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June 7
Article creation
I want to create an article but i don't know how can you help me? Deborah Jenkins (talk) 00:33, 7 June 2021 (UTC)debbie j
- @Deborah Jenkins: Welcome to Wikipedia, and thanks for wanting to expand it. Check out WP:YFA, which will walk you through the steps, including a wizard that will let you create a draft for review. However, creating a new article is not an easy task. I suggest starting by working to improve existing articles instead, to get some wiki-experience, before diving into create a new article. RudolfRed (talk) 00:47, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
Alright will do👍🥵🥰
Help with s-vac template
Hi, I replaced the s-bef template in an article with the s-vac template to correct the information there, however it is not showing up correctly and I cannot find an error in what I typed. Special:diff/1027272138 Can someone please help? Abbyjjjj96 (talk) 01:22, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
- @Abbyjjjj96: I added an {{s-break}} per the documentation at {{s-start}}, which says the computer won't recognize a new row when {{s-vac}} is used. Seemed to fix the layout. DanCherek (talk) 01:30, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
Thank you. Abbyjjjj96 (talk) 01:39, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
Template:Top icon templates
I created a new top icon and added it to Top icon templates. When I go to the page of new top icon, Top icon templates does not show it. Is this issue caused by an error in top icon or its doc? Wario-Man talk 04:02, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
- @Wario-Man: I can see it now, after I purged the {{WikiProject Professional wrestling topicon}} page. I think it was just an issue of the cache not being cleared yet. DanCherek (talk) 04:04, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
hay
Can't i know who is the user who checked and accepted my changes after i do a change(edited) in an article? (in the Arabic Wikipedia I can see, In the History section at the side of any edit it shows how accepted the changes). Thanks --Bmt3s (talk) 04:39, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
- Hi Bmt3s, most pages on the English Wikipedia don't require editors to "accept" new edits. This is different from other communities like the Arabic Wikipedia. Only when an article has a particularly high level of disruption, administrators may put that specific article under pending changes protection, which means edits from new users to that page will be screened like you describe. These articles are indicated with a special symbol in the top-right corner, such as the one shown at Alyson Hannigan. Otherwise, your edits are live as soon as you make them. Hope this makes sense! DanCherek (talk) 05:17, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
- Thank you, But in my opinion that is strange, How can yous make sure that they added the accepted informations that is with references and so.--Bmt3s (talk) 05:25, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
Preference question
In the Arabic Wikipedia (that I usually use more) there is option in the Preferences there called: "User Info: Show User access-level and more.." (under the Gadgets section) when enabling it, I can see at ease it the assess level and some statics about the User in there main account user page. My question is: Is there same option to enable in the English Wikipedia? Thanks --Bmt3s (talk) 05:05, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
- @Bmt3s: Looking through the list at Wikipedia:User scripts/List, I think that User:PleaseStand/User info does what you want. Follow the instructions on that page to install the script. -- John of Reading (talk) 07:04, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
- Exactly! Thank you, I hope you can suggest this to the Admins so they can add it to be "real" Option in the Preferences or even default Option. Great! --Bmt3s (talk) 07:14, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
- @Bmt3s: On this Wikipedia, a similar function is given by using Special:Preferences and on the "Gadgets" tab selecting the "Navigation popups" option. Mike Turnbull (talk) 14:15, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
- Exactly! Thank you, I hope you can suggest this to the Admins so they can add it to be "real" Option in the Preferences or even default Option. Great! --Bmt3s (talk) 07:14, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
Guidelines for adding references and citations to articles?
I looked in the FAQ and also did a couple of Google searches but I could not find guidelines for adding references and citations to articles.
Since as a journalist and a PhD student I have used Wikipedia frequently and have often been impelled to add such references, I would like to start doing so. I would also like to do so properly, according to guidelines.
Thanks, Jon Fernquest — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jon Christian Fernquest (talk • contribs)
- @Jon Christian Fernquest: Welcome to the editing side of Wikipedia! Wikipedia policies, guidelines, and other related material can be found in the
Wikipedia
namespace (for example, Wikipedia:Reliable sources). To learn about citing, WP:EASYREFBEGIN is a simple version of how to do so. Just be aware that some pages (particularly those to do with medicine) may have more stringent requirements for reliable sources. As an aside, always sign your posts with~~~~
at the end so that other editors know that you said it. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 05:35, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
Thanks so much. Jon Christian Fernquest (talk) 06:59, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
Why is the information I add being removed from Wikipedia?
Hello everyone, I'm an experienced Wikipedia user. About half a year ago, I wanted to contribute to the development of Wikipedia and started editing it. However, all the information I carefully select and check is removed by other Wikipedia editors. Could you tell me why this is happening? I consider myself an expert; why isn't my expert opinion released?
- We cannot take the word of a random internet stranger as being a subject matter expert and it appears that your edits were merely adding what we consider to be spam links and unreliable sources to articles. BEACHIDICAE🌊 14:12, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
- WP:EXPERT may be of help to you. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 14:39, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
- Like here [1], the editor who reverted you left a WP:EDITSUMMARY explaining why. You can try to WP:COMMUNICATE with that editor, but see WP:BLOGS, and in this case WP:MEDRS may apply. WP takes a while to get the hang of, but asking questions is a good way forward. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 14:47, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
- Also, have you looked at your talkpage, User talk:MariWriter? Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 14:53, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
- Please also leave your name to messages by striking the tilde key four times. Thanks for editing! BeenAroundAWhile (talk) 18:28, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
Draft:Mōri Hidekane → Mōri Hidekane
This document is to be handed over to Kobayakawa Hidekane. Originally, we were going to request a move to Mōri Hidekane. ten thousand
Some places use Kobayakawa Hidekane as their official language, so they create a document to hand over the Kobayakawa Hidekane document instead.
I request you to delete the draft document with this document and move it to the title of Mōri Hidekane.
This is a Handover document and I hope it can be moved from Kobayakawa Hidekane to Mōri Hidekane later.
