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Hello, I noticed that Principia College does not have a image in its page previews area. I think if there were an image in the infobox it would also naturally appear in the page preview for Principia College? However, if I don't want to go so far as to put an image in the infobox, is there a way to redirect the first image of the page to be used as the page preview image?
Thanks Archivingperson ( talk) 04:19, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
Courtesy link: Draft:Shua Hoffman
Hey, my wiki page keeps getting rejected. its for an artist ( /info/en/?search=User:Shua_Hoffman) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shua Hoffman ( talk • contribs) 06:59, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
Hey, I was wondering if anyone would like to give an unbiased, informative, constructive interview with the artist known as Henry Reyes, aka PhilmyPortraits. I've been in contact with him in several informal scenarios, and his philosophies and policies are interesting, to say the least. He's beginning to work on NFTs, and I think it would be in the best interest of his audience to know the artist behind the works.
He's a bit terse and elusive, so any information that can be gathered about his individual is vital. For anyone interested, I'll be willing to share notes on the artist's professional life. I've also asked permission to publish an article on him, for valuable informative points he makes. Watsoncreativemedia ( talk) 22:20, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
So, if I write my article to a reliable news source, then get someone else to reference the article, that would work, right? And I don't get to edit the wiki?
He already has articles out there about him, I could reference those easily. I also know folks who know nothing about the subject, and they wouldn't be paid to do so. It's just easier to get information straight from the horse, so i thought that would be the first step. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Clynnwat ( talk • contribs) 01:06, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
Also, I don't have a personal interest in his work, but he's gaining popularity. I'm not being paid for this article, i think it would be informative to note someone who has a profound effect on the art world. I have no interest in promoting his work, and I won't even link to his social media. The guy has a bachelor's degree in liberal arts, and he's become a point of interest for people who think negatively of him. I just want to put the real story out there from a professional point of view.
Clynnwat, I'm struck by something that you wrote: I have no formal association with Mr. Reyes, I just believe his subject of choice is strange enough to merit notability. And if it is such an issue, i will see to it that he makes his name in the US news. (My emphasis.) You seem to have it the wrong way around. Articles in Wikipedia are written about people who have already made their name (whether in the US news or elsewhere). Moreover, it sounds as if you are intent on publicizing Reyes on Wikipedia. If this is so, please don't: you'd only be wasting time, primarily your own. -- Hoary ( talk) 07:27, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
Hello I had a question, Is there a way to add a honorific prefix or something that does the same thing to a royalty info box? Orson12345 ( talk) 03:50, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
Kpddg Thank you for responding. I tried adding a honorific prefix to a royalty info box but it doesn’t let me. I’ve added honorific prefix’s to nobility info boxes and officeholder info boxes and it let me but for some reason it doesn’t let me with royalty info boxes. So I wanted to know if there’s a way around that. Orson12345 ( talk)
@ Kpddg I wanted to add His Serenity to Leonardo Loredan. Orson12345 ( talk)
Well I guess most editors don’t follow that rule because almost every duke in Wikipedia have his His Grace attached to there name. Orson12345 ( talk)
Is it acceptable to refer to a source that is behind a paywall? Does that still count as being in the public domain? Occasionalpedestrian ( talk) 11:17, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
Hello! I have recently undertaken a project where I am translating a featured article ( Гото Предестинация) from the Russian Wiki. Would it be better for me to purely translate the article, or fact check every piece of information with the source? I am concerned in doing the later as Google Translate may not translate correctly the many Russian sources, thus making my corrections factually incorrect. As it is a featured article, it should be reviewed enough where all the information is correct. Everything in the article correlates with the little information in English, and at a brief review everything looks sound. I plan in not being blind to the information, but not correlating every fact. Is this the correct course of action? GGOTCC ( talk) 04:58, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
Hi,I'd very much appreciate your help, if possible! ..I'm trying to upload an image to the page Islamic Reporting Initiative - specifically, a picture of the chairman, who is himself already on Wikipedia - Mohamed Amersi - but not yet with an image. I'm in contact with him and he has given me permission to use a picture for use on Wikipedia, which is a picture to which he holds all the rights. I have completely read through the Wikipedia page Wikipedia:Uploading images, plus some of its subpages, but I'm still not entirely sure that after I publish it on the page - which in itself seems simple enough - it won't be immediately removed.. I think my questions are: a) Does my image qualify as a 'fair use image'?, b) Am I allowed to upload this image directly to the English Wikipedia?, and c) If I do (upload to English Wikipedia) what are the downsides vs uploading to Wikimedia Commons? Again, I'd be extremely grateful for your guidance. Thank you and have a great day! Julianross CSR ( talk) 10:56, 2 February 2022 (UTC) Julianross CSR ( talk) 10:56, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
Many thanks for your superfast reply Colin! Seriously appreciated. Wow, yes this does sound like quite a process - which I kind of saw coming - but extremely helpful to now have such clear directions. So will first follow up with the photographer, and then follow through accordingly from there. All sounds doable. Thanks again! Julianross CSR ( talk) 11:51, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
I was about to put an entry into a well-known boxer's Wikipedia about an assault conviction then realised it might not be there at present because of the UK's Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. I've checked a couple of other actors who I know from older reportage have what are called 'spent' convictions and see they are not in their Wikipedia articles either. This seems fair enough, and there are legal reporting restrictions on spent convictions in the UK, but I wonder if that is a Wikipedia policy? On reflection, I might not put the spent convictions in anyway, but it'd be interesting and useful for the future to have a thought on the matter from someone more experienced. All the best Emmentalist ( talk) 14:14, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
Thanks very much, zzuuzz. I've had a read of those references. I think it's probably best to go with common sense and proportion, as those policies and you suggest. In this case, I was looking at a boxer who'd been cleared of a serious offence and noticed that a minor actual one isn't mentioned. I think it's best left out; it' not pertinent to anything in any case. Thanks again, and all the best, Emmentalist ( talk) 12:41, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
How do I add images to links?
I'm trying to make my user page less barebones, and more attractive, so I want to add
[[User Talk:QuickQuokka| [[File:Gnome User Speech.svg]] Talk]] [[Special:EmailUser/QuickQuokka| [[File:Mail-closed.svg]] Email]]
to the top of my page, but it shows up as:
User Talk:QuickQuokka Special:EmailUser/QuickQuokka
How do I add an image as part of a hyperlink? Quick Quokka [talk] 11:38, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
[[File:Gnome User Speech.svg|50x50px|link=User talk:QuickQuokka|alt=Talk]]
And this one [[File:Mail-closed.svg|50x50px|link=Special:EmailUser/QuickQuokka|Email]]
Hope this helps! ―
Kaleeb18
TalkCaleb 18:17, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
[[File:Gnome User Speech.svg|50x50px|link=User talk:QuickQuokka|alt=Talk]] [[User talk:QuickQuokka|talk]]
and [[File:Mail-closed.svg|50x50px|link=Special:EmailUser/QuickQuokka|Email]] [[Special:EmailUser/QuickQuokka|Email]]
that produces thisI want to cite two different newspaper articles in one footnote. After I enter the info for the first article, is there a way I can submit info about the second source before the footnote is created? Pdramshaw ( talk) 15:46, 31 January 2022 (UTC) Pdramshaw ( talk) 15:46, 31 January 2022 (UTC)
References
* {{cite news |title=Title1 |newspaper=Newspaper1}}
* {{cite news |title=Title2 |newspaper=Newspaper2}}</ref>
So I need to learn how to add footnotes with coding ({{...}}}) as opposed to visual editing? I've been doing visual editing, and when I add a footnote I get a template for adding one news cite, but now way I can see to add another news cite before creating the footnote.
Pdramshaw (
talk) 16:53, 31 January 2022 (UTC)
:(
To use the Citoid auto-lookup, you would need to switch to Source mode for least some steps. Hope that helps! ⁓
Pelagic (
messages ) 13:17, 2 February 2022 (UTC)Puretortoise ( talk) 13:51, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
How can I improve this article? Varal2 ( talk) 11:10, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
CONFUSION: Varal2 created and then blanked Draft:Varal Consultancy. GTLR then created identical content Varal Consultancy DMCC, nominated for Speedy deletion. David notMD ( talk) 14:51, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
Hi. The bot by the name of " ClueBot NG"( talk) undid my edit at the page " Aphthous stomatitis." I think this bot is malfunctioning. Admins, please shut the bot down. Also, can somebody revert the bot's edit on the requested page please? Thank you! ExpositionLaner2835 ( talk) 16:35, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
I am having difficulty creating references. I have created 22 references using a template "Template: ACS References", at the bottom of the article. Now I am trying to insert the reference numbers in the article text (e.g. [1], [2}, etc.), but not having an luck. Gerryrkirk ( talk) 16:54, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
Hi, I would love to be part of the Wikipedia family and create new pages of persons who are worth being mentioned on Wikipedia. How do I start? Thank you so much for all the help you can give Patrick PATRICK HERBOTS WILRIJK ( talk) 17:02, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
I wanna make my profile look good, how do i do the formatting? Outrunno ( talk) 18:04, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
i belive this articile should be merged with this one Why? Because they should be in a article called "Internet Browser (Nintendo consoles)" it makes it much more simpler, what do you think. TzarN64 ( talk) 20:33, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
Adding a source from the web Hello. First time in the Teahouse. I have been editing Wikipedia for 10 years yet still adding a source in certain instances is a sticking point for me. In Floyd Patterson' article, I want to add something in the Retired Life section of the article, after where it says he ran the 1982 and 1983 Stockholm Marathon. He ran the 1983 New York City Marathon, which I ran also and beat him by 9 minutes that day. Want to source with: NYRR Race Results 1970-Present, enter his name, and the result pops up. Can you please put that source right after Reference #28 if you can please and I will fill in the narrative(only a few words). No one is responding on the talk page. Thank you for your time and effort. Have a good day. 2601:581:8402:6620:D4B0:611F:BC:D1FA ( talk) 21:16, 2 February 2022 (UTC) 2601:581:8402:6620:D4B0:611F:BC:D1FA ( talk) 21:16, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
Yes, I see, but I wanted his result posted, so when you click on the site, enter his name in the box (Floyd Patterson) and his 1983 New York City Marathon result will come up right away. 2601:581:8402:6620:D4B0:611F:BC:D1FA ( talk) 21:33, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
Never mind. Did it myself. All good now. Thank you for your help. 2601:581:8402:6620:D4B0:611F:BC:D1FA ( talk) 21:45, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
I see in Talk a long list of books for which images of the covers/jackets are wanted. I could upload a bunch, but as a not-quite-autoconfirmed editor I apparently ought not to upload non-free images. Also, I don't feel confident about following the directions in the File Upload Wizard regarding non-free requested images (placement in article, notification in Talk). Perhaps I should just upload them in the Commons and hope they are noticed? Or perhaps someone could walk me through the first one? Thanks in advance for your advice. Anne.erickson ( talk) 22:05, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
I would like to ask for help regarding my page Dale A. Martin. The article was gutted even though all the facts were properly cited. I have a COI, I am not paid, however I wouldn't like to give away my identity. Here is a link to the lengthier dispute: /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest/Noticeboard#c-Slywriter-2022-02-02T22%3A06%3A00.000Z-Dale_A._Martin
Thank you for all your help/advice in advance! :) Pelicanegg ( talk) 22:34, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
The article CodeMiko has contained the subjects full name as it is publicly available in sources online.
However several edits have been made to remove the name, owing to concerns about the subjects privacy and safety online.
Several other twitch streamers have their full name published on Wikipedia, such as Emiru, Mizkif, Pokimane and more.
I am unsure how to interpret the guidelines laid out in Wikipedia:BLPPRIVACY and would like an third opinion on whether the name should be included on Wikipedia or not. LongJohn42 ( talk) 22:38, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
When you can go from draft to publication?. I currently have this page in draft and have made the changes you asked me to consider it a draft? Draft:Stroma_(philosophy) Pepeh17 ( talk) 09:17, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
Hello, On the James Semple page, the image isn't showing up in the Page Preview area even though the image is in the infobox area. The image is 168 × 225 pixels. Is it to small to show up or is there a way to correct for that? Thanks Archivingperson ( talk) 04:35, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
Which license should I use while uploading an image taken from a YouTube video? Resmise ( talk) 08:26, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
I really need some help here. I am using a chromebook OS to edit wikipedia. Any tips from anyone who has resolved this problem would be appreciated.-- Phil of rel ( talk) 01:51, 3 February 2022 (UTC) Phil of rel ( talk) 01:51, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
Good morning. I have been asked to help get the DietPi wiki page published. I have a limited amount of prior information, largely the history at /info/en/?search=Draft:DietPi I am wondering what the requirements for valid citations are from the actual software developers. I am in contact with them, and as far as I can tell the citations in the rejected draft are from DietPi. Please forgive my newby ignorance. Dherkes ( talk) 13:05, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
Hi, I am an avid fan of the book series The Storm Testament and I wanted to find some information on it, so I looked for the Wiki page and could not find it. I then saw some logs that looked like it might have been deleted and I feel like it deserves a page on Wikipedia. I would just like to know if there is any reason that it was deleted or if there is any way to make a page? I would be willing to help and I think it would be really awesome to have a Wiki page for someone who hears about the book and wants to know more, or if someone just needs informatiom from it. FrostyPosty ( talk) 06:54, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
Hello,
I'd like to report a COVID-19 misinformation that happened on 7 Sept 2021 on the Italian TV show diMartedi' by virologist Ilaria Capua
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mv_20CVsqrc at 49:47
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNyxksFh42g or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX-Ge_3ZmIg for the short version
As you can easily verify translating the video descriptions, she literally said on television: "Ivermectin is a dewormer for horses and is a drug that is dangerous for people because it is not registered for people".
I perfectly agree with /info/en/?search=Ivermectin_during_the_COVID-19_pandemic and I think it's a very serious matter not only claiming that it can be a treatment but also lying about one of the safest drugs.
I don't need to quote /info/en/?search=Ivermectin right?
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2015/press-release/
"These two discoveries have provided humankind with powerful new means to combat these debilitating diseases that affect hundreds of millions of people annually. The consequences in terms of improved human health and reduced suffering are immeasurable."
Thank you for your attention. 193.57.100.10 ( talk) 20:50, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
I thought COVID-19 misinformation couldn't just be edited by anyone. So should I write the same report in the section "Please help" of the talk page? Thanks for your support. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.57.100.10 ( talk) 23:12, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
Francisnijim ( talk) 13:23, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
I know some users have different fonts, shadows, and colours in their Usernames, like User:Blaze Wolf and User:Itcouldbepossible. How do I add one for my own? ExoplanetaryNova ( talk) 23:36, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
Wow! Thanks for the help, Sdkb! ExoplanetaryNova ( talk) 23:46, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
REF my prior submissions. As a newbie here I have but one simple goal and that is to ensure that the details included in wiki are true and accurate. I think we can all agree on that for sure. I am finding it difficult to understand a couple of items. First, how does the wiki community define "reliable published source (s)" and secondly, how does first hand participant details (not previously published) ever make into this database. When a significant person, like a US president, writes his memoir of time in office, and raises matters not ever published before, are you saying that such information is not deemed credible? If so, all personal memoirs would be excluded. If you accept them as "credible" then you are simply picking who is and is not "credible" by a means of life importance. If former President Obama said something for the first time in his book - does that mean it is true? Because a well known book publisher prints millions of copies, does that also make the words of one man become "credible"? Is the New York Post more or less "credible" than the New York Times or Washington Post? Thus back to my point - what really is a "reliable published source" ? I look forward to more open discussion on this matter and hope ALL enter with an open mind. Thanks. AmIntelAgent32 ( talk) 21:07, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
first hand participant details (not previously published)are never appropriate for our articles because no published source can be cited and readers can't verify the "facts". However, once (ex)-president Obama publishes his memoir, then it can be cited because it is a source. Wikipedia doesn't claim what his memoir says is "credible and/or true", only that he stated it. Others reliable sources may back up what he says but if they contradict any of his statements then an article here can present both sides of the argument and let readers decide. That's why all our citations need to be able to be verified and be reliable. Mike Turnbull ( talk) 13:09, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
Obama’s preferred cook at the White House was Mrs. Jones, but not for the sentence
Obama’s legislative agenda was stalled because Republicans were unreasonable and uncompromising(surely he would say that).
I wish to be added to the list of Lancaster University alumni
Billy Corr, historian 36.37.193.102 ( talk) 00:44, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
If there are so many templates on a page, the template collapses. How do I make the template not collapse? What coding? Quiet2 ( talk) 11:10, 1 February 2022 (UTC) Quiet2 ( talk) 11:10, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
{{
Navbox}}
and {{
Navbox with collapsible groups}}
.Yes Nick - clearer and cleaerer! how would I go about creating this? on one page, let say /info/en/?search=User:Quiet2/sandbox I want to change it on 1 of the operations. that is all Quiet2 ( talk) 11:10, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
Fun guy. {{
Central Intelligence Agency}}
one of the templates, I would add state command = uncollapsed ? can you change it plz?
Quiet2 (
talk) 11:13, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
{{Central Intelligence Agency|state=uncollapsed}}
How this user User:Ansh.666 has extended confirmed rights below 500edits. ... २ तकरपेप्सी talk 11:13, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
How do I add a spouse without deleting the former spouse? WarmFlowers ( talk) 17:58, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
{{marriage|(insert person here)|(insert start year here)|(insert end year here)|end=(insert end reason here)}}
. If the subject is still married, do not insert the “end” parameter. Common ending reasons may include divorce or death. Hopefully this helps. —
3PPYB6 —
TALK —
CONTRIBS — 18:35, 3 February 2022 (UTC)i added the drummer from the band HUM in the deaths section twice, but it's been deleted both times https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=2021_in_rock_music&oldid=prev&diff=1063240366
i did not change the pages formatting. why do others get to choose which rock n roll deaths are worthy of being on this page? Jlc999 ( talk) 14:50, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
Jlc999, were you working off an old version of article for some reason? You may not realize it but in addition to adding the drummer, you deleted 9k bytes of data. That's the reason you were reverted. Just head on back and add what you were trying to add and doubt there will be any further issues. Slywriter ( talk) 15:06, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
I plan to write an article about an algorithm called "PH-Tree". The [ "Your_first_article" page] page suggest I should evaluate notability of the topic in the Teahouse.
Considering that this field is rather specific, I think these references would qualify a Wiki site about the algorithm as "notable". What do people here think? TilmannZ ( talk) 16:18, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
I looked at WP:NSOFTWARE, specifically the "Scope" and I don't think it is applicable. The "PH-Tree" is not a software or computer program (and is not associated with a company). It is an algorithm that everybody can use/program in their programs/software if they want. Maybe as an example: this is similar to Bitcoin being a software/implementations and Blockchain being the underlying algorithm.
So I have some more questions:
Is it the norm in 2022 to show disrespect to a young black professional on your website?
The title above Jason Wright's photo on the article for Jason Wright reads, "Jason Wrong". While the humor is not lost on me, I'd hate to start thinking of Wikipedia as an on-line meme site disrespecting the first black president of an NFL team.
/info/en/?search=Jason_Wright 65.216.177.29 ( talk) 13:36, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
Hi, all. I was revising a biographical article and I noticed that it consistently referred to her by her first name whereas all of the other biographical articles I've seen referred to the subject by their last name, or if multiple people with the same last name were discussed, as first initial and then last name. I would like to revise it to reflect the standard format, but wanted to make sure there wasn't something I'm missing. Paridae5000 ( talk) 16:04, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
Hello all,
I've been working on a draft for a Soviet folk song. The song was illicit, underground, never published anywhere. Soviet copyright law starts in effect with the creation of a work, though under Soviet copyright law in either the 1925 or 1928 laws it would now be out of copyright (the song's date is not known exactly but thought to be from the late 20s). Soviet Copyright law from this period also guaranteed the right to translation.
