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This is mainly a question for people in the Mathematics/Physics side of Wikipedia.
So the current Wikipedia policy is that advanced articles in mathematics and theoretical physics are usually completely incomprehensible to anyone who is not already familiar with that field. As it should be, since simplifying it would otherwise make it worthlessly inaccurate to those who need it most. (Of course the idea is to write as clearly and simply as possible as long as one does not loose accuracy). I write articles accordingly.
I just wonder whether it would not be nice to have a simple version of the article somewhere. This could be in a "overview" type section at the start of the article (something that some articles do occasionally do and these do turn out to be often very useful). However, most articles do not have this. It also makes little structural sense for shorter articles (despite it still being useful). An alternative I could see is to have a corresponding article in the Simple English Wikipedia which tries to then explain the topic as simply as possible. Would the Simple English Wikipedia article have to be linked to on the Wikipedia article somehow? Otherwise people will most likely not know it exists even if they need it. For example, theta vacuum is a pretty hard article to read if you don't know much physics. But in principle one could summarize it in a paragraph or two in a much simpler sense (something that would of course be useless to actual physicist, but would be nice for laypeople). Yet such a simple summary also does not fit into the article introduction since the necessary simplification would be often technically misleading, and as far as I know the introduction serves more of an accurate summary purpose.
I don't know. The problem is that it would often be ideal if many of the articles in these areas of science/math had a "technical" (accurate) version, and a corresponding simplified version, whether that be in the original article as a subsection or elsewhere (but still obviously accessible to the reader). So I was wondering what other people think about this issue. There is currently no real push for this type of structure on Physics/Math Wikipedia. Sorry for the ramble of thoughts. OpenScience709 ( talk) 01:16, 18 November 2022 (UTC) OpenScience709 ( talk) 01:16, 18 November 2022 (UTC)
The energy cascade is a transfer of energy from lower to higher wavenumbers through the inertial subrange due to turbulent eddy instability.(That’s not far from what you might find in a graduate textbook.)
Newb here, please be kind.
I was wondering if anyone with experience in the dynamic might talk me through etiquette regarding multilingual pages ie the page itself does appear in English, but the talk page is in another language. I’m not sure if there are different language versions of this page and I can’t see a link to an active user on the talk page. Is there guidance regarding such pages and how they are usually managed? I can see some need for updates and, as it’s a tricky one some mentoring on the talk page would help me decide whether to attempt it or leave for somebody else attached to a specific project. EthicalAugur ( talk) 14:33, 18 November 2022 (UTC)
What is the right way to add citations to lists? Most lists I've seen don't have references anywhere I can see, but I have also seen lists that have citation needed tags. Should I put a citation beside the entry in the list? I can't think of any other way to do it. Balnibarbarian ( talk) 16:29, 18 November 2022 (UTC)
After one of my colleagues tried to create a draft page for our company (Codasip Draft:Codasip ), which was rejected, I got involved to cleanup what was done: I know Wikipedia is not marketing! I just want something factual.
However, the page was then rejected again because there were not enough external sources
- I added sources, then it was rejected because there were too many (and some came from the same news site)
- I cleaned-up the sources again, and now I don't get any response...
Could you help me figure-out how to create this page? Thanks! ME - Codasip ( talk) 19:08, 18 November 2022 (UTC)
Also, note that drafts may take up to 3 months to review, since Wikipedia is a volunteer effort. Sungodtemple ( talk) 19:28, 18 November 2022 (UTC)This just tells about the company and what it does, it does not summarize what independent reliable sources with significant coverage have chosen on their own to say about the company. I fear that you may be too close to your company to write about it as Wikipedia requires. As odd as it may sound, you actually have too many sources. Fewer high quality sources are preferable to a large number of low quality sources.
I am a first time contributor. Apparently my contribution was rejected. The contribution pertain to the WIKI subject "Gay St. Manhattan, NY. Moreland Houck 332nd ( talk) 20:25, 18 November 2022 (UTC)
Hi, I know that blog links are not usually allowed for referencing. I've just reverted an edit to article TypeScript. I reverted as all I saw was an added blog. The blog is Microsofts official devs blog which has been used elsewhere in the article as a reference already.
Is it OK, in this instance, to use the official Microsoft dev blog for announcing updates? I feel I might have been too hasty in removing it? Thanks, Knitsey ( talk) 21:30, 18 November 2022 (UTC)
It was almost entirely about me and only referenced my abuser in passing, and I didn't specify the abuse. I CAN specify the abuse, but I wanted to do as little writing on my own page as possible. NVNCVL ( talk) 13:19, 17 November 2022 (UTC)
I am writing on behalf of the Save Ellis Island Foundation which is the Non-Profit partner of the National Park Service for the rehabilitation and reuse of the south side of Ellis Island. The edited information which I provide is directly from the Save Ellis Island website saveellisisland.org Fcalella ( talk) 22:54, 18 November 2022 (UTC)
I've seen a lot of editors revert others' edits during discussions, claiming that the "status quo" version of the article is preferred while a dispute about new content additions are ongoing. However, this seems to be contradictory to WP:EW, which just says "to revert is to undo the action of another editor." So, does a revert like this, if done more than once, count as edit warring? PhotogenicScientist ( talk) 23:13, 18 November 2022 (UTC)
Good morning,
I am an English teacher, and something I've noticed on Wikipedia is that certain punctuation marks are being used incorrectly in conjunction with quotation marks. Let me explain.
On Wikipedia, often you will see a period or comma placed outside of quotation marks, when really both of those punctuation marks should be inside the quotations.
For example:
Also:
The only punctuation mark you will ever see placed outside of quotation marks is a question mark, and it only applies some of the time. It applies only when the question begins before the quote.
For example:
Finally, although punctuation marks are always placed inside of quotation marks, the opposite is true of parentheticals.
For example:
I know there is no central editorial board, but obviously Wikipedia has made the choice to place punctuation marks outside of quotation marks since almost every article has the mistake. I am hereby request, nay, implore you to right this wrong.
Some people think grammar and punctuation aren't a big deal, and that we should worry about mistakes like this. My contention is this: When people lose grip on the language of their society, their society begins to erode. Not over night, but slowly and steadily over time like a patch of rust under your car.
Sincerely, A Concerned English teacher from New Jersey 24.38.36.115 ( talk) 13:17, 18 November 2022 (UTC)
There is a common misconception that logical quotation (LQ) is "British style" and that typesetters' quotation (TQ(...)) is "American style" (despite having originated in England, and being as common in Canada as in the US).(etc. - see the whole page). Tigraan Click here for my talk page ("private" contact) 14:02, 18 November 2022 (UTC)
I signed up a few years ago and did a bunch of videos that were really helpful. But, in the nature of things, I've forgotten what I learned. Now I'm back and want to contribute. I remember there were principles that were really important, and I can't find those videos. Links would be helpful. Thanks. TrouserRoller ( talk) 00:03, 19 November 2022 (UTC)
I'm searching for a citation like {{sfn}} that shows not the author(s), but the title. Does it exist? Gyalu22 ( talk) 15:19, 18 November 2022 (UTC)
Hello! I'm not sure where to put this so I put it here. If there's a more useful place, by all means point it out or move this.
There's a bit of a difficulty about the Royal Rife page - the section about his life and work, not the section about the various alternative health devices that claim to be based on his work.
The story goes back to the 1920s and 1930s, and there's a shortage of reliable sources. Some of the sources available are:
By normal Wikipedia rules it seems that the newspaper articles should be preferred over the documents or the websites, as they're secondary sources and apparently reputable. However, in some places, they seem to be just plain garbled. As journalists sometimes do when faced with science that's above their pay grade, they seem to have got a lot of things mixed up. For instance, the Popular Science article https://books.google.com/books?id=9CcDAAAAMBAJ&q=Germs . Comparing it to the archive documents shows that the supposedly newly discovered and mysterious "green ray" described at the end of the article is actually a very confused description of Rife's usual method of using an inert gas discharge tube (this one filled with krypton possibly, by the colour) as an antenna to transmit ordinary radio waves.
What do you usually do if the secondary sources are really inaccurate? Do they still have to be used in preference to primary sources? Wombat140 ( talk) 09:44, 18 November 2022 (UTC)
well-known, but not well-documentedbut that seems like a strange formulation to me. Well-known to who? I am a 70 year old American, fairly well-read, have a university degree and pretty wide ranging interests. I have 43,000 Wikipedia pages on my watchlist, have been an active editor for over 13 years, and I had never heard of this person before you posted here about him. I have been reading about Royal Robbins since the 1970s but not this guy. I see that the New York Times has only discussed him once, and that was in an article published 91 years ago, and the article was primarily about his microscope, not about him. Similarly, the 1932 Science article that you linked to above seems to be much more about his microscope than about Rife as a person. You are much more familiar with the source material than I am, but I cannot help noticing that the current version of the article says,
Little reliable published information exists describing Rife's life and work.If that is accurate, then perhaps the best solution is to have an article about his controversial microscope rather than an article about Royal Rife as a person. Worth noting is that Wikipedia has very stringent requirements for referencing any biomedical claims, which can be found at WP:MEDRS. Cullen328 ( talk) 08:54, 19 November 2022 (UTC)
I've just been looking for a list of post towns in Ireland yet I can't find one.
All I've been able to find is this Postal addresses in the Republic of Ireland where I have no idea what it's talking about.
The article Post town claims that Ireland has post towns in the opening sentence, however I suspect that is incorrect.
The UK goes Neighbourhood/Village > Post Town/City > County
Whereas Ireland seems to go Neighbourhood/Village/Town/City > County Danstarr69 ( talk) 10:17, 19 November 2022 (UTC)
How can I find an experienced writer to create a page for me? 2601:14A:8201:47E0:8C30:3265:3867:F2A1 ( talk) 20:40, 18 November 2022 (UTC)
May I ask a question about {{ Authority control}}? In the source editing, "{{Authority control}}" is all that I find, but I don't yet understand how Wikipedia then finds the right information. Is it not necessary to provide more information like norm data (LC numbers and the like)? I also seek to understand how to provide the quick summary that shows up when you hover over a linked article name, like Al Jolson being "a Lithuanian-American Jewish singer, comedian, actor, and vaudevillian." Maybe you can help. -- Melchior2006 ( talk) 13:15, 19 November 2022 (UTC)
Hi, I have an issue regarding This page.
It says that Senator-elect Fetterman has had his intent for running for reelection unknown.
HOWEVER, according to FEC Filings, he has already filed to run for reelection in the 2028 pennsylvania senate race (see: https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/S6PA00274/1661811)
Does filing an FEC notice count as a message of intent of running for election? Littlepagers ( talk) 16:55, 19 November 2022 (UTC)
Hi Teahouse! I am writing for feedback on the draft article at Draft:Penelope McPhee. I got the following notifications that the neutrality is disputed, there may be a close connection to the subject and it may not meet notability guidelines. However, no specific reasons or sections of the article were given. Can you please provide actionable feedback or updates to improve the article to publish?
Updates have been made to try to address any neutrality disputes. I have not received money to write the article and do not have a personal relationship to the subject. In addition, it seems like the subject's work and awards as an author and television producer, and contributions to art, should meet the notability guidelines.
Thank you.
OmarLetson ( talk) 19:03, 19 November 2022 (UTC)
I'm at a bit of a loss here. On
Meridian CU, #REDIRECT
is being interpreted as a list and is not creating a redirect. The wikitext here is no different from any other redirect I've looked at. Can anyone figure this out?
-- Frogging101 ( talk) 19:23, 19 November 2022 (UTC)
Hi Wikipedia,
I would like to help chip away at this list by converting bare URLS. Here is an example of what I converted. Did I do this correctly? Is this enough to remove the "Bare URL" notice from the top of the article? Or should this remain on the aritcle for any reason? I want to make sure I'm doing this correctly before diving in. Thank you in advance for sparing a few moments of your time. B8dreamlife ( talk) 19:51, 17 November 2022 (UTC)
I'd like to participate in AfD's and help out there if possible (as part of a pre-req too for NPP rights). Can anyone tell me where I would find a list of AfD's that I could participate in those discussions? TY — Moops ⋠ T⋡ 22:24, 19 November 2022 (UTC)
Hello, im currently writing up a wiki page for a graphic novel, Susanna Moodie: Roughing it in the Bush (not to be confused with Roughing it in the Bush by Susanna Moodie), and want to use an authors note at the end in the page. the co-author of the book, Patrick Crowe, states his reasons for continuing the work after Carol Shields (the other authors) Death, as well as how the graphic novel came into being. Would it be appropriate to cite this in the article, or should i move on.
There is also a website made specifically for the book, and im unsure as to wether i can cite this either, ive added a link to it
here
HistVa (
talk) 23:36, 19 November 2022 (UTC)
There's an article called Global Recognition that has poor writing, the sources are bad news articles and blog posts, and it's an orphan article. I read through the guidelines for content deletion but I'm not sure if these criteria are sufficient. Pseudnaxalbari ( talk) 14:42, 19 November 2022 (UTC)
I'm looking at the page for a city and some of the notable people listed were not born there and they didn't grow up there. Is it anyone who was notable and lived in the city for a certain amount of time? Thank you for your help, Tovanish ( talk) 05:32, 20 November 2022 (UTC)
Please, what template do I use in citing a PDF? Thanks. — Python Drink ( talk) 19:26, 19 November 2022 (UTC) Python Drink ( talk) 19:26, 19 November 2022 (UTC)
educated low road high stream to mid over e equals MC squared unmetered web portal firewall not found occupied resident. Future direction would be?.. 174.214.50.120 ( talk) 12:24, 20 November 2022 (UTC)
I made my first article some weeks ago and I started a page on a local person who died not long ago but my sandbox has a "re-direct" message. Can I delete this? what is it? https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=User:B%27art_homme/sandbox&redirect=no
Thank you
Barthomme
b'art homme 15:29, 20 November 2022 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by B'art homme ( talk • contribs)
Hello, so I'm currently working on an article for Roblox Studio ( /info/en/?search=User:Slo44/Roblox_Studio). There is already an existent redirect which goes to Roblox#Roblox_Studio.
I am planning on submitting my article to AfC later today, but what would happen if it gets accepted? Would this override the redirect page?
Also any feedback on my article would be appreciated, thanks! slo double 4 ( talk) 17:54, 20 November 2022 (UTC)
Is there a template I should be using for lists of works and essays? Should this be in reverse chronological order? In bullets? I have seen many different formats. Is there a prescribed way we should follow? If so, I'll fix everything I come across to that format. I would argue for reverse chronological, as that is much easier to read and update. Thank you LoveElectronicLiterature ( talk) 20:01, 19 November 2022 (UTC)
Hi, I was using wikipedia a long time ago but forgot my password. could you please help me for this. I requested email to change password, but didn't receive any. 2001:1970:47DE:B700:0:0:0:DC57 ( talk) 22:44, 20 November 2022 (UTC)
humming bird 119.18.29.116 ( talk) 01:20, 21 November 2022 (UTC)
I've tried creating a page - Draft:2022 Memphis 901 FC season
i got a response back from a reviewer saying that "This draft has no references. Notability cannot be established without references." but I have references? I'm confused as to what I am missing. Tivo15 ( talk) 03:12, 19 November 2022 (UTC)
I made a correction based on fact to the bio of Sergei Bortkiewicz which was rejected because the mediator considered it "unconstructive".The extract i corrected was From 1904 until 1914, Bortkiewicz continued to live in Berlin but spent his summers visiting his family in Ukraine. Since Ukraine did not exist until 1917, this is historically totally incorrect. Why therefore was my edit rejected ? 79.143.132.145 ( talk) 04:51, 20 November 2022 (UTC)
It is a Tribe Draft Article. This is main purpose of We, the Santals are one of the largest homogeneous tribal communities of India, counting more than 10 million people. Apart from India, Santals live in the neighbouring countries, in Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan. Despite this geographical distance, Santals share the same language, cultural tradition and values. Santals’ social and religious system is very complex and complete in itself. Each village has five representatives who are selected by the village community through consensus to run the village. They are ‘Manjhi baba’ the headman, ‘Jog Manhi’ the assistant-headman, Naike, the priest, Paranik the youth guide, and Godet, the convener. All kinds of disputes, including any family and personal problems, are discussed in the village meetings and are settled through common consent. Golmala ( talk) 09:54, 20 November 2022 (UTC)
Recently some fellow by the name of Chronikhiles has been making edits to several Hindu religion pages, adding artwork of various mythic figures; see Tarakamaya War, Rukmavati, Diti and several others. These images appear to be AI generated original artwork created by the user themself. I do not believe this is allowed, but I want to make sure before I start trying to revert the affected pages. Additionally, if such a thing is not admissible, I humbly request that someone with moderation powers talk to this user so that they stop making such edits. 174.45.253.17 ( talk) 09:57, 20 November 2022 (UTC)
I'm working on a new page that is in the Draft Space ( Draft:Ghella). I'm searching for advices to improve the work and submit the final article.
I also ask you some info regarding the system of the Redirect page. The new article is about a company, but it has the same name of a cyclist ( Mario Ghella). How can it works in this case? I think that the system consider the new page connected to Mario Ghella, but they have just the name in common.
Thank you! Ddanielff ( talk) 09:27, 21 November 2022 (UTC)
Can I literally just change one word at the moment in the piece - the wording is wrong, I'm convinced. Should be appearances 'off the bench' not 'on the bench' surely? I did have an interest in this article because of his involvement in the FIFA World Cup. I just want to check first before I touch anything because he is quite a high profile player? PeachyBum07 ( talk) 09:53, 21 November 2022 (UTC)
What is the name of this template? Something better, what's the name of all templates like this? Oixyplanet ( talk) 07:43, 21 November 2022 (UTC)
I noticed that the list of links in and out of articles on the English wikipedia currently has many links that are not actualy in the article. As an example: the article Polar bear is reported to have about 800 (!) links. Try this API link: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=parse&page=Polar%20bear&prop=links%7Cimages%7Cdisplaytitle&format=json&origin=*. Many of these links seem to be other mammals that are not mentioned in the article, like for example African Wild Dog. The African Wild Dog article also mentions Polar Bear under "What links here". What is going on? Known bug? Something related to categories?
I noticed the same sort of issue for all articles about clothing. Like Raincoat supposedly links to Jeans, while it doesn't.
Teunduynstee ( talk) 16:22, 18 November 2022 (UTC)
insource:"bear" insource:/\[\[[Pp]olar bear/
should always be fast.
In fact it gives 182 hits
Mike Turnbull (
talk) 18:13, 20 November 2022 (UTC)
</code>
so there are too few hits. @
Teunduynstee:
User:PrimeHunter/Source links.js makes the link
Source links under "Tools" on
Polar bear. I think you also have to make a search to find source links with the API.
PrimeHunter (
talk) 19:22, 20 November 2022 (UTC)
Title. Would "the Vanderbilt family was one of America's richest families" be appropriate? Ricciardo Best ( talk) 13:06, 21 November 2022 (UTC)
Hi, My recent Article Draft Declined On Praveen K bangari Indian Cinematographer, Stating that "The content of this submission includes material that does not meet Wikipedia's minimum standard for inline citations. Please cite your sources using footnotes. For instructions on how to do this, please see Referencing for beginners"
can u help me to re edit this article< how to improve it to get approved and get in standards of Wikipedia, Thank You Bangariblue ( talk) 14:58, 21 November 2022 (UTC)
Good sirs:
I am seeing that some people are using a tag called "Twinkle" when they undo other people's changes. How do I get this tag?
Ghost of Kiev
(talk) 15:50, 21 November 2022 (UTC)
Hi, I see this in Dene Grigar's article: NEH But it reads as NEH only, and people may not understand that? What is the proper citation form for acronyms? Is there a style sheet I am missing? Thank you LoveElectronicLiterature ( talk) 18:18, 21 November 2022 (UTC)
Sumancranebuddy21q00 ( talk) 18:26, 21 November 2022 (UTC)
I just want to know that is box-office collections in india are all fake ?
