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June 5

please remove Publishing from Maynard Clarck about Chief Wompimeequin Wampatuck

please remove article written about Wompimeequin wampatuck published by Maynard Clarck it was put up without permission thank you kindly — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.61.15.196 (talk) 00:07, 5 June 2017 (UTC)

I'm afraid you'll need to provide a link to the article in question. I can't find it based on the information you've provided. Incidentally, whose permission do you suppose is required to create an article? Rivertorch^FIRE_WATER 03:43, 5 June 2017 (UTC)

The OP may be referring to this talk page posting. Maproom (talk) 08:03, 5 June 2017 (UTC)

Yes, that sound likely. The best place to discuss the problem is on that talk page. If the only evidence is from Facebook, then the paragraph has no place in Wikipedia. It is not currently in any article. Dbfirs 08:52, 5 June 2017 (UTC)

New Entry

I have completed a trademark on a bumper sticker and would like to add its meaning to Wikipedia. I have signed up and now have a login/password. What is my next step?Nicebeaver (talk) 02:04, 5 June 2017 (UTC)

Hello Nicebeaver. Welcome to Wikipedia. But Wikipedia is not the place to publish the meaning of your trademarked terms. I would suggest a quick read to one of our critical policies: Why original research should not be included on Wikipedia, and some of our very important guidelines on what Wikipedia is not, why you might have a conflict of interest and what kind of articles can be included on Wikipedia. Write back for more help. Thanks. Lourdes 02:47, 5 June 2017 (UTC)

Free image source template

Template:US image sources lists U.S. sources of free images. It includes Flickr, and says the required license is CC 2.0. But at WM Commons, I believe CC 2.5 or higher is required. Am I interpreting this correctly? Is this template out-of-date? MB 04:42, 5 June 2017 (UTC)

sentinel steam locomotive, 9596.

The location of Sentinel steam loco 9596, George, Is..under restoration by Mervyn Mayes and Vic Ward at the old railway yard, Yaxham, Norfolk. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.177.52.240 (talk) 09:04, 5 June 2017 (UTC)

Thank you for the information; but there may be nobody here who has any use for it. I'm guessing you are suggesting that it be added to an article. If you have a published source for the information, you are welcome to add it to the article (with a citation to that source) - Wikipedia is the encyclopaedia that anybody may edit. If you don't feel confident in editing the article, or do not have a source, the best place to suggest it is on the article's talk page (every article has a Talk page, though in some cases the Talk page has not yet been created). If no published source can be found, then the information should not go into the article, as all information in Wikipedia is supposed to be referenced to published source.

@86.177.52.240: - Already mentioned in the Rolling stock of the Mid-Norfolk Railway article. Mjroots (talk) 20:30, 5 June 2017 (UTC)

Qatar edit

On the main page of the qatar entry there is a bias line:

In June 2017, The Wahhabi terrorist states, Saudi Arabia (a brutal dictatorship that sponsors terrorism and has proven links to 9/11 and other atrocities) , Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt cut off diplomatic relations with Qatar for allegedly supporting terrorism, causing the 2017 Qatar diplomatic crisis. In 2017, Qatar was the best. By Jamal Badr. Also, they aren't terrorists.

Those facts are unfounded. When you go in to edit the "brutal dictatorship crap" out it isnt there to edit out. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.126.201.198 (talk) 13:27, 5 June 2017 (UTC)

The vandalism by 176.74.218.197 was soon reverted by other editors. --David Biddulph (talk) 13:34, 5 June 2017 (UTC)

Translation template?

I've just made an edit which includes a quote that I'm fairly certain has been translated by somebody with a less-than perfect grasp of English (but undoubtedly better than my knowledge of Finnish).

