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Hi, I'm trying to fill in some "citations needed" and am confused about what qualifies as a "reliable source."
In particular, I'm working on cleaning up the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation page. Citations are needed for board members and for a conference held in 2011.
Is the Institute's own website OK to use a citation for the board members?
Regarding the conference, I'm confused about what the citation is supposed to corroborate. That the conference did, in fact, take place? Who the hosts were? If so, can the hosts' websites be used as citations? The conference wasn't reported in great detail in newspapers, and the scholarly journal sources aren't accessible to people without registered accounts.
By way of background, I am new here, and have been asked by the Institute to help clean up its page. I have read the COI policy and want to abide by it. Savannah38 ( talk) 20:36, 17 July 2014 (UTC)
It sounds like primary sources are OK for the specific "citations needed" issues in the article. I'm tasked with going through the whole article and updating it (last substantial edit was 2011.) I will do that via the wiki projects/talk pages etc, as you suggest.
One more question. The article is also flagged because it appears to have a "close connection to the subject." Is that because one of the previous editors appeared to be from IHME? Or is it because a number of the footnoted citations refer to articles written by IHME researchers? Savannah38 ( talk) 23:05, 17 July 2014 (UTC)
Savannah38 ( talk) 23:35, 17 July 2014 (UTC)
Specifically, and of course it varies from country to country and often in a much more local way, but death certificates often list: name of mother and father, of spouse, usual residence, type of occupation, sometimes where a person worked, aliases, birth place and other details, which can tell us without doubt whether our person is the right person. So, we have an article on Jim Heaphy (I know, it's a bit morbid since we're talking about death certificates, but following your example of using you...) and that article has all kinds of cited information; it has secondarily sources parents names, date of birth, spouse's name, occupation and identify of employer, but there's a problem with the date of death – we have multiple seemingly reliable secondary news sources, but three conflicting dates of death during the same week. A death certificate is found – indisputably of you and not someone else because it has all the matching items, parents names, spouses name and so on that we already know. We aren't using that death certificate to source whether you died, nor to settle any conflict about those corroborating details or their exactitude (that show beyond a moral certainty that it is about the right Jim Heaphy), but only the date of death.
The use and context of a source's citation is always highly important. In your post you've switched the use of the death certificate to the use of proving that the particular person that is the topic of an article has died. That's an entirely different use, and assumes that we don't have all the other details to check against so we turned to a death certificate to prove that, without any clear way to tie that Jim Heaphy death certificate to the person named Jim Heaphy. Under that context, for that use, I totally agree with you, but it's a strawman because it's not the use I invoked.-- Fuhghettaboutit ( talk) 14:06, 19 July 2014 (UTC)
An emailed template from a photographer giving permission for me to use "Richard Earl Thompson" portrait for his article was submitted about a week ago. Will I be notified or do I check for status somewhere?
Thank you. Jet 17:39, 19 July 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jet1950 ( talk • contribs)
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18:00, 19 July 2014 (UTC)I have some language that is important enough to include in the article, but not significant enough for the body. It calls for a footnote. However, it also needs to be sourced using two named refs.
Playing in my sandbox, I tried nesting the refs, as: ...body text.<ref group=note>note text...<ref name=refname1/>note text...<ref name=refname2/></ref>
.
The entire code string was apparently discarded, with no citation number in the body, nothing added to the Notes section, and no error.
