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Hello Teahouse~
This page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Portrait_of_victoria_blyth_hill.jpeg is coming up in a Google Search under the name of Victoria Blyth Hill. How can I fix this please, anyone?
Marilyn Nix ( talk) 05:06, 9 May 2012 (UTC)
I am soooo sorry i have to ask another question here, its just....i dunno how to edit the question i did ask.
Anyways, I dont think i could get my micronation in a newspaper if thats what your saying, but i could pretty much do anything else ;)
So yeah, how notable are we talking about? Drawnmeesaki ( talk) 15:43, 12 May 2012 (UTC)
I uploaded the same picture twice and left out copyright information or did it wrong for at least one of them. How can I fix this; they are up for deletion. Would like to fix this and have one posted on my article about Richard Newton.
http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=User_talk:Marilyn_Nix&diff=next&oldid=492140619
Once deleted (if I cannot untangle, help desperately needed) can I resubmit one with complete info? I messed this up, and would really like to start completely over to not get too confused/confusing, but I do want the picture (for which I have written/email permission to use on Wikipedia, no copyright).
Thanks very much.
Marilyn Nix ( talk) 05:27, 12 May 2012 (UTC)
I just recently created an article about a micronation and it was deleted.
what do i have to do to get my micronation on wikipedia? Thanks! Drawnmeesaki ( talk) 03:18, 12 May 2012 (UTC)
Hello Teahouse! Last night and this morning, I sent some suggested edits and answers to questions to see if we can omit the inline comments on Deborah Berke & Partners Architects. I am wondering if I may make these edits (I think not, as I generated the article...), but wanted to inquire as the requests/comments seem really simple and I'd love to get the inline comments out of the article. The suggested edits and information are on the talk page of User:DoriSmith. Please advise! thank you Meredith at DBA ( talk) 20:16, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
Thank you for the advice and feedback [[User:Ryan Vesey|. I have placed a {{ Request edit}} to the talk page. Thank you again. Meredith at DBA ( talk) 13:07, 12 May 2012 (UTC)
I was browsing through articles that had been put up for creation and I found this one about a museum, it has a decent amount of sources but it says it was rejected because "Article relies extensively on sources published by the Museum. Needs to verify the subject is notable using reliable sources that are independent of the subject", which made me wonder why the Queensland Museum article doesn't have any problems even though it only has 2 sources and 1 is published by the museum. Lunashy Friendship letters. write a friendship letter 05:04, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
I am interested in future energy sources. Anna Kwilecka ( talk) 02:17, 10 May 2012 (UTC)
I am hesitant to ask this question as I'm sure it has been asked before but....:-)
If an article has both British English and American English spellings of common words should we attempt to standardize them to all one side? Are there wars or would this start wars between old and new English spellings/usages?
Also, what about using "according to" (a spokesman for example) phrasing when writing about a topic that only a single source would or could no; for example a business sharing about one of their internal processes or customs or histories? I'm not talking about a whole article like this but just parts of certain sections. Because I might have an upcoming "inside source" that will give me information that I will have no way to verify. I can however verify that this person is speaking on behalf of that certain entity and has the right to do so. Whoisgalt ( talk) 19:45, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
Ok I can see the merit in the response the the second question. I asked them to provide me with sources that I could verify because I wouldn't be able to find them on my own (different language). But once given the information I could try to verify it. I also asked this company if they could provide pictures (the same ones that visitors of the plant would see with their own eyes) but that were much better quality and to then be used on wikipedia...If the managers of the business give me the pictures I'm assuming I have the license to use them? Or must I obtain a more formal approval. Now, these pictures would be from a different country thus further complicating the matter. Whoisgalt ( talk) 20:24, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
Hello,
I am a very new user-just started a few days ago and am still learning basic editing. So please forgive me, things are a little overwhelming. I've tried to figure this out on myself but I can't find any useful strategies or tips to do it.
I need help on /info/en/?search=Zhaoqing to take the weather box from its current location and put it directly under the climate heading and leave room for the city information box on the right side. Hopefully this could be done by shrinking it but other methods might also be okay. Currently the weather box is so big that it must be placed under the right border city box and thus causes a huge ugly blank space that isn't needed and whose space could be used for much more beneficial reasons. The increase in beauty and function to the page would be very large.
Whoisgalt ( talk) 16:29, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
Is there a DIY template/format I could use to replace the current bloated one so I can improve the page more expediently? Because I don't really dare take it out of the article. Is it allowed to used different templates for monthly temp/rainfall and the such? Whoisgalt ( talk) 18:58, 13 May 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Whoisgalt ( talk • contribs) 16:50, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
Oh, forgot to thank you for the quick response...Are you sure you're not a six sigma trainer in your day job :-) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Whoisgalt ( talk • contribs) 16:52, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for your help...A friendly wikizen helped me out though, apparently the format was non-standard causing the weather box to interfere with the right hand box. Now it looks very beautiful. Can I expect this sort of helping hand behavior normally or is it just because I'm a new airheaded editor? Whoisgalt ( talk) 18:29, 13 May 2012 (UTC) 71.51.141.113 ( talk) 18:28, 13 May 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Whoisgalt ( talk • contribs) 17:56, 13 May 2012 (UTC) Whoisgalt ( talk) 18:58, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
I was adding a quote to this page, Beverly Cleary, and I noticed that someone has put a citation needed note on this statement: "She has also written two autobiographies, A Girl from Yamhill and My Own Two Feet." Honestly, does this need to be cited? Will anyone argue that she hasn't written these two books, or that they aren't autobiographies? They are listed in her bibliography, though it doesn't have publishers, etc, in it. And if it is needed, what sort of citation should be added to this sentence?
