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August 21

reference citation

I am told there is an error in the following, Can any give me the needed correction? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Djlebeau (talk • contribs) 01:19, 21 August 2014 (UTC)

[1] - you used <ref> instead of </ref>. - Sincerely, Taketa (talk) 03:35, 21 August 2014 (UTC)

References

Hey, How Do I Get More Involved?

Wondering. Still fairly new here. Busy Moose (talk) 02:45, 21 August 2014 (UTC)

Hi Busy Moose, see Wikipedia:How to help -- Sincerely, Taketa (talk) 03:38, 21 August 2014 (UTC)

Citations and copyright

Where in the WP Help pages does it say that when writing articles the wording in citations must not be copied word for word or closely paraphrased because of copyright problems? I have seen it but cannot remember where. --P123ct1 (talk) 10:03, 21 August 2014 (UTC)

You may be looking for Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing. -- John of Reading (talk) 10:52, 21 August 2014 (UTC)

Also of potential help, Wikipedia:Copy-paste. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 10:56, 21 August 2014 (UTC)

But if you mean you are quoting a source, the quote should, of course, be the exact words used in the source. See MOS:QUOTE. SpinningSpark 11:55, 21 August 2014 (UTC)

Sorry, forgot to mention that important exception! --P123ct1 (talk) 13:33, 21 August 2014 (UTC)

Which Awards and nominations tables are better?

Hello, so usually the main work I do on Wikiepedia is to edit the Awards and nominations section on biographies of people. It really fascinates me, however they are so many different kind of tables used for that particular section, therefore which ones based on RULES and POLICIES of Wikipedia are the best to use? To be more specific, should the ones that have the awards/organizations and categories together like Eileen Davidson's and Rebecca Herbst's or the ones that have IMO occupy less clutter and have each specific award/organization receive their own tables as in Michelle Stafford's page? If neither are good based on Wikipedia routines, then which tables should I used? Please give a link to the table. Thank you and I hope my question can be answered very soon.  — SoapFan12 (talk, contribs) 16:20, 21 August 2014 (UTC)

I think you'll be out of luck finding a guideline on something as specific as that. If it exists, I would expect to find it at Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Biographies, or at least a link to a page were it might be. There might also be project specific guidelines at Wikipedia:WikiProject Actors and Filmmakers, but at all those places I'm not seeing anything. The best I can advise is to look how it is done in Featured Articles or Featured lists, which are supposed to be out best content. There is an example at List of awards and honors received by Judy Garland. SpinningSpark 18:36, 21 August 2014 (UTC)

@SoapFan12: Per the Manual of Style, the best table format is probably none. "[Tables] should be used only when appropriate; sometimes the information in a table may be better presented as prose paragraphs or as an embedded list." Most times there is no obvious benefit to having the content in rows and columns and awards can be clearly and appropriately presented in a simple list. There however seems to be this unnatural fetish for table format and the actual MOS is rarely followed. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 00:45, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

College MUN page deleted

Hi, I created an article for Haarlem United Nations, see www.hmun.nl. This is an organization run by college students therefore the level of our article isn´t that high. It´s highly important to us to have a Wikipedia page: participating students can read about it. Sadly, one of your workers deleted the page. Please try to understand our problem and help us. Here is our page:

it is unnecessary to copy the entire page here, and doing so messes up page formatting. AndyTheGrump (talk) 16:24, 21 August 2014 (UTC)
The following discussion has been closed. Please do not modify it.
Haarlem Model United Nations Abbreviation HMUN Type NGO Purpose Education Location Haarlem, NL Official language English Main organ Board of Directors Affiliations United Nations Department of Public Information The Haarlem Model United Nations (HMUN) is a non-profit organization that promotes awareness of International Relations. It is composed as several semi-independent but centrally funded programs, which each promote awareness of international relations in different ways. Those programs are [2]. HIRC is the largest student organization at [3]. It is that is run entirely by college students, and it is an affiliated Non-Governmental Organization with [4] Haarlem Model United Nations [5] (HMUN) is one of the biggestModel United Nations simulations in Europe. Every year, students from around the world attend the conference, which is currently held at the stedelijk gymnasium haarlem in Haarlem. The next session of HMUN will be held from the 27th until the 29th of March 2015. Like many Model United Nations simulations, HMUN offers committees in four main categories: The General Assembly The Economic and Social Council Regional Bodies, like the African Union Specialized Agencies, which include unique standing committees like the Security Council and also include crisis committees, centered around a developing crisis. Delegates represent countries or NGOs, and must work to solve problems through debate and compromise while still promoting the interests and policies of the nation or person they represent. Staff HMUN 2014 has a staff of 18 students. These staff members all have different positions: the SG, DSGI, DSGO, FM, CM, IM, ITM, SM, HoH, HoA, LM and PRM. Secretariat The Secretariat consists of the top-level officers of Harvard Model United Nations who oversee all branches and activities of the conference. The Secretary-General is elected annually in June by the Board of Directors. He or she is traditionally a member of the past year's Secretariat. The remaining Secretariat members are appointed by the Secretary-General in coordination with the BODs, DSGI and DSGO. (http://web.hmun.nl/conference-staff) Related Model United Nations External links [6] [7] [8] [9] References [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]