To yield up his first name of the document mōri hidekane and switch over to
Later, kobayakawa hidekane → Mōri Hidekane, Please go if you can. Thank you for reading the request. Gameposo (talk) 15:57, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
- Note: I suspect the above request has been machine translated, and that "handover document" means "redirection". Certainly it is strange that a Draft should be a redirect to a mainspace article, and I'm sure that should be changed. I think the request is actually to move Kobayakawa Hidekane to Mōri Hidekane, and delete the draft that is a redirection: is that right Gameposo? Note that Kobayakawa Hidekane has no references at all, and is therefore completely unsatisfactory as a Wikipedia article. --ColinFine (talk) 16:49, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
- I have made the draft page into a redirect, as it is simple enough CaptainEek Edits Ho Cap'n!⚓ 17:11, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
Editing on Mobile
Hi! I edit sometimes on mobile, and always have difficulty when adding films/television shows to infoboxes, because of the " and usually have to copy and paste. Is there a " option on mobile? I hope this makes sense. Cinemacriterion (talk) 17:42, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
- @Cinemacriterion: There should be. Most mobile phone keyboards usually have
"
in the symbols tab. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 18:19, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
- @Tenryuu: Yes! Mine does, but when I try to edit on iPhone, it doesn't work. I don't really know if I'm explaining this right. Cinemacriterion (talk) 20:14, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
- Hi @Cinemacriterion: Cullen328 has written a guide to editing on a mobile and gives some links which you might find helpful. Princess Persnickety (talk) 18:31, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
List of tasks
I can't find the list of tasks that used to be available from the task menu at the top of the page; that is, clicks for welcoming newcomers, adding tags to the tops of pages, etc. I must have got rid of this list when I was experimenting with some newly available shortcuts. Any advice? Sorry to bother you, but I've screwed it up somehow, even though I've BeenAroundAWhile (talk) 18:26, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
- BeenAroundAWhile are you talking about Wikipedia:Task Center? ~ ONUnicorn(Talk|Contribs)problem solving 19:08, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
- @BeenAroundAWhile: I see that you last used Twinkle on 23 May - is that what you mean? That's at Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-gadgets. -- John of Reading (talk) 07:29, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
- I guess I was using Twinkle. I will go to my prefs again and pore over the settings. Thank you. BeenAroundAWhile (talk) 01:02, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
- @BeenAroundAWhile: I see that you last used Twinkle on 23 May - is that what you mean? That's at Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-gadgets. -- John of Reading (talk) 07:29, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
Wikipedia articles that are not just translations...
Hello!
There is problem with this page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Re-latinization_of_Romanian It should be a translation of this page: https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curentul_latinist And it is not. The English version talks about the re-latinisation of the Romanian language which is not 100% true. While the romanian version of the page talks about the "the Latinist current", they are 2 different things... How can this be corrected? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.125.92.26 (talk) 19:25, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
- There is no reason why it should be a translation. It looks like the original author of the English article looked at the subject with a slightly different angle than the author of the Romanian article. That does not make the article wrong. The Banner talk 20:45, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
- Articles linked in the languages sidebar (and behind the scenes on Wikidata) don't need to be translations, but they do need to be on the same topic. Separating them would be an easy task, but I don't know which of the two topics the Russian article ru:Латинизация румынского языка is on. Do you? – Finnusertop (talk ⋅ contribs) 21:24, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
Questions about redirect pages: Wikipedia Categories and WikiProjects
I have some questions about redirect pages. Thanks in advance.
Say that you have a regular Mainspace article ... and then you create a redirect page to that article.
On the redirect article's Talk Page ... should you list the same WikiProjects that appear on the regular Mainspace article's Talk Page? Or is there some special WikiProject designation for redirect pages? Or do you just leave the Talk Page blank of WikiProjects?
Same questions about Wikipedia Categories: On the redirect article's (main) Page ... should you list the same Wikipedia Categories that appear on the regular Mainspace article's (main) Page? Or is there some special Wikipedia Category designation for redirect pages? Or do you just leave the (main) Page blank of Wikipedia Categories?
Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 20:24, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
- Joseph A. Spadaro, there is guidance on the first question at Wikipedia:Categorizing redirects. I found the guidance via Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Redirect, which is probably a good place for further discussion.
- Category redirects are generated by Template:Category redirect and automatically placed in Category:Wikipedia soft redirected categories. TSventon (talk) 21:51, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
- @TSventon: Thank you very much! Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 18:10, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
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Endorse advert template?
Template:Advert is used for stating "This article reads like an advertisement". If such a template has already been placed, but I think the article reads quite particularly like an advertisement, is there a way to endorse the template? JIP | Talk 22:39, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
- JIP, this sounds like a rhetorical question, but the template has options for changing the wording if you wanted to say "This article contains content that is written like a blatant advertisement". TSventon (talk) 07:50, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
finding my listing
I noted that my listing - leadership-as-practice - was deleted. I asked for it to be de-deleted, but I don't see it. How can I find it so that I can edit it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.6.13.54 (talk) 22:56, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
Multiple editors keep making same sort of vandalism to article, not sure what to do
Hey, not sure what to do, but in the article Aha ha, multiple editors have repeatedly been changing the name of the scientist Menke to Monke: [2], [3], [4], [5], and one had the edit summary One of the fellow memesters told me you didn't notice the vandalism in the references. Fixed that.
[6]. I'm not really sure if this warrants page protection, if there's sockpuppeting or what, but hopefully someone here would know. I'd usually go to Wikipedia:Editor assistance but I guess this is where I go no, so hope this is an appropriate venue. Umimmak (talk) 23:30, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
- Umimmak, hi and welcome to the helpdesk. I guess that nothing is the first stage of response, followed by a request for page protection. The accounts are obviously colluding, but probably will not be used again so a sock puppet investigation would not add much value. TSventon (talk) 00:09, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
- Well this has continued to happen even more and also at Aha (wasp)... how do I know when it’s appropriate to ask for page protection and for what kind and for how long? And do I do this myself or will someone more familiar with page protection at Help do that? Umimmak (talk) 04:43, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
- Umimmak, As you have seen vandalisers can just move to a new article,so there is little point in a rapid reaction. I have only used RPP once and I think that was after a week. Perhaps ask here again in a day or two if it continues at high frequency. Semi protection is fine for vandalism by new and IP accounts. I found the process fairly straightforward as you can copy from previous requests, but do ask if you have questions. I think the admin will decide the length of protection. TSventon (talk) 06:12, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
- @Umimmak: I've semiprotected Aha ha for a week. The meme-ism has been been going on less long at the genus article and seems to have stopped for the moment, so I've left that unprotected for now. I also see that one of the IPs has been blocked and another has been given a final warning. If the playing around should recur, drop a note on my talk page (or if I'm not around, go to WP:RfPP), and further action will be taken. Deor (talk) 19:43, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
June 8
Co. Article Creation standards, How to Flag a page that does not meet Wiki criteria
Hi, I've been trying to learn how to create a company page and have tried a few. When not accepted, I spend time reviewing requirements, pick another company and start fresh.
