisme ( talk) 14:41, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
Hello,
I'm trying to improve this article on a Football Player /info/en/?search=Steve_Moran
I noticed that for the player's career history the sources are all fan sites. My current understanding of source reliabilty is that these are poor sources and that for biographies of living persons the standards for source reliability should be fairly high and that unverifiable infomation should be removed quickly.
I deleted the section as I was unable to find reliable sources for this infomation. This deletion was then reverted.
I considered tagging the poor sources but I realised if I did this there would be a situation where that whole section was unverified.
Was there a better way I could have handled this situation? Have I misuderstood what is acceptable on Wikipedia? How would you recommend I approach this situation? OneMillionGuineaPigs ( talk) 15:15, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
Hello. What are your opinions on RationalWiki and Conservapedia. Have there ever been incidents with editors of the two? Also, on a lesser note, am I allowed to take part in Teahouse discussions if I have something useful to add? Encyclopédisme ( talk) 18:49, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
Hello, I can't find any information about locating my donation receipt. can you help? Howkew21 ( talk) 19:23, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
is there a limit to what can be done with invisible comments in an article besides "anything actually related to improving the article or keeping it good" and "hopefully not adding enough of them to clutter the source for anyone who happens to be editing"?
in the cases i'll hopefully have time to work on tomorrow (being the lists of pokémon, currently still at gen 1), noting unimportant, unsourced anime and game examples (like may's beautifly in the anime, or the dead gardevoir in pmd) and common misspellings (like "ninetails" for ninetales, or "alamomola" for alomomola) are both things i believe would be fine cogsan (nag me) (stalk me) 18:55, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
How do you make a GIF? I want to upload a gameplay screenshot for Ape Out, but I feel as though a still image isn't clear enough. The video can be found here. TWOrantulaTM ( enter the web) 20:31, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
I have started an article in my sandbox. When I get a solid lead and some credible references how do I get it checked for notability? I checked the notability page for criteria, and it seems I am ok.
My first article was through a semester long WikiEdu format so this is new for me WikiTikiTavi63 ( talk) 17:12, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
Hi. I would like to know if there is any saloon or something like that to discuss things? This is my last question here. Encyclopédisme ( talk) 20:55, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
I have come across a problem in the article that I am editing where the images take up space around a title that aren't relevant to the title that I am editing. I have tried moving the pictures to the right, but it still takes up the space. I am thinking that adding a few extra lines to space them out should help, but I don't seem to see it on other articles. Are there any possible solutions that I haven't come across? Thanks! Fdefect ( talk) 20:57, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
This has been stuck in my head for some time and the question in advance may seem dumb, but what do they mean by "copyrighted sources" prohibiting drawings and other depictions of a certain object (for instance an image of the German destroyer Z43)? Does this even cover official descriptions of said object?
Sincerely, e ( talk) 19:09, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
Hi, I'm a relatively new editor, and so far have been doing some small edits, and functioning relatively well, but this seems like it could benefit from some experienced editors.
I was editing the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation page, and everything was going well, but when I went to save my edits I was told that there was someone else editing the page, causing a conflict. I thought, "ok, so I'll just save my edits and go on with life," but when I saved my edits and saw the page, what I had added was not there. And, I found that I was staring at a table accompanied by information that A) does not even pertain to the BBRF in any way (its about some sort of band and their tour dates), B) removed the source that I had added, along with two others, C) taken away the sensibly placed template asking that the article get more sources added along with more info, and D) removed the infobox that I put in in an effort to add some information in an organized manner.
When I looked at the edits log, mine were not there, (but the edit(s) by the user who put the unrelated information are there), which seems like it may be important to resolving this. It's like I never edited the article at all, and it's somewhat frustrating that this happened. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Villaida ( talk) 23:18, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
If one user adds content, another user reverts it, and the initial user reinstates it without engaging in conversation, what would be the best course of action for me to take? LeónGonsalvesofGoa ( talk) 05:01, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
{{
citation needed}}
.
Remsense
留 23:56, 3 January 2024 (UTC)Heath Ledger was a direct descendant of Emanual Solomon , a 15 year old convicted of theft at the Durham Assizes in 1817 and transported to Australia wit his brother Vaiben in 1818. This is researched, documentad and verified in " Descendants of Samuel Moss Solomon" written by Jenny Cowenthe first edition which appeared in2019 and the second edition which will be published in 2024. Heath Ledger is entry 1230 on page 386 and entry 1406 on page 420. The ISBN is 978-0-9945173-1-9. Heath Ledger's maternal forebears were Jewish. GavinSilbert ( talk) 01:18, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
ISBN 0-8160-5764-8 1 appears on https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofpa0000unse_s7e2/page/n3/mode/2up but "{{cite book}}: Check |isbn= value: length (help)" when I click Publish. What needs to be done for it to be accepted? Mcljlm ( talk) 21:23, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
Using the convert template, if I do: 15|$/oz|¢/g
I get: $15 per ounce (Error in convert: Cannot convert "$/mass" to "cent/mass"
The help message didn't help me too much.