This isn't an article I'm especially interested in working on much. It has regular contributors. But I'd like a better idea of what really needs citing. Thanks. Tlqk56 ( talk) 15:58, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for sending me back to that page. I knew I'd read it, but couldn't find it again. (I never call things by the same name WP does, it seems.) I've been working on articles by writers, and I don't cite a plain statement about a book being written or published because I'm always careful to put it in the bibliography. It helps to know that's probably enough. I appreciate your response. Tlqk56 ( talk) 16:27, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
OK, I added one ref elsewhere and removed that particular tag. None of the other instances of books she wrote had been similarly tagged, so it seemed especially out of place. (I left a note on the talk page.) I did add publishers and checked dates. I appreciate the feedback. Tlqk56 ( talk) 17:08, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
How do I use a Creative Commons picture that a friend posted there? He will send me a URL, so how is this written by me to embed the picture, and place it left or right. Thanks a lot. One step at a time over here! Marilyn Nix ( talk) 00:57, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
My next question is.. I created an article and it was deleted for a couple of reasons. Since the deletion on 5/9 I have had help from several editors to improve the content and structuring of the article. Today, I moved the improved article from the Sandbox to Article status..but my User Page does not reflect the move for DJ Mell Starr. I am just wondering is everything I did correct? Please, if you have a moment please take a look and advise me on what I have done wrong and what my next steps should be. DJ Mell Starr ( talk)
Is there an easy way to make an already down-loaded image bigger? Both of the pics on Doris Gates seem very small for the spaces they are in. But I know nothing about photo manipulation and have no idea how to make them a bit bigger. Thanks. Tlqk56 ( talk) 18:56, 14 May 2012 (UTC)
Thanks. I will play around and see how it goes. Tlqk56 ( talk) 23:30, 14 May 2012 (UTC)
So, I am brand new to Wikipedia and when I log in to my user account the formatting for it is completely different than the rest of Wikipedia. After speaking with my Professor it was determined that it seems the CSS is broken. Everything functions there is just no style and there are no images present. No idea how it happened or how to fix it. Please help! IvyAlyse ( talk) 22:08, 14 May 2012 (UTC)
Thank you so much for your feedback! I went in and changed it to the default and everything appears to be back to normal and is easier to operate. I must have accidentally changed it when I was playing with my page and as soon as I read your comment I remembered playing around with it in the past. Thank you again for your prompt response and I am thankful Wikipedia has users who are able and willing to help one another out. (: IvyAlyse ( talk) 23:40, 14 May 2012 (UTC)
Persondata is not to be used in anything but an article about one specific person, right? AutomaticStrikeout ( talk) 20:25, 14 May 2012 (UTC)
Is it considered poor form to nominate an article for good article status if you have not really done any work on it yourself? AutomaticStrikeout ( talk) 19:03, 14 May 2012 (UTC)
I know that generally the proper format for a persondata name is: Last name, First name. However, I would like to know if that is the correct format for cases where a person's given name is in the form of: (Name) of (place). AutomaticStrikeout ( talk) 16:38, 14 May 2012 (UTC)
Hello,
I'm interested in china topics but was wondering if there was an easy way to search for articles and proposed articles that were short,stubs,deemed insufficient, low quality, etc. I only want to find these for China english version and not the rest of wikipedia. Also is there a way to search for articles that need more pictures and/or simple beautifying for a beginner, because I have thousands of pictures from my travels there which don't need a license and that would be easy to scan!