Recently I found another already published company Asetek to base the structure on assuming if it had met wikipedia standards, so would it's CoolIT competitor. Despite a lot of effort it has been rejected a few times for different reasons, however based on these reasons the Asetek page does not qualify either. I reviewed further and here is what I have found:
when reviewing Asetek articles 27 references, *more than half do not meet Wikipedia’s requirements: 12 are to Asetek's website & 1 is their annual report (48%), the 1 Slashdot reference is to a forum thread, the Kitguru link is to a Corsair article that only mentions them once, similar problem with the Gigabyte link, and NEITHER Bloomberg links have Asetek content. At all. 66% of the references do not meet wikipedia guidelines.
Only 3 are to Tech Report, 2 to Gamernexus, 2 I added before are legit and another 2 are the same as I've referenced for the CoolIT company. only 9 references (only 1/3) meet wikipedia guidelines.
Therefore, wikipedia only requires 9 references for the Asetek article to qualify, and there are far more than that for the CoolIT article, it qualifies.
Ootherwise, based on wikipedia’s standards, if the CoolIT article does not qualify, neither does the other Asetek - so how does one flag the Asetek article?
From the requirement standard I received that the article must “being written in prose” instead of a decade of organized referenced history, neither Corsair & Asetek qualify, and need to be redone - again, how does one flag these articles?
I disagree that a dated, organized, referenced history does not meet wikipedia criteria, and argue - let's use the Corsair article for example Corsair Gaming - that it adds credibility to the article.
The more I learn about meeting wikipedia's requirements and review other articles, the more subjective the decision criteria appear to be.
I've started another article - this time on a topic - which I will submit once I have the minimum quality references demonstrated to test this standard - including the wall street journal writeup on the topic.
In the meantime, please let me know how to flag pages that do not meet wikipedia criteria, or accept the CoolIT article draft Draft:CoolIT Systems I have created which supercedes the others already published.
I don't really understand the talk pages but here is a link to mine User talk:TheGremlin
Thank you for your assistance --iwanturCAT (talk) 00:38, 8 June 2021 (UTC) jun 2021
- TheGremlin Please read other stuff exists. Each article or draft is judged on its own merits; other similar articles existing does not automatically mean that yours can too. As this is a volunteer project where people do what they can when they can, it is possible for inappropriate articles to get by us. We can only address what we know about. In addition, article standards have changed over time so that what was once acceptable may not be any longer. I have marked the article you mention as problematic for possible action. There are many maintenance templates available to use; you can add them manually, but there are also several tools available to make it easier to add them such as Page Curation and Twinkle.
- I gather that you might have an association with the company you have edited about, if so, please review conflict of interest and paid editing for formal disclosures you may need to make should they apply to you. I've fixed your links to proper internal links, the whole web address is not necessary. 331dot (talk) 00:44, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
- 331dot, I really do understand the concept of WP:OSE and have no problem with it being used to explain why an article might not be acceptable despite superficially being comparable to an existing article. However, I think it would be useful to go beyond that statement and give some advice that a new editor could use. It is quite understandable that a brand-new editor might look to an existing article to use as a "model". That's actually not a bad approach (at least I hope it's not because I've used it myself). The flaw arises when choosing an article that represents the bottom of the barrel, then thinking you've met that standard and being surprised when your article is rejected. I think it would be useful to tell new editors that if they like to look to an existing article for guidance on how to write an article they should start with WP:GA. Find a topic related to the potential subject matter and peruse a couple of selections. This doesn't mean a brand-new editor has to meet the standards of GA to get a new article accepted, but if you strive for something that's in the ballpark, you'll be much more likely to get accepted that if you choose some article that is replete with problems, and get kinda sorta close to that level. S Philbrick(Talk) 01:01, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
- Sphilbrick I will try to keep that in mind, it's good advice. 331dot (talk) 08:32, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
- 331dot, I really do understand the concept of WP:OSE and have no problem with it being used to explain why an article might not be acceptable despite superficially being comparable to an existing article. However, I think it would be useful to go beyond that statement and give some advice that a new editor could use. It is quite understandable that a brand-new editor might look to an existing article to use as a "model". That's actually not a bad approach (at least I hope it's not because I've used it myself). The flaw arises when choosing an article that represents the bottom of the barrel, then thinking you've met that standard and being surprised when your article is rejected. I think it would be useful to tell new editors that if they like to look to an existing article for guidance on how to write an article they should start with WP:GA. Find a topic related to the potential subject matter and peruse a couple of selections. This doesn't mean a brand-new editor has to meet the standards of GA to get a new article accepted, but if you strive for something that's in the ballpark, you'll be much more likely to get accepted that if you choose some article that is replete with problems, and get kinda sorta close to that level. S Philbrick(Talk) 01:01, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
What to do in a particular situation
Hello, I was going through the recent changes and noticed this removal. The IP advised that it was not "relevant". It seems sort of relevant to me but I didn't want to rollback (assuming good faith, of course), just in case other editors felt similar to the IP. What is the general consensus on how to approach these types of situations? And is WP:VILLAGEPUMP a better place for these types of questions? --Abillionradios (talk) 01:26, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
- Abillionradios rollback is for reverting obvious vandalism without leaving an edit summary. Therefore if you disagree with an edit but it isn't obvious vandalism you can revert it in a way that allows you to add an edit summary. TSventon (talk) 02:05, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
- @Abillionradios: This and the tea house are great places for these kinds of questions. The pump is for more technical issues. TimTempleton (talk) (cont) 02:10, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
Courtesy link: Draft:Abhenav Mahajit
Published about upcoming new Actor Abhenav Mahajit.
