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Hello I would like to hire someone to help me with my page. Is there someone I can contact if yes can you please give me their name info. I am disabled and need some help. Thank you my name is Tina Bagon Thanks Little Piggie Shoehorns ( talk) 16:33, 19 July 2022 (UTC)
Hi, I'd like to create a Wikipedia page for a PR client of mine. How can I do this? 2603:7000:5000:5D02:25C9:C7A3:3AAC:7A1D ( talk) 17:48, 19 July 2022 (UTC)
Hey, can someone help me understand why did my article get declined? Because the guy who declined it says that (person from the article) doesn't meet notability criteria, but without specifying how should criteria be set.
Thanks.
Draft:Miran Kujundžić Narmerae ( talk) 18:44, 19 July 2022 (UTC)
Dears,
I am trying to publish an article about a non-profit organization, Cinelimite. Link: /info/en/?search=Draft:Cinelimite. I was inspired by the non-profit Cinema Tropical article: /info/en/?search=Cinema_Tropical. However, I am having trouble making the article polished enough to be published.
Can someone give me an opinion so that I can go ahead and do it right?
Best wishes to all. Matmpestana ( talk) 19:17, 19 July 2022 (UTC)
Good day Teahouse hosts. What is the recommended action that an editor should take if they see a case of blatant plagiarism in Wikipedia? Or, perhaps more accurately, a case in which a large chunk of text has been copied and pasted from another source without citation or acknowledgement?
A case in point is the section "Musical score" in the article on The Court Jester. This entire section (three paragraphs) has been copied from this review of the film. (Actually, there are a couple of minor changes in the wording, but I did those myself before I realised that the text had been copied.)
I know I could paraphrase the original text in my own words. But that would take some time. In the meantime, I was wondering if there was a template that can be inserted that flags the text as having been copied? Or is there some other appropriate action? (I have read WP:COPYPASTE and WP:PLAGIARISM, but they only deal with reasons to avoid copying rather than what to do in existing cases.)
As always, any advice would be appreciated.
Mike Marchmont ( talk) 14:33, 18 July 2022 (UTC)
If something in Wikipedia has been plagiarized from a source you recognize, why not just put it in quotation marks and cite the source? Maurice Magnus ( talk) 01:01, 20 July 2022 (UTC) Never mind. I hadn't read carefully and didn't realize that the source was Wikipedia. Maurice Magnus ( talk) 02:05, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
Why do Wikipedia articles leave a large blank and textless area on the right side of the table of contents? I think it's stylistically weak. If it is a programmatic problem, then it could be solved in several ways: 1) possible local variables in the table of contents could be changed to global ones; 2) the width of the inner edge of the text frame on the right may be larger at the beginning; 3) the width of the text frame can be constant, so that the text of long lines continues to the next one, at the same time we would get rid of some very narrow tables of contents. 4) Lastly, the article text could flow free on the right side of the text frame like they flow beside other boxes. Please answer this question and not start changing the subject to vector 2022. Please do not redirect to the programmers' page. The last time I asked there, why does Wikidata give an error message if Finland uses the Finnish hyphens for ISBN numbers and not the American practice. I had 3 references for the hyphens. The answer was one word: "Invalid". Maybe not a war invalid. Jari Rauma ( talk) 11:15, 13 July 2022 (UTC)
Thank you, sir.
You wrote: " I'm not sure what you're talking about with regards to "local and global variables" or why that would have anything to do with the display of the page,". – These variables are basic stuff in programming languages. If the dimension is defined as a local variable and after that static, the variable can only be changed locally. Or the text flow -function doesn't work with the context frame, because the context frame -function has forbidden it by placing a signal: we're are busy, don't write stuff on the right side. So the text flow -function has to wait for a global signal: now the text frame is ready and now the text flow -function can start.
I know that the error has continued for over 10 years. Here is one clarification to my question about the large empty area on the right side of the table of contents (if you didn't understand) and one example. The text: " The last time I asked there, why does Wikidata give an error message if Finland uses the Finnish hyphens for ISBN numbers and not the American practice." should be "The last time I asked there, why does Wikidata give an error message if Finland uses the Finnish practice of placing hyphens between ISBN numbers and not the American practice". Here is one example of a strangely large white area. How stupid! but maybe it's nice for some high-class people who never take notice of their mistakes. And what's your opinion or is it illegal, because in Wikipedia you must ask others what you see: Foreign policy of the Donald Trump administration Look it carefully and honestly.
So, You still changed the subject although I forbade. You want to change the subject to Vector 2022. I have a question about that, too. Why does Vector 2022 shows always the index? It's cumbersome. I don't want always to see a book's index when I'm reading a book. But that's the primitive way to narrow the article text column. Maybe you began to understand that narrower columns are easier to read. I have always thought that 1-column articles are from the Stone age. Newspapers got rid of them a few hundred years ago. Jari Rauma ( talk) 13:12, 13 July 2022 (UTC)
#toc {
float: left;
clear: left;
width: auto;
margin: 0 1em 0.5em 0;
}
my first article got the speedy deletion although I have not promoted or advertised any company. Please review it PatrickSmith07 ( talk) 11:27, 13 July 2022 (UTC)
Going out of the box, he dreamt of such a business that will shape the future of professionals.or
Mrs. Nisha Kumari was already holding an outstanding level of people management skills, but her passion was searching for such a role, where she could drive job seekers to their best level of career growth and security.are completely inappropriate for an encyclopaedia.
Thanks for your help. I am going to rewrite the article with more neutralwould be hard if you have a conflict of interest). Like what said before, some of the article is a blatant ad: see
Mrs. Nisha Kumari was already holding an outstanding level of people management skills, but her passion was searching for such a role, where she could drive job seekers to their best level of career growth and security.Also, please declare a COI if possible. Many thanks! VickKiang ( talk) 22:54, 13 July 2022 (UTC)
Hi, I created a new Wiki page: Draft: Harinarayan Rajeev ,last month and its still in draft mode. Since I haven’t created a wiki page before, It would have been really helpful, if you could please let me know if there are any steps I am missing inorder to have the page published ? or I just need to wait for a reviewer to review and publish the same ? thanks a lot in advance :) 2604:3D08:527B:D500:845D:890E:7B56:6421 ( talk) 21:20, 17 July 2022 (UTC)
I noticed that a person article exists in another Wiki for a musical artist. His musical partner has an article here. As there is no such article for him, is it appropriate (kosher, cool) to copy and paste that material here? It is set up exactly as a Wikipedia person article, same format, etc. The artist is JD Beck. PaulThePony ( talk) 02:26, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
How does WP feel about using sources that are found in other WP articles. Is it okay just to highlight them to link? 2603:8000:D300:D0F:A5A7:174C:24A7:2431 ( talk) 02:12, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
Dear fellow wiki users,
A page I was going to edit has some very biased language. Do I request to get it taken down or do I completely re format it myself? If some people would like to band together with me to re-write it id love that! https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Bharat_Singh_Naruka&gesuggestededit=1
Thanks! From Chicken256 Chicken256 ( talk) 07:37, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
The page appears to be at Draft:Bharat Singh Naruka. -- Bduke ( talk) 08:07, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
How do I load a picture Murillo5oh ( talk) 08:11, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
A recent dispute has been brought to the DRN about the Nova Scotia page. It has since been closed due to my inability to access a computer with working internet for days at a time, a situation still occurring. There have been attempts to discuss this on the Talk page, but the discussion is not progressing any further as it is the same three people stuck on the same arguments. Thus, the goal of bringing it to the DRN. I guess the question is: Help! How can this proceed?
How can additional voices and perspectives be garnered? How can the dispute be resolved when the primary person has intermittent internet access?
There have been two other users who have indicated that they support my perspective, and I truly believe I am sourcing, citing, and writing properly according to Wikipedia standards.. it is just simply too few (active) voices / users / perspectives to truly judge the dispute fairly. Especially those with knowledge of the issue; especially those less burdened by cultural biases about the topic (aka difficulties between Canadian topics, Indigenous histories, and US American perspectives on both). Danachos ( talk) 04:21, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
Draft:El Hitta Mrwriterman11 ( talk) 03:53, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
I wanted to create a Wikipedia page for Andrew Freese. Now it says I created a draft for Andrew Freese WIKI. Is that the same thing, or did I create something that is not a Wikipedia page? Here is the link relevant to my question: /info/en/?search=Draft:Andrew_Freese_WIKI Dougie80 ( talk) 20:56, 19 July 2022 (UTC)
"Minneapolis celebrated its centennial in 1956 in conjunction with the Aquatennial. The city's sesquicentennial was July 18–27, 2008, the year Minnesota celebrated 150 years of statehood." The above sentence excerpted from the above page has an error in one of the dates mentioned. If the centennial occurred in 1956, then the sesquicentennial could not have occurred in 2008; else if 2008 is the correct year of the sesquicentennial, then the centennial appears to have been celebrated two years too early in 1956. Obviously one of the two dates is wrong. Could this error be corrected? 2601:446:C301:BE40:38E2:487E:D6C5:13CE ( talk) 12:58, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
It appears when I created Template:Ford Mustang Generations, copying from Template:IPad models. look how It came out. I copy and pasted the bottom and switched a little. TERGY 15:20, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
Trying to print something off wlkpedia but it says save instead of print how do I return it to print 2601:6C4:C180:1310:A00A:AF0C:1078:9FC8 ( talk) 15:40, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
I would like feedback on a stub article prior to submission a review by peers. Deanna Coakley ( talk) 15:45, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
My organisation is looking to update our page to reflect operations and research, but we understand that this may be conflict of interest for us to do so. Is there best practice available to help with this, or should we use the request an edit function? JackHRUSI ( talk) 11:20, 19 July 2022 (UTC)
In my Sandbox, I've been working on an article on English writer Lettice D'Oyly Walters for over a week now and was extremely confused about how to put it into the main space for editing. I read somewhere that you should click on a link from a space that listed the article needing creation; that gave me a blank page. I copied and pasted the article from my sandbox onto that blank page and then worked out that I had to do "move." Worried that the article will be rejected because there's no edit history, which is apparently all in my sandbox?? I'm a new editor, so sorry about the mistakes--any advice welcome!! @ Treesiati Treesiati ( talk) 16:52, 19 July 2022 (UTC)
The page for Zopherus jourdani currently redirects to the page for its genus, Zopherus. That page contains no information about the species except in a list of species in the genus. Can I change the Zopherus jourdani page into an article on the topic now, or should I follow the instructions at the page: "If the redirected subtopic could potentially have its own article in the future, then also tag the redirect with {{ R with possibilities}} and {{ R printworthy}}"?
Thank-you,
." Edward-Woodrow ( talk) 20:37, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
The pages on Wikipedia show Adani as a billionaire philanthropist. What about the fact that he and his companies are trampling on peoples rights, green washing and adding to peoples' misery in Bangladesh and India and that his companies have made billions contributing to climate change? Cattail7318 ( talk) 21:04, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
Hi
In this page, using the first image of a table as an example, I'd like the 'Caption text' of two tables to act as a section (sub?) headers so that they appear in the page's content list.
In the page I'm creating I'd like to have a section header (==Section Header==) with the tables directly beneath & listed as X.1 Caption Text One, X.2 Caption Text Two in the contents.
Is this possible? Dave F63 ( talk) 18:33, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
===Subsection A===
and ===Subsection B===
. Then "Subsection A" and "Subsection B" will appear in the table of contents. See more at
Help:Section. You can also use
Template:Anchor#Use in tables to make it possible to link directly to a table, but it will not be in the table of contents.
PrimeHunter (
talk) 22:20, 20 July 2022 (UTC)I have a gift from my young nephew, an old iPad of his but I am embarrassed that I can’t thank him for it on line because I can find my email on this iPad. How can I get to it easily? All I seem to get is the camera platform. 2601:640:8300:F140:B973:B0AB:53AB:A62B ( talk) 22:45, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
Hello. Having a problem here. Go to Walkway Over the Hudson, New additions section, last paragraph about the East Gate Plaza opening. I cant get the source to go to its proper url, the Walkway over the Hudson website article about the opening of the facility. Please note and correct. Thank you. Theairportman33531 ( talk) 14:57, 20 July 2022 (UTC) Theairportman33531 ( talk) 14:57, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
I would like to ask y'all if you can help me on my draft's introduction, as well as the logo for the championship, the logos for the teams, the trophy, and the tournament bracket picture. Here are the links for all the aforementioned items:
Sportsfangnome ( talk) 02:03, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
As a not so confident editor I would like to read through the rules of editing so I can avoid sanctions. I also would like to know how to get recommendations for edits.
thanks guys! GeekyDave ( talk) 07:04, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
Greetings, I have accidentally created the article Picrolite in mainspace that was supposed to be a draft (too little sleep, didn't notice until afterwards -.-). Could someone kindly move it to draft space? And, ideally, tell me how to do it myself in the future? I've tried to look around but can't find the instructions atm... Cheers, -- LordPeterII ( talk) 22:11, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
It was the >Religious Views> Christianity section of this article. It mentions that Lot offered his daughters for 'rape' which is wrong and and against the topic that the crime of people of Lot was sexual assault, so why would Lot himself offer his daughters for rape. The biblical context too is that he offered his daughters for marriage or just heterosexual sex. I couldn't find a better word for it than 'marriage' (which I edited it to) as I am not a native English speaker, but what I want to correct here is that is he didn't offer his daughters for rape as that is just clearly the wrong word for it. I edited the word from 'rape' to 'marriage' but that was reverted. If marriage is not the right word for it please use your better English to write a different word because at least offering for 'rape' is just completely wrong in this context. Abc148371 ( talk) 11:08, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
I want to change my current signature at my preferences, but I dont get the instructions there. Goodvibes500 ( talk) 06:22, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
I don't get the notability requirements. I read the page, and it states a standard with the caveat that those standards may or may not be followed. Moreover, Wikipedias idea of notability or "interesting" is subjective at best, and an appeal to popularity fallacy at worst.
Within my first few edits I was on pages that were highly promotional, with blog posts as sources. Now, I'm not about to claim those pages aren't "notable". But it's contradictory to what the guidelines say. How do these pages get by, yet I've read about other similar pages that got deleted? Look, I'm not trying to deploy cold logic here, but after an hour of trying to be an editor I've seen contradictions, double standards and appeals to XXX fallacies.
The lack of clarity seems to only add problems, and it doesn't seem very efficient. Also, I don't even know where to begin about the idea of "reliable sources". The whole experience I've had screams of powerusers trying to gatekeep an "open" encyclepedia and using doublespeak to obfuscate that reality. I've always liked Wikipedia, but how is it beneficial to decline unique content that isn't found anywhere else? In other words, if we are relying heavily on outside sources, people can just go read those outside sources. They don't need to read it on wikipedia.
TL;DR. Is original thought acceptable on wikipedia, yes or no?
Philo39 ( talk) 06:00, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
My page was cited for speedy deletion. How do you post a company page on Wikipedia? I've seen it done before - /info/en/?search=Versasec
I'm not sure the best way to go about this. Onspring No Code ( talk) 23:10, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
I was reading lactoferrin page, and found something is wrong. At gene ontology of template:Infobox gene, some items are written like "GO:0070122 peptidase activity", "GO:0001948, GO:0016582 protein binding", not like others. What makes this? Hope anyone good at template fix this. -- LR0725 ( talk) 10:24, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
how do i get on dark web? Casinoman65 ( talk) 10:14, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
Hello, I am wondering how to correctly track page views for pages of individuals with the same name. I noticed when pulling the data for “ /info/en/?search=Matt_Ryan_(American_football)” that there was a chunk of mostly missing data from 7/1/2015 to 5/26/2016. After doing some investigating I noticed that his page was moved on 5/27/2016 and that another page “ /info/en/?search=Matthew_Ryan” had the missing page view data. I am wondering how to determine what data to combine for other individuals with the same names. Is this only an issue if a page move is noted or is there another way to tell when I will need to combine data? I initially thought I could use massviews to get a breakdown of views across all the pages on the disambiguation page. However when I run massviews for “ /info/en/?search=Matthew_Ryan”, the numbers do not add up compared to when I export "Matt Ryan" from the Pageviews analysis. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you Pccj1983 ( talk) 18:20, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
How to add babel boxes as I in our you can do it in wikemedia commons.
thabks GeekyDave ( talk) 18:03, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
How is it that some users create citations with this format <ref name="xyz">[https://www.theurl.com whatever the title is]. ''[[the website]]''. 20 April 2022.</ref> ?
I use a mix of source editor and visual editor but my citations always come out like this <ref name-"xyz">{{Cite web |last=schmoe |first=Joe |date=2022-04-19 |title=the article's title |url=https://www.blahblah.com/help |access-date=2022-04-20 |website=Blah blah |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220420185212/https://www.blahblah.com/help |archive-date=2022-04-20 |language=en-US}}</ref>
I'm curious because I've gone to add archived urls or author information to these citations and ended up rewriting the citation in the format I know because with the first example, I just don't know where I should insert the author name or archive url or other stuff like that. I looked around at the guides on citation tools and couldn't find anything. Didn't look like it's a result of any of the gadgets I could find either (though I think I'm really starting to like ProveIt). Jasonkwe ( talk) ( contribs) 21:49, 18 July 2022 (UTC)
|pages=
, but actually you'd have to check anyway even if they didn't: a new edition generally means changed content (it's just a "reprint" otherwise), and a different edition might not have the text that the other editor found to attributed their content. So either way, you should check. By the way, for finding multiple editions, WorldCat (which sits behind the |oclc=
values) is tops; they're also the go-to solution for finding the nearest library to you that has a certain book:
worldcat.org. (My "closest" library was once 12,000 km away for some really rare item, but at least I knew who had it!) Best,
Mathglot (
talk) 20:37, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
I am trying to change the web address for my Wikipedia entry. My dead name is Adam Fitzgerald, and since my transition my legal name is The Friend. I use they/them pronouns. Someone was able to change the opening page entry but I’m confused how to do more! Thanks!
Adam Fitzgerald 68.132.152.247 ( talk) 20:58, 19 July 2022 (UTC)
Hello, I know there is a place to file formal reports of edit wars, but I am not super familiar with the source editor and am a little pressed for time. So if someone could look at this history you can see two users are having a pretty difficult argument and doing opposing reverts. ForksForks ( talk) 18:04, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
Hi lovely Teahouse people!
I'm confused about Draft:International Beauty Industry Awards, which was draftified after being live in mainspace for a bit. There are dozens of other similar awards, many of which are a lot less notable with far fewer references in Category:Makeup awards. I was given a template on my talk page without any explanations. The current draft looks like it's in publishable form with 17 reliable sources as citations. The draftifier deleted some references which were likely not reliable sources, which is fair enough. I believe it's possible to re-publish this if possible? Geodudegolem ( talk) 20:22, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
Hi everyone, I've recently added a reference on this page Clambake, someone attacked me rather harshly, threatening of blocking me from editing. Claiming that I've created an ad. However this was not my intention at all. I've only noticed that the references on that clambake page were irrelevant to the topic. Especially the first one it doesn't have any content related to clambakes. How's that relevant?
So since the page that I've posted has articles on the traditional New England Clambake including history and locations, I felt this is what a reader would like to see on the Clambake page, something relevant and informative. Please let me know what you guys think, looking forward to hear your thoughts. Tancredileone ( talk) 07:06, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
Hi. I'm in the process of splitting the Earl article by moving some of it to Jarl (title), which currently redirects to Earl. Do I just copy and paste the text to the redirect or is there more I need to do? I have read Wikipedia:Splitting and understand the steps. My question relates more to whether I can simply copy and paste the new article onto the redirect without having to do anything else to the article history that is already at the redirect? I hope this makes sense. Thanks. Ltwin ( talk) 01:54, 22 July 2022 (UTC)
How do you draw sports kits on football clubs/season articles? I've seen a few people on WP:FOOTY talking about "drawing" kits, but I'm not quite sure how it works. If there's a page explaining how to do it, then just send the link and I'll learn it. Crystalpalace6810 ( talk) 20:36, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
I and Lockejava are having a content/article dispute over whether to disambiguate a currently-bloated article which has a section compliant with WP:GNG, WP:V, WP:OR needs to spin-out to a separate standalone article. What is the dispute, you may ask!
