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Clarification of "Mainstream Sources" and applicability of content of cited sources

I would like to ask these questions -

1. What exactly is a "Mainstream Source" ? Is it strictly according to what the wiki policy WP:Wikipedia is a mainstream encyclopedia says or is it flexible as per what is agreed by means of Consensus in a particular context ?

2. If a source is cited for an article for a particular line or particular words, does the other content written in that source also apply to the article ? Can that content be inserted into the article ?

Kmoksha (talk) 01:57, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

Welcome to the Teahouse, Kmoksha. Please be aware that WP:Wikipedia is a mainstream encyclopedia is only an essay expressing the opinions of one or more Wikipedia editors. It is not a policy or a guideline. What matters is whether a source is reliable. That means in brief that the source has professional editorial control, and a reputation for accuracy, fact checking and correcting errors. Many of those sources might be called "mainstream" but others might be dissident in one way or another. To answer your second question, a single good quality source can be used multiple times in an article. See WP:NAMEDREFS for an explanation of the coding. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 02:06, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

@ Cullen328 Thanks for your response. But the "mainstream source" is not clear. It is quite often used by the editors who say "This is a mainstream source" or "This is not a mainstream source and so not acceptable even though I agree with the content of the source article". You can often see Wiki editors rejecting proposals solely on the basis that the referenced source is not mainstream.

So, my first question was that if this link is just an essay and let us say the source suits the given definition of reliability. then can it be rejected saying that "it is not a mainstream source ?"

Also, let me rephrase my second question - Say there is an wiki article A containing a line 1 from a reliable source RS which has the line 1, but the source RS also has a line 2. So, my second question is that since the source RS is referenced in the wiki article and let us say that line 2 also is relevant for wiki article A, then does it mean line 2 also applies to the wiki article ? What if the line 2 contradicts some part of the wiki article ? -- Kmoksha (talk) 02:34, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

As I said previously, Kmoksha, what matters most is whether or not a given source is reliable. The article should summarize what the full range of reliable sources say about the matter, paying less attention to sources that present a distinct minority viewpoint. To the extent that "mainstream" in this context indicates the type of source that represents the most broadly held views by most scholars, then that is a good tool for evaluating the usefulness of a source.

If a reliable, independent source is used properly in the article for one factual assertion, then it is probably a good source for other assertions. If one good source contradicts another good source, then all readily available sources on the matter should be consulted, and the article should reflect the preponderance of the sources.Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 02:56, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

@Cullen328 In the light of what you said before, can you tell me if these are "mainstream sources" or not - http://www.radicalsocialist.in/ and https://www.sabrangindia.in/ -- Kmoksha (talk) 04:50, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

Kmoksha, I am not an expert on left wing publications in India so I cannot give a definitive answer. The first seems to be a Trostkyist advocacy publication and at first glance, I do not see an editorial team. The second seems to be a site opposed to aggressive Hindu nationalism and at least two co-editors are named. Do other publications frequently cite these publications and praise their journalistic accomplishments? Have they won journalistic awards? Do they correct errors and carefully fact check their assertions? You can ask for a more detailed analysis at the Reliable sources noticeboard. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 05:17, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

@Cullen328 Now that you have listed all these parameters, it seems to me that what the editors mean when they say "this is not a mainstream source" is that the source is not widely acclaimed. But the same editors quote the wiki essay link of WP:Wikipedia is a mainstream encyclopedia . That creates confusion since that essay says very different and almost opposite things. In my opinion, the wikipedia community should edit this article and make it more in conformity with the actual practices of Wikipedia editors. Thanks for your responses -- Kmoksha (talk) 07:04, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

At the risk of being repetitive, Kmoksha, let me say again that WP:Wikipedia is a mainstream encyclopedia is not an article, not a guideline and not a policy. It is an essay written over eleven years ago. Any editor can write an essay, good or bad. It is rarely cited and very few pages link to it. Discussion on its talk page ended in 2016. I see no evidence that is is highly regarded by large numbers of editors. I suggest that you forget about it. As for your other point, there is no need that a source is "highly acclaimed". An academic journal published by a respected university will probably be a very reliable source but unknown outside that particular academic discipline. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 07:21, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

Research Lab

Hi All,

I am a grad student working in a lab and our PI has requested that I make a wikipedia page for an upcoming conference we will be hosting and I was wondering if anyone had some guidance on how to go about creating an article about the project without referencing the project's main page too often. Unfortunately, the research lab has not had an expose about their staff and methods, but do in depth describe these on their internal website. I am a relatively new editor, so any guidance anyone has or suggestions, would be much appreciated. Thanks all and hope you all have a good day!

-Joe — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jspajka (talk • contribs) 22:42, 11 January 2020 (UTC)

Welcome to the Teahouse, Jspajka. Unfortunately, if the conference hasn't been written about in some depth in independent sources such as newspapers or journals, it won't meet Wikipedia's notability criteria and therefore isn't eligible for an article. I know of very few articles about individual academic conferences - probably for this reason. Please also have a read of WP:COI if you are editing Wikipedia as part of your job or about your employer. There is a declaration you need to make to comply with the site's terms of use (see WP:PAID). Cordless Larry (talk) 22:48, 11 January 2020 (UTC)

Apologies, Jspajka - I now see that you've already made the required declaration on your user page. Cordless Larry (talk) 09:43, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

(edit conflict) @Jspajka: I have a guide on how to write articles that won't be deleted here.

In short, you need to find three or more professionally-published mainstream academic or journalistic sources that are specifically and primarily about the conference but not affiliated with, dependent upon, nor connected with the conference, the research lab, or your school. As you admit there has not been an expose, that's a problem. Without three such sources, the article is not supposed to exist, period.

But, if you can find three such sources, you just need to summarize them and then paraphrase the summaries. Once that's done and the article is approved, you can expand the article using affiliated sources. Ian.thomson (talk) 22:49, 11 January 2020 (UTC)

@Jspajka: Process aside, there may be a misunderstanding of Wikipedia's purpose. It's not a place you should be looking to get the word out about the conference to encourage attendance or attention to your lab and research. Please see WP:NOTPROMO and the rest of that page. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 23:47, 11 January 2020 (UTC)

Tommy Roberts (sports broadcaster)

I need any help with making this a more neutral article and need to know what flowery words need to be taken out. thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Monmouth1946 (talk • contribs) 11:57, 9 January 2020 (UTC)

Monmouth1946, looks like you've already gotten plenty assistance from multiple editors at the article itself since you posted here. Recommend MOS:WORDS as further reading on the subject. Cheers! Usedtobecool ☎️ 17:14, 9 January 2020 (UTC)

Tommy Roberts (sports broadcaster)

I have made numerous changes to give article encyclopedic look. Can someone let me know if they have have given the article a better Format Thank You Monmouth1946 (talk) 20:44, 9 January 2020 (UTC)

Courtesy link Tommy Roberts (sports broadcaster). TimTempleton ^{(talk) (cont)}

Tommy Roberts (sports broadcaster)promote the subjectP in making this better for submission

I have streamlined article and taken everything that I could think of to not not promote the subject. I don’t know where to go from here. If someone can help make this a betterarticle for submission I would gladly accept the advice. thank youMonmouth1946 (talk) 16:26, 10 January 2020 (UTC)

Will also like to delete maintenance issues at top of article. I am afraid to do it myself because I do not understand the directions.Monmouth1946 (talk) 16:39, 10 January 2020 (UTC)

• Looking through the text, there is nothing left to justify either of the previously-placed templates ({{peacock}} and {{tone}}), so I removed them. I do think some stuff is unnecessary trivia but have not looked in-depth so will refrain from further edits.

Notice that the article Tommy Roberts (sports broadcaster) has been in mainspace since its creation in November, unless I am missing some page move somewhere, so it is already "submitted" and visible to the public at large. Tigraan^{Click here to contact me} 17:14, 10 January 2020 (UTC)

Tigraan, it has not been reviewed/accepted by WP:NPP so it doesn't yet show in the search engine results outside of Wikipedia. Most sources are offline so it should take some time unless someone bold or familiar comes across it. Usedtobecool ☎️ 18:03, 10 January 2020 (UTC)

Tommy Roberts (sports broadcaster)

I would like to submit article for publication. It has been vetted for any mistakes on talk and Teahouse. Would someone show me how t odd it orvsubmit it for me. I have done everything I can possibly do to make it read correctly. Also many of you have helped immensely inv preparing it foe submission. Thank YouMonmouth1946 (talk) 17:53, 10 January 2020 (UTC)

• @Monmouth1946: As I wrote above (though you might have missed it), that article is already "live", so it is visible to our readers. (The article can still be improved, of course, as is the case for 99.9% of Wikipedia text.) Tigraan^{Click here to contact me} 18:02, 10 January 2020 (UTC)

Monmouth1946, WP:NPP has a backlog of 6000+ articles and most of the sources in your article do not have online links; therefore the article is not easy to review for everyone. If after 90 days of creation, it is still left unreviewed, it will automatically be released for indexing by search engines. So, there's nothing to do but wait a couple months. Although, if you could find and add online links to sources, it might help speed things up. Usedtobecool ☎️ 18:09, 10 January 2020 (UTC)

I am confused as to what “live” means. Does it mean that I don’t have to submit it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Monmouth1946 (talk • contribs) 01:44, 11 January 2020 (UTC)

"Live" means that Tommy Roberts (sports broadcaster) is already a Wikipedia article, not just a draft. The purpose of submitting it has been achieved. Maproom (talk) 07:14, 11 January 2020 (UTC)

It means "visible to Googlebot" and other crawlers per WP:NPP (new page patrol). The article is published, all wikilinks to the former draft are redirected to the article, check out Special:WhatLinksHere/Tommy Roberts (sports broadcaster). –84.46.52.190 (talk) 08:12, 11 January 2020 (UTC)

Tommy Roberts (sports broadcaster) followup

I have tried to make language clarified con the two sentences that were tagged. Would someone take a look to see if it reads more coherently. Thank You. Monmouth1946 (talk) 20:07, 11 January 2020 (UTC)

Please provide a courtesy link to articles that you reference here. Like this: Tommy Roberts (sports broadcaster). —[AlanM1(talk)]— 23:20, 11 January 2020 (UTC)

Monmouth1946, I've removed the tags, as the prose is now clear.--Quisqualis (talk) 02:07, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

Hi Monmouth1946, please don't start new sections for your followups on Tommy Roberts, just add further questions here by clicking the edit link to the right of the title for this last sub-section with the same topic. The archive bot uses the freshest timestamp, everything about Roberts should be archived together after your last question was answered. –84.46.53.207 (talk) 11:08, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

How can I get my weekly community newspaper, the Northwest Observer, added to the list of newspapers in North Carolina?

Hi, Since November 1996 I've been publishing a community newspaper which started as a monthly newsletter for the Town of Oak Ridge and evolved over the years into a weekly newspaper covering three municipalities in northwest Guilford County: Oak Ridge, Summerfield and Stokesdale. How can I get my newspaper added to the list of newspapers published in our state? BTW, our website is: www.nwobserver.com and our weekly print circulation is 13,800. Thanks, Patti Stokes, president/CEO of PS Communications and publisher/editor of Northwest Observer— Preceding unsigned comment added by PS Communications, Northwest Observer (talk • contribs)

PS Communications, Northwest Observer Hello and welcome to the Teahouse. First, please review the conflict of interest and paid editing policies as you have some required formal disclosures to make. Regarding what you want to do, list articles like the one you mention are not intended to list every possible member of the list in existence. They are meant to list those with Wikipedia articles- so in order to be listed there, there must be a Wikipedia article about your newspaper. In order for that to happen, your newspaper needs to be shown with significant coverage in independent reliable sources to meet Wikipedia's special definition of a notable organization. In plain English, that means other sources unaffiliated with your newspaper must give significant coverage of of it in order for it to merit a Wikipedia article. For example, The New York Times merits an article because many independent sources have written about The New York Times, not simply because it has a large circulation or readership. If your newspaper does merit an article, you shouldn't be the one to write it, due to your conflict of interest. You can request that others do so at Requested Articles, but there are literally tens of thousands of requests there, so it won't be done quickly. 331dot (talk) 14:42, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

What to do against fake data?

I've just read the wiki page on FIEDLER Ferenc in English. He was a Hungarian painter who lived in KASSA and BUDAPEST before going to PARIS. He was an ethnic Hungarian born in KASSA in 1921. In that year KASSA was on the territory of Czechoslovakia (Czechoslovakia). So, it's not true/correct to indicated that Mr Friedler was born in "Kosice, Slovakia". Slovakia did not exist in 1921 (Slovakia). We can speak about a truly independent Slovakia as of 1993 only. Unfortunately, Slovaks always try to "change history" for whatever reason. In my opinion the text in English is not correct, therefore it should be corrected as soon as possible. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tassilo5331 (talk • contribs) 12:54, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

There is no Fiedler Ferenc on en-WP, did you type that right? Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 12:59, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

Tassilo5331 Please don't accuse other ethnic or national groups as a whole for the actions of any individual. This is a collaborative environment where we all work together building this encyclopedia. I'm not sure what Wikipedia policy is in this general area, but you should discuss any concerns you have with an article on its article talk page. As Slovakia succeeded Czechoslovakia, it doesn't sound incorrect to me, but as I indicated, I don't know what general policy is in this area. We state that Lenin "was born in Streletskaya Ulitsa, Simbirsk (now Ulyanovsk)". Perhaps the article you speak of should say something similar, I don't know- but please discuss the issue with respect for others and collaborate to achieve a consensus as to what the article should say, typically based in Wikipedia policy. 331dot (talk) 13:05, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

I looked around for guidance on that at one point, what I came up with was Template:Infobox person: "Use the name of the birthplace at the time of birth" and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Capital letters: "If a different name is appropriate in a given historical or other context, then that may be used instead, although it is normal to follow the first occurrence of such a name with the standard modern name in parentheses.". Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 13:13, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

The article in question appears to be François Fiedler – he probably went by the French as well as the Hungarian form of his first name. (In Hungarian, names are often written Surname Firstname, unlike the English convention.) --bonadea contributions talk 13:23, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

@Tassilo5331: I think you are raising a valid point – the town had been in Austria-Hungary until a couple of years before Fiedler's birth, when it was annexed into Czechoslovakia. The place to discuss this is Talk:François Fiedler, and as 331dot says, please present this as a simple matter of getting the facts right, without any reference to the ethnicity of other editors. --bonadea contributions talk 13:33, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

 Fixed I corrected the article and added a note about the discrepancy. The article could really use some work by someone familiar with how we write artist BLPs. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 15:06, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

Draft:Danexit

Hello, is it possible to start an short Article a little faster? (There are 3,733 pending submissions waiting for review currently) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wname1 (talk • contribs) 08:52, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

Hello Wname1! This draft is unlikely to pass review, none of the sources mention the word. Guidance at WP:NOTNEO. As to your question, see WP:AUTO and WP:MOVE. But as I said, if you move this article as-is to mainspace, I think it will be moved back or deleted. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 10:04, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

Perhaps you should consider a title more like "Greek withdrawal from the eurozone"? Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 10:09, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

If none of the sources mention the title word, which is quite a specific word, then it really cannot become an article (e.g. unlike Megxit, which is drowning in global WP:RS/P that have the word " Megxit" in the title, but is still a deletion candidate). I am not aware of any Danish withdrawal from the eurozone, but I think that GGS is right that this would need to be the title; and you would need to have high quality sources talking about the subject in detail (e.g. WP:SIGCOV). thanks. Britishfinance (talk) 11:42, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

It would be difficult for Denmark to withdraw from the Eurozone, Britishfinance, because it's not a member! Danish withdrawal from the European Union would be a suitable title, although there are sources available that use Danexit. Cordless Larry (talk) 13:55, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

Good point Cordless Larry, (as per the UK, they keep their own currency). There at portmanteaus for almost every member of the EU now (even Frexit), however, I could not find much credible RS for Danexit (in the article, or otherwise); however I was not searching in dan-lang sources (it is not a topic that interests me). thanks. Britishfinance (talk) 14:08, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

Details! Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 15:53, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for your comments. Wname1 (talk) 16:05, 15 January 2020 (UTC) I wrote a Danexit article in German language (https://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Danexit&stable=1) and this is accepted from all .de sides. Why is the English opinion so different to the German Danexit? Espacially from Gråbergs Gråa Sång, I will start small.

Deletion of a page... My contributions just caused someone else's page to be deleted

I just fixed some broken links on the page Padmakara Translation Group, a page that had old links, and added one paragraph, and now a whole page of an award winning institution has been deleted. If the changes were not good, please revert them. But now, I'm to blame for a whole page to be deleted, that had been there for years. I feel terrible. Not only that, the deleted Wikipedia content has been stolen by this website: https://pt.qwe.wiki/wiki/Padmakara_Translation_Group displaying in other languages via automatic translation. I would like to have help on this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Amaral Rodrigues (talk • contribs) 19:24, 11 January 2020 (UTC)

@Amaral Rodrigues: Padmakara_Translation_Group was deleted as copyright violation of another website. Someone watching the Recent Changes list probably saw your edit and then noticed the page was a copyvio. You can ask the deleting admin about it on their talk page: User Talk:Deb. RudolfRed (talk) 20:15, 11 January 2020 (UTC)

To make it more clear, Amaral Rodrigues: you did nothing wrong, and you did not cause the article to be deleted, in any way. What your edit did was to bring to somebody's notice an article that was in contravention of Wikipedia's policies, and that should have been deleted long ago. It may be possible to write an acceptable article about the Group, if it meets Wikipedia's criteria for notability; but articles must not contain significant amounts of copyright material copied from elsewhere. --ColinFine (talk) 23:38, 11 January 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for your explanations, in any case, what can be done about this website https://pt.qwe.wiki/wiki/Padmakara_Translation_Group stealing wikipedia material in order to display advertising? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Amaral Rodrigues (talk • contribs) 08:40, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

Amaral Rodrigues, per Wikipedia:Reusing Wikipedia content, as long as they say where they got it, and they seem to, that's ok. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 19:17, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

Something I would like to know

Is it okay if I add categories to articles without using HotCat?

-Prana1111 (talk) 20:19, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

Prana1111, Yes, you may. HotCat makes it easier, but it can be done manually without. Captain Eek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!}⚓ 20:28, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

Clothing retailers of Canada

Hello. I googled and read this article because of so many recent retailers closing. I am wondering how someone could add Strong Canadian retailers who are absent from the list? Comark,is the parent company to all three Bootlegger, Rickis and Cleo who are All Canadian and have been around for a significant time, 80 years for Rickis last year. Any advise how I can get these retailers added to the list is appreciated? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.65.86.11 (talk • contribs) 21:09, 12 Januay 2020 (UTC)

Hi, 50.65.86.11, and welcome to the Teahouse. Every Wikipedia article has a talk page, which you can reach though a tab at the top of the article page, and that is usually the best place to suggest changes to a specific article. If the article you mean is List of Canadian clothing store chains, the talk page is at Talk:List of Canadian clothing store chains. Many list articles list only things that have existing Wikipedia articles about them, so you might check whether there are articles about the retailers you'd like to include, first. Regards, --bonadea contributions talk 21:21, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

NEED HELP!

How can put tables, pictures and different sections in my article? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Têêłînj ßœ ß-Sôul (talk • contribs) 22:20, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

@Têêłînj ßœ ß-Sôul: Maybe your article should have textual content before you worry about adding that stuff? In other words, maybe you should write an article before you make it a fancy article? Ian.thomson (talk) 22:25, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

My draft was declined :(

I'm fairly new to making new Wikipedia articles. Anyone help me out with it? meowmeow \S-) (talk) 20:31, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

Please always wikilink what you are talking about, e.g., [[Draft:Young Scientist Programme]] is rendered as Draft:Young Scientist Programme. Some ideas, "ambitious" is a WP:PEACOCK term, drop it unless you have reliable sources using it, then you can quote it. The layout of the draft with images is nice, I haven't read the text or checked your sources, but India Today is a "thing" (enwiki page exists, blue link), wikilink it in all references. –84.46.53.221 (talk) 20:50, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

Aadarshashutosh, Phrases like "programme was aimed to inculcate and nurture space research fervour in young minds" are definitely promotional and should be made more neutral in tone. The aims and activities section should is in the future tense, which doesn't quite make sense. Another issue, I think the draft probably needs higher quality sources. Careers 360 doesn't strike me as reliable. The Organization's own website is not independent. Captain Eek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!}⚓ 01:18, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

Kalos Circle

I write history books about Weiser Idaho. Recently I came across information about a group called the Kalos Circle. They were the women's auxiliary of the Woodmen of the World. I've checked Wikipedia and sites for the Woodmen with no joy. I have six paragraphs from newspapers in 1898 and 1899 discussing activities of the Kalos Circle in Weiser, Idaho. I'll use this information in my book but I feel it is good information and deserves wider distribution than I can provide. How do we make that happen? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Walstonken (talk • contribs) 15:51, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

Hello Walstonken and welcome to Wikipedia. WP:EXPERT may be a good starting point for you. Are your books WP:SELFPUBLISHED? We have something of a reluctance to use selfpublished sources, though context matters. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 16:17, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

Walstonken (edit conflict) Hello and welcome to the Teahouse. Please understand that Wikipedia is not just for distributing information; this is an encyclopedia, where articles summarize what independent reliable sources state about subjects that meet Wikipedia's special definition of notability. Sources do not need to be online, just publicly accessible(so old newspapers are fine as long as copies are in public hands, like in a library) Wikipedia is not for posting original research, so unlike in writing a book, you could not post your own conclusions or research findings in a Wikipedia article, it could only summarize what the sources say. If you wish to attempt to write an article, you may use Articles for Creation to do so, though you should first read Your First Article and perhaps use the new user tutorial. 331dot (talk) 16:21, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

The Wikipedia article WoodmenLife states that the organization was originally "Woodmen of the World" and the women's auxiliary was Woodmen Circles. David notMD (talk) 01:22, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

Becoming an admin

Hi everyone. I am hoping to become a Wikipedia administrator since I like to think of myself as a judge of sorts, and I believe it would look good on my CV as a volunteer activity. I’m just wondering how long it usually takes and how many edits I will have to make. Also, are there certain areas I should focus on? Sorry if I’m asking too many questions - I’m just new here and curious to find out what I need to do. Thanks! - Matt (Moresiva) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Moresiva (talk • contribs) 18:51, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

@Moresiva: Hello and welcome to the Teahouse. Administrators are selected through a process known as an RFA (click the link to learn more). There is no set time or number of edits one needs to make in order to become an administrator. It all depends on the quality of the contributions, not the quantity. One way to become an administrator is to focus on what you can do (not what you can't do) as a normal editor and not focus on gaining permissions just to show off. Administrators use their tools to help make Wikipedia a better place. Keep in mind there is more you can do as a normal editor than what you can't do as a normal editor. Some things you can do as a normal editor include fighting vandalism, fixing typos, and much more. Check out the community portal for more tasks you can do. I also suggest reading WP:Contributing to Wikipedia to learn more how to improve this wonderful encyclopedia without administrator rights. I hope this helps and please come back here or drop a note on my talk page if you have any more questions. Interstellarity (talk) 19:06, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

@Moresiva: Being an administrator just means that one has some extra buttons that would be irresponsible to give to the whole community. I'm not entirely sure it would merit inclusion on a CV. It mostly involves routine tasks and evaluating community consensus; it doesn't actually involve the administrator making judgments or decisions in most cases. As noted, going out from the start to obtain administrator rights looks like you are just showing off-(and you state your primary reason for wanting to be one is to put on your CV/resume) just concentrate on being a good editor and if in the course of your editing you find that having admin powers would be beneficial, then you can look at being nominated. I didn't seek out admin powers until other editors thought that I would make good use of them. 331dot (talk) 19:13, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

(ec) Something far above 10,000 edits and about four years of editing could be good enough, your first step will be to get "patrol" User rights, IIRC that's automatical unless you successfully request an earlier "promotion". These rights mostly mean "spam fighting as a hobby", no special bragging rights. Also see Special:ListGroupRights. –84.46.53.221 (talk) 19:17, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

Theroad posted on your Talk page a guide to advice on being an editor (everything that is blue is a link). Welcome to Wikipedia. David notMD (talk) 01:28, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

On copyright issues in a page

Hi there -

I've been putting together a biography page of someone - Draft:Ivan_Gaal

Current status is I have copyright issues, taking info from another page.