Hello friends,
I copy edited Slow Money, but when reading the article I got the feeling that the company is not all that important. I'm not sure that they should have a Wikipedia page. What is the way to get an article deleted? Ghost of Kiev (talk) 17:04, 21 November 2022 (UTC)
HI, I just got this email. I can easily provide identification, but this just seems off to me. Was this really sent by wikipedia? And yes, I do have an article in wikipedia, but that is because I love my field and I have been active in it for over 35 years. I do not and will not edit my own article. I am leading a group to help clarify and extend the articles in my field. Thanks for your verification on this.
Here is the email I got. As your user page claims the identity of someone who has an article, please verify your identity by sending proof to Info-en@wikipedia.org This is to prevent impersonation, so please take care of this in a timely manner. Slywriter (talk) 15:23, 18 November 2022 (UTC) LoveElectronicLiterature ( talk) 20:35, 18 November 2022 (UTC)
Hello, I has a question in receiving permission to edit the Toronto Blue Jays page. There is a notice that only semi-protected accounts may edit this page, and based on the information I have found thus far I have semi-protected status. I wanted to know the correct protocol on how to go about asking for the correct permissions or if there is another preferred avenue for editing pages like that. Below is the notice from the page:
"Note: This page is semi-protected so that only autoconfirmed users can edit it. If you need help getting started with editing, please visit the Teahouse. 01:48, 10 April 2018 Courcelles talk contribs protected Toronto Blue Jays [Edit=Require autoconfirmed or confirmed access] (indefinite) (Persistent vandalism) (hist) (thank) View full log"
Thank you, Datsa54 ( talk) 04:32, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
This is quite embarrasing to say, but i made a typo in a draft article typo, and cannot for the life of me work out how to change it. Could someone please let me know how? thanks HistVa ( talk) 03:38, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
AuthoritarianismRules56 ( talk) 01:02, 21 November 2022 (UTC)
Can i use the same citations of another language? Thehistorianisaac ( talk) 09:13, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
I have created a my company Wikipedia page and it got deleted under Speedy Deletion with the code CSD G10. I have created a detailed content with may referebces and Wikipedia is saying that it is a promotional content. Now if we are creating a brand page, it is going to be promotional. We need to talk about details and history of brand.
My competitor has Wikipedia page and they are even mentioning lesser content than us. I don't understand how their page is live from years and mine got deleted. Will be thankful if someone can guide me on how to create a company page that does not look promotional and survive on Wikipedia. 202.14.120.58 ( talk) 04:39, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
my company Wikipedia page, that indicates that you have a fundamentally incorrect understanding of what Wikipedia is all about. We do not have "company pages". Instead, we have neutrally written encyclopedia articles about notable companies as Wikipedia defines that term. Your use of the term
myis also problematic. If your company is notable and an article about it is accepted, then you and your company would have no control over the article, as long as the content complies with Wikipedia's Policies and guidelines. Cullen328 ( talk) 05:46, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
Hello. Is there someone who can update the Pebble Beach Resorts page? They have added new features (noted on their website) including Fairway One accommodations, Casa Palmero renovation, Sloat (a new accommodations building) and The Hay, a redesigned golf course. I am connected to the resort and, therefore, am unable to take this on. The website is pebblebeach.com. Thank you. Mgendronaugustyn ( talk) 14:35, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
Hello, All: I have metaverse concept sites (#twelve22vr) on LinkedIn and Facebook. I am impressed by the PV (impression) counts on LinkedIn; however, I cannot access Facebook personal profile data. I heavily use links to drive traffic to Wikipedia, worldwide. Is there a way to access and analyze web logs to gather referrer information?
Thank you in advance, Courtney @ CourtneySCalhoun ( talk) 17:06, 21 November 2022 (UTC)
Hi! I was trying to add these two colors (#E59866 and #aed6f1) to the list related to the latest episode of this show, since on its official youtube account two performances are listed as both 4k and exclusive stages. I tried to add both, but only the first one appears, what can I do? Bloomingbyungchan ( talk) 14:14, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
Hello, I am a NH resident who has been using wikipedia for a LONG time. I love how the convenience of a physical encyclopedia is at the tips of my fingers and I can gather information about ANY subject in a matter of seconds. With the "death" of my home state's great icon (The old Man in the Mountain) almost 2 decades ago, I was extremely surprised there is NO MENTION on a second great geological pheneomenon that represents a man's face only a few miles away. This granite formation is called "Indian Head" and is widely known throughout the area, yet NO mention on wikipedia. Here is a website that offers basic info: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/indian-head. I would like to see a page created for this wonderful natural phenomenon, but have no idea on how to do so. Xanman2112 ( talk) 05:21, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
COURTESY: Draft:Indian Head. (So that Teahouse hosts who are curious can view it.) David notMD ( talk) 12:28, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
@ Xanman2112@ David notMD@ Cullen328 APOLOGIES! I didn't check back and created my own version, Mount Pemigewasset. Xanman2112 so sorry for stepping on your toes. However, of the 3 current sources in your draft, one is a WP:BLOG and the other 2 doesn't mention the topic of the article. When the topic is something like a mountain, books may be the place to look for WP:RS. The sources I've read so far says Mount Pemigewasset and Indian Head are different names for the same thing. Gråbergs Gråa Sång ( talk) 15:27, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
Hello, I made contributions to the page - /info/en/?search=India%E2%80%93Nepal_relations#Trade I found two sources that mention different numbers for the amount of electricity that has been authorised to sell. One link mentions 400MW - https://kathmandupost.com/national/2022/11/15/nepal-reduces-power-export-to-india-as-production-dips Another link mentions 364MW - https://www.thehindu.com/business/Industry/nepal-starts-exporting-364-mw-electricity-to-india/article65516780.ece
What should I do in such a conflict of data? Thank you. ANLgrad ( talk) 16:59, 21 November 2022 (UTC)
Is there a lot of room for discussion around band wipipedia requirements still? I have a band entry that I took some time to find references for. While some references are from online magazines - but general ones like metal.com etc... - I keep getting the rejection reason: not sure if it qualifies for WP:BAND
Band has a ton of requirements but says "one of the following" should be sufficient.
This band "Seven Spires" has two studio albums on Frontiers Music and I linked to the band and both albums on that label's site.
The label currently manages a lot of artists that I would think qualify as well known enough to qualify this record label as major enough. They have Def Leppard among other acts and I showed the links to the reviewers.
Reviewers are not calling out any particular references as lacking credibility.
Some of the references are of course from the creative work of the band itself, but these are not the ones that I'm trying to use to substantiate that the article should exists, just ones that a user can use for convenience if they're interested in looking at the band's work. I don't think this is entirely an uncommon practice either as long as it's not the reference meant to substantiate the existence of the article.
Dullb0yj4ck (
talk) 08:52, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
the band's albums have received strong reviews in particular for their vocal performancesis a very partial reading of that review - it contains some negative content, as well. Tigraan Click here for my talk page ("private" contact) 09:48, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
Hello! How are shutdown (closed) my old account User:123FM? СтасС ( talk) 15:10, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
@ СтасС:Actually, there are admins that will do that, see Category:Wikipedia administrators willing to consider placing self-requested blocks. But you can also have your old userpage redirect your new userpage. - wolf 18:50, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
Is it very possible to download all of these articles as PDF? Does it happen on all of these content pages?
If so or not, would you like to give me reasons why I should download all articles as PDF? -- 2601:205:C001:EA0:DD9D:F980:1B2C:6117 ( talk) 20:11, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
Hi, on this page: /info/en/?search=2022_University_of_Idaho_killings there is an error.
The Latah County Coroner did not do the autopsies. The bodies were sent to Spokane County, where the autopsies were conducted. The Latah County Coroner reported on the findings. https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2022/nov/17/medical-examiner-completes-autopsies-of-four-slain/
Could this information be updated? Thank you. 134.39.169.218 ( talk) 20:17, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
Has anybody noticed that the recent promotions section at WP:GA have been updated with decades-old GANs? Although there are many more, some I remember is White Dog (1982 film), promoted in 2009. It currently displays Stephen Lynch (politician) in recently listed good articles, which was promoted in 2011. Why is this? — VORTEX 3427 ( Talk!) 08:06, 21 November 2022 (UTC)
Hi, I'm relatively new and went a bit overboard with my edits to a page which has serious POV issues, however my edits were poorly thought-through, overly editorialised, and just as POV as the article itself. As such they were understandably reverted. Following feedback I've gone for a more relaxed, incremental approach. I proposed a new edit that's limited to one paragraph, more neutral and better-sourced. I was just wondering how long it is customary to leave such a proposal up on the talk page for comment before implementing it, assuming no objections obviously. The article is Firehose of falsehood and the proposed edit discussion is at Talk:Firehose of falsehood#Specific Edit Proposal for Lead Paragraph. Thanks! ShabbyHoose ( talk) 22:49, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
Hello,
I recently created the article Me and My Dysphoria Monster without a cover image, and I just noticed that a user recently added a cover image to the page. I followed the link the Commons location of the image, and saw that it was uploaded under CC BY-SA 4.0. I'm certain the image is copyrighted!
Since the image is a low-quality, however, I think it is still fair-use, but I don't know how to update the license on commons / which to use etc. to indicate this.
I have to catch a plane soon so unfortunately I don't have time to look up what to do, hence why I'm making a post here.
Could someone please make the appropriate license adjustments? (And maybe send a friendly-ish message to the user who uploaded the image that they cannot simply upload images of other people's artwork as CC BY-SA 4.0 to Commons!)
Thanks, Neuroxic ( talk) 00:26, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
I Added a new tab called Article list to the Template:Code for Africa Climate Change Project but this does not show on the view page, I would be grateful if I get assistance. Thank you. Jwale2 ( talk) 20:58, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
I want that title of my userpage will look like this "𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐕𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐭𝟕𝟐𝟖🧙♂️", for that I have done many efforts like I inserted this template Template:DISPLAYTITLE but I didn't worked so can anyone help me to change my title without changing address of my userpage. Thanks 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐕𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐭𝟕𝟐𝟖🧙♂️ 04:57, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
{{DISPLAYTITLE::User:'''LordVoldemort728'''}}
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Anachronist (
talk) 05:19, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
Ok 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐕𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐭𝟕𝟐𝟖🧙♂️ Let's Talk ! 05:47, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
SCP – Containment Breach: Revision history - Wikipedia / Or just search scp containment breach and look at view history.
This is because on sources. "Another enemy faction to the Foundation that causes these breaches is a group only known as the Chaos Insurgency (a faction made up of rouge members of a taskforce known as the Red Right Hand." The original was staff/personnel, but I replaced it with members of a taskforce known as the Red Right Hand which there is evidence on scp wiki dot. This person says that I needed a source for that, but I don't recall there being one for the staff/personnel. Even if I could I do not know how. can somebody help PugAngel 11 ( talk) 04:15, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
Hi all! I have been staring at the 21st century in literature page for the last ten minutes to better drive myself up a wall. I think the page does not need to exist, or at least exist in its current format of listing Nobel Prize winners and a seemingly random selection of almost entirely Western books, particularly when a [year] in literature page exists for every single year covered in this article. By contrast, 21st century in poetry is just a gathering of said links (already gathered in a template box but okay) and does not have any mentions of specific poetic works.
I'm torn between a WP:BOLD prod nomination (sorry inclusionists) or revising it to be more like the poetry page, or neither! Any suggestions and help would be appreciated, I just know I don't want to leave it as it is! Kazamzam ( talk) 23:21, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
I made a wikipedia draft for the articles Draft:901 (PTV Bus) and Draft:903 (PTV Bus) after checking the sources on both articles I deemed both as notable as per the source assesment tables in Draft talk:901 (PTV Bus) and Draft talk:903 (PTV Bus) however both got declined just 2 days after submission.
I also do not understand how Draft:903 (PTV Bus) recieved "This submission appears to be a news report of a single event and may not be notable enough for an article in Wikipedia. Please see Wikipedia:NOT#NEWS and Wikipedia:ONEEVENT for more information." even through both articles were about two of melbourne's most used bus routes.
It would be great if anyone can help.
NotOrrio ( talk) 02:39 21 November 2022 (UTC)
Hello. I need Dance art Admin to watch my Page. All pages what i have created about Dance sphere and Famous dancers were nominated for deletion by one user. LoveInDance ( talk) 19:55, 21 November 2022 (UTC)
I've seen on several Wikipedia articles like those about extremely notorious/infamous topics like the Arab Israeli conflict and Hitler that some of these articles are "level 4 like" extended confirmed user edit protected and are related to some "Arbitration enforcement", what does that mean? Is it usually reserved for topics that cause so much heated debate between Wikipedia editors due to their inflammatory nature? Hgh1985 ( talk) 09:01, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
HELP!! How can I get Monroe Veach from Trenton, MO (1896-1986) added to Wikipedia?? On Famous Veaches / On Well Known Missourians / On Western Saddle (under Premiere Saddle Makers). See: https://shoptalk-magazine.com/2019/11/18/monroe-veach-a-ten-dollar-horse-and-a-forty-dollar-saddle/ I have plenty of stories, articles and pictures. He was a Trick Roper, Cowboy, Saddle Maker, and there were 4 VEACH Saddlery places: Trenton, MO (still going at 103 years!), Tulsa, OK, Branson, MO & Colcord, OK. Lonny M. Veach, 77, Grandson Lonnyveach ( talk) 22:46, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
Do we need to give source for plot section of a movie or not?? What if I have written the plot from a website; should I need to mention the source in this case? Ps103ankit ( talk) 07:05, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
There is no financial interest. I would like to publish an article on my famous, deceased father in Law. A page for him would be a good fit for Wikipedia. Are there changes and steps to declare my conflict that would allow publication? /info/en/?search=Draft:Edward_Eaton_Mason ParaDocs ( talk) 19:44, 21 November 2022 (UTC)
Hi DavidTanCreti. In addition to the concerns raised above about the textual content of the draft, there are also issues related to the images you've uploaded to Commons that are being used in the draft. You seem to be misunderstanding some very important things about c:Commons:Licensing and copyright ownership in general. Pretty much all of your file uploads, except one, have issues that need addressing in order for them to be kept by Commons, and you can find out what these are by checking the notifications I posted at c:User talk:DavidTanCreti. You might want to take a look at c:Commons:Own work because "own work" has a very specific meaning when it comes to copyright law, and this meaning might not be familiar to you. Generally, it's the person who takes a photo who is considered to be the copyright holder of a photo; not the subject of a photo or anyone possessing a physical copy of a photo. So, "own work" would only apply to these photos if you actually were the person who originally took them. Photographing, scanning or otherwise digitalizing a photo originally taken by someone else doesn't make the original photo your "own work" and doesn't void any claim of copyright authorship held by the original photographer. In fact, in most cases, such a thing isn't even considered sufficient to generate a new copyright for your recreation. Even in cases where you're actually photographing someone else's publicly displayed creative work (e.g. a sculpture, a store signboard, a window display), you may need consider the copyright status of the original work. Bascially, you can't release someone else's work or a photograph of someone else's work under a Creative Commons license without their c:COM:CONSENT or providing evidence of a copyright transfer agreement. Image copyright can be tricky to figure out sometimes; so, if you have a specific questions about a particular file you uploaded, feel free to ask them on your Commons user talk page. Just post your question comment below the notification I added for the relevant image and I will try and answer it. Since whether the draft you're working on is ultimately accepted by English Wikipedia is not related in any way to the images being used in it, it's much better to specific details related to the your file uploads over at Commons and keep the discussion separate from what's being discussed above. -- Marchjuly ( talk) 22:21, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
I would like to ask for your help in publishing the translation for the "Porto Montenegro" page in English. The page already exists in Serbian, I translated it in English, but I can't publish it because I don't have enough experience on Wikipedia. I can only save it as a personal draft version. Vujacic99 ( talk) 09:04, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
Who may I send my article to to proofread so it doesn't go up for deletion? Feyisara99 ( talk) 10:07, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
Courtesy link: Draft:Rasheed Sarumi exists, with no references. The awards are minor, and thus do not contribute to notability even if those were referenced. David notMD ( talk) 13:21, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
I now have references. Rifken ( talk) 17:26, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
Currently at Draft:The Still Life (2007 film) and submitted to AfC. Past Declines restored. David notMD ( talk) 13:23, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
Is my account eligible for creating a new article? Santhini Sekar ( talk) 06:21, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
I have found an editor on Wikipedia who persistently makes bad edits. This includes the unnecessary removal of wiki links across multiple pages, idiosyncratic edits with no edit summary (this user also stated on their talk page that they will refuse to use edit summaries going forward), and stylistic edits that are either redundant or inaccurate (e.g. adding 'CEO' to Bill Gates' opening sentence). Most of the edits are style changes and seem to be in good faith, but the guy's edits are often questionable and subsequently reverted. He's been warned about his edits on his talk page a number of times (I haven't interacted personally), and I'm just wondering what can be done to prevent further bad edits in the future. Dawkin Verbier ( talk) 12:20, 23 November 2022 (UTC) Dawkin Verbier ( talk) 12:20, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
Hello, and thank you for your time! I've noticed that in most cases, retroactive translations of foreign words or names are given an in-line list, even in cases exceeding three languages. From the Ruthenia article:
Ruthenia (/ruːˈθiːniə/; Latin: Ruthenia or Rutenia, Ukrainian: Рутенія, romanized: Rutenia or Русь, Rus, Polish: Ruś, Belarusian: Рутэнія, Русь, Russian: Рутения, Русь,) is an exonym, originally used in Medieval Latin as one of several terms for Kievan Rus', the Kingdom of Galicia-Volhynia and, after their collapse, for East Slavic and Eastern Orthodox regions of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Kingdom of Poland, corresponding to what is now Ukraine and Belarus.
Other articles, particularly significant ones, contain such a list in an explanatory footnote after the term. From the Abraham article:
Abraham[efn, three languages] (originally Abram)[efn, one language] is the common Hebrew patriarch of the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
I feel that the latter is a much better way conveying this information, particularly with longer lists, mainly because it looks a lot neater and easier to read. I also find it kind of distracts from the content to have a word explained in a multitude of languages, often in scripts many readers can't even read without transliterations, making the in-line list even longer. Are there any rules governing when to use an EFN and when to write them in-line, and would I be wrong to change some of the longer lists I find to EFN's? Kaasterly ( talk) 10:46, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
Hello! I'm trying to edit the Perseus Digital Library page (known as Perseus Project here).
I'm wanting to add an infobox among other things, and I just wanted to check that I should use the Template:Infobox_website and not the Template:Infobox_library which seems to be for buildings. Library seems more precise, but since it is digital, it is not a physical building.
Any advice on infoboxes?
Thanks in advance!
Tsiluciole ( talk) 11:31, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
There was an anti-semitic incident at Cranbrook School, Sydney. It made the news and I added it to the page. Wik-ed100 has removed my sourced edits a number of times - without any explanation. I added something to the talk page - nothing. I don't want to get into an editing war, but how do I deal with an editor who is basically initiating one. He doesn't discuss why he's removing the sourced material. Sure he doesn't have to like the content on the page, but there are processes involved. There's no justification for just deleting it - over and over and over again. MaskedSinger ( talk) 19:28, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
I have created a new article in sandbox mode, and now cannot move it into the public Wikipedia area, because there is no menu button right of the little star. Can anybody help? Thank you. Doctorshresta ( talk) 15:24, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
at least 4 days old and have made at least 10 edits. Once you have made a total of ten edits, the move button will appear. If you try to move the article before adding the necessary citations, I think you will quickly find it back in your user space - WP:BLP issues are taken very seriously. 199.208.172.35 ( talk) 15:57, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
I am not disputing the statistics in the article on "Abortion statistics in the United States".
I am only saying that the tables in it need some clarification. I don't know how to do it myself, so I leave it up to the experts.
Specifically, the tables need an explanation for what constitutes "abortion rate" and "abortion ratio" for each of the two data sources:
-- the Guttmacher Institute and the CDCC.
Currently, the tables look something like this (for the year 2016):
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year_____number of abortions _____ abortion rate ____________ abortion ratio 2016 _____ 874,100 _______________ 13.7 __________________ 18.3
year_____number of abortions _____ abortion rate ____________ abortion ratio 2016 ________ 623,471 _____________ 11.6 __________________ 186
(abortions per (abortions per 100 pregnancies 1,000 women ending in an abortion or live birth, ages 15 to 44) excluding miscarriages) 2016 _____ 874,100 _______________ 13.7 __________________ 18.3
(abortions per (abortions per 1000 live births) 1,000 women ages 15 to 44) 2016 ________ 623,471 _____________ 11.6 __________________ 186
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Thank you very much,
Steve Maricic 192.231.202.250 ( talk) 15:29, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
How does one export the entire Revision History table for a specific page? I have found how to export an article itself, both the text and the XML, but I would like to export the Revision History page related to the article. 1n44n6 ( talk) 16:25, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
ComplexRational, how I create the article about 2,3-Dichloroaniline? This chemical substance exists!
