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I'm new to this. I submitted an article "Wesley Boudville". (Yes, it is about myself.) It was rejected by Editor Cassiopeia. The rejection had 2 parts. The 2nd part was about formatting - "Please remove all external links in the body text." Fair enough. I can make those changes.
But the first part said "This submission's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article—that is, they do not show significant coverage (not just passing mentions) about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject."
I disagree. The article refers to 12 patents. There are links to each patent at uspto.gov. These are all published on the web. By definition, they are reliable. The US PTO decides what becomes a US patent. Under US law, the PTO is the legal AUTHORITY on this subject. And the PTO is independent of the subject (Boudville). The links to the patents are also have "significant" coverage of the subject. I am listed in each patent page as the ONLY inventor. Without me, the patents would never have existed. This surely should count as significant.
There is another link in the article which goes to an article in sec.gov, concerning a company that I co-founded with 2 others. I suggest that this is also published and reliable. And it is independent of the subject. The SEC regulates publicly traded companies. individuals have no authority over the SEC.
But there are other links in the article which might well be considered superfluous, where indeed there is no "significant" coverage of the subject. I wrote links to Caltech and Uni. Western Australia (where I studied). These webpages do not mention me. So I can certainly remove the links to those sites. But I did notice on other wikipedia articles were such links existed - for example for "Valerie Alexander", where there are links to webpages of U.C. and Berkeley, where she was a student. Those pages do not refer to her.
Can I get some help on this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wesboudville ( talk • contribs) 06:13, 20 April 2019 (UTC)
I could not find my writings in the sandbox. Plz help me to find out it so that I can edit it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mamata Padhi ( talk • contribs) 15:07, 20 April 2019 (UTC)
I wrote a new article about an Italian singer songwriter which is well known in Italy. All her album are available on amazon.it, for example. The article was refused because "Most of biography and musical career are unsourced". So I went to the "Madonna (entertainer)" article and I found that here also most of biography and career are unsourced. So please delete this article. I don't know which this "Madonna" is. To me she is only the mother of Jesus. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vinix ( talk • contribs) 23:43, 19 April 2019 (UTC)
Vinix may have made a beginner's mistake. The Lead of Madonna (entertainer does not have references, which is OK, as the body of the article does. David notMD ( talk) 13:56, 20 April 2019 (UTC)
Hi! Please how do I make use of infobox in my articles. Would appreciate a reply. Thanks
Ohanwe Emmanuel .I. ( talk) 00:07, 20 April 2019 (UTC)
Can change Font type? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Georgingf ( talk • contribs) 15:15, 20 April 2019 (UTC)
Georgingf ( talk) 15:17, 20 April 2019 (UTC)
Romorea language from pakista — Preceding unsigned comment added by Georgingf ( talk • contribs) 15:20, 20 April 2019 (UTC)
I can type in english — Preceding unsigned comment added by Georgingf ( talk • contribs) 15:31, 20 April 2019 (UTC)
How to approve my article ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shavinderromana ( talk • contribs) 16:19, 20 April 2019 (UTC)
hi, A photo of me has been up on a wikipedi page for some time now, a few years, for personal and professional reasons it is important that it is now taken down, i had no knowledge of it being posted in the first instance and did not give my consent, please you you advise me what the process around thsi is, thank you, Simon — Preceding unsigned comment added by 164.39.193.239 ( talk) 15:14, 18 April 2019 (UTC)
{{
Personality rights}}
at the end of the permissions=… line of the photo on Commons for info, and fight it out on the BLP talk page here. Do no harm (on bios) is a policy here, and if you have a better reason than "do not like it" the photo will be removed. Maybe report it on
WP:BLP/N, or tell us what it's about. –
84.46.52.110 (
talk)
16:45, 20 April 2019 (UTC)Why is "Cats" in the link Memory (''Cats'' song) not shown in italics? Jmar67 ( talk) 12:58, 19 April 2019 (UTC)
[[Memory (Cats song)|Memory (''Cats'' song)]]
to produce
Memory (Cats song). I have made {{
formatted link}} to automate this (no documentation yet). {{formatted link|Memory (''Cats'' song)}}
produces
Memory (Cats song). Consecutive apostrophes are removed when the link is made. It also removes any tags in <...>
. {{formatted link|H<sub>2</sub>O}}
produces
H2O. Maybe the template needs a short name or redirect. {{
fl}} is taken.
