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I am a new editor in a course using the Wiki Education course program. My question relates to the classes given to each article. How are classes for each article determines and what classifications in forms of editing are looked at to determine the grade? Are there any tools that can help a new editor make their page stand out in order to earn a higher class? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dhocine ( talk • contribs) 01:25, 12 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi. I would like to know, what must i do before i can start writing articles myself? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sbob99 ( talk • contribs) 19:32, 11 February 2020 (UTC)
Also, editors on this site are bipolar. I copied a page (a list of cake companines) and changed it to my subject and it was deleted- i forget why. Also, people delete my posts like a list of what stores sell like "clothes and appliances" an it was deleted becuase that "is advertising?!?!?!?!" Lastly, people here in general must be idiots. I created a page of the public elementary school i attended that closed 25 years ago. The page was deleted because "it promoted a busines". Get ready for stupid replies if u want to contribute. Have fun!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by The 0utsider1 ( talk • contribs) 14:58, 13 February 2020 (UTC)
We would like to post a New York Times archival photo on the Wikipedia page of feminist, businesswoman, activist — Jewell Jackson McCabe from her historic barrier breaking race in 1993 for President of the NAACP. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.246.28.125 ( talk) 17:13, 12 February 2020 (UTC)
Trying to have Wikipedia update Jewell Jackson McCabes Wikipedia profile to include photo of her groundbreaking first woman in 1993 serious candidate for NAACP President. The Sunday April 1993 the NYTS Week and Review section — cover page lower left hand corner. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bijounoir13 ( talk • contribs) 18:03, 12 February 2020 (UTC)
requesting a Wikipedia approved photo on my Wikipedia page Jewell Jackson McCabe — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bijounoir13 ( talk • contribs) 18:14, 12 February 2020 (UTC)
I've been using Wikipedia for over a decade and have always wanted to learn more about contributing. Is this idea for an article for my local utility company not viable? I used TECO, Tampa Electric, as a pillar for constructing this one? Admittedly I made mistakes originally in citations. Is there any glaring issue that I'm not seeing in the latest update that was rejected? Could it also be related to the length of the article? /info/en/?search=Draft:Lakeland_Electric Galehaut2 ( talk) 15:49, 13 February 2020 (UTC)
suppose gghgv.ffg/fggv moved to gghgv.ffg/hhg/fggv, how should i proceed ? Leela52452 ( talk) 18:07, 13 February 2020 (UTC)
Hello! Lots of thanks to the Wikipedia community for supporting me as I cut my teeth in this Wiki world. I am based in D.C., but interested in providing due diligence to leaders in Atlanta, especially those who are not yet recognized in Wikipedia. I have an interest in mega-sporting events in particular and I appreciate that Wikipedia has a great article on the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and Paralympics already. That said, I am facing challenges in my first stab at a Wiki bio for a journalist in Atlanta. It has been declined twice due to a lack of secondary sources. Fully understood that bios, in particular, need to stick to high non partisan and accurate standards with legitimate third party justifications/resources. So, I am wondering if I add all of the additional below links in this message to the Wikipedia draft on Philip Bolton, would this beefed up version have a chance at qualifying? Are the AJC, Georgia State University, Georgia Tech, the French-American Chamber of Commerce, the Liberian Consulate, the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, and other listed outlets not considered verifiable sources? I have read the guidance and they should fit the bill. I am also curious as to why this Phil Bolton profile was rejected, but the profile for another legitimate mover and shaker in Atlanta was published in Wikipedia? /info/en/?search=Ed_Hula I don't see much difference in content and I thought that Wikipedia was about consistency. Please advise. Thanks!!
/info/en/?search=User:Mtrinab/sandbox
https://www.ajc.com/blog/politics/heads-professional-cricket-coming-atlanta/yXnqkELRjkaJrdRns8y8cP/ https://www.ajc.com/blog/politics/globalism-becoming-dirty-gop-word-and-that-bodes-ill-for-the-southern-economy/Y2RAELH25vjIl2fmwxeq2J/ https://www.ajc.com/entertainment/atlanta-host-celebration-african-culture-2014/usXMaEuGNnMU42MSCG96NM/ http://www.international.gouv.qc.ca/en/atlanta/actualites/12635 http://www.hubga.com/tag-press-release/phil-bolton-president-of-agio-press-inc-publisher-of-global-atlanta-recognized-for-lifetime-international-achievement/ https://www.facc-atlanta.com/about-us/board-of-directors.html http://julius_lee.tripod.com/id421.html http://www.khabar.com/magazine/around-town/remembrance-meetings-for-late-dr-l-s-narasimhan-narsi http://atlantadunia.com/Dunia/News09/N2017/N1205.aspx https://georgiadec.com/membership/ https://deanruskintlaw.com/2017/01/23/belgian-consul-general-de-baets-featured-at-global-atlanta-luncheon/ https://www.americanbazaaronline.com/2016/04/06/aif-atlanta-gala-honors-ceos-ups-xylem/ http://www.philippinesusa.info/news/4919/300/AMBASSADOR-CUISIA-LEADS-ECONOMIC-DIPLOMACY-MISSION-IN-ATLANTA/d,phildet/ https://talkingbiznews.com/we-talk-biz-news/how-globalatlanta-com-covers-international-news-with-a-local-perspective/ https://ce.gatech.edu/news/lindsey-tells-global-atlanta-her-internship-nepal-showed-her-power-earthquake-engineering http://www.jasgeorgia.org/page-18276
/info/en/?search=Ed_Hula — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mtrinab ( talk • contribs) 17:46, 13 February 2020 (UTC)
Hello
I recently found my grandfather's wiki page. The date stated on Wikipedia that he died is incorrect. I'd like that changed. I don't want to login and create an account, so could someone edit it for me? His name is Wally Green and he was a UK based Speedway rider /info/en/?search=Wally_Green
He died on 11 December 2006, not 2007 as published.
Thank you.
Sally — Preceding unsigned comment added by 165.225.81.45 ( talk) 11:37, 13 February 2020 (UTC)
Hiya. That source is wrong. It was 2006 not 2007. I can't link to an online obituary I'm afraid, but since I am related to him, and went to his funeral, I cam confirm 2006 is correct. I appreciate I am asking you to take my word for it, and this maybe against your policy, but if you could change it I would be grateful. Thanks again for looking into this for me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 165.225.81.118 ( talk) 12:34, 13 February 2020 (UTC)
I want to add that Hindustani is a part of Hindi dialects, so it is very important for me that, Hindi came first or Urdu, please tell me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fogstar ( talk • contribs) 19:04, 13 February 2020 (UTC)
Hello, I am new to wiki and need some advise. My employer has proposed that I make factual additions and edits to a city wiki page, however, I am an employee of that "city" and that would be considered a COI. Can someone guide me and tell me where I can disclose that or what my steps would be? Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by CTX001 ( talk • contribs) 20:57, 13 February 2020 (UTC)
On WP:PRODNOM, one of the steps to do before proposing deletion include: "Confirm the page is eligible for proposed deletion by checking that:
it has not previously been proposed for deletion. it has not previously been undeleted. and it is not, nor has ever been, discussed at AfD/FfD."
How do you check if an article has been previously proposed for deletion, been undeleted, or been discussed in Articles for Deletion or FfD? Also, what is FfD? Whisperjanes ( talk) 04:39, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
Hello am so glad to be part in Wikipedia. I like to have help on how to publish my article Draft:Ntinda Vocational Training Institute on Live Space. Thank You.-- Sandrah.Akol ( talk) 08:46, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
Is there a way for users to 'edit' Wikipedia with structured data? For example, how could Wikipedia be used as a repository for sightings of the Antipodean Albatross? I'm thinking of a database of sightings with records including:
Then the Wikipedia page could display statistical data (graphs, maps, etc.) based on these data points. This data could be filtered by, for example, sighting date range, season range (over multiple years), male, female, juvenile, etc.
This ability to store publicly recorded data would appear to be consistent with the Five pillars philosophy...
Thanks for any suggestions,
Mark.
Gwalior84 ( talk) 06:43, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
Good Morning,
Article-The Toven
The article title above (The Toven) was apparently rejected. Reason; "not sufficiently notable for inclusion in Wikipedia". Please breakdown the meaning of "sufficiently" as it relates to notable. As I understand the guidelines. "notable" is the requirement and while accompanied with the word "sufficiently" can come off as ambiguous and unclear to the author. Currently I can find no such language in Wikipedia guidelines and rules referring to the phrase "Not Sufficiently Notable". Please assist with pointing this verbiage out if I am missing something.
Respectfully submitted — Preceding unsigned comment added by Spiritletters ( talk • contribs) 15:06, 13 February 2020 (UTC)
Hello, While reading the article on the Economic and Monetary Union of the European Union i discovered that there is no article on the European Semester which is a framework for coordinating member states' economic policies. I would therefore like to write an article on the European Semester. Do you think it is a notable topic? Do you have any suggestions on how to go forward? Everine Akello ( talk) 11:31, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
Or should i just build on the main article by including a section on the European Semester? Everine Akello ( talk) 11:34, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
Hello to all!
Recently, I decided to make some (still not existent) pages for the isopod species that occur in Greece. In these pages, except for the known information and the bibliography/references, I would like to add some self-made distribution maps, based on the literature. The question is: How can I make those maps? I must specify that I don't want to make something elaborate, just simple, "color-the-blank-map" pictures, like the already existent distribution map of Armadillidium klugii ( /info/en/?search=Armadillidium_klugii#cite_note-klugiigroup-2). Any help would be much appreciated!
Thanks! Xeroporcellio ( talk) 12:17, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
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Mark viking}} {
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17:31, 13 February 2020 (UTC)Hello - years ago I wrote an article about an early video group of which I was a part - this group was setup in 1977 (that's pretty early for video and part of the history). I was immediately banned from wiipedia by a moderator and in the past I have seen a page where other moderators tried reasoning with him for banning me. When I wrote the article I didn't actually realise that you couldn't write about something you were involved in so I made a mistake but somehow that seems to have been a lifetime ban.
Friends in other countries have tried writing things about me but they have been taken down too. Presumably there's a system where banning sticks.
I think the argument was that I was of no consequence at the time or something like that. In fact I'm now 67, I've been a professor of Cinematography, I've organised Cinematography Festivals, I've exhibited art in many cathedrals and represented internationally by a leading agency - I shot the world's third electronically gathered feature film in 1986, etc, etc and the little history I wrote way back when is still of relevance, especially as there is generally a concerted and systemic eradication of early histories of cybernetic media as they conflict with what academia tends to propose as 'the real history'. And yes you might argue I'm a little paranoid. I've always thought of wikipedia as being a counter to that tendency but I'm wondering if anyone can track down if my ban still exists and particularly - is it just? Maybe if the original moderator that hit so hard back then is still alive he/she might have a rethink? What constitutes the decision on whether or not an event, a person, a life is worth a mention on wikipedia - or not?
Terry Flaxton — Preceding unsigned comment added by Terry Flaxton ( talk • contribs) 14:02, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
what kind of information/coverage and citations are preferred? Please also suggest some tips and tricks so next time my page would be accepted. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DivyaSethia ( talk • contribs) 13:59, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi fellow Wikipedians, I need help with an article's references. I am trying to publish an article on a Canadian journalist and diversity consultant, Hamlin Grange. However, I've tried to follow multiple reviews and guidelines provided by 3 different editors, resulting in a great deal of confusion. If somebody can please provide some clarification and review it now, that would be really helpful. The references include the following:
The subject has significant secondary notability, as well. He is a recipient of several awards and honors, all of which are covered independently in the aforementioned sources. He has published papers and co-authored 2 books with his wife. He serves on the board of several private and government organizations. All of this is covered in the sources above and others cited in the article.
I have seen articles with much less credibility and reliable sources assessed and published on Wikipedia. At this point, I am confused as to what I am doing wrong. One of the reviewers told me yesterday that the subject may be notable, but I need to fix inline citations. Another one told me today that I need to add more reliable sources. One other reviewer told me that there should be at least 3 reliable sources, which I have provided.
Sorry for the long post, but really need some clarification here. Thank you. FelixtheNomad ( talk) 00:14, 12 February 2020 (UTC)
Courtesy link Draft:Hamlin Grange and also pinging John from Idegon as the most recent reviewer. shoy ( reactions) 15:02, 12 February 2020 (UTC)
Actually, I know who Hamlin Grange is. He's an old friend.... Well, it's honest at least, but it's not independent.
Hello, I've been wanting to write an article about someone named "Muammer Topalı". He's known as "Taksim Dayı" on the internet. He became famous after trying to answer some questions in street interview. The interview was in English but he could only speak english so he tried to answer the questions with unintelligible sounds. He's extremely famous in Turkey but he only appears on youtube. He was recently on a local television channel in Turkey. The video of him that was on television was the uploaded to youtube on their channel (their as in the local television channels Youtube channel). I believe Youtube isn't considered a reliable source no matter how reliable the channel is. There aren't any other sources so how can I write an article about him? Regards, Rodrigo Valequez ( talk) 14:19, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
It's me again, Rodrigo Valequez. I read the answers but other questions popped into my head:
Regards, Rodrigo Valequez ( talk) 14:53, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
Would it be more appropriate to write about the individual in the Turkish Wikipedia and translate it since around 70% of all Turkish individuals with access to social media know about him? If I went to Istanbul and found this man, then interviewed him and recorded a video or wrote an article on another website about him. Would the information be considered reliable? (If he was known for other things.) Sorry for bugging you with these questions by the way. Rodrigo Valequez ( talk) 15:06, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
Alright, thanks for the feedback. My questions have been answered, for now. My questions are endless, the wikipedia community shall never sleep again. I-I me-mean umm-uh.. forget what I said. Regards, Rodrigo Valequez ( talk) 16:37, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
How do you add an item to a certain category? For instance, if I wanted to add "Random page" to "Category:Random pages" (these are just examples), how would I do so? Thanks, King of Scorpions (my talk) 22:55, 13 February 2020 (UTC)
[[:Category:Random pages]]
, which renders as
Category:Random pages) so it doesn't actually put the talk page in that category. —[
AlanM1(
talk)]— 00:50, 14 February 2020 (UTC)I would like to learn how to edit on wiki properly so if you could can you please give me all the help you have. ( im a complete beginner) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nanometer545 ( talk • contribs) 17:48, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
You may see a note HERE from Kingsif regarding a request to the Teahouse for asssistance editors rendered. He asks that I extend a thank you from him, so do please consider it extended. I apologize for the untimely nature of my passing the message; I only just noticed it. And I did thank the particular editor who assisted me at the time of his assistance. We are trying to create a GA for [New Albion] and the work provided by the Teahouse was important. We do appreciate it. Hu Nhu ( talk) 20:39, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
I'm writing is order to check how can I contact with wikipedia authors - my previous question was deleted as it was mentioning my new website promoting knowledge sharing... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.17.39.202 ( talk) 14:05, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi everyone, long-time lurker here who recently started editing more frequently. I'm a copyeditor affiliated with GOCE and am currently editing a requested article on a subject whose real name is being used instead of his stage name, which is the title of the article. Should I switch each instance of his real name into his stage name? --Tenryuu ( 🐲 • 💬 • 🌟) 20:35, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
I was considering writing an article on the decentralised autonomous organisation MakerDAO ( https://makerdao.com/en/) on the Ethereum blockchain. I'd like to know if this is considered 'notable'? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wilf6 ( talk • contribs) 20:25, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
This is an editor that usually work in Chinese WP. Having read some essays, Chorographies, and reports from Chinese Railway Co. nowadays, I am now clear of the timeline of Peking-Mukden Railway, and come up with some ideas:
These are the ideas I have. Johnson.Xia ( talk) 02:26, 14 February 2020 (UTC) PS:the draft I wrote for Peking-Mukden Railway. Johnson.Xia ( talk) 02:26, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
I have used it before, but I can't remember it's name. Thanks,
Thatoneweirdwikier
Say hi 18:49, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
How do you create an article that’s subject isn’t in red? — Preceding unsigned comment added by ArtistBookGirl ( talk • contribs) 05:58, 15 February 2020 (UTC)
So, i went to view the edit history of a page, and i noticed that next to each edit, there's always a number that's either green with a plus sign, or red with a minus sign. Does anyone know what these are? thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sbob99 ( talk • contribs) 12:48, 15 February 2020 (UTC)
I have created the article Central Universities Commom Entrance Test on 27 January which is not be reviewed till now. How long time it would take to be reviewed ? HRC491 ( talk) 12:59, 15 February 2020 (UTC)
I've read about copyrights but I don't understand that if I don't include the original content can I still use it (e.g. a non-free book) for citation? (thanks) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Et0zl ( talk • contribs) 15:20, 15 February 2020 (UTC)
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.) Good luck!
