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November 10

Article talk page query

I'm going to setup archiving at Talk:Scorpions (band). There're many "Fair use rationale for Image" sections, can these sections be deleted first, or do they also need to be archived. The reason I'm asking, I've also been removing "External links modified" sections as they come up, per this RfC. - FlightTime (open channel) 01:11, 10 November 2021 (UTC)

Wow that certainly is a lot of them. I think removing them is probably fine, they are all quite old, and both the bot that left them and it's operator were banned a long time ago. Beeblebrox (talk) 01:18, 10 November 2021 (UTC)

@Beeblebrox: Thanx, I just noticed that. I was hoping another RfC wasn't an answer - FlightTime (open channel) 01:22, 10 November 2021 (UTC)

I think this is a perfect application for WP:IAR. Beeblebrox (talk) 03:26, 10 November 2021 (UTC)

A bit late here - but worth noting that nothing has to be archived. You can remove anything from a talk page, however, thing that are useful to have links to (such as regular suggestions and discussions) should be retained. Everything is already archived by the talk history, so there is no deletion. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 14:41, 11 November 2021 (UTC)

Brighton and Hove

I am trying to adapt the [ [Template:Southampton suburbs map]] to produce a similar version for Brighton and Hove using [ [File:BrightonHove OSM1.jpg]] by substituting BrightonHove in the appropriate place as per fragment below. This inevitably brings up LUA errors. Is what I am trying to do feasible or am I attempting the impossible?

{ {Location map+
|BrightonHove
|caption=Areas of Brighton and Hove
|width=460
|float={{{float|}}}
|places=
} }

Murgatroyd49 (talk) 08:43, 10 November 2021 (UTC)

How to remove a template message

The message below has appeared in a section of my Wikipedia page that has personal information. The sentence has no citings/references because it states the day I was married and how many children and grandchildren I have. How do I delete the template message?

'This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (February 2021) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)'

Thank you for your help with solving this issue.

BlackTea (talk) 09:30, 10 November 2021 (UTC)

Hello BlackTea! If you are in fact Geoff Garrett, I would recommend reading Wikipedia's guidelines (and recommendations against) autobiographies and An article about yourself isn't necessarily a good thing before editing that article again. Wikipedia is an independently-edited, volunteer-run encyclopedia, not a who's who, directory, or many other things. Just speaking for myself, if I came to an encylopedia to look up a notable scientist, I wouldn't be particularly interested in the subject's family life – they may be important to the subject, but unless the family were notable for some other reason, these details don't belong in an encyclopedia. ClaudineChionh (talk – contribs) 09:44, 10 November 2021 (UTC)

@BlackTea: Building on the discussion we had on your talk page in February, since you have a conflict of interest, you must declare it on your user page. You should no longer edit the article about you. Instead, you may post suggestions on the article's talk page Talk:Geoff Garrett with the {{request edit}} template, or use the Wikipedia:Edit Request Wizard. Thanks! GoingBatty (talk) 16:39, 10 November 2021 (UTC)

Userspace draft

Hello there! Is writing a userspace draft in user page (not in user subpage) condidered NOTWEBHOST violation? Vitaium (talk) 10:35, 10 November 2021 (UTC)

The guidance about what you can put on your user page is at WP:UPYES. That doesn't include article drafts, which should use the WP:AfC process or go in your sandbox. Note that some people think that their User pages and sandboxes will be indexed by search engines but that isn't the case. So using WP as a webhost is pretty pointless. Mike Turnbull (talk) 12:04, 10 November 2021 (UTC)

How do you tell if someone is a new user?

Or and admin or ....

I am supposed to not bite them, but who are they? Wakelamp d[@-@]b (talk) 10:41, 10 November 2021 (UTC)

Hi Wakelamp one easy way is to navigate to your special preferences area and on the "gadgets" tab, activate the tickbox for "Navigation popups" under "Browsing". This does a lot of useful things when you hover over a link. On talk pages, for example, it immediately gives information about a User when you hover over their signature. So I can tell that you have made 961 edits since 31 August 2009, for example, which hardly makes you a newbie. And none of us should be biting anyone! Mike Turnbull (talk) 11:59, 10 November 2021 (UTC)

True. I am not a newbie :-) I don't bite anyone - and I normally say it's not appropriate if I see it, Regardless of whether they are a newbie or not, but It would be nice to know. I avoid any topic with conflict because it is often full of angry people, mentioning how many edits they have done.