I have put a copyright exemption notice on the offending page http://www.innersense.com.au/mif/gaal.html and noted this on this Talk page - Draft_talk:Ivan_Gaal

I did this 2 months ago.

My basic question is - do I need to do anything else ? Is this a normal wait period for this small adjustment ?

Thanks, Bill Bmous63 (talk) 01:17, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

Hello there, Bill and welcome to the Teahouse. If a page that you use as a Reliable Source contains a CC-BY-SA licence declaration, then you are free to use that content on Wikipedia. The problem is that the source (your own website) doesn't seem at first glance to meet the criteria of a reliable source, as it looks to me to be a personally maintained website, written and owned by yourself, without any editorial board of control. I'm afraid we don't accept personal blogs, websites and social media as reliable sources, I'm afraid, especially if they are being used to establish notability. I don't know whether you might have a Conflict of Interest in possibly knowing this person, but if you do, you really should declare it on your user page. Even now that you've put a CC licence on that page, it might be best simply to rewrite the text in a new way just for Wikipedia. But I see that you have now met the conditions of the third bullet point in the copyright notice issued on your talk page last November - so that's great.

If you want to get the article accepted, try to remember that this is an encyclopaedia of notable subjects. Cut out the petty contents about winning his local bowls club competition - put frankly: nobody cares. Never say in the lead that he's an 'award-winning' this or that (that's just vague waffle)- tell us what notable award(s) he has actually won. This will (hopefully) show reviewers that he is notable, and mention of his Olympic participation sounds a likely candidate for that - but the link is a 404 dead link, so who knows what he did? The style of writing you have used is a bit too chatty, and not encyclopaedic enough. When you say '...to this day' how do you think that will read in 20 years time? Sorry I can't give a more detailed review, but I hope this reply is of some use. Regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 02:19, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

Wikipedia presents articles on the 8th, 11th, 19th, and 20th centuries in science. I propose that Wikipedia present comparable summaries of science in the 12th through the 18th centuries. Thanks for giving the opportunity to propose this idea! RW

Wikipedia presents articles on the 8th, 11th, 19th, and 20th centuries in science. I propose that Wikipedia present comparable summaries of science in the 12th through the 18th centuries. Thanks for giving the opportunity to propose this idea! RW — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dachluft (talk • contribs) 01:59, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

@Dachluft: You can find a simple set of instructions on how to write an article that won't be rejected or deleted in this link. Ian.thomson (talk) 03:05, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

Confused about reliable sources

Hello,

I recently checked a submission and found it was rejected because I didn't adequately provide reliable sources but I'm confused as why there were not reliable. I'm a bit confused if the sources aren't "reliable" or if I didn't reference correctly. I would like to resubmit but would like to get some help to do so so I don't waste my or anybody else's time.

The article in question: Draft:Blue Sky Architecture

Thank you for your help! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Quettal (talk • contribs) 04:10, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

One of the review comments, which you did not address, said "Please help our volunteer reviewers by identifying, on the draft's talk page, the WP:THREE best sources that establish notability of the subject." --David Biddulph (talk) 04:26, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

QR codes as image for links

I saw on Saint Francis of Assisi College that a QR code is used for a link to some website. Isn't this why there is [link_to_website]? Is this form of including a link a desired form of doing it. I question if this integration is reasonable. On PC and Laptops you would need a QR code scanner like your smartphone to get to the website. On your smartphone you may even need a second device to open the link. Either way, on both devices a link is more than enough. A potential problem I see here is that you can not view the link before scanning it. So you could hide a spam or virus infected website behind the code. Or use a redirect service like bitly.com or cutt.ly and guide people to malicious websites. Is there any consense or guideline on Wikipedia about that that? --193.171.152.104 (talk) 07:44, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for noticing this, IP editor. I have removed the inappropriate QR code. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 07:56, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

@Cullen328: OK, I was actually hoping for a yes/no answer here. Are QR in general allowed on Wikipedia or not? --193.171.152.104 (talk) 07:59, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

I have been editing Wikipedia for almost 11 years and I am an administrator. I have never before seen QR codes used in this manner in a Wikipedia article and would remove them on sight for the reasons you stated originally. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 08:03, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for the help and your quick answer! --193.171.152.103 (talk) 08:09, 13 January 2020 (UTC) (BTW. x.103 and x.104 are the same. They switch for weired ISP rules)

Border posts between Northern Namibia and Southern Angola

There are 7 border posts as per subject above.

Katwiti can be added +- 17 deg 39 min south (latitude)  

I was instrumental as a Geomatic Engineer & Professional Project Manager of the road C45, hence we past the border patrol turnoff frequently. > Rundu to Eenhana.

Please request more info if needed.

Peter f Spronk. BSc > Geomatics (University of Cape Town) > Cape Peninsula University of Technology Geomatics[survey] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 154.119.33.10 (talk) 10:20, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

Hello and welcome to the Teahouse. Are you inquiring about a certain article? 331dot (talk) 10:23, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

Wrong name highlighted by robot

I entered a name in my page and it was automatically highlighted in blue to another wiki person of the same name. How do I block this? Kenpj (talk) 21:38, 11 January 2020 (UTC)

@Kenpj: Which page did this happen on? RudolfRed (talk) 21:45, 11 January 2020 (UTC)

Thanks RudolfRed. Outwood Academy Adwick, section Percy Jackson Grammar School, notable former pupils, David Dunn. Kenpj (talk) 22:16, 11 January 2020 (UTC)

@Kenpj: Please provide courtesy links to articles that you mention here, like this: Outwood Academy Adwick. Thanks. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 23:34, 11 January 2020 (UTC)

Kenpj, Please find the David Dunn you are looking for at David Dunn (disambiguation) and use the corresponding title when you try to mention them on other articles. Usedtobecool ☎️ 23:42, 11 January 2020 (UTC)

Hello, Kenpj, and welcome to the Teahouse. Thank you for wanting to help you improve Wikipedia. But there is a lot to learn, and a few things that I think you don't understand yet. The link to the wrong David Dunn was not "highlighted by a robot": you put the name in double square brackets so [[David Dunn]], and that is an explicit instruction to the Wikipedia software that you want it to put in a link to the article called "David Dunn". As it happens, that article (David Dunn) is about the cricketer, so you told Wikipedia to link to the article about the cricketer. If there was already an article about your David Dunn, (suppose it was called David Dunn (industrialist) - which doesn't currently exist) then you could have linked to it using a WP:piped link thus: [[David Dunn (industrialist)|David Dunn]].

But secondly, since there isn't currently an article about that David Dunn, he shouldn't appear in the list of alumni: see Write the article first. That is why Theroadislong removed him.

Thirdly, please remember that it is not "your page": it is one of Wikipedia's articles that you had a large part in creating (and your role in creating it is visible to anybody that looks at the "View History" tab); but it does not belong to you in any sense. --ColinFine (talk) 23:58, 11 January 2020 (UTC)

@ColinFine: The article is about a footballer, rather than a cricketer... Moaz786 (talk to me or see what I've been doing) 00:02, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

Thank you. I am just an amateur, but colleagues wanted to publish an entry for the old school. I fully accept it is not 'my page'. That was just shorthand. One of our teachers was awarded the Military Cross in WW2. Is it not sufficient to ref the London Gazette entry? Does he need more notability? Are individuals only notable if they already have a separate Wiki entry? Would appreciate advice. Kenpj (talk) 00:50, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

YES, individuals are only notable if they already have a separate Wikipedia article. Further, you should be aware that if your editing Wikipedia has anything to do with your employment, then you have a conflict of interest, and need to read about and declare your WP:COI on your Talk page.--Quisqualis (talk) 01:54, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

To answer a question that you didn't ask, this page WP:NSOLDIER will help to determine this persons notability.--Darth Mike^(talk) 15:23, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

Speedy deletion

Hi Team ,

Why was my Wikipedia page deleted? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Auisytech (talk • contribs) 12:58, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

@Auisytech: I am unable to view deleted pages so I can't give you a detailed explanation of what the issues were. However, it was tagged as being 'unambiguous advertising' and 'containing writings not closely aligned to Wikipedia's goals'. Based on those, I would suspect that you created a page which came across as solely promotional and not a sincere attempt to draft an encyclopedia article.

(Auisytech actually appears to be blocked now, but I thought I'd reply anyway so that at least they have an answer to their question.) Hug^syrup 13:17, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

At the moment the only page you could still edit using your blocked account is your user talk page, you'll find an explanation there. It's also the only good place to ask further questions about this incident, just creating another account without an indication that you understood the problem can get you blocked again, because it could be interpreted as "block evasion". Not logging in (like me, editing as IP) can also backfire for the same reason (block evasion). –84.46.53.221 (talk) 13:39, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

I looked at the deleted sandbox, and it includes such text as We enhance life and communication efficiency through a better-connected world, acting as a responsible corporate citizen, an innovative enabler for the information society, and a collaborative contributor to the industry. The tone of the rest is similar. It is a classic work of corporate promotion as it is often attempted on Wikipedia, and I fully agree with the G11 deletion. It also has a tone not uncommon in paid editing. I make no accusations, but that thought is likely to be in the mind of any admin reviewing an unblock request by Auisytech. It should be addressed, in my view, for an unblock to be successful. Have a look at the section below. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 16:47, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

TriArtisan Capital

Hello!

I am a finance student, and will be writing a few articles about private equity firms. Can you please help me with the draft for TriArtisan Capital?

I will also be writing about a few other middle market firms, too, and hoping you can help me write good articles! — Preceding unsigned comment added by WallStGuy (talk • contribs) 17:14, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

WallStGuy, As common courtesy, we usually provide a wikilink to the target article. I will do so for you: Draft:TriArtisan Capital MoonyTheDwarf (Braden N.) (talk) 17:21, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

When a draft has been Declined, that information is required to stay with the draft until it is accepted. The reviewer provided guidance on why it was declined. I restored your deletion of the Declined decision. The (volunteer) editors here at Teahouse advise on Wikipedia, but are not generally here to improve drafts. Except sometimes to cut stuff. Please use your experiences in trying to create your first article improve your understanding of Wikipedia before essaying other new articles. David notMD (talk) 17:28, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

Hello, WallStGuy and welcome to the Teahouse. One thing to remember is that Wikipedia is basically completely uninterested in what the subject of an article say about themselves, or what their associates say about them. This means, for example, that the Nation's Restaurant News item, which begins "Investment firms TriArtisan Capital Advisors LLC and Paulson & Co. Inc. announced" is irrelevant to the draft Draft:TriArtisan Capital: the reference shouldn't be cited, and the information about P F Chang should not appear in the article unless you can find an independent source. (I have overstated the case slightly: in some circumstances, uncontroversial factual data like dates and addresses may be sourced from non-independent sources; but the bulk of the material in an article should be cited to independent sources, and anything which might appear to be promotional in character - including naming products, clients or subsidiaries - certainly should be). --ColinFine (talk) 18:19, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

Hi WallStGuy - I made some changes to better help your article succeed and demonstrate that the firm is notable. If I were you, I'd beef up the history, including putting in coverage of their more notable acquisitions. Look at Toba Capital as an example. There's some good info here in reliable sources [[1]] [[2]] [[3]] [[4]] (last one is paywalled). You'll also want to start a user page with a sentence about your interests, so your name isn't redlinked. (Please remember to sign your posts on talk pages by typing four keyboard tildes like this: ~~~~. Or, you can use the [ reply ] button, which automatically signs posts.) TimTempleton ^{(talk) (cont)} 19:32, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

add external links on Cygwin page

How do I discuss how to better include the reverted references of relevant citations with the editor? 24.64.172.44 (talk) 19:48, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

@24.64.172.44: Use the articles talk page. Include a {{ping | user name}} at the start to show who you're talking to. Brian R Hunter (talk) 20:00, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

Hello and welcome to the Teahouse. The article talk page is the place to discuss any improvements to articles that you are not comfortable doing by yourself. Interstellarity (talk) 20:00, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

Question re. brackets

Could someone tell me what the difference between [] and {} is?

I've tried working it out in the sandbox, but they both seem to do the same thing. Grateful for clarification, thanks! Maryanne Cunningham (talk) 17:03, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

Hi Maryanne Cunningham and welcome to the Teahouse. Square brackets are used for internal links to another Wikipedia article. See WP:Internal links. Braces are used for templates like the one I use to notify you at the beginning of my reply. Dbfirs 18:49, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

Thanks Dbfirs Maryanne Cunningham (talk) 21:15, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

@Maryanne Cunningham: Single square brackets (e.g., [https://foo.bar.com]) produce external links (see WP:EL for policy), while double square brackets (e.g. [[blah]]) produce internal links to Wikipedia (and other wiki projects). Double braces (e.g., {{Cite web}}) are used to transclude templates and other pages. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 21:38, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

Thanks AlanM1 Maryanne Cunningham (talk) 21:15, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Hi again, Maryanne. A pair of square brackets [[ ]] around a word will give you an internal link to another Wikipedia page. It'll be blue if the page exists with that spelling, or red if no page exists here.

• Eg: [[Mont Blanc massif]] gives Mont Blanc massif
• [[Mont Blank massif]] doesn't exist, so gives this red-coloured link: Mont Blank massif

A single square bracket [] is used to link to an external website OR to a full external link to one of our own pages. You put the url first, then ONE SPACE, then the word or phrase to display. Like this link.

Double curly brackets invoke a named template, usually inserting set text. This could be a complex welcome message left on a users talk page, a warning, an infobox in an article, or a simple line of text you don't want to keep repeatedly typing. Thus {{please}} produces this request to sign every post: " (Please remember to sign your posts on talk pages by typing four keyboard tildes like this: ~~~~. Or, you can use the [ reply ] button, which automatically signs posts.)

Finally, you can include certain parameters by means of a vertical pipe character to make a template do certain things, though this is a little tricky to explain. Although I told you when you started how to notify a user, another way to do it is my means of the {{u}} template. Thus, {{u|Maryanne Cunningham}} produces Maryanne Cunningham which ensures you are notified about my reply. Hope this makes some sense. Regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 23:00, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

Er, um, getting thereNick Moyes. Thanks! Maryanne Cunningham (talk) 21:15, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

How can I get this person to stop editing me out?

There is a person who is editing me out from the Amber Heard page, because I put that she is bisexual, with a HuffPost cite as evidence. And this person is saying that there will be an edit war if I try to undo it. Even though my edit is accurate and based on facts.MannyPC (talk) 02:14, 10 January 2020 (UTC)

Hello, MannyPC, and welcome to the Teahouse. With biographies of living people it's important that good sources are used that support any statement you add. To be frank, I think you are right in your edit attempt, and I would have added this source and this one too, and I note there are multiple other sources that seem to indicate her bisexuality. I haven't read the AH article to assess whether her sexuality is relevant to it, though I note there is a source to confirm her religious views there. When you seem to be in some sort of disagreement of editing, you should either have gone to Flyer22 Reborn's talk page and discussed your different perspectives on sources and relevance, or raised your good faith wish to change the article on its talk page. As I've now pinged FlyerReborn, they may wish to comment here, or on your talk page. Nick Moyes (talk) 02:38, 10 January 2020 (UTC)

I don't know how to reach this person to have a constructive discussion. And I am afraid of getting blocked. I am new here.MannyPC (talk) 03:05, 10 January 2020 (UTC)

Hello, MannyPC. Our friend Nick Moyes lives in the United Kingdom so he might be asleep by now since it is in the middle of the night there. I live in California so I am still staring at the chicken bones on my dinner plate. If you tell the other editor that Nick advised you here, then I think that the risk of you being blocked is negligible, unless you consciously break some policy. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 03:45, 10 January 2020 (UTC)

I'd rather not discuss this in two different places. I already took this matter to the talk page: Talk:Amber Heard#Bisexual categorization redux. Permalink here. And I pointed MannyPC to that talk page. And I pinged Asarelah there because Asarelah started a discussion about this matter first years ago. The matter was taken to the WP:BLP noticeboard and resolved. Like I recently stated, "I just reverted these edits by MannyPC per the #Bisexual label discussion from years ago and how that was resolved. If, in the source that MannyPC added, it had Heard identifying as bisexual, MannyPC's edit would be fine. But once again, it is instead the source calling Heard bisexual. In cases like these, we follow WP:BLPCAT; we go by self-identity. In a similar case, with regard to Jodie Foster, per WP:BLPCAT, we also don't call Foster a lesbian or categorize her that way. This was decided after much discussion. But we do note that many media outlets described Foster as lesbian or gay after her 2013 speech at the 70th Golden Globe Awards." Yes, sources (including ones listed by Nick Moyes above) have called Heard bisexual. Sources have also called her a lesbian. In The Independent source that Nick Moyes cited, it even states, "The Aquaman star went on to describe herself as an 'outspoken, militant feminist, lesbian, atheist, vegetarian'." But where has she called herself bisexual? She has explicitly stated that she rejects sexual orientation labels. Sources have also called Foster a lesbian or gay. And in the case of Foster, the following is just one example of editors noting the importance of self-identity: Talk:Jodie Foster/Archive 4#RfC 2 - Should "lesbian" be used to describe Foster in categories?. The importance of self-identity is not different for Heard. Cullen328, MannyPC absolutely should not revert. Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 03:49, 10 January 2020 (UTC)

MannyPC, the experienced editor above has given you some excellent advice. Read those links and think carefully before editing against consensus. I remember those debates about Jodie Foster. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 04:22, 10 January 2020 (UTC)

Ok, but if she comes out explicitly as bisexual when she said "I'm Bisexual" or something around that, then it should be referrence in Amber's article. And I don't want no edit wars, I want edit in peace, if you know what I mean.MannyPC (talk) 04:31, 10 January 2020 (UTC)

MannyPC, instead of saying "when" you should say "if". Please remember that Wikipedia is not a crystal ball. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 04:46, 10 January 2020 (UTC)

Alright, thank you for giving me advice on how to be an excellent Wikipedia editor. Now I feel welcome in the Wikipedia community. I will try my best to be as accurate as possible, and this experience will help me. And I also want to thank Flyer22 Reborn for having the patience of explaining me why this is not accurate.MannyPC (talk) 04:53, 10 January 2020 (UTC)

Cullen328 and MannyPC, thanks. We can see in this HuffPost source and this Us Weekly source that she was reported as having come out as a lesbian in 2010. This was because she revealed her romantic relationship with Tasya van Ree. Media sources labeled her lesbian even though she didn't state "I'm a lesbian." In the AfterEllen interview the sources are referring to, she doesn't state that she's a lesbian. And in a 2011 interview, she clearly states, "I don't label myself one way or another—I have had successful relationships with men and now a woman. I love who I love; it's the person that matters." In this 2017 People magazine source that reports her as having come out as bisexual, she's quoted as stating, "I saw I was attached to a label ... I never have myself defined by the person I'm with. I never saw myself defined as one particular thing or not. So, I watched as I quickly became not actress Amber Heard, but out lesbian Amber Heard." The "never have myself defined by the person I'm with" aspect is also noted in the aforementioned The Independent source, which also says she came out as bisexual. Any time Heard says she's dated men and women or has implied that she's open to dating men and women, a source labels her bisexual, just like sources initially labeled her lesbian because of her relationship with Tasya van Ree. So regarding MannyPC stating, "And why Amber Heard hasn't sue each and every publication last year calling her bisexual or ask the publication to edit this out? She dated both men and women.", I'm sure Heard understands that bisexual is the term people are going to use for her. But this obviously doesn't mean that she has to use the term for herself. I think it's best to be on the safe side and not state in Wikipedia's voice that she's bisexual or categorize her that way. Maybe we should state in her article the following: "Heard publicly came out at GLAAD's 25th anniversary event in 2010. Although media outlets have labeled her lesbian or bisexual, she has stated, "I don't label myself one way or another—I have had successful relationships with men and now a woman. I love who I love; it's the person that matters." This would replace the beginning of the second paragraph in the "Personal life" section. Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 21:47, 10 January 2020 (UTC) Updated post. Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 01:08, 11 January 2020 (UTC)

Flyer22 Reborn, I forgot to remind you that the Amber Heard's page names her as agnostic in the "Personal Life" section on her page. But on the "Categories" section below, she appears in the "American atheists" Category. Atheism and agnosticism have differences. Can you also take a look at that?MannyPC (talk) 02:29, 11 January 2020 (UTC)

FWIW, there is a reference for "atheist" in Amber Heard#Early life. There's a red entry for Huffpost on WP:RS/P. Good luck with your good WP:BLPCAT fight, it took me about a year to get that right on Talk:Sasha Grey#Adult and atheist categories and obscure "blpo" lists. If you need expert input try WP:BLP/N. –84.46.52.190 (talk) 06:45, 11 January 2020 (UTC)

Well, thanks, but I think Flyer22 Reborn is right on this argument. There was no specific case of her saying her sexuality. I was kind of stubborn at first, but I now agree with Flyer22 Reborn, you must have 100% specific evidence. The only thing that needs to be solved about Amber's page is to write her religious beliefs. There is no doubt that she is irreligious, but of what kind? Once again thanks for your support. MannyPC (talk) 07:58, 11 January 2020 (UTC)

Just a quick "thank you" to Flyer22 Reborn for your helpful reply, explaining the subtleties of this issue, and to MannyPC and others for their consideration and input. Clearly, with this person, certain things were not as cut and dried as I and MannyPC had assumed.Nick Moyes (talk) 13:42, 11 January 2020 (UTC)

MannyPC, as noted in the Atheism article, atheism can be defined broadly. But we do have both Category:American atheists and Category:American agnostics. In the source in the Personal life section, she states, "No, I'm not a practicing atheist. I'm a practicing human and I know how that sounds but I'm learning everything I can about being human. I was raised in a strict Catholic environment but the only thing I feel comfortable saying that I know is that I can't know. I will never prescribe to an organization that claims to tell me how to do anything. I'm not anti 'higher power' so you could call me agnostic. Whatever, call me anything but I will never be a 'religious' person." Given all of this and the aforementioned "Early life" mention by the IP above, I don't know what is the best route to take in this case. Maybe she is okay with being called an atheist or agnostic. Not sure that she should be in both categories. Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 00:56, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

Think you're both wrong, if someone says they date and have loved men and women, they are bisexual, if people wish to define themselves alternatively that is their wont, perhaps pansexual for example, but not literally calling yourself bisexual isn't the point, and this seems absolutely bizarre both as a bi person and someone who rather appreciates clarity. As it stands it simply has a paragraph on an already long section about how she doesn't define herself after also saying she's come out. Either keep it to just coming out, or call her as she is. — Preceding unsigned comment added by TheTominater95 (talk • contribs) 14:26, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

TheTominater95 makes a valid point. This is only being scrutinized because sexuality is such a sensitive subject for so many people. If I publicly stated that even though I've been accurately measured as being six feet tall, I don't like being labeled as "six feet tall", I doubt that there would be any discussion about whether or not my biography should list my height as six feet. However, this discussion does show a healthy respect for people's sensitivities, and that's beneficial for social harmony and WikiPeace.Quickfix333 (talk) 00:07, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

Ongoing issues

Hi All...

I keep making edits to reflect the necessary changes, yet no progress is made. (Also, somehow, something was deleted before approval, but I added it back.) I am more than a little confused about why something so basic (and so short) is causing such a problem. It woould be great to get some insight into this, and I appreciate those who might be able to help me.

Link: Draft:Lee_Olesky

(Wpearce1983 (talk) 22:59, 13 January 2020 (UTC))

Hello, Wpearce1983, and welcome to the Teahouyse. Actually, it is my impression that things are making progress with Draft:Lee_Olesky, and in fact it is getting close to the approval level. I just made a few edits, one to improve how a wiki-link recently added was used, and a couple to improv how citations are being done. Take a look at what I did, please, and try similar changes mon the other refs. While I wouldn't agree with one reviewer that basic early biographical data must be sourced -- that isn't what our verifiability policy says, it is often easy to source and it is good to do so if possible. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 00:28, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

Thoughts on how to/should I add a Section

Hello!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Consulting_Group

I think this page could be more informative with inclusion of clients, such as the relationship to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman :

and promoting a private college network liquidated for fraud:

or a Controversies section similar to the McKinsey page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McKinsey_%26_Company

Any thoughts on how to add or appropriateness? Thanks so much!

