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    March 16 edit

    Photo's being scrubbed of content edit

    I had magnified the Orion Nebula. Located an object that the Webb took a distant picture of. How this object had been overlooked. It's has been scrubbed recently within the last week. What is there is not current and what I've saved on my phone. No notification of updates. The same as before 2016 2603:3024:9E8:6060:405F:3064:36B2:D949 (talk) 00:45, 16 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

    Your initial Section and Photo added to Orion Nebula were reverted, correctly, by user Fountains of Bryn Mawr because none of the text was referenced to any published reliable source (Wikipedia does not care about unknown individuals' opinions, whether mine, yours or any other editor's) and the text style was inappropriate for an encyclopedia, the entire added section read as if it were indirectly promoting your own photo.
    That photo, admittedly an excellent one, is welcome in Wikimedia Commons where it still resides, and might be added to one or more articles in the future by other editors, but it would be inappropriate self promotion for you yourself to do so.
    Your subsequent addition of two sentences to the lede paragraph, also reverted by Fountains, partly repeated facts already present in the lede, which should only summarise fuller text further on in the article, and it contained a grammatical error and a non-MOS use of a unit symbol. It might be appropriate to add a new section about amateur observation of the Nebula and the type of equipment needed to do so, but this would need to summarise material from published reliable sources and be correctly cited to them, rather than be one private individual's opinions (which, incidentally, I share). {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 51.198.186.221 (talk) 04:43, 16 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

    Section edit edit

    I have recently redesigned my user page (User:Cambalachero), dividing it into sections for the topics I usually edit, and placing at each one the alticle alerts from the related wikiprojects, so I can see them all at a single page and have an easier time finding things to do. Problem is, the sections have lost the [edit] button at the right. I suppose that those article alerts must have a "no edit section" magic word (the wikiproject pages do not have such buttons either), and that's what prevents them from showing up at my page. Is there a way to counter that and force to edit section buttons to appear? Cambalachero (talk) 00:49, 16 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

    Portal:Astronomy/box-header automatically hid section edit links. I have added an option to keep them [1] and used it on User:Cambalachero.[2] PrimeHunter (talk) 10:03, 16 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
    Thanks for the help. Cambalachero (talk) 02:04, 17 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

    User page questions edit

    I noticed multiple users adding color (e.g. blue) name of their user page (header I think) when it is displayed. Also, I have noticed them add icons to their header. How would I do such in my user page? Mseingth2133444 (talk/contribs) 02:10, 16 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

    @Mseingth2133444: Your question is not clear, Please provide an example of the pages you wish to emulate. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 16:38, 16 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

    Inappropriate citation on Spore (disambiguation) edit

    Not sure where I'm supposed to report this but there is a citation for the band Spore (disambiguation) that when clicked links to a pornography website. Has nothing to do with the band. Thought someone should know. 2600:1700:2930:4920:18C:84A7:EC58:CA30 (talk) 02:25, 16 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

    Please start a new section. Fixed. Mseingth2133444 (talk/contribs) 02:49, 16 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

    Edit request edit

    Please replace the signature file of the English Wikipedia 'Saddam Hussein' document with 'Signature of Saddam Hussein.svg'. Zegras (talk) 09:39, 16 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

    This is best asked at Talk:Saddam Hussein. 331dot (talk) 09:40, 16 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

    Need help edit

    Hello. I made a mistake at War of the Goldsmith's Daughter, reference number 32. I am unable to find the actual problem. Can someone help please? Imperial[AFCND] 13:53, 16 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

    @ImperialAficionado: I spotted a small inconsistency, and fixing that has made the error disappear. -- John of Reading (talk) 14:00, 16 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
    Thanks. Imperial[AFCND] 14:02, 16 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

    Copyright question edit

    Regarding these pages:

    Their content is taken from pages such as: "Democracy Index 2021: the China challenge" (PDF). Economist Intelligence Unit.

    ... and that file says: "Copyright © 2022 The Economist Intelligence Unit Limited. All rights reserved. Neither this publication nor any part of it may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of The Economist Intelligence Unit Limited."