Wikipedia:Civility is dead :-)

I assume there is no way of telling who is an admin? Wakelamp d[@-@]b (talk) 12:44, 10 November 2021 (UTC)

There's a script for that. ClaudineChionh (talk – contribs) 12:50, 10 November 2021 (UTC)

The same navigation popup does that: see for example the @Beeblebrox link / signature just below the November 10 section header. You also get indication of gender if people have set that in their preferences. Mike Turnbull (talk) 12:54, 10 November 2021 (UTC)

"User rights" is one of the options in the menu at the foot of the contributions page, and you can see there whether a user is an admin. --David Biddulph (talk) 17:05, 10 November 2021 (UTC):

@Wakelamp: Hi there! Another way to tell if a user is new is to look at their contributions. Many admins include their admin status on their user page. Happy editing! GoingBatty (talk) 16:42, 10 November 2021 (UTC)

I use this script created by User:Please Stand, which displays a user's permissions, roles, age of account, number of edits and when they last edited on their user page. It's very useful. Princess Persnickety (talk) 17:18, 10 November 2021 (UTC)

Preview error message

When I Show preview Brian Williams, I get the message "Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox person with unknown empty parameter "residence". However, there is no residence parameter. What's going on?--Bbb23 (talk) 14:01, 10 November 2021 (UTC)

The error was caused by the parameter "residence = " in Template:Infobox firefighter, which was embedded in the infobox. I have removed it from there and the preview error message has gone. I expect someone will now tell me I've broken something else. DuncanHill (talk) 14:07, 10 November 2021 (UTC)

Well, I see what you did and it fixed the problem, but the error message is misleading. Thanks.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:19, 10 November 2021 (UTC)

I'm not a fan of embedding things in each other, it always seems to have unexpected results, quite apart from baffling most of us. DuncanHill (talk) 14:48, 10 November 2021 (UTC)

Tyng Error!

Hi,

Looks like a typing error, please click on the link below... Mainly the spelling/wording of "COLOMBIA"...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombia#Pre-Columbian_era

History:

Main articles: History of Colombia and Timeline of Colombian history Pre-Columbian era Main article: Pre-Columbian cultures of Colombia — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.74.97.221 (talk) 14:54, 10 November 2021 (UTC)

This is correct, as the term "Pre-Columbian" refers to the era before the arrival of Christopher Columbus and other Europeans. The name "Columbus" is spelled with a "u" in English, even though the country is spelled with an "o". -- John of Reading (talk) 15:08, 10 November 2021 (UTC)

Complaint about "Opinion polling for the next Ukrainian parliamentary election" page

Dear Wikipedia representatives, I think it would be appropriate to block the user Ofihet for provocation. Articles about opinion polling in Ukraine have always contained the following order of parties: from the most popular to the least popular. This order is a certain means of influence, but such objectivity. While the above user changes the order only in favor of pro-Russian parties. This is a constant provocation and it demotivates many editors, including me, to be on this site. Restore and defend justice, not do inaction and disregard. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Block baby (talk • contribs) 17:23, 10 November 2021 (UTC)

Hello and welcome to Help Desk. Please do not bring content disputes or conduct issues here. For content discussions, please discuss on Talk:Opinion polling for the next Ukrainian parliamentary election and if someone does not Wikipedia:Assume good faith, read the proscribed dispute resolution mechanisms. I have sent a similar message to the other parties. ~ 🦝 Shushugah (he/him • talk) 21:31, 10 November 2021 (UTC)

References and WP:NACTOR

how much does an article need reference to be at least a decent article? And also how does the WP:NACTOR works? Like does the actor have to be in a be project or in a big role? And is it really important? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mac O'Donnell (talk • contribs) 18:29, 10 November 2021 (UTC)

Verifiability tells you why it's important to add sources to articles and how you can identify reliable sources. NACTOR seems pretty clear on what counts:

Has had significant roles in multiple notable films, television shows, stage performances, or other productions; or Has made unique, prolific or innovative contributions to a field of entertainment.