Jennifaohjenny (talk) 04:22, 14 January 2020 (UTC)Jennifer

Hello Jennifaohjenny, it looks like the material you have would be appropriate for a Controversies section. Be bold and add it to the article.--Quisqualis (talk) 06:01, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

References

Sources

Hi. I created a page, Jean-Sim Ashman, and it was not accepted. I’m having a hard time creating the page so that it meets Wikipedia’s guidelines. Can someone help me? I was told that the sources were not independent but I believe they are. These are sources about the author and I didn’t get the information from the author’s personal website. These sources are publications.

Any help would be great! Thanks!

Here is the page

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Jl1121 (talk • contribs) 02:07, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

Welcome to the Teahouse, Jl1121. Reading the rationale for why your short article was declined, it's not so much about the quality of the sources, it's about a failure of any of those sources to demonstrate how that person meets Wikipedia's criteria for notability. None of the sources you have used show that the world at large (i.e. independent sources) has written about her in depth. They are mostly personal interviews, book cover notes and IMDB entries, which are not sufficient, and not independent. If they were, I would have a page here about myself as I, too, am a published author. You will need to find much better sources if you stand any hope of putting such a page on Wikipedia. See also this Wikipedia criteria for notability of creative people. I recommend you read this essay (shortcut: WP:TOOSOON) as it's something that gives people like me a glimmer of hope that one day, maybe one day we might be notable enough at some point in the future. But I'm not counting my chickens!) Sorry this isn't what you want to hear. (Please remember to sign your posts on talk pages by typing four keyboard tildes like this: ~~~~.) Nick Moyes (talk) 02:32, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

Hi, Jl1121. You also need to note that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia with articles, and not a directory or social media with "pages".--Quisqualis (talk) 06:40, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

Peter’s To Do List

Ok let’s start over. Hi I’m trying to add to the mcu short film section that Peter’s to do list is a short film because it was said so in the dvd release of far from home but no one is adding that it’s a short film when it is. There should be a section for it on the short film page and the main mcu page — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2604:2000:1107:C401:74D2:7626:A9B8:977F (talk) 06:29, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

Can someone else create the article and add it to the main MCU page and short film page

I don’t know how to create an article I was just saying that someone should because it needs to be added there since it’s apart of this franchise — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2604:2000:1107:c401:74d2:7626:a9b8:977f (talk) 06:35, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

New short

Will there be a new short section it needs to be added — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2604:2000:1107:C401:74D2:7626:A9B8:977F (talk) 06:39, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

Why was I declined it makes no sense

The official director and head of the MCU has said that this short is considered a short so it needs to be added. I don’t understand why no body is adding this when it’s factual information — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2604:2000:1107:C401:74D2:7626:A9B8:977F (talk) 06:45, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

Please stop creating repeated new sections on the same topic. If you want to add to your previous question, just edit the same section. Also, please include a signature (4 tildes) at the end of each message. --David Biddulph (talk) 06:49, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

I’m only making new sections so someone will actually notice that this needs to be done — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2604:2000:1107:C401:74D2:7626:A9B8:977F (talk) 06:51, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

Hi, IP user. Please remember that Wikipedia is a hobby for all of us and if you ask a question you can't expect somebody to respond within a few minutes – it is not like a company help desk... anyway, have a look at the bottom of the page Talk:Marvel One-Shots where there was a discussion about this film a couple of months ago, and it was determined that it couldn't be added to the article Marvel One-Shots. --bonadea contributions talk 07:14, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

(ec) If it really needs to be added, certainly someone else will notice that, too. Take it easy, there's WP:NORUSH at Wikipedia. --CiaPan (talk) 07:12, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

Olympic freestyle wrestler 'Match Results'

Why doesn't the site provide the 'Match Results' and actual 'Scores' for each olympic and world championship match for each US wrestler similar to what was provided for Dan Gable? Thanks for your help and opportunity to improve the site. — Preceding unsigned comment added by WJCRAWFORD12 (talk • contribs) 05:02, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

WJCRAWFORD12, Howdy hello, and welcome to the Teahouse. Ideally we would have match results and scores for every wrestler, but some articles just haven't had someone add them yet. Wikipedia is an all volunteer effort, and unless someone takes it upon themself to make that change, it won't happen. If you'd like to add those missing statistics to wrestler's pages, we can help you figure out how to do that. CaptainEek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!}⚓ 05:54, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

OTOH, Wikipedia is not a collection of unexplained statistics (WP:NOTSTATS). I don't know what the point is of duplicating scores and other statistical information that is available elsewhere. Such information is always stale to some extent, especially when whoever maintains it stops doing so for whatever reason. It's usually uncited and undated (i.e., not easily verified), and so is an easy target for vandals. It seems like an external link to a reliable site, like whatever the governing body is, is a much better solution. Now, if reliable sources provide insightful analysis about the stats that we can write about, and including some raw data relevant to that is useful, fine. Otherwise, all I think it does is reduce the overall quality of the encyclopedia. IMO. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 07:43, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

How to Give Barnstar?

Hi Friends, i know it is a silly question i am asking but i am curious about adding Barnstar on someone's profile. I want to know how to add a barnstar? DMySon (talk) 06:14, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

Just find one you like from somewhere else, copy/paste, edit the captions and sentences to your liking and you're done! Happy barnstarring! -- a lad insane (Channel 2) 06:46, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

DMySon, You may find a fairly complete catalogue of available barnstars at WP:BARN. CaptainEek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!}⚓ 07:31, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

Thank you User:CaptainEek, Now i understand clearly how to add barnstar. DMySon (talk) 08:17, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

New Page Patroller

Is my account eligible for New Page Reviewer?DMySon (talk) 09:47, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

Welcome to the Teahouse, DMySon. If you are seeking the 'right' to participate as a New Page Patroller, you would need to make a request at Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/New page reviewer. The team there will look at your experience thus far, but I should advise that this is a responsible area of our work that does require a lot of experience and understanding of our policies, and is not granted lightly. Regards from the UK, Nick Moyes (talk) 09:59, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

My Dear friend User:Nick Moyes, Thank you for your suggestion.DMySon (talk) 10:02, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

info block on the right sight of an article

I am a trying to make an wikipage but was wondering how I could make the info block on the right site of the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by RavianW (talk • contribs) 10:11, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

Welcome to the Teahouse, RavianW. The block is called an Infobox. You can read all about it at WP:INFOBOX. Different Infobox templates can be used to create Infoboxes on differing topics. Thus, the fields (parameters) offered in {{Infobox person}} will be very different from those in {{Infobox mountain}}. One trick is to find a very closely related page, open the article in WP:Source Editor and copy the template at the top of the page into your sandbox and work on changing all the elements before inserting it into your article. Be aware that there might be varying views on whether or not an Infobox is appropriate for a particular page, so a check of its Talk page is often not a bad idea to see if there has been any prior discussion. Hoping this helps, Nick Moyes (talk) 10:29, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

Visual Editor Question

I don't know what this "...working in mobile view or with our Visual Editor." means. Can someone explain this to me? Gracias. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Marion Woynar de Guillen Rafael (talk • contribs) 11:20, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

NB this question was originally posted as part of what appeared to be purely promotional content and section header. I am not sure if the question is genuine but, assuming it is, I have let the question stand while removing everything else. Hug^syrup 11:22, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

@Marion Woynar de Guillen Rafael: Please provide a link or url to the page where you saw that phrase. It is easy to explain, but I am not confident yours is a genuine question that I need to answer. Your replying with that link will show me it is. Nick Moyes (talk) 11:54, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

Draft:Carbon monoxide antidote «Acyzol®»

Good day,

I have created this article Draft:Carbon monoxide antidote «Acyzol®», and as far as I understood I should have sent it for review to administrator/moderators.(maybe I got it in a wrong way). The article was deleted as a Blatant copyright violation as I do realy copy-paste some items from www.acyzol.com with links to it, as I administrate it (site belongs to our company) I did not mention about it in the article. The article is ONLY about Carbon monoxide acute poisoning antidote «Acyzol®». Antidote the only one in the world. We want people to know about it. I want to allow Wikipedia and its users to use the texts or imagse — which means allowing other people to use it for any reason to full extent. After deletion I requested restoration. It was restored but not in full. The question is how to restore it in full? To continue editing...

Best regards, Sergacy — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sergacy (talk • contribs) 10:24, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

@Sergacy: if content is missing from the draft then the best bet is to speak to the deleting and/or restoring administrators. However note that if it was deleted for copyright violation, it is very likely that some of the edits will have been deleted entirely as copyright violations and these will not be restored. That could explain why the restored draft is not complete. Given that you administer the website that the text was taken from, it is fairly clear that you have a WP:COI, and are likely a WP:PAID editor. You also seem to have more of an interest in promoting a product than building an encyclopedia. Could you confirm what your involvement with Acyzol is? Have you read our paid editing and conflict of interest policies? And are you aware of the basic standards for including any topic in Wikipedia? Hug^syrup 10:39, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

As you are editing on behalf of your company you need to read about conflict of interest and you must make the required declaration of paid editing. You say "We want people to know about it", but you misunderstand the purpose of Wikipedia; it is not for promotion but is an encyclopedia based on material which has already been published by independent reliable sources. Material which is a copyright violation cannot be restored for legal reasons. The copyright can be released by the copyright holder by the process of donating copyrighted material, but in general the wording on a company website is liable to be too promotional for use on Wikipedia, so it is better if someone without a conflict of interest writes about it using their own words, including appropriate citations to published sources. --David Biddulph (talk) 10:41, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Welcome to the Teahouse Sergacy. If the article was restored to draft with just the copied text deleted, you cannot have it back. It is irrelevant whether or not you or the drug company wrote the text on the company's website - it's not for cut/pasting anywhere else, and would need to be rewritten so as not to violate copyright ownership rules. I doubt any drug company would add a Creative Commons licence to their webpage to say, go on, do what you like with our information' so, until they do, you cannot use it on Wikipedia. There is nothing stopping you using a word processor to work on copyrighted content, but I'm afraid you cannot do it here - even in draft.

As you are clearly here to promote your company's product, you have a very clear Conflict of Interest and must declare your connection with the company per this policy, which is not optional. You should do this before attempting to edit the draft again. If you ever hope to have the article accepted, it must be non-promotional, not have the silly ® symbol in its title, and must follow the stringent references requirements of WP:MEDREF. Absolutely no factual content should be added to any medicine-related article without clear and reliable referencing.Ideally, it should be written by someone other than a company representative. I hope this helps a bit. 10:45, 14 January 2020 (UTC)Nick Moyes (talk)

@Nick Moyes: Thank for your reply, but what should I do if dont get a penny for that? what are the proofs should be provided, and yes text on the company's website is mine and - it's for cut/pasting for Wiki, and would need to be rewritten and will NOT violate any copyright. Should I place on the website a link to this that Wiki may copy and paste text and images anywhere?? I'm asking for help.Sergacy (talk) 11:30, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

Sergacy, Wikipedia articles should be based on what independent sources say about the product - paraphrase what other people say, don't write your own content to copy onto here. And do review the COI guidance you've been linked to - even if you're not being paid, there are steps you need to take. GirthSummit _(blether) 11:39, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

(edit conflict) @Sergacy: If you are an employee of the drug company, writing text for their website, you are clearly getting paid (presumably quite a lot!) for your work, even if nobody said specifically to go and edit Wikipedia. You still have a clear Conflict of Interest. (I made that mistake when I first edited here ten years ago- though nobody pointed it out to me at the time). It's a simple thing to resolve, and WP:PAID explains how to add the 'paid contributor' template to your userpage and/or to the article.

And, no, the text on your company's website may be written by you, but how do we know that? Show me the link to the website page with the CC-BY-SA release licence and it'll be OK. As far as I can see it says Copyright © 2020. Acyzol. Powered by comtb.ru Otherwise rewrite things again, completely differently in your own - but different words - this time, without close paraphrasing. But, better still, let somebody else unconnected with a drug write about it. Please remember, this encyclopaedia is to tell people about notable things, it's not here for WP:PROMOTION to help you advertise your drugs, and this is especially so for medical-related matters where we have much more stringent referencing requirements, as I pointed out above. Nick Moyes (talk) 11:45, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

@Sergacy: I added some suggestions at Draft talk:Carbon monoxide antidote «Acyzol®»#Suggestions. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 12:10, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

@AlanM1: Thank very much for your helpǃ

@Nick Moyes:, Please have a look at the site again as I have changed the copyright. Will it be ok should it be like this?Sergacy (talk) 13:15, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

@Sergacy: I think it probably would be OK, though I'm no expert on copyright. Were you to change the licencing back, you might find yourself having to go through our WP:OTRS system to prove there was no current copyvio. But in a way this is worrying over something you could resolve by simple different wording. The key thing is that any topic you draft on a medical matter must be both a Notable topic and properly referenced from secondary sources which talk about that product in depth. The product website can be used to provide basic information, but will never itself prove notability. I hope this helps. Nick Moyes (talk) 13:42, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

@Nick Moyes:, I appologize, I'm sorry, but I cant correctly understand your sentenceː Were you to change the licencing back, you might find yourself having to go through our WP:OTRS system to prove there was no current copyvio. Can you please put it in other words?Sergacy (talk) 14:42, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

@Sergacy: Sorry about that!. In other words: never change the licencing back to what it was. If you did that, someone might well challenge you later on, and require you to go through a complex process (which we call OTRS) of checking and proving that you are who you say you are with genuine ownership rights to release the text. This would purely be so you can demonstrate that a few dozen words you copied directly off your website without bothering to reword then anew for your 6-month old draft were actually written by you. That seems a lot of effort to go to. Please now address the issue raised below by Girth Summit before any further editing. That is the next step you need to take. Thanks Nick Moyes (talk) 15:04, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

@Sergacy: You haven't yet addressed the nature of your conflict of interest and the question of whether you are being paid for writing this draft yet. I'd strongly advise you to read COI and PAID closely, and take the appropriate steps, before making any further edits to your draft. Editing for pay without the appropriate disclosure is a breach of the terms of this site - and 'editing' includes contributions to talk pages, drafts, even your sandbox - and even this conversation. You need to read those links and make the appropriate disclosures, before going further with this. Thanks GirthSummit _(blether) 14:11, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

Help

Hi, I'm new to Wikipedia and I've made some edit to football articles by I'm not enjoying it, can you pls suggest me some other things to edit? Antila333 (talk) 14:26, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

Antila333, My personal suggestion is to use the Random Article button until you find an article that interests you. MoonyTheDwarf (Braden N.) (talk) 15:09, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

Moonythedwarf, I was recently going through the list of Wikiprojects and I saw that there was a wikiproject short description, I went through the link and activated the helper script and have started using it, it's quite interesting. Antila333 (talk) 15:21, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

Making a section of a article into a new article

I recently noticed that a user on Wikipedia copied a whole section of a Wikipedia article and created it into a new article with section name. E.g:

Article

Section A

...
...

Section B

...
This is content of section B.
...

Section C

...
...

New article

Section B

...
This is content of section B.
...

Is this allowed? Or it is copyvio? SouravDas1998^{t@lk to me?} 16:18, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

Requirements for attribution are at WP:Copying within Wikipedia. Process for splitting is at WP:Splitting. --David Biddulph (talk) 16:34, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

Hello, Souravdas1998 and welcome to the Teahouse. It is allowed to copy text from one Wikipedia article to another (or indeed to non-wikipedia projects), because Wikipe3dia has been released under the CC=BY-SA and GDFL licenses. However those licenses require proper attribution of re-used content. See Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia for information on how such attribution should be made for splits and merges here, and how to correct the issue if it is not provided at fist. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 16:37, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for quick help. --SouravDas1998^{t@lk to me?} 16:39, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

Manual issue on first article

Hello,

First thanks for this page it's awesome :) I'm here because with one of my comrade, we have published our first article Browser fingerprint. The article was issued as "manual". I think I know why and tried to fix it but I'm not sure if it is really fixed. Can someone help me review it or give some advices/hints ?

Thanks in advance,Ergozat (talk) 08:37, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

Hello Ergozat welcome to the Teahouse. It's an interesting, if slightly over-complicated article on a topic I wasn't aware of, so well done. There are a number of issues that concern me, not least of which is how, and indeed why, a new user in their very first edit manages to create a template of an icon so that they can unilaterally add it to their reference list before they've even started the article, and then writes the instructions for that template's use. I've never seen this done before, so assume you have edited here before under another username or as an IP? The pen icon and explanation:

( : document used for writing this article.)

is not an acceptable element to add to Wikipedia page, so please remove all occurrences of it and the pen icon from the article. Equally, the instructions you wrote as to its application are not OK as it appears to be recommending something for general use. It does not have community consensus for deployment, and should also go. We have a Manual of Style to ensure uniformity across the encyclopaedia; if we allowed fancy graphics to be deployed by anyone who wanted to (without community agreement), we would pretty soon get into a mess of different pages having a multitude of graphics with various hidden meanings. Each fancy graphic would be loved by their individual creators, but hated by everyone else. (That said, it is a nice idea, but it is really is going to have to go, and the instructions for use delete.). I do try to take a slightly more lenient approach when responding here at the Teahouse when I see unacceptable content, but I cannot guarantee that another editor will not put the template and its documentation up for deletion so that other users don't attempt to deploy it in articles.

I also note you say you created the page with a comrade, yet only this one account has actually edited it. Are you aware that you may not permit another person to log in and edit under your account name? - we have a 'one account - one user' policy here. But perhaps they just assisted you whilst you did all the online work here? If so, that's fine.

The article itself is interesting, and maybe a little too technical, but I think it fails to address the social and privacy concerns (e.g. GDPR in Europe) of this technique, which I quickly found on a web search. You can read WP:NOTMANUAL to understand why we don't encourage instructional-style articles here, but do want to see what independent reliable sources have broadly said about a topic. A user ought to be able to find any such details from the citations of Further reading you include.

Finally, is the topic of the article the Browser fingerprint itself, or the technique and issue surrounding the activity of Browser fingerprinting? I note there is a already a redirect from that to an existing page (Device fingerprint) which uses the term 'browser fingerprint' as a synonym in its lead. So there might be some work to do to ensure there's not any duplication. Or you could even consider a merge if that would keep all related content together. A very minor issue is that there is a little bit of flowery wording and some places where the English could be improved, and gender stereotypes changed (not all browser users are male!), but this is a trivial issue that you or others could fix later. Personally, I would never have use the style of referencing you've chosen, preferring inline citations and a references section which is automatically populated and clearly numbered. I'm not hugely familiar with the formatting method you've chosen, and would recommend or use it myself for a new article. That said, I would certainly have expected the bibliography to be arranged in alphabetic order. Moving from your references into the bibliography section to find a title by author is quite a challenge because the publication list is so randomly jumbled up. I suggest this is fixed soon. But all in all, an interesting article, and one that has improved my awareness and understanding. And that's what this encyclopaedia is all about. Nick Moyes (talk) 09:43, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

For the template, it's the same as a french template. I understand your arguments and will delete it. For curiosity, can we submit a template to the community ? 

My comrade have her own account, we just have worked on a sandbox before publishing.

Even after reading WP:NOTMANUAL, I have difficulties to understand how to describe a technique without being instructive, could you perhaps give me an example ?

I take in account all you remarks and will work on it. Sorry for my english, I'm a french native but I will try to improve my redaction style. Thanks for your review. Ergozat (talk) 16:44, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

I have read the lead several times, and I still have no idea what a "browser fingerprint" is, what "browser fingerprinting" is, or even whether they're the same thing. I suspect that the concepts aren't difficult, but the explanation in the lead does not start at the beginning. Maproom (talk) 10:07, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

Oh yes - I'd missed commenting on the all-important lead paragraph. It is very confusing at the moment, and does need to summarise the article much more effectively. Nick Moyes (talk) 10:20, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

I agree that the lead is not very clear, I will work on it. Ergozat (talk) 16:44, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

How can I help Wikipedia, aside from editing?

Editing articles is an obvious way to improve Wikipedia. Are there other (non-financial) ways in which I can help improve the quality of Wikipedia? For the moment I'm very interested in exploring how Wikipedia works. My first stop would probably be to take a look at "WikiProjects", but I'm open to ideas! Roostnerve (talk) 15:54, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

Roostnerve, If you're willing to spend a lot of time familiarizing yourself with a lot of the rules, you can assist in trimming down the workload for new page reviewers, by snipping/CSDing out the worst of the bunch (i.e. spam)

It's generally what I do, altho I also spend some time to answer teahouse and helpdesk questions when I can, as you can see. MoonyTheDwarf (Braden N.) (talk) 15:59, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

• @Roostnerve: I spend most of my Wikipedia time fielding questions at the Teahouse and related desks, so my advice might seem a bit hypocritical, but editing articles is really the bulk of the job. The various back alleys of Wikipedia exist only to further that task.

I know of two basic ways to start. The first is if you want to specialize in a certain task. Judging by your contributions, you have improved wikilinks in articles; so you could scroll through Category:All articles with too few wikilinks and improve them. (This category contains all articles where someone put the template {{Underlinked}}, so you might want to remove the template after you have done the wikilinking. Conversely, if you find an article that is lacking in wikilinks, you might place that template yourself.)

The second way is if you want to edit in a certain topic. WikiProjects are basically that, a group of editors focusing on a certain topic. Again judging by your contributions so far, you might want to have a look at Wikipedia:WikiProject Sociology; the wikiproject's page has multiple links, show you an overview of article quality/importance under that scope, etc.

The nice thing about Wikipedia is that although writing an encyclopedia is insanely hard, small parts of that task can be surprisingly easy, and you do not need to do them all. If something is too hard, just ask for help. The classical example is one editor who only corrects a particular grammar mistake (the editor in question has been doing other things since then, so the example is a bit out of date). Tigraan^{Click here to contact me} 16:28, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

Thank you to both! That gives me some pointers. It never occurred to me to look at categories. That's a good idea. Roostnerve (talk) 16:46, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

Question about promotion

Dear Sirs, Is this a promotion or not  ? I want to write a article smaller that that.Sergacy (talk) 14:49, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

Sergacy, I do not think that Sildenafil is currently a promotional article. It is not a question of size, but of tone, of stating opnions, particularly of stating opnions as facts, of making unsupported positive statements about a thing or person or topic, and generally of being an advocate for someone or something. It is a very general concept hewre on Wikipedia. See our guideline on promotion. And do read WP:COI and WP:PAID as others above have urged. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 15:08, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

Oh, and Sergacy Wikipedia article and draft titles should never contain a trademark symbol, and normaly no such symbol should be used in any article or draft. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 15:08, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} Thank you very much for your helpǃ It seems that your statement with assistance of other participants helps, especially regarding trademark sign. And you are kindly requested to have a look at my page regarding WP:PAID. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sergacy (talk • contribs) 18:01, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

Editor consensus regarding Europeana and Wikidata Property 7704

Check out the centralised Europeana discussion on WP:VP/P.