There was this page move by Bianca Anne Martins from "Barbie (film series)" to "Barbie (franchise)" and this page move by TheFallenPower from "Barbie (franchise)" to "Barbie (film franchise)". I invoked a successful requested single-page move back to the second title since this article link already covers the topic's main history and this article link talks about the non-media components related to the topic. I guess I will have to move fast before confusion becomes an edit war because the general "Barbie" topic remained dispute-free before 2017.
I have started an RFC so this will soon enough, I've remedied half of this confusion and I'm requesting assistance for a total wipeout of this dispute because I want this topic not to require any page protection. Thanks. Intrisit ( talk) 16:59, 19 July 2022 (UTC)
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How do I revive an old discussion? When I went to respond, the discussion was already archived. Thank you! 73.167.238.120 ( talk) 16:14, 22 July 2022 (UTC)
Attached above is my draft. The reviewer commented that more reliable sources are needed and declined the article. I may need more pointers than that to fix the article. I have drawn most of the sources from famous mainstream sources in China. It is a popular online slogan. Because of the censorship and the nature of Chinese culture that tends to avoid the feminist topic, it is hard to find scholarly articles, and I have done lengthy searches and multiple edits. I am ready to improve the article with more explicit feedback. Wuajp ( talk) 16:48, 22 July 2022 (UTC)
Who are/were the Comptones? 142.196.40.131 ( talk) 16:08, 22 July 2022 (UTC)
Hi , Are sources such as birthdays, weddings, love affairs and congratulations accepted as reliable? PravinGanechari ( talk) 18:55, 22 July 2022 (UTC)
Let's say an article is deleted at AFD. Someone opens a DRV, which is closed as endorse. Two years later, someone finds sources, some of which were not mentioned in the past discussions, which he believes pushes the topic over the GNG bar. Is that user allowed to open a second DRV or is he supposed to do something else? BeanieFan11 ( talk) 20:19, 22 July 2022 (UTC)
I have created a draft page when will it be added to main space? Rejoy2003 ( talk) 22:00, 22 July 2022 (UTC)
Hi, where would be the best place to report an unreliable IP address? I have significant reason to believe that there is one user behind multiple IP addresses editing pages related to zoos and other animal-themed establishments, based on consistent edit summaries and specific editing patterns. I say "unreliable," because I don't know if I can go far enough to call it vandalism. More than likely it is an enthusiastic editor editing in multiple places, assuming good faith. However, the edits always entail unsourced future plans for zoo expansions, and random replacement of featured species with others with no explanation. It's a weird situation, but there are dozens of IP addresses with their respective edits that I am trying to sort through. If someone could just point me in the right direction, that would be great. Until then, I'll be going through their edits and gathering a list of addresses for whom it may concern. TNstingray ( talk) 18:58, 22 July 2022 (UTC)
Hello, I am wondering how I can make my article have more of a neutral point of view. It was recently drafted for sounding promotional and not sounding from a neutral point of view. I have read it over and over and to me, it sounds like it is coming from a neutral point of view. Would you please give me your opinions and tell me what I could change. Draft:Ned Bittinger - Wikipedia thanks Spiggotr6 ( talk) 22:08, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
It's not a problem of language, Spiggotr6, but of verifiability. Consider for example the nugget:
which is attributed to:
Yes, this backs up what's said about Greene and Woodward. It says "His paintings are marked by a fluid style reminiscent of John Singer Sargent": this isn't the same as saying that JSS had an influence, but let's not nitpick. It doesn't even mention Serov or Wyeth. Not all of the book is visible at archive.org; but, with its pricing info, the piece about Bittinger looks very much like an entry in a trade directory. It's unsigned, and I wouldn't be at all surprised if it were written by Bittinger himself. (Googling "american portrait society" brings americanportraitsociety.com, but this smells like a later usurping of the name by a single, unscrupulous practitioner: I wouldn't infer anything about the society from it, other than that if there ever was such a society -- if it wasn't merely a device to sell the directory -- then this no longer exists. It's not obvious that there've been any other editions, earlier or later, of the Directory of American Portrait Artists.) -- Hoary ( talk) 22:20, 22 July 2022 (UTC)
Hi All, I came across https://wiki.alquds.edu/, and don't have the slightest idea what is this. Looks like Wikipedia, but the URL says alquds.edu? This may be a silly question but I am asking as I could not understand it. Jainsh ( talk) 00:39, 22 July 2022 (UTC)
I need to apologize. I swear that yesterday, the link simply redirected back to Wikipedia. However, when I click on it today, it is clearly a full-on mirror site. I personally apologize to Nick Moyes as my response to him was disrespectful. My only saving grace is if someone else remembers that it was different yesterday. SVT Cobra 23:52, 22 July 2022 (UTC)
Hi, I am @ Ku423winz1. Recently I tried to edit a presidential election page and was trying to add the election logo in the template. The parameter was there (not undocumented parameters), but after filling it it shows that the parameter is undocumented. How can I resolve this?? Ku423winz1 ( talk) 12:59, 22 July 2022 (UTC)
Please how can I add pictures to wikipedia that it would just appear at the top right corner. Mine appears very big
Samstringz ( talk) 20:42, 22 July 2022 (UTC)
[[File:Royal Rumble match.jpg|thumb|Royal Rumble match]]
. or:[[File:Royal Rumble match.jpg|thumb|Your caption about the Royal Rumble match can go in here.]]
.Hi, how can I add a member of cast to a film if I can't use IMDB as a source? I'm trying to add "Jase Rivers" as the character John in Winnie-The-Pooh: Blood and Honey. I am Jase Rivers, what am I meant to do? There are a number of other cast members also missing on the page. Having worked on the production, I know the cast list on IMDB is accurate. Thanks.
Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey Madulagone ( talk) 12:36, 22 July 2022 (UTC)
Who can assist in sourcing a biographical wikipedia page for Nelly Sfeir Gonzalez? Xavier Serif ( talk) 21:07, 22 July 2022 (UTC)
Actually, it depends on the award (I haven't checked) but
WP:NACADEMIC is met if The person has received a highly prestigious academic award or honor at a national or international level.
Mike Turnbull (
talk) 22:21, 22 July 2022 (UTC)
I "adopted" this WP:TOOSOON draft the day before its subject released. How do you get the episode table to work (because I'm stupid) and should the premise be in blockquotes as it is from promotional material? Thanks, — VORTEX 3427 ( Talk!) 09:18, 23 July 2022 (UTC)
ho do i make a article 76.122.120.234 ( talk) 13:36, 23 July 2022 (UTC)
When an SPI case is filed, if the case fails, does it affect the user filing the case? PravinGanechari ( talk) 10:53, 23 July 2022 (UTC)
:)
--
Tamzin
cetacean needed (she|they|xe) 15:13, 23 July 2022 (UTC)How can I add a new book to an author’s list of previously published books? Sportshippo ( talk) 10:34, 23 July 2022 (UTC)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Jacklin
in case something changes the link for you) then please link the page you refer to. If it is en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Jacklin
then something at your end, maybe advertising software, may be inserting a book list.
PrimeHunter (
talk) 15:17, 23 July 2022 (UTC)I sometimes see editors delete critical messages from their talk page in Special:RecentChanges, and was wondering whether this was allowed. Thanks, — VORTEX 3427 ( Talk!) 13:34, 23 July 2022 (UTC)
It says on the article on Vector Calculus that Heaviside and Gibs invented it. However upon reading electromagnetic theory it is clear that Vectors are derived from Maxwell's equations (and that Heaviside is the sole inventor). Gibs is not known for vector calculus, his major feat is in Thermodynamics. Has anyone read Heaviside and come to the same conclusion? How do I site my sources, when most sources are bias against Heaviside in this regard?
Thanks K00la1dx ( talk) 21:02, 22 July 2022 (UTC)
If these reliable sources are bias [ sic], it means that they are not reliable. That is the definition of primary and ssecondary [ sic] sources.
Hi, I'm a novice at this and could use some reasonable help editing my draft bio. Anyone interested, please contact me with rates. Bobpurvey1 ( talk) 16:33, 23 July 2022 (UTC)
Hi, I am a beginner here, what is the reason for declining my draft...? and any solution here for publishing my article.. Mr appooss ( talk) 16:38, 23 July 2022 (UTC)
Good day, Please I just discovered that the images that I tried adding shows this [[ thumb ]] after publishing. How do I get it out. It has made me get 4 reverts today. Thanks Samstringz ( talk) 20:46, 23 July 2022 (UTC)
Done, I removed the extra text with image so it should be good now. Cmr08 ( talk) 04:45, 24 July 2022 (UTC)
I made several edits to one page, a biographical one, over the last week. All of those edits were incorporated, as of last night. This morning, none of them are present (they are listed on my contributions page, however). What is going on? Mctaguer ( talk) 09:49, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
Sometimes when reviewing a page's edit history, I see someone describing their edit as "rescued # sources" where # is a number. What does rescuing sources mean? Thanks in advance EditMaker Me ( talk) 11:26, 22 July 2022 (UTC)
Specifically this and this. There's another one with way more substantial content. — VORTEX 3427 ( Talk!) 10:58, 24 July 2022 (UTC)
In the article for the punk band Sham 69, there's an orphan [7] under the Singles box, and I can't find it on the Edit page. Can a code jockey help clean that up? Pete Best Beatles ( talk) 03:15, 23 July 2022 (UTC)
<ref name="The Great Rock Discography">{{cite book|first=Martin C.|last=Strong|year=2000|title=The Great Rock Discography|edition=5th|publisher=Mojo Books|location=Edinburgh|page=869|isbn=1-84195-017-3}}</ref>
This is sometimes an indication that it's a reference for the whole table but I don't know whether that's the case here. If it is then we often say "Source: [ref code]"
PrimeHunter (
talk) 03:30, 23 July 2022 (UTC)
Are categories sometimes used to connect topics even if the article isn't strictly a member of the set defined by the category? i.e., Mouthpiece (woodwind) used to be in the category Woodwind instruments, and someone just removed that, with the logic that a woodwind mouthpiece is not a type of woodwind instrument. I thought that categories were sometimes used to group topics even if the article's topic didn't strictly belong to the set defined by the category. - Special-T ( talk) 00:21, 24 July 2022 (UTC)
Is there a place Wikipedians can post and view examples of hilarious or outrageous vandalism? -- Pete Best Beatles ( talk) 03:19, 23 July 2022 (UTC)
I am ready to resubmit the draft on George Ockner. How can I add categories to the page so it may be seen by editors familiar with the subjects in the article? Draft:George Ockner
Thank you in advance.
Ajo47 ( talk) 11:08, 24 July 2022 (UTC)
I've been making some edits to the history of the Minnesota Historical Society and I'm wondering if there are any guidelines on whether history sections should be organized chronologically or topically. I still have a lot of work to do, but I'm curious if I should keep all of the information about constructing the Minnesota Historical Society Building as one section, or if I should split that across multiple sections that are listed chronologically.
I tried to find essays/guidelines on how history sections should be structured, but I haven't had any luck. Is this just an editor's choice type of scenario? Thank you! Ryan Vesey 19:43, 24 July 2022 (UTC)
I am a bit confused here. A page that I worked on and promoted to main space ( Samantha Gorman was just changed into a redirect. The reason given was that the idea to change the page to redirect came up during an AfD discussion on Tender Claws, a video game she worked on (deletion discussion here: [8]). I am confused on two accounts. 1. The AfD about Tender Claws is still open, so why was the related page of Samantha Gorman changed to a redirect? 2. Is it legit to just change the Samantha Gorman page to a redirect without a discussion at Articles for Deletion? DaffodilOcean ( talk) 13:00, 10 July 2022 (UTC)
How to add main picture? Wikitrueupdate ( talk) 21:10, 24 July 2022 (UTC)
I wrote an article about a jewellery company, which produces very unusual jewelry. It was rejected as it was a kind of advertisement. I tried to write as much as possible adhering to the style of Wikipedia. Maybe the problem was in links added... I'm not enough experienced user, it was my first try. Please advise me what is better to delete or to add? Dumenpro ( talk) 20:15, 24 July 2022 (UTC)
united the best jewelers of the country and of the world, giving them the opportunity to realize the most incredible and complicated professional fantasiesand
[t]he mission of the company is to give its customers the opportunity to surprise not only those around them, but also the most knowledgeable connoisseurs of jewelry artare inappropriate for an encyclopedia (it's something I'd expect to see in ad copy).Please also cite your sources in-line within the prose. See Easy referencing for beginners if you need help in that respect. — Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 20:39, 24 July 2022 (UTC)
I wrote an article and it was deleted because of advertisement reasons. It was about a jewelry company which is about 10 years old, uses an ancient japanese technology in its production. Can I ask someone experienced to check the article before to publish it again? Or to help me with publishing it in a right way. Thank you in advance. Dumenpro ( talk) 21:37, 24 July 2022 (UTC)
As many of you know, last year Marton's single Camel by Camel saw a massive boost in popularity after 25 years of obscurity. However, seeing as the reason behind its sudden resurgence is...controversial, this has lead to some editing disputes.
A vast majority of these disputes are brought on by a group of IPs that fit within a similar range (often only differing by the last few digits), and often use the same language (assuming bad faith, saying users are out to damage Marton's image, threatening to block users, etc). Because of this, I presume that these edits are made by a single user who hops IPs.
Recently, I made my own edit to the page in which I attempted to add this info in a civilized, neutral manner. I also made it a point to reference reliable sources to back up my claims. However, this still wasn't enough to keep this user from reverting my edit. Shortly afterwards, I made a case on the talk page as to why its inclusion was warranted, clarifying that my edit was not an attempt at vandalism, and providing counterpoints to their some of their arguments. I urged them to visit the talk page and discuss the matter, but they refuse to do so.
I'm hoping that by discussing this properly, we can possibly reach a consensus. However, this user seems unwilling to discuss it via the article's talk page, and I can't reach out to their talk page because they hop IP's, and as such are unlikely to see any comments left there. What should I do? GBURA ( talk) 21:52, 24 July 2022 (UTC)
I submitted an edit request: [9]. How come there are sources in my edit request? Is my edit request clear enough that someone can follow what I am asking? Thank you! 161.77.227.47 ( talk) 22:55, 24 July 2022 (UTC)
The refusal to use the material submitted was based on the fact that there was copyright infringement (copy and pasted copyright material), but there is no copyright on any of that material that was used ... and what was copied was footnoted regardless. The material used came from the author and it was verified that it was not copyrighted. Can you help direct me? DPMGregg ( talk) 23:02, 24 July 2022 (UTC)
I don't have much information but if efn should be used on subpages? TheresDifferentTime ( Talk) 00:31, 25 July 2022 (UTC)
Um... help. Can somebody who knows what interlinear glossing actually is please check my most recent edit at Tokelauan language and see what I've done wrong? I tried to restore a sentence and a half which seems to have accidentally been deleted a while back and it seems something must have changed in the coding, because a warning was shown (but didn't prevent me from saving the edit) saying there was an error in the 'interlinear glossing', about which I know nothing. Thank you in advance. Daveosaurus ( talk) 10:24, 24 July 2022 (UTC)
How do I submit photo images for existing articles 166.205.209.28 ( talk) 04:15, 23 July 2022 (UTC)
Considering that the images are hosted at one venue since 2014 and another since 2019 (additionally with Photobucket at an unknown date) and per my comment above that images should not have been previously published without a release licence, I strongly suspect that this will prevent uploading to Wikimedia Commons for free re-use by anyone. I have opened an enquiry there and will update after response. Commons is entirely separate to En-language Wikipedia. Thanks.-- Rocknrollmancer ( talk) 22:45, 24 July 2022 (UTC)
Hello, I am wondering if someone could review my draft Draft:Ingrasys Technology to see if it is good to go for acceptance? I have added some reliable sources, and am not sure if the article is written like from a neutral point of view? Thank you. Sharonabc19 ( talk) 08:18, 25 July 2022 (UTC)
Is the placement of the {{POV}} and {{accuracy}} templates on Template:Twin towns justified? It is just a template and the question about the method of division was answered in the discussion. The placement of these tags seems to me to be unreasonable and only a disproportionate way to lure into the discussion. Some user already removed it and then me, but a user keeps returning it and I don't know how to behave now. FromCzech ( talk) 05:31, 22 July 2022 (UTC)
Dear Someone Helpful,
My son was recently asked by his geology professor to help him create a Wikipedia article about armored mud balls, which he just learned was deleted. His professor, Dr. Richard Little, had had his own entry on the subject deleted previously due to alleged "copyright violations" for citing his own work! So, my son, who is 18, tried to write an article for Dr. Little citing his work.
As a note on the topic, *armored mud balls* are a unique type of sedimentary structure of interest to anyone interested in geology and other earth sciences. Dr. Little, of Easthampton, Massachusetts, has discovered the most well-preserved armored mud balls in the world, located in Western Massachusetts. This scientific, geological information is worthy of its own article, and an expert on it has tried unsuccessfully to create the article. We need some help to remedy this situation and get the article accepted.
Not only is the subject of general educational value, but there is a need to educate the public about the campaign to preserve these high quality geological features due to their getting wrecked by parking lots and other types of construction. Please advise us as to how to get this article established in Wikipedia. It was clearly an error to think that Dr. Richard Little had infringed on his own copyright. Thank you so much in advance for your help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.193.165.51 ( talk • contribs) 17:57, July 23, 2022 (UTC)
The contents of this site are licensed under a CC BY-SA 3.0 license < https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/>. Or you can donate it using these instructions. I cannot view the article but maybe somebody suspected that the person who pasted the text was not the copyright owner.
i notice an old band i like is not on the list.they have had hits in the past. called DEAD END KIDS.can they be added? 88.110.125.65 ( talk) 08:22, 25 July 2022 (UTC)
This page is about an Educator, Draft:Hussein_M._Abdelfatah as it appears from Google knowledge panel: https://g.co/kgs/dFu5qd Resources from trusted national journals and international scientific databases were used/cited!
Please help to get it published Thanks Marof2022 ( talk) 10:42, 25 July 2022 (UTC)
The town where I live is not included in the list of Towns of Costa del Sol. How do I do it EunisR ( talk) 12:01, 25 July 2022 (UTC)
Hi - So I know there are two ways to add a picture - either finding one from Wikimedia or using a free image online. However, if one can't find the image through either way, what is the process for using a copyright image? Or if there is a policy/ content guidelines page on this, please do share! Thanks! Whitestar12 ( talk) 12:40, 25 July 2022 (UTC)
Hi there,
I just started writting my first draft today but it has been rejected.
Most of the thing i say in this article comes from personal knowledge and the article has been rejected du to lack of reference (which is understandable).
Do you have any ideas how can i publish such an article with personal knowledge ?
