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March 10

Help with {{FJC Bio}}

As can be seen at its talk page, Template:FJC Bio is no longer fully functional, due to an update in how pages are identified on the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges website. They are no longer identified by a number, but use a name-based format. Therefore, it appears no longer possible to use the template to link to a judge's page except to the page of the judge who is the subject of the article (because it pulls the correct identifier from Wikidata). Can someone who is good with templates that link to external websites give this one a look? Ergo Sum 01:55, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

COI

How can you proof your innocence in Conflict of interest? Thank you.Robertbob12 (talk) 14:53, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

You'll get more and better quality answers if you tell us which article is involved. - X201 (talk) 14:56, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

This is not about a specific situation, but is there a procedure when you can adapt or refer. Many people say that this accusation is often harmful and don't know how to react.Robertbob12 (talk) 15:21, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

Robertbob12 I'm not sure who "many people" are- but why are you concerned about a conflict of interest? Other than the two on this page, your account has no other posts or edits to Wikipedia, and conflict of interest is an unusual thing for a completely new user to ask about. As X201 stated, it is hard to give you good answers without knowing more about what you are asking about. Have you reviewed WP:COI? 331dot (talk) 15:26, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

Thank you. I will read it again.Robertbob12 (talk) 15:44, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

It's not a matter of "innocence" and "accusations", Robertbob12; it's a matter of being in a situation where it is intrinsically harder to edit in a satisfactory way. An editor with a COI who is open about it and follows the recommendations for somebody in that position, has a right to expect other editors to be civil and helpful. What is more problematic is undisclosed COI editing. Even there, it is often just through ignorance.

I guess where the feeling of "accusation" and "innocence" comes in is that editors with a COI are often here in order to promote something: this is not just against the rules, it is fundamentally inconsistent with the purposes of Wikipedia. --ColinFine (talk) 16:26, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

Wikipedia history pages of 2011

Hello Wikipedia, I need the history dumps of 2011 for research work. How can I get the dumps of 2011? OR How can I identify in the history pages that this text belongs to the 2011 pages? I need old Wikipedia dumps. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.224.116.153 (talk) 16:41, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

Hi there. If you need dumps of English Wikipedia, I would recommend checking out WP:DUMP, where database dumps can be downloaded. These come in XML format, which can be read and processed by a number of tools. If you need the history of all edits performed in 2011, I would recommend the All pages with complete edit history dumps, as those will have just about every edit since the beginning of time. Phuzion (talk) 03:15, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

Adding a Public Figure Page

Hello,

I was wondering how I go about making a suggestion for a public figure page?

Thank you! Ed — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.79.6.115 (talk) 17:05, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

Suggestions can go to Requested Articles, but the backlog there is severe. It would be quicker for you to write an article(not just "page") yourself using Articles for creation. You should follow the advice at Your first article and also make sure the "public figure" meets Wikipedia's special definition of a notable person as shown with significant coverage in independent reliable sources. 331dot (talk) 17:19, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

GateHouse Media / BridgeTower Media

BridgeTower Media links currently bring you to the GateHouse Media wiki page, they aren't the same brand though. BridgeTower should be a page separate from GateHouse. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ruslik0 (talk • contribs) 2020-03-10T20:50:53 (UTC)

Hello, Ruslik0. It is possible that there should be two separate articles, if GateHouse Media and BridgeTower Media are separately notable; but I'm inclined to doubt whether they are. In any case, the best place to discuss this is at Talk:GateHouse Media, where I see you have already started a discussion. It may be that nobody joins the discussion: if that happens, then by all means try and create an article about BridgeTower Media. --ColinFine (talk) 21:48, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

Problem with articles that I created

Hi. I am not sure if this is the right place to ask the next question, but I will try.

It happens that some articles that I have created in recent months do not appear in the Google search engine. These are the articles: Capture of the frigate Esmeralda, Lima Campaign, Sierra Campaign, Battle of Río Grande, Capture of HMS St. Fermin and English ship Dainty (1588).

