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October 8

Fix the reference for Georgios Dritsakos in draft

I need help. Can you fix the right reference for Georgios Dritsakos? He is now Governor of the Hellenic Civil Aviation since 2020. I tried to put in Koinoniki in the news reference. 100.2.114.167 (talk) 01:46, 8 October 2022 (UTC)

Hello, IP user. You have put a date of "2020 May 2020". ColinFine (talk) 02:05, 8 October 2022 (UTC)

how to publish article

how to publish article ?? It takes too much time Onlygurdeep (talk) 05:48, 8 October 2022 (UTC)

@Onlygurdeep: Have a look at Help:Your first article. Read it carefully, and when you understand it, click the big blue button in it to open the article wizard. ~Anachronist (talk) 06:00, 8 October 2022 (UTC)

Draft:Living India News has been previously declined at the draft stage. It won't become an article in the mainspace unless it meets the requirements such as having enough sourcing to make it notable.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 06:57, 8 October 2022 (UTC)

Responding to a visit by DPL bot

My new content on the page for Sickle Cell (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sickle_cell_disease) where, in the UK section, I cited an article in The Voice (British Newspaper NOT TV programme or other page) occasioned a visit from DPL bot. I assume I have to do something but, being a beginner and having searched many help pages, I still do not know what I need to do. Grateful for anybody with patience to explain. Or maybe the bot automatically fixed something so that I do not have to act? Balance person (talk) 10:25, 8 October 2022 (UTC)

No, it's not automatically fixed. As the message on your talk page says, you added a link to The Voice, which is a DAB page, inside your reference. Either give the name of the newspaper without attempting to link it, or pipe the link so it displays properly in the reference but still links to the correct article. Assuming the paper is The Voice (British newspaper) (and I have no idea if that is correct), the pipe would be: [[The Voice (British newspaper)|The Voice]] , which will display as The Voice but will still link to The Voice (British newspaper) Meters (talk) 10:48, 8 October 2022 (UTC)

Thanks very much for your clear prompt help! Balance person (talk) 20:19, 8 October 2022 (UTC)

Need help editing a template

Could someone edit Template:WikiProject Apple Inc. so that missing B-class criteria no longer lead to the article being misclassified as C-class?

I checked Petscan and there are tons of articles with the class=B parameter that don't have the B-class criteria filled out, leading to C-class categorization, which messes up WP:WikiProject Apple Inc.'s assessment tracking. I'd rather the template be changed, to avoid creating mounds of unnecessary work for an already practically inactive WikiProject. Most related templates (WikiProject Computing, for example) don't behave like this.

I'd appreciate if you could also fix missing B-class criteria being treated as failed criteria (and added to the categories, e.g. Category:Apple Inc. articles needing attention to referencing and citation). It would be much nicer to have those categories only contain articles that we know are flawed, and have partially-rated or non-rated articles be in their own category (Category:Apple Inc. articles with incomplete B-Class checklists). DFlhb (talk) 11:22, 8 October 2022 (UTC)

About some information

Dear Sir,

How i Edit or delete wrong information from wikipedia. Rafi0014 (talk) 13:22, 8 October 2022 (UTC)

Rafi0014 Note that Wikipedia is edited by males and females, as well as people who identify differently. It would help to know what specifically you want to edit, but most articles are able to be edited by anyone. If it's not, you should comment on the associated article talk page. Either way, you should offer independent reliable sources to support your claims. 331dot (talk) 14:22, 8 October 2022 (UTC)

Small edit

Hi there. I am trying to make a small edit to a site and when I publish I get the following:

An automated filter has identified this edit contains an email address, so it has been disallowed. If this edit is constructive, please report this error.

I have not included any email address in my edit. Can you assist?