From IMDB to Times of India all the links related to actor Abhenav Mahajit is provided,
Still the page is being deleted by some unknown sources without reading the whole context. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jk GMenon2656 (talk • contribs)
- @Jk GMenon2656: IMDb is not a reliable resource because it's user-generated. External links generally don't link to an actor's social media; that is where links to their IMDb page usually go, though. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 03:12, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
- @Jk GMenon2656:, the draft doesn't have the Times of India in references. You may find WP:Tutorial and WP:GNG helpful. Lightbluerain❄ (Talk | contribs) 03:22, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
- Hello, Jk GMenon2656. Wikipedia does not publish articles about "upcoming new actors". We publish articles about well-established, notable actors. Please read the notability guideline for actors. Also read and study Your first article because your draft has several obvious problems with referencing and formatting. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 03:27, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
- @Jk GMenon2656: Also take a look at WP:TOOSOON and WP:AMOUNT. -Arch dude (talk) 05:06, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
- See also Up-and-coming next big thing. --Orange Mike | Talk 00:38, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
How to get a proposal to reach a conclusion?
Hello, I started a discussion in Wikipedia:Village pump (policy). This is my first proposal. I don't know how to get more Wikipedians to respond to that. I'm afraid that after two weeks of inactivity that discussion will be archived without any conclusion. How can I get more Wikipedians to respond to that so that it reaches a conclusion? Lightbluerain❄ (Talk | contribs) 03:08, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
- @Lightbluerain: VPP is already one of the most viewed pages on the project, so generally putting it there would be considered to be sufficient attention. I would note that really it should be in village Pump (Ideas) because you haven't submitted a fully-formed proposal (which would be something like "if about to template a level 1 warning for test-edits, humour, or unsourced edits, place a welcome message instead") but instead want to have a discussion about what might work Nosebagbear (talk) 11:11, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
- Nosebagbear, I was confused myself. I read that policy discussion should be at VPP so I thought to put it there. Should I move the thread now to VPI ? Lightbluerain❄ (Talk | contribs) 03:33, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
- @Lightbluerain: VPP is already one of the most viewed pages on the project, so generally putting it there would be considered to be sufficient attention. I would note that really it should be in village Pump (Ideas) because you haven't submitted a fully-formed proposal (which would be something like "if about to template a level 1 warning for test-edits, humour, or unsourced edits, place a welcome message instead") but instead want to have a discussion about what might work Nosebagbear (talk) 11:11, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
Do i cite the wiki
yes — Preceding unsigned comment added by 115.187.128.175 (talk) 03:53, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
- I you mean if you can use a wiki as a reference on Wikipedia, the answer is generally no, see WP:USERG. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 08:15, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
- If you mean, should you cite Wikipedia when using material from it somewhere else?
- If you're quoting material from Wikipedia, you should credit Wikipedia. However, since Wikipedia is self-admittedly not a reliable source (because it can be altered by anyone, sometimes incorrectly, and you may have consulted it before such errors or vandalism have been corrected), you should be aware that for some purposes (such as schoolwork) this may be not be approved.
- If you want to use a fact from Wikipedia, it is better to see what source Wikipedia has cited it to, check the source directly, and then cite that source. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 2.121.163.176 (talk) 10:17, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
How do you source or ref a category?
This edit has just been made to Cosplay. I'm not sure about it, so thought to challenge or at least ask for sources & references to support the addition, but then I wondered - how do you source or ref the inclusion of a category when challenged? Chaheel Riens (talk) 07:00, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
- Chaheel Riens, WP:CATV says "Categorization of articles must be verifiable. It should be clear from verifiable information in the article why it was placed in each of its categories. Use the {{Uncited category}} template if you find an article in a category that is not shown by sources to be appropriate or if the article gives no clear indication for inclusion in a category." The Cosplay article should mention that it is an internet meme and that should be supportable by a reference before the article is put in the internet meme category. TSventon (talk) 07:18, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
- Right - so it's not the cat itself, but the content of the article to support the cat. As the article makes no mention of any memes, I've removed it. Thanks muchly. Chaheel Riens (talk) 10:02, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
formating article export
Hi, can I set the page format for article export (PDF, Book and/or print, whatever)? If so, how/where? Simple stuff like font size, position/aspect ratio of tables and frame of the pages, would be cool to set. Can't find it. Thank you
- @Hennk von Muspelsheim: you have already asked this at the Teahouse, please do not duplicate questions on different helpdesks as it wastes volunteer time. The recommended venue was WP:Village pump (technical), not WP:Village pump (idea lab). TSventon (talk) 13:11, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
Azov Battalion and Wikipedia: Not a forum?