All the best,
Vincent-vst
Vincent-vst ( talk) 09:02, 25 July 2022 (UTC)
Hi house, need a reviewer suggestions on this newly created page Tolani Baj, I'm open to learn more and make wikipedia a great place. Thanks! Celeboyz ( talk) 08:21, 25 July 2022 (UTC)
The owner of the photo duly completed authorization form and we have been requested to submit a copy of the above URL to assist the Volunteer Resonse Team in finding it. Baile Atha Cliathach ( talk) 14:00, 25 July 2022 (UTC)
There is a listing on Wikipedia for a woman named "Nadya Suleman." When her name is Googled the Wikipedia response shows her as a "pornographic actor" but she has never done porn, indeed she refused to do it. I can't find said text string for that headline and would appreciate help in changing it to "actress." Robert Bruner ( talk) 13:59, 25 July 2022 (UTC)
I'd like to submit an American Outdoors Footwear Company to /info/en/?search=Category:Shoe_brands , is there a community of editors who handle this page in which I can recommend and submit Footwear Brands?
VIVID Footwear https://vividfootwear.com/ 144.129.192.22 ( talk) 15:42, 25 July 2022 (UTC)
Hello, This is me first time posting here, so please let me know if this is the correct place to ask this question. (Before deleting)
Recently someone added some information about a living person's political views and all but one statement from the edit is based on a single source. I tried to open the citation link but the article can only be read by those who are subscribers with an active membership.
How can I verify the information? I tried to search on Google but couldn't find any other articles supporting that edit or making similar claims. I asked for another source from the person who edited wiki article, which can be read by anyone even without membership but the person who added that couldn't provide it. Should I ask again or simply ignore it by believing the person who made the edit? They may or may not have the subscription and the article may or may not have proofs regarding the living person's political position?
Thanks! FofS&E ( talk) 17:14, 25 July 2022 (UTC)
Thank you for replying, since the person who edited the WP article has over 40k edits to his name, I'm willing to believe his edit assuming good faith. But, the edit attributed 5 things to the living person's political view/position and only 1/5 of the views have perfect citation and the remaining 4 views have no citation or are dependent on paywall article from a generally reliable source.
Afaik, teahouse is for general queries, I didn't want to insult the contributor by naming the article or the contributor's name. But since you've said that I can "give the information here for experienced Teahouse hosts to consider", I'm sharing the WP page :-
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Droupadi_Murmu
The edit of Political Position was made by Mr. Venkat.
The edits made by me are:- 3:49 25th July, 3:52 25th July, 15:55 25th July.
The edits made by Venkat are:- 8:39 25th July and 16:28 25th July.
Another user named Juxlos edited on 5:21 25th July, where they removed these edits made by Venkat as they couldn't find any backup source to believe primary paywall source.
Thanks again!!
How can I give information to the page? 2600:4040:106B:9700:448:3C28:D12D:3658 ( talk) 16:46, 25 July 2022 (UTC)
Hello! I'm Katrina, here on behalf of the Ion to suggest some improvements to the Wikipedia article about the innovation district. I'm submitting requests at Talk:Ion District instead of editing the article myself, in order to comply with conflict of interest rules.
There are many problems with the current Wikipedia article. The text relies heavily on press releases, company websites, government documents, and Rice University's student newspaper over secondary journalistic sources. The article also seems skewed, focusing on the community benefits agreement and funding more than the campus and facilities. There is also some incorrect text and outdated information. For these reasons, I've worked to draft a much improved article, which I've saved here for editors to review: User:KB Ion/Ion District.
My first request to replace the "Campus" section with the proposed "Description" section was fulfilled rather quickly, and I've also been successful at getting the page moved, but I'm struggling to get feedback on my proposed replacement for the History section. Can someone please confirm if I've submitted the request correctly, or are any editors here willing to review what I've proposed and update the article appropriately?
Thanks! KB Ion ( talk) 19:25, 25 July 2022 (UTC)
If an article mistakenly submitted the draft for review! Neu84321( talk) 20:26, 25 July 2022 (UTC)
How can someone in the US request to have a Wikipedia account created for them if the only Internet connection they have is a LTE cellular one that is usually unfairly blocked due to it's IPs constantly changing? Hgh1985 ( talk) 22:56, 25 July 2022 (UTC)
Wiki experts, I am working on proposing one of our local entrepreneurs and authors to be have a wiki page. Hovewer, I want to ask your opining on if information we have on him is sufficient for creating a page. Do you mind looking at what we have? I can either put content here or give a link for google drive. Dolgank ( talk) 23:49, 25 July 2022 (UTC)
I have content ready for a biography of a close friend but unsure how to proceed. I have based the content on a similar page but unsure how to achieve same look. /info/en/?search=Richard_Harvey Is there a template for biography's? Semico1 ( talk) 22:13, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
I moved my finished draft about the Danish-American architect Knud Lonberg-Holm, from Draft to Wikipidea - where do I find it now? Täckman ( talk) 16:52, 25 July 2022 (UTC)
Is it possible to, for example, search for articles that link to Template:Quote box, then filter the results to only those articles with a certain word in the article body (e.g. "film")? I'm trying to see if there's a way the transclusion of that template at Nope (film) can be made consistent with other appearances (if any). sporeball ( talk) 00:12, 26 July 2022 (UTC)
hastemplate:"Quote box"
in the search box and combine it with other search terms. See
Help:Searching#hastemplate:.
PrimeHunter (
talk) 00:48, 26 July 2022 (UTC)
Hello,
I have just finished moving a draft " Angela Jacobs" to artcle space but the link from " Deaths in 2022 (July 19) to the artcle is red. However when I click the link, it does bring up the article Angela Jacobs. What has gone wrong? Thank you. Andymcteddybear ( talk) 12:29, 26 July 2022 (UTC)
Hello! I'm sorry for the trouble. 53 days ago i created an article about the musicican: /info/en/?search=Draft:Otnicka Previously someone had already tried to create it, i found it in the deleted ones (due to the statute of limitations) and completely rewrote it. Can i kindly ask someone more experienced to rate this article? Thank you so much! JimmyTudessky ( talk) 14:44, 26 July 2022 (UTC)
Hi , If any user has requested to create a page, should the request be accepted or not? Currently I have received a request but I should not have any problem for SPI Case so I am asking this question. [11] PravinGanechari ( talk) 12:45, 26 July 2022 (UTC)
Hey there,
I hope you all are having a wonderful day. I was wondering if anyone knows if this: https://www.whalingmuseum.org/old-dartmouth-historical-society-sketches/ counts as a reliable source. I'm considering creating a page for Old Dartmouth and was looking around for sources.
Thanks so so much, AdmiralAckbar1977 ( talk) 18:39, 26 July 2022 (UTC)
The page "Common scold" states at the top of the article: "For the act of scolding, see punishment." But the Punishment page does not include the words scold or scolding. Hunzu ( talk) 13:54, 26 July 2022 (UTC)
i wrote an article about Ethiopian Islamic Affairs Supreme Council long time ago but it's still not published Abdrezak Muhdin ( talk) 18:42, 26 July 2022 (UTC)
Hello, I am in the process of improving this article: Angela Jacobs. Does winning several awards as a TV reporter and anchor count towards notability? Thank you in advance. Andymcteddybear ( talk) 20:41, 26 July 2022 (UTC)
I have the NSX-K580 unit it will not turn on 2601:983:301:ECA0:80F:3CC3:BF6C:B30A ( talk) 18:08, 25 July 2022 (UTC)
A Visual Editor reply would be best, thanks.
Hi - I am very new here so please forgive any silly questions. The subject of my Wikipedia bio is well established in the music and film industries. The musicians he has managed are well-known to music fans worldwide, and several of them have won Grammys. He has served as music supervisor for movies that have been seen by millions of people. But he is something of a behind-the-scenes guy, so there isn't a heck of a lot about him in the press, as opposed to plenty about his clients. I am confused: Does someone qualify for a Wikipedia article because of their accomplishments, or because of press coverage of those accomplishments? I am obviously taking the wrong approach on writing this bio because I received this message regarding the rejection of my article: "This submission's references do not show that the subject
qualifies for a Wikipedia article—that is, they do not show significant coverage (not just passing mentions) about the subject in published,
reliable,
secondary sources that are
independent of the subject (see the
guidelines on the notability of music-related topics). Before any resubmission, additional references meeting these criteria should be added (see
technical help and learn about
mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue). If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia."
I would welcome any and all guidance on this topic and THANK YOU for the opportunity to ask a question in this forum. It's very helpful. Thank you!
Commodore1980 (
talk) 19:36, 26 July 2022 (UTC)
The summary of music manager Mathew Katz is incorrect. He was described as the major influence of the San Francisco’s music scene of the 1960s. Mathew Katz ‘managed’ Jefferson Airplane and Moby Grape. He applied for an artist managers license which was denied by the California labor department in 1965. 2601:282:8080:60C0:741C:3C3F:A684:D4D1 ( talk) 07:55, 27 July 2022 (UTC)
Often in my watchlist I want to just mark a single item "read". Do we have a tool that allows this? Currently I have to open the page (that I don't intend to read), then close it, then refresh my watchlist. That's a pain. Is there an easier way? NewsAndEventsGuy ( talk) 21:59, 26 July 2022 (UTC)
the external links under this subject gives wrong sites (china) 2A02:A46A:EF54:1:2D8F:F47:6C65:BB04 ( talk) 07:58, 27 July 2022 (UTC)
I've tried to move (or rename) the present article entitled 'Conchita Wurst' to a new title - 'Tom Neuwirth'. The reason for the move is that the article is essentially about the performer Tom Neuwirth and not his 'Conchita Wurst' stage personna. I have explained the article talk page that although personnas can have articles (e.g. 'Alan Partridge'), this page is not simply about that personna but is much more widely about Neuwirth, who also performs as himself. I've received a response saying that the page cannot be moved because name I have chosen is not valid (Tom Neuwirth is not otherwise the title of an article). Could someone more experienced possibly explain why i can't move the article? All the best, and thanks in advance. Emmentalist ( talk) 11:51, 27 July 2022 (UTC) Emmentalist ( talk) 11:51, 27 July 2022 (UTC)
I just added a sentence with a footnote to Paul Engelmann. The entry has no other footnotes, and the new one seems to be in an odd place. Would someone please take a look at it and fix it if possible? Maurice Magnus ( talk) 01:58, 27 July 2022 (UTC)
You raise a good question about Engelmann, but I don't know the answer. I know of his existence solely through his connection with Wittgenstein. Maurice Magnus ( talk) 11:12, 27 July 2022 (UTC) When you say "they need to be embedded in the text in reference format," do you mean as footnotes? Maurice Magnus ( talk) 12:03, 27 July 2022 (UTC)
Hi! I made a mess on this draft page, while I was trying to reorganize it and I don't know how to fix the discography section and separate the following sections from each other. Bloomingbyungchan ( talk) 09:55, 27 July 2022 (UTC)
Done. Hi Bloomingbyungchan, there was just a small mistake in the closing brackets for one of the sections. Since it wasn't closed, all the sections after it appeared together. Is this the error you wanted help with? Cmr08 ( talk) 10:59, 27 July 2022 (UTC)
Hey, somehow by mistake I removed submit button from my draft. How to get it back Useless3078 ( talk) 13:54, 27 July 2022 (UTC)
Hello,
My team has worked to get an jazz artist added to wikipedia to no avail. Is there someone directly that can help me add this artist? 129.137.96.7 ( talk) 15:10, 27 July 2022 (UTC)
Hi Teahouse, I need reviewers who are willing to review my revised versions of these two newly drafted pages Draft:Eureka_Scientific and Draft:White Dwarf Research Corporation. I have added some reliable references. Thanks! Ad65718 ( talk) 20:08, 25 July 2022 (UTC)
Ingenuity Ingenuity. talk(); For your information, Theroadislong finished his/her talk with 112.206.242.198 ( User_talk:112.206.242.198) on 20:16, 25 July 2022 (UTC), then finished his/her review of Draft:Eureka_Scientific on 20:19, 25 July 2022 (UTC), which means just 3 minutes, which is the time he/she took to write her/his comments. You can check here: https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Special:Contributions/Theroadislong&offset=20220726071241&target=Theroadislong
For your information, Slywriter finished his/her talk with Benjamin Chiles ( Talk:Benjamin Chiles) on 20:32, 25 July 2022, and start making comment in Draft:Eureka_Scientific on 20:49, 25 July 2022, which means 17 minutes, but she/he finished on 20:52, 25 July 2022 (UTC), then finished Draft:White Dwarf Research Corporation on 20:54, 25 July 2022 (UTC), just 2 minutes between Draft:Eureka_Scientific and Draft:White Dwarf Research Corporation, which is the time he/she took to write her/his comments. You can check here: https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Special:Contributions/Slywriter&offset=20220725225033&target=Slywriter — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ad65718 ( talk • contribs) 00:29, 27 July 2022 (UTC)
Note: Ad65718 has been indefinitely blocked and had talk page access revoked for disruptive editing. — Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 15:27, 27 July 2022 (UTC)
References
Articles that were deleted after AfD and recreated again, will it nominate again for deletion or not? SeanJ 2007 ( talk) 07:42, 27 July 2022 (UTC)
For the first time, I want to request that articles (2) be renamed. (I've seen this discussed many times, but didn't take notes because it didn't apply to me at the time.) Can someone please provide links to the page(s) that describe this process? Also, it's called "moving", not "renaming", right? Thanks in advance. -- Pete Best Beatles ( talk) 23:40, 27 July 2022 (UTC)
I don't know if it is a glitch or something, but today for at least 3-4 times in the last half hour I have been logged out of my Wikipedia account despite never pressing the "log out" button. It has happened 3 of those times after I had finished making an edit. Inter&anthro ( talk) 23:52, 27 July 2022 (UTC)
Hi- I have a friend, Raynard Jackson, who has a page here- which he doesn't know who started, and has been edited down to just a handul of link. He asked me to help him figure out- who wrote the page, who edited the page and if we can restore the content that was once there. I am a journalist, but I am not familiar with how this site works, or where to start to help him.
I am newbie- can anyone help me out. KariDonovan@ Protonmail.com Thank you! Kari Donovan
/info/en/?search=Raynard_Jackson 76.216.17.96 ( talk) 18:12, 27 July 2022 (UTC)
Hey everyone, I keep on updating my submission but it has been betting declined, it would be great if I could get a hand with the submission. Thank you in advance! Zia SAD ( talk) 01:21, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
Hello I am trying to create a wikipedia page for Joel Isyaq EaglesFocus ( talk) 02:14, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
Hello,
My team has tried to add an artist to wikipedia but have not been successful. Can someone assist me on next steps to get this artist added. Thank you! Baileydt ( talk) 15:14, 27 July 2022 (UTC)
My band Black Tie Dynasty has a wikipedia page and it states that we are no longer an active band. I would like to correct that and provide additional context into what the group is doing currently and a change in lineup with respect to our new drummer. Is this something I can do myself? Cwat1980 ( talk) 15:59, 27 July 2022 (UTC)
Hello,
I have written an article upon a French hoax named La lettre de Mathilde Lefebvre ( /info/en/?search=Draft:Letter_from_Mathilde_Lefebvre). I have already submitted my draft and my draft has been declined one time, because This article's tone or style may not reflect the encyclopedic tone used on Wikipedia. I tried to change several phrases in the article, but I don't know if it's enough. I have put new sources.
Please, can you tell me if my draft is right ?
Thanks, Jeanne Angerie Jeanne Angerie ( talk) 16:28, 27 July 2022 (UTC)
@ graham 87 compiled four articles citing my book "A Dog Called Blue" (2003). My recently released book "A Dog for the Job" (2022) shows much of "A Dog Called Blue" to be incorrect. The Wiki articles are therefore incorrect. Graham 87 may wish to correct his articles - blocked until 2025. Too complicate an exercise for me or suggest someone who will. I can write the revisions but not upload to Wiki. Australian Cattle Dog Australian Stumpy Tail Cattle Dog Nrc999 ( talk) 03:27, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
The Wikipedia:Questions page guides wikipedia users about commenting on or asking a question about an article's content. I quote from the page (punctuation errors are not my own):
"Each article has its own talk page to ask questions or make constructive comments regarding its content, when you're viewing the article, just click on the Talk tab at the top of the page. Bear in mind, however, that Wikipedia is not a forum for discussion about the topics of articles – comments should be limited to the article's content."
First of all, if you're signed in to your Wikipedia account and are reading an article there are 2 "Talk" options, 1 Talk tab for the article (upper left) and 1 Talk link for your personal Talk page (upper right). The above instructions would be a lot more clear if they pointed this out and guided users to the correct Talk option (the tab I think).
Secondly, when I click on the correct Talk tab for the article I see no way to ask a question. I see 3 main sections:
1. This article is of interest to the following WikiProjects:
2. Contents list (not the contents of the article itself but the contents of the Talk page, which are related to but do not align directly with the content of the article.)
3. Individual Contents, each of which has an Edit Source option.
I don't see an option to ask a question. It's probably pretty obvious but I can't seem to find it. I apologize if my inquiry seems trivial or elementary or both.
Thank you for your help, time, and patience.
BiquidLoy Biquidloy ( talk) 06:25, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
Hi, I got no reply and it got archived, can someone please help? the editor asked 3 sourced and I supplied but no reply since then... I assume I need to resubmit the draft but would love an answer so it will work and approve. Thanks! -- Polysaccharides ( talk) 07:23, 28 July 2022 (UTC) Polysaccharides ( talk) 07:23, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
Every time I try to leave a reply in AfD discussions a colon appears in the code. Even if I switch to code view and make sure it is not there, it still appears when I leave my reply, and it causes my reply to be out of line with all the other replies.
I would just edit the whole document manually in the Wikicode, but this is tedious as it would require manually entering my user name and the time and date.
What am I doing wrong? Currently I am just clicking "reply" on the original proposal to delete. Where am I supposed to click to leave a reply that doesn't look like I am replying to one of the other repliers?
Thanks. Chagropango ( talk) 07:03, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
How do I get this article Draft:Jeriq published. Please i need your help. Fabregado ( talk) 21:50, 27 July 2022 (UTC)
The wikipedia page for The Palmer Report is linked to other wiki pages. None of the links I click on mention the facts in the main article. Is this kosher? LizLI2 ( talk) 18:16, 27 July 2022 (UTC)
How do i start new template 2600:1700:6180:6290:9513:4BFE:DEB0:3626 ( talk) 00:18, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
When inserting a space in front of a paragraph a quotation template gets used that doesn't get listed under the list of "Pages transcluded onto the current version of this page:" when editing, what's the name of this template? I cant find any mention of it in WP:Manual of Style. The what I think is a deliberate use of them in this article Recall (memory) is making me question whether these aren't just typing errors. NinuKinuski ( talk) 13:27, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
Hi there, working on Draft:Peter Kapschutschenko. Is an obituary from the Philadelphia inquirer an acceptable source? I have several other sources with the same info but the obit has a concise list of accomplishments. Many thanks! Djarmacost ( talk) 15:13, 27 July 2022 (UTC)
I am trying to make some Wikipedia pages for our national champions can someone assist me, as I already have done the draft but would like some feedback NMUGOGRECO ( talk) 12:30, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
Hello, fellow Wikipedians. I have a question regarding source/citation. Can a Wikipedia article be used as a source for an edit on another related article?
Thanks for the responder in advance, Bye. FofS&E ( talk) 17:16, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
References
Greetings. I'm attempting to understand a draft rejection for an individual ( /info/en/?search=Draft:Marcia_Griffin) who clearly meets this criteria: "The person has made a widely recognized contribution that is part of the enduring historical record in a specific field."