PrimeHunter (
talk)
14:43, 19 April 2019 (UTC)
{{
flink}}
sounds like something I'd recall when needed (German
flink is roughly
quick or
wikiwiki. ;-). –
84.46.52.110 (
talk)
17:06, 20 April 2019 (UTC)I am attempting to edit a draft I've made of an article for an off Broadway show. In many movie/theater/tv show pages, the nominations section features a box with a list of the nominations, what was nominated, and the status of the award (winner, just nominated [lost], etc). The winner cell is colored green and the nominated but lost cell is red. I want to do the same to my draft, but I can't figure out how. I have the box and details all created, but I can't figure out how to color the individual cells. If you don't understand what I'm talking about, look up any oscar winning movie and scroll to the accolades/awards/nominations section. Any advice? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Apathyash ( talk • contribs) 19:33, 19 April 2019 (UTC)
{{
win}}
for green, and {{
n/a}}
for dark gray, and a few others: There should be a list on the template doc-page(s). Always use preview in tables, these templates have some odd features, e.g., if {{
n/a}}
works a similar |{{
n/a}}
might cause havoc. –
84.46.52.110 (
talk)
17:17, 20 April 2019 (UTC)Where can WP users see comments/questions provided by external readers of Wikipedia and our replies to them? Jmar67 ( talk) 20:26, 19 April 2019 (UTC)
so i started wikipedia around 6 months ago and i just started a new account so i can start my own wiki pages but i don't know how to make a new blank page if you see this and you know how to help please contact me on my talk page of the teahouse talk page thx — Preceding unsigned comment added by Geek gaming ( talk • contribs) 23:36, 19 April 2019 (UTC)
Hello -- Where do I find the info regarding the procedure to change the name or title of an article? Thanks. -- Lubiesque ( talk) 17:10, 20 April 2019 (UTC)
Hello guys! It's encouraging the speedy response we get in the teahouse considering the volunteering nature of Wikipedia.
I'm stucked on the use of an infobox for an office holder, how do I go about using an infobox. Thanks in anticipation.
Ohanwe Emmanuel .I. ( talk) 23:02, 19 April 2019 (UTC)
{{
Infobox person}}
, and if that doesn't what I want I'd look for a similar page where folks already figured out how the "embed" feature actually works. There are various examples on {{
Infobox person/doc}}
. Disclaimer: I
hated it. –
84.46.52.110 (
talk)
17:31, 20 April 2019 (UTC)If my writing in the sandbox is inappropriate and deleted for the reason of advertising as you answered. then what about "All India Women's Conference" page in Wikipedia? plz, guide me, because I am new. Don't know the rules. I get encouraged by this particular page and wanted to publish such a page about an organization who is going to organize a national women activists; conference at Sambalpur in coming October. Plz let me clear about my confusion.will be grateful forever. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mamata Padhi ( talk • contribs) 15:46, 20 April 2019 (UTC)
Can an uninvolved editor see this post on my talk page and evaluate this IP editor's and my actions? Thank you. Interstellarity ( talk) 15:14, 20 April 2019 (UTC)
Hello, I noticed that the article about Pope Honorius II refers to 1124 papal election as the main article about his election. However, the latter article is virtually empty, whereas the former contains quite a lot of detail about the proceedings. What would be the appropriate course of action ?
Additionally: what about attribution, is there a way to copy part of the history ?
The election page mentions translating the corresponding article in Polish, but I can't do that. Neither am I knowledgeable in any of the subjects, so I'd rather not make up a new text.
-- Kwakeroni ( talk) 15:36, 20 April 2019 (UTC)
Good day wikipedia people, may i know are there hand book or some sort for rookies? Some 1-stop guide containing FAQs that I should know? Any entry level materials that i shud go thru? Thanks. Im quite puzzled with how things work here... FakeMaknae ( talk) 19:04, 20 April 2019 (UTC)
Thanks FakeMaknae ( talk) 19:18, 20 April 2019 (UTC)
5 Months ago, I made a Mistake!! I DONT KNOW HOW TO EDIT Wikipedia PAGES. I clicked edit and I Randomly placed the news articles links in References on Wikipedia Pages. I'm Extremely Sorry About That and My website Cinemawoods.net is added to Spam list... I Don't Know What to Do... Please help me...
The Links that I added are 'Not Spam links.. It just News article about upcoming Tamil Movies. My website is added to the spam list because I Just don't know the proper way to add the References. Please Help Me to remove my website from the Spam list. I will not do this again.
Next Time, I will do in Proper Way by adding info/Updates about the Movie and add Reference for the Source. I will Help with what i can by updating Upcoming
Tamil movie Pages on wikipedia.