Why is this? How is it solved? And how to prevent it from happening with future articles? Thank you. --Muwatallis II (talk) 20:55, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

@Muwatallis II: Articles are blocked from search engine indexing until they are reviewed or until 90 days have passed. After that it's out of our hands and in the hands of the various search engines. I don't know what happened to Capture of the frigate Esmeralda. This policy is meant to slow down contributors whose main agenda is to get a topic onto the search engines, which clearly does not apply to your articles (thanks!) -Arch dude (talk) 22:22, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

@Muwatallis II: works for me. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 05:18, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

Copyright

Hi, there's an article on this platform dedicated to my persona, on the article there's a video of me giving a lecture at a university. This video was posted by someone that must have attended and recorded the lecture, however I never authorized being recorded, let alone reproducing such content. Is there anyway I could request the content gets removed? Any and all help will be greatly appreciated. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kieran59 (talk • contribs) 21:24, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

@Kieran59: What part of this do you consider to be copyrighted by you? Not the video itself, since you did not operate the camera. Therefore, it must either be the performance or something inside the video such as slides, music, etc. I am unfamiliar with copyright with respect to performance, so you will need to research it. If you can be specific, you can take this issue to the c:Commons:Deletion requests (if the file is at Wikimedia Commons), where your issue will be treated very seriously indeed. If the file is hare on the English Wikipedia, look at Wikipedia:Copyright violations to see how to proceed, and we will also take it very seriously indeed. If you cannot claim copyright, then we will not remove the material based on your request unless you make a valid claim based on our "living persons" policy: see WP:BLP. -Arch dude (talk) 21:59, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

@Kieran59: Take a look at Copyright#Fixing to see if you think you can claim copyright on the lecture itself. -Arch dude (talk) 22:33, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

• @Kieran59: If you give us a link to the article or video, I will have a look at the copyright status, but we cannot guess which it is. Unless the university itself uploaded the lecture, it is likely that uploading such a recording would be a breach of copyright, and hence should be deleted. (On the other hand, I believe any claim based on privacy is unlikely to prevail: from commons:Commons:Photographs of identifiable people we are not required to remove photos (or videos) of people in public settings, which a university lecture would more likely than not be). Tigraan^{Click here to contact me} 12:53, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

@Tigraan: What legal doctrine would allow a university to assert copyright ownership of a video made by an audience member? The video may have been made in violation of university policy, and it may even be illegal under some law or ordinance, but that does not constitute a transfer of copyright ownership. -Arch dude (talk) 18:02, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

Per Wikipedia's copyright policy:

If you are the owner of content that is being used on Wikipedia without your permission, then you may request the page be immediately removed from Wikipedia; see Request for immediate removal of copyright violation. You can also contact our designated agent to have it permanently removed (but it may take up to a week for the page to be deleted that way). You may also blank the page and replace it with the words {{copyvio|URL or place you published the text}} but the text will still be in the page history. Either way, we will, of course, need some evidence to support your claim of ownership.

You can have the video removed per the files for discussion process (for files hosted on Wikipedia) or via Wikimedia Commons deletion request process (for files hosted on Wikimedia Commons). If you see a "Commons" icon in the corner, then you are viewing a Wikimedia Commons file. If you would like the file removed per the DMCA process, send an email to Wikimedia Foundation's designated agent, but you will have to affirm that you have a "good faith belief that the use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law." and that "the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed". Note that you must be the copyright owner or a legal agent of the copyright owner to pursue the latter. Aasim 04:08, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

@Arch dude: The video recording is a derivative work of the presentation, which itself is subject to copyright. The act of recording might create some copyright (if the threshold of originality is met, which could be argued against if the video has no editing, is taken from a fixed point of view etc. but it does not matter here), but the original copyright of the presenter (which might or might not have been transferred in part to the university) is infringed if the recording is published without consent of the copyright holder of the original work.

A similar example would be if I film the screen during a movie. I am not allowed to put the result on Youtube, because even if my act of recording created some original copyright, it would be in violation of the movie's director copyright. Another example: freedom of panorama says that (in countries where it applies) you can freely take and distribute pictures of monuments in the public domain even if said monuments are copyrighted, which is a specific exemption to the general principle that a derivative work could not be distributed without the consent of the original work's copyright holder. Tigraan^{Click here to contact me} 11:26, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

@Tigraan: My question was directed to two points: is the lecture subject to copyright, and if so why would the university own the copyright? It is highly unlikely that the performance itself can be copyrighted: see Copyright#Fixing. This differs from your example of sneaking a copy of a film, because the film is already "fixed" and copyrighted, while the performance (the lecture) is not. It is highly unlikely that the university would own the copyright, since copyright cannot be conveyed except by an explicit "writing". These are the two points that I hoped you could address. I am already aware of both our policies and the laws that come into play if there is in fact a copyright violation, but there cannot be a copyright violation if there is no copyright. -Arch dude (talk) 15:44, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

Harvnb/Cite book template help

Hi all – in relation to the article Northgate, West Sussex, which I'm actively working on, can anybody who is more skilled at templates than I am work out why the Harvard reference to Williamson et al. (2019) isn't working? I have specified 4 authors, which I believe is supported by this template. Cheers, Hassocks5489 (Floreat Hova!) 21:32, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

