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With the feedback of the fellow reviewers, as per my knowledge I have followed all rules of wiki and would like to submit my 1st article in wiki, I have collected all valid source and references to validate my article. Please help me publish the article from Sandbox to wiki. RAGZU (talk) or guide me what more is required for this article to be published. its been more than 2 months now that i have left my sandbox to be published. awaiting a quick response. — Preceding unsigned comment added by RAGZU ( talk • contribs) 06:24, 17 November 2017 (UTC)
Hello, I am editing a series of pages and was wondering how I could get the little box that sometimes appears in the infobox or bottom of the page that says the next page in that series? It sounds confusing but if you look the page 1, at the top of the infobox, it allows you to click and go to page 2,3,4,5 etc. How would I get this? Thanks. Goveganplease ( talk) 01:41, 16 November 2017 (UTC)
Thanks for responding PrimeHunter, I was wanting to do it with the entire series of Chinese radical pages. Goveganplease ( talk) 14:18, 16 November 2017 (UTC)
I wouldn't say that they have to be displayed as symbols. I just wanted each page to link to the next in succession. Goveganplease ( talk) 16:50, 17 November 2017 (UTC)
There is a new political candidate in Little Rock, AR running for congress. There are very few stories about her now, as most of the press coverage in a small state like Arkansas is devoted more to the actual goings on by the current house member. Are there any suggestions as to how to find better sources or improve the credibility of the ones given?
Eric Jemahfouz ( talk) 17:32, 17 November 2017 (UTC)
Hi My boss's bio /info/en/?search=Peter_Hotez has a lot of flags because it needs 2nd party citations etc. Another problem is that it is very poorly laid out in my opinion. I have drafted a new bio. Could someone review it and post it for me? I haven't added all the citations to my draft but if someone can review it and post it I will then add the citations. Thanks in advance for any help! Nwolf1470 Nwolf1470 ( talk) 17:04, 17 November 2017 (UTC)
Hello, I made an article about music festival. Once it was declined, and I reedited it, and now it has been waiting for new revision for 18 days. Should I still wait, or could make some steps in order to get it published? Thank you!
The link to the draft:
/info/en/?search=Draft:Avant_Festival
All the best,
Max Makasinych ( talk) 20:14, 17 November 2017 (UTC)
I'm working on the aforementioned article, with COI as a paid agent for the subject.
My most recent submission is rejected on grounds of being biased and commercial. I can understand that I introduce biases into the article that I cannot be aware of. I would love to hear about how to rephrase the draft to make it less biased and less promotional.
Thank you all very much :D It feels so nice to learn my way around Wikipedia. I feel like I will try to contribute to Wikipedia more, now that this avenue has opened up for me.
Vinhloc30796 ( talk) 21:25, 17 November 2017 (UTC)
There are many tags on the page I have been working on and do not understand what the problem is and how to get the tags off. It looks really bad!
Page : /info/en/?search=Kent_Tate
Thank you Cheri Brown ( talk) 21:38, 17 November 2017 (UTC)
Hello everyone, I have joined Wikipedia 4 days ago and I wondering how long it takes to become a full editor i.e no waiting time or being able to revert changes. Is this gained through good edits, or just time spent editing Wikipedia. Thank you for your time. Penguin2233 ( talk) 00:53, 17 November 2017 (UTC)
What generally classifies as a "correct" article? Dylan Smithson ( talk) 19:02, 17 November 2017 (UTC)
Why is this comment not visible?
BTW, this Teahouse talk page has become very difficult to use because it can only be edited (at first) using the visual editor, which is a mess on my Galaxy Tab S2. E.g. trying to click on my text here makes it disappear by activating the links that it's superimposed on e.g. related changes-- Espoo ( talk) 11:49, 18 November 2017 (UTC)
For the first time that I can recall, I have six "There have been multiple failed attempts to log in to your account from a new device. Please make sure your account has a strong password" notices. I wasn't attempting to log in from a different than usual device, so clearly someone is doing me the favor of checking the security of my password. I'm not seeing this specific message listed at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Login_notifications . Obviously, I should review my overall security and look at ways to improve it. Anyone know why I received six individual notices without numbers rather than a single one with numbers? Anything going on in general causing multiple accounts to get such messages? Other comments and suggestions welcome. - Ronz ( talk) 15:55, 17 November 2017 (UTC)
I have loaded an image to wikimedia, but cannot find out how to place it in the relevant Wikipedia article.