Thanks. Sreiss600 (talk) 14:21, 8 October 2022 (UTC)

Which article were you trying to edit, and what changes were you trying to make? AndyTheGrump (talk) 14:23, 8 October 2022 (UTC)

Sreiss600 (ec) What article are you trying to edit? Is there any component of an email address in your proposed edit(like @)? 331dot (talk) 14:25, 8 October 2022 (UTC)

It's this edit. The URL you're trying to add contains an email address. According to the log, it was only a warning, so you should be able to save the edit by clicking to save once more. However, based on your username, I suspect you may have a conflict of interest with regards to this person, in which case you should read and follow the relevant guidelines. In particular, you should avoid editing the article directly and rather make use of the edit request process. Madeline (part of me) 14:32, 8 October 2022 (UTC)

Armenia–Ethiopia relations

Please help me by creating relations svg map of Ethiopia and Armenia for Armenia–Ethiopia relations. The Supermind (talk) 14:30, 8 October 2022 (UTC)

 Working … Madeline (part of me) 14:50, 8 October 2022 (UTC)

I've uploaded and added one to the article, though Armenia is so tiny you can barely see it. I tried to find a blank svg map that's a bit more closely framed on Commons, but got none that include both Armenia and Ethiopia. Madeline (part of me) 15:29, 8 October 2022 (UTC)

edit information

I am logged in and do not see the "Edit" link in the upper right. Where exactly is it and do I just click on it to edit some erroneous information? Scector (talk) 17:54, 8 October 2022 (UTC)

Hi, which page do you want to edit? Since you're a new editor, there are a small subset of pages that have various levels of "protection" (see WP:PROTECT for the icons to look for and what each means) so you either need to have enough edits and been here long enough, and for higher levels be given special permissions. Skynxnex (talk) 18:41, 8 October 2022 (UTC)

@Scector: Once you can edit, the edit tab is at the top next to the "read" tab if you are using a web browser on a PC, btu in general it's easier to edit an individual section unless you wish to edit the very first sectin of the article. Each section has an "edit" thing at the far right of the section header. HOWEVER: do not remove or change information that is cited to a source, even if you believe it to be wrong, and if you add information, you must cite your new information to a source. See WP:RS. If there is a problem with information that is cited to a source, discuss the situation on the article's talk page. -Arch dude (talk) 18:45, 8 October 2022 (UTC)

@Scector: Seeing as this is the only edit you've made and this account was just created today, there's a very good chance you tried to edit a protected page as mentioned above. It's most likely that the page you're trying to edit is semi-protected, where accounts that are at least four full days old and have made at least ten edits are able to edit. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 00:36, 9 October 2022 (UTC)

Category:Neo-Confederates

I hope that didn't cause any controversy creating this category. NeoBatfreak (talk) 19:18, 8 October 2022 (UTC)

Hello my name is Thedefender35 can you please explain what you mean by causing controversy by creating the article? Td^she/her 19:22, 8 October 2022 (UTC)

Well, because Neo-Confederates is practically parallel to Neo-Nazis, therefore could be controversal.— Preceding unsigned comment added by NeoBatfreak (talk • contribs) 19:23, 8 October 2022 (UTC)

Was there any specific reason for you creating the new category?— Preceding unsigned comment added by Thedefender35 (talk • contribs) 19:25, 8 October 2022 (UTC)

Well, to diffuse the categories Lost Cause of the Confederacy and American white supremist.— Preceding unsigned comment added by NeoBatfreak (talk • contribs) 19:27, 8 October 2022 (UTC)

Ah ok does it seem like the articles re going to be prone to vandalism? If so maybe Wikipedia:Requests for page protection woul be a good place to go. If not make sure to watch the articles and keep doing great! Td^she/her 19:30, 8 October 2022 (UTC)

I just worried if my new category might offense people.--NeoBatfreak (talk) 19:33, 8 October 2022 (UTC)

Considering that Wikipedia is based off of information and not opinion the admins would not care if it offends them if it is proven via fact.Td^she/her 19:39, 8 October 2022 (UTC)

Ethiopia–Poland relations

Again, please add a map for Ethiopia–Poland relations please. Sorry. The Supermind (talk) 21:15, 8 October 2022 (UTC)

 Done. You may want to ask at c:Commons:Graphic Lab/Map workshop in the future. Madeline (part of me) 21:32, 8 October 2022 (UTC)

Surname Pages: Linking to pages in other languages

If there is an page for a specific individual, who does not have an English article, but has an article in another language, should a link to that article be added to the English surname page? I have read, that adding red links is allowed for notable people without articles, but I have not encountered any red or inter-language links on any surname page on the English Wikipedia yet. Other Wikis seem to use them quite frequently though. StrohIntegral (talk) 22:33, 8 October 2022 (UTC)

Hi StrohIntegral. Convention may vary from Wikipedia to Wikipedia; so, you might want to ask about this at Wikipedia:WikiProject Anthroponymy to see what the common practice may be on English Wikipedia. -- Marchjuly (talk) 23:29, 8 October 2022 (UTC)