85.109.136.232 ( talk) 12:28, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
I am trying to cite a video that was made for national TV about a non-profit I am creating a page for. The video was aired on Czech National Television almost as a type of documentary about a landmark and ongoing project in Prague- which is being done by CCEA- but it is in Czech. Could someone who speaks Czech help me review the source and see if I can use it as a source about the project and the non-profit?
Může prosím někdo prověřit tento zdroj z České národní televize, zda je pro mě důvěryhodný a mohu ho použít jako zdroj o studiu CCEA MOBA?
Also, how does it work when I cite something in another language? Can I get a Czech editor on my page to help me? How do I request that? GlobalAaloo ( talk) 09:57, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
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Dentsinhere43 is a new
Wikipedian. 10:19, 23 November 2022 (UTC)The way current cricket tour pages are named are something like [ visiting country ] cricket team in [ host country ] [ year ]
which is not the way cricket community, or rather any entity refers to cricket tours. The correct way is [ visiting country ] tour of [ host country ] [ year ]
With 10s of pages named in this undesirable way every year, possibly >100 pages would need to be renamed. What is the correct place to build consensus about this. An RfC? Somewhere else? >>>
Extorc.
talk 14:08, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
Bangladeshi cricket tour of Zimbabwe in 2022in place of
Bangladeshi cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2022. Looking at just this example, the lead sentence starts "The Bangladesh cricket team toured Zimbabwe in July and August 2022 to play …", so it's explained to the uninitiated that a tour is something undertaken by a team. On the other hand, the short description is "International cricket tour" : search results that show title+SD will already be clear that the article is about a tour. To me, tour (singular) seems to imply all games were played in a single visit. ⁓ Pelagic ( messages ) 18:42, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
Hello, I am building up the publications section on this page - /info/en/?search=Henley_%26_Partners
For better understanding, I am trying to highlight the reports and index like it has been done here - /info/en/?search=Germanwatch
Right now, the Publication section on /info/en/?search=Henley_%26_Partners has a brief description of only one report - Investment Migration Programs Health Risk Assessment Report. There are other reports, but only the names are mentioned. I feel adding one line brief outline of the other reports will help the readers. Also, subsections will organize it.
Could you please tell me if this will be a good way to improve the publication section?
=== Africa Wealth Report === The Africa Wealth Report is an annual report which lists private wealth in the African continent. The 2022 report was released by the company in collaboration with New World Wealth.<ref name="africa report detail">{{cite news |last1=Rahhali |first1=Lamine |title=Morocco 1 of 5 Countries with More than 50% of Africa’s Private Wealth |url=https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2022/04/348605/morocco-1-of-5-countries-with-more-than-50-of-africas-private-wealth |access-date=15 September 2022 |work=[[Morocco World News]] |language=en |quote=The Africa Wealth Report is a yearly report that lists private wealth in the continent.}}</ref><ref name="africa wealth report">{{cite news |last1=Benson |first1=Emmanuel Abara |title=10 African countries with the highest number of dollar millionaires, according to latest ranking |url=https://africa.businessinsider.com/local/markets/10-african-countries-with-the-highest-number-of-dollar-millionaires-according-to/ntd6by1 |access-date=7 September 2022 |work=[[Business Insider]] Africa |date=27 April 2022 |language=en}}</ref> === Henley Passport Index === {{main|Henley Passport Index}} The Henley Passport Index is an annual ranking of countries for the 199 passports in the world based on how many travel destinations are accessible to the passport holders without a prior visa.<ref name="index 199">{{cite news |last1=Report |first1=Dawn |title=Pakistani passport remains ‘fourth-worst in world’ |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1700802 |work=[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]] |date=21 July 2022 |language=en |quote=The Henley Passport Index is a ranking of all the world’s 199 passports according to the number of destinations their holders can access without a prior visa}}</ref><ref name="about index">{{cite news |last1=McDonagh |first1=Shannon |title=These are the world's most powerful passports in 2022 |url=https://www.euronews.com/travel/2022/01/31/this-country-will-have-the-most-valuable-passport-in-our-post-pandemic-world |access-date=15 September 2022 |work=[[Euronews]] |date=31 January 2022 |language=en}}</ref> === Investment Migration Climate Resilience Index === The Investment Migration Climate Resilience Index by the company assesses a country's climate resilience and ranks climate resilient locations for migration. It is in collaboration with Deep Knowledge Analytics and the 2022 report evaluated 180 countries based on five parameters of 900 data points.<ref name="parameters migration climate">{{cite news |last1=Chadha |first1=Sunainaa |title=Best investment migration options to improve climate resilience |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/best-investment-migration-options-to-improve-climate-resilience-india-ranks-35-us-ranks-1-followed-by-germany-and-uk/articleshow/91631246.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_camp |access-date=29 September 2022 |work=[[The Times of India]] |language=en |quote=The study comprises over 900 different data points within 5 parameters}}</ref> {{reflist-talk}}
ANLgrad ( talk) 17:49, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
Is there a tool that helps when I want to translate an article from another language? I want to translate https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B8,_%D0%90%D0%B1%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B0_%D0%98%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87 to English but I don't know how to make the fact box show up right on this Wikipedia. Ghost of Kiev (talk) 22:26, 21 November 2022 (UTC)
CURRENTLY KHAJURAHO-PANNA-REWA - RAIL ROUTE IS BEING PREOARED. IT CROSSES SATNA ALLAHABAD ROUTE NEAR SUB STATION SAGMA . IF SAGMA IS DEVELOPED AS SATLITE STAION THEN PEAPLE COMING FROM EVERY FOUR DIRECTIONS WILL GET EASY APPROCH TO ANY DIRECTION FROM HERE WITHUOT RUNNING TO DIFFERENT LOCATION AT SATNA TO GET CONNECTING TRAINS TO OTHER PLACES . IF KAIMA IS DEVELOPED THAN PERSON WILL HAVE TO RUN 7 KM. TO CATCH TRAIN OF OERS ROUTE FROM SATNA AND VICE - VERSA . KINDLY TAKE NOTE OF THIS WHILE PLANNING . IT IS REQUESTED. 103.160.49.119 ( talk) 08:43, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
Thanks. -- Frogging101 ( talk) 19:33, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
Hi there! I was wondering if there was any way to find out the largest number of edits I've made in a single day? Thanks! 🥒 EpicPickle (he/him | talk) 21:04, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
Hello! I noticed that COVID-19 pandemic is no longer listed as ongoing on ITN. Was there a specific discussion about this somewhere? I tried to look in the archives but got no luck. Cheers! 🐶 EpicPupper (he/him | talk) 00:42, 24 November 2022 (UTC)
editing 105.242.104.17 ( talk) 09:51, 24 November 2022 (UTC)
Hello everyone,
I've submitted my first page for review about 18 days ago. However, I'm not sure if the references which I've provided are good enough. The page which I've created is for actor/model.
I've provided citations from new articles which are from the top e-papers within our state. Can anyone go through the page and share their thoughts? Crishna nandyala ( talk) 07:22, 24 November 2022 (UTC)
Is there any WP policy or guidance on this topic? For example, I recall seeing subsection breaks added to long talk page threads, in the format e.g. "===Arbitrary break===" in order to make it easier to edit the page. Thank you, Sandbh ( talk) 07:12, 24 November 2022 (UTC)
Hi, I was browsing through the wiki page titled: "List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Tyne and Wear" and I noticed under the "Herrington Hill" SSSI link sent to a wiki page of a Herrington Hill in Antarctica (which is wrong). I'm not proficient with editing Wikipedia so just wanted to let someone more clever know about it and fix it! Thanks! 5.65.129.10 ( talk) 15:49, 24 November 2022 (UTC)
Hello, How do I report mispellings of names in entries. Knud Lonberg-Holm has his name spelled correctly and also as "Londberg-Holm (which is incorrect) in the same entry. I would have contacted the person who made the entry but don't know how to do that. Thanks, Fred 2603:7000:DC3C:D48A:34C3:A4F7:A3FF:28F1 ( talk) 18:14, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
I was checking Thiazepine, and I found that the first part of the article matches some text in this source " https://meshb.nlm.nih.gov/record/ui?name=Thiazepines".
While it might be a wikipedia mirror, the earliest revision lists it as a source (unless I can't read these things. On the other hand, removing it would take a large chunk of the article away, and I do not know enough about chemistry to feel comfortable redoing it.
Any help would be appreciated!
Balnibarbarian ( talk) 01:47, 24 November 2022 (UTC)
My first attempt at a Wikipedia article was declined due to lack of sources. Because of the nature of my article ( a dinner party group) I am unsure how I would be able to cite sources, unless I merely linked it to other wiki articles such as ‘dinner party’. What can I do to have my page accepted? RaleighGibbs ( talk) 07:36, 24 November 2022 (UTC)
A topic is presumed to be suitable for a stand-alone article or list when it has received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject.Without significant coverage of the topic in independent, reliable sources, it is not possible to write an acceptable Wikipedia article. Cullen328 ( talk) 19:07, 24 November 2022 (UTC)
Hello everyone, I would like to research the following topic for an Assignment for a Marketing project in the Master in Management program. I know that Wikipedia is not a marketing platform and I highly respect so but I am always been fascinated by how Wikipedia can affect the perception of a certain person, topic, or company.
My goal is to understand what would be more effective for the credibility and trust around a company. I am humbly asking for your opinion on the pro and cons of having a Wikipedia page and in case what would be more effective to create trust around certain niche disciplines of storytelling:
- A Person, I am trying to understand if he/she would be suitable for Wikipedia has published 17 research papers on Google Scholar, and he/she has been mentioned in 3 different books on Google Books. She/He is a professor with a doctorate.
- A topic that is strictly connected with the professor above mentioned but still there is no related Wikipedia page about the topic. The professor works/studies in this field and is one of the best developers of the topic/discipline
- A company that the professor has founded and that aims to help humanitarian organizations use the topic/discipline above mentioned. The professor works alone and he/she is the face company.
Also if you could develop just one, which would be to be as effective as possible to create trust and celebrate the company? I am deeply sorry if didn't use technical words or if this question may sound inappropriate but I am a curious student that needs help from you.
Thank you. ScientistDurandDurand ( talk) 20:26, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
celebrate and create trust[sic] with topics. We are an encyclopaedia project, not Cision. Any trust created is, as noted by Maproom, because our articles are impartially-written, something which someone in your position is unlikely to be able to do without expending a lot more effort because your view of "neutral" is compromised. That you assume we "celebrate" article subjects is evidence that you've got, at best, screamsheet knowledge of Wikipedia and haven't bothered to look any deeper at how things work here, whether from a cultural or policy standpoint. — Jéské Couriano v^_^v a little blue Bori 21:41, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
I am creating a article about this community. But I do not know where to find the geographic names information system summary about it. I use the database to create articles about communities in the USA. Does anyone know how to find this community on the database? I am working on it in User:HelpingWorld/sandbox. Any help is appreciated! `~HelpingWorld~` (👽🛸) 04:50, 24 November 2022 (UTC)
Hi I want to make sure that people can find writers, even if they have used a pen name (Mark Twain should also return results for Samuel Clemens, etc.) Is there a way to do that? Marjorie Luesebrink LoveElectronicLiterature ( talk) 23:22, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
I am having this issue on my sandbox when everytime I add a template to an article I work on, it goes above the references. Any help is appreciated. `~HelpingWorld~` (👽🛸) 22:38, 24 November 2022 (UTC)
Hi editors,
I have recently been patrolling recent changes and, I must admit, I feel a little bit bitten. @ Mr.weedle was patrolling recent changes at around the same time as I was, I believe, and while I understand that speed is essential in recent changes patrolling and the volume of vandalism is such that patrollers don't have time to read every edit in detail, but I now have two template warnings [4] [5] on my talk page for two things which I don't feel warrant any sort of template warning. The first one, concerning this diff [6], was about unsourced material, which I had addressed in the edit sumary (admittedly, I should have manually reverted and added the source at the same time, but the edit summary is there for people to read?) and the second one was concerning this diff [7] to Spring Valley station (DART). I feel that the edit was clearly constrctive and not patent nonsense. I am, of course, not experienced in editing according to the MoS, but the magnitude of the offense should not warrant in any situation a block. Moreover, with only a generic link to the MoS, I have no idea which part of my edits violated MoS, how to correct it, etc. and I feel that the templating is generally unconstructive towards my ability to contribute. I have replied to the template both times on my talk page regarding these issues, but have received no response.
On a broader note, I notice that recent change patrollers often simply revert valuable but problematic material from IPs (e.g. unsourced but factually correct and verifiable) instead of fixing it. As stated above, I understand that patrollers don't have time, but surely this can be remedied by more manpower/resources. I would welcome others' input on this. Fermiboson ( talk) 07:48, 24 November 2022 (UTC)
For other websites that use a wiki engine like Wikipedia and Fandom, does that mean that their technical ways of for example editing articles or equivalents/pages, and putting codes in articles to perform specific functions in editing, as well as having "revision history" of articles/pages etc universal and with the same procedure? Like does this layout apply to all wiki website? Like will typing Wikipedia in brackets in any wiki editor make it into a hyperlink and similar things? Hgh1985 ( talk) 03:15, 25 November 2022 (UTC)
I keep receiving a mobile notification thanking me for my first edit, sometimes it's tenth or 100th. I'm up to 900 edits and started editing over a year ago, but it still spams me with these. Is there a way to turn them off while still being able to see talk page messages and relevant communications? Zorya's Leshak▲ (-10.0) 23:47, 21 November 2022 (UTC)
Hi Zorya's Leshak. I have been using the android mobile app for a few months now. This sounds like it might be a technical issue since it keeps happening, so I'll ping DBrant (WMF). He might be able to explain what's going on and fix it if there is an issue with the app itself. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 02:33, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
Zorya's Leshak, I noticed something upon my rereading of this section. The notification about the reviewed page you created months ago may indeed be accurate. New page patrol often have a very long backlog and it's not uncommon for that situation to happen. If it's possible, can you check if you recieved the same notification on desktop? If you didn't, it's likely an app issue. If you did, that specific notification is accurate. It still wouldn't explain the duplicate notifications about edit milestones, though. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 04:36, 25 November 2022 (UTC)
Is there a rule against any and all forms of cussing/cursing/swearing when it comes to talk pages and editors and discourse etc.? I am aware of the whole WP:CIVIL thing, but I have seen some editors before swear/cuss/curse (whatever you want to call it) in the past without punishment or recourse, and I was just curious if that is normal or just allowed as long as one isn't attacking another editor (like just venting about something) etc.? TY — Moops ⋠ T⋡ 20:18, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
Hi there! I notice that the watchlist button icon has changed to an all-black version. Is there a page documenting the reasoning behind this change somewhere? Thanks! 🐶 EpicPupper (he/him | talk) 02:26, 25 November 2022 (UTC)
Hi Friends, I have made an article that got declined. Please help me with this article. Here is the article Draft:R. Rajiv Gandhi
Thanks in advance. Keech KeechB ( talk) 09:38, 25 November 2022 (UTC)
I'm new to this website and I don't know how to make the text bigger on articles, anyone know how? Sairaraosucksfrfr ( talk) 10:42, 25 November 2022 (UTC)
Please provide additional information on why would my article get denied after providing multiple citations, having no errors in grammar, and publishing a notable person. Liamkingbme ( talk) 10:51, 25 November 2022 (UTC)
STATUS: Draft:Anderson Ohiaeri Obiagwu submitted, declined, revised (more content and refs) and resubmitted. Obiagwu is founder of a magazine about African music. The magazine/organization also has annual awards for different catagories of music. David notMD ( talk) 11:55, 25 November 2022 (UTC)
Hello there anyone, I'm "kindof" new in Wikipedia and have never had this problem before so I'm not sure how to deal with it. In the Merdeka page, an IP had done a significant change which includes many typos, grammar mistakes and basically bad editing/writing. Which comes into question whether what the IP writes is really reliable. Feel free to see the edit changes, I really believe it makes the page worse for other readers.
I've reverted the edits but just for the edits to be reverted back by the IP. Is there a formal/usual way of (escalating) bringing another editor or admin into this? For them to review and remove the edits if it is as bad as I believe it is. Danial Bass ( talk) 03:10, 24 November 2022 (UTC)
Based on https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/38-1/s134#details there were 3 Democratic Senators that voted in favor of the 13th amendment to the constitution, yet on the 13th amendment and Senator James Nesmith's pages, they claim that only 2 Democratic Senators, James Nesmith and Reverdy Johnson, voted in favor of the 13th amendment's passage.
The missing Senator in question is Benjamin F Harding. His page, alongside Reverdy Johnson's, has no mention of their votes in favor of the amendment.
I was planning on correcting both claims in the two articles alongside adding the claim to the pages of the 2 other Senators. The claim on the 13th amendment is not sourced, but the page is semi-protected and I don't want to step on any toes editing something there. So I figured I'd change it on the 3 men's pages, and whenever I'm more confident in my change, I'll try adding it to the article.
I also ran into a bit of a dilemma on James Nesmith's page. The claim there is sourced twice in two different books. I have been able to read the first source online, and the claim is dubious at best. The page they cite has no mention of either James Nesmith's vote or Reverdy Johnson's vote. It mentions Reverdy Johnson's support of an amendment like the 13th and the previous pages spoke of other prominent Democrats that supported such an amendment, yet no mention of the actual voting. Reading past the page they cite will require I get access to the book. I plan on doing so if I can find it at my local library.
I have not been able to view the page of the second source, if my local library has it I'll try and read it. Though if it's as dubious as the first citation I doubt it has the facts to back up the article's claim.
Am I in my rights to add the note to the articles of Reverdy Johnson and Benjamin F. Harding if I leave the other two articles alone? I was planning on doing so but thought it'd be strange to have these claims hyperlinked to James Nesmith's and the 13th Amendment's pages with contradictory statements.
So, can I delete the claim on James Nesmith's page and add my correction? The two sources are only used once in the article, in the claim I'm disputing, so I'd feel bad for the person who originally put the effort in publishing the claim only for me to remove it and their two sources entirely. ~~~~ Jinandwin ( talk) 09:58, 25 November 2022 (UTC)
Recently one of my draft articles had tags stating [non primary source needed since two of the sources with the tags clearly had a secondary source backing up I removed the tags, later the person who added those tags accused me of white washing and explained my intent was to decieve editors keep in mind there were two more sources with that tag and 2 more with a different tag that I didn't remove. I explained that both of sources I removed tags for had a secondary source backing them up, I later recieved a reply from another user stating that if the primary source is backed up by a secondary source the primary source should be removed.
I either have 2 options here
I can either keep both sources?
Or remove the primary source?
Which one is better to do?