Name order matters. The {{harvnb}} templates have the name order:

Williamson Musson Hudson Nairn

the {{cite book}} template has the name order:

Williamson Hudson Musson Nairn

—Trappist the monk (talk) 21:46, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

Resolved

@Trappist the monk: Many thanks – I'd been staring at that for ages wondering what was wrong! Hassocks5489 (Floreat Hova!) 22:13, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

Selected publications

How can I find the most important publications for an academic? I want to add a Selected publications section to David Dumville as the previous one was removed on 10 August 2018‎ for being indiscriminate. TSventon (talk) 23:23, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

• I am not sure we should have such a section at all, TSventon. The problem, precisely, is that there is no easy criterion to decide which are important and which are not. One possibility for literary/social science academics would be to list books and not papers (since one is bound to not publish that many books during one's career). Tigraan^{Click here to contact me} 12:58, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

• Tigraan Thanks for your answer, it is a pity if there is no easy criterion. I am thinking of academics in the humanities and think publications can be important and useful, e.g. Neil Ripley Ker lists seven books. I have now realised that Dumville's article is little more than a c.v. and it will be difficult to improve it until more sources turn up. TSventon (talk) 15:13, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

Corrections to my Wikipedia Bio

Hello,

I would like to personally make correction to my Wiki page. There are alot of errors and incomplete information on here. Please grant me access to do thi

Ruth — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ruthobih (talk • contribs) 23:34, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

Hey, I'm Info-Screen. Sad to hear, that there are errors on the Page about you. I guess you refer to the Page Ruth Obih. Especially this edit of yours, which was later reverted. This means that you are not lacking access to the Article, but another editor thought, that the edit you made was not Constructive (see the notice on your Talk Page). Generally users are discouraged to write Articles about themselfes. You might want to read the Wikipedia:Simple conflict of interest edit request. If you have questions regarding this, don't hesitate to ask. --Info-Screen::Talk 23:48, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

Hi Ruth. Unfortunately since you are the subject of the article, you have a Conflict of Interest and must follow the guidelines provided. Thepenguin9 (talk) 00:13, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

Hello, Ruthobih. WP:AUTOPROB has some guidance for people in your position. --ColinFine (talk) 00:21, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

March 11

How can upload my profile picture

explain please — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sudeb Halder (talk • contribs) 07:10, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

There's no such feature. @Sudeb Halder: see WP:NOTSOCIAL.--Jasper Deng (talk) 08:27, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

@Sudeb Halder: You can't – because you have no ‘profile’ here. --CiaPan (talk) 09:12, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

Submitting information

Colin Browne was a resident at TRIOMF during which garden competitions were won during 1969 and 1969. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 105.225.17.123 (talk) 09:17, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

If this pertains to an article, you should post on the relevant article talk page, along with any independent reliable sources you have to support your claims. 331dot (talk) 10:55, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

As far as I can see from the IP's contributions, it's about Sophiatown, known as Triomf in some period. --CiaPan (talk) 11:25, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

Why did my edit disappear? and how to bring it back?

Hi, I edited a page about a topic that I m expert on by adding sentences about original research published in 2020. when I returned to the page, I saw it is deleted. why is that? I believe those few sentences are important and help others, stemming from research published in an elite journal, adding considerable insights into that topic. please let me know why this happened, and how I can bring it back. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sheilaagh (talk • contribs) 12:41, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

@Sheilaagh: You may want to see the page history (link) and see it was TJRC who reverted your edits. You'll also see the revert description: WP:ELSPAM – follow the link to see more explanation. --CiaPan (talk) 12:50, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

@Sheilaagh: You "bring it back" by engaging in a discussion with the reverting editor to reach consensus: see WP:BRD. However, your edits make it appear that you have a conflict of interest WP:COI and may be adding external links to publications of which you are the author. If so, it you need to disclose this COI, and then convince another editor to add this information rather than doing it yourself. There is nothing "wrong" with COI if it is disclosed. Our guidelines on this simply recognize the reality that COI leads to subconcious bias, so we need a second set of eyeballs on the material. -Arch dude (talk) 20:49, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

why is my edit appearing in red?

Just edited a page and my edit appears in red. Have I done something wrong? — Preceding unsigned comment added by BritishWaterfowlAssociation (talk • contribs) 14:01, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

It means that you've added a link to an article that doesn't exist. Check the spelling is the first thing to do. - X201 (talk) 14:11, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

@BritishWaterfowlAssociation: This question is the only edit by your account and several things can be red for different reasons so I'm not sure what you refer to. Maybe you edited a page without logging in. If there is a negative red number in a page history then it means the edit reduced the page size by that number of bytes. If you refer to your red username then it means your account has not created a user page. Doing this is optional and doesn't prevent you from editing. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:13, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

@BritishWaterfowlAssociation:However, you will need to change your user name. A user name must be for an individual, not a group, and must not imply that it is for a group: see WP:USERNAME. Easiest is to simply quit using this account and create a new one. -Arch dude (talk) 15:22, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

Speedy Deletion

Hi!