Thank you, I will. StrohIntegral (talk) 23:32, 8 October 2022 (UTC)

October 9

Census 2011

Hello, I am unable to cite the 2011 official census of India. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Physicallyinorganic (talk • contribs) 10:18, 9 October 2022 (UTC)

Maybe Help:Referencing for beginners is of use. 2011 Census of India also cites it a few times, you could use that for reference. Madeline (part of me) 10:49, 9 October 2022 (UTC)

Looking at their spamblacklist log, this seems to be another case of someone trying to use www.census2011.co.in as a "official" source for 2011 india census data. If you need census data, cite censusindia.gov.in or some other site that is reliable.

(For those interested, this particular site has been discussed at least here, here, here and probbably elswhere ) Victor Schmidt (talk) 12:00, 9 October 2022 (UTC)

Don't remember password

It's been 9 years. I have my account user A chris80. And I need your help, I don't remember my password. I tried to reset it the password, I use my Username and my email address. But, it didn't send it to me and responding. 100.2.114.167 (talk) 18:10, 9 October 2022 (UTC)

If you do not remember your password and the reset does not work, your account is unrecoverable. You will need to create a new account and identify it as a successor account. 331dot (talk) 18:14, 9 October 2022 (UTC)

User:A chris80 has not specified an email address so a password reset is not possible. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:25, 9 October 2022 (UTC)

October 10

Help reference for dignitaries at Opening Ceremony Athens 2004

I need help I put in the references about dignitaries to attend the opening Ceremony of the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, Athens 2004 the Olympic Homecoming on August 13, 2004. Can you fix it and make it correct? 100.2.114.167 (talk) 03:37, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

Mistake by WIKIPEDIA in an article on Mulayan Singh Yadav's death

Please correct the year of death.. it is mentioned as 3022 instead of 2022..

14 hours ago — Mulayam Singh Yadav (22 November 1939 – 3022) was an Indian politician and the founder-patron of the Samajwadi Party. He served for three non-consecutive 103.5.135.70 (talk) 04:42, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

It's already been fixed... 14 hours ago. LilianaUwU ^{(talk / contribs)} 04:44, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

A quick question

Hello! Say I found a userpage where someone entered their birth date, and their name. Would that be under the criteria for requesting a revdel? Thanks. BlueNoise (talk) 08:37, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

If the user added the information themselves using their account and they aren't what would be considered a minor, then it most likely isn't a problem. If another account added the information, then it could be a problem depending on who added it and why they added. For example, it's possible that a user added the information themselves using an IP account for some reason. If the information was added by someone other than the user, the user is still an active and they haven't removed the information, then it most likely isn't a problem or at least not something that the user is worried about. For minors, a bit more caution may be needed. If you come across someone claiming to be a minor posting personal information on their user page, you might want to email WP:OVERSIGHT and let them know. If there's a problem, an oversighter will take care of it; if there's not, they will leave the page as is. Someone might be pretending to be a minor, but there's no way of knowing for sure since there's really no required age for editing Wikipedia. If you're not, sure emailing OVERSIGHT is probably the best thing to do. -- Marchjuly (talk) 09:01, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

can't add bullet

The T-14 Armata next-generation Russian main battle tank

fair use. Teaching education research culturally historically aesthetically significant. Military Channel J (talk) 09:24, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

@Military Channel J: Wikipedia rules are stricter than fair use. All the criteria at WP:NFCC must be met. RudolfRed (talk) 17:44, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

Salim Abdool Karim

I recently edited the page for Salim Abdool Karim, and all my changes have been reverted. I used citations, links and references, all credible information. Please assist with this. Nikita Devnarain (talk) 09:41, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

Nikita Devnarain As noted by the editor in the edit log, your edits were removed mainly because autobiographies are not an acceptable source. Wikipedia is primarily interested in what independent reliable sources say about a topic, not what they say about themselves. A secondary reason it was removed it because you copied it from another location- content should be in your own words, and though you used public domain information in this case, in general copying content from elsewhere is a copyright violation, see WP:COPYVIO. 331dot (talk) 09:45, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

Requested move

What's the process of requesting a page move on the English Wikipedia? Thanks. 12u (talk) 10:04, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