I'm currently going to some of the subjects that I'm interested in and finding short or otherwise information lacking articles but it's kind of tedious...I just want a way to have all the articles rated as to if they need a lot more work (not just a little work) and then I can see if I'm interested in improving them. Does this function exist? Whoisgalt ( talk) 12:56, 14 May 2012 (UTC)
Thanks,
I will look into that and see what I find, Thank you. whoisgalt is fine, hehe. I'm a soft moderate objectivist unlike Rand and that phrase has stuck with me so many years after reading the book...So, I thought wow I'm actually writing articles on Wiki? Who is John Galt? I had that kind of feeling (if you've read the book you know what I mean) in a good but strange way. Whoisgalt ( talk) 14:01, 14 May 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Whoisgalt ( talk • contribs) 13:35, 14 May 2012 (UTC)
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This can be fun, too: User:SuggestBot. You can use it once or sign up to get regular suggestions from it. Tlqk56 ( talk) 15:51, 14 May 2012 (UTC)
how do I remove the "Welcome to Wikipedia" banner from the top of my user page? Lunashy Friendship letters. write a friendship letter 01:37, 14 May 2012 (UTC)
{{new user bar|image=[[file:Lunashy avatar.jpg|200px]]}}
It is the second thing from the top. Ryan Vesey Review me! 01:40, 14 May 2012 (UTC)
<center>
</center>
tags (like the <small> </small> tags, <big> </big> tags, <code> </code>
tags, etc.) <center>centered text</center>
should produce:{{
center|centered text}}
(mentioned by Ryan), which uses <div> tags like this:<div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">centered text</div>
.Hello,
I just received the notice to personalize some things including adding languages with Babel and now my user page is missing. I added a new little blurb but what happened to the old one? I could of sworn it was there before I got the Babel notice. Thanks Whoisgalt ( talk) 01:05, 14 May 2012 (UTC)
It turns out all of my info has been erased, contributions, preferences, watchlist....I need some help Whoisgalt ( talk) 01:11, 14 May 2012 (UTC)
Nevermind, it seemed to fix itself...I guess this must happen normally sometimes. Whoisgalt ( talk) 01:20, 14 May 2012 (UTC)
When I have extra time I try to assess the unassessed articles related to children's lit. I think I have a pretty good idea by now on how to evaluate class and importance (on TALK page). However, I often encounter stubs about living writers like this, Charmian Hussey, where it would take more time than I want to spend to find out if the person is really notable and there are multiple problems with the article.
Is there a quick way to tag such an article for someone who knows more than me to look at it? It can take me forever to read down the whole list on this page, Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup, and try to decide how it should be tagged. I frequently end up just leaving it because I don't want to make a mistake or spend too much time. Any suggestions? Tlqk56 ( talk) 01:48, 16 May 2012 (UTC)
What is the protocol for when one uses the same source numerous times in the same section, in my case, adding quotes to an article? Should I cite the source after every quote? AutomaticStrikeout ( talk) 23:52, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
Hello, I'd like to know how exactly to cite references that aren't in English. They are the only ones that can support some of the information in the article. What exactly is the method for doing so?
Thanks
Idoshlomo ( talk) 19:48, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
My page, here: Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/The_Congressional_Schools_of_Virginia was rejected for not being adequately supported by reliable sources. My source was the school website, which I had noticed was done by many other schools with published pages on wikipedia, such as Norwood_School_(Bethesda,_Maryland) ...what should I do?
Thanks.
NLellenberg ( talk) 19:34, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
Hello Teahouse! There is an inline comment "clarify" regarding the firm organization and leadership in the Deborah Berke & Partners Architects article. Here is clarification: Deborah Berke & Partners Architects is a New York City-based architecture and interior design firm founded by Deborah Berke and led by Berke, two partners: Maitland Jones and Marc Leff, and two principals: Stephen Brockman and Caroline Whartone. For more information about the partners and principals of the firm, Deborah Berke & Partners Architects, one can look at the leadership bio's on the firm website: http://www.dberke.com/office/profile_pp.htm
In addition, a secondary source of this information is the American Institute of Architects (AIA) NY Chapter Directory: http://aiany.aiany.org/index.php?section=firm-directory&cmpid=3227&filter=type&typid=2037
Thank you
Meredith at DBA ( talk) 13:34, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Quick_Cliq Can someone help me on this? I don't understand whats wrong with sources. Do i strongly need some "encyclopedic" reference for this? Deowhite ( talk) 05:35, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
For some reason the fifth reference, to ALA Annual Report, isn't displaying correctly here: User:Tlqk56/sandbox. I can't figure out why it's showing the long URL.(I'm hoping to track down the actual journal, but this is all I have so far.) I'm sure it's a cut-and-paste error, but if someone could check it out, I'd really appreciate it. I've stared at it so much I can't see what I did wrong. (While you're there feel free to fix anything else you notice, though that's not required.) Thanks! Tlqk56 ( talk) 03:43, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
Whoever fixed the fifth citation -- thanks, it's working now. (Albeit with the wrong code. I will fix that.) What did I do wrong? Thanks to both of you for helping. Tlqk56 ( talk) 15:10, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
ved=0CBYQvwUoAQ&q= A+Committee+on+Planning+
, note the space in the middle. This seems to be the culprit, get rid of the space and the cite displays correctly. That aside I think the cite is wrong as it just links to a Google search not a specific result. I think that what you want is the specifc page within this
JSTOR article. I don't have a JSTOR account but if you ask at
Wikipedia:WikiProject Resource Exchange/Resource Request somebody who does have an account may be able to get you the specific page number and text. Then you can use a full specific cite to the article using {{
cite journal}}. Hope this helps.
NtheP (
talk)
21:29, 15 May 2012 (UTC)Hello Teahouse, The article, Deborah Berke & Partners Architects cites thirteen (13) specific examples of the firm receiving an award. These awards are listed as a statement of fact, without any interpretation or exceptional claim. The Policy on using primary sources is as follows: "Unless restricted by another policy, primary sources that have been reliably published may be used in Wikipedia, but only with care, because it is easy to misuse them.[4] Any interpretation of primary source material requires a reliable secondary source for that interpretation. A primary source may only be used on Wikipedia to make straightforward, descriptive statements of facts that any educated person, with access to the source but without specialist knowledge, will be able to verify are supported by the source."
