User talk:Liu1126

November 2019 GOCE drive bling

		The Minor Barnstar
		This barnstar is awarded to Liu1126 for copy edits totaling between 1 and 3,999 words (including bonus and rollover words) during the GOCE November 2019 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Tdslk (talk) 04:15, 4 December 2019 (UTC)

Psychologists

Regarding your edit summary in this edit, it's not true that "Psychologist already implies he's an academic"; various kinds of applied psychologists are not academics but are psychologists. Your edit is fine, but a better reason for it would be that it's shorter, not that all psychologists are academics! Biogeographist (talk) 15:53, 21 February 2023 (UTC)

Ah yes, I didn't realize that at the time of the edit. Thanks! Liu1126 (talk) 20:44, 21 February 2023 (UTC)

Wikidata descriptions

Hi! I've seen this edit and wanted to ask why the Wikidata description has been overriden here. I've seen this from other editors in other places too and I always thought that Wikidata descriptions would be preferable to local descriptions (because, why have them when they are not used?), but I'm curious to know why this may be a wrong assumption. Thank you. -- Evilninja (talk) 20:39, 21 February 2023 (UTC)

Short descriptions are usually less than 40 characters long and are required to be easily understandable to the layman. Wikidata descriptions don't follow these requirements, so they are often too long or technical to be imported as a short description. See Wikipedia:Short descriptions for more info.

In this specific case, however, the Wikidata description is actually acceptable, and has been used on other pages, like Milli-, but on a whim of the moment, and before consulting the other pages, I decided that adding "SI" to the start of the description would "greatly improve its quality" (as you can see, editing short descriptions, especially those for scientific and engineering articles, is a very arbitrary process). In hindsight, though, it seems that the addition of "SI" is unnecessary jargon and does nothing but waste three characters, so... minor trout slap? (and I've sneakily removed the characters from the short description) Liu1126 (talk) 21:32, 21 February 2023 (UTC)

Ah, thanks for the explanation, I did not know about the constraints on Short Descriptions. Declaring "SI" as "unnecessary jargon" might anger some physics nerds, but I get what you mean :-) Thanks for taking the time to respond! -- Evilninja (talk) 12:26, 22 February 2023 (UTC)

Question from Priyanshuguptaa (17:01, 25 September 2023)

Hello i am an fashion influencer or influencer marketing specialist --Priyanshuguptaa (talk) 17:01, 25 September 2023 (UTC)

@Priyanshuguptaa: Welcome to Wikipedia! I'm afraid your question isn't clear. Ask me any questions you have about editing Wikipedia. Liu1126 (talk) 17:06, 25 September 2023 (UTC)

IP annoyance

[1] It's an LTA, and this specific IP is fresh off a block for it. I re-blocked. DMacks (talk) 13:00, 6 October 2023 (UTC)

Good block, thank you! Liu1126 (talk) 14:01, 6 October 2023 (UTC)

Question from Samente (20:49, 6 October 2023)

Hello please can you help me see pictures of architecture --Samente (talk) 20:49, 6 October 2023 (UTC)

@Samente: Welcome to Wikipedia! If you are just looking for images, you may want to look on Wikimedia commons, specifically its architecture category. You can look through the images inside the category itself, or go into one of its subcategories. Alternatively, you can browse Portal:Architecture, which contains many Wikipedia articles on architecture, in which you may also find images. If you are looking for something very specific, you may find help at our humanities reference desk. Note that many images on Commons and Wikipedia are licensed under various Creative Commons licenses, which have specific requirements regarding their usage. Have a good day! Liu1126 (talk) 14:34, 7 October 2023 (UTC)

Question from Richardjulius22 (07:24, 7 October 2023)

Hello,can I link my wikipedia to my Facebook page --Richardjulius22 (talk) 07:24, 7 October 2023 (UTC)

@Richardjulius22: Welcome to Wikipedia! I'm afraid I am not exactly sure of what you mean. If you mean whether you can put something on your Facebook page about you editing Wikipedia, sure! If you mean you want to put a link on your userpage to your Facebook page or copy content over from your Facebook page, then that is most likely not allowed. Wikipedia user pages are mainly aimed to assist in collaboration between editors. They may host a small amount of autobiographical material (such as the userboxes on my user page), but excessive personal material not related to your work on Wikipedia is not allowed, as it unnecessarily consumes server space and sometimes may seem inappropriate or even offensive to other editors. For more information, please see Wikipedia:User pages. Have a good day! Liu1126 (talk) 14:48, 7 October 2023 (UTC)

