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Can you delete stuff off your talk page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by BigRed606 ( talk • contribs) 03:11, 15 February 2019 (UTC)
I put in code to this page to nominate for deletion - /info/en/?search=Vanessa_Bley I'm stuck on the instructions #2 (Create the article's deletion discussion page). The AfD box isn't looking how it's described here /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion
Can you help walk me through it or explain what I may have done wrong with the original edit? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Actaudio ( talk • contribs) 02:51, 15 February 2019 (UTC)
Hi Actaudio I stumbled across you issues and I wanted to help (Although I don’t work for the help desk nor do I have any special credentials) I do know some about editing and if your submission template is not working out more than likely a bot or someone else would fix it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by BigRed606 ( talk • contribs) 03:19, 15 February 2019 (UTC)
• Click on that.
• On the resulting page, paste:
• {{subst:afd2 | pg=Vanessa Bley | cat=B | text=YOUR NOMINATION TEXT}}--~~~~
• Save the page.
• Follow the next instruction at WP:AFDHOWTO.
Best regards-- Fuhghettaboutit ( talk) 03:56, 15 February 2019 (UTC)
Hello! I have a question. How do some of Wikipedia's editors became admins? I'm not asking to be one, and I don't want to be one. (No offence.) I'm just asking. Thanks for responding (hopefully) quickly! From, Username Goes Here 062805 ( talk) 05:04, 15 February 2019 (UTC)
I saw Mr Whales on Question time tonight. For the last 5 or 6 years I have contributed a few quid every year as I regard (did regard) that wiki was a great source of general knowledge, sometimes a fascinating amount of knowledge and felt it incumbent on me to attempt, in my own small way, to keep it going for both myself and others. After Mr Whales contribution regarding Brexit 2 things will happen immediately - Mr Whales begging mail for my regular funds to keep it going are cancelled forthwith and secondly I shall look elsewhere for my general information. In the great scheme of things it wont make a difference to Mr Whales or wiki - but it will to me knowing I am not supporting the opinion of a blinkered one trick pony. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Redthommo ( talk • contribs) 23:30, 14 February 2019 (UTC)
I would just like some help with creating a Wikipedia page that will be accepted as I have made one and it was declined and I am not sure why it was? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bpc1981 ( talk • contribs) 09:40, 15 February 2019 (UTC)
How do I make a page locked? Quiz shows, 10:35, 15 February 2019 (UTC)
Just when you make a page that can't be edited. I don't want to do this right now but it's the feature that makes people make accounts. Quiz shows ( talk) 10:49, 15 February 2019 (UTC)
I made an account to get the features to change a title, but I don't know how. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Quiz shows ( talk • contribs) 10:09, 15 February 2019 (UTC)
~~~~
.Thank you
CASSIOPEIA(
talk) 10:25, 15 February 2019 (UTC)I think you should define what an editor is in this century. My understanding is that an editor checks spelling, grammar and verifies facts. I am old. I can definitely check grammar and, of course, there are so many spell checkers out there. How does one verify facts these days, if not through Wekipia? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.170.184.147 ( talk) 23:08, 14 February 2019 (UTC)
Hello, I need your help, I keep trying to post Alex in Pawn Shop Pawns to the wikipedia site, but it keeps getting denied, I know i'm doing something wrong and I need your help to get it right, thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by AlexBd25 ( talk • contribs) 21:22, 14 February 2019 (UTC)
Hi Teahouse, I keep finding references whose link leads to a dead webpage. Is there a template to alert other users about this? Thanks! BladeRikWr 14:57, 14 February 2019 (UTC)
{{subst:DATE}}
in the {{
dead link}} but this trick does not work inside ref tags — I confess that this is the reason I quit trying to leave {{
dl}} tags inside the ref. The earlier arguments about the placement being easier for automated tools have long since been overcome by improvements in the tools, so what remains is an argument about how visible or intrusive the dead link notice should be.
— jmcgnh
(talk)
(contribs) 18:00, 14 February 2019 (UTC)Hello I am trying to create a page called Tasty Tibet. But my previous attempt on the same was deleted saying it has promotional content. Can you please have a look at the content and references I have complied in this new draft and tell me about any changes this draft needs to be approved. :) Thank You.