    Apart from these pages being WP:NOT, are they also copyright violations? Pinging creator: Свободный Кот. —Alalch E. 15:43, 16 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

    @Alalch E.: very good question. The analysis will take awhile. Please see Wikipedia:Copyright in lists. If you have time, then after you reash a conclusion, please raise this in the respective articles' talk pages. My first impression is that the Economist used subjective value judgements, and the lists are therefore copyrighted, but I am not sure enough to actually tag the articles.-Arch dude (talk) 15:57, 16 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
    I will not claim expertise in the area of intellectual property, but I think the extra verbiage in the copyright notice is of no force or effect. If you have a right to include, for instance, brief quotes from the content, based on the principle of fair use, then this extra verbiage in the copyright notice can't cancel that right. Unfortunately, as far as I am aware, there is no penalty for making claims that go beyond what you actually have a right to claim, but IMO, it's just as if the "scare verbiage" in the copyright notice weren't present at all. Fabrickator (talk) 17:36, 16 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
    @Fabrickator and Alalch E.: Yep, ignore the actual notice and focus on copyright law. Creative elements are copyrighted by default, including selection, composition, ordering, and opinion. Our articles violate copyright to the extent, if any, that they copy creative elements. -Arch dude (talk) 17:47, 16 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
    It's copyrighted creative material, and other than *brief quotations* is forbidden. Accent on the "creative", which is at the core of the issue here. If the Economist page were a list of the populations of the biggest 25 democracies, you can copy the population figures, because there is no creative element involved; you could look up the numbers by going to the sources. But that Economist page refers to a "Democracy Index" which you cannot look up anywhere else other than the Economist, because they invented it, and define it on that page as "60 indicators, grouped into five categories". That is "creative content" beyond just a population lookup or equivalent, and therefore cannot be copied into an article. Since that is the whole basis of the article, it is a copyright violation which should be deleted, and then WP:REVDELed to expunge it from the history of Wikipedia. Mathglot (talk) 09:00, 17 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

    Total change of page? edit

    Hello, As chairman of the Communications Committee of Stoa, I have been charged with rewriting the StoaUSA page. I have a new and accurate version, but it was rejected when I inserted it. Can I have some help? Jpattara (talk) 16:26, 16 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

    @Jpattara: before you do anything else at all on Wikipedia, please read WP:COI and WP:PAID, and make the required dedlaration on your userpage. Then come back here and we can try to help. -Arch dude (talk) 16:29, 16 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
    i have read both of these articles about conflict of interest and paid editor.
    I am a volunteer for this not for profit @organization, not paid. How can I proceed? The current article has incorrect information. 2601:248:5583:7DA0:2598:9C0C:4931:2285 (talk) 17:31, 16 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
    Please log in when posting. As I said in my post below, please read about how to make edit requests. You will also need to declare a conflict of interest. 331dot (talk) 17:37, 16 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
    Hello. First, you are required by the Terms of Use to make a formal paid editing disclosure. I will post instructions on your user talk page. You should also read conflict of interest.
    In most cases, you should avoid directly editing the article about your company, but you may make formal edit requests on the article talk page, detailing changes you feel are needed. 331dot (talk) 16:30, 16 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
    @Jpattara: See also our FAQ for article subjects. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 16:30, 16 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
    @Jpattara: I want to clarify that these rules apply even though Stoa is a non-profit organization rather than a "company". Also, I don't feel we are harsh enough, in that we should make clear that while COI editors may request whatever changes they want, there should not be an expectation as to how this material will be incorporated into the Wikipedia article. Just my opinion. Fabrickator (talk) 16:55, 16 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

    Why Indian Veterans Primmer League Page Deleted? edit

    Why Indian Veterans Primmer League Page Deleted? Bhavana Jagwani (talk) 16:47, 16 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

    @Bhavana Jagwani: If it's anything like the version on your user page (which will soon also be deleted), it's because it's a copyright violation, being cut & pasted from ivplt20.com - Generally, you may not copy text from other sites to Wikipedia. Indeed, if you do so again, you may be blocked form editing. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 17:26, 16 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

    Citing same source multiple times with different pages edit

    How do I cite a source multiple times in one article, referring to different pages or sections of the source in each separate citation?

    For example:

    [1] Book A, pg 12

    [2] Book A, pg 37

    [3] Book A, pg 192

    Thanks! Tsavage (talk) 20:27, 16 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

    @Tsavage, the standard methods are described in the documentation of the templates {{sfn}} and {{rp}}. —Kusma (talk) 20:33, 16 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
    (edit conflict) The easiest way is to separate the citation from the references. You place a reference inline and have a bibliography at the end where all the sources are cited. See Frindsbury for an example. However, if this is an established page, then you'll have to follow the existing style. In that case you may have to put the full citation inline. You can then use {{sfn}} to link to the citation with a different page number. Have a look at this and then use edit to view the markup: some words in a book[1] followed later by some more words[2] and after more waffle a conclusion.[3] Martin of Sheffield (talk) 20:37, 16 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
    @Kusma @Martin of Sheffield Perfect!! Thanks! I usually find things, but how to do this and the sfn template were elusive. I even asked a couple of our new AI chat buddies and they didn't do well... Cheers. Tsavage (talk) 18:15, 17 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

    References

    1. ^ Smith, Joe (2020), What I think, p. 12
    2. ^ Smith 2020, p. 37.
    3. ^ Smith 2020, p. 192.