Draft talk:903 (PTV Bus) NotOrrio ( talk) 22:07, 24 November 2022 (UTC)
How can I write my own article? Alyssap167 ( talk) 16:08, 25 November 2022 (UTC)
Hello, I am simply trying to set a genuine page for a legal business, I am having some issues, please help. Downtown Heroes FC ( talk) 19:32, 25 November 2022 (UTC)
Hello people, as I am still learning how to edit, I wanted to ask if there's somebody I could ask to improve an article visually, and on a similar note is there an article detailing how I could make graphs and add tables to an article? Thank you for your help. Wpakxl ( talk) 22:11, 24 November 2022 (UTC)
"textboxes feel like they haven't been formatted properly"but I urge you to take extreme care when editing tables - they can very easily be damaged by a careless edit, so always check afterwards and be prepared to revert your own edit if you make a mistake. I often advise people to copy a table's wikicode into their user sandbox and play around with editing that first, before trying to alter the article itself. Regards, Nick Moyes ( talk) 17:33, 25 November 2022 (UTC)
In this article, /info/en/?search=Shintaro_Ishihara#Personal_life_and_death - an editor has added a 'citation needed' for the place where Mr. Ishihara died, and most of the news articles talk about Mr. Ishihara dying at his Tokyo home but they don't mention that it was in the Ota Ward of Tokyo : https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14537506, under the image it is mentioned his house was in Ota Ward and in this article https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/society/general-news/20220618-38766/, the author's house in Ota Ward, but because these facts aren't directly linked to each other, and you have to put two and two together, how do I add this note to the article? Thank you for your help. Wpakxl ( talk) 16:00, 25 November 2022 (UTC)
I Accidently messed up My Gym Partner's a Monkey season 2 episodes! I need help restoring, Jacksoncochran048484 ( talk) 00:44, 26 November 2022 (UTC)
Hi, I am writing an article Draft:Lewis A. Novack, but my rejection is not sufficiently notable for inclusion in Wikipedia. Any advice on advancing the article
- Seven3531 Seven3531 ( talk) 00:41, 26 November 2022 (UTC)
can someone direct me to someplace in wikipedia that serves as a chat room? Allaoii talk<:/span> 19:15, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
There is a dispute on the talk (and article) page of Lodz. I believe that a particular song about the town should be mentioned. Another editor, Merangs, writes it off as trivial. The song was Vicky Leandros's first number-one hit in Germany and has become an evergreen. Since the Lodz page has a section on the town in literature and film, I don't see why music should not also be included. Can we get outside input? Kdammers ( talk) 01:58, 26 November 2022 (UTC)
Afternoon Wiki Land
I am looking for someone to write a Wikipedia page for me - Please advise what I am do here. I am a complete Rookie
IT isnt really the easiest place to work things out
Dave
Feeling lost and confused in Wikipedia land. KahuKiwi ( talk) 03:39, 25 November 2022 (UTC)
I do not want all that stuff all over the page your autobots just posted.
Delete it now! #Angry
~~
Missbellanash (
talk) 03:11, 25 November 2022 (UTC)
Hello, I’m the Christian Cartoonist. I desire to be a Wikipedia article creator, but it’s difficult with all the procedures and what to put in there. What are some things I can do? The Christian Cartoonist ( talk) 03:21, 26 November 2022 (UTC)
How can I created article in wikipedia Hey Samsung ( talk) 13:31, 26 November 2022 (UTC)
I would like to get permission to use my alternate account, User:Villanykörte. I will mainly use this account for editing tests. Ricciardo Best ( talk) 15:08, 26 November 2022 (UTC)
My site was banned from wikipedia for creating a talk page or including it as a business. It was banned back in 2021 I came to know just a few weeks ago. How do I request for excluding my web address from banned list? Jabbar132 ( talk) 06:28, 26 November 2022 (UTC)
I archived an article at archive.today but then thought it might be better to use Wayback Machine. Now I have archived versions from both and am wondering if I can somehow use both or if one is preferable to the other. Mcljlm ( talk) 16:57, 26 November 2022 (UTC)
And yes, i have a question. Do i need to start to edit a wikipedia article? Some random account on this website ( talk) 17:02, 25 November 2022 (UTC)
Is it at all possible to get help creating an article from a semi notable band Infamous Sinphony? I tried in the past with no success only reason I ask for help. Thanks!
Here is their official website and a couple other sources: http://www.infamoussinphony.com/ https://www.n1m.com/infamoussinphony https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Infamous_Sinphony/11263 Pjryb ( talk) 06:47, 25 November 2022 (UTC)
I am the 2nd daughter of two biological daughters of Charles "Charlie" Applewhite, and there is no family (wives, children) information listed. I added under "Notes", because I did not know how to list a ref. Could you please let me know how I should do this? Best, Lisa Applewhite Kimbell (redacted) Apple1954 ( talk) 17:12, 25 November 2022 (UTC)
How do you prove that you are the daughter of someone you are trying to write about, and/or is this a conflict of interest? Apple1954 Apple1954 ( talk) 17:25, 25 November 2022 (UTC)
Hello there, I would like to know, how do I join this lovely place? Kind regards, H2Perkins. H2Perkins ( talk) 16:29, 26 November 2022 (UTC)
Please any one can teach me how to edit wikipedia article in simple way. Hey Samsung ( talk) 14:35, 26 November 2022 (UTC)
Can any one create about Gopal Tamang and Sabina Bajagain article in Wikipedia for some information in people Hey Samsung ( talk) 15:16, 26 November 2022 (UTC)
Are you go to create Wikipedia Article about Gopal Tamang and Sabina Bajagain. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hey Samsung ( talk • contribs) 15:26, 26 November 2022 (UTC)
if your a youtuber what number of subscibers do you need in order to have a wikipedia article Joel clements is D E A D ( talk) 02:18, 27 November 2022 (UTC)
Hello. I follow a singer whose page's photos haven't been updated in awhile. If I have a great photo of him that I own the copyright to (because I took it during one his concerts) am I allowed to post it on his page, including replacing the current photo in his page's infobox? I know that I'd have to upload the image to the Wikimedia Commons first. I understand the technicalities pretty well; I need advice on the legalities. Thanks. Kirkdudley ( talk) 03:27, 27 November 2022 (UTC)
Recently I send a new craft about our musical group 'popeye(band)'. But it's declined because of "not adequately supported by reliable sources". How can I fix this problem? Agentsame ( talk) 08:01, 27 November 2022 (UTC)
Hello, I have another question relating to the same article as before : /info/en/?search=Shintaro_Ishihara#Books_written_by_Ishihara in this an editor has added an template asking for sourcing to be added to the bibliography of Shintaro Ishihara. Does Wikipedia require a list of books authored by a certain person to be sourced from secondary sources, because by what I can tell most western authors' books on here are either referenced by their ISBN code or have sources added only if their books won an award. I am pretty confused. What steps can I take to help add references for the books? Thank you again for your help. Wpakxl ( talk) 00:58, 26 November 2022 (UTC)
Hi,
Dumb question maybe but I want to add an English translation to this page.
I got my edit reverted because I didn't cite my source. I realize that is bad practice so sorry :)
Someone on this website insists they own the copyright to the translation.
Clearly the translation there was verbatim copied from a comment 7 years earlier on a imperial Japan reenactment forum.
Are forum comments in the public domain?
Thanks,
Rishi RishiKakade ( talk) 21:20, 26 November 2022 (UTC)
Can someone fix this? What user did this? 174.27.66.83 ( talk) 15:51, 27 November 2022 (UTC)
Greetings:
I would appreciate a second look at this page Draft:Norma Jean to help point out anything that needs editing to meet the Wikipedia standards. Angelagh ( talk) 13:42, 27 November 2022 (UTC)
Hello. Please go to above article. Scroll down to pitchers section. I dont know how to seperate from hitters section, should be individual box by itself. Need help. Please fix. Thank you. Theairportman33531 ( talk) 13:46, 27 November 2022 (UTC)
Yes, however, one more thing. Where it says Pitching statistics; move that all the way to the left, please. Thank you for your help. Theairportman33531 ( talk) 16:07, 27 November 2022 (UTC)
I am a new editor and tried to make a draft on “Simon Barrett” Sadly I could not find any reliable source as the decent ones were “LinkedIn” and “Find and update company info service” which are not moderated, Any Help?
Read My Draft Here: /info/en/?search=Draft:Simon_Barratt Im Following The Username Policy ( talk) 15:30, 27 November 2022 (UTC)
Black hat (computer security) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jamaal5 ( talk • contribs) 17:31, 27 November 2022 (UTC) please look at the edit, it uses Wikipedia as a source multiple times, and Wikipedia is clearly not a reliable source in and of itself — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jamaal5 ( talk • contribs) 17:19, 27 November 2022 (UTC)
I apologize if I am in the wrong place.
There is a need for a page indexing all Wikipedia-listed health campaigns, it would be useful for public officials, nonprofits, researchers, and providers.
For instance, there are these one-issue campaigns:
How many more are there?
At the same time, there are multi-issue, regional/state-wide/nation-wide/worldwide campaigns, which are so important, but many of which do not have a Wikipedia page:
2019 Arizona State Health Assessment https://directorsblog.health.azdhs.gov/public-healths-10-essential-services/
Virginia Well-Being https://virginiawellbeing.com/
Blueprint for Coachella Valley: https://coachellavalleyweekly.com/blueprint-for-the-coachella-valley/
I thought about trying to start this myself, but just simple Wikipedia edits take me over an hour... if someone wants to work with me, contact me. Thanks. BooksXYZ ( talk) 19:04, 27 November 2022 (UTC)
Why is Materialscientist allowed to edit my statement because it doesn't suit him/her and mentioned it "did not appear constructive", so because it does not "appear" to suit his/her idealogy they are allowed to negate my opinion? 175.38.119.96 ( talk) 12:26, 25 November 2022 (UTC)
Why does Wikipedia not accept stock exchange releases as reliable sources? Unlike many newspapers, which are accepted as reliable sources, the text of stock exchange releases must be pure fact. If misleading information is given, the company may come under investigation and face serious problems in addition to reputational damage. I can well understand that a company's press release, which is often more like an advertisement, is not accepted as a reliable source, but a stock exchange release is one that is monitored by the market authorities.
The financial information of all companies listed on Wikipedia is taken from their stock exchange releases (financial statements). Similarly, news about companies is mainly based on the company's stock exchange releases. Science tends to refer to the original source rather than a source that refers to it, but Wikipedia considers the original source to be unreliable because the information comes from the company itself. In contrast, if a politically active journalist makes a newspaper story about it, which reports the story from the angle he wants in a major newspaper, suddenly that source becomes reliable?
I am referring to an article I did about a company founded in 2005, formerly focused on developing clean technology companies, which decided in 2021 to focus on one of its businesses, manufacturing energy-saving filters, and to sell its other holdings. The company changed its name to reflect this company this month. There are few reliable articles on the subject other than the company's stock exchange filings and for what the company does, the information is taken from their website. The article cannot be published on Wikipedia until some reliable sources have reported on it, because the official information from the company itself is considered as unreliable source? The article is here: Eagle Filters Group Senjasenkaappi ( talk) 20:54, 25 November 2022 (UTC)
that information from the company itself is always unreliable in Wikipedia- it just does not build the case for notability. We need some indication that people aside from the company itself and/or lazy journalists reposting press releases have decided this company is important enough to write about it. MrOllie ( talk) 22:35, 25 November 2022 (UTC)
usually edit Wikipedia anonymouslywhich I'm assuming means you edit using an IP address. That's perfectly OK, but it's not as anonymous as you might think since an IP address can often be geolocated and is visible to anyone who wants to see it. So, you might've actually been providing others with more information about who you are than you would've been doing with a registered account. You also should be aware that English Wikipedia has a strict policy against using multiple accounts in an inappropriate way and some examples of this are given in WP:SOCK. I'm going to assume that 62.78.251.132 isn't you, but you also need to be very careful with WP:MEAT if you did post on some off-Wikipedia forum seeking assistance from others to try and help get your draft accepted. Such an approach is pretty much never viewed favorably by the English Wikipedia community. -- Marchjuly ( talk) 22:58, 26 November 2022 (UTC)
Hello, I know an entrepreneur in the country I live in. available in all media and newspapers. everyone knows him. I wanted to introduce it to the whole world, but it was rejected. can you please help with this? All references are available on their website. Yasirazeri ( talk) 06:50, 28 November 2022 (UTC)
but mostly non free files but using Advanced Wikimedia package upload to 4 files (Unadvanced User) upload to 8 files (Bronze User) upload to 16 files (Silver User) upload to 32 files (Gold User) upload to 64 or more (Platinum User) but free files outside Commons Can we upload at all. if Wikipedia users to me. 2001:44C8:41B2:5744:F8F8:7563:F7F6:750D ( talk) 07:54, 28 November 2022 (UTC)
Is the page Rekha Kamat notable enough to be included on Wikipedia? It is hard for me to tell for sure, but I have doubts. It mostly shows birth date, death date, family information about father, and a list of plays and films (most of which don’t have wikilink) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jamaal5 ( talk • contribs) 01:49, 28 November 2022 (UTC)
I did edits on prageru based on their own sources of PragerU, these edits were reverted by an admin who told me PragerU couldn’t be used as a source for who’s the CEO for PragerU, I tried disputing this using wp:ABOUTSELF and telling him it’s used as the source itself but he told me I have no idea what I’m talking about and to stop messaging him
the current version he reverted to still uses the source and falsely references the information, as well as other issues
My edits he reverted https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:MobileDiff/1124154266 my CEO edit he later reverted https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:MobileDiff/1124155209
the exact conversation was this
Me: “Your reverting edits based on false merits due to self published sources being allowed on information about themselves wp:ABOUTSELF, which itself is already used in the article”
Him: “You seem to have no idea what you're talking about. Kindly stop messaging me”
the other message I sent he ignored which was: “Use the talk page for your reverts on PragerU your keeping false information up and misplacing information in the wrong tab”
Am I wrong? What did I get wrong? If he’s wrong can I still do nothing about it since he’s an admin? Bobisland ( talk) 17:10, 27 November 2022 (UTC)
How is he able to decide whether a article is approved or not? Is this a separate Wikipedia given role outside of administrators or is this something any user can do? Bobisland ( talk) 17:27, 27 November 2022 (UTC)
I was referencing the quote on his profile “I frequently review articles for creation and patrol articles for deletion.”
And with external links it’s a blanket ban relating to biographies in the body including the infobox? And What do I do if someone ignores going to a talk page to dispute editorializing? Bobisland ( talk) 18:38, 27 November 2022 (UTC)
And dispute other edits as the user is reverting edits based on false reasons and giving new ones when corrected, with an example calling the placement of who’s the CEO of a company wp:UNDUE in a lead, I told him to use the talk page to dispute these edits but he ignored me and I don’t know what to do about it, can he revert new edits while ignoring consensus disputes about his reverts? Bobisland ( talk) 19:32, 27 November 2022 (UTC)
Can I get some help adding an infobox to the thoropa taophora page? I figured it out for the Civil Rights Movement pages, but I'm having trouble finding an appropriate infobox flavor for this one. Jamaal5 ( talk) 03:04, 28 November 2022 (UTC)
In Free State of Jones (film), in the Premise section is a quotation that begins, "based on the books." The quotation names two books and places them in both single quotes and italics. The Wikipedia version omitted the single quotes, so I added them. But, when a single quote is next to the italics code consisting of two vertical lines, then we have three vertical lines on each side, which bold the words in between them instead of placing the words in single quotes and italics. Therefore, I inserted an extra space between the single quote and the italics code consisting of two vertical lines, but that isn't good. How do we handle this? Maurice Magnus ( talk) 23:13, 27 November 2022 (UTC)
Hello,
When I understood how Wikipedia works I stopped editing pages and stopped mentioning our company website (scaler.com) on Wikipedia.
I am not sure how but our company website on wikipedia is banned. Is there any reason for this ban? can someone help me remove this ban?
I don't know what to do and I don't know how this all happened. Bikashdaga09 ( talk) 11:19, 28 November 2022 (UTC)
scaler.com
is
globally blacklisted due to a "[m]assive cross-wiki campaign". See also Wikipedia:WikiProject Spam/LinkReports/scaler.com. — Wasell (T) 🌻🇺🇦 15:22, 28 November 2022 (UTC)
I am an actress with an IMDb page and my father is listed on my page, with a paragraph of his career. He has a Wiki page and I wanted to know if I could use IMDb as a ref? Apple1954 Apple1954 ( talk) 17:33, 25 November 2022 (UTC)
Hello. I am hoping someone on this site can help me with a frustrating situation.
The long standing Wikipedia biography post of a well known, and widely published Zen Buddhism author was recently deleted for no apparent reason.
It's possible one of Roshi Joan Sutherland's fans was innocently trying to update her bio, as it had become somewhat dated, and some very rude editor intervened, and as a result completely deleted her bio!
I can't provide a link to her page as it is now gone. Thanks in advance for any help here.
Another fan of Roshi Joan Sutherland
66.129.198.33 (
talk) 17:14, 27 November 2022 (UTC)
Several times I wrote drafts about criminals as an anonymous user, but they were all deleted for being "attack pages". How do I prevent this from happening? Ricciardo Best ( talk) 10:57, 28 November 2022 (UTC)
Are people who are known to have committed a crime, but were never convicted still considered criminals? -- Ricciardo Best ( talk) 16:44, 28 November 2022 (UTC)
I am a manager for an artist who is requesting an updated photo to her page. We have press photos that we commissioned to use and replace the current picture with but each time we upload they are reverted back to the current image. I've added these photos to the wiki database so it's not that. Is there an issue with clearance/credit even if it's been properly credited by the photographer we commissioned? Pyangy ( talk) 21:08, 28 November 2022 (UTC)
Please, what template, if any, do I use to output my edit count? Thanks. — Python Drink ( talk) 21:58, 23 November 2022 (UTC) Python Drink ( talk) 21:58, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
{{
NUMBEROF}}
that can be used to output the number of user accounts, admins, etc on Wikipedia? Similarly I want a template that would output my edit count—the plain number itself— to my userpage? I hope I was able to make you understand. —
Python Drink (
talk) 22:14, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
I want to upload a screenshot from a video produced by the US government to Wikipedia. Is this alright? What is the copyright status on this gov't produced work? TheManInTheBlackHat ( talk) 22:07, 28 November 2022 (UTC)
Hello,
I am a Fundraiser, I raise money for my medical treatment. Whydonate.nl help me to raise money thought their platform. WhyDonate is a crowdfunding and fundraising platform based in the Netherlands. When I am checking details about Whydonate, I found that other crowdfunding platforms are available on Wikipedia, but Whydonate's Wikipedia page is missing as I decided to create one page for WhyDonate.
Please help me what I am doing wrong?
Malvikashroff92 ( talk) 13:29, 28 November 2022 (UTC)
What's the method for making a template accessible in the template search bar? I've planned and filled out the labels of the template in my sandbox.
TypistMonkey ( talk) 21:48, 28 November 2022 (UTC)
Hi. The 2022 annexation referendums in Russian-occupied Ukraine article was created under a different name ( Kherson Oblast status referendum). It essentially covered the same topic. I only ask about merging the two histories so that the date of creation be 24 July not 11 August. I'm confused as to where I should ask about merging?-- Sakiv ( talk) 01:44, 28 November 2022 (UTC)
what do i do if my only source is fandom wiki? :( I know i cant use that. :'( 50.103.196.209 ( talk) 02:09, 28 November 2022 (UTC)
How to make the article longer ? Please help ! JiafeiInformated ( talk) 19:01, 27 November 2022 (UTC)
this draft was submitted for review - /info/en/?search=Draft:Madhubanti_Bagchi it has been rejected - but the reason is not clear there are references from leading indian dailies and she has been singing playback for a decade now and has worked with leading indian composers.
am looking for some specifics in order to enhance the page and avoid rejection prat ( talk) 09:29, 28 November 2022 (UTC)
Hello all at Teahouse. I am Zoe Carides, an Australian actor. Unfortunately, somebody has once again made a change to the entry regarding my place of birth. My place of birth was London, UK. However, someone keeps changing it to 'Sydney, Australia'. A couple of very helpful users here at Teahouse found a citation to support the fact of my British birthplace, but another user went back in and changed it to 'Sydney' again. I'm very upset about this, as it's now been going on for quite a few years. Is there any way of stopping this user from continually changing the entry to false information? I had thought, since @theroadislong had kindly found a correct citation and applied it, that all would be well. But alas it is not so. Any advice welcome. Cheers, Zoe Zozment ( talk) 02:11, 25 November 2022 (UTC)
In my efforts to create an article and being a newbie as doing so under wiki "guidelines" my drafts have been "declined" so far. I am okay with that as I gaining experience on how to do things right. My question comes as the person I am writing the article about is getting unsolicited emails from a person purporting to be a consultation from wikisubmissions.com. How does this happen unless they are trolling wiki. I consider this spam in my opinion and somewhat annoying since their email says to "revert back" not "write back' if we want to engage their services. If they can get this own wording correct in a spam mail why would I even consider them. Get-Yer Done ( talk) 13:32, 29 November 2022 (UTC)
how Aaabanti ( talk) 09:59, 29 November 2022 (UTC)
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This is mainly a question for people in the Mathematics/Physics side of Wikipedia.