[ Tibet Draft]. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mot1992 ( talk • contribs) 07:27, 15 February 2019 (UTC)
what is the best way to cite a Federal Government agency's website if you are using content either directly from their website or paraphrasing their content? The links that were provided were helpful, but I would like to know how to cite something I pulled from the first paragraph on [1]. Thanks - Scott8905 ( talk) 15:20, 15 February 2019 (UTC)Scott A-C
References
Hi
First, I have a horrible feeling I have two sandbox articles of the same name. I started one ages ago and was contacted by A Haworth in January when I went back to it (New Year's resolutions etc.). I wasn't sure how to restart and evidently got it wrong. Is it possible to delete that edit or is that even necessary, if the edit here is the latest?
Second, I don't want to pester you with submissions while I find proper links to works and mentions and other relevant links, plus I will check in with the tutorials for layout when I have my ducks in a row. Please could you tell me how I can save without submitting, which is the only button offered.
Third, and this is only small, would it be overplaying it to insert a second portrait from his army years in that section, while keeping the elder man for the main portrait?
That's it. Thanks.
Best wishes, Rory — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rory Fellowes ( talk • contribs) 19:46, 15 February 2019 (UTC)
I'm working on an article draft, but two sources disagree about when Hughes was born. One source says she was born on November 12, 1876 and another source claims November 20, 1876. The first is an electronic biographical source with copyrights associated with the University of Toronto and the latter is from the media club of Ottawa (a source I haven't yet cited but can be found at http://www.mediaclubofottawa.ca/Profiles-Katherine_Hughes.html. I would tend to think that the first source would be more reliable, but Hughes was one of the founding members of the club that wrote the later source. It doesn't make much sense for the latter source to falsely claim that Hughes was born 8 days later than the other source, but I'm not sure which source would be considered more reliable and how I should write about it in the article. The other thing that differs is where she was born - mainly with some sources being more specific than others. The aforementioned sources agreed that she was born in County Line Emerald Junction, Prince Edward Island, Canada but some other sources state Emerald, Prince Edward Island. Clovermoss ( talk) 19:29, 15 February 2019 (UTC)
How do we add images? I know “fair use” won’t do. How do we add images properly? I’m not used to adding images like this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by IdeaFan128 ( talk • contribs) 17:59, 13 February 2019 (UTC)
How do I use wikimedia images in a new section on a user's talk page? I am trying to use images in my thank you's after an edit-a-thon. -- Egallaugher ( talk) 22:27, 15 February 2019 (UTC)— Preceding unsigned comment added by Egallaugher ( talk • contribs) 22:25, 15 February 2019 (UTC)
@ RHaworth:, please may I request you restore this page I deleted in error yesterday.
Thank you
— Preceding unsigned comment added by Gary Calder1966 ( talk • contribs) 10:02, 15 February 2019 (UTC)
Edited. -- CiaPan ( talk) 10:14, 15 February 2019 (UTC)
I was reading an article on the english wikipedia. Then I decided I wanted it in Simple English. I tried to obtain pages "In other languages," where I discovered that, associated with any article, my browser shows a button labeled "{x} more" and clicking it gives a search feature. (It was new to me.) So, typing "Simple" in the search feature returned no good result (when I know the article is available in Simple English). Can this search feature be changed so an end user, like myself, can have Simple English Wikipedia as a result?
Sorry for posting this just here; I realize this request could get lost in the wind. I just don't know where else to start; Wikipedia's skeleton and nervous system seem so large. I haven't posted this complaint/idea elsewhere, this is my first attempt to make contact with anyone. 168.179.217.67 ( talk) 22:28, 15 February 2019 (UTC)
I wrote an article for Wikipedia on September 10, 2018. It was for a group doing submissions on women composers. I have heard nothing since. Apparently the article was not submitted.
How would I learn what the status is?