12u This is requested at Requested Moves. If you think it will be completely uncontroversial, you can go directly there, but if you think anyone at all may object, you should first hold a discussion on the article talk page. Please also be aware of WP:COMMONNAME. 331dot (talk) 10:07, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

To add to that, if you think the move will be uncontroversial and the title you're trying to move to does not exist yet, you can actually perform the move yourself. If you for some reason can't, you can post to Wikipedia:Requested moves/Technical requests. For moves that may be controversial, you should post on the talk page using the template {{subst:Requested move}}. Madeline (part of me) 10:14, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

@331dot; @Maddy from Celeste: Thanks to the both of you for your kind help. I do actually have access to perform the move myself, however I do see that the move could be controversial and I therefore wanted to hold a discussion first. I have now successfully requested the move on the article's talk page. 12u (talk) 10:42, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

images

can images count as sources 2006toyotacorrola (talk) 10:24, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

Not really. Can you give a specific example on what text you'd like to add to what article based on what image? Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 10:33, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

it's copyrighted 2006toyotacorrola (talk) 10:40, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

and i'd like to say stagecoach operate caetano levante whn i can find lots of images but almost no reputable text surces 2006toyotacorrola (talk) 10:41, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

@2006toyotacorrola "Stagecoach operate caetano levante" is confusing. What is it supposed to mean? David10244 (talk) 03:03, 11 October 2022 (UTC)

Yes, they can in principle, but it's not very often that it will work. First, like any other source, the image must have been reliably published. If the image is just somewhere on the internet, then it is not a reliable source, and cannot be used. Second, there aren't many kinds of information that can be satisfactorily verified by an image. A photo that shows two identifiable people is probably evidence that they were in each others' company at least once, but probably not that either of them was present at some particular event, unless there is solid visual evidence for the event in the picture.

In your case, you are wanting to verify that Stagecoach Group operate Salvador Caetano's "Levante" model of bus, and I'm guessing that you want to do so by citing an image of a Levante bus in Stagecoach livery. I think the answer is "maybe". If it's on Caetano's website, then it is probably to be classed as reliable, but not independent. There is also the question of whether the information (that S operate CLs) is encyclopaedic, if you can't find any textual statement of it anywhere. ColinFine (talk) 04:38, 11 October 2022 (UTC)

I can only find it on sites such as bustimes.org and [1] 2006toyotacorrola (talk) 06:19, 11 October 2022 (UTC)

In text but i can find plenty on flickr 2006toyotacorrola (talk) 06:22, 11 October 2022 (UTC)

Baptism record as source for birth

Before civil record keeping, baptism records tend to be the only source for estimating when and where someone was born. In the overwhelming majority of cases, someone baptised in Example Village on 10 October 1770 would have been born in Example Village a few days earlier, but this is impossible to prove. (In some cases, the mother may have stayed elsewhere - perhaps with relatives - at the time of a child's birth, or the baptism may not have followed closely on the birth.)

Can baptism records be used on Wikipedia to state when and where someone was born? As a case in point, the article William Shakespeare states he was born in Stratford-upon-Avon but does not cite a source; we only know he was baptised there. Ni'jluuseger (talk) 12:09, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

See WP:RSPRIMARY. It is rarely wise to use baptismal records as Wikipedia sources at all. We much prefer to cite secondary sources, written by subject-matter experts, since they are more likely to have the skills and knowledge necessary to correctly interpret such material. As for Shakespeare's place of birth, if it is unsourced, you should probably raise the matter on the article talk page. AndyTheGrump (talk) 13:52, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

It does cite a source, [2] p24, but all it says is "baptised", which can be read as Schoenbaum agreeing with you. @Xover, should we rewrite? Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 14:37, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

If absolutely needed I can probably scare up a few hundred sources to say he was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, and most likely in the birthplace (rather than in the neighbouring wool-shop; do you want the speculation as to which room he was born in? `Cause I can probably scare that up for you too. Just sayin'…). But this fact just simply is not in dispute, which is why we're citing Schoenbaum for the date (with all its subtleties) rather than the place.