    SIKH GURDWARAS IN NORTH AMERICA edit

    I COULD NOT FIND ANY LISTING UNDER TEXAS. CAN YOU PL ADD HOUSTON DALLAS SAN ANTONIO AUSTIN THEY ALL HAVE MULTIPLE SIKH GURDWARAS 108.87.90.122 (talk) 21:04, 16 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

    Hello, IP editor. Please do not type in ALL CAPS since this is perceived as yelling. I assume that you are asking about List of gurdwaras in North America. That list article is unprotected and can be edited by anyone including you. So, go ahead and add a "Texas" section, and add a reliable source verifying each entry. Cullen328 (talk) 21:38, 16 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

    March 17 edit

    Donation question edit

    I need to cancel my monthly donation. How do I contact people about that? There's nothing on the site that comes close. 49.199.64.157 (talk) 01:25, 17 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

    Hello. The Wikimedia Foundation collects financial donations and Wikipedia editors have no involvement with that. This Wikimedia Foundation page explains what you need to do. Cullen328 (talk) 01:39, 17 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

    Tool for links in Table? edit

    Happy St. Patrick's Day to you, I have a few thousand table fields (various tables to do with schools in Australia) to check for/add/verify links. Are there any tools to help? Wakelamp d[@-@]b (talk) 01:57, 17 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

    Redirection edit

    When i go to a specific Wikipedia page, i automatically redirected to another page. How to fix and disable this? We are trying to create a page for our organization, but malicious actions by other members have caused the redirect. How to remove this? Here is my link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concordium but it redirects me to other page on wikipedia. Pablozsc (talk) 05:22, 17 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

    The redirect of Concordium to Alcott House is valid for the connected subjects concerned – what you are trying to do is to usurp the redirect page to write about a completely different 'Concordium', which amongst other things would cause technical difficulties and confusion.
    What you should do instead is to create a Draft about your 'Concordium', and submit it for assessment via the standard Wikipedia:Articles for creation process. When this is accepted by a reviewer, they will carry out the necessary work of avoiding confusion between the two 'Concordiums', probably but not necessarily by creating a Disambiguation page for 'Concordium' and renaming one or both articles (Perhaps to 'Concordium (Victorian organisation)' and 'Concordium (blockchain)' or something along those lines).
    If you continue to try to manipulate and misuse Wikipedia's established procedures, successful creation of your subject's article will be made more difficult, even assuming the subject is demonstrated to be WP:Notable.
    To make an analogy, you are trying to take a shortcut by driving the wrong way on a one-way street: you will be stopped and ticketed. Instead, follow the more circuitous but approved road system. Hope this helps. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 51.198.186.221 (talk) 06:15, 17 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
    Also please assume good faith and do not accuse other editors of being malicious without providing supporting evidence. We are here to collaborate, not compete. Shantavira|feed me 09:40, 17 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
    You call it "our organization", so perhaps you need to read WP:PAID and WP:COI. When you say "we", please also bear in mind that usernames are personal and should not be shared. Regards, Martin of Sheffield (talk) 10:49, 17 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
    You should probably read WP:BOSS as well. ColinFine (talk) 10:54, 17 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

    Use of data in Research Project edit

    Dear wikipedia team,

    As part of a research project, I intend to submit in August, I would like to analyse / classify buildings worldwide according to their main materials (structure/walls) and age. I wonder if you have a way to share all profiles you have on buildings in one single dataset, that we can then structure geographically and in year of construction, and if no longer exists, also year of demolition. The outcome of the work would be shared with you and your community. Best regards,

    Ana Pereira Roders 2001:1C00:1522:8C00:ADB6:AD02:2E76:C7CF (talk) 07:44, 17 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