I would like to get a consensus how we work with Europeana on en:Wikipedia Background: Europeana has 50 000 000 objects from European museums and archives. They have taken a decision to move in the same direction as Wikipedia has done with Wikidata and have created Europeana Entity API As a start they have for agents (persons) select 160 000 people from dbpedia everyone that has a same as Wikidata. What I have been doing: see also overview and status report I have matched 160 000 artists in Europeana to Wikidata Property 7704 see T240290 i.e. e.g. Leonardo da Vinci --> Q762 --> Q762#P7704 --> agent/base/146741 I have created Templates or got help adding Property 7704 to Template:Authority_control on more Wikis see status on en:Wikipedia template was created Template:EuropeanaEntity started to populate see Category:Europeana got one complain 4 jan 2020 about the quality of Europeana see link created this question about next step Question Can we get a consensus what to do? The options I see ) add Property 7704 to Template:Authority_control - my suggestion ) continue with Template:EuropeanaEntity ) put it on hold Hope this is the right location for a discussion like this - Salgo60 (talk) 13:00, 14 January 2020 (UTC) Salgo60, This would probably be more fit for one of the Village pumps if not one of Wikidata's discussion forums. MoonyTheDwarf (Braden N.) (talk) 14:03, 14 January 2020 (UTC) Thanks please advice me where and I move it.... - Salgo60 (talk) 14:06, 14 January 2020 (UTC) (edit conflict) Hi, Salgo60, welcome to the Teahouse on English Wikipedia. Yes, I agree with the above. I fear this isn't the right venue for your question, as we are here to assist new users having difficulty editing Wikipedia. I can only think that this might be most applicable to our Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals) forum or perhaps Village Pump (Miscellaneous). But might this be something to also take up with WMF at a strategic level? I am really rather at a loss to know what to advise you, sorry. Nick Moyes (talk) 14:07, 14 January 2020 (UTC) Thanks new location - Salgo60 (talk) 14:37, 14 January 2020 (UTC) As I found the article about Europeana by reading this thread, let me just insert a courtesy notice that I nominated it for deletion - discussion at Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Europeana. (This is not relevant to the question asked.) TigraanClick here to contact me 15:06, 14 January 2020 (UTC) @Tigraan: Good we agree that your action is not at all relevant for question asked... - Salgo60 (talk) 16:28, 14 January 2020 (UTC) UPDATE: The proposal to delete the Europeana article was withdrawn shortly afterwards by the nominator. Nick Moyes (talk) 18:45, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

Reliable sources

What are the newspapers from Tamilnadu, India, can be accepted as a reliable source? --Azarudeen Syed Bahurudeen 18:27, 14 January 2020 (UTC)Azarudeen S

If this is your lucky day there is a good, bad or ugly entry for your source on WP:RS/P. Otherwise you could ask on the WP:RS/N reliable sources noticeboard. For unclear sources I try an ordinary search, and if an article about the source exists and/or the source is used in references on some other articles I assume good enough. Value of "some" TBD, I'd put the number in the corresponding edit summary if it's "suspicious" (small). –84.46.53.221 (talk) 19:03, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for your help --Azarudeen S

Drop-down common edit summaries

The two drop-down boxes of common edit summaries (chosen at Preferences - gadgets - editing) - how do I request two additions to them? Thanks. deisenbe (talk) 19:41, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

Hello Deisenbe. I would guess that the best place to ask would be at one of the Village Pumps - probably WP:VPM. But are you aware you can create your own edit summary texts? I wasn't either, until I saw your question. But then I checked of the list of userscripts available to install and found User:Enterprisey/CustomSummaryPresets which might suit you. (I've not tried it, of course yet, but think I might give it a go). Regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 20:39, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

Grandmaster Shifuji Shaurya Bhardwaj

I was reading this Grandmaster Shifuji Shaurya Bhardwaj wiki page. I saw many cited links and masterial were false. He is a controversial person accused of fraud using the name of indian army. Even using Grandmaster and Shifuji in his name seems not necessary. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Classical Arun (talk • contribs) 07:08, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

Hi Classical Arun. Every article has its own Talk page. You can discuss your concerns there and provide links to reliable sources which support your concerns.--Quisqualis (talk) 07:25, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

Comment. The title of an article on a person should not include an honorific. I tried to move Grandmaster Shifuji Shaurya Bhardwaj to Shifuji Shaurya Bhardwaj, but failed because the latter already exists as a redirect. My understanding is that moving over a redirect requires an admin. Maproom (talk) 10:00, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

Strong support for what Quisqualis + Maproom wrote: It's confusing if you try multiple venues for the same issue simultaneously, for my thoughts see BLP/N. –84.46.53.221 (talk) 20:47, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

Removal of tags

Can I remove the tags with don't remove caution when the article is moved to draft? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Azarudeen S (talk • contribs) 20:37, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

@Azarudeen S: That is going to depend on what the tag is and why it should not be removed. Can you provide a link to the article/draft in question? RudolfRed (talk) 20:42, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

sure i can kalvithanthaiKalvithanthai Haji. S.M.S. Shaik Jalaludeen--Azarudeen S —Preceding undated comment added 20:49, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

Do not move the article to a draft while the deletion discussion is going on. You can suggest in the deletion discussion that it should be moved to a draft – in that case, that will happen after the discussion has closed. But until it ends, please do not create a new draft, and it is important that you don't move the article. Thanks! --bonadea contributions talk 20:56, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

Thank You for your help - Azarudeen S —Preceding undated comment added 20:59, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

formatting question - I've pushed the content in the infobox to the right inadvertently

Hi, please let me know if this is the wrong place to be asking a formatting question. I've pushed the content in the infobox to the right inadvertently:

• before (looking ok): https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Renaissance_Technologies&direction=next&oldid=935532864
• after (I've shifted things in the infobox right): https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Renaissance_Technologies&direction=next&oldid=935533131
• page diff: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Renaissance_Technologies&diff=next&oldid=935533131&diffmode=source

I was wondering whether someone could please share with me what I did that is doing this please? Is it the number of spaces before the '=' or the how I've added bullets or the sequencing of the fields? Thank you WestportWiki (talk) 19:59, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

Hello, WestportWiki Welcome to the Teahouse. You deserve a prize for some brilliant links and diffs to show us the problem. How refreshing! You've managed to shift things leftwards with your use of this template: {{plainlist|style=text-indent:-1em; margin-left:1em;|...etc which you can see contains an indent command. Fiddle with that and remove the indenting and you should be sorted. There's documentation to help you at {{plainlist}} - I'm afraid I'm not very familiar with using it myself. Nick Moyes (talk) 20:52, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

Hello, Nick Moyes Thank you for looking into this and pointing me in the right direction. I will fiddle away; I've checked out the documentation too (though didn't understand all of it). Will fiddle. thank you again WestportWiki (talk) 21:04, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

@WestportWiki: I might suggest you make a copy of the infobox then paste in multiple copies into your sandbox and work on them there, making notes as you go as to what you've done to each - it's less 'embarrassing' than constant fliddling with a live article and less worrying if you think you might mess it up. It's what I do when I'm a bit stuck. Nick Moyes (talk) 21:35, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

@Nick Moyes: 10000000000000000000000000% agree :) WestportWiki (talk) 21:42, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

changing date order on a list

List of winners of the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize is displaying dates in the wrong chronological order. Is there a quick fix, some code that I can add the the first line or somewhere else?: {| class="wikitable" style="width: 98%;" thx MauraWen (talk) 21:23, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

Good question, MauraWen, and welcome to our friendly Teahouse. You could make the table sortable (using "class="wikitable sortable"), but that wouldn't alter the original display order. See Help:Sorting for more details. If the table was too complex to work, my sledgehammer & nut approach would be to copy the text, paste it into Excel, then resort it and paste it back in. Because of the risk of messing things up, I'd trial it in my sandbox first, rather than live in the article. Does this make sense? Nick Moyes (talk) 21:43, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

Nick Moyes I like your Excel idea! I will give that a try tomorrow in my sandbox. Thanks! MauraWen (talk) 21:49, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

@MauraWen: Yep, I couldn't resist it, and have just tried it. It works perfectly. I've not altered the article as that'll take the fun and learning experience away from you. Note that the original has a couple of extra blank lines that'll need deleting. If you get stuck, the re-sorted version can be found at User:Nick Moyes/sandbox4. If you ever need to create complicated tables, you can also do so from scratch in Excel and then convert it into wikimarkup with this tool: https://tools.wmflabs.org/excel2wiki/ Good luck! Nick Moyes (talk) 22:24, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

In 1950, the Washington and Lee football team had an exceptional year and was invited to play in the Gator Bowl against the Wyoming Cowboys.

The Cowboys defeated the Generals that afternoon and soon thereafter Washington and Lee de-emphasized competitive football. (This information can be easily verified and I suggest that it be included in the existing Wikipedia summary of Athletics at Washington and Lee.) It was quite an honor at that time to be invited to a college football bowl game because there were only five active bowl games in 1950, the Rose, Orange, Sugar, Cotton and Gator Bowls. If you happen to be interested in this information, please feel free to contact me at <phone number redacted>. The University of Wyoming Athletic Department, ATTN: Assistant Athletic Director Kevin McKinney, can verify all this information and would approve of the Washington and Lee section being amended to include this information. Sincerely, Robert Allen, Retired Wyoming Trial Judge. Or I suppose you could contact the Gator Bowl administrators in Jacksonville, Florida as well. The history of Washington and Lee is not complete without this information. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:8800:6000:5FC0:296D:B209:4286:DBAA (talk) 22:18, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

If you wish to suggest a change to an article, the place for such a suggestion is the article's talk page, but you will need to provide a reference to a published independent reliable source to support the information you would wish to add. --David Biddulph (talk) 22:25, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

Paid Contributions at Wikipedia

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Hi, I am writing content for Wikipedia in exchange for payment. The disclosures are given on my user talk page and the talk pages of the drafts I am submitting. However, each page gets flagged or tagged for content even when they are written in accordance with Wikipedia guidelines for notability, independent and reliable sources, and neutrality. I even refer to other articles published in the same category to ensure that the drafts are up to the mark with what has been accepted by the Wikipedia community.

Is it true that the editors/moderators here are unusually rigid about paid content and would not let anything pass no matter what you do to comply with Wikipedia and its community guidelines and rules? Ashley.Bell (talk) 15:42, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

@AshleyBell208 really? — Preceding unsigned comment added by AlexandraSarcletti (talk • contribs) 16:05, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

@AshleyBell208: I am not sure what you mean by 'unusually' rigid since it depends what is usual - are you comparing en.wiki to other language wikipedias? Or to other websites entirely? So, I can't really answer if editors are unusually rigid but I would certainly say that we are pretty rigid about paid content. Many editors and admins, myself among them, see the proliferation of paid content (even when suitably declared) as a substantial threat to the integrity of Wikipedia as a serious, balanced and unbiased encyclopedia, so it will tend to be reviewed very, very closely. To put another spin on it, you are making money out of doing what we do as a hobby, so you can't be too surprised if we hold you to a pretty high standard. As for whether editors will not let anything pass: no, I have not seen that to be the case. Plenty of articles do exist that have been created or edited for payment. As for flagging and tagging, a huge number of articles have some kind of tag on them so I wouldn't take that too personally and, as I say, paid articles are held to a high standard - just because you believe you have complied with all Wikipedia policies does not, I'm afraid, mean that others will agree. Indeed, I hate to say it, but by 'referring to other articles passed in the same category' you are in fact failing to be aware of a very useful Wikipedia essay called Wikipedia:Other stuff exists, so I wouldn't set too much store by that. Hug^syrup 16:08, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Hello, AshleyBell208, and welcome to the Teahouse. The answer is mostly yes, and mostly no. Many, but not all experienced editors. and a number of admins do tend to be stricter than usual in assessing contributions from disclosed paid editors. Few would not let anything pass no matter what, and doing that, that is failing to approve (and instead declining or rejecting) a clearly valid draft, or declining valid edit requests properly supported by high-quality sources, would be in my view against policy. However, there is a wide range of judgement, of just how strictly to construe the various content policies, and as long as a reviewer stays inside that line, s/he may choose to be more strict with paid editors. It is a fact that paid editors often do exhibit bias towards there clients, and write overly promotional articles, or ones of dubious notability (although perhaps not more than fans of "up and coming" bands). The rule about a paid editor not editing directly in mainspace, and instead using AfC and paid edit requests is being enforced significantly more strictly now than nit was, say two years ago, and a lot more strictly than it was 10 years ago; back in 2010 it really was a "suggestion". By now I think it should be taken as a requirement. I may propose rewriting for clarity. (The exception is fixing clear vandalism, and correcting non-controversial factual errors, such as the name of a new CEO, or the spelling of the city in which a company has its HQ.)

I have read the msgs on your talk page, but I have not (as yet) reviewed your work, and cannot judge the quality of the article or the accuracy of the comments. I tend to be more sympathetic to disclosed paid editors than many admins, but even I normally advise people (if they ask) not to use such services. See WP:BOGO for an essay describing the views of some on this subject. See also my comments on the talk page at Wikipedia talk:Buy one, get one free#Oppose this concept. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 16:33, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

Is this about the article with the title Nicholas Porter Earp. It seems to be more about the family history. Dbfirs 16:40, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

• @AshleyBell208: Although the question was asked generally, I looked at the particular case of Draft:Ibrahim_S._Quraishi_(visual_artist), which I assume to be the one which prompted the question. There were significant tone and copyright issues in former revisions; the current one seems fine on that front.

Unfortunately, that is not quite enough to have a Wikipedia article. First of all, all information needs to be properly verifiable, that is, cited to reliable sources validating what is in the Wikipedia article; I would usually not insist on this but one of the reviews specifically cited a failed verification. Furthermore, you need to demonstrate that the person is "notable", which means not "worthy of being noted" but "has been talked/written about at length by multiple independent and reliable sources". (In the case of artists, that is usually highly correlated with the criteria listed at WP:NARTIST.) Skimming through the sources, I see only the welt.de article that could rise to that threshold.

All in all, maybe the reviewers gave you a harder time because of paid editing status, maybe not; maybe the reason for the decline was incorrect, but declining was clearly the proper course of action. Tigraan^{Click here to contact me} 16:52, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

Verification failed is pretty serious, that requires emergency fixes. Please use {{cite web}} for online references, free style without links doesn't cut it. I've added one URL to your references, you'll find millions of correct {{cite web}} references on enwiki, it's no rocket science. Also wikilink the publisher whenever possible, e.g., I know what Die Welt is, others don't, and without wikilink Die Welt looks like "yet another unreliable source". –84.46.53.221 (talk) 17:12, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

84.46.53.221, that is rather overstated. "Verification failed" is significant, but little more so than "citation needed". Sometimes it means that an online source has changed and no longer says what it once did. Sometimes it means that the would-be verifier made a mistake. More often it means that the editor who provided the source misunderstood just what the source actually supported. Sometimes it means that someone added additional statements that s/he thought correct but were not supported by the cite already in place. Unless the unsupported statement is a negative or controversial one in a biography (or other article about a living person), or a controversial quotation, it is not an emergency matter like a copyright violation. Few things are emergencies in Wikipedia editing, see WP:NORUSH. There is time to get it right, and we should. Also see WP:CITEVAR, templated citations are absolutely not required, and any attempt to require them is in direct violation of policy. A given article should be consistent in citation style, but a new draft can use any sufficient style the author pleases (bare URLs are not sufficient, but manual cites can well be). @AshleyBell208: DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 23:52, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

Oh and there is no requirement that sources be online, or linked, or in English, or available free of charge. When this is easy it is generally preferable, but not at the cost of using a poorer source. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 23:55, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

If it's online a link can simplify the verification, for the URL added by me a page with ~50 persons incl. the visual artist. I like to see if a reference has an authorlink (ideal), a date/year, an author, a work/website/publisher/work+publisher (ideally wikilinked, we discussed this recently), an url (for cite web), and a title. It's not hard to get that effect without a template, but with a template it's additionally not easy to get it wrong. –84.46.53.221 (talk) 01:38, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

@AshleyBell208: I'd like to stress the last paragraph in DESiegel's response above: more sympathetic to disclosed paid editors. Those who review new article content are particularly adept at recognizing promotional content because so much of it is submitted, it's not hard to recognize the pattern after about the tenth one (sadly, that might be 10% of the weekly volume)^{[citation needed]}. Regardless of disclosure, such content will in all likelihood be found and rejected. Disclosing paid status, though, will definitely earn some benefit of the doubt in close calls, and it's the "right" thing to do, too, if you care about the goals of Wikipedia (which is expected of you by the community of unpaid volunteer editors). —[AlanM1(talk)]— 22:25, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

First, thank you all for taking the time to respond. A lot of this is very insightful to what is expected of paid contributions and paid editors by the Wikipedia community. Over the past couple of weeks, I have tried to read and understand as much as I could to make sure that I comply with what the community recommends, what Wikipedia states as a rule, and the guidelines of writing a paid article in accordance with what is generally accepted here. Understanding the sentiments and outlook of other editors towards the paid contributions is equally essential, and, as such, I am grateful to all of you for sharing your views. Now, it raises another question for me: the Wikipedia community does not only request paid contribution disclosure and transparency, but demands it. Rightfully so, no arguments there. However, do you not discourage transparency and disclosure by putting up more rules, raising standards above normal, and demanding more of paid contributors when they do provide the disclosure? Ashley.Bell (talk) 14:55, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

WP:IAR "ignore all rules" was one of only three fundamental rules before 2005, and still is one of only five pillars today, but WP:PAID is not only a community guideline or policy, it is a part of the terms of use. Higher standards make sense for me, for volunteers (or at least for me) it is uncomfortable to help paid editors earning their salary. Your visual artist is harmless, but I'd be furious if folks ignoring the ToU edit, e.g., Monsanto or Roundup for a salary.
"Far too many rules" affects all users, logged in, paid, volunteer, or "anonymous" (not, cf. WP:IP), e.g., I consider parts of the WP:MOS manual of style as a sneaky way to keep editors out of the article + draft namespaces while they invent new rules in the project and talk namespaces. OTOH I would let editors follow the MOS on measuring the height of ponies in hands depending on an anglo-saxon geo-location of the pony at birth. –84.46.53.221 (talk) 01:14, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

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This is from my user page, User:Combo Panda

I am actually active but only if you answer these questions because i'm a beginner wikipedian

You can answer these questions on my talk page or here

How do you add those charts that show peoples information? How do you make the table of contents? How do you not make your wiki a draft? How do you give badges or stars?

P.S If you don't answer these questions I will stop using wikipedia forever. I mean seriously, forever and i know that Wikipedia has all of the true answers my classmates don't think so. How rude.

P.S.S I'm not actually Combo Panda i'm a fan of Combo Panda — Preceding unsigned comment added by Combo Panda (talk • contribs) 12:04, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

Oshwah please answer these questions or someone else — Preceding unsigned comment added by Combo Panda (talk • contribs) 12:08, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

• Those questions have been answered on the user's talk page except for the "chart that show people's information". I believe that describes an infobox (information at the link). Tigraan^{Click here to contact me} 14:48, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for answering

(edit conflict) Hello, Combo Panda and welcome to the Teahouse. Please use a less demanding tone in the future, and do not make threats. All editoirs her are volunteeers, and no one has to reapond to any question.

1. By those charts that show peoples information I think you mean infoboxes. There are many different varieties, all created by templates. Template:Infobox person is the basic one for an infobox about a person. Visit that page for detailed directions on how to use it, or how to select one of the more specialized variants.
2. A table of contents is automatically generated when a page has at least 4 sections. See WP:TOC for more details, including how to control the placement of the ToC. Usually one should just accept the default automatic ToC.
3. A draft page is one tht is in development to become an article, but is not yet ready. I am a rather experienced editor (and an admin), and I always start a new article as a draft, because I cannot create an article that is ready for public display to readers in a single edit. Once you think the draft is ready, you can submit it for review by an experienced editor, or you can simply move it into mainspace without review. But articles in mainspace are subject to stricter standards and may be deleted if they do not measure up, while this might not happen in draft. Moreover, it is not fair to our readers to present an article that does not meet at leas the basic standards. See Wikipeia's Golder Rule and Your First Article.
4. See Wikipedia:Barnstars for how to award barnstars. See also Wikipedia:WikiLove

I hope this helps. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 14:55, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

Combo Panda, you've been here for a few days less than a year, and have yet to make an actual edit to the encyclopedia. That begs the question: why are you here? John from Idegon (talk) 02:32, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

Philadelphia Police Arrest "New Black Panthers" for harassing voters (at the poll) at Obama's presidential run.

The person's were taken into custody and jailed. My daughter (a staunch Democrat) went somewhere to fact check what I told her. It probably was to Google. Anyway, Eric Holder showed up in Philadelphia and got the men released. Her source said it never happened. I was trying to get her to at least have some faith in me and that I would never purposely tell her a lie about something this drastic. I am seeking someone who can directly show proof that this happened. Perhaps one of you there can provide some documentation of this story. I know at the time I saw the episode on TV, I just do not have the proof. Please respond at your leisure, as I understand your positions as volunteers. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.117.104.162 (talk) 05:28, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

Hi IP 74.117.104.162. The Wikipedia Teahouse is really a place for asking questions about Wikipedia editing or Wikipedia in general; it's not really a general reference desk. So, you might want to try asking about this at Wikipedia:Reference desk instead.

I also suggest that you take a look at Wikipedia:Wikipedia is in the real world for reference as well because anything you post on any Wikipedia page can basically be seen by anyone anywhere in the world you can access Wikipedia; so, you might want to be careful about how much personal information you post about yourself or other persons. -- Marchjuly (talk) 05:38, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

need an assistance

hello there, I need an assistance on editing Wikipedia, I am a new member but I don't know how to editing Wikipedia, can you help me? --the special girl is me (talk) 01:37, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

I've tested {{WelcomeMenu}} on your user talk page, just add specific questions here by clicking edit to the right of need an assistance, clearly you have already figured out how to get a nicer signature ;-) –84.46.53.221 (talk) 01:59, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

to be specific, I need an assistance on how to add my contribution for existing article, and thanks for complimenting my signature, that's very sweet --the special girl is me (talk) 03:13, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

Hello, PutriAmalia1991, and welcome to the Teahouse. To add to an existing article, simply navigate to that article, and click either 'edit" (the visual editor) or "edit source" (the wikitext editor). Make whatever changes you think proper. Include source citations if possible and if significant new statements were added (as opposed to improving wording, grammar, or the like). See referencing for beginners to learn how to add and edit citations. Click "publish changes". Be sure to provide an edit summary to describe what you did. That is all there is to it. Now deciding what changes to make and how to word them can be more complex. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 03:22, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

By the way, PutriAmalia1991, in future please try to provide a more meaningful and distinctive name for a Teahouise question thread than need an assistance. Thank you. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 03:25, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

Something tells me this person has an agenda which may not conform to Wikipedia goals. They are canvassing for friendly guys' online company, forgetting that they have English literacy when the questions start.--Quisqualis (talk) 05:41, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Instant article creator

Recently I have been working on a not-yet-published article creator page in my sandbox you will be able to find at this link. It was made so experienced users can create new articles in a search box without the help of red links. I see there is already a similar search box at Wikipedia:Your first article, but I think this page will help because experienced users would be able to simply go to the page instead of having to scroll down through the beginner's article introduction. I can also link the page if look ckkfof Ofhcto mine. The page doesn't have any references but I don't think it really needs any since its merely helping with link navigation; however I don't know if this will cause bots to suspect it as suspicious behavior. Perhaps one of the village pumps would be a better place to ask this. -Prana1111 (talk) 21:59, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

@Prana1111: I don't really think there is much purpose or need for this on WP, though if you think that such an idea has merit, a proper discussion at WP:VP would be better suited to handle this. Mgasparin (talk) 05:48, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

Debate cleanup tag - Link directly to a Talk page section?

Is there a way to link directly to a Talk page section when adding the {{Debate}} cleanup tag to an article? I reviewed Template:Debate but I did not see anything on this topic there. ¶ Example: National Association of Scholars. Thanks!   - Mark D Worthen PsyD (talk) (I'm a man—traditional male pronouns are fine.) 11:18, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

I read about the reason parameter (see also Help:Template#Parameters), but I don't know if it can contain a wikilink. (I tried to add a wikilink to a talk page section, but I did not succeed).   - Mark D Worthen PsyD (talk) (I'm a man—traditional male pronouns are fine.) 12:27, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

@Markworthen: Maybe suggest this missing feature on Template talk:Debate, it's perfectly normal that a cleanup for complete sections or articles can be related to a section on the talk page. And that talk page could be a mess, where finding a section about the "debate" issue without a link is hard. Plan B, find a better cleanup tag allowing a reason with a wikilink, e.g., {{cleanup}}, and link to it in Template:Debate/doc#See also. –84.46.53.221 (talk) 18:49, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

Excellent! Thank you so much. ♦Resolved♦   - Mark D Worthen PsyD (talk) (I'm a man—traditional male pronouns are fine.) 06:21, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

My images on Wikicommons

Hello...My name is John Mathew Smith I have link to my page...below....