If by mistake it was not submitted, how do I get it submitted?
here is a link:
/info/en/?search=Draft:Mary_Lou_Newmark
thank you,
Mark (justintunes)— Preceding unsigned comment added by Justintunes ( talk • contribs) 04:02, 15 February 2019 (UTC)
Thank you! I have some updates to make since September 2018. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Justintunes ( talk • contribs) 01:15, 16 February 2019 (UTC)
I created this page in my Sandbox and accidentally moved to a user, not an article. How do I change it back? I'm basically looking to publish or move to AfD. /info/en/?search=User:Paula_Fairfield 05:03, 16 February 2019 (UTC) Actaudio ( talk) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Actaudio ( talk • contribs) 05:02, 16 February 2019 (UTC)
Invited here by Hostbot, thank you. Re: myContribution in the Topic: "2019 North Korea–United States Vietnam Summit" (now "suspended" by JFG) Complaint Reposted for your response, please: [I have no intention to engage in any "edit war", JFG. As you must know, I have only just begun to contribute to Wikipedia. This initial experience has been very disappointing. Your editing actions - "unsourced" and "off topic" - are totally baffling, arbitrary and untransparent, especially for a Commons encyclopedia. I have some experience in writing and editing for top-class refereed journals. You (and all the purported unknown editors? who?) now decided to delete the entire "Reactions" section of the "2019 North Korea–United States Vietnam Summit" - why? What's left are just fluff and dry stuff. An encyclopedia should contain much more facts-based, credibly-sourced perspectives - just compare with the Encyclopedia Britannica (assuming you and other self-appointed editors, truly with due respects, would accept it as a gold standard). And you threatened in a message to "ban" me? Sounds very China's and DPRK's intolerance of free speech and diverse thinking, eh? Why/what are you so afraid of in the "Reactions" contents? They provided interesting background information to inform Wikipedia users of the complex issues of the Summit. JFG, you could have simply pointed me to the proper formatting of the contributions instead of brushing it off as "unsourced" (which of course it is not but contained multiple sources) or "off topic" (which indicated that the 'editors' did not read and/or understand the contents and embedded links). And your "best way" to consider the NationalInterest and my materials is to censor/delete them off? Seriously, people? Your latest action WILL discourage other contributions who would have richly added to the Topic in the run-up to the Summit. myEndNote - Wikipedia processes are well-written and respected, but I think they are being abused and misused by "humans" who are knowingly or unknowingly arrogant in their self-importance and un-selfconsciousness of their own bias and prejudice. You DO NOT have to censor or delete multiple & credibly-sourced materials - however disagreeable they may be to you and then some. Just trust your readers' intelligence to form their own conclusions - isn't that's why the Commons and Wiki movements are about? written by: DrMikoWise (talk) 10:43, 13 February 2019 (UTC) ]
Please DO NOT throw me your beautifully written policies or "processes"; I have NO ISSUE with them.
I hope to see the "conversations" among the editors who concluded that myContribution was "unsourced" and "off topic", both misconceived and untrue. And why did you accused me of initiating a "edit war" and threatened to "ban" me (like some totalitarian regimes)?
In the 1st instance, myContribution was simply off-format - it should be simply pointed out and guided. And when MULTIPLE sources were properly formatted and introduced, your editor(s?) decided that it was "opinion and conjecture", again without substantiation, and decided to DELETE and CENSOR it altogether with an earlier NationalInterest article. Your editor(s?) now awaits some "Neutral Text" (what this?) so as to restore the unreasonable edits. The ORIGINAL contribution was under the "REACTIONS" heading of the Topic - please explain and elaborate on the oxymoronic "Neutral Reactions".
I hope JFG and other editors involved in this seeming editorial intolerance could kindly educate me, a newbie to Wikipedia but very familiar to well-sourced writings, with SPECIFIC reference to myContribution. Your transparency and accountability are extremely CRITICAL to the integrity of Wikipedia. Thank you.