Help?!? — Preceding unsigned comment added by FRAS ( talk • contribs) 09:17, 18 November 2017 (UTC)
How to add the info box to my article ? also how can I know my article is valid with no mistakes, I can't find a proper guide to follow. the article is about a company, I want it to be published by the company name, is that possible from a personal profile to do ? I have all the authorization to publish, I am the Marketing Manager of the company. Ayah Osama ( talk) 19:29, 18 November 2017 (UTC)
Hello there, I'm editing an article on a rifle, and it's referred to by an American collector name. I believe the article should be renamed to the original (Dutch) name, as is done with other foreign rifles. I've created a {{subst:requested move ... etc.}} thingy in the talk page, now what? Do I wait, or vote on it? Not a lot of people edit this page.
It's concerning this article: /info/en/?search=Dutch_Mannlicher
Thom430 ( talk) 18:43, 18 November 2017 (UTC)
In a case like this Elizabeth Tyler (KKK organizer), which I just moved to Mary Elizabeth Tyler per WP:ATDAB, is it possible to clean up the existing wikilinks somehow or would it have to be done manually? Seraphim System ( talk) 20:03, 18 November 2017 (UTC)
Can I input a name of an article in my Contributions and see if I've made any edits on that article? The Verified Cactus 100% 01:38, 18 November 2017 (UTC)
Wiki article for the above article is declined under notability requirement. But this organization is very important, and I think, it is unfair to decline it. Tibetan population is very small, and therefore, it is only natural that mentions in the internet will be fewer. I think there should be some sort of waiver or mitigation for pages like this. Otherwise, countries with big population will have all the cakes. I tried to set up notable pages for Tibetan singers. but often refused! very unfair. so, what can be done to make the wiki page for 'Tibet Relief Fund' a reality? Tapton.finley ( talk) 18:16, 18 November 2017 (UTC)
This page ( /info/en/?search=Sombai) looks like an advertisement. I'm not sure if it should be edited or what. Whatbitme ( talk) 10:11, 18 November 2017 (UTC)
I tried doing a search through the archives to find an answer to my question, but didn't see anything. If I'm playing around with my personal Wikipedia Sandbox, would entering this code
be disruptive to a legitimate Wikipedia page? (Entering the word drunk for example, in place of nameofsomething)?
Thank you
Beauty School Dropout ( talk) 04:55, 19 November 2017 (UTC)
Thank you!
Beauty School Dropout (
talk)
08:12, 19 November 2017 (UTC)
It reads that my SandBox Username may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines, and may not be retained. I am new here so I am really not sure what this means?
Kasia Kaoir (
talk)
14:04, 19 November 2017 (UTC)
Hello Teahouse hosts!
I was working along happily, making improvements to the Power to the People: Black Panthers at 50 article, when I suddenly realized the article should be called All Power to the People: Black Panthers at 50 as that is the actual title of the exhibit. I'd like some guidance on how to correct this problem.
Thank you in advance for your help Circa73 ( talk) 17:14, 18 November 2017 (UTC)
I recently edited the Sino-Indian War article by updating it with the 2017 conflict. I added the link to its wikipedia article and wrote just a couple of sentences in the summary as I thought the article itself had sufficient citations and source material and that no other conflict was given references in the summary- their own articles had all the necessary references. Within a few minutes my edits were reverted and a message was left on my talk page saying " Please read Wikipedia:Citing sources. Adding unsourced content in a contentious topic will certainly lead to losing your editing privilege. Consider this your first warning. Thanks. " I do not want to get my editing privileges suspended over something I don't fully understand. Can someone help me here? I don't know what all un-obvious things might get my previleges suspended. Thanks.
Nishant.sankhe ( talk) 19:02, 19 November 2017 (UTC)
Cullen328 ( talk • contribs) 19:31, November 19, 2017 (UTC)
Something strange is going on. I (Cullen328) actually wrote the two passages that are signed by Bonadea. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 19:45, 19 November 2017 (UTC)
I would like to give an impuls about improving the appeal for donations and didn't find any other kontact form fitting my purpose.