Anyway as it's a quote I don't want to change it, but is there a template one can use to show that a quote may not have originally been in English? At the moment it's unsourced so removal is always an option, but I'd rather keep it as I've already trimmed quite a bit from the section in question. Chaheel Riens (talk) 14:24, 5 June 2017 (UTC)

Chaheel Riens, hello. You could give a quick look to Template:Lang. Thanks. Lourdes 00:08, 7 June 2017 (UTC)

NEW SEARCH

Please add Katie Frates; thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.111.101.208 (talk) 16:01, 5 June 2017 (UTC)

Hello, Anonymous user. Not quite sure what you're asking, but I'm guessing that you want somebody to write an article about Katie Frates. It's fine to ask for that (though you could make your request a bit clearer), but Wikipedia articles take a lot of work to create, and all our editors are volunteers, who write about what they find interesting or important. If you think she is sufficiently notable (in Wikipedia's special sense - i.e. that there are several pieces of substantial material published about her by people who have no connection with her) then there could be an article about her. You could try creating it yourself (start by reading your first article - but it isn't easy), or you could request it by adding it to an appropriate list at Requested articles. If you find some suitable independent sources, and cite them in your request, that will make the request more attractive for somebody to pick up and work on. --ColinFine (talk) 22:52, 5 June 2017 (UTC)

Article not indexing on Google Search

Hello all. This following article has been published on wikipedia, but it impossible to find it through search engines unless you have the specific link. I have looking into the source code and found this <meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow"/> How can we remedy to the problem?

Url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salomon_Thiombiano

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sthiomb (talk • contribs) 16:03, 5 June 2017 (UTC)

Please read Wikipedia:Controlling search engine indexing. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 16:05, 5 June 2017 (UTC)

@Sthiomb: Also, the article was just created today. It takes a little bit of time for Google to index articles, so they will never appear immediately. Did you have someone create the article about you (I'm guessing it's about you since your username appears to match the subject of that article). ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 16:07, 5 June 2017 (UTC)

@Nihonjoe: Please provide specific information as to which sources are not reliable? Lefrancais9 (talk) 18:20, 5 June 2017 (UTC)

@Lefrancais9:Wow, three different brand new editors now working on (or concerned about) the article of a non-notable fashion blogger (he's dapper, though, according to some of the sources). Smells to me like dirty socks. I've posted over on the article talk page. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 03:19, 6 June 2017 (UTC)

Samantha Colley

Hi there. I am trying to make a page about the actress Samantha Colley. I thought I had made it. But when I search for Samantha Colley on a search engine, the wikipedia page does not come up. Can someone help me with this? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samantha_Colley Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by PatrickPatrickPatrick (talk • contribs) 16:39, 5 June 2017 (UTC)

New articles are WP:NOINDEXed until they are either patrolled through the new page patrol process (which has a backlog of 5 moths) or until they have been waiting for 90 days. --David Biddulph (talk) 17:11, 5 June 2017 (UTC)

Why is my Userpage Nominated for Deletion?

My apologies if this is the incorrect forum (I don't spent much time in the community part of Wikipedia), but my userpage was nominated for deletion by User:Marvellous Spider-Man. As I wrote in the AfD page (here): "My user page contains contact information (explicitly allowed under Wikipedia:User pages) and "Work in progress or material that you may come back to in future"." Am I breaking some rule unknown to me? What is the rationale? PvOberstein (talk) 17:32, 5 June 2017 (UTC)

I think that keeping a draft on "Sabzar Ahmad Bhat" among your user pages would be fine. But putting it on your user page User:PvOberstein, which is meant to be a page about you as relevant to your activities on WIkipedia, is not. I suggest you move the draft, maybe to User:PvOberstein/Sabzar Ahmad Bhat. Maproom (talk) 17:54, 5 June 2017 (UTC)

I see you've now done so. I hope that's the end of the problem. Maproom (talk) 17:59, 5 June 2017 (UTC)

The draft has been moved, as per your recommendation, Maproom. That said, I still have to ask: is it proper procedure to simply nominate a userpage for deletion without making any outreach to the user? Furthermore, does the posting of contact information constitute a "promotional userpage"? (I realize this might sound passive aggressive, that is not my intent, I would simply like an answer). PvOberstein (talk) 18:01, 5 June 2017 (UTC)

Having contact information is not promotional. The way your userpage looks now is fine. ~ GB fan 18:06, 5 June 2017 (UTC)

Surely it depends on the context? Why would you want contact information on a userpage - when the very reason for a userpage is to provide a contact point for a user. Contact info for something other than on-Wiki use shouldn't be necessary. It may be that some users have alternate accounts in operation, so want to list them, but otherwise it's hard to image a need for any other form of valid contact info. Probably better to say that having contact information may not be promotional, but each case differs.