ClaudineChionh (talk – contribs) 22:50, 10 November 2021 (UTC)

Ukraine polls

Dear Wikipedia admin,

Feeling confused, as several Ukraine polls editors seem to have a strong bias.

Just to inform that opinion polls of Ukraine edited by block baby and Mr Gimein seem to be biased against a party that gathered second best result in previous elections (it regularly gets moved to third place with no justified reason apart from the possible preferences of the editor).

I see Wikipedia as unbiased source of information and therefore encourage you to explain these principles to block baby and Gimein in the hope that they stop acting biased. My explanations in my edits seem to mean nothing to them, so I kindly ask to keep an eye on their edits in the coming weeks to filter out biased information and/or block as I have no wish to argue with people who are unwilling to listen and read my comments.

You can see for yourself that my arguments are neutral and based on facts and reality regardless of preferences as I treasure neutrality of Wikipedia above all.

Thank you very much!

Best wishes. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ofihet (talk • contribs) 18:51, 10 November 2021 (UTC)

Hello and welcome to Help Desk. Please do not bring content disputes or conduct issues here. For content discussions, please discuss on Talk:Opinion polling for the next Ukrainian parliamentary election and if someone does not Wikipedia:Assume good faith, read the proscribed dispute resolution mechanisms. I have sent a similar message to the other parties. ~ 🦝 Shushugah (he/him • talk) 21:31, 10 November 2021 (UTC)

Editing clash?

Hi. I was just doing some minor editing: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pentagon_UFO_videos&type=revision&diff=1054554720&oldid=1054543497

I was using the Visual Editor, which I normally avoid. Notice that the link "Congress" has been changed to "Congress", ie, now points to a different page. The problem is that I didn't make that change! I have no knowledge of, and no interest in, US Congress.

1) Is this the result of a clash with another editor? I can see no evidence of that.

2) I'm inclined to change the link back to the old link. Is that a good idea? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ghastlyman (talk • contribs) 19:54, 10 November 2021 (UTC)

I also have no idea how that might have happened, but I don't see anything wrong with changing it back. (Please remember to sign your posts on talk pages by typing four keyboard tildes like this: ~~~~.) Rummskartoffel 20:46, 10 November 2021 (UTC)

Cheers! <-- Ghastlyman (talk) 21:00, 10 November 2021 (UTC)

VisualEditor has a feature to pick a new link target from a list of similar page names. It would take a total of three accidental clicks to make the change. My iPhone has done more in my pocket. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:01, 11 November 2021 (UTC)

Copyright from YouTube

Second question : It's copyrighted if you took a photo from a YouTube video by a screenshot isn't it? Mac O'Donnell (talk) 22:12, 10 November 2021 (UTC) Mac O'Donnell Mac O'Donnell (talk) 22:12, 10 November 2021 (UTC)

The answer is yes, Mac O'Donnell, unless the video is copyright free or freely licensed appropriately. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 22:24, 10 November 2021 (UTC)

Donations and deletions

So I have tried to edit my father’s page but your monitors/editors keep deleting it and my stepmother gets to expand lies about my dad’s life since he died last January. If your site was operating fairly to everyone I would make a donation but why would I give money to an unfair site? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1000:B12D:5382:9164:2C10:8709:6613 (talk) 22:37, 10 November 2021 (UTC)

I'm sorry that your family is experiencing this conflict, but neither you nor your stepmother ought to be playing this conflict out on Wikipedia. No family member should be editing your father's Wikipedia article directly due to conflict of interest, and any content that cannot be verified will be removed. ClaudineChionh (talk – contribs) 22:43, 10 November 2021 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Hello, if an edit you have made is undone (reverted) the best place to raise a discussion is at the talk page of the article concerned. Volunteers here at the help desk do not typically become involved in content disuputes and without a link (the IP used to post here has only this thread in its edit history) cannot help much in any event. Please see WP:BRD for how to resolve disputes. Donations have no effect on what editors here at Wikipedia publish (or not) they go to the Wikimedia foundation which keeps the whole project running. If you do not want to donate that is absolutely fine, there is no requirement to do so. As information, if adding content to a biographical article, there must be available, published, reliable sources in support thereof. Please also read our page about editing where you have a connection to the subject at WP:COI and make any necessary declarations. You can then use Template:Request edit to suggest changes to the article. (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.) Thank you. Eagleash (talk) 22:56, 10 November 2021 (UTC)