I wanted to know why my page was deleted?

Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by ChefKash (talk • contribs) 16:33, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

ChefKash Your page was deleted as inappropriate user page content. Your user page is not article space, but a place to introduce yourself to the Wikipedia community in the context of your Wikipedia editing or use. If you were attempting to write an article about yourself, please read the autobiography policy for why this is strongly discouraged. 331dot (talk) 16:38, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

Video Citation: Getty Images

Hello Helpers, For the past couple of months, I have been working on expanding an article on a fictional character known as Billy. In terms of sources, I found one that gave some VERY insightful information. However, it is a part of the notorious GettyImages and, as such, I have a feeling I would not be able to cite it as a source. I just wanted to confirm that here before I give up on that particular source. Here is the link if that is helpful: https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/robert-mann-on-playing-the-villain-in-the-film-on-having-news-footage/75820268--Paleface Jack (talk) 17:08, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

User:Paleface Jack - First, if your question has to do with whether a source can be cited because of questions about its reliability, you could consult the Reliable Source Noticeboard. They have a list of sources that are known to be usually reliable (e.g., The Times, The NY Times, The LA Times), and sources that are known to be usually unreliable. You might check their list or ask at the noticeboard. Second, thank you for working on that article on that villain. Robert McClenon (talk) 17:40, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for the insight and the compliment.--Paleface Jack (talk) 17:47, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

March 12

Appology

Dear, to whom this may concern I apologize for vandalizing the binging with babish site I didn't realize how people like me can make your life harder. Have a wonderful day!

Sincerely, Bones Poopoo — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bones Poopoo (talk • contribs) 02:22, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

Can someone please help fix my ITN nomination?

Hello. I nominated the suspension of the 2019-2020 NBA season to be in the news, but I can't get the infobox right. Can someone help? I don't know what I'm missing. Here it is Thanks! --Rockin 02:24, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

@RockinJack18: Since you are getting comments there, I assume the formatting issue has been fixed? RudolfRed (talk) 03:16, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

"Reversion counter"?

Wikipedia:Reverting#Different ways to revert mentions that some editors prefer to have their edits undone manually rather than through the undo button so as not to increase their "reversion counter" in the user statistics. I wasn't previously aware that this was something that was tracked, and when I just tried finding it out of curiosity, I couldn't find anything. Is this something that exists? Sdkb (talk) 03:41, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

@Sdkb: I think this means these stats. ‐‐1997kB (talk) 09:19, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

@1997kB: Yeah, I've come across that before; it seems to list the number of times I've used "undo", but not the number of times that my edits have been undone, as the page implies. Sdkb (talk) 20:50, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

Pinging Giraffedata, Flyer22_Reborn, Gap9551, as you all have discussed a similar topic before. Do you know what the reversion counter is referring to? Sdkb (talk) 21:05, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

Also, while we're here, I'd also be curious to know (and perhaps add documentation to the article on) how the undo notification is triggered. If you click the undo button but then change the content in the preview window so it's not a straight reversion and/or change the edit summary to say something else, is the other user still notified the same way? (When an editor implements something the wrong way and there are intermediate edits, I'll sometimes use the undo button as a starting point to then implement what they were trying to do correctly. I'd prefer they not be notified that their edit was undone in these cases.) Sdkb (talk) 21:05, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

Help with editing

Hi, just checking if there is any restriction on the information that we can edit? As we received a reply stating that we have no right to make changes on someone's Wikipedia page?

Kindly assist.

THanks, Ling — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ling2020 (talk • contribs) 04:16, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

Where did you receive this reply? I see nothing on your talk page. Your only edits have been to Jim Rogers. You replaced the previous picture, which made him look disreputable, by a better one which you claim to have taken yourself. You added an unnecessary caption to the picture – I have removed it. You changed the first sentence of the article, including adding the description of him as an "Adventurer", which seems unsupported by anything in the text of the article. The opening section of an article should always summarise the rest of the article. You capitalised several words in the text which you added, contrary to Wikipedia policy and common English usage. I have corrected that.