I can do: 15|¢/oz|¢/g to get: 15 cents per ounce (0.53 ¢/g)
I can do: 15|$/oz|$/g to get: $15 per ounce ($0.53/g)
What am I doing wrong in the 1st example? I know I can't convert currencies (e.g., dollars to euros), but this is just a decimal place conversion. Also, how do I get it to spell out gram? Thanks. Sunandshade ( talk) 08:59, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
{{
convert}}
with |abbr=no
({{
cvt}}
is actually an alias that uses |abbr=yes
)—which produces $15 per ounce ($0.53 per gram).
Remsense
留 09:09, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
Hello! Happy new year to ya'll at Wikipedia! I really don't have anything to say other than if there could be little categories in the search bar (example: on the left history and on the right food so you find a specific category) I'm not saying that it's messy but it's something to think about. Jude marrero =D 74.103.166.181 ( talk) 21:35, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
My question is: how do I move pages between languages? I'm asking because there is a certain inactive user draft I found that I want to move to the Georgian Wikipedia (which is the language the draft is written in). - Alex26337 ( talk) 22:41, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
I am trying to fix this draft. I do not see what is wrong with the links, the son of the national poet of nepal, a major academic and public radio exchange and routledge? How is then credibility defined? 85.191.190.175 ( talk) 11:12, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
See TAROM (airline) and then Draft:Legend Airlines (romania) tarom has a side table where it says full name and stuff i want that but idk how Poyeker ( talk) 14:42, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
Some years ago, an editor began a draft on Ian Charles, who is the director of the Quadram Institute, a UK public-funded research institute specialising in food and the gut. The draft is in their sandbox, here: [3]. The editor attempted to submit the draft, but it was rejected (inappropriate tone) and I think they lost heart and gave up - they haven't edited since. I'm wondering whether it's worth resurrecting this draft, but had some questions: (1) Is it okay to start with a draft from someone else's sandbox, assuming that I attribute it? (2) Is he likely to pass WP:NPROF? My feeling is that the director of a substantial public research institute ought to be a match on criterion 4 or 5, but when I've seen discussions it's mostly been in the context of universities rather than public-funded research institutes, so I'm not sure. Inevitably, as with any academic, independent sourcing is going to be a bit sparse (that's why we have NPROF). (3) I have a slight COI (I have connections with a different organisation somewhat related to his, and know professionally at least one person who works in his institute).
If people think Charles is a pass, my intention is to tone down the 1st and 3rd sentences to get rid of the internationally recognised fluff and the mission statement, convert the "references" into selected literature, and see if I can prop his biographic details with at least his University of East Anglia institutional web page, while also making sure it's not a copyvio (which some of the existing text definitely is) [4]
Grateful for any advice. Elemimele ( talk) 16:47, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
I see that you have already moved a large about of content from the abandoned draft to MrStoat's draft without first notifying. Although it is now after this action, I recommend communicating with MrStoat, as what you've done is hijacked the draft. You may not get a reply, as MrStoat created this draft in early October and has not edited it nor anything else since then. David notMD ( talk) 10:56, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
Hello, I'm trying to upload an image I took on to wikipedia, but as soon as I upload the photo here it turns horizontal. If I continue uploading will it switch back vertically? I'm using a MacBook if that helps. Sorry I'm new to this. Brutallygolden ( talk) 15:35, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
During a recent discussion I was told that the SPLC was "quite literally, in the business of manufacturing controversy to generate donations." As far as I can tell the context in question is somewhat pointed, but factual. I am concerned because I have had several interactions with this editor, and they are bringing up previous debates from other articles which seem to misrepresent me as an editor. I have asked them to strike and stop doing that on their talk page, and linked them to WP:TPNO. I'm not really sure where to go from here. DN ( talk) 12:14, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
They seem to refuse to let it go. DN ( talk) 12:25, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
i've been working on an article for 4 days now, and i've been trying to publish it for a while, but it just won't work. i keep getting this pop up: "No stashed content found." is there any way i can solve this? or copy the exact content to a different window? or anything? i suspect this happens if i keep a window open for a very long time. creating this article all over again would be a severely tedious task, so i would really appreciate any solutions to this issue. Dissoxciate (talk) 19:49, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
Some of the best templates for specifying what type of English to use for a page have handy abbreviations. Examples include American English, which you can just type { { AmE } } for, or British English which you can type {BrE } } for.
Many of the other variations of English could use shortform versions, but I try them and they do not exist or don't work. Just one example might be Indian English. I try "IndE" and it doesn't word. I get you couldn't use just "IE" because there are others like "IrishEnglish" etc.
If I could add some of these chosen abbreviations for language templates that I work with frequently, that would be really helpful. Some are Indian English, Nigerian English, Irish English, but there are so many different versions and it would be helpful to know how to edit a template, and where to locate that etc. Iljhgtn ( talk) 01:38, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
#redirect [[Template:American English]]
. Click "What links here" under "Tools" on
Template:Indian English and select "Hide transclusions" and "Hide links" to show current redirects.