I think that you may have misunderstood the purpose of Wikipedia - this is an encyclopaedia intended for a general readership, rather than an information source for your students. To qualify for an article, you would need to demonstrate that the organisation meets our notability criteria, as demonstrated through in-depth coverage in third-party published reliable sources - which your article fails to do. This is the standard applied to all organisations, and we don't make exceptions for NGOs and other worthy causes. AndyTheGrump (talk) 16:34, 21 August 2014 (UTC)

draft

I am trying to find a draft I had built, but the window closed. Where is it so I can get back to it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Minimer01 (talk • contribs) 16:31, 21 August 2014 (UTC)

I don't see any edits to the draft namespace in your contributions. Did you click the save button before the window closed? If not, that probably means your work was lost. Sorry! Altamel (talk) 17:09, 21 August 2014 (UTC)

Add content in the article

I am trying to add content in following article https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dr._A._K._Venkatachalam&action=edit&redlink=1

False positive error comes, when I reported this error following message is coming

False positive - being dealt with now. See WP:AN. Black Kite (talk) 11:59, 12 August 2014 (UTC)

Please explain. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Akventachalam (talk • contribs) 16:46, 21 August 2014 (UTC)

There is no article at Dr. A. K. Venkatachalam. There is a draft on your user page at User:Akventachalam. Before you go any further, please read WP:AUTOBIOGRAPHY.--ukexpat (talk) 17:25, 21 August 2014 (UTC)

The user page has been speedily deleted as a misuse of Wikipedia as a web host.--ukexpat (talk) 17:41, 21 August 2014 (UTC)

The issue the user has is he is being prevented from creating a draft by a bug in edit filter 31, see the filter's log. This was discussed at the admistrator's noticeboard. The problem has apparently been fixed, but that is not completely clear. SpinningSpark 17:46, 21 August 2014 (UTC)

Editing Woman page

A consensus has been reached to change the page “Woman” on Wikipedia so that the picture of a bust of Sappho in the grid of pictures to the right is replaced with a picture of famous transgender woman Christine Jorgensen. Problem is, none of us who have been editing that page lately know how to do that. Can somebody please do that for us? Thank you very much. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.175.26.106 (talk) 17:24, 21 August 2014 (UTC)

Please provide a link to such consensus.--ukexpat (talk) 17:26, 21 August 2014 (UTC)

See the talk page - [[15]] 71.175.26.106 (talk) 17:27, 21 August 2014 (UTC)

It seems to have been done. Dismas|^(talk) 08:20, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

Personal lubricant page

I have asked OhNoitsJamie to help us out with posting the correct way in regards to oil-based lubricants on the personal lubricant page. We've left 2 requests for help but no response. The information posted was backed by clinical reviews performed by FDA approved laboratories but removed because it "Sounds like another shitty PR company has started vandalizing for cash." We are reaching out for assistance with posting the clinically backed information the correct way but unable to have the personal editing out our post to respond to our call for help. Is there anyone on this page that would be able to assist with our request? link to talk page: Talk:Personal lubricant and link to wiki page: Personal lubricant. Thank you in advance for any assistance you can provide. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.114.187.67 (talk) 17:59, 21 August 2014 (UTC)