Hello everybody. A user provided a link[7] where the Azov (Battalion\Movement\National Corps), defined by multiple strong RSs as "neo-Nazi", hosted a forum for the Ukrainian Wikipedians[8] (event also reported on Ukrainian Wikinews[9] without any criticism) where editors were awarded for their "contribution to Ukraine's future victory in the information war". Another user closed the discussion with "WP:NOTAFORUM",[10] but I suppose the question is of some interest and importance to the community... I was wondering if there is a place to report this news. Thank you very much.--Mhorg (talk) 13:48, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
Adding person to Wikipedia
How does one add a person and their bio/info to Wikipedia? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.14.85.95 (talk) 16:01, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
- Please see Your first article, and understand that Wikipedia isn't just a repository for people's biographies; they have to be encyclopedic, which is further complicated by whether or not they meet Wikipedia's definition of notability. If they don't, then an article about them will not be made. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 16:06, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
Routelist template error in List of named state highways in Oregon
There is an error in the Routelist top template in the List of named state highways in Oregon#List of state highways article, exposing the text "[[File:|x25px|alt=|link=]]" in the leftmost Highway column. I don't know enough about this template to resolve the issue. We'd appreciate it if someone could take a look at this and resolve the issue, whether it's an error in the template itself or in the way it's used in the article. Thanks. Truthanado (talk) 16:46, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
- Hello, Truthanado. Looking at other articles which use the template {{Routelist row}}, it is clear that the first column is supposed to contain an automatically generated highway symbol. Presumably somewhere down under the template (presumably in Module:Routelist row) there's something that needs to know the format of Oregon highway badges and hasn't been told. I suggest posting at Template talk:Routelist row. --ColinFine (talk) 18:03, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
- Thanks for the feedback. It's been posted as suggested. Truthanado (talk) 21:43, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
New page patrolling
Does new page patrolling require a copy-edit of new article? Dr Salvus 17:45, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
- No, although articles may be tagged with Template:Copy edit or something similar if they need it. The purpose of NPP is simply to triage articles, tagging serious issues while accepting "articles that may not be perfect" but are not so problematic as to require action. You can read WP:NPP if you're curious. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 17:51, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
I Want The Storm Force Acceleration Article Fixed
I Want The Storm Force Acceleration Article Fixed — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.140.8.165 (talk) 19:15, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
- Start a discussion on that article's talk page about what you think is broken and your suggestion on how to fix it. RudolfRed (talk) 19:17, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
Bug light
We need an article about the bug light also known as the bug zapper.
I tried to find information about the company that introduced the bug light to North America but was instead redirected to an article about a lighthouse!
Finding this information may keep the small company that invented the bug light in business if it hasn't already been bought out or run out of business by other vendors selling Chinese knock offs. In any event It would be good to know who brought buglights to us consumers.
Please let me know if you condescended to make a page for us.
Us as in the people who want to know.
Rockut (talk) 22:19, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
- Bug_zapper? If not, please clarify, but Wikipedia is not a place to promote your business. RudolfRed (talk) 22:42, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
June 9
Page requests by IP
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Courtesy link: Baron Airedale
Please remove the Leigh Rayment's peerage pages ref. at the end of this article - it is unreliable. Thankyou 115.70.23.77 (talk) 01:08, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
Courtesy link: Roland Kitson, 3rd Baron Airedale
Please add in "category" at the bottom of the page the link "Military Cross". Also, please make the newly-added file at the top of this article - the photo of Lord Airedale - slightly smaller if you can. Thanks 115.70.23.77 (talk) 01:09, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
Courtesy link: Family of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge
Please add down in the "category" page at the bottom of the page the link "Royalty" - this should have been done some time ago, but I cannot do it, sorry and thanks115.70.23.77 (talk) 02:33, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
- This is not the place to request changes to articles. Please do so on their talk pages. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 02:57, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
Please help::: I cannot edit easily - this computer machine is not good - I ask again, can you please do these minor alterations/ Sorry! 115.70.23.77 (talk) 03:05, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
- That makes no sense, since you have made several edits today: Special:Contributions/115.70.23.77 RudolfRed (talk) 04:44, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
- I have asked elsewhere for assistance - so again, sorry, and thanks for the patience.115.70.23.77 (talk) 05:09, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
- FWIW; this appeaars to be the long-standing editor who most recently became known as the 'Lupton editor'. They have been around for several years (5+) and seem to have difficulty in reading names of other editors, which are sometimes rendered phonetically, and particularly redlinks. There have been multiple discussions over their ability to edit competently and an ANI (which had no real result) but there has not been much in the way of improvement. Eagleash (talk) 11:27, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
William James Neatby
Ref number 5 MAY BE done incorrectly in terms of the publishers - any advice? I hope I am not annoying you all. I do my best as an editor but it takes me forever to work out the category applications etc. (see above) Thanks in advance 115.70.23.77 (talk) 04:56, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
Done I have removed the publisher parameter, per Cite web publisher should not be used to point to a website and when they are basically the same, the publisher parameter should be omitted. Also the regd. trademark symbol should not be shown. Eagleash (talk) 11:32, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
Whitelist our Website,
Greetings from Galatta Media Private Limited
We have noticed that our website www.galatta.com is banned and blacklisted on Wikimedia and Wikipedia. A few years back we have acquired this company, I hope earlier there may be few issues on the content part now we are delivering authentic content to our audience.
Kindly review our website and resolve this issue.
Can you please help us to how update in "Proposed removals".
Please whitelist our website "Galatta.com"
Thanks— Preceding unsigned comment added by 115.96.6.140 (talk)
- I'm not sure why you want this done, but Wikipedia has no interest in helping you promote your company or website. 331dot (talk) 08:44, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
- It looks like galatta.com was blacklisted for spamming -- that is, that material was added to the Wikipedia, sourced to galatta.com, at such a rate or in such a manner that it was inferred that the motive was to promote galatta.com by getting many links to that site into the Wikipedia, rather than actually improving the Wikipedia.
- So, to request removal from the blacklist, go here: MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist#Proposed removals and follow the instructions. You'll probably have to describe what assurances you can provide that the site won't be spammed anymore.
- For my part, I don't know if gallata.com is very useful as a source -- we would need to more about how much of your content is from original reporting rather than scraped from other secondary sources, and how rigorous your dedication to accuracy is, particularly how robust your independent fact-checking operation is. Absent that, we have to guess based on reputation, incidents, and forensic analysis. The overall vibe i get from glancing at the site doesn't fill me with confidence, but that doesn't mean much. But I think the people deciding whether to take you off the blacklist don't consider all this, but if gallata.com is not a reliable source by our standards, it won't be used here anyway, so there's no gain to you or us if you're removed from the blacklist. Herostratus (talk) 12:55, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
- Mnmh... Here it indicates that gallata.com hired a company called "Dot Com Infoway" to spam the Wikipedia. We do not take kindly to that sort of thing at all, but this was in 2008 so I suppose you can make the case that it's new owners and you are contrite. Herostratus (talk) 13:18, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
Page Deleted without any consent request for reversion
Hi Team,
Our long lasting page in WIKI of our Registered organization that teaches Yoga in India, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sivamathiyin_Jeevayoga_Jothimayam
was deleted without any consent.
Kindly help with reverting this.