You are certainly allowed to make such changes, though you should not be surprised if they get modified or reverted. Maproom (talk) 08:01, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

Hello, Ling2020. Nearly anybody can edit nearly any page in Wikipedia. But when you edit, you must keep in mind Wikipedia's principles, especially verifiability - don't add any information unless you have seen it in a reliable published source; and neutral point of view: don't use evaluative language about anything, unless you are directly quoting a reliable independent source. :On a different topic, I see you use the pronoun "we". Please be aware that Wikipedia accounts are required to be individual. If there is more than one of you using that account, then each of you needs to create a separate account. --ColinFine (talk) 09:16, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

Two left hands to contribute / adding Australian (living) Artists https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Australian_artists&action=edit

Hi there,

I read me through all instructions to learn what I have to do but -hard to say but I have to pass.

I am an Australian artist, international and international award recipient in photography, brush- and digital created art, Finalist of the SA "Essence of Heritage" competition.

I'm also supporting Wikipedia, the RFDS Royal Flying Doctor Service, charities and good causes.

More about me see [[1]] and when 'this old girl Sue' could get your help to be listed and link to Wikipedia were fantastic and as I have a bit donation budget left I were happy to show mu thankfulness.

Kind regards, Sue ADELAIDES SUE SMITH PHOTOGRAPHY (ASSP) ® — Preceding unsigned comment added by Suesmithphotography (talk • contribs) 04:20, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

The title "List of Australian artists", and of many other such lists, is misleading. It's really a list of Wikipedia articles about Australian artists; or, if you prefer, a list of Australian artists who are the subjects of Wikipedia articles. Maproom (talk) 08:04, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

Organisation page is incompleted

Dear Sir,

Our Organisation page is incomplete and inaccurate.I had try to updated it ,but it get revert after 1-2 days.

Request you to please suggest the step or process to complete the desired page.

Link of Page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shri_Lal_Bahadur_Shastri_Rashtriya_Sanskrit_Vidyapeetha

Regards, SLBSRSV Technical Team. — Preceding unsigned comment added by SKR1812 (talk • contribs) 06:31, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

@SKR1812: Becuase you have a COI, you will not be allowed to edit the page directly, but you can propose changes on the article talk page. You will also need to cite some reliable sources for your change to be accepted. NonsensicalSystem^(err0r?)_(.log) 09:49, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

@SKR1812: Also note that your account must be operated by a single individual(you use "our" in your post). 331dot (talk) 10:00, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

Something you may find useful to think about, SKR1812, is that Wikipedia is basically not interested in what the organisation says or wishes to say about itself. It is only interested in what people who have no connection with the organisation have chosen to publish about it. --ColinFine (talk) 15:20, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

Infobox text smooshing?

Ever since I've started editing I've noticed this problem with infoboxes. Here are some examples John Lee (California politician) and Jim Gardiner (Chicago politician). If you notice on the infobox of John Lee the "political party" text is smooshed into 2 rows while in the infobox of Jim Gardiner the "political party" text is on 1 row. In my opinion the 1 row just looks cleaner and better overall, and every time I put in an infobox I cross my fingers and hope the text is on one row. What could possibly be causing this 2 row text? By the way this doesn't only affect the political party parameter. Iamreallygoodatcheckers (talk) 08:39, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

@Iamreallygoodatcheckers: It may vary by circumstances but in my tests on John Lee (California politician) with Firefox, the deciding factor appears to be whether any of the fields in the right column have line wrap. This causes the left column to be more narrow. [[California State University, Northridge]] wraps with "Northridge" on a second line. If I force a newline with [[California State University, Northridge|California State University,<br /> Northridge]] then the left column becomes wider and "Political party" does not wrap. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:40, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

Thank you! Iamreallygoodatcheckers (talk) 18:59, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

Stefano Ianne

Hallo everyone. I wrote the page in question: Stefano Ianne. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Stefano_Ianne I would like to know if it is well written and how to publish it thanks, --Hotgarrison (talk) 16:55, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

Hi @Hotgarrison: the biggest issue will be that the limited sourcing doesn't demonstrate the notability of the subject. I would first concentrate on sourcing everything in the article, with articles written about the musician. See WP:RS. Otherwise if you submit it it will be rejected. TimTempleton ^{(talk) (cont)} 20:56, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

@Hotgarrison: Please do not spend any more time on this until you have established notability: see WP:AMOUNT. The relevant notability guideline is Wikipedia:Notability (music). Not all reliable sources contribute to notability: see Wikipedia:Common sourcing mistakes (notability). Please do not get discouraged: if he is notable, we can help. -Arch dude (talk) 21:34, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

Need help updating and correcting info for Sue M. Cobb

for example underneath her photo it starts with the 26th Secretary of State of Florida followed by her Ambassadorial info after. Amb. Cobb would like to have the info listed first followed by the Secretary of State of Florida. Perezi22 (talk) 19:17, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

The best place to make this suggestion is the talk page of the article, Talk:Sue_M._Cobb. Note that the Ambassador's own views will not be considered relevant, though the suggestion may well be accepted on its own merits. Maproom (talk) 19:21, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

Editing a page Rachel

Hi! My name is Rachel and I was going through and doing some general research on the college I am enrolled in, and noticed the page had several errors so I have been trying to change them. I have removed all the sources that came directly from their website because I know that is not allowed, but I am also trying to clear up all other errors on the page.