Nick Moyes (
talk) 15:30, 15 February 2020 (UTC)I live in Turkey at the moment and if I were to collect information physically, would that be considered as reliable information or would I have to somehow publish the information on a reliable website? Regards, Rodrigo Valequez ( talk) 15:11, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
Then how is research collected? Does wikipedia only take information from reliable websites or already available content and post it? Regards, Rodrigo Valequez ( talk) 15:17, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
That's what I meant as in take, sorry. Regards, Rodrigo Valequez ( talk) 16:33, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
So I could use reliable published books even if they aren't available online? Thanks for the info. Regards, Rodrigo Valequez ( talk) 19:52, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
All right, thanks for the info. Regards, Rodrigo Valequez ( talk) 18:16, 15 February 2020 (UTC)
i could not make any sense about "Records indicate that after from 1994-2012 after immunizations began to rise diseases such as Polio decrease drastically as well as Hepatitis B". reference 18 format is also broke, it might be referring to https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6316a3.htm?s_cid=mm6316a3_w Leela52452 ( talk) 18:33, 15 February 2020 (UTC)
I want to know if normal academic reference signs are applicable with wikipedia. for example in the sentence; The founder of the community is called Edem1. The 1 after Wdem is actually a superscript in which the 1 stands on top right of m. Is acceptable with wikipedia? — Preceding unsigned comment added by HOPHXY ( talk • contribs) 21:57, 15 February 2020 (UTC)
I'm a newbie and here mostly to patch internal inconsistencies but don't know how to address them, please help.
An article contains a statement which, despite its reference, is not true. By it not being true I mean I can provide a different reference giving a conflicting statement. Should both be included? Should a 'reference duel' be initiated to decide which statement is true? What is the established way to solve such issues? Kuiet ( talk) 00:00, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
the role and importance of essentialism in biology is still a matter of debate.
— Essentialism
In my article 2020 NRL Nines, there's a red message saying "Expression error: Unexpected ( operator" as it cannot compute the attendance per match. How do I remove the per match part of the category and in doing so, remove the red message? WDM10 ( talk) 23:18, 15 February 2020 (UTC)
| noaverage = 1
then the infobox will not attempt to compute an average from attendance
and it does not have to be a pure number.
PrimeHunter (
talk) 00:03, 16 February 2020 (UTC)
Hello,
I'm translating an english article Swift Playgrounds to another language pt:Swift Playgrounds. The images in the english wikipage are not recognized in other languages. Is there a way to reference images from the english wikipedia from wikipages in different languages? Or is it necessary to upload them again?
Thanks, Coel Jo ( talk) 01:24, 16 February 2020 (UTC)
I'm reading the Wikipedia guidelines but I'd like to know what is the general opinion regarding frequent quoting of sources that support the statement of a given Wiki page and giving an as complete as possible information about the cited source (pages, dates, quotes, url, isbn, etc.). Is it bad if the majority of the citations in a given Wiki article also contain quotes and their respective pages from the source? Is it generally seen as a citation overkill? Does it violate certain Wikipedia policies? Can someone be banned for opting for full citations with quotes?
@ Stricnina: This is the approach I was thinking of:
This is some article prose{{Efn|1="Some quoted text from page 3"{{R|Smith-2020|p=3}}}}
and more article prose{{Efn|1="Some quoted text from page 27"{{R|Smith-2020|p=27}}}}
and also article prose.{{Efn|1="The only quote from Jones"<ref name="Jones-2013" />}}
=== Notes ===
{{Notelist}}
=== References ===
{{Reflist |refs=
<ref name="Smith-2020">{{Cite book |last1=Smith |first1=John |title=My life |date=2020 }}</ref>
<ref name="Jones-2013">{{Cite book |last1=Jones |first1=Bob |title=Some title |date=2013 |page=55}}</ref>
}}
It produces the following:
This is some article prose [a] and more article prose [b] and also article prose. [c]
Note that {{R|Smith-2020|p=3}}
is a short substitute for <ref name="Smith-2020" />{{Rp|3}}
.
(For some reason, I didn't get alerts from the mentions you made with @{{u|AlanM1}}
. I suggest using {{
Re|AlanM1}}
instead.) —[
AlanM1(
talk)]— 19:45, 15 February 2020 (UTC)
hello wikipedia. i dont know how to create a page properly i am new here could you please or anyone help me to make or create my page with hard singh rapper name here on wikipedia worldwide. i am rapper, i am gamer also i want to disclose my life bio here so everyone know me from wikipedia. ( i am not here for socialism )
if anyone can help me with this please email me thanks or tell me how to or how can i make my page exposed worldwide like other artist does. thanks help me or i need assistant who can create my page and expose there anything like that thanks help me asap. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hard Singh Rapper ( talk • contribs) 10:27, 16 February 2020 (UTC)
On my watchlist I get:
diffhist Jabberwocky [pending revisions] 08:18 +92 86.21.217.229 talk →Possible interpretations of words
When I go to rhe revision comparison page for this I get the left source page saying that this is the accepted revision and attributing this revision to me, AlainV. But the content of this revision is a series of words that I never wrote: "In the above old image it has four legs and also"
My last revision to the page was really putting in the inline citation to the Muppet Show production with info straight from the talk page.
I am bemused.-- AlainV ( talk) 15:15, 16 February 2020 (UTC)
Greetings, I created a new page and I do not see the move page option to make the page public. Can you please advise? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sarah Litz ( talk • contribs) 16:32, 16 February 2020 (UTC)
The captioned PBR along the left hand margin of the "Operations" section is mislabeled. It is a Mark II PBR - there are differences in their appearance. And - the machine gun on the back of the boat is a .50 Caliber same as the guns on the forward deck. I know because I served on a PBR in the Delta 1969-70. Thank you for having someone correct these errors.
Ralph Richason veteran of USN PBR River Division 515 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.221.142.48 ( talk) 16:09, 16 February 2020 (UTC)
Additionally the forward guns on a PBR are twin .50 caliber - not a single. Thank you.
Ralph Richason — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.221.142.48 ( talk) 16:11, 16 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi dear friends. I post info about artist/music producer and gave 5-6 link sources about his works and music but sistem sent me this- Better sources than blogs and social media are needed.Whick sources should be?
https://dancepromo.wordpress.com/2019/06/22/saturday-night-mr-f-presents-mr-p-aka-c-block-here-we-go-2019/ (official site about eurodance music)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-Block (official page)
https://m.facebook.com/EuroRapMusic/posts/2490797204305208 (T-Music's official page)
https://www.eurodancemag.ga/search/label/here%20we%20go?&max-results=5&m=1 (official site about eurodance music)
https://www.reddit.com/r/eurodance4ever/comments/c290hx/mrf_presents_mrp_aka_cblock_here_we_go_2019/
https://youtube.com/Vv6Rg2dcKrg
thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Funt Sterling ( talk • contribs) 20:14, 16 February 2020 (UTC)
Could I write an article about the decrease of the usage of public transportation in london? I have some reliable sources and the topic seems notable. Can I or should I write about it? Regards, Rodrigo Valequez ( talk) 10:24, 16 February 2020 (UTC)
All right, thanks. I'll get started soon. Regards, Rodrigo Valequez ( talk) 13:23, 16 February 2020 (UTC)
I have a question. If all my sources are in one website, could I just use the website as a source and put that as a link or would I have to give separate links? Thanks, Rodrigo Valequez ( talk) 13:33, 16 February 2020 (UTC)
Stumbled across the above, article seems to belong in wp, somewhere. X1\ ( talk) 20:41, 16 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi Everyone,
Can anyone help me to setup an 'Archive" on my Talk Page? I want to make it separate Year wise. I have tried to add but failed. DMySon 12:52, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
This article has an unclear
citation style. |
Hi, I am working on a page: /info/en/?search=Michael_J._Black and have an unclear citation style warning and that "...{{citation style..." has been added to the page. I have looked through the page, and all citations are the same (format) all using "...{{Cite web|..." ... I'm not sure what I'm missing :) Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated. — Preceding unsigned comment added by IntoTheFuture1402 ( talk • contribs)
I don't know anything if it is legitimate or not, but I'm just concerned about a certain editor copy-pasting the same (or almost the same) contribution to different Wikipedia articles. Examples:
Should this be reported or not? Stricnina ( talk) 11:30, 16 February 2020 (UTC)
The Wikimedia/Wikibooks Cookbook seems like a potentially invaluable resource, but there's at least one recipe in there that is maybe not okay: https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Placenta_with_Broccoli
I don't claim to know whether or not cooking and eating placenta is culturally okay somehere in the world, but to me this feels like it was written as a joke?
“This is a tasty dish that the whole family will love.”
“You'll need about 1/2 the placenta of a 6.2 pound baby, or 1/3 the placenta of a 9.3 pound baby.”
I mean... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1006:B126:AA2C:B8C1:DE23:854:862F ( talk) 19:02, 15 February 2020 (UTC)
I have a View Master gift pack (probably from the late 1950s) in good condition in original box. Included are 9 reels. I was wondering the value of it. I can't find anything exactly like it on the internet. Would this be something you would be interested in purchasing, or could you tell me what I should ask.
Thank you.
Carol — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.81.0.136 ( talk) 13:18, 17 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi, i am the founder of www.marinadelray.co ( not marina del rey which is in California) the Marina is the first Port of entry into Indonesia that has a western standard marina. It is a vital piece of Infrastructure for Yachts traveling around the world and crossing the between the Pacific and Indian Ocean.
it is the first time in Indonesia that the country has opened up its sovereignty to allow the expansion of its emerging Maritime economy.
Before now Indonesia had no Marinas.
i want to know of someone would write a independent report on the business please? — Preceding unsigned comment added by RaymondLaFontaine ( talk • contribs) 14:10, 17 February 2020 (UTC)
I have contributed in creating two pages: Interpersonal Acceptance-Rejection Theory (IPARTheory) and International Society for Interpersonal Acceptance and Rejection. However, they are still not reviewed. It has been since November 2019 that no one reviewed to be approved. Can anyone help me find out how long does it take to get it reviewed after publishing and before it goes live? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ali.shaila ( talk • contribs) 15:27, 17 February 2020 (UTC)
Thanks, For a prompt reply. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ali.shaila ( talk • contribs) 15:51, 17 February 2020 (UTC)
Hello,
I am hoping that someone can assist me. I would like to know how to edit a factual error, that is located on a "protected" page.
Thank you in advance for your assistance. I appreciate it! — Preceding unsigned comment added by GarboLaughs ( talk • contribs) 14:39, 17 February 2020 (UTC)
But when i edit and give a genuine link to a content why it's called ads and removed ? Please don't be biased. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Womenrights.in ( talk • contribs) 11:14, 17 February 2020 (UTC)
This is what you changed now and telling a new story. biased people must be bribed to keep 20 reference in pepper spray — Preceding unsigned comment added by Womenrights.in ( talk • contribs) 11:32, 17 February 2020 (UTC)
good job thanks a lot.. we all need to be on equal plane — Preceding unsigned comment added by Womenrights.in ( talk • contribs) 16:25, 17 February 2020 (UTC)
Hello all:
I just published a fairly substantial revision to the article about Judge Addison Brown. I attempted to retain the See Also, External Links, etc., as well as botanical references but feel someone more knowledgeable might find errors, particularly in these areas.
Thanks-- Riverbend Trail ( talk) 14:33, 17 February 2020 (UTC)
I edited the Wikipedia page for 13 (number) so that one of the subsections that lists the properties of 13 reads:
"a lucky number (ironically)."
Is this allowed, or too unprofessional/not Wikipedia-like? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:56A:F390:2A00:C6F:1C75:1BCF:7104 ( talk) 21:04, 17 February 2020 (UTC)
I was following some edits and this came up under User contributions:
"This is the contributions page for an IP user, identified by the user's IP address. Many IP addresses change periodically, and are often shared by several users."
So, I'm curious.
Thanks Maryanne Cunningham ( talk) 20:47, 17 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi. I'm wondering how to define a 'number counter'. For example, there is currently a counter for the number of launches by SpaceX's Falcon 9 Full Thrust rocket; the call is given by double curly parantheses around the statement Falcon rocket statistics|F9FTlaunch and it currently gives the following result: 315. How and where is this counter defined and how is it updated?
Thanks, and cheers! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Spotty's Friend ( talk • contribs) 21:01, 17 February 2020 (UTC)
Thanks David Biddulph! -- Spotty's Friend —Preceding undated comment added 23:12, 17 February 2020 (UTC)
IS THERE ANY WAY THAT YOU CAN STOP THIS BOT FROM SIGNING MY POSTS ON TALK PAGES AS IT IS GETTING ANNOYING AND I DO NOT NEED SECOND HAND REMINDERS — Preceding unsigned comment added by Scott Dinah ( talk • contribs) 10:55, 17 February 2020 (UTC)
I don't need to sign all the time — Preceding unsigned comment added by Scott Dinah ( talk • contribs) 10:58, 17 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi everybody,
I am adding an external link to an article related to dialectic methodology. I do not think I am violating any rule regarding copyright as the article is written by me mainly by reading Hegel's writings including Science of Logic and Phenomenology of Spirit (Mind).
My article's are free to be published but in Wikipedia I am only adding an external link.
Is there any specific and concrete reason why the link has been removed?
Thanks, Madjid Madjidsalehi ( talk) 05:00, 17 February 2020 (UTC)
Which language is oldest Hindi or Urdu, I want to prove that Hindustani is an hindi Dialect. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fogstar ( talk • contribs) 08:28, 17 February 2020 (UTC)
the son of person has name close to the parent. wikipedia creates an automatic link from the son's name (listed under "children") to the son's grandfather's article (an established wikipedia article).
how _remove_ the link, so the son is listed, but not with an incorrect hyperlink? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wsnyder40 ( talk • contribs) 21:53, 17 February 2020 (UTC)
Hugsyrup, thank you! I found an external link to disambiguate the son (from the son's grandfather), and appreciate your bonus recommendations: have taken out brackets so no red ink (wondered where it came from...), and yes, the entry edits are about Georgian filmmaker Giorgi Shengelaia (who just died)...good idea to include when asking a question (wasn't sure). So quick and on target--thanks again! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wsnyder40 ( talk • contribs) 00:51, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
There's a section in the Merlin page called: Modern Fiction, and here it is:
Modern fiction
"The subject of Merlin has continued to be popular through the Renaissance and afterwards, especially since the renewed interest in the legend of Arthur in modern times. According to Arthurian scholar Alan Lupack, "numerous novels, poems and plays center around Merlin. (I've removed the citation for clarity) In American literature and popular culture, Merlin is perhaps the most frequently portrayed Arthurian character." Sometimes Merlin is a villain, such as in Mark Twain's satire of the legend, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889).
One entry, and a redirect to another page.
I'm wondering if that section should be in there at all, given there's a main article on the topic (of fiction involving Merlin). And if it should be there, it certainly needs more than a single reference to a (no longer very modern) writer. How much detail is expected of a section like this?
Grateful for thoughts from experienced editors, thanks! Maryanne Cunningham ( talk) 21:54, 17 February 2020 (UTC)
My youtube downloader page sandbox got rejected, but honestly I understand my sandboxes do kinda suck now because im not so experienced. but plz help me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by JaredmBrooks ( talk • contribs) 03:11, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
What is citation and how do you use it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Noreenkhan988 ( talk • contribs) 05:54, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan found that girls were actually kidnapped and married to Muslim men against their wishes or sold to them and these girls had not run away with them. Some girls from affluent Hindu families, run away with their Muslim boyfriends, but such marriages are short lived. The family links are severed and these females are then co-erced to marry some other Muslim man or are exploited by marriage agents. [1]
According to Pir Ayub Jan Sarhandi, a cleric accused of forced conversions, many Hindu girls are abducted and kept as sex slaves, but they are not converted. [1]
Most of these females have either lost their husbands or are extremely poor. According to Pir Ayub Jan Sarhandi, the government is supposed to look after all Hindus and others, but they approach him when they do not get government help. [1]— Spasiba5 ( talk) 10:37, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
References
I want to know about how can I do a better edit and how I publish a page ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by ZZ Digital Solution ( talk • contribs) 12:45, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
so ive created a page, but the name of the page is spelt wrong, can I amend it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.61.92.11 ( talk) 13:02, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
I am working on an article in my sandbox on WMF's OOUI-JS library. The only good sources I can find are from WMF sources. Do I need to wait for 3-rd party sources to appear? Also, is this topic notable enough? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nirobbins ( talk • contribs) 14:31, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
I've seen how to do this somewhere, but I can't remember how!
I want to cite this webpage: http://thepeerage.com/p41917.htm#i419169 . That's easy enough with the cite web template, but the problem is that thepeerage.com isn't really a reliable source in itself. The reliable source is the one it cites - Burkes Peerage 2003 (which I can't check directly). So I need a way to cite "Burkes Peerage as used in thepeerage.com" or "thepeerage.com citing Burkes Peerage." I've seen this done in the past, I've done it myself, but I'm having a brain fade today.
By the way, thepeerage.com, reliable or not, is quite widely used in Wikipedia. It'd be great if someone could come up with a template for it that manages this double citation problem. Chuntuk ( talk) 10:53, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
|via=
to include details that don't belong in |work=
or |publisher=
. However, if the situation is complex, it's sometimes easier to avoid templates altogether.