Is there a way to accomplish this? If not, the material will have to go in the body text. Mandruss ( talk) 18:09, 19 July 2014 (UTC)
I know I am missing something very obvious. My question is, how can I indent my edits on a talk page? I noticed that everyone else replies to a edit under it, but indented to the right. My edits just stick to the left. Anthonyliu ( talk) 20:48, 19 July 2014 (UTC)
21:06, 19 July 2014 (UTC)
I need to add information to see the public what my current situation is. So help me to add User-Boxes. I don't like to paste from another user though. Give me tips. Thanks. Wesige putha ( talk) 20:39, 19 July 2014 (UTC)
21:19, 19 July 2014 (UTC)
Hi, I've been working with an editor who is now on break. He suggested that my article be moved into my sandbox for safe keeping. Is that something another editor can do for me or can I do it myself? From what he said, it sounds like I need to have someone other than me move it. Also sounds like my article is ready to go, I just need to wait until the film can get some notability before it can be published. Since my film is recently released, I'm not sure how long it will take to get some independent reviews. In the meantime, I don't want my article to expire. I appreciate any help in this. Here's the link: /info/en/?search=Draft:Hearts_of_the_Dulcimer_(film)
Thanks!! pdelich ( talk) 03:31, 19 July 2014 (UTC)
As soon as I can get some notability, I'll be on it again!! :-)
pdelich (
talk)
04:13, 19 July 2014 (UTC)
I recently decided that I would start to help review new articles from first time editors to help reduce the backlog. My question is this - since I am working backwards, reviewing the oldest articles first, I noticed that there were already notes on the new article pages; a few articles had no citations at all and they were informed of this about a month ago. When does an article with sources get deleted?
bpage (
talk)
20:31, 18 July 2014 (UTC)
@ Bfpage: Hello there! Articles without citations and/or sources gets deleted, if tagged with proper template, as soon as a reviewing admin waves the flag. ( Rovine message) 22:29, 19 July 2014 (UTC)
I created a username and used for a few years. I made small corrections in a lot of different places over the years which I presume are logged in Contributions
Now I realized that my username was too specific for one field and my making corrections outside that field are inconsistent with that username name.
So I just created a second username so now when I am going to make corrections to pages I will login to the account appropriate for the expected corrections
Now can I have all my old corrections on the 1st account transferred with the name change to the second?
Muonphysicist ( talk) 04:15, 20 July 2014 (UTC)
I have an article which iIwant to submit which is mainly one table.��Can I import the table without creating a table in the article template and populating it item by item�� Jeremybryson ( talk) 16:01, 19 July 2014 (UTC)
As in this case ,The only reliable source that i could get about the article(which is on a person from academic field) was his Google Scholar Page.Is this enough for the article to be "worthy of notice"? Should the article still be nominated as Article for deletion since no notable achievement can be found published by any trusted publishing websites ? The only links are the persons University websites and Blogs. Thanks in advance -- Sahil 08:17, 18 July 2014 (UTC)
Hello
I apologise for my ignorance.
I would like to create & download a Wikipedia “book.”
I've tried to create a book, by clicking on "Add this category to your book” in order to add all articles in that category to the book. The book I downloaded included the main article, but only the titles of the related articles.
Is it possible to create a book (which includes the other articles, and not only their titles) simply by adding the relevant Category?? Or do I have to add each individual Wikipedia Article to the book??
In advance, I thank you for your help.
151.46.223.183 ( talk) 15:08, 19 July 2014 (UTC)
Hello there! I just finished a page a few days ago and it was rapidly marked for speedy deletion under the A7 (no mention of importance) and G11 (unambiguous promotion) criteria.
As far as I can see, it doesn't meet the A7 criteria for deletion, as there are references demonstrating the company's importance in the article itself, along with mention of that fact in the product section [1] (more than 10 million participants in video conversations through its flagship product). There are also other possible alternative references, including one from the earlier days when it grew to 1 million participants. [2]
Aside from the product's user base, I also had sufficient proof of notability in all of the references inserted in the Awards section of the article, in which the company has received recognition from several well-known institutions for its work. I'm not exactly sure how it is even possible for my article to have been deleted under the A7 criteria.
I'm also curious of what promotional language was used to merit a G11 criteria for unambiguous promotion.
What can I do if I don't have a button for contesting the article's speedy deletion, and how can I be guided towards making the article proper for Wikipedia's standards? Mleivagomez ( talk) 22:05, 19 July 2014 (UTC)
References
I'm overwhelmed. How do I simply add a new entry to Wikipedia? Voicetel23 ( talk) 00:29, 20 July 2014 (UTC)
Hey Teahouse. This is my first time asking a question so...Here goes! How can I make my Userboxes be in order on the side like this user has here /info/en/?search=User:W.carter. Thanks! MirrorFreak ( talk) 18:21, 20 July 2014 (UTC)
Are you going to my talk page? ☻MirrorFreak☺ 19:16, 20 July 2014 (UTC)
I edited an English page Nostromo Yarará and tried to move the image from the Russian language page but not sure how to reuse it. I have seen Commons images used in multiple Wiki pages but not sure if a wiki image can be shared without uploading it again.