There are the errors that are listed:

This article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject. (July 2017) This article needs additional citations for verification. (July 2017) A major contributor to this article appears to have a close connection with its subject. (January 2019)

I have provided more information for those who are reading the article to know that it is about a college so people are able to understand it better as well as adjusted the citations. Another thing is that it says a major contribute to this article is someone close to the subject but I am just a student of the college so I wouldn't call that so close. Really want to try and get all the errors removed to help out the college, and it is definitely interesting to learn all of these new things on wikipedia.

Please let me know!

All the best, Rachel Doerfler

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touro_College — Preceding unsigned comment added by RachelDoerfler (talk • contribs) 19:32, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

Hi @RachelDoerfler: - I took a look at your edits and they seem fine. But, since you are a student, you have to be careful to not add anything that would suggests a conflict of interest. Please read WP:COI. (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)} 20:52, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

Andrew Peach (Self-promotion)

Hi all, can I bring your attention to my latest comment on the talk page of Andrew Peach? I have been fobbed off before being told self-promotion isn't a issue with this article, but have since made a discovery. I believe most of the information on the article has been "bigged up" more than it should have been. Possibly not all true? This article seems to be ore of a presenter's CV than anything else. Also, most of the links are dead! Any help would be gratefully received! - Funky Snack (Talk) 20:14, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

Courtesy link Andrew Peach. Doesn't seem too bad but could use some eyes on the sourcing. TimTempleton ^{(talk) (cont)} 20:48, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

Help:Cite errors/Cite error ref no input

Hi, I was adding a refereence to this "Endace" page and appear to have made a hash of it. Can you help?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endace#References — Preceding unsigned comment added by 118.149.65.34 (talk) 22:38, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

See WP:EASYREFBEGIN. Another editor removed the cite you were trying to add because we don't know what the cite was for. It needs to be put immediately after the part of the article you are citing:

This is a claim in the article for which you are adding a cite.<ref name="Stuff-20130630">{{Cite web
 |last1       = O'Neill
 |first1      = Rob
 |date        = 30 June 2013
 |url         = http://www.stuff.co.nz/ipad-editors-picks/8859155/NZ-firm-linked-to-suspect-spy-row
 |title       = NZ firm linked to suspect spy row
 |website     = [[Stuff (website)|]]
 |access-date = 13 March 2020 }}</ref>

which will produce this cite, automatically numbered, in the list:

O'Neill, Rob (30 June 2013). "NZ firm linked to suspect spy row". Stuff. Retrieved 13 March 2020.

I hope this helps. —[AlanM1 (talk)]— 03:10, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

How to publish my page in Wikipedia sites

Dear Sirs I am new to this .Please could help me that how my page can appear on Wikipedia .

Thanks Max — Preceding unsigned comment added by Maxian1 (talk • contribs) 22:43, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

You mean Draft:Dr Ian Fletcher 1920-2013? I'll assume for now that you do. First, are you related to Fletcher? If so, please give up your attempt. If you aren't, then you can proceed. You first need to add plenty of material to your draft, demonstrating that Fletcher is a notable person who merits an encyclopedia article. All of this material must come from independent, reliable, published sources, each of which you'll have to specify. When you're pretty sure that the draft is good enough to be an article, click "Submit your draft for review!" and follow the instructions. (If your attempt is successful, the article will emerge under a different title.) -- Hoary (talk) 23:14, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

@Maxian1: Please do not spend any more time on this until you have established notability: see WP:AMOUNT. The relevant notability guideline is Wikipedia:Notability. Not all reliable sources contribute to notability: see Wikipedia:Common sourcing mistakes (notability). Please do not get discouraged: if he is notable, we can help. -Arch dude (talk) 23:21, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

King's Ely

I am trying to add to this page but it won't let me — Preceding unsigned comment added by RICHARDGLLMORGAN (talk • contribs) 23:33, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

• Please do not try to add yourself into a Wikipedia article. If you are notable, someone not connected to you will come along sooner or later and do it. JIP | Talk 23:56, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

March 13

Reviewing all edits (pending changes protection everywhere)

Hello, I have a question that I've wanted to ask: Could it be that the English Wikipedia doesn't have a system that forces every edit made by an unregistered or new user to be reviewed by a reviewer like in the German Wikipedia? Doesn't this expose a lot of articles to vandalism or minor changes that are just wrong, which can then only be discovered randomly by reading the page or by viewing the latest edits? In the German Wikipedia, you can get a role after having many reviewed/confirmed edits that automatically reviews all of your future changes.