NinjaRobotPirate (
talk) 13:18, 18 February 2020 (UTC)Can only the person who put a tag on an article take it off? This article was tagged and I made corrections. (I am not the subject or connected to the subject). I asked the reviewer to check my changes but I havent gotten any response. Thank you -- HicksW ( talk) 10:45, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
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QuiteUnusual (
talk) 14:15, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
/info/en/?search=User:Almaty/sandbox
Hello! I haven't asked here for help in a very long time, but I also surprised myself on how I managed to use the bar graph wiki code to make a table that I'm interested in. It is in use in a high volume page.
I know that others make templates and others use external programs or websites, but due to the daily updated nature of the graph I'd like to keep it "easily" editable and updatable. But also - like right aligned, in a box, like we're meant to and others seem to be able to do quite easily... Can anyone teach me how to do this? Cos if tis not that hard I may make more for new subpages or the like down the line. Thankyou! -- Almaty ( talk) 10:48, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
I am trying to add a reference on the Supertramp page where it says "citation needed". It is after this statement: "Most of the band have said they feel they hit their artistic peak on this album". I have found an interview where the band's drummer says this but it is in a youtube video and my question is, is it okay to reference a youtube video? Ibrahim Moizooos ( talk) 14:20, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
Ibrahim Moizooos ( talk) 17:32, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
I recently submitted a draft article and need to disclose my COI information for judging by Wikipedia. How do I do that? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Squibking ( talk • contribs) 18:03, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
A full cast includes all of the listed people in the credits. Thanks,
Thatoneweirdwikier
Say hi 21:32, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
not every fictional character ever created deserves to be listed". NinjaRobotPirate ( talk) 22:12, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi there,
does anyone know how to remove a link to the name Jane Needham on the following link:
/info/en/?search=New_South_Wales_Bar_Association
It links to an 19th Century woman and not the correct Jane Needham SC.
Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.83.178.144 ( talk) 22:20, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
Hello,
I recently submitted a post about Rushan Abbas, the Executive Director of Campaign for Uyghurs (and NGO based in DC). As per her request, I was to create a wikipedia page for both her and her NGO. However, the submission I made was rejected due to "plagiarism." However, I used the information she already has submitted on her website (as per her request) and am allowed to copy it from there. How can I submit the article now?
/info/en/?search=User_talk:Daradavigne — Preceding unsigned comment added by Daradavigne ( talk • contribs) 22:08, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
English breakfast, 2 sugars and milk please :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by AddisonJudah ( talk • contribs) 22:33, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
Yes, have some
On the page Wikipedia:Book sources#Subscription eBook databases, the entry for Project MUSE, which I put there myself, does not work because I don't know how to code it properly. The problem is that the link does not transmit the isbn properly to Project MUSE so it can reply whether it has the book or not; it just goes to an input page. I'd appreciate it if someone who knows how would fix it. Thank you. deisenbe ( talk) 17:12, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
Hello,
I am a new editor working on an article for a restaurant, Aska, of which I am affiliated.
I appreciate that Wikipedia discourages editing articles by users with a conflict of interest. My intention is not to use wikipedia for promotional purposes. Rather, I believe that there is genuine public interest in Aska. This list, for instance, links to the article I am editing.
To be clear, I have not received payment in exchange for creating or editing this article. This is a personal endeavour. I wish to adhere to all best practices for editing an article with a COI. I have thus identified myself as a connected contributor on the article's talk page.
I am hoping for guidance specifically on how to remove the warning about possible undisclosed payments. I would appreciate any guidance on editing with a conflict of interest generally too. Are there other steps I can take to make my conflict of interest transparent?
Thank you very much for your help. -- ElliotMacy ( talk) 02:46, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi I on my sandbox I have made a Positions by round table for the 2019–20 Premier League. but Man City have just been banned from all European competitions until 2022 by UEFA how do I add that into it? I can't move the Champions League qualification section from 2-4 to 3-5 because Man city have been as low as 4th this season any help? REDMAN 2019 ( talk) 14:35, 16 February 2020 (UTC)
I'm currently creating the article Kang Myung-A, it's about a south korean sports shooter. The article is currently in my sandbox. I can't find the sports reference for olympics. I've looked and can't find anything that usefull. If anybody can help, thanks Neverbuffed ( talk) 00:17, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
can any one review my page to see eveerything is correct Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Firstshow28 ( talk • contribs) 07:47, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
Who are you referring to when you say "we"? - X201 ( talk) 10:56, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
In /info/en/?search=List_of_mayors_of_Gary,_Indiana there is an incorrect link and I don't know how to change it: The 5th Mayor, William J. Fulton in the list, targets a man by that name who has a page, but it is not the correct William J. Fulton, who does not have a page. The real Mayor Fulton died in 1930 and the Fulton targeted in the list page, well, all you have to do is read his page to know that he was never the Mayor of Gary. How do I get rid of the incorrect link? How would I add a link to a correct page if I created one? MillerBeachSteve ( talk) 14:50, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
[[William J. Fulton (politician)|William J. Fulton]]
will display as "William J. Fulton" but link to the correct (currently non-existent) article.Thank you ColinFine but there are no double square brackets around the name, nor are there any around others that have a link:
|align=center|5 | |align=center| William J. Fulton |align=center|March 1925 |align=center|1926 |bgcolor=#E81B23| | Republican |- MillerBeachSteve ( talk) 17:13, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
{{sortname|William J.|Fulton}}
. Here {{sortname|...}}
means it uses
Template:sortname. The template page has documentation showing that an optional link target can be added as a third parameter. I have done this in
[21] with {{sortname|William J.|Fulton|William J. Fulton (politician)}}
.
PrimeHunter (
talk) 17:41, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
PrimeHunter Thank you. I've had my own website since 1995 but never really gotten into Wikipedia formatting, etc. I need to learn more since I run across misinformation and have contemplating adding some things. Need to study though. I did think it had something to do with templates, but, like I said, I was in the dark. MillerBeachSteve ( talk) 11:03, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
I'm not a heavy user and would need some help. I added that Parov_Stelar is also a visual artist using printing, painting and silkscreen techniques, as well as a designer.
As prove for this addition to the page I added two great articles of renowned websites: 1. https://www.ooom.com/digital/parov-stelar-from-pop-music-to-art-shooting-star/2/ 2. https://competition.adesignaward.com/press-release.php?ID=63360
However, User:Edwardx classified these as 'poorly cited'.
Since I do not edit Wikipedia pages very often I would like to know why these citations are rated poor.
Thank you!
-- MarkusInCharge ( talk) 16:26, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
Thank you ColinFine. Edwardx, did you see the websites I used as a citation. They are quite renowned. 1. https://www.ooom.com/digital/parov-stelar-from-pop-music-to-art-shooting-star/2/ 2. https://competition.adesignaward.com/press-release.php?ID=63360 Please help/clarify.
-- MarkusInCharge ( talk) 10:41, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
Just out of curiosity, does anyone know what the most featured picture in all Wikipedias is ? I see some pictures that are featured in over 7 different Wikipedias, but I imagine that there has to be some that are featured many more times. Thanks Aspenkiddo ( talk) 18:06, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi, what should I do to clarify that I'm not paid for creating the article about Cleveroad? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Moana122 ( talk • contribs)
Hi Everyone,
Is it possible to change a speedy deletion tag to a "Deletion Discussion". I mistakenly tagged an article for speedy deletion but that must be into the deletion discussion. DMySon 11:43, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi Teahouse, I firstly appreciate your help. As a new editor nearly one month ago, my article Draft:Karlyn Percil was moved from draftspace to namespace pending AFC approval. Another editor saw this and moved it back to draftspace. I moved it back and suggested that if the edits weren't sufficient that the admin nominate it for deletion instead. Instead of doing this -- the editor moved back to draftspace with a move protection on the article. This exchange has now led to other editors not willing to provide feedback on the article to move it along the AFC approval process. I was a new editor at the time and the whole thing was super discouraging and hostile. I have since made over 100 edits on the article and continue to make edits on an ongoing basis. My Questions are:
Thanks a bunch for your help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by AMPLIFYHER2020 ( talk • contribs) 04:58, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
Thank you ThatMontrealIP Cullen328 for your feedback on this! In good faith, I've deleted the article and changed my username as to not be associated or conflict with the subject matter. I will work more on the article in draft and continue when the sources are more verifiable and continue to solicit feedback from the community. I do want to note that I think my actions were taken in bad faith from the get-go, which is pretty discouraging for new editors. In any event, thanks a bunch for all of the help as I am a more informed editor now. Tealbrain ( talk) 17:04, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
Can I get some help in regards to my wiki page Seems its tagged to be deleted I thought it was for a self photo I took which I own so I deleted and added again with what I thought was indication this was self photo which I owned I thought I was good to go now but still wonder???? Any comments Wayne Keon Keonw ( talk) 16:41, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
Here's a site evaluating various writers that comes from a notable source https://canlitguides.ca/canlit-guides-editorial-team/indigenous-literary-history-1960s-1990/1970s-1980s-literary-developments/ Wayne keon Keonw ( talk) 17:16, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
Hey there,
hope you're well!
My submission for Hannes Bieger was declined a week ago, I'm working on getting the page in a more acceptable state and would love some guidance on how I can do this.
I'm gathering more citation links, which I believe to be a weakness of the submission.
If there's anything else that is lacking, please let me know.
Thanks!
Much love, Marcus. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mgoldenbarnes ( talk • contribs) 15:20, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
Is there a way for wikipedia editors or administrators to revert changes in articles and if it is pssible, is there a way to stop that from happening? Rodrigo Valequez ( talk) 17:33, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
Hello @ ColinFine:, what if the reverts were meaningless and done as vandalism. Thanks, Rodrigo Valequez ( talk) 17:58, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
-I've deleted my question and the users names because I misunderstood him/her and it would most probably be offensive. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rodrigo Valequez ( talk • contribs) 18:24, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
"Thanks for setting a new record in reverting my perfectly good edits. I hope you feel satisfied in erasing my years of hard work and research. Good f**king day."
Hi, I have added biographical details to the page for Kerry Taylor (businesswoman) as the article said it required clean-up, as it was tagged as having been created/edited for undisclosed payments. Now I have checked that everything is factually correct and added a few more links and citations, does this tag need to be removed? What else can I do to clean it up sufficiently? Thanks Fashionista2020 ( talk) 14:10, 19 February 2020 (UTC)Fashionista2020
Hi, I tried to clean-up Kerry Taylor (businesswoman) article, but as it seems to have been created initially by a sock puppet editor, the changes I have made have made no difference to its status. Would it be possible to delete the article and start over? Fashionista2020 ( talk) 18:32, 19 February 2020 (UTC)Fashionista2020
Hey Wikipedia, I've never asked a question here before, but I was just wondering what your opinions are on the Jeffrey Epstein "Suicide" case. Did he kill himself? Was it an assassination? If it was an assassination who hired the assassin? I just want your opinion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bobby77777 ( talk • contribs) 16:13, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
How dare you question my motives? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bobby77777 ( talk • contribs) 16:19, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi --
I landed on Wikipedia's page for The Clovers because I was interested to learn more about their hit song "Love Potion No. 9".
When I reached the last two lines of the article, which read as follows ...
The alternative version is also included on the soundtrack release of the movie American Graffiti.
Another one of their Songs, "One Mint Julep", was featured in the movie Carol.
... I made a couple of minor corrections (for instance, the song in the last line was referred to as "Mint Julep" instead of "One Mint Julep" and it didn't link to the Wikipedia entry on the song) but soon discovered I didn't know how to properly embed a link in the word "Carol" that would send users directly to the Wikipedia page for the movie and *not* to the disambiguation page for "Carol".
Then I thought it would be helpful to embed a link to the soundtrack page for the movie "American Graffiti", but I wanted to embed the link in the words "soundtrack release" and not in the title of the movie. But I don't know how to do that, either.
Can you help?
Thank you!
Proof Pro (Richard Hartzell) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Proof Pro ( talk • contribs) 22:21, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
I want to create a page about a business called Dynamic Sports Training (DST), and was prompted to go here to see if it is notable enough. DST trains youth, high school, college and professional athletes and has been in the local news several times over the last few years, as well as featured in USA Today, Fox News, Houston Chronicle, The Boston Globe, St. Petersburg Times, Sporting News, ESPN, and Los Angeles Times. A staff member is also a coach for the Los Angeles Angels and has been in the news. Will this page be notable enough to create? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Therachelpoppe ( talk • contribs) 22:35, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
In the wikipedia search function, is there a way to include a subtitle under an article title in the search results? Im editing an artist entry and want to put a subtitle like "brazilian artist" below his name in serch results. How can I do this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pedro Kiua ( talk • contribs) 13:30, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
I recently created a page (Bauer Entertainment Marketing) that got declined due to it reading too much like an advertisement. What are some ways that I could fix this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gabbya2020 ( talk • contribs) 23:53, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
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Nick Moyes (
talk) 00:31, 20 February 2020 (UTC)Attempts to create a page for Author Robert B. Stone (in full disclosure, my father) have failed. Dr. Stone wrote over 80 books, including best-sellers such as Martinis & Whipped Cream (the first diet book of the high-protein, low-carb diet movement) and gave lectures globally on The Silva Method. But as these were in the 60s-80s, I'm having a hard time finding on-line citations or other evidence of notability, cited by Wikipedia editors as the reason for denying creating of the article. The published number of books he authored can be independently verified. I have some old newsletter clippings in paper about him. Can they be uploaded somehow and referenced? It seems many less well known, less successful authors have pages, so this appears a bit unfair. Can anyone suggest some advice? You can see more about Stone at robertbstone.com. Thank you, Dennis — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dstone2 ( talk • contribs) 21:11, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
So a bulk of my edits are for plants and animals, two passions of mine, I was told by another user that I need to be cautious about my citation sources, because of verifiability purposes. They then mentioned that a lot of animal pages are cited with books and reports. Can somebody link me the documentation for citing a book, also are scholarly magazines okay to cite? I often frequent the library and learning how to cite a book would be helpful. Thanks for any input, cheers -- PrecociousPeach ( talk) 01:04, 20 February 2020 (UTC)
Does infinite dimensional polytopes exist? and does it comply with the wikipedia:Notability? I found this: "infinite dimensional polytope", "polytopes in infinite dimensional spaces", Infinite Dimensional Compact Convex Polytopes (paper), Infinite Dimensional Polytopes (paper), math.stackexchange.com. -- Nanachi 🐰 Fruit Tea☕(宇帆· ☎️· ☘️) 16:46, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
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00:45, 19 February 2020 (UTC)I went to the Alachua_County,_Florida article this evening to find a link to the Supervisor of Elections. Wikipedia is very trustworthy in this regard--no telling what random results a search engine might show for such a search. Instead of advertising, fake sites, news articles, opinion pieces, or real sites with similar names, I can count on Wikipedia to link with certainty to the real thing.
Or at least I could. Recently, User:Flibirigit removed the whole list of external links except for a link to the county's home page with the message "remove excessive list of external links, Wikipedia is not a directory". Is it really so burdensome for Wikipedia to carry a few relevant, general-level links organized into helpful categories? The external links that were removed were easy to find in the page and categorized by subject area. The list of links on the county's website is neither. The county has multiple link headings that have to be clicked on and searched separately. The mobile version is worse--the hamburger menu brings up 80 links to scroll through (I counted them four times).
I'll grant that a few of the links on that list could be counted as superfluous, but certainly not the whole list! Also, some of the links in the removed list are not to be found on the county's web site, especially ones for the school board and the water-management districts.
One could argue that governments, businesses, or organizations should put easy-to-find short lists of high-level links on their websites, but that's a lot to assume. Part of the way that Wikipedia speaks with authority is from its links--links as part of the citations of sources and links to external sites. I'd always thought the list of external links on the Alachua County page was a good practice for Wikipedia. I'd like to see it back.
(Of note: many of my Wikipedia edits have been to add links or repair links to resources that moved. None of my edits have been to the Alachua County page, though. Yes, this is where I live.)
NoOneAsked ( talk) 04:57, 20 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi,
is a singer of a music band, that exists for more the 10 years, notable? The band is currently winning a number of independet music awards in the Europe. The singer is a known video and visual artist besinde being a musician. thank you for your help. Person: Ksenija Sundejeva as metioned in the article: /info/en/?search=Tribes_of_the_City
Is a company, that has inspired a revival within its field noteable? the company has been portrait in news articles around the world. the foundes have been interviewed in national and internationl broadcasts from BBC to ARD.
the company is not on social media and has no advatising budget / person / agenda. Meanwhile the social media footprint is hugh-soly by people using the companies classic service.
would that comapy be "notable" on wikipedia?
thank you for your advice.
Portrait of the Company
https://www.aperturetours.com/blog/2017/berlin-photoautomat
BBC:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01rrspl
http://photoautomat.de/tvsendungen.html
https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/photoautomat/?hl=en — Preceding
unsigned comment added by
EinarBaltasar (
talk •
contribs) 19:55, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi There,
We want to get content for the brand page written & added to Wikipedia. Can you please suggest how to do the same.