If you look at The Song of the Volga Boatmen, a Russian folk song with no recorded author, the WP article reproduces the lyrics in full, along with a transliteration and two English translations. The lyrics section cites no sources for the original, the transliteration, or either translation; as such, all of those are either copy-pasted from some source and not cited or (it seems to me) constitute original research. I'm not very familiar with WP's translation policy, particularly of works in the public domain.
My question is thus, how can I include the lyrics of the song I'm writing about? I have in my possession the seminal source about Soviet popular music, which features the Russian lyrics and the translation. I'd like to include both and cite that source. However, doing so would be copy-pasting, which is against policy. If I instead include just the Russian lyrics and do my own translation, would that not amount to original research? If I include the Russian lyrics, would I not have to cite them? Would it be best to just not include the lyrics at all? The Russian version of the article I'm writing features lyrics in a lyrics section and cites a source for those lyrics; however, they seem to be copy-pasted from that source. The German version of that article does not feature lyrics.
Apologies if I made any incorrect assumptions; I'm still fairly new to WP. Lkb335 ( talk) 17:05, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
why does everything i post to Wiki get deleted? even when i provide COPIOUS sources i just get told i didn't provide any sources and my work is deleted. every single time. it's worthless to participate. I provided THIRTEEN sources for this page /info/en/?search=Draft:Police_shooting_of_Kimani_Gray
But it was rejected as not sourced.
Another page I keep trying to add a famous rock n roll drummer who died, but the editors decided he's not good enough to be included - why do they get to decide for everyone? Jlc999 ( talk) 14:37, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
i provided thirteen sources, from ten different media outlets. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jlc999 ( talk • contribs) 14:46, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
and when i posted the page i put in a note that i'm not an experienced page creator and would need some help with the formatting. not to be.
the wordpress link is a journalist's eye-witness video of a protest the day after this killing.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Jlc999 ( talk • contribs) 14:53, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
Courtesy link: Sharp Greens
Hi! I would like to change the name of the page "Sharp Greens" into "Polish Young Greens" since the participants of this organization ask about it. It seems I don't have the right to move, although the page doesn't have any protection.
Why do we want to change the name?
Although "Ostra Zieleń" translates as "Sharp Greens", the official name of the organization in English is Polish Young Greens. Here are the proofs:
1. https://www.cdnee.org/m-o/partner-organizations/ 2. https://europeangreens.eu/warsaw-online-2020/network-meeting3?_scpsug=crawled,3983,en_5afe3f5aef548fb644f100feb45089596f825c5d5c34a041dfd023e77c9894f4 3. https://fyeg.org/news/fyeg-polish-young-greens-pis
Thank you for your help! Polbrk ( talk) 19:26, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
Stripping (linguistics) § Not-stripping states that
My immediate gut reaction was that such statements are innately unencyclopedic, no matter what the subject matter and how reliable the source is. I couldn't quite put my finger on why, though. Having now gone through the 83 search results for "only plausible", I think it's because it's a bit of a corner case.
On the one hand, for one option to be "the only", every other option must have been ruled out. That's not necessarily problematic, of course: " The emperor penguin is the only penguin that breeds during the winter in Antarctica" makes sense, as the number of penguin species is quite small, so ruling out the rest is quite straightforward - in principle, anyway. But it can be problematic, especially for immaterial things like "analyses", which are potentially innumerable. Subject matter expert or not, how could anyone ever be certain that there do not exist other analyses that would qualify, yet simply have not occurred to them?
On the other hand, "plausible" is a way more subjective criterion than the likes of "during the winter" and "in Antarctica". Its use may still be fine in a scientific publication, but only because in that context it will be implicitly read as "plausible in our, the authors', estimation". Which doesn't work in an encyclopedia article, however.
Either issue can be easily addressed, of course. Here's an occurrence in a footnote in another article that accomplishes both by softening "is" to "would seem to be":
This simultaenously acknowledges that other plausible explanations may have been missed, and that plausibility is somewhat in the eye of the beholder. Plus, the entire footnote is attributed, so even an "is" would work here. The instigating occurrence, as well as a handful of others from the search, fail to do any of that, though.
Or am I being too demanding?
- 2A02:560:42D2:CE00:81B4:4813:CBCE:5025 ( talk) 20:05, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
I tried to go back and add the 4 tildes but I cannot find out how to do it. Help. I want to do this right. Kkrpsyd ( talk) 23:33, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
What is it about Draft:Himetataraisuzu-hime that makes it unsuitable for inclusion in Wikipedia at its present state? How can it be improved such that we can move it into mainspace? MaitreyaVaruna ( talk) 18:50, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
I have read that the picture went over budget due to John Huston's gambling problem and that he suggested Monroe spend a week in hospital as a cover for his gambling debts. So I would like this information added to the story of the Misfits, instead of just blaming Marilyn. MHD02445 ( talk) 03:02, 4 February 2022 (UTC)
I got reported I got reported on the Administrator's Noticeboard for "block evasion", even though the blocks I'm "evading" have expired. 2A01:36D:1200:48EB:7C11:D5B6:20FE:864C ( talk) 06:08, 4 February 2022 (UTC)
Jarayampesha Kanoon of Jaipur State. [1] -- Karsan Chanda ( talk) 06:15, 4 February 2022 (UTC)
References
HI I posted a draft of an entry and put it in for ATC editing. I have not heard back. What can I do to speed the process along? Thanks, Liza Zimmerman ( talk) 00:01, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
I would like to know how to improve it. Liza Zimmerman ( talk) 00:02, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
User:Wgullyn thanks! Liza Zimmerman ( talk) 02:55, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
@( User talk:Maproom the sources are all independent. And top ones: NY Times, Robb Report. All the other editors asked for more sources. Liza Zimmerman ( talk) 17:39, 3 February 2022 (UTC) @ Maproom I just wanted to make sure you saw the comment above. Best, Liza Zimmerman ( talk) 23:07, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
Category:Lists of villages in Maharashtra have list about some talukas but many districts and talukas have no mention on this page. I suggest you to add list for Mumbai, Jalgaon, Pune, Nashik etc districts in it. Success think ( talk) 20:39, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
@ Hoary:, Ok I'll not ask again. Success think ( talk) 06:11, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
@ Pelagic: Hi, your thought is good but I'm not that expert in WP editing. I don't know how to create category pages. Villages of maha article have about list abt talukas but I think it is not appropriate. That page should have only list about district and in district should be list of its talukas. Success think ( talk) 08:23, 4 February 2022 (UTC)
I have received a message saying that "Congratulations! You are now eligible for The Wikipedia Library." in my notices, what is this "Wikipedia Library" and this message seems suspicious for some reason, I haven't clicked on anything (like the notice/message has said) so can anyone tell me more about whatever this is, and should I trust it?
Thanks - RandomEditorAAA ( talk) 05:31, 27 January 2022 (UTC)
Sorry for asking another question, Thanks - RandomEditorAAA ( talk) 18:29, 27 January 2022 (UTC)
Hey there! Just seeing if a mod would be willing to look over my edit request for the ACORD page. It was recommended by one editor that I seek out another editor for review. Thank you! Morrissey35 ( talk) 21:27, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
What do you do when you've started a draft and then while you're working on the draft someone else creates a page in mainspace for the same thing? I've had it happen a couple of times, but I just noticed that Kai Wright recently had a page created when I had started a draft at Draft:Kai Wright. TipsyElephant ( talk) 03:16, 4 February 2022 (UTC) TipsyElephant ( talk) 03:16, 4 February 2022 (UTC) I didn't have much more than an outline, but I figured it be nice to know for future reference. TipsyElephant ( talk) 03:19, 4 February 2022 (UTC)
Hello, my page was moved into the draftspace. I think it is fairly important as it is the highest state honour which Hungary awards. I feel like it is cited and written well... Any help would be appreciated! Link: /info/en/?search=Draft:Hungarian_Order_of_Saint_Stephen Pelicanegg ( talk) 11:29, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
Hi Melecie, thank you! But I find it has been unfairly moved to the draftspace. Could a third-party properly review the page? Also a similar thing happened to my other page. Link: /info/en/?search=Draft:Dale_A._Martin Thank you in advance! :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pelicanegg ( talk • contribs)
Bearcat, do I have to wait for other reviewers or can I just take the AFC template off? With this much energy it makes more sense to review the page rather than move it here and there... Thank you in advance :)
Someone randomly accused me of sockpuppeting. Upon looking into the user they claim is my sockpuppet, it was a random comment posted by an IP user on a talk page that I had previously participated in, supporting what I was saying, but offering no rationale and from my point of view clearly seems to be some random passerby who probably doesn't even know how things work given how they had no other edits and started a new section instead of participating in the existing discussion. The accusing user removed that IP user's comment stating that it is a sockpuppet in the edit, and then posted a comment accusing me of sockpuppeting.
This is a very serious accusation and I do not like it at all as it hurts my credibility. The IP user had literally nothing to contribute to the discussion and did nothing to support my argument, and I have absolutely nothing to gain from sockpuppeting there. All they did was give this user an excuse to make this attack on my credibility, which is adverse to any motive I would have. If I were paranoid I might even accuse the accuser of a false flag sockpuppet (I am not doing so, I am just saying that is how ridiculous it is).
Can anything be done about users who make these sort of bad faith blind accusations? Even better, this person is an administrator on other versions of Wikipedia and Commons, so they really ought to know better, or have tools to actually check and see if someone is a sockpuppet, so it's really inexcusable that they are engaging in this sort of behavior. 2404:2D00:5000:701:654D:B89E:48C6:F644 ( talk) 12:49, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
[…] as it hurts my credibility
And if your sole basis for accusing me of sockpuppetry is "someone else spoke Japanese so it's you", well, that seems to be extremely racist.
racist, I wouldn't be learning the Japanese language and culture.
The article is primarily written by English speakers who do not understand Japanese and are outright ignoring input from native Japanese [sources]is a very reasonable way of making a very reasonable argument.
all of their sources are shitty articles written by ignorant people in the West (...) They think they know more than me with 15 years of doujin experience just by reading shit on Crunchyroll, ANN and other white people's playgroundsis a very unreasonable way of making the same argument.
[...] refrain from accusing others of sockpuppetry directly unless you are opening an SPI
In addition to that, just editing while logged out (or under different IPs) is not sockpuppetry as long as the various accounts do not claim or imply to be different persons.
Hello, I reverted a picture of the nine kings of Europe photographed together accidentally to a colorized version, and I immediately reverted it back. Will I get blocked? Vamsi20 ( talk) 17:47, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
Can someone please check to to resolve the citation issue?
/info/en/?search=Draft:Huma_Batool Adeelkhanwwc ( talk) 18:39, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
@blazewolf What do you suggest should I resubmit or add more in the page? — Preceding
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Adeelkhanwwc (
talk •
contribs) 19:18, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
trans-title=...
) and authors to the citations? ⁓
Pelagic (
messages ) 12:16, 4 February 2022 (UTC)can someone help me out with explanatory notes? im not sure how to add one where i wish to, and everytime im trying to, part of it goes wrong or some unfortunate citing error pops up. it's embarrassing to revert edits just because of some syntax error(s). can someone explain like im five? thanks. Dissoxciate ( talk) 12:01, 4 February 2022 (UTC)
Why can users remove things that are proven to be true and how can I stop them doing this? TheTruth1749 ( talk) 10:08, 4 February 2022 (UTC)
Original post: ...the U.S. 60 mm M2 Mortar;[6] the latter was often employed without its baseplate in order to speed deployment..."
Should be revised as: "...the U.S. 60 mm M2 Mortar;[6] the latter was often employed without its bipod in order to speed deployment...".
Reason: The baseplate is needed, it serves as a "foundation" for the weapon, to allow for aim, and to take the recoil as the mortar bomb ejects from the tube. The first step when deploying the 60mm mortar is to pound the barrel with the attached baseplate to the ground to emplace the weapon. The second step is to attach its bipod. The second step is optional. The mortar would be less accurate without its bipod, but still capable especially if its crew is experienced. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.108.0.80 ( talk) 15:45, 4 February 2022 (UTC)
How can I become better at making articles more efficiently? Hello, I have recently made an account on Wikipedia and I plan on making/editing articles relating to older consoles. For example, Super Nintendo Entertainment System. I don't really know how to edit and make things to well at the moment, so I was wondering if any of the hosts here had any tips? I just don't want to hurt the amazing articles that are already created. Hpnzii ( talk) 15:21, 4 February 2022 (UTC)
Can someone rename the article Johann VII, Count of Nassau-Siegen to John VII, Count of Nassau-Siegen? That's the correct English translation of his given name. The article of his son is with the English translation of his given name: John VIII, Count of Nassau-Siegen. I think it would be appropriate to use the same form for both father and son. Roelof Hendrickx ( talk) 15:03, 4 February 2022 (UTC)
I have become an editor as I wish to improve the page on L. Winifred Faraday. My sources are letters written by her archived at Leominster Museum and, so far as I am aware, are the only sources for information on her Fellowship at Oxford and her teaching career. Can I go ahead? I wanted to use the Talk page relevant to her entry but can't see anywhere to write! The Bi-metallic daughter ( talk) 10:50, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
;)
I think primary sources are okay with in-text attribution, e.g. In her 1901 letter to Lucius Lovejoy, Faraday wrote that she was growing tired of Manchester and longed for a more rural location.[1]. (I totally made that up, but you get the idea.) ⁓
Pelagic (
messages ) 11:18, 4 February 2022 (UTC)Thank you Editors, there are some valuable ideas here to spur me on. — Preceding unsigned comment added by The Bi-metallic daughter ( talk • contribs) 16:21, 4 February 2022 (UTC)
I found a sockpuppeteer that have blocked accounts on en.wiki, but the principal account has no editions
Hello, i need help to these topic, browsing on es.wikipedia, i see that a checkuser bloqued some accounts for Block evasion and abuse of multiple accounts, 2 of these accounts are bloqued on en.wikipedia (the accounts are there Mateo, Frank, Yoshi, Johnny y SamXDGaming 849156 ( talk · contribs) and Max, Felix, Johnny, Lewis and RickyXDGaming 896471 ( talk · contribs) ), for a username violation, nevertheless the principal account ( SuperFrankie4891 ( talk · contribs)) are on en.wikipedia, but doent have editions, my question are should report it even if the main account has no edits?, doent make an action? or request a lock review of those already locked? and in the event that I must report it, where should I do it? Emolga826 ( talk) 16:15, 4 February 2022 (UTC)
my page is not visible and how to create a bio 45.115.107.98 ( talk) 15:29, 4 February 2022 (UTC)
I'm writing about fiber availability in germany. Some sources are only in german language available. For example I want to link to https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breitbandatlas but this is in the german Wikipdia.
This is my post
It should be pasted here
Is there anything I could do/could have done better?
Furthermore I updated this article like this with the same information
GavriilaDmitriev ( talk) 11:26, 4 February 2022 (UTC)
Hello. My name is Justin Wright Neufeld, I'm an assistant to Sam Hurt, creator of the Eyebeam cartoon and others. I want to make a short bio page for him (Eyebeam has one; he does not) and after wandering through the Wikipedia editing channels, I'm wondering what is a better way of going about this: 1) writing a short, referenced bio (noting my conflict of interest) and submitting it for review, or 2) requesting a stub article about Sam Hurt.
Thank in advance for your help on this,
Justin NinthWeirdestJugful ( talk) 17:51, 4 February 2022 (UTC)
The composer listed is incorrect. I work for Sony Pictures Music Legal and was asked to correct the entry. My change keeps getting reverted. How can I make this change permanent? Thank you. Dustcastle ( talk) 18:45, 4 February 2022 (UTC)
Hello, I'm relatively new to editing Wikipedia. So far I've cited my edits with another website (I haven't used books or anything else, so far). However, I'm noticing that other people include dates and other items within their cites. It looks like even if there is one way to cite material, not everyone does it the same way. Now that I know a better way to cite references, should I go back and correct my edit cites? Or does everyone just do the best they can on how much they include? Thanks! Archivingperson ( talk) 18:53, 4 February 2022 (UTC)
I've been searching everywhere but it's hard to find a high-quality guide and I am unfortunately still confused about the public domain and free-use restrictions in general.
My situation is that a well-known individual emailed me and asked that a certain photo of them be used on their page, and they are happy to sign a release agreement for the image. I do not know for sure whether they are the copyright owner of the image, but I can check with them if that is necessary. How can I go about getting them to release the image for free or fair use on 2 specific Wiki pages, ideally with minimal work on their part? (I don't know that they have a Wikipedia account or would be able to upload the image on their own, but I can send them forms or attach their approval.)
Thank you in advance! Caleb Stanford ( talk) 18:30, 4 February 2022 (UTC)
Hi, I've made a very big mistake. I've breached the rule of Meir Kahane. I didn't notice the notice. Now I apologize. Please forgive me. Please give me one more chance. Thanks, Orangebiscuits ( talk) 18:00, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
Hi all. I'm not very experienced with professional writing, so forgive me if i'm wrong. It seems (to me at least) captions that are complete sentences with capital letters only have a 50/50 chance of ending with periods. Please inform me if there is something i'm missing, because it's making me neurotic, but i do not want to step on the feet of more experienced editors. Holduptheredawg ( talk) 22:05, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
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TalkBlaze Wolf#6545 22:56, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
Hello Teahouse editors. I am wondering about how I could save time whilst making articles. Let's say that I am trying to make a lot of similar articles. In this case that would be Medal of Honor articles. Below is the contents of an article I wrote a month ago. Could I take that article and change up the information to match a different Medal of Honor recipient and use that in a new article? Is something like that allowed? It would be much easier if I could use a template as it takes a lot of time to write new articles which basically say the same thing. Thanks in advance!
Joseph S. Keen (July 24, 1843 - December 3, 1926) was an English born soldier and recipient of the Medal of Honor for actions during the American Civil War.