Thank you..— Preceding
unsigned comment added by
JayaMari860 (
talk •
contribs)
18:12, 20 April 2019 (UTC)
Thank You Sir.. @ NinjaRobotPirate — Preceding unsigned comment added by JayaMari860 ( talk • contribs) 19:20, 20 April 2019 (UTC)
Sir, As I got the answer like- "Hello, Mamata Padhi. Please read about Notability: Wikipedia is only interested in subjects where people who have no connection with the subject have already chosen to write about the subject at some length, and been published in reliable places. If such sources for your organisation exist, then there can be an article about it (but if you are in any way connected with the organisation, you are discouraged from creating such an article yourself, because of your conflict of interest). --ColinFine (talk) 17:34, 20 April 2019 (UTC)". I need to be clarify that if the newspaper publications can be sources? or what other types of sources are required to publish a new page in wikipedia 2nd thing is how I upload photos in the photo challenge section? because while uploading a new photo after clicking on uploads the existing uploaded photos are seeing. Plz guide. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mamata Padhi ( talk • contribs) 18:12, 20 April 2019 (UTC)
despite that I have good leads of information that anyone don't have but my friend Dodo elmoghazy was removed from wikipedia editing because of false information despite the same leads of information that I also use, I wonder is this will affect of my wikipedia editing? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dodomahmoud ( talk • contribs) 18:41, 20 April 2019 (UTC)
In the "verify your identity" screen, I accidently entered my password in the log in screen, no one will see it, right? -- Thegooduser Life Begins With a Smile :) 🍁 21:35, 20 April 2019 (UTC)
I wanted to ask if you could help me contact a user that edited and then submitted a draft that I had just started working on. I think they may have accidentally edited the page while not being logged in: User:84.46.52.110. I think this because there is no user page or talk page for this User. Can you help me? Was only curious why they submitted it for AfC approval as the article is not really very developed yet. Thank you! LorriBrown ( talk) 18:08, 20 April 2019 (UTC)
Can someone please edit the Brad Keller page and take off the rude comments people have edited to the page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Suits2bu2 ( talk • contribs) 03:38, 21 April 2019 (UTC)
I would like instructions on how to add to Wikipedia.
Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vedlagt ( talk • contribs) 09:07, 21 April 2019 (UTC)
Hello there! I'm new to Wikipedia and want to ask a question. Recently I made an article about East European University of Tbilisi. Now it says it is in draft mode. Could someone tell me when will it be reviewed? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shengelia83 ( talk • contribs) 09:00, 21 April 2019 (UTC)
Today's in our culture we are Hindu, is it right we have other community and religion if it is then how can we expand it. Is it anything doing for awareness of Gond People. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2405:204:3394:ED81:CA8:2C20:7718:E175 ( talk) 10:28, 21 April 2019 (UTC)
Hi WikiWizards,
I understand that citing a blog page is disallowed, but I'm unsure whether to classify a particular web article as such. If all material on a page (though not the site) is attributed to a corporate entity (the site owner) rather than an individual poster then does it count as a 'blog'? Might it be admissable 'news'?
RAClarke ( talk) 18:29, 19 April 2019 (UTC)
Hi Ariconte,
Thanks for your response. Yes, I can understand an objection on those grounds may still apply. However, should my edit have been rejected on the grounds that I reference a blog? It would be of value to have a definitive answer to this question because I imagine similar circumstances surround many other edits.
Regards RAClarke ( talk) 02:07, 20 April 2019 (UTC)
Hi Deor,
Thank you for expanding on the reasons for your decision. As an infrequent editor, my knowlege of Wikipedia is not as deep as the issues involved. I concede that "NonstopID Blog/News" as a site tag-line justifies your caution. Is it really a show-stopper, though? Wikipedia has innumerable links to sites run by the publishers of newspapers (eg www.theguardian.com), and sites run by the publishers of television programs (eg bbc.co.uk), even when they include a section, below the main article, where the reading public posts comments. Can we not add links to similarly formatted pages at sites run by the publishers of books? Nonstop Press may well be a one-man-band. We know only that it is a business specialising in print titles covering the same genre as the page I tried to edit. Do those qualifications not lift it above 'some random person on the Internet'? The news content of the article (that 2017 marked the 50th anniversary of the film's release) was indeed low, but relevant to the 'Legacy' section of the film's page at Wikipedia. Discussion towards concensus on alternative ways to improve it are perhaps best held on the talk page there.
Regards
RAClarke (
talk)
10:46, 21 April 2019 (UTC)
Hello everyone. I have added one line item to an article about a technical subject and to justify why it is relevant (it is) and why the item added should be there, I added references and external links to major sites w/o commercial purposes. However, somehow that I cannot really understand one (or more?) of these references have been considered promotional and the edit was reverted without any details of why or how to fix or improve it, just marking it as "spam". I of course since then read some of the articles to understand it better but the guidelines are fuzzy and don't really give a practical clue of what may be wrong. I could do trial-and-error with each link until it gets accepted but then that feels spam… Long story short: given that this is indeed content that should be there given its relevance, what am I missing there? Thanks a lot! KDEWolf ( talk) 18:03, 19 April 2019 (UTC)
Hello! I have improved and re-submitted my article, Brian Rosenworcel, for the 3rd time. I have added information, and 6 additional references to support notability of this individual. When attempting to add the additional references, I was not able to add them to the reference list in the proper format, or remove the detail from the paragraph. Would someone please look at it for me, and help me to fix it? It is finally on page 1 to be reviewed after several months of waiting. I just don't want it shut down due to formatting issues. Thank you so much! Zuzuroo ( talk)zuzuroo —Preceding undated comment added 14:26, 20 April 2019 (UTC)
Thanks so much for the help and information, Finnusertop! Zuzuroo ( talk)zuzuroo —Preceding undated comment added 13:52, 21 April 2019 (UTC)
Why does the autoconfirmed user access level have to exist? It seems pointless to me. C2A ( About | Call | Inspect) 17:08, 21 April 2019 (UTC)
How does the autoconfirmed user access level defend that from happening? C2A ( About | Call | Inspect) 17:32, 21 April 2019 (UTC)
I have been trying to interpret the instructions for a corporate author using the Vancouver style error instructions, but despite trying several different interpretations of the information (I am obviously missing something), I still have a mistake in reference 4 on this sandbox page. I wonder if someone might explain what I am doing wrong? I also wonder, when citing different sections/essays/chapters in a book, if I should create new entries for each one? I am not certain how to reuse a reference but indicate it is to another page or chapter. Thank you. TrudiJ ( talk) 14:24, 21 April 2019 (UTC)
Thank you Nick Moyes for catching my error and thus fixing the reference! TrudiJ ( talk) 15:03, 21 April 2019 (UTC)
{{
rp}}
template. e.g. reference: 27 and reference: 436 . Hope these may aid your editing.