Please contact us
<redacted>
or
<redacted> — Preceding unsigned comment added by 49.207.141.47 (talk)
- Hi IP user, we do not contact people by email or phone. The article was deleted for being promotional and not meeting Wikipedia's general notability guideline. Joseph2302 (talk) 10:22, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
- We also do not require consent to delete content. If we did, it would be next to impossible to delete anything, especially content that needed to be removed immediately. —A little blue Bori v^_^v Jéské Couriano 10:25, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
- Hello, IP user. You might find that this essay makes things clearer. --ColinFine (talk) 12:45, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
Hello, It's not about Consent. But it's also about relevance. Would be helpful to have the page back up. What should I do about it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 49.207.141.47 (talk) 13:38, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
Also it was deleted for WP:NORG not meeting. This happened due to one of the important websites relating to the source article expiring for a brief period of time. Now it is all corrected. The old liks are all valid now. How do we get back the page now?
- Since the article was presumably promotional (I am not an admin here and therefore cannot look at the deleted revision), I am afraid that one would have to write a completely new version, unrelated to what might or might not be inside the deleted revisions. Because once source almost never makes a summer and the deleted revisions where (If you trust the delete reason) completely unsourced, I would be interested in your WP:THREE. Maybe
ColinFine (orany other bywalking admin)could also have a look at the deleted revisions and tell you wether my asusmptions are true. Victor Schmidt (talk) 14:01, 9 June 2021 (UTC) - Correction, ColinFine isn't an admin either. Victor Schmidt (talk) 14:03, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
- There is nothing in the article that is particularly worthwhile, relying on a single reference to the website and is super promotional in tone. A WP:BEFORE search also pertained that this is not a notable subject. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 14:08, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
- Actually it was an expired WP:PROD, which a single objection can quash. However, it was deleted a long time ago, and no objection was raised then. But it's not like it was deleted by community consensus. So it'd be reasonable to restore the article to OP's userspace. OP, ask User:GB fan to restore it to your private userspace so you can work on it. Or pick someone from Category:Administrators willing to provide deleted pages. Or just start over. Either way, go to Wikipedia:Articles for creation and follow the procedures there. At all points you must clearly proclaim what your relationship to the entity is.
- There is nothing in the article that is particularly worthwhile, relying on a single reference to the website and is super promotional in tone. A WP:BEFORE search also pertained that this is not a notable subject. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 14:08, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
- This is your right and is the proper procedure. However, it sounds like a waste of everyone's time since it's just another business, and looks like no way it's going to have an article. So here's what: Go find two full articles in magazines or newspapers that are independent of the entity, that are not unreliable rags (most small local papers are), that have enough useful and interesting things to say about the entity to make a decent article of at least two or three good meaty paragraphs. If you can't do that, just forget it. Herostratus (talk) 20:22, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
- As a contested PROD, the editor can request that it be restored at WP:REFUND which he has done. I thought this was supposed to be a Help Desk. Most of you gave a lot of unhelpful comments and didn't direct him to the one place that could resolve his problem. Liz Read! Talk! 03:35, 10 June 2021 (UTC)
Making a sortable table where empty cells go to the bottom
I want to make a table where when I sort alphabetically A->Z, the empty cells go to the bottom, while those with content go to the top (normally, it's the other way round). The only solution I've found so far is inserting data-sort-value="𐲁"| into every empty cell, but it takes a lot of effort, and if I want to change an empty cell, the sorting attribute doesn't go away when using the visual editor. Is there a better solution? Thanks! --Krmarci (talk) 12:05, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
New Account
Hi,
wanted to know a couple of things.
We are a renowned production house wanting to create Wikipedia pages for our producer and the team.
1) Wanted to change the username we made a mistake in... it is Thundersky not Thudersky
2) How many pages can one user make?
3) Wanted to know how to create the pages?
4) Is there any cost involved?
Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thudersky (talk • contribs) — Thudersky (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
- The easiest way is to abandon the mis-spelled account, and create a new one. But if "Thundersky" is the name of the business, it won't be acceptable as a username.
- There is no limit. But each article created has to meet some quite demanding standards. New users find it very difficult to create articles that meet those standards. No-one should create an article about a company or person they're connected with.
- See Help:Your first article.
- No cost is involved. There are agents who will offer to create articles for you, for a fee. Some are competent but expensive; some are incompetent; and some are downright scams. They are all disliked by the volunteer editors who try to maintain Wikipedia's standards.
- Maproom (talk) 13:41, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
- Although if you're editing as part of your job, you will need to read WP:PAID and comply with the WP:Paid editing disclosure policy. Also, we don't do company accounts, so each user would need a separate Wikipedia account. Joseph2302 (talk) 13:48, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
- Also note that any company that promises you "complete ownership" of a page is blatantly lying. There is no such thing as "ownership" on Wikipedia. Just because there is a Wikipedia article about you or your company doesn't mean you own or control the article in any way. JIP | Talk 13:50, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
- We also don't allow accounts operated by more than one individual, so there is no "we". Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 14:09, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
- What User:Lee Vilenski means is that each account must belong to a single physical living and breathing human being. Sharing a corporate account is not allowed. You are welcome to start an account at, for example, User:Joe Bloggs at Thundersky but User:Thundersky is not allowed. JIP | Talk 00:12, 10 June 2021 (UTC)
- We also don't allow accounts operated by more than one individual, so there is no "we". Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 14:09, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
- Hello, Thudersky. At the risk of "piling on", I will add that you appear to have a (very common) misapprehension that Wikipedia has anything whatever to do with publicizing yourself or your endeavours. If you meet Wikipedia's criteria for notability, then we can have an article about you. It will not belong to you, you will not control its contents, and it may end up saying things you don't like. See An article about yourself isn't necessarily a good thing. --ColinFine (talk) 15:06, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
Delayed Notification...