Griffin is a nationally recognized minority housing expert who has been invited to testify in front of Congress multiple times during national crises (2008 housing collapse and COVID, notably). Her testimony can be viewed directly via citations in the draft. These are not interviews or entertainment segments, they are sworn testimony in front of Congressional housing committees. Does this not meet "enduring historical record" criteria? Surely, housing crises, particularly involving underserved communities, is a substantial part of American history. Can anyone please explain how this is not so?? Thanks in advance. Danceswithedits ( talk) 00:38, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
Hello, my article Draft:Ingrasys Technology just got declined because it read as an advertisement. The reviewer asked me to disclose paid editing, but I actually do not get paid for that. I wanna rewrite the article, but I am not sure which part of the article goes wrong. Is it the sources I used or something else...I am really not sure. I would be really appreciated if any reviewer could give me some suggestions. Thank you. Sharonabc19 ( talk) 00:50, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
is written from the viewpoint of the company, focusing on what the company says about itself. Wikipedia is not interested in what the subject of an article says or wants to say about themselves, or what their associates say about them. Wikipedia is only interested in what people who have no connection with the subject, and who have not been prompted or fed information on behalf of the subject, have chosen to publish about the subject in reliable sources. ColinFine ( talk) 17:36, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
Hi Tea-timers, I think I will be unable to complete my Wiki page until there is further references available to create links to. Some years ago, I completed a novel, the inspiration behind it is Loftus Hall Choosing to include a link that any interested parties might follow on this page, I thought to create a Wiki page that gives a brief overview of the book, linking characters and locations to various other wiki pages. However, the page was declined as it did not contain secondary sources. This is something I may not be able to add, which is fine. But if there is a method I could employ, I'd be very happy to know it. Be well. Stephen Sforaw ( talk) 15:25, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
I wish to unweasel this page. https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Deep_Adaptation&type=revision&diff=1097164731&oldid=1092327105. With respect to The Legend of Miyamoto, I believe that the use of "several scientists" is not weasel since several news articles are cited and five scientists are named in the same paragraph. I would like to undo "weasel" as the cleanest and most expedient remedy but don't want to offend. Your suggestions? Artemisia-californica ( talk) 16:38, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
Hello -
I recently joined Wikipedia after reading interesting information on the Schneider Kreuznach camera lens reference pages. I have several Schneider Kreuznach lenses and noted that there were some types not listed on Wikipedia. I used the editor to add new information and one image which I obtained permission from the owner to use on Wikipedia. Immediately after adding the additional lens information and the image, this information was visible on the Wikipedia Schneider Kreuznach page. I just now made a minor edit and when I submitted it, I found that all of the information and image I had added over the past 3 days was gone. Did I do something wrong? I did not receive an email from Wikipedia indicating there was a problem.
Thanks very much,
Mike Dr Michael Ray Murphy ( talk) 15:25, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
Are there any text editors that understand wiki code and allow one to draft, save, and preview, a new wiki article off wiki? How about offline ? I've tried to read through Help:Text editor support, and being a nontechie my head is swimming. Thanks NewsAndEventsGuy ( talk) 11:08, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
thanks all, that's about what thought. NewsAndEventsGuy ( talk) 20:20, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
Exactly what it says on the tin, Of course I'm not complaining, I've always been a big fan of logos/symbols/warnings/bans so another symbol is great to have. (And of course, I didn't get banned to see it, i just went on the template index, I love Wikipedia and would never try to hurt or harm it.) 68.41.231.207 ( talk) 09:27, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
{{
SockBlock}}
traces back to 2004 and has always been a standalone template, while {{
blocked}}
serves as the "master" template for most other blocking templates and uses the X-/clock image by default.
Victor Schmidt mobil (
talk) 18:11, 28 July 2022 (UTC)Dear Editors, I have been trying to create a page for prominent yemeni journalist Naseh Shaker but since I am not a confirmed editor, I have not been able to create a page.
I have all sources and links for him if you can help. Abdullah Ahmed Shakir ( talk) 22:35, 24 July 2022 (UTC)
Here is an in-depth article about Naseh Shaker from International Journalists' Network:
https://ijnet.org/fr/node/7183 — Preceding
unsigned comment added by
Abdullah Ahmed Shakir (
talk •
contribs) 19:02, 26 July 2022 (UTC)
Are there tools to check how many times a word has been used by a user? PravinGanechari ( talk) 16:18, 25 July 2022 (UTC)
FLAX: /info/en/?search=Flax
A research paper found Flax may cause liver enzyme changes that can affect certain drug levels due to increased CYP2C9 and CYP3A4 expression. 70.30.41.148 ( talk) 06:48, 24 July 2022 (UTC)
I have found that in this article: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LiveWire_(motorcycle) the 1st link leads to an empty page. I don't have any other supporting pages for the data sourced from this perhaps once working site.
My question is - can I somehow mark this as a faulty link so other editors could see it? Aha? OK! Hmm? Mh! Ee? Aaa! ( talk) 00:15, 29 July 2022 (UTC)
Apologies for bothering by asking questions. There are three different links just tell me are there different users creating this page or same.
PravinGanechari don't worry, your questions are welcome here. Feel free to follow up on previous discussion above, or ask further, if you still need information. Mathglot ( talk) 02:05, 29 July 2022 (UTC)
Hi all, I am newer to Wikipedia in the sense that my edits to pages tend to be rather basic and brief. I am wanting to follow WP:BOLD and create an article on something I personally believe would be notable.
However, the page has been created and deleted multiple times, the last delete happening in 2008 with the protections having expired in 2011. I am of the belief that at the time of deletion the subject in question lacked notability, but over time has gained that notability.
The page in question is SheezyArt. The things I believe make the subject notable since the time of article deletion is the fact that it spawned the YouTube Poop format (article created 2013), has been cited as the reason Fur Affinity was created (another site I'd argue as being notable despite the current page being a redirect to the Furry Fandom page), has had multiple notable creators within its community such as the Eddsworld team, Arin Hanson, Zach Hadel, Kira Buckland, and more, and spawned a short-lived revival project last year seeing that the original site has been on permanent hiatus since 2013.
Assuming the fact that I am able to get reliable, verifiable, and independent sources, would my reasoning above be enough for the article subject to at least be WP:SIGNIF if not WP:N? I have read the notability guidelines and am aware I need to be cautious of the idea of "inherited notability", and am fighting with myself as to whether or not that would apply here with my point on notable users.
Thanks in advance, appreciate the idea of a Teahouse space as a whole. Binzy Boi ( talk) 18:27, 26 July 2022 (UTC)
I would like to see a Translation of Latin to English in justice department seal. Can anyone translate it? 69.121.155.231 ( talk) 00:21, 27 July 2022 (UTC)
I would like to automatically highlight text while editing, such that I can input one (or more) search terms and it will automatically search every single page I edit. Does anyone know of a Google Chrome or Wikipedia extension that will do this? (Note, I already tried "Highlight This", and it does not let me search in the editing field—which is what I need—even when I select "Highlight in editable fields.") TheGEICOgecko ( talk) 01:16, 27 July 2022 (UTC)
Why has the search bar on desktop mode gone really small. I don’t like it. Change it back please. Katie Richardsonn ( talk) 22:48, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
Kindly help and rectify this issue 117.251.22.81 ( talk) 04:38, 29 July 2022 (UTC)
I am a lawyer who is editing the page of Professor Norman fenton because claims on it by Wikipedia user: Alexbrn on that page are incorrect and defamatory.
Specifically Alexbrn has made claims that Fenton was an author on a document by the HART group. this is not correct and Alexbrn has NOT provided links to the document, I believe, because he knows it does NOT list Fenton as an author or contributor or editor.
I have correctly provided links to the document and to the updated mainstream journalist article by Tom Whipple where my firm made the Times retract and revise Whipple's article to remove the claim that Fenton was an author (the original false claim being presumably why Alexbrn made the change on wikipedia in the first place).
Can someone please assist to ensure that my corrected statement (with its citations) is retained and that Alexbrn cannot continue to falsely claim Fenton is an author on the HART document
Thanks Holomatrix ( talk) 19:43, 27 July 2022 (UTC)
Holomatrix Wikipedia requires that discussions on disputed content take place on the Talk page of articles rather than in the body of the articles. Second, dispute content without attacking other editors. Third, yes, you do have a conflict of interest ( WP:COI), because you state that your law firm was connected to the Whipple retraction. No one else has a COI. Fourth, blogs are not reliable source references. Hence, your content reverted by three editors, all of whom have a long history of contributing to Wikipedia content. David notMD ( talk) 11:21, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
Hi,
I am trying to make an addition on this page. I am trying to add another appearance at "Coke Studio" for Rahat Fateh Ali Khan under the section of Musical Shows, Coke Studio. At first, the edit was reverted because I added an external link in my edit which went against the wikipedia copyright policy. However, later I removed that link and yet the edit still got reverted, this time because I had not provided a reliable source.
What I want to know is what exactly would qualify as a reliable source. Also, not every fact on the page has been backed up by a source. Why does my edit need a source when the links I provide satisfy the authenticity requirements?
I would like a reply specific to the VisualEditor. COLABSPK ( talk) 07:30, 29 July 2022 (UTC)
I want to request a page move can some help i tryed doing it but it was reverted by a bot the page is List of unproduced X-Men film series projects and I think the page should be called List of unproduced 20th Century Fox marvel projects for reasons I will explain on that page 92.236.253.249 ( talk) 10:48, 29 July 2022 (UTC)
At Digoxin#Digoxin_and_cancer there is a section "in vitro anti-proliferate effects of digoxin" which contains a very close paraphrase of the abstract of a source it cites. For example, our text says "In summary, data of this cohort study for digoxin treatment for HF patients was combined with a cell-based strategy that addresses the translation issue, which revealed the complexity of personalized medicine" while the cited source says "In summary, we combined a cohort study for digoxin treatment for HF patients with a cell-based strategy that addresses the translation issue, which revealed the complexity of personalized medicine". This isn't just one isolated sentence, half the paragraph is similarly close. In fact, it was preceded by a near-identical paragraph citing the same source, which I've removed.
The source is CC-by-3.0, so it's actually okay to copy the text like this, provided the source is acknowledged. Is a Wikipedia citation sufficient to acknowledge that the source has been copied so closely? Personally, I don't think it's enough; our citations mean the facts are verified by the source, not that the source-author actually wrote the text we use (otherwise we couldn't cite copyrighted publications). I'm sure we ought to be doing something else to indicate that this text was (nearly) lifted from the original author's writing. What should be done in cases like this?
(I'm interested in the general answer of what should be done; in this particular case I am not convinced that inclusion of this much detail from one primary source is appropriate for an encyclopaedia; our role ought to be to summarise the overall picture, reflecting secondary sources. If we're going to make articles that are just glue-togethers of the abstracts of primary literature we're attempting the job of secondary review literature, but doing it badly, because we're not able to comment and guide the reader as a secondary review should. The problem is very clear in this example: what on earth is our reader supposed to get from being told that this study reveals the complexity of personalized medicine?? That's got nothing to do with digoxin, and is probably scientist-speak for "the results are a bit contradictory and hard to interpret, so instead of interpreting them, we're going to persuade you that it's really exciting that they cannot be interpreted...") Elemimele ( talk) 12:52, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
Good Evening, id like to update the article on the TGR ZA class locomotive. I have all the correct stats and info from builders numbers to engine stats. I am the sole member who preserved ZA 1 mentioned on the page Muff558 ( talk) 09:10, 29 July 2022 (UTC)
Hi Teahouse, I am new to wikipedia and I began with editing a living person's biography Ram Sewak Sharma. I do not know the person personally but could research and identify some missing information. However, my changes were reversed. While I am trying to address the issue, I am happy to learn more about how to edit wikipedia articles. I hope to contribute to wikipedia by making value additions and improving articles. Pr1311 ( talk) 11:40, 29 July 2022 (UTC)
It has taken me a 24 days to check the list of reliable sources. I think the page review editor still doesn't know anything about the source, so tell them the list below is from the The Times Group.
ET Now Swadesh PravinGanechari ( talk) 18:51, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
The Times of India is considered to have a reliability between no consensus and generally unreliable. Even if it were regarded as generally reliable, that would say very little about the reliability of other papers which happen to have the same ownership. In any case, presenting us with a bald list of newspapers here on the Teahouse serves no purpose whatever - even if you had bothered to tell us which article this is in relation to - because reliability is of a source is determined not in the abstract, but in relation to specific information which is to be attributed to it. IN any case, WP:RSN is the place to discuss reliability of specific sources. ColinFine ( talk) 20:11, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
Guidelines on sources[14] PravinGanechari ( talk) 10:00, 29 July 2022 (UTC)
[[WP:WikiProject Film/Indian cinema task force#Guidelines on sources]]
, which displays as
WP:WikiProject Film/Indian cinema task force#Guidelines on sources, and links straight to the section rather than leaving me trying to guess where on the page I should be looking.
ColinFine (
talk) 12:28, 29 July 2022 (UTC)
After this new film Khadak, actor Has lead roles in two notable films and hence actor becomes notable as per WP:ACTOR. Request you to re review the draft Ntkn766 ( talk) 15:07, 29 July 2022 (UTC)
I've added links to Wikipedia commons content before but couldn't find an answer about a few things:
First one is about which one to link, the wikimedia commons category and/or the gallery page alone in commons. I dislike linking only to the gallery page (if there even is one) but I've seen where the page can be helpful. So i found that I liked using the template that displays both the page and its category the best. But I've seen some revert those changes back to commons page only or commons category only with the edit summary just saying something like "unnecessary". I couldn't find anything on the template pages that addressed a preference for one vs the other so I wanted to ask here. Though my gut says that if it exists and doesn't have a note about it being deprecated. you can use it, right?
About defining the commons link, I get the feeling that it's better to define the links (if they're different from the page name) over on the wikidata page rather than locally on its wikipedia page?
On the wikidata side, I see that you can define its gallery page on commons as well as its category page on commons in the statements area. But there's also the sidebar that let's you link pages from various wiki projects (including commons). Is the sidebar link's purpose to specify which page from another wiki can use the wikidata infobox (which links to the wikidata page), since that relationship has to be one-to-one? Does it have any other purpose?
Finally, there's no guideline recommending in line commons link over the box commons link, correct? I only ask because I've seen people also just switch from box to inline and their only summary is something like "fixed formatting"
Jasonkwe (
talk) (
contribs) 18:24, 29 July 2022 (UTC)
About defining the commons target on the wiki page itself vs just letting it check what the target is on wikidata, I think I understand at least part of the logic: you don't have to worry as much if something's page name gets changed down the road (since you're relying on wikidata to direct you correctly and the wikidata links are all in one place, not spread out over multiple wiki pages like if you had manually defined the commons target in the wiki page). I hope that kinda made sense.
I'm not sure how to specify the third question about the sidebar links on a wikidata page since I'm on mobile right now.
The last question about inline vs not is illustrated
here. The edit's sole purpose seemed to be about preference as to whether the commons link is inline vs non-inline.
I agree about the commons gallery page. For some very well curated pages, it can be helpful so that good images of the item are easiest to see and don't get buried in thousands of other images. But most of gallery pages aren't so lucky to have good upkeep so they just languish. But, it's hard to delete something once it exists on Wikipedia so *shrug*.
Jasonkwe (
talk) (
contribs) 20:24, 29 July 2022 (UTC)
I just created a new page War crimes in the Iraq War. What happens when you publish it and how do I change the title? Fijipedia ( talk) 19:54, 29 July 2022 (UTC)
In the Phone conversation between Barack Obama and Hassan Rouhani article, I've noticed that the first paragraph in the Rouhani and Obama's remarks section is misusing first-person pronouns:
Regarding the issues raised in this telephone conversation, the President of Iran said that the discussion I had with Obama was mainly the nuclear issue. I said that "this issue is not only the right of the Iranian people but also a part of the national pride of the Iranian". He continued: Regarding the P5 + 1, I said that "with the opportunity created by the Iranian nation, this opportunity should be used and expedited in this matter", so the President of the United States said: "I instruct the Secretary of State to expedite this matter;" Our main focus was to move faster on the nuclear issue. After the call, Barack Obama said on a television program: "Just now, I spoke on the phone with President Rouhani. Our conversation was about the current actions and efforts to reach an agreement on Iran's nuclear program.
I already brought it up on the article's talk page, but I couldn't wait for it to be fixed. I could fix it myself, but I'm not sure who exactly that paragraph is referring to in the first person. It could be narrowed down to Rouhani himself, but I'm afraid I might be wrong. If I replace those pronouns with the wrong name, the factual error I would've introduced might remain there for a while before an observant, more knowledgeable editor comes across that article one day. – MrPersonHumanGuy ( talk) 16:33, 29 July 2022 (UTC)
MrPersonHumanGuy Good catch. I assume this was likely due to some hiccups while translating from persian to English. I agree that it likely should refer to rouhani but, not being able to read the source that is in Persian only, I can't say for sure.
I'm not sure if there's a list of wiki editors with foreign language skills but you could try to find someone. Except for that, finding a different source on your own that does clarify it, and asking here for help, that's about all you can do for now. Jasonkwe ( talk) ( contribs) 18:52, 29 July 2022 (UTC)
Hello!
My original submission was deemed unencyclopedic and marketing-like. I modeled the article on one already published, but given the feedback, I read the section on peacock terms and thought I pulled them all before resubmitting. Should I strip it down even further? Not sure what my next steps should be.
Definitely trying to get this right and would appreciate any and all suggestions!
Thank you, Leslie Leslie Love Stone ( talk) 22:35, 29 July 2022 (UTC)
I'm not sure where to ask so I decided to ask here, but I'm curious why the pageviews of Linux, macOS, and Microsoft Windows declined on March 3, 2022. What happened on that day that reduced the pageviews so much? A diehard editor ( talk | edits) 19:33, 29 July 2022 (UTC)
Hi, I just created an account, how can I get started here? Can I use templates freely of my user page? Cdmxm8807i8x ( talk) 23:05, 29 July 2022 (UTC)
What is the code for making an external link? Please let me know and explain what it is. Thanks! Cdmxm8807i8x ( talk) 00:52, 30 July 2022 (UTC)
This says that User:Cdmxm8807i8x was previously User:Vegrar81uyiA80 and User:Gldgenga471834gldben. Vegrar81uyiA80 is blocked indefinitely; I've therefore blocked the other two indefinitely for block evasion. -- Hoary ( talk) 02:17, 30 July 2022 (UTC)
The “Morefar article” is disinformation made a company called “Starr conspiracy”
it’s intent is to lure children to a cemetery.
This entire article is misinformation and the articles attached to it Jadeyone ( talk) 10:03, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
The person (KN Shashikiran), on whom I'm making this page is internationally acclaimed exceptional musical artiste, but not much about him is actually on internet, therefore I couldn't find much references, though I tried to link up as much as possible. Kindly consider accepting this article, it would help a lot. Nonetheless, I shall definitely try and refer more content. Sreeja Addala ( talk) 15:49, 29 July 2022 (UTC)
I am looking for information regarding a specific type of infobox that can be found on Prussia. I have seen it before, however I could never locate its source. https://imgur.com/a/dxBOfhZ 2A01:110F:C3B:6000:F9A7:681E:7D94:2FAB ( talk) 14:07, 30 July 2022 (UTC)
Greetings, friends! I have made a description for the International Literature Prize. /info/en/?search=Draft:Fazil_Iskander_International_Literary_Award The Fazil Iskander prize is good and has been under the auspices of the Russian part of International PEN centres for several years now. The writers to whom it is awarded are also famous. Unfortunately, its founders write a lot in Russian on their website and it was difficult to find English-language sources, And the my article has already been rejected a couple of times, how do you think the article should be changed or add? To get the article approved? Likewriter2 ( talk) 16:27, 30 July 2022 (UTC)
[t]he aim of the prize is to perpetuate the memory of the outstanding Russian writer Fazil Iskander with Abkhazian rootsto be used as it doesn't come from a neutral point of view. I think the reviewer is having trouble seeing how the sources being used provide notability as Wikipedia defines it to the subject, but it may be better to communicate with them on their talk page to get more detailed feedback. — Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 16:47, 30 July 2022 (UTC)
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Hello I would like to hire someone to help me with my page. Is there someone I can contact if yes can you please give me their name info. I am disabled and need some help. Thank you my name is Tina Bagon Thanks Little Piggie Shoehorns ( talk) 16:33, 19 July 2022 (UTC)
Hi, I'd like to create a Wikipedia page for a PR client of mine. How can I do this? 2603:7000:5000:5D02:25C9:C7A3:3AAC:7A1D ( talk) 17:48, 19 July 2022 (UTC)
Hey, can someone help me understand why did my article get declined? Because the guy who declined it says that (person from the article) doesn't meet notability criteria, but without specifying how should criteria be set.