Warm Regards. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Raattzz ( talk • contribs) 10:32, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
Thanks for responding. I work with the brand. By 'we' I mean me & my team. The team had previously attempted to get the brand page up, but it turned out to be a failure. — Preceding
unsigned comment added by
Raattzz (
talk •
contribs) 11:29, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
The brand is Cashify & I work in the marketing team. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Raattzz ( talk • contribs) 12:20, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
Thanks @331dot for responding. You are absolutely right by saying that being part of the brand my opinion will be biased. Could you please suggest an independent source who I could get in touch with to get this bit solved. As for the getting coverage in reliable sources, we have been working on the same in the past have got decent coverage there. Would be really great if you could help us with a direction here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Raattzz ( talk • contribs)
Can someone help here? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Raattzz ( talk • contribs) 06:33, 20 February 2020 (UTC)
I am not asking for publicity for my brand. Just quering about who to get in touch with to get this issue sorted. Please see the question posted above. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Raattzz ( talk • contribs) 07:19, 20 February 2020 (UTC)
Could you please suggest an independent source who I could get in touch with to get this bit solved, you will need to read this information which will explain why what you are asking for is self-contradictory. An actual issue, from Wikipedia's point of view, is that you still haven't complied with policy regarding paid editing; there is information about that in the first post above, as well as two posts on your user talk page. Again: please do not make any other edits until you have made the mandatory disclosure. -- bonadea contributions talk 10:32, 20 February 2020 (UTC)
There are already some articles about anxiety. Do you think a separate article about helping people deal with anxiety would be helpful? I created a draft called "help with Anxiety" but it was declined. Buttersongs2 ( talk) 08:41, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
hello am writing a n article of the vocational school in Africa (Uganda) inorder to help young people get skills for a leaving, since the school is new 2 years. I have faced a challenge of getting more sources for references. Please of any help guide Draft /info/en/?search=Draft:Ntinda_Vocational_Training_Institute.-- Sandrah.Akol ( talk) 05:04, 20 February 2020 (UTC)
Hello,
I'm interesting writing an article on Joseph Matthew Sullivan (1871-1918). He wrote three editions of a dictionary entitled "Criminal Slang" in 1908 and a related journal article in 1918 by the same name. His limited published output plays an important role in documenting American slang. He merits 69 citations in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, extended discussion in [ A History of Cant and Slang Dictionaries], and numerous references in both volumes of the Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang, and mentions in other standard reference works. Other publications also reference Sullivan, including Feminism in Women's Detective Fiction, by Glenwood Irons, 1995 and Nancy Drew and Her Sister Sleuths: Essays.... by Michael G. Cornelius, Melanie E. Gregg, 2008, for example. To me, these references constitute more than three quality sources.
In terms of conflict of interest, I'm working to publish an annotated edition of Sullivan's criminal slang terms and definitions, which will for the first time present everything in a single authoritative source. It's possible I will publish commercially on Amazon, but I may also make the publication available for free on my website. There is currently no comprehensive biographical source for Sullivan (that I can find).
Given all the above, can I (should I?) publish a Wikipedia article on the man?
Thanks.
Bixly777 ( talk) 15:42, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
Actually people have written about Sullivan (search Google for "Joseph M. Sullivan" "slang") and you'll find that people have written about him. See the 2013 Boston Globe ("How to talk like Whitey Bulger Mobster lingo gets its day in court"), The U of Arkansas "Female Detectives, Authority, and Fiction from 1864 to the 1930s." Most significantly check A History of Cant and Slang Dictionaries: Volume III from OUP--there are 3+ pages about the man and his work--not just citations.
Having said that, what about the idea of an article on Sullivan's book, as noted above? Thanks. Bixly777 ( talk) 18:36, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
Regards, Rodrigo Valequez ( talk) 18:40, 15 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi, I'm using a 6.9MB image as a portal banner on my User page and wonder if the full resolution version is being uploaded each time as there seems to be an upload lag.
If it is, can I force {{Portal image banner}} to use one of the lower resolution versions? Thanks. RLO1729 💬 05:10, 20 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi, I feel that I can significantly improve this article -
/info/en/?search=Indian_Institute_of_Rural_Management - and have added the template {{
In use}}
at the top of the page above the pointers. Since am doing this for the first time, I would like to ask whether I have added/positioned it correctly or need to make modifications before proceeding? Also do I need to add any other information before starting on the content? Thanks in advance,
Tycheana (
talk) 09:54, 20 February 2020 (UTC)
In the editor, The search (and replace) tools, with "Regex" button depressed, don't seem to support Line Break, /n. Also line break is not mentioned in the special terms at Help:Searching/Regex. I needed this at en:wikisource but it applies here as well. I know I can workaround by copying into my favorite editor but I thought I'd ask.. Nissimnanach ( talk) 13:10, 19 February 2020 (UTC)Nissimnanach
{{u|
Mark viking}} {
Talk}
18:44, 19 February 2020 (UTC)\n
with backslash and not /n
with a normal slash.
Help:Searching/Regex is not about the editor but about the standard search box on all pages which only searches for matching pages and cannot make replacements.
PrimeHunter (
talk) 19:54, 19 February 2020 (UTC)Hi, can you help me figure out how to improve my article to get it approved? Thanks, John Here is the link: /info/en/?search=Draft:Darryn_Melerine — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thecr8tve ( talk • contribs) 20:37, 20 February 2020 (UTC)
Thank you, David. I've gone through two revisions, and had them both declined. I feel like the subject is worthy of an article. This is honestly my first article and I am at a loss of where to go next. Do I hire someone to help me write it so that it will get approved? Can you or someone review the article to tell me what is wrong with it? Any help is appreciated. Thank you. Thecr8tve ( talk) —Preceding undated comment added 21:59, 20 February 2020 (UTC)
i want to correct lies about me (Bill Binney) on a Wikipedia page about me. How do I do that? I've tried but can't get it changed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:147:C000:D210:9E8:A81C:3B9C:A76 ( talk) 23:43, 20 February 2020 (UTC)
Can I get pointed to the right source for how to edit a citation in a table? I know I can't use the visual editor but have been unable to figure this out from other sources I've reviewed. Thanks BDD user ( talk) 15:24, 20 February 2020 (UTC)
A draft at Draft:Jung Ye-rin was rejected with the following comment:
"This draft has been resubmitted with the statement that the artist had a single that was in position 37 on the Korean national chart. However, the link to the Korean national chart lists a different song in position 37, and no listing for the artist or any of her songs could be found in examining the chart. This submission has therefore failed verification. Please do not resubmit without providing clearer information, or discuss at Talk:GFriend. If this draft is resubmitted without proper discussion and without showing how she satisfies musical notability, this draft will be Rejected."
However, the reference for the Gaon Digital Chart (Reference #7) does show the correct song at position 37 (written under its Korean title, "왜 또 봄이야") and the artist is credited for that song (under her given name, written in Korean, "예린"). I believe the reviewer may have followed Reference #8 next to the Downloads number of 82,419+ which shows the same song at position 84 with 82,419 downloads for the month of March 2017, which serves to verify a lower bound on the number of downloads for the song. How can I make sure that the draft demonstrates musical notability? 76.68.127.195 ( talk) 22:21, 20 February 2020 (UTC)
I don't have the time or talent to rebut this evil article. Someone emailed this wikipedia page to me, but it is full of one-sided dubious sources. It should be tagged, at least, with a warning. /info/en/?search=List_of_sexually_active_popes — Preceding unsigned comment added by Meakfish ( talk • contribs) 15:23, 20 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi, I wrote an article last year on Ashi Tashi Dorji and had problems (due to my inexperience) in moving it into the mainspace. An editor/admin PRehse kindly moved it for me, however I am still linked to the Ashi Tashi Dorji Talk page via my sandbox talk page, which links to The article's talk page. Please can you help me clear it. Doctor 17 ( talk) 03:55, 21 February 2020 (UTC)
Hello from Ocean Blue Project. We have had a few interns and other supporters asking why we don not have a Wikipedia page for our nonprofit.
How do we request a page for www.oceanblueproject.org — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1006:B069:27C5:988A:7401:E946:A744 ( talk) 03:08, 21 February 2020 (UTC)
Currently, I don't seem to be able to find a lot of information (other than passing mentions) on Ocean Blue Project (a Google News search revealed mainly passing mentions and the main search revealed just the home page and social media profiles). Honestly, I don't think this company is notable yet, but if you can demonstrate notability please tell me.
One more thing: please don't go ahead to create the page. Even when you have an account that is sufficiently old, after which you are technically allowed to create pages, doing so would be considered a conflict of interest, and would result in it being likely deleted. If it is really notable, you may request for the page to be created at WP:Articles for Creation (see the instructions there), and provide the sources. It is best to leave willing editors to write it, since the article they write will be written from a more neutral point of view.
All in all, I'm sorry that the company is not currently notable enough. Please don't create the article for it, even when it becomes notable. Thanks for asking at the Teahouse! tLoM (The Lord of Math) ( Message) ( Report false positive) 04:23, 21 February 2020 (UTC)
Love looking up plant information on Wikipedia - would appreciate being able to find the growing zones as part of the information available on each reference. Can a line be added to the basic format so zone info could be listed in an easy to see format? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:387:4:803:0:0:0:2A ( talk) 09:53, 20 February 2020 (UTC)
{{
speciesbox}}
and {{
taxobox}}
are intended to give data on taxonomic aspects of the plant, not their habitats or hardiness, which are very dependent upon where in the world the species is growing. By 'growing zone' do you mean
Hardiness zone? If so, I doubt more than 1 in 1,000 articles would ever end up having anyone including that kind of data. To expect it across all plant taxa (and thus to include it as a parameter in a taxobox) is asking too much. That said, I always encourage creators of new species articles to add range and habitat information whenever I'm reviewing a new page. I find it frustrating when a page creator can't actually be bothered to read their own sources and extract really useful basic data from them. That said - the references are always going to be there for someone else to do the tidying up.
Nick Moyes (
talk) 10:29, 21 February 2020 (UTC)Hello! I'm a new editor to Wikipedia, but not a novice editor. I put an article out onto my sandbox about a local New England musician, Nancy Day, 2 weeks ago. It was written by me with just several historical points by her that I incorporated into the text. It is currently on my sandbox. How do I get it into the encyclopedia section of Wikipedia? Thanks!
BillyK — Preceding unsigned comment added by William Klessens ( talk • contribs) 13:56, 21 February 2020 (UTC)
How would one go about asking to change Wikidata statements (not the information in them but what they are)? ★Trekker ( talk) 13:53, 21 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi, if a page was once speedily deleted for lack of notable references, can it be speedily deleted again if some other editor found the subject interesting, found enough reliable and independent sources to create a stub-page, and published it? Thanks. FelixtheNomad ( talk) 17:29, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
I interviewed many people about the history of art in Las Vegas. I would like to place this information on Wikipedia. Is this possible? The information has never been published so it is valuable.
Thanks, Doug — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:8801:2C00:EEE:0:0:0:2DC9 ( talk) 18:25, 21 February 2020 (UTC)
The link from the Wikipedia page for Joana Vale Costa to her WTA profile doesn't work. I went to the WTA site and did a search for her name. I found the following works: https://www.wtatennis.com/players/318075/joana-vale-costa but when i tried to fix the Wikipedia page, i see that is not how the link is programmed. It looks like this: * Joana Vale Costa at the Women's Tennis Association but it doesn't work — Preceding unsigned comment added by Scott Blair H ( talk • contribs) 17:59, 21 February 2020 (UTC)
{{WTA}}
(with no parms) to cause the template to look up the link info from Wikidata
property 597 (WTA player ID). I then edited that property (clicking on the
small pencil icon after Women's Tennis Association produced by the template in the article) to correctly mis-spell her linked name (valle→vale). Editors apparently chose this as the solution when the links changed, modifying the template to look up the necessary value in Wikidata, replacing most of the {{WTA|nnnnnn}}
calls in articles with {{WTA}}
, and setting the properties correctly. There were apparently some that were not done. See
d:Property talk:P597#URL was not working. —[
AlanM1(
talk)]— 18:51, 21 February 2020 (UTC)how do i reuse same reference with different page numbers. see Mach's principle, it contains multiple references with different page numbers. and please revert 9-57 and 530 edit summary edits. Leela52452 ( talk) 18:47, 21 February 2020 (UTC)
Some article prose<ref name="Smith">{{Cite book|...}}</ref>{{Rp|12}} and some more{{R|Smith|27}}.
Here's some more.{{R|Smith|112}}
Hi, I have a question regarding the copyright release of a picture. On the article of a celebrity, I found a display picture that on its description claims to be a screen capture of a Youtube video with a CC license, however when accessing the video I noticed it does not have any type of license. Would this be a reason for the picture to be taken down? and if so, what should be the process to request the removal? Thanks for all your help — Preceding unsigned comment added by DFulham ( talk • contribs) 14:11, 21 February 2020 (UTC)
So, I hear a lot about "Consensus" on Wikipedia. What exactly does that mean? I read the page for it, but it was kinda long and confusing... could someone help clarify it? Thanks, King of Scorpions 18:56, 21 February 2020 (UTC)
Hello, I'm new to Wikipedia and just drafted a new page for "Scott A. Shay" and having issues with reliable sources to get it published. I'm asking for assistance with finding approved sources for him. He is a co-founder of a bank and author of 2 books.
Thanks! :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by SugiOrange ( talk • contribs) 17:28, 21 February 2020 (UTC)
He is founder of a notable bank and has more relevance than many authors allowed pages in Wikipedia, but needs work on sourcing and details beyond founding the bank unfortunately, in most reputable sources that's all the Relevance given to him, though did find two related to his book and one on taxi Medallions crisis:
Slywriter ( talk) 20:35, 21 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi, I think I screwed up in naming this--sorry. Could someone please advise? Thanks very much. Caro7200 ( talk) 23:01, 21 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi everyone, I would like to add info to an article regarding a bestselling book, however I was wondering regarding the source: on most bookshops, including Amazon, the book is said to be a New York Times best seller, would the commentary of this sites suffice as a source? Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by LeFalafel ( talk • contribs) 18:17, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
I submitted an Article Creation about fashion accessories designer Jonathan Meizler of the brand 'title of work.' /info/en/?search=Draft:Jonathan_Meizler I submitted it the wrong way the first time (sorry), and got this message:
"As you are a new editor, please submit this article through the articles for creation process. Please note that including nearly 50 citations is not necessary, and in fact is likely to only slow down the article's approval; an article with just 5 good sources is better than an article with 5 good sources and 20 mediocre ones. Including an exhaustive laundry list of collaborations and clients is also unnecessary and smacks of promotional writing. I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. signed, Rosguill talk 22:40, 23 January 2020 (UTC)"
So I removed citations that I thought were extraneous (and some that I realized included 'title of work' accessories, but were not actually identified in a caption or in text), and really stripped it down so it would be more focused.
When I resubmitted for consideration, I then got this message:
"The fashion brands are likely notable, but I do not see how this person is notable independent of the fashion companies mentioned." This was part of a larger "not accepted at this time" message from User:Sulfurboy
I'm a little confused. When I removed citations I think I lost the person's notability. On the other hand, would it make more sense to make the entry about the 'title of work' company, making the founder and designer (Meizler)subordinate to the brand? Thank you for any guidance.
@ Rosguill: @ Sulfurboy: -- Dakotajone ( talk) 21:39, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
I have been observing the talk page of a politician. It seems to me that the article is written in a biased way— and some investigative journalism has shown that the article may have been created and definitely at some point of time the has been managed by said politician or someone in his camp. There is one user who aggressively opposes any proposition to modify the article seemingly past minor edits despite the article potentially requiring a WP:NPOV overhaul. This user has also been extremely active in the talk page of an election— I have also been looking at that once in a while— that Mr. Politician has recently participated in, and my view is that Mr. User is there also a force to oppose any unfavorable coverage and vice versus.