So the current Wikipedia policy is that advanced articles in mathematics and theoretical physics are usually completely incomprehensible to anyone who is not already familiar with that field. As it should be, since simplifying it would otherwise make it worthlessly inaccurate to those who need it most. (Of course the idea is to write as clearly and simply as possible as long as one does not loose accuracy). I write articles accordingly.
I just wonder whether it would not be nice to have a simple version of the article somewhere. This could be in a "overview" type section at the start of the article (something that some articles do occasionally do and these do turn out to be often very useful). However, most articles do not have this. It also makes little structural sense for shorter articles (despite it still being useful). An alternative I could see is to have a corresponding article in the Simple English Wikipedia which tries to then explain the topic as simply as possible. Would the Simple English Wikipedia article have to be linked to on the Wikipedia article somehow? Otherwise people will most likely not know it exists even if they need it. For example, theta vacuum is a pretty hard article to read if you don't know much physics. But in principle one could summarize it in a paragraph or two in a much simpler sense (something that would of course be useless to actual physicist, but would be nice for laypeople). Yet such a simple summary also does not fit into the article introduction since the necessary simplification would be often technically misleading, and as far as I know the introduction serves more of an accurate summary purpose.
I don't know. The problem is that it would often be ideal if many of the articles in these areas of science/math had a "technical" (accurate) version, and a corresponding simplified version, whether that be in the original article as a subsection or elsewhere (but still obviously accessible to the reader). So I was wondering what other people think about this issue. There is currently no real push for this type of structure on Physics/Math Wikipedia. Sorry for the ramble of thoughts. OpenScience709 ( talk) 01:16, 18 November 2022 (UTC) OpenScience709 ( talk) 01:16, 18 November 2022 (UTC)
The energy cascade is a transfer of energy from lower to higher wavenumbers through the inertial subrange due to turbulent eddy instability.(That’s not far from what you might find in a graduate textbook.)
Newb here, please be kind.
I was wondering if anyone with experience in the dynamic might talk me through etiquette regarding multilingual pages ie the page itself does appear in English, but the talk page is in another language. I’m not sure if there are different language versions of this page and I can’t see a link to an active user on the talk page. Is there guidance regarding such pages and how they are usually managed? I can see some need for updates and, as it’s a tricky one some mentoring on the talk page would help me decide whether to attempt it or leave for somebody else attached to a specific project. EthicalAugur ( talk) 14:33, 18 November 2022 (UTC)
What is the right way to add citations to lists? Most lists I've seen don't have references anywhere I can see, but I have also seen lists that have citation needed tags. Should I put a citation beside the entry in the list? I can't think of any other way to do it. Balnibarbarian ( talk) 16:29, 18 November 2022 (UTC)
After one of my colleagues tried to create a draft page for our company (Codasip Draft:Codasip ), which was rejected, I got involved to cleanup what was done: I know Wikipedia is not marketing! I just want something factual.
However, the page was then rejected again because there were not enough external sources
- I added sources, then it was rejected because there were too many (and some came from the same news site)
- I cleaned-up the sources again, and now I don't get any response...
Could you help me figure-out how to create this page? Thanks! ME - Codasip ( talk) 19:08, 18 November 2022 (UTC)
Also, note that drafts may take up to 3 months to review, since Wikipedia is a volunteer effort. Sungodtemple ( talk) 19:28, 18 November 2022 (UTC)This just tells about the company and what it does, it does not summarize what independent reliable sources with significant coverage have chosen on their own to say about the company. I fear that you may be too close to your company to write about it as Wikipedia requires. As odd as it may sound, you actually have too many sources. Fewer high quality sources are preferable to a large number of low quality sources.
I am a first time contributor. Apparently my contribution was rejected. The contribution pertain to the WIKI subject "Gay St. Manhattan, NY. Moreland Houck 332nd ( talk) 20:25, 18 November 2022 (UTC)
Hi, I know that blog links are not usually allowed for referencing. I've just reverted an edit to article TypeScript. I reverted as all I saw was an added blog. The blog is Microsofts official devs blog which has been used elsewhere in the article as a reference already.
Is it OK, in this instance, to use the official Microsoft dev blog for announcing updates? I feel I might have been too hasty in removing it? Thanks, Knitsey ( talk) 21:30, 18 November 2022 (UTC)
It was almost entirely about me and only referenced my abuser in passing, and I didn't specify the abuse. I CAN specify the abuse, but I wanted to do as little writing on my own page as possible. NVNCVL ( talk) 13:19, 17 November 2022 (UTC)
I am writing on behalf of the Save Ellis Island Foundation which is the Non-Profit partner of the National Park Service for the rehabilitation and reuse of the south side of Ellis Island. The edited information which I provide is directly from the Save Ellis Island website saveellisisland.org Fcalella ( talk) 22:54, 18 November 2022 (UTC)
I've seen a lot of editors revert others' edits during discussions, claiming that the "status quo" version of the article is preferred while a dispute about new content additions are ongoing. However, this seems to be contradictory to WP:EW, which just says "to revert is to undo the action of another editor." So, does a revert like this, if done more than once, count as edit warring? PhotogenicScientist ( talk) 23:13, 18 November 2022 (UTC)
Good morning,
I am an English teacher, and something I've noticed on Wikipedia is that certain punctuation marks are being used incorrectly in conjunction with quotation marks. Let me explain.
On Wikipedia, often you will see a period or comma placed outside of quotation marks, when really both of those punctuation marks should be inside the quotations.
For example:
Also:
The only punctuation mark you will ever see placed outside of quotation marks is a question mark, and it only applies some of the time. It applies only when the question begins before the quote.
For example:
Finally, although punctuation marks are always placed inside of quotation marks, the opposite is true of parentheticals.
For example:
I know there is no central editorial board, but obviously Wikipedia has made the choice to place punctuation marks outside of quotation marks since almost every article has the mistake. I am hereby request, nay, implore you to right this wrong.
Some people think grammar and punctuation aren't a big deal, and that we should worry about mistakes like this. My contention is this: When people lose grip on the language of their society, their society begins to erode. Not over night, but slowly and steadily over time like a patch of rust under your car.
Sincerely, A Concerned English teacher from New Jersey 24.38.36.115 ( talk) 13:17, 18 November 2022 (UTC)
There is a common misconception that logical quotation (LQ) is "British style" and that typesetters' quotation (TQ(...)) is "American style" (despite having originated in England, and being as common in Canada as in the US).(etc. - see the whole page). Tigraan Click here for my talk page ("private" contact) 14:02, 18 November 2022 (UTC)
I signed up a few years ago and did a bunch of videos that were really helpful. But, in the nature of things, I've forgotten what I learned. Now I'm back and want to contribute. I remember there were principles that were really important, and I can't find those videos. Links would be helpful. Thanks. TrouserRoller ( talk) 00:03, 19 November 2022 (UTC)
I'm searching for a citation like {{sfn}} that shows not the author(s), but the title. Does it exist? Gyalu22 ( talk) 15:19, 18 November 2022 (UTC)
Hello! I'm not sure where to put this so I put it here. If there's a more useful place, by all means point it out or move this.
There's a bit of a difficulty about the Royal Rife page - the section about his life and work, not the section about the various alternative health devices that claim to be based on his work.
The story goes back to the 1920s and 1930s, and there's a shortage of reliable sources. Some of the sources available are:
By normal Wikipedia rules it seems that the newspaper articles should be preferred over the documents or the websites, as they're secondary sources and apparently reputable. However, in some places, they seem to be just plain garbled. As journalists sometimes do when faced with science that's above their pay grade, they seem to have got a lot of things mixed up. For instance, the Popular Science article https://books.google.com/books?id=9CcDAAAAMBAJ&q=Germs . Comparing it to the archive documents shows that the supposedly newly discovered and mysterious "green ray" described at the end of the article is actually a very confused description of Rife's usual method of using an inert gas discharge tube (this one filled with krypton possibly, by the colour) as an antenna to transmit ordinary radio waves.
What do you usually do if the secondary sources are really inaccurate? Do they still have to be used in preference to primary sources? Wombat140 ( talk) 09:44, 18 November 2022 (UTC)
well-known, but not well-documentedbut that seems like a strange formulation to me. Well-known to who? I am a 70 year old American, fairly well-read, have a university degree and pretty wide ranging interests. I have 43,000 Wikipedia pages on my watchlist, have been an active editor for over 13 years, and I had never heard of this person before you posted here about him. I have been reading about Royal Robbins since the 1970s but not this guy. I see that the New York Times has only discussed him once, and that was in an article published 91 years ago, and the article was primarily about his microscope, not about him. Similarly, the 1932 Science article that you linked to above seems to be much more about his microscope than about Rife as a person. You are much more familiar with the source material than I am, but I cannot help noticing that the current version of the article says,
Little reliable published information exists describing Rife's life and work.If that is accurate, then perhaps the best solution is to have an article about his controversial microscope rather than an article about Royal Rife as a person. Worth noting is that Wikipedia has very stringent requirements for referencing any biomedical claims, which can be found at WP:MEDRS. Cullen328 ( talk) 08:54, 19 November 2022 (UTC)
I've just been looking for a list of post towns in Ireland yet I can't find one.
All I've been able to find is this Postal addresses in the Republic of Ireland where I have no idea what it's talking about.
The article Post town claims that Ireland has post towns in the opening sentence, however I suspect that is incorrect.
The UK goes Neighbourhood/Village > Post Town/City > County
Whereas Ireland seems to go Neighbourhood/Village/Town/City > County Danstarr69 ( talk) 10:17, 19 November 2022 (UTC)
How can I find an experienced writer to create a page for me? 2601:14A:8201:47E0:8C30:3265:3867:F2A1 ( talk) 20:40, 18 November 2022 (UTC)
May I ask a question about {{ Authority control}}? In the source editing, "{{Authority control}}" is all that I find, but I don't yet understand how Wikipedia then finds the right information. Is it not necessary to provide more information like norm data (LC numbers and the like)? I also seek to understand how to provide the quick summary that shows up when you hover over a linked article name, like Al Jolson being "a Lithuanian-American Jewish singer, comedian, actor, and vaudevillian." Maybe you can help. -- Melchior2006 ( talk) 13:15, 19 November 2022 (UTC)
Hi, I have an issue regarding This page.
It says that Senator-elect Fetterman has had his intent for running for reelection unknown.
HOWEVER, according to FEC Filings, he has already filed to run for reelection in the 2028 pennsylvania senate race (see: https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/S6PA00274/1661811)
Does filing an FEC notice count as a message of intent of running for election? Littlepagers ( talk) 16:55, 19 November 2022 (UTC)
Hi Teahouse! I am writing for feedback on the draft article at Draft:Penelope McPhee. I got the following notifications that the neutrality is disputed, there may be a close connection to the subject and it may not meet notability guidelines. However, no specific reasons or sections of the article were given. Can you please provide actionable feedback or updates to improve the article to publish?
Updates have been made to try to address any neutrality disputes. I have not received money to write the article and do not have a personal relationship to the subject. In addition, it seems like the subject's work and awards as an author and television producer, and contributions to art, should meet the notability guidelines.
Thank you.
OmarLetson ( talk) 19:03, 19 November 2022 (UTC)
I'm at a bit of a loss here. On
Meridian CU, #REDIRECT
is being interpreted as a list and is not creating a redirect. The wikitext here is no different from any other redirect I've looked at. Can anyone figure this out?
-- Frogging101 ( talk) 19:23, 19 November 2022 (UTC)
Hi Wikipedia,
I would like to help chip away at this list by converting bare URLS. Here is an example of what I converted. Did I do this correctly? Is this enough to remove the "Bare URL" notice from the top of the article? Or should this remain on the aritcle for any reason? I want to make sure I'm doing this correctly before diving in. Thank you in advance for sparing a few moments of your time. B8dreamlife ( talk) 19:51, 17 November 2022 (UTC)
I'd like to participate in AfD's and help out there if possible (as part of a pre-req too for NPP rights). Can anyone tell me where I would find a list of AfD's that I could participate in those discussions? TY — Moops ⋠ T⋡ 22:24, 19 November 2022 (UTC)
Hello, im currently writing up a wiki page for a graphic novel, Susanna Moodie: Roughing it in the Bush (not to be confused with Roughing it in the Bush by Susanna Moodie), and want to use an authors note at the end in the page. the co-author of the book, Patrick Crowe, states his reasons for continuing the work after Carol Shields (the other authors) Death, as well as how the graphic novel came into being. Would it be appropriate to cite this in the article, or should i move on.
There is also a website made specifically for the book, and im unsure as to wether i can cite this either, ive added a link to it
here
HistVa (
talk) 23:36, 19 November 2022 (UTC)
There's an article called Global Recognition that has poor writing, the sources are bad news articles and blog posts, and it's an orphan article. I read through the guidelines for content deletion but I'm not sure if these criteria are sufficient. Pseudnaxalbari ( talk) 14:42, 19 November 2022 (UTC)
I'm looking at the page for a city and some of the notable people listed were not born there and they didn't grow up there. Is it anyone who was notable and lived in the city for a certain amount of time? Thank you for your help, Tovanish ( talk) 05:32, 20 November 2022 (UTC)
Please, what template do I use in citing a PDF? Thanks. — Python Drink ( talk) 19:26, 19 November 2022 (UTC) Python Drink ( talk) 19:26, 19 November 2022 (UTC)
educated low road high stream to mid over e equals MC squared unmetered web portal firewall not found occupied resident. Future direction would be?.. 174.214.50.120 ( talk) 12:24, 20 November 2022 (UTC)
I made my first article some weeks ago and I started a page on a local person who died not long ago but my sandbox has a "re-direct" message. Can I delete this? what is it? https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=User:B%27art_homme/sandbox&redirect=no
Thank you
Barthomme
b'art homme 15:29, 20 November 2022 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by B'art homme ( talk • contribs)
Hello, so I'm currently working on an article for Roblox Studio ( /info/en/?search=User:Slo44/Roblox_Studio). There is already an existent redirect which goes to Roblox#Roblox_Studio.
I am planning on submitting my article to AfC later today, but what would happen if it gets accepted? Would this override the redirect page?
Also any feedback on my article would be appreciated, thanks! slo double 4 ( talk) 17:54, 20 November 2022 (UTC)
Is there a template I should be using for lists of works and essays? Should this be in reverse chronological order? In bullets? I have seen many different formats. Is there a prescribed way we should follow? If so, I'll fix everything I come across to that format. I would argue for reverse chronological, as that is much easier to read and update. Thank you LoveElectronicLiterature ( talk) 20:01, 19 November 2022 (UTC)
Hi, I was using wikipedia a long time ago but forgot my password. could you please help me for this. I requested email to change password, but didn't receive any. 2001:1970:47DE:B700:0:0:0:DC57 ( talk) 22:44, 20 November 2022 (UTC)
humming bird 119.18.29.116 ( talk) 01:20, 21 November 2022 (UTC)
I've tried creating a page - Draft:2022 Memphis 901 FC season
i got a response back from a reviewer saying that "This draft has no references. Notability cannot be established without references." but I have references? I'm confused as to what I am missing. Tivo15 ( talk) 03:12, 19 November 2022 (UTC)
I made a correction based on fact to the bio of Sergei Bortkiewicz which was rejected because the mediator considered it "unconstructive".The extract i corrected was From 1904 until 1914, Bortkiewicz continued to live in Berlin but spent his summers visiting his family in Ukraine. Since Ukraine did not exist until 1917, this is historically totally incorrect. Why therefore was my edit rejected ? 79.143.132.145 ( talk) 04:51, 20 November 2022 (UTC)
It is a Tribe Draft Article. This is main purpose of We, the Santals are one of the largest homogeneous tribal communities of India, counting more than 10 million people. Apart from India, Santals live in the neighbouring countries, in Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan. Despite this geographical distance, Santals share the same language, cultural tradition and values. Santals’ social and religious system is very complex and complete in itself. Each village has five representatives who are selected by the village community through consensus to run the village. They are ‘Manjhi baba’ the headman, ‘Jog Manhi’ the assistant-headman, Naike, the priest, Paranik the youth guide, and Godet, the convener. All kinds of disputes, including any family and personal problems, are discussed in the village meetings and are settled through common consent. Golmala ( talk) 09:54, 20 November 2022 (UTC)
Recently some fellow by the name of Chronikhiles has been making edits to several Hindu religion pages, adding artwork of various mythic figures; see Tarakamaya War, Rukmavati, Diti and several others. These images appear to be AI generated original artwork created by the user themself. I do not believe this is allowed, but I want to make sure before I start trying to revert the affected pages. Additionally, if such a thing is not admissible, I humbly request that someone with moderation powers talk to this user so that they stop making such edits. 174.45.253.17 ( talk) 09:57, 20 November 2022 (UTC)
I'm working on a new page that is in the Draft Space ( Draft:Ghella). I'm searching for advices to improve the work and submit the final article.
I also ask you some info regarding the system of the Redirect page. The new article is about a company, but it has the same name of a cyclist ( Mario Ghella). How can it works in this case? I think that the system consider the new page connected to Mario Ghella, but they have just the name in common.
Thank you! Ddanielff ( talk) 09:27, 21 November 2022 (UTC)
Can I literally just change one word at the moment in the piece - the wording is wrong, I'm convinced. Should be appearances 'off the bench' not 'on the bench' surely? I did have an interest in this article because of his involvement in the FIFA World Cup. I just want to check first before I touch anything because he is quite a high profile player? PeachyBum07 ( talk) 09:53, 21 November 2022 (UTC)
What is the name of this template? Something better, what's the name of all templates like this? Oixyplanet ( talk) 07:43, 21 November 2022 (UTC)
I noticed that the list of links in and out of articles on the English wikipedia currently has many links that are not actualy in the article. As an example: the article Polar bear is reported to have about 800 (!) links. Try this API link: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=parse&page=Polar%20bear&prop=links%7Cimages%7Cdisplaytitle&format=json&origin=*. Many of these links seem to be other mammals that are not mentioned in the article, like for example African Wild Dog. The African Wild Dog article also mentions Polar Bear under "What links here". What is going on? Known bug? Something related to categories?
I noticed the same sort of issue for all articles about clothing. Like Raincoat supposedly links to Jeans, while it doesn't.
Teunduynstee ( talk) 16:22, 18 November 2022 (UTC)
insource:"bear" insource:/\[\[[Pp]olar bear/
should always be fast.
In fact it gives 182 hits
Mike Turnbull (
talk) 18:13, 20 November 2022 (UTC)
</code>
so there are too few hits. @
Teunduynstee:
User:PrimeHunter/Source links.js makes the link
Source links under "Tools" on
Polar bear. I think you also have to make a search to find source links with the API.
PrimeHunter (
talk) 19:22, 20 November 2022 (UTC)
Title. Would "the Vanderbilt family was one of America's richest families" be appropriate? Ricciardo Best ( talk) 13:06, 21 November 2022 (UTC)
Hi, My recent Article Draft Declined On Praveen K bangari Indian Cinematographer, Stating that "The content of this submission includes material that does not meet Wikipedia's minimum standard for inline citations. Please cite your sources using footnotes. For instructions on how to do this, please see Referencing for beginners"
can u help me to re edit this article< how to improve it to get approved and get in standards of Wikipedia, Thank You Bangariblue ( talk) 14:58, 21 November 2022 (UTC)
Good sirs:
I am seeing that some people are using a tag called "Twinkle" when they undo other people's changes. How do I get this tag?
Ghost of Kiev
(talk) 15:50, 21 November 2022 (UTC)
Hi, I see this in Dene Grigar's article: NEH But it reads as NEH only, and people may not understand that? What is the proper citation form for acronyms? Is there a style sheet I am missing? Thank you LoveElectronicLiterature ( talk) 18:18, 21 November 2022 (UTC)
Sumancranebuddy21q00 ( talk) 18:26, 21 November 2022 (UTC)
I just want to know that is box-office collections in india are all fake ?