Biography Keen was born in Vale, England on July 24, 1843.[1] He moved to America some time between his birth and the start of the American Civil War. He started as a private but eventually obtained the rank of sergeant in Company D of the 13th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment.[2][3] Keen was captured by the Confederates on September 20, 1863, following the Battle of Chickamauga.[2] He was held in multiple prisons including Andersonville until he escaped in Macon, Georgia on September 10, 1864.[2] He earned his medal in action near Chattahoochee River, Georgia on October 1, 1864.[3] His medal was issued on August 4, 1899.[1] Keen died on December 3, 1926, in Detroit, Michigan where he was buried in Elmwood Cemetery.[3]
Medal of Honor citation For extraordinary heroism on 1 October 1864, in action at Chattahoochee River, Georgia. While an escaped prisoner of war within the enemy's lines, Sergeant Keen witnessed an important movement of the enemy, and at great personal risk made his way through the enemy's lines and brought news of the movement to Sherman's army.[1][4] Gandalf the Groovy ( talk) 13:49, 4 February 2022 (UTC)
I understand that we have the watchlist system, but I'm not looking to receive a notification every time an article I like gets favorited. I do use chrome's bookmarks but after a while those pages get messy and there's no easy way to distinguish read pages from unread ones (a small box for the reading list doesn't really do much). I was just wondering, do they have something like that? And if not, do you think they ever will? TophatGuy14 ( talk) 13:56, 31 January 2022 (UTC)
Thanks, I'll be sure to use my page for that. Honestly at first I thought the user page was only meant to serve as a short description of your Wikipedia self and was limited strictly to that, I'm glad it isn't. TophatGuy14 ( talk) 14:02, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
I am new here and would like to get some help on to find my way around here. There are so many pages just about how to contribute that it's often easy to miss the right one. I would like to get the right introduction path here on Wikipedia. I made a small self-introduction on my userpage. Feel free to contact me also on IRC. GavriilaDmitriev ( talk) 07:48, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
I never know what to do when this happens. An IP editor, operating in good faith, is editing heavily at Jody_Pinto. Unfortunately it's obvious from their edit-summaries that they're doing this using information personally derived from Pinto. Several editors have cut stuff out. I just tried to remove a load with an explanation in the edit summary, I've put an explanation on the article's talk-page, and also on the editor's talk-page, but they've reverted all the stuff back in again. Obviously I can't edit-war, but how on earth does one get through to such an editor that we must have sources? It's so frustrating. Elemimele ( talk) 22:04, 4 February 2022 (UTC)
Hello, I've noticed that on the Principia College page, there are a few sentences, like about Measles that may not be needed on the webpage, partly because it's a data point with little context or out of context compared to what kind of detail is needed for this page? Without censoring the information is there: 1. Any way to remove it? 2. Put it into context? I don't have any context to add, right away. Any ideas? Thanks! Archivingperson ( talk) 23:32, 4 February 2022 (UTC)
Hello- my subject line says it all. I am looking for some help with how to add notations and what an ideal reference list looks like? Also... the notable person I am writing about is in a number of online publications including encyclopedia.com. Is this a reliable source? Is prabook.com a reliable source? Thank you for your help; I know this is volunteer based! VRlasso 19:19, 4 February 2022 (UTC)
VRlasso 00:00, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
What are the benefits of having 500 Wikipedia edits? Are there benefits to other areas? ScientistBuilder ( talk) 01:33, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
Congratulations! You are now eligible for The Wikipedia Library. -- Karsan Chanda ( talk) 07:34, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
A page appeared on my watch list about an edit to A.C. Redfield Lifetime Achievement Award, and I was curious about the change and found a name added to the list of recipients. After confirming this was vandalism as the new name, while appearing normal, was not a recipient of the award. I reverted the edit. Then I explored and found the IP address has added the same name to multiple award pages, and made no other edits. What is the procedure to follow here? I think I know how to undo changes (or at least that's what I just did on the A.C. Redfield Lifetime Achievement Award page), but is there a next step? And/or a different way to revert the pages back to the correct answer? DaffodilOcean ( talk) 19:35, 4 February 2022 (UTC)
Can any admin delete my user page, please? Orangebiscuits ( talk) 10:40, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
{{
db-u1}}
(as it appears when viewing this page) to request that an administrator deletes it. The folks here at the Teahouse aren't nessesarely administrators.
Victor Schmidt (
talk) 11:12, 5 February 2022 (UTC)There is another editor who'd like to update some military insignia, the update is based on emblem shown on the new field uniform of that branch. Another editor objected to this edit and claim image of new field uniform cannot be used as reference per Wikipedia:Reliable sources and insist on previous emblem (which that editor created in the past). I am actually agree with first editor who'd like to make update, and help to provide proof that the updated insignia is recently being used and also pointed out that the insignia is shown in the official website of that military unit (although it didnt explicitly mentioned that). The other editor who objected still object that edit and said that pictures are still not a reliable source as it didn't provide enough details. As far as I know, I couldn't find any source that explicitly mentioned that this military unit used this or that insignia, so the best source is either those recent pictures of new field uniform and images on website that may indicate that is the insignia.
My question is, what's the standard to be used as sources for images? because there are some military unit that didn't explicitly mention their insignia on website, but there are plenty images of insignia used in either uniform, website, news, letterhead or others. are those image are really unacceptable?
Thank you Ckfasdf ( talk) 07:55, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
Who is the founder of Amer city? [1] -- Karsan Chanda ( talk) 05:45, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
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I started my first article on someone (after editing a lot of other wikis that talked about him - but how do I check on its status? TruthLover123 ( talk) 01:12, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
Is there a way to enable the live updates for one's watchlist by default, rather than having to manually turn it on each time? I did have a look through the settings but I couldn't see anything. Perhaps I'm blind. — Czello 10:44, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
I would like to be able to visually edit talk pages instead of using syntax. What is the likelihood of the addition of this in the future? ScientistBuilder ( talk) 02:09, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
?veaction=edit
to the end of the URL. However, I would recommend using the Discussion Tools feature (I think it's starting to be enabled by default, but that might be for very new users) as it is specialised for comments. Alternatively, you could also add the script
Convenient Discussions (which I use) to your account's .js page, which in my opinion has a lot more functionality than the Reply tool. —
Tenryuu 🐲 (
💬 •
📝 ) 16:41, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
I started an article in Draft space during an edit-a-thon, but someone else completed an article in Mainspace on the same topic before I could finish. My Draft is redundant now. Do I delete my draft? If so, how? If not, what do I do? Wait for someone else to delete it? Jaireeodell ( talk) 19:27, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
Thanks! I used {{db-g7}}. -- Jaireeodell ( talk) 19:51, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
I am writing about an artist, Barbara Krupp. 1. Do I need to reference each museum and gallery she has been exhibited in? 2. IS website address enough to make a reference? 3. Do I then write the name, after the reference...or does the reference become the only word needed?
FOR EXAMPLE:
Her paintings and are in the permanent collection of the << https://www.cantonart.org/> Canton Museum of Art, Canton, Ohio. The exhibition was titled “Restoration, Recycling and Remember”. Sue-zin ( talk) 22:36, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
Hello, several years ago I created a couple of little pages under my username for “user boxes,” and I can find some very old versions of my user page which I would like to delete and retain only the current version. In addition, I made three username changes so far, and I notice that all of my previous usernames redirect to my current username. I would like to discard two of these redirections, because they were short-lived variants of my current and first username, “Lispwave.” I would like to retain only my first username redirection from “Lispwave,” because I still love it, but the other two usernames are not necessary anymore. Thank you! דויד פון תמר ( talk) 23:15, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
Hello! I want to add the colors of Hungarian basketball teams to the player's pages (if you look at some of the NBA player's pages, or Turkish player pages, you can see the team colors in some of the infobox parts), so on which page or where and how do I add this in? MrSplashman77 ( talk) 23:28, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
color1
, color2
, color3
, etc parameters. For more info, see
Template:Infobox basketball club. For an example usage, see
Kecskeméti TE (basketball). Happy editing!
🐶 EpicPupper (he/him |
talk) 23:34, 5 February 2022 (UTC)Thanks! I've added it in for Soproni KC, but for players like Myles Mack, E. J. Montgomery, and Rickey McGill, the infobox is still the standard grey :/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by MrSplashman77 ( talk • contribs) 23:47, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
How can I upload an image to an article I am writing? Vedlagt ( talk) 09:53, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
My draft is Vanita Winnie Gupta. How to get it to Article please help I cant understand the pages written about it Varchasva (EncycloBoys) Singh ( talk) 08:49, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
The article for pimecrolimus displays fine normally, but if you load it in mobile view or edit it with the visual editor, you see all of the markup for the infobox at the beginning of the article. I'm thinking there's something in the infobox content that's breaking it, but I compared with some other drug articles and couldn't figure out quite what the problem is. Any help is appreciated or if you know what the fix is, please go ahead. Thanks. flod logic ( talk) 10:47, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
The recent editing history of Glory Days (Little Mix album) shows a chain of users accusing each other of being sockpuppets. Any thoughts how to untangle the truth? Anywhere to report this without asking for a full scale investigation? Thanks. Nick Levine ( talk) 03:18, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
This message: Cite error: A list-defined reference with group name "" is not used in the content (see the help page) has shown up on Bible which has recently been heavily edited. I have gone to the help page and am no closer to understanding how to find, or what to do to fix, this error. Can you help? Jenhawk777 ( talk) 05:24, 5 February 2022 (UTC) Jenhawk777 ( talk) 05:24, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
There is no scholarly consensus as to when the Jewish Hebrew Bible canon was settled in its present form. Some scholars argue that it was fixed by the Hasmonean dynasty (140–40 BCE), [1]Click the number 1 and it should take you right to the nice red error warning.
while others argue it was not fixed until the second century CE or even later. [2]They both say "Harv error: this link doesn't point to any citation" in each citation and in a nice bright red in the References list. How is it possible you can't see that?
References
There it is! Jenhawk777 ( talk) 06:48, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
I’m doing upgrades to the page Marie Byrd Land. It has a link to Mount Iphigene”, which redirects to a target page Ford Ranges. The content for Mount Iphigene on the target page is a good start for a short article. I read how to convert redirects on the page Wikipedia:Redirect. It explains how to remove the redirect from the redirect page. Can I then copy (cut) the content on the target page and place it on the original redirect page Mount Iphigene? If so, will its URL or link change so that Mount Iphigene is an article? Do I then need to edit the links on the connected pages (What links here?)? BrucePL ( talk) 18:20, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
Hello, I would like to add a movie poster to the info box on the page for A Tuba to Cuba. I see The Wrecking Crew (2008 film) uses an image from billboard. How do I go about adding images that aren't part of WikiCommons and what are the Wikipedia policies regarding non-WikiCommons images? Cheers Groovymama ( talk) 22:07, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
Can anyone warn anyone about vandalism on their talk page? Or do you have to be an admin to warn them? PlaceKickerEnthusiast ( talk) 00:42, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
Hi everyone,
I'm a student at a European University. One of my econ professors wants us to edit Wikipedia as an exercise. He has already created a Programs & Events Dashboard explaining how Wikipedia works but he would love it if the community could give feedback to his students. I am writing this message because I have some experience with Wikipedia and thus knew the right place to ask for help. I'm more familiar with the french Wiki and I could use your guidance to help me find the hub of the patrollers or any other help aiding the students improve Wikipedia the right way.
I will pass along any information you can give me to him. Much appreciated, Qwerty1999 ( talk) 22:48, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
I found a copy of a person's Biodata from 1982. Written by themselves with letters written to them attached. Is there a precedence for citing something like this? It is basically a 24-page résumé. SanLeone ( talk) 06:55, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
Hi everyone, I was making a template on the locations that teams in the Kashmir Premier League represent, similar to this template. The thing is I’m not sure about is how I should represent Overseas Warriors as they don’t represent a place but they represent Kashmiri diaspora so I don’t really know how to represent them. Help would be appreciated. Thanks, Hamza Ali Shah Talk 08:32, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
This may be of interest to hosts and others:
Wikipedia:Village_pump_(proposals)#Offering_the_Reply_Tool_as_an_opt-out_feature Gråbergs Gråa Sång ( talk) 08:09, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
Hello, I am the creator of the Cloudworks Entertainment article. 3 days ago, the article has been nominated for deletion as it does not meet WP:NCORP. I forgot to put in my user talkpage that I am an intern for the company and the Managing Director of Cloudworks Entertainment, Aszuad Zakaria, has paid me to create a Wikipedia page for his company. I am currently proposing changes on the talk page of the affected article by using the request edit template and I don't know what to include in the template. Please help me. It would mean a lot as my job depends on this. Thank you. Aleeyasw ( talk) 10:08, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
Published the Page. What to do next?
Hi, I have published my mentor's page under the name "Qasim Farasat", and it is under review. Please guide me on what to do next so it gets published? Danish Tariq.pk ( talk) 05:19, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
ISSUE: The photographs are either claimed as "own work" by Qasim Farasat (impossible) or "own work" by Danish Tariq.pk (possible, but strongly suggests COI or PAID, as took place at events over years). At Wikimedia Commons, User contributions for Qasim Farasat - QF created nine images of Qasim Farasat, claiming "own work." Some of these, in the Wikipedia draft, Danish claims as "own work." In addition, the wording "my mentor's page" above suggests a paid connection, which per WP:PAID must be declared. David notMD ( talk) 07:21, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
Can I please get a review and advice for article I created and submitted. Is there anything more I can do or should do? I just want to create a new page/article about KaiECO because nothing exists already. Your advice is appreciated. KaikenMan ( talk) 12:51, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
my account and ip were blocked for no reason, and i was being constructive 80.94.201.61 ( talk) 12:39, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
I wrote an article about 5 months ago and still wasn't approved. Could someone help me? I believe I followed all the guidelines and Wiki rules but it is about the startup I work. How much would it cost to have a professional writing it? LuisaGoncalves2021 ( talk) 10:42, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
I have a warning on my article - A major contributor to this article appears to have a close connection with its subject. It seems like this was because I only created one article, and someone said that the artist's husband's name is similar to my username. How do I remove this (or should I?) I don't want to get dragged into any arguments about my identity online because I try not to have too much social media etc etc, so if I'm not sure if I even want to contest it! The article in question is up for deletion, so I'm still talking with people in the discussion page on how I can improve it. Wil57 ( talk) 13:45, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
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TalkBlaze Wolf#6545 14:27, 7 February 2022 (UTC)Just seeking some advice, please. After looking through my Preferences pages, I'm wondering if I should set up an email for WP now I've been a member for three years. Are there any particular advantages and can I be sure it is secure? One thing I'm a little confused about is how to send mails to other editors – presumably, I need to set up my own email first to activate a utility? Any information and advice is welcome. Thanks and all the best. No Great Shaker ( talk) 10:52, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
Hello! I am trying to work on some of my very first articles. I have made over 18,000 edits to the encyclopedia, and so I think it is about time that I get to work on making some articles on some subjects that I feel could really use articles! One such article that I am working on is this: Draft:Hakenkreuz (Hooked Cross).
I am using public domain images for some of the points covered in the encyclopedic article, but I do not know how to put the images exactly where I want them in the article! I know where I want them, and I am just trying to get the three current images side-by-side under the "Here are some examples of the swastika:" text, but before the text that addresses the examples of the hakenkreuz. I have not yet added any information on the hakenkreuz images, because I wanted to address the other images first before adding those. Once I have this figured out, I will go back and add more images, but I need to figure out how to put an image exactly where you want it. I know how to put an image up or down in an article, and inline anywhere, but not how to put any images side-by-side of one another in an article in such a manner also as to perhaps have them roughly evenly sized etc.
Thank you!! Much love from an editor dipping their feet in the water for the first time on creating new articles!! I have a few others that I want to make, but this one is one that I have done a lot of research on, so I believe I have the most secondary sources and material to support the encyclopedic entries being made on this subject. Thanks! ♥ Th78blue ( talk)♥ 16:51, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
How can I add a picture to an article? My grandfather was a baseball player about a hundred years ago. There is no picture of him in the article. My family has a lot of pictures of him. Jlshoem ( talk) 19:07, 7 February 2022 (UTC) Jlshoem ( talk) 19:07, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
Hi, I will like to find out where I can find different form of images like this (📼), looking for something that replicate a podcast and other works or variety in the wikispace and more. Thanks Jwale2 ( talk) 08:38, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
Does wikipedia have a template to create a page? WikiConsultant2 ( talk) 20:19, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
Hello, so I have recently made a new article about the species Gromia Appendiculariae (see /info/en/?search=Gromia_appendiculariae), and I can not seem to figure out why the Speciesbox is broken. So if anyone wants to help the article that I made please feel free to improve it. I would also like to ask if this source https://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=895589#sources is able to be used for the article?
Thanks Rugoconites Tenuirugosus ( talk) 18:53, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
The way that I managed to get the species box is by copying the species box from my previous article , then changed the species box itself in order to match the classifications that were shown on the source. I do in fact know that the way I use capitalisation is a huge problem , I have also fixed the capitalisation problem with the word eukaryote. Rugoconites Tenuirugosus ( talk) 20:21, 7 February 2022 (UTC)User:Rugoconites_Tenuirugos
Response to User talk:Nick Moyes Are you mentioning this article https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.30.768.369? I am bringing this one up because when I previewed it , it had a sentence mentioning gromia appendicularia as a parasitic protozoan. The sentence itself was "a new appendicularian, Oicopleura tortu- genesis. A parasitic protozoan is described as Gromia appendicularic" (extract from preview on a google search) Rugoconites Tenuirugosus ( talk) 20:33, 7 February 2022 (UTC)User:Rugoconites_Tenuirugosus
All of the information I am putting onto the CEDU page even though I am including sources. Why? 204.2.15.157 ( talk) 20:35, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
I did a draft, please give me tips before publishing. Is there anything I can do to improve it? /info/en/?search=User:Unchained7/Sandbox
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Thank you for the detailed response Unchained7 ( talk) 21:11, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
I am new to Wikipedia so need help doing a page for my wife. I saw this message and have no idea whats its trying to tell me.
23:52, 7 November 2021 Liz talk contribs m 3,042 bytes +3 @Themannsincolehill: Disable the categories on this page while it is still a draft, per WP:DRAFTNOCAT/WP:USERNOCAT (using Draft no cat v1.7). The easiest way to do this is by converting them to links, by adding a colon: "[[Category:" → "[[:Category:" undothank
Also is this holding up world wide publication? I appreciate your help. Peter Themannsincolehill ( talk) 17:07, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
Trying to figure out if my submission was declined because I didn't author it properly due to my lack of knowledge of how to do so on Wikipedia or the subject of my submission was truly lacking in proper citations. He has a stand up comedy show on most streaming platforms. He is a touring comedian who works consistently. He's on television covering the NBA's Sacramento Kings and has appeared in a major motion picture. Trying to learn the ropes here. Rontopofit ( talk) 16:08, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
2601:192:4B40:E70:F5F8:B47E:F397:FC03 ( talk) 00:20, 7 February 2022 (UTC) !COMMENT: HELLO EVERYONE
Hello there to any fellow Wikipedians! Sometime during the afternoon, I submitted a draft for review, it latter got declined due to very few references. May I ask how I can find any reliable sources for my draft? MikeTimesONE ( talk) 00:21, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh how do i create an article
where can i test edits — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1702:1BD0:3B30:AD95:80BD:8F4:6BE9 ( talk) 23:06, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
Proposal Hello! This is not a question but a proposal of creating "Template:Books category", inspiring from Template:Songs, albums, etc. category. Any thoughts? 7szz ( talk) 01:26, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
Hello, I seen many users in AFD discussions, whose usernames are colorful. I am surprised how can we make our username colorful? Can you please tell me? Thanks. ThePremiumBoy ( talk) 03:43, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
moved from talk page ― Kaleeb18 TalkCaleb 03:42, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
Hello. Go to Ryan Reynolds (Canadian actor) wiki page and click on the talk page, go down to where I requested a couple of additions to be done in the first and adding a second sentence as requested with source I provided. This is In the media section. Another user says its not noteworthy. This is a protected page, that is why I can't add it. Can you please add the requests I noted in that section? Thank you for your time. 2601:581:8402:6620:5048:3917:C319:F67F ( talk) 03:35, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
Hi there. In Dec 2019, I submitted an article about my father-in-law, Daniel Musher, who is a prominent infectious diseases researcher. I was very open in my first submission that he was my father-in-law. I have addressed all the submission issues, but a multiple-issue warning box remains. Is there a chance someone could help me learn how to remove at least the close-connection part, since it's been thoroughly reviewed already? This page in question is /info/en/?search=Daniel_Musher, and the page /info/en/?search=Help:Maintenance_template_removal doesn't offer much assistance except to ask at https://kiwiirc.com/nextclient/irc.libera.chat/wikipedia-en-help, which points me here when I don't get a reply. Thank you. Lmusher ( talk) 15:12, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
Courtesy link: Erratus
Hello, I have created a page on the Cambrian arthropod erratus, however i am having a hard time getting the cladogram right. If anyone can help me polish it up, that would be great. Here is a link to a study of erratus that contains the cladogram I was trying to replicate, with given credit of course https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rstb.2021.0034. Fossiladder13 ( talk) 03:46, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
Ok whoever helped me, I greatly appreciated that. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fossiladder13 ( talk • contribs) 03:56, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
How do I delete a reference from the text that is no longer needed?