But you probably don't want to use Shakespeare as an example: over 400 years of accumulated and accelerating scholarship makes him unique, and it is highly unlikely you'll find anyone whose biography is so well attested (not even Jesus). So for any real case (for which Shakespeare is here being used as a hypothetical) you'll need to assess the actual facts. Is there secondary sourcing? Are the sources high-quality and reliable? Do they address the relevant question (place or date of birth) directly? Do they address the baptismal records directly? Are there controversies or complicating circumstances that merit extra caution (someone travelling at the time of birth may be baptised much later and in a different place; or small parishes may see children baptised in a neighbouring parish out of convenience or similar; etc.)?

Baptismal records are certainly primary sources and must be used on their own with caution, but so long as they are mediated through a secondary source of at least minimally acceptable quality, and absent actual causes for controversy, relying on them for basic facts such as the date and the fact the birth almost certainly happened in the parish in which the baptism took place is uncontroversial. "Could theoretically have happened" is a far cry from "significant doubt"; we just don't want random Wikipedia editors making that call themselves based on the primary sources. Xover (talk) 15:01, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

Case in point: the first bardbio I checked—Smith, Emma. The Cambridge Shakespeare Guide (2019). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press—says William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire in April 1564 …, and then dives into a discussion of the trouble of pinning down the date (all subsequent scholars rely on Schoenbaum for that, incidentally; our use of him as the source for this in the article here was not accidental). Xover (talk) 15:20, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

That's all well and good, but does it say he was English!!?? Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 17:11, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

I'm pretty sure we actually had that fight too, somewhere down in the deep archives. Though that might have been someone objecting to referring to him as British (English nationalism is a thing—for some reason—and there are traces of that fight strewn all over the project; now also exported to Wikidata short descriptions). And then there's the revision history of Kenneth Branagh: is he a British actor of Irish descent? An Irish actor? Just a plain British actor? *sigh* Xover (talk) 21:14, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

So we have the interesting circumstance that while no primary source may exist that states incontrovertibly that X was born in Y, when one or more reputable secondary sources are satisfied (based on their assessment of the primary sources) that X can be reasonably stated to have been born in Y (because baptised there, perhaps among other reasons), then Wikipedia can go with that secondary source, and it's not our problem that the primary sources don't literally prove when or where someone was born.

I see Shakespeare proved an excellent example to kindle some thinking about this, and I see Shakespeare's Birthplace duly says it's the house "where it is believed that William Shakespeare was born". William Shakespeare, on the contrary, states the place of birth as though known fact, though that may be based on good secondary sources doing the same, which makes it cool for Wikipedia. Ni'jluuseger (talk) 04:02, 11 October 2022 (UTC)

That's an apt summary. We cannot, in general, decide we do not want to follow the secondary sources based on our own assessment of the primary sources. They are the experts that can assess whether the evidence is sufficient for whatever conclusion. Xover (talk) 06:38, 11 October 2022 (UTC)

I can imagine the fun of a centuries-long controversy, along the lines of the authorship question, as to whether Shakespeare was actually born - not just baptised - in Stratford, or whether the family happened to be holidaying in Cornwall at the time, etc. Ni'jluuseger (talk) 08:28, 11 October 2022 (UTC)

That can be fun, yes. Let me give you this quote from a different article: "Scholars Oliver Rackham and Peter Roberts have suggested that the age on the painting does not match Marlowe's age. They argue that ætatis suæ 21 means "in his 21st year", i.e. aged 20; which, combined with Marlowe's baptism date of February 1563 in the old style dates used at the time, would require the sitter to be at least a year younger than Marlowe."

On topic though, I doubt any scholars have spent much time thinking beyond "His mum lived in Stratford, so absent records to the contrary, there's no reason to speculate on her having him elsewhere." Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 08:48, 11 October 2022 (UTC)

Hey, scholars have to keep busy! And yeah, absent atomic proof, Occam's razor obtains and it's pointless to speculate whether WS might have been born - if not at the holiday home in Cornwall - in Wilmcote, at a stone's throw from Stratford, where his mother was being cared for by rellies during her pregnancy, this never having been recorded anywhere. Even if it's perfectly possible, tee-hee. Ni'jluuseger (talk) 09:23, 11 October 2022 (UTC)

WP:ONEOTHER deletions

Can disambiguation pages, failing per WP:ONEOTHER be deleted per WP:CSD#G14 or do we need to start an AfD? Thanks! —CX Zoom[he/him] ^{(let's talk • {C•X})} 15:58, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

You could tag them as G14, but that would be for the discovering admin to deal with. I usually chuck them to WP:MFD as they aren't articles. Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 22:06, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