Thanks.
Draft:Miran Kujundžić Narmerae ( talk) 18:44, 19 July 2022 (UTC)
Dears,
I am trying to publish an article about a non-profit organization, Cinelimite. Link: /info/en/?search=Draft:Cinelimite. I was inspired by the non-profit Cinema Tropical article: /info/en/?search=Cinema_Tropical. However, I am having trouble making the article polished enough to be published.
Can someone give me an opinion so that I can go ahead and do it right?
Best wishes to all. Matmpestana ( talk) 19:17, 19 July 2022 (UTC)
Good day Teahouse hosts. What is the recommended action that an editor should take if they see a case of blatant plagiarism in Wikipedia? Or, perhaps more accurately, a case in which a large chunk of text has been copied and pasted from another source without citation or acknowledgement?
A case in point is the section "Musical score" in the article on The Court Jester. This entire section (three paragraphs) has been copied from this review of the film. (Actually, there are a couple of minor changes in the wording, but I did those myself before I realised that the text had been copied.)
I know I could paraphrase the original text in my own words. But that would take some time. In the meantime, I was wondering if there was a template that can be inserted that flags the text as having been copied? Or is there some other appropriate action? (I have read WP:COPYPASTE and WP:PLAGIARISM, but they only deal with reasons to avoid copying rather than what to do in existing cases.)
As always, any advice would be appreciated.
Mike Marchmont ( talk) 14:33, 18 July 2022 (UTC)
If something in Wikipedia has been plagiarized from a source you recognize, why not just put it in quotation marks and cite the source? Maurice Magnus ( talk) 01:01, 20 July 2022 (UTC) Never mind. I hadn't read carefully and didn't realize that the source was Wikipedia. Maurice Magnus ( talk) 02:05, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
Why do Wikipedia articles leave a large blank and textless area on the right side of the table of contents? I think it's stylistically weak. If it is a programmatic problem, then it could be solved in several ways: 1) possible local variables in the table of contents could be changed to global ones; 2) the width of the inner edge of the text frame on the right may be larger at the beginning; 3) the width of the text frame can be constant, so that the text of long lines continues to the next one, at the same time we would get rid of some very narrow tables of contents. 4) Lastly, the article text could flow free on the right side of the text frame like they flow beside other boxes. Please answer this question and not start changing the subject to vector 2022. Please do not redirect to the programmers' page. The last time I asked there, why does Wikidata give an error message if Finland uses the Finnish hyphens for ISBN numbers and not the American practice. I had 3 references for the hyphens. The answer was one word: "Invalid". Maybe not a war invalid. Jari Rauma ( talk) 11:15, 13 July 2022 (UTC)
Thank you, sir.
You wrote: " I'm not sure what you're talking about with regards to "local and global variables" or why that would have anything to do with the display of the page,". – These variables are basic stuff in programming languages. If the dimension is defined as a local variable and after that static, the variable can only be changed locally. Or the text flow -function doesn't work with the context frame, because the context frame -function has forbidden it by placing a signal: we're are busy, don't write stuff on the right side. So the text flow -function has to wait for a global signal: now the text frame is ready and now the text flow -function can start.
I know that the error has continued for over 10 years. Here is one clarification to my question about the large empty area on the right side of the table of contents (if you didn't understand) and one example. The text: " The last time I asked there, why does Wikidata give an error message if Finland uses the Finnish hyphens for ISBN numbers and not the American practice." should be "The last time I asked there, why does Wikidata give an error message if Finland uses the Finnish practice of placing hyphens between ISBN numbers and not the American practice". Here is one example of a strangely large white area. How stupid! but maybe it's nice for some high-class people who never take notice of their mistakes. And what's your opinion or is it illegal, because in Wikipedia you must ask others what you see: Foreign policy of the Donald Trump administration Look it carefully and honestly.
So, You still changed the subject although I forbade. You want to change the subject to Vector 2022. I have a question about that, too. Why does Vector 2022 shows always the index? It's cumbersome. I don't want always to see a book's index when I'm reading a book. But that's the primitive way to narrow the article text column. Maybe you began to understand that narrower columns are easier to read. I have always thought that 1-column articles are from the Stone age. Newspapers got rid of them a few hundred years ago. Jari Rauma ( talk) 13:12, 13 July 2022 (UTC)
#toc {
float: left;
clear: left;
width: auto;
margin: 0 1em 0.5em 0;
}
my first article got the speedy deletion although I have not promoted or advertised any company. Please review it PatrickSmith07 ( talk) 11:27, 13 July 2022 (UTC)
Going out of the box, he dreamt of such a business that will shape the future of professionals.or
Mrs. Nisha Kumari was already holding an outstanding level of people management skills, but her passion was searching for such a role, where she could drive job seekers to their best level of career growth and security.are completely inappropriate for an encyclopaedia.
Thanks for your help. I am going to rewrite the article with more neutralwould be hard if you have a conflict of interest). Like what said before, some of the article is a blatant ad: see
Mrs. Nisha Kumari was already holding an outstanding level of people management skills, but her passion was searching for such a role, where she could drive job seekers to their best level of career growth and security.Also, please declare a COI if possible. Many thanks! VickKiang ( talk) 22:54, 13 July 2022 (UTC)
Hi, I created a new Wiki page: Draft: Harinarayan Rajeev ,last month and its still in draft mode. Since I haven’t created a wiki page before, It would have been really helpful, if you could please let me know if there are any steps I am missing inorder to have the page published ? or I just need to wait for a reviewer to review and publish the same ? thanks a lot in advance :) 2604:3D08:527B:D500:845D:890E:7B56:6421 ( talk) 21:20, 17 July 2022 (UTC)
I noticed that a person article exists in another Wiki for a musical artist. His musical partner has an article here. As there is no such article for him, is it appropriate (kosher, cool) to copy and paste that material here? It is set up exactly as a Wikipedia person article, same format, etc. The artist is JD Beck. PaulThePony ( talk) 02:26, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
How does WP feel about using sources that are found in other WP articles. Is it okay just to highlight them to link? 2603:8000:D300:D0F:A5A7:174C:24A7:2431 ( talk) 02:12, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
Dear fellow wiki users,
A page I was going to edit has some very biased language. Do I request to get it taken down or do I completely re format it myself? If some people would like to band together with me to re-write it id love that! https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Bharat_Singh_Naruka&gesuggestededit=1
Thanks! From Chicken256 Chicken256 ( talk) 07:37, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
The page appears to be at Draft:Bharat Singh Naruka. -- Bduke ( talk) 08:07, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
How do I load a picture Murillo5oh ( talk) 08:11, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
A recent dispute has been brought to the DRN about the Nova Scotia page. It has since been closed due to my inability to access a computer with working internet for days at a time, a situation still occurring. There have been attempts to discuss this on the Talk page, but the discussion is not progressing any further as it is the same three people stuck on the same arguments. Thus, the goal of bringing it to the DRN. I guess the question is: Help! How can this proceed?
How can additional voices and perspectives be garnered? How can the dispute be resolved when the primary person has intermittent internet access?
There have been two other users who have indicated that they support my perspective, and I truly believe I am sourcing, citing, and writing properly according to Wikipedia standards.. it is just simply too few (active) voices / users / perspectives to truly judge the dispute fairly. Especially those with knowledge of the issue; especially those less burdened by cultural biases about the topic (aka difficulties between Canadian topics, Indigenous histories, and US American perspectives on both). Danachos ( talk) 04:21, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
Draft:El Hitta Mrwriterman11 ( talk) 03:53, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
I wanted to create a Wikipedia page for Andrew Freese. Now it says I created a draft for Andrew Freese WIKI. Is that the same thing, or did I create something that is not a Wikipedia page? Here is the link relevant to my question: /info/en/?search=Draft:Andrew_Freese_WIKI Dougie80 ( talk) 20:56, 19 July 2022 (UTC)
"Minneapolis celebrated its centennial in 1956 in conjunction with the Aquatennial. The city's sesquicentennial was July 18–27, 2008, the year Minnesota celebrated 150 years of statehood." The above sentence excerpted from the above page has an error in one of the dates mentioned. If the centennial occurred in 1956, then the sesquicentennial could not have occurred in 2008; else if 2008 is the correct year of the sesquicentennial, then the centennial appears to have been celebrated two years too early in 1956. Obviously one of the two dates is wrong. Could this error be corrected? 2601:446:C301:BE40:38E2:487E:D6C5:13CE ( talk) 12:58, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
It appears when I created Template:Ford Mustang Generations, copying from Template:IPad models. look how It came out. I copy and pasted the bottom and switched a little. TERGY 15:20, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
Trying to print something off wlkpedia but it says save instead of print how do I return it to print 2601:6C4:C180:1310:A00A:AF0C:1078:9FC8 ( talk) 15:40, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
I would like feedback on a stub article prior to submission a review by peers. Deanna Coakley ( talk) 15:45, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
My organisation is looking to update our page to reflect operations and research, but we understand that this may be conflict of interest for us to do so. Is there best practice available to help with this, or should we use the request an edit function? JackHRUSI ( talk) 11:20, 19 July 2022 (UTC)
In my Sandbox, I've been working on an article on English writer Lettice D'Oyly Walters for over a week now and was extremely confused about how to put it into the main space for editing. I read somewhere that you should click on a link from a space that listed the article needing creation; that gave me a blank page. I copied and pasted the article from my sandbox onto that blank page and then worked out that I had to do "move." Worried that the article will be rejected because there's no edit history, which is apparently all in my sandbox?? I'm a new editor, so sorry about the mistakes--any advice welcome!! @ Treesiati Treesiati ( talk) 16:52, 19 July 2022 (UTC)
The page for Zopherus jourdani currently redirects to the page for its genus, Zopherus. That page contains no information about the species except in a list of species in the genus. Can I change the Zopherus jourdani page into an article on the topic now, or should I follow the instructions at the page: "If the redirected subtopic could potentially have its own article in the future, then also tag the redirect with {{ R with possibilities}} and {{ R printworthy}}"?
Thank-you,
." Edward-Woodrow ( talk) 20:37, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
The pages on Wikipedia show Adani as a billionaire philanthropist. What about the fact that he and his companies are trampling on peoples rights, green washing and adding to peoples' misery in Bangladesh and India and that his companies have made billions contributing to climate change? Cattail7318 ( talk) 21:04, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
Hi
In this page, using the first image of a table as an example, I'd like the 'Caption text' of two tables to act as a section (sub?) headers so that they appear in the page's content list.
In the page I'm creating I'd like to have a section header (==Section Header==) with the tables directly beneath & listed as X.1 Caption Text One, X.2 Caption Text Two in the contents.
Is this possible? Dave F63 ( talk) 18:33, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
===Subsection A===
and ===Subsection B===
. Then "Subsection A" and "Subsection B" will appear in the table of contents. See more at
Help:Section. You can also use
Template:Anchor#Use in tables to make it possible to link directly to a table, but it will not be in the table of contents.
PrimeHunter (
talk) 22:20, 20 July 2022 (UTC)I have a gift from my young nephew, an old iPad of his but I am embarrassed that I can’t thank him for it on line because I can find my email on this iPad. How can I get to it easily? All I seem to get is the camera platform. 2601:640:8300:F140:B973:B0AB:53AB:A62B ( talk) 22:45, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
Hello. Having a problem here. Go to Walkway Over the Hudson, New additions section, last paragraph about the East Gate Plaza opening. I cant get the source to go to its proper url, the Walkway over the Hudson website article about the opening of the facility. Please note and correct. Thank you. Theairportman33531 ( talk) 14:57, 20 July 2022 (UTC) Theairportman33531 ( talk) 14:57, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
I would like to ask y'all if you can help me on my draft's introduction, as well as the logo for the championship, the logos for the teams, the trophy, and the tournament bracket picture. Here are the links for all the aforementioned items:
Sportsfangnome ( talk) 02:03, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
As a not so confident editor I would like to read through the rules of editing so I can avoid sanctions. I also would like to know how to get recommendations for edits.
thanks guys! GeekyDave ( talk) 07:04, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
Greetings, I have accidentally created the article Picrolite in mainspace that was supposed to be a draft (too little sleep, didn't notice until afterwards -.-). Could someone kindly move it to draft space? And, ideally, tell me how to do it myself in the future? I've tried to look around but can't find the instructions atm... Cheers, -- LordPeterII ( talk) 22:11, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
It was the >Religious Views> Christianity section of this article. It mentions that Lot offered his daughters for 'rape' which is wrong and and against the topic that the crime of people of Lot was sexual assault, so why would Lot himself offer his daughters for rape. The biblical context too is that he offered his daughters for marriage or just heterosexual sex. I couldn't find a better word for it than 'marriage' (which I edited it to) as I am not a native English speaker, but what I want to correct here is that is he didn't offer his daughters for rape as that is just clearly the wrong word for it. I edited the word from 'rape' to 'marriage' but that was reverted. If marriage is not the right word for it please use your better English to write a different word because at least offering for 'rape' is just completely wrong in this context. Abc148371 ( talk) 11:08, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
I want to change my current signature at my preferences, but I dont get the instructions there. Goodvibes500 ( talk) 06:22, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
I don't get the notability requirements. I read the page, and it states a standard with the caveat that those standards may or may not be followed. Moreover, Wikipedias idea of notability or "interesting" is subjective at best, and an appeal to popularity fallacy at worst.
Within my first few edits I was on pages that were highly promotional, with blog posts as sources. Now, I'm not about to claim those pages aren't "notable". But it's contradictory to what the guidelines say. How do these pages get by, yet I've read about other similar pages that got deleted? Look, I'm not trying to deploy cold logic here, but after an hour of trying to be an editor I've seen contradictions, double standards and appeals to XXX fallacies.
The lack of clarity seems to only add problems, and it doesn't seem very efficient. Also, I don't even know where to begin about the idea of "reliable sources". The whole experience I've had screams of powerusers trying to gatekeep an "open" encyclepedia and using doublespeak to obfuscate that reality. I've always liked Wikipedia, but how is it beneficial to decline unique content that isn't found anywhere else? In other words, if we are relying heavily on outside sources, people can just go read those outside sources. They don't need to read it on wikipedia.
TL;DR. Is original thought acceptable on wikipedia, yes or no?
Philo39 ( talk) 06:00, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
My page was cited for speedy deletion. How do you post a company page on Wikipedia? I've seen it done before - /info/en/?search=Versasec
I'm not sure the best way to go about this. Onspring No Code ( talk) 23:10, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
I was reading lactoferrin page, and found something is wrong. At gene ontology of template:Infobox gene, some items are written like "GO:0070122 peptidase activity", "GO:0001948, GO:0016582 protein binding", not like others. What makes this? Hope anyone good at template fix this. -- LR0725 ( talk) 10:24, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
how do i get on dark web? Casinoman65 ( talk) 10:14, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
Hello, I am wondering how to correctly track page views for pages of individuals with the same name. I noticed when pulling the data for “ /info/en/?search=Matt_Ryan_(American_football)” that there was a chunk of mostly missing data from 7/1/2015 to 5/26/2016. After doing some investigating I noticed that his page was moved on 5/27/2016 and that another page “ /info/en/?search=Matthew_Ryan” had the missing page view data. I am wondering how to determine what data to combine for other individuals with the same names. Is this only an issue if a page move is noted or is there another way to tell when I will need to combine data? I initially thought I could use massviews to get a breakdown of views across all the pages on the disambiguation page. However when I run massviews for “ /info/en/?search=Matthew_Ryan”, the numbers do not add up compared to when I export "Matt Ryan" from the Pageviews analysis. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you Pccj1983 ( talk) 18:20, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
How to add babel boxes as I in our you can do it in wikemedia commons.
thabks GeekyDave ( talk) 18:03, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
How is it that some users create citations with this format <ref name="xyz">[https://www.theurl.com whatever the title is]. ''[[the website]]''. 20 April 2022.</ref> ?
I use a mix of source editor and visual editor but my citations always come out like this <ref name-"xyz">{{Cite web |last=schmoe |first=Joe |date=2022-04-19 |title=the article's title |url=https://www.blahblah.com/help |access-date=2022-04-20 |website=Blah blah |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220420185212/https://www.blahblah.com/help |archive-date=2022-04-20 |language=en-US}}</ref>
I'm curious because I've gone to add archived urls or author information to these citations and ended up rewriting the citation in the format I know because with the first example, I just don't know where I should insert the author name or archive url or other stuff like that. I looked around at the guides on citation tools and couldn't find anything. Didn't look like it's a result of any of the gadgets I could find either (though I think I'm really starting to like ProveIt). Jasonkwe ( talk) ( contribs) 21:49, 18 July 2022 (UTC)
|pages=
, but actually you'd have to check anyway even if they didn't: a new edition generally means changed content (it's just a "reprint" otherwise), and a different edition might not have the text that the other editor found to attributed their content. So either way, you should check. By the way, for finding multiple editions, WorldCat (which sits behind the |oclc=
values) is tops; they're also the go-to solution for finding the nearest library to you that has a certain book:
worldcat.org. (My "closest" library was once 12,000 km away for some really rare item, but at least I knew who had it!) Best,
Mathglot (
talk) 20:37, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
I am trying to change the web address for my Wikipedia entry. My dead name is Adam Fitzgerald, and since my transition my legal name is The Friend. I use they/them pronouns. Someone was able to change the opening page entry but I’m confused how to do more! Thanks!
Adam Fitzgerald 68.132.152.247 ( talk) 20:58, 19 July 2022 (UTC)
Hello, I know there is a place to file formal reports of edit wars, but I am not super familiar with the source editor and am a little pressed for time. So if someone could look at this history you can see two users are having a pretty difficult argument and doing opposing reverts. ForksForks ( talk) 18:04, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
Hi lovely Teahouse people!
I'm confused about Draft:International Beauty Industry Awards, which was draftified after being live in mainspace for a bit. There are dozens of other similar awards, many of which are a lot less notable with far fewer references in Category:Makeup awards. I was given a template on my talk page without any explanations. The current draft looks like it's in publishable form with 17 reliable sources as citations. The draftifier deleted some references which were likely not reliable sources, which is fair enough. I believe it's possible to re-publish this if possible? Geodudegolem ( talk) 20:22, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
Hi everyone, I've recently added a reference on this page Clambake, someone attacked me rather harshly, threatening of blocking me from editing. Claiming that I've created an ad. However this was not my intention at all. I've only noticed that the references on that clambake page were irrelevant to the topic. Especially the first one it doesn't have any content related to clambakes. How's that relevant?
So since the page that I've posted has articles on the traditional New England Clambake including history and locations, I felt this is what a reader would like to see on the Clambake page, something relevant and informative. Please let me know what you guys think, looking forward to hear your thoughts. Tancredileone ( talk) 07:06, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
Hi. I'm in the process of splitting the Earl article by moving some of it to Jarl (title), which currently redirects to Earl. Do I just copy and paste the text to the redirect or is there more I need to do? I have read Wikipedia:Splitting and understand the steps. My question relates more to whether I can simply copy and paste the new article onto the redirect without having to do anything else to the article history that is already at the redirect? I hope this makes sense. Thanks. Ltwin ( talk) 01:54, 22 July 2022 (UTC)
How do you draw sports kits on football clubs/season articles? I've seen a few people on WP:FOOTY talking about "drawing" kits, but I'm not quite sure how it works. If there's a page explaining how to do it, then just send the link and I'll learn it. Crystalpalace6810 ( talk) 20:36, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
I and Lockejava are having a content/article dispute over whether to disambiguate a currently-bloated article which has a section compliant with WP:GNG, WP:V, WP:OR needs to spin-out to a separate standalone article. What is the dispute, you may ask!
