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Revision as of 11:08, 14 April 2013
April 1
Newbie confused about markup
Hi, I'm a new contributor to Wiki, still trying to write my first article. I need help in using the Wiki markup language - it's so simple it's confusing!
For instance. I want a bulleted list, for which I should place asterisks in front of each item with a space before the word: "* First item" But my list looks like this:
List of items *First item * Second item
- Third item.
The last is surrounded by a box with a dashed outline!
What's happening? I admit that I started my page by writing it in MS Word and then copied that text across to my user page. Is that likely to carry over unseen editing commands that are confusing the Wiki markup?
Help, please! John TapkaJohnD (talk) PS Here is my draft page [[1]]
— Preceding unsigned comment added by TapkaJohnD (talk • contribs) 10:14, 1 April 2013 (UTC)
- Those boxes are caused by leading spaces.
- First item
*Second item
- To indent you use leading colons :*First item
- First item
- Second item
- GB fan 10:25, 1 April 2013 (UTC)
- Thanks, GB fan. That removes the box, but I still can't get a bulleted list
- For instance :*first *second
- gets you just that.
- This mark-up is pretty obscure, or is a version of HTLM? Where is there a teach-youself page on Wiki? The quick guide is prety inadaquate.
John TapkaJohnD (talk) 21:45, 1 April 2013 (UTC)
- See WP:WIKIMARKUP.--ukexpat (talk) 01:44, 2 April 2013 (UTC)
- Markup like * and # (for lists) and : (for indent) only have effect at the beginning of a line. You have put your *first *second on the same line as what preceded, so they are not interpreted as wikimarkup. --ColinFine (talk) 10:06, 2 April 2013 (UTC)
Thnaks, Colin! No why didn't I think of that? Because I'm a newbie and I can't find an instruction manual. Surely there is one? John — Preceding unsigned comment added by TapkaJohnD (talk • contribs) 19:13, 2 April 2013 (UTC)
- Take a look at Help:The Missing Manual.--ukexpat (talk) 00:50, 3 April 2013 (UTC)
My contribution in association with a local community.
Quite adapt at html and writing on social media site pages, thought I would extend our community on to Wikipedia.
Its not outside of my user base as yet so hopefully it doesn't get deleted or changed without understanding why. Tried to start it under its own title or give it a reference but that was deleted within minutes. A link or mention back would be appreciated where users could be looking for just 'Richardson Road' at a future point.
I am at a loss on how to eventually move it from a user page to a full Wiki page article and maybe change the actual naming to not have it look out of place. Maybe like html, its just a copy paste after 'create an article'.
Richardson_Road.
Richardson_Road_Hove.
RichardsonRoad.
Looking to check it wasn't already there I found http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richardson_Road .
being a page all about Newcastle University and 'our' intended 'name' was used as a redirect.
I would prefer it not to have the Hove added, but its here for the time being.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Dinnages/RichardsonRoadHove
I look forward to advice. Dinnages (talk) 11:45, 1 April 2013 (UTC)
- Hello Dinnages. Your title User:Dinnages/Richardson Road (Hove) is fine, and would get moved ultimately to Richardson Road (Hove) (currently a redlink, because the article doesn't currently exist there. I would prefer Richardson Road, Hove, but either is acceptable.) If the article survives (see below), then there will be two Richardson Road articles, and unless it could be shown that one was overwhelmingly referred to by references in independent sources, then probably each should have a disambiguated name, and a hatnote to point to the other one.
- However, at present, your article would not survive being moved to mainspace, because it does not have any references to reliable sources independent of the subject. Without these, it does not establish that the street is notable by Wikipedia's standards. Such sources could be local papers, but they would need to be more than just a directory or a mention of the street: it would need to be articles specifically about the street. Some editors argue that because there are so many streets in the world, individual streets need to meet some further criteria: see User:Grutness/One street per 50,000 people, which is not a Wikipedia policy, but has been quite influential. : One more point: the tone of the article is not as it stands appropriate to an encyclopaedia. The content of the article should be taken entirely from indpendent sources sources (rewritten, so as not to constitute a copyright infringement): personal observation and argument is not acceptable in Wikipedia articles. And addressing the reader directly (either with you or with instructions what to do or not to do) are almost always inappropriate. See WP:TONE and WP:NOT.