/info/en/?search=Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD_Faith_in_the_Marshall_Islands header Early Days subheader ʻAbdu'l-Bahá's Tablets of the Divine Plan end of first paragraph citation 7 needs to be removed,no longer relevant I AM WORKING IN THE VISUAL EDITOR Hanging in there ( talk) 05:09, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
Why was the information removed? I quoted and included the source. 204.2.15.157 ( talk) 06:13, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
My article was declined after reviewing. I just translated what is written in the original article. How can I make it in a formal tone and how can I fix referencing. I need help. Hanan Al-Dhaifi ( talk) 22:56, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
@ Hoary: Thank you for clarifying this to me but these words are mentioned in the original article in Wikipedia and as it is accepted in one language, why it is not accepted in another language?! Second, this is a religious text and according to Islam these words are given to everyone in particular context. Hanan Al-Dhaifi ( talk) 22:47, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
@ Hoary: @ Tenryuu: I do understand your point of view and looked at Wikipedia English and found this link https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_honorifics It is clarified here when such phrases are used. Thank you again for being here to discuss this with me. Hanan Al-Dhaifi ( talk) 00:10, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
My 5th grade son just showed me the sate "OWLCATION" and I wondered whether Wikipedia might have an article about it. The Olwcation site says that it's a site "created by educators and experts on topics related to education as a place to share expertise and knowledge about all things academic." And they "offer articles ranging from the 10 most important moments in the French Revolution to the different species of owls in Florida. If you’re looking for information that is education or academia related, we are here for you!"
Sounds awesome. But sometimes I use Wikipedia to get a quick idea about other sites; and there's not one for this site. Any interested in creating one? Just curious. I am a fan of, and repeated contributor to, Wikipedia. Thanks. 199.65.1.9 ( talk) 01:41, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
2600:100E:B132:4059:C9ED:1BCA:2AB7:5E10 ( talk) 06:06, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
There's a certain article about a famous musician that I'm currently working on that, one of my long term goals for the article is to bring it to featured article status. However, when I tried making a peer review for another unrelated article, it received no attention. I'm worried if I create a peer review for this article, it will also receive lack of attention or cause a stalemate/drama.
I've noticed this is a common problem across Wikipedia... how should I go about getting comments from other editors if I decide to start this peer review? Thank you! shanghai. talk to me 09:58, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
My articles to create a page for Lagos Post Online newspaper have been declined twice. I was thinking if you guys can assist me maybe there is something I am doing wrong.
Kind regards Damilarelagos ( talk) 12:19, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
Lately, whenever I want to get a better look at a picture, I open the link in another tab, which may or may not show me a suitably sized image. If I click on it, instead of expanding the image, it shrinks it to the size of a postage stamp or smaller, which is no use to anyone. Koro Neil ( talk) 12:01, 8 February 2022 (UTC) Koro Neil ( talk) 12:01, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
it has been like a week when a discussion of a merge between Internet Channel and Wii Menu. so when is it gonna be merged TzarN64 ( talk) 16:52, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
I want my wikitext signature to be global, and applied in all Wikimedia projects and languages.
My signature is <span style="border-radius:9em;padding:0 7px;background:#414548">[[User:QuickQuokka|<span style="color: #00C3E3">Quick</span> <span style="color: #FF4554">Quokka</span>]]</span> <sup>[[User talk:QuickQuokka| [talk]]]</sup> if that is important.
Sorry if this is a stupid question/needs to be asked at a different place Quick Quokka [talk] 16:46, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
Is it okay to have a piped link lead to a redirect page? I was reading Wikipedia:All high schools can be notable and was surprised at the amount of piped links that lead to redirect pages, for example "notability" leading to "WP:N" which itself leads to "Wikipedia:Notability". I have seen WP:NOPIPE but that doesn't seem to help. This seems like it causes confusion and is counterintuitive. -- The Tips of Apmh 19:00, 8 February 2022 (UTC) The Tips of Apmh 19:00, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
Spacestation Gaming 2603:3026:201:3500:ECC4:5710:B4FE:2F5 ( talk) 19:14, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
Hi there, My article did get deleted in the end. I felt like the discussion was still ongoing and there were some kinda accusatory comments I didn't get to respond to... :( However, it looks like it was fair as it didn't hit certain criteria. I was hoping to fix it, and I got some much better sources to cite. Is it okay for me to create a new draft of an article that got deleted? Also, when I do have the draft, should I ask people to review it before I go live? (don't want the same problems again). Wil57 ( talk) 14:18, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
I am wondering how to correctly add myself as a user to Wikiproject Physics. I accidentally messed up the Physics user list.
/info/en/?search=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Physics/Members#Instructions_to_add_yourself_to_the_list ScientistBuilder ( talk) 22:51, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
Company Page How I can make my own company page wherein I can write details about my company, its subsidiaries, founded, profiles, directors, managements etc. ? Mehak.Geneo ( talk) 10:54, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
Victor Schmidt I have the media coverage of the company. How and where can I share the links to verify? Anton.bersh How can I connect with other author who can write about the company? If you do it, what will be the fees? How then I can move it to main space? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mehak.Geneo ( talk • contribs) 08:23, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
I have edited an article to completion ( /info/en/?search=Draft:Great_Time(band)) and I think it is fit for submitting now, but I can't find how I can convert it to an actual Wikipedia article. R0ck$ ( talk) 04:52, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
Obviously, I should use formal language the article namespace, but do is it recommended to speak casually or formally in talk pages and such? Quick Quokka [talk] 18:10, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
Hello, attempting to create my very first page about an annual disc golf tournament on the pro tour. It was declined for 'lacking reliable sources', however, it is mostly a table showing the historical winners, each line of which has a link to the official PDGA results. The PDGA is the official governing body of professional disc golf. The three sentence description of the tournament history also has 2 sources cited. One of them is from the official website of the tournament itself is this not considered reliable because it is not independent? I'm not sure what else I could add. Please advise! /info/en/?search=Draft:Beaver_State_Fling Hebrewhurricane ( talk) 20:04, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
Hello, I've come here to ask what is should do if there is no sources regarding the taxobox for this article ( /info/en/?search=Exochonotus which I have made)? The reason being is that the only source available which made sense to me was https://eurekamag.com/research/011/056/011056616.php. I am also not sure if it is a genus of beetles , or a species of beetles. I would also want some more information on how I could be able to make a taxobox which isn't short and confusing when editing an article (like the Leptogromia article which I've made) , since it is hard to look where the information I need to remove and/or add is (since the taxobox when editing is like 2 lines long). So if anyone could help me improve this article I would greatly appreciate it With best regards. Rugoconites Tenuirugosus ( talk) 20:05, 8 February 2022 (UTC)User:Rugoconites_Tenuirugosus Rugoconites Tenuirugosus ( talk) 20:05, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
Hi, posting here not because I'm a new Wikipedian, but because I have no clue where to post about issues like this - this doesn't seem important enough (or the right fit) for the admin noticeboard or vandalisation noticeboard. If you know where I should be posting this, please do say.
Anyway, there seems to be no consensus on Wikipedia about romanising Kyrgyz Cyrillic. I have seen it suggested that the BGN method should be used since it uses letters familiar to English rather than a load of diacritics, but no official guidance exists.
The reason I bring this up, is that I have noticed (while on recent changes patrol) that Almanbet Janışev ( talk · contribs) has made numerous (read: 100s of) edits 'correcting' romanisations to use what looks like 'PAU' romanisation with some modifications (i.e. 'q' instead of 'k'). This doesn't seem particularly productive to me - I can understand adding new romanisations with a different system, but changing existing ones seems disruptive. I don't know how to report this since it's not outright vandalism, but the user doesn't respond to their talk page so I can't just ask them to stop.
Side note: I also found that this user engages in some very odd editing patterns. For example, with multiple articles (e.g. Jusup_Abdrahman_uulu and Draft:Murat_Salihov, the latter being one I had to move from mainspace), the user creates articles in mainspace which are basically drafts, and then apparently proceeds to edit them logged out under 185.29.185.132 ( talk · contribs). I can't quite understand why this is; perhaps the user has had trouble with bans in the past. Also, the user's writing style is what I can only describe as being very Slavic (often missing the verb 'to be', missing personal pronouns etc.) - this means the user's contributions don't tend to fit with the style of the rest of English Wikipedia, which tends to, uh, use full sentences.
So, what to do about this? What action can be taken? Does action even need to be taken at all? Do we need official Kyrgyz romanisation guidance (talk about niche, eh)?
— JThistle38 ( talk) 14:40, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
This has now been brought up at the administrators' noticeboard by another user. — JThistle38 ( talk) 10:33, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
Hi! I have submitted a draft article that I created for review but it's taking too much time. Is there any way to cancel the submission of a draft article and move it myself?
Is a story about a politician that consists solely of material copied word for word from the politician's website a reliable source? The pages in question are ROMAN JOHN BARGE ANNOUNCES RUN FOR STATE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT and ABOUT JOHN. I know the Coosa Valley News doesn't have quite the same reputation as the NY Times, but it is a published source. The only other source I have found for this (potential) edit is way down at the bottom of Perdue lags Kemp in fundraising in Georgia governor's race. At least WABE is an NPR station, so I feel less concerned about it. Dgndenver ( talk) 10:07, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
Thank you for replying so quickly. I was wondering about RS for a fact I would be citing, not notability, so per your lead, I guess I will forge ahead. This was about an update for the 2022 election cycle I would be adding to the existing article. Dgndenver ( talk) 15:27, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
hi, i am a new wikipedia editor and i am wondering how can i link a youtube video in a talk page discussion as anytime i try to reply to a discussion with a youtube link it doesnt work and even though it says the reply has been saved it still does not show on my screen. HELP! YZY3000 ( talk) 21:01, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
How does one create a page for a worthy person who does not yet have his own page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2606:9400:939F:FFC7:1936:8BA:EC89:F218 ( talk) 14:48, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
I am working on improving atomic clock and I found that the article is copied by another site. https://wiki.gis.com/wiki/index.php/Atomic_clock Is this something to be concerned about ScientistBuilder ( talk) 16:13, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
Hi all, I guess I am simply a very novice editor in the wikipedia environment, and I should say I am not charged with any type of responsibility for the organization's wikipeida page at all. However, the South Texas College page has a plea for more references at the top, something about "insufficient" it seems to be well cited for everything that can be cited for a public state community college. So, I wonder if the plea (banner) can be removed somehow because it does not seem relevant to the page any longer (or really to me the last ten to 15 plus years)
State Community Colleges are public entities and thus any official citations will always be from the state requirements to publish all public information (which everything we do is public and availalbe to everyone). We are not expected to be named often in other publications although we have been and are recognized by different bodies for various things like: Number of Hispanic Graduates, Raising the Quality of Life through directly impacting incomes in the Rio Grande Valley, NIMS metal working certification, and our basic data like nurse's passing the exam (pass rate), firefigher training passing the exam, police training passing the exam, and many things.
If anyone here would like to take a look, we are an "open book"
I did add another photo today, because we still do not have all our campuses represented in pictures (5 campuses, plus online), and because I am not always happy enough with whatever photo I took to put it up for all to see. (lighting, sky, all sorts of things) Thank you in advance for anything at all *wikipedia still is needed. Talltexan2 ( talk) 16:14, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
thank you! our environment is a place where web references are frequently changing or updating and thus, go out of date right away or even worse at times the "dreaded self reference" snake eating its tail. There should be a few things on these possibly from the Chamber of Commerce or smaller local papers (which have been under stress and may have even folded thus closing down their websites as well) *as I said I am not charged with any duties of the wiki but I have done a bit of minimal editing here and there/ and those seem to be ok, I just did a search for NAMREI which was a familiar moniker to me/ but of course not to the world (our "official" people are in the PR department, but odd to me they never put a picture, those were by me over the last 20 years or so). I think we have updated the name of what was namrei to something a bit different (we started with 1000 students in 1993, and with Covid I think we are about 30,000 instead of 34k now or perhaps we got a few more back for the spring). Rapid Changes make keeping up a challenge especially with tasks that do not belong to anyone in particular (such as wikipedia). THANK YOU AGAIN for your help.
Nicky minaj 's fight with cardi b 41.114.229.101 ( talk) 16:05, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
I am wondering what I can do to bring /info/en/?search=Electromagnetic_wave_equation up to Good Article standards. ScientistBuilder ( talk) 20:35, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
Can a good article have a red link? ScientistBuilder ( talk) 20:59, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
Can I work on improving a good article nominee as the reviewer? ScientistBuilder ( talk) 21:06, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
Hannah Bonecutter is a unique professional that has a large online presence, several accolades, and contributions to society, particularly within the industries of film and social activism. There are at least 3 verifiable third-party sources written about her that can be cited in a Wikipedia article. I am wondering do you think a Wikipedia page can be written about her and be allowed to be published when submitted for review? Do you think a neutral Wikipedia article on Hannah Bonecutter (biography style) would pass as notable?
Here is a link of google search results that pop up when you type her name: [3]
I look forward to hearing back from the Wiki editors community.
Thank you,
H 3 B chi ( talk) 13:03, 9 February 2022 (UTC) H 3 B chi ( talk) 13:03, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
(Excuse me if this isn't the right place to ask this)
I want to edit some stuff over at Wikimedia Commons, but the file is cascade protected, and only administrators are allowed to edit.
I want to do the following things:
Thanks in advance for any help -- Quick Quokka [talk] 18:37, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
I've been advised that we are not allowed to use YouTube videos as citations. So I looked up Wikipedia editing instructions and found two statements:
In a large number of cases, YouTube is the only avenue for proving what is stated in an article, particularly where the subject is obscure or historical and involves music and/or performance. Plus, online videos are, under the law, automatically in the Public Domain. So, with the exception of things like video surreptitiously recorded on cell phones, there is no copyright infringement.
Also, a video automatically offers proof that a statement made in a Wikipedia article is accurate and true. Or it may prove that an existing statement in an article is not true. For example, in an article I recently edited, it was claimed that an entertainer appeared on stage at a particular television show. I was able to find the original clip of that performance and it was clear that that entertainer was not there.
When it comes to articles about people in the entertainment world, without the ability to prove or disprove statements, Wikipedia would be less of an encyclopedia and more of a PR tool.
I was also advised that I'm not allowed to use IMDB (Internet Movie Database) as a reference. Again, this is public-domain content and it is often the only proof that a statement is true, e.g. where it is stated that someone appeared in a film, or wrote a song in a soundtrack.
Please clarify. Thank you. LJA123 ( talk) 18:25, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
online videos are, under the law, automatically in the Public Domainis categorically not true. From a copyright perspective, videos posted on Youtube and eslewhere on the Internet can be released under any license that one wishes (subject to the terms of use of the video platform, etc.). The community consensus on Youtube as a sources states:
Most videos on YouTube are anonymous, self-published, and unverifiable, and should not be used at all. Content uploaded from a verified official account, such as that of a news organization, may be treated as originating from the uploader and therefore inheriting their level of reliability. However, many YouTube videos from unofficial accounts are copyright violations and should not be linked from Wikipedia, according to WP:COPYLINK.This can be found at Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Perennial_sources#YouTube. Also note that, per Wikipedia:No_original_research#Primary, most Youtube videos will fall under the category of "primary sources", which, contrary to the name, are not strong sources for Wikipedia's purposes. Writ Keeper ⚇ ♔ 18:32, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
Links to video content on YouTube or Google Video[...]appears to be taken from Wikipedia:External links/YouTube, which is indicated by the banner at the top to be a "failed proposal", so it should not be used as justification for any Wikipedia editing. Writ Keeper ⚇ ♔ 18:36, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
OK, so the link you just sent me says, in part: "Content uploaded from a verified official account, such as that of a news organization, may be treated as originating from the uploader and therefore inheriting their level of reliability." In the example I mentioned above, I used a clip from a television show that is produced by the BBC. So that's a reliable source, correct? In other words, we can use YouTube videos as long as the source is clearly reliable? But, to use another example, I'm working on articles about two musicians who are legendary in India, but not well-known in the west. For those articles, I was able to find their recordings only on YouTube--those videos are the only method of proving the statements in the article. Those are recordings from the original albums (released by HMV), but uploaded by who-knows-who. So I am not allowed to use those?-- LJA123 ( talk) 18:47, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
OK great. Thanks.-- LJA123 ( talk) 19:00, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
In the case of the Indian musicians. There are no videos. But someone uploaded tracks from the original albums (their owner), which were released by HMV in the 50s and 60s. There again, copyright comes into it, but these songs were all massive hits on radio, heard by millions of people every hour or two, for months. Also in the article, the best way to prove one element is to provide a link to the IMDB entry, which I've just been told I'm not allowed to do... The other way to prove that element is to provide several references to newspaper and magazine articles which, taken together, provide proof of the article's element. But I was just told off for stacking references...lol-- LJA123 ( talk) 19:27, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
hello, i am not sure whether or not i am submit votes correctly. do i just edit the source and input the vote(and reasoning) at the bottom? Im really bad at this ( talk) 18:00, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
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Click here for my talk page ("private" contact) 18:07, 9 February 2022 (UTC)i understand everything said above, and i just have low levels of ambitions that i can truly edit, also im really bad at this Im really bad at this ( talk) 18:29, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
I've created a reasonably good, reasonably cited article in my sandbox on a general-interest topic for which I can find no existing article. But I can't find help on how to actually create a new article, i.e., move my article from the sandbox, in Wikipedia (I must be blind). Can someone point me in the right direction? Fothergilla ( talk) 18:56, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
Can someone ensure at Wikipedia that a person does not continue to post my husband's middle name as Edwin. My husband, Valmore Curtis James the First African American born to play in The NHL, First Floridian to do so also, his name on Wikipedia should read VALMORE CURTIS JAMES. I've made the correction but need Wikipedia to ensure someone else does not edit it to Edwin. If you want your content to be accurate, can this edit remain as Valmore Curtis James. A lot of people do search him.
Thank you,
Ina James. 173.238.165.40 ( talk) 16:24, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
I'm not sure if I'm finishing the missions. When I complete a task, it doesn't lead me to the next step or anything else. I go back to my Talk page to get to the next mission. Thank you for your patience and time! Gingerbreadgal ( talk) 17:34, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
Hi Blaze...thank you for replying so quickly. I know this is a really lame issue, but I wanted to make sure I was getting everything out of the tutorial that I could. The front page of the Wikipedia Adventure lists the missions that you can click on. I click on a mission and follow the tutorial. It then has me perform a certain task i.e. add certain info or edit some content. Once I've completed the task, there's no further guidance or instructions on what to do next...it gives me no indication of whether or not I've finished the mission. Does that make sense? Thanks a lot for your patience and assistance. Gingerbreadgal ( talk) 20:14, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
step=
or something (been a while since I've done it so I can't remember exactly). ―
Blaze Wolf
TalkBlaze Wolf#6545 20:28, 9 February 2022 (UTC)Thanks Blaze! I appreciate you taking the time out to help me. Happy editing! Gingerbreadgal ( talk) 21:01, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
Any tips on how to add Wikiproject tags to a submission in my sandbox? When I try to add the correct tags, it says the draft page title (User:Darlenechu/sandbox) doesn't exist. Darlenechu ( talk) 20:58, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
Thank you for your help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Darlenechu ( talk • contribs) 21:06, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
Separated, titled -- Hoary ( talk) 23:16, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
Hello, can someone please help me get my article accepted? I have tried to maintain a very formal tone and added all the sources I can get. any tips? Fmik36 ( talk) 23:09, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
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Hello, I noticed that Principia College does not have a image in its page previews area. I think if there were an image in the infobox it would also naturally appear in the page preview for Principia College? However, if I don't want to go so far as to put an image in the infobox, is there a way to redirect the first image of the page to be used as the page preview image?