In conducting additional research on Wikipedia, I have found the following articles list awards with only primary references, and in some cases, no references at all:
Can someone please verify that the citations, as currently listed on the Deborah Berke & Partners Architects article, meet the requirements of the Primary Sources for references? Thank you. Meredith at DBA ( talk) 17:35, 14 May 2012 (UTC)
Thank you NtheP! I hope your comment will help get those flags off the article. Meredith at DBA ( talk) 13:33, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
Does anyone know the policy on posting pictures from public tours of manufacturing facilities, in particular a brewery with free tastings and facility tours and the like? Or is this a question better asked of the picture copyrights people; not sure exactly what wiki department they are? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Whoisgalt ( talk • contribs) 05:03, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
Hey Whoisgalt! Welcome back :D I have uploaded images from my visits to wineries with no problems. If you took them yourself and you decide to release them under a Wikipedia-friendly license then you should be good to go. Mike does ask a good question - it could depend on what country you took the photos in. I have only taken photographs of breweries and wineries in the United States and I've never had a problem. Here is an example, this one I uploaded from my Flickr account: File:Bartholomew Park Winery Hallway.jpg. It's of the Bartholomew Park Winery and is used in the article. I hope this helps! Sarah ( talk) 19:13, 16 May 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for the info...Taken all by myself and all in China...The laws there I'm assuming are much less strict than here, if they are followed..Okay I'm happy then. Thanks for the help. Whoisgalt ( talk) 20:34, 16 May 2012 (UTC)
They are not outside...They are inside...IN a brewery that I was given a tour of and they let us take pictures and touch the machinery. Hope this doesn't disqualify them. Whoisgalt ( talk) 21:03, 16 May 2012 (UTC)
I didn't see any photo signs and even if there were I wouldn't of understood them because I didn't understand chinese then...But it's china, moreover its china 1999 before that brewery got big and famous. Now they are very famous (the 44$ dollar a bottle beer company) and might be sensitive because they might have updated the factory or just don't want the consumers to see how shi**y it is or was. I did email them already and told them I was creating a wiki article and asked for official pictures. I told them I had my own but I preferred to use the professional ones..They haven't emailed me back yet. So if they dont respond that's their problem I gave them fair warning. And I will be uploading them in a few minutes.hehe take a look it's my first created page after 5 days on wiki. China Pabst Blue Ribbon..Sorry, I just had to plug it. I'm shameless. And what about the law...I mean I'm not under chinese jursidiction and the U.S hasn't signed on to many of those international law thingys. Or if it's illegal in one country even if I'm not there I am held to those laws by wikipedia standards? Thanks Whoisgalt ( talk) 22:44, 16 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi there!
I published a wiki article on the company Numi Organic Tea a couple months back and it was quickly deleted after 4 days. This time I created the article in my userspace so I could get feedback before publishing. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Taracd/Numi_Organic_Tea. I've made some changes after receiving feedback that it sounded too much like 'advertising jargon' and now I would like to know if my article is ready to be published. I've compared my article to other tea companies that have similar info and are even under-cited compared to mine, so I'm not sure why the article keeps getting flagged.
Also, I'm having a hard time figuring out the proper copyright tag for my logo image. I read through the image use policy/copyright tags, however I still find it confusing on which template to use and where I would find out the copyright info for the image I found.
Thanks for your help!
Taracd ( talk) 18:33, 16 May 2012 (UTC)
I have been doing statistical updates for MLB players and managers. I want to know what is the proper method to use in updating the date for the stats. I use Baseball-Reference.com as my source and I am pretty sure that their info is from the previous day, so I have been using the previous day as the date. However, it seems that most other editors have been using the current date. Which is preferable? AutomaticStrikeout ( talk) 18:26, 16 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi Sarah or another Teahouse member. I am a newbie and created this article here Articles_for_creation/Urban_and_Regional_Information_Systems_Association Sarah you noted that the references aren't good enough. I thought I added a healthy mix of references that go to the organization's homepage and also external ones. Please advise and thank you, (BigFields 14:17, 16 May 2012 (UTC)) PS - i couldn't get the Question Box to work, the 'Ask my question' button stayed grey in the dialog box. — Preceding unsigned comment added by BigFields ( talk • contribs) 14:17, 16 May 2012 (UTC)
why is there nothing for Dee Hannigan, the actress that was in the movie "late Bloomers"? 98.237.104.147 ( talk) 13:10, 16 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi I just tried to start a page for the first time and have no idea why it was declined. Everything in it is factual and I added links at the bottom to back them up as well. Please help
Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.28.233.235 ( talk) 07:07, 16 May 2012 (UTC)
I want to upload a picture to help out with the John Sebastian Marlowe Ward article. The picture is here. I can't find out who took the picture and I'm not sure if I am still able to upload it. Lunashy Friendship letters. write a friendship letter 05:50, 16 May 2012 (UTC)
I've been surfing the RC board, looking for vandalism and other problems, clicking the diff tags ... and wondering whether there's some good way to recognize a potentially problematic recent change, or whether I just have to click and click and click until one turns up. Hong12kong ( talk) 22:40, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
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Hello Teahouse~
This page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Portrait_of_victoria_blyth_hill.jpeg is coming up in a Google Search under the name of Victoria Blyth Hill. How can I fix this please, anyone?