    Ana: you might find Category:Buildings_and_structures a useful starting place. (We have what we call "articles", we don't call them "profiles".) Maproom (talk) 09:43, 17 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
    Thank you @Maproom. I will get there in few weeks with all wikipedia jargon. :) APereiraRoders (talk) 15:51, 17 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
    It's possible that Wikidata might meet your needs better, though I don't know how to query it in the way that you probably need. But if you start with D:Q41176 (building) and D:P:P186 (property: "made of") you might find something useful (though I rather doubt that many entries for individual buildings have been assigned a value for that property). ColinFine (talk) 11:00, 17 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
    @ColinFine Perhaps VPT could assist with how to do such a database query. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 11:04, 17 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
    And d:WD:RAQ is the place to ask for help with Wikidata queries. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 11:09, 17 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
    Thank you @ColinFine, @Dodger67 and @Pigsonthewing. I will check all these options. APereiraRoders (talk) 15:55, 17 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
    A fairly quick query will tell you how many building objects are in the Wikidata database. Not all such objects have articles in the English Wikipedia, and sadly, there may be building articles in the English Wikipedia that do not have Wikidata "building" objects. Another quick query will tell you how many "building" objects have the "made of" attribute: prepare to be disappointed. If you proceed with this, and you do want to share your results with us, then please do this by updating the Wikidata database, adding "building" objects and adding "made of" attributes. By the time you learn enough about Wikidata for it to be useful to you (not very long), you will also have learned enough to be able to do this. -Arch dude (talk) 15:08, 17 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
    Thank you @Arch dude. I will give it a try, and indeed if our research can help make the dataset on buildings more structured, I would gladly return back to wikipedia whatever we create. Now, for the research proposal, I was just checking and testing if the dataset could be used. Recently, I created a xls of "List of oldest continuously inhabited cities" out of the wikipedia page and is now fit for spatiotemporal analysis. Not sure it is useful for others, but if it is, I could share it via Wikidata. Will check that too. Thank you again. APereiraRoders (talk) 16:03, 17 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
    @APereiraRoders: I am at best a casual user of Wikidata, and I must re-learn how to do a query each time. I just took a look (browsing, not a formal query) at Taj Mahal as an example. It has a Wikidata item, with a "made from material" property of "marble". It has an "instance of" property of "mausoleum" which is a sub-sub-sub instance of "building". By past experience, it would take me maybe two hours to re-learn how to ask for all buildings (including all the sub...instances) That have a "made from material" property. However, after re-learning, I would be able to do related queries quite quickly. I suspect you will learn more quickly since you are currently messing around with databases. Ther are tutorial links on the Wikidata main page. -Arch dude (talk) 17:03, 17 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

    Table coding edit

    I'm aware that swapping ! for | in a line such as ! scope="row" in a wikitable removes the background colour of the cell, but is there a technical difference under the hood between the two? Skimming Help:Table and MOS:DTT, I was unable to find an answer to what makes ! preferable before scope="row". It'd certainly make my life easier if it turns out I could change ! scope="row" style="background:#f8f9fa" to simply | scope="row" to maintain screen reader accessibility and make the cell background like the rest of the data in the table, without breaking anything. — AFC Vixen 🦊 10:56, 17 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

    The difference is that baked into the HTML spec as the difference between a "th" (Table header cell) and "td" (table data cell). These are distinguished in HTML in order to express the logical and functional distinction, but also to allow them to be styled differently. Mediawiki's table system builds on this distinction. See Help:Tables. ColinFine (talk) 11:04, 17 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
    Thanks for the concise explanation. So, scope="row" should theoretically still do its job, even if the cell is marked as a "td" with |? — AFC Vixen 🦊 11:09, 17 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
    @AFC Vixen: No. As @ColinFine has suggested, the underlying HTML is different. ! generates HTML's <th> element, which signifies to readers (whether human, assistance, or automated) that the cell is a header cell whose contents are information about the adjacent column or row; | results in a cell whose contents are data. scope= is used to indicate which adjacent data cells the header cell is for (those in its row, or those in its column). Using scope= on a data cell is meaningless.
    https://developer.mozilla.org/ has a description if you're interested. Bazza 7 (talk) 12:42, 17 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
    Ah, okay. So for now, style="background:#f8f9fa" is the only way I can make it at least look like the rest of the data cells without breaking anything? — AFC Vixen 🦊 01:12, 18 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
    @AFC Vixen: Yes, although I'm not sure why you'd want to do that. Removing cues for readers about whether a cell is a header or data is a strange (and possibly unhelpful) thing to do. Bazza 7 (talk) 10:09, 18 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
    It makes little sense to me to put data, such as a sport team's name or a year, in a background colour distinct from other points of data when it's data all the same. — AFC Vixen 🦊 10:29, 18 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
    2024 Pro Volleyball Federation teams
    Team Location Venue
    Atlanta Vibe Duluth, GA Gas South Arena
    Columbus Fury Columbus, OH Nationwide Arena
    Grand Rapids Rise Grand Rapids, MI Van Andel Arena