Could the English Wikipedia profit off the same system? --Ceiridge (talk) 00:20, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

If you're asking about policy, you're at the wrong place. If you're asking for help, what kind of help is it that you want? -- Hoary (talk) 00:26, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

Eh, then I need help finding the right location to ask this question. --Ceiridge (talk) 00:31, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

This is probably not the wrong place, unless you want to start proposing changes. Enwiki uses Pending changes, which can be added by administrators. The history of finding the right 'flagged' protection for enwiki is long and tortured. The main issue is that enwiki is very busy, and we quite enjoy unknown people being able to update articles. The statistics at de:Spezial:Sichtungsstatistik would be much much worse here (compare this). If you want some background about this topic, here, you might want to start at WP:FPPR. -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 00:43, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

How to replace a photo

Hello,

I would like to replace a photo that is featured on your website. Please advise on how to do so.

Best, — Preceding unsigned comment added by 23.112.123.64 (talk) 01:24, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

1. find or produce a photo to which you own the copyright. If you do not own the copyright, we will delete your file.
2. get an image file of that photo onto your computer
3. create an account here. You cannot upload an image unless you are logged in.
4. go to the upload page (Wikipedia:File Upload Wizard) and follow the instructions to create new image file on Commons. Do not attempt to "replace" an older file. You will license your copyright of the file to us during this process.
5. go the article where you wish to change the photo
6. replace the "file:" syntax in that article with the name of your new file.

Come back here and ask if you have problems with all of this. -Arch dude (talk) 02:23, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

Which photo on which page and where is the replacement? There are many possible circumstances. PrimeHunter (talk) 02:56, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

Sections not appearing in navbox

Why aren't all of the sections appearing in the navbox Template:Mosques in the United States appearing? Only 16 sections appear while the last 4 don't seem to appear in the navbox. Is there some sort of limit? —  Melofors  TC  03:12, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

They just needed the right list numbers. Fixed by [2]. PrimeHunter (talk) 03:27, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

Autumn Phillips

Please repair my disastrous edits on a bad moblie1.136.110.219 (talk) 05:47, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

Done. Damn those pesky mob lies. Clarityfiend (talk) 05:56, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

Have you considered getting a better mobile or not edit WP from it? Assuming you can't use desktop view for some reason, then you would be able to undo your own edits. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 08:46, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

@Gråbergs Gråa Sång: Looking at the contributions (two edits to UK nobility articles + help desk question), I would bet the IP user asking above is User:Srbernadette. The Help Desk crowd had a chat four years ago about her phone editing, and the general consensus majority opinion was to let her edit, make mistakes and ask for corrections on the Help Desk. Of course if she can improve her technical abilities it would be great, but (with all due respect to her) I do not think that is likely to happen anytime soon. Tigraan^{Click here to contact me} 15:09, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

Disambiguation pages with content

Hi, I often come across some pages that act as stubs while also disambiguating to other pages; an example is this version of the page Kolpak before it gets reverted. Is this kind of "Disambig-stubs" discouraged by the community? Thank you, from tLoM (The Lord of Math) (Message) 07:42, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

Definitely not right. It can't be both a regular article and a disambiguation page. Clarityfiend (talk) 08:22, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

@The Lord of Math: Based on what I've seen, normally, if there are only one or two other possible targets, all the articles can be given an {{About}} hatnote to link to the other two and avoid a separate dab article. Otherwise, no, there should be a separate dab page. See WP:DAB, which may easily contradict or modify what I've said (sleep time). —[AlanM1 (talk)]— 08:36, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

Undisclosed paid editing?

Header added by ColinFine (talk) 09:22, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

This article may have been created or edited in return for undisclosed payments, a violation of Wikipedia's terms of use. It may require clean-up to comply with Wikipedia's content policies. how do I resolve this from Henrietta Bowden-Jones as it is not true? Please advise me — Preceding unsigned comment added by Frankieatkinson (talk • contribs) 09:05, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

Courtesy link: Henrietta Bowden-Jones

From the article history, it appeared that the "This article may have been created or edited..." tag is not directed at you, but by its previous editors. According to its talk page (at Talk:Henrietta Bowden-Jones, it said that the users "CNWL communications" and IP "89.197.31.125" may have had a conflict of interest editing that article. In this case, you're not related to it, so you should leave it alone. (Unless, that is, that you DO have a conflict of interest with that person, in this case you should stop editing that page altogether.) Thanks, and I hope this reply helped! tLoM (The Lord of Math) (Message) 10:09, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

Monira Al Qadiri - add this artist?