Nick Moyes (
talk)
15:43, 21 April 2019 (UTC)I am just curious how Wikipedia is going to survive in the future, all the editors are not paid, how are we going to keep the community motivated? Thank you, guys! Excited to be the part of the team. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikicop33 ( talk • contribs) 20:45, 21 April 2019 (UTC)
Thank you so much, Roy and Finnusertop, appreciate it! Wikicop33 ( talk) 23:47, 21 April 2019 (UTC)
I provided considerable material in an article only to have most of it removed by another user. I know it was all factual so I don’t understand why it was removed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kb3dad ( talk • contribs) 00:20, 22 April 2019 (UTC)
i recently opted to become a user, in the hope that i can give something back to Wikipedia beyond an annual contribution. I notice my preferred usernames were taken. how can i contact the "other" me to say hello? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Brucefhyman ( talk • contribs) 03:21, 22 April 2019 (UTC)
JackintheBox posted on my talk page suggesting a change to a certain page. I didn't know why he had posted this on my page, but his proposed change seemed appropriate so I made it and notified him of this on his talk page. Now, however, an anonymous user has come on there and posted inane remarks about tacos and patty melts. These can be edited out of course, either by JackintheBox or myself, but I'm a bit disturbed that anyone can come on anonymously and fool around like this – or worse. Can this kind of thing be properly termed vandalism, and in any event is there something that can be done about it other than editing each individual instance? I'm wondering whether an originating IPP address can be and sometimes is blocked, for instance. Thanks. Roy McCoy ( talk) 23:05, 21 April 2019 (UTC)
Thanks for the explanations, Cullen328 and JackintheBox. The remarks of the anonymous poster seem less odd now that I understand the restaurant (non)reference. The capitalization in the aircraft carrier article was correct, and I'm glad we got it through. Just one question for Jim: why "rvv" rather than "rv"?
Hi there, I made an article in English about Swedish band THEN COMES SILENCE ( /info/en/?search=Draft:Then_Comes_Silence), there are already articles in the German and Swedish Wikipedia. My article is an English translation of those that already exist in those other languages. It's been a few weeks and I haven't heard anything but I still can't search for the article, which makes me think it hasn't been approved yet. How can I move forward from here to get it approved?
Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Viikki Saari ( talk • contribs) 05:02, 22 April 2019 (UTC)
{{subst:submit}}
to do so. Cheers
JACKINTHEBOX •
TALK
05:06, 22 April 2019 (UTC)Awesome, thank you JackintheBox, I added it now. Hopefully it gets accepted soon! Cheers VS Viikki Saari ( talk) 05:15, 22 April 2019 (UTC)
The topic Entrepreneurs Sorority does not exist in Wikipedia. In December 2018 I developed Sigma Epsilon Theta Sorority and it is percieved to be the first Sorority primaraly focused on entrepreneurs. Although it is an Africian American Sorority we except members from all races and ethnicities if they are deemed qualified to be a member. How do I determine if this topic is notable material for inclulsion into a Wikipedia Page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Erma Covington ( talk • contribs) 07:41, 22 April 2019 (UTC)
Hi. I have recently written my first full Wikipedia entry in my sandbox. I clicked 'publish' as advised, but the page is still titled as my sandbox. I've looked at the code for numerous other pages but can't see how the page title is actually specified. I know it must be simple, but I seem to be missing something... article with incorrect title shown below.
Many thanks,
-- Twirl73 ( talk) 23:40, 21 April 2019 (UTC)
Also, I've noticed many bands (and other topics) appear as 'stub' articles with significantly less info and fewer or no references. Would what I have submitted be suitable for inclusion like this?
Thanks again.
-- Twirl73 ( talk) 00:41, 22 April 2019 (UTC)
Okay, thanks again CoolSkittle, I'll try and get appropriate national print reference info added. I'll also look at at the {{ cite episode}} options for significant radio coverage. The 'other stuff exists' essay made me smile - yeah, I guess I asked for that. I'm still figuring out the Wikipedia world but was puzzled that so many apparently less well-referenced articles exist. Selah. -- Twirl73 ( talk) 01:06, 22 April 2019 (UTC)
Sorry, I neglected to thank David Biddulph for advice also. Thank you! -- Twirl73 ( talk) 08:23, 22 April 2019 (UTC)
I have been playing Dungeon Siege for a couple of weeks but am now trapped. I can go between the "Travelers Camp" and the "Eastern Swamp" but cannot proceed any further. If anyone could help I would be very grateful. Many Thanks Denis — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.147.144.188 ( talk) 10:40, 22 April 2019 (UTC)
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I'm new to this. I submitted an article "Wesley Boudville". (Yes, it is about myself.) It was rejected by Editor Cassiopeia. The rejection had 2 parts. The 2nd part was about formatting - "Please remove all external links in the body text." Fair enough. I can make those changes.