However, as to your other comment - I would expect out of courtesy (apart from obviously disruptive or vandalistic cases) that a user should be approached prior to the deletion request being submitted. But there's nothing to say that a user must be approached prior. Chaheel Riens (talk) 21:47, 5 June 2017 (UTC)

Help:Searching

Considering Help:Searching#Other search tools, I would like to kindly point out that the page "page contribution" linked there does not work [yet]. By the way, what would actually be the difference to the revision history?--Erdic (talk) 23:25, 5 June 2017 (UTC)

PS: Is there any way I can search for text in a user's contributions page? (WikiBlame is not available here)--Erdic (talk) 00:28, 6 June 2017 (UTC)

Thanks. I have updated the link to User Contribution Search.[1] PrimeHunter (talk) 08:58, 8 June 2017 (UTC)

Here is a weird one...

I went to the page at c:Commons:Deletion requests/Files in Category:Official portraits of Donald Trump when I noticed that Firefox had the little "mute tab" icon on the tab. There was no audio when I unmuted it. I have seen this before on commons and meta, but figured hat I must have hit the mute by accident. This time it was a freshly opened tab. Not a problem really, but I am curious; any ideas as to why this happened? --Guy Macon (talk) 23:49, 5 June 2017 (UTC)

Could be an add-on you might have in Firefox that preemptively mutes tabs. Or the keys <ctrl>+m may have been pressed accidentally while opening the tab. Lourdes 01:25, 6 June 2017 (UTC)

Ah. The latter is a real possibility. I am using a Ducky keyboard (I highly recommend them) and the Ctrl key is very close to the lower left corner and somewhat easy to hit with my wrist. Thanks! --Guy Macon (talk) 20:19, 6 June 2017 (UTC)

June 6

template parameter question

Does anyone know why the closing reason parameter on the Closed rfc top/Rfc top template might not display? I'm trying to close and RfC and I can get the template to display the: "The following discussion is closed...." message and the box around the discussion but everything I put between the pipe character and the braces closing the template is invisible on preview. I'm fairly stumped, here. Thanks. Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 01:06, 6 June 2017 (UTC)

@Eggishorn: Does your "reason" include an equals sign anywhere, perhaps inside a URL? If so then the syntax has to be {{Rfc top|1=your reason here}} with an extra "1=". -- John of Reading (talk) 05:22, 6 June 2017 (UTC)

Oh, that must be it! Thanks, I didn't notice that before, but including the long form for a link with a diff means that part of the text says "oldid=" That equal sign did exactly what you're saying. Thanks again. Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 14:47, 6 June 2017 (UTC)

Forgot email address and password

Greetings! Hope you will be having a good day. After a long time that I got back to my wikipedia profile. But, I only remember my username but not the linked email or password. But I can vaguely remember a few words of password. I want to get redirected to it. Any way out? Cheers LauralauraS (talk) 05:33, 6 June 2017 (UTC)

Go to Special:PasswordReset. You can enter either your username or your email. If you are certain of your email, but not your username, only enter your email. The system will send a temporary password to your saved email address that will allow you to retrieve your account. You can change the password after you log in.--Shantavira|^{feed me} 08:31, 6 June 2017 (UTC)

publishing my German article in English doesn't work

We would like to publish the article https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutsch-Tschechische_Industrie-_und_Handelskammer in English, as we did in Czech before. But there seems to be a problem with the English translation tool. When clicking the "publish translation" button, after typing in the secure word, this message keeps showing up: "Translate page - Note: This utility is currently restricted to extended confirmed editors on the English Wikipedia, see WP:CXT for more information." Furthermore, this message is shown: "An error occurred while publishing the translation. Please try to publish the page again. Error: Hit AbuseFilter: Content Translation Edits

". We did not have this problem with the last translation. We understand that the quality of articles has to be ensured, however we do not understand why we cannot publish it at all. We translated the article by ourselves.