[5] The only one is
Template:Indian-English with a hyphen so there is no abbreviation. {{
American English}} and {{
British English}} are used far more than other variants so an abbreviation is more helpful. I think they have too many redirects
[6]
[7] and personally I'm not fond of something like {{AmE}}
in an article source because the meaning can be hard to guess. {{IndE}}
would be harder. {{
American English}} is used in 18441 pages. Only 424 of them use the {{
AmE}} redirect.
PrimeHunter (
talk) 03:03, 4 January 2024 (UTC)Hello, I actually have a Wikipedia page on here & the information is incorrect & insufficient & I would like to both change it & add to it. 108.14.77.234 ( talk) 17:45, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
Hi Everyone, I am not sure whether this is the right place to put this concern here. But i think this is a serious issue for Wikipedia decorum. Today i noticed a user named User:Sush150 frequently adding Bollywood Hungama website links as references on Wikipedia's various articles. I checked his recent contribution on the pages below and found Bollywood Hungama is used very frequently as references: Singham Again, Murder Mubarak, Maddock Films, List of Hindi films of 2024, List of Hindi films of 2023, List of Hindi films of 2021, List of Hindi films of 2020, Kareena Kapoor Khan filmography, Tiger Shroff, List of highest domestic net collection of Hindi films, Dunki (film), Tiger 3, Fighter (2024 film), Jawan (film), Akshay Kumar filmography.
These are few i found, but i am sure there is a long list. Macbeejack ☎ 08:08, 4 January 2024 (UTC) Macbeejack ☎ 08:08, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
Hi there!
I have a question about the use of the unreliable source tag as I am unsure when to use it, or if it conflicts with this guideline which says that information that is not backed up by a reliable source should be boldly removed.
For example, on the article Gamefam, two sources lead to Forbes contributor pages; a source that has been called generally unreliable per WP:FORBESCON. Should the information that relies on these sources be removed or is this tag enough.
If this tag is sufficient, how can't falsified information be used on Wikipedia if it is backed up by an unreliable source (provided the tag is present). TenToe ( talk) 20:41, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
Any material lacking an inline citation to a reliable source that directly supports the material may be removed and should not be restored without an inline citation to a reliable source. Whether and how quickly material should be initially removed for not having an inline citation to a reliable source depends on the material and the overall state of the article. In some cases, editors may object if you remove material without giving them time to provide references. Consider adding a citation needed tag as an interim step. When tagging or removing material for lacking an inline citation, please state your concern that it may not be possible to find a published reliable source, and the material therefore may not be verifiable. If you think the material is verifiable, you are encouraged to provide an inline citation yourself before considering whether to remove or tag it. Do not leave unsourced or poorly sourced material in an article if it might damage the reputation of living people or existing groups, and do not move it to the talk page.
The page I was working on ( Megan M. Carpenter) was deleted but I want to take another try at it. Is all that work lost? The notice says to contact the person who took it down but when I click that person's name ("User:AmandaNP") I don't see any type of messaging tool. Can someone suggest a next step? I'm new to all this. Thanks! Pilgrimfoot ( talk) 15:48, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
I have never attempted to author a Wikipedia article before, so this is all news to me. I am working on adding content related to a World War II pilot, and would like to have his service photo in the article. I have the image, but cannot provide a source/year when it was taken -- although I know the photo represents the subject. This is more than 80 years ago, so it's more likely those details can ever be known. Do these circumstances make it impossible to import this photo into Commons (and ultimately add to my article), or is there a way around this? I've tried twice already with no success. SMC317 ( talk) 22:56, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
I want to have the entirety of the Beatles WikiProject on my watchlist so I can see all the edits, but I can’t be bothered to add them all manually. Is there some script that can do this for me? Blueskiesdry ( talk) 00:05, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
Dear all, is there a friendly member available to help a newcomer please? Just need some general advice from a kind person! Marilyn Fowles ( talk) 23:55, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
How can I disable "learn more about this page" in my talkpage? I put my status up there, and I'd like people to see it easier. Wikiexplorationandhelping ( talk) 23:20, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Lignum_vitae&oldid=1193635624
I made a change to link to the correct page but someone came along reverted it and gave me the vandalism template. I even left a note in the edit summary explaining. The whole phrase containing the wiki-link is un-cited, do I need to cite a new source to make a change to the wiki-link without being accused of vandalism? Or is it just because I don't have an account. 76.16.75.39 ( talk) 00:28, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
/info/en/?search=Amjad_Jaimoukha
In the first paragraph, someone has quoted a book claiming the impact and the importance of the author on the page. Is the the neutrality that Wikipedia is seeking? Thefrozencelt ( talk) 02:04, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
Hello, I've been referred here to ask questions I might have about Wikipedia editing.
I've adding public information to Terracotta, Inc. article, but it was all reverted for being "Promotional". I'm not sure I understand why updating the the Company Info Element to include the C-Suite, Yearly Revenue, and the history of the company's acquisitions is considered "Promotional" information.
If that's the case, how do other companies provide this information on the article? User talk:LiteFrozen#c-MrOllie-20240105014700-January 2024 LiteFrozen ( talk) 02:16, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
When I rename an article to a name which doesn't already exist on Wikipedia, it gets moved no problem.
However when I try to rename an article to a name which already exists on Wikipedia, I always have trouble, especially when it exists as a redirect.