Thanks Archivingperson ( talk) 04:19, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
Courtesy link: Draft:Shua Hoffman
Hey, my wiki page keeps getting rejected. its for an artist ( /info/en/?search=User:Shua_Hoffman) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shua Hoffman ( talk • contribs) 06:59, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
Hey, I was wondering if anyone would like to give an unbiased, informative, constructive interview with the artist known as Henry Reyes, aka PhilmyPortraits. I've been in contact with him in several informal scenarios, and his philosophies and policies are interesting, to say the least. He's beginning to work on NFTs, and I think it would be in the best interest of his audience to know the artist behind the works.
He's a bit terse and elusive, so any information that can be gathered about his individual is vital. For anyone interested, I'll be willing to share notes on the artist's professional life. I've also asked permission to publish an article on him, for valuable informative points he makes. Watsoncreativemedia ( talk) 22:20, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
So, if I write my article to a reliable news source, then get someone else to reference the article, that would work, right? And I don't get to edit the wiki?
He already has articles out there about him, I could reference those easily. I also know folks who know nothing about the subject, and they wouldn't be paid to do so. It's just easier to get information straight from the horse, so i thought that would be the first step. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Clynnwat ( talk • contribs) 01:06, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
Also, I don't have a personal interest in his work, but he's gaining popularity. I'm not being paid for this article, i think it would be informative to note someone who has a profound effect on the art world. I have no interest in promoting his work, and I won't even link to his social media. The guy has a bachelor's degree in liberal arts, and he's become a point of interest for people who think negatively of him. I just want to put the real story out there from a professional point of view.
Clynnwat, I'm struck by something that you wrote: I have no formal association with Mr. Reyes, I just believe his subject of choice is strange enough to merit notability. And if it is such an issue, i will see to it that he makes his name in the US news. (My emphasis.) You seem to have it the wrong way around. Articles in Wikipedia are written about people who have already made their name (whether in the US news or elsewhere). Moreover, it sounds as if you are intent on publicizing Reyes on Wikipedia. If this is so, please don't: you'd only be wasting time, primarily your own. -- Hoary ( talk) 07:27, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
Hello I had a question, Is there a way to add a honorific prefix or something that does the same thing to a royalty info box? Orson12345 ( talk) 03:50, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
Kpddg Thank you for responding. I tried adding a honorific prefix to a royalty info box but it doesn’t let me. I’ve added honorific prefix’s to nobility info boxes and officeholder info boxes and it let me but for some reason it doesn’t let me with royalty info boxes. So I wanted to know if there’s a way around that. Orson12345 ( talk)
@ Kpddg I wanted to add His Serenity to Leonardo Loredan. Orson12345 ( talk)
Well I guess most editors don’t follow that rule because almost every duke in Wikipedia have his His Grace attached to there name. Orson12345 ( talk)
Is it acceptable to refer to a source that is behind a paywall? Does that still count as being in the public domain? Occasionalpedestrian ( talk) 11:17, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
Hello! I have recently undertaken a project where I am translating a featured article ( Гото Предестинация) from the Russian Wiki. Would it be better for me to purely translate the article, or fact check every piece of information with the source? I am concerned in doing the later as Google Translate may not translate correctly the many Russian sources, thus making my corrections factually incorrect. As it is a featured article, it should be reviewed enough where all the information is correct. Everything in the article correlates with the little information in English, and at a brief review everything looks sound. I plan in not being blind to the information, but not correlating every fact. Is this the correct course of action? GGOTCC ( talk) 04:58, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
Hi,I'd very much appreciate your help, if possible! ..I'm trying to upload an image to the page Islamic Reporting Initiative - specifically, a picture of the chairman, who is himself already on Wikipedia - Mohamed Amersi - but not yet with an image. I'm in contact with him and he has given me permission to use a picture for use on Wikipedia, which is a picture to which he holds all the rights. I have completely read through the Wikipedia page Wikipedia:Uploading images, plus some of its subpages, but I'm still not entirely sure that after I publish it on the page - which in itself seems simple enough - it won't be immediately removed.. I think my questions are: a) Does my image qualify as a 'fair use image'?, b) Am I allowed to upload this image directly to the English Wikipedia?, and c) If I do (upload to English Wikipedia) what are the downsides vs uploading to Wikimedia Commons? Again, I'd be extremely grateful for your guidance. Thank you and have a great day! Julianross CSR ( talk) 10:56, 2 February 2022 (UTC) Julianross CSR ( talk) 10:56, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
Many thanks for your superfast reply Colin! Seriously appreciated. Wow, yes this does sound like quite a process - which I kind of saw coming - but extremely helpful to now have such clear directions. So will first follow up with the photographer, and then follow through accordingly from there. All sounds doable. Thanks again! Julianross CSR ( talk) 11:51, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
I was about to put an entry into a well-known boxer's Wikipedia about an assault conviction then realised it might not be there at present because of the UK's Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. I've checked a couple of other actors who I know from older reportage have what are called 'spent' convictions and see they are not in their Wikipedia articles either. This seems fair enough, and there are legal reporting restrictions on spent convictions in the UK, but I wonder if that is a Wikipedia policy? On reflection, I might not put the spent convictions in anyway, but it'd be interesting and useful for the future to have a thought on the matter from someone more experienced. All the best Emmentalist ( talk) 14:14, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
Thanks very much, zzuuzz. I've had a read of those references. I think it's probably best to go with common sense and proportion, as those policies and you suggest. In this case, I was looking at a boxer who'd been cleared of a serious offence and noticed that a minor actual one isn't mentioned. I think it's best left out; it' not pertinent to anything in any case. Thanks again, and all the best, Emmentalist ( talk) 12:41, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
How do I add images to links?
I'm trying to make my user page less barebones, and more attractive, so I want to add
[[User Talk:QuickQuokka| [[File:Gnome User Speech.svg]] Talk]] [[Special:EmailUser/QuickQuokka| [[File:Mail-closed.svg]] Email]]
to the top of my page, but it shows up as:
User Talk:QuickQuokka Special:EmailUser/QuickQuokka
How do I add an image as part of a hyperlink? Quick Quokka [talk] 11:38, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
[[File:Gnome User Speech.svg|50x50px|link=User talk:QuickQuokka|alt=Talk]]
And this one [[File:Mail-closed.svg|50x50px|link=Special:EmailUser/QuickQuokka|Email]]
Hope this helps! ―
Kaleeb18
TalkCaleb 18:17, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
[[File:Gnome User Speech.svg|50x50px|link=User talk:QuickQuokka|alt=Talk]] [[User talk:QuickQuokka|talk]]
and [[File:Mail-closed.svg|50x50px|link=Special:EmailUser/QuickQuokka|Email]] [[Special:EmailUser/QuickQuokka|Email]]
that produces thisI want to cite two different newspaper articles in one footnote. After I enter the info for the first article, is there a way I can submit info about the second source before the footnote is created? Pdramshaw ( talk) 15:46, 31 January 2022 (UTC) Pdramshaw ( talk) 15:46, 31 January 2022 (UTC)
References
* {{cite news |title=Title1 |newspaper=Newspaper1}}
* {{cite news |title=Title2 |newspaper=Newspaper2}}</ref>
So I need to learn how to add footnotes with coding ({{...}}}) as opposed to visual editing? I've been doing visual editing, and when I add a footnote I get a template for adding one news cite, but now way I can see to add another news cite before creating the footnote.
Pdramshaw (
talk) 16:53, 31 January 2022 (UTC)
:(
To use the Citoid auto-lookup, you would need to switch to Source mode for least some steps. Hope that helps! ⁓
Pelagic (
messages ) 13:17, 2 February 2022 (UTC)Puretortoise ( talk) 13:51, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
How can I improve this article? Varal2 ( talk) 11:10, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
CONFUSION: Varal2 created and then blanked Draft:Varal Consultancy. GTLR then created identical content Varal Consultancy DMCC, nominated for Speedy deletion. David notMD ( talk) 14:51, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
Hi. The bot by the name of " ClueBot NG"( talk) undid my edit at the page " Aphthous stomatitis." I think this bot is malfunctioning. Admins, please shut the bot down. Also, can somebody revert the bot's edit on the requested page please? Thank you! ExpositionLaner2835 ( talk) 16:35, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
I am having difficulty creating references. I have created 22 references using a template "Template: ACS References", at the bottom of the article. Now I am trying to insert the reference numbers in the article text (e.g. [1], [2}, etc.), but not having an luck. Gerryrkirk ( talk) 16:54, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
Hi, I would love to be part of the Wikipedia family and create new pages of persons who are worth being mentioned on Wikipedia. How do I start? Thank you so much for all the help you can give Patrick PATRICK HERBOTS WILRIJK ( talk) 17:02, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
I wanna make my profile look good, how do i do the formatting? Outrunno ( talk) 18:04, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
i belive this articile should be merged with this one Why? Because they should be in a article called "Internet Browser (Nintendo consoles)" it makes it much more simpler, what do you think. TzarN64 ( talk) 20:33, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
Adding a source from the web Hello. First time in the Teahouse. I have been editing Wikipedia for 10 years yet still adding a source in certain instances is a sticking point for me. In Floyd Patterson' article, I want to add something in the Retired Life section of the article, after where it says he ran the 1982 and 1983 Stockholm Marathon. He ran the 1983 New York City Marathon, which I ran also and beat him by 9 minutes that day. Want to source with: NYRR Race Results 1970-Present, enter his name, and the result pops up. Can you please put that source right after Reference #28 if you can please and I will fill in the narrative(only a few words). No one is responding on the talk page. Thank you for your time and effort. Have a good day. 2601:581:8402:6620:D4B0:611F:BC:D1FA ( talk) 21:16, 2 February 2022 (UTC) 2601:581:8402:6620:D4B0:611F:BC:D1FA ( talk) 21:16, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
Yes, I see, but I wanted his result posted, so when you click on the site, enter his name in the box (Floyd Patterson) and his 1983 New York City Marathon result will come up right away. 2601:581:8402:6620:D4B0:611F:BC:D1FA ( talk) 21:33, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
Never mind. Did it myself. All good now. Thank you for your help. 2601:581:8402:6620:D4B0:611F:BC:D1FA ( talk) 21:45, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
I see in Talk a long list of books for which images of the covers/jackets are wanted. I could upload a bunch, but as a not-quite-autoconfirmed editor I apparently ought not to upload non-free images. Also, I don't feel confident about following the directions in the File Upload Wizard regarding non-free requested images (placement in article, notification in Talk). Perhaps I should just upload them in the Commons and hope they are noticed? Or perhaps someone could walk me through the first one? Thanks in advance for your advice. Anne.erickson ( talk) 22:05, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
I would like to ask for help regarding my page Dale A. Martin. The article was gutted even though all the facts were properly cited. I have a COI, I am not paid, however I wouldn't like to give away my identity. Here is a link to the lengthier dispute: /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest/Noticeboard#c-Slywriter-2022-02-02T22%3A06%3A00.000Z-Dale_A._Martin
Thank you for all your help/advice in advance! :) Pelicanegg ( talk) 22:34, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
The article CodeMiko has contained the subjects full name as it is publicly available in sources online.
However several edits have been made to remove the name, owing to concerns about the subjects privacy and safety online.
Several other twitch streamers have their full name published on Wikipedia, such as Emiru, Mizkif, Pokimane and more.
I am unsure how to interpret the guidelines laid out in Wikipedia:BLPPRIVACY and would like an third opinion on whether the name should be included on Wikipedia or not. LongJohn42 ( talk) 22:38, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
When you can go from draft to publication?. I currently have this page in draft and have made the changes you asked me to consider it a draft? Draft:Stroma_(philosophy) Pepeh17 ( talk) 09:17, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
Hello, On the James Semple page, the image isn't showing up in the Page Preview area even though the image is in the infobox area. The image is 168 × 225 pixels. Is it to small to show up or is there a way to correct for that? Thanks Archivingperson ( talk) 04:35, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
Which license should I use while uploading an image taken from a YouTube video? Resmise ( talk) 08:26, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
I really need some help here. I am using a chromebook OS to edit wikipedia. Any tips from anyone who has resolved this problem would be appreciated.-- Phil of rel ( talk) 01:51, 3 February 2022 (UTC) Phil of rel ( talk) 01:51, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
Good morning. I have been asked to help get the DietPi wiki page published. I have a limited amount of prior information, largely the history at /info/en/?search=Draft:DietPi I am wondering what the requirements for valid citations are from the actual software developers. I am in contact with them, and as far as I can tell the citations in the rejected draft are from DietPi. Please forgive my newby ignorance. Dherkes ( talk) 13:05, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
Hi, I am an avid fan of the book series The Storm Testament and I wanted to find some information on it, so I looked for the Wiki page and could not find it. I then saw some logs that looked like it might have been deleted and I feel like it deserves a page on Wikipedia. I would just like to know if there is any reason that it was deleted or if there is any way to make a page? I would be willing to help and I think it would be really awesome to have a Wiki page for someone who hears about the book and wants to know more, or if someone just needs informatiom from it. FrostyPosty ( talk) 06:54, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
Hello,
I'd like to report a COVID-19 misinformation that happened on 7 Sept 2021 on the Italian TV show diMartedi' by virologist Ilaria Capua
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mv_20CVsqrc at 49:47
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNyxksFh42g or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX-Ge_3ZmIg for the short version
As you can easily verify translating the video descriptions, she literally said on television: "Ivermectin is a dewormer for horses and is a drug that is dangerous for people because it is not registered for people".
I perfectly agree with /info/en/?search=Ivermectin_during_the_COVID-19_pandemic and I think it's a very serious matter not only claiming that it can be a treatment but also lying about one of the safest drugs.
I don't need to quote /info/en/?search=Ivermectin right?
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2015/press-release/
"These two discoveries have provided humankind with powerful new means to combat these debilitating diseases that affect hundreds of millions of people annually. The consequences in terms of improved human health and reduced suffering are immeasurable."
Thank you for your attention. 193.57.100.10 ( talk) 20:50, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
I thought COVID-19 misinformation couldn't just be edited by anyone. So should I write the same report in the section "Please help" of the talk page? Thanks for your support. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.57.100.10 ( talk) 23:12, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
Francisnijim ( talk) 13:23, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
I know some users have different fonts, shadows, and colours in their Usernames, like User:Blaze Wolf and User:Itcouldbepossible. How do I add one for my own? ExoplanetaryNova ( talk) 23:36, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
Wow! Thanks for the help, Sdkb! ExoplanetaryNova ( talk) 23:46, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
REF my prior submissions. As a newbie here I have but one simple goal and that is to ensure that the details included in wiki are true and accurate. I think we can all agree on that for sure. I am finding it difficult to understand a couple of items. First, how does the wiki community define "reliable published source (s)" and secondly, how does first hand participant details (not previously published) ever make into this database. When a significant person, like a US president, writes his memoir of time in office, and raises matters not ever published before, are you saying that such information is not deemed credible? If so, all personal memoirs would be excluded. If you accept them as "credible" then you are simply picking who is and is not "credible" by a means of life importance. If former President Obama said something for the first time in his book - does that mean it is true? Because a well known book publisher prints millions of copies, does that also make the words of one man become "credible"? Is the New York Post more or less "credible" than the New York Times or Washington Post? Thus back to my point - what really is a "reliable published source" ? I look forward to more open discussion on this matter and hope ALL enter with an open mind. Thanks. AmIntelAgent32 ( talk) 21:07, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
first hand participant details (not previously published)are never appropriate for our articles because no published source can be cited and readers can't verify the "facts". However, once (ex)-president Obama publishes his memoir, then it can be cited because it is a source. Wikipedia doesn't claim what his memoir says is "credible and/or true", only that he stated it. Others reliable sources may back up what he says but if they contradict any of his statements then an article here can present both sides of the argument and let readers decide. That's why all our citations need to be able to be verified and be reliable. Mike Turnbull ( talk) 13:09, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
Obama’s preferred cook at the White House was Mrs. Jones, but not for the sentence
Obama’s legislative agenda was stalled because Republicans were unreasonable and uncompromising(surely he would say that).
I wish to be added to the list of Lancaster University alumni
Billy Corr, historian 36.37.193.102 ( talk) 00:44, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
If there are so many templates on a page, the template collapses. How do I make the template not collapse? What coding? Quiet2 ( talk) 11:10, 1 February 2022 (UTC) Quiet2 ( talk) 11:10, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
{{
Navbox}}
and {{
Navbox with collapsible groups}}
.Yes Nick - clearer and cleaerer! how would I go about creating this? on one page, let say /info/en/?search=User:Quiet2/sandbox I want to change it on 1 of the operations. that is all Quiet2 ( talk) 11:10, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
Fun guy. {{
Central Intelligence Agency}}
one of the templates, I would add state command = uncollapsed ? can you change it plz?
Quiet2 (
talk) 11:13, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
{{Central Intelligence Agency|state=uncollapsed}}
How this user User:Ansh.666 has extended confirmed rights below 500edits. ... २ तकरपेप्सी talk 11:13, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
How do I add a spouse without deleting the former spouse? WarmFlowers ( talk) 17:58, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
{{marriage|(insert person here)|(insert start year here)|(insert end year here)|end=(insert end reason here)}}
. If the subject is still married, do not insert the “end” parameter. Common ending reasons may include divorce or death. Hopefully this helps. —
3PPYB6 —
TALK —
CONTRIBS — 18:35, 3 February 2022 (UTC)i added the drummer from the band HUM in the deaths section twice, but it's been deleted both times https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=2021_in_rock_music&oldid=prev&diff=1063240366
i did not change the pages formatting. why do others get to choose which rock n roll deaths are worthy of being on this page? Jlc999 ( talk) 14:50, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
Jlc999, were you working off an old version of article for some reason? You may not realize it but in addition to adding the drummer, you deleted 9k bytes of data. That's the reason you were reverted. Just head on back and add what you were trying to add and doubt there will be any further issues. Slywriter ( talk) 15:06, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
I plan to write an article about an algorithm called "PH-Tree". The [ "Your_first_article" page] page suggest I should evaluate notability of the topic in the Teahouse.
Considering that this field is rather specific, I think these references would qualify a Wiki site about the algorithm as "notable". What do people here think? TilmannZ ( talk) 16:18, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
I looked at WP:NSOFTWARE, specifically the "Scope" and I don't think it is applicable. The "PH-Tree" is not a software or computer program (and is not associated with a company). It is an algorithm that everybody can use/program in their programs/software if they want. Maybe as an example: this is similar to Bitcoin being a software/implementations and Blockchain being the underlying algorithm.
So I have some more questions:
Is it the norm in 2022 to show disrespect to a young black professional on your website?
The title above Jason Wright's photo on the article for Jason Wright reads, "Jason Wrong". While the humor is not lost on me, I'd hate to start thinking of Wikipedia as an on-line meme site disrespecting the first black president of an NFL team.