It woult be wise to use the text of the appeal for donations to line out why it's important to donate if you can. Most people know, that it's easy to ignore the appeal, and it's not very motivating to say that most people do ignore the appeal (also see [1] for that matter). In my oppinion it would be helpfull, to answer the unspokes question of many „non - donating people“: „why should I donate (=~ pay) for a free encyclopedia, when it's purpose is to make knowlegde free, NOT paid?!“
I would address this by saying something like:
„If you can afford it, it is important to donate so that those people who can not afford giving money can still access free knowledge“ So „It's you helping to keep the information on Wikipedia freely avialable for all the others who don't have money“
And normally it's best to keep the appeal as short as possible, otherwise many people don't read the whole „Text“ of 3 Sentenses.
My intention is only the help the Wikipedia community, and motivate other people who can afford it to help with their Donations.
I would be very happy, to see an improved appeal for donations (not for me though, I did already donate ;)
Alexander Wartmann (
talk)
13:25, 19 November 2017 (UTC)
Moved from Ref Desk μηδείς ( talk) 21:38, 19 November 2017 (UTC)
I'm asking here 'cause the wikiproject page is really dead. Although I advocate for changing to inactive, another matter is that someone raised the idea of making an infobox for law enforcement units such as SWAT-type units since the military unit infobox is used for them. I would agree, except I need feedback and no one hangs around there. Ominae ( talk) 10:55, 16 November 2017 (UTC)
Im new and do not know a good wiki to start at can someone give me a good one, if so thank you Tegan001234567890 ( talk) 04:12, 20 November 2017 (UTC)
What constitutes an article topic being "notable"? Does the article have to be about someone who is famous? What type of references are required. If I'd like to create an article on a restaurant that my be local or a music band that my not be in the Billboard top 100, is there any type of stipulations on creating these types of articles? Sweetbliss79 ( talk) 23:29, 19 November 2017 (UTC)
I am trying to find a classmates sandbox article to do a peer review, but I cant find it at all. can you help me? SonnyGreenbush ( talk) 05:36, 20 November 2017 (UTC)
Currently, searching the term "spoon theory" redirects to the page ego depletion. In the Talk page for ego depletion, I mention why this is misleading and unhelpful.
I do not know how to delete a redirect, and I am not sure that is the best solution. It is probably the best solution. Searching for "spoon theory" should either inform the user that the page does not exist, or it should have a short article mentioning the essay that coined the term spoon theory. I am doubtful that the topic meets the notability guidelines, but the metaphor of spoons is increasingly common. Fluoborate ( talk) 10:55, 20 November 2017 (UTC)
I honestly tried to improve a lemma about a field I wrote a PhD on, so I could be considered an expert in. A user reversed my contribution and sent me some unfriendly comments. I am not prepared to write my contributions again. How do I resolve this conflict? Perhaps my contribution was not "ideal", but the original text was definitely wrong. Rbakels ( talk) 10:29, 20 November 2017 (UTC)
A star is a luminous sphere of plasma held together by its own gravityis probably a step to far in the opposite direction of techno-encyclopedic language, but that gives you the idea. Tigraan Click here to contact me 12:36, 20 November 2017 (UTC)
I am trying to add a new entry of "glutamine addiction" to Wikipedia, but I found out an article in Wikibooks discussing the exactly same topic, entitled Glutamine Addiction in Cancer. So shall I proceed to write a new entry in Wikipedia? Peiyangium ( talk) 05:34, 20 November 2017 (UTC)
Hello - complete newbie here, getting lost in the rabbit hole of Wikipedia, and would appreciate some help please. I'd like to create and maintain pages for some notable artists that I work with. One already has a Wiki - Tony Momrelle ( /info/en/?search=Tony_Momrelle), which I have just made my very first edit to (and I really hope it's okay...). The other band, Lydian Collective, does not yet have a Wiki, and I'd like to create a page but I understand that:
a) I apparently may have a COI because I work for them doing their social media (I'm not 100% sure, though, how I disclose this and what it actually means for the pages in question) b) I need to wait 92 hours before I can create my first page and must have 10 edits under my belt
Both artists are on iTunes, Spotify & all other online stores, so there's no question of notability (I don't think?). I'm honestly getting lost in all of the Wiki articles that I'm meant to read in order to get this information up on here, and would like to know if anyone has experience with getting artist/musician pages online, and whether there's a template that I can follow which will ensure it gets approved? I literally just want to put biographical and factual discography information on here.
Would very much appreciate some help. Thank you. AlexandraK1234 ( talk) 10:47, 20 November 2017 (UTC)
I'm not being paid specifically to update [Wikipedia]...- well, you might still be a paid editor. If you are paid to update Spotify, and you need to update Wikipedia for that, then for our purposes you are paid to edit Wikipedia. Basically, if you make your proposed Wikipedia edits during your work hours and your boss is happy with that, it is paid editing.