I'm fairly sure that in the past, all I had to do was to remove the redirect, and then redirect it in the opposite direction, but now even that doesn't seem to work.
Do I always have to request assistance in these redirect cases, or is there a way I can do it myself?
I know you'll want to know what I'm trying to do as always, even when it's irrelevant to whatever I was asking, so here it is... I've just attempted to rename St Anne's Pier to St Annes Pier, as that is what its name is. It doesn't contain a comma, just like the town of Lytham St Annes which it's located in, doesn't contain a comma either. Danstarr69 ( talk) 09:11, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
Moreover, the move will fail if a page already exists at the target name, unless it is simply a redirect to the present name that has never been modified, in which case you can move over the redirect (check the edit history). If you cannot move a page yourself because of a technical restriction, and you expect the move to be uncontroversial, you can list it at the technical section of requested moves. ColinFine ( talk) 11:20, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
Hello, I'm having some trouble with my translation. I'm working on this article: /info/en/?search=Draft:Rheinhotel_Dreesen which is a translation of this one https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rheinhotel_Dreesen . I originally submitted it as a personal draft, and I've started messing with it today to try and make it a community draft and I think I might have made some sort of mistake. I also can't figure out how to fix my citations, so if you could give me some guidance I would really appreciate it. I really want to publish this page because it discusses a significant WWII site and there is very little information on it in English. Yustyn Kokor ( talk) 23:24, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
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:::[[Helmut Vogt (Historiker)|Helmut Vogt]]: ''Wächter der Bonner Republik. Die Alliierten Hohen Kommissare 1949–1955.'' Verlag Ferdinand Schöningh, Paderborn 2004, ISBN 3-506-70139-8.
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talk) 00:06, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
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;I had put this article on deletion at a time when there was no citation in it. And this article was completely failing Wikipedia's general notability guidelines, but later citations were added to it and the article was improved. Can I remove the deletions I have placed? Will there be any problem in this? Or should we wait for the results? Thanks. Youknowwhoistheman ( talk) 12:58, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
Regarding citation #2 of an article, I am working on: Wdallen49/Bobbie R. Allen I have a PDF document that was scanned from a Draft which was written by a U.S. Gov't official. I would like to cite this document in my article about Bobbie R. Allen but I'm not sure if that is acceptable. Can someone advise me regarding the use of this document? Wdallen49 ( talk) 02:54, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
Hello! I accidentally created an article when I meant to create a draft! Could anyone remove it? Article in question: Kingdom of Menabe ''Flux55'' ( talk) 13:53, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
My user page is fine but it does have a lot of notices on it about events etc which are now out of date. Question 1. Is it okay to remove stuff from my user page or should it all stay as a permanent record? Question 2. How do I delete stuff like invites to participate in events now past etc. I use visual editor and am technologically challenged so would need very clear instructions if anybody has the heart to help! Thanks. Balance person ( talk) 09:23, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
Hi everyone,
My name is Sweetabena and I'm a passionate Wikipedian with a long-term interest in contributing to this incredible resource. I've been editing actively for two years and have made some contributions across various topics.
I'm deeply impressed by the dedication and expertise of the reviewer and admin communities on Wikipedia, and I'm inspired by the crucial role you play in maintaining the platform's high standards. As I strive to further my involvement, I'm eager to learn how I can become a reviewer or even one day, an admin myself.
I understand that both these roles come with significant responsibilities and require deep knowledge of Wikipedia's policies, guidelines, and community dynamics. I'm committed to dedicating myself to gaining this knowledge and developing the necessary skills.
I'd be incredibly grateful if any experienced reviewers or admins could share their insights on the path towards these roles. And at what point do I qualify to become a reviewer or admin? Sweetabena ( talk) 09:19, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
Can't Remember my username or password. please help. this is the 18th account i've made. Jordan'sWiki ( talk) 15:19, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
if i state that I have been paid to create a wikipedia page about my employer, will this statement be visible to other users? Chiara ravasio 96 ( talk) 14:46, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
Hello! I am hoping to create a page called Despair or Despair (theology). Since despair and depression are different in the religious context, I want to create a page expanding the latter definition. Before I begin compiling my reading and writing the article, is there any way I can search to see if the page has been deleted, merged, or discussed by a WikiProject group before? I'd rather not be that guy who makes a page that’s been created and deleted several times. Also, since Despair redirects to Depression (mood), should the main page be Despair (theology), should I simply create the page as Despair since the usage makes it a unique article with a particular usage, or should I add it to the disambiguation page for users to determine which is the better usage for their purposes? Thank you in advance! ThaesOfereode ( talk) 15:59, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
Hello everybody, I am seeking advice regarding the page Draft:We Are Era, which has been under review and was recently rejected by Robert McClenon due to concerns about corporate notability.
In response to this feedback, I have carefully reviewed and revised the draft, placing a particular emphasis on addressing the corporate notability criteria. The draft now includes references from around 28 reliable sources, the majority of which are reputable newspapers or magazines in Germany (e.g. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Der Spiegel or Der Tagesspiegel). All these sources are comprehensive and secondary. There are also no signs of them being unreliable or dependent on the subject. I am convinced that they give a balanced and external perspective on the company, covering aspects such as the company itself, major campaigns, and acquisitions.