    An example of what I mean. — AFC Vixen 🦊 10:40, 18 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

    Cluebot not working? edit

    Posted Cluebot here to archive the talk page. Not sure if it's working. It did work in the past. Ominae (talk) 13:23, 17 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

    Grammar questions edit

    Re. "Paul Martin (illustrator)." Three Qs. They are (as currently written): 1. "Big retailers such as Sears [...] were getting special contracts." 2. His Gude office was first located at 935 Broadway, 1912–13[59] ... and then at 220 West 42nd (Candler Bldg. in Times Square), 1913–19. 3. This was also a more practical process, due to children's natural tendency to be active and impatient. He interacted with them from behind the camera, in order to obtain the desired facial expression.

    1. The original source reads: Big retailers such as Sears, Montgomery Ward, Standard Oil, Western Auto Supply, and PEP Boys were getting special contracts. I put the ellipsis in brackets because it reads awkward w/o them, like it's a continuous sentence. 2. Is it okay to use the ellipsis to break up a long sentence? I think so, as long as it is rarely done. 3. Should the commas be deleted or not? Thanks. PS: I recently wrote the article American Junior Red Cross. The heading "Closing" is just my precision generalities based on reading many diff. sources; hence, a solid reference is not really possible. JimPercy (talk) 16:52, 17 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

    JimPercy, my own personal opinions follow. 1. Seems good; though I wouldn't have bothered with the []. 2. Seems good. 3. I wouldn't abbreviate that, as doing so removes the context and feels a bit misleading. Maproom (talk) 20:50, 17 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
    @Maproom: Okay, I'll remove those brackets. What is meant by "I wouldn't abbreviate that." I think including the entire sentence, "Big retailers such as Sears, Montgomery War, Standard Oil," etc., is too wordy for a reference. (The other sentences are in the article's body.) Besides, someone can always click on the link in that ref. and read the entirety. Also, Sears was by far the biggest retailer in that group back then. Thanks. JimPercy (talk) 22:01, 17 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
    If the refernce is readily available, what is the point in including the quote in the first place? ColinFine (talk) 22:04, 17 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
    @ColinFine: Because that's the exact sentence that backs up a statement made in the article. I realize it's not necessary though. JimPercy (talk) 22:36, 17 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
    IMHO, If it is worth including, then it is worth including entire, not abbreviated. ColinFine (talk) 22:52, 17 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
    Okay, I included the entire sentence, even though the "Big retailers" probably meant Sears, M. Ward, and the rest 5%. JimPercy (talk) 00:10, 18 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

    How to help new editor who isn't listening edit

    Hi everyone, what are the right steps to prevent a new editor from making disruptive edits? After reviewing WP:DISRUPTIVE, it looks like I should go to ANI or Dispute Resolution but I'm not sure if that's too extreme. I believe that I've already given them enough pointers and it feels like they're WP:NOTGETTINGIT. I'm also not sure if I can keep reverting their edits as I think that would put me in violation of the three revert rule. Any pointers on what to do from more experienced editors? BaduFerreira (talk) 22:49, 17 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

    I've prevented the editor in question from editing articles. -- Hoary (talk) 06:18, 18 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
    Thank you Hoary. BaduFerreira (talk) 12:17, 18 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

    March 18 edit

    Citing a newspaper article published only in paper form edit

    I need to cite a newspaper article published only in paper form. The article appeared in The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle on Friday, August 23, 1991. Here's a link to a scanned copy at Newspapers.com:

    https://www-newspapers-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/image/50013383/?terms=%22keep%20pressuring%20shamir%22%20&match=1

    How do I cite it? Do I put the above URL in the "Archive URL" field, or in the "URL" field, or in both? Thanks Misha Wolf (talk) 00:55, 18 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