Mikemorrell49 ( talk) 16:11, 20 November 2017 (UTC)
I am creating a page for a music band. It's in the editing phase: Ruin (punk band). I want to link to a few of their early songs. Is it allowed to include YouTube, Spotify, and/or Bandcamp links?
Thanks. Eliswinterabend ( talk) 16:29, 20 November 2017 (UTC)
Dear Tearoom, a page has been set up abut me (Polly Clark) which of course I don't mind, but the person seems to have set it up in order to present me negatively, by using non-neutral terms and not including full information. This has persisted despite my publisher making amendments. I object to the word 'chequered' being used to describe me in the way it is on this page: the full quote, where I describe my career as chequered myself, and then go on include varied jobs should be included if the author wishes to use the word. The author has changed the context to make my career sound shady. Also, the author describes my review coverage as 'mixed' and then highlighted my single bad review. This is not neutral language, as I understand it from your own guidelines below. I do not mind the presence of the bad review (it is in the public domain) but its prominence is being distorted. There is malice behind this page, and as this is being repeated it is bullying. Please can you help. Thank you, Polly Clark
I have now made amendments to the page, which remove the non-neutral references, but keep the review quote.
Neutrality requires that each article or other page in the mainspace fairly represent all significant viewpoints that have been published by reliable sources, in proportion to the prominence of each viewpoint in the published, reliable sources.[3] Giving due weight and avoiding giving undue weight means that articles should not give minority views or aspects as much of or as detailed a description as more widely held views or widely supported aspects. Generally, the views of tiny minorities should not be included at all, except perhaps in a "see also" to an article about those specific views. For example, the article on the Earth does not directly mention modern support for the flat Earth concept, the view of a distinct minority; to do so would give undue weight to it. 81.154.82.160 ( talk) 15:49, 20 November 2017 (UTC)
Sorry, this really isn't the place for the below comment. I would just refer you,
81.154.82.160, to the
conflict of interest guidelines.
Deb (
talk) 19:29, 20 November 2017 (UTC)
:What a load of nonsense from 81.154.82.160. I created a page for an emerging author under the umbrella of the "Women in Red" project. I did my best to make it NPOV, mentioning that it had received mixed reviews - which is true. Under the pretence of making it "fairer", an anon removed all mention of negative reviews and added long quotes from the positive ones, also claiming that "'chequered' - the term used by Clark herself in an interview - is "a loaded, negative description", whilst adding the term "widely-acclaimed". If this really is Polly Clark writing above, she needs to check out how Wikipedia works before throwing around completely unfounded accusations of "malice" and "bullying".
Deb (
talk)
18:46, 20 November 2017 (UTC)
The songwriter, Kyle Fishman, is mentioned on several songs on Wikipedia... how do I create a Wiki page for Kyle Fishman and link back to the songs? LenFishman ( talk) 20:32, 20 November 2017 (UTC)
Was looking over [ [4]] and noticed the tables in [ [5]] seemed to be copy pasted from some other source and didn't format properly. I began to work on finding a source for the table and transferring it over, but I began to wonder if it is appropriate to include such a detailed table within the article since it is about a politician, not the elections themselves, ignoring any issues with organization of content, etc. (I found a source for one of the tables, though it doesn't exactly match all the fields, on page 328 of [6] to see exactly what I'm asking about) Juan el Demografo ( talk) 15:55, 20 November 2017 (UTC)
Why was my arcticle declined? I worked quite hard on this and I am very dissapointed. I had citations and links and everything so why? — Preceding unsigned comment added by WidgetFan1234 ( talk • contribs) 21:54, 20 November 2017 (UTC)
Hi team, Hope you're well.
I need your help. I created a profile for Dr. David J. Chao last week. Actually he asked me to create his profile since he does not have the skills or time.