But the first part said "This submission's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article—that is, they do not show significant coverage (not just passing mentions) about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject."
I disagree. The article refers to 12 patents. There are links to each patent at uspto.gov. These are all published on the web. By definition, they are reliable. The US PTO decides what becomes a US patent. Under US law, the PTO is the legal AUTHORITY on this subject. And the PTO is independent of the subject (Boudville). The links to the patents are also have "significant" coverage of the subject. I am listed in each patent page as the ONLY inventor. Without me, the patents would never have existed. This surely should count as significant.
There is another link in the article which goes to an article in sec.gov, concerning a company that I co-founded with 2 others. I suggest that this is also published and reliable. And it is independent of the subject. The SEC regulates publicly traded companies. individuals have no authority over the SEC.
But there are other links in the article which might well be considered superfluous, where indeed there is no "significant" coverage of the subject. I wrote links to Caltech and Uni. Western Australia (where I studied). These webpages do not mention me. So I can certainly remove the links to those sites. But I did notice on other wikipedia articles were such links existed - for example for "Valerie Alexander", where there are links to webpages of U.C. and Berkeley, where she was a student. Those pages do not refer to her.
Can I get some help on this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wesboudville ( talk • contribs) 06:13, 20 April 2019 (UTC)
I could not find my writings in the sandbox. Plz help me to find out it so that I can edit it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mamata Padhi ( talk • contribs) 15:07, 20 April 2019 (UTC)
I wrote a new article about an Italian singer songwriter which is well known in Italy. All her album are available on amazon.it, for example. The article was refused because "Most of biography and musical career are unsourced". So I went to the "Madonna (entertainer)" article and I found that here also most of biography and career are unsourced. So please delete this article. I don't know which this "Madonna" is. To me she is only the mother of Jesus. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vinix ( talk • contribs) 23:43, 19 April 2019 (UTC)
Vinix may have made a beginner's mistake. The Lead of Madonna (entertainer does not have references, which is OK, as the body of the article does. David notMD ( talk) 13:56, 20 April 2019 (UTC)
Hi! Please how do I make use of infobox in my articles. Would appreciate a reply. Thanks
Ohanwe Emmanuel .I. ( talk) 00:07, 20 April 2019 (UTC)
Can change Font type? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Georgingf ( talk • contribs) 15:15, 20 April 2019 (UTC)
Georgingf ( talk) 15:17, 20 April 2019 (UTC)
Romorea language from pakista — Preceding unsigned comment added by Georgingf ( talk • contribs) 15:20, 20 April 2019 (UTC)
I can type in english — Preceding unsigned comment added by Georgingf ( talk • contribs) 15:31, 20 April 2019 (UTC)
How to approve my article ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shavinderromana ( talk • contribs) 16:19, 20 April 2019 (UTC)
hi, A photo of me has been up on a wikipedi page for some time now, a few years, for personal and professional reasons it is important that it is now taken down, i had no knowledge of it being posted in the first instance and did not give my consent, please you you advise me what the process around thsi is, thank you, Simon — Preceding unsigned comment added by 164.39.193.239 ( talk) 15:14, 18 April 2019 (UTC)
{{
Personality rights}}
at the end of the permissions=… line of the photo on Commons for info, and fight it out on the BLP talk page here. Do no harm (on bios) is a policy here, and if you have a better reason than "do not like it" the photo will be removed. Maybe report it on
WP:BLP/N, or tell us what it's about. –
84.46.52.110 (
talk)
16:45, 20 April 2019 (UTC)Why is "Cats" in the link Memory (''Cats'' song) not shown in italics? Jmar67 ( talk) 12:58, 19 April 2019 (UTC)
[[Memory (Cats song)|Memory (''Cats'' song)]]
to produce
Memory (Cats song). I have made {{
formatted link}} to automate this (no documentation yet). {{formatted link|Memory (''Cats'' song)}}
produces
Memory (Cats song). Consecutive apostrophes are removed when the link is made. It also removes any tags in <...>
. {{formatted link|H<sub>2</sub>O}}
produces
H2O. Maybe the template needs a short name or redirect. {{
fl}} is taken.