Question from KunoichiWiki4 (11:48, 9 October 2023)

Hello Liu1126, thank you for being my mentor! I occasionally use Wikipedia in my particular areas of interest, particularly U.S. and Japanese science fiction and Japanese manga comics (having published my own SF and translated lots of Japanese SF and hundreds of Japanese manga comics). I was particularly the translator of the Japanese SF writer Yamano Koichi who was one of my mentors. I am interested in increasing the amount of information in English on Mr. Yamano (now deceased, with no English language entry) and to expand entries on translated Japanese manga where I see that works I translated have been attributed to other people. There is no actual item for me on Wikipedia, not even a short one to the effect: "Dana Lewis is a translator of Japanese manga and science fiction and a Science Fiction Writers of America and Science Fiction Writers of Japan." (both of which have Wikipedia entries). I realize this is ego driven (!) but I see multiple Wikipedia entries attributing translations I did to other people, perhaps because there is no entry for me that can be linked to. What is the policy at Wikipedia in this situation? Am I allowed to create a short entry about myself as above, or must if be created by a 3rd party? Also (Somewhat!) less egocentrically) , I see entries pertaining to Japanese SF writers and manga artists I know personally that does not mention their work is available in English translation, by me or by other translators (who no doubt should in turn have their own entries to keep things straight). Can I create entries myself to address these gaps? --KunoichiWiki4 (talk) 11:48, 9 October 2023 (UTC)

@KunoichiWiki4: Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for taking the time to ask me about this. It sounds like you may have a conflict of interest (COI) with some of the articles and content areas you would like to work on. Wikipedia policy defines COI as "contributing to Wikipedia about yourself, family, friends, clients, employers, or your financial and other relationships".

Everyone has potential COIs to some degree, even myself, and the rules about COI are by no means meant to prevent you from contributing to Wikipedia. Not everyone declares their COIs because it would be cumbersome to do so and it usually isn't necessary, but since you want to make a significant amount of contributions to areas you have COIs in, there are several actions you would need to take and follow:

Firstly, you would need to declare your COIs on your user page using the the templates Template:Connected contributor or Template:UserboxCOI. You can follow the instructions on the template pages. This helps other editors know if you are making edits in your COI area.

Secondly, you should put any articles you create that are in your COI area through Wikipedia:Articles for Creation. This is a process where more experienced editors can review your creations and either create the article for you if it is ready for publication, or provide feedback if it is not. As a new editor, you will have to use this process anyway, but even after you achieve autoconfirmed status, you will still need to use this process to create articles in your COI area to allow uninvolved editors to confirm that your new articles are neutrally written.

Thirdly, you should refrain from editing articles in your COI area. Instead, you should suggest edits on the article's talk page using Template:Edit COI. Uninvolved editors will respond to your suggestions and either accept them and edit the article for you or refuse them.

Finally, you should create articles and suggest edits in line with Wikipedia's various policies. Of course, there are an incredible amount of policies, and it is unlikely that you will be able to quickly read and understand all of them. Don't worry, we're here to help! You can ask me any specific questions on editing, or request help at the Wikipedia:Teahouse. There are some specific guidelines I would suggest you read right now, though. The first is notability. You mentioned that you and other translators do not have articles. Of course, this may be due to an oversight, but it is also possible that you weren't determined "notable" enough. Although there is no hard and fast rule to what is notable or not, generally speaking, you would need several secondary sources about yourself to be deemed notable. The second is verifiability. All claims on Wikipedia need to be supported by secondary sources, which are usually placed as inline citations. When adding information, you would need to take note of this.

Sorry for the very long answer. I would encourage you to read WP:COI and other Wikipedia policies and guidelines. Have a good day! Liu1126 (talk) 13:28, 9 October 2023 (UTC)

Question from MancosMustanger on Mancos, Colorado (17:54, 15 October 2023)

Hi there. Trying to add event, “Mancos BurroFest in late June” to the page for Mancos, CO.