Marilyn Nix ( talk) 05:06, 9 May 2012 (UTC)
I am soooo sorry i have to ask another question here, its just....i dunno how to edit the question i did ask.
Anyways, I dont think i could get my micronation in a newspaper if thats what your saying, but i could pretty much do anything else ;)
So yeah, how notable are we talking about? Drawnmeesaki ( talk) 15:43, 12 May 2012 (UTC)
I uploaded the same picture twice and left out copyright information or did it wrong for at least one of them. How can I fix this; they are up for deletion. Would like to fix this and have one posted on my article about Richard Newton.
http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=User_talk:Marilyn_Nix&diff=next&oldid=492140619
Once deleted (if I cannot untangle, help desperately needed) can I resubmit one with complete info? I messed this up, and would really like to start completely over to not get too confused/confusing, but I do want the picture (for which I have written/email permission to use on Wikipedia, no copyright).
Thanks very much.
Marilyn Nix ( talk) 05:27, 12 May 2012 (UTC)
I just recently created an article about a micronation and it was deleted.
what do i have to do to get my micronation on wikipedia? Thanks! Drawnmeesaki ( talk) 03:18, 12 May 2012 (UTC)
Hello Teahouse! Last night and this morning, I sent some suggested edits and answers to questions to see if we can omit the inline comments on Deborah Berke & Partners Architects. I am wondering if I may make these edits (I think not, as I generated the article...), but wanted to inquire as the requests/comments seem really simple and I'd love to get the inline comments out of the article. The suggested edits and information are on the talk page of User:DoriSmith. Please advise! thank you Meredith at DBA ( talk) 20:16, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
Thank you for the advice and feedback [[User:Ryan Vesey|. I have placed a {{ Request edit}} to the talk page. Thank you again. Meredith at DBA ( talk) 13:07, 12 May 2012 (UTC)
I was browsing through articles that had been put up for creation and I found this one about a museum, it has a decent amount of sources but it says it was rejected because "Article relies extensively on sources published by the Museum. Needs to verify the subject is notable using reliable sources that are independent of the subject", which made me wonder why the Queensland Museum article doesn't have any problems even though it only has 2 sources and 1 is published by the museum. Lunashy Friendship letters. write a friendship letter 05:04, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
I am interested in future energy sources. Anna Kwilecka ( talk) 02:17, 10 May 2012 (UTC)
I am hesitant to ask this question as I'm sure it has been asked before but....:-)
If an article has both British English and American English spellings of common words should we attempt to standardize them to all one side? Are there wars or would this start wars between old and new English spellings/usages?
Also, what about using "according to" (a spokesman for example) phrasing when writing about a topic that only a single source would or could no; for example a business sharing about one of their internal processes or customs or histories? I'm not talking about a whole article like this but just parts of certain sections. Because I might have an upcoming "inside source" that will give me information that I will have no way to verify. I can however verify that this person is speaking on behalf of that certain entity and has the right to do so. Whoisgalt ( talk) 19:45, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
Ok I can see the merit in the response the the second question. I asked them to provide me with sources that I could verify because I wouldn't be able to find them on my own (different language). But once given the information I could try to verify it. I also asked this company if they could provide pictures (the same ones that visitors of the plant would see with their own eyes) but that were much better quality and to then be used on wikipedia...If the managers of the business give me the pictures I'm assuming I have the license to use them? Or must I obtain a more formal approval. Now, these pictures would be from a different country thus further complicating the matter. Whoisgalt ( talk) 20:24, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
Hello,
I am a very new user-just started a few days ago and am still learning basic editing. So please forgive me, things are a little overwhelming. I've tried to figure this out on myself but I can't find any useful strategies or tips to do it.
I need help on /info/en/?search=Zhaoqing to take the weather box from its current location and put it directly under the climate heading and leave room for the city information box on the right side. Hopefully this could be done by shrinking it but other methods might also be okay. Currently the weather box is so big that it must be placed under the right border city box and thus causes a huge ugly blank space that isn't needed and whose space could be used for much more beneficial reasons. The increase in beauty and function to the page would be very large.
Whoisgalt ( talk) 16:29, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
Is there a DIY template/format I could use to replace the current bloated one so I can improve the page more expediently? Because I don't really dare take it out of the article. Is it allowed to used different templates for monthly temp/rainfall and the such? Whoisgalt ( talk) 18:58, 13 May 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Whoisgalt ( talk • contribs) 16:50, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
Oh, forgot to thank you for the quick response...Are you sure you're not a six sigma trainer in your day job :-) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Whoisgalt ( talk • contribs) 16:52, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for your help...A friendly wikizen helped me out though, apparently the format was non-standard causing the weather box to interfere with the right hand box. Now it looks very beautiful. Can I expect this sort of helping hand behavior normally or is it just because I'm a new airheaded editor? Whoisgalt ( talk) 18:29, 13 May 2012 (UTC) 71.51.141.113 ( talk) 18:28, 13 May 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Whoisgalt ( talk • contribs) 17:56, 13 May 2012 (UTC) Whoisgalt ( talk) 18:58, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
I was adding a quote to this page, Beverly Cleary, and I noticed that someone has put a citation needed note on this statement: "She has also written two autobiographies, A Girl from Yamhill and My Own Two Feet." Honestly, does this need to be cited? Will anyone argue that she hasn't written these two books, or that they aren't autobiographies? They are listed in her bibliography, though it doesn't have publishers, etc, in it. And if it is needed, what sort of citation should be added to this sentence?