There was this page move by Bianca Anne Martins from "Barbie (film series)" to "Barbie (franchise)" and this page move by TheFallenPower from "Barbie (franchise)" to "Barbie (film franchise)". I invoked a successful requested single-page move back to the second title since this article link already covers the topic's main history and this article link talks about the non-media components related to the topic. I guess I will have to move fast before confusion becomes an edit war because the general "Barbie" topic remained dispute-free before 2017.
I have started an RFC so this will soon enough, I've remedied half of this confusion and I'm requesting assistance for a total wipeout of this dispute because I want this topic not to require any page protection. Thanks. Intrisit ( talk) 16:59, 19 July 2022 (UTC)
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How do I revive an old discussion? When I went to respond, the discussion was already archived. Thank you! 73.167.238.120 ( talk) 16:14, 22 July 2022 (UTC)
Attached above is my draft. The reviewer commented that more reliable sources are needed and declined the article. I may need more pointers than that to fix the article. I have drawn most of the sources from famous mainstream sources in China. It is a popular online slogan. Because of the censorship and the nature of Chinese culture that tends to avoid the feminist topic, it is hard to find scholarly articles, and I have done lengthy searches and multiple edits. I am ready to improve the article with more explicit feedback. Wuajp ( talk) 16:48, 22 July 2022 (UTC)
Who are/were the Comptones? 142.196.40.131 ( talk) 16:08, 22 July 2022 (UTC)
Hi , Are sources such as birthdays, weddings, love affairs and congratulations accepted as reliable? PravinGanechari ( talk) 18:55, 22 July 2022 (UTC)
Let's say an article is deleted at AFD. Someone opens a DRV, which is closed as endorse. Two years later, someone finds sources, some of which were not mentioned in the past discussions, which he believes pushes the topic over the GNG bar. Is that user allowed to open a second DRV or is he supposed to do something else? BeanieFan11 ( talk) 20:19, 22 July 2022 (UTC)
I have created a draft page when will it be added to main space? Rejoy2003 ( talk) 22:00, 22 July 2022 (UTC)
Hi, where would be the best place to report an unreliable IP address? I have significant reason to believe that there is one user behind multiple IP addresses editing pages related to zoos and other animal-themed establishments, based on consistent edit summaries and specific editing patterns. I say "unreliable," because I don't know if I can go far enough to call it vandalism. More than likely it is an enthusiastic editor editing in multiple places, assuming good faith. However, the edits always entail unsourced future plans for zoo expansions, and random replacement of featured species with others with no explanation. It's a weird situation, but there are dozens of IP addresses with their respective edits that I am trying to sort through. If someone could just point me in the right direction, that would be great. Until then, I'll be going through their edits and gathering a list of addresses for whom it may concern. TNstingray ( talk) 18:58, 22 July 2022 (UTC)
Hello, I am wondering how I can make my article have more of a neutral point of view. It was recently drafted for sounding promotional and not sounding from a neutral point of view. I have read it over and over and to me, it sounds like it is coming from a neutral point of view. Would you please give me your opinions and tell me what I could change. Draft:Ned Bittinger - Wikipedia thanks Spiggotr6 ( talk) 22:08, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
It's not a problem of language, Spiggotr6, but of verifiability. Consider for example the nugget:
which is attributed to:
Yes, this backs up what's said about Greene and Woodward. It says "His paintings are marked by a fluid style reminiscent of John Singer Sargent": this isn't the same as saying that JSS had an influence, but let's not nitpick. It doesn't even mention Serov or Wyeth. Not all of the book is visible at archive.org; but, with its pricing info, the piece about Bittinger looks very much like an entry in a trade directory. It's unsigned, and I wouldn't be at all surprised if it were written by Bittinger himself. (Googling "american portrait society" brings americanportraitsociety.com, but this smells like a later usurping of the name by a single, unscrupulous practitioner: I wouldn't infer anything about the society from it, other than that if there ever was such a society -- if it wasn't merely a device to sell the directory -- then this no longer exists. It's not obvious that there've been any other editions, earlier or later, of the Directory of American Portrait Artists.) -- Hoary ( talk) 22:20, 22 July 2022 (UTC)
Hi All, I came across https://wiki.alquds.edu/, and don't have the slightest idea what is this. Looks like Wikipedia, but the URL says alquds.edu? This may be a silly question but I am asking as I could not understand it. Jainsh ( talk) 00:39, 22 July 2022 (UTC)
I need to apologize. I swear that yesterday, the link simply redirected back to Wikipedia. However, when I click on it today, it is clearly a full-on mirror site. I personally apologize to Nick Moyes as my response to him was disrespectful. My only saving grace is if someone else remembers that it was different yesterday. SVT Cobra 23:52, 22 July 2022 (UTC)
Hi, I am @ Ku423winz1. Recently I tried to edit a presidential election page and was trying to add the election logo in the template. The parameter was there (not undocumented parameters), but after filling it it shows that the parameter is undocumented. How can I resolve this?? Ku423winz1 ( talk) 12:59, 22 July 2022 (UTC)
Please how can I add pictures to wikipedia that it would just appear at the top right corner. Mine appears very big
Samstringz ( talk) 20:42, 22 July 2022 (UTC)
[[File:Royal Rumble match.jpg|thumb|Royal Rumble match]]
. or:[[File:Royal Rumble match.jpg|thumb|Your caption about the Royal Rumble match can go in here.]]
.Hi, how can I add a member of cast to a film if I can't use IMDB as a source? I'm trying to add "Jase Rivers" as the character John in Winnie-The-Pooh: Blood and Honey. I am Jase Rivers, what am I meant to do? There are a number of other cast members also missing on the page. Having worked on the production, I know the cast list on IMDB is accurate. Thanks.
Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey Madulagone ( talk) 12:36, 22 July 2022 (UTC)
Who can assist in sourcing a biographical wikipedia page for Nelly Sfeir Gonzalez? Xavier Serif ( talk) 21:07, 22 July 2022 (UTC)
Actually, it depends on the award (I haven't checked) but
WP:NACADEMIC is met if The person has received a highly prestigious academic award or honor at a national or international level.
Mike Turnbull (
talk) 22:21, 22 July 2022 (UTC)
I "adopted" this WP:TOOSOON draft the day before its subject released. How do you get the episode table to work (because I'm stupid) and should the premise be in blockquotes as it is from promotional material? Thanks, — VORTEX 3427 ( Talk!) 09:18, 23 July 2022 (UTC)
ho do i make a article 76.122.120.234 ( talk) 13:36, 23 July 2022 (UTC)
When an SPI case is filed, if the case fails, does it affect the user filing the case? PravinGanechari ( talk) 10:53, 23 July 2022 (UTC)
:)
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Tamzin
cetacean needed (she|they|xe) 15:13, 23 July 2022 (UTC)How can I add a new book to an author’s list of previously published books? Sportshippo ( talk) 10:34, 23 July 2022 (UTC)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Jacklin
in case something changes the link for you) then please link the page you refer to. If it is en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Jacklin
then something at your end, maybe advertising software, may be inserting a book list.
PrimeHunter (
talk) 15:17, 23 July 2022 (UTC)I sometimes see editors delete critical messages from their talk page in Special:RecentChanges, and was wondering whether this was allowed. Thanks, — VORTEX 3427 ( Talk!) 13:34, 23 July 2022 (UTC)
It says on the article on Vector Calculus that Heaviside and Gibs invented it. However upon reading electromagnetic theory it is clear that Vectors are derived from Maxwell's equations (and that Heaviside is the sole inventor). Gibs is not known for vector calculus, his major feat is in Thermodynamics. Has anyone read Heaviside and come to the same conclusion? How do I site my sources, when most sources are bias against Heaviside in this regard?
Thanks K00la1dx ( talk) 21:02, 22 July 2022 (UTC)
If these reliable sources are bias [ sic], it means that they are not reliable. That is the definition of primary and ssecondary [ sic] sources.
Hi, I'm a novice at this and could use some reasonable help editing my draft bio. Anyone interested, please contact me with rates. Bobpurvey1 ( talk) 16:33, 23 July 2022 (UTC)
Hi, I am a beginner here, what is the reason for declining my draft...? and any solution here for publishing my article.. Mr appooss ( talk) 16:38, 23 July 2022 (UTC)
Good day, Please I just discovered that the images that I tried adding shows this [[ thumb ]] after publishing. How do I get it out. It has made me get 4 reverts today. Thanks Samstringz ( talk) 20:46, 23 July 2022 (UTC)
Done, I removed the extra text with image so it should be good now. Cmr08 ( talk) 04:45, 24 July 2022 (UTC)
I made several edits to one page, a biographical one, over the last week. All of those edits were incorporated, as of last night. This morning, none of them are present (they are listed on my contributions page, however). What is going on? Mctaguer ( talk) 09:49, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
Sometimes when reviewing a page's edit history, I see someone describing their edit as "rescued # sources" where # is a number. What does rescuing sources mean? Thanks in advance EditMaker Me ( talk) 11:26, 22 July 2022 (UTC)
Specifically this and this. There's another one with way more substantial content. — VORTEX 3427 ( Talk!) 10:58, 24 July 2022 (UTC)
In the article for the punk band Sham 69, there's an orphan [7] under the Singles box, and I can't find it on the Edit page. Can a code jockey help clean that up? Pete Best Beatles ( talk) 03:15, 23 July 2022 (UTC)
<ref name="The Great Rock Discography">{{cite book|first=Martin C.|last=Strong|year=2000|title=The Great Rock Discography|edition=5th|publisher=Mojo Books|location=Edinburgh|page=869|isbn=1-84195-017-3}}</ref>
This is sometimes an indication that it's a reference for the whole table but I don't know whether that's the case here. If it is then we often say "Source: [ref code]"
PrimeHunter (
talk) 03:30, 23 July 2022 (UTC)
Are categories sometimes used to connect topics even if the article isn't strictly a member of the set defined by the category? i.e., Mouthpiece (woodwind) used to be in the category Woodwind instruments, and someone just removed that, with the logic that a woodwind mouthpiece is not a type of woodwind instrument. I thought that categories were sometimes used to group topics even if the article's topic didn't strictly belong to the set defined by the category. - Special-T ( talk) 00:21, 24 July 2022 (UTC)
Is there a place Wikipedians can post and view examples of hilarious or outrageous vandalism? -- Pete Best Beatles ( talk) 03:19, 23 July 2022 (UTC)
I am ready to resubmit the draft on George Ockner. How can I add categories to the page so it may be seen by editors familiar with the subjects in the article? Draft:George Ockner
Thank you in advance.
Ajo47 ( talk) 11:08, 24 July 2022 (UTC)
I've been making some edits to the history of the Minnesota Historical Society and I'm wondering if there are any guidelines on whether history sections should be organized chronologically or topically. I still have a lot of work to do, but I'm curious if I should keep all of the information about constructing the Minnesota Historical Society Building as one section, or if I should split that across multiple sections that are listed chronologically.
I tried to find essays/guidelines on how history sections should be structured, but I haven't had any luck. Is this just an editor's choice type of scenario? Thank you! Ryan Vesey 19:43, 24 July 2022 (UTC)
I am a bit confused here. A page that I worked on and promoted to main space ( Samantha Gorman was just changed into a redirect. The reason given was that the idea to change the page to redirect came up during an AfD discussion on Tender Claws, a video game she worked on (deletion discussion here: [8]). I am confused on two accounts. 1. The AfD about Tender Claws is still open, so why was the related page of Samantha Gorman changed to a redirect? 2. Is it legit to just change the Samantha Gorman page to a redirect without a discussion at Articles for Deletion? DaffodilOcean ( talk) 13:00, 10 July 2022 (UTC)
How to add main picture? Wikitrueupdate ( talk) 21:10, 24 July 2022 (UTC)
I wrote an article about a jewellery company, which produces very unusual jewelry. It was rejected as it was a kind of advertisement. I tried to write as much as possible adhering to the style of Wikipedia. Maybe the problem was in links added... I'm not enough experienced user, it was my first try. Please advise me what is better to delete or to add? Dumenpro ( talk) 20:15, 24 July 2022 (UTC)
united the best jewelers of the country and of the world, giving them the opportunity to realize the most incredible and complicated professional fantasiesand
[t]he mission of the company is to give its customers the opportunity to surprise not only those around them, but also the most knowledgeable connoisseurs of jewelry artare inappropriate for an encyclopedia (it's something I'd expect to see in ad copy).Please also cite your sources in-line within the prose. See Easy referencing for beginners if you need help in that respect. — Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 20:39, 24 July 2022 (UTC)
I wrote an article and it was deleted because of advertisement reasons. It was about a jewelry company which is about 10 years old, uses an ancient japanese technology in its production. Can I ask someone experienced to check the article before to publish it again? Or to help me with publishing it in a right way. Thank you in advance. Dumenpro ( talk) 21:37, 24 July 2022 (UTC)
As many of you know, last year Marton's single Camel by Camel saw a massive boost in popularity after 25 years of obscurity. However, seeing as the reason behind its sudden resurgence is...controversial, this has lead to some editing disputes.
A vast majority of these disputes are brought on by a group of IPs that fit within a similar range (often only differing by the last few digits), and often use the same language (assuming bad faith, saying users are out to damage Marton's image, threatening to block users, etc). Because of this, I presume that these edits are made by a single user who hops IPs.
Recently, I made my own edit to the page in which I attempted to add this info in a civilized, neutral manner. I also made it a point to reference reliable sources to back up my claims. However, this still wasn't enough to keep this user from reverting my edit. Shortly afterwards, I made a case on the talk page as to why its inclusion was warranted, clarifying that my edit was not an attempt at vandalism, and providing counterpoints to their some of their arguments. I urged them to visit the talk page and discuss the matter, but they refuse to do so.
I'm hoping that by discussing this properly, we can possibly reach a consensus. However, this user seems unwilling to discuss it via the article's talk page, and I can't reach out to their talk page because they hop IP's, and as such are unlikely to see any comments left there. What should I do? GBURA ( talk) 21:52, 24 July 2022 (UTC)
I submitted an edit request: [9]. How come there are sources in my edit request? Is my edit request clear enough that someone can follow what I am asking? Thank you! 161.77.227.47 ( talk) 22:55, 24 July 2022 (UTC)
The refusal to use the material submitted was based on the fact that there was copyright infringement (copy and pasted copyright material), but there is no copyright on any of that material that was used ... and what was copied was footnoted regardless. The material used came from the author and it was verified that it was not copyrighted. Can you help direct me? DPMGregg ( talk) 23:02, 24 July 2022 (UTC)
I don't have much information but if efn should be used on subpages? TheresDifferentTime ( Talk) 00:31, 25 July 2022 (UTC)
Um... help. Can somebody who knows what interlinear glossing actually is please check my most recent edit at Tokelauan language and see what I've done wrong? I tried to restore a sentence and a half which seems to have accidentally been deleted a while back and it seems something must have changed in the coding, because a warning was shown (but didn't prevent me from saving the edit) saying there was an error in the 'interlinear glossing', about which I know nothing. Thank you in advance. Daveosaurus ( talk) 10:24, 24 July 2022 (UTC)
How do I submit photo images for existing articles 166.205.209.28 ( talk) 04:15, 23 July 2022 (UTC)
Considering that the images are hosted at one venue since 2014 and another since 2019 (additionally with Photobucket at an unknown date) and per my comment above that images should not have been previously published without a release licence, I strongly suspect that this will prevent uploading to Wikimedia Commons for free re-use by anyone. I have opened an enquiry there and will update after response. Commons is entirely separate to En-language Wikipedia. Thanks.-- Rocknrollmancer ( talk) 22:45, 24 July 2022 (UTC)
Hello, I am wondering if someone could review my draft Draft:Ingrasys Technology to see if it is good to go for acceptance? I have added some reliable sources, and am not sure if the article is written like from a neutral point of view? Thank you. Sharonabc19 ( talk) 08:18, 25 July 2022 (UTC)
Is the placement of the {{POV}} and {{accuracy}} templates on Template:Twin towns justified? It is just a template and the question about the method of division was answered in the discussion. The placement of these tags seems to me to be unreasonable and only a disproportionate way to lure into the discussion. Some user already removed it and then me, but a user keeps returning it and I don't know how to behave now. FromCzech ( talk) 05:31, 22 July 2022 (UTC)
Dear Someone Helpful,
My son was recently asked by his geology professor to help him create a Wikipedia article about armored mud balls, which he just learned was deleted. His professor, Dr. Richard Little, had had his own entry on the subject deleted previously due to alleged "copyright violations" for citing his own work! So, my son, who is 18, tried to write an article for Dr. Little citing his work.
As a note on the topic, *armored mud balls* are a unique type of sedimentary structure of interest to anyone interested in geology and other earth sciences. Dr. Little, of Easthampton, Massachusetts, has discovered the most well-preserved armored mud balls in the world, located in Western Massachusetts. This scientific, geological information is worthy of its own article, and an expert on it has tried unsuccessfully to create the article. We need some help to remedy this situation and get the article accepted.
Not only is the subject of general educational value, but there is a need to educate the public about the campaign to preserve these high quality geological features due to their getting wrecked by parking lots and other types of construction. Please advise us as to how to get this article established in Wikipedia. It was clearly an error to think that Dr. Richard Little had infringed on his own copyright. Thank you so much in advance for your help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.193.165.51 ( talk • contribs) 17:57, July 23, 2022 (UTC)
The contents of this site are licensed under a CC BY-SA 3.0 license < https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/>. Or you can donate it using these instructions. I cannot view the article but maybe somebody suspected that the person who pasted the text was not the copyright owner.
i notice an old band i like is not on the list.they have had hits in the past. called DEAD END KIDS.can they be added? 88.110.125.65 ( talk) 08:22, 25 July 2022 (UTC)
This page is about an Educator, Draft:Hussein_M._Abdelfatah as it appears from Google knowledge panel: https://g.co/kgs/dFu5qd Resources from trusted national journals and international scientific databases were used/cited!
Please help to get it published Thanks Marof2022 ( talk) 10:42, 25 July 2022 (UTC)
The town where I live is not included in the list of Towns of Costa del Sol. How do I do it EunisR ( talk) 12:01, 25 July 2022 (UTC)
Hi - So I know there are two ways to add a picture - either finding one from Wikimedia or using a free image online. However, if one can't find the image through either way, what is the process for using a copyright image? Or if there is a policy/ content guidelines page on this, please do share! Thanks! Whitestar12 ( talk) 12:40, 25 July 2022 (UTC)
Hi there,
I just started writting my first draft today but it has been rejected.
Most of the thing i say in this article comes from personal knowledge and the article has been rejected du to lack of reference (which is understandable).
Do you have any ideas how can i publish such an article with personal knowledge ?