I have replied on the article talk page - we need strong third-party sourcing to include any content regarding the lubricant. AndyTheGrump (talk) 19:39, 21 August 2014 (UTC)

use of images for publishing

I am an author of a book entitled " Fossils, Evolution and my Faith". The book is aimed at the new entrant to the college who might be interested to know more on Fossils and Evolution and how to reconcile with his religious beliefs. I am interested to COPY AND USE SOME IMAGES GIVEN IN WIKIPEDIA. I AM WRITING THIS TO KNOW WHETHER I AM PERMITTED TO DO SO OR I NEED TO OBTAIN SPECIAL PERMISSION FOR WIKIPEDIA FOR DOING SO. KINDLY ADVICE. 117.193.174.204 (talk) 19:08, 21 August 2014 (UTC)DEPJ

See Reusing Wikipedia Content for full details. 151.225.121.9 (talk) 19:32, 21 August 2014 (UTC)

Subject: Mail delivery failed: returning message to sender

I tried e-mailing a fellow editor using the 'Email this user' link under Tools (on the left-hand side of the screen). This used to work, but I'm not sure when I last tried using it. Today, I got an error saying "Message not accepted for policy reasons. See http://postmaster.yahoo.com/errors/postmaster-28.html". I can't be the only Wikipedia editor using a Yahoo e-mail account. Is this a known issue? A Quest For Knowledge (talk) 22:44, 21 August 2014 (UTC)

Yes, it's a known issue. I found this discussion on the Village Pump, which links to bugzilla:64795, which is still open. RudolfRed (talk) 23:31, 21 August 2014 (UTC)

Fake colour phobias?

Hi. Today I browsed to the recently created article "Chromophobia (fear)" and suspect it's somewhat nonsensical. Many supposed phobias only occur in word lists and are never, or almost never, diagnosed. The creator, User:PlanetStar, seems to have gone quite far with this, e.g. changing Erythrophobia (the fear of blushing) to a supposed fear of the colour red (with alleged symptoms, etc.!); I also note that Wikipedia says Xanthophobia is a fear of yellow, whereas if you look at Google Books [16] you only find word lists and no real-world usage; the actual meaning, when it does occur, is the one given by Wiktionary [17], viz. an aversion to yellow light in certain biological organisms, and not a real human fear. Could I suggest that these various colour phobia articles are reviewed to see whether they are accurate, or merely replicating phobia word lists with no basis in medical science? Thank you. 86.159.197.174 (talk) 23:50, 21 August 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for bringing this up to my attention. It does appear that the fear is real, as shown on Chromophobia- Fear of colors, Fear of Colors, and Chromophobia: Do you have a fear of colors?. However, these sources do not seem very reliable and I cannot find any good sources. In addition, I have tagged the article for not having any references. π♂101 (talk) 01:43, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

August 22

Weird section banners?

In the crucible steel page I am seeing:

That appears to me to imply that sections of crucible steel are Wikipedia policies? I do not know what to do. 69.168.144.139 (talk) 00:04, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

One of the tags applied ( {{Disputed tag|talk=Crucible steel#Not in agreement with other sources}} ) was incorrect and has been removed. The correct tagging should be {{disputed-section|Talk:Crucible steel#Not in agreement with other sources|date=July 2014}}, but unfortunately there has been, for more than a year, a bug in the way the templates work, see Template talk:Disputed-section#Talk page link feature seems to be broken. --David Biddulph (talk) 00:26, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

okay then. Thankyou. 69.168.144.139 (talk) 00:38, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

SAVED BOOKS

HELLO! I want to ask THAT yesterday i saved a book of some 3 -4 pages , but today when i logged in , the ' ADD TO BOOK ' widget was firstly unavailable and then when i re started it, my yesterday's saved book was lost... help me with this .....DO SAVED BOOK APPEAR ONE FOR A DAY , A SESSION OR WHAT? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kamran365 (talk • contribs) 03:13, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

@Kamran365:, It looks like you saved [18] yesterday. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 04:31, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

Alternative account

Resolved

 – 1999sportsfan (talk) 08:07, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

Is it alright if I create an alternative account to use when I am in public wifi hotspots or computers? I am worried that my password can be captured and that I can be held responsible for edits which I did not make. Is it considered sockpuppetry if I create a second alternate account for security purposes? 1999sportsfan (talk) 07:17, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

Hi, the short answer is yes - see the details at WP:VALIDALT for a full explanation. CaptRik (talk) 08:05, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

Thanks, @Captrik! 1999sportsfan (talk) 08:06, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

Deletion tag log

Dear editors: Is there a help page that explains in detail about the various logs and how to use them? I found Help:Log, but it is very general. For example, what is the "tag filter" and how is it used? Also, there is a log called "deletion tag log"; when I add my username there are two entries; since I know that I have tagged hundreds of pages, does this mean that all of the others have been deleted? —Anne Delong (talk) 11:22, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

@Anne Delong: I believe that the deletion tag log only records deletion tags applied through Page Curation; it doesn't record twinkle or manual nominations. The log records all such actions, including when the page was deleted.