PrimeHunter (
talk)
14:43, 19 April 2019 (UTC)
{{
flink}}
sounds like something I'd recall when needed (German
flink is roughly
quick or
wikiwiki. ;-). –
84.46.52.110 (
talk)
17:06, 20 April 2019 (UTC)I am attempting to edit a draft I've made of an article for an off Broadway show. In many movie/theater/tv show pages, the nominations section features a box with a list of the nominations, what was nominated, and the status of the award (winner, just nominated [lost], etc). The winner cell is colored green and the nominated but lost cell is red. I want to do the same to my draft, but I can't figure out how. I have the box and details all created, but I can't figure out how to color the individual cells. If you don't understand what I'm talking about, look up any oscar winning movie and scroll to the accolades/awards/nominations section. Any advice? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Apathyash ( talk • contribs) 19:33, 19 April 2019 (UTC)
{{
win}}
for green, and {{
n/a}}
for dark gray, and a few others: There should be a list on the template doc-page(s). Always use preview in tables, these templates have some odd features, e.g., if {{
n/a}}
works a similar |{{
n/a}}
might cause havoc. –
84.46.52.110 (
talk)
17:17, 20 April 2019 (UTC)Where can WP users see comments/questions provided by external readers of Wikipedia and our replies to them? Jmar67 ( talk) 20:26, 19 April 2019 (UTC)
so i started wikipedia around 6 months ago and i just started a new account so i can start my own wiki pages but i don't know how to make a new blank page if you see this and you know how to help please contact me on my talk page of the teahouse talk page thx — Preceding unsigned comment added by Geek gaming ( talk • contribs) 23:36, 19 April 2019 (UTC)
Hello -- Where do I find the info regarding the procedure to change the name or title of an article? Thanks. -- Lubiesque ( talk) 17:10, 20 April 2019 (UTC)
Hello guys! It's encouraging the speedy response we get in the teahouse considering the volunteering nature of Wikipedia.
I'm stucked on the use of an infobox for an office holder, how do I go about using an infobox. Thanks in anticipation.
Ohanwe Emmanuel .I. ( talk) 23:02, 19 April 2019 (UTC)
{{
Infobox person}}
, and if that doesn't what I want I'd look for a similar page where folks already figured out how the "embed" feature actually works. There are various examples on {{
Infobox person/doc}}
. Disclaimer: I
hated it. –
84.46.52.110 (
talk)
17:31, 20 April 2019 (UTC)If my writing in the sandbox is inappropriate and deleted for the reason of advertising as you answered. then what about "All India Women's Conference" page in Wikipedia? plz, guide me, because I am new. Don't know the rules. I get encouraged by this particular page and wanted to publish such a page about an organization who is going to organize a national women activists; conference at Sambalpur in coming October. Plz let me clear about my confusion.will be grateful forever. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mamata Padhi ( talk • contribs) 15:46, 20 April 2019 (UTC)
Can an uninvolved editor see this post on my talk page and evaluate this IP editor's and my actions? Thank you. Interstellarity ( talk) 15:14, 20 April 2019 (UTC)
Hello, I noticed that the article about Pope Honorius II refers to 1124 papal election as the main article about his election. However, the latter article is virtually empty, whereas the former contains quite a lot of detail about the proceedings. What would be the appropriate course of action ?
Additionally: what about attribution, is there a way to copy part of the history ?
The election page mentions translating the corresponding article in Polish, but I can't do that. Neither am I knowledgeable in any of the subjects, so I'd rather not make up a new text.
-- Kwakeroni ( talk) 15:36, 20 April 2019 (UTC)
Good day wikipedia people, may i know are there hand book or some sort for rookies? Some 1-stop guide containing FAQs that I should know? Any entry level materials that i shud go thru? Thanks. Im quite puzzled with how things work here... FakeMaknae ( talk) 19:04, 20 April 2019 (UTC)
Thanks FakeMaknae ( talk) 19:18, 20 April 2019 (UTC)
5 Months ago, I made a Mistake!! I DONT KNOW HOW TO EDIT Wikipedia PAGES. I clicked edit and I Randomly placed the news articles links in References on Wikipedia Pages. I'm Extremely Sorry About That and My website Cinemawoods.net is added to Spam list... I Don't Know What to Do... Please help me...
The Links that I added are 'Not Spam links.. It just News article about upcoming Tamil Movies. My website is added to the spam list because I Just don't know the proper way to add the References. Please Help Me to remove my website from the Spam list. I will not do this again.
Next Time, I will do in Proper Way by adding info/Updates about the Movie and add Reference for the Source. I will Help with what i can by updating Upcoming
Tamil movie Pages on wikipedia.