/info/en/?search=Jason_Wright 65.216.177.29 ( talk) 13:36, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
Hi, all. I was revising a biographical article and I noticed that it consistently referred to her by her first name whereas all of the other biographical articles I've seen referred to the subject by their last name, or if multiple people with the same last name were discussed, as first initial and then last name. I would like to revise it to reflect the standard format, but wanted to make sure there wasn't something I'm missing. Paridae5000 ( talk) 16:04, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
Hello all,
I've been working on a draft for a Soviet folk song. The song was illicit, underground, never published anywhere. Soviet copyright law starts in effect with the creation of a work, though under Soviet copyright law in either the 1925 or 1928 laws it would now be out of copyright (the song's date is not known exactly but thought to be from the late 20s). Soviet Copyright law from this period also guaranteed the right to translation.
If you look at The Song of the Volga Boatmen, a Russian folk song with no recorded author, the WP article reproduces the lyrics in full, along with a transliteration and two English translations. The lyrics section cites no sources for the original, the transliteration, or either translation; as such, all of those are either copy-pasted from some source and not cited or (it seems to me) constitute original research. I'm not very familiar with WP's translation policy, particularly of works in the public domain.
My question is thus, how can I include the lyrics of the song I'm writing about? I have in my possession the seminal source about Soviet popular music, which features the Russian lyrics and the translation. I'd like to include both and cite that source. However, doing so would be copy-pasting, which is against policy. If I instead include just the Russian lyrics and do my own translation, would that not amount to original research? If I include the Russian lyrics, would I not have to cite them? Would it be best to just not include the lyrics at all? The Russian version of the article I'm writing features lyrics in a lyrics section and cites a source for those lyrics; however, they seem to be copy-pasted from that source. The German version of that article does not feature lyrics.
Apologies if I made any incorrect assumptions; I'm still fairly new to WP. Lkb335 ( talk) 17:05, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
why does everything i post to Wiki get deleted? even when i provide COPIOUS sources i just get told i didn't provide any sources and my work is deleted. every single time. it's worthless to participate. I provided THIRTEEN sources for this page /info/en/?search=Draft:Police_shooting_of_Kimani_Gray
But it was rejected as not sourced.
Another page I keep trying to add a famous rock n roll drummer who died, but the editors decided he's not good enough to be included - why do they get to decide for everyone? Jlc999 ( talk) 14:37, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
i provided thirteen sources, from ten different media outlets. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jlc999 ( talk • contribs) 14:46, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
and when i posted the page i put in a note that i'm not an experienced page creator and would need some help with the formatting. not to be.
the wordpress link is a journalist's eye-witness video of a protest the day after this killing.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Jlc999 ( talk • contribs) 14:53, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
Courtesy link: Sharp Greens
Hi! I would like to change the name of the page "Sharp Greens" into "Polish Young Greens" since the participants of this organization ask about it. It seems I don't have the right to move, although the page doesn't have any protection.
Why do we want to change the name?
Although "Ostra Zieleń" translates as "Sharp Greens", the official name of the organization in English is Polish Young Greens. Here are the proofs:
1. https://www.cdnee.org/m-o/partner-organizations/ 2. https://europeangreens.eu/warsaw-online-2020/network-meeting3?_scpsug=crawled,3983,en_5afe3f5aef548fb644f100feb45089596f825c5d5c34a041dfd023e77c9894f4 3. https://fyeg.org/news/fyeg-polish-young-greens-pis
Thank you for your help! Polbrk ( talk) 19:26, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
Stripping (linguistics) § Not-stripping states that
My immediate gut reaction was that such statements are innately unencyclopedic, no matter what the subject matter and how reliable the source is. I couldn't quite put my finger on why, though. Having now gone through the 83 search results for "only plausible", I think it's because it's a bit of a corner case.
On the one hand, for one option to be "the only", every other option must have been ruled out. That's not necessarily problematic, of course: " The emperor penguin is the only penguin that breeds during the winter in Antarctica" makes sense, as the number of penguin species is quite small, so ruling out the rest is quite straightforward - in principle, anyway. But it can be problematic, especially for immaterial things like "analyses", which are potentially innumerable. Subject matter expert or not, how could anyone ever be certain that there do not exist other analyses that would qualify, yet simply have not occurred to them?
On the other hand, "plausible" is a way more subjective criterion than the likes of "during the winter" and "in Antarctica". Its use may still be fine in a scientific publication, but only because in that context it will be implicitly read as "plausible in our, the authors', estimation". Which doesn't work in an encyclopedia article, however.
Either issue can be easily addressed, of course. Here's an occurrence in a footnote in another article that accomplishes both by softening "is" to "would seem to be":
This simultaenously acknowledges that other plausible explanations may have been missed, and that plausibility is somewhat in the eye of the beholder. Plus, the entire footnote is attributed, so even an "is" would work here. The instigating occurrence, as well as a handful of others from the search, fail to do any of that, though.
Or am I being too demanding?
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I tried to go back and add the 4 tildes but I cannot find out how to do it. Help. I want to do this right. Kkrpsyd ( talk) 23:33, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
What is it about Draft:Himetataraisuzu-hime that makes it unsuitable for inclusion in Wikipedia at its present state? How can it be improved such that we can move it into mainspace? MaitreyaVaruna ( talk) 18:50, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
I have read that the picture went over budget due to John Huston's gambling problem and that he suggested Monroe spend a week in hospital as a cover for his gambling debts. So I would like this information added to the story of the Misfits, instead of just blaming Marilyn. MHD02445 ( talk) 03:02, 4 February 2022 (UTC)
I got reported I got reported on the Administrator's Noticeboard for "block evasion", even though the blocks I'm "evading" have expired. 2A01:36D:1200:48EB:7C11:D5B6:20FE:864C ( talk) 06:08, 4 February 2022 (UTC)
Jarayampesha Kanoon of Jaipur State. [1] -- Karsan Chanda ( talk) 06:15, 4 February 2022 (UTC)
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HI I posted a draft of an entry and put it in for ATC editing. I have not heard back. What can I do to speed the process along? Thanks, Liza Zimmerman ( talk) 00:01, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
I would like to know how to improve it. Liza Zimmerman ( talk) 00:02, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
User:Wgullyn thanks! Liza Zimmerman ( talk) 02:55, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
@( User talk:Maproom the sources are all independent. And top ones: NY Times, Robb Report. All the other editors asked for more sources. Liza Zimmerman ( talk) 17:39, 3 February 2022 (UTC) @ Maproom I just wanted to make sure you saw the comment above. Best, Liza Zimmerman ( talk) 23:07, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
Category:Lists of villages in Maharashtra have list about some talukas but many districts and talukas have no mention on this page. I suggest you to add list for Mumbai, Jalgaon, Pune, Nashik etc districts in it. Success think ( talk) 20:39, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
@ Hoary:, Ok I'll not ask again. Success think ( talk) 06:11, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
@ Pelagic: Hi, your thought is good but I'm not that expert in WP editing. I don't know how to create category pages. Villages of maha article have about list abt talukas but I think it is not appropriate. That page should have only list about district and in district should be list of its talukas. Success think ( talk) 08:23, 4 February 2022 (UTC)
I have received a message saying that "Congratulations! You are now eligible for The Wikipedia Library." in my notices, what is this "Wikipedia Library" and this message seems suspicious for some reason, I haven't clicked on anything (like the notice/message has said) so can anyone tell me more about whatever this is, and should I trust it?
Thanks - RandomEditorAAA ( talk) 05:31, 27 January 2022 (UTC)
Sorry for asking another question, Thanks - RandomEditorAAA ( talk) 18:29, 27 January 2022 (UTC)
Hey there! Just seeing if a mod would be willing to look over my edit request for the ACORD page. It was recommended by one editor that I seek out another editor for review. Thank you! Morrissey35 ( talk) 21:27, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
What do you do when you've started a draft and then while you're working on the draft someone else creates a page in mainspace for the same thing? I've had it happen a couple of times, but I just noticed that Kai Wright recently had a page created when I had started a draft at Draft:Kai Wright. TipsyElephant ( talk) 03:16, 4 February 2022 (UTC) TipsyElephant ( talk) 03:16, 4 February 2022 (UTC) I didn't have much more than an outline, but I figured it be nice to know for future reference. TipsyElephant ( talk) 03:19, 4 February 2022 (UTC)
Hello, my page was moved into the draftspace. I think it is fairly important as it is the highest state honour which Hungary awards. I feel like it is cited and written well... Any help would be appreciated! Link: /info/en/?search=Draft:Hungarian_Order_of_Saint_Stephen Pelicanegg ( talk) 11:29, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
Hi Melecie, thank you! But I find it has been unfairly moved to the draftspace. Could a third-party properly review the page? Also a similar thing happened to my other page. Link: /info/en/?search=Draft:Dale_A._Martin Thank you in advance! :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pelicanegg ( talk • contribs)
Bearcat, do I have to wait for other reviewers or can I just take the AFC template off? With this much energy it makes more sense to review the page rather than move it here and there... Thank you in advance :)
Someone randomly accused me of sockpuppeting. Upon looking into the user they claim is my sockpuppet, it was a random comment posted by an IP user on a talk page that I had previously participated in, supporting what I was saying, but offering no rationale and from my point of view clearly seems to be some random passerby who probably doesn't even know how things work given how they had no other edits and started a new section instead of participating in the existing discussion. The accusing user removed that IP user's comment stating that it is a sockpuppet in the edit, and then posted a comment accusing me of sockpuppeting.
This is a very serious accusation and I do not like it at all as it hurts my credibility. The IP user had literally nothing to contribute to the discussion and did nothing to support my argument, and I have absolutely nothing to gain from sockpuppeting there. All they did was give this user an excuse to make this attack on my credibility, which is adverse to any motive I would have. If I were paranoid I might even accuse the accuser of a false flag sockpuppet (I am not doing so, I am just saying that is how ridiculous it is).
Can anything be done about users who make these sort of bad faith blind accusations? Even better, this person is an administrator on other versions of Wikipedia and Commons, so they really ought to know better, or have tools to actually check and see if someone is a sockpuppet, so it's really inexcusable that they are engaging in this sort of behavior. 2404:2D00:5000:701:654D:B89E:48C6:F644 ( talk) 12:49, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
[…] as it hurts my credibility
And if your sole basis for accusing me of sockpuppetry is "someone else spoke Japanese so it's you", well, that seems to be extremely racist.
racist, I wouldn't be learning the Japanese language and culture.
The article is primarily written by English speakers who do not understand Japanese and are outright ignoring input from native Japanese [sources]is a very reasonable way of making a very reasonable argument.
all of their sources are shitty articles written by ignorant people in the West (...) They think they know more than me with 15 years of doujin experience just by reading shit on Crunchyroll, ANN and other white people's playgroundsis a very unreasonable way of making the same argument.
[...] refrain from accusing others of sockpuppetry directly unless you are opening an SPI
In addition to that, just editing while logged out (or under different IPs) is not sockpuppetry as long as the various accounts do not claim or imply to be different persons.
Hello, I reverted a picture of the nine kings of Europe photographed together accidentally to a colorized version, and I immediately reverted it back. Will I get blocked? Vamsi20 ( talk) 17:47, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
Can someone please check to to resolve the citation issue?
/info/en/?search=Draft:Huma_Batool Adeelkhanwwc ( talk) 18:39, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
@blazewolf What do you suggest should I resubmit or add more in the page? — Preceding
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) and authors to the citations? ⁓
Pelagic (
messages ) 12:16, 4 February 2022 (UTC)can someone help me out with explanatory notes? im not sure how to add one where i wish to, and everytime im trying to, part of it goes wrong or some unfortunate citing error pops up. it's embarrassing to revert edits just because of some syntax error(s). can someone explain like im five? thanks. Dissoxciate ( talk) 12:01, 4 February 2022 (UTC)
Why can users remove things that are proven to be true and how can I stop them doing this? TheTruth1749 ( talk) 10:08, 4 February 2022 (UTC)
Original post: ...the U.S. 60 mm M2 Mortar;[6] the latter was often employed without its baseplate in order to speed deployment..."
Should be revised as: "...the U.S. 60 mm M2 Mortar;[6] the latter was often employed without its bipod in order to speed deployment...".
Reason: The baseplate is needed, it serves as a "foundation" for the weapon, to allow for aim, and to take the recoil as the mortar bomb ejects from the tube. The first step when deploying the 60mm mortar is to pound the barrel with the attached baseplate to the ground to emplace the weapon. The second step is to attach its bipod. The second step is optional. The mortar would be less accurate without its bipod, but still capable especially if its crew is experienced. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.108.0.80 ( talk) 15:45, 4 February 2022 (UTC)
How can I become better at making articles more efficiently? Hello, I have recently made an account on Wikipedia and I plan on making/editing articles relating to older consoles. For example, Super Nintendo Entertainment System. I don't really know how to edit and make things to well at the moment, so I was wondering if any of the hosts here had any tips? I just don't want to hurt the amazing articles that are already created. Hpnzii ( talk) 15:21, 4 February 2022 (UTC)
Can someone rename the article Johann VII, Count of Nassau-Siegen to John VII, Count of Nassau-Siegen? That's the correct English translation of his given name. The article of his son is with the English translation of his given name: John VIII, Count of Nassau-Siegen. I think it would be appropriate to use the same form for both father and son. Roelof Hendrickx ( talk) 15:03, 4 February 2022 (UTC)
I have become an editor as I wish to improve the page on L. Winifred Faraday. My sources are letters written by her archived at Leominster Museum and, so far as I am aware, are the only sources for information on her Fellowship at Oxford and her teaching career. Can I go ahead? I wanted to use the Talk page relevant to her entry but can't see anywhere to write! The Bi-metallic daughter ( talk) 10:50, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
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I think primary sources are okay with in-text attribution, e.g. In her 1901 letter to Lucius Lovejoy, Faraday wrote that she was growing tired of Manchester and longed for a more rural location.[1]. (I totally made that up, but you get the idea.) ⁓
Pelagic (
messages ) 11:18, 4 February 2022 (UTC)Thank you Editors, there are some valuable ideas here to spur me on. — Preceding unsigned comment added by The Bi-metallic daughter ( talk • contribs) 16:21, 4 February 2022 (UTC)
I found a sockpuppeteer that have blocked accounts on en.wiki, but the principal account has no editions
Hello, i need help to these topic, browsing on es.wikipedia, i see that a checkuser bloqued some accounts for Block evasion and abuse of multiple accounts, 2 of these accounts are bloqued on en.wikipedia (the accounts are there Mateo, Frank, Yoshi, Johnny y SamXDGaming 849156 ( talk · contribs) and Max, Felix, Johnny, Lewis and RickyXDGaming 896471 ( talk · contribs) ), for a username violation, nevertheless the principal account ( SuperFrankie4891 ( talk · contribs)) are on en.wikipedia, but doent have editions, my question are should report it even if the main account has no edits?, doent make an action? or request a lock review of those already locked? and in the event that I must report it, where should I do it? Emolga826 ( talk) 16:15, 4 February 2022 (UTC)
my page is not visible and how to create a bio 45.115.107.98 ( talk) 15:29, 4 February 2022 (UTC)
I'm writing about fiber availability in germany. Some sources are only in german language available. For example I want to link to https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breitbandatlas but this is in the german Wikipdia.
This is my post
It should be pasted here
Is there anything I could do/could have done better?
Furthermore I updated this article like this with the same information
GavriilaDmitriev ( talk) 11:26, 4 February 2022 (UTC)
Hello. My name is Justin Wright Neufeld, I'm an assistant to Sam Hurt, creator of the Eyebeam cartoon and others. I want to make a short bio page for him (Eyebeam has one; he does not) and after wandering through the Wikipedia editing channels, I'm wondering what is a better way of going about this: 1) writing a short, referenced bio (noting my conflict of interest) and submitting it for review, or 2) requesting a stub article about Sam Hurt.
Thank in advance for your help on this,
Justin NinthWeirdestJugful ( talk) 17:51, 4 February 2022 (UTC)
The composer listed is incorrect. I work for Sony Pictures Music Legal and was asked to correct the entry. My change keeps getting reverted. How can I make this change permanent? Thank you. Dustcastle ( talk) 18:45, 4 February 2022 (UTC)
Hello, I'm relatively new to editing Wikipedia. So far I've cited my edits with another website (I haven't used books or anything else, so far). However, I'm noticing that other people include dates and other items within their cites. It looks like even if there is one way to cite material, not everyone does it the same way. Now that I know a better way to cite references, should I go back and correct my edit cites? Or does everyone just do the best they can on how much they include? Thanks! Archivingperson ( talk) 18:53, 4 February 2022 (UTC)
I've been searching everywhere but it's hard to find a high-quality guide and I am unfortunately still confused about the public domain and free-use restrictions in general.
My situation is that a well-known individual emailed me and asked that a certain photo of them be used on their page, and they are happy to sign a release agreement for the image. I do not know for sure whether they are the copyright owner of the image, but I can check with them if that is necessary. How can I go about getting them to release the image for free or fair use on 2 specific Wiki pages, ideally with minimal work on their part? (I don't know that they have a Wikipedia account or would be able to upload the image on their own, but I can send them forms or attach their approval.)
Thank you in advance! Caleb Stanford ( talk) 18:30, 4 February 2022 (UTC)
Hi, I've made a very big mistake. I've breached the rule of Meir Kahane. I didn't notice the notice. Now I apologize. Please forgive me. Please give me one more chance. Thanks, Orangebiscuits ( talk) 18:00, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
Hi all. I'm not very experienced with professional writing, so forgive me if i'm wrong. It seems (to me at least) captions that are complete sentences with capital letters only have a 50/50 chance of ending with periods. Please inform me if there is something i'm missing, because it's making me neurotic, but i do not want to step on the feet of more experienced editors. Holduptheredawg ( talk) 22:05, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
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TalkBlaze Wolf#6545 22:56, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
Hello Teahouse editors. I am wondering about how I could save time whilst making articles. Let's say that I am trying to make a lot of similar articles. In this case that would be Medal of Honor articles. Below is the contents of an article I wrote a month ago. Could I take that article and change up the information to match a different Medal of Honor recipient and use that in a new article? Is something like that allowed? It would be much easier if I could use a template as it takes a lot of time to write new articles which basically say the same thing. Thanks in advance!
Joseph S. Keen (July 24, 1843 - December 3, 1926) was an English born soldier and recipient of the Medal of Honor for actions during the American Civil War.