@Lee Vilenski: What do you think about Non-cooperation movement (disambiguation)? —CX Zoom[he/him] ^{(let's talk • {C•X})} 20:06, 11 October 2022 (UTC)

White-on-transparent logos

Hi all, I was thinking of uploading the logo of The Trevor Project. However, on their website, the logo is a file with white foreground and transparent background, always displayed on another couloured background. I was wondering what I can do about this when uploading to Wikipedia. Would it for example be permissible to invert the colours, or add a coloured background to the file itself? Madeline (part of me) 16:04, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

@Maddy from Celeste: I just added the logo with the tangerine background that shows up when you Google them and select images. See The Trevor Project TimTempleton ^{(talk) (cont)} 21:41, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

Asking for closing an AfD

I can't close an AfD in which I voted but can I ask someone who didn't to do it? Dr Salvus 16:08, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

for this you would have to go to the Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents for help as only they can close them. Td^she/her 16:59, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

I think WP:RFCL would be a better choice. And non-admins can close afd:s. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 17:21, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

donation to wiki

Hello there, Received an email from Jimmy wales about donation, need more info. How to speak to someone to find details... Buyersellerasia (talk) 21:16, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

@Buyersellerasia: For questions about fundraising, contact please email donate(@)wikimedia.org RudolfRed (talk) 21:21, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

And would like to mention, the Wikimedia Foundation does not need your donations at all. They already have more than 200 million sitting in the bank. Sungodtemple (talk) 21:27, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

Thank you, if they have so much money, when every time i visit a page, a pop up windows show up and they cry not to leave without donating $$$$...? Buyersellerasia (talk) 21:46, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

@Buyersellerasia: If you go into preferences, you can disable the fundraising banners. RudolfRed (talk) 21:48, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

How to stop haters from flagging and trying to delete my page

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section. A summary of the conclusions reached follows.

Since the OP has been indefinitely blocked, there's not much more that can be done here at the Help Desk to help them with this. Further comments could be made on the OPs user talk page, but right now the main focus of the OP should be WP:UNBLOCK and not about things related any articles or drafts. -- Marchjuly (talk) 01:56, 11 October 2022 (UTC)

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Good day to all of you, My question is how to stop or block the haters who like to see your pages deleted or flagged. I just got my page up only 4/5 days and already got a hater. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Buyersellerasia (talk) 21:51, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

@Buyersellerasia: Which article? Your draft at Draft:Kazi_Ahmed was deleted due to advertising/promotion, which is not allowed. RudolfRed (talk) 22:03, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

you referred to a wrong article.... Buyersellerasia (talk) 22:07, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

But you won't tell us which one you are referring to? RudolfRed (talk) 22:10, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

@Buyersellerasia: You don't. We do not care what their motivation is. We only care about whether or not an article meets the deletion criteria. Someone flagged the article as unambigous promotion. An experienced administrator agreed and deleted the article. End of story. If the admin had not agreed that it was a clear-cut case, the article would have been put through the more rigorous "articles for deletion" process and would likely have been deleted anyway. Please read WP:N. You do not seem to understand what Wikipedia is. -Arch dude (talk) 22:03, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

i am talking about another page... Buyersellerasia (talk) 22:07, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

Buyersellerasia Which page? Note that only administrators can see deleted pages. Sungodtemple (talk) 22:11, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

I hired a freelancer and created a page for me, but already a hater is after my page and flagged it.

Trying to get some help not only stop haters, also improve to make my wiki page even improve further. Would you be interested to help. Buyersellerasia (talk) 22:22, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

@Sungodtemple

I hired a freelancer and created a page for me, but already a hater is after my page and flagged it.

Trying to get some help not only stop haters, also improve to make my wiki page even improve further. Would you be interested to help. Buyersellerasia (talk) 22:23, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

Which Wiki page? We aren't mind readers. AndyTheGrump (talk) 22:24, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

We're not going to waste our time trying to improve a page that is so fundamentally flawed that it would need a complete and utter rewrite to make acceptable. Please quit trying to use Wikipedia to aggrandise yourself. (NOTE: I have tagged the article for speedy deletion as blatant and irreparable advertizing/promotion.) —Jéské Couriano v^_^v ^{a little blue Bori} 22:54, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