I received an email today that his profile has not been accepted since the references don't have significant coverage (but only mere mentions). To be approved by Wiki...we will need reliable sources to be added. Could you please look at my profile and let me know if this is the only reason why the profile was rejected. What if I ask Dr. David Chao to send me more articles that include his name and look more reliable...is this going to help? What is your advice? Are the references the only reason the profile was rejected or there are some other things that were not correct?? Please come back to me, I will really appreciate your help. Mvasileva ( talk) 23:06, 20 November 2017 (UTC)
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With the feedback of the fellow reviewers, as per my knowledge I have followed all rules of wiki and would like to submit my 1st article in wiki, I have collected all valid source and references to validate my article. Please help me publish the article from Sandbox to wiki. RAGZU (talk) or guide me what more is required for this article to be published. its been more than 2 months now that i have left my sandbox to be published. awaiting a quick response. — Preceding unsigned comment added by RAGZU ( talk • contribs) 06:24, 17 November 2017 (UTC)
Hello, I am editing a series of pages and was wondering how I could get the little box that sometimes appears in the infobox or bottom of the page that says the next page in that series? It sounds confusing but if you look the page 1, at the top of the infobox, it allows you to click and go to page 2,3,4,5 etc. How would I get this? Thanks. Goveganplease ( talk) 01:41, 16 November 2017 (UTC)
Thanks for responding PrimeHunter, I was wanting to do it with the entire series of Chinese radical pages. Goveganplease ( talk) 14:18, 16 November 2017 (UTC)
I wouldn't say that they have to be displayed as symbols. I just wanted each page to link to the next in succession. Goveganplease ( talk) 16:50, 17 November 2017 (UTC)
There is a new political candidate in Little Rock, AR running for congress. There are very few stories about her now, as most of the press coverage in a small state like Arkansas is devoted more to the actual goings on by the current house member. Are there any suggestions as to how to find better sources or improve the credibility of the ones given?
Eric Jemahfouz ( talk) 17:32, 17 November 2017 (UTC)
Hi My boss's bio /info/en/?search=Peter_Hotez has a lot of flags because it needs 2nd party citations etc. Another problem is that it is very poorly laid out in my opinion. I have drafted a new bio. Could someone review it and post it for me? I haven't added all the citations to my draft but if someone can review it and post it I will then add the citations. Thanks in advance for any help! Nwolf1470 Nwolf1470 ( talk) 17:04, 17 November 2017 (UTC)
Hello, I made an article about music festival. Once it was declined, and I reedited it, and now it has been waiting for new revision for 18 days. Should I still wait, or could make some steps in order to get it published? Thank you!
The link to the draft:
/info/en/?search=Draft:Avant_Festival
All the best,
Max Makasinych ( talk) 20:14, 17 November 2017 (UTC)
I'm working on the aforementioned article, with COI as a paid agent for the subject.
My most recent submission is rejected on grounds of being biased and commercial. I can understand that I introduce biases into the article that I cannot be aware of. I would love to hear about how to rephrase the draft to make it less biased and less promotional.
Thank you all very much :D It feels so nice to learn my way around Wikipedia. I feel like I will try to contribute to Wikipedia more, now that this avenue has opened up for me.
Vinhloc30796 ( talk) 21:25, 17 November 2017 (UTC)
There are many tags on the page I have been working on and do not understand what the problem is and how to get the tags off. It looks really bad!
Page : /info/en/?search=Kent_Tate
Thank you Cheri Brown ( talk) 21:38, 17 November 2017 (UTC)
Hello everyone, I have joined Wikipedia 4 days ago and I wondering how long it takes to become a full editor i.e no waiting time or being able to revert changes. Is this gained through good edits, or just time spent editing Wikipedia. Thank you for your time. Penguin2233 ( talk) 00:53, 17 November 2017 (UTC)
What generally classifies as a "correct" article? Dylan Smithson ( talk) 19:02, 17 November 2017 (UTC)
Why is this comment not visible?
BTW, this Teahouse talk page has become very difficult to use because it can only be edited (at first) using the visual editor, which is a mess on my Galaxy Tab S2. E.g. trying to click on my text here makes it disappear by activating the links that it's superimposed on e.g. related changes-- Espoo ( talk) 11:49, 18 November 2017 (UTC)
For the first time that I can recall, I have six "There have been multiple failed attempts to log in to your account from a new device. Please make sure your account has a strong password" notices. I wasn't attempting to log in from a different than usual device, so clearly someone is doing me the favor of checking the security of my password. I'm not seeing this specific message listed at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Login_notifications . Obviously, I should review my overall security and look at ways to improve it. Anyone know why I received six individual notices without numbers rather than a single one with numbers? Anything going on in general causing multiple accounts to get such messages? Other comments and suggestions welcome. - Ronz ( talk) 15:55, 17 November 2017 (UTC)
I have loaded an image to wikimedia, but cannot find out how to place it in the relevant Wikipedia article.