All the best,
Vincent-vst
Vincent-vst ( talk) 09:02, 25 July 2022 (UTC)
Hi house, need a reviewer suggestions on this newly created page Tolani Baj, I'm open to learn more and make wikipedia a great place. Thanks! Celeboyz ( talk) 08:21, 25 July 2022 (UTC)
The owner of the photo duly completed authorization form and we have been requested to submit a copy of the above URL to assist the Volunteer Resonse Team in finding it. Baile Atha Cliathach ( talk) 14:00, 25 July 2022 (UTC)
There is a listing on Wikipedia for a woman named "Nadya Suleman." When her name is Googled the Wikipedia response shows her as a "pornographic actor" but she has never done porn, indeed she refused to do it. I can't find said text string for that headline and would appreciate help in changing it to "actress." Robert Bruner ( talk) 13:59, 25 July 2022 (UTC)
I'd like to submit an American Outdoors Footwear Company to /info/en/?search=Category:Shoe_brands , is there a community of editors who handle this page in which I can recommend and submit Footwear Brands?
VIVID Footwear https://vividfootwear.com/ 144.129.192.22 ( talk) 15:42, 25 July 2022 (UTC)
Hello, This is me first time posting here, so please let me know if this is the correct place to ask this question. (Before deleting)
Recently someone added some information about a living person's political views and all but one statement from the edit is based on a single source. I tried to open the citation link but the article can only be read by those who are subscribers with an active membership.
How can I verify the information? I tried to search on Google but couldn't find any other articles supporting that edit or making similar claims. I asked for another source from the person who edited wiki article, which can be read by anyone even without membership but the person who added that couldn't provide it. Should I ask again or simply ignore it by believing the person who made the edit? They may or may not have the subscription and the article may or may not have proofs regarding the living person's political position?
Thanks! FofS&E ( talk) 17:14, 25 July 2022 (UTC)
Thank you for replying, since the person who edited the WP article has over 40k edits to his name, I'm willing to believe his edit assuming good faith. But, the edit attributed 5 things to the living person's political view/position and only 1/5 of the views have perfect citation and the remaining 4 views have no citation or are dependent on paywall article from a generally reliable source.
Afaik, teahouse is for general queries, I didn't want to insult the contributor by naming the article or the contributor's name. But since you've said that I can "give the information here for experienced Teahouse hosts to consider", I'm sharing the WP page :-
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Droupadi_Murmu
The edit of Political Position was made by Mr. Venkat.
The edits made by me are:- 3:49 25th July, 3:52 25th July, 15:55 25th July.
The edits made by Venkat are:- 8:39 25th July and 16:28 25th July.
Another user named Juxlos edited on 5:21 25th July, where they removed these edits made by Venkat as they couldn't find any backup source to believe primary paywall source.
Thanks again!!
How can I give information to the page? 2600:4040:106B:9700:448:3C28:D12D:3658 ( talk) 16:46, 25 July 2022 (UTC)
Hello! I'm Katrina, here on behalf of the Ion to suggest some improvements to the Wikipedia article about the innovation district. I'm submitting requests at Talk:Ion District instead of editing the article myself, in order to comply with conflict of interest rules.
There are many problems with the current Wikipedia article. The text relies heavily on press releases, company websites, government documents, and Rice University's student newspaper over secondary journalistic sources. The article also seems skewed, focusing on the community benefits agreement and funding more than the campus and facilities. There is also some incorrect text and outdated information. For these reasons, I've worked to draft a much improved article, which I've saved here for editors to review: User:KB Ion/Ion District.
My first request to replace the "Campus" section with the proposed "Description" section was fulfilled rather quickly, and I've also been successful at getting the page moved, but I'm struggling to get feedback on my proposed replacement for the History section. Can someone please confirm if I've submitted the request correctly, or are any editors here willing to review what I've proposed and update the article appropriately?
Thanks! KB Ion ( talk) 19:25, 25 July 2022 (UTC)
If an article mistakenly submitted the draft for review! Neu84321( talk) 20:26, 25 July 2022 (UTC)
How can someone in the US request to have a Wikipedia account created for them if the only Internet connection they have is a LTE cellular one that is usually unfairly blocked due to it's IPs constantly changing? Hgh1985 ( talk) 22:56, 25 July 2022 (UTC)
Wiki experts, I am working on proposing one of our local entrepreneurs and authors to be have a wiki page. Hovewer, I want to ask your opining on if information we have on him is sufficient for creating a page. Do you mind looking at what we have? I can either put content here or give a link for google drive. Dolgank ( talk) 23:49, 25 July 2022 (UTC)
I have content ready for a biography of a close friend but unsure how to proceed. I have based the content on a similar page but unsure how to achieve same look. /info/en/?search=Richard_Harvey Is there a template for biography's? Semico1 ( talk) 22:13, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
I moved my finished draft about the Danish-American architect Knud Lonberg-Holm, from Draft to Wikipidea - where do I find it now? Täckman ( talk) 16:52, 25 July 2022 (UTC)
Is it possible to, for example, search for articles that link to Template:Quote box, then filter the results to only those articles with a certain word in the article body (e.g. "film")? I'm trying to see if there's a way the transclusion of that template at Nope (film) can be made consistent with other appearances (if any). sporeball ( talk) 00:12, 26 July 2022 (UTC)
hastemplate:"Quote box"
in the search box and combine it with other search terms. See
Help:Searching#hastemplate:.
PrimeHunter (
talk) 00:48, 26 July 2022 (UTC)
Hello,
I have just finished moving a draft " Angela Jacobs" to artcle space but the link from " Deaths in 2022 (July 19) to the artcle is red. However when I click the link, it does bring up the article Angela Jacobs. What has gone wrong? Thank you. Andymcteddybear ( talk) 12:29, 26 July 2022 (UTC)
Hello! I'm sorry for the trouble. 53 days ago i created an article about the musicican: /info/en/?search=Draft:Otnicka Previously someone had already tried to create it, i found it in the deleted ones (due to the statute of limitations) and completely rewrote it. Can i kindly ask someone more experienced to rate this article? Thank you so much! JimmyTudessky ( talk) 14:44, 26 July 2022 (UTC)
Hi , If any user has requested to create a page, should the request be accepted or not? Currently I have received a request but I should not have any problem for SPI Case so I am asking this question. [11] PravinGanechari ( talk) 12:45, 26 July 2022 (UTC)
Hey there,
I hope you all are having a wonderful day. I was wondering if anyone knows if this: https://www.whalingmuseum.org/old-dartmouth-historical-society-sketches/ counts as a reliable source. I'm considering creating a page for Old Dartmouth and was looking around for sources.
Thanks so so much, AdmiralAckbar1977 ( talk) 18:39, 26 July 2022 (UTC)
The page "Common scold" states at the top of the article: "For the act of scolding, see punishment." But the Punishment page does not include the words scold or scolding. Hunzu ( talk) 13:54, 26 July 2022 (UTC)
i wrote an article about Ethiopian Islamic Affairs Supreme Council long time ago but it's still not published Abdrezak Muhdin ( talk) 18:42, 26 July 2022 (UTC)
Hello, I am in the process of improving this article: Angela Jacobs. Does winning several awards as a TV reporter and anchor count towards notability? Thank you in advance. Andymcteddybear ( talk) 20:41, 26 July 2022 (UTC)
I have the NSX-K580 unit it will not turn on 2601:983:301:ECA0:80F:3CC3:BF6C:B30A ( talk) 18:08, 25 July 2022 (UTC)
A Visual Editor reply would be best, thanks.
Hi - I am very new here so please forgive any silly questions. The subject of my Wikipedia bio is well established in the music and film industries. The musicians he has managed are well-known to music fans worldwide, and several of them have won Grammys. He has served as music supervisor for movies that have been seen by millions of people. But he is something of a behind-the-scenes guy, so there isn't a heck of a lot about him in the press, as opposed to plenty about his clients. I am confused: Does someone qualify for a Wikipedia article because of their accomplishments, or because of press coverage of those accomplishments? I am obviously taking the wrong approach on writing this bio because I received this message regarding the rejection of my article: "This submission's references do not show that the subject
qualifies for a Wikipedia article—that is, they do not show significant coverage (not just passing mentions) about the subject in published,
reliable,
secondary sources that are
independent of the subject (see the
guidelines on the notability of music-related topics). Before any resubmission, additional references meeting these criteria should be added (see
technical help and learn about
mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue). If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia."
I would welcome any and all guidance on this topic and THANK YOU for the opportunity to ask a question in this forum. It's very helpful. Thank you!
Commodore1980 (
talk) 19:36, 26 July 2022 (UTC)
The summary of music manager Mathew Katz is incorrect. He was described as the major influence of the San Francisco’s music scene of the 1960s. Mathew Katz ‘managed’ Jefferson Airplane and Moby Grape. He applied for an artist managers license which was denied by the California labor department in 1965. 2601:282:8080:60C0:741C:3C3F:A684:D4D1 ( talk) 07:55, 27 July 2022 (UTC)
Often in my watchlist I want to just mark a single item "read". Do we have a tool that allows this? Currently I have to open the page (that I don't intend to read), then close it, then refresh my watchlist. That's a pain. Is there an easier way? NewsAndEventsGuy ( talk) 21:59, 26 July 2022 (UTC)
the external links under this subject gives wrong sites (china) 2A02:A46A:EF54:1:2D8F:F47:6C65:BB04 ( talk) 07:58, 27 July 2022 (UTC)
I've tried to move (or rename) the present article entitled 'Conchita Wurst' to a new title - 'Tom Neuwirth'. The reason for the move is that the article is essentially about the performer Tom Neuwirth and not his 'Conchita Wurst' stage personna. I have explained the article talk page that although personnas can have articles (e.g. 'Alan Partridge'), this page is not simply about that personna but is much more widely about Neuwirth, who also performs as himself. I've received a response saying that the page cannot be moved because name I have chosen is not valid (Tom Neuwirth is not otherwise the title of an article). Could someone more experienced possibly explain why i can't move the article? All the best, and thanks in advance. Emmentalist ( talk) 11:51, 27 July 2022 (UTC) Emmentalist ( talk) 11:51, 27 July 2022 (UTC)
I just added a sentence with a footnote to Paul Engelmann. The entry has no other footnotes, and the new one seems to be in an odd place. Would someone please take a look at it and fix it if possible? Maurice Magnus ( talk) 01:58, 27 July 2022 (UTC)
You raise a good question about Engelmann, but I don't know the answer. I know of his existence solely through his connection with Wittgenstein. Maurice Magnus ( talk) 11:12, 27 July 2022 (UTC) When you say "they need to be embedded in the text in reference format," do you mean as footnotes? Maurice Magnus ( talk) 12:03, 27 July 2022 (UTC)
Hi! I made a mess on this draft page, while I was trying to reorganize it and I don't know how to fix the discography section and separate the following sections from each other. Bloomingbyungchan ( talk) 09:55, 27 July 2022 (UTC)
Done. Hi Bloomingbyungchan, there was just a small mistake in the closing brackets for one of the sections. Since it wasn't closed, all the sections after it appeared together. Is this the error you wanted help with? Cmr08 ( talk) 10:59, 27 July 2022 (UTC)
Hey, somehow by mistake I removed submit button from my draft. How to get it back Useless3078 ( talk) 13:54, 27 July 2022 (UTC)
Hello,
My team has worked to get an jazz artist added to wikipedia to no avail. Is there someone directly that can help me add this artist? 129.137.96.7 ( talk) 15:10, 27 July 2022 (UTC)
Hi Teahouse, I need reviewers who are willing to review my revised versions of these two newly drafted pages Draft:Eureka_Scientific and Draft:White Dwarf Research Corporation. I have added some reliable references. Thanks! Ad65718 ( talk) 20:08, 25 July 2022 (UTC)
Ingenuity Ingenuity. talk(); For your information, Theroadislong finished his/her talk with 112.206.242.198 ( User_talk:112.206.242.198) on 20:16, 25 July 2022 (UTC), then finished his/her review of Draft:Eureka_Scientific on 20:19, 25 July 2022 (UTC), which means just 3 minutes, which is the time he/she took to write her/his comments. You can check here: https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Special:Contributions/Theroadislong&offset=20220726071241&target=Theroadislong
For your information, Slywriter finished his/her talk with Benjamin Chiles ( Talk:Benjamin Chiles) on 20:32, 25 July 2022, and start making comment in Draft:Eureka_Scientific on 20:49, 25 July 2022, which means 17 minutes, but she/he finished on 20:52, 25 July 2022 (UTC), then finished Draft:White Dwarf Research Corporation on 20:54, 25 July 2022 (UTC), just 2 minutes between Draft:Eureka_Scientific and Draft:White Dwarf Research Corporation, which is the time he/she took to write her/his comments. You can check here: https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Special:Contributions/Slywriter&offset=20220725225033&target=Slywriter — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ad65718 ( talk • contribs) 00:29, 27 July 2022 (UTC)
Note: Ad65718 has been indefinitely blocked and had talk page access revoked for disruptive editing. — Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 15:27, 27 July 2022 (UTC)
References
Articles that were deleted after AfD and recreated again, will it nominate again for deletion or not? SeanJ 2007 ( talk) 07:42, 27 July 2022 (UTC)
For the first time, I want to request that articles (2) be renamed. (I've seen this discussed many times, but didn't take notes because it didn't apply to me at the time.) Can someone please provide links to the page(s) that describe this process? Also, it's called "moving", not "renaming", right? Thanks in advance. -- Pete Best Beatles ( talk) 23:40, 27 July 2022 (UTC)
I don't know if it is a glitch or something, but today for at least 3-4 times in the last half hour I have been logged out of my Wikipedia account despite never pressing the "log out" button. It has happened 3 of those times after I had finished making an edit. Inter&anthro ( talk) 23:52, 27 July 2022 (UTC)
Hi- I have a friend, Raynard Jackson, who has a page here- which he doesn't know who started, and has been edited down to just a handul of link. He asked me to help him figure out- who wrote the page, who edited the page and if we can restore the content that was once there. I am a journalist, but I am not familiar with how this site works, or where to start to help him.
I am newbie- can anyone help me out. KariDonovan@ Protonmail.com Thank you! Kari Donovan
/info/en/?search=Raynard_Jackson 76.216.17.96 ( talk) 18:12, 27 July 2022 (UTC)
Hey everyone, I keep on updating my submission but it has been betting declined, it would be great if I could get a hand with the submission. Thank you in advance! Zia SAD ( talk) 01:21, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
Hello I am trying to create a wikipedia page for Joel Isyaq EaglesFocus ( talk) 02:14, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
Hello,
My team has tried to add an artist to wikipedia but have not been successful. Can someone assist me on next steps to get this artist added. Thank you! Baileydt ( talk) 15:14, 27 July 2022 (UTC)
My band Black Tie Dynasty has a wikipedia page and it states that we are no longer an active band. I would like to correct that and provide additional context into what the group is doing currently and a change in lineup with respect to our new drummer. Is this something I can do myself? Cwat1980 ( talk) 15:59, 27 July 2022 (UTC)
Hello,
I have written an article upon a French hoax named La lettre de Mathilde Lefebvre ( /info/en/?search=Draft:Letter_from_Mathilde_Lefebvre). I have already submitted my draft and my draft has been declined one time, because This article's tone or style may not reflect the encyclopedic tone used on Wikipedia. I tried to change several phrases in the article, but I don't know if it's enough. I have put new sources.
Please, can you tell me if my draft is right ?
Thanks, Jeanne Angerie Jeanne Angerie ( talk) 16:28, 27 July 2022 (UTC)
@ graham 87 compiled four articles citing my book "A Dog Called Blue" (2003). My recently released book "A Dog for the Job" (2022) shows much of "A Dog Called Blue" to be incorrect. The Wiki articles are therefore incorrect. Graham 87 may wish to correct his articles - blocked until 2025. Too complicate an exercise for me or suggest someone who will. I can write the revisions but not upload to Wiki. Australian Cattle Dog Australian Stumpy Tail Cattle Dog Nrc999 ( talk) 03:27, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
The Wikipedia:Questions page guides wikipedia users about commenting on or asking a question about an article's content. I quote from the page (punctuation errors are not my own):
"Each article has its own talk page to ask questions or make constructive comments regarding its content, when you're viewing the article, just click on the Talk tab at the top of the page. Bear in mind, however, that Wikipedia is not a forum for discussion about the topics of articles – comments should be limited to the article's content."
First of all, if you're signed in to your Wikipedia account and are reading an article there are 2 "Talk" options, 1 Talk tab for the article (upper left) and 1 Talk link for your personal Talk page (upper right). The above instructions would be a lot more clear if they pointed this out and guided users to the correct Talk option (the tab I think).
Secondly, when I click on the correct Talk tab for the article I see no way to ask a question. I see 3 main sections:
1. This article is of interest to the following WikiProjects:
2. Contents list (not the contents of the article itself but the contents of the Talk page, which are related to but do not align directly with the content of the article.)
3. Individual Contents, each of which has an Edit Source option.
I don't see an option to ask a question. It's probably pretty obvious but I can't seem to find it. I apologize if my inquiry seems trivial or elementary or both.
Thank you for your help, time, and patience.
BiquidLoy Biquidloy ( talk) 06:25, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
Hi, I got no reply and it got archived, can someone please help? the editor asked 3 sourced and I supplied but no reply since then... I assume I need to resubmit the draft but would love an answer so it will work and approve. Thanks! -- Polysaccharides ( talk) 07:23, 28 July 2022 (UTC) Polysaccharides ( talk) 07:23, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
Every time I try to leave a reply in AfD discussions a colon appears in the code. Even if I switch to code view and make sure it is not there, it still appears when I leave my reply, and it causes my reply to be out of line with all the other replies.
I would just edit the whole document manually in the Wikicode, but this is tedious as it would require manually entering my user name and the time and date.
What am I doing wrong? Currently I am just clicking "reply" on the original proposal to delete. Where am I supposed to click to leave a reply that doesn't look like I am replying to one of the other repliers?
Thanks. Chagropango ( talk) 07:03, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
How do I get this article Draft:Jeriq published. Please i need your help. Fabregado ( talk) 21:50, 27 July 2022 (UTC)
The wikipedia page for The Palmer Report is linked to other wiki pages. None of the links I click on mention the facts in the main article. Is this kosher? LizLI2 ( talk) 18:16, 27 July 2022 (UTC)
How do i start new template 2600:1700:6180:6290:9513:4BFE:DEB0:3626 ( talk) 00:18, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
When inserting a space in front of a paragraph a quotation template gets used that doesn't get listed under the list of "Pages transcluded onto the current version of this page:" when editing, what's the name of this template? I cant find any mention of it in WP:Manual of Style. The what I think is a deliberate use of them in this article Recall (memory) is making me question whether these aren't just typing errors. NinuKinuski ( talk) 13:27, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
Hi there, working on Draft:Peter Kapschutschenko. Is an obituary from the Philadelphia inquirer an acceptable source? I have several other sources with the same info but the obit has a concise list of accomplishments. Many thanks! Djarmacost ( talk) 15:13, 27 July 2022 (UTC)
I am trying to make some Wikipedia pages for our national champions can someone assist me, as I already have done the draft but would like some feedback NMUGOGRECO ( talk) 12:30, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
Hello, fellow Wikipedians. I have a question regarding source/citation. Can a Wikipedia article be used as a source for an edit on another related article?
Thanks for the responder in advance, Bye. FofS&E ( talk) 17:16, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
References
Greetings. I'm attempting to understand a draft rejection for an individual ( /info/en/?search=Draft:Marcia_Griffin) who clearly meets this criteria: "The person has made a widely recognized contribution that is part of the enduring historical record in a specific field."