What must be done in such a situation? I am worried he has maintained a veneer of plausible deniability which makes matters further difficult to handle. GGLLFFP ( talk) 17:22, 21 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi, I've just made a new template called {{
Interlanguage link with draft}}
(or {{
illd}}
). It is based on {{
ill}}
and made to specifically link also to a draft article, addressing the problems as mentioned in
this user essay. If it works well, it might be merged into {{
ill}}
, as my template is fully compatible with {{
ill}}
. Please give feedback and suggestions on it, and thanks!
tLoM (The Lord of Math) (
Message) (
Report false positive) 03:59, 21 February 2020 (UTC)
@ Nick Moyes: I don't know much about the strategy, so I'll have to assume that this topic has a page in Spanish called es:Patrick Zachmann and a page in French called fr:Évolution du collège épiscopal français en 2013 (both are random pages in those wikis). Then it would look something like this: National Pollinator Strategy . It looks the same everywhere, but I'm still trying to improve it, and there are certainly ways to disallow a link to drafts in mainspace (using template coding and magic words). Thanks! tLoM (The Lord of Math) ( Message) ( Report false positive) 15:52, 21 February 2020 (UTC)
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I am a new editor in a course using the Wiki Education course program. My question relates to the classes given to each article. How are classes for each article determines and what classifications in forms of editing are looked at to determine the grade? Are there any tools that can help a new editor make their page stand out in order to earn a higher class? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dhocine ( talk • contribs) 01:25, 12 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi. I would like to know, what must i do before i can start writing articles myself? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sbob99 ( talk • contribs) 19:32, 11 February 2020 (UTC)
Also, editors on this site are bipolar. I copied a page (a list of cake companines) and changed it to my subject and it was deleted- i forget why. Also, people delete my posts like a list of what stores sell like "clothes and appliances" an it was deleted becuase that "is advertising?!?!?!?!" Lastly, people here in general must be idiots. I created a page of the public elementary school i attended that closed 25 years ago. The page was deleted because "it promoted a busines". Get ready for stupid replies if u want to contribute. Have fun!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by The 0utsider1 ( talk • contribs) 14:58, 13 February 2020 (UTC)
We would like to post a New York Times archival photo on the Wikipedia page of feminist, businesswoman, activist — Jewell Jackson McCabe from her historic barrier breaking race in 1993 for President of the NAACP. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.246.28.125 ( talk) 17:13, 12 February 2020 (UTC)
Trying to have Wikipedia update Jewell Jackson McCabes Wikipedia profile to include photo of her groundbreaking first woman in 1993 serious candidate for NAACP President. The Sunday April 1993 the NYTS Week and Review section — cover page lower left hand corner. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bijounoir13 ( talk • contribs) 18:03, 12 February 2020 (UTC)
requesting a Wikipedia approved photo on my Wikipedia page Jewell Jackson McCabe — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bijounoir13 ( talk • contribs) 18:14, 12 February 2020 (UTC)
I've been using Wikipedia for over a decade and have always wanted to learn more about contributing. Is this idea for an article for my local utility company not viable? I used TECO, Tampa Electric, as a pillar for constructing this one? Admittedly I made mistakes originally in citations. Is there any glaring issue that I'm not seeing in the latest update that was rejected? Could it also be related to the length of the article? /info/en/?search=Draft:Lakeland_Electric Galehaut2 ( talk) 15:49, 13 February 2020 (UTC)
suppose gghgv.ffg/fggv moved to gghgv.ffg/hhg/fggv, how should i proceed ? Leela52452 ( talk) 18:07, 13 February 2020 (UTC)
Hello! Lots of thanks to the Wikipedia community for supporting me as I cut my teeth in this Wiki world. I am based in D.C., but interested in providing due diligence to leaders in Atlanta, especially those who are not yet recognized in Wikipedia. I have an interest in mega-sporting events in particular and I appreciate that Wikipedia has a great article on the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and Paralympics already. That said, I am facing challenges in my first stab at a Wiki bio for a journalist in Atlanta. It has been declined twice due to a lack of secondary sources. Fully understood that bios, in particular, need to stick to high non partisan and accurate standards with legitimate third party justifications/resources. So, I am wondering if I add all of the additional below links in this message to the Wikipedia draft on Philip Bolton, would this beefed up version have a chance at qualifying? Are the AJC, Georgia State University, Georgia Tech, the French-American Chamber of Commerce, the Liberian Consulate, the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, and other listed outlets not considered verifiable sources? I have read the guidance and they should fit the bill. I am also curious as to why this Phil Bolton profile was rejected, but the profile for another legitimate mover and shaker in Atlanta was published in Wikipedia? /info/en/?search=Ed_Hula I don't see much difference in content and I thought that Wikipedia was about consistency. Please advise. Thanks!!
/info/en/?search=User:Mtrinab/sandbox
https://www.ajc.com/blog/politics/heads-professional-cricket-coming-atlanta/yXnqkELRjkaJrdRns8y8cP/ https://www.ajc.com/blog/politics/globalism-becoming-dirty-gop-word-and-that-bodes-ill-for-the-southern-economy/Y2RAELH25vjIl2fmwxeq2J/ https://www.ajc.com/entertainment/atlanta-host-celebration-african-culture-2014/usXMaEuGNnMU42MSCG96NM/ http://www.international.gouv.qc.ca/en/atlanta/actualites/12635 http://www.hubga.com/tag-press-release/phil-bolton-president-of-agio-press-inc-publisher-of-global-atlanta-recognized-for-lifetime-international-achievement/ https://www.facc-atlanta.com/about-us/board-of-directors.html http://julius_lee.tripod.com/id421.html http://www.khabar.com/magazine/around-town/remembrance-meetings-for-late-dr-l-s-narasimhan-narsi http://atlantadunia.com/Dunia/News09/N2017/N1205.aspx https://georgiadec.com/membership/ https://deanruskintlaw.com/2017/01/23/belgian-consul-general-de-baets-featured-at-global-atlanta-luncheon/ https://www.americanbazaaronline.com/2016/04/06/aif-atlanta-gala-honors-ceos-ups-xylem/ http://www.philippinesusa.info/news/4919/300/AMBASSADOR-CUISIA-LEADS-ECONOMIC-DIPLOMACY-MISSION-IN-ATLANTA/d,phildet/ https://talkingbiznews.com/we-talk-biz-news/how-globalatlanta-com-covers-international-news-with-a-local-perspective/ https://ce.gatech.edu/news/lindsey-tells-global-atlanta-her-internship-nepal-showed-her-power-earthquake-engineering http://www.jasgeorgia.org/page-18276
/info/en/?search=Ed_Hula — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mtrinab ( talk • contribs) 17:46, 13 February 2020 (UTC)
Hello
I recently found my grandfather's wiki page. The date stated on Wikipedia that he died is incorrect. I'd like that changed. I don't want to login and create an account, so could someone edit it for me? His name is Wally Green and he was a UK based Speedway rider /info/en/?search=Wally_Green
He died on 11 December 2006, not 2007 as published.
Thank you.
Sally — Preceding unsigned comment added by 165.225.81.45 ( talk) 11:37, 13 February 2020 (UTC)
Hiya. That source is wrong. It was 2006 not 2007. I can't link to an online obituary I'm afraid, but since I am related to him, and went to his funeral, I cam confirm 2006 is correct. I appreciate I am asking you to take my word for it, and this maybe against your policy, but if you could change it I would be grateful. Thanks again for looking into this for me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 165.225.81.118 ( talk) 12:34, 13 February 2020 (UTC)
I want to add that Hindustani is a part of Hindi dialects, so it is very important for me that, Hindi came first or Urdu, please tell me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fogstar ( talk • contribs) 19:04, 13 February 2020 (UTC)
Hello, I am new to wiki and need some advise. My employer has proposed that I make factual additions and edits to a city wiki page, however, I am an employee of that "city" and that would be considered a COI. Can someone guide me and tell me where I can disclose that or what my steps would be? Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by CTX001 ( talk • contribs) 20:57, 13 February 2020 (UTC)
On WP:PRODNOM, one of the steps to do before proposing deletion include: "Confirm the page is eligible for proposed deletion by checking that:
it has not previously been proposed for deletion. it has not previously been undeleted. and it is not, nor has ever been, discussed at AfD/FfD."
How do you check if an article has been previously proposed for deletion, been undeleted, or been discussed in Articles for Deletion or FfD? Also, what is FfD? Whisperjanes ( talk) 04:39, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
Hello am so glad to be part in Wikipedia. I like to have help on how to publish my article Draft:Ntinda Vocational Training Institute on Live Space. Thank You.-- Sandrah.Akol ( talk) 08:46, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
Is there a way for users to 'edit' Wikipedia with structured data? For example, how could Wikipedia be used as a repository for sightings of the Antipodean Albatross? I'm thinking of a database of sightings with records including:
Then the Wikipedia page could display statistical data (graphs, maps, etc.) based on these data points. This data could be filtered by, for example, sighting date range, season range (over multiple years), male, female, juvenile, etc.
This ability to store publicly recorded data would appear to be consistent with the Five pillars philosophy...
Thanks for any suggestions,
Mark.
Gwalior84 ( talk) 06:43, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
Good Morning,
Article-The Toven
The article title above (The Toven) was apparently rejected. Reason; "not sufficiently notable for inclusion in Wikipedia". Please breakdown the meaning of "sufficiently" as it relates to notable. As I understand the guidelines. "notable" is the requirement and while accompanied with the word "sufficiently" can come off as ambiguous and unclear to the author. Currently I can find no such language in Wikipedia guidelines and rules referring to the phrase "Not Sufficiently Notable". Please assist with pointing this verbiage out if I am missing something.
Respectfully submitted — Preceding unsigned comment added by Spiritletters ( talk • contribs) 15:06, 13 February 2020 (UTC)
Hello, While reading the article on the Economic and Monetary Union of the European Union i discovered that there is no article on the European Semester which is a framework for coordinating member states' economic policies. I would therefore like to write an article on the European Semester. Do you think it is a notable topic? Do you have any suggestions on how to go forward? Everine Akello ( talk) 11:31, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
Or should i just build on the main article by including a section on the European Semester? Everine Akello ( talk) 11:34, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
Hello to all!
Recently, I decided to make some (still not existent) pages for the isopod species that occur in Greece. In these pages, except for the known information and the bibliography/references, I would like to add some self-made distribution maps, based on the literature. The question is: How can I make those maps? I must specify that I don't want to make something elaborate, just simple, "color-the-blank-map" pictures, like the already existent distribution map of Armadillidium klugii ( /info/en/?search=Armadillidium_klugii#cite_note-klugiigroup-2). Any help would be much appreciated!
Thanks! Xeroporcellio ( talk) 12:17, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
{{u|
Mark viking}} {
Talk}
17:31, 13 February 2020 (UTC)Hello - years ago I wrote an article about an early video group of which I was a part - this group was setup in 1977 (that's pretty early for video and part of the history). I was immediately banned from wiipedia by a moderator and in the past I have seen a page where other moderators tried reasoning with him for banning me. When I wrote the article I didn't actually realise that you couldn't write about something you were involved in so I made a mistake but somehow that seems to have been a lifetime ban.
Friends in other countries have tried writing things about me but they have been taken down too. Presumably there's a system where banning sticks.
I think the argument was that I was of no consequence at the time or something like that. In fact I'm now 67, I've been a professor of Cinematography, I've organised Cinematography Festivals, I've exhibited art in many cathedrals and represented internationally by a leading agency - I shot the world's third electronically gathered feature film in 1986, etc, etc and the little history I wrote way back when is still of relevance, especially as there is generally a concerted and systemic eradication of early histories of cybernetic media as they conflict with what academia tends to propose as 'the real history'. And yes you might argue I'm a little paranoid. I've always thought of wikipedia as being a counter to that tendency but I'm wondering if anyone can track down if my ban still exists and particularly - is it just? Maybe if the original moderator that hit so hard back then is still alive he/she might have a rethink? What constitutes the decision on whether or not an event, a person, a life is worth a mention on wikipedia - or not?
Terry Flaxton — Preceding unsigned comment added by Terry Flaxton ( talk • contribs) 14:02, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
what kind of information/coverage and citations are preferred? Please also suggest some tips and tricks so next time my page would be accepted. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DivyaSethia ( talk • contribs) 13:59, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi fellow Wikipedians, I need help with an article's references. I am trying to publish an article on a Canadian journalist and diversity consultant, Hamlin Grange. However, I've tried to follow multiple reviews and guidelines provided by 3 different editors, resulting in a great deal of confusion. If somebody can please provide some clarification and review it now, that would be really helpful. The references include the following:
The subject has significant secondary notability, as well. He is a recipient of several awards and honors, all of which are covered independently in the aforementioned sources. He has published papers and co-authored 2 books with his wife. He serves on the board of several private and government organizations. All of this is covered in the sources above and others cited in the article.
I have seen articles with much less credibility and reliable sources assessed and published on Wikipedia. At this point, I am confused as to what I am doing wrong. One of the reviewers told me yesterday that the subject may be notable, but I need to fix inline citations. Another one told me today that I need to add more reliable sources. One other reviewer told me that there should be at least 3 reliable sources, which I have provided.
Sorry for the long post, but really need some clarification here. Thank you. FelixtheNomad ( talk) 00:14, 12 February 2020 (UTC)
Courtesy link Draft:Hamlin Grange and also pinging John from Idegon as the most recent reviewer. shoy ( reactions) 15:02, 12 February 2020 (UTC)
Actually, I know who Hamlin Grange is. He's an old friend.... Well, it's honest at least, but it's not independent.
Hello, I've been wanting to write an article about someone named "Muammer Topalı". He's known as "Taksim Dayı" on the internet. He became famous after trying to answer some questions in street interview. The interview was in English but he could only speak english so he tried to answer the questions with unintelligible sounds. He's extremely famous in Turkey but he only appears on youtube. He was recently on a local television channel in Turkey. The video of him that was on television was the uploaded to youtube on their channel (their as in the local television channels Youtube channel). I believe Youtube isn't considered a reliable source no matter how reliable the channel is. There aren't any other sources so how can I write an article about him? Regards, Rodrigo Valequez ( talk) 14:19, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
It's me again, Rodrigo Valequez. I read the answers but other questions popped into my head:
Regards, Rodrigo Valequez ( talk) 14:53, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
Would it be more appropriate to write about the individual in the Turkish Wikipedia and translate it since around 70% of all Turkish individuals with access to social media know about him? If I went to Istanbul and found this man, then interviewed him and recorded a video or wrote an article on another website about him. Would the information be considered reliable? (If he was known for other things.) Sorry for bugging you with these questions by the way. Rodrigo Valequez ( talk) 15:06, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
Alright, thanks for the feedback. My questions have been answered, for now. My questions are endless, the wikipedia community shall never sleep again. I-I me-mean umm-uh.. forget what I said. Regards, Rodrigo Valequez ( talk) 16:37, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
How do you add an item to a certain category? For instance, if I wanted to add "Random page" to "Category:Random pages" (these are just examples), how would I do so? Thanks, King of Scorpions (my talk) 22:55, 13 February 2020 (UTC)
[[:Category:Random pages]]
, which renders as
Category:Random pages) so it doesn't actually put the talk page in that category. —[
AlanM1(
talk)]— 00:50, 14 February 2020 (UTC)I would like to learn how to edit on wiki properly so if you could can you please give me all the help you have. ( im a complete beginner) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nanometer545 ( talk • contribs) 17:48, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
You may see a note HERE from Kingsif regarding a request to the Teahouse for asssistance editors rendered. He asks that I extend a thank you from him, so do please consider it extended. I apologize for the untimely nature of my passing the message; I only just noticed it. And I did thank the particular editor who assisted me at the time of his assistance. We are trying to create a GA for [New Albion] and the work provided by the Teahouse was important. We do appreciate it. Hu Nhu ( talk) 20:39, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
I'm writing is order to check how can I contact with wikipedia authors - my previous question was deleted as it was mentioning my new website promoting knowledge sharing... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.17.39.202 ( talk) 14:05, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi everyone, long-time lurker here who recently started editing more frequently. I'm a copyeditor affiliated with GOCE and am currently editing a requested article on a subject whose real name is being used instead of his stage name, which is the title of the article. Should I switch each instance of his real name into his stage name? --Tenryuu ( 🐲 • 💬 • 🌟) 20:35, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
I was considering writing an article on the decentralised autonomous organisation MakerDAO ( https://makerdao.com/en/) on the Ethereum blockchain. I'd like to know if this is considered 'notable'? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wilf6 ( talk • contribs) 20:25, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
This is an editor that usually work in Chinese WP. Having read some essays, Chorographies, and reports from Chinese Railway Co. nowadays, I am now clear of the timeline of Peking-Mukden Railway, and come up with some ideas:
These are the ideas I have. Johnson.Xia ( talk) 02:26, 14 February 2020 (UTC) PS:the draft I wrote for Peking-Mukden Railway. Johnson.Xia ( talk) 02:26, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
I have used it before, but I can't remember it's name. Thanks,
Thatoneweirdwikier
Say hi 18:49, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
How do you create an article that’s subject isn’t in red? — Preceding unsigned comment added by ArtistBookGirl ( talk • contribs) 05:58, 15 February 2020 (UTC)
So, i went to view the edit history of a page, and i noticed that next to each edit, there's always a number that's either green with a plus sign, or red with a minus sign. Does anyone know what these are? thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sbob99 ( talk • contribs) 12:48, 15 February 2020 (UTC)
I have created the article Central Universities Commom Entrance Test on 27 January which is not be reviewed till now. How long time it would take to be reviewed ? HRC491 ( talk) 12:59, 15 February 2020 (UTC)
I've read about copyrights but I don't understand that if I don't include the original content can I still use it (e.g. a non-free book) for citation? (thanks) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Et0zl ( talk • contribs) 15:20, 15 February 2020 (UTC)
~~~~
.) Good luck!