This isn't an article I'm especially interested in working on much. It has regular contributors. But I'd like a better idea of what really needs citing. Thanks. Tlqk56 ( talk) 15:58, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for sending me back to that page. I knew I'd read it, but couldn't find it again. (I never call things by the same name WP does, it seems.) I've been working on articles by writers, and I don't cite a plain statement about a book being written or published because I'm always careful to put it in the bibliography. It helps to know that's probably enough. I appreciate your response. Tlqk56 ( talk) 16:27, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
OK, I added one ref elsewhere and removed that particular tag. None of the other instances of books she wrote had been similarly tagged, so it seemed especially out of place. (I left a note on the talk page.) I did add publishers and checked dates. I appreciate the feedback. Tlqk56 ( talk) 17:08, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
How do I use a Creative Commons picture that a friend posted there? He will send me a URL, so how is this written by me to embed the picture, and place it left or right. Thanks a lot. One step at a time over here! Marilyn Nix ( talk) 00:57, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
My next question is.. I created an article and it was deleted for a couple of reasons. Since the deletion on 5/9 I have had help from several editors to improve the content and structuring of the article. Today, I moved the improved article from the Sandbox to Article status..but my User Page does not reflect the move for DJ Mell Starr. I am just wondering is everything I did correct? Please, if you have a moment please take a look and advise me on what I have done wrong and what my next steps should be. DJ Mell Starr ( talk)
Is there an easy way to make an already down-loaded image bigger? Both of the pics on Doris Gates seem very small for the spaces they are in. But I know nothing about photo manipulation and have no idea how to make them a bit bigger. Thanks. Tlqk56 ( talk) 18:56, 14 May 2012 (UTC)
Thanks. I will play around and see how it goes. Tlqk56 ( talk) 23:30, 14 May 2012 (UTC)
So, I am brand new to Wikipedia and when I log in to my user account the formatting for it is completely different than the rest of Wikipedia. After speaking with my Professor it was determined that it seems the CSS is broken. Everything functions there is just no style and there are no images present. No idea how it happened or how to fix it. Please help! IvyAlyse ( talk) 22:08, 14 May 2012 (UTC)
Thank you so much for your feedback! I went in and changed it to the default and everything appears to be back to normal and is easier to operate. I must have accidentally changed it when I was playing with my page and as soon as I read your comment I remembered playing around with it in the past. Thank you again for your prompt response and I am thankful Wikipedia has users who are able and willing to help one another out. (: IvyAlyse ( talk) 23:40, 14 May 2012 (UTC)
Persondata is not to be used in anything but an article about one specific person, right? AutomaticStrikeout ( talk) 20:25, 14 May 2012 (UTC)
Is it considered poor form to nominate an article for good article status if you have not really done any work on it yourself? AutomaticStrikeout ( talk) 19:03, 14 May 2012 (UTC)
I know that generally the proper format for a persondata name is: Last name, First name. However, I would like to know if that is the correct format for cases where a person's given name is in the form of: (Name) of (place). AutomaticStrikeout ( talk) 16:38, 14 May 2012 (UTC)
Hello,
I'm interested in china topics but was wondering if there was an easy way to search for articles and proposed articles that were short,stubs,deemed insufficient, low quality, etc. I only want to find these for China english version and not the rest of wikipedia. Also is there a way to search for articles that need more pictures and/or simple beautifying for a beginner, because I have thousands of pictures from my travels there which don't need a license and that would be easy to scan!