    Do not use Wikipedia library urls in citations because only registered Wikipedia editors can see the source. Use a url that goes directly to newspapers.com. In {{cite news}}, place the url in |url=; include the name of the newspaper in |newspaper=; include |via=Newspapers.com.
    Trappist the monk (talk) 01:05, 18 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
    Many thanks! Misha Wolf (talk) 23:55, 18 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
    In addition to the advice from Trappist, if you have not read Wikipedia:Newspapers.com, please do so as it contains specific information about using newspapers.com with Wikipedia, including advantages and caveats of using the clipping feature to make particular articles accessible to people who don't otherwise have access to newspapers.com. Skynxnex (talk) 01:57, 18 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
    Many thanks! Misha Wolf (talk) 23:54, 18 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
    Adding to the above advice, a url is nice to have (obviously), but it's also not mandatory. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 07:35, 18 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
    Many thanks! Misha Wolf (talk) 23:55, 18 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

    Uploading Book cover image on Wikipedia edit

    Hi, I wish to add a cover image for the book Why Bharat Matters from a source like goodreads.com or amazon.com, but am unaware how to do that. I can only upload to Commons, but that led to Copyright issues and my changes were reversed (Refer: Reversal)

    I see books pages that have images from such sources:

    1. Milk and Honey (poetry collection) - uses goodreads image as "Fair Use". It's Licensing mentions that the image qualifies as fair use under the copyright law of the United States. (Refer: File:Milk and Honey (poetry collection).jpg#Licensing)
    2. Rich Dad Poor Dad - uses amazon.com image as "Fair Use". Licensing mentions same reason as above.Waonderer (talk) 09:41, 18 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
    Waonderer, you should be able to upload the cover to Wikipedia with a fair use claim using Wikipedia:Upload, as was done for the examples you quoted. See Wikipedia:Non-free content for more information. Commons cannot accept non-free content, so the image uploaded there was deleted. TSventon (talk) 12:33, 18 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
    Thanks! That clarifies. :) Waonderer (talk) 17:18, 18 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
    Waonderer, no image "qualifies as 'fair use'". Instead, a particular use of an image may qualify as "fair use". Wikipedia did not remove the image from Commons. Commons administrator Ymblanter removed it from Commons. You can upload a conventionally copyright image (of which I imagine that this cover is an example) to English-language Wikipedia, provided that you do so in accordance with a number of constraints and requirements. -- Hoary (talk) 12:36, 18 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
    Thanks a lot for the kind reply. :) Waonderer (talk) 17:18, 18 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

    is wikipedia shutting down edit

    just the title mush 185.99.21.66 (talk) 10:32, 18 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

    No. Where on earth did you get that idea? AndyTheGrump (talk) 10:33, 18 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
    Perhaps from a WMF fundraising ad? Cullen328 (talk) 17:22, 18 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

    How does Ultraviolet work? edit

    I am confused. So I need help. Beep beep beep boop? 11:33, 18 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

    @Whoop whoop beep beep: If you mean how to install it then see Wikipedia:Ultraviolet/Install. If you mean which technology it uses then it's written in TypeScript, a variant of JavaScript. It runs in your own browser when you are at en.wikipedia.org if you request it in User:Whoop whoop beep beep/common.js or a similar page. Most browsers have builtin support for JavaScript. If you mean how to use it after installation then see Wikipedia:Ultraviolet/Documentation. If you mean something else or still have a question then please be more specific. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:53, 18 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

    Ip adress public edit

    Hi, i need to get my ip address taken down as it is publicly shown due to my son mistaking editing something for his college coursework Safsexcellentcakes (talk) 12:35, 18 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

    Welcome to a page for asking about the use of Wikipedia. If you edit Wikipedia while logged in as Safsexcellentcakes, no one will see your IP address. Whether or not you're logged in, if you read Wikipedia no one will see your IP address. If you have already made edits while not logged in, the IP address(es) of you as the author of those edits is displayed to those who care to investigate. -- Hoary (talk) 12:42, 18 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
    Thank you for the reply. my son did it on our family laptop which was not logged into my account. Is there really any way to mitigate that and to get it down. Safsexcellentcakes (talk) 12:44, 18 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
    @Safsexcellentcakes: See Wikipedia:Requests for oversight. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:55, 18 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

    Copyright status of works by the Navajo Nation government edit

    Hello,

    I found this image of JoAnn Jayne on the official Navajo Nation website, but after a lot of research, I'm not sure of its copyright status. I did not see anything in the Navajo Nation code which expressly deals with the copyright status of works created on behalf of the government (though to be fair, I don't know if it is a work created on behalf of the NN government), and cannot figure out if this would be a federal issue or not because of tribal governments' unique status in US law.