Incidentally what is the difference between the TeaGarden and the VillagePump?
Idyllic press ( talk) 20:37, 18 July 2014 (UTC)
@ MrWooHoo: @ Calliopejen1: Thank you, I had drafted a suitable letter on the manufaturers contact form but did not send it when I remembered the picture on the Russian site and thought to try use that first, I was all ready to just link throug to the other language image if it had worked but agree that a free image would be best. I have looked at picture details before on Commons but just get the image in a viewer when clicking through on Wikipeda these days so could not check the details of the other one. I will draft a new letter to the manufacturer after looking at the samples: had a look and they are much more elaborate than I had drafted. I will send a drief enquiry first and then if they show interest I will explain the hoops that have to be jumped through, perhaps they will upload to Commons on their own :-) Idyllic press ( talk) 19:14, 19 July 2014 (UTC)
Why did the earth form ??
I need one or more experienced editors to look at an article and give some fairly specific advice as to style; i.e., precisely what kinds of things should be included and excluded. This is the kind of thing that should be addressed in article talk, but there are only two of us participating in that talk and we are having trouble reaching full agreement.
Is there a better place than Teahouse to solicit such help?
The article is here; the "Events of the incident" section is a good illustration of the question. If someone here wants to offer the advice it could be added to the existing talk section. Mandruss ( talk) 20:28, 20 July 2014 (UTC)
Can users work on drafts that are being started by other users?
02:00, 21 July 2014 (UTC)
Hi, I just set up my own userpage and was toying around with headings and text formats. I seemed to have messed up on the heading entitled 'References' and it doesn't appear right on the screen. If you have the time could you please head on over to /info/en/?search=User:The_Free_Editor_Anyone_Can_Cite and check out the code and tell me what I have done wrong. Thank you very much. The help is greatly appreciated. The Free Editor Anyone Can Cite ( talk) 21:03, 20 July 2014 (UTC)
There's a wiki article about my surname (Vohra), I'd like to add myself to the People section at the botton, but am worried that, outside of little cheeky, this would be a COI (conflict of interest) edit.
Any thoughts? KameelV ( talk) 09:50, 21 July 2014 (UTC)
Hello teahouse,
how do I make my article /info/en/?search=User:Marita_Dieling now go live? I think all the copyrights issues are sorted.
Many thanks in advance, Marita Marita Dieling ( talk) 07:28, 21 July 2014 (UTC)
Hey Teahouse, I'm wondering if anyone would care to adopt me. I'm extremely excited about being on Wikipedia, and would like to learn more about it. Thanks, ☻MirrorFreak☺ 13:00, 21 July 2014 (UTC)
Hey, I found this page [1] is quite interesting. Does it belong to Wikipedia also? Who are the admins of this page? Thank you! Alphama ( talk) 12:57, 21 July 2014 (UTC)
A comment in the VxWorks article (which I recently updated) was recently inserted in the 'Notable uses' section. It asked asked contributors to modify the section to prose. However, this section was meant to be just a list organized by market segment. Being new to Wikipedia, I am not sure how/who I should contact on this to discuss, or what the etiquette is. Thanks Robpater ( talk) 02:23, 21 July 2014 (UTC)
1. Are the images on http://www.etv.co.za/shows/reality/sas-got-talent are free to use as on the website nowhere does it say you cannot use them ( and I looked very hard ) So can I upload them? 2. Are my recent image uploads good - were their permission accepted? Must I worry about them? Dovikap ( talk) 19:26, 16 July 2014 (UTC)
Ok, thank you for your help. Dovikap 16:39, 21 July 2014 (UTC)
I want to request and article but when I get to the choose a topic area I can't seem to find the appropriate Topic Area for the article I want written. Ggghhj123 ( talk) 19:05, 21 July 2014 (UTC)