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Photographs_by_John_Mathew_Smith

I have contributed many many images to wikipedia... and very happy to do so.. recently I lost contact with my administrator there... I have more images to send in... and trying to do them on my own ... I ended in trouble with my new ISP since I had moved... I need someone to take my block off... and may need a new Administrator...to help me... I would rather they help me post. I would need someone very in tune with the gravity of my historical work ( if you will ) someone who would take same interest in helping me as last administrator...

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:ListFiles?limit=20&user=Surtsicna&ilshowall=1 — Preceding unsigned comment added by John Mathew Smith (talk • contribs) 21:27, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

John Mathew Smith You will have to address any issues with or on Commons there; that is a separate website. 331dot (talk) 21:29, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

Welcome to the Teahouse, John Mathew Smith. Goodness, what amazing photographs of famous people you have taken! I can't add much to what 331dot has said. But we are often so short of good images of famous personalities that I am sure if you feel unconfident about uploading your own images, the quality and importance of those portraits will undoubtedly encourage someone to give you a bit of support or guidance. Over at Wikimedia Commons they don't have a Teahouse, like this, but there is a help forum where you should probably ask the same question. You can find it at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Help_desk I am imagining that you might have in mind a number of images of people which you are willing to release, potentially for commercial reuse, and others that you would wish to retain full control of. It might be a good idea to list either the names of those people, or link to a Flickr set where you've collated those images you wish to donate. That would, I am sure, get someone's juices flowing over at Wikimedia Commons. Thanks for posting here, and good luck! Nick Moyes (talk) 22:02, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

The Commons help desk is unavailable to the OP, who has been blocked on Commons since December per this block log, with talk page access revoked, as an LTA. I did not find why the block was levied; the only clue was a non-existent category indicating sockpuppetry with commons:User:James Earl (Jimmy) Carter as the master, but I found no sockpuppet investigations nor do I think it credible both accounts are the same person (not really the same kind of uploads at all).

This is either a case of me being bad at searching or a misunderstanding somewhere. Pinging the Commons admin who performed the block: Elcobbola in case they can help. Tigraan^{Click here to contact me} 08:55, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

Finding my draft for further editing

Dear Sirs,

I started drafting an article yesterday - as draft. Today I wanted to edit it further, adding cross-references etc. but I cannot find my draft. What may have gone wrong? Cheers, Knutda Retriving my draft? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Knutda (talk • contribs) 09:47, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

Hello, Knutda, and welcome to the Teahouse. You can find any edits you have made from the "Contributions" link at the top of the page. However, I'm afraid your account has no recorded contributions apart from this question, so unless you were not logged in and editing anonymously, I fear you must have failed to save your edit. For legal reasons (because everything everywhere in Wikipedia is visible to the world) the save button was renamed "Publish changes" - I don't think you can have picked the button. I'm afraid that, unless you work happens to have been saved in your browser, it is gone: sorry. --ColinFine (talk) 10:17, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

Mass message senders

Can anyone explain to me regarding WP:MMS in short and criteria required for applying?  :) S A H A  09:38, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

Hello Arnabsaha2212, and welcome to the Teahouse. I don't mean to come across as rude, but I don't see that the Wikipedia:Mass message senders page is either very long or very complicated. What don't you understand about it? If you don't think you need to mass-message large numbers of people regularly (say because you're administering a WP:WikiProject Newsletter), then you can request that someone else mass-posts one message for you. You and I are allowed to ping multiple editors (up to 50) at a time, but care is always needed that such messages are relevant to the purposes of good Wikipedia communication, or they soon would become an irritant. All the instructions you need are on the WP:MMS page, and if you can't follow them then, to be honest, I doubt you really need that permission. There are only 58 non-administrators who have been given it. Sorry if this sounds a bit blunt - its not intended. Regards from the UK, Nick Moyes (talk) 10:49, 15 January 2020 (UTC)  

@Nick Moyes: Thank you very much.  :) S A H A  11:01, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

One question I have regarding Article Creation

Am I forbidden from creating an article when there is already a draft of the same thing in existence? Syphenix (talk) 10:01, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

Hello, Syphenix, and welcome to the Teahouse. No you are not forbiden from creating an article because a draft exists on the same topic. However, it might be a good idea to reach out to the editor or editors working on the draft, work in collaboration on the draft, an then get the result approved and moved to the main article space. Failing that, if you do create an article, it would be courteous to notify the editors working on the draft, perhaps on the talk page of the draft, that you have doe so, so that time and effort is not wasted on further developing the draft, but instead could be put into working on the new article, or on other articles or drafts.

In general, there should not be multiple Wikipedia articles on the same topic, althoguh if the topic is large enoguh, there may be separate articles on different aspects or parts of it.

You may copy content from the draft into any article, but you must properly attribute the source. See Copying within Wikipedia for information on how to do this.

I hope that is helpful. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 11:56, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

Getting my article published

My article Draft:Fon Gorji Dinka has been redone, can I get help getting it published? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Flalf (talk • contribs) 18:43, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

Your draft has been resubmitted for re-review. As it says on the draft: "Review waiting, please be patient. This may take 4 months or more, since drafts are reviewed in no specific order. There are 3,785 pending submissions waiting for review." --David Biddulph (talk) 19:07, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

Is it possible to make the process faster or make it more likely to be accepted? Flalf (talk) 14:41, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

Flalf There isn't much you can do to 'jump the line' so to speak or otherwise speed things up. You will have to be patient. You can continue to work on your draft while it is awaiting review. The better it is, the more likely it will be seen and accepted. 331dot (talk) 14:46, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

Thank you so much and have a wonderful day — Preceding unsigned comment added by Flalf (talk • contribs) 14:58, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

Will Google Book of Google Article can be a reliable source?

Dear Editors and reviewers. I have many confussion about reliable sources. But i understood that news published can be a source. I have provided a magazine published by a No.1 Newspaper publisher of Tamil Nadu, India for my article titled Kalvithandhai Haji S.M.S. Shaik Jalaudeen. Still discussion is going on for deletion of the article. I have a doubt will be a google article or book accepted as a reliable source? Azarudeen S 14:00, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

@Azarudeen S: Please sign your posts simply by adding a space and four tildes ( ~~~~) to the end of the last line of your post. Nothing else should come after that. (I've corrected your signature above). Please provide a link to any articles you reference, like this: Kalvithanthai Haji. S.M.S. Shaik Jalaludeen —[AlanM1(talk)]— 14:35, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

@AlanM1: That was a mistake I left to link. I have learned to use signature by you thank you. Can you answer my question on reliable source? Azarudeen Syed Bahurudeen 15:17, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

Hello, Azarudeen S and welcome to the Teahouse. Books are generally considered reliable sources if they are published by major mainstream publishers (or recognized academic publishers) with a reputation for fact checking, or are written by recognized authorities in the field, particularly if they are reviewed positively by other noted experts in the field. Self-published books by people who are not recognized authorities in the field are usually not considered to be reliable sources. Both reliable and unreliable publications appear in Google Books. Being in GB neither adds to nor subtracts from reliability. The book, the author, the publisher and their reputaitons are what count.

News stories from recognized news sources with a reputation for fact checking and accuracy (whether online or print) are usually considered reliable. The same is true for magazine stores. Exceptions are storeis that are largely interviews with the subject of the article -- those are considered not independent and so do not help with notability, and can only be used to support non-controversial facts, and statements about the views of the subject -- they are considered effectively self-published sources. (If the story includes a significant section in the reporter's voice, that section may be treated as independent in some cases.) Stories that are based directly on press releases and largely repat the PR content are also considered not independent. I hope that clarifies our policies on reliable sources somewhat. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 15:28, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for the information.Azarudeen Syed Bahurudeen 15:37, 15 January 2020 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Azarudeen S (talk • contribs)

Infobox Location map

I don't understand how the location maps work in the infobox. In particular for Engerdal. It is now in Innlandet county. If I change the county name to Innlandet, it correctly shows Innlandet within Norway but incorrectly still shows Engerdal within Hedmark. When I changed the county name from Hedmark to Innlandet for Eidskog it worked correctly for both Innlandet within Norway and Eidskog within Innlandet. The change should be from map NO 0434 Engerdal.svg to NO 3425 Engerdal.svg, but I can't find where to change it. What can I do to change the location map to Engerdal within Innlandet instead of Innlandet within Hedmark when I change the county name?Redriv (talk) 17:33, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

Please wikilink what you are talking about, here a non-existing Template:Infobox Location map maybe related to Template:Infobox settlement or, checking Engerdal, a Template:Infobox kommune. Wild guess, Infobox Settlement mumbles something about Wikidata, maybe you have to do something on d:Q48909. –84.46.53.221 (talk) 17:52, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

It is Template:Infobox kommune but I have the same question for how it works in Template:Infobox settlement. I'll check the link you sent me. ThanksRedriv (talk) 17:56, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

I you figured it out please add the info to Template:Infobox kommune/doc, if "uses Infobox Settlement" involves "and therefore Wikidata" the manual can mention it per WP:POLA. –84.46.53.221 (talk) 18:03, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

I really thought the d:Q48909 link was going to work, but it didn't. I changed the file from NO 0434 Engerdal.svg to NO 3425 Engerdal.svg on that link, but it still shows Hedmark. Thanks for your help and I'll keep searchingRedriv (talk) 22:56, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

Were these changes what you wanted? --David Biddulph (talk) 23:19, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

Yes they were and thank you very much. I now see that I had neglected to change the idnumber to the new correct one and that led to the old map. I did ask a new question here with a similar issue. Thanks again.Redriv (talk) 16:20, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

Facing problem with adding of image

Hi, for the page Yasmeen A Maimani, I initially added an image, which was pulled down by one of the admins citing copyright issues. I wrote to the concerned publication seeking permission to use the image, and wrote to other publications too, but haven't received a reply from any of them ever since. What should I do next? An image would definitely add to the aura of the page, and there are hundreds of her images on the Internet. However, they are all on some publication or the other, leaving me confused as to what I should do to use them. Considering that I have no connection with the subject, I really cannot acquire an image from the lady herself. Please help, thanks in advance, regards, Tycheana (talk) 10:09, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

Courtesy link; Yasmeen Al Maimani.

Hello, Tycheana, and welcome to the Teahouse. While a link might well enhance the article, it is in no sense required, nor would it significantly aid a reader in understanding the content of the article. Under our policy on fair use images, an image of a currently living person would almost never qualify for inclusion under fair use because it is possible (if perhaps not easy) for a new, freely licensed, photograph of the person to be taken. Photos of specific historically significant events may be exceptions, but that does not seem to apply here.

Therefore, any image would need to be released under a compatible free license. Note that a copyright holder is under no obligation to respond at all, let alone favorably, to a request for such a release of an image.

You could write to Maimani, requesting an image that has been released under a compatible free license, such as the CC-BY-SA license. Or you could ask any Wikipedia editors who live near places where she might appear publicly to take and release such a photo. Failing that, or some other source for a freely licensed image, no photo can be used in the article. You may not use an image that has not been suitably released, and is still under copyright, on Wikipedia, even if such images are widely found on the internet. See Wikipedia:Copyrights and Wikipedia:Image use policy. Those policies are not likely to be changed, in my view. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 11:45, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

Hi DESiegel, thanks for clarifying - in fact today I posted a comment through FB asking one of the publications - About Her - if I could use one of her images from their page. Since it is through FB, I wonder if chances of receiving a reply might be higher...??? To get in touch with the lady herself seems like an uphill task to me. The only way I can try getting in touch would be through the airlines website which granted her the chance to fly as a commercial pilot. So let me try that too. Suppose I do manage to acquire an image from either source. how do I incorporate it here? I would have to learn how to go about it on this platform. Thanks for all the valuable inputs, regards, Tycheana (talk) 12:22, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

Note, Tycheana,, that any such publication would need to give permission not just to Wikipedia, but to anyone in the world to use for any purpose at all, including commercial use without fee or royalty. See Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials for details of the required release language, and information about the process. Once the content has been released, it should be uploaded to Wikimedia commons with a note referencing the permission, which should be sent to the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) as described in the linked page (addressed to permissions-en@wikimedia.org).

I cannot say what would make a publication more likely to respond to such a request. Good luck. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 12:45, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

Hi DESiegel to be honest, even I seriously doubt if anyone would grant such permission. Let them first respond, then I will ask them to provide permission in the requisite format and lingo. Thanks for your help and guidance, and will keep you updated if any of the two sources that I have tried today respond. Regards & best wishes, Tycheana (talk) 16:30, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

Suggestion a slight change to a Wiki diagram:

Is it possible to contact Wiki moderator "Gaeanautes" about a useful diagram that was added to the Article about "Limits To Growth"? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.140.101.140 (talk) 09:26, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

User:Gaeanautes is not an administrator (we don't call them moderators). To contact any Wikipedia editor, you can start a new section on the editor's user talk page. --David Biddulph (talk) 09:37, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Hello, IP editor, and welcome to the Teahouse. you could contact Gaeanautes at User talk:Gaeanautes, but I note that Gaeanautes has not saved any edits since last October.

The better place to make comments on how that article might be improved would be at Talk:The Limits to Growth, which is the page for discussing how to improve that article, open to all interested editors.

By the way, Gaeanautes is not an admin, which is the closest Wikipedia has to a "moderator" although it is not really the same thing. For most editing, all editors are equal and an admin has no special authority. Admins delete pages when there is community consensus to do so, block users who are violating policy in a way that has harmed and is likely to continue to harm the project, and try to clean up messes. That is why the official nickname for an admin is a "Janitor", and the symbol of an admin is a mop. See WP:ADMIN for more info. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 09:41, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

 Note: Hello, this is User Gaeanautes. Yes, I've been away from WP for a while; but now I'll back online on a regular basis. I take it that the query from the unregistered user is about the flow diagram presently integrated in the template on Ecological economics, which is nested in The Limits to Growth article and elsewhere. I was the editor who uploaded the diagram originally (in 2015). If the query is about this diagram, the unregistered user is better advised to leave a post on the template talk page, and ping me in the same post. Then we can discuss the query on that talk page. Regards, --Gaeanautes (talk) 16:58, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

Locator map images

I am looking at the locator maps in the infobox of Åsnes and Åmot. 44 of the 46 municipalities use the Åsnes type of map and I would like to change Åmot to this type of map. Both pages use the Infobox kommune which looks similar. Another user showed me how to go to the Wikidata pages for each page which also look similar. Can someone tell me how to change the locator maps or direct me to a tutorial on how these pages are connected to Wikidata (or something else)? Thanks.Redriv (talk) 16:09, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

The file File:NO 3422 Åmot.svg exists and that is what the template should be using, must be some kind of mismatch that is making it default to the other kind of map - X201 (talk) 16:45, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

@Redriv: Check the id number for Åmot, the article says 3442 but the file name is 3422. one of them is wrong. - X201 (talk) 16:50, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

That was it. I corrected the id number and all is fine now. Thank you very much.Redriv (talk) 17:21, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

Question regarding biased editor

What can I do if an editor does not keep the wikipedia rules? First and foremost, this one:

"The goal of a Wikipedia article is to create a comprehensive and neutrally written summary of existing mainstream knowledge about a topic."

For specifics, I address the user on the lack of his neutrality here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Zen#Do_the_moderators_of_this_page_even_study_zen%3F

2A02:A210:2901:C300:AD47:B3D:4079:7B4C (talk) 12:37, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

That someone is not saying what you think they should say does not mean they are biased, it means they have a different viewpoint. Instead of lobbing accusations, please collaborate with others to arrive at a consensus as to what the article should say. 331dot (talk) 12:44, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

Is it biased when the user uses biased primary sources to convey his point of view when I am not allowed to use any primary sources?

2A02:A210:2901:C300:15C6:16B3:691C:B8E7 (talk) 18:12, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

It's a zen article that leaves out the six founders of zen and a ton of other zen masters, including their teachings.

The editor in question uses primary sources, when I am not allowed to.

The article also has it's main focus on meditation. Something that the six founders consider to be heretical.

How is this not biased editing? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:A210:2901:C300:AD47:B3D:4079:7B4C (talk) 12:51, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

You have addressed this -- at rather excessive length, in my view -- on Talk:Zen which is the proper place for this discussion. Note that Wikipedia is not limited to "official" or "authoritative" sources. Any and all reliable sources on a topic may be used, and if they disagree, all relevant points of view should be included, with the mainstream scholarly view getting the most weight, when there is a clear mainstream view. It is not bias not to accept the sources or the interpretation that you favor, provided that statements in the article are properly supported by reliable sources. Note also that Wikipedia works by collaboration, with decisions made by consensus among the editors. Editors need not be experts in a topic, provided that they can read and understand the relevant sources. Please do not engage in Personal Attacks on other editors. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 14:36, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

"It is not bias not to accept the sources or the interpretation that you favor"

It's not about what I favor, it's about facts. There were six patriarchs who all denounced seated meditation as a means of enlightenment. They do so very clearly. To omit what they have to say on the topic does not seem like an objective decision to me. This has nothing to do with personal insults.

I just think that, when anyone writes about a topic and forgets to include the people who not only build the tradition up, but also kept shaping it, he is either not being honest or not learned enough on the topic to write about it. For example, you wouldn't consider someone capable of writing an article about christianity if they leave out all accounts of jesus and the twelve apostles.

I also noticed you did not address the fact that I'm not allowed to use primary sources when there are primary sources being used in the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:A210:2901:C300:AD47:B3D:4079:7B4C (talk) 15:26, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

• IP editor, I believe you could be of real help to that article, but you need to communicate more effectively. The talk page thread you linked to is a horrible wall of text that requires lots of time and effort to read.

Regarding primary sources: they can only be used for what some person or organization says about themselves and small bits of uncontroversial information (such as a company's postal address), as per WP:PRIMARY. If you think the article makes controversial factual assertions based on primary sources, please list them on the talk page; by that I mean you give the exact quote from the article, what it is sourced to, and why you think the source is primary.

Regarding more general changes to the article: somewhere in the thread someone advised you of the proper procedure, but I will repeat. Saying "sentence X is wrong, someone do something" is unlikely to bring immediate change. It is more productive to say "change X to [your proposed wording]" (see nirvana fallacy: it is easy to say some general improvement could be made, but it is better to evaluate a proposal between two concrete options). And of course, "sentence X was written by an idiot, will you morons not correct it" is even less likely to get you the change that you want, even if you are entirely correct.

If someone disagrees with your proposed changes, IP editor, or your evaluation of sources as primary, see the guide to dispute resolution. Tigraan^{Click here to contact me} 16:05, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Primary sources can be used in a Wikipedia article, but only for limited purposes, and only with care. In particular they cannot be used for purposes of interpretation. See WP:PRIMARY. Secondary sources, which interpret primary sources, are generally the most favored here. See WP:SECONDARY. For some purposes tertiary sources can also be used. Sometimes there can be debate as to what is or is not a primary source, and what is or is not a reliable source.

Do note that even if the founder(s) of a religion or a philosophical movement had a very specific set of ideas, later adherents and followers may have quite different ideas, and if current practice is different from the original ideas, Wikipedia should describe that current practice, in accord with current sources, even if those who follow the original versions more closely hold changes to be wrong. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 16:15, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

Comments such as:

• think it's safe to say that the people moderating the page have not actually studied the topics they have been posting in, which I think should be the first and foremost requirement for adding information to a wiki page.
• Calling you seemingly incapable is not an insult at this point as it is much more of an observation.

are not acceptable on Wikipedia talk pages. Nor is there a subject-matter k nowledge test for editing any article. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 16:29, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

Right, but omitting those original accounts is a different thing altogether.

I have provided a lot of quotes to point out why the things on the page are "wrong" though.

I still stand by it. They are in my view objective observations. If someone writes wrong math formula's on the math wiki he is not capable of editing the page and probably hasn't studied the topic he is writing in extensively.

Concerning the "wall of text"; I was asked to provide sources and quotes, so I did.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:A210:2901:C300:AD47:B3D:4079:7B4C (talk) 16:33, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

• Again, I think you can help, but you need to communicate properly. Compare the following fictional example:

"The tomato is a fruit". "Tomatoes are green." Which bunch of monkeys have written this article? You must be really braindead. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum. Fine, here are some sources: Eliza Smith says the tomato is a vegetable, and calls tomatoes a red fruit.

with

"The tomato is a fruit" is incorrect: see The Compleat Housewife, Eliza Smith, 1727, page 157 "among vegetables are the potato, the radish, the tomato (...)". Proposed wording: "the tomato is a vegetable".

"Tomatoes are green" is incorrect too: see The Compleat Housewife, Eliza Smith, 1727, page 159 "take the red vegetable between your thumb and your middle finger...". Proposed wording: "Tomatoes are red".

Which do you think is more likely to be read and attract either a quick change to the article or an argumented objection to the changes (such as, in that example, "The tomato is a fruit according to biological terminology: see (some source)")? Obviously the second, because (1) I grouped current text, refutation, source, proposed change by item and not many lines apart; (2) sources contain full bibliographic information (author, date, title, page), not just an excerpt from somewhere that would have to be hunted back to be put in the article; (3) I cut out irrelevant crap that drowns out useful information; (4) I applied some formatting to make the text easier to read; (5) I refrained from attacking editors (again: even if we are indeed a bunch of incapables, calling us out will make us less receptive to what you propose, so just don't do it).

It would help if you could give a read to WP:SIGN and WP:INDENT, too, because that is part of what makes it harder to read what you write. Tigraan^{Click here to contact me} 17:00, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

I'm using a phone, so editing is currently a nightmare. I have made a new header on the talk page. (The page is now somewhat cleaned up too. (15-jan-2020))

Also, there is a lot wrong with the article, not just one thing. To put it all up on the talk page would not only be very time consuming, but we would end up with the wall of text again.

The quotes under the "Do the mods even study zen?" header convey the points I'm trying to make.

2A02:A210:2901:C300:AD47:B3D:4079:7B4C (talk) 17:42, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

About Editing a page and opinions or Philosophie.

Hi, i hope everyone is going well.

Let me introduce myself a little. I am a french from Montreal in Canada area and i pretty like Wikipedia as i use it on a daily basic most of the time, to make multiple search but mostly about my boxing preferred fighter. Short story, i did read how Wikipedia is working and we are not allowed to give personal opinion when editing a page. I had hard time reading everything here and starting to Edith some page and i feel like i was going to do something bad so i try to avoid as much as possible.

The hole point is here, i made a Edith from a source called Discogs, and seems like this was taken as a personal opinion or am not sure to clearly understand since my English is not perfect unfortunately.

What i was saying to be clear, was how really was Discogs in general after i myself, put more let's say more than 500 hours Editing the Web Site and all the Data inside.

The review or Editing can be found since it's public, and if someone could clarify what ive done wrong about it, i would really appreciate. I am looking for the right answer and why.

Thanks to give me a reply and it will greatly help me to understand. Have a very good day! — Preceding unsigned comment added by SirlupinwatsonIII (talk • contribs) 07:49, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

Hello, SirlupinwatsonIII, and welcome to the Teahosue.

You edited Discogs here and after the edit was reverted you reinstated it here and it was reverted again by a different experienced editor. You added a section "Controversy" describing how Discogs is crowdsourced and saying that it is the biggest references with invalid data or wrong informations. and that The system have multiple failure and Website is not updated and support is almost non-existing. These edits were (in my view correctly) reverted for failing to cite any source, and for being a violation of our neutrality policy known as "NPOV".

Some of the statements in the paragraph you added were opinions, and as such must be cited to a source. Others are claimed as facts, but are the sort of facts that must be cited to a reliable source as per WP:BURDEN. Your edit did not cite any sources. I don't argue with the accuracy of your suggested paragraph (although I don't endorse it either), but for use on Wikipedia it must be supported by reliable sources, and cannot go beyond what the sources say.