Help?!? — Preceding unsigned comment added by FRAS ( talk • contribs) 09:17, 18 November 2017 (UTC)
How to add the info box to my article ? also how can I know my article is valid with no mistakes, I can't find a proper guide to follow. the article is about a company, I want it to be published by the company name, is that possible from a personal profile to do ? I have all the authorization to publish, I am the Marketing Manager of the company. Ayah Osama ( talk) 19:29, 18 November 2017 (UTC)
Hello there, I'm editing an article on a rifle, and it's referred to by an American collector name. I believe the article should be renamed to the original (Dutch) name, as is done with other foreign rifles. I've created a {{subst:requested move ... etc.}} thingy in the talk page, now what? Do I wait, or vote on it? Not a lot of people edit this page.
It's concerning this article: /info/en/?search=Dutch_Mannlicher
Thom430 ( talk) 18:43, 18 November 2017 (UTC)
In a case like this Elizabeth Tyler (KKK organizer), which I just moved to Mary Elizabeth Tyler per WP:ATDAB, is it possible to clean up the existing wikilinks somehow or would it have to be done manually? Seraphim System ( talk) 20:03, 18 November 2017 (UTC)
Can I input a name of an article in my Contributions and see if I've made any edits on that article? The Verified Cactus 100% 01:38, 18 November 2017 (UTC)
Wiki article for the above article is declined under notability requirement. But this organization is very important, and I think, it is unfair to decline it. Tibetan population is very small, and therefore, it is only natural that mentions in the internet will be fewer. I think there should be some sort of waiver or mitigation for pages like this. Otherwise, countries with big population will have all the cakes. I tried to set up notable pages for Tibetan singers. but often refused! very unfair. so, what can be done to make the wiki page for 'Tibet Relief Fund' a reality? Tapton.finley ( talk) 18:16, 18 November 2017 (UTC)
This page ( /info/en/?search=Sombai) looks like an advertisement. I'm not sure if it should be edited or what. Whatbitme ( talk) 10:11, 18 November 2017 (UTC)
I tried doing a search through the archives to find an answer to my question, but didn't see anything. If I'm playing around with my personal Wikipedia Sandbox, would entering this code
be disruptive to a legitimate Wikipedia page? (Entering the word drunk for example, in place of nameofsomething)?
Thank you
Beauty School Dropout ( talk) 04:55, 19 November 2017 (UTC)
Thank you!
Beauty School Dropout (
talk)
08:12, 19 November 2017 (UTC)
It reads that my SandBox Username may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines, and may not be retained. I am new here so I am really not sure what this means?
Kasia Kaoir (
talk)
14:04, 19 November 2017 (UTC)
Hello Teahouse hosts!
I was working along happily, making improvements to the Power to the People: Black Panthers at 50 article, when I suddenly realized the article should be called All Power to the People: Black Panthers at 50 as that is the actual title of the exhibit. I'd like some guidance on how to correct this problem.
Thank you in advance for your help Circa73 ( talk) 17:14, 18 November 2017 (UTC)
I recently edited the Sino-Indian War article by updating it with the 2017 conflict. I added the link to its wikipedia article and wrote just a couple of sentences in the summary as I thought the article itself had sufficient citations and source material and that no other conflict was given references in the summary- their own articles had all the necessary references. Within a few minutes my edits were reverted and a message was left on my talk page saying " Please read Wikipedia:Citing sources. Adding unsourced content in a contentious topic will certainly lead to losing your editing privilege. Consider this your first warning. Thanks. " I do not want to get my editing privileges suspended over something I don't fully understand. Can someone help me here? I don't know what all un-obvious things might get my previleges suspended. Thanks.
Nishant.sankhe ( talk) 19:02, 19 November 2017 (UTC)
Cullen328 ( talk • contribs) 19:31, November 19, 2017 (UTC)
Something strange is going on. I (Cullen328) actually wrote the two passages that are signed by Bonadea. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 19:45, 19 November 2017 (UTC)
I would like to give an impuls about improving the appeal for donations and didn't find any other kontact form fitting my purpose.