- When you think the article might be ready, I strongly advise that you submit it to articles for creation, where it will get a comprehensive review before being moved to mainspace. --ColinFine (talk) 10:28, 2 April 2013 (UTC)
April 2
Anushka Shetty
Anuskha Shetty Nominated for International Tamil film awards for Vaanam .how to edit the article? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nicholas brain (talk • contribs) 11:45, 2 April 2013 (UTC)
- Take a look at Help:Editing.--ukexpat (talk) 13:37, 2 April 2013 (UTC)
April 3
Creating a new page (Travi$ Scott)
Me and a few others would like to create a page for Artist Travi$ Scott. However, according to Wikipedia, he already has an article. I click on his name, and it redirects the link straight to G.O.O.D. Music, meaning that he hasn't got a separate page. How do I resolve this issue?
Thank you.
Millyman77 (talk) 15:54, 3 April 2013 (UTC)
- If you're convinced that the subject satisfied the notability requirements, and that you can provide sufficient references to reliable sources to demonstrate that notability, then this link will let you edit the page, and replace the current redirect. - David Biddulph (talk) 16:13, 3 April 2013 (UTC)
RE: article Common Sense (pamphlet)
Uh, it is said in this article Common Sense (pamphlet) that "...the average colonist was more educated than their European counterpart...". I want to ask - is there anthing that justifies this? And/or qualifies what is meant by "counterpart"? Does it mean people who have colonised Europe? (surely not, but then who in particular? People of a common social class? Economic class? The entire population? And what measurement was used to quantify 'education' when taking this average?) Should I check libraries for reference [11]? Or will [11] only justify that "Paine made political ideas tangible for a common audience. This brought average colonists into political debate, creating a whole new political language."? I have to say here that while I thought perhaps that this sort of question maybe belongs on the talk page, I found that the whole process was rather intimidating, I felt that I might somehow wreck the wikipedia I have come to adore, and that not understanding the <> bracket syntaxes and whatnot I might -sort of- wreck the talk page. Would you recommend that I read a lot of the beginner's guides and so forth? I have spent a long time reading wikipedia, and only now have I considered getting a login. Honestly, I would rather not. I'm not really an expert in anything I have studied, and I wouldn't want to, well, get in a textual (?) shouting match with a PHD. I just want to know if I need to get a membership at my former university library to verify this.
-Matt, In need of clarification. 143.238.230.81 (talk) 16:01, 3 April 2013 (UTC)
- Hi, Matt. First of all, you can't wreck Wikipedia by editing: even if you break an article, you or anybody can look at the article's history, and revert it to a state before you broke it.
- Secondly, you might find Book:The Missing Manual helpful.
- Thirdly, yes the article's talk page would be the normal place to pose such questions.
- Fourthly, probably nobody here can answer your question, because it is a terrible article, full of unsourced statements and original research. Such a statement should be referenced to a source, which you can in principle look at to find out what they meant - but in any case, if the Wikipedia article is ambiguous, then it should be changed to be clear. In principle it is possible to go back through the history and find out who inserted that sentence, and ask them on their talk page (and there are tools such as WikiBlame which makes this easier); but there is no guarantee that the editor who inserted that is still active on Wikipedia, so you may or may not get an answer. I agree that it looks likely that reference 11 only supports the statement it is attached to, rather than the whole of what precedes; but without consulting the reference, we can't tell. If you want to read it, you may find somebody at WP:RX can help.
- If you have the knowledge and interest to improve the article, that would be very welcome. Otherwise, I suggest you post your concerns about it on the talk page. (Note that the talk page is for discussion about improving the article, not about the topic in general; but since you are pointing out ambiguities in the article, I think that would be appropriate. --ColinFine (talk) 17:47, 3 April 2013 (UTC)
April 4
April 5
New article
I want to make an article on this really good youtuber/actor that i met through a channel called officially Linsay, How do i get it accepted through Wikipedia?
Linsaylover101 (talk) 00:19, 5 April 2013 (UTC)LinsayLover101
- The starting point is to read the links that have been provided on your user talk page. If you have any specific questions after that, please ask. - David Biddulph (talk) 01:40, 5 April 2013 (UTC)
References
Hello,
I have a question regarding the Reference List of my article.