    Thank you for any help on this question,
    JohnSon12a (talk) 13:42, 18 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

    @JohnSon12a just making you aware of WP:MCQ. 57.140.16.57 (talk) 14:26, 18 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
    Thank you; should I move the question there, or just keep it in mind for future? JohnSon12a (talk) 14:27, 18 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
    JohnSon12a, as WP:MCQ is a better venue, you may as well move the question and leave a note here. TSventon (talk) 14:32, 18 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
    Have done. Thank you so much for your help. JohnSon12a (talk) 14:42, 18 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

    This question has been moved here and thus this version is closed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by JohnSon12a (talkcontribs) 14:42, 18 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

    Good evening edit

    I'm a new page reviewer, but I'm yet to figure out where exactly is the option of sending a page from articlespace to draftspace is located, in the Page curation tool bar? I use mobile, so I have to turn to desktop screen to configure those tools, but still I couldn't find that option where new page reviewer send pages to draft and a message to the page creator simultaneously. The conventional 'move' tool doesn't send the messages to the editors, but I'm sure I have seen some reviewers do it who do both things at the same time, as a part of page curation process. I should be able to do it, but I don't know how to. Can anyone help? Thanks. zoglophie•talk• 13:55, 18 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

    @Zoglophie: They may have used User:MPGuy2824/MoveToDraft. This is revealed by "Tag: moveToDraft" like in [3]. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:21, 18 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

    companies with 500-10,000 employees edit

    Do you offer a list of Florida companies that have between 500-10,000 employees? 2601:58B:D81:3F0:A11E:1F96:1DED:DB0E (talk) 15:55, 18 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

    Generally, Wikipedia is only concerned with subjects which meet Wikipedia's own special criteria for notability (roughly, that enough has been independently published about them to ground an article).
    Lists in Wikipedia are of Wikipedia articles, or at least of subjects that are notable in that sense, and so could be Wikipedia articles.
    This means that, even if we had a list of Florida companies that size, it would not be, and would not be expected to be comprehensive, as companies even that size are not necessarily notable in Wikipedia's sense.
    But in any case, I doubt that anybody has thought it worthwhile compiling such a list in Wikipedia. ColinFine (talk) 16:04, 18 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

    Templates on draft articles edit

    What's the guidance for maintenance templates being used on draft articles? I've looked but haven't come across a relevant policy. I've seen some AfCs that have them but that seems redundant considering the nature of draft articles, especially before they've even been reviewed. Spagooder (talk) 16:45, 18 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

    I don't think there's a specific guidance about it, but the goal of AfC is to get output from reviewers as for what might need to be improved/worked on, so cleanup tags would be redundant, especially if editors are in the process of writing the draft. Cocobb8 (💬 talk • ✏️ contribs) 20:20, 18 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

    Personal information edit

    good evening, I changed the photo on a person's page and the bar on the right with the personal information under the photo disappeared. how can i restore it? Elinakion (talk) 19:53, 18 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

    Your account has no edits other than the above. What article is this about? 331dot (talk) 20:00, 18 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
    It’s not for my profile in Wikipedia, I change some information to another profile. Check this please https://el.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A3%CF%80%CF%8D%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%9C%CF%80%CE%B1%CE%BB%CF%89%CE%BC%CE%AD%CE%BD%CE%BF%CF%82
    I change the photo and the personal information’s disappeared under the photo. Elinakion (talk) 20:19, 18 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
    This is the English Wikipedia: questions about Greek Wikipedia need to be addressed there. Try el:Βικιπαίδεια:Βοήθεια χρηστών.
    But if you are Elenakion, then in this edit, you replaced the entire infobox (πληροφορίες προσώπου) with the picture, rather than changing the picture within the infobox. ColinFine (talk) 21:21, 18 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
    Yes, you're right, I'm sorry. However, can I restore the infobox? I imagine the settings are the same regardless of whether it is the Greek or the English Wikipedia.. Elinakion (talk) 21:35, 18 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
    @Elinakion: An infobox has been added again. The image is one of several fields in the infobox. You used VisualEditor where an infobox field can be edited by clicking the infobox and then "Edit" below it (or something in Greek). PrimeHunter (talk) 22:13, 18 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

    Trying to find a page that doesn't exist but should. edit

    BALLROOM MARFA is an art foundation located in MARFA TEXAS. The foundation founded in 2003 by Virginia Lebermann and Fairfax Dorn. The Cultural institution which is a non profit space for contemporary art, music, film, culinary. The space has been host to over 2000 artists and gained international notoriety. The 501C3 Non Profit, has a website and has had the same address for the 20+ years that it has been open. Please help locate this foundation's page ? www.ballroommarfa.org 456Studio (talk) 20:58, 18 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

    Are you referring to a Wikipedia article? This is not a general help desk. 331dot (talk) 21:13, 18 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
    The article Ballroom Marfa was deleted more than two years ago, with the message:
    2021-12-10T12:09:36 Deb talk contribs deleted page Ballroom Marfa (G11: Unambiguous advertising or promotion).
    