On the User Contributions log, adding in a parameter in the "tag filter" brings up any edits that were tagged by the corresponding edit filter (e.g. [19]). Examples of tags are "blanking", "possible BLP issue or vandalism"; they're all listed at Special:Tags. I have no idea how the tag filter works with any of the other logs. (talk) 22:33, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

(sigh) Thank you, Altamel. As happens about once a week, I am feeling that editing Wikipedia is like wandering around in the woods and every now and then bumping into a tree. These tags, then, have nothing to do with the frequent use of the same word to mean the adding of little templates to pages, which then expand into automated messages? For example, the ones created by Twinkle or the Page Curation software? —Anne Delong (talk) 23:16, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

The tags of the "tag filter" are mainly there so suspicious edits are marked for recent changes patrollers. So yes, they are different from all those maintenance templates. Wikipedia is like a giant forest, straight out of a Grimm Brothers' fairy tale...who here hasn't become lost or run into unpleasant characters? But it can be fun to explore all the hidden places. Altamel (talk) 23:34, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

Referencing

How do I reference and submit pages? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gblake1989 (talk • contribs) 16:14, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

Try this guidance on writing your first article. --Orange Mike | Talk 17:28, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

August 23

Sources from Malta?

According to a blog and National Enquirer, Madeleine Collinson has died. Neither source is reliable though. According to our article, Collinson moved back to Malta when she stepped out of the lime light here in the States. Since we're having trouble finding a reliable source, what is the best way to maybe contact someone in Malta who might have a better idea as to where to get an RS for her possible death? Dismas|^(talk) 00:04, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

It's in IMdB (yes I know that some people have doubts about that site) and google is telling me that her death was reported in the National Enquirer, but I can't access their site from the UK. It seems to be widely reported across the internet, including this site, couldn't say how reliable they are though. SpinningSpark 00:37, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

Thank you. Yes, those are the unreliable sites I was referring to. IMDb is not reliable for biographical info. See WP:RS/IMDB for the argument there. Since you're from the UK, you might not know that the NE is a trashy tabloid and not reliable. And the link you provided claims a blog as its source. Dismas|^(talk) 00:44, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

At least one traces to http://www.ourdisappearingplanet.com/ which seems a bit more than a blog, not sure I'd count as an RS though.Naraht (talk) 04:52, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

Saving history

The Internet in Asia redirect, which is used in the {{Asia topic}} template, should be deleted. It redirects to a deleted section of the Internet article. Some alternatives were discussed at Template talk:Asia topic#Internet in Asia, but I think the permanent solution is to delete the redirect. I don't think I should change the redirect target because I didn't find another article that would be useful to someone clicking Internet in Asia, as it appears at the bottom of articles like Internet in Yemen. So it would be better to unlink than to falsely promise the reader information specifically about the Internet in Asia. And editing the template is apparently impractical.

I have authority to delete the redirect, but I stopped when the instructions mentioned history. There are more instructions for saving history, but they all assume that the history was from an article that was moved to one article. But this article was split into a list of articles, before becoming a redirect to a section that no longer exists. So where does the history go so we can find it?

The same problem occurs for at least North America, Oceania, South America, and the Americas (but not Africa, because the Internet in Africa article exists.) Art LaPella (talk) 00:20, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

In some similar cases I have moved the history to a sub-page of the target article talk page. You could also leave the history where it is and rename the redirect to something less misleading. SpinningSpark 00:44, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

 Done [20] Thank you. Art LaPella (talk) 01:07, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

Delete my user name profile

Hello there,

Can you please help me to delete a website I created accidentally,

Here is the link

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Daladier_Bach

Thanks

Done. JIP | Talk 06:11, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

Editing article

H i just edited an article and added a reference to the article as i thought that article was helpful however within minutes i got a message telling my my edit was flagged as a promotional move ? i even didn't know who owns the site and just added because i thought that was helpful

Please advise how to add the sources we trust

thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kahuta123 (talk • contribs)

You seem to be referring to Affiliate marketing. Your edit was removed for a couple reasons but I'll address the promotional one to start. We don't accept blogs as reliable sources per WP:SELFPUB. Basically, anyone can post a blog about any subject. We have no way of gauging their qualifications and therefore don't accept them as sources.