Please do not re-add the content, or anything similar, without supporting sources. In future, when reverted, do not simply undo the revert, rather discuss on the article talk page (here Talk: Discogs as per the Bold, revert, discuss cycle. Often it is a good idea to use a ping to alert the other editor(s) involved when yiou start such a talk page discussion. You could start such a discussion in this case. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 12:36, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for this complete and friendly answer. That help me to understand. I understand, i just find that, i can't be a reliable source, other than this, i should create a website, or a post or a blog, listing what i said before, and then this would be consider as a reliable source? I did an Edith , my first one actually on Wikipedia, reading the hole post of the source (here on Wikipedia) this is way subject to personal opinion. Why those are not cleared them? Not to argue, but to understand. I just did have a look at the article and it have been edited since that. Thanks you for your help, much appreciated. Have a great evening. — Preceding unsigned comment added by SirlupinwatsonIII (talk • contribs) 17:41, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

No, a blog or similar from you would not be a reliable source. If what you want to say has not been said by an already published reliable source (click the link for details of what that means), then it doesn't belong on Wikipedia. --David Biddulph (talk) 18:28, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

Improving page on Eugenie Grandet

Had recently read the book and wanted to see what was on wiki. Page has a big flag asking for improvement since entry is just plot summary (I agree).

I have drafted something which possibly meets need but I am not sure how to proceed (I am prepared to be bold but this is not really my field). My piece is nearly as long as the plot bit. Can I put it somewhere for critique? Can I just replace existing? Any other way forward? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Catchsinger (talk • contribs) 17:19, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

Hello Catchsinger and welcome to the Teahouse. You could simply be bold and add your content to the article. You could post it to Talk:Eugenie Grandet and ask for feedback. You could, particularly if it is rather long, post to a userspace page, such as User:Catchsinger/Eugenie Grandet suggestions and then post a link to that page on Talk:Eugenie Grandet with a request for comments. You could, in either case, also post a link here with a request for comments. But you must be prepared for what to do if no one comments positively or negatively.

Do remember that literary analysis requires a secondary source. It is not ok to include one's own theories of the meaning or interpretation of awork of fiction (whether novel, story, film, or TV episode) however obvious they may seem. Many Wikipedia articles get this wrong -- please do not imitate them. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 18:24, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

Oh in future, please sign comments here and on talk pages with four tildes (~~~~). The wiki software will convert this to a signature and a timestamp. Also, when discussing an article or draft, please provide a link in comments here or on any talk page -- it makes things easier for people checking things out, and provides a useful backlink from the article to the discussion. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 18:24, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

Thank you. Will think about advice - and yes sources needed. Apologies re signing - surgery on right hand and get confused typing entirely with LH Catchsinger (talk) 18:35, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

Thank you, Catchsinger There is also a button in the editing toolbar which inserts a signature. it displays an icon with an x followed by a looped line, the whole being underlined. I tend to forget about it because I developed the habit of using the tildes before that button was added to the interface. Good luck with your hand. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 18:52, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

Is this ok in American English?

I've found what I think is a spelling error in the page Ninkasi:

"borne of "sparkling fresh water""

On this side of the Atlantic, you would either be 'born of' (ie. made from), or 'borne on' (ie. carried by), so I want to change it. But wondered if it's ok if you're speaking US English? Grateful for advice Maryanne Cunningham (talk) 19:05, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

Hello, Maryanne Cunningham and welcome to the Teahouse. That is the same in US English to the best of my knowledge. I think that was just an error for "born" (the sentence structure would have to change for "borne on" to work, IMO). However, the sentence including those words is not cited, and is in the lead section, but the information does not appear in the body of the article. One might remove it as uncited, or ad a {{cn}} tag when doing the correction. DES ^(talk)

Thanks DESiegel. " Born of "sparkling fresh water" is too good a line to delete, so did as you suggested and added (from the Preview). Then I went into edit mode to thank you, and I see the code is actually {{cn}}, but the short form seems to do the job, so cheers. Maryanne Cunningham (talk) 19:47, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

_{DESiegel Contribs} 19:30, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

Worth looking at the external links in the article, and the references. First external link uses that spelling, but elsewhere the meaning of given birth is used. --David Biddulph (talk) 19:37, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

Thank you David Biddulph Maryanne Cunningham (talk) 19:47, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

deleting page

I accidentally created "Category:Lakes of Innandet". Before I realized my mistake I created "Category:Lakes of Innlandet" and started using it. Can I delete the "Category:Lakes of Innandet" page? If so, please tell me how. If not, could someone with those user rights delete it? Thanks.Redriv (talk) 23:02, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

As the author you can tag it with the template {{Db-author}}. --David Biddulph (talk) 23:06, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

I put the {{Db-author}} tag on it and apparently it is marked for speedy deletion. ThanksRedriv (talk) 23:15, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

Suggestions

I have some suggestions for Wikipedia - see this page for my proposal.

Thanks for noting my work. tLoM (The Lord of Math) (Message; contribs) 14:45, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

@The Lord of Math: these sorts of changes need to be proposed at Wikipedia:Village_pump. However, for what it's worth, I don't think the changes to the warning levels are likely to get much support. I think both of your proposals are based on a slight misconception around the idea of the levels: the levels are not primarily based on how serious the vandalism was, they are simply there to ensure that a user has been warned enough times before being blocked. Thus your uncertainty about whether to issue a level 2 or a level 3 warning when the user has had a level 1 warning before and the vandalism is 'moderately damaging' is easily resolved: revert the vandalism, issue the level 2 warning and don't spend too much time worrying about assessing the relative seriousness of the vandalism. If the account is a vandalism-only account, or the vandalism is so egregious that an escalating warning will not suffice, then you can report directly to an admin or use an immediate level 4 template. For the same reason, I also think that your addition of new levels for new categories of vandalism ('terrible', 'egregious' and 'intolerable') is also barking up the wrong tree. Vandalism is either so serious, in the opinion of the vandal-figher, as to justify an immediate block, in which case report it directly to AIV... or it isn't, in which case use an escalating warning. Expecting vandalism patrollers to decide whether vandalism is 'egregious' or merely 'terrible', and then check what level was previously applied, and then apply the correct level based on a new matrix of warnings is an exercise in frustration and futility, in my personal opinion.

The idea about subadmins is not a terrible concept in principle but I think it is highly unlikely to get much traction. The main objection will be, I suspect, that most experienced users will gradually obtain the majority of these rights in any case - if they want them and are likely to use them. All editors can already close XFD discussions with a result other than delete, and even this new category of admin could not close a discussion as delete since they would lack the ability to implement it - unless we allowed them to delete pages, in which case you are giving this subadmin one of the most privileged abilities of an admin, and that is highly unlikely to be a popular idea. Some non-admins do patrol the various noticeboards and chip in with thoughts, but a specific power to flag editors as blockable or not blockable is problematic. If I flag an editor as blockable and the blocking admin does the same checks and due diligence that I did, then I have saved them no time at all so my action was pointless. If they do not do that due diligence then the blocking decision has essentially been made by me (regardless of who implemented it) and so I have, at least partially, taken on the other most powerful ability of admins.

Anyway, just my two cents. I am sure other editors will have other views. Hug^syrup 15:27, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

​Some users create their own versions of warning templates (and store in userspace) for this purpose. I agree the templates are often not descriptive enough, but in those cases I usually just write a personal message to the user. Regarding subadmin, it probably wouldn't change much of the backlog since these rights are given out fairly freely as it is. The Spanish Wikipedia has tested the waters with having "subadmins" that are only capable of blocking non-autoconfirmed users short-term, which in my opinion makes perfect sense to give to those active in antivandalism but it hasn't gained traction here (it's on WP:PERENNIAL). – Thjarkur (talk) 15:46, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

@The Lord of Math: I really like the fact that you're thinking about ways to improve how Wikipedia operates - thank you. Unfortunately, I also have to agree that adding subtle in-between leve's is only likely to make the task of fighting bad faith edits somewhat harder. Is use Twinkle to add templated warnings, but frequently use the option to include an extra comment which puts my notice into context. I might choose to issue a level 1 or 2 notice, but say "This is the third time you've made silly edits this week, please think of ways to improve Wikipedia, rather than damage it" This kind of extra note is especially relevant where an IPv6 user has made similar vandalistic edits from different addresses in the /64 range. By pointing this out, it lets another editor know that this isn't the only IP address that that user has accessed. This isn't sock-puppetry, but the changing IPv6 addresses can tend to hide such edits. Like you, I often think of things that I'd like to see improved here. I rarely take them forward (sometimes discovering later that there are already ways to solve the problem I'm moaning about. But I do keep a list. Regards,  Nick Moyes (talk) 00:08, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

Based on the fact that each additional level uses wastes the time of more editors, I suggest we not add another abuse level. Abuse is abuse, and I can't imagine how any editor would be unjustly inconvenienced by the current system.--Quisqualis (talk) 00:40, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

Adding a Photo

Hi - I am trying to add Dan Pickett's photo to his Wiki page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Pickett Each time I add it, it gets deleted. We have the rights to use a photo from the photographer that we purchased it fromAbharlow (talk) 18:27, 15 January 2020 (UTC) (I have an email from him). How do I add it? Thank you.

@Abharlow: The rights must be for reuse for any purpose. If you have those rights, then you can use WP:FFU to upload the file and the permissions. RudolfRed (talk) 19:12, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

RudolfRed, They were previously trying to upload the image to commons. As far as I can tell, it was deleted because they did not have permission (or failed to fill something out in the commons upload process). --MoonyTheDwarf (Braden N.) (talk) 19:14, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

Hi Abharlow. The file which was deleted from one that was uploaded to Wikimedia Commons; so, there's not really a lot that anyone here at Wikipedia can do about. It does appear, however, that you've already asked about this (or at least a related image) at c:Commons:Undeletion requests/Archive/2019-03#Headshot - Dan_Pickett_CEO_nfrastructure.jpg, but your request was denied. Please take a look at c:Commons:OTRS for more information as to why that happened and on what kind of things you can do to get the file restored. If you check c:User talk:Abharlow, you also find notifications about the files you uploaded and possible ways to resolve any issues associated with them.

Now for something completely different. I've already posted some information about this on your user talk page, but it you're connected to Dan Pickett in some personal or professional way and are adding content to Wikipedia on his behalf, as you state in this post made to Wikimedia Commons, then Wikimedia is going to consider you to have a conflict of interest with respect to anything written about him on Wikipedia. Although the Wikipedia Community doesn't expressly forbid COI editing, it does highly discourage it because it can lead to some serious problems. You need to be particularly careful if you being paid or otherwise compensated for any edits you make about Pickett (see meta:Terms of use/FAQ on paid contributions without disclosure for more about this) because undeclared paid/compensated editing is a violation of the Wikimedia Foundation's Terms of Use and can lead to your account being blocked by a Wikipedia administrator. The information I added to your user talk page contains links to relevant pages regarding all of this; so, please take a look at them and see what kind of editing that Wikipedia thinks are acceptable for COI editors to make. If you have any questions about this you can ask them here at the Teahouse or at Wikipedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard. -- Marchjuly (talk) 00:49, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

My recent article submission was rejected.

Hello,

I submitted an objective article, and it was rejected. Here is the feedback I got.

The reason left by Robert McClenon was: This topic is not sufficiently notable for inclusion in Wikipedia. The comment the reviewer left was: This page appears to have been written to praise its subject rather than to describe the subject neutrally. Wikipedia is written from a neutral point of view.

If this draft is resubmitted without being reworked, it may be nominated for deletion. You may ask for advice about the tone of articles at the Teahouse.

This draft contains marketing buzzspeak.

See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bunmi Akinyemiju. It does not appear that the subject has accomplished enough in the past 8 years to overcome the conclusion that he is not notable.

This draft appears to be an autobiography, the submission of which is strongly discouraged.

I will appreciate any assistance to make this less an autobiography, and making it a notable inclusion in Wkikpedia.

Thank you.

Bunmi Akinyemiju (talk) 13:00, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

Remove the references where the author of the source is the subject, or interviews with the subject, and remove the text which relies on those sources. If you can find sufficient independent published reliable sources to demonstrate the notability of the subject then you could try again, but hopefully you will understand why autobiography is discouraged. --David Biddulph (talk) 13:21, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

Bunmi Akinyemiju You can't make it "less of an autobiography" because you are the one writing it, and that's what an autobiography is- a biography written by the subject. Though not forbidden, autobiographical articles strongly discouraged on Wikipedia, in part because people naturally write favorably about themselves. Wikipedia tries to have a neutral point of view. You might be confused about the purpose of Wikipedia; it isn't like social media where people tell the world about themselves or publish their resumes. This is an encyclopedia, and as an encyclopedia Wikipedia summarizes what independent reliable sources state about people who meet Wikipedia's special definition of a notable person. In order for you to successfully write about yourself here, you essentially need to forget everything you know about yourself and only write based on the content of independent sources- what others say about you. While this is technically possible, I have yet to see it happen in my many years here. 331dot (talk) 13:52, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

(edit conflict) In the current draft it seems that most of the sourest are written by the subject (presumably you, Bunmi Akinyemiju, and most of the rest are interviews. As David Biddulph wrote above, these should all be removed. The remaining currently cited sources have only passing mention of Bunmi Akinyemiju, or do not mention him at all. I curently see no source which discusses him in detail and is also independent Unless there are at least three such sourcews, don't waste ytour timne, no article will be created, and no amount of editing for tone or format will help. Notabliliy is essential to any Wikipedia article, and i don't see it here. Back in 2012, at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bunmi Akinyemiju the conclusion was that Akinyemiju was not notable, and nothing in the draft now convinces me otherwise. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 13:59, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

Hello,

Thank you for the feedback.

To clarify this, I am not the subject in the article. This was written by a 3rd party and not the name published. This account was only opened in his name for the purpose of submitting an article. It seems that kind of set the tone for it to sound like an autobiography or self-praising. It is totally independent.

If this current position is corrected, does it make a less an autobiography?

The article was written in respect of the contributions made to the development on an industry and humanity. However, all feedback are noted, and better sources will be cited and shared for review.

Thank you.

Bunmi Akinyemiju (talk) 14:19, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

Bunmi Akinyemiju If you are not Bunmi Akinyemiju, you cannot use their name as your username, and you must change your username immediately. Please visit Special:GlobalRenameRequest or WP:CHUS to request a username change. While it wouldn't be an autobiography, you do have what we call a conflict of interest and are likely a paid editor. You will also need to read and formally comply with those policies as soon as possible(the latter is a Terms of Use requirement and mandatory). 331dot (talk) 14:23, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

I will reply within 24 hours, but I see that several experienced editors have commented already. Robert McClenon (talk) 19:41, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

I see that the author has changed their username, and had made the mistake of confusing a username with an article title. However, they still appear to have a conflict of interest. To reply to the original post, I did not think that it was an objective article. I rejected it, which is more drastic than declining it, because there had already been an old deletion discussion, and it does not appear that there is a lot of new coverage. Robert McClenon (talk) 02:35, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

New to wikipedia, i need some help. (recently reverted edit)

Do I need a citation when I correct something slightly that already has a "need citation tag" (i changed Mr to Rabbi on this page)? Thank you so much for your help. Csar00 (talk) 02:45, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

​Hello, Csar00, and welcome to the Teahouse. For simplicity's sake, I'll address the specific edits in question. Two Wikipedia policies are relevant here. The first is Wikipedia:No original research. Since you attempted to change information in an article, no matter how minor the information may seem, you need to include a reference. This is true despite the fact that the original information did not have a reference. (You may also be interested in reading WP:V, and WP:RS.) The second is MOS:HON; as per the accepted manual of style, Wikipedia does not include honorifics in articles. Thanks for stopping by. Cheers :) --Puzzledvegetable^{Is it teatime already?} 02:57, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

​ Thank you for answering my question! :) Csar00 (talk) 03:05, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

Csar00, another resource you may find useful is the Wikipedia Adventure, available here: WP:TWA. Welcome to Wikipedia! William2001^(talk) 04:07, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

Make spelling correction in article title

The article LaMont Boilers should be La Mont Boilers. How do I edit that? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Southsidesquare (talk • contribs) 05:00, January 16, 2020 (UTC)

The article LaMont boiler can be moved, but can you justify that should be? I'm seeing references to this boiler as "La Mont", "Lamont", "LaMont" and "La-mont". Even the spelling of the surname of its inventor is not always given as "La Mont". Note that the common name of something is not necessarily going to use the same spelling as its inventor. I think this change will have to be discussed. Meters (talk) 05:18, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

I suggest that you make a case for renaming the article at talk:LaMont boiler Meters (talk) 05:22, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

submitting article about a person

Hi,

Many thanks for having this opportunity to ask questions here guys! I would like to write a biography about my grandfather, without him, Leni Riefenstahl's film Tiefland (Tiefland (film)) would have not happened. I know little about my grandfather Josef Plesner, and I am in touch with the Austrian film institution to find out more. My article draft has been rejected as I could not prove the significance of the person. He has done outstanding and groundbreaking work in nature documentaries as well as producing and filming the 2 important pieces of German/Austrian post-war (filmed during war partly) films Tiefland and Bergkristall (mountain crystal). At a time where it was nearly impossible to pay for film rolls and production, he spent all his money on making movies.

Thanks for your help, Alexandra — Preceding unsigned comment added by AlexandraSarcletti (talk • contribs) 10:38, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

• You need to find reliable sources that reported on him as a person. Although I would recommend against trying to create an article on him without help from another editor, as is not usually a good idea to write an article about someone you know, since you may not be able to remain neutral. ^{[Username Needed]} 10:47, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

• @AlexandraSarcletti: Please also note that words like "outstanding", "groundbreaking", and even "important", are indicative of the NPOV problem that often appears when writing about a subject with whom you have a relationship (see WP:COI). Unless multiple sources characterize the work in this way, the article shouldn't use such terms. Even if multiple sources do use such flowery language, it should only be used sparingly here, and attributed to those sources. This is part of maintaining a neutral, encyclopedic tone. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 12:51, 13 January 2020 (UTC)
• @AlanM1: that is very helpful thank you. I am a story teller so writing in neutral language will be quite a challenge. Personal relationship or not. I will learn as I go along. I am currently trying to piece together the biography. The contribution to the film industry and culture are undeniable. But I do lack references as post war has made it difficult to find reliable sources in digital. What if I find written or printed evidence? For example, I do have a handwritten note by Leni Riefenstahl, where she thanks my grandfather. But how would that work to digitalise it - upload on Wikimedia Commons? --AlexandraSarcletti (talk) 16:29, 13 January 2020 (UTC)
• You can find some sources on the German wikipedia articles w:de:Tiefland (Film) and w:de:Josef Plesner. You can ask English questions on the relevant talk pages, w:de:Talk:Tiefland (Film) + w:de:Talk:Josef Plesner, it's "Diskussion" instead of "Talk" on dewiki, but otherwise the same idea. @Others, I'm not up to date with the current procedures for a "transwiki" or Special:Import of w:de:Josef Plesner, but the German article is short enough to try a translation. –84.46.53.221 (talk) 14:01, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

  Just my 2 cents here: one needs to keep in mind here that different Wikipedias have different ways of doing things and judging if an article can be written and kept or not. The fact that an article exists in one Wikipedia does not guarantee there can be an article in different Wikipedia. Looking at the sources in the de:Josef Plesner article: citing imdb, e.g., is covered here. And passing mentions alone will not confer notability. Lectonar (talk) 14:18, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

(ec) I'm afraid it's not enough information in the dewiki article to reach the WP:N threshold and make even a stub at enwiki. Here's a Google's translation:

Josef Plesner (born January 13, 1911 in Ernstbrunn, Lower Austria, † October 30, 1993 in Kufstein, Tyrol) was an Austrian film producer and cameraman.

He has made a name for himself in the genres: cultural film and nature film, local film and mountain film. He was also the founder and head of the Plesner Film production company.

plus a filmography. Just dates and places of birth and death, his profession and names of movie art streams do not warrant an article, IMVHO. --CiaPan (talk) 14:21, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

(ec) Yes, I'm always excited if I see a possible technical adventure, here Help:Transwiki ending up on m:Help:Transwiki, but Plesner and w:de:Bergkristall (1949) aren't very helpful. OTOH w:de:Tiefland (Film) has some references and could be notable here, and that would allow AlexandraSarcletti to create a redirect for her grandfather to the film. –84.46.53.221 (talk) 14:39, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

See Tiefland (film). Lectonar (talk) 14:47, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

And Mountain Crystal. Lectonar (talk) 14:48, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

Problem solved, next TEAHOUSE adventure stop for the OP is WP:AFC/Redirects to request a redirect. –84.46.53.221 (talk) 14:58, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

• Google translate for once is surprisingly correct :). Lectonar (talk) 14:31, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

@Lectonar: Google translate these days is pretty good. Thank you I did not know that articles on one Wiki page are not autmatically ok to go out on all languages. I know his work is notable - especially Tiefland, but how can I reference that correctly, given that there are hardly any digital sources but the IMDB entry: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0687205/bio --AlexandraSarcletti (talk) 16:29, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

@AlexandraSarcletti: WP:FILMMAKER isn't obvious for your grandfather, but you are of course free to start a draft anyway. IMDb would go to an "external links" section of the biography and doesn't count towards WP:THREE (not a policy, only a rule of thumb.) –84.46.53.221 (talk) 17:48, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

AlexandraSarcletti There is no requirement that sources be digital or findable online. However (at least on this Wikipedia) there is a requirement that they be published. A printed book, magazine or newspaper article is fine. Give the title of the book or article, and the name of any publication in which it is included (for an article). Give the publication date. Give the page number or numbers. Give the author if known. Possibly include a short quote (use |quote= if using a citation template such as {{cite book}}, {{cite news}} or {{cite magazine}}). Such a quote can include the key sentence(s) from the source on which the Wikipedia entry is relying.A handwritten note would not be acceptable, unless it had previously been published elsewhere. Cite only reliable sources. I hope that is helpful. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 17:54, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

DESiegel thanks so much that is a great help! I will do my research over the next weeks. Exciting! --AlexandraSarcletti (talk) 10:13, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

Finding technical information on Wikipedia

When I had the hard drive replaced on my PC, I lost all my Bookmarks/Favourites. This included my Wikipedia folder which contained useful bookmarks (manual of style, citing sources, help pictures, free use etc). I have now replaced many of these, but I did find finding them a slow job. Using the 'Search Wikipedia' facility leads to ambiguous results when you put in things like 'Teahouse' or 'Village Pump'. Is there particular way of searching for the 'user' pages? For instance, I would like to learn more about 'Signatures' (there seems to be an array of styles, and I am puzzled why mine repeats the BFP1 with one in a different colour. Is it true that once a discussion on Teahouse has started I do not need to continue to finish with BFP1 and 4 ~ ? Is this information anywhere on Wikipedia?BFP1BFP1 (talk) 11:17, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

Help on searching is available at Help:Searching. You probably want to limit your searches to the Wikipedia namespace. When you have found useful pages, it is worth keeping the links in a user subpage, rather than in a folder on your PC. As far as your signature is concerned, you just need the 4 tildes (or the signature link in the edit toolbar); you don't need to type the BFP1 beforehand because your signature already includes your user name with a link to your userpage. --David Biddulph (talk) 11:29, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

Thanks David BFP1 (talk) 11:48, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

19th birthday

Is it true that Wikipedia turned 19 yesterday? Wikipedia was founded in 15 January 2001. Will there be any changes on its twentieth birthday? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 47.152.145.95 (talk) 12:21, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

Wikipedia indeed had its first edit on 15 January 2001 - more information can be found at History of Wikipedia. I'm not sure what you mean by 'changes' on the 20th anniversary of that first edit - Wikipedia changes all the time as numerous editors seek to improve it! Neiltonks (talk) 12:45, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

The wiki software itself changes most every Thursday. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 13:10, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

Use of sandbox

I would like to do some editing of an existing published article (inserting some images). So that I can experiment without damaging the existing article, I would like to transfer a copy to my sandbox (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:BFP1/sandbox). However, this is titled 'Draft William Oliver' (a previous article I worked on). Where can I transfer a copy of the article I wish to edit? Previously copying articles into the 'wrong' sandbox has resulted in a confusing history of multiple articles.BFP1BFP1 (talk) 09:12, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

User:BFP1/sandbox is not "titled" Draft:William Oliver; it merely contains a link to that draft (replacing a redirect when the sandbox contents were moved to draft space. The draft in turn redirects to the article produced when the draft was accepted for publication. If you wish to use your sandbox for something else you can just remove that existing link and overwrite it with whatever you wish the new contents to be. --David Biddulph (talk) 09:28, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

One further point to bear in mind is that you talked of "inserting some images". You need to remember that in your user space the only images which could be used (whether in the existing article content or added subsequently) are those which are free of copyright. Non-free images under a non-free use rationale are permitted only in articles in mainspace. --David Biddulph (talk) 09:39, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

@BFP1: I re-use some of my sandbox pages over and over again for a multitude of different purposes. Treat it a bit like a scratch pad. Wipe the old contents and start afresh with something completely different. The history of that page is of no real importance, and would simply show you different things you worked on at different times. There are however two key things to advise you about, not mentioned above.