Hi there! You can also use Wikipedia:Edit Request Wizard to suggest how to improve an article. Thank you for your efforts to improve Wikipedia! GoingBatty (talk) 03:32, 11 November 2021 (UTC)

Translation

Hello guys. I just translated an article from spanish to english following Wikipedia conventions and adding references, but haven't been able to publish it. I have already edited more that 10 articles in Wikipedia in Spanish. What should I do in order to be able to publish it? Would appreciate your help a lot. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dvd2021 (talk • contribs) 23:58, 10 November 2021 (UTC)

Because your account on this project is not yet autoconfirmed you cannot create pages in article space. You can, however, mark it as a userspace draft and submit it to articles for creation. Beeblebrox (talk) 00:13, 11 November 2021 (UTC)

@Dvd2021 welcome to Tea House! In order to create Articles, you will either need WP:AUTOCONFIRM status which is automatically granted once you've finished making 10 edits, you can request an article creation through Wikipedia:Articles for creation. While your experience and multilingual skills will likely be helpful, they do not confer special/automatic rights here in English Wikipedia. Additionally, some of the rules around Wikipedia:Notability and Wikipedia:Five pillars may differ, so please give them a read. If you have any questions you can ask here again or on my talk page. Happy editing! ~ 🦝 Shushugah (he/him • talk) 00:14, 11 November 2021 (UTC)

I've moved your draft to Draft:Carolina Sanín. The draft has many references, but a large percentage of these are by Sanín herself. This looks suspect. I haven't read the draft, but perhaps some of the references (?) by Sanín aren't meant as references and are instead meant as explanatory notes. Explanatory notes are much better separated from actual references; you can use the "group" attribute for this. (Compare <ref> and <ref group="n">; and the corresponding <references /> and <references group="n" />.) -- Hoary (talk) 00:22, 11 November 2021 (UTC)

November 11

Tag for "more opinions needed"?

I found a paragraph which presents only a single opinion on a somewhat controversial subject (in chess#Growth). Is there a tag to say, "This needs more sources to represent the diversity of opinions on this subject"? I found Template:One source, but that is not quite what I am looking for, because that only mentions the number of sources, not the number of opinions. (There is nothing wrong with only one source if the facts are not disputed). Adpete (talk) 01:03, 11 November 2021 (UTC)

Never mind, I think I found what I am looking for. I was looking under verifiability templates, but there is also a whole set of NPOV templates. Adpete (talk) 01:15, 11 November 2021 (UTC)

@Adpete In general I am reminded of this guideline WP:WEIGHT and the very specific example tag Template:Globalize. ~ 🦝 Shushugah (he/him • talk) 01:17, 11 November 2021 (UTC)

I thought Template:POV section would be perfect until I saw the guideline "Do not use this template unless there is an ongoing dispute.". So I am unsure what to use after all. Adpete (talk) 01:20, 11 November 2021 (UTC)

I'm only commenting so as to follow this interesting topic. I thought personal "opinions" were not allowed as content at WP? Maineartists (talk) 01:35, 11 November 2021 (UTC)

It is concerning the question of whether there has been "rating inflation" in chess; of whether a 2700 rating means the same strength in 2021 as it did in (say) 1980. I would say that expert opinions (often informed by facts) are allowable. Anyway, I have discovered that you can change the lead sentence in Template:One source, and I think that does what I want, so I have added it to chess#Growth. Adpete (talk) 01:43, 11 November 2021 (UTC)

Michael Middleton (British businessman)

In the ancestry section, could the photo of the mansion be placed please on the right hand side please - we cannot do this. Thanks115.70.23.77 (talk) 03:47, 11 November 2021 (UTC)

Sure you can! Just remove |left from the code for the image. (i.e. change [[File:Hawkhills, Gledhow - home of William Middleton.jpg|thumb|left|Middleton's great-great-grandfather... to [[File:Hawkhills, Gledhow - home of William Middleton.jpg|thumb|Middleton's great-great-grandfather...)