Also, we don't generally just post various web sites to the references section of an article. If a reference is used in the article to support some fact, then the reference will appear in that section.

Dismas|^(talk) 07:52, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

Password reset E-mail not received

I created Sillyvalley in 2008 after the 2008 Sichuan Earthquake, and made frequent edits in related pages. I still receive E-mails at the address I used to create this account, although I haven't logged on for years. (Shame on me:-) When I tried to reset password today, I alternated between user name and E-mail address. But no E-mail has arrived in 6 hours. I have verified that no mail has dropped in spam folder. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.131.89.216 (talk • contribs)

You say that you've received emails at that account but have those emails been from Wikipedia? In order for Wikipedia to send a password reset to your email address, you must have put that address in your preferences when you were logged in. Did you do that? Dismas|^(talk) 07:55, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

And can you share which email provider ? There have been some problems with both yahoo and gmail lately for instance. —TheDJ (Not WMF) (talk • contribs) 09:08, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

Those are problems where the Wikimedia servers "spoofs" the From field to show the e-mail is from the user rather than where it is really from, the Wikimedia servers. I would hope there is not a problem with e-mails from Wikipedia. SpinningSpark 09:15, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

User:Sillyvalley is not showing the "e-mail this user" option, so unless they disabled it in preferences it means they never registered an e-mail address at all. If that's the case then they will need the original password to recover the account. SpinningSpark 09:15, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

I do not recall how E-mail options were set. AIM mail was my primary during that period. If Wikipedia allowed account creation without E-mail, that could explain why I can't find a single E-mail from Wikipedia.org in any of my mailboxes. On the other hand, I thought that the reset function would not tell me "mail sent" when the mail address wasn't even in the database. I made a couple password changes during that period. Wish I hadn't. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.131.89.216 (talk • contribs) 10:59, 23 August 2014‎

@50.131.89.216: Ok, I just tried this with a test account. The reset password e-mail gets sent (and received) if an e-mail address is provided, even if the address is never confirmed. On the other hand, if no e-mail address is provided, the reset password page puts up an error. If you are getting the "e-mail sent" message then that would indicate that you did provide an e-mail address. It looks like there is something up with your e-mail account rather than the Wikipedia end. Are you sure you are looking in the right account? Also, if you are using an e-mail client like Outlook, you might check the e-mail account web page directly (and its spam folder). It is possible the message got took out before it ever reached Outlook. SpinningSpark 11:49, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

change marital status

How do you change spouse information?— Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:30a:c0ce:2b60:3d68:523e:c421:773c (talk • contribs)

The short answer is you edit the article. In what article do you want to change the spouse information? Do you have reliable sources that say the spouse has changed? GB fan 11:08, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

In general, you just marry or divorce her/him. sorry, bad joke. —TheDJ (Not WMF) (talk • contribs) 11:49, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

OP is probably talking about Austin Stoker. Dismas|^(talk) 13:08, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

mistake I am not qualified to correct

I discovered that the History of Glass article (first paragraph) dates the first man-made glass to 3500BC and, two lines later (repeated further down), to the middle of the third century BC (which is 1000 years later). I do not know which is correct so cannot correct it. What should I do? David jd Johnson (talk) 12:57, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

Re: the above request, this user's name is almost the same as mine. Is there anything that can be done to ask them to change their user name? David J Johnson (talk) 13:09, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

I'd consider asking him in the nicest possible.way on his talk page, keeping in mind that he's likely been using that name most of his life, not just here. Don't take it badly if he's reluctant, just explain the reasons he might wish to do so. LeadSongDog come howl! 13:23, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

Back to the original question, just posting here is likely to get some eyes on the problem. You could also post your concerns on the talk page of the article which is Talk:History of glass. Going even further, you could check the article's history to see who the most recent active editors are and post on their talk pages (You'll see their talk pages linked next to their names in the history) requesting some help with the problem. That should get someone to look at it. Dismas|^(talk) 14:29, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