Cannot see full text of the page, only first paragraph after stats. Thanks. --MancosMustanger (talk) 17:54, 15 October 2023 (UTC)

@MancosMustanger: Welcome to Wikipedia! I believe you're saying you can only see the infobox and the lead section? Usually this is because you clicked the [edit] or [edit source] link that is right next to the page title, which only opens the lead section for editing (although this option should be disabled by default, so I'm not quite sure why you're seeing it).

To edit the whole page, there is an "Edit" or "Edit source" button that is in the bar under the title. The button in the right half of the bar and sandwiched between the "Read" and the "View history" buttons. You can also edit a specific section of the article by clicking the [edit] or [edit source] links that appear next to the section headers.

When editing content on Wikipedia, make sure that the statements you add are verifiable; that is, they are supported by reliable sources. I would encourage you to read the two articles I have linked and other policies and guidelines. Have a good day! Liu1126 (talk) 21:34, 15 October 2023 (UTC)

Question from RAYANAYOUNGSTARREYNOLDS (12:09, 16 October 2023)

I've posted my pictures and published them now I can't see anything --RAYANAYOUNGSTARREYNOLDS (talk) 12:09, 16 October 2023 (UTC)

@RAYANAYOUNGSTARREYNOLDS: Hello. The files you uploaded have not been lost. They were uploaded to Wikimedia Commons. You can find you files at your contributions on Commons.

However, I must warn you about the images you have uploaded and any future images you may want to upload. Wikimedia Commons is not your personal free web host. Any files uploaded to Commons must be realistically useful for an educational purpose. There is a minor exception in that a limited number of images of yourself that you are using on your user page would be allowed, but I have doubts over whether the images you have uploaded would be acceptable under this provision.

Although I will not nominate your images for deletion, I would recommend that you request speedy deletion under criteria G7 while still possible, as other editors may come across your files and nominate them for deletion instead. Thank you. Liu1126 (talk) 15:20, 16 October 2023 (UTC)

Why what's wrong with them? RAYANAYOUNGSTARREYNOLDS (talk) 17:20, 16 October 2023 (UTC)

I don't see my profile being visible I can't find it when I Google why? RAYANAYOUNGSTARREYNOLDS (talk) 17:21, 16 October 2023 (UTC)

For your first question, simply because they are not useful, at least for now, to the project. Wikimedia Commons is meant to provide educational media content to the public, educational being defined as "providing knowledge; instructional or informative". Unless you are a well known public figure that meets Wikipedia's notability requirements, it is unlikely that many people (other than your friends and family) would find photos of yourself useful.

For your second question, Wikipedia user pages are almost always ignored by search engines like Google, since they don't contain any content of interest to the general public. If you want to create an article about yourself, you will need to make sure that it meets the various policies and guidelines such as verifiability and notability, and also use the WP:AFC method since you have a conflict of interest. Liu1126 (talk) 22:54, 16 October 2023 (UTC)

I'll be soon Ryan Reynolds wife and will have some movies coming in can we make it seen by the public? RAYANAYOUNGSTARREYNOLDS (talk) 23:44, 16 October 2023 (UTC)

If your husband is the Canadian/American actor Ryan Reynolds, then I'm sure there's nothing to worry about, since there are many editors interested in him and his work, so any new films by him should be quickly updated on his article (although his article does state that his wife has been Blake Lively since 2012...).

Otherwise, you will have to first prove the notability of your husband and yourself, or the notability of the films. To quote the relevant guideline: "A topic is presumed to be suitable for a stand-alone article or list when it has received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." If you believe you, your husband, and/or the films meet these requirements, you will still have to follow the procedures on conflict of interest editing.

Wikipedia is not a soapbox or means of promotion. It is an unbiased collection of educational information for the general public, not the world's biggest billboard. If you want to promote yourself or other interests, you would benefit more from contacting a public relations agency. Thank you. Liu1126 (talk) 11:23, 17 October 2023 (UTC)

I'll hire a person to put the content for me once we announce it! RAYANAYOUNGSTARREYNOLDS (talk) 11:35, 17 October 2023 (UTC)

I would not recommend that. Paid editing is still a type of conflict of interest. Consequently, paid editors are also prohibited from directly editing content relating to you.