Thank you for your help and your fast reply! AHKTschechien (talk) 08:39, 6 June 2017 (UTC)

You need at least 500 edits on the English Wikipedia to do this. You have only 4. Please see WP:CXT.--Shantavira|^{feed me} 10:40, 6 June 2017 (UTC)

Hi, AHKTschechien,
your username and your user page, and also the fact you use 'we' when talking about your actions and experience indicate a serious problem with your account. And it is much more important than the trouble with translation tool. PLEASE see the Wikipedia:Username policy ASAP, esp. the WP:ORGNAME section. --CiaPan (talk) 10:50, 6 June 2017 (UTC)

Remove unwanted redirect - actual article name does not appear in a search

I've searched help pages about redirects, etc. but need help. When typing in a search for the page "Sheryl Nields (photographer)", it redirects to Nields. I could list it under the "Nields (surname)" and could still do so, but the article is too challenging for anyone to find. It doesn't show up as an available page choice. Any advice, explanation or an actual correction would be wonderful. Much appreciation.Marcomgirl (talk) 09:12, 6 June 2017 (UTC)

Hello, Marcomgirl. I'm not sure what the problem is that you are talking about. But I have moved "Sheryl Nields (photographer)" to Sheryl Nields. We do not put explanatory terms in parenthesis in article titles unless it is required to distinguish other subjects with the same name. Shery Nields (photographer) still exists as a redirect to the new location (at the time of writing) but I have requested it be deleted. --ColinFine (talk) 10:29, 6 June 2017 (UTC)

Lanchester, Durham

Third paragraph has been added recently an is obscene. Please remove. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.111.125.17 (talk) 09:21, 6 June 2017 (UTC)

No article with that title Jimfbleak - talk to me? 10:31, 6 June 2017 (UTC)

The vandalism to Lanchester, County Durham has been removed by Twiceuponatime. Thank you for pointing it out. --ColinFine (talk) 10:35, 6 June 2017 (UTC)

Help:Cite errors/Cite error ref no input

https://mulavallikavdevitemple.blogspot.com

Do you have a question? Please tell us which article on the English Wikipedia you are having a problem with.--Shantavira|^{feed me} 10:44, 6 June 2017 (UTC)

Editing ?Headline problem and Seeing article listed.

Hello: I have penned a small item entitled "The Confederation". It also has sub titles. Firstly how do i edit the headline? i ask becuase I need the headline to be noticed but it is not listed anywhere on your system. Also I cannot locate the article when I input "The Confederation" in your search engine. Kindly advise me. U/N Selous Guide. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Selous Guide (talk • contribs) 13:17, 6 June 2017 (UTC)

Selous Guide, no article of that exact name has ever existed, and your contributions are just three minor edits to an existing article. Jimfbleak - talk to me? 13:45, 6 June 2017 (UTC)

@Selous Guide: The only edits by your account here at the normal English Wikipedia is this question and [2] which didn't make sense and was reverted. At the Simple English Wikipedia, a separate wiki we don't link to in article text here, you created simple:The Confederation. They are not included in searches here. I don't know their policies but here it would be completely unsuitable as an article (probably also there). Based on Google searches the subject was made up recently and lacks reliable sources to satisfy Wikipedia:Notability. Suggested articles can be submitted at Wikipedia:Articles for creation but it currently sounds impossible to make a suitable article about The Confederation. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:50, 6 June 2017 (UTC)

YO! Sushi Wikipedia edits

I work for YO! Sushi under name Yosushiwiki and I'm trying to make relevant changes to our Wikipedia page. However user DrChrisWilliams keeps undoing our changes with bot ClueBot NG. Please advise how I can get my changes back (I have already tried to report this).

Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yosushiwiki (talk • contribs) 14:09, 6 June 2017 (UTC)

Hello, please read the Wikipedia guidelines about editing and conflicts of interest here, including disclosure rules, the policy on paid editing, and also I recommend that you read the Wikipedia username policy on corporate / promotional / organizational names found here, as this should explain why your edits keep getting reverted by ClueBot NG. RegistryKey^(RegEdit) 14:24, 6 June 2017 (UTC)

... and please note that the article is definitely not "your Wikipedia page", even if it is an article about your company. If you wish to make changes, please register an individual account, disclose your conflict of interest and paid editing status, then suggest the changes you wish to make on the talk page of the article. Dbfirs 15:54, 6 June 2017 (UTC)

Draft Approval

Hi, I have a Draft article that was re-written as requested, but I can't see a way to submit it for approval, or anything obvious like that to progress it (its for a client)

Thank you!!