Biography Keen was born in Vale, England on July 24, 1843.[1] He moved to America some time between his birth and the start of the American Civil War. He started as a private but eventually obtained the rank of sergeant in Company D of the 13th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment.[2][3] Keen was captured by the Confederates on September 20, 1863, following the Battle of Chickamauga.[2] He was held in multiple prisons including Andersonville until he escaped in Macon, Georgia on September 10, 1864.[2] He earned his medal in action near Chattahoochee River, Georgia on October 1, 1864.[3] His medal was issued on August 4, 1899.[1] Keen died on December 3, 1926, in Detroit, Michigan where he was buried in Elmwood Cemetery.[3]
Medal of Honor citation For extraordinary heroism on 1 October 1864, in action at Chattahoochee River, Georgia. While an escaped prisoner of war within the enemy's lines, Sergeant Keen witnessed an important movement of the enemy, and at great personal risk made his way through the enemy's lines and brought news of the movement to Sherman's army.[1][4] Gandalf the Groovy ( talk) 13:49, 4 February 2022 (UTC)
I understand that we have the watchlist system, but I'm not looking to receive a notification every time an article I like gets favorited. I do use chrome's bookmarks but after a while those pages get messy and there's no easy way to distinguish read pages from unread ones (a small box for the reading list doesn't really do much). I was just wondering, do they have something like that? And if not, do you think they ever will? TophatGuy14 ( talk) 13:56, 31 January 2022 (UTC)
Thanks, I'll be sure to use my page for that. Honestly at first I thought the user page was only meant to serve as a short description of your Wikipedia self and was limited strictly to that, I'm glad it isn't. TophatGuy14 ( talk) 14:02, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
I am new here and would like to get some help on to find my way around here. There are so many pages just about how to contribute that it's often easy to miss the right one. I would like to get the right introduction path here on Wikipedia. I made a small self-introduction on my userpage. Feel free to contact me also on IRC. GavriilaDmitriev ( talk) 07:48, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
I never know what to do when this happens. An IP editor, operating in good faith, is editing heavily at Jody_Pinto. Unfortunately it's obvious from their edit-summaries that they're doing this using information personally derived from Pinto. Several editors have cut stuff out. I just tried to remove a load with an explanation in the edit summary, I've put an explanation on the article's talk-page, and also on the editor's talk-page, but they've reverted all the stuff back in again. Obviously I can't edit-war, but how on earth does one get through to such an editor that we must have sources? It's so frustrating. Elemimele ( talk) 22:04, 4 February 2022 (UTC)
Hello, I've noticed that on the Principia College page, there are a few sentences, like about Measles that may not be needed on the webpage, partly because it's a data point with little context or out of context compared to what kind of detail is needed for this page? Without censoring the information is there: 1. Any way to remove it? 2. Put it into context? I don't have any context to add, right away. Any ideas? Thanks! Archivingperson ( talk) 23:32, 4 February 2022 (UTC)
Hello- my subject line says it all. I am looking for some help with how to add notations and what an ideal reference list looks like? Also... the notable person I am writing about is in a number of online publications including encyclopedia.com. Is this a reliable source? Is prabook.com a reliable source? Thank you for your help; I know this is volunteer based! VRlasso 19:19, 4 February 2022 (UTC)
VRlasso 00:00, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
What are the benefits of having 500 Wikipedia edits? Are there benefits to other areas? ScientistBuilder ( talk) 01:33, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
Congratulations! You are now eligible for The Wikipedia Library. -- Karsan Chanda ( talk) 07:34, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
A page appeared on my watch list about an edit to A.C. Redfield Lifetime Achievement Award, and I was curious about the change and found a name added to the list of recipients. After confirming this was vandalism as the new name, while appearing normal, was not a recipient of the award. I reverted the edit. Then I explored and found the IP address has added the same name to multiple award pages, and made no other edits. What is the procedure to follow here? I think I know how to undo changes (or at least that's what I just did on the A.C. Redfield Lifetime Achievement Award page), but is there a next step? And/or a different way to revert the pages back to the correct answer? DaffodilOcean ( talk) 19:35, 4 February 2022 (UTC)
Can any admin delete my user page, please? Orangebiscuits ( talk) 10:40, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
{{
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(as it appears when viewing this page) to request that an administrator deletes it. The folks here at the Teahouse aren't nessesarely administrators.
Victor Schmidt (
talk) 11:12, 5 February 2022 (UTC)There is another editor who'd like to update some military insignia, the update is based on emblem shown on the new field uniform of that branch. Another editor objected to this edit and claim image of new field uniform cannot be used as reference per Wikipedia:Reliable sources and insist on previous emblem (which that editor created in the past). I am actually agree with first editor who'd like to make update, and help to provide proof that the updated insignia is recently being used and also pointed out that the insignia is shown in the official website of that military unit (although it didnt explicitly mentioned that). The other editor who objected still object that edit and said that pictures are still not a reliable source as it didn't provide enough details. As far as I know, I couldn't find any source that explicitly mentioned that this military unit used this or that insignia, so the best source is either those recent pictures of new field uniform and images on website that may indicate that is the insignia.
My question is, what's the standard to be used as sources for images? because there are some military unit that didn't explicitly mention their insignia on website, but there are plenty images of insignia used in either uniform, website, news, letterhead or others. are those image are really unacceptable?
Thank you Ckfasdf ( talk) 07:55, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
Who is the founder of Amer city? [1] -- Karsan Chanda ( talk) 05:45, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
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I started my first article on someone (after editing a lot of other wikis that talked about him - but how do I check on its status? TruthLover123 ( talk) 01:12, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
Is there a way to enable the live updates for one's watchlist by default, rather than having to manually turn it on each time? I did have a look through the settings but I couldn't see anything. Perhaps I'm blind. — Czello 10:44, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
I would like to be able to visually edit talk pages instead of using syntax. What is the likelihood of the addition of this in the future? ScientistBuilder ( talk) 02:09, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
?veaction=edit
to the end of the URL. However, I would recommend using the Discussion Tools feature (I think it's starting to be enabled by default, but that might be for very new users) as it is specialised for comments. Alternatively, you could also add the script
Convenient Discussions (which I use) to your account's .js page, which in my opinion has a lot more functionality than the Reply tool. —
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I started an article in Draft space during an edit-a-thon, but someone else completed an article in Mainspace on the same topic before I could finish. My Draft is redundant now. Do I delete my draft? If so, how? If not, what do I do? Wait for someone else to delete it? Jaireeodell ( talk) 19:27, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
Thanks! I used {{db-g7}}. -- Jaireeodell ( talk) 19:51, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
I am writing about an artist, Barbara Krupp. 1. Do I need to reference each museum and gallery she has been exhibited in? 2. IS website address enough to make a reference? 3. Do I then write the name, after the reference...or does the reference become the only word needed?
FOR EXAMPLE:
Her paintings and are in the permanent collection of the << https://www.cantonart.org/> Canton Museum of Art, Canton, Ohio. The exhibition was titled “Restoration, Recycling and Remember”. Sue-zin ( talk) 22:36, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
Hello, several years ago I created a couple of little pages under my username for “user boxes,” and I can find some very old versions of my user page which I would like to delete and retain only the current version. In addition, I made three username changes so far, and I notice that all of my previous usernames redirect to my current username. I would like to discard two of these redirections, because they were short-lived variants of my current and first username, “Lispwave.” I would like to retain only my first username redirection from “Lispwave,” because I still love it, but the other two usernames are not necessary anymore. Thank you! דויד פון תמר ( talk) 23:15, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
Hello! I want to add the colors of Hungarian basketball teams to the player's pages (if you look at some of the NBA player's pages, or Turkish player pages, you can see the team colors in some of the infobox parts), so on which page or where and how do I add this in? MrSplashman77 ( talk) 23:28, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
color1
, color2
, color3
, etc parameters. For more info, see
Template:Infobox basketball club. For an example usage, see
Kecskeméti TE (basketball). Happy editing!
🐶 EpicPupper (he/him |
talk) 23:34, 5 February 2022 (UTC)Thanks! I've added it in for Soproni KC, but for players like Myles Mack, E. J. Montgomery, and Rickey McGill, the infobox is still the standard grey :/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by MrSplashman77 ( talk • contribs) 23:47, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
How can I upload an image to an article I am writing? Vedlagt ( talk) 09:53, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
My draft is Vanita Winnie Gupta. How to get it to Article please help I cant understand the pages written about it Varchasva (EncycloBoys) Singh ( talk) 08:49, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
The article for pimecrolimus displays fine normally, but if you load it in mobile view or edit it with the visual editor, you see all of the markup for the infobox at the beginning of the article. I'm thinking there's something in the infobox content that's breaking it, but I compared with some other drug articles and couldn't figure out quite what the problem is. Any help is appreciated or if you know what the fix is, please go ahead. Thanks. flod logic ( talk) 10:47, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
The recent editing history of Glory Days (Little Mix album) shows a chain of users accusing each other of being sockpuppets. Any thoughts how to untangle the truth? Anywhere to report this without asking for a full scale investigation? Thanks. Nick Levine ( talk) 03:18, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
This message: Cite error: A list-defined reference with group name "" is not used in the content (see the help page) has shown up on Bible which has recently been heavily edited. I have gone to the help page and am no closer to understanding how to find, or what to do to fix, this error. Can you help? Jenhawk777 ( talk) 05:24, 5 February 2022 (UTC) Jenhawk777 ( talk) 05:24, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
There is no scholarly consensus as to when the Jewish Hebrew Bible canon was settled in its present form. Some scholars argue that it was fixed by the Hasmonean dynasty (140–40 BCE), [1]Click the number 1 and it should take you right to the nice red error warning.
while others argue it was not fixed until the second century CE or even later. [2]They both say "Harv error: this link doesn't point to any citation" in each citation and in a nice bright red in the References list. How is it possible you can't see that?
References
There it is! Jenhawk777 ( talk) 06:48, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
I’m doing upgrades to the page Marie Byrd Land. It has a link to Mount Iphigene”, which redirects to a target page Ford Ranges. The content for Mount Iphigene on the target page is a good start for a short article. I read how to convert redirects on the page Wikipedia:Redirect. It explains how to remove the redirect from the redirect page. Can I then copy (cut) the content on the target page and place it on the original redirect page Mount Iphigene? If so, will its URL or link change so that Mount Iphigene is an article? Do I then need to edit the links on the connected pages (What links here?)? BrucePL ( talk) 18:20, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
Hello, I would like to add a movie poster to the info box on the page for A Tuba to Cuba. I see The Wrecking Crew (2008 film) uses an image from billboard. How do I go about adding images that aren't part of WikiCommons and what are the Wikipedia policies regarding non-WikiCommons images? Cheers Groovymama ( talk) 22:07, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
Can anyone warn anyone about vandalism on their talk page? Or do you have to be an admin to warn them? PlaceKickerEnthusiast ( talk) 00:42, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
Hi everyone,
I'm a student at a European University. One of my econ professors wants us to edit Wikipedia as an exercise. He has already created a Programs & Events Dashboard explaining how Wikipedia works but he would love it if the community could give feedback to his students. I am writing this message because I have some experience with Wikipedia and thus knew the right place to ask for help. I'm more familiar with the french Wiki and I could use your guidance to help me find the hub of the patrollers or any other help aiding the students improve Wikipedia the right way.
I will pass along any information you can give me to him. Much appreciated, Qwerty1999 ( talk) 22:48, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
I found a copy of a person's Biodata from 1982. Written by themselves with letters written to them attached. Is there a precedence for citing something like this? It is basically a 24-page résumé. SanLeone ( talk) 06:55, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
Hi everyone, I was making a template on the locations that teams in the Kashmir Premier League represent, similar to this template. The thing is I’m not sure about is how I should represent Overseas Warriors as they don’t represent a place but they represent Kashmiri diaspora so I don’t really know how to represent them. Help would be appreciated. Thanks, Hamza Ali Shah Talk 08:32, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
This may be of interest to hosts and others:
Wikipedia:Village_pump_(proposals)#Offering_the_Reply_Tool_as_an_opt-out_feature Gråbergs Gråa Sång ( talk) 08:09, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
Hello, I am the creator of the Cloudworks Entertainment article. 3 days ago, the article has been nominated for deletion as it does not meet WP:NCORP. I forgot to put in my user talkpage that I am an intern for the company and the Managing Director of Cloudworks Entertainment, Aszuad Zakaria, has paid me to create a Wikipedia page for his company. I am currently proposing changes on the talk page of the affected article by using the request edit template and I don't know what to include in the template. Please help me. It would mean a lot as my job depends on this. Thank you. Aleeyasw ( talk) 10:08, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
Published the Page. What to do next?
Hi, I have published my mentor's page under the name "Qasim Farasat", and it is under review. Please guide me on what to do next so it gets published? Danish Tariq.pk ( talk) 05:19, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
ISSUE: The photographs are either claimed as "own work" by Qasim Farasat (impossible) or "own work" by Danish Tariq.pk (possible, but strongly suggests COI or PAID, as took place at events over years). At Wikimedia Commons, User contributions for Qasim Farasat - QF created nine images of Qasim Farasat, claiming "own work." Some of these, in the Wikipedia draft, Danish claims as "own work." In addition, the wording "my mentor's page" above suggests a paid connection, which per WP:PAID must be declared. David notMD ( talk) 07:21, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
Can I please get a review and advice for article I created and submitted. Is there anything more I can do or should do? I just want to create a new page/article about KaiECO because nothing exists already. Your advice is appreciated. KaikenMan ( talk) 12:51, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
my account and ip were blocked for no reason, and i was being constructive 80.94.201.61 ( talk) 12:39, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
I wrote an article about 5 months ago and still wasn't approved. Could someone help me? I believe I followed all the guidelines and Wiki rules but it is about the startup I work. How much would it cost to have a professional writing it? LuisaGoncalves2021 ( talk) 10:42, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
I have a warning on my article - A major contributor to this article appears to have a close connection with its subject. It seems like this was because I only created one article, and someone said that the artist's husband's name is similar to my username. How do I remove this (or should I?) I don't want to get dragged into any arguments about my identity online because I try not to have too much social media etc etc, so if I'm not sure if I even want to contest it! The article in question is up for deletion, so I'm still talking with people in the discussion page on how I can improve it. Wil57 ( talk) 13:45, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
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TalkBlaze Wolf#6545 14:27, 7 February 2022 (UTC)Just seeking some advice, please. After looking through my Preferences pages, I'm wondering if I should set up an email for WP now I've been a member for three years. Are there any particular advantages and can I be sure it is secure? One thing I'm a little confused about is how to send mails to other editors – presumably, I need to set up my own email first to activate a utility? Any information and advice is welcome. Thanks and all the best. No Great Shaker ( talk) 10:52, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
Hello! I am trying to work on some of my very first articles. I have made over 18,000 edits to the encyclopedia, and so I think it is about time that I get to work on making some articles on some subjects that I feel could really use articles! One such article that I am working on is this: Draft:Hakenkreuz (Hooked Cross).
I am using public domain images for some of the points covered in the encyclopedic article, but I do not know how to put the images exactly where I want them in the article! I know where I want them, and I am just trying to get the three current images side-by-side under the "Here are some examples of the swastika:" text, but before the text that addresses the examples of the hakenkreuz. I have not yet added any information on the hakenkreuz images, because I wanted to address the other images first before adding those. Once I have this figured out, I will go back and add more images, but I need to figure out how to put an image exactly where you want it. I know how to put an image up or down in an article, and inline anywhere, but not how to put any images side-by-side of one another in an article in such a manner also as to perhaps have them roughly evenly sized etc.
Thank you!! Much love from an editor dipping their feet in the water for the first time on creating new articles!! I have a few others that I want to make, but this one is one that I have done a lot of research on, so I believe I have the most secondary sources and material to support the encyclopedic entries being made on this subject. Thanks! ♥ Th78blue ( talk)♥ 16:51, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
How can I add a picture to an article? My grandfather was a baseball player about a hundred years ago. There is no picture of him in the article. My family has a lot of pictures of him. Jlshoem ( talk) 19:07, 7 February 2022 (UTC) Jlshoem ( talk) 19:07, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
Hi, I will like to find out where I can find different form of images like this (📼), looking for something that replicate a podcast and other works or variety in the wikispace and more. Thanks Jwale2 ( talk) 08:38, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
Does wikipedia have a template to create a page? WikiConsultant2 ( talk) 20:19, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
Hello, so I have recently made a new article about the species Gromia Appendiculariae (see /info/en/?search=Gromia_appendiculariae), and I can not seem to figure out why the Speciesbox is broken. So if anyone wants to help the article that I made please feel free to improve it. I would also like to ask if this source https://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=895589#sources is able to be used for the article?
Thanks Rugoconites Tenuirugosus ( talk) 18:53, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
The way that I managed to get the species box is by copying the species box from my previous article , then changed the species box itself in order to match the classifications that were shown on the source. I do in fact know that the way I use capitalisation is a huge problem , I have also fixed the capitalisation problem with the word eukaryote. Rugoconites Tenuirugosus ( talk) 20:21, 7 February 2022 (UTC)User:Rugoconites_Tenuirugos
Response to User talk:Nick Moyes Are you mentioning this article https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.30.768.369? I am bringing this one up because when I previewed it , it had a sentence mentioning gromia appendicularia as a parasitic protozoan. The sentence itself was "a new appendicularian, Oicopleura tortu- genesis. A parasitic protozoan is described as Gromia appendicularic" (extract from preview on a google search) Rugoconites Tenuirugosus ( talk) 20:33, 7 February 2022 (UTC)User:Rugoconites_Tenuirugosus
All of the information I am putting onto the CEDU page even though I am including sources. Why? 204.2.15.157 ( talk) 20:35, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
I did a draft, please give me tips before publishing. Is there anything I can do to improve it? /info/en/?search=User:Unchained7/Sandbox
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Thank you for the detailed response Unchained7 ( talk) 21:11, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
I am new to Wikipedia so need help doing a page for my wife. I saw this message and have no idea whats its trying to tell me.
23:52, 7 November 2021 Liz talk contribs m 3,042 bytes +3 @Themannsincolehill: Disable the categories on this page while it is still a draft, per WP:DRAFTNOCAT/WP:USERNOCAT (using Draft no cat v1.7). The easiest way to do this is by converting them to links, by adding a colon: "[[Category:" → "[[:Category:" undothank
Also is this holding up world wide publication? I appreciate your help. Peter Themannsincolehill ( talk) 17:07, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
Trying to figure out if my submission was declined because I didn't author it properly due to my lack of knowledge of how to do so on Wikipedia or the subject of my submission was truly lacking in proper citations. He has a stand up comedy show on most streaming platforms. He is a touring comedian who works consistently. He's on television covering the NBA's Sacramento Kings and has appeared in a major motion picture. Trying to learn the ropes here. Rontopofit ( talk) 16:08, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
2601:192:4B40:E70:F5F8:B47E:F397:FC03 ( talk) 00:20, 7 February 2022 (UTC) !COMMENT: HELLO EVERYONE
Hello there to any fellow Wikipedians! Sometime during the afternoon, I submitted a draft for review, it latter got declined due to very few references. May I ask how I can find any reliable sources for my draft? MikeTimesONE ( talk) 00:21, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh how do i create an article
where can i test edits — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1702:1BD0:3B30:AD95:80BD:8F4:6BE9 ( talk) 23:06, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
Proposal Hello! This is not a question but a proposal of creating "Template:Books category", inspiring from Template:Songs, albums, etc. category. Any thoughts? 7szz ( talk) 01:26, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
Hello, I seen many users in AFD discussions, whose usernames are colorful. I am surprised how can we make our username colorful? Can you please tell me? Thanks. ThePremiumBoy ( talk) 03:43, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
moved from talk page ― Kaleeb18 TalkCaleb 03:42, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
Hello. Go to Ryan Reynolds (Canadian actor) wiki page and click on the talk page, go down to where I requested a couple of additions to be done in the first and adding a second sentence as requested with source I provided. This is In the media section. Another user says its not noteworthy. This is a protected page, that is why I can't add it. Can you please add the requests I noted in that section? Thank you for your time. 2601:581:8402:6620:5048:3917:C319:F67F ( talk) 03:35, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
Hi there. In Dec 2019, I submitted an article about my father-in-law, Daniel Musher, who is a prominent infectious diseases researcher. I was very open in my first submission that he was my father-in-law. I have addressed all the submission issues, but a multiple-issue warning box remains. Is there a chance someone could help me learn how to remove at least the close-connection part, since it's been thoroughly reviewed already? This page in question is /info/en/?search=Daniel_Musher, and the page /info/en/?search=Help:Maintenance_template_removal doesn't offer much assistance except to ask at https://kiwiirc.com/nextclient/irc.libera.chat/wikipedia-en-help, which points me here when I don't get a reply. Thank you. Lmusher ( talk) 15:12, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
Courtesy link: Erratus
Hello, I have created a page on the Cambrian arthropod erratus, however i am having a hard time getting the cladogram right. If anyone can help me polish it up, that would be great. Here is a link to a study of erratus that contains the cladogram I was trying to replicate, with given credit of course https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rstb.2021.0034. Fossiladder13 ( talk) 03:46, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
Ok whoever helped me, I greatly appreciated that. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fossiladder13 ( talk • contribs) 03:56, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
How do I delete a reference from the text that is no longer needed?