Whither Editorial Intolerance, Lack of Transparency and Accountability - "2019 North Korea–United States Vietnam Summit"? DrMikoWise ( talk) 23:39, 13 February 2019 (UTC)
Dear MjolnirPants et al, don't worry. I am very cool and calm. I am not the basic problem focus here. The primary editors who arbitrarily decided to edit off my voluntary Contribution is Wikipedia's main problem for refusing to explain their thinking driving the final decision to exclude. That's accountability and editorial transparency, which should be the key cornerstone of Wikipedia should you value integrity in your media. Why is it none of you fellow "editors" getting JFG (and others? involved) to just respond to my query? Their silence is deafening indeed. And your strange brotherly conspiracy of silence simply emboldens and encourages their irresponsible and intolerable editorial misbehavior. Trust me when I say that I have never encountered such a poor editorial standard, notwithstanding beautifully written Wiki policies and processes. Seriously, I am mulling giving up on Wikipedia as a serious and credible "encyclopedia" given my newbie experience with your "editors" who evidently lack a sense of professional accountability and the value of editorial transparency - both key ingredients of familiar highly professional editorial boards deserving to be taken seriously. Clearly, I am engaging with some of you more mature ones who are responding very positively, except those who first created the issues and seem to lack the personal credibility or professional locus standi to engage and rebut my allegations of their editorial incompetence. I am however prepared and willing to accept their remorse and regrets for admitting being wrong in this instance. Know that Silence is a self-defeating guilty option. DrMikoWise ( talk) 15:15, 14 February 2019 (UTC)
Hi,
I would like to add more content to the French page about the Fribourgeois - the language. The Swiss-German version of that page is really rich of information, has many useful tables etc. I would like to use the translation tool to make it easy to see both pages at the same time and to add the same headings, tables, etc in a simple way. However, the information about translation tool suggest to translate one existing page into a language that does not yet have a page for it. This is not my case. So, when I try to create a new translation, it bugs because a French page already exists and it believes I want to create a new one. How can I simply edit an existing page using the translation tool to make it easier and faster?
Regards, — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.26.37.78 ( talk) 08:17, 16 February 2019 (UTC)
Pretty much what the subject says. Is there a special location I can find a list of stubs and orphans to expand upon and cite better? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Halfire101 ( talk • contribs) 11:45, 16 February 2019 (UTC)
After I submit my draft when will the page go live? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Arielwilliams651 ( talk • contribs) 20:11, 15 February 2019 (UTC)
This is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
Archive 900 | ← | Archive 905 | Archive 906 | Archive 907 | Archive 908 | Archive 909 | Archive 910 |
Can you delete stuff off your talk page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by BigRed606 ( talk • contribs) 03:11, 15 February 2019 (UTC)
I put in code to this page to nominate for deletion - /info/en/?search=Vanessa_Bley I'm stuck on the instructions #2 (Create the article's deletion discussion page). The AfD box isn't looking how it's described here /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion
Can you help walk me through it or explain what I may have done wrong with the original edit? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Actaudio ( talk • contribs) 02:51, 15 February 2019 (UTC)
Hi Actaudio I stumbled across you issues and I wanted to help (Although I don’t work for the help desk nor do I have any special credentials) I do know some about editing and if your submission template is not working out more than likely a bot or someone else would fix it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by BigRed606 ( talk • contribs) 03:19, 15 February 2019 (UTC)
• Click on that.
• On the resulting page, paste:
• {{subst:afd2 | pg=Vanessa Bley | cat=B | text=YOUR NOMINATION TEXT}}--~~~~
• Save the page.
• Follow the next instruction at WP:AFDHOWTO.