In your question, who is "we"? Hope this helps, and happy editing! GoingBatty (talk) 04:01, 11 November 2021 (UTC)

Got it - thanks 115.70.23.77 (talk) 04:39, 11 November 2021 (UTC)

I have few quires please resolve it.

May I know When My resources will submit to the Facebook Wikipedia Page? this is my resource Link - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Priyadarshi_Shastri/sandbox Please Let me asap. Thanks Priyadarshi — Preceding unsigned comment added by Priyadarshi Shastri (talk • contribs) 09:25, 11 November 2021 (UTC)

Priyadarshi Shastri, please see the response in your sandbox.   Maproom (talk) 10:11, 11 November 2021 (UTC)

Wikipedia page is not coming to the main page

Hello! I have created a page in wikipedia for a singer named Pooja Prem..It has been 2 months and still it is in draft... how can I get it to the main page? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Pooja_Prem — Preceding unsigned comment added by Premkumar.kochi (talk • contribs) 12:51, 11 November 2021 (UTC)

@Premkumar.kochi: We are not interested in a rerun of the Seigenthaler incident. Every claim about a living or recently-departed person that could potentially be challenged for any reason what-so-ever MUST be cited to a strong, in-depth source the subject or surrogates didn't write that corroborates it or (if no such sources can be found) removed wholesale. This is a hard requirement when writing about living or recently-departed people on Wikipedia and is NOT negotiable. Your sources are not properly cited. —A little blue Bori v^_^v ^{Jéské Couriano} 12:57, 11 November 2021 (UTC)

This person is also not suitably notable for Wikipedia. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 14:38, 11 November 2021 (UTC)

Can I be welcomed

On my talk page — Preceding unsigned comment added by I will not edit (talk • contribs) 22:42, 11 November 2021 (UTC)

User has been welcomed. -- Hoary (talk) 00:16, 12 November 2021 (UTC)

and now blocked... ClaudineChionh (talk – contribs) 02:28, 12 November 2021 (UTC)

Did they lie? Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 10:34, 12 November 2021 (UTC)

November 12

Ericdelapena@wiki:com

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cybercrime — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.246.71.73 (talk) 00:12, 12 November 2021 (UTC)

If you have a request or question, then what is it? -- Hoary (talk) 00:18, 12 November 2021 (UTC)

2022 Pro Bowl Logo

Can You Please Upload the 2022 pro bowl logo please if you can find it. 98.186.54.177 (talk) 02:14, 12 November 2021 (UTC)

The Pro Bowl talk page may be the best place for this request. ClaudineChionh (talk – contribs) 02:27, 12 November 2021 (UTC)

We are all familiar with this user using different IP addresses to badger people here to add logos to articles of future sporting events. If you look at his/her talk page, you'll see that his (or her) entire participation is adding these premature articles, and having them declined as being too soon. He/she can be quite impatient at times. See [[1]] At what point does this disruption become worthy of a ANI report and IP block? TimTempleton ^{(talk) (cont)} 01:37, 13 November 2021 (UTC)

Remove a new line on top of Template:Infobox rocket

When I enable Wikidata on the template, suddenly there is a new line on top. I tried to remove Wikidata properties and honestly I have no idea why the new line is still there. Does anyone have any clue? CactiStaccingCrane (talk) 04:15, 12 November 2021 (UTC)

@CactiStaccingCrane: What do you mean by enable Wikidata? Are you describing the template page or some page using the template? PrimeHunter (talk) 04:57, 12 November 2021 (UTC)

@PrimeHunter I embedded Module:WikidataIB to the template, which supposed to be able to receive both manual and Wikidata input. It doesn't make a new line on top until I move the new template to Template:Infobox rocket. CactiStaccingCrane (talk) 05:00, 12 November 2021 (UTC)

Hmm, I think that it is fixed now. Thanks for assisting my troubleshooting. CactiStaccingCrane (talk) 05:09, 12 November 2021 (UTC)

Is there a template collapse switch?

I wish that POV and project banners were always collapsed . I looked in gadgets this time :-) - but i could only find a switch for project banners Wakelamp d[@-@]b (talk) 06:46, 12 November 2021 (UTC)

How do I cite Google Earth?