It woult be wise to use the text of the appeal for donations to line out why it's important to donate if you can. Most people know, that it's easy to ignore the appeal, and it's not very motivating to say that most people do ignore the appeal (also see [1] for that matter). In my oppinion it would be helpfull, to answer the unspokes question of many „non - donating people“: „why should I donate (=~ pay) for a free encyclopedia, when it's purpose is to make knowlegde free, NOT paid?!“
I would address this by saying something like:
„If you can afford it, it is important to donate so that those people who can not afford giving money can still access free knowledge“ So „It's you helping to keep the information on Wikipedia freely avialable for all the others who don't have money“
And normally it's best to keep the appeal as short as possible, otherwise many people don't read the whole „Text“ of 3 Sentenses.
My intention is only the help the Wikipedia community, and motivate other people who can afford it to help with their Donations.
I would be very happy, to see an improved appeal for donations (not for me though, I did already donate ;)
Alexander Wartmann (
talk)
13:25, 19 November 2017 (UTC)
Moved from Ref Desk μηδείς ( talk) 21:38, 19 November 2017 (UTC)
I'm asking here 'cause the wikiproject page is really dead. Although I advocate for changing to inactive, another matter is that someone raised the idea of making an infobox for law enforcement units such as SWAT-type units since the military unit infobox is used for them. I would agree, except I need feedback and no one hangs around there. Ominae ( talk) 10:55, 16 November 2017 (UTC)
Im new and do not know a good wiki to start at can someone give me a good one, if so thank you Tegan001234567890 ( talk) 04:12, 20 November 2017 (UTC)
What constitutes an article topic being "notable"? Does the article have to be about someone who is famous? What type of references are required. If I'd like to create an article on a restaurant that my be local or a music band that my not be in the Billboard top 100, is there any type of stipulations on creating these types of articles? Sweetbliss79 ( talk) 23:29, 19 November 2017 (UTC)
I am trying to find a classmates sandbox article to do a peer review, but I cant find it at all. can you help me? SonnyGreenbush ( talk) 05:36, 20 November 2017 (UTC)
Currently, searching the term "spoon theory" redirects to the page ego depletion. In the Talk page for ego depletion, I mention why this is misleading and unhelpful.
I do not know how to delete a redirect, and I am not sure that is the best solution. It is probably the best solution. Searching for "spoon theory" should either inform the user that the page does not exist, or it should have a short article mentioning the essay that coined the term spoon theory. I am doubtful that the topic meets the notability guidelines, but the metaphor of spoons is increasingly common. Fluoborate ( talk) 10:55, 20 November 2017 (UTC)
I honestly tried to improve a lemma about a field I wrote a PhD on, so I could be considered an expert in. A user reversed my contribution and sent me some unfriendly comments. I am not prepared to write my contributions again. How do I resolve this conflict? Perhaps my contribution was not "ideal", but the original text was definitely wrong. Rbakels ( talk) 10:29, 20 November 2017 (UTC)
A star is a luminous sphere of plasma held together by its own gravityis probably a step to far in the opposite direction of techno-encyclopedic language, but that gives you the idea. Tigraan Click here to contact me 12:36, 20 November 2017 (UTC)
I am trying to add a new entry of "glutamine addiction" to Wikipedia, but I found out an article in Wikibooks discussing the exactly same topic, entitled Glutamine Addiction in Cancer. So shall I proceed to write a new entry in Wikipedia? Peiyangium ( talk) 05:34, 20 November 2017 (UTC)
Hello - complete newbie here, getting lost in the rabbit hole of Wikipedia, and would appreciate some help please. I'd like to create and maintain pages for some notable artists that I work with. One already has a Wiki - Tony Momrelle ( /info/en/?search=Tony_Momrelle), which I have just made my very first edit to (and I really hope it's okay...). The other band, Lydian Collective, does not yet have a Wiki, and I'd like to create a page but I understand that:
a) I apparently may have a COI because I work for them doing their social media (I'm not 100% sure, though, how I disclose this and what it actually means for the pages in question) b) I need to wait 92 hours before I can create my first page and must have 10 edits under my belt
Both artists are on iTunes, Spotify & all other online stores, so there's no question of notability (I don't think?). I'm honestly getting lost in all of the Wiki articles that I'm meant to read in order to get this information up on here, and would like to know if anyone has experience with getting artist/musician pages online, and whether there's a template that I can follow which will ensure it gets approved? I literally just want to put biographical and factual discography information on here.
Would very much appreciate some help. Thank you. AlexandraK1234 ( talk) 10:47, 20 November 2017 (UTC)
I'm not being paid specifically to update [Wikipedia]...- well, you might still be a paid editor. If you are paid to update Spotify, and you need to update Wikipedia for that, then for our purposes you are paid to edit Wikipedia. Basically, if you make your proposed Wikipedia edits during your work hours and your boss is happy with that, it is paid editing.