Best regards-- Fuhghettaboutit ( talk) 03:56, 15 February 2019 (UTC)
Hello! I have a question. How do some of Wikipedia's editors became admins? I'm not asking to be one, and I don't want to be one. (No offence.) I'm just asking. Thanks for responding (hopefully) quickly! From, Username Goes Here 062805 ( talk) 05:04, 15 February 2019 (UTC)
I saw Mr Whales on Question time tonight. For the last 5 or 6 years I have contributed a few quid every year as I regard (did regard) that wiki was a great source of general knowledge, sometimes a fascinating amount of knowledge and felt it incumbent on me to attempt, in my own small way, to keep it going for both myself and others. After Mr Whales contribution regarding Brexit 2 things will happen immediately - Mr Whales begging mail for my regular funds to keep it going are cancelled forthwith and secondly I shall look elsewhere for my general information. In the great scheme of things it wont make a difference to Mr Whales or wiki - but it will to me knowing I am not supporting the opinion of a blinkered one trick pony. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Redthommo ( talk • contribs) 23:30, 14 February 2019 (UTC)
I would just like some help with creating a Wikipedia page that will be accepted as I have made one and it was declined and I am not sure why it was? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bpc1981 ( talk • contribs) 09:40, 15 February 2019 (UTC)
How do I make a page locked? Quiz shows, 10:35, 15 February 2019 (UTC)
Just when you make a page that can't be edited. I don't want to do this right now but it's the feature that makes people make accounts. Quiz shows ( talk) 10:49, 15 February 2019 (UTC)
I made an account to get the features to change a title, but I don't know how. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Quiz shows ( talk • contribs) 10:09, 15 February 2019 (UTC)
~~~~
.Thank you
CASSIOPEIA(
talk) 10:25, 15 February 2019 (UTC)I think you should define what an editor is in this century. My understanding is that an editor checks spelling, grammar and verifies facts. I am old. I can definitely check grammar and, of course, there are so many spell checkers out there. How does one verify facts these days, if not through Wekipia? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.170.184.147 ( talk) 23:08, 14 February 2019 (UTC)
Hello, I need your help, I keep trying to post Alex in Pawn Shop Pawns to the wikipedia site, but it keeps getting denied, I know i'm doing something wrong and I need your help to get it right, thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by AlexBd25 ( talk • contribs) 21:22, 14 February 2019 (UTC)
Hi Teahouse, I keep finding references whose link leads to a dead webpage. Is there a template to alert other users about this? Thanks! BladeRikWr 14:57, 14 February 2019 (UTC)
{{subst:DATE}}
in the {{
dead link}} but this trick does not work inside ref tags — I confess that this is the reason I quit trying to leave {{
dl}} tags inside the ref. The earlier arguments about the placement being easier for automated tools have long since been overcome by improvements in the tools, so what remains is an argument about how visible or intrusive the dead link notice should be.
— jmcgnh
(talk)
(contribs) 18:00, 14 February 2019 (UTC)Hello I am trying to create a page called Tasty Tibet. But my previous attempt on the same was deleted saying it has promotional content. Can you please have a look at the content and references I have complied in this new draft and tell me about any changes this draft needs to be approved. :) Thank You.
[ Tibet Draft]. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mot1992 ( talk • contribs) 07:27, 15 February 2019 (UTC)
what is the best way to cite a Federal Government agency's website if you are using content either directly from their website or paraphrasing their content? The links that were provided were helpful, but I would like to know how to cite something I pulled from the first paragraph on [1]. Thanks - Scott8905 ( talk) 15:20, 15 February 2019 (UTC)Scott A-C
References
Hi
First, I have a horrible feeling I have two sandbox articles of the same name. I started one ages ago and was contacted by A Haworth in January when I went back to it (New Year's resolutions etc.). I wasn't sure how to restart and evidently got it wrong. Is it possible to delete that edit or is that even necessary, if the edit here is the latest?
Second, I don't want to pester you with submissions while I find proper links to works and mentions and other relevant links, plus I will check in with the tutorials for layout when I have my ducks in a row. Please could you tell me how I can save without submitting, which is the only button offered.
Third, and this is only small, would it be overplaying it to insert a second portrait from his army years in that section, while keeping the elder man for the main portrait?
That's it. Thanks.
Best wishes, Rory — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rory Fellowes ( talk • contribs) 19:46, 15 February 2019 (UTC)
I'm working on an article draft, but two sources disagree about when Hughes was born. One source says she was born on November 12, 1876 and another source claims November 20, 1876. The first is an electronic biographical source with copyrights associated with the University of Toronto and the latter is from the media club of Ottawa (a source I haven't yet cited but can be found at http://www.mediaclubofottawa.ca/Profiles-Katherine_Hughes.html. I would tend to think that the first source would be more reliable, but Hughes was one of the founding members of the club that wrote the later source. It doesn't make much sense for the latter source to falsely claim that Hughes was born 8 days later than the other source, but I'm not sure which source would be considered more reliable and how I should write about it in the article. The other thing that differs is where she was born - mainly with some sources being more specific than others. The aforementioned sources agreed that she was born in County Line Emerald Junction, Prince Edward Island, Canada but some other sources state Emerald, Prince Edward Island. Clovermoss ( talk) 19:29, 15 February 2019 (UTC)
How do we add images? I know “fair use” won’t do. How do we add images properly? I’m not used to adding images like this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by IdeaFan128 ( talk • contribs) 17:59, 13 February 2019 (UTC)
How do I use wikimedia images in a new section on a user's talk page? I am trying to use images in my thank you's after an edit-a-thon. -- Egallaugher ( talk) 22:27, 15 February 2019 (UTC)— Preceding unsigned comment added by Egallaugher ( talk • contribs) 22:25, 15 February 2019 (UTC)
@ RHaworth:, please may I request you restore this page I deleted in error yesterday.