I'm currently going to some of the subjects that I'm interested in and finding short or otherwise information lacking articles but it's kind of tedious...I just want a way to have all the articles rated as to if they need a lot more work (not just a little work) and then I can see if I'm interested in improving them. Does this function exist? Whoisgalt ( talk) 12:56, 14 May 2012 (UTC)
Thanks,
I will look into that and see what I find, Thank you. whoisgalt is fine, hehe. I'm a soft moderate objectivist unlike Rand and that phrase has stuck with me so many years after reading the book...So, I thought wow I'm actually writing articles on Wiki? Who is John Galt? I had that kind of feeling (if you've read the book you know what I mean) in a good but strange way. Whoisgalt ( talk) 14:01, 14 May 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Whoisgalt ( talk • contribs) 13:35, 14 May 2012 (UTC)
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This can be fun, too: User:SuggestBot. You can use it once or sign up to get regular suggestions from it. Tlqk56 ( talk) 15:51, 14 May 2012 (UTC)
how do I remove the "Welcome to Wikipedia" banner from the top of my user page? Lunashy Friendship letters. write a friendship letter 01:37, 14 May 2012 (UTC)
{{new user bar|image=[[file:Lunashy avatar.jpg|200px]]}}
It is the second thing from the top. Ryan Vesey Review me! 01:40, 14 May 2012 (UTC)
<center>
</center>
tags (like the <small> </small> tags, <big> </big> tags, <code> </code>
tags, etc.) <center>centered text</center>
should produce:{{
center|centered text}}
(mentioned by Ryan), which uses <div> tags like this:<div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">centered text</div>
.Hello,
I just received the notice to personalize some things including adding languages with Babel and now my user page is missing. I added a new little blurb but what happened to the old one? I could of sworn it was there before I got the Babel notice. Thanks Whoisgalt ( talk) 01:05, 14 May 2012 (UTC)
It turns out all of my info has been erased, contributions, preferences, watchlist....I need some help Whoisgalt ( talk) 01:11, 14 May 2012 (UTC)
Nevermind, it seemed to fix itself...I guess this must happen normally sometimes. Whoisgalt ( talk) 01:20, 14 May 2012 (UTC)
When I have extra time I try to assess the unassessed articles related to children's lit. I think I have a pretty good idea by now on how to evaluate class and importance (on TALK page). However, I often encounter stubs about living writers like this, Charmian Hussey, where it would take more time than I want to spend to find out if the person is really notable and there are multiple problems with the article.
Is there a quick way to tag such an article for someone who knows more than me to look at it? It can take me forever to read down the whole list on this page, Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup, and try to decide how it should be tagged. I frequently end up just leaving it because I don't want to make a mistake or spend too much time. Any suggestions? Tlqk56 ( talk) 01:48, 16 May 2012 (UTC)
What is the protocol for when one uses the same source numerous times in the same section, in my case, adding quotes to an article? Should I cite the source after every quote? AutomaticStrikeout ( talk) 23:52, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
Hello, I'd like to know how exactly to cite references that aren't in English. They are the only ones that can support some of the information in the article. What exactly is the method for doing so?
Thanks
Idoshlomo ( talk) 19:48, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
My page, here: Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/The_Congressional_Schools_of_Virginia was rejected for not being adequately supported by reliable sources. My source was the school website, which I had noticed was done by many other schools with published pages on wikipedia, such as Norwood_School_(Bethesda,_Maryland) ...what should I do?
Thanks.
NLellenberg ( talk) 19:34, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
Hello Teahouse! There is an inline comment "clarify" regarding the firm organization and leadership in the Deborah Berke & Partners Architects article. Here is clarification: Deborah Berke & Partners Architects is a New York City-based architecture and interior design firm founded by Deborah Berke and led by Berke, two partners: Maitland Jones and Marc Leff, and two principals: Stephen Brockman and Caroline Whartone. For more information about the partners and principals of the firm, Deborah Berke & Partners Architects, one can look at the leadership bio's on the firm website: http://www.dberke.com/office/profile_pp.htm
In addition, a secondary source of this information is the American Institute of Architects (AIA) NY Chapter Directory: http://aiany.aiany.org/index.php?section=firm-directory&cmpid=3227&filter=type&typid=2037
Thank you
Meredith at DBA ( talk) 13:34, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Quick_Cliq Can someone help me on this? I don't understand whats wrong with sources. Do i strongly need some "encyclopedic" reference for this? Deowhite ( talk) 05:35, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
For some reason the fifth reference, to ALA Annual Report, isn't displaying correctly here: User:Tlqk56/sandbox. I can't figure out why it's showing the long URL.(I'm hoping to track down the actual journal, but this is all I have so far.) I'm sure it's a cut-and-paste error, but if someone could check it out, I'd really appreciate it. I've stared at it so much I can't see what I did wrong. (While you're there feel free to fix anything else you notice, though that's not required.) Thanks! Tlqk56 ( talk) 03:43, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
Whoever fixed the fifth citation -- thanks, it's working now. (Albeit with the wrong code. I will fix that.) What did I do wrong? Thanks to both of you for helping. Tlqk56 ( talk) 15:10, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
ved=0CBYQvwUoAQ&q= A+Committee+on+Planning+
, note the space in the middle. This seems to be the culprit, get rid of the space and the cite displays correctly. That aside I think the cite is wrong as it just links to a Google search not a specific result. I think that what you want is the specifc page within this
JSTOR article. I don't have a JSTOR account but if you ask at
Wikipedia:WikiProject Resource Exchange/Resource Request somebody who does have an account may be able to get you the specific page number and text. Then you can use a full specific cite to the article using {{
cite journal}}. Hope this helps.
NtheP (
talk)
21:29, 15 May 2012 (UTC)Hello Teahouse, The article, Deborah Berke & Partners Architects cites thirteen (13) specific examples of the firm receiving an award. These awards are listed as a statement of fact, without any interpretation or exceptional claim. The Policy on using primary sources is as follows: "Unless restricted by another policy, primary sources that have been reliably published may be used in Wikipedia, but only with care, because it is easy to misuse them.[4] Any interpretation of primary source material requires a reliable secondary source for that interpretation. A primary source may only be used on Wikipedia to make straightforward, descriptive statements of facts that any educated person, with access to the source but without specialist knowledge, will be able to verify are supported by the source."