I have typed the following in the editor programme:
== References == {{reflist}}
However on the page it only lists the references like this: 1.^ Reference 1
2.^ Reference 2 3.^ Reference 3 4.^ Reference 4 5.^ Reference 5 6.^ Reference 2 7.^ Reference 6 8.^ Reference 2 9.^ Reference 7 10.^ Reference 8
How do I get the descriptions of the references to show?
Thank you!
Minipigs (talk) 09:02, 5 April 2013 (UTC)
- The content of each reference goes between the
<ref>
and</ref>
tags. So where you have typed "Reference 1" you actually need the book title, web address or whatever it is that backs up your statement. See Help:Footnotes for more. -- John of Reading (talk) 09:11, 5 April 2013 (UTC)
New article
I want to make an article on this really good youtuber/actor that i met through a channel called officially Linsay, How do i get it accepted through Wikipedia?
Linsaylover101 (talk) 00:19, 5 April 2013 (UTC)LinsayLover101
- The starting point is to read the links that have been provided on your user talk page. If you have any specific questions after that, please ask. - David Biddulph (talk) 01:40, 5 April 2013 (UTC)
References
</nowiki>
However on the page it only lists the references like this: 1.^ Reference 1
2.^ Reference 2 3.^ Reference 3 4.^ Reference 4 5.^ Reference 5 6.^ Reference 2 7.^ Reference 6 8.^ Reference 2 9.^ Reference 7 10.^ Reference 8
How do I get the descriptions of the references to show?
Thank you!
Minipigs (talk) 09:02, 5 April 2013 (UTC)
- The content of each reference goes between the
<ref>
and</ref>
tags. So where you have typed "Reference 1" you actually need the book title, web address or whatever it is that backs up your statement. See Help:Footnotes for more. -- John of Reading (talk) 09:11, 5 April 2013 (UTC)
Re-submitting a page
Hello, I am trying to re-submit a Wiki page having taken on the feedback. However, somehow I have managed to save the new edit over the old edit, so wiki thinks that the new edit is the original one I submitted but actually it is the one that I wouThejetsetters (talk) 16:15, 5 April 2013 (UTC)ld like to re-submit. Is there anyway to amend this? Thejetsetters (talk) 15:27, 5 April 2013 (UTC)
- I have undone the last two edits at Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Steve Varsano, restoring a version with some of the promotional wording removed. Is that the version you want to resubmit? If it is, click the "When you are ready to resubmit" link halfway down the pink box at the top. If I've got it wrong, go to the history of the page and click on the date/time links to find the version that you prefer; if you can't see how to re-instate that version, post back here with its date/time, and someone will re-instate it for you. -- John of Reading (talk) 15:52, 5 April 2013 (UTC)
Sorry, I am not sure if I am completely misunderstanding. But is it possible to delete everything from today (5th April). As it will not let me re-submit anything? It also doesn't let me delete these myself. Sorry this is the first time I have done this! Thanks so much Thejetsetters (talk) 16:15, 5 April 2013 (UTC)
- I suggest you click the "Edit" link at the top of the page, where it says "Read / Edit / View history", then select and delete the entire text except for the very top line, then paste in your preferred version and "Save". -- John of Reading (talk) 16:30, 5 April 2013 (UTC)
I have tried this. And now it is telling me that this page might qualify for deletion? Would it be best to do that and start again? It is still telling me that the version I want to re-submit is the one that was rejected and this is not the case. Thanks for you help! Thejetsetters (talk) 17:09, 5 April 2013 (UTC)
- Please wait for sometime until the editor who requested deletion tells us why he requested deletion. I have removed the request until he responds. --Ushau97 talk 17:17, 5 April 2013 (UTC)
Excellent, thanks! Thejetsetters (talk) 17:28, 5 April 2013 (UTC)
- (Later) Does the current version of the page have the text you want to resubmit? If so, use the "When you are ready to resubmit" link and then "Save". This won't delete the pink box at the top, but will add a new yellow box at the bottom, and it will queue your text for review. -- John of Reading (talk) 19:21, 5 April 2013 (UTC)
- Does an AFC page strictly count as being in userspace? Glad that the problem has been solved, anyway. - David Biddulph (talk) 09:49, 6 April 2013 (UTC)