I have added a page (Ceres (women's fraternity) that I have created to a template (Template:Fraternities and sororities). I now get notifications for each page that includes the template when the first *actual* edit is done to a page that contains the template. Is there anyway to change this behavior?Naraht (talk) 13:30, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
- @Naraht: At the bottom of your notification preferences you could add the Ceres page to the list of pages that should not give you a notification. -- John of Reading (talk) 13:52, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
- @John of Reading: I don't suppose there is any way to either A) not include links from templates or B) to somehow flush the pages on the template? I'd prefer to find out if pages about colleges add Ceres, but not that 3 months from now, someone finally edits Kappa Delta.Naraht (talk) 17:09, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
- @Naraht: (A) No, (B) You could try a null edit on all the pages that use the template. That would be tedious by hand, but fairly easy with AWB. -- John of Reading (talk) 17:20, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
- @John of Reading: I don't suppose there is any way to either A) not include links from templates or B) to somehow flush the pages on the template? I'd prefer to find out if pages about colleges add Ceres, but not that 3 months from now, someone finally edits Kappa Delta.Naraht (talk) 17:09, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
WP:PAID
Just out of curiosity: if an user creates an article on payment, why is the author obliged to declare that he has been paid? Dr Salvus 13:54, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
- Because an organization or individual willing to pay someone to create an article about them often fails to meet our inclusion standards. And more so because payment is generally associated with strong bias in favor of the payor which needs to be identified and counteracted. And most importantly because it is a violation of the Wikipedia's terms of use to not disclose paid editing. ‡ El cid, el campeador talk 14:09, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
- It's in our terms of use. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 14:15, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
- @Dr Salvus Community consensus. FiddleTimtrent FaddleTalk to me 15:18, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
- It's in our terms of use. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 14:15, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
OTRS Release Generator
How long does it normally take for the release to be approved if I sent the request through email?
- WP:OTRS is run by volunteers. Answers always happen in their own good time FiddleTimtrent FaddleTalk to me 15:49, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
- I've found them to be pretty efficient (a couple of days), particularly if you carefully follow the guidelines at Commons:OTRS. Mike Turnbull (talk) 15:51, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
Edits deleted
Changes for The Canadian Letters and Images Project were removed after we added them. Unfortunately the information that is up is 15 years out of date. Why was it removed? Thank you.Canadianletters (talk) 17:50, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
- @Canadianletters: the edits were likely reverted on several grounds. The first is that you haven't made your editing disclosure and are using a username that isn't permitted. You'd need to make edit requests rather than editing directly. That's been noted on your talk page and please make sure you act on it before editing again. Beyond that, The 2-4th edits you made are, generally speaking, okay, but the big first one includes dropping in contact information, non-neutral phrasing and no suitable secondary sources. All of those, alone, would be sufficient reason. After you've handled the disclosure, please take a look at Help:Introduction for an easing in of the basic facets of making (or, requesting) edits. Nosebagbear (talk) 18:03, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
Notifications
What are all of the notifications that someone can get on Wikipedia? Wallglobemat (talkand contribs) 18:40, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
- Wallglobemat See Help:Notifications for a complete list and extensive information about the notifications system. In short; you get notifications when someone leaves a message for you on your talk page, or mentions (often called a "ping") you in a discussion on another page, such as I have done here. You also get notifications when someone reverts one of your edits, when your user rights change, and some other things. ~ ONUnicorn(Talk|Contribs)problem solving 18:36, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
Delete Accout/Delete User Page/ Change Username
Dear help desk,
I am hoping that you can please delete this account or delete this user page. If this page cannot be deleted, please change my username.
Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Haneystaff06 (talk • contribs)
- Haneystaff06 It sounds to me you may want to consider a courtesy vanishing. It is not possible to delete an account. 331dot (talk) 20:01, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
- If you really want to abandon your account, one drastic thing you could do would be to change your password to something you don't know yourself, for example by generating some random garbage string and copy-pasting that as your password. If that succeeds, then your account literally cannot be accessed any longer. JIP | Talk 21:33, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
Infobox Television Colors
Hi! I was just wondering is there a list somewhere to find different colors for the infobox for television? Like #061453 is blue, where would I look if I wanted to find pink, purple, etc? Cinemacriterion (talk) 20:16, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
- The article Web colors has a bunch. Herostratus (talk) 20:26, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
June 10
Help with the constant deletion of the page "Yewande Sadiku"
Hi, I need help with putting up an article on the subject "Yewande Sadiku" without it being deleted again for reasons that I don't think are fair.
One of the reasons I have received is "copyright infringement" and I wasn't aware a blog copied my content word for word and even after trying to contact them for permission just to et the article up, I received no response from them.
Another reason is it not being notable enough, which I would like to disagree with because she has been involved in a couple of things with references to back up, showing that she's notable.
The last occurrence was the article getting locked for reasons such as "putting up a content that is similar to the previously deleted" even when I have changed my content entirely and severally with fresh information and no obvious sign of similar content. Please help with writing it better and making Wikipedia more suitable for readers. Thanks.RedCard3 (talk)
- @RedCard3: First of all, I am not an administrator, so I cannot check deleted revisions, but lets start by talking about how you see the story. If I understand you correctly, you want to tell me this:
- Pat-Bassey Charles (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) create Yewande Sadiku (log entry
- The text appears on [11]
- The Wikipedia article is deleted as a copyright infringment of said site (log entry
- Pat-Bassey Charles (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) create a new version (log entry)
- On December 21st, its deleted after [[]] (log entry)
- Rockdigital (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) creates a new version (log entry)
- On May 22, its deleted both under G4 and G12 (log entry)
- On June 5th, another version gets deleted (log entry), without creation logs
- This brings up two questions:
- Why are there several accounts involved in article creation? Are they all you?
- Do I have all important timestamps? (In particular, was this text published elsewhere where I haven't found it yet?)