Pretty sure this is Kazi Ahmed (inventor). Which is highly promotional. And if what Buyersellerasia says is true, also means User:Abusayeed did not identify as a paid editor. --Floquenbeam (talk) 22:45, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

Fixing mention. User:AbuSayeed is what I meant. --Floquenbeam (talk) 22:48, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

i expected to fix some issues and help him, though didn't receive any amount. I'm aware of disclosure policy and respect others private information. even no transactions haven't been made yet. also I asked for help regarding this in teahouse yesterday.--AbuSayeed (talk) 00:41, 11 October 2022 (UTC)

There's also Kazi Ahmed (artist) which was deleted a few years back. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 22:52, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

@Floquenbeam

Thank you for your feedback. I am totally new in this. How can I improve and make sure it is done with the wiki terms, so no one can flag? Please share your thoughts. Highly appreciate it. Buyersellerasia (talk) 22:55, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

Bluntly speaking, you realistically cannot do so and nor can any mercenary writer you hire. —Jéské Couriano v^_^v ^{a little blue Bori} 22:56, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

Well, a first step would be to stop with the insulting claim that someone who accurately tags your promotional article with a massive conflict of interest ... as an article with a conflict of interest is a "hater". But I'm not terribly interested in helping someone who is all aggressive and indignant when we don't know what page we're talking about, and all conciliatory once we figure it out. --Floquenbeam (talk) 23:00, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

"Kazi Ahmed... founded Buyer Seller Asia, an online marketplace that connects South Asian manufacturers, wholesalers to the global buyers based in Singapore, and Key West, Florida" --Orange Mike | Talk 23:35, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

@AbuSayeed vai, creating the whole article, adding references (those were promotional refs), uploading photo, translating the article to other wikis etc is more than just "i expected to fix some issues and help him". আফতাবুজ্জামান (talk) 01:49, 11 October 2022 (UTC)

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Tibetan art museum

I am on the board of a small Tibetan art museum. I was reading several pages...and I would like to use some of the content (intact/without additional edits)...am I allowed to do such a thing? There were several descriptions for instance I would like to use...do I need to source the information even if I make some minor changes to the content. 2601:8C:4A81:C240:E0BC:F968:801E:61C7 (talk) 22:59, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

You can use any of the text, provided you give attribution. See WP:REUSE for more info. RudolfRed (talk) 23:01, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

Hi IP 2601:8C:4A81:C240:E0BC:F968:801E:61C7. If you would like to use such content on other Wikipedia pages, then please also take a look at Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia. Such things can be done, but it still needs to be done in accordance with relevant Wikipedia policies and guidelines. -- Marchjuly (talk) 02:00, 11 October 2022 (UTC)

By all means, feel free to use and even modify any of the text under the terms of the CC-BY-SA. Note that CC-BY-SA imposes two obligations. First, you must attribute the source. Second, you must license the resulting derived work (e.g., web page, brochure, book, etc.) under the same license. You may also use almost all of the images under the same terms, but check the license of each image separately, since we use some images under a "fair" use" rationale. You are NOT free to use those images under CC-BY-SA, and you must make your own separate determination as to whether or not you are justified in using them under a fair use rationale. As a separate issue, you are probably well qualified to help us, if you have the time. If you see a problem within Wikipedia, please fix it! You will need to cite a reliable source if you do this. If you are uncomfortable with editing a Wikipedia article, then make your suggestion for a change on the articles talk page. -Arch dude (talk) 02:49, 11 October 2022 (UTC)

October 11

Personal listicle in draftspace

Could you please tell me the proper action to take when I come across a draft like Draft:Songs i like? Aithus (talk) 06:21, 11 October 2022 (UTC)

I would nominate it for speedy deletion per WP:U5. Shantavira|^{feed me} 08:14, 11 October 2022 (UTC)

U5 wouldn't apply as it's not in the User namespace. WP:MFD would probably be a slam dunk though. Madeline (part of me) 10:31, 11 October 2022 (UTC)

categories

how can i see all uncategorised pages? 2006toyotacorrola (talk) 08:23, 11 October 2022 (UTC)

You could try Special:UncategorizedPages, or Category:Uncategorized pages and its subcategories if Template:Uncategorized has been added to the article. David Biddulph (talk) 08:32, 11 October 2022 (UTC)