As an active contributor to the German Wikipedia for over ten years, with a focus on geography, history, media, and politics, I am relatively new to the English Wikipedia. Therefore, I welcome any advice or input to ensure the article meets the required standards.
Are there any concrete tips anyone could share?
Thank you! Renredam ( talk) 13:27, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
Born 2011 Domingo6777 ( talk) 19:48, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
Hello! I've been working on the Dutch East Indies article, and there's a paragraph that describes types of punishments used on slaves. I tried to find references to support the detailed list, but was unsuccessful in finding anything more specific than beating/killing (and am not very enthusiastic about digging deeper on slave torture). I'm hesitant to remove the paragraph, particularly since I want to avoid whitewashing the article, but am not sure how else to improve it. I'm hoping to get this article closer to being a Good Article, and it seems this paragraph as it stands would get in the way for important lack of citations. I considered being WP:BOLD, deleting the paragraph and leaving a note on the talk page, but figured as a new-ish editor I should ask somewhere first. I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask about this, but the article's talk page doesn't seem very active. Thanks for your time! Placeholderer ( talk) 19:39, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
Hello New to creating , can you help create the wiki
Arun Keshav Sapre 1955-1971 - late Squadron Leader Arun Keshav Sapre was Pilot in the Indian Air Force, Sq Ldr Arun Keshav Sapre died at age of 43 testing four-gun firing on HAL's Marut aircraft during the 1971 Indo-Pak War. He was awarded Bharat Rakshak Ati Vishist Seva Medal by Government of India posthumously. He played an important role during the war.
Reference https://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/4981 http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/Awards/awards.php?qaward=AVSM&qunit=ASTE&qname=&qyear= https://www.naidunia.com/chhattisgarh/raipur-mayor-pays-tribute-to-martyr-arun-keshav-sapre-on-49th-death-anniversary-6579507 59.96.80.53 ( talk) 14:09, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
we wrote an article about our association but it seems as though it does not meet standards. Please advise why /info/en/?search=Draft:Drug_%26_Alcohol_Testing_Association_of_Canada_-_DATAC DATAC2024 ( talk) 20:46, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
This draft's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article. In summary, the draft needs multiple published sources that are:
- in-depth (not just brief mentions about the subject or routine announcements)
- reliable
- secondary
- strictly independent of the subject
Make sure you add references that meet all four of these criteria before resubmitting. Learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue. If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia.
I was hoping to correct some mistakes on an existing page about a painting, based on information given to me by the curator of the museum where the painting is currently held. How should I go about citing this? I would be happy to post this correspondence anywhere it would be helpful. Alexanderwbr ( talk) 21:49, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
Does being a member of the US House of Representatives make someone notable enough for a Wikipedia article on its own based on WP:POLITICIAN, even if their career was "unremarkable"? The article that prompted this question was Nelson Papucci though I am sure there are similar very short articles about members. Recon rabbit 21:59, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
So, I managed to fix the inline citation problem on the Integrated Conservation and Development Project page, but when I was doing the first one (a book), there was text that told me that apparently, I didn't do the date (of when accessed) correctly and I don't know how to fix it. Villaida ( talk) 22:05, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
Hello, (Not bored this time) I am planning to change the name of a page. How do I do that? Are there any guidelines for page names? Cheers. Encyclopédisme ( talk) 22:19, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
What is the policy in regards to this? Caitlyn Jenner has the birth name listed but Laverne Cox doesn't. Traumnovelle ( talk) 00:47, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
Refer to any person whose gender might be questioned with the name and gendered words (e.g. pronouns, man/woman/person, waiter/waitress/server) that reflect the person's most recent expressed self-identification as reported in the most recent reliable sources, even if it does not match what is most common in sources. This holds for any phase of the person's life, unless they have indicated a preference otherwise.
If a living transgender or non-binary person was not notable under a former name (a deadname), it should not be included in any page (including lists, redirects, disambiguation pages, category names, templates, etc.), even in quotations, even if reliable sourcing exists. Treat the pre-notability name as a privacy interest separate from (and often greater than) the person's current name.
Hi, can someone please confirm if holding "Presidential award for furthering diversity" from Brown University satisfy WP:NACADEMIC #2? Thank you. 1.23.250.167 ( talk) 13:36, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
Would like to check the references mentioned are sources that are independent of the subject. Adarshkagineregunduraj ( talk) 05:21, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
How Bengali became an official language in Sierra Leone | Research News - The Indian Express. Sierra Leone officially recognized Bengali as an official language due to the successful peacekeeping mission of Bangladeshi UN peacekeepers. However, Wikipedia has not yet updated this information. Would you like me to help make the necessary edits on Wikipedia?
Gokul Balagopal96 ( talk) 06:40, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
Please help me understand if the following entry is acceptable to Wikipedia. Thanks.
Draft:Oindrilla Maity Surai Basuproma ( talk) 14:41, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
Hello,
I am seeking advice regarding the page Center for Inquiry.