You probably meant third millennium, not third century. I expect this is confusion over millennia numbers and fourth millennium was really meant. It probably doesn't help that the source in the article mentions third millennium (I don't think the source is confused but that may have confused the Wikipedia editor). However, a quick trawl on gbooks came up with at least one source dating the origins of glass making to the third millenium. SpinningSpark 14:40, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

Re Deleted Article on 'Gary Tedman'

Hello

I loaded up an article on 'Gary Tedman" some while ago. It was deleted yesterday. I forgot to copy it and would like to keep a copy and perhaps work on it. Can you provide me with access to it, if only temporary, or with a copy.

thank you

Aestheticinfo 15:40, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

Pinging Salvidrim!, who deleted the page and will retrieve it for you.

Concerned page: Gary Tedman.

Concerned User: Aesheticinfo. --Fauzan^{✆ talk}_{✉ mail} 15:50, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

Will not be restored - I only userfy deleted articles when they were deleted uncontroversially, and not articles deleted after a deletion discussion. Since the article you are here about was deleted after a discussion took place at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gary Tedman, it cannot be undeleted. However, if you believe that the outcome of the discussion did not reflect the consensus of the participants, a request may be made at deletion review. At the present time, this is not an appropriate topic for inclusion on Wikipedia. Please see Wikipedia's notability guidelines. ☺ · Salvidrim! · ✉ 16:41, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

@Aesheticinfo: Check your e-mail. SpinningSpark 17:17, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

Much obliged! Aestheticinfo 17:21, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

Lauren McLaughlin

Hi, I am trying to request undeletion of the page, Lauren McLaughlin, which I created, and when I filled out the form, it was asking a question I don't understand so I don't know if the request for undeletion when through...can you tell me if it went through? Also, she got some message from wikipedia saying her book is now part of the public domain and she has relinquished all copywrite? What does that mean, how could that happen? thank you, Karen Hunter— Preceding unsigned comment added by Karenhu (talk • contribs)

Yes, your request went through and was answered. [21].

@Karenhu: It appears there were a number of issues with your proposed article:

1)You started it with Wikipedia:XXXXXX. That means the page you created was in "Wikipedia" space which is for back office work like this help desk and not actual articles.

2) The content itself was promotional in nature and not encyclopedic.

3) In order for a subject to have a Wikipedia article, the topic of the article must have been covered in a significant manner by third party, reliably published sources and McLaughlin does not appear to meet those criteria.

4) Based on the fact that you claimed to be the author of an uploaded photo which appears to show the subject in a private residential home, you probably have a personal or professional relationship with the subject and therefore a conflict of interest which places limits on your editing about the subject- and one of the limits is not creating such articles. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 20:28, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

With regard to the copyright question, you will need to be more specific in what the letter said and what it was referring to.-- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 22:21, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

"Only the diff" as default

Hi. I know that if I want to view only the diff, I can add &diffonly=1 to the url. Is there some way I can make it so that this is the default, when I click on the "diff" link in the watchlist? Kingsindian (talk) 23:48, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-rendering: "Do not show page content below diffs". PrimeHunter (talk) 23:54, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

@PrimeHunter: Thanks. Kingsindian (talk) 23:58, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

August 24

SignBot?

SignBot hasn't made a contribution in the last couple days. The bot's owner's talk page says that their life is in chaos and may be hard to reach. So, in order to avoid trying to contact them for what may be a small thing, I'm asking here. Has there been a change or some other thing that has disabled SignBot? Dismas|^(talk) 03:28, 24 August 2014 (UTC)

I'd like to learn more about editing infoboxes

I recently came upon a situation in which I wanted to improve an existing infobox but I'm confused regarding the details as to how to do so. Could someone please explain it to me, or direct me where I could find more details? I already read H:IB but did not find the info on that page as detailed and useful as I'd wish it were. As none other than an example for my question.. (My example is purely for the same of serving as an example to my question.)