Please help! I want to create a page for an album by a musician already in Wikipedia. I uploaded an image to Wiki Commons but got stuck over the type of licence and had to abandon it. The image was called Insight Album Cover. But now I can't upload a new file ( different name but same image) and have no idea how to licence it so I can use it. Any ideas? Thank you. Marycjames Marycjames ( talk) 20:21, 21 July 2014 (UTC)
Thank you Superhamster! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Marycjames ( talk • contribs) 20:41, 21 July 2014 (UTC)
A well as recently starting a English Wikipedia Account, I also became a member of Vicipeid, the Irish language Wikipedia. Due to the low level of Irish speakers, there are a good few articles on Vicipeid which lack detail and quite a few subjects which don't have articles at all. Is there any problem with me taking an English Wikipedia article and directly translating it to Irish to make an Irish version for Vicipeid? Go raibh maith agat! (Thank you!) An Eagarthóir ( talk) 22:59, 19 July 2014 (UTC)
What should I do about the IP's repeated edits? He won't stop... Jwoodward48wiki ( talk) 18:22, 21 July 2014 (UTC)
He did it again! What should I do? Jwoodward48wiki ( talk) 19:33, 21 July 2014 (UTC)
why is my record label deemed an 'Unremarkable music label'? On what grounds? Fantastic cat more than human ( talk) 01:25, 22 July 2014 (UTC)
Hello fellow Wikipedians. I have created an article that is a work in progress here. Can anyone help out? I have a hunch that it is not notable, and if I were to create the article, it would be AFD'ed and it would probably have a consensus to merge into Newsfix's stations' article, which is located here. Also, if I were to take a picture of the logo, would it be under fair use? Cheers! Brandon (MrWooHoo) • Talk to Brandon! 02:19, 22 July 2014 (UTC)
As with the case here , the page seems to be a notable person , having appeared in a couple of trusted publisher news (as passing mention?) . But the user who created this page seems to be the same person (Lokeswara Rao) and is adding down his own achievement details all by himself without supportig references. So ,my question is , If an Article is a biography of an individual , is it fair in wikipedia that the same person is writing down his own achievement in that article ? Doesnt this self-description seem to be an effort to achieve self-boosted publicity and could compromise the authenticity of an article ? Shouldn't such articles be discouraged by, in this case , being notified for discussed deletions ? Sahil 12:57, 22 July 2014 (UTC)
I had a rough start on Wikipedia, and was blocked for a few different reasons. I was able to prove that I had good intentions, and had my username changed, and have contributed lots of useful information since. Am I allowed to delete the now old, inaccurate "blocked user" banner on my talk page? I don't like that it takes up so much space, and potentially hurts my reputation. Washoe42 ( talk) 18:40, 22 July 2014 (UTC)
I have an article in Wikipedia named Florence Mildred White, the first documented attested policewoman. During this last week I have had someone doing edits, some of them quite large. I have found now that a large amount of text from my article was deleted and then copied and transferred to another Wiki article. I have not had anything to do with this article and was not aware that the text had been transferred until I followed a link. Also, it is impossible to Undo this text, it has to be done manually. This has upset the whole rhythm of my article and replacing the text generally is very difficult. Is someone allowed to remove paragraphs of text from an article and place it in their own? Does this not break any Wiki rules? Is it in order for me to go to the new article and delete what is, in fact, my text? Thank you. TimothyWF ( talk) 19:19, 22 July 2014 (UTC)
See [2]. Jwoodward48wiki ( talk) 21:22, 22 July 2014 (UTC)
After about a decade on Wiki, my page was deleted. How can I get it reinstated? I've been in contact with the "voluntary response team," and they've kicked me to you.
There was nothing on the page that was incorrect, though many of my accomplishments weren't on the page.
Thank you.
Pgh2la ( talk) 16:33, 22 July 2014 (UTC)
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Hi, I'm trying to fill in some "citations needed" and am confused about what qualifies as a "reliable source."