Hi there,

I would like to know whether Monira Al Qadiri can be added to Wikipedia. You can check out her work on her website and other articles:

https://www.moniraalqadiri.com

http://edgeofarabia.com/artists/monira-al-qadiri

And her sister Fatima Al Qadiri already has an entry on Wikipedia. --Shiransh12 (talk) 10:30, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

Hello, Shiransh12. The question is never "what has she done or created?" The question is "what has been published about her, by people unconnected with her?" Plese see WP:GNG and WP:NARTIST. --ColinFine (talk) 11:29, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

Hi Colin, thanks for your quick reply. How do I proceed then? Post the links to the articles about her here? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shiransh12 (talk • contribs) 11:52, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

ColinFine --Shiransh12 (talk) 11:57, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

Trivial parts of a memoir

(a copy from the WikiProject Biography talk page.)
Hi! I'm currently writing an article about an influential academic in Indonesia. I've currently reading two of his books, and there are parts where he recounted his experience during his childhood and adolescence. Collecting the information has started to be somehow overwhelming, and I've been wondering whether there's a fine line between what information is still considered acceptable and/or trivial (trivial, in the sense of, encouraged to not be included in the article). As examples, what would these parts of the memoir be considered?

• In elementary school, I liked a hobby... or, I liked this or that book...
• In elementary school, I had to follow this class and that class... (or this-that activity.. or the curriculum is like this...)
• Personally [in the memoir], the best and worst parts of this-that activity/class/etc were A, B, C, ... and so on.
• The first time I went to school, Sundanese was the spoken language in class. However, in 2nd grade, it was Dutch.... and then Indonesian supplemented by Japanese as the Japanese military came in 1942... and so on.
• Before my father passed away, the local doctor taught me to inject penicillin because my father needed them daily.
• Among the secondary ed textbooks I had learned from are the books by X, Y, Z,....
• The high school I had enrolled in was lead by X, who later became a president at university Z.
• The chemistry teacher had this and that experience... that was probably why he taught so well and indirectly built my aspiration to be a chemist.

Thank you in advance! Dhio (talk?) 12:04, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

• @Dhiosk: Well, the Wikipedia guidelines are WP:IINFO and WP:TRIVIA, but the interpretation is not always obvious. In my opinion, all of your examples are plainly trivial information, and should not be mentioned unless picked up by a third-party source (or at the very least, unless the subject insists on the importance of the event in the course of their life). For example, Jean-Paul_Sartre#Early_life is full of stuff I would personally prefer to remove (e.g. that he was a notorious prankster at school - probably true, but so what), but all of it is sourced to third-party accounts, so presumably is worthy of mention in an encyclopedia. Tigraan^{Click here to contact me} 15:23, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

Twinkle problems

I do new page patrolling, and of late all the nominations for AfD have not worked. The latest is Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alice Jemima, which does not appear on the list. In future I'll go thru the faff of nominating by hand, butI would be grateful if somebody could fix this one since I'm not entirely sure I know hoe to do so.TheLongTone (talk) 12:48, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

@TheLongTone: According to edit summaries like [3] at Special:Contributions/TheLongTone you use Page curation and not Twinkle to nominate for deletion. Twinkle is on the "TW" tab at top of pages. I haven't tried to use Page curation for nominations. PrimeHunter (talk) 15:37, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

OTRS Question

In a current discussion at Miscellany for Deletion, the nominator provided a link to an OTRS ticket. I tried to use the link to view the ticket, and it tried to log me into OTRS using my unified login, User:Robert McClenon, but I got an error message saying that my user ID or password was not recognized. It provided a link for me to use for help logging on. I didn't use that link out of concern that it might permit me to change my password, but then change my password for all Wikimedia systems (Wikipedia, Wiktionary, Commons, ). Should I be able to view OTRS tickets using my unified login? If so, is my password the same as my Wikipedia, etc., password? Can I safely use the login help link without risking breaking my existing password? Or does this mean that I don't have access to OTRS and can just leave it alone and shouldn't have been given the link? Robert McClenon (talk) 15:41, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

@Robert McClenon: OTRS and SUL are different accounts with (ideally) different passwords. For OTRS access, you have to apply at Meta. If you want to provide the ticket number I can take a look and see if there's information I can release about the ticket that wouldn't be privacy sensitive. GMG^talk 15:43, 13 March 2020 (UTC)