• Firstly, if you decide to paste a copy of any article into your sandbox, please make a note in the edit summary for that sandbox edit so as to attribute the contents to the various authors at the original article (even if they were mostly you). e.g. "Copying text from article William Oliver to experiment on. For editor attribution, see that page's history."
• Secondly, if you decide to do a major rewrite and restructuring of any article, and then overwrite the original article, you will loss a lot of the individual edit histories. You could highlight your proposed sandbox revision on the article's talk page and see whether other editors think you've done a good job and are happy for you to overwrite it. Or - perhaps more simply - I might just tweak one paragraph at a time, leaving a clear edit summary and a nice gap between each edit. The last thing you want is someone doing a rollback of absolutely everything you've done, when all they object to is one particular flawed element.

Hope this is of some use. Regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 10:04, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

Thank you David and Nick. I will proceed with care. BFP1BFP1 (talk) 10:45, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

Dear David Biddulph, How do I remove the existing link mentioned above. Is there a delete option and is the overwriting process straight forward?BFP1 (talk) 13:09, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

13:17, 16 January 2020 (UTC)It's OK David. I've worked it out. Sorry to bother youBFP1 (talk) 13:17, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

Reverting

Hello. I am a still relatively green Wikipedia editor. I have a question about edit warring and reverting. The articles are Malabar Farm State Park and Louis Bromfield. I have a number of pages on my watchlist and today reverted bold citationless edits from a single-purpose account. The account name possibly suggests a COI, but probably more the single-purpose of the account. The edits done are screwing up the footnoted reference links in one article -- some of them aren't linked; they're just numbered. And the edits to the biographical article of the Pulitzer Prize winner aren't overly relevant (and they're unsourced). I don't want to edit war, but I don't know how to escalate this to the proper people who can explain edit etiquette to this editor and see to it that the pages are monitored and, if need be, protected. Where do I take this? Thank you. --DiamondRemley39 (talk) 21:34, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

You can call attention to such edits on the talk page of the article involved, DiamondRemley39, usually pinging the editor who made them. See also Wikipedia:Edit warring#What to do if you see edit-warring behavior Persistent edit warring, or any breach of the three-reveert-ule, can be reported at WP:AN/EW. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 22:06, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

I have sent an additional warning to User:Malabar Facts, and we will see what effect it has, DiamondRemley39. If warring persists, a block may be needed, but blocking should not usually be the first resort. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 22:08, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for explaining what I should do and addressing this on the user's talk page. Have a great day! DiamondRemley39 (talk) 14:28, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

Andrew Whiten - entry has appeared for my name - who by?

I have just been told there is an entry for me - Andrew Whiten - and it appeared in December. I have no idea who wrote it. Is there a way I can find out? And can I edit to correct errors in it? AW. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 138.251.151.245 (talk) 13:50, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

Hello and welcome to the Teahouse. You can find out which editors have written the article about you by examining its edit history. As Wikipedia summarizes what independent reliable sources state about potential article subjects, someone likely took note of you in a reliable source and decided to write about you- possibly a student of yours. Please review the policy on autobiographical edits. While you should avoid making edits to the article about you(Andrew Whiten as a courtesy link) in most cases(though you can remove unambiguous vandalism from the article yourself), you are encouraged to make formal edit requests(click for instructions) on the article talk page(Talk:Andrew Whiten), detailing any changes you feel are needed and any sources you have to support them.

I would suggest that you create an account and then verify your identity with Wikipedia by following the instructions at WP:REALNAME, to ensure that others do not impersonate you. 331dot (talk) 13:57, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

If you talk about the Andrew Whiten article mentioned above by User:331dot, it did not appear in December. The entry was first created in February 2014 as a redirect, and the first version we can call 'an article' is dated 8 April 2017‎. --CiaPan (talk) 14:11, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

Most of the content was added by User:Putzsymbiose in May 2018. That editor has chosen to not put any content on User page, so it appears in red, and nothing can be gleaned about who the person is. You could leave a query on P's Talk page, but the editor appears to have not been active since July 2018, so unlikely you would get a reply. David notMD (talk) 20:52, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

@David notMD: The user's home wiki is the German one, and they were contributing there since January 2014 till June 2018. The user revealed at de:User:Putzsymbiose they wanted a name of Putzerfisch alas it was used already (de:Putzerfisch redirects to de:Putzsymbiose, which correspond to Cleaner fish and Cleaning symbiosis, respectively). They were also a starter and the main contributor of de:Andrew Whiten.
But I doubt all of that will reveal the person's identity; at most it weakly points towards Germany. :) --CiaPan (talk) 14:37, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

Prof. Whiten, just a comment, maybe you can help – the article says, twice, that you were born in "Grimsby, Scotland". I can find no evidence that there is a Grimsby in Scotland. The source cited for the claim appears from its name to refer to the Grimsby in Lincolnshire. Maproom (talk) 00:03, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

What do you think who Sikarwar Rajputs are?

What do you think who Sikarwar Rajputs are? Why are you removing my links? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shashank Shubham (talk • contribs) 09:16, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

Shashank Shubham Please explain in more detail what your question is , and what article(s) you are asking about. Please provide a wiki-link to the article or articles you want help with. Also, please sign your comments on talk pages and discussion pages like this one (although never in articles) with four tildes (~~~~) or with the signature button on the editing toolbar. Thank you. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 14:36, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

Fatehpur_Sikri mentioned Sikarwars as rulers for a short period. I just linked it to the Sikarwars page. . This guy Aliwardi is removing my link and threatening me to block. Fatehpur_Sikri mentioned Sikarwars as rulers for a short period. I just linked it to the Sikarwars page. . This guy Aliwardi is removing my link and threatening me to block.

That's why asked the following questions: What do you think about who Sikarwar Rajputs are? Why are you removing my links? Shashank Shubham (talk) 14:46, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

References

Apart from anything else, you need to read about overlinking and about misplaced external links. --David Biddulph (talk) 14:55, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

Indeed. The issue at Sakarwar is not about who the Sikarwar Rajputs are, it's about whether direct external links are appropriate in Wikipedia articles. They aren't. Maproom (talk) 15:00, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

Shashank Shubham Please do not edit or remove other people's comments on a discussion page such as this, and do do not remove or change your own comments after someone else has replied. See WP:TPO DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 15:03, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

Problem with 'helpful' editing

I read the following interesting article; George Earl (painter) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Earl_(painter). I then added, what I thought was, a useful source that corrected some information (see reference 2). This, however, caused a problem. When you press 'Edit source' and then 'Show preview' a red warning notice is displayed. What is causing this problem? BFP1BFP1 (talk) 08:33, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

When I look at the preview, I see the text (in red) : "Warning: Page using Template:Infobox artist with unknown parameter "influenced" (this message is shown only in preview)". Is that the one you mean? It is nothing to be concerned about, and not due to anything you did – if you preview earlier versions of the article, it is still there. Somebody has added a line in the infobox template which won't show in the article, is all. --bonadea contributions talk 08:40, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

Was just about to write the same. I've removed the non-existent infobox fields. - X201 (talk) 08:43, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

Thank you both. BFPBFP1 (talk) 09:14, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

@BFP1: As a complete aside, did you mean to recently alter your signature so that it is repeated, but only partly linked? It seems a bit confusing to me. Just thought I'd mention it. Nick Moyes (talk) 10:06, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

I've tried to correct that now Nick BFP1 (talk) 16:41, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

WikiProject History needs people

Hi everyone. I am the new coordinator for WikiProject History. we need people there!! right now the project seems to be semi-inactive. I am going to various WikiProjects whose topics overlap with ours, to request volunteers.

• If you have any experience at all with standard WikiProject processes such as quality assessment, article help, asking questions, feel free to come by and get involved.

• and if you have NO Experience, but just want to come by and get involved, feel free to do so!!!

• For anyone who wants to get involved, please come by and add your name at our talk page, at our talk page section: WikiProject History needs you!!!!

• Alternately, if you have any interest at all, feel free to reply right here, on this talk page. please ping me when you do so, by typing {{ping|sm8900}} in your reply.

we welcome your input. thanks!! --Sm8900 (talk) 20:46, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

@Sm8900: What topic are you most in need of for your project? Eclipsefc (talk) 23:09, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

hi. Good question. However I’m just a facilitator. I found this wikiproject and saw it was basically inactive. It seems like something people might need, given its basic topicality. I’m leaving it up to the community to let me know what people might feel is most needed, if anything. Thanks!!! —Sm8900 (talk) 23:29, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

Aside from the semi-active label in that Project, how were you able to determine that it is inactive? I myself have been expanding articles listed in the History stubs. Having a facilitator for this project is a good thing so I am supporting you all the way :). If you can, you can update the page with changes made and even feature interesting articles. If you want to know people who can help you with this or those who are doing actual work, you can start communicating with the users listed in the Members list. Darwin Naz (talk) 12:50, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

Hi @Darwin Naz:. that is great to hear. I'm so glad you wrote back, to let us know of your efforts!!

yes, let's absolutely work together on this. I have been looking for any editor, just one, who still wants to make the core tasks of a WikiProject remain active and in progress. so yes, let's work together, and help set up any resources features, you may want to see in place.

for one thing, just as a start, you can go to our talk page and simply let us know of your efforts. that's just a start.. but yes, in the future, we can set up forum pages, or project pages, or articles lists pages, or what-have-you, simply to create a genuine project that will be a resource. we will be glad to work with whatever you may wish. feel free to be in touch. thanks! --Sm8900 (talk) 19:04, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

Help on Decline Page

Respected Sir/Mam

I have started creating a page of our university 7 months back but page is getting declined after publishing twice. This is my first page creation and i am new to it. please help — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rajatmendiratta (talk • contribs) 13:46, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

Courtesy link: Draft:Apex_University. Hug^syrup 13:53, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

Rajatmendiratta, Hello! I am sorry, but it appears that your page will not be accepted no matter how much advice we give, as the reviewer has rejected it. MoonyTheDwarf (Braden N.) (talk) 13:54, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

The feedback at Draft:Apex University is very clear as to why the submissions were first declined then rejected. What is there about the feedback that you don't understand? --David Biddulph (talk) 13:56, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

Rajatmendiratta, I just looked at the draft and it seems to copy a significant quantity of text from (https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/apex-university). This is against Wikipedia policy, and I have tagged the page for speedy deletion under G12 Copyright infringement. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 14:28, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

Hello , Rajatmendiratta. One way to look at this is to realise that, in an article about Apex University, Wikipedia has little interest in what Apex or its staff or associates say about it, and no interest at all in how it wishes to be represented. Wikipedia is only interested in what people who have no connection with the university have chosen to publish about it, and any article should be almost entirely based upon such sources.

I note that you refer to "our university": what is the nature of your connection? You probably need to be aware of the recommendations about editing with a conflict of interest before you do any more work on it; and if you are employed by the university, you need also to make the declarations required for paid editing. --ColinFine (talk) 19:25, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

Wiki listing/ad on Google Search?

Hi all,

Does anyone know how to get a Wiki listing for your company on the right? When you search "Apple" for example the Wiki listing "Apple" comes up on the right.

Right now the company I want to come up doesn't, only the Google listing does.

Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by USAEURO1994 (talk • contribs) 18:37, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

@USAEURO1994: If you are talking about the Google Knowledge Graph, that is controlled by Google and not Wikipedia. If the article is new, then it can take quite some time before search engines are allowed to index it. Also, remember that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a business directory or avenue for promotion. RudolfRed (talk) 18:43, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

Also, definitely no advertising on Wikipedia. RudolfRed (talk) 19:43, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

I called Google and she mentioned that Wikipedia is in charge of that — Preceding unsigned comment added by USAEURO1994 (talk • contribs) 19:47, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

You received bad information, USAEURO1994. Google and its software make all the decisions about the Knowledge Graph, and whether or not to display one for a given Google search. Wikipedia has no direct influence. Yes, Google usually extracts text from Wikipedia but they often use images from elsewhere. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 19:55, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

@USAEURO1994: Wikipedia is in charge of whether or not there is an article about your company, but Wikipedia is not concerned with enhancing Google search results for your company. This is an encyclopedia. Your company cannot get a Wikipedia article just because it exists- it must meet Wikipedia's special definition of a notable company, as shown with significant coverage in independent reliable sources. As you have a conflict of interest and are a paid editor(you must comply with that policy as it is a Terms of Use requirement), you shouldn't be the one to write any article about your company, if it indeed merits one. 331dot (talk) 19:57, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

Gallery perrow oddity

On c:File:I Wrote a Full Song in 24_Hours-K7r58jQqK8I00227.png and on 18 other images derived from one video the other versions gallery works as expected, four "Blackery with guitar" in one row for a total of five related images in this subset, with a perrow=4 gallery parameter. On enwiki the perrow=4 fails for File:I Wrote a Full Song in 24_Hours-K7r58jQqK8I00227.png and for me, what is the problem, is it only me, does it work for you?
If that question is too simple try To be checked on commons, just kidding. –84.46.53.255 (talk) 21:41, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

Recent articles created

Hi,

Please I recently created a number of articles and they have not been approved. These are the articles: Rufus Akinyele O. A. Akinyeye MBM Avoseh Abosede George

I will appreciate any help with regards to what I may do to get the articles accepted please.

Thank you.

~~WS — Preceding unsigned comment added by WheelHelms WS (talk • contribs) 20:50, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

WheelHelms WS Hello and welcome to the Teahouse. I'm not sure what you mean- your articles are in the main encyclopedia and visible to the public. Which approval are you waiting for? 331dot (talk) 20:55, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

331dot Really? But I can't find them when I do a Google search. What could be wrong? I am only able to find this one: Olufunke Adeboye when I do a Google search. Please help. --WS 21:06, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

WheelHelms WS, nothing is wrong. Articles only show up on google after either they have been reviewed by a page reviewer, or have existed in mainspace for 90 days. MoonyTheDwarf (Braden N.) (talk) 21:07, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

MoonyTheDwarf (Braden N.) Alright. Thank you. Now I get it. So I was lucky to get a reviewer to review my very first article (Olufunke Adeboye) very fast then. How may I ask a reviewer to kindly consider reviewing any of my new articles then? — Preceding unsigned comment added by WheelHelms WS (talk • contribs) 21:10, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

I am not sure, I'm pretty sure you just have to be patient, as there is a queue. MoonyTheDwarf (Braden N.) (talk) 21:13, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

Yes, you will need to be patient. Is there a particular reason you are eager for them to be found in Google? 331dot (talk) 22:04, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

Stoicism Template Error

I'd like to edit the "part of a series on Stoicism" box that appears on pages such as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoicism. The little V T E links at the bottom of that template don't go to the Stoicism template, they go to a template on Palamism ( https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Palamism&action=edit ) I can't figure out how to fix that error so that I can edit the template.Teishin (talk) 22:22, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

Hi Teishin, welcome to the Teahouse. The lead of Stoicism says {{Stoicism sidebar}}. This means Template:Stoicism sidebar is used. It was created three hours ago with a wrong name parameter. I have fixed it [5] so the V T E links go to the right place. PrimeHunter (talk) 22:47, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

Thank you PrimeHunter! Teishin (talk) 23:02, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

Twinkle

@331dot: I found out a little bit about Twinkle and wanted to learn more, especially since I want to use it. How does it work? Does it run amok and work fully autonomously, or do you still have to do things manually? Any info helps! Thanks,The Evil Sith Kitten 21:49, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

Evil Sith Kitten, I'm not 331, but hopefully I can shed some light. Twinkle is used to make semi-automated edits. It is still a manual tool, where you have to click buttons, but it does some of the complex stuff for you. Its really just an interface that allows you to easily add templates, warnings, and other Wiki-Bureaucracy. It takes a lot of the guesswork and paperwork out of nominating things for deletion, reporting problem users, etc. It is best used for more of the behind the scenes/maintenance stuff, and isn't super useful for actual editing. Still, its a valuable tool, and can come in handy in a lot of different ways. CaptainEek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!}⚓ 00:16, 17 January 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for explaining, CaptainEek! I've used it some, and found that for me, it's most helpful for adding tags and reverting problematic edits/vandalism. Is that what it's meant for?The Evil Sith Kitten 00:20, 17 January 2020 (UTC)

Evil Sith Kitten, Yep, that is definitely what its intended uses are. It can also be used to start deletion discussions, request speedy deletion, request page protection, report users for vandalism, among other abilities. CaptainEek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!}⚓ 00:24, 17 January 2020 (UTC)

Milan_Friedrich draft

Hello everyone,

I'd like to make this page User:True hero 14/Milan Friedrich accordingly to the wikipedia rules, so it can get published. Could you please let me know what should I change in order for the article to be accepted?

Any help is immensely appreciated.

Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by True hero 14 (talk • contribs) 00:17, 17 January 2020 (UTC)

Hello, True hero 14 and welcome to the Teahouse. There are several things you should do:

1. Read Ypur First Article, Referencing for Beginners, and our guideline on the notability of biographies.
2. Provide proper citation data, such as the title, name of publication, author (where known), publication date (where know), publisher (wher relevant and not redundant), and access date (for online sources) for all citaitons.
3. Combine duplicate references
4. Avoid unreliable sources. In particular, do not cite the IMDB, as it is not considerd reliable for most content.
5. Limit the use of non-independent sources.
6. references at the end of a sentence come after the period.
7. In English, use "Filmography" not "Filmographie".
8. "Philanthropy" should probably be its own section, not under "opinions".

I hope that helps. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 00:40, 17 January 2020 (UTC)

How to remove redirect link form my sandbox to an Article?

How to remove redirect link form my sandbox to an Article. Rocky 734 (talk) 18:20, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

Hello, Rocky 734. The steps are:

1. Go to your sandbox.
2. It will redirect to the article, but at the top you will see "Redirected from Rocky 734/sandbox". Pick that link, and it will take you to the sandbox itself.
3. Edit it, and remove the line that starts "#REDIRECT".

--ColinFine (talk) 19:28, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

Thanks,@ColinFine:. Rocky 734 (talk) 01:33, 17 January 2020 (UTC)

Friendly editor talk

Hello. How can one be friendlier to a fellow editor in a talk page when he/she is not picking up that I am trying to be amiable and open to criticism in conversation, leading to misunderstanding? LionFosset (talk) 13:57, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

@LionFosset: it will really help if you just tell us which discussion you are referring to, as you seem to have a couple of potentially contentious conversations going right now. It's honestly pretty difficult to give generic advice for how to be friendlier, without knowing some context. All I would say is try to assume in all interactions that the editor is genuinely trying their best, sincerely believes they are right, and wants to do the right thing. Remember everyone on the internet are also people, and try to speak to them the way you'd want to be spoken to. Finally, if someone is really annoying you, a lot of the time there is nothing stopping you stepping away from the discussion for an hour, a day, or even forever. Very few discussions on Wikipedia absolutely require your involvement. Hug^syrup 14:53, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

My guess is this is about User talk:Sk8erPrince. But as Hugsyrup says, without knowing, it's very hard to help. Maproom (talk) 14:55, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

User talk:Sk8erPrince has been blocked for more than two months. More recent arguments have been with User:Hotwiki. --David Biddulph (talk) 14:59, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

I'm sorry, I was referring to my interactions with Hotwiki (Sk8terprince simply didn't reply). He seems to be more belligerent than other users I've had the chance to talk with. LionFosset (talk) 15:20, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

I mistakenly thought you said I went incognito. But then I realized Ignocito is part of the username of an editor that you were replying. I just didn't bother anymore to reply, as I'm not obligated to reply to you. As for this, being brought up into Teahouse, don't expect editors to treatly you so lightly after you've removed mdy tags for absolutely no reason, so many times. I'm not a robot not to be annoyed with disruptive edits.TheHotwiki (talk) 22:00, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

@Hotwiki: I understand. Maybe an advice I myself could give as well is to tone the language down, simply make it direct and constructive, like how User:Coolcaesar advised me not to add Fantasia 2000 to the Disney Renaissance back in 2014, as there were no literary sources to back it up. LionFosset (talk) 02:37, 17 January 2020 (UTC)

why is a page on Wiki Bio but not on Wikipedia

Hello,

I am curious why I can find a page on Audrey Doering on Wiki Bio but not on Wikipedia? The article references Wikipedia. Maybe you can educate.

This is the page listed below.