In particular, I'm working on cleaning up the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation page. Citations are needed for board members and for a conference held in 2011.
Is the Institute's own website OK to use a citation for the board members?
Regarding the conference, I'm confused about what the citation is supposed to corroborate. That the conference did, in fact, take place? Who the hosts were? If so, can the hosts' websites be used as citations? The conference wasn't reported in great detail in newspapers, and the scholarly journal sources aren't accessible to people without registered accounts.
By way of background, I am new here, and have been asked by the Institute to help clean up its page. I have read the COI policy and want to abide by it. Savannah38 ( talk) 20:36, 17 July 2014 (UTC)
It sounds like primary sources are OK for the specific "citations needed" issues in the article. I'm tasked with going through the whole article and updating it (last substantial edit was 2011.) I will do that via the wiki projects/talk pages etc, as you suggest.
One more question. The article is also flagged because it appears to have a "close connection to the subject." Is that because one of the previous editors appeared to be from IHME? Or is it because a number of the footnoted citations refer to articles written by IHME researchers? Savannah38 ( talk) 23:05, 17 July 2014 (UTC)
Savannah38 ( talk) 23:35, 17 July 2014 (UTC)
Specifically, and of course it varies from country to country and often in a much more local way, but death certificates often list: name of mother and father, of spouse, usual residence, type of occupation, sometimes where a person worked, aliases, birth place and other details, which can tell us without doubt whether our person is the right person. So, we have an article on Jim Heaphy (I know, it's a bit morbid since we're talking about death certificates, but following your example of using you...) and that article has all kinds of cited information; it has secondarily sources parents names, date of birth, spouse's name, occupation and identify of employer, but there's a problem with the date of death – we have multiple seemingly reliable secondary news sources, but three conflicting dates of death during the same week. A death certificate is found – indisputably of you and not someone else because it has all the matching items, parents names, spouses name and so on that we already know. We aren't using that death certificate to source whether you died, nor to settle any conflict about those corroborating details or their exactitude (that show beyond a moral certainty that it is about the right Jim Heaphy), but only the date of death.
The use and context of a source's citation is always highly important. In your post you've switched the use of the death certificate to the use of proving that the particular person that is the topic of an article has died. That's an entirely different use, and assumes that we don't have all the other details to check against so we turned to a death certificate to prove that, without any clear way to tie that Jim Heaphy death certificate to the person named Jim Heaphy. Under that context, for that use, I totally agree with you, but it's a strawman because it's not the use I invoked.-- Fuhghettaboutit ( talk) 14:06, 19 July 2014 (UTC)
An emailed template from a photographer giving permission for me to use "Richard Earl Thompson" portrait for his article was submitted about a week ago. Will I be notified or do I check for status somewhere?
Thank you. Jet 17:39, 19 July 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jet1950 ( talk • contribs)
{{OTRS pending|...}}
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Anon126 (
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18:00, 19 July 2014 (UTC)I have some language that is important enough to include in the article, but not significant enough for the body. It calls for a footnote. However, it also needs to be sourced using two named refs.
Playing in my sandbox, I tried nesting the refs, as: ...body text.<ref group=note>note text...<ref name=refname1/>note text...<ref name=refname2/></ref>
.
The entire code string was apparently discarded, with no citation number in the body, nothing added to the Notes section, and no error.