This page was up until now filled with an overly positive and biased viewpoint. The original page made no mention of Center for Inquiry's many well-publicized controversies. Recently, I overhauled the page and made good-faith edits that mentioned these controversies while also maintaining a neutral viewpoint. All of my edits had sources. Also, they remained unbiased, simply covering the facts without injecting any personal opinions.
However, a user is undoing my edits, and they are pressuring me to take the discussion to the talk page, citing WP:BRD. They are acting as if WP:BRD is mandatory, when it is an optional measure as per Wikipedia's page on it.
It turns out that this person, a user named Gronk Oz, is affiliated with CFI. His user page says "I have been a member of Guerrilla Skeptics on Wikipedia ("GSoW") since 2014." GSoW is a group founded by user Sgerbic, Susan Gerbic of Center for Inquiry. https://centerforinquiry.org/speakers/susan-gerbic/.
Additionally, the user Sgerbic / Susan Gerbic is part of the CFI article talk page which is why I refuse to employ WP:BRD.
To summarize: CFI employees who actively monitor CFI's Wikipedia page are undoing my perfectly valid and well-sourced edits because it covers facts that they don't like.
What can I do in this case? VegitotheKnightmare ( talk) 05:14, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
It may be useful for editors to look at the edit history that VegitotheKnightmare has mentioned to form your own view about the neutrality of recent edits. Just a suggestion. BlueWren0123 ( talk) 09:21, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
Here is a list of "Staff" of CFI. It doesn't claim that the list is exhaustive, but FWIW it doesn't include Gerber, who is described as a "speaker" and as a "fellow" of CFI. So she's affiliated with CFI, but I see no evidence that she's an employee (and rather doubt that she is one). Of course, not all conflicts of interest are paid, but an allegation of a paid conflict of interest (or a description of somebody as an "employee") should be based on sound evidence. -- Hoary ( talk) 09:28, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
Normally I would limit my response to the article's Talk page, but since VegitotheKnightmare made accusations against me here (without bothering to notify me), I think it's fair that I reply here. Firstly, to be absolutely clear - I do not have, and have never had, any connection to CFI, nor any dealings with them. Secondly, I was not the only editor to suggest that these changes need discussion - two others (neither of whom I know at all) did so before me. I won't go into the merits of the proposed changes here - that is what the Talk page is for. Gronk Oz ( talk) 00:27, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
I have been trying to update a Wikipedia essay about my former professor. /info/en/?search=Donald_Brown_(anthropologist). It includes his biography and his research and influence. I tried several times to Publish Changes to the site after pasting in a Word document with my changes. It seemed to accept the changes. However, when I went to the essay about his work, etc. later it was in the original form. Thus, I assume my changes were not accepted. I could not figure out how to use VisualEditor with a Word document. I thought I could modify changes needed such as using links on names, etc. that needed to be cited in other Wikipedia articles, but I could not do so. Do I need to make all those changes in the Word document before pasting in the content? Rscupin ( talk) 19:40, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
Extensive quotation of copyrighted text is prohibited.I think that most editors would agree that direct quotes of two, three or even four sentences are fine in most cases, as long as they are properly attributed to the source with an inline citation with full bibliographic details. In this case, the direct quotation is 31 sentences long, and is considered a copyright violation on Wikipedia.
Essays, as used by Wikipedia editors, typically contain advice or opinions of one or more editors. The purpose of an essay is to aid or comment on the encyclopedia. Such essays are not visible to casual readers of the encyclopedia, and are "behind the scenes", as it were. In addition, the essay style of writing is not appropriate in encyclopedia articles. Cullen328 ( talk) 21:54, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
Hey seniors! Happy new years to all of you.
i have one question for you, How many minimum words should there be to create a new paragraph (new section)? Is there any specific criteria for this? Thanks Youknowwhoistheman ( talk) 09:14, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
Is there anything like a template to set myself a future reminder that would ping me on a specific date? Respublik ( talk) 11:44, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
If any administrators are reading this, can you please delete this monthly category for bare URLs listed in January 2022, which has been emptied and now falls under CSD G6? (I'm asking here because I can't find where-else to ask. Also, this place is usually busy.) - Alex26337 ( talk) 04:34, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
I'm wondering if anyone can just literally edit out the "[[#REDIRECT]]" code from a redirect and turn it into a comprehensive Wikipedia page Abigbagel ( talk) 04:18, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
What is twinkle and what are the circumstances to use it? Thank you, WikiTikiTavi63 ( talk) 13:52, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
Why does the initial description of it say it's a "fringe" notion? This is very prejudicial and unlike Wikipedia.
Francis Collins just expressed regret last week for his efforts in trying to shut down Focused Protection: He said, "If you’re a public-health person and you’re trying to make a decision, you have this very narrow view of what the right decision is, and that is something that will save a life. So you attach infinite value to stopping the disease and saving a life. You attach zero value to whether this actually totally disrupts people’s lives, ruin the economy, and has many kids kept out of school in a way that they never quite recovered.[i]
Only years too late does he acknowledge that the Great Barrington Declaration “could have been a great opportunity for a broad scientific discussion about the pros and cons” of focused protection, but he fails to admit his mistake in actively trying to cancel the authors and to stop discussion of its ideas. This is like saying that protests about the Vietnam War could have been a great opportunity in the political community for discussing the merits of that war, but not admitting that you previously and strenuously tried to prevent all the protestors from gathering to protest.