- Note that this is a complicated question. Victor Schmidt (talk) 08:36, 10 June 2021 (UTC)
- RedCard3, I would recommend reading Help:Your first article, Wikipedia:Notability#General notability guideline and Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing if you have not done so already. Yewande Sadiku shows a deletion history with reasons and suggests "If you are recreating a page similar to the previously deleted page, or are unsure, please first contact the user(s) who performed the action(s) listed below." To avoid the article being deleted you need to resolve the notability and copyright issues. If you disagree with multiple administrators on notability and copyright policies, you probably don't sufficiently understand the policies. TSventon (talk) 08:56, 10 June 2021 (UTC)
- corrected a spelling mistake in my original post Victor Schmidt (talk) 17:33, 10 June 2021 (UTC)
How to create columns that order list items correctly on mobile
I've looked over the various column templates but if a way to do this exist I've missed it. What i would like to do is create a list of items in 2 columns that are ordered like this:
1 | 2 3 | 4 5 |
when the display is wide enough to support 2 side by side columns but maintains it's order when the page is adjusted for thinner mobile browsers. Desired mobile behavior:
1 2 3 4 5
What happens:
1 3 5 2 4
If anyone knows how to mark this up I would really appreciate the knowledge. Gamer9678 (talk) 07:32, 10 June 2021 (UTC)
- @Gamer9678: does {{Columns-list}} not work? That seems to describe the intended behaviour - spread out into multiple columns of minimum width colwidth if there is space, otherwise single-column; all the while preserving the specified order of the items. (This is the same behaviour as in, e.g., {{reflist}}). Looks like it is supposed to work on mobile. --Elmidae (talk · contribs) 16:01, 10 June 2021 (UTC)
- @Elmidae: It doesn't seem to for me. For 1 I'm having issues using templates inside of it (see desktop test here), where the uneven column length causes one of the templates to be cut in half. It also doesn't seem to solve my ordering problem. {{Columns-list}} behavior is to order its items like so:
1 | 4 2 | 5 3 |
- which will correctly convert for mobile. If I manually arrange the items to get my desired left to right reading order on desktop the list will be out of order on mobile the same as using {{col-begin}}. See current revision of Softball at the 2020 Summer Olympics#Matches. Gamer9678 (talk) 16:50, 10 June 2021 (UTC)
How do I find the content of a delated page
I painstakingly posted a biography in my sandbox... It was flagged for deletion, before I could back it up to my computer it was deleted. Kindly help me find a away to copy its content to enable me edit it for correction and republishing.
Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eleonu (talk • contribs) 09:53, 10 June 2021 (UTC)
- Eleonu Wikipedia is not a place for people to tell the world about themselves and what they do or post your resume. As an encyclopedia, Wikipedia is interested in what independent reliable sources say about you, not what you want to say about yourself- showing how you meet the special Wikipedia definition of a notable person. If you must have the text, a copy can be emailed to you if you add your email address to your Preferences(do not post it publicly, for your protection), but you will need to make radical changes to have any chance of it being accepted. Please read Your First Article and the autobiography policy. 331dot (talk) 09:57, 10 June 2021 (UTC)
Thanks for your response Talk:331dot. Well noted and Fair. I will read up Wikipedias the definition of a notable person - I presume I will qualify based on my career and outcome of my engagements. However, until then kindly email the content of the deleted biography to my email address - (redacted) (No spaces). It will be much appreciated.
Thank you.
- Eleonu As I said, do not post your email address publicly, please add it to your Preferences(under "user profile") and enable others to send you email through Wikipedia(also in Preferences). 331dot (talk) 10:39, 10 June 2021 (UTC)
How to request infobox revision?
I believe that changes to the current format of Infobox professional wrestler is necessary. I have detailed my suggestions extensively on the talk page as of three days ago. I am aware that there is a way to officially request an infobox revision. How do I do so? Or alternatively, is it too early to request this revision and if so, when is the appropriate time?— Preceding unsigned comment added by Holidayruin (talk • contribs)
- Holidayruin If you check that talkpage, your changes are currently being discussed to gain WP:CONSENSUS on whether to do them. Feel free to participate in the discussion there. But they likely won't be implemented until people agree they're needed, which may take time- Wikipedia has no deadlines for things to be done urgently. Joseph2302 (talk) 10:23, 10 June 2021 (UTC)
Vicky a common Finnish male name?
I believe a cited source in Kake (comics) is wrong. The article states: "In early appearances Mike was named Vicky, a common Finnish male name." According to the article's writer User:Morgan695, the cited source says: "He tried out a blonde man named Vicky – a common male name in Finland – who was quickly renamed Mike."
Well I am Finnish myself and speak Finnish natively and can say that Vicky has never been a common name in Finland, least of all male. The writer of the source was probably thinking of Viki, which is a somewhat common Finnish male name, but spelled it out wrong. This can be supported by discussion over at the Finnish Wikipedia (in Finnish): fi:Wikipedia:Kahvihuone (kysy vapaasti)#Vicky.
What should be done to the article? Does the source have to be cited as it is, or should the article be fixed so that it mentions the writer was thinking of Viki, not Vicky? JIP | Talk 16:05, 10 June 2021 (UTC)
- @JIP: Perhaps use {{sic}} to indicate that it is a misspelling in the source. RudolfRed (talk) 17:15, 10 June 2021 (UTC)
Issue uploading Image
Hello,
I am the owner of the artwork and I am trying to upload it to a post though I keep getting told " We could not determine whether this file is suitable for Wikimedia Commons. Please only upload photos that you took yourself with your camera, or see what else is acceptable. See the guide to make sure the file is acceptable and learn how to upload it on Wikimedia Commons."
The file is in good standards, is the correct information, and I own the rights to upload it. Why can't I get this too work>
Also when I clicked on the links this error message gives me it just brings me to a the home page and not the info that I need to look up to fix this issue. I can't even shoe you the message because the nI try to attach it I'm just told the same issue basically
Please help and thank you, Ray
- Also asked at the Teahouse. Please only ask in one place. RudolfRed (talk) 17:16, 10 June 2021 (UTC)
How to add historical photographs that are in public domain
I am editing an existing article on a 19th century historical person. There are numerous copies and some original photographs of him and his work, which are available in many published works, copies or originals in the possession of his descendants (from whom I have permission to make use of any or all historic pictures concerning their ancestor), in several archives, and displayed in museums. Some may be originals, but nobody claims "ownership" of these. Apart from a single photo attributed to a small school museum, I cannot find any on Wikipedia Commons. Wikipedia editorbot would not let me add any of these pictures. How to get through this "great wikifirewall"? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mackayfan (talk • contribs) 19:14, 10 June 2021 (UTC)