Is there a way to accomplish this? If not, the material will have to go in the body text. Mandruss ( talk) 18:09, 19 July 2014 (UTC)
I know I am missing something very obvious. My question is, how can I indent my edits on a talk page? I noticed that everyone else replies to a edit under it, but indented to the right. My edits just stick to the left. Anthonyliu ( talk) 20:48, 19 July 2014 (UTC)
21:06, 19 July 2014 (UTC)
I need to add information to see the public what my current situation is. So help me to add User-Boxes. I don't like to paste from another user though. Give me tips. Thanks. Wesige putha ( talk) 20:39, 19 July 2014 (UTC)
21:19, 19 July 2014 (UTC)
Hi, I've been working with an editor who is now on break. He suggested that my article be moved into my sandbox for safe keeping. Is that something another editor can do for me or can I do it myself? From what he said, it sounds like I need to have someone other than me move it. Also sounds like my article is ready to go, I just need to wait until the film can get some notability before it can be published. Since my film is recently released, I'm not sure how long it will take to get some independent reviews. In the meantime, I don't want my article to expire. I appreciate any help in this. Here's the link: /info/en/?search=Draft:Hearts_of_the_Dulcimer_(film)
Thanks!! pdelich ( talk) 03:31, 19 July 2014 (UTC)
As soon as I can get some notability, I'll be on it again!! :-)
pdelich (
talk)
04:13, 19 July 2014 (UTC)
I recently decided that I would start to help review new articles from first time editors to help reduce the backlog. My question is this - since I am working backwards, reviewing the oldest articles first, I noticed that there were already notes on the new article pages; a few articles had no citations at all and they were informed of this about a month ago. When does an article with sources get deleted?
bpage (
talk)
20:31, 18 July 2014 (UTC)
@ Bfpage: Hello there! Articles without citations and/or sources gets deleted, if tagged with proper template, as soon as a reviewing admin waves the flag. ( Rovine message) 22:29, 19 July 2014 (UTC)
I created a username and used for a few years. I made small corrections in a lot of different places over the years which I presume are logged in Contributions
Now I realized that my username was too specific for one field and my making corrections outside that field are inconsistent with that username name.
So I just created a second username so now when I am going to make corrections to pages I will login to the account appropriate for the expected corrections
Now can I have all my old corrections on the 1st account transferred with the name change to the second?
Muonphysicist ( talk) 04:15, 20 July 2014 (UTC)
I have an article which iIwant to submit which is mainly one table.��Can I import the table without creating a table in the article template and populating it item by item�� Jeremybryson ( talk) 16:01, 19 July 2014 (UTC)
As in this case ,The only reliable source that i could get about the article(which is on a person from academic field) was his Google Scholar Page.Is this enough for the article to be "worthy of notice"? Should the article still be nominated as Article for deletion since no notable achievement can be found published by any trusted publishing websites ? The only links are the persons University websites and Blogs. Thanks in advance -- Sahil 08:17, 18 July 2014 (UTC)
Hello
I apologise for my ignorance.
I would like to create & download a Wikipedia “book.”
I've tried to create a book, by clicking on "Add this category to your book” in order to add all articles in that category to the book. The book I downloaded included the main article, but only the titles of the related articles.
Is it possible to create a book (which includes the other articles, and not only their titles) simply by adding the relevant Category?? Or do I have to add each individual Wikipedia Article to the book??
In advance, I thank you for your help.
151.46.223.183 ( talk) 15:08, 19 July 2014 (UTC)
Hello there! I just finished a page a few days ago and it was rapidly marked for speedy deletion under the A7 (no mention of importance) and G11 (unambiguous promotion) criteria.
As far as I can see, it doesn't meet the A7 criteria for deletion, as there are references demonstrating the company's importance in the article itself, along with mention of that fact in the product section [1] (more than 10 million participants in video conversations through its flagship product). There are also other possible alternative references, including one from the earlier days when it grew to 1 million participants. [2]
Aside from the product's user base, I also had sufficient proof of notability in all of the references inserted in the Awards section of the article, in which the company has received recognition from several well-known institutions for its work. I'm not exactly sure how it is even possible for my article to have been deleted under the A7 criteria.
I'm also curious of what promotional language was used to merit a G11 criteria for unambiguous promotion.