Nick Moyes (
talk) 15:30, 15 February 2020 (UTC)I live in Turkey at the moment and if I were to collect information physically, would that be considered as reliable information or would I have to somehow publish the information on a reliable website? Regards, Rodrigo Valequez ( talk) 15:11, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
Then how is research collected? Does wikipedia only take information from reliable websites or already available content and post it? Regards, Rodrigo Valequez ( talk) 15:17, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
That's what I meant as in take, sorry. Regards, Rodrigo Valequez ( talk) 16:33, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
So I could use reliable published books even if they aren't available online? Thanks for the info. Regards, Rodrigo Valequez ( talk) 19:52, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
All right, thanks for the info. Regards, Rodrigo Valequez ( talk) 18:16, 15 February 2020 (UTC)
i could not make any sense about "Records indicate that after from 1994-2012 after immunizations began to rise diseases such as Polio decrease drastically as well as Hepatitis B". reference 18 format is also broke, it might be referring to https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6316a3.htm?s_cid=mm6316a3_w Leela52452 ( talk) 18:33, 15 February 2020 (UTC)
I want to know if normal academic reference signs are applicable with wikipedia. for example in the sentence; The founder of the community is called Edem1. The 1 after Wdem is actually a superscript in which the 1 stands on top right of m. Is acceptable with wikipedia? — Preceding unsigned comment added by HOPHXY ( talk • contribs) 21:57, 15 February 2020 (UTC)
I'm a newbie and here mostly to patch internal inconsistencies but don't know how to address them, please help.
An article contains a statement which, despite its reference, is not true. By it not being true I mean I can provide a different reference giving a conflicting statement. Should both be included? Should a 'reference duel' be initiated to decide which statement is true? What is the established way to solve such issues? Kuiet ( talk) 00:00, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
the role and importance of essentialism in biology is still a matter of debate.
— Essentialism
In my article 2020 NRL Nines, there's a red message saying "Expression error: Unexpected ( operator" as it cannot compute the attendance per match. How do I remove the per match part of the category and in doing so, remove the red message? WDM10 ( talk) 23:18, 15 February 2020 (UTC)
| noaverage = 1
then the infobox will not attempt to compute an average from attendance
and it does not have to be a pure number.
PrimeHunter (
talk) 00:03, 16 February 2020 (UTC)
Hello,
I'm translating an english article Swift Playgrounds to another language pt:Swift Playgrounds. The images in the english wikipage are not recognized in other languages. Is there a way to reference images from the english wikipedia from wikipages in different languages? Or is it necessary to upload them again?
Thanks, Coel Jo ( talk) 01:24, 16 February 2020 (UTC)
I'm reading the Wikipedia guidelines but I'd like to know what is the general opinion regarding frequent quoting of sources that support the statement of a given Wiki page and giving an as complete as possible information about the cited source (pages, dates, quotes, url, isbn, etc.). Is it bad if the majority of the citations in a given Wiki article also contain quotes and their respective pages from the source? Is it generally seen as a citation overkill? Does it violate certain Wikipedia policies? Can someone be banned for opting for full citations with quotes?
@ Stricnina: This is the approach I was thinking of:
This is some article prose{{Efn|1="Some quoted text from page 3"{{R|Smith-2020|p=3}}}}
and more article prose{{Efn|1="Some quoted text from page 27"{{R|Smith-2020|p=27}}}}
and also article prose.{{Efn|1="The only quote from Jones"<ref name="Jones-2013" />}}
=== Notes ===
{{Notelist}}
=== References ===
{{Reflist |refs=
<ref name="Smith-2020">{{Cite book |last1=Smith |first1=John |title=My life |date=2020 }}</ref>
<ref name="Jones-2013">{{Cite book |last1=Jones |first1=Bob |title=Some title |date=2013 |page=55}}</ref>
}}
It produces the following:
This is some article prose [a] and more article prose [b] and also article prose. [c]
Note that {{R|Smith-2020|p=3}}
is a short substitute for <ref name="Smith-2020" />{{Rp|3}}
.
(For some reason, I didn't get alerts from the mentions you made with @{{u|AlanM1}}
. I suggest using {{
Re|AlanM1}}
instead.) —[
AlanM1(
talk)]— 19:45, 15 February 2020 (UTC)
hello wikipedia. i dont know how to create a page properly i am new here could you please or anyone help me to make or create my page with hard singh rapper name here on wikipedia worldwide. i am rapper, i am gamer also i want to disclose my life bio here so everyone know me from wikipedia. ( i am not here for socialism )
if anyone can help me with this please email me thanks or tell me how to or how can i make my page exposed worldwide like other artist does. thanks help me or i need assistant who can create my page and expose there anything like that thanks help me asap. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hard Singh Rapper ( talk • contribs) 10:27, 16 February 2020 (UTC)
On my watchlist I get:
diffhist Jabberwocky [pending revisions] 08:18 +92 86.21.217.229 talk →Possible interpretations of words
When I go to rhe revision comparison page for this I get the left source page saying that this is the accepted revision and attributing this revision to me, AlainV. But the content of this revision is a series of words that I never wrote: "In the above old image it has four legs and also"
My last revision to the page was really putting in the inline citation to the Muppet Show production with info straight from the talk page.
I am bemused.-- AlainV ( talk) 15:15, 16 February 2020 (UTC)
Greetings, I created a new page and I do not see the move page option to make the page public. Can you please advise? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sarah Litz ( talk • contribs) 16:32, 16 February 2020 (UTC)
The captioned PBR along the left hand margin of the "Operations" section is mislabeled. It is a Mark II PBR - there are differences in their appearance. And - the machine gun on the back of the boat is a .50 Caliber same as the guns on the forward deck. I know because I served on a PBR in the Delta 1969-70. Thank you for having someone correct these errors.
Ralph Richason veteran of USN PBR River Division 515 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.221.142.48 ( talk) 16:09, 16 February 2020 (UTC)
Additionally the forward guns on a PBR are twin .50 caliber - not a single. Thank you.
Ralph Richason — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.221.142.48 ( talk) 16:11, 16 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi dear friends. I post info about artist/music producer and gave 5-6 link sources about his works and music but sistem sent me this- Better sources than blogs and social media are needed.Whick sources should be?
https://dancepromo.wordpress.com/2019/06/22/saturday-night-mr-f-presents-mr-p-aka-c-block-here-we-go-2019/ (official site about eurodance music)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-Block (official page)
https://m.facebook.com/EuroRapMusic/posts/2490797204305208 (T-Music's official page)
https://www.eurodancemag.ga/search/label/here%20we%20go?&max-results=5&m=1 (official site about eurodance music)
https://www.reddit.com/r/eurodance4ever/comments/c290hx/mrf_presents_mrp_aka_cblock_here_we_go_2019/
https://youtube.com/Vv6Rg2dcKrg
thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Funt Sterling ( talk • contribs) 20:14, 16 February 2020 (UTC)
Could I write an article about the decrease of the usage of public transportation in london? I have some reliable sources and the topic seems notable. Can I or should I write about it? Regards, Rodrigo Valequez ( talk) 10:24, 16 February 2020 (UTC)
All right, thanks. I'll get started soon. Regards, Rodrigo Valequez ( talk) 13:23, 16 February 2020 (UTC)
I have a question. If all my sources are in one website, could I just use the website as a source and put that as a link or would I have to give separate links? Thanks, Rodrigo Valequez ( talk) 13:33, 16 February 2020 (UTC)
Stumbled across the above, article seems to belong in wp, somewhere. X1\ ( talk) 20:41, 16 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi Everyone,
Can anyone help me to setup an 'Archive" on my Talk Page? I want to make it separate Year wise. I have tried to add but failed. DMySon 12:52, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
This article has an unclear
citation style. |
Hi, I am working on a page: /info/en/?search=Michael_J._Black and have an unclear citation style warning and that "...{{citation style..." has been added to the page. I have looked through the page, and all citations are the same (format) all using "...{{Cite web|..." ... I'm not sure what I'm missing :) Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated. — Preceding unsigned comment added by IntoTheFuture1402 ( talk • contribs)
I don't know anything if it is legitimate or not, but I'm just concerned about a certain editor copy-pasting the same (or almost the same) contribution to different Wikipedia articles. Examples:
Should this be reported or not? Stricnina ( talk) 11:30, 16 February 2020 (UTC)
The Wikimedia/Wikibooks Cookbook seems like a potentially invaluable resource, but there's at least one recipe in there that is maybe not okay: https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Placenta_with_Broccoli
I don't claim to know whether or not cooking and eating placenta is culturally okay somehere in the world, but to me this feels like it was written as a joke?
“This is a tasty dish that the whole family will love.”
“You'll need about 1/2 the placenta of a 6.2 pound baby, or 1/3 the placenta of a 9.3 pound baby.”
I mean... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1006:B126:AA2C:B8C1:DE23:854:862F ( talk) 19:02, 15 February 2020 (UTC)
I have a View Master gift pack (probably from the late 1950s) in good condition in original box. Included are 9 reels. I was wondering the value of it. I can't find anything exactly like it on the internet. Would this be something you would be interested in purchasing, or could you tell me what I should ask.
Thank you.
Carol — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.81.0.136 ( talk) 13:18, 17 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi, i am the founder of www.marinadelray.co ( not marina del rey which is in California) the Marina is the first Port of entry into Indonesia that has a western standard marina. It is a vital piece of Infrastructure for Yachts traveling around the world and crossing the between the Pacific and Indian Ocean.
it is the first time in Indonesia that the country has opened up its sovereignty to allow the expansion of its emerging Maritime economy.
Before now Indonesia had no Marinas.
i want to know of someone would write a independent report on the business please? — Preceding unsigned comment added by RaymondLaFontaine ( talk • contribs) 14:10, 17 February 2020 (UTC)
I have contributed in creating two pages: Interpersonal Acceptance-Rejection Theory (IPARTheory) and International Society for Interpersonal Acceptance and Rejection. However, they are still not reviewed. It has been since November 2019 that no one reviewed to be approved. Can anyone help me find out how long does it take to get it reviewed after publishing and before it goes live? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ali.shaila ( talk • contribs) 15:27, 17 February 2020 (UTC)
Thanks, For a prompt reply. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ali.shaila ( talk • contribs) 15:51, 17 February 2020 (UTC)
Hello,
I am hoping that someone can assist me. I would like to know how to edit a factual error, that is located on a "protected" page.
Thank you in advance for your assistance. I appreciate it! — Preceding unsigned comment added by GarboLaughs ( talk • contribs) 14:39, 17 February 2020 (UTC)
But when i edit and give a genuine link to a content why it's called ads and removed ? Please don't be biased. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Womenrights.in ( talk • contribs) 11:14, 17 February 2020 (UTC)
This is what you changed now and telling a new story. biased people must be bribed to keep 20 reference in pepper spray — Preceding unsigned comment added by Womenrights.in ( talk • contribs) 11:32, 17 February 2020 (UTC)
good job thanks a lot.. we all need to be on equal plane — Preceding unsigned comment added by Womenrights.in ( talk • contribs) 16:25, 17 February 2020 (UTC)
Hello all:
I just published a fairly substantial revision to the article about Judge Addison Brown. I attempted to retain the See Also, External Links, etc., as well as botanical references but feel someone more knowledgeable might find errors, particularly in these areas.
Thanks-- Riverbend Trail ( talk) 14:33, 17 February 2020 (UTC)
I edited the Wikipedia page for 13 (number) so that one of the subsections that lists the properties of 13 reads:
"a lucky number (ironically)."
Is this allowed, or too unprofessional/not Wikipedia-like? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:56A:F390:2A00:C6F:1C75:1BCF:7104 ( talk) 21:04, 17 February 2020 (UTC)
I was following some edits and this came up under User contributions:
"This is the contributions page for an IP user, identified by the user's IP address. Many IP addresses change periodically, and are often shared by several users."
So, I'm curious.
Thanks Maryanne Cunningham ( talk) 20:47, 17 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi. I'm wondering how to define a 'number counter'. For example, there is currently a counter for the number of launches by SpaceX's Falcon 9 Full Thrust rocket; the call is given by double curly parantheses around the statement Falcon rocket statistics|F9FTlaunch and it currently gives the following result: 315. How and where is this counter defined and how is it updated?
Thanks, and cheers! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Spotty's Friend ( talk • contribs) 21:01, 17 February 2020 (UTC)
Thanks David Biddulph! -- Spotty's Friend —Preceding undated comment added 23:12, 17 February 2020 (UTC)
IS THERE ANY WAY THAT YOU CAN STOP THIS BOT FROM SIGNING MY POSTS ON TALK PAGES AS IT IS GETTING ANNOYING AND I DO NOT NEED SECOND HAND REMINDERS — Preceding unsigned comment added by Scott Dinah ( talk • contribs) 10:55, 17 February 2020 (UTC)
I don't need to sign all the time — Preceding unsigned comment added by Scott Dinah ( talk • contribs) 10:58, 17 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi everybody,
I am adding an external link to an article related to dialectic methodology. I do not think I am violating any rule regarding copyright as the article is written by me mainly by reading Hegel's writings including Science of Logic and Phenomenology of Spirit (Mind).
My article's are free to be published but in Wikipedia I am only adding an external link.
Is there any specific and concrete reason why the link has been removed?
Thanks, Madjid Madjidsalehi ( talk) 05:00, 17 February 2020 (UTC)
Which language is oldest Hindi or Urdu, I want to prove that Hindustani is an hindi Dialect. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fogstar ( talk • contribs) 08:28, 17 February 2020 (UTC)
the son of person has name close to the parent. wikipedia creates an automatic link from the son's name (listed under "children") to the son's grandfather's article (an established wikipedia article).
how _remove_ the link, so the son is listed, but not with an incorrect hyperlink? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wsnyder40 ( talk • contribs) 21:53, 17 February 2020 (UTC)
Hugsyrup, thank you! I found an external link to disambiguate the son (from the son's grandfather), and appreciate your bonus recommendations: have taken out brackets so no red ink (wondered where it came from...), and yes, the entry edits are about Georgian filmmaker Giorgi Shengelaia (who just died)...good idea to include when asking a question (wasn't sure). So quick and on target--thanks again! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wsnyder40 ( talk • contribs) 00:51, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
There's a section in the Merlin page called: Modern Fiction, and here it is:
Modern fiction
"The subject of Merlin has continued to be popular through the Renaissance and afterwards, especially since the renewed interest in the legend of Arthur in modern times. According to Arthurian scholar Alan Lupack, "numerous novels, poems and plays center around Merlin. (I've removed the citation for clarity) In American literature and popular culture, Merlin is perhaps the most frequently portrayed Arthurian character." Sometimes Merlin is a villain, such as in Mark Twain's satire of the legend, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889).
One entry, and a redirect to another page.
I'm wondering if that section should be in there at all, given there's a main article on the topic (of fiction involving Merlin). And if it should be there, it certainly needs more than a single reference to a (no longer very modern) writer. How much detail is expected of a section like this?
Grateful for thoughts from experienced editors, thanks! Maryanne Cunningham ( talk) 21:54, 17 February 2020 (UTC)
My youtube downloader page sandbox got rejected, but honestly I understand my sandboxes do kinda suck now because im not so experienced. but plz help me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by JaredmBrooks ( talk • contribs) 03:11, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
What is citation and how do you use it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Noreenkhan988 ( talk • contribs) 05:54, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan found that girls were actually kidnapped and married to Muslim men against their wishes or sold to them and these girls had not run away with them. Some girls from affluent Hindu families, run away with their Muslim boyfriends, but such marriages are short lived. The family links are severed and these females are then co-erced to marry some other Muslim man or are exploited by marriage agents. [1]
According to Pir Ayub Jan Sarhandi, a cleric accused of forced conversions, many Hindu girls are abducted and kept as sex slaves, but they are not converted. [1]
Most of these females have either lost their husbands or are extremely poor. According to Pir Ayub Jan Sarhandi, the government is supposed to look after all Hindus and others, but they approach him when they do not get government help. [1]— Spasiba5 ( talk) 10:37, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
References
I want to know about how can I do a better edit and how I publish a page ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by ZZ Digital Solution ( talk • contribs) 12:45, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
so ive created a page, but the name of the page is spelt wrong, can I amend it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.61.92.11 ( talk) 13:02, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
I am working on an article in my sandbox on WMF's OOUI-JS library. The only good sources I can find are from WMF sources. Do I need to wait for 3-rd party sources to appear? Also, is this topic notable enough? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nirobbins ( talk • contribs) 14:31, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
I've seen how to do this somewhere, but I can't remember how!
I want to cite this webpage: http://thepeerage.com/p41917.htm#i419169 . That's easy enough with the cite web template, but the problem is that thepeerage.com isn't really a reliable source in itself. The reliable source is the one it cites - Burkes Peerage 2003 (which I can't check directly). So I need a way to cite "Burkes Peerage as used in thepeerage.com" or "thepeerage.com citing Burkes Peerage." I've seen this done in the past, I've done it myself, but I'm having a brain fade today.
By the way, thepeerage.com, reliable or not, is quite widely used in Wikipedia. It'd be great if someone could come up with a template for it that manages this double citation problem. Chuntuk ( talk) 10:53, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
|via=
to include details that don't belong in |work=
or |publisher=
. However, if the situation is complex, it's sometimes easier to avoid templates altogether.