Website to be white listed

Hello There,

I don't know how and when did my website MarketsandMarkets.com is being blacklisted on Wikipedia. Can you please help me in identifying the issue and resolving this at earliest and make the website whitelist on Wikipedia and I would also like to add my company page on Wikipedia. Any suggestion in resolving this, would be of great help. Thanks Rraj07 (talk) 10:22, 11 October 2022 (UTC)

Rraj07 Wikipedia does not have "company pages", not a single one. What Wikipedia does have is articles about certain companies that meet the special Wikipedia definition of a notable company. Mere existence does not merit a company an article, it depends on significant coverage in independent reliable sources; significant coverage goes beyond press releases, staff interviews, annoucements of routine activities, and the like- it goes into detail about why the company is important or influential as the source sees it(not the company itself).

Please read conflict of interest and paid editing for information on required formal disclosures(paid editing includes mere employment, and declaring it is a Terms of Use requirement and mandatory). 331dot (talk) 10:28, 11 October 2022 (UTC)

Apparently it was blacklisted back in 2015. If it wasn't your website, you could apply here to have it removed from the list, but as that page says, Requests from site owners or anyone with a conflict of interest will be declined. 199.208.172.35 (talk) 14:57, 11 October 2022 (UTC)

How can I get regular news

How can I get regular news updates by email? 92.22.127.41 (talk) 11:42, 11 October 2022 (UTC)

This page is for asking questions related to using Wikipedia only, it is not a general question asking forum, sorry. 331dot (talk) 11:45, 11 October 2022 (UTC)

IP editor. If you look at the Main page, you'll see a couple of places where you can set up automatic emails for "Featured articles" and "On this day". Mike Turnbull (talk) 12:55, 11 October 2022 (UTC)

Since Wikipedia is not a news website, I assume you want news about Wikipedia itself, in which case you can subscribe to our newsletter. Shantavira|^{feed me} 15:04, 11 October 2022 (UTC)

Original lead singer for AC/DC

Wikipedia says the original singer for AC/DC was Bon Scott. Actually the original lead was Dave Evans from 1973-1974 before Bon Scott. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.52.131.243 (talk) 13:14, 11 October 2022 (UTC)

Please direct any concerns about the AC/DC article to its talk page, Talk:AC/DC. 331dot (talk) 13:20, 11 October 2022 (UTC)

Hi IP editor. The very first line in the history section says exactly that. Mike Turnbull (talk) 13:28, 11 October 2022 (UTC)

What's the template for requesting an image to be cropped?

I came across it recently, but I just cannot find it now (have spent 10-15 minutes hunting around, I should have asked here first). (And why are things so hard to find sometimes?) A bit iffy (talk) 19:40, 11 October 2022 (UTC)

@A bit iffy, {{Remove border}}? 199.208.172.35 (talk) 20:01, 11 October 2022 (UTC)

Sorry, that's not the sort of cropping I'm thinking of (should have been clearer). I want to request someone to crop irrelevant people out of a group photo so as to show just one person. A bit iffy (talk) 20:14, 11 October 2022 (UTC)

You could post on Wikipedia:Graphics Lab, or c:Commons:Graphic Lab if the file is hosted on Commons. Madeline (part of me) 21:00, 11 October 2022 (UTC)

{{Cleanup image}} with an appropriate explanation would work; I can't find any others specifically about cropping. 199.208.172.35 (talk) 21:04, 11 October 2022 (UTC)

Instead of cropping an image, you can just display a region of it. I've put some examples at User:Maproom/cropping.   Maproom (talk) 21:15, 11 October 2022 (UTC)

@A bit iffy {{CSS image crop}}? -- AxG / ✉  21:30, 11 October 2022 (UTC)

Angela Lansbury Movie Credits

You guys have a fairly comprehensive listing of her movies, but I never did see Blue Hawaii where she played a leading role in 1961? 47.220.155.3 (talk) 20:08, 11 October 2022 (UTC)

Her role is mentioned in both Blue Hawaii and Angela Lansbury. If you have suggestions to improve the articles, you can start a discussion on that article's talk page. RudolfRed (talk) 20:33, 11 October 2022 (UTC)

How to unblock talk page after revoked by admin

If a user talk page was revoked by administrator due to inappropriate use, how to restore the talk page for unblock appeal. There is seem to be difficult to request even if banned by UTRS. 197.156.95.54 (talk) 21:30, 11 October 2022 (UTC)