What can I do if I don't have a button for contesting the article's speedy deletion, and how can I be guided towards making the article proper for Wikipedia's standards? Mleivagomez ( talk) 22:05, 19 July 2014 (UTC)
References
I'm overwhelmed. How do I simply add a new entry to Wikipedia? Voicetel23 ( talk) 00:29, 20 July 2014 (UTC)
Hey Teahouse. This is my first time asking a question so...Here goes! How can I make my Userboxes be in order on the side like this user has here /info/en/?search=User:W.carter. Thanks! MirrorFreak ( talk) 18:21, 20 July 2014 (UTC)
Are you going to my talk page? ☻MirrorFreak☺ 19:16, 20 July 2014 (UTC)
I edited an English page Nostromo Yarará and tried to move the image from the Russian language page but not sure how to reuse it. I have seen Commons images used in multiple Wiki pages but not sure if a wiki image can be shared without uploading it again.
Incidentally what is the difference between the TeaGarden and the VillagePump?
Idyllic press ( talk) 20:37, 18 July 2014 (UTC)
@ MrWooHoo: @ Calliopejen1: Thank you, I had drafted a suitable letter on the manufaturers contact form but did not send it when I remembered the picture on the Russian site and thought to try use that first, I was all ready to just link throug to the other language image if it had worked but agree that a free image would be best. I have looked at picture details before on Commons but just get the image in a viewer when clicking through on Wikipeda these days so could not check the details of the other one. I will draft a new letter to the manufacturer after looking at the samples: had a look and they are much more elaborate than I had drafted. I will send a drief enquiry first and then if they show interest I will explain the hoops that have to be jumped through, perhaps they will upload to Commons on their own :-) Idyllic press ( talk) 19:14, 19 July 2014 (UTC)
Why did the earth form ??
I need one or more experienced editors to look at an article and give some fairly specific advice as to style; i.e., precisely what kinds of things should be included and excluded. This is the kind of thing that should be addressed in article talk, but there are only two of us participating in that talk and we are having trouble reaching full agreement.
Is there a better place than Teahouse to solicit such help?
The article is here; the "Events of the incident" section is a good illustration of the question. If someone here wants to offer the advice it could be added to the existing talk section. Mandruss ( talk) 20:28, 20 July 2014 (UTC)
Can users work on drafts that are being started by other users?
02:00, 21 July 2014 (UTC)
Hi, I just set up my own userpage and was toying around with headings and text formats. I seemed to have messed up on the heading entitled 'References' and it doesn't appear right on the screen. If you have the time could you please head on over to /info/en/?search=User:The_Free_Editor_Anyone_Can_Cite and check out the code and tell me what I have done wrong. Thank you very much. The help is greatly appreciated. The Free Editor Anyone Can Cite ( talk) 21:03, 20 July 2014 (UTC)
There's a wiki article about my surname (Vohra), I'd like to add myself to the People section at the botton, but am worried that, outside of little cheeky, this would be a COI (conflict of interest) edit.
Any thoughts? KameelV ( talk) 09:50, 21 July 2014 (UTC)
Hello teahouse,
how do I make my article /info/en/?search=User:Marita_Dieling now go live? I think all the copyrights issues are sorted.
Many thanks in advance, Marita Marita Dieling ( talk) 07:28, 21 July 2014 (UTC)
Hey Teahouse, I'm wondering if anyone would care to adopt me. I'm extremely excited about being on Wikipedia, and would like to learn more about it. Thanks, ☻MirrorFreak☺ 13:00, 21 July 2014 (UTC)
Hey, I found this page [1] is quite interesting. Does it belong to Wikipedia also? Who are the admins of this page? Thank you! Alphama ( talk) 12:57, 21 July 2014 (UTC)
A comment in the VxWorks article (which I recently updated) was recently inserted in the 'Notable uses' section. It asked asked contributors to modify the section to prose. However, this section was meant to be just a list organized by market segment. Being new to Wikipedia, I am not sure how/who I should contact on this to discuss, or what the etiquette is. Thanks Robpater ( talk) 02:23, 21 July 2014 (UTC)
1. Are the images on http://www.etv.co.za/shows/reality/sas-got-talent are free to use as on the website nowhere does it say you cannot use them ( and I looked very hard ) So can I upload them? 2. Are my recent image uploads good - were their permission accepted? Must I worry about them? Dovikap ( talk) 19:26, 16 July 2014 (UTC)