In conducting additional research on Wikipedia, I have found the following articles list awards with only primary references, and in some cases, no references at all:
Can someone please verify that the citations, as currently listed on the Deborah Berke & Partners Architects article, meet the requirements of the Primary Sources for references? Thank you. Meredith at DBA ( talk) 17:35, 14 May 2012 (UTC)
Thank you NtheP! I hope your comment will help get those flags off the article. Meredith at DBA ( talk) 13:33, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
Does anyone know the policy on posting pictures from public tours of manufacturing facilities, in particular a brewery with free tastings and facility tours and the like? Or is this a question better asked of the picture copyrights people; not sure exactly what wiki department they are? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Whoisgalt ( talk • contribs) 05:03, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
Hey Whoisgalt! Welcome back :D I have uploaded images from my visits to wineries with no problems. If you took them yourself and you decide to release them under a Wikipedia-friendly license then you should be good to go. Mike does ask a good question - it could depend on what country you took the photos in. I have only taken photographs of breweries and wineries in the United States and I've never had a problem. Here is an example, this one I uploaded from my Flickr account: File:Bartholomew Park Winery Hallway.jpg. It's of the Bartholomew Park Winery and is used in the article. I hope this helps! Sarah ( talk) 19:13, 16 May 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for the info...Taken all by myself and all in China...The laws there I'm assuming are much less strict than here, if they are followed..Okay I'm happy then. Thanks for the help. Whoisgalt ( talk) 20:34, 16 May 2012 (UTC)
They are not outside...They are inside...IN a brewery that I was given a tour of and they let us take pictures and touch the machinery. Hope this doesn't disqualify them. Whoisgalt ( talk) 21:03, 16 May 2012 (UTC)
I didn't see any photo signs and even if there were I wouldn't of understood them because I didn't understand chinese then...But it's china, moreover its china 1999 before that brewery got big and famous. Now they are very famous (the 44$ dollar a bottle beer company) and might be sensitive because they might have updated the factory or just don't want the consumers to see how shi**y it is or was. I did email them already and told them I was creating a wiki article and asked for official pictures. I told them I had my own but I preferred to use the professional ones..They haven't emailed me back yet. So if they dont respond that's their problem I gave them fair warning. And I will be uploading them in a few minutes.hehe take a look it's my first created page after 5 days on wiki. China Pabst Blue Ribbon..Sorry, I just had to plug it. I'm shameless. And what about the law...I mean I'm not under chinese jursidiction and the U.S hasn't signed on to many of those international law thingys. Or if it's illegal in one country even if I'm not there I am held to those laws by wikipedia standards? Thanks Whoisgalt ( talk) 22:44, 16 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi there!
I published a wiki article on the company Numi Organic Tea a couple months back and it was quickly deleted after 4 days. This time I created the article in my userspace so I could get feedback before publishing. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Taracd/Numi_Organic_Tea. I've made some changes after receiving feedback that it sounded too much like 'advertising jargon' and now I would like to know if my article is ready to be published. I've compared my article to other tea companies that have similar info and are even under-cited compared to mine, so I'm not sure why the article keeps getting flagged.
Also, I'm having a hard time figuring out the proper copyright tag for my logo image. I read through the image use policy/copyright tags, however I still find it confusing on which template to use and where I would find out the copyright info for the image I found.
Thanks for your help!
Taracd ( talk) 18:33, 16 May 2012 (UTC)
I have been doing statistical updates for MLB players and managers. I want to know what is the proper method to use in updating the date for the stats. I use Baseball-Reference.com as my source and I am pretty sure that their info is from the previous day, so I have been using the previous day as the date. However, it seems that most other editors have been using the current date. Which is preferable? AutomaticStrikeout ( talk) 18:26, 16 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi Sarah or another Teahouse member. I am a newbie and created this article here Articles_for_creation/Urban_and_Regional_Information_Systems_Association Sarah you noted that the references aren't good enough. I thought I added a healthy mix of references that go to the organization's homepage and also external ones. Please advise and thank you, (BigFields 14:17, 16 May 2012 (UTC)) PS - i couldn't get the Question Box to work, the 'Ask my question' button stayed grey in the dialog box. — Preceding unsigned comment added by BigFields ( talk • contribs) 14:17, 16 May 2012 (UTC)
why is there nothing for Dee Hannigan, the actress that was in the movie "late Bloomers"? 98.237.104.147 ( talk) 13:10, 16 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi I just tried to start a page for the first time and have no idea why it was declined. Everything in it is factual and I added links at the bottom to back them up as well. Please help
Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.28.233.235 ( talk) 07:07, 16 May 2012 (UTC)
I want to upload a picture to help out with the John Sebastian Marlowe Ward article. The picture is here. I can't find out who took the picture and I'm not sure if I am still able to upload it. Lunashy Friendship letters. write a friendship letter 05:50, 16 May 2012 (UTC)
I've been surfing the RC board, looking for vandalism and other problems, clicking the diff tags ... and wondering whether there's some good way to recognize a potentially problematic recent change, or whether I just have to click and click and click until one turns up. Hong12kong ( talk) 22:40, 15 May 2012 (UTC)