NinjaRobotPirate (
talk) 13:18, 18 February 2020 (UTC)Can only the person who put a tag on an article take it off? This article was tagged and I made corrections. (I am not the subject or connected to the subject). I asked the reviewer to check my changes but I havent gotten any response. Thank you -- HicksW ( talk) 10:45, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
{{
tone}}
tag.
QuiteUnusual (
talk) 14:15, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
/info/en/?search=User:Almaty/sandbox
Hello! I haven't asked here for help in a very long time, but I also surprised myself on how I managed to use the bar graph wiki code to make a table that I'm interested in. It is in use in a high volume page.
I know that others make templates and others use external programs or websites, but due to the daily updated nature of the graph I'd like to keep it "easily" editable and updatable. But also - like right aligned, in a box, like we're meant to and others seem to be able to do quite easily... Can anyone teach me how to do this? Cos if tis not that hard I may make more for new subpages or the like down the line. Thankyou! -- Almaty ( talk) 10:48, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
I am trying to add a reference on the Supertramp page where it says "citation needed". It is after this statement: "Most of the band have said they feel they hit their artistic peak on this album". I have found an interview where the band's drummer says this but it is in a youtube video and my question is, is it okay to reference a youtube video? Ibrahim Moizooos ( talk) 14:20, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
Ibrahim Moizooos ( talk) 17:32, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
I recently submitted a draft article and need to disclose my COI information for judging by Wikipedia. How do I do that? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Squibking ( talk • contribs) 18:03, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
A full cast includes all of the listed people in the credits. Thanks,
Thatoneweirdwikier
Say hi 21:32, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
not every fictional character ever created deserves to be listed". NinjaRobotPirate ( talk) 22:12, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi there,
does anyone know how to remove a link to the name Jane Needham on the following link:
/info/en/?search=New_South_Wales_Bar_Association
It links to an 19th Century woman and not the correct Jane Needham SC.
Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.83.178.144 ( talk) 22:20, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
Hello,
I recently submitted a post about Rushan Abbas, the Executive Director of Campaign for Uyghurs (and NGO based in DC). As per her request, I was to create a wikipedia page for both her and her NGO. However, the submission I made was rejected due to "plagiarism." However, I used the information she already has submitted on her website (as per her request) and am allowed to copy it from there. How can I submit the article now?
/info/en/?search=User_talk:Daradavigne — Preceding unsigned comment added by Daradavigne ( talk • contribs) 22:08, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
English breakfast, 2 sugars and milk please :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by AddisonJudah ( talk • contribs) 22:33, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
Yes, have some
On the page Wikipedia:Book sources#Subscription eBook databases, the entry for Project MUSE, which I put there myself, does not work because I don't know how to code it properly. The problem is that the link does not transmit the isbn properly to Project MUSE so it can reply whether it has the book or not; it just goes to an input page. I'd appreciate it if someone who knows how would fix it. Thank you. deisenbe ( talk) 17:12, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
Hello,
I am a new editor working on an article for a restaurant, Aska, of which I am affiliated.
I appreciate that Wikipedia discourages editing articles by users with a conflict of interest. My intention is not to use wikipedia for promotional purposes. Rather, I believe that there is genuine public interest in Aska. This list, for instance, links to the article I am editing.
To be clear, I have not received payment in exchange for creating or editing this article. This is a personal endeavour. I wish to adhere to all best practices for editing an article with a COI. I have thus identified myself as a connected contributor on the article's talk page.
I am hoping for guidance specifically on how to remove the warning about possible undisclosed payments. I would appreciate any guidance on editing with a conflict of interest generally too. Are there other steps I can take to make my conflict of interest transparent?
Thank you very much for your help. -- ElliotMacy ( talk) 02:46, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi I on my sandbox I have made a Positions by round table for the 2019–20 Premier League. but Man City have just been banned from all European competitions until 2022 by UEFA how do I add that into it? I can't move the Champions League qualification section from 2-4 to 3-5 because Man city have been as low as 4th this season any help? REDMAN 2019 ( talk) 14:35, 16 February 2020 (UTC)
I'm currently creating the article Kang Myung-A, it's about a south korean sports shooter. The article is currently in my sandbox. I can't find the sports reference for olympics. I've looked and can't find anything that usefull. If anybody can help, thanks Neverbuffed ( talk) 00:17, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
can any one review my page to see eveerything is correct Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Firstshow28 ( talk • contribs) 07:47, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
Who are you referring to when you say "we"? - X201 ( talk) 10:56, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
In /info/en/?search=List_of_mayors_of_Gary,_Indiana there is an incorrect link and I don't know how to change it: The 5th Mayor, William J. Fulton in the list, targets a man by that name who has a page, but it is not the correct William J. Fulton, who does not have a page. The real Mayor Fulton died in 1930 and the Fulton targeted in the list page, well, all you have to do is read his page to know that he was never the Mayor of Gary. How do I get rid of the incorrect link? How would I add a link to a correct page if I created one? MillerBeachSteve ( talk) 14:50, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
[[William J. Fulton (politician)|William J. Fulton]]
will display as "William J. Fulton" but link to the correct (currently non-existent) article.Thank you ColinFine but there are no double square brackets around the name, nor are there any around others that have a link:
|align=center|5 | |align=center| William J. Fulton |align=center|March 1925 |align=center|1926 |bgcolor=#E81B23| | Republican |- MillerBeachSteve ( talk) 17:13, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
{{sortname|William J.|Fulton}}
. Here {{sortname|...}}
means it uses
Template:sortname. The template page has documentation showing that an optional link target can be added as a third parameter. I have done this in
[21] with {{sortname|William J.|Fulton|William J. Fulton (politician)}}
.
PrimeHunter (
talk) 17:41, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
PrimeHunter Thank you. I've had my own website since 1995 but never really gotten into Wikipedia formatting, etc. I need to learn more since I run across misinformation and have contemplating adding some things. Need to study though. I did think it had something to do with templates, but, like I said, I was in the dark. MillerBeachSteve ( talk) 11:03, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
I'm not a heavy user and would need some help. I added that Parov_Stelar is also a visual artist using printing, painting and silkscreen techniques, as well as a designer.
As prove for this addition to the page I added two great articles of renowned websites: 1. https://www.ooom.com/digital/parov-stelar-from-pop-music-to-art-shooting-star/2/ 2. https://competition.adesignaward.com/press-release.php?ID=63360
However, User:Edwardx classified these as 'poorly cited'.
Since I do not edit Wikipedia pages very often I would like to know why these citations are rated poor.
Thank you!
-- MarkusInCharge ( talk) 16:26, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
Thank you ColinFine. Edwardx, did you see the websites I used as a citation. They are quite renowned. 1. https://www.ooom.com/digital/parov-stelar-from-pop-music-to-art-shooting-star/2/ 2. https://competition.adesignaward.com/press-release.php?ID=63360 Please help/clarify.
-- MarkusInCharge ( talk) 10:41, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
Just out of curiosity, does anyone know what the most featured picture in all Wikipedias is ? I see some pictures that are featured in over 7 different Wikipedias, but I imagine that there has to be some that are featured many more times. Thanks Aspenkiddo ( talk) 18:06, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi, what should I do to clarify that I'm not paid for creating the article about Cleveroad? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Moana122 ( talk • contribs)
Hi Everyone,
Is it possible to change a speedy deletion tag to a "Deletion Discussion". I mistakenly tagged an article for speedy deletion but that must be into the deletion discussion. DMySon 11:43, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi Teahouse, I firstly appreciate your help. As a new editor nearly one month ago, my article Draft:Karlyn Percil was moved from draftspace to namespace pending AFC approval. Another editor saw this and moved it back to draftspace. I moved it back and suggested that if the edits weren't sufficient that the admin nominate it for deletion instead. Instead of doing this -- the editor moved back to draftspace with a move protection on the article. This exchange has now led to other editors not willing to provide feedback on the article to move it along the AFC approval process. I was a new editor at the time and the whole thing was super discouraging and hostile. I have since made over 100 edits on the article and continue to make edits on an ongoing basis. My Questions are:
Thanks a bunch for your help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by AMPLIFYHER2020 ( talk • contribs) 04:58, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
Thank you ThatMontrealIP Cullen328 for your feedback on this! In good faith, I've deleted the article and changed my username as to not be associated or conflict with the subject matter. I will work more on the article in draft and continue when the sources are more verifiable and continue to solicit feedback from the community. I do want to note that I think my actions were taken in bad faith from the get-go, which is pretty discouraging for new editors. In any event, thanks a bunch for all of the help as I am a more informed editor now. Tealbrain ( talk) 17:04, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
Can I get some help in regards to my wiki page Seems its tagged to be deleted I thought it was for a self photo I took which I own so I deleted and added again with what I thought was indication this was self photo which I owned I thought I was good to go now but still wonder???? Any comments Wayne Keon Keonw ( talk) 16:41, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
Here's a site evaluating various writers that comes from a notable source https://canlitguides.ca/canlit-guides-editorial-team/indigenous-literary-history-1960s-1990/1970s-1980s-literary-developments/ Wayne keon Keonw ( talk) 17:16, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
Hey there,
hope you're well!
My submission for Hannes Bieger was declined a week ago, I'm working on getting the page in a more acceptable state and would love some guidance on how I can do this.
I'm gathering more citation links, which I believe to be a weakness of the submission.
If there's anything else that is lacking, please let me know.
Thanks!
Much love, Marcus. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mgoldenbarnes ( talk • contribs) 15:20, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
Is there a way for wikipedia editors or administrators to revert changes in articles and if it is pssible, is there a way to stop that from happening? Rodrigo Valequez ( talk) 17:33, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
Hello @ ColinFine:, what if the reverts were meaningless and done as vandalism. Thanks, Rodrigo Valequez ( talk) 17:58, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
-I've deleted my question and the users names because I misunderstood him/her and it would most probably be offensive. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rodrigo Valequez ( talk • contribs) 18:24, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
"Thanks for setting a new record in reverting my perfectly good edits. I hope you feel satisfied in erasing my years of hard work and research. Good f**king day."
Hi, I have added biographical details to the page for Kerry Taylor (businesswoman) as the article said it required clean-up, as it was tagged as having been created/edited for undisclosed payments. Now I have checked that everything is factually correct and added a few more links and citations, does this tag need to be removed? What else can I do to clean it up sufficiently? Thanks Fashionista2020 ( talk) 14:10, 19 February 2020 (UTC)Fashionista2020
Hi, I tried to clean-up Kerry Taylor (businesswoman) article, but as it seems to have been created initially by a sock puppet editor, the changes I have made have made no difference to its status. Would it be possible to delete the article and start over? Fashionista2020 ( talk) 18:32, 19 February 2020 (UTC)Fashionista2020
Hey Wikipedia, I've never asked a question here before, but I was just wondering what your opinions are on the Jeffrey Epstein "Suicide" case. Did he kill himself? Was it an assassination? If it was an assassination who hired the assassin? I just want your opinion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bobby77777 ( talk • contribs) 16:13, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
How dare you question my motives? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bobby77777 ( talk • contribs) 16:19, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi --
I landed on Wikipedia's page for The Clovers because I was interested to learn more about their hit song "Love Potion No. 9".
When I reached the last two lines of the article, which read as follows ...
The alternative version is also included on the soundtrack release of the movie American Graffiti.
Another one of their Songs, "One Mint Julep", was featured in the movie Carol.
... I made a couple of minor corrections (for instance, the song in the last line was referred to as "Mint Julep" instead of "One Mint Julep" and it didn't link to the Wikipedia entry on the song) but soon discovered I didn't know how to properly embed a link in the word "Carol" that would send users directly to the Wikipedia page for the movie and *not* to the disambiguation page for "Carol".
Then I thought it would be helpful to embed a link to the soundtrack page for the movie "American Graffiti", but I wanted to embed the link in the words "soundtrack release" and not in the title of the movie. But I don't know how to do that, either.
Can you help?
Thank you!
Proof Pro (Richard Hartzell) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Proof Pro ( talk • contribs) 22:21, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
I want to create a page about a business called Dynamic Sports Training (DST), and was prompted to go here to see if it is notable enough. DST trains youth, high school, college and professional athletes and has been in the local news several times over the last few years, as well as featured in USA Today, Fox News, Houston Chronicle, The Boston Globe, St. Petersburg Times, Sporting News, ESPN, and Los Angeles Times. A staff member is also a coach for the Los Angeles Angels and has been in the news. Will this page be notable enough to create? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Therachelpoppe ( talk • contribs) 22:35, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
In the wikipedia search function, is there a way to include a subtitle under an article title in the search results? Im editing an artist entry and want to put a subtitle like "brazilian artist" below his name in serch results. How can I do this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pedro Kiua ( talk • contribs) 13:30, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
I recently created a page (Bauer Entertainment Marketing) that got declined due to it reading too much like an advertisement. What are some ways that I could fix this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gabbya2020 ( talk • contribs) 23:53, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
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Nick Moyes (
talk) 00:31, 20 February 2020 (UTC)Attempts to create a page for Author Robert B. Stone (in full disclosure, my father) have failed. Dr. Stone wrote over 80 books, including best-sellers such as Martinis & Whipped Cream (the first diet book of the high-protein, low-carb diet movement) and gave lectures globally on The Silva Method. But as these were in the 60s-80s, I'm having a hard time finding on-line citations or other evidence of notability, cited by Wikipedia editors as the reason for denying creating of the article. The published number of books he authored can be independently verified. I have some old newsletter clippings in paper about him. Can they be uploaded somehow and referenced? It seems many less well known, less successful authors have pages, so this appears a bit unfair. Can anyone suggest some advice? You can see more about Stone at robertbstone.com. Thank you, Dennis — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dstone2 ( talk • contribs) 21:11, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
So a bulk of my edits are for plants and animals, two passions of mine, I was told by another user that I need to be cautious about my citation sources, because of verifiability purposes. They then mentioned that a lot of animal pages are cited with books and reports. Can somebody link me the documentation for citing a book, also are scholarly magazines okay to cite? I often frequent the library and learning how to cite a book would be helpful. Thanks for any input, cheers -- PrecociousPeach ( talk) 01:04, 20 February 2020 (UTC)
Does infinite dimensional polytopes exist? and does it comply with the wikipedia:Notability? I found this: "infinite dimensional polytope", "polytopes in infinite dimensional spaces", Infinite Dimensional Compact Convex Polytopes (paper), Infinite Dimensional Polytopes (paper), math.stackexchange.com. -- Nanachi 🐰 Fruit Tea☕(宇帆· ☎️· ☘️) 16:46, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
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00:45, 19 February 2020 (UTC)I went to the Alachua_County,_Florida article this evening to find a link to the Supervisor of Elections. Wikipedia is very trustworthy in this regard--no telling what random results a search engine might show for such a search. Instead of advertising, fake sites, news articles, opinion pieces, or real sites with similar names, I can count on Wikipedia to link with certainty to the real thing.
Or at least I could. Recently, User:Flibirigit removed the whole list of external links except for a link to the county's home page with the message "remove excessive list of external links, Wikipedia is not a directory". Is it really so burdensome for Wikipedia to carry a few relevant, general-level links organized into helpful categories? The external links that were removed were easy to find in the page and categorized by subject area. The list of links on the county's website is neither. The county has multiple link headings that have to be clicked on and searched separately. The mobile version is worse--the hamburger menu brings up 80 links to scroll through (I counted them four times).
I'll grant that a few of the links on that list could be counted as superfluous, but certainly not the whole list! Also, some of the links in the removed list are not to be found on the county's web site, especially ones for the school board and the water-management districts.
One could argue that governments, businesses, or organizations should put easy-to-find short lists of high-level links on their websites, but that's a lot to assume. Part of the way that Wikipedia speaks with authority is from its links--links as part of the citations of sources and links to external sites. I'd always thought the list of external links on the Alachua County page was a good practice for Wikipedia. I'd like to see it back.
(Of note: many of my Wikipedia edits have been to add links or repair links to resources that moved. None of my edits have been to the Alachua County page, though. Yes, this is where I live.)
NoOneAsked ( talk) 04:57, 20 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi,
is a singer of a music band, that exists for more the 10 years, notable? The band is currently winning a number of independet music awards in the Europe. The singer is a known video and visual artist besinde being a musician. thank you for your help. Person: Ksenija Sundejeva as metioned in the article: /info/en/?search=Tribes_of_the_City
Is a company, that has inspired a revival within its field noteable? the company has been portrait in news articles around the world. the foundes have been interviewed in national and internationl broadcasts from BBC to ARD.
the company is not on social media and has no advatising budget / person / agenda. Meanwhile the social media footprint is hugh-soly by people using the companies classic service.
would that comapy be "notable" on wikipedia?
thank you for your advice.
Portrait of the Company
https://www.aperturetours.com/blog/2017/berlin-photoautomat
BBC:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01rrspl
http://photoautomat.de/tvsendungen.html
https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/photoautomat/?hl=en — Preceding
unsigned comment added by
EinarBaltasar (
talk •
contribs) 19:55, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi There,
We want to get content for the brand page written & added to Wikipedia. Can you please suggest how to do the same.