Ok, thank you for your help. Dovikap 16:39, 21 July 2014 (UTC)
I want to request and article but when I get to the choose a topic area I can't seem to find the appropriate Topic Area for the article I want written. Ggghhj123 ( talk) 19:05, 21 July 2014 (UTC)
Please help! I want to create a page for an album by a musician already in Wikipedia. I uploaded an image to Wiki Commons but got stuck over the type of licence and had to abandon it. The image was called Insight Album Cover. But now I can't upload a new file ( different name but same image) and have no idea how to licence it so I can use it. Any ideas? Thank you. Marycjames Marycjames ( talk) 20:21, 21 July 2014 (UTC)
Thank you Superhamster! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Marycjames ( talk • contribs) 20:41, 21 July 2014 (UTC)
A well as recently starting a English Wikipedia Account, I also became a member of Vicipeid, the Irish language Wikipedia. Due to the low level of Irish speakers, there are a good few articles on Vicipeid which lack detail and quite a few subjects which don't have articles at all. Is there any problem with me taking an English Wikipedia article and directly translating it to Irish to make an Irish version for Vicipeid? Go raibh maith agat! (Thank you!) An Eagarthóir ( talk) 22:59, 19 July 2014 (UTC)
What should I do about the IP's repeated edits? He won't stop... Jwoodward48wiki ( talk) 18:22, 21 July 2014 (UTC)
He did it again! What should I do? Jwoodward48wiki ( talk) 19:33, 21 July 2014 (UTC)
why is my record label deemed an 'Unremarkable music label'? On what grounds? Fantastic cat more than human ( talk) 01:25, 22 July 2014 (UTC)
Hello fellow Wikipedians. I have created an article that is a work in progress here. Can anyone help out? I have a hunch that it is not notable, and if I were to create the article, it would be AFD'ed and it would probably have a consensus to merge into Newsfix's stations' article, which is located here. Also, if I were to take a picture of the logo, would it be under fair use? Cheers! Brandon (MrWooHoo) • Talk to Brandon! 02:19, 22 July 2014 (UTC)
As with the case here , the page seems to be a notable person , having appeared in a couple of trusted publisher news (as passing mention?) . But the user who created this page seems to be the same person (Lokeswara Rao) and is adding down his own achievement details all by himself without supportig references. So ,my question is , If an Article is a biography of an individual , is it fair in wikipedia that the same person is writing down his own achievement in that article ? Doesnt this self-description seem to be an effort to achieve self-boosted publicity and could compromise the authenticity of an article ? Shouldn't such articles be discouraged by, in this case , being notified for discussed deletions ? Sahil 12:57, 22 July 2014 (UTC)
I had a rough start on Wikipedia, and was blocked for a few different reasons. I was able to prove that I had good intentions, and had my username changed, and have contributed lots of useful information since. Am I allowed to delete the now old, inaccurate "blocked user" banner on my talk page? I don't like that it takes up so much space, and potentially hurts my reputation. Washoe42 ( talk) 18:40, 22 July 2014 (UTC)
I have an article in Wikipedia named Florence Mildred White, the first documented attested policewoman. During this last week I have had someone doing edits, some of them quite large. I have found now that a large amount of text from my article was deleted and then copied and transferred to another Wiki article. I have not had anything to do with this article and was not aware that the text had been transferred until I followed a link. Also, it is impossible to Undo this text, it has to be done manually. This has upset the whole rhythm of my article and replacing the text generally is very difficult. Is someone allowed to remove paragraphs of text from an article and place it in their own? Does this not break any Wiki rules? Is it in order for me to go to the new article and delete what is, in fact, my text? Thank you. TimothyWF ( talk) 19:19, 22 July 2014 (UTC)
See [2]. Jwoodward48wiki ( talk) 21:22, 22 July 2014 (UTC)
After about a decade on Wiki, my page was deleted. How can I get it reinstated? I've been in contact with the "voluntary response team," and they've kicked me to you.
There was nothing on the page that was incorrect, though many of my accomplishments weren't on the page.
Thank you.
Pgh2la ( talk) 16:33, 22 July 2014 (UTC)