Google Earth time slider shows clear evidence of the period of a development in 2012, which I can't find evidenced anywhere else. How do I cite it in an article please? Johnragla (talk) 17:47, 12 November 2021 (UTC)

Since that would appear to constitute original research, you can't. AndyTheGrump (talk) 17:53, 12 November 2021 (UTC)

• There was a discussion of Google Earth OR in 2008, which concluded that a description of images wasn't necessarily OR. Johnragla (talk) 20:05, 12 November 2021 (UTC)

I don't think the 2008 discussion reached any useful conclusion at all: two people said one thing, one said another. It might help if you were more specific though. I'd recommend asking at WP:RSN, stating the article in question, and exactly what it is you are citing Google Earth for. AndyTheGrump (talk) 20:28, 12 November 2021 (UTC)

Italic titles

How does one make an article's title italic? Specifically, I believe Bazar de la Charité should be italicized. --107.15.157.44 (talk) 19:08, 12 November 2021 (UTC)

You can put the template {{Italic title}} somewhere in the article - preferably at the top. Make sure the article meets the Article titles policy. --ColinFine (talk) 19:16, 12 November 2021 (UTC)

Thanks; (that falls under MOS:FOREIGNITALIC). 107.15.157.44 (talk) 19:25, 12 November 2021 (UTC)

[Edit Conflict] Well, you could find out by looking at the title coding of the article on the TV miniseries Le Bazar de la Charité about the fire at that annual event. However, it may have been a deliberate decision not to italicise the title of the event's article, in contrast to the miniseries' title as is standard.

Have you studied WP:MoS#Italics and its relevant links, and weighed its subsections Titles and Foreign words against each other? To me, the latter's "However, proper names (such as place names) in other languages are not usually italicized . . ." suggests the title should not be italicised as you propose. If you still think it should, go ahead with step one of WP:BRD. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 90.205.225.31 (talk) 19:29, 12 November 2021 (UTC)

Done (before reading this post) -- also, since it was already italicized in the body of the article -- feel free to undo, if desired. 107.15.157.44 (talk) 19:34, 12 November 2021 (UTC)

https://www.hospitalityhouse.org/not-so-silent-spring.html

<unformatted copy of the False advertising article removed>

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.102.74.3 (talk) 20:00, 12 November 2021 (UTC)

What? RudolfRed (talk) 20:11, 12 November 2021 (UTC)

I'm not sure what you're trying to achieve by posting the whole of Wikipedia's article False advertising here on the Help desk. Given that you have attached the URL of an external site, I'm guessing that you are claiming that that external site is an example of false advertising. Whether you are right or not (I haven't looked), this is absolutely nothing to do with Wikipedia, and it is inappropriate to make such an argument on Wikipedia's Help desk. If you have a grievance about that site, you will need to take it up with them, not with Wikipedia. --ColinFine (talk) 21:28, 12 November 2021 (UTC)

November 13

Minute Physics article

I noticed something strange. While the Minute Physics article is located at Minute Physics, the talk page is at Talk:MinutePhysics. Is this supposed to happen, or is it just a mistake? I am not very active, so as a courtesy, please ping me. Thanks! -³²²UbnBr₂ (Talk | Contributions | Actions) 00:51, 13 November 2021 (UTC)

Unbinilium-322_Dibromide, the page was moved from Minute Physics to MinutePhysics in 2006 and back to Minute Physics in 2021, but this time the talk page was missed. I've put in a move request to fix this. MB 01:10, 13 November 2021 (UTC)

I think they should both be stylized as MinutePhysics, unless there's something I'm missing. I started a discussion on the talk page for those interested. TimTempleton ^{(talk) (cont)} 01:21, 13 November 2021 (UTC)

Copyright help needed

This has to do with the deleted article Harold F. Reichenthal. I wrote that article in its entirety. It has numerous footnotes with my sources. An administrator has deleted it under the false allegation that I copied the text from a cooyrighted source.