Griffin is a nationally recognized minority housing expert who has been invited to testify in front of Congress multiple times during national crises (2008 housing collapse and COVID, notably). Her testimony can be viewed directly via citations in the draft. These are not interviews or entertainment segments, they are sworn testimony in front of Congressional housing committees. Does this not meet "enduring historical record" criteria? Surely, housing crises, particularly involving underserved communities, is a substantial part of American history. Can anyone please explain how this is not so?? Thanks in advance. Danceswithedits ( talk) 00:38, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
Hello, my article Draft:Ingrasys Technology just got declined because it read as an advertisement. The reviewer asked me to disclose paid editing, but I actually do not get paid for that. I wanna rewrite the article, but I am not sure which part of the article goes wrong. Is it the sources I used or something else...I am really not sure. I would be really appreciated if any reviewer could give me some suggestions. Thank you. Sharonabc19 ( talk) 00:50, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
is written from the viewpoint of the company, focusing on what the company says about itself. Wikipedia is not interested in what the subject of an article says or wants to say about themselves, or what their associates say about them. Wikipedia is only interested in what people who have no connection with the subject, and who have not been prompted or fed information on behalf of the subject, have chosen to publish about the subject in reliable sources. ColinFine ( talk) 17:36, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
Hi Tea-timers, I think I will be unable to complete my Wiki page until there is further references available to create links to. Some years ago, I completed a novel, the inspiration behind it is Loftus Hall Choosing to include a link that any interested parties might follow on this page, I thought to create a Wiki page that gives a brief overview of the book, linking characters and locations to various other wiki pages. However, the page was declined as it did not contain secondary sources. This is something I may not be able to add, which is fine. But if there is a method I could employ, I'd be very happy to know it. Be well. Stephen Sforaw ( talk) 15:25, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
I wish to unweasel this page. https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Deep_Adaptation&type=revision&diff=1097164731&oldid=1092327105. With respect to The Legend of Miyamoto, I believe that the use of "several scientists" is not weasel since several news articles are cited and five scientists are named in the same paragraph. I would like to undo "weasel" as the cleanest and most expedient remedy but don't want to offend. Your suggestions? Artemisia-californica ( talk) 16:38, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
Hello -
I recently joined Wikipedia after reading interesting information on the Schneider Kreuznach camera lens reference pages. I have several Schneider Kreuznach lenses and noted that there were some types not listed on Wikipedia. I used the editor to add new information and one image which I obtained permission from the owner to use on Wikipedia. Immediately after adding the additional lens information and the image, this information was visible on the Wikipedia Schneider Kreuznach page. I just now made a minor edit and when I submitted it, I found that all of the information and image I had added over the past 3 days was gone. Did I do something wrong? I did not receive an email from Wikipedia indicating there was a problem.
Thanks very much,
Mike Dr Michael Ray Murphy ( talk) 15:25, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
Are there any text editors that understand wiki code and allow one to draft, save, and preview, a new wiki article off wiki? How about offline ? I've tried to read through Help:Text editor support, and being a nontechie my head is swimming. Thanks NewsAndEventsGuy ( talk) 11:08, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
thanks all, that's about what thought. NewsAndEventsGuy ( talk) 20:20, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
Exactly what it says on the tin, Of course I'm not complaining, I've always been a big fan of logos/symbols/warnings/bans so another symbol is great to have. (And of course, I didn't get banned to see it, i just went on the template index, I love Wikipedia and would never try to hurt or harm it.) 68.41.231.207 ( talk) 09:27, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
{{
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traces back to 2004 and has always been a standalone template, while {{
blocked}}
serves as the "master" template for most other blocking templates and uses the X-/clock image by default.
Victor Schmidt mobil (
talk) 18:11, 28 July 2022 (UTC)Dear Editors, I have been trying to create a page for prominent yemeni journalist Naseh Shaker but since I am not a confirmed editor, I have not been able to create a page.
I have all sources and links for him if you can help. Abdullah Ahmed Shakir ( talk) 22:35, 24 July 2022 (UTC)
Here is an in-depth article about Naseh Shaker from International Journalists' Network:
https://ijnet.org/fr/node/7183 — Preceding
unsigned comment added by
Abdullah Ahmed Shakir (
talk •
contribs) 19:02, 26 July 2022 (UTC)
Are there tools to check how many times a word has been used by a user? PravinGanechari ( talk) 16:18, 25 July 2022 (UTC)
FLAX: /info/en/?search=Flax
A research paper found Flax may cause liver enzyme changes that can affect certain drug levels due to increased CYP2C9 and CYP3A4 expression. 70.30.41.148 ( talk) 06:48, 24 July 2022 (UTC)
I have found that in this article: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LiveWire_(motorcycle) the 1st link leads to an empty page. I don't have any other supporting pages for the data sourced from this perhaps once working site.
My question is - can I somehow mark this as a faulty link so other editors could see it? Aha? OK! Hmm? Mh! Ee? Aaa! ( talk) 00:15, 29 July 2022 (UTC)
Apologies for bothering by asking questions. There are three different links just tell me are there different users creating this page or same.
PravinGanechari don't worry, your questions are welcome here. Feel free to follow up on previous discussion above, or ask further, if you still need information. Mathglot ( talk) 02:05, 29 July 2022 (UTC)
Hi all, I am newer to Wikipedia in the sense that my edits to pages tend to be rather basic and brief. I am wanting to follow WP:BOLD and create an article on something I personally believe would be notable.
However, the page has been created and deleted multiple times, the last delete happening in 2008 with the protections having expired in 2011. I am of the belief that at the time of deletion the subject in question lacked notability, but over time has gained that notability.
The page in question is SheezyArt. The things I believe make the subject notable since the time of article deletion is the fact that it spawned the YouTube Poop format (article created 2013), has been cited as the reason Fur Affinity was created (another site I'd argue as being notable despite the current page being a redirect to the Furry Fandom page), has had multiple notable creators within its community such as the Eddsworld team, Arin Hanson, Zach Hadel, Kira Buckland, and more, and spawned a short-lived revival project last year seeing that the original site has been on permanent hiatus since 2013.
Assuming the fact that I am able to get reliable, verifiable, and independent sources, would my reasoning above be enough for the article subject to at least be WP:SIGNIF if not WP:N? I have read the notability guidelines and am aware I need to be cautious of the idea of "inherited notability", and am fighting with myself as to whether or not that would apply here with my point on notable users.
Thanks in advance, appreciate the idea of a Teahouse space as a whole. Binzy Boi ( talk) 18:27, 26 July 2022 (UTC)
I would like to see a Translation of Latin to English in justice department seal. Can anyone translate it? 69.121.155.231 ( talk) 00:21, 27 July 2022 (UTC)
I would like to automatically highlight text while editing, such that I can input one (or more) search terms and it will automatically search every single page I edit. Does anyone know of a Google Chrome or Wikipedia extension that will do this? (Note, I already tried "Highlight This", and it does not let me search in the editing field—which is what I need—even when I select "Highlight in editable fields.") TheGEICOgecko ( talk) 01:16, 27 July 2022 (UTC)
Why has the search bar on desktop mode gone really small. I don’t like it. Change it back please. Katie Richardsonn ( talk) 22:48, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
Kindly help and rectify this issue 117.251.22.81 ( talk) 04:38, 29 July 2022 (UTC)
I am a lawyer who is editing the page of Professor Norman fenton because claims on it by Wikipedia user: Alexbrn on that page are incorrect and defamatory.
Specifically Alexbrn has made claims that Fenton was an author on a document by the HART group. this is not correct and Alexbrn has NOT provided links to the document, I believe, because he knows it does NOT list Fenton as an author or contributor or editor.
I have correctly provided links to the document and to the updated mainstream journalist article by Tom Whipple where my firm made the Times retract and revise Whipple's article to remove the claim that Fenton was an author (the original false claim being presumably why Alexbrn made the change on wikipedia in the first place).
Can someone please assist to ensure that my corrected statement (with its citations) is retained and that Alexbrn cannot continue to falsely claim Fenton is an author on the HART document
Thanks Holomatrix ( talk) 19:43, 27 July 2022 (UTC)
Holomatrix Wikipedia requires that discussions on disputed content take place on the Talk page of articles rather than in the body of the articles. Second, dispute content without attacking other editors. Third, yes, you do have a conflict of interest ( WP:COI), because you state that your law firm was connected to the Whipple retraction. No one else has a COI. Fourth, blogs are not reliable source references. Hence, your content reverted by three editors, all of whom have a long history of contributing to Wikipedia content. David notMD ( talk) 11:21, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
Hi,
I am trying to make an addition on this page. I am trying to add another appearance at "Coke Studio" for Rahat Fateh Ali Khan under the section of Musical Shows, Coke Studio. At first, the edit was reverted because I added an external link in my edit which went against the wikipedia copyright policy. However, later I removed that link and yet the edit still got reverted, this time because I had not provided a reliable source.
What I want to know is what exactly would qualify as a reliable source. Also, not every fact on the page has been backed up by a source. Why does my edit need a source when the links I provide satisfy the authenticity requirements?
I would like a reply specific to the VisualEditor. COLABSPK ( talk) 07:30, 29 July 2022 (UTC)
I want to request a page move can some help i tryed doing it but it was reverted by a bot the page is List of unproduced X-Men film series projects and I think the page should be called List of unproduced 20th Century Fox marvel projects for reasons I will explain on that page 92.236.253.249 ( talk) 10:48, 29 July 2022 (UTC)
At Digoxin#Digoxin_and_cancer there is a section "in vitro anti-proliferate effects of digoxin" which contains a very close paraphrase of the abstract of a source it cites. For example, our text says "In summary, data of this cohort study for digoxin treatment for HF patients was combined with a cell-based strategy that addresses the translation issue, which revealed the complexity of personalized medicine" while the cited source says "In summary, we combined a cohort study for digoxin treatment for HF patients with a cell-based strategy that addresses the translation issue, which revealed the complexity of personalized medicine". This isn't just one isolated sentence, half the paragraph is similarly close. In fact, it was preceded by a near-identical paragraph citing the same source, which I've removed.
The source is CC-by-3.0, so it's actually okay to copy the text like this, provided the source is acknowledged. Is a Wikipedia citation sufficient to acknowledge that the source has been copied so closely? Personally, I don't think it's enough; our citations mean the facts are verified by the source, not that the source-author actually wrote the text we use (otherwise we couldn't cite copyrighted publications). I'm sure we ought to be doing something else to indicate that this text was (nearly) lifted from the original author's writing. What should be done in cases like this?
(I'm interested in the general answer of what should be done; in this particular case I am not convinced that inclusion of this much detail from one primary source is appropriate for an encyclopaedia; our role ought to be to summarise the overall picture, reflecting secondary sources. If we're going to make articles that are just glue-togethers of the abstracts of primary literature we're attempting the job of secondary review literature, but doing it badly, because we're not able to comment and guide the reader as a secondary review should. The problem is very clear in this example: what on earth is our reader supposed to get from being told that this study reveals the complexity of personalized medicine?? That's got nothing to do with digoxin, and is probably scientist-speak for "the results are a bit contradictory and hard to interpret, so instead of interpreting them, we're going to persuade you that it's really exciting that they cannot be interpreted...") Elemimele ( talk) 12:52, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
Good Evening, id like to update the article on the TGR ZA class locomotive. I have all the correct stats and info from builders numbers to engine stats. I am the sole member who preserved ZA 1 mentioned on the page Muff558 ( talk) 09:10, 29 July 2022 (UTC)
Hi Teahouse, I am new to wikipedia and I began with editing a living person's biography Ram Sewak Sharma. I do not know the person personally but could research and identify some missing information. However, my changes were reversed. While I am trying to address the issue, I am happy to learn more about how to edit wikipedia articles. I hope to contribute to wikipedia by making value additions and improving articles. Pr1311 ( talk) 11:40, 29 July 2022 (UTC)
It has taken me a 24 days to check the list of reliable sources. I think the page review editor still doesn't know anything about the source, so tell them the list below is from the The Times Group.
ET Now Swadesh PravinGanechari ( talk) 18:51, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
The Times of India is considered to have a reliability between no consensus and generally unreliable. Even if it were regarded as generally reliable, that would say very little about the reliability of other papers which happen to have the same ownership. In any case, presenting us with a bald list of newspapers here on the Teahouse serves no purpose whatever - even if you had bothered to tell us which article this is in relation to - because reliability is of a source is determined not in the abstract, but in relation to specific information which is to be attributed to it. IN any case, WP:RSN is the place to discuss reliability of specific sources. ColinFine ( talk) 20:11, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
Guidelines on sources[14] PravinGanechari ( talk) 10:00, 29 July 2022 (UTC)
[[WP:WikiProject Film/Indian cinema task force#Guidelines on sources]]
, which displays as
WP:WikiProject Film/Indian cinema task force#Guidelines on sources, and links straight to the section rather than leaving me trying to guess where on the page I should be looking.
ColinFine (
talk) 12:28, 29 July 2022 (UTC)
After this new film Khadak, actor Has lead roles in two notable films and hence actor becomes notable as per WP:ACTOR. Request you to re review the draft Ntkn766 ( talk) 15:07, 29 July 2022 (UTC)
I've added links to Wikipedia commons content before but couldn't find an answer about a few things:
First one is about which one to link, the wikimedia commons category and/or the gallery page alone in commons. I dislike linking only to the gallery page (if there even is one) but I've seen where the page can be helpful. So i found that I liked using the template that displays both the page and its category the best. But I've seen some revert those changes back to commons page only or commons category only with the edit summary just saying something like "unnecessary". I couldn't find anything on the template pages that addressed a preference for one vs the other so I wanted to ask here. Though my gut says that if it exists and doesn't have a note about it being deprecated. you can use it, right?
About defining the commons link, I get the feeling that it's better to define the links (if they're different from the page name) over on the wikidata page rather than locally on its wikipedia page?
On the wikidata side, I see that you can define its gallery page on commons as well as its category page on commons in the statements area. But there's also the sidebar that let's you link pages from various wiki projects (including commons). Is the sidebar link's purpose to specify which page from another wiki can use the wikidata infobox (which links to the wikidata page), since that relationship has to be one-to-one? Does it have any other purpose?
Finally, there's no guideline recommending in line commons link over the box commons link, correct? I only ask because I've seen people also just switch from box to inline and their only summary is something like "fixed formatting"
Jasonkwe (
talk) (
contribs) 18:24, 29 July 2022 (UTC)
About defining the commons target on the wiki page itself vs just letting it check what the target is on wikidata, I think I understand at least part of the logic: you don't have to worry as much if something's page name gets changed down the road (since you're relying on wikidata to direct you correctly and the wikidata links are all in one place, not spread out over multiple wiki pages like if you had manually defined the commons target in the wiki page). I hope that kinda made sense.
I'm not sure how to specify the third question about the sidebar links on a wikidata page since I'm on mobile right now.
The last question about inline vs not is illustrated
here. The edit's sole purpose seemed to be about preference as to whether the commons link is inline vs non-inline.
I agree about the commons gallery page. For some very well curated pages, it can be helpful so that good images of the item are easiest to see and don't get buried in thousands of other images. But most of gallery pages aren't so lucky to have good upkeep so they just languish. But, it's hard to delete something once it exists on Wikipedia so *shrug*.
Jasonkwe (
talk) (
contribs) 20:24, 29 July 2022 (UTC)
I just created a new page War crimes in the Iraq War. What happens when you publish it and how do I change the title? Fijipedia ( talk) 19:54, 29 July 2022 (UTC)
In the Phone conversation between Barack Obama and Hassan Rouhani article, I've noticed that the first paragraph in the Rouhani and Obama's remarks section is misusing first-person pronouns:
Regarding the issues raised in this telephone conversation, the President of Iran said that the discussion I had with Obama was mainly the nuclear issue. I said that "this issue is not only the right of the Iranian people but also a part of the national pride of the Iranian". He continued: Regarding the P5 + 1, I said that "with the opportunity created by the Iranian nation, this opportunity should be used and expedited in this matter", so the President of the United States said: "I instruct the Secretary of State to expedite this matter;" Our main focus was to move faster on the nuclear issue. After the call, Barack Obama said on a television program: "Just now, I spoke on the phone with President Rouhani. Our conversation was about the current actions and efforts to reach an agreement on Iran's nuclear program.
I already brought it up on the article's talk page, but I couldn't wait for it to be fixed. I could fix it myself, but I'm not sure who exactly that paragraph is referring to in the first person. It could be narrowed down to Rouhani himself, but I'm afraid I might be wrong. If I replace those pronouns with the wrong name, the factual error I would've introduced might remain there for a while before an observant, more knowledgeable editor comes across that article one day. – MrPersonHumanGuy ( talk) 16:33, 29 July 2022 (UTC)
MrPersonHumanGuy Good catch. I assume this was likely due to some hiccups while translating from persian to English. I agree that it likely should refer to rouhani but, not being able to read the source that is in Persian only, I can't say for sure.
I'm not sure if there's a list of wiki editors with foreign language skills but you could try to find someone. Except for that, finding a different source on your own that does clarify it, and asking here for help, that's about all you can do for now. Jasonkwe ( talk) ( contribs) 18:52, 29 July 2022 (UTC)
Hello!
My original submission was deemed unencyclopedic and marketing-like. I modeled the article on one already published, but given the feedback, I read the section on peacock terms and thought I pulled them all before resubmitting. Should I strip it down even further? Not sure what my next steps should be.
Definitely trying to get this right and would appreciate any and all suggestions!
Thank you, Leslie Leslie Love Stone ( talk) 22:35, 29 July 2022 (UTC)
I'm not sure where to ask so I decided to ask here, but I'm curious why the pageviews of Linux, macOS, and Microsoft Windows declined on March 3, 2022. What happened on that day that reduced the pageviews so much? A diehard editor ( talk | edits) 19:33, 29 July 2022 (UTC)
Hi, I just created an account, how can I get started here? Can I use templates freely of my user page? Cdmxm8807i8x ( talk) 23:05, 29 July 2022 (UTC)
What is the code for making an external link? Please let me know and explain what it is. Thanks! Cdmxm8807i8x ( talk) 00:52, 30 July 2022 (UTC)
This says that User:Cdmxm8807i8x was previously User:Vegrar81uyiA80 and User:Gldgenga471834gldben. Vegrar81uyiA80 is blocked indefinitely; I've therefore blocked the other two indefinitely for block evasion. -- Hoary ( talk) 02:17, 30 July 2022 (UTC)
The “Morefar article” is disinformation made a company called “Starr conspiracy”
it’s intent is to lure children to a cemetery.
This entire article is misinformation and the articles attached to it Jadeyone ( talk) 10:03, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
The person (KN Shashikiran), on whom I'm making this page is internationally acclaimed exceptional musical artiste, but not much about him is actually on internet, therefore I couldn't find much references, though I tried to link up as much as possible. Kindly consider accepting this article, it would help a lot. Nonetheless, I shall definitely try and refer more content. Sreeja Addala ( talk) 15:49, 29 July 2022 (UTC)
I am looking for information regarding a specific type of infobox that can be found on Prussia. I have seen it before, however I could never locate its source. https://imgur.com/a/dxBOfhZ 2A01:110F:C3B:6000:F9A7:681E:7D94:2FAB ( talk) 14:07, 30 July 2022 (UTC)
Greetings, friends! I have made a description for the International Literature Prize. /info/en/?search=Draft:Fazil_Iskander_International_Literary_Award The Fazil Iskander prize is good and has been under the auspices of the Russian part of International PEN centres for several years now. The writers to whom it is awarded are also famous. Unfortunately, its founders write a lot in Russian on their website and it was difficult to find English-language sources, And the my article has already been rejected a couple of times, how do you think the article should be changed or add? To get the article approved? Likewriter2 ( talk) 16:27, 30 July 2022 (UTC)
[t]he aim of the prize is to perpetuate the memory of the outstanding Russian writer Fazil Iskander with Abkhazian rootsto be used as it doesn't come from a neutral point of view. I think the reviewer is having trouble seeing how the sources being used provide notability as Wikipedia defines it to the subject, but it may be better to communicate with them on their talk page to get more detailed feedback. — Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 16:47, 30 July 2022 (UTC)