Hello friends,
I copy edited Slow Money, but when reading the article I got the feeling that the company is not all that important. I'm not sure that they should have a Wikipedia page. What is the way to get an article deleted? Ghost of Kiev (talk) 17:04, 21 November 2022 (UTC)
HI, I just got this email. I can easily provide identification, but this just seems off to me. Was this really sent by wikipedia? And yes, I do have an article in wikipedia, but that is because I love my field and I have been active in it for over 35 years. I do not and will not edit my own article. I am leading a group to help clarify and extend the articles in my field. Thanks for your verification on this.
Here is the email I got. As your user page claims the identity of someone who has an article, please verify your identity by sending proof to Info-en@wikipedia.org This is to prevent impersonation, so please take care of this in a timely manner. Slywriter (talk) 15:23, 18 November 2022 (UTC) LoveElectronicLiterature ( talk) 20:35, 18 November 2022 (UTC)
Hello, I has a question in receiving permission to edit the Toronto Blue Jays page. There is a notice that only semi-protected accounts may edit this page, and based on the information I have found thus far I have semi-protected status. I wanted to know the correct protocol on how to go about asking for the correct permissions or if there is another preferred avenue for editing pages like that. Below is the notice from the page:
"Note: This page is semi-protected so that only autoconfirmed users can edit it. If you need help getting started with editing, please visit the Teahouse. 01:48, 10 April 2018 Courcelles talk contribs protected Toronto Blue Jays [Edit=Require autoconfirmed or confirmed access] (indefinite) (Persistent vandalism) (hist) (thank) View full log"
Thank you, Datsa54 ( talk) 04:32, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
This is quite embarrasing to say, but i made a typo in a draft article typo, and cannot for the life of me work out how to change it. Could someone please let me know how? thanks HistVa ( talk) 03:38, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
AuthoritarianismRules56 ( talk) 01:02, 21 November 2022 (UTC)
Can i use the same citations of another language? Thehistorianisaac ( talk) 09:13, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
I have created a my company Wikipedia page and it got deleted under Speedy Deletion with the code CSD G10. I have created a detailed content with may referebces and Wikipedia is saying that it is a promotional content. Now if we are creating a brand page, it is going to be promotional. We need to talk about details and history of brand.
My competitor has Wikipedia page and they are even mentioning lesser content than us. I don't understand how their page is live from years and mine got deleted. Will be thankful if someone can guide me on how to create a company page that does not look promotional and survive on Wikipedia. 202.14.120.58 ( talk) 04:39, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
my company Wikipedia page, that indicates that you have a fundamentally incorrect understanding of what Wikipedia is all about. We do not have "company pages". Instead, we have neutrally written encyclopedia articles about notable companies as Wikipedia defines that term. Your use of the term
myis also problematic. If your company is notable and an article about it is accepted, then you and your company would have no control over the article, as long as the content complies with Wikipedia's Policies and guidelines. Cullen328 ( talk) 05:46, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
Hello. Is there someone who can update the Pebble Beach Resorts page? They have added new features (noted on their website) including Fairway One accommodations, Casa Palmero renovation, Sloat (a new accommodations building) and The Hay, a redesigned golf course. I am connected to the resort and, therefore, am unable to take this on. The website is pebblebeach.com. Thank you. Mgendronaugustyn ( talk) 14:35, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
Hello, All: I have metaverse concept sites (#twelve22vr) on LinkedIn and Facebook. I am impressed by the PV (impression) counts on LinkedIn; however, I cannot access Facebook personal profile data. I heavily use links to drive traffic to Wikipedia, worldwide. Is there a way to access and analyze web logs to gather referrer information?
Thank you in advance, Courtney @ CourtneySCalhoun ( talk) 17:06, 21 November 2022 (UTC)
Hi! I was trying to add these two colors (#E59866 and #aed6f1) to the list related to the latest episode of this show, since on its official youtube account two performances are listed as both 4k and exclusive stages. I tried to add both, but only the first one appears, what can I do? Bloomingbyungchan ( talk) 14:14, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
Hello, I am a NH resident who has been using wikipedia for a LONG time. I love how the convenience of a physical encyclopedia is at the tips of my fingers and I can gather information about ANY subject in a matter of seconds. With the "death" of my home state's great icon (The old Man in the Mountain) almost 2 decades ago, I was extremely surprised there is NO MENTION on a second great geological pheneomenon that represents a man's face only a few miles away. This granite formation is called "Indian Head" and is widely known throughout the area, yet NO mention on wikipedia. Here is a website that offers basic info: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/indian-head. I would like to see a page created for this wonderful natural phenomenon, but have no idea on how to do so. Xanman2112 ( talk) 05:21, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
COURTESY: Draft:Indian Head. (So that Teahouse hosts who are curious can view it.) David notMD ( talk) 12:28, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
@ Xanman2112@ David notMD@ Cullen328 APOLOGIES! I didn't check back and created my own version, Mount Pemigewasset. Xanman2112 so sorry for stepping on your toes. However, of the 3 current sources in your draft, one is a WP:BLOG and the other 2 doesn't mention the topic of the article. When the topic is something like a mountain, books may be the place to look for WP:RS. The sources I've read so far says Mount Pemigewasset and Indian Head are different names for the same thing. Gråbergs Gråa Sång ( talk) 15:27, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
Hello, I made contributions to the page - /info/en/?search=India%E2%80%93Nepal_relations#Trade I found two sources that mention different numbers for the amount of electricity that has been authorised to sell. One link mentions 400MW - https://kathmandupost.com/national/2022/11/15/nepal-reduces-power-export-to-india-as-production-dips Another link mentions 364MW - https://www.thehindu.com/business/Industry/nepal-starts-exporting-364-mw-electricity-to-india/article65516780.ece
What should I do in such a conflict of data? Thank you. ANLgrad ( talk) 16:59, 21 November 2022 (UTC)
Is there a lot of room for discussion around band wipipedia requirements still? I have a band entry that I took some time to find references for. While some references are from online magazines - but general ones like metal.com etc... - I keep getting the rejection reason: not sure if it qualifies for WP:BAND
Band has a ton of requirements but says "one of the following" should be sufficient.
This band "Seven Spires" has two studio albums on Frontiers Music and I linked to the band and both albums on that label's site.
The label currently manages a lot of artists that I would think qualify as well known enough to qualify this record label as major enough. They have Def Leppard among other acts and I showed the links to the reviewers.
Reviewers are not calling out any particular references as lacking credibility.
Some of the references are of course from the creative work of the band itself, but these are not the ones that I'm trying to use to substantiate that the article should exists, just ones that a user can use for convenience if they're interested in looking at the band's work. I don't think this is entirely an uncommon practice either as long as it's not the reference meant to substantiate the existence of the article.
Dullb0yj4ck (
talk) 08:52, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
the band's albums have received strong reviews in particular for their vocal performancesis a very partial reading of that review - it contains some negative content, as well. Tigraan Click here for my talk page ("private" contact) 09:48, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
Hello! How are shutdown (closed) my old account User:123FM? СтасС ( talk) 15:10, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
@ СтасС:Actually, there are admins that will do that, see Category:Wikipedia administrators willing to consider placing self-requested blocks. But you can also have your old userpage redirect your new userpage. - wolf 18:50, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
Is it very possible to download all of these articles as PDF? Does it happen on all of these content pages?
If so or not, would you like to give me reasons why I should download all articles as PDF? -- 2601:205:C001:EA0:DD9D:F980:1B2C:6117 ( talk) 20:11, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
Hi, on this page: /info/en/?search=2022_University_of_Idaho_killings there is an error.
The Latah County Coroner did not do the autopsies. The bodies were sent to Spokane County, where the autopsies were conducted. The Latah County Coroner reported on the findings. https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2022/nov/17/medical-examiner-completes-autopsies-of-four-slain/
Could this information be updated? Thank you. 134.39.169.218 ( talk) 20:17, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
Has anybody noticed that the recent promotions section at WP:GA have been updated with decades-old GANs? Although there are many more, some I remember is White Dog (1982 film), promoted in 2009. It currently displays Stephen Lynch (politician) in recently listed good articles, which was promoted in 2011. Why is this? — VORTEX 3427 ( Talk!) 08:06, 21 November 2022 (UTC)
Hi, I'm relatively new and went a bit overboard with my edits to a page which has serious POV issues, however my edits were poorly thought-through, overly editorialised, and just as POV as the article itself. As such they were understandably reverted. Following feedback I've gone for a more relaxed, incremental approach. I proposed a new edit that's limited to one paragraph, more neutral and better-sourced. I was just wondering how long it is customary to leave such a proposal up on the talk page for comment before implementing it, assuming no objections obviously. The article is Firehose of falsehood and the proposed edit discussion is at Talk:Firehose of falsehood#Specific Edit Proposal for Lead Paragraph. Thanks! ShabbyHoose ( talk) 22:49, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
Hello,
I recently created the article Me and My Dysphoria Monster without a cover image, and I just noticed that a user recently added a cover image to the page. I followed the link the Commons location of the image, and saw that it was uploaded under CC BY-SA 4.0. I'm certain the image is copyrighted!
Since the image is a low-quality, however, I think it is still fair-use, but I don't know how to update the license on commons / which to use etc. to indicate this.
I have to catch a plane soon so unfortunately I don't have time to look up what to do, hence why I'm making a post here.
Could someone please make the appropriate license adjustments? (And maybe send a friendly-ish message to the user who uploaded the image that they cannot simply upload images of other people's artwork as CC BY-SA 4.0 to Commons!)
Thanks, Neuroxic ( talk) 00:26, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
I Added a new tab called Article list to the Template:Code for Africa Climate Change Project but this does not show on the view page, I would be grateful if I get assistance. Thank you. Jwale2 ( talk) 20:58, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
I want that title of my userpage will look like this "𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐕𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐭𝟕𝟐𝟖🧙♂️", for that I have done many efforts like I inserted this template Template:DISPLAYTITLE but I didn't worked so can anyone help me to change my title without changing address of my userpage. Thanks 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐕𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐭𝟕𝟐𝟖🧙♂️ 04:57, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
{{DISPLAYTITLE::User:'''LordVoldemort728'''}}
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Anachronist (
talk) 05:19, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
Ok 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐕𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐭𝟕𝟐𝟖🧙♂️ Let's Talk ! 05:47, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
SCP – Containment Breach: Revision history - Wikipedia / Or just search scp containment breach and look at view history.
This is because on sources. "Another enemy faction to the Foundation that causes these breaches is a group only known as the Chaos Insurgency (a faction made up of rouge members of a taskforce known as the Red Right Hand." The original was staff/personnel, but I replaced it with members of a taskforce known as the Red Right Hand which there is evidence on scp wiki dot. This person says that I needed a source for that, but I don't recall there being one for the staff/personnel. Even if I could I do not know how. can somebody help PugAngel 11 ( talk) 04:15, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
Hi all! I have been staring at the 21st century in literature page for the last ten minutes to better drive myself up a wall. I think the page does not need to exist, or at least exist in its current format of listing Nobel Prize winners and a seemingly random selection of almost entirely Western books, particularly when a [year] in literature page exists for every single year covered in this article. By contrast, 21st century in poetry is just a gathering of said links (already gathered in a template box but okay) and does not have any mentions of specific poetic works.
I'm torn between a WP:BOLD prod nomination (sorry inclusionists) or revising it to be more like the poetry page, or neither! Any suggestions and help would be appreciated, I just know I don't want to leave it as it is! Kazamzam ( talk) 23:21, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
I made a wikipedia draft for the articles Draft:901 (PTV Bus) and Draft:903 (PTV Bus) after checking the sources on both articles I deemed both as notable as per the source assesment tables in Draft talk:901 (PTV Bus) and Draft talk:903 (PTV Bus) however both got declined just 2 days after submission.
I also do not understand how Draft:903 (PTV Bus) recieved "This submission appears to be a news report of a single event and may not be notable enough for an article in Wikipedia. Please see Wikipedia:NOT#NEWS and Wikipedia:ONEEVENT for more information." even through both articles were about two of melbourne's most used bus routes.
It would be great if anyone can help.
NotOrrio ( talk) 02:39 21 November 2022 (UTC)
Hello. I need Dance art Admin to watch my Page. All pages what i have created about Dance sphere and Famous dancers were nominated for deletion by one user. LoveInDance ( talk) 19:55, 21 November 2022 (UTC)
I've seen on several Wikipedia articles like those about extremely notorious/infamous topics like the Arab Israeli conflict and Hitler that some of these articles are "level 4 like" extended confirmed user edit protected and are related to some "Arbitration enforcement", what does that mean? Is it usually reserved for topics that cause so much heated debate between Wikipedia editors due to their inflammatory nature? Hgh1985 ( talk) 09:01, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
HELP!! How can I get Monroe Veach from Trenton, MO (1896-1986) added to Wikipedia?? On Famous Veaches / On Well Known Missourians / On Western Saddle (under Premiere Saddle Makers). See: https://shoptalk-magazine.com/2019/11/18/monroe-veach-a-ten-dollar-horse-and-a-forty-dollar-saddle/ I have plenty of stories, articles and pictures. He was a Trick Roper, Cowboy, Saddle Maker, and there were 4 VEACH Saddlery places: Trenton, MO (still going at 103 years!), Tulsa, OK, Branson, MO & Colcord, OK. Lonny M. Veach, 77, Grandson Lonnyveach ( talk) 22:46, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
Do we need to give source for plot section of a movie or not?? What if I have written the plot from a website; should I need to mention the source in this case? Ps103ankit ( talk) 07:05, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
There is no financial interest. I would like to publish an article on my famous, deceased father in Law. A page for him would be a good fit for Wikipedia. Are there changes and steps to declare my conflict that would allow publication? /info/en/?search=Draft:Edward_Eaton_Mason ParaDocs ( talk) 19:44, 21 November 2022 (UTC)
Hi DavidTanCreti. In addition to the concerns raised above about the textual content of the draft, there are also issues related to the images you've uploaded to Commons that are being used in the draft. You seem to be misunderstanding some very important things about c:Commons:Licensing and copyright ownership in general. Pretty much all of your file uploads, except one, have issues that need addressing in order for them to be kept by Commons, and you can find out what these are by checking the notifications I posted at c:User talk:DavidTanCreti. You might want to take a look at c:Commons:Own work because "own work" has a very specific meaning when it comes to copyright law, and this meaning might not be familiar to you. Generally, it's the person who takes a photo who is considered to be the copyright holder of a photo; not the subject of a photo or anyone possessing a physical copy of a photo. So, "own work" would only apply to these photos if you actually were the person who originally took them. Photographing, scanning or otherwise digitalizing a photo originally taken by someone else doesn't make the original photo your "own work" and doesn't void any claim of copyright authorship held by the original photographer. In fact, in most cases, such a thing isn't even considered sufficient to generate a new copyright for your recreation. Even in cases where you're actually photographing someone else's publicly displayed creative work (e.g. a sculpture, a store signboard, a window display), you may need consider the copyright status of the original work. Bascially, you can't release someone else's work or a photograph of someone else's work under a Creative Commons license without their c:COM:CONSENT or providing evidence of a copyright transfer agreement. Image copyright can be tricky to figure out sometimes; so, if you have a specific questions about a particular file you uploaded, feel free to ask them on your Commons user talk page. Just post your question comment below the notification I added for the relevant image and I will try and answer it. Since whether the draft you're working on is ultimately accepted by English Wikipedia is not related in any way to the images being used in it, it's much better to specific details related to the your file uploads over at Commons and keep the discussion separate from what's being discussed above. -- Marchjuly ( talk) 22:21, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
I would like to ask for your help in publishing the translation for the "Porto Montenegro" page in English. The page already exists in Serbian, I translated it in English, but I can't publish it because I don't have enough experience on Wikipedia. I can only save it as a personal draft version. Vujacic99 ( talk) 09:04, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
Who may I send my article to to proofread so it doesn't go up for deletion? Feyisara99 ( talk) 10:07, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
Courtesy link: Draft:Rasheed Sarumi exists, with no references. The awards are minor, and thus do not contribute to notability even if those were referenced. David notMD ( talk) 13:21, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
I now have references. Rifken ( talk) 17:26, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
Currently at Draft:The Still Life (2007 film) and submitted to AfC. Past Declines restored. David notMD ( talk) 13:23, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
Is my account eligible for creating a new article? Santhini Sekar ( talk) 06:21, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
I have found an editor on Wikipedia who persistently makes bad edits. This includes the unnecessary removal of wiki links across multiple pages, idiosyncratic edits with no edit summary (this user also stated on their talk page that they will refuse to use edit summaries going forward), and stylistic edits that are either redundant or inaccurate (e.g. adding 'CEO' to Bill Gates' opening sentence). Most of the edits are style changes and seem to be in good faith, but the guy's edits are often questionable and subsequently reverted. He's been warned about his edits on his talk page a number of times (I haven't interacted personally), and I'm just wondering what can be done to prevent further bad edits in the future. Dawkin Verbier ( talk) 12:20, 23 November 2022 (UTC) Dawkin Verbier ( talk) 12:20, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
Hello, and thank you for your time! I've noticed that in most cases, retroactive translations of foreign words or names are given an in-line list, even in cases exceeding three languages. From the Ruthenia article:
Ruthenia (/ruːˈθiːniə/; Latin: Ruthenia or Rutenia, Ukrainian: Рутенія, romanized: Rutenia or Русь, Rus, Polish: Ruś, Belarusian: Рутэнія, Русь, Russian: Рутения, Русь,) is an exonym, originally used in Medieval Latin as one of several terms for Kievan Rus', the Kingdom of Galicia-Volhynia and, after their collapse, for East Slavic and Eastern Orthodox regions of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Kingdom of Poland, corresponding to what is now Ukraine and Belarus.
Other articles, particularly significant ones, contain such a list in an explanatory footnote after the term. From the Abraham article:
Abraham[efn, three languages] (originally Abram)[efn, one language] is the common Hebrew patriarch of the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
I feel that the latter is a much better way conveying this information, particularly with longer lists, mainly because it looks a lot neater and easier to read. I also find it kind of distracts from the content to have a word explained in a multitude of languages, often in scripts many readers can't even read without transliterations, making the in-line list even longer. Are there any rules governing when to use an EFN and when to write them in-line, and would I be wrong to change some of the longer lists I find to EFN's? Kaasterly ( talk) 10:46, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
Hello! I'm trying to edit the Perseus Digital Library page (known as Perseus Project here).
I'm wanting to add an infobox among other things, and I just wanted to check that I should use the Template:Infobox_website and not the Template:Infobox_library which seems to be for buildings. Library seems more precise, but since it is digital, it is not a physical building.
Any advice on infoboxes?
Thanks in advance!
Tsiluciole ( talk) 11:31, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
There was an anti-semitic incident at Cranbrook School, Sydney. It made the news and I added it to the page. Wik-ed100 has removed my sourced edits a number of times - without any explanation. I added something to the talk page - nothing. I don't want to get into an editing war, but how do I deal with an editor who is basically initiating one. He doesn't discuss why he's removing the sourced material. Sure he doesn't have to like the content on the page, but there are processes involved. There's no justification for just deleting it - over and over and over again. MaskedSinger ( talk) 19:28, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
I have created a new article in sandbox mode, and now cannot move it into the public Wikipedia area, because there is no menu button right of the little star. Can anybody help? Thank you. Doctorshresta ( talk) 15:24, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
at least 4 days old and have made at least 10 edits. Once you have made a total of ten edits, the move button will appear. If you try to move the article before adding the necessary citations, I think you will quickly find it back in your user space - WP:BLP issues are taken very seriously. 199.208.172.35 ( talk) 15:57, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
I am not disputing the statistics in the article on "Abortion statistics in the United States".
I am only saying that the tables in it need some clarification. I don't know how to do it myself, so I leave it up to the experts.
Specifically, the tables need an explanation for what constitutes "abortion rate" and "abortion ratio" for each of the two data sources:
-- the Guttmacher Institute and the CDCC.
Currently, the tables look something like this (for the year 2016):
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year_____number of abortions _____ abortion rate ____________ abortion ratio 2016 _____ 874,100 _______________ 13.7 __________________ 18.3
year_____number of abortions _____ abortion rate ____________ abortion ratio 2016 ________ 623,471 _____________ 11.6 __________________ 186
(abortions per (abortions per 100 pregnancies 1,000 women ending in an abortion or live birth, ages 15 to 44) excluding miscarriages) 2016 _____ 874,100 _______________ 13.7 __________________ 18.3
(abortions per (abortions per 1000 live births) 1,000 women ages 15 to 44) 2016 ________ 623,471 _____________ 11.6 __________________ 186
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Thank you very much,
Steve Maricic 192.231.202.250 ( talk) 15:29, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
How does one export the entire Revision History table for a specific page? I have found how to export an article itself, both the text and the XML, but I would like to export the Revision History page related to the article. 1n44n6 ( talk) 16:25, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
ComplexRational, how I create the article about 2,3-Dichloroaniline? This chemical substance exists!