[i] Francis Colins, quoted in The Wall Street Journal, December 30-31, 2023, p. A12. Pence ( talk) 14:08, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
Hello,
I am working on a draft on Excavator Service Repair Manual. I believe that the topic of the article is of interest due to his activity in the world of mechanics, especially as a well-known one. I would like you to give me a recommendation or if the article is good to be accepted.
/info/en/?search=User:Excavator_Service_Manual/sandbox Excavator Service Manual ( talk) 14:29, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
I am trying to make the vector logo of WTVF, could you help me? This is my progress so far.
User:Yardwave Logo Maker/sandbox#/media/File:Wtvf 2010 logo prototype-svg.svg Yardwave Logo Maker ( talk) 17:53, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
I am trying to make a page on Major Hans Freiss, but the only references I have are in German. It is very hard with so little info. Some sources say he died, others say he is alive, but since he was born in 1910, he is probably dead. Here is a link to my draft: Draft:Major Hans Freiß - Wikipedia Deerare2good ( talk) 21:50, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
Article:
Letterpress (video game)
So I want this article to become FA status; I feel as though it has potential. However, I believe that there's a criterion for FAs that it must be comprehensible. Therefore, I have doubts on whether or not this article can become a FA. TWOrantulaTM ( enter the web) 19:41, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
Hi all, hope you’re all well.
I recently created the article Sheth Ghoolam Hyder and I would like some feedback from experienced editors as to how it could be improved and also would like to see new contributions to the article as well!
Kind regards Ixudi ( talk) 14:39, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
I uploaded this image: File:Don Schlitz, January 2024.jpg There is a typo in the name. It should read Don Schlitz instead of Schits. Will you either delete this and let me upload again, or just correct the spelling for me? The intention was to use the image in the article Don Schlitz. My apologies, Thanks Eagledj ( talk) 20:46, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
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Victor Schmidt (
talk) 21:45, 6 January 2024 (UTC)Hello,
I'm working on a draft about Emirati art curator Hoor Al-Qasimi. I've included citations from reputable journalistic outlets and primary sources. I believe the subject of the article is of interest due to her activity in the art world, especially as a very well-known biennial and generally due to her public status as a Sheikah/member of the Emirati ruling family active in civil society as a cultural figure.
I would appreciate support on this article and to work with "Visual Editor."
Kind regards,
CAE ~~~~ Contemparteditor ( talk) 14:12, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
There is a wiki page about me, Carlos Kennedy Knight, and the information is incorrect. have attempted to upload corrections, but they have not been changed. How do I verify that the new information is correct. I have never done a music video with Young Thug and my birthday is incorrect as well. 2603:6080:5306:7400:B8C0:A4E:ABAB:6B35 ( talk) 23:45, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
Hello Wikipedians,
How does Freedom of panorama work in practice?
Why is this image nominated for deletion because of "Freedom of panorama" but images that follow the same logic are actively used everywhere on Wikipedia, e.g. – here, here, here and here? And many other examples.
Why do some images "violate" FoP, while others images of the same type do not?
The force of ikigai (
talk) 01:20, 7 January 2024 (UTC)
Is there a standard across Wikipedia for this section or are the two used interchangeably?
Artwhitemaster ( talk) 18:21, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
standard for Wikipedia for this section, please feel free to consult the Heading names paragraphs at MOS:REFERENCES. Rotideypoc41352 ( talk · contribs) 06:53, 7 January 2024 (UTC)
hi Risjjius ( talk) 13:58, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
Is the source you actually mention which is the Intercontinental Music Awards Website where she is noted to be an Ambassador, also an unreliable source that is NOT separate from the subject? I still say the same thing, you are not clear in how you select articles to improve on, and those you completely decline. Even Awards that are verifiable and relevant, backed by Hollywood, and published in these articles with the actual Award links shared, are still not verifiable by your editor? Artist Notability according to you, NEED to include ONLY one thing: Winning a relevant award, representing something significant in that area, Being published in major reliable independent sources. This artist meets all three. You are saying that the Major Nigerian Newspapers are not reliable, since their articles are included. You are saying, that even the United Nations is not reliable, since the link included showing this woman is also a UN/SDG's ambassador with Globcal International, with both the Globcal webpage link, the UN webpage link, and her designated Ambassador page unverifiable? I think something is wrong with your assessment. There are references in all that I have submitted, which verify at least ONE of your listed criteria, even if you choose not to acknowledge the rest. Jewels of Africa
Jewels of Africa ( talk) 21:12, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
and appeared some parts copied from one of the sources
A few days ago, I volunteered to advise or correct articles specifically in biology (and within that aquatic biology). I believe I finished my initial work to start but I don't know if there's something else I need to do and who do I report to. Brian Quelvog Brian Quelvog ( talk) 20:04, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
Hello all,
I'm new to editing so have lots of questions!