Thank you
— Preceding unsigned comment added by Gary Calder1966 ( talk • contribs) 10:02, 15 February 2019 (UTC)
Edited. -- CiaPan ( talk) 10:14, 15 February 2019 (UTC)
I was reading an article on the english wikipedia. Then I decided I wanted it in Simple English. I tried to obtain pages "In other languages," where I discovered that, associated with any article, my browser shows a button labeled "{x} more" and clicking it gives a search feature. (It was new to me.) So, typing "Simple" in the search feature returned no good result (when I know the article is available in Simple English). Can this search feature be changed so an end user, like myself, can have Simple English Wikipedia as a result?
Sorry for posting this just here; I realize this request could get lost in the wind. I just don't know where else to start; Wikipedia's skeleton and nervous system seem so large. I haven't posted this complaint/idea elsewhere, this is my first attempt to make contact with anyone. 168.179.217.67 ( talk) 22:28, 15 February 2019 (UTC)
I wrote an article for Wikipedia on September 10, 2018. It was for a group doing submissions on women composers. I have heard nothing since. Apparently the article was not submitted.
How would I learn what the status is?
If by mistake it was not submitted, how do I get it submitted?
here is a link:
/info/en/?search=Draft:Mary_Lou_Newmark
thank you,
Mark (justintunes)— Preceding unsigned comment added by Justintunes ( talk • contribs) 04:02, 15 February 2019 (UTC)
Thank you! I have some updates to make since September 2018. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Justintunes ( talk • contribs) 01:15, 16 February 2019 (UTC)
I created this page in my Sandbox and accidentally moved to a user, not an article. How do I change it back? I'm basically looking to publish or move to AfD. /info/en/?search=User:Paula_Fairfield 05:03, 16 February 2019 (UTC) Actaudio ( talk) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Actaudio ( talk • contribs) 05:02, 16 February 2019 (UTC)
Invited here by Hostbot, thank you. Re: myContribution in the Topic: "2019 North Korea–United States Vietnam Summit" (now "suspended" by JFG) Complaint Reposted for your response, please: [I have no intention to engage in any "edit war", JFG. As you must know, I have only just begun to contribute to Wikipedia. This initial experience has been very disappointing. Your editing actions - "unsourced" and "off topic" - are totally baffling, arbitrary and untransparent, especially for a Commons encyclopedia. I have some experience in writing and editing for top-class refereed journals. You (and all the purported unknown editors? who?) now decided to delete the entire "Reactions" section of the "2019 North Korea–United States Vietnam Summit" - why? What's left are just fluff and dry stuff. An encyclopedia should contain much more facts-based, credibly-sourced perspectives - just compare with the Encyclopedia Britannica (assuming you and other self-appointed editors, truly with due respects, would accept it as a gold standard). And you threatened in a message to "ban" me? Sounds very China's and DPRK's intolerance of free speech and diverse thinking, eh? Why/what are you so afraid of in the "Reactions" contents? They provided interesting background information to inform Wikipedia users of the complex issues of the Summit. JFG, you could have simply pointed me to the proper formatting of the contributions instead of brushing it off as "unsourced" (which of course it is not but contained multiple sources) or "off topic" (which indicated that the 'editors' did not read and/or understand the contents and embedded links). And your "best way" to consider the NationalInterest and my materials is to censor/delete them off? Seriously, people? Your latest action WILL discourage other contributions who would have richly added to the Topic in the run-up to the Summit. myEndNote - Wikipedia processes are well-written and respected, but I think they are being abused and misused by "humans" who are knowingly or unknowingly arrogant in their self-importance and un-selfconsciousness of their own bias and prejudice. You DO NOT have to censor or delete multiple & credibly-sourced materials - however disagreeable they may be to you and then some. Just trust your readers' intelligence to form their own conclusions - isn't that's why the Commons and Wiki movements are about? written by: DrMikoWise (talk) 10:43, 13 February 2019 (UTC) ]
Please DO NOT throw me your beautifully written policies or "processes"; I have NO ISSUE with them.