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Audrey Doering File:IMG 5502.HEIC Audrey Doering and Gracie Rainsberry Born Tong Min Gui April 28, 2006 (age 13) [1][2] China Nationality Chinese Citizenship United States of America Television Long Lost Family UK- Twins 2019 Good Morning America- 2016 Good Morning America- 2017 Nightline Special- Chinese Twins- 2016 Awards Wisconsin State Honors Orchestra Audrey Min Doering (born April 28, 2006) is a Chinese-American who is a biological sister to Gracie Rainsberry, violinist at the Wausau Conservatory of Music, a gymnast, and is the subject of Good Morning America in 2017 about a news story where she is reunited with her sister.[3][4] Contents 1 Early life 2 Reunion 3 Career 4 See also 5 References Early life[edit | edit source] ( Audrey ) Tong Min Gui (born April 28th, 2006) was born in a hospital in Tonggu, China after her twin sister Tong Min Mei (童敏贵) (born April 23, 2006), both having a heart defect.- Tetrology of Fallot with Audrey having a severe form Pulmonary Atresia. They were separated at birth and both of their names appeared in a local newspaper when an abandoned child is found. They were founded on May 3, 2006. Both were taken to an unknown orphanage in China but raised by a foster family until they were separated at age 14 and 15 months and sent to America. The Doering family in Wausau, at the time, had 3 children and the mother, Jennifer Doering, wanted to adopt a child, so she founded a picture of her at an adoption center, she went upstairs to her husband and she said "This is our one.". They took a plane to a Chinese and the doctor told them she was far weaker than they were told, she still couldn't walk at 15 months. She had to have 2 heart surgeries and has had multiple cardiac procedures at the age of 13 to replace her heart valve for the 3rd time and stent her pulmonary artery. They taught her how to walk with their dog somewhere in 2007.[5][6][7] [8][9][10] Reunion[edit | edit source] With the help of an anonymous Chinese researcher, Jennifer Doering found picture of Gracie and Audrey sitting on her foster mother's knees. On December 6, 2016, Jennifer Doering emailed Dr. Nancy Segal (PhD) about a Christmas gift for her daughter and sent her the documents (the newspaper for avability of adoption , photo of foster mom, etc.), and further research shown that her birth name was Tong Min Gui and her sister was Tong Min Mei which means "Rose" when the names are put together. The twins might have been from separate places, although they were adopted at the same orphanage unknown to any of the agencies or families. Their names were combined from the word 'rose', according to Jennifer this was a traditional way of naming twins. Out of curiosity, she went on Facebook and founded the adoptive mother of Gracie. They reunited on Good Morning America with tears after a decade of being apart on January 11, 2017.[11][12][13] She still has a strong relationship with her sister, they even did a news interview about each other and traveled to places like London and San-Diego.[14] [15][16] The girls will meet up many times a year and stay connected via social media. Career[edit | edit source] At the age of 5, she started to be a Level 1 gymnast. Since then, her mother filmed some videos (which she later posted on YouTube) throughout Audrey's career. A video of her as a Level 3 gymnast at age 7, a Level 4 gymnast at age 8, and a Level 8 gymnast at age 11. Due to two heart procedures in January and February 2019, she had to take a break, but she was still able to do gymnastics with a arm cast. She is now still a gymnast at the YMCA Whirler Gymnastics in Wausau due to the last social media video being uploaded on November 2019. She was in 3rd place at the Altius Pink Ribbon Meet.[17][18][19] [20] [21] [22] [23] She is an accomplished violist that has taken part in the Wisconsin State Honors Orchestra at the youngest age of 11. Continues to stand out as top violinist in the state of Wisconsin for Middle School. Audrey is a 4.0 student at Horace Mann Middle School and continues to attend High School courses where she excels at Math and Science and has been given a spot on the Wisconsin Math League at a local university. One of the first middle school students at her local school to attend as a middle school student. Tong Min Gui (Audrey Doering) has a passion for embryology and works with a local vet to harvest bovine embryo. See also[edit | edit source] Twin Sisters Reunite References[edit | edit source] ↑ "Jennifer Doering on Instagram: "Happy 13th birthday to my most amazing daughter! Your smile shines so bright! You are brilliant, funny, inquisitive,loving, brave, and…"". Instagram. ↑ "Twin Sisters Separated at Birth Reunite" – via www.youtube.com. ↑ Staff, A. O. L. "Twin sisters separated at birth reunite on 'GMA' after 10 years". AOL.com. ↑ "Trying a little cheer!" – via www.youtube.com. ↑ "Video: Identical twin sisters separated at birth reunite". ABC News. ↑ "Twin sisters, separated at birth and reunited on 'GMA,' reflect on year of sisterhood" – via www.youtube.com. ↑ "Audrey Doering learning to walk - just home from China" – via www.youtube.com. ↑ Terlecki, Courtney (February 18, 2019). "EXCLUSIVE: Wausau twin separated at birth talks about heart defect". ↑ "A Little Girl with 3 Big Brothers Hopes for a Sister This Christmas" – via www.youtube.com. ↑ Segal, Nancy, ed. (April 2017). "Reared-Apart Chinese Twins: Chance Discovery/Twin-Based Research: Twin Study of Media Use; Twin Relations Over the Life Span; Breast-Feeding Opposite-Sex Twins/Print and Online Media: Twins in Fashion; Second Twin Pair Born to Tennis Star; Twin Primes; Twin Pandas". Cambridge University. pp. Twin Research and Human Genetics pg. 180–185. ↑ "Twin Sisters Separated at Birth Reunite Live on 'GMA'". ABC News. ↑ "A Little Girl with 3 Big Brothers Hopes for a Sister This Christmas" – via www.youtube.com. ↑ Segal, Nancy, ed. (April 2017). "Reared-Apart Chinese Twins: Chance Discovery/Twin-Based Research: Twin Study of Media Use; Twin Relations Over the Life Span; Breast-Feeding Opposite-Sex Twins/Print and Online Media: Twins in Fashion; Second Twin Pair Born to Tennis Star; Twin Primes; Twin Pandas". Cambridge University. pp. Twin Research and Human Genetics pg. 180–185. ↑ Schulte, Laura. "Twins separated at birth met on national TV. Now they hang out and act like sisters". Daily Herald Media. ↑ "Twins separated at birth go on 1st vacation together months after 'GMA' reunion". ABC News. ↑ "Twins -Audrey and Gracie- First Full Day in London" – via www.youtube.com. ↑ "Level 3 gymnastics Audrey Doering 2013 age 7" – via www.youtube.com. ↑ "Audrey Doering -gymnastics-Level 4 age 8 - 2015" – via www.youtube.com. ↑ "Audrey Doering first Level 8- gymnastic meet -Age 11" – via www.youtube.com. ↑ "Wausau YMCA Whirlers Gymnastics -Year End Video 2018-2019" – via www.youtube.com. ↑ "Altius Pink Ribbon Meet". MyUSAGym. ↑ "Jennifer Doering on Instagram: "After a year away from level 8 gymnastics due to 2 heart procedures and a broken arm, Audrey returned to full competition last night. So proud of this kid!"". via www.instagram.com. November 10, 2019. ↑ Terlecki, Courtney (February 18, 2019). "EXCLUSIVE: Wausau twin separated at birth talks about heart defect".

This article "Audrey Doering" is from Wikipedia. The list of its authors can be seen in its historical and/or the page Edithistory:Audrey Doering. Articles copied from Draft Namespace on Wikipedia could be seen on the Draft Namespace of Wikipedia and not main one. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nationalnewsorg (talk • contribs) 02:20, 17 January 2020 (UTC)

I don't know what "Wiki Bio" is, but there is no page entitled Audrey Doering on the English Wikipedia. 331dot (talk) 02:24, 17 January 2020 (UTC)

Hello, Nationalnewsorg. I found two junk websites, one in India and the other in the United States, that call themselves "Wiki Bio". These seem to be highly promotional "trending celebrity" type websites, and they have nothing whatsoever to do with Wikipedia. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 02:52, 17 January 2020 (UTC)

Hi Nationalnewsorg, welcome to the Teahouse. I don't know "Wiki Bio" either but many websites copy Wikipedia articles. There was an article for four days at Audrey Doering. It was deleted at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Audrey Doering per Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons#Subjects notable only for one event. PrimeHunter (talk) 02:53, 17 January 2020 (UTC)

Resubmit an article about an actress

I am very new to Wikipedia article creation though I read through different articles everyday. I tried to create an article for an actress with a few notable newspaper reports and online movie news references. But it was rejected saying -

'This draft does not appear to indicate that one of the notability criteria for entertainers or notability criteria in creative arts is satisfied. If one of the criteria is satisfied, please revise this draft appropriately, with a reliable source, if necessary stating on the talk page which criterion is met, and resubmit. ' From the comments I understand that IMBD is not a reliable source, but I have added some other references also. This actress has relatively average fan base and has acted in a very socially relevant movie. I would like to get advice on how to resubmit this article and get approved. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rickey.murrey (talk • contribs) 01:59, 17 January 2020 (UTC)

• Courtesy, it's about Draft:Veena Nandakumar Nair David notMD (talk) 02:02, 17 January 2020 (UTC)

Hello, Rickey.murrey, and welcome to the Teahouse. I am afraid that, as the reviewer said, this draft does not currently establish the notability of the subject. It seems that she has had only one significant role, which is not enough to establish notability. That leaves the general notability guideline and assessing coverage. Let's look at the coverage in the draft.

• The Times of India article is an interview, and so does not help establish notability, becauae it si not independent.
• The "My Words in thoguhts" source is a blog, and so is not considered reliable here. It should be removed mfrom the draft.
• The article from The Hindu has some value, although it is partly an interview.
• The article from newsbugz seems to ahve some value, but it is rather brief and superficial, not really in-depth coverage. I also do not know if this publication has a reputation for accuracy. Also, some phrases were copied directly from this into the draft. Those should be changed or removed. They are not enough to jsut delete the draft, but such copying is not acceptable.
• The article from New Indian Express says a greet deal about the move Kadam Kadha. But it only devotes one short sentence to Veena Nandakumar Nair, saying only that she had a role in this movie.
• The article from Cinestan has a good deal to say about the writing and direction of Thodra, but only one sentence about Nair. This does nothign for notability.
• the remaining four citaitosn are to teh IMDB, and should be removed.

If, say three additional stories like the one in The Hindu were cited, I think this could be approved. That is stories with comparable depth of coverage, from equally reliable sources. There are a few other problem. Thye tone is too chatty, not formal enough. There are some grammar and format errors. But those could be fixed easily enough, if the sources were there to establish notability.

It may well be WP:TOOSOON for this actress. Perhaps in a year or three there will be additional coverage and additional major roles to report on. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 05:23, 17 January 2020 (UTC)

draft not reviewed yet

Hi I posted a draft page and it is not still reviewed. Any help? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Avisoftonic (talk • contribs) 07:07, 17 January 2020 (UTC)

@Avisoftonic: are you referring to Draft:Sameera Aziz? If so, that was reviewed and declined on the 3rd of November. You can see the reasons for it being declined at the top of the article, or in the notice placed on your talk page. It’s well worth reading the pages that are linked to in those notices, as the provide a lot of useful guidance on how to get your article accepted next time. Hug^syrup 07:34, 17 January 2020 (UTC)

How to improve article that was declined

I want to know how can I improve the article that was declined — Preceding unsigned comment added by Christine Kimmy (talk • contribs) 01:17, 17 January 2020 (UTC)

Courtesy link: Draft:Screen Sharing- LetsView

Hello, Christine Kimmy and welcome to the Teahouse.

1. Read Your First Article, Referencing for beginners, and our guideline on notability.
2. Drop comments addressed directly to a reader ("You can do this", "You need not do that"). Tone should be formal and factual.
3. Wikipedia articles may not be used as sources for other articles. Drop all from references. Proper links may be used in a "See also" section, but only where they would provide value to the reader.
4. Avoid a promotional tone.
5. Include facts derived from Independent published reliable sources that discuss the topic in some depth and cite those sources properly.
6. Detailed lists of features are appropriate only if independent sources have written about them, and not always then.

That should be a start. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 01:35, 17 January 2020 (UTC)

First, you need to decide what the article is to be about. Your draft is called "Screen Sharing- LetsView". Its first sentence gives a definition of "Screen Mirroring" (which disagrees with the article Screen Mirroring by saying that it applies only to mobile phone screens). The contents of the draft is a comparative review of several software products. Maproom (talk) 09:07, 17 January 2020 (UTC)

Follow up on Ongoing Issues

To follow up on the problems discussed here (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Teahouse&diff=935668315&&oldid=935666072):

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Hi All...

I keep making edits to reflect the necessary changes, yet no progress is made. (Also, somehow, something was deleted before approval, but I added it back.) I am more than a little confused about why something so basic (and so short) is causing such a problem. It woould be great to get some insight into this, and I appreciate those who might be able to help me.

Link: Draft:Lee_Olesky

(Wpearce1983 (talk) 22:59, 13 January 2020 (UTC))

Hello, Wpearce1983, and welcome to the Teahouyse. Actually, it is my impression that things are making progress with Draft:Lee_Olesky, and in fact it is getting close to the approval level. I just made a few edits, one to improve how a wiki-link recently added was used, and a couple to improv how citations are being done. Take a look at what I did, please, and try similar changes mon the other refs. While I wouldn't agree with one reviewer that basic early biographical data must be sourced -- that isn't what our verifiability policy says, it is often easy to source and it is good to do so if possible. DES (talk)DESiegel Contribs 00:28, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

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I'm a little confused. How can I get this closer to being accepted? I've made changes but it was declined again. Then someone made additional changes, but there was no movement. What else needs to be done?

Wpearce1983 (talk) 19:57, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

hello again, Wpearce1983. I have edited your post above to make the link to the past Teahouse post mode specific, and to restore the link to the draft. After the last reveiw, i made three edits to the draft, amd another editor made one. Together they had this efect. I suggested above that you take a look at my edits in particular. I mad soem improvements to the citations, and changed the wording to clarify the content about BrokerTec.

I said this was, in my view, closer to approval because the promotional content has been largely removed or rewritten, and the remaining sources are mostly good ones. The remaining issue is solely one of notability, and a couple of additional high-quality sources should fix that, if such sources are available.

The draft has been re-submitted for review, in this edit But there are currently over 3,800 drafts waiting for reveiw, and there is no fixed order in which they will be checked. It is time to work on the draft be foire it is next reveiwed. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 20:27, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

@Wpearce1983: DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 20:45, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Teahouse&oldid=936123002

OK, so, I made some additional edits. I included a line about how he's on the advisory committee for the CFTC, a major government organization, and linked to it, as well as a line about him being on the board of directors, supported by two major news sources. This helps establish "notability" as well.

Please let me know how this can advance to being accepted. Seems like it was occurring faster the other day.

Draft:Lee Olesky

Wpearce1983 (talk) 21:26, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

Each time a draft is declined it goes back into the pile of thousands of drafts. It's not a queue. Reviewers look at the pile and decide what they want to review. Can take months. There is no "faster." David notMD (talk) 21:42, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

In theory there is a "faster", get the small number of edits and days required for "Special:MovePage" rights (draft to article), do this, and expect PROD (proposed deletion) or AFD (articles for discussion, basically for deletion) or various SPEEDY deletion requests "soon" (example). AFC + NORUSH works even for IPs, YMMV. –84.46.53.255 (talk) 00:00, 17 January 2020 (UTC)

In case it wasn't clear, don't do that. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 09:56, 17 January 2020 (UTC)

Successful upload of information about myself

Hi Team,

I am trying to create page about myself. Last attempt was unsuccessful. The pages was deleted. Please help me to understand the guidelines to adhere to your policies. I wish to become a permanent information adder/editor of Wikipedia.

Regards, Sachin. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sachinharyan (talk • contribs) 03:45, 17 January 2020 (UTC)

Hello, Sachinharyan. I am sorry but Wikipedia is not a place to promote yourself. It is an encyclopedia. Please read and study Your first article and WP: AUTOBIOGRAPHY.

There are countless social media sites where your efforts to promote yourself are welcomed. Not here. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 03:55, 17 January 2020 (UTC)

@Sachinharyan: Also see WP:NOTPROMO(4) and WP:OUT. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 10:42, 17 January 2020 (UTC)

Talk page archive

Hi, my dear teatdrinkers in the teahouse, I have seen that some people archive their talk page. I have now prepared to archive my talk page, but I do not know where to transfer the page correctly. And how to archive the talk page automatically I also don't know. I'd appreciate some help. Thank you. Paradise Chronicle (talk) 02:11, 17 January 2020 (UTC)

Check out Help:Archiving a talk page, for your user talk page I recommend the "manual" procedure, i.e., create User talk:Paradise Chronicle/Archive 1 with a {{Talk archive}}, wikilink to it on your talk page, e.g. use {{archive banner}}, and copy + paste complete sections from your talk page to the archive manually when you feel like it, and remove the archived sections with edit summary "moved to /Archive 1" (as wikilink [[/Archive 1]]). –84.46.53.255 (talk) 02:44, 17 January 2020 (UTC)

I think you are awesome. Result is here. Paradise Chronicle (talk) 11:54, 17 January 2020 (UTC)

Looks good, but better leave fresh sections such as #Sorry until the original poster had a chance to read your reply without digging in your archive. –84.46.53.255 (talk) 12:22, 17 January 2020 (UTC)

You are correct. :) Paradise Chronicle (talk) 12:24, 17 January 2020 (UTC)

At a loss of words

Hi, I have been trying to discuss the right way of posting paid contributions, to fight the biases of overzealous editors on Wikipedia for some days now. Just an hour or so ago, I wrote a message on the Help Desk because it claims to be the place where one should go when all else fails. Guess what? This user named Maproom bothered himself with a stupid response, the same kind I had written about in my message, and deleted my message before I could even check it or respond.

Wikipedia's community is only full of biases and lies about transparency, reliability, and honesty, right? Because I have seen none of it from its esteemed editors and administrators so far. Ashley.Bell (talk) 10:21, 17 January 2020 (UTC)

This is AshleyBell208's post: Special:Diff/936199561. Maproom's "stupid response" was Special:Diff/936202404, According to your own user page, your only paid cobtribution here is the (now deleted) article Ibrahim S. Quraishi.. The whole of it was removed, correctly IMO for being out of scope, by Teratix at Special:Diff/936203972 with the edit summary Rmv. If you want to pursue sanctions against the "utterly biased" editors, go to WP:ANI and substantiate your claims. The help desk is not for polemics. I suggest you follow their recommendations, though I don't think you'll be happy with the outcome. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 10:40, 17 January 2020 (UTC)

@AshleyBell208: both the helpdesk and the tearoom are for asking questions. Neither your post at the helpdesk, nor your post above, actually asks a question. Most editors at both boards will go a long way to assist users, explain things they don't understand, point them to policies, and sometimes even take up their cause if a page has been incorrectly deleted or they've been unfairly dealt with in some way. However, you do have to actually ask a question - if all you want to do is complain that you have been unfairly treated then neither of these boards are the appropriate place. You can object to a deletion at WP:DRV and you can make complaints about user behaviour at WP:ANI but I caution you to be very sure of your case as you may not get the outcome you want at either of those places. Hug^syrup 10:49, 17 January 2020 (UTC)

@Hugsyrup: Oh, I did ask actual questions, contested deletion as politely as possible, asked for guidance, and got no real responses. So, don't tell me to do that now. And, of course, I know that no matter how sure I am of my case, I will not get any outcome because most of the editors here have double standards and biases. Ashley.Bell (talk) 11:04, 17 January 2020 (UTC)

@AshleyBell208: ok then, well it doesn't seem as if there's anything more I can do. If you do have any specific questions, please just let me know. Hug^syrup 11:08, 17 January 2020 (UTC)

Context: closed + archived discussion Paid Contributions at Wikipedia three days ago here. –84.46.53.255 (talk) 11:22, 17 January 2020 (UTC)

Some advice:

• Volunteers have a remarkable capacity to help others with queries. However, this capacity is rapidly sapped when the questioner a) does not explain their query or goal and b) is dismissive of good-faith responses and groundlessly accuses others of "bias".
• If multiple experienced independent editors decline your drafts as promotional and undersourced, the likely cause is not, in fact, "bias" but that the drafts actually have these problems.
• Paid editors' work will come under greater scrutiny than volunteers', simply because they are more likely to write promotional, undersourced content.
• If you're going to attack an editor for their actions, at least make sure they actually did what you accuse them of. I removed your help desk post, not Maproom. – Teratix ₵ 11:58, 17 January 2020 (UTC)
• @AshleyBell208: I think you should carefully consider the likelihood of the competing explanations here. On the one hand that you, as a person who has contributed to Wikipedia for all of two weeks, have truly mastered the hundreds of pages of Wikipedia policies and guidelines, and have truly written the perfect draft, only to be thwarted by a bunch of nasty people who obviously don't appreciate your natural talent. Conversely, you, as a new editor, still have a great deal to learn, you may have misjudged the difficulty of making paid contributions to Wikipedia, you have written a draft with numerous problems in sourcing and tone, and just because a dozen or more veteran editors (representing decades of experience and hundreds if not thousands of articles written) have given you an answer you don't like, doesn't mean that they're giving you an answer that's wrong.

You can make what you will of that, but I would advise you that while there are very few things required of the members of this community, it is a non-negotiable requirement that contributors have the ability to listen. GMG^talk 12:47, 17 January 2020 (UTC)

HELP: I got left out.

I posted a Request for Rollback rights 82 hours ago. Now it seems as if everyone overlooked my request. Is it that my case is so complicated that it's taking admins thirty times as much time to handle? Why? Upset user tLoM (The Lord of Math) (Message; contribs) 11:05, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

@The Lord of Math: 82 hours is not a very long time, and I assume you say 'everyone overlooked my request' simply because Amorymeltzer has actioned two requests after yours? If so, that is really nothing to worry about. It may be that they have already seen the other users at work and was able to very quickly confirm that they are suitable, it may indeed be that your case is more complex and takes more time to look at, it may simply be that they picked a couple of cases and happened to miss yours - admins are volunteers and they are not obliged to work to your timescales or to go through requests in a particular order. There is no rush, the project will not be harmed by you waiting a bit longer for rollback rights, and someone will get round to your request eventually. Hug^syrup 11:14, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for the ping, Hugsyrup. LoM: I'm sorry you had to wait a while. These reviews can take a long while, looking over dozens and dozens of edits and contributions for a month or two isn't always easy and, for my part, life popped up. I've left a brief reply at WP:PERM/R. ~ Amory (u • t • c) 11:57, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

For others, the rollback right is a simplified undo for vandalism and speeds up recent change patrol, any user (including IPs) can emulate the effect.
For tLoM, it was seriously embarrassing when I abused rollback once for something that was no vandalism, fortunately the affected user didn't take it as a personal attack. Obviously (in your contributions) you like recent change patrol, but you also use a tool good enough for most RCP purposes. Your account is (relatively) new, folks can't tell if you will be interested in RCP for years, don't take it personally, some "rights" including autopatrol and rollback can be also a "curse". –84.46.53.221 (talk) 17:01, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

I'll add that I rarely need to use rollback to revert more than one revision at a time, and I do a reasonable amount of reversion. If, for example, there are edits by two editors that need reversion, it is better to revert them separately so you can provide an accurate edit summary and notification/warning for each. If you find a chain of edits by one user needing reversion, perhaps there's a noticeboard where you can request someone with permission to perform the rollback. Anybody know? —[AlanM1(talk)]— 12:59, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

No special "rollback request noticeboard" on {{Noticeboard links}}, and if it would exist that would be the ideal place to spamtell about it. And the next step would be geeky insider "shortcuts" WP:RB/N + WP:RBN + more, because the number of shortcuts indicates the status, above 10 means "essay on MFD" (miscellany for deletiondiscussion).
WP:ANI would waste precious admin time for a {{sofixit}}, and can backfire as a "self-report", if an admin in a foul mood picks the fastest solution, because reading the presented evidence would take days. –84.46.53.255 (talk) 13:44, 17 January 2020 (UTC)

New userbox account

I am planning to make a new account for some userboxes and other humor boxes called User:BoxHT, much like User:UBX. May I know if it is acceptable, and if so, what are the precautions I have to make? tLoM (The Lord of Math) (Message; contribs) 13:37, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

The Lord of Math, Is there any particular reason you can't use User:UBX? You can certainly do this as long as you make no edits from User:BoxHT as far as I'm aware. MoonyTheDwarf (Braden N.) (talk) 13:46, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

Moonythedwarf For the first part, I'd rather not associate my own edits with userbox making. Because of this, I'm actually thinking about starting this alternate account and edit its subpages using that account, not User:The Lord of Math. So is it still okay? tLoM (The Lord of Math) (Message; contribs) 13:56, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

The Lord of Math, There is a fairly clear list of accepted uses at WP:VALIDALT, and that does not appear to be one of them, sorry. MoonyTheDwarf (Braden N.) (talk) 14:02, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

Moonythedwarf But what if I don't create the account and use User:The Lord of Math to edit, for example, User:BoxHT/abcd template without registering User:BoxHT? Is it okay then? tLoM (The Lord of Math) (Message; contribs) 14:11, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

That would be deleted under criterion WP:U2. --David Biddulph (talk) 14:15, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

@David Biddulph and Moonythedwarf: Although DESiegel disagrees, I think it's safest not to take risks. But is there a way to try to get around the CSD U2 and WP:SOCK problem? For example, does registering the alternate account, not making any edits with it and editing instead from this main account solve both problems? Thanks. tLoM (The Lord of Math) (Message; contribs) 14:37, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

The Lord of Math, I'd go with DES's advice. MoonyTheDwarf (Braden N.) (talk) 15:20, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

(edit conflict) @Moonythedwarf and The Lord of Math: I must disagree with Moonythedwarf just above. The list of valid uses at WP:VALIDALT is not exclusive, it says that Valid reasons for an alternative account include ... (Emphasis added) While the above reason does not exactly fit any of the designated reasons, it is somewhat similar to the 'Privacy" reason, as long as it is not being used to evade scrutiny. LoM, as long as you include a link to the new account on User:The Lord of Math, and include such a link on the user page of the new account to User:The Lord of Math, and do not use the new account to edit policy pages or discussions of policy or any RfCs or AfDs/XfDs or similar discussions (indeed keep it out of the Wikipedia and Wikipedia talk namespaces altogether) I think you should be ok. But if you want a more authoritative answer, post to WP:AN and ask the same question there, with a link to this thread. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 14:17, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

@The Lord of Math: You wrote: I'd rather not associate my own edits with userbox making. Why? —[AlanM1(talk)]— 17:06, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

Wild guess, it's childish, there are lots of user boxes in or below Category:Wikipedia-related user templates alone, there are also lots of similar and bigger categories. My unused (outside of archives) contribution Template:User Monobook was a challenge, beacuse it worked on c: d: de: en: m: mw: wikia:, each project requiring adaptions to fit in their "babel"-style.
@TLoM, most elevated rights affect all namespaces, and practical experience in almost all namespaces is a good thing, non-trivial user boxes can get seriously technical (CSS, maintenance category, template data, /sandbox, /doc, etc.) –84.46.53.255 (talk) 14:33, 17 January 2020 (UTC)