Thank you..— Preceding
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Thank You Sir.. @ NinjaRobotPirate — Preceding unsigned comment added by JayaMari860 ( talk • contribs) 19:20, 20 April 2019 (UTC)
Sir, As I got the answer like- "Hello, Mamata Padhi. Please read about Notability: Wikipedia is only interested in subjects where people who have no connection with the subject have already chosen to write about the subject at some length, and been published in reliable places. If such sources for your organisation exist, then there can be an article about it (but if you are in any way connected with the organisation, you are discouraged from creating such an article yourself, because of your conflict of interest). --ColinFine (talk) 17:34, 20 April 2019 (UTC)". I need to be clarify that if the newspaper publications can be sources? or what other types of sources are required to publish a new page in wikipedia 2nd thing is how I upload photos in the photo challenge section? because while uploading a new photo after clicking on uploads the existing uploaded photos are seeing. Plz guide. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mamata Padhi ( talk • contribs) 18:12, 20 April 2019 (UTC)
despite that I have good leads of information that anyone don't have but my friend Dodo elmoghazy was removed from wikipedia editing because of false information despite the same leads of information that I also use, I wonder is this will affect of my wikipedia editing? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dodomahmoud ( talk • contribs) 18:41, 20 April 2019 (UTC)
In the "verify your identity" screen, I accidently entered my password in the log in screen, no one will see it, right? -- Thegooduser Life Begins With a Smile :) 🍁 21:35, 20 April 2019 (UTC)
I wanted to ask if you could help me contact a user that edited and then submitted a draft that I had just started working on. I think they may have accidentally edited the page while not being logged in: User:84.46.52.110. I think this because there is no user page or talk page for this User. Can you help me? Was only curious why they submitted it for AfC approval as the article is not really very developed yet. Thank you! LorriBrown ( talk) 18:08, 20 April 2019 (UTC)
Can someone please edit the Brad Keller page and take off the rude comments people have edited to the page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Suits2bu2 ( talk • contribs) 03:38, 21 April 2019 (UTC)
I would like instructions on how to add to Wikipedia.
Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vedlagt ( talk • contribs) 09:07, 21 April 2019 (UTC)
Hello there! I'm new to Wikipedia and want to ask a question. Recently I made an article about East European University of Tbilisi. Now it says it is in draft mode. Could someone tell me when will it be reviewed? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shengelia83 ( talk • contribs) 09:00, 21 April 2019 (UTC)
Today's in our culture we are Hindu, is it right we have other community and religion if it is then how can we expand it. Is it anything doing for awareness of Gond People. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2405:204:3394:ED81:CA8:2C20:7718:E175 ( talk) 10:28, 21 April 2019 (UTC)
Hi WikiWizards,
I understand that citing a blog page is disallowed, but I'm unsure whether to classify a particular web article as such. If all material on a page (though not the site) is attributed to a corporate entity (the site owner) rather than an individual poster then does it count as a 'blog'? Might it be admissable 'news'?
RAClarke ( talk) 18:29, 19 April 2019 (UTC)
Hi Ariconte,
Thanks for your response. Yes, I can understand an objection on those grounds may still apply. However, should my edit have been rejected on the grounds that I reference a blog? It would be of value to have a definitive answer to this question because I imagine similar circumstances surround many other edits.
Regards RAClarke ( talk) 02:07, 20 April 2019 (UTC)
Hi Deor,
Thank you for expanding on the reasons for your decision. As an infrequent editor, my knowlege of Wikipedia is not as deep as the issues involved. I concede that "NonstopID Blog/News" as a site tag-line justifies your caution. Is it really a show-stopper, though? Wikipedia has innumerable links to sites run by the publishers of newspapers (eg www.theguardian.com), and sites run by the publishers of television programs (eg bbc.co.uk), even when they include a section, below the main article, where the reading public posts comments. Can we not add links to similarly formatted pages at sites run by the publishers of books? Nonstop Press may well be a one-man-band. We know only that it is a business specialising in print titles covering the same genre as the page I tried to edit. Do those qualifications not lift it above 'some random person on the Internet'? The news content of the article (that 2017 marked the 50th anniversary of the film's release) was indeed low, but relevant to the 'Legacy' section of the film's page at Wikipedia. Discussion towards concensus on alternative ways to improve it are perhaps best held on the talk page there.