85.109.136.232 ( talk) 12:28, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
I am trying to cite a video that was made for national TV about a non-profit I am creating a page for. The video was aired on Czech National Television almost as a type of documentary about a landmark and ongoing project in Prague- which is being done by CCEA- but it is in Czech. Could someone who speaks Czech help me review the source and see if I can use it as a source about the project and the non-profit?
Může prosím někdo prověřit tento zdroj z České národní televize, zda je pro mě důvěryhodný a mohu ho použít jako zdroj o studiu CCEA MOBA?
Also, how does it work when I cite something in another language? Can I get a Czech editor on my page to help me? How do I request that? GlobalAaloo ( talk) 09:57, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
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Dentsinhere43 is a new
Wikipedian. 10:19, 23 November 2022 (UTC)The way current cricket tour pages are named are something like [ visiting country ] cricket team in [ host country ] [ year ]
which is not the way cricket community, or rather any entity refers to cricket tours. The correct way is [ visiting country ] tour of [ host country ] [ year ]
With 10s of pages named in this undesirable way every year, possibly >100 pages would need to be renamed. What is the correct place to build consensus about this. An RfC? Somewhere else? >>>
Extorc.
talk 14:08, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
Bangladeshi cricket tour of Zimbabwe in 2022in place of
Bangladeshi cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2022. Looking at just this example, the lead sentence starts "The Bangladesh cricket team toured Zimbabwe in July and August 2022 to play …", so it's explained to the uninitiated that a tour is something undertaken by a team. On the other hand, the short description is "International cricket tour" : search results that show title+SD will already be clear that the article is about a tour. To me, tour (singular) seems to imply all games were played in a single visit. ⁓ Pelagic ( messages ) 18:42, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
Hello, I am building up the publications section on this page - /info/en/?search=Henley_%26_Partners
For better understanding, I am trying to highlight the reports and index like it has been done here - /info/en/?search=Germanwatch
Right now, the Publication section on /info/en/?search=Henley_%26_Partners has a brief description of only one report - Investment Migration Programs Health Risk Assessment Report. There are other reports, but only the names are mentioned. I feel adding one line brief outline of the other reports will help the readers. Also, subsections will organize it.
Could you please tell me if this will be a good way to improve the publication section?
=== Africa Wealth Report === The Africa Wealth Report is an annual report which lists private wealth in the African continent. The 2022 report was released by the company in collaboration with New World Wealth.<ref name="africa report detail">{{cite news |last1=Rahhali |first1=Lamine |title=Morocco 1 of 5 Countries with More than 50% of Africa’s Private Wealth |url=https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2022/04/348605/morocco-1-of-5-countries-with-more-than-50-of-africas-private-wealth |access-date=15 September 2022 |work=[[Morocco World News]] |language=en |quote=The Africa Wealth Report is a yearly report that lists private wealth in the continent.}}</ref><ref name="africa wealth report">{{cite news |last1=Benson |first1=Emmanuel Abara |title=10 African countries with the highest number of dollar millionaires, according to latest ranking |url=https://africa.businessinsider.com/local/markets/10-african-countries-with-the-highest-number-of-dollar-millionaires-according-to/ntd6by1 |access-date=7 September 2022 |work=[[Business Insider]] Africa |date=27 April 2022 |language=en}}</ref> === Henley Passport Index === {{main|Henley Passport Index}} The Henley Passport Index is an annual ranking of countries for the 199 passports in the world based on how many travel destinations are accessible to the passport holders without a prior visa.<ref name="index 199">{{cite news |last1=Report |first1=Dawn |title=Pakistani passport remains ‘fourth-worst in world’ |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1700802 |work=[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]] |date=21 July 2022 |language=en |quote=The Henley Passport Index is a ranking of all the world’s 199 passports according to the number of destinations their holders can access without a prior visa}}</ref><ref name="about index">{{cite news |last1=McDonagh |first1=Shannon |title=These are the world's most powerful passports in 2022 |url=https://www.euronews.com/travel/2022/01/31/this-country-will-have-the-most-valuable-passport-in-our-post-pandemic-world |access-date=15 September 2022 |work=[[Euronews]] |date=31 January 2022 |language=en}}</ref> === Investment Migration Climate Resilience Index === The Investment Migration Climate Resilience Index by the company assesses a country's climate resilience and ranks climate resilient locations for migration. It is in collaboration with Deep Knowledge Analytics and the 2022 report evaluated 180 countries based on five parameters of 900 data points.<ref name="parameters migration climate">{{cite news |last1=Chadha |first1=Sunainaa |title=Best investment migration options to improve climate resilience |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/best-investment-migration-options-to-improve-climate-resilience-india-ranks-35-us-ranks-1-followed-by-germany-and-uk/articleshow/91631246.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_camp |access-date=29 September 2022 |work=[[The Times of India]] |language=en |quote=The study comprises over 900 different data points within 5 parameters}}</ref> {{reflist-talk}}
ANLgrad ( talk) 17:49, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
Is there a tool that helps when I want to translate an article from another language? I want to translate https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B8,_%D0%90%D0%B1%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B0_%D0%98%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87 to English but I don't know how to make the fact box show up right on this Wikipedia. Ghost of Kiev (talk) 22:26, 21 November 2022 (UTC)
CURRENTLY KHAJURAHO-PANNA-REWA - RAIL ROUTE IS BEING PREOARED. IT CROSSES SATNA ALLAHABAD ROUTE NEAR SUB STATION SAGMA . IF SAGMA IS DEVELOPED AS SATLITE STAION THEN PEAPLE COMING FROM EVERY FOUR DIRECTIONS WILL GET EASY APPROCH TO ANY DIRECTION FROM HERE WITHUOT RUNNING TO DIFFERENT LOCATION AT SATNA TO GET CONNECTING TRAINS TO OTHER PLACES . IF KAIMA IS DEVELOPED THAN PERSON WILL HAVE TO RUN 7 KM. TO CATCH TRAIN OF OERS ROUTE FROM SATNA AND VICE - VERSA . KINDLY TAKE NOTE OF THIS WHILE PLANNING . IT IS REQUESTED. 103.160.49.119 ( talk) 08:43, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
Thanks. -- Frogging101 ( talk) 19:33, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
Hi there! I was wondering if there was any way to find out the largest number of edits I've made in a single day? Thanks! 🥒 EpicPickle (he/him | talk) 21:04, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
Hello! I noticed that COVID-19 pandemic is no longer listed as ongoing on ITN. Was there a specific discussion about this somewhere? I tried to look in the archives but got no luck. Cheers! 🐶 EpicPupper (he/him | talk) 00:42, 24 November 2022 (UTC)
editing 105.242.104.17 ( talk) 09:51, 24 November 2022 (UTC)
Hello everyone,
I've submitted my first page for review about 18 days ago. However, I'm not sure if the references which I've provided are good enough. The page which I've created is for actor/model.
I've provided citations from new articles which are from the top e-papers within our state. Can anyone go through the page and share their thoughts? Crishna nandyala ( talk) 07:22, 24 November 2022 (UTC)
Is there any WP policy or guidance on this topic? For example, I recall seeing subsection breaks added to long talk page threads, in the format e.g. "===Arbitrary break===" in order to make it easier to edit the page. Thank you, Sandbh ( talk) 07:12, 24 November 2022 (UTC)
Hi, I was browsing through the wiki page titled: "List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Tyne and Wear" and I noticed under the "Herrington Hill" SSSI link sent to a wiki page of a Herrington Hill in Antarctica (which is wrong). I'm not proficient with editing Wikipedia so just wanted to let someone more clever know about it and fix it! Thanks! 5.65.129.10 ( talk) 15:49, 24 November 2022 (UTC)
Hello, How do I report mispellings of names in entries. Knud Lonberg-Holm has his name spelled correctly and also as "Londberg-Holm (which is incorrect) in the same entry. I would have contacted the person who made the entry but don't know how to do that. Thanks, Fred 2603:7000:DC3C:D48A:34C3:A4F7:A3FF:28F1 ( talk) 18:14, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
I was checking Thiazepine, and I found that the first part of the article matches some text in this source " https://meshb.nlm.nih.gov/record/ui?name=Thiazepines".
While it might be a wikipedia mirror, the earliest revision lists it as a source (unless I can't read these things. On the other hand, removing it would take a large chunk of the article away, and I do not know enough about chemistry to feel comfortable redoing it.
Any help would be appreciated!
Balnibarbarian ( talk) 01:47, 24 November 2022 (UTC)
My first attempt at a Wikipedia article was declined due to lack of sources. Because of the nature of my article ( a dinner party group) I am unsure how I would be able to cite sources, unless I merely linked it to other wiki articles such as ‘dinner party’. What can I do to have my page accepted? RaleighGibbs ( talk) 07:36, 24 November 2022 (UTC)
A topic is presumed to be suitable for a stand-alone article or list when it has received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject.Without significant coverage of the topic in independent, reliable sources, it is not possible to write an acceptable Wikipedia article. Cullen328 ( talk) 19:07, 24 November 2022 (UTC)
Hello everyone, I would like to research the following topic for an Assignment for a Marketing project in the Master in Management program. I know that Wikipedia is not a marketing platform and I highly respect so but I am always been fascinated by how Wikipedia can affect the perception of a certain person, topic, or company.
My goal is to understand what would be more effective for the credibility and trust around a company. I am humbly asking for your opinion on the pro and cons of having a Wikipedia page and in case what would be more effective to create trust around certain niche disciplines of storytelling:
- A Person, I am trying to understand if he/she would be suitable for Wikipedia has published 17 research papers on Google Scholar, and he/she has been mentioned in 3 different books on Google Books. She/He is a professor with a doctorate.
- A topic that is strictly connected with the professor above mentioned but still there is no related Wikipedia page about the topic. The professor works/studies in this field and is one of the best developers of the topic/discipline
- A company that the professor has founded and that aims to help humanitarian organizations use the topic/discipline above mentioned. The professor works alone and he/she is the face company.
Also if you could develop just one, which would be to be as effective as possible to create trust and celebrate the company? I am deeply sorry if didn't use technical words or if this question may sound inappropriate but I am a curious student that needs help from you.
Thank you. ScientistDurandDurand ( talk) 20:26, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
celebrate and create trust[sic] with topics. We are an encyclopaedia project, not Cision. Any trust created is, as noted by Maproom, because our articles are impartially-written, something which someone in your position is unlikely to be able to do without expending a lot more effort because your view of "neutral" is compromised. That you assume we "celebrate" article subjects is evidence that you've got, at best, screamsheet knowledge of Wikipedia and haven't bothered to look any deeper at how things work here, whether from a cultural or policy standpoint. — Jéské Couriano v^_^v a little blue Bori 21:41, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
I am creating a article about this community. But I do not know where to find the geographic names information system summary about it. I use the database to create articles about communities in the USA. Does anyone know how to find this community on the database? I am working on it in User:HelpingWorld/sandbox. Any help is appreciated! `~HelpingWorld~` (👽🛸) 04:50, 24 November 2022 (UTC)
Hi I want to make sure that people can find writers, even if they have used a pen name (Mark Twain should also return results for Samuel Clemens, etc.) Is there a way to do that? Marjorie Luesebrink LoveElectronicLiterature ( talk) 23:22, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
I am having this issue on my sandbox when everytime I add a template to an article I work on, it goes above the references. Any help is appreciated. `~HelpingWorld~` (👽🛸) 22:38, 24 November 2022 (UTC)
Hi editors,
I have recently been patrolling recent changes and, I must admit, I feel a little bit bitten. @ Mr.weedle was patrolling recent changes at around the same time as I was, I believe, and while I understand that speed is essential in recent changes patrolling and the volume of vandalism is such that patrollers don't have time to read every edit in detail, but I now have two template warnings [4] [5] on my talk page for two things which I don't feel warrant any sort of template warning. The first one, concerning this diff [6], was about unsourced material, which I had addressed in the edit sumary (admittedly, I should have manually reverted and added the source at the same time, but the edit summary is there for people to read?) and the second one was concerning this diff [7] to Spring Valley station (DART). I feel that the edit was clearly constrctive and not patent nonsense. I am, of course, not experienced in editing according to the MoS, but the magnitude of the offense should not warrant in any situation a block. Moreover, with only a generic link to the MoS, I have no idea which part of my edits violated MoS, how to correct it, etc. and I feel that the templating is generally unconstructive towards my ability to contribute. I have replied to the template both times on my talk page regarding these issues, but have received no response.
On a broader note, I notice that recent change patrollers often simply revert valuable but problematic material from IPs (e.g. unsourced but factually correct and verifiable) instead of fixing it. As stated above, I understand that patrollers don't have time, but surely this can be remedied by more manpower/resources. I would welcome others' input on this. Fermiboson ( talk) 07:48, 24 November 2022 (UTC)
For other websites that use a wiki engine like Wikipedia and Fandom, does that mean that their technical ways of for example editing articles or equivalents/pages, and putting codes in articles to perform specific functions in editing, as well as having "revision history" of articles/pages etc universal and with the same procedure? Like does this layout apply to all wiki website? Like will typing Wikipedia in brackets in any wiki editor make it into a hyperlink and similar things? Hgh1985 ( talk) 03:15, 25 November 2022 (UTC)
I keep receiving a mobile notification thanking me for my first edit, sometimes it's tenth or 100th. I'm up to 900 edits and started editing over a year ago, but it still spams me with these. Is there a way to turn them off while still being able to see talk page messages and relevant communications? Zorya's Leshak▲ (-10.0) 23:47, 21 November 2022 (UTC)
Hi Zorya's Leshak. I have been using the android mobile app for a few months now. This sounds like it might be a technical issue since it keeps happening, so I'll ping DBrant (WMF). He might be able to explain what's going on and fix it if there is an issue with the app itself. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 02:33, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
Zorya's Leshak, I noticed something upon my rereading of this section. The notification about the reviewed page you created months ago may indeed be accurate. New page patrol often have a very long backlog and it's not uncommon for that situation to happen. If it's possible, can you check if you recieved the same notification on desktop? If you didn't, it's likely an app issue. If you did, that specific notification is accurate. It still wouldn't explain the duplicate notifications about edit milestones, though. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 04:36, 25 November 2022 (UTC)
Is there a rule against any and all forms of cussing/cursing/swearing when it comes to talk pages and editors and discourse etc.? I am aware of the whole WP:CIVIL thing, but I have seen some editors before swear/cuss/curse (whatever you want to call it) in the past without punishment or recourse, and I was just curious if that is normal or just allowed as long as one isn't attacking another editor (like just venting about something) etc.? TY — Moops ⋠ T⋡ 20:18, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
Hi there! I notice that the watchlist button icon has changed to an all-black version. Is there a page documenting the reasoning behind this change somewhere? Thanks! 🐶 EpicPupper (he/him | talk) 02:26, 25 November 2022 (UTC)
Hi Friends, I have made an article that got declined. Please help me with this article. Here is the article Draft:R. Rajiv Gandhi
Thanks in advance. Keech KeechB ( talk) 09:38, 25 November 2022 (UTC)
I'm new to this website and I don't know how to make the text bigger on articles, anyone know how? Sairaraosucksfrfr ( talk) 10:42, 25 November 2022 (UTC)
Please provide additional information on why would my article get denied after providing multiple citations, having no errors in grammar, and publishing a notable person. Liamkingbme ( talk) 10:51, 25 November 2022 (UTC)
STATUS: Draft:Anderson Ohiaeri Obiagwu submitted, declined, revised (more content and refs) and resubmitted. Obiagwu is founder of a magazine about African music. The magazine/organization also has annual awards for different catagories of music. David notMD ( talk) 11:55, 25 November 2022 (UTC)
Hello there anyone, I'm "kindof" new in Wikipedia and have never had this problem before so I'm not sure how to deal with it. In the Merdeka page, an IP had done a significant change which includes many typos, grammar mistakes and basically bad editing/writing. Which comes into question whether what the IP writes is really reliable. Feel free to see the edit changes, I really believe it makes the page worse for other readers.
I've reverted the edits but just for the edits to be reverted back by the IP. Is there a formal/usual way of (escalating) bringing another editor or admin into this? For them to review and remove the edits if it is as bad as I believe it is. Danial Bass ( talk) 03:10, 24 November 2022 (UTC)
Based on https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/38-1/s134#details there were 3 Democratic Senators that voted in favor of the 13th amendment to the constitution, yet on the 13th amendment and Senator James Nesmith's pages, they claim that only 2 Democratic Senators, James Nesmith and Reverdy Johnson, voted in favor of the 13th amendment's passage.
The missing Senator in question is Benjamin F Harding. His page, alongside Reverdy Johnson's, has no mention of their votes in favor of the amendment.
I was planning on correcting both claims in the two articles alongside adding the claim to the pages of the 2 other Senators. The claim on the 13th amendment is not sourced, but the page is semi-protected and I don't want to step on any toes editing something there. So I figured I'd change it on the 3 men's pages, and whenever I'm more confident in my change, I'll try adding it to the article.
I also ran into a bit of a dilemma on James Nesmith's page. The claim there is sourced twice in two different books. I have been able to read the first source online, and the claim is dubious at best. The page they cite has no mention of either James Nesmith's vote or Reverdy Johnson's vote. It mentions Reverdy Johnson's support of an amendment like the 13th and the previous pages spoke of other prominent Democrats that supported such an amendment, yet no mention of the actual voting. Reading past the page they cite will require I get access to the book. I plan on doing so if I can find it at my local library.
I have not been able to view the page of the second source, if my local library has it I'll try and read it. Though if it's as dubious as the first citation I doubt it has the facts to back up the article's claim.
Am I in my rights to add the note to the articles of Reverdy Johnson and Benjamin F. Harding if I leave the other two articles alone? I was planning on doing so but thought it'd be strange to have these claims hyperlinked to James Nesmith's and the 13th Amendment's pages with contradictory statements.
So, can I delete the claim on James Nesmith's page and add my correction? The two sources are only used once in the article, in the claim I'm disputing, so I'd feel bad for the person who originally put the effort in publishing the claim only for me to remove it and their two sources entirely. ~~~~ Jinandwin ( talk) 09:58, 25 November 2022 (UTC)
Recently one of my draft articles had tags stating [non primary source needed since two of the sources with the tags clearly had a secondary source backing up I removed the tags, later the person who added those tags accused me of white washing and explained my intent was to decieve editors keep in mind there were two more sources with that tag and 2 more with a different tag that I didn't remove. I explained that both of sources I removed tags for had a secondary source backing them up, I later recieved a reply from another user stating that if the primary source is backed up by a secondary source the primary source should be removed.
I either have 2 options here
I can either keep both sources?
Or remove the primary source?
Which one is better to do?