Warm Regards. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Raattzz ( talk • contribs) 10:32, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
Thanks for responding. I work with the brand. By 'we' I mean me & my team. The team had previously attempted to get the brand page up, but it turned out to be a failure. — Preceding
unsigned comment added by
Raattzz (
talk •
contribs) 11:29, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
The brand is Cashify & I work in the marketing team. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Raattzz ( talk • contribs) 12:20, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
Thanks @331dot for responding. You are absolutely right by saying that being part of the brand my opinion will be biased. Could you please suggest an independent source who I could get in touch with to get this bit solved. As for the getting coverage in reliable sources, we have been working on the same in the past have got decent coverage there. Would be really great if you could help us with a direction here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Raattzz ( talk • contribs)
Can someone help here? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Raattzz ( talk • contribs) 06:33, 20 February 2020 (UTC)
I am not asking for publicity for my brand. Just quering about who to get in touch with to get this issue sorted. Please see the question posted above. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Raattzz ( talk • contribs) 07:19, 20 February 2020 (UTC)
Could you please suggest an independent source who I could get in touch with to get this bit solved, you will need to read this information which will explain why what you are asking for is self-contradictory. An actual issue, from Wikipedia's point of view, is that you still haven't complied with policy regarding paid editing; there is information about that in the first post above, as well as two posts on your user talk page. Again: please do not make any other edits until you have made the mandatory disclosure. -- bonadea contributions talk 10:32, 20 February 2020 (UTC)
There are already some articles about anxiety. Do you think a separate article about helping people deal with anxiety would be helpful? I created a draft called "help with Anxiety" but it was declined. Buttersongs2 ( talk) 08:41, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
hello am writing a n article of the vocational school in Africa (Uganda) inorder to help young people get skills for a leaving, since the school is new 2 years. I have faced a challenge of getting more sources for references. Please of any help guide Draft /info/en/?search=Draft:Ntinda_Vocational_Training_Institute.-- Sandrah.Akol ( talk) 05:04, 20 February 2020 (UTC)
Hello,
I'm interesting writing an article on Joseph Matthew Sullivan (1871-1918). He wrote three editions of a dictionary entitled "Criminal Slang" in 1908 and a related journal article in 1918 by the same name. His limited published output plays an important role in documenting American slang. He merits 69 citations in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, extended discussion in [ A History of Cant and Slang Dictionaries], and numerous references in both volumes of the Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang, and mentions in other standard reference works. Other publications also reference Sullivan, including Feminism in Women's Detective Fiction, by Glenwood Irons, 1995 and Nancy Drew and Her Sister Sleuths: Essays.... by Michael G. Cornelius, Melanie E. Gregg, 2008, for example. To me, these references constitute more than three quality sources.
In terms of conflict of interest, I'm working to publish an annotated edition of Sullivan's criminal slang terms and definitions, which will for the first time present everything in a single authoritative source. It's possible I will publish commercially on Amazon, but I may also make the publication available for free on my website. There is currently no comprehensive biographical source for Sullivan (that I can find).
Given all the above, can I (should I?) publish a Wikipedia article on the man?
Thanks.
Bixly777 ( talk) 15:42, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
Actually people have written about Sullivan (search Google for "Joseph M. Sullivan" "slang") and you'll find that people have written about him. See the 2013 Boston Globe ("How to talk like Whitey Bulger Mobster lingo gets its day in court"), The U of Arkansas "Female Detectives, Authority, and Fiction from 1864 to the 1930s." Most significantly check A History of Cant and Slang Dictionaries: Volume III from OUP--there are 3+ pages about the man and his work--not just citations.
Having said that, what about the idea of an article on Sullivan's book, as noted above? Thanks. Bixly777 ( talk) 18:36, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
Regards, Rodrigo Valequez ( talk) 18:40, 15 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi, I'm using a 6.9MB image as a portal banner on my User page and wonder if the full resolution version is being uploaded each time as there seems to be an upload lag.
If it is, can I force {{Portal image banner}} to use one of the lower resolution versions? Thanks. RLO1729 💬 05:10, 20 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi, I feel that I can significantly improve this article -
/info/en/?search=Indian_Institute_of_Rural_Management - and have added the template {{
In use}}
at the top of the page above the pointers. Since am doing this for the first time, I would like to ask whether I have added/positioned it correctly or need to make modifications before proceeding? Also do I need to add any other information before starting on the content? Thanks in advance,
Tycheana (
talk) 09:54, 20 February 2020 (UTC)
In the editor, The search (and replace) tools, with "Regex" button depressed, don't seem to support Line Break, /n. Also line break is not mentioned in the special terms at Help:Searching/Regex. I needed this at en:wikisource but it applies here as well. I know I can workaround by copying into my favorite editor but I thought I'd ask.. Nissimnanach ( talk) 13:10, 19 February 2020 (UTC)Nissimnanach
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18:44, 19 February 2020 (UTC)\n
with backslash and not /n
with a normal slash.
Help:Searching/Regex is not about the editor but about the standard search box on all pages which only searches for matching pages and cannot make replacements.
PrimeHunter (
talk) 19:54, 19 February 2020 (UTC)Hi, can you help me figure out how to improve my article to get it approved? Thanks, John Here is the link: /info/en/?search=Draft:Darryn_Melerine — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thecr8tve ( talk • contribs) 20:37, 20 February 2020 (UTC)
Thank you, David. I've gone through two revisions, and had them both declined. I feel like the subject is worthy of an article. This is honestly my first article and I am at a loss of where to go next. Do I hire someone to help me write it so that it will get approved? Can you or someone review the article to tell me what is wrong with it? Any help is appreciated. Thank you. Thecr8tve ( talk) —Preceding undated comment added 21:59, 20 February 2020 (UTC)
i want to correct lies about me (Bill Binney) on a Wikipedia page about me. How do I do that? I've tried but can't get it changed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:147:C000:D210:9E8:A81C:3B9C:A76 ( talk) 23:43, 20 February 2020 (UTC)
Can I get pointed to the right source for how to edit a citation in a table? I know I can't use the visual editor but have been unable to figure this out from other sources I've reviewed. Thanks BDD user ( talk) 15:24, 20 February 2020 (UTC)
A draft at Draft:Jung Ye-rin was rejected with the following comment:
"This draft has been resubmitted with the statement that the artist had a single that was in position 37 on the Korean national chart. However, the link to the Korean national chart lists a different song in position 37, and no listing for the artist or any of her songs could be found in examining the chart. This submission has therefore failed verification. Please do not resubmit without providing clearer information, or discuss at Talk:GFriend. If this draft is resubmitted without proper discussion and without showing how she satisfies musical notability, this draft will be Rejected."
However, the reference for the Gaon Digital Chart (Reference #7) does show the correct song at position 37 (written under its Korean title, "왜 또 봄이야") and the artist is credited for that song (under her given name, written in Korean, "예린"). I believe the reviewer may have followed Reference #8 next to the Downloads number of 82,419+ which shows the same song at position 84 with 82,419 downloads for the month of March 2017, which serves to verify a lower bound on the number of downloads for the song. How can I make sure that the draft demonstrates musical notability? 76.68.127.195 ( talk) 22:21, 20 February 2020 (UTC)
I don't have the time or talent to rebut this evil article. Someone emailed this wikipedia page to me, but it is full of one-sided dubious sources. It should be tagged, at least, with a warning. /info/en/?search=List_of_sexually_active_popes — Preceding unsigned comment added by Meakfish ( talk • contribs) 15:23, 20 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi, I wrote an article last year on Ashi Tashi Dorji and had problems (due to my inexperience) in moving it into the mainspace. An editor/admin PRehse kindly moved it for me, however I am still linked to the Ashi Tashi Dorji Talk page via my sandbox talk page, which links to The article's talk page. Please can you help me clear it. Doctor 17 ( talk) 03:55, 21 February 2020 (UTC)
Hello from Ocean Blue Project. We have had a few interns and other supporters asking why we don not have a Wikipedia page for our nonprofit.
How do we request a page for www.oceanblueproject.org — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1006:B069:27C5:988A:7401:E946:A744 ( talk) 03:08, 21 February 2020 (UTC)
Currently, I don't seem to be able to find a lot of information (other than passing mentions) on Ocean Blue Project (a Google News search revealed mainly passing mentions and the main search revealed just the home page and social media profiles). Honestly, I don't think this company is notable yet, but if you can demonstrate notability please tell me.
One more thing: please don't go ahead to create the page. Even when you have an account that is sufficiently old, after which you are technically allowed to create pages, doing so would be considered a conflict of interest, and would result in it being likely deleted. If it is really notable, you may request for the page to be created at WP:Articles for Creation (see the instructions there), and provide the sources. It is best to leave willing editors to write it, since the article they write will be written from a more neutral point of view.
All in all, I'm sorry that the company is not currently notable enough. Please don't create the article for it, even when it becomes notable. Thanks for asking at the Teahouse! tLoM (The Lord of Math) ( Message) ( Report false positive) 04:23, 21 February 2020 (UTC)
Love looking up plant information on Wikipedia - would appreciate being able to find the growing zones as part of the information available on each reference. Can a line be added to the basic format so zone info could be listed in an easy to see format? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:387:4:803:0:0:0:2A ( talk) 09:53, 20 February 2020 (UTC)
{{
speciesbox}}
and {{
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are intended to give data on taxonomic aspects of the plant, not their habitats or hardiness, which are very dependent upon where in the world the species is growing. By 'growing zone' do you mean
Hardiness zone? If so, I doubt more than 1 in 1,000 articles would ever end up having anyone including that kind of data. To expect it across all plant taxa (and thus to include it as a parameter in a taxobox) is asking too much. That said, I always encourage creators of new species articles to add range and habitat information whenever I'm reviewing a new page. I find it frustrating when a page creator can't actually be bothered to read their own sources and extract really useful basic data from them. That said - the references are always going to be there for someone else to do the tidying up.
Nick Moyes (
talk) 10:29, 21 February 2020 (UTC)Hello! I'm a new editor to Wikipedia, but not a novice editor. I put an article out onto my sandbox about a local New England musician, Nancy Day, 2 weeks ago. It was written by me with just several historical points by her that I incorporated into the text. It is currently on my sandbox. How do I get it into the encyclopedia section of Wikipedia? Thanks!
BillyK — Preceding unsigned comment added by William Klessens ( talk • contribs) 13:56, 21 February 2020 (UTC)
How would one go about asking to change Wikidata statements (not the information in them but what they are)? ★Trekker ( talk) 13:53, 21 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi, if a page was once speedily deleted for lack of notable references, can it be speedily deleted again if some other editor found the subject interesting, found enough reliable and independent sources to create a stub-page, and published it? Thanks. FelixtheNomad ( talk) 17:29, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
I interviewed many people about the history of art in Las Vegas. I would like to place this information on Wikipedia. Is this possible? The information has never been published so it is valuable.
Thanks, Doug — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:8801:2C00:EEE:0:0:0:2DC9 ( talk) 18:25, 21 February 2020 (UTC)
The link from the Wikipedia page for Joana Vale Costa to her WTA profile doesn't work. I went to the WTA site and did a search for her name. I found the following works: https://www.wtatennis.com/players/318075/joana-vale-costa but when i tried to fix the Wikipedia page, i see that is not how the link is programmed. It looks like this: * Joana Vale Costa at the Women's Tennis Association but it doesn't work — Preceding unsigned comment added by Scott Blair H ( talk • contribs) 17:59, 21 February 2020 (UTC)
{{WTA}}
(with no parms) to cause the template to look up the link info from Wikidata
property 597 (WTA player ID). I then edited that property (clicking on the
small pencil icon after Women's Tennis Association produced by the template in the article) to correctly mis-spell her linked name (valle→vale). Editors apparently chose this as the solution when the links changed, modifying the template to look up the necessary value in Wikidata, replacing most of the {{WTA|nnnnnn}}
calls in articles with {{WTA}}
, and setting the properties correctly. There were apparently some that were not done. See
d:Property talk:P597#URL was not working. —[
AlanM1(
talk)]— 18:51, 21 February 2020 (UTC)how do i reuse same reference with different page numbers. see Mach's principle, it contains multiple references with different page numbers. and please revert 9-57 and 530 edit summary edits. Leela52452 ( talk) 18:47, 21 February 2020 (UTC)
Some article prose<ref name="Smith">{{Cite book|...}}</ref>{{Rp|12}} and some more{{R|Smith|27}}.
Here's some more.{{R|Smith|112}}
Hi, I have a question regarding the copyright release of a picture. On the article of a celebrity, I found a display picture that on its description claims to be a screen capture of a Youtube video with a CC license, however when accessing the video I noticed it does not have any type of license. Would this be a reason for the picture to be taken down? and if so, what should be the process to request the removal? Thanks for all your help — Preceding unsigned comment added by DFulham ( talk • contribs) 14:11, 21 February 2020 (UTC)
So, I hear a lot about "Consensus" on Wikipedia. What exactly does that mean? I read the page for it, but it was kinda long and confusing... could someone help clarify it? Thanks, King of Scorpions 18:56, 21 February 2020 (UTC)
Hello, I'm new to Wikipedia and just drafted a new page for "Scott A. Shay" and having issues with reliable sources to get it published. I'm asking for assistance with finding approved sources for him. He is a co-founder of a bank and author of 2 books.
Thanks! :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by SugiOrange ( talk • contribs) 17:28, 21 February 2020 (UTC)
He is founder of a notable bank and has more relevance than many authors allowed pages in Wikipedia, but needs work on sourcing and details beyond founding the bank unfortunately, in most reputable sources that's all the Relevance given to him, though did find two related to his book and one on taxi Medallions crisis:
Slywriter ( talk) 20:35, 21 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi, I think I screwed up in naming this--sorry. Could someone please advise? Thanks very much. Caro7200 ( talk) 23:01, 21 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi everyone, I would like to add info to an article regarding a bestselling book, however I was wondering regarding the source: on most bookshops, including Amazon, the book is said to be a New York Times best seller, would the commentary of this sites suffice as a source? Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by LeFalafel ( talk • contribs) 18:17, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
I submitted an Article Creation about fashion accessories designer Jonathan Meizler of the brand 'title of work.' /info/en/?search=Draft:Jonathan_Meizler I submitted it the wrong way the first time (sorry), and got this message:
"As you are a new editor, please submit this article through the articles for creation process. Please note that including nearly 50 citations is not necessary, and in fact is likely to only slow down the article's approval; an article with just 5 good sources is better than an article with 5 good sources and 20 mediocre ones. Including an exhaustive laundry list of collaborations and clients is also unnecessary and smacks of promotional writing. I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. signed, Rosguill talk 22:40, 23 January 2020 (UTC)"
So I removed citations that I thought were extraneous (and some that I realized included 'title of work' accessories, but were not actually identified in a caption or in text), and really stripped it down so it would be more focused.
When I resubmitted for consideration, I then got this message:
"The fashion brands are likely notable, but I do not see how this person is notable independent of the fashion companies mentioned." This was part of a larger "not accepted at this time" message from User:Sulfurboy
I'm a little confused. When I removed citations I think I lost the person's notability. On the other hand, would it make more sense to make the entry about the 'title of work' company, making the founder and designer (Meizler)subordinate to the brand? Thank you for any guidance.
@ Rosguill: @ Sulfurboy: -- Dakotajone ( talk) 21:39, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
I have been observing the talk page of a politician. It seems to me that the article is written in a biased way— and some investigative journalism has shown that the article may have been created and definitely at some point of time the has been managed by said politician or someone in his camp. There is one user who aggressively opposes any proposition to modify the article seemingly past minor edits despite the article potentially requiring a WP:NPOV overhaul. This user has also been extremely active in the talk page of an election— I have also been looking at that once in a while— that Mr. Politician has recently participated in, and my view is that Mr. User is there also a force to oppose any unfavorable coverage and vice versus.
What must be done in such a situation? I am worried he has maintained a veneer of plausible deniability which makes matters further difficult to handle. GGLLFFP ( talk) 17:22, 21 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi, I've just made a new template called {{
Interlanguage link with draft}}
(or {{
illd}}
). It is based on {{
ill}}
and made to specifically link also to a draft article, addressing the problems as mentioned in
this user essay. If it works well, it might be merged into {{
ill}}
, as my template is fully compatible with {{
ill}}
. Please give feedback and suggestions on it, and thanks!
tLoM (The Lord of Math) (
Message) (
Report false positive) 03:59, 21 February 2020 (UTC)
@ Nick Moyes: I don't know much about the strategy, so I'll have to assume that this topic has a page in Spanish called es:Patrick Zachmann and a page in French called fr:Évolution du collège épiscopal français en 2013 (both are random pages in those wikis). Then it would look something like this: National Pollinator Strategy . It looks the same everywhere, but I'm still trying to improve it, and there are certainly ways to disallow a link to drafts in mainspace (using template coding and magic words). Thanks! tLoM (The Lord of Math) ( Message) ( Report false positive) 15:52, 21 February 2020 (UTC)