Mikemorrell49 ( talk) 16:11, 20 November 2017 (UTC)
I am creating a page for a music band. It's in the editing phase: Ruin (punk band). I want to link to a few of their early songs. Is it allowed to include YouTube, Spotify, and/or Bandcamp links?
Thanks. Eliswinterabend ( talk) 16:29, 20 November 2017 (UTC)
Dear Tearoom, a page has been set up abut me (Polly Clark) which of course I don't mind, but the person seems to have set it up in order to present me negatively, by using non-neutral terms and not including full information. This has persisted despite my publisher making amendments. I object to the word 'chequered' being used to describe me in the way it is on this page: the full quote, where I describe my career as chequered myself, and then go on include varied jobs should be included if the author wishes to use the word. The author has changed the context to make my career sound shady. Also, the author describes my review coverage as 'mixed' and then highlighted my single bad review. This is not neutral language, as I understand it from your own guidelines below. I do not mind the presence of the bad review (it is in the public domain) but its prominence is being distorted. There is malice behind this page, and as this is being repeated it is bullying. Please can you help. Thank you, Polly Clark
I have now made amendments to the page, which remove the non-neutral references, but keep the review quote.
Neutrality requires that each article or other page in the mainspace fairly represent all significant viewpoints that have been published by reliable sources, in proportion to the prominence of each viewpoint in the published, reliable sources.[3] Giving due weight and avoiding giving undue weight means that articles should not give minority views or aspects as much of or as detailed a description as more widely held views or widely supported aspects. Generally, the views of tiny minorities should not be included at all, except perhaps in a "see also" to an article about those specific views. For example, the article on the Earth does not directly mention modern support for the flat Earth concept, the view of a distinct minority; to do so would give undue weight to it. 81.154.82.160 ( talk) 15:49, 20 November 2017 (UTC)
Sorry, this really isn't the place for the below comment. I would just refer you,
81.154.82.160, to the
conflict of interest guidelines.
Deb (
talk) 19:29, 20 November 2017 (UTC)
:What a load of nonsense from 81.154.82.160. I created a page for an emerging author under the umbrella of the "Women in Red" project. I did my best to make it NPOV, mentioning that it had received mixed reviews - which is true. Under the pretence of making it "fairer", an anon removed all mention of negative reviews and added long quotes from the positive ones, also claiming that "'chequered' - the term used by Clark herself in an interview - is "a loaded, negative description", whilst adding the term "widely-acclaimed". If this really is Polly Clark writing above, she needs to check out how Wikipedia works before throwing around completely unfounded accusations of "malice" and "bullying".
Deb (
talk)
18:46, 20 November 2017 (UTC)
The songwriter, Kyle Fishman, is mentioned on several songs on Wikipedia... how do I create a Wiki page for Kyle Fishman and link back to the songs? LenFishman ( talk) 20:32, 20 November 2017 (UTC)
Was looking over [ [4]] and noticed the tables in [ [5]] seemed to be copy pasted from some other source and didn't format properly. I began to work on finding a source for the table and transferring it over, but I began to wonder if it is appropriate to include such a detailed table within the article since it is about a politician, not the elections themselves, ignoring any issues with organization of content, etc. (I found a source for one of the tables, though it doesn't exactly match all the fields, on page 328 of [6] to see exactly what I'm asking about) Juan el Demografo ( talk) 15:55, 20 November 2017 (UTC)
Why was my arcticle declined? I worked quite hard on this and I am very dissapointed. I had citations and links and everything so why? — Preceding unsigned comment added by WidgetFan1234 ( talk • contribs) 21:54, 20 November 2017 (UTC)
Hi team, Hope you're well.
I need your help. I created a profile for Dr. David J. Chao last week. Actually he asked me to create his profile since he does not have the skills or time.
I received an email today that his profile has not been accepted since the references don't have significant coverage (but only mere mentions). To be approved by Wiki...we will need reliable sources to be added. Could you please look at my profile and let me know if this is the only reason why the profile was rejected. What if I ask Dr. David Chao to send me more articles that include his name and look more reliable...is this going to help? What is your advice? Are the references the only reason the profile was rejected or there are some other things that were not correct?? Please come back to me, I will really appreciate your help. Mvasileva ( talk) 23:06, 20 November 2017 (UTC)