Besides, if the content you want to add meets Wikipedia's policies, you can propose the edits yourself, and uninvolved editors will add the content for you. If it doesn't meet the policies and guidelines, the content will likely be removed even if it was added by an editor clandestinely editing for you, as it has happened many times in the past, resulting in only wasted time and money. Liu1126 (talk) 11:47, 17 October 2023 (UTC)

professionals will add it in a very professional way the way it won't be removed ever! RAYANAYOUNGSTARREYNOLDS (talk) 11:50, 17 October 2023 (UTC)

Well, we shall see about that. Otherwise, I don't see this conversation going anywhere productive. I would suggest that you stop wasting your time on this thread. Liu1126 (talk) 13:02, 17 October 2023 (UTC)

yeah I don't see you being helpful Goodbye! RAYANAYOUNGSTARREYNOLDS (talk) 13:05, 17 October 2023 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Delete a wiki page created by some nuisance person (Archive link)

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is Delete a wiki page created by some nuisance person. Thank you. Regards, User:TheDragonFire300. (Contact me | Contributions). 11:54, 25 October 2023 (UTC)

Discussion for Saqlain Miyan Wiki Page

Hi Liu, Did you created the page ? Toufeeq690 (talk) 12:08, 25 October 2023 (UTC)

No, if you look at the page history, the original creator of the page is QuadriSyedSahab. Liu1126 (talk) 12:14, 25 October 2023 (UTC)

Question from Siddheshd2811 (08:19, 28 October 2023)

Hi Liu,

I hope you are doing well.

I am interested in publishing the details of my book on Wikipedia, and I was wondering if you could kindly assist me with a step-by-step guide to ensure a successful creation of a Wikipedia page for my book. I have found a reference that seems to align with my requirements, which you can see here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Can%27t_Win_(book)

Thank you very much for your help. --Siddheshd2811 (talk) 08:19, 28 October 2023 (UTC)

@Siddheshd2811: Welcome to Wikipedia! There are detailed instructions on Help:Your first article, but I'll give you a brief outline here, especially since there will be some extra steps you'll need to take due to your conflict of interest.

1. Make sure that your book meets Wikipedia's general notability guidelines or the notability guidelines specific to books. To summarise (although you should also check the two linked pages above), your book should have been covered by several reliable sources or has had a significant impact in the literature community. There is also a threshold standard for books: you book must have been catalogued by your country's official or de facto national library (e.g. Library of Congress for US books, British Library for UK books, etc.). Failing this threshold almost always means the book is not notable enough for inclusion, although exceptions do exist.
2. Create your article in your user space or the draft space. There are several policies and guidelines you will need to follow, the most important of which are the Wikipedia:Manual of Style, which details how the page should be structured and written, and Wikipedia:Verifiability, which states that all claims in articles must be supported by reliable sources.
   1. You should also declare your conflict of interest at this stage by using the {{connected contributor}} on the draft's talk page and, optionally, placing {{UserboxCOI}} on your user page. Follow the instructions in the templates' documentations.
3. Submit your article for review at Wikipedia:Articles for Creation. This is necessary both because you are not yet an autoconfirmed user and because you have a conflict of interest with the subject of the article (because it's your own book). Other experienced users will review your submission and either allow it into mainspace (making it a full Wikipedia article) or decline it and give you suggestions on how to improve it, which you should follow.
4. After your article has made it into mainspace, any future edits to it should be done via the {{edit COI}} template due to your conflict of interest. You may also want to read Wikipedia:Guide to effective COI edit requests to help you with these requests.

Please reach out to me if you have any more questions, and good luck with your article! Liu1126 (talk) 12:25, 28 October 2023 (UTC)

Question from Viny123456 (04:44, 29 October 2023)

hello so i saw this video on you tube that said you can call on google plus is this true --Viny123456 (talk) 04:44, 29 October 2023 (UTC)

Hi, for general reference questions like these, it would be better to look it up on the relevant Wikipedia page (like Google+) or ask your question at the Wikipedia:Reference desk, where other volunteers will help you find the information you need. Ask me questions regarding how to edit Wikipedia. Liu1126 (talk) 10:11, 29 October 2023 (UTC)

Question from Damonm26 (19:57, 1 November 2023)

Hello!