    In other words, it was inappropriate as a Wikipedia article. An article should summarise what independent reliable sources say about a subject, not what the subject's owners or promoters wish to say. Please see WP:G11, WP:NPOV, and WP:NOTPROMO. ColinFine (talk) 21:25, 18 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

    Picture disappeared after editing edit

    I corrected the name of my relative (Sallie MacCracken) from Sally in the article and in the picture caption at this link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Upload?wpDestFile=William_P._and_Sallie_MacCracken_Jr.,_1935.jpg but the picture that had been on the page disappeared. I am assuming it is because the name change broke the link to the photo. Can anyone help get it back on the page? Cindy Avery (talk) 22:03, 18 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

    @Cindy Avery: Your edit [4] changed Sally to Sallie in the name of File:William P. and Sally MacCracken Jr., 1935.jpg. There is no file called "William P. and Sallie MacCracken Jr., 1935.jpg". I have reverted your whole edit because the marriage source [5] and image source [6] both say Sally. Wikipedia is based on published reliable sources, not private knowledge of editors. If you want a name change then you must give a high-quality published source. PrimeHunter (talk) 22:29, 18 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
    @Cindy Avery, in the New York Times the notice of her remarriage to Vice Admiral Vincent Murphy and the obituary of Murphy's death give her name as Sallie. It appears she used both names. The description of MacCracken's papers at the Hoover Library says "1918 Married, September 14 to Sally Lucille Lewis" and "MacCracken's Papers were given to the Hoover Library by Mrs. Sallie L. MacCracken Murphy and her daughter, Nell Elizabeth MacCracken". You can use that as a reference to show that she used both names. StarryGrandma (talk) 22:51, 18 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

    Lupton family edit

    I failed to obtain BOTH the editor and publisher for ref number 91. please assist me if you can. Thank you 115.70.23.77 (talk) 22:22, 18 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

      Done Scroll to the front of the book and you'll see both authors and publisher mentioned on the title page. You need to check the date though, your citation gives 1931 whereas the title page shows 1934. Martin of Sheffield (talk) 22:35, 18 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

    Lee Carson edit

    Why is there no page for Lee Carson? She was one of the most respected war correspondents during War War II. Not only does she not have her own page, she isn't even listed on the page for war correspondents. If you tell me how to make her page, I'll be happy to start. 2601:185:80:5AB0:5114:DDD6:EAF2:47F (talk) 22:49, 18 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

    Wikipedia is a work in progress. If a subject is notable, please go ahead and write your first article. Spagooder (talk) 23:31, 18 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
    Agreed. Lee Carson should have her own article. I hope someone finds the time to write about her. NYTIMES Lee Carson Reeves, Lee Carson AAM. Maineartists (talk) 23:36, 18 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
    See Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Essays for helpful information about how to write an article about her. That project's goal is to increase coverage of women on Wikipedia. StarryGrandma (talk) 23:55, 18 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
    Carson is listed at Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Journalists#United States with some potential sources. TSventon (talk) 00:08, 19 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

    March 19 edit

    Can't Add my Article edit

    My Username is Drjeffreythompson, and I'm receiving the following error from trying to make a post about myself as an article on your website,

    A tag has been placed on your user page, User:Drjeffreythompson/sandbox, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be advertising which only promotes or publicises someone or something. Promotional editing of any kind is not permitted, whether it be promotion of a person, company, product, group, service, belief, or anything else. This is a violation of our policies regarding acceptable use of user pages — user pages are intended for active editors of Wikipedia to communicate with one another as part of the process of creating encyclopedic content, and should not be mistaken for free webhosting resources or advertising space. Please read the guidelines on spam, the guidelines on user pages, and, especially, our FAQ for Organizations.

    If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator. Someone who's wrong on the internet (talk) 01:16, 19 March 2024 (UTC) Drjeffreythompson (talk) 01:30, 19 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

    I see from your talk page that you've been warned, repeatedly, against creating promotional material and advertising. I suspect if you carry on, you'll be restricted or even blocked. Wikipedia is not LinkedIn. doktorb wordsdeeds 01:40, 19 March 2024 (UTC)Reply