I hope to see the "conversations" among the editors who concluded that myContribution was "unsourced" and "off topic", both misconceived and untrue. And why did you accused me of initiating a "edit war" and threatened to "ban" me (like some totalitarian regimes)?
In the 1st instance, myContribution was simply off-format - it should be simply pointed out and guided. And when MULTIPLE sources were properly formatted and introduced, your editor(s?) decided that it was "opinion and conjecture", again without substantiation, and decided to DELETE and CENSOR it altogether with an earlier NationalInterest article. Your editor(s?) now awaits some "Neutral Text" (what this?) so as to restore the unreasonable edits. The ORIGINAL contribution was under the "REACTIONS" heading of the Topic - please explain and elaborate on the oxymoronic "Neutral Reactions".
I hope JFG and other editors involved in this seeming editorial intolerance could kindly educate me, a newbie to Wikipedia but very familiar to well-sourced writings, with SPECIFIC reference to myContribution. Your transparency and accountability are extremely CRITICAL to the integrity of Wikipedia. Thank you.
Whither Editorial Intolerance, Lack of Transparency and Accountability - "2019 North Korea–United States Vietnam Summit"? DrMikoWise ( talk) 23:39, 13 February 2019 (UTC)
Dear MjolnirPants et al, don't worry. I am very cool and calm. I am not the basic problem focus here. The primary editors who arbitrarily decided to edit off my voluntary Contribution is Wikipedia's main problem for refusing to explain their thinking driving the final decision to exclude. That's accountability and editorial transparency, which should be the key cornerstone of Wikipedia should you value integrity in your media. Why is it none of you fellow "editors" getting JFG (and others? involved) to just respond to my query? Their silence is deafening indeed. And your strange brotherly conspiracy of silence simply emboldens and encourages their irresponsible and intolerable editorial misbehavior. Trust me when I say that I have never encountered such a poor editorial standard, notwithstanding beautifully written Wiki policies and processes. Seriously, I am mulling giving up on Wikipedia as a serious and credible "encyclopedia" given my newbie experience with your "editors" who evidently lack a sense of professional accountability and the value of editorial transparency - both key ingredients of familiar highly professional editorial boards deserving to be taken seriously. Clearly, I am engaging with some of you more mature ones who are responding very positively, except those who first created the issues and seem to lack the personal credibility or professional locus standi to engage and rebut my allegations of their editorial incompetence. I am however prepared and willing to accept their remorse and regrets for admitting being wrong in this instance. Know that Silence is a self-defeating guilty option. DrMikoWise ( talk) 15:15, 14 February 2019 (UTC)
Hi,
I would like to add more content to the French page about the Fribourgeois - the language. The Swiss-German version of that page is really rich of information, has many useful tables etc. I would like to use the translation tool to make it easy to see both pages at the same time and to add the same headings, tables, etc in a simple way. However, the information about translation tool suggest to translate one existing page into a language that does not yet have a page for it. This is not my case. So, when I try to create a new translation, it bugs because a French page already exists and it believes I want to create a new one. How can I simply edit an existing page using the translation tool to make it easier and faster?
Regards, — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.26.37.78 ( talk) 08:17, 16 February 2019 (UTC)
Pretty much what the subject says. Is there a special location I can find a list of stubs and orphans to expand upon and cite better? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Halfire101 ( talk • contribs) 11:45, 16 February 2019 (UTC)
After I submit my draft when will the page go live? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Arielwilliams651 ( talk • contribs) 20:11, 15 February 2019 (UTC)