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Hello everyone. I have added one line item to an article about a technical subject and to justify why it is relevant (it is) and why the item added should be there, I added references and external links to major sites w/o commercial purposes. However, somehow that I cannot really understand one (or more?) of these references have been considered promotional and the edit was reverted without any details of why or how to fix or improve it, just marking it as "spam". I of course since then read some of the articles to understand it better but the guidelines are fuzzy and don't really give a practical clue of what may be wrong. I could do trial-and-error with each link until it gets accepted but then that feels spam… Long story short: given that this is indeed content that should be there given its relevance, what am I missing there? Thanks a lot! KDEWolf ( talk) 18:03, 19 April 2019 (UTC)
Hello! I have improved and re-submitted my article, Brian Rosenworcel, for the 3rd time. I have added information, and 6 additional references to support notability of this individual. When attempting to add the additional references, I was not able to add them to the reference list in the proper format, or remove the detail from the paragraph. Would someone please look at it for me, and help me to fix it? It is finally on page 1 to be reviewed after several months of waiting. I just don't want it shut down due to formatting issues. Thank you so much! Zuzuroo ( talk)zuzuroo —Preceding undated comment added 14:26, 20 April 2019 (UTC)
Thanks so much for the help and information, Finnusertop! Zuzuroo ( talk)zuzuroo —Preceding undated comment added 13:52, 21 April 2019 (UTC)
Why does the autoconfirmed user access level have to exist? It seems pointless to me. C2A ( About | Call | Inspect) 17:08, 21 April 2019 (UTC)
How does the autoconfirmed user access level defend that from happening? C2A ( About | Call | Inspect) 17:32, 21 April 2019 (UTC)
I have been trying to interpret the instructions for a corporate author using the Vancouver style error instructions, but despite trying several different interpretations of the information (I am obviously missing something), I still have a mistake in reference 4 on this sandbox page. I wonder if someone might explain what I am doing wrong? I also wonder, when citing different sections/essays/chapters in a book, if I should create new entries for each one? I am not certain how to reuse a reference but indicate it is to another page or chapter. Thank you. TrudiJ ( talk) 14:24, 21 April 2019 (UTC)
Thank you Nick Moyes for catching my error and thus fixing the reference! TrudiJ ( talk) 15:03, 21 April 2019 (UTC)
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15:43, 21 April 2019 (UTC)I am just curious how Wikipedia is going to survive in the future, all the editors are not paid, how are we going to keep the community motivated? Thank you, guys! Excited to be the part of the team. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikicop33 ( talk • contribs) 20:45, 21 April 2019 (UTC)
Thank you so much, Roy and Finnusertop, appreciate it! Wikicop33 ( talk) 23:47, 21 April 2019 (UTC)
I provided considerable material in an article only to have most of it removed by another user. I know it was all factual so I don’t understand why it was removed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kb3dad ( talk • contribs) 00:20, 22 April 2019 (UTC)
i recently opted to become a user, in the hope that i can give something back to Wikipedia beyond an annual contribution. I notice my preferred usernames were taken. how can i contact the "other" me to say hello? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Brucefhyman ( talk • contribs) 03:21, 22 April 2019 (UTC)
JackintheBox posted on my talk page suggesting a change to a certain page. I didn't know why he had posted this on my page, but his proposed change seemed appropriate so I made it and notified him of this on his talk page. Now, however, an anonymous user has come on there and posted inane remarks about tacos and patty melts. These can be edited out of course, either by JackintheBox or myself, but I'm a bit disturbed that anyone can come on anonymously and fool around like this – or worse. Can this kind of thing be properly termed vandalism, and in any event is there something that can be done about it other than editing each individual instance? I'm wondering whether an originating IPP address can be and sometimes is blocked, for instance. Thanks. Roy McCoy ( talk) 23:05, 21 April 2019 (UTC)
Thanks for the explanations, Cullen328 and JackintheBox. The remarks of the anonymous poster seem less odd now that I understand the restaurant (non)reference. The capitalization in the aircraft carrier article was correct, and I'm glad we got it through. Just one question for Jim: why "rvv" rather than "rv"?
Hi there, I made an article in English about Swedish band THEN COMES SILENCE ( /info/en/?search=Draft:Then_Comes_Silence), there are already articles in the German and Swedish Wikipedia. My article is an English translation of those that already exist in those other languages. It's been a few weeks and I haven't heard anything but I still can't search for the article, which makes me think it hasn't been approved yet. How can I move forward from here to get it approved?
Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Viikki Saari ( talk • contribs) 05:02, 22 April 2019 (UTC)
{{subst:submit}}
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The topic Entrepreneurs Sorority does not exist in Wikipedia. In December 2018 I developed Sigma Epsilon Theta Sorority and it is percieved to be the first Sorority primaraly focused on entrepreneurs. Although it is an Africian American Sorority we except members from all races and ethnicities if they are deemed qualified to be a member. How do I determine if this topic is notable material for inclulsion into a Wikipedia Page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Erma Covington ( talk • contribs) 07:41, 22 April 2019 (UTC)
Hi. I have recently written my first full Wikipedia entry in my sandbox. I clicked 'publish' as advised, but the page is still titled as my sandbox. I've looked at the code for numerous other pages but can't see how the page title is actually specified. I know it must be simple, but I seem to be missing something... article with incorrect title shown below.
Many thanks,
-- Twirl73 ( talk) 23:40, 21 April 2019 (UTC)
Also, I've noticed many bands (and other topics) appear as 'stub' articles with significantly less info and fewer or no references. Would what I have submitted be suitable for inclusion like this?
Thanks again.
-- Twirl73 ( talk) 00:41, 22 April 2019 (UTC)
Okay, thanks again CoolSkittle, I'll try and get appropriate national print reference info added. I'll also look at at the {{ cite episode}} options for significant radio coverage. The 'other stuff exists' essay made me smile - yeah, I guess I asked for that. I'm still figuring out the Wikipedia world but was puzzled that so many apparently less well-referenced articles exist. Selah. -- Twirl73 ( talk) 01:06, 22 April 2019 (UTC)
Sorry, I neglected to thank David Biddulph for advice also. Thank you! -- Twirl73 ( talk) 08:23, 22 April 2019 (UTC)
I have been playing Dungeon Siege for a couple of weeks but am now trapped. I can go between the "Travelers Camp" and the "Eastern Swamp" but cannot proceed any further. If anyone could help I would be very grateful. Many Thanks Denis — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.147.144.188 ( talk) 10:40, 22 April 2019 (UTC)