• To add additional fields to the already existing infobox Template:Infobox_dot-com_company, how would I do that? (please walk me thru what the steps would be if you don't mind)
• If I wanted to rename and/or reorder some of the fields that already exist within that infobox so that it matches the similar infobox Template:Infobox_company would it be ok for me to do so and if so, how would I do that and would I have to update every article that uses the infobox if I modified an existing field?
• If I open the edit window to modify the Template:Infobox_dot-com_company infobox there is a button at the top that reads Manage TemplateData but within that window there is nothing.. so I checked several infoboxes to see if there would be any content in the Manage TemplateData window but all the ones I checked, there was no data in that section.. so I'm wondering what that button/section is for and what it's proper usage would be like?

Anyone who may take the time to explain .. just to make it easier for you .. I am a professional front-end/back-end web developer so you can get technical and I should understand you. :p And thanks in advance! David Condrey (talk) 03:29, 24 August 2014 (UTC)

As far as I understand infoboxes, re-ordering the fields will reorder them on every article. (Some caching may occur, so the change may not be seen immediately.) Changing the name of a field will break every infobox in the articles that use that infobox. So if you were to change "residence" to "home town" for example, none of the articles that use the infobox would have a "residence" entry any more. Not until each article has been edited to update the infobox with the new field name. If you remove a field from the template, that field will no longer be shown to the reader though will remain in the source code of the article. We have an actual example of this already. Right now Template:Infobox adult biography no longer has a hair color field. But it used to. And many of the articles that use that particular infobox still have "hair color" in the source code for the infobox. Hope this helps your understanding. Dismas|^(talk) 03:47, 24 August 2014 (UTC)

How to finish up a short edit?

I worked as Michael Spivak's personal assistant and American editor on this series. Later I taught television production for 8 years at Red River College in Winnipeg. Two of my former TV students are Diana Swain of CBC News and Dawna Friesen of Global TV News. However, I taught them both years after I worked with Michael on this TV series. It can be verified by looking at the TV credits!

Serena Stone — Preceding unsigned comment added by SerenaStone88 (talk • contribs)

I presume that you are complaining about this reversion from the Paul Bernard, Psychiatrist page. After reading our verifiability policy and our conflict of interest guideline you can discuss the issue on the article talk page. SpinningSpark 09:23, 24 August 2014 (UTC)

ok to remove my email address from an archived page?

I unwisely put my email address on a Talk page which is now ARchived. Is it ok for me to edit the archived page to delete it? Tomtul2 (talk) 04:09, 24 August 2014 (UTC)

Yes. Dismas|^(talk) 04:17, 24 August 2014 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:AutoWikiBrowser/CheckPage

Admin needed to counter the backlog on the above page. I am posting this here because I have applied for the permission. Sorry, if anyone doesn't like this method. Thanks.--Skr15081997 (talk) 08:35, 24 August 2014 (UTC)

The place to ask for an administrator is Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard, but you need to show some patience, you only made the request a couple of hours ago. SpinningSpark 09:13, 24 August 2014 (UTC)

sorry, again.--Skr15081997 (talk) 09:24, 24 August 2014 (UTC)

Big Three (University of California)

I am doubt is it a self-study written by the user himself/ herself: Big Three (University of California). Not just because I never find such a term in University of California materials, search in Google (except directed to Wikipedia), but also, you may not find such a term in ALL footnotes and external source he/ she cites.

Please also note that the user only creates this page, and posts the link to other pages after registration e.g. Princeton University.

Are you suggesting that the page should be deleted? If so, you need Articles for Deletion. SpinningSpark 09:33, 24 August 2014 (UTC)

Yes but I am not so sure how shall process.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.184.231.1 (talk • contribs)

The instructions are here (part of the page I linked above). Be careful to follow them exactly, it is quite complex. You will not be able to complete the process because you do not have an account, but the instructions tell you where to ask for someone to complete it for you. SpinningSpark 10:06, 24 August 2014 (UTC)

really complex, don't know how to do...

Well, this is weird...

Something very odd is going on over at William Shatner. The addition seems to check out at first glance, but it's becoming very edit war-like very quickly, and we could use some additional eyes. Remember not to bite any newbies... Evan ^{(talk|contribs)} 14:01, 24 August 2014 (UTC)

Ivan Smolović

The article under name Ivan Smolović is delated because is created on wrong way. Now he is blocked. Can somebody help me to unblock this name because i wanna create article under name Ivan Smolovic with good sources. Dear Wikipedia please do something about that and help me. Talk with administors and help me. Thank you!