Draft talk:903 (PTV Bus) NotOrrio ( talk) 22:07, 24 November 2022 (UTC)
How can I write my own article? Alyssap167 ( talk) 16:08, 25 November 2022 (UTC)
Hello, I am simply trying to set a genuine page for a legal business, I am having some issues, please help. Downtown Heroes FC ( talk) 19:32, 25 November 2022 (UTC)
Hello people, as I am still learning how to edit, I wanted to ask if there's somebody I could ask to improve an article visually, and on a similar note is there an article detailing how I could make graphs and add tables to an article? Thank you for your help. Wpakxl ( talk) 22:11, 24 November 2022 (UTC)
"textboxes feel like they haven't been formatted properly"but I urge you to take extreme care when editing tables - they can very easily be damaged by a careless edit, so always check afterwards and be prepared to revert your own edit if you make a mistake. I often advise people to copy a table's wikicode into their user sandbox and play around with editing that first, before trying to alter the article itself. Regards, Nick Moyes ( talk) 17:33, 25 November 2022 (UTC)
In this article, /info/en/?search=Shintaro_Ishihara#Personal_life_and_death - an editor has added a 'citation needed' for the place where Mr. Ishihara died, and most of the news articles talk about Mr. Ishihara dying at his Tokyo home but they don't mention that it was in the Ota Ward of Tokyo : https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14537506, under the image it is mentioned his house was in Ota Ward and in this article https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/society/general-news/20220618-38766/, the author's house in Ota Ward, but because these facts aren't directly linked to each other, and you have to put two and two together, how do I add this note to the article? Thank you for your help. Wpakxl ( talk) 16:00, 25 November 2022 (UTC)
I Accidently messed up My Gym Partner's a Monkey season 2 episodes! I need help restoring, Jacksoncochran048484 ( talk) 00:44, 26 November 2022 (UTC)
Hi, I am writing an article Draft:Lewis A. Novack, but my rejection is not sufficiently notable for inclusion in Wikipedia. Any advice on advancing the article
- Seven3531 Seven3531 ( talk) 00:41, 26 November 2022 (UTC)
can someone direct me to someplace in wikipedia that serves as a chat room? Allaoii talk<:/span> 19:15, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
There is a dispute on the talk (and article) page of Lodz. I believe that a particular song about the town should be mentioned. Another editor, Merangs, writes it off as trivial. The song was Vicky Leandros's first number-one hit in Germany and has become an evergreen. Since the Lodz page has a section on the town in literature and film, I don't see why music should not also be included. Can we get outside input? Kdammers ( talk) 01:58, 26 November 2022 (UTC)
Afternoon Wiki Land
I am looking for someone to write a Wikipedia page for me - Please advise what I am do here. I am a complete Rookie
IT isnt really the easiest place to work things out
Dave
Feeling lost and confused in Wikipedia land. KahuKiwi ( talk) 03:39, 25 November 2022 (UTC)
I do not want all that stuff all over the page your autobots just posted.
Delete it now! #Angry
~~
Missbellanash (
talk) 03:11, 25 November 2022 (UTC)
Hello, I’m the Christian Cartoonist. I desire to be a Wikipedia article creator, but it’s difficult with all the procedures and what to put in there. What are some things I can do? The Christian Cartoonist ( talk) 03:21, 26 November 2022 (UTC)
How can I created article in wikipedia Hey Samsung ( talk) 13:31, 26 November 2022 (UTC)
I would like to get permission to use my alternate account, User:Villanykörte. I will mainly use this account for editing tests. Ricciardo Best ( talk) 15:08, 26 November 2022 (UTC)
My site was banned from wikipedia for creating a talk page or including it as a business. It was banned back in 2021 I came to know just a few weeks ago. How do I request for excluding my web address from banned list? Jabbar132 ( talk) 06:28, 26 November 2022 (UTC)
I archived an article at archive.today but then thought it might be better to use Wayback Machine. Now I have archived versions from both and am wondering if I can somehow use both or if one is preferable to the other. Mcljlm ( talk) 16:57, 26 November 2022 (UTC)
And yes, i have a question. Do i need to start to edit a wikipedia article? Some random account on this website ( talk) 17:02, 25 November 2022 (UTC)
Is it at all possible to get help creating an article from a semi notable band Infamous Sinphony? I tried in the past with no success only reason I ask for help. Thanks!
Here is their official website and a couple other sources: http://www.infamoussinphony.com/ https://www.n1m.com/infamoussinphony https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Infamous_Sinphony/11263 Pjryb ( talk) 06:47, 25 November 2022 (UTC)
I am the 2nd daughter of two biological daughters of Charles "Charlie" Applewhite, and there is no family (wives, children) information listed. I added under "Notes", because I did not know how to list a ref. Could you please let me know how I should do this? Best, Lisa Applewhite Kimbell (redacted) Apple1954 ( talk) 17:12, 25 November 2022 (UTC)
How do you prove that you are the daughter of someone you are trying to write about, and/or is this a conflict of interest? Apple1954 Apple1954 ( talk) 17:25, 25 November 2022 (UTC)
Hello there, I would like to know, how do I join this lovely place? Kind regards, H2Perkins. H2Perkins ( talk) 16:29, 26 November 2022 (UTC)
Please any one can teach me how to edit wikipedia article in simple way. Hey Samsung ( talk) 14:35, 26 November 2022 (UTC)
Can any one create about Gopal Tamang and Sabina Bajagain article in Wikipedia for some information in people Hey Samsung ( talk) 15:16, 26 November 2022 (UTC)
Are you go to create Wikipedia Article about Gopal Tamang and Sabina Bajagain. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hey Samsung ( talk • contribs) 15:26, 26 November 2022 (UTC)
if your a youtuber what number of subscibers do you need in order to have a wikipedia article Joel clements is D E A D ( talk) 02:18, 27 November 2022 (UTC)
Hello. I follow a singer whose page's photos haven't been updated in awhile. If I have a great photo of him that I own the copyright to (because I took it during one his concerts) am I allowed to post it on his page, including replacing the current photo in his page's infobox? I know that I'd have to upload the image to the Wikimedia Commons first. I understand the technicalities pretty well; I need advice on the legalities. Thanks. Kirkdudley ( talk) 03:27, 27 November 2022 (UTC)
Recently I send a new craft about our musical group 'popeye(band)'. But it's declined because of "not adequately supported by reliable sources". How can I fix this problem? Agentsame ( talk) 08:01, 27 November 2022 (UTC)
Hello, I have another question relating to the same article as before : /info/en/?search=Shintaro_Ishihara#Books_written_by_Ishihara in this an editor has added an template asking for sourcing to be added to the bibliography of Shintaro Ishihara. Does Wikipedia require a list of books authored by a certain person to be sourced from secondary sources, because by what I can tell most western authors' books on here are either referenced by their ISBN code or have sources added only if their books won an award. I am pretty confused. What steps can I take to help add references for the books? Thank you again for your help. Wpakxl ( talk) 00:58, 26 November 2022 (UTC)
Hi,
Dumb question maybe but I want to add an English translation to this page.
I got my edit reverted because I didn't cite my source. I realize that is bad practice so sorry :)
Someone on this website insists they own the copyright to the translation.
Clearly the translation there was verbatim copied from a comment 7 years earlier on a imperial Japan reenactment forum.
Are forum comments in the public domain?
Thanks,
Rishi RishiKakade ( talk) 21:20, 26 November 2022 (UTC)
Can someone fix this? What user did this? 174.27.66.83 ( talk) 15:51, 27 November 2022 (UTC)
Greetings:
I would appreciate a second look at this page Draft:Norma Jean to help point out anything that needs editing to meet the Wikipedia standards. Angelagh ( talk) 13:42, 27 November 2022 (UTC)
Hello. Please go to above article. Scroll down to pitchers section. I dont know how to seperate from hitters section, should be individual box by itself. Need help. Please fix. Thank you. Theairportman33531 ( talk) 13:46, 27 November 2022 (UTC)
Yes, however, one more thing. Where it says Pitching statistics; move that all the way to the left, please. Thank you for your help. Theairportman33531 ( talk) 16:07, 27 November 2022 (UTC)
I am a new editor and tried to make a draft on “Simon Barrett” Sadly I could not find any reliable source as the decent ones were “LinkedIn” and “Find and update company info service” which are not moderated, Any Help?
Read My Draft Here: /info/en/?search=Draft:Simon_Barratt Im Following The Username Policy ( talk) 15:30, 27 November 2022 (UTC)
Black hat (computer security) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jamaal5 ( talk • contribs) 17:31, 27 November 2022 (UTC) please look at the edit, it uses Wikipedia as a source multiple times, and Wikipedia is clearly not a reliable source in and of itself — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jamaal5 ( talk • contribs) 17:19, 27 November 2022 (UTC)
I apologize if I am in the wrong place.
There is a need for a page indexing all Wikipedia-listed health campaigns, it would be useful for public officials, nonprofits, researchers, and providers.
For instance, there are these one-issue campaigns:
How many more are there?
At the same time, there are multi-issue, regional/state-wide/nation-wide/worldwide campaigns, which are so important, but many of which do not have a Wikipedia page:
2019 Arizona State Health Assessment https://directorsblog.health.azdhs.gov/public-healths-10-essential-services/
Virginia Well-Being https://virginiawellbeing.com/
Blueprint for Coachella Valley: https://coachellavalleyweekly.com/blueprint-for-the-coachella-valley/
I thought about trying to start this myself, but just simple Wikipedia edits take me over an hour... if someone wants to work with me, contact me. Thanks. BooksXYZ ( talk) 19:04, 27 November 2022 (UTC)
Why is Materialscientist allowed to edit my statement because it doesn't suit him/her and mentioned it "did not appear constructive", so because it does not "appear" to suit his/her idealogy they are allowed to negate my opinion? 175.38.119.96 ( talk) 12:26, 25 November 2022 (UTC)
Why does Wikipedia not accept stock exchange releases as reliable sources? Unlike many newspapers, which are accepted as reliable sources, the text of stock exchange releases must be pure fact. If misleading information is given, the company may come under investigation and face serious problems in addition to reputational damage. I can well understand that a company's press release, which is often more like an advertisement, is not accepted as a reliable source, but a stock exchange release is one that is monitored by the market authorities.
The financial information of all companies listed on Wikipedia is taken from their stock exchange releases (financial statements). Similarly, news about companies is mainly based on the company's stock exchange releases. Science tends to refer to the original source rather than a source that refers to it, but Wikipedia considers the original source to be unreliable because the information comes from the company itself. In contrast, if a politically active journalist makes a newspaper story about it, which reports the story from the angle he wants in a major newspaper, suddenly that source becomes reliable?
I am referring to an article I did about a company founded in 2005, formerly focused on developing clean technology companies, which decided in 2021 to focus on one of its businesses, manufacturing energy-saving filters, and to sell its other holdings. The company changed its name to reflect this company this month. There are few reliable articles on the subject other than the company's stock exchange filings and for what the company does, the information is taken from their website. The article cannot be published on Wikipedia until some reliable sources have reported on it, because the official information from the company itself is considered as unreliable source? The article is here: Eagle Filters Group Senjasenkaappi ( talk) 20:54, 25 November 2022 (UTC)
that information from the company itself is always unreliable in Wikipedia- it just does not build the case for notability. We need some indication that people aside from the company itself and/or lazy journalists reposting press releases have decided this company is important enough to write about it. MrOllie ( talk) 22:35, 25 November 2022 (UTC)
usually edit Wikipedia anonymouslywhich I'm assuming means you edit using an IP address. That's perfectly OK, but it's not as anonymous as you might think since an IP address can often be geolocated and is visible to anyone who wants to see it. So, you might've actually been providing others with more information about who you are than you would've been doing with a registered account. You also should be aware that English Wikipedia has a strict policy against using multiple accounts in an inappropriate way and some examples of this are given in WP:SOCK. I'm going to assume that 62.78.251.132 isn't you, but you also need to be very careful with WP:MEAT if you did post on some off-Wikipedia forum seeking assistance from others to try and help get your draft accepted. Such an approach is pretty much never viewed favorably by the English Wikipedia community. -- Marchjuly ( talk) 22:58, 26 November 2022 (UTC)
Hello, I know an entrepreneur in the country I live in. available in all media and newspapers. everyone knows him. I wanted to introduce it to the whole world, but it was rejected. can you please help with this? All references are available on their website. Yasirazeri ( talk) 06:50, 28 November 2022 (UTC)
but mostly non free files but using Advanced Wikimedia package upload to 4 files (Unadvanced User) upload to 8 files (Bronze User) upload to 16 files (Silver User) upload to 32 files (Gold User) upload to 64 or more (Platinum User) but free files outside Commons Can we upload at all. if Wikipedia users to me. 2001:44C8:41B2:5744:F8F8:7563:F7F6:750D ( talk) 07:54, 28 November 2022 (UTC)
Is the page Rekha Kamat notable enough to be included on Wikipedia? It is hard for me to tell for sure, but I have doubts. It mostly shows birth date, death date, family information about father, and a list of plays and films (most of which don’t have wikilink) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jamaal5 ( talk • contribs) 01:49, 28 November 2022 (UTC)
I did edits on prageru based on their own sources of PragerU, these edits were reverted by an admin who told me PragerU couldn’t be used as a source for who’s the CEO for PragerU, I tried disputing this using wp:ABOUTSELF and telling him it’s used as the source itself but he told me I have no idea what I’m talking about and to stop messaging him
the current version he reverted to still uses the source and falsely references the information, as well as other issues
My edits he reverted https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:MobileDiff/1124154266 my CEO edit he later reverted https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:MobileDiff/1124155209
the exact conversation was this
Me: “Your reverting edits based on false merits due to self published sources being allowed on information about themselves wp:ABOUTSELF, which itself is already used in the article”
Him: “You seem to have no idea what you're talking about. Kindly stop messaging me”
the other message I sent he ignored which was: “Use the talk page for your reverts on PragerU your keeping false information up and misplacing information in the wrong tab”
Am I wrong? What did I get wrong? If he’s wrong can I still do nothing about it since he’s an admin? Bobisland ( talk) 17:10, 27 November 2022 (UTC)
How is he able to decide whether a article is approved or not? Is this a separate Wikipedia given role outside of administrators or is this something any user can do? Bobisland ( talk) 17:27, 27 November 2022 (UTC)
I was referencing the quote on his profile “I frequently review articles for creation and patrol articles for deletion.”
And with external links it’s a blanket ban relating to biographies in the body including the infobox? And What do I do if someone ignores going to a talk page to dispute editorializing? Bobisland ( talk) 18:38, 27 November 2022 (UTC)
And dispute other edits as the user is reverting edits based on false reasons and giving new ones when corrected, with an example calling the placement of who’s the CEO of a company wp:UNDUE in a lead, I told him to use the talk page to dispute these edits but he ignored me and I don’t know what to do about it, can he revert new edits while ignoring consensus disputes about his reverts? Bobisland ( talk) 19:32, 27 November 2022 (UTC)
Can I get some help adding an infobox to the thoropa taophora page? I figured it out for the Civil Rights Movement pages, but I'm having trouble finding an appropriate infobox flavor for this one. Jamaal5 ( talk) 03:04, 28 November 2022 (UTC)
In Free State of Jones (film), in the Premise section is a quotation that begins, "based on the books." The quotation names two books and places them in both single quotes and italics. The Wikipedia version omitted the single quotes, so I added them. But, when a single quote is next to the italics code consisting of two vertical lines, then we have three vertical lines on each side, which bold the words in between them instead of placing the words in single quotes and italics. Therefore, I inserted an extra space between the single quote and the italics code consisting of two vertical lines, but that isn't good. How do we handle this? Maurice Magnus ( talk) 23:13, 27 November 2022 (UTC)
Hello,
When I understood how Wikipedia works I stopped editing pages and stopped mentioning our company website (scaler.com) on Wikipedia.
I am not sure how but our company website on wikipedia is banned. Is there any reason for this ban? can someone help me remove this ban?
I don't know what to do and I don't know how this all happened. Bikashdaga09 ( talk) 11:19, 28 November 2022 (UTC)
scaler.com
is
globally blacklisted due to a "[m]assive cross-wiki campaign". See also Wikipedia:WikiProject Spam/LinkReports/scaler.com. — Wasell (T) 🌻🇺🇦 15:22, 28 November 2022 (UTC)
I am an actress with an IMDb page and my father is listed on my page, with a paragraph of his career. He has a Wiki page and I wanted to know if I could use IMDb as a ref? Apple1954 Apple1954 ( talk) 17:33, 25 November 2022 (UTC)
Hello. I am hoping someone on this site can help me with a frustrating situation.
The long standing Wikipedia biography post of a well known, and widely published Zen Buddhism author was recently deleted for no apparent reason.
It's possible one of Roshi Joan Sutherland's fans was innocently trying to update her bio, as it had become somewhat dated, and some very rude editor intervened, and as a result completely deleted her bio!
I can't provide a link to her page as it is now gone. Thanks in advance for any help here.
Another fan of Roshi Joan Sutherland
66.129.198.33 (
talk) 17:14, 27 November 2022 (UTC)
Several times I wrote drafts about criminals as an anonymous user, but they were all deleted for being "attack pages". How do I prevent this from happening? Ricciardo Best ( talk) 10:57, 28 November 2022 (UTC)
Are people who are known to have committed a crime, but were never convicted still considered criminals? -- Ricciardo Best ( talk) 16:44, 28 November 2022 (UTC)
I am a manager for an artist who is requesting an updated photo to her page. We have press photos that we commissioned to use and replace the current picture with but each time we upload they are reverted back to the current image. I've added these photos to the wiki database so it's not that. Is there an issue with clearance/credit even if it's been properly credited by the photographer we commissioned? Pyangy ( talk) 21:08, 28 November 2022 (UTC)
Please, what template, if any, do I use to output my edit count? Thanks. — Python Drink ( talk) 21:58, 23 November 2022 (UTC) Python Drink ( talk) 21:58, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
{{
NUMBEROF}}
that can be used to output the number of user accounts, admins, etc on Wikipedia? Similarly I want a template that would output my edit count—the plain number itself— to my userpage? I hope I was able to make you understand. —
Python Drink (
talk) 22:14, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
I want to upload a screenshot from a video produced by the US government to Wikipedia. Is this alright? What is the copyright status on this gov't produced work? TheManInTheBlackHat ( talk) 22:07, 28 November 2022 (UTC)
Hello,
I am a Fundraiser, I raise money for my medical treatment. Whydonate.nl help me to raise money thought their platform. WhyDonate is a crowdfunding and fundraising platform based in the Netherlands. When I am checking details about Whydonate, I found that other crowdfunding platforms are available on Wikipedia, but Whydonate's Wikipedia page is missing as I decided to create one page for WhyDonate.
Please help me what I am doing wrong?
Malvikashroff92 ( talk) 13:29, 28 November 2022 (UTC)
What's the method for making a template accessible in the template search bar? I've planned and filled out the labels of the template in my sandbox.
TypistMonkey ( talk) 21:48, 28 November 2022 (UTC)
Hi. The 2022 annexation referendums in Russian-occupied Ukraine article was created under a different name ( Kherson Oblast status referendum). It essentially covered the same topic. I only ask about merging the two histories so that the date of creation be 24 July not 11 August. I'm confused as to where I should ask about merging?-- Sakiv ( talk) 01:44, 28 November 2022 (UTC)
what do i do if my only source is fandom wiki? :( I know i cant use that. :'( 50.103.196.209 ( talk) 02:09, 28 November 2022 (UTC)
How to make the article longer ? Please help ! JiafeiInformated ( talk) 19:01, 27 November 2022 (UTC)
this draft was submitted for review - /info/en/?search=Draft:Madhubanti_Bagchi it has been rejected - but the reason is not clear there are references from leading indian dailies and she has been singing playback for a decade now and has worked with leading indian composers.
am looking for some specifics in order to enhance the page and avoid rejection prat ( talk) 09:29, 28 November 2022 (UTC)
Hello all at Teahouse. I am Zoe Carides, an Australian actor. Unfortunately, somebody has once again made a change to the entry regarding my place of birth. My place of birth was London, UK. However, someone keeps changing it to 'Sydney, Australia'. A couple of very helpful users here at Teahouse found a citation to support the fact of my British birthplace, but another user went back in and changed it to 'Sydney' again. I'm very upset about this, as it's now been going on for quite a few years. Is there any way of stopping this user from continually changing the entry to false information? I had thought, since @theroadislong had kindly found a correct citation and applied it, that all would be well. But alas it is not so. Any advice welcome. Cheers, Zoe Zozment ( talk) 02:11, 25 November 2022 (UTC)
In my efforts to create an article and being a newbie as doing so under wiki "guidelines" my drafts have been "declined" so far. I am okay with that as I gaining experience on how to do things right. My question comes as the person I am writing the article about is getting unsolicited emails from a person purporting to be a consultation from wikisubmissions.com. How does this happen unless they are trolling wiki. I consider this spam in my opinion and somewhat annoying since their email says to "revert back" not "write back' if we want to engage their services. If they can get this own wording correct in a spam mail why would I even consider them. Get-Yer Done ( talk) 13:32, 29 November 2022 (UTC)
how Aaabanti ( talk) 09:59, 29 November 2022 (UTC)