• I copied nothing from the article in question. They copied from a draft of my article I sent them. None of my footnotes are on their site. I am offended that my word is apparently not accepted on this.
• Even though that site copyrighted their page, that does not give them ownership of my words. I granted them a non-exclusive license to publish my writing. The exact passage is quoted from their site if you go through the history of the communications from this administrator to me.
• The history of my sandbox page on this article can be consulted here: [2]

• If this still constitutes a copyright violation, I would appreciate being explained why this is so.

If this is the wrong place to post this, please direct me to the correct place.

deisenbe (talk) 08:38, 13 November 2021 (UTC)

Below is the letter received from the Neptune Society on November 11, 2021.

On Thu, Nov 11, 2021 at 9:47 AM REDACTED wrote:

Hello Daniel, Thank you for the beautiful obituary and photo for Mr. Reichenthal. I have added both to his memorial page, which can be found here: https://obituaries.neptunesociety.com/obituaries/plantation-fl/harold-reichenthal-10394864

Please feel free to share this link with family and friends via social media and email. Visitors to his memorial page can add comments, stories, and photos if they like. If you need anything else, please don’t hesitate to reach out.

Take Care, REDACTED

Neptune Society Ft. Lauderdale

100 NW 70th Ave, Ste 140

Plantation, FL 33317 NeptuneSociety.com

deisenbe there is an explanation of what to do on your talk page at User talk:Deisenbe#Copyright problem: Harold F. Reichenthal. If you have questions you could reply to that message. TSventon (talk) 10:20, 13 November 2021 (UTC)

Courtesy pinging Diannaa as the relevant admin — Berrely • ^Talk∕_Contribs 10:25, 13 November 2021 (UTC)

We need to have documentation that shows the copyright holder has given permission for the material to be copied to this website. Wikipedia has procedures in place for this purpose. Please see WP:Donating copyrighted materials for an explanation of how to do it. There's a sample permission email at WP:Consent. Once the consent email has been cleared by the Volunteer Response Team the content can be restored. — Diannaa (talk) 12:23, 13 November 2021 (UTC)

@Deisenbe:Alternatively, Since they asked if they can do anything for you, you can request that the Neptune Society place your copyright licence on your material on their web site. Just send them a formal license under the CC-BY-SA. This appears to be approximately your original intent. A single line on their site that says "copyright 2021 <your name>, licenced under the Creative Commons share alike licence." with a link to the CC-BY-SA license text. -Arch dude (talk) 15:01, 13 November 2021 (UTC)

citations

How can I make citations like [1] (not superscript)? Thanks! Mayfifth (talk) 10:17, 13 November 2021 (UTC)

Please explain, Mayfifth, why you want them formatted in an unusual way. If there's no compelling reason, then format them in the regular way. -- Hoary (talk) 11:51, 13 November 2021 (UTC)

How to edit the notes section

Hello,

I am trying to edit the notes section on Wikipedia's page "List of British Monarchs". The notes section inaccurately states that King George V and Queen Mary were crowned on May 22, 1911, when in fact they were crowned on June 22, 1911. I am having difficulty editing the notes section to fix this inaccuracy. I would appreciate help in resolving this issue. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MLatt (talk • contribs) 15:53, 13 November 2021 (UTC)

Need help related to (re) publish an article (now in Draft) to Romanian Wikipedia (previously I have published by mistake) in English Wikipedia ...

I am a beginner ... :) I have created a new page in the Romanian language to be posted on Romanian Wikipedia. But (somehow) I have published it into English Wikipedia and someone (Liz) moved it into a draft and nicely suggested translating it in the English language. I've written back about my need but maybe she is busy...

So, I need help to: 1) publish my page into Romanian Wikipedia 2) cancel/delete (become sure) about the (wrong) attempt - toward the English Wikipedia

And right now I have no idea who will do what and when ... I am thinking about making a copy (*.txt) of the script (from the current draft) and creating a new page (with a different name) and publishing into Romanian Wikipedia.

This is the page ... in discussion (in fact exist 3 pages, made at once and all moved by Liz - back in draft): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Rezerva%C8%9Bia_Natural%C4%83_Complex%C4%83_Snagov

Thank you for your time & kindness, Constantin Turmac

Note: meantime, I (also) search for tutorials etc.

Constantin Turmac (talk) 16:12, 13 November 2021 (UTC)