/info/en/?search=Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD_Faith_in_the_Marshall_Islands header Early Days subheader ʻAbdu'l-Bahá's Tablets of the Divine Plan end of first paragraph citation 7 needs to be removed,no longer relevant I AM WORKING IN THE VISUAL EDITOR Hanging in there ( talk) 05:09, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
Why was the information removed? I quoted and included the source. 204.2.15.157 ( talk) 06:13, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
My article was declined after reviewing. I just translated what is written in the original article. How can I make it in a formal tone and how can I fix referencing. I need help. Hanan Al-Dhaifi ( talk) 22:56, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
@ Hoary: Thank you for clarifying this to me but these words are mentioned in the original article in Wikipedia and as it is accepted in one language, why it is not accepted in another language?! Second, this is a religious text and according to Islam these words are given to everyone in particular context. Hanan Al-Dhaifi ( talk) 22:47, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
@ Hoary: @ Tenryuu: I do understand your point of view and looked at Wikipedia English and found this link https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_honorifics It is clarified here when such phrases are used. Thank you again for being here to discuss this with me. Hanan Al-Dhaifi ( talk) 00:10, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
My 5th grade son just showed me the sate "OWLCATION" and I wondered whether Wikipedia might have an article about it. The Olwcation site says that it's a site "created by educators and experts on topics related to education as a place to share expertise and knowledge about all things academic." And they "offer articles ranging from the 10 most important moments in the French Revolution to the different species of owls in Florida. If you’re looking for information that is education or academia related, we are here for you!"
Sounds awesome. But sometimes I use Wikipedia to get a quick idea about other sites; and there's not one for this site. Any interested in creating one? Just curious. I am a fan of, and repeated contributor to, Wikipedia. Thanks. 199.65.1.9 ( talk) 01:41, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
2600:100E:B132:4059:C9ED:1BCA:2AB7:5E10 ( talk) 06:06, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
There's a certain article about a famous musician that I'm currently working on that, one of my long term goals for the article is to bring it to featured article status. However, when I tried making a peer review for another unrelated article, it received no attention. I'm worried if I create a peer review for this article, it will also receive lack of attention or cause a stalemate/drama.
I've noticed this is a common problem across Wikipedia... how should I go about getting comments from other editors if I decide to start this peer review? Thank you! shanghai. talk to me 09:58, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
My articles to create a page for Lagos Post Online newspaper have been declined twice. I was thinking if you guys can assist me maybe there is something I am doing wrong.
Kind regards Damilarelagos ( talk) 12:19, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
Lately, whenever I want to get a better look at a picture, I open the link in another tab, which may or may not show me a suitably sized image. If I click on it, instead of expanding the image, it shrinks it to the size of a postage stamp or smaller, which is no use to anyone. Koro Neil ( talk) 12:01, 8 February 2022 (UTC) Koro Neil ( talk) 12:01, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
it has been like a week when a discussion of a merge between Internet Channel and Wii Menu. so when is it gonna be merged TzarN64 ( talk) 16:52, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
I want my wikitext signature to be global, and applied in all Wikimedia projects and languages.
My signature is <span style="border-radius:9em;padding:0 7px;background:#414548">[[User:QuickQuokka|<span style="color: #00C3E3">Quick</span> <span style="color: #FF4554">Quokka</span>]]</span> <sup>[[User talk:QuickQuokka| [talk]]]</sup> if that is important.
Sorry if this is a stupid question/needs to be asked at a different place Quick Quokka [talk] 16:46, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
Is it okay to have a piped link lead to a redirect page? I was reading Wikipedia:All high schools can be notable and was surprised at the amount of piped links that lead to redirect pages, for example "notability" leading to "WP:N" which itself leads to "Wikipedia:Notability". I have seen WP:NOPIPE but that doesn't seem to help. This seems like it causes confusion and is counterintuitive. -- The Tips of Apmh 19:00, 8 February 2022 (UTC) The Tips of Apmh 19:00, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
Spacestation Gaming 2603:3026:201:3500:ECC4:5710:B4FE:2F5 ( talk) 19:14, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
Hi there, My article did get deleted in the end. I felt like the discussion was still ongoing and there were some kinda accusatory comments I didn't get to respond to... :( However, it looks like it was fair as it didn't hit certain criteria. I was hoping to fix it, and I got some much better sources to cite. Is it okay for me to create a new draft of an article that got deleted? Also, when I do have the draft, should I ask people to review it before I go live? (don't want the same problems again). Wil57 ( talk) 14:18, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
I am wondering how to correctly add myself as a user to Wikiproject Physics. I accidentally messed up the Physics user list.
/info/en/?search=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Physics/Members#Instructions_to_add_yourself_to_the_list ScientistBuilder ( talk) 22:51, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
Company Page How I can make my own company page wherein I can write details about my company, its subsidiaries, founded, profiles, directors, managements etc. ? Mehak.Geneo ( talk) 10:54, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
Victor Schmidt I have the media coverage of the company. How and where can I share the links to verify? Anton.bersh How can I connect with other author who can write about the company? If you do it, what will be the fees? How then I can move it to main space? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mehak.Geneo ( talk • contribs) 08:23, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
I have edited an article to completion ( /info/en/?search=Draft:Great_Time(band)) and I think it is fit for submitting now, but I can't find how I can convert it to an actual Wikipedia article. R0ck$ ( talk) 04:52, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
Obviously, I should use formal language the article namespace, but do is it recommended to speak casually or formally in talk pages and such? Quick Quokka [talk] 18:10, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
Hello, attempting to create my very first page about an annual disc golf tournament on the pro tour. It was declined for 'lacking reliable sources', however, it is mostly a table showing the historical winners, each line of which has a link to the official PDGA results. The PDGA is the official governing body of professional disc golf. The three sentence description of the tournament history also has 2 sources cited. One of them is from the official website of the tournament itself is this not considered reliable because it is not independent? I'm not sure what else I could add. Please advise! /info/en/?search=Draft:Beaver_State_Fling Hebrewhurricane ( talk) 20:04, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
Hello, I've come here to ask what is should do if there is no sources regarding the taxobox for this article ( /info/en/?search=Exochonotus which I have made)? The reason being is that the only source available which made sense to me was https://eurekamag.com/research/011/056/011056616.php. I am also not sure if it is a genus of beetles , or a species of beetles. I would also want some more information on how I could be able to make a taxobox which isn't short and confusing when editing an article (like the Leptogromia article which I've made) , since it is hard to look where the information I need to remove and/or add is (since the taxobox when editing is like 2 lines long). So if anyone could help me improve this article I would greatly appreciate it With best regards. Rugoconites Tenuirugosus ( talk) 20:05, 8 February 2022 (UTC)User:Rugoconites_Tenuirugosus Rugoconites Tenuirugosus ( talk) 20:05, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
Hi, posting here not because I'm a new Wikipedian, but because I have no clue where to post about issues like this - this doesn't seem important enough (or the right fit) for the admin noticeboard or vandalisation noticeboard. If you know where I should be posting this, please do say.
Anyway, there seems to be no consensus on Wikipedia about romanising Kyrgyz Cyrillic. I have seen it suggested that the BGN method should be used since it uses letters familiar to English rather than a load of diacritics, but no official guidance exists.
The reason I bring this up, is that I have noticed (while on recent changes patrol) that Almanbet Janışev ( talk · contribs) has made numerous (read: 100s of) edits 'correcting' romanisations to use what looks like 'PAU' romanisation with some modifications (i.e. 'q' instead of 'k'). This doesn't seem particularly productive to me - I can understand adding new romanisations with a different system, but changing existing ones seems disruptive. I don't know how to report this since it's not outright vandalism, but the user doesn't respond to their talk page so I can't just ask them to stop.
Side note: I also found that this user engages in some very odd editing patterns. For example, with multiple articles (e.g. Jusup_Abdrahman_uulu and Draft:Murat_Salihov, the latter being one I had to move from mainspace), the user creates articles in mainspace which are basically drafts, and then apparently proceeds to edit them logged out under 185.29.185.132 ( talk · contribs). I can't quite understand why this is; perhaps the user has had trouble with bans in the past. Also, the user's writing style is what I can only describe as being very Slavic (often missing the verb 'to be', missing personal pronouns etc.) - this means the user's contributions don't tend to fit with the style of the rest of English Wikipedia, which tends to, uh, use full sentences.
So, what to do about this? What action can be taken? Does action even need to be taken at all? Do we need official Kyrgyz romanisation guidance (talk about niche, eh)?
— JThistle38 ( talk) 14:40, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
This has now been brought up at the administrators' noticeboard by another user. — JThistle38 ( talk) 10:33, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
Hi! I have submitted a draft article that I created for review but it's taking too much time. Is there any way to cancel the submission of a draft article and move it myself?
Is a story about a politician that consists solely of material copied word for word from the politician's website a reliable source? The pages in question are ROMAN JOHN BARGE ANNOUNCES RUN FOR STATE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT and ABOUT JOHN. I know the Coosa Valley News doesn't have quite the same reputation as the NY Times, but it is a published source. The only other source I have found for this (potential) edit is way down at the bottom of Perdue lags Kemp in fundraising in Georgia governor's race. At least WABE is an NPR station, so I feel less concerned about it. Dgndenver ( talk) 10:07, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
Thank you for replying so quickly. I was wondering about RS for a fact I would be citing, not notability, so per your lead, I guess I will forge ahead. This was about an update for the 2022 election cycle I would be adding to the existing article. Dgndenver ( talk) 15:27, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
hi, i am a new wikipedia editor and i am wondering how can i link a youtube video in a talk page discussion as anytime i try to reply to a discussion with a youtube link it doesnt work and even though it says the reply has been saved it still does not show on my screen. HELP! YZY3000 ( talk) 21:01, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
How does one create a page for a worthy person who does not yet have his own page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2606:9400:939F:FFC7:1936:8BA:EC89:F218 ( talk) 14:48, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
I am working on improving atomic clock and I found that the article is copied by another site. https://wiki.gis.com/wiki/index.php/Atomic_clock Is this something to be concerned about ScientistBuilder ( talk) 16:13, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
Hi all, I guess I am simply a very novice editor in the wikipedia environment, and I should say I am not charged with any type of responsibility for the organization's wikipeida page at all. However, the South Texas College page has a plea for more references at the top, something about "insufficient" it seems to be well cited for everything that can be cited for a public state community college. So, I wonder if the plea (banner) can be removed somehow because it does not seem relevant to the page any longer (or really to me the last ten to 15 plus years)
State Community Colleges are public entities and thus any official citations will always be from the state requirements to publish all public information (which everything we do is public and availalbe to everyone). We are not expected to be named often in other publications although we have been and are recognized by different bodies for various things like: Number of Hispanic Graduates, Raising the Quality of Life through directly impacting incomes in the Rio Grande Valley, NIMS metal working certification, and our basic data like nurse's passing the exam (pass rate), firefigher training passing the exam, police training passing the exam, and many things.
If anyone here would like to take a look, we are an "open book"
I did add another photo today, because we still do not have all our campuses represented in pictures (5 campuses, plus online), and because I am not always happy enough with whatever photo I took to put it up for all to see. (lighting, sky, all sorts of things) Thank you in advance for anything at all *wikipedia still is needed. Talltexan2 ( talk) 16:14, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
thank you! our environment is a place where web references are frequently changing or updating and thus, go out of date right away or even worse at times the "dreaded self reference" snake eating its tail. There should be a few things on these possibly from the Chamber of Commerce or smaller local papers (which have been under stress and may have even folded thus closing down their websites as well) *as I said I am not charged with any duties of the wiki but I have done a bit of minimal editing here and there/ and those seem to be ok, I just did a search for NAMREI which was a familiar moniker to me/ but of course not to the world (our "official" people are in the PR department, but odd to me they never put a picture, those were by me over the last 20 years or so). I think we have updated the name of what was namrei to something a bit different (we started with 1000 students in 1993, and with Covid I think we are about 30,000 instead of 34k now or perhaps we got a few more back for the spring). Rapid Changes make keeping up a challenge especially with tasks that do not belong to anyone in particular (such as wikipedia). THANK YOU AGAIN for your help.
Nicky minaj 's fight with cardi b 41.114.229.101 ( talk) 16:05, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
I am wondering what I can do to bring /info/en/?search=Electromagnetic_wave_equation up to Good Article standards. ScientistBuilder ( talk) 20:35, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
Can a good article have a red link? ScientistBuilder ( talk) 20:59, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
Can I work on improving a good article nominee as the reviewer? ScientistBuilder ( talk) 21:06, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
Hannah Bonecutter is a unique professional that has a large online presence, several accolades, and contributions to society, particularly within the industries of film and social activism. There are at least 3 verifiable third-party sources written about her that can be cited in a Wikipedia article. I am wondering do you think a Wikipedia page can be written about her and be allowed to be published when submitted for review? Do you think a neutral Wikipedia article on Hannah Bonecutter (biography style) would pass as notable?
Here is a link of google search results that pop up when you type her name: [3]
I look forward to hearing back from the Wiki editors community.
Thank you,
H 3 B chi ( talk) 13:03, 9 February 2022 (UTC) H 3 B chi ( talk) 13:03, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
(Excuse me if this isn't the right place to ask this)
I want to edit some stuff over at Wikimedia Commons, but the file is cascade protected, and only administrators are allowed to edit.
I want to do the following things:
Thanks in advance for any help -- Quick Quokka [talk] 18:37, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
I've been advised that we are not allowed to use YouTube videos as citations. So I looked up Wikipedia editing instructions and found two statements:
In a large number of cases, YouTube is the only avenue for proving what is stated in an article, particularly where the subject is obscure or historical and involves music and/or performance. Plus, online videos are, under the law, automatically in the Public Domain. So, with the exception of things like video surreptitiously recorded on cell phones, there is no copyright infringement.
Also, a video automatically offers proof that a statement made in a Wikipedia article is accurate and true. Or it may prove that an existing statement in an article is not true. For example, in an article I recently edited, it was claimed that an entertainer appeared on stage at a particular television show. I was able to find the original clip of that performance and it was clear that that entertainer was not there.
When it comes to articles about people in the entertainment world, without the ability to prove or disprove statements, Wikipedia would be less of an encyclopedia and more of a PR tool.
I was also advised that I'm not allowed to use IMDB (Internet Movie Database) as a reference. Again, this is public-domain content and it is often the only proof that a statement is true, e.g. where it is stated that someone appeared in a film, or wrote a song in a soundtrack.
Please clarify. Thank you. LJA123 ( talk) 18:25, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
online videos are, under the law, automatically in the Public Domainis categorically not true. From a copyright perspective, videos posted on Youtube and eslewhere on the Internet can be released under any license that one wishes (subject to the terms of use of the video platform, etc.). The community consensus on Youtube as a sources states:
Most videos on YouTube are anonymous, self-published, and unverifiable, and should not be used at all. Content uploaded from a verified official account, such as that of a news organization, may be treated as originating from the uploader and therefore inheriting their level of reliability. However, many YouTube videos from unofficial accounts are copyright violations and should not be linked from Wikipedia, according to WP:COPYLINK.This can be found at Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Perennial_sources#YouTube. Also note that, per Wikipedia:No_original_research#Primary, most Youtube videos will fall under the category of "primary sources", which, contrary to the name, are not strong sources for Wikipedia's purposes. Writ Keeper ⚇ ♔ 18:32, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
Links to video content on YouTube or Google Video[...]appears to be taken from Wikipedia:External links/YouTube, which is indicated by the banner at the top to be a "failed proposal", so it should not be used as justification for any Wikipedia editing. Writ Keeper ⚇ ♔ 18:36, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
OK, so the link you just sent me says, in part: "Content uploaded from a verified official account, such as that of a news organization, may be treated as originating from the uploader and therefore inheriting their level of reliability." In the example I mentioned above, I used a clip from a television show that is produced by the BBC. So that's a reliable source, correct? In other words, we can use YouTube videos as long as the source is clearly reliable? But, to use another example, I'm working on articles about two musicians who are legendary in India, but not well-known in the west. For those articles, I was able to find their recordings only on YouTube--those videos are the only method of proving the statements in the article. Those are recordings from the original albums (released by HMV), but uploaded by who-knows-who. So I am not allowed to use those?-- LJA123 ( talk) 18:47, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
OK great. Thanks.-- LJA123 ( talk) 19:00, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
In the case of the Indian musicians. There are no videos. But someone uploaded tracks from the original albums (their owner), which were released by HMV in the 50s and 60s. There again, copyright comes into it, but these songs were all massive hits on radio, heard by millions of people every hour or two, for months. Also in the article, the best way to prove one element is to provide a link to the IMDB entry, which I've just been told I'm not allowed to do... The other way to prove that element is to provide several references to newspaper and magazine articles which, taken together, provide proof of the article's element. But I was just told off for stacking references...lol-- LJA123 ( talk) 19:27, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
hello, i am not sure whether or not i am submit votes correctly. do i just edit the source and input the vote(and reasoning) at the bottom? Im really bad at this ( talk) 18:00, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
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Click here for my talk page ("private" contact) 18:07, 9 February 2022 (UTC)i understand everything said above, and i just have low levels of ambitions that i can truly edit, also im really bad at this Im really bad at this ( talk) 18:29, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
I've created a reasonably good, reasonably cited article in my sandbox on a general-interest topic for which I can find no existing article. But I can't find help on how to actually create a new article, i.e., move my article from the sandbox, in Wikipedia (I must be blind). Can someone point me in the right direction? Fothergilla ( talk) 18:56, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
Can someone ensure at Wikipedia that a person does not continue to post my husband's middle name as Edwin. My husband, Valmore Curtis James the First African American born to play in The NHL, First Floridian to do so also, his name on Wikipedia should read VALMORE CURTIS JAMES. I've made the correction but need Wikipedia to ensure someone else does not edit it to Edwin. If you want your content to be accurate, can this edit remain as Valmore Curtis James. A lot of people do search him.
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I'm not sure if I'm finishing the missions. When I complete a task, it doesn't lead me to the next step or anything else. I go back to my Talk page to get to the next mission. Thank you for your patience and time! Gingerbreadgal ( talk) 17:34, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
Hi Blaze...thank you for replying so quickly. I know this is a really lame issue, but I wanted to make sure I was getting everything out of the tutorial that I could. The front page of the Wikipedia Adventure lists the missions that you can click on. I click on a mission and follow the tutorial. It then has me perform a certain task i.e. add certain info or edit some content. Once I've completed the task, there's no further guidance or instructions on what to do next...it gives me no indication of whether or not I've finished the mission. Does that make sense? Thanks a lot for your patience and assistance. Gingerbreadgal ( talk) 20:14, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
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TalkBlaze Wolf#6545 20:28, 9 February 2022 (UTC)Thanks Blaze! I appreciate you taking the time out to help me. Happy editing! Gingerbreadgal ( talk) 21:01, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
Any tips on how to add Wikiproject tags to a submission in my sandbox? When I try to add the correct tags, it says the draft page title (User:Darlenechu/sandbox) doesn't exist. Darlenechu ( talk) 20:58, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
Thank you for your help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Darlenechu ( talk • contribs) 21:06, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
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Hello, can someone please help me get my article accepted? I have tried to maintain a very formal tone and added all the sources I can get. any tips? Fmik36 ( talk) 23:09, 9 February 2022 (UTC)