I am the marketing coordinator and social media manager for a startup company. I am looking to create a Wikipedia page for our company and founder. Any suggestions? --Damonm26 (talk) 19:57, 1 November 2023 (UTC)

@Damonm26:Welcome to Wikipedia! Since you are employed by the company and/or person you want to create articles about, you have a conflict of interest according to the definition in Wikipedia's policies. This doesn't mean you cannot create and maintain these articles, but there are some extra steps you will need to take. Here is a brief summary of how to create an article in your situation, but you should read the official guide at Help:Your first article:

1. Make sure that the company and person you write about meets Wikipedia's general notability guidelines or the notability guidelines specific to companies and organizations and people. In short (although you should also check the linked pages above), the subject of the article should have been covered by several reliable sources.
2. Create your article in your user space or the draft space. There are several policies and guidelines you will need to follow, the most important of which are the Wikipedia:Manual of Style, which details how the page should be structured and written, and Wikipedia:Verifiability, which states that all claims in articles must be supported by reliable sources.
   1. You should also declare your conflict of interest at this stage by using the {{connected contributor}} on the draft's talk page and, optionally, placing {{UserboxCOI}} on your user page. Follow the instructions in the templates' documentations.
3. Submit your article for review at Wikipedia:Articles for Creation. This is necessary both because you are not yet an autoconfirmed user and because you have a conflict of interest with the subject of the article. Other experienced users will review your submission and either allow it into mainspace (making it a full Wikipedia article visible to all users and search engines) or decline it and give you suggestions on how to improve it, which you should follow.
4. After your article has made it into mainspace, any future edits to it should be done via the {{edit COI}} template due to your conflict of interest. You may also want to read Wikipedia:Guide to effective COI edit requests to help you with these requests.

Please reach out to me if you have any questions, and good luck with your article! Liu1126 (talk) 20:10, 1 November 2023 (UTC)

Question from Cana47 (22:31, 2 November 2023)

Hello hope you're having a good day:) --Cana47 (talk) 22:31, 2 November 2023 (UTC)

@Cana47: I am, thank you! Ask me any questions you have about editing Wikipedia. Liu1126 (talk) 00:21, 3 November 2023 (UTC)

Question from Angelie Amboy on Google Sites (16:30, 3 November 2023)

Hello, can I ask a question? How to create an e-portfolio? --Angelie Amboy (talk) 16:30, 3 November 2023 (UTC)

@Angelie Amboy: Hello! For general reference questions like these, it would be better to look it up on the relevant Wikipedia article (like Electronic portfolio) or ask your question at the Wikipedia:Reference desk, where other volunteers will help you find the information you need. Ask me questions about editing Wikipedia itself. Liu1126 (talk) 20:09, 3 November 2023 (UTC)

Question from Onidzzukiqwq (21:12, 3 November 2023)

hello, is it possible to add a little-known virtual state with a community of 100 thousand people to Wikipedia? there are photos, a flag and the rest --Onidzzukiqwq (talk) 21:12, 3 November 2023 (UTC)

@Onidzzukiqwq: Welcome to Wikipedia! Inclusion of content on Wikipedia is governed by the Wikipedia:Notability guideline, specifically its general notability guideline section. To quote the summary: "A topic is presumed to be suitable for a stand-alone article or list when it has received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." Note that different editors may have different interpretations of these guidelines, and community consensus is the ultimate arbiter in these issues.

If the virtual state isn't supported by enough reliable sources to warrant its own article, or the article created would probably be of stub length for the foreseeable future, you should also consider placing it as a section in one of Wikipedia's existing articles or lists. Some possible pages are Virtual world, Virtual community, Online community, and List of virtual communities. You can also look for other articles where the virtual state would fit in.

If you want to, you could give me some information on the virtual state, and I can help you judge whether or not it meets Wikipedia's notability guidelines. Please reach out to me if you have any more questions. Liu1126 (talk) 13:30, 4 November 2023 (UTC)

Question from Lefootop (20:49, 4 November 2023)

Hello I need help with a very biased wikipedia mod that refuses to even talk to me in the talk page. May i receive help please? --Lefootop (talk) 20:49, 4 November 2023 (UTC)