I'm creating a new entry with a very challenging subject. I have recently gained access to primary material relating to Iraq's only internationally-recognised contemporary composer, now deceased. Primary material includes letters written to him by notable composers and musician of his time (original letters and postcards which are also scanned for easy digitale upload). The inheritors of the material are currently in correspondence with an institutions in France as well as the Gulbunkian Foundation in Portugal to archive and keep the material for scholarly access. My interest is in preserving Iraqi culture which is hugely challenging for many reasons. Language is just one of them war and loss of archives of many notable institutiosn is another. In presenting material for a wikipeadia article, I'm working with source material in Arabic, French and Russian (I'm a linguist with, primarily, good experienc ewith Russina and Arabic - and just for the record, I'm not paid to do this work). Quotations from these letters is currently in the public domain via secondary sources (primarily in the many online articles on his life written after his death in 2007). Do I cite these as links? They are all in Arabic. Can I cite his biographies which are in the public domain on the websites of notable institutions? These last are on the website of the websites of the Contemporary Music Centre Ireland and on the Iraqi Syphony Orchestra. Are they sufficient as sources? If I wish to include scanned versions of source material can I do so? This of course with the permission of the family. The same applies to pictures held by the family of the subject. If I try to include this material, how do I go about ensuring copyright of these for the family? Or is this even necessary as these pictures are a primary source.
I'm also finding it difficult to understand how to present citations. Are links to external online material sufficient or do I need to provide a reference note as well?
As you can see, I have a lot of questions.
Cheers! Sue Cosgrave ( talk) 15:29, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
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tags if that is more natural. On Wikipedia, you can cite things to
primary sources and even personal materials if they've been made publicly available, but Wikipedia's policies don't allow for entire articles based on primary sources or interpretation of primary sources.
Rjjiii (
talk) 19:51, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
I'm trying to create a page about a company Gigwing and stating facts based on independent references and yet I'm getting speedy deletion alerts Gwmt24 ( talk) 08:05, 7 January 2024 (UTC)
Hello Wiki, regarding of my great grand dad ( Sultan Ali Bin Hamoud Al Busaidi ) he had two Sons and its not even mentioned on this wiki i wanna clear put my grand father name and my family names in Wiki ... -The great Grand Son Farid Al SAid 188.135.48.183 ( talk) 12:06, 7 January 2024 (UTC)
https://www.royalark.net/Tanzania/zanz5.htm names his two sons, two daughters, and his wives, so can be used as a reference. David notMD ( talk) 13:35, 7 January 2024 (UTC)
Can you just make one, or do you have to get special permission first? Blueskiesdry ( talk) 21:50, 7 January 2024 (UTC)
Content dispute
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This page has been deleted with not much discussion and obvious little consideration of the sources available for the project. A search on "Google Scholar" shows sources back to 1950 from academia and other official sources. The deletion by @ Daniel seems to be too quick and without much consideration. The users participating in the discussions were made around 20th December 2023 and deleted by 28th December 2023. As a former employee in Middle Eastern projects in the Shipping Industry 2 decades ago, I also happen to have insights in how this project stands today from insiders in the region and globally in shipping. I find it hard to accept a deletion of this article in the light of the events that goes on in Eastern Mediterranean p.t. The article is more relevant than ever, since it has been under detailed planning for 70 years. With the screenshots I managed to get before User:Daniel deleted it and the approach he used when I did an effort to start a discussion, makes me question if said user is biased. The latter because of the amount of academic- and professional records from the shipping industry. Talk is here Talk ¦ The Ben Gurion Canal The article should be reinstated and the known paid false editors, paid to edit Wikipedia according to their employer's agenda, should be banned or observed with focus rather than speed.
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I'm sure this is not the place to report it, but this does not seem to be intentional. The page has no history besides this. This may be a misplaced draft or a misplaced name.
I found the page Draft:AfC submission when viewing Template:AfC submission, as it had a warning that read "This page should probably be moved, but a page already exists at Draft:AfC submission."
The actual draft article seems to be at Draft:Advance Street Name Plaque. Vanillyn ( talk) 23:49, 7 January 2024 (UTC)
I know that you should put inline citations after the comma and dots, but do you put the citations inside or outside of the parentheses?
Is it like this (blah blah blah[1]) or (blah blah blah)[1]? RandomGuy3114( talk) 4:15, 7 January 2024 (UTC) RandomGuy3114 ( talk) 04:15, 7 January 2024 (UTC)
My question involves U.S. State articles. The New Mexico page has a tag suggesting that it should be trimmed down (from ~21,000 words) and I see in the guidelines that it should be <10,000 words. If I was to work on this I'd want the result to be consistent with other state articles, in terms of length and formatting, and with Wikipedia guidelines. I got to wondering about the word count and formatting of other state articles in comparison, which got me wondering if there are guidelines for state articles or if this type of article is a subset of a broader kind of article which has its own guidelines. If I work on this I want to make sure I'm not wasting time or causing problems. Or maybe I should take on another project from the list of high priority projects. What do you think? Gamboler ( talk) 02:29, 8 January 2024 (UTC)