AB — Preceding unsigned comment added by AngryBritain (talk • contribs) 14:19, 6 June 2017 (UTC)

I have added a template which gives you a submit button, but it isn't fit to be submitted yet. You need to read the advice at WP:Your first article, and also read WP:COI and make the declaration as required at WP:PAID. --David Biddulph (talk) 16:05, 6 June 2017 (UTC)

Unfair deletion

Hello, I was a respected user of Wikipedia and today I feel ashamed of the jokers behind it!! My client Satheesh Menon (Actor) was deleted stating the references were wrong? If that guys know English ask him to search in google if my client is not a notable actor in Kerala or ask the Malayalam movie industry including president of AMMA (Association of Malayalam Movie Association). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 148.252.128.229 (talk) 14:45, 6 June 2017 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Satheesh Menon. --David Biddulph (talk) 15:58, 6 June 2017 (UTC)

Hello, anonymous editor. It appears that you have been trying to create a Wikipedia article without understanding the policies and principle by which Wikipedia words (such as "no promotion", and "notability" - in its special Wikipedia sense): many people make that error, and we usually point them at the essay your first article. I do not know whether you were respected or not, but referring to conscientious editors who do understand those policies as "jokers" does not incline me to respect you. Nor does taking money (as implied by your word "client") to perform a job which it appears you do not at present have the necessary knowledge and skills to carry out. --ColinFine (talk) 21:43, 6 June 2017 (UTC)

My reading list.

I have an android mobile app for Wikipedia. This gives me a reading list. When I log into my account on a computer. I do not see the reading list. How do I access what I have listed on my phone. Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Energeticgod7 (talk • contribs) 15:57, 6 June 2017 (UTC)

• Hi Energeticgod7, as per the Android app FAQ on Mediawiki, the reading list feature is provided only on the app and not in the Web/desktop version. Thanks. Lourdes 00:12, 7 June 2017 (UTC)

Questia

While attempting to fix a dead link, I found it archived on Questia. However, only an excerpt is available without a subscription. How should this be handled? — 2606:A000:4C0C:E200:A0A5:6CF:D9C3:3FD3 (talk) 16:09, 6 June 2017 (UTC) —

• Re: ""Home by a Neck; a Giraffe's Epic Journey from Cairo to Paris" by Poisson, Georges - UNESCO Courier, March 1986 | Online Research Library: Questia". www.questia.com.

• Hello, a few quick helpful links that you could read for understanding what to do are: WP:INDICATEAVAIL, WP:SOURCELINKS AND WP:PAYWALL. In summary, while there's a need to only cite the actual source (the book that you may be referring to), the fact that the same is accessible only beyond a paywall is no limitation to citing the book. If something is not clear, feel free to ask again. Thanks. Lourdes 02:09, 7 June 2017 (UTC)

Deletion of my wiki???

Hi

I have just put up a wiki page Andi Bonsai....it says it will delete the page unless I can provide a valid citation....I am the a producer and writer of music for TV all over the USA and the rest of the world. My music is used on top emmy TV show So you think you can dance and so would like a wiki page as think it is relevant. Can you give me any tips to stop this being deleted? I have attached it to discogs etc?

KR Andi

Andibonsai (talk) 17:24, 6 June 2017 (UTC)

Please read Wikipedia:Autobiography. Sorry, but you should not be writing an article about yourself.--S Philbrick(Talk) 17:29, 6 June 2017 (UTC)

Change the page name

Hi there, Need help updating the company name from Newmark Grubb Knight Frank to Newmark Knight frank. The company has been rebranded recently and rebrand source story is in the page. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newmark_Grubb_Knight_Frank — Preceding unsigned comment added by Socialmediankf (talk • contribs) 18:24, 6 June 2017 (UTC)

 Done ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 19:17, 6 June 2017 (UTC)

June 7

Help needed in editing

I was checking the recent changes log and found that one Ip user (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/115.78.115.3) was removing sock-puppetry tags from many ip addresses. The sockpuppeteer mentioned in the tags that the user removed is already blocked due to being identified as one but then I realized that the SC tags were placed on the talk pages by a blocked ip address (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/112.198.73.9). Now I am not able to tell whether the ip addresses whose tags this user was removing were innocient or not. Please help me with the matter. Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Field Marshal Aryan (talk • contribs) 09:15, 7 June 2017 (UTC)

115.78.115.3 has been removing sock-puppetry tags placed by more than one unregistered user (not all by 112.198.73.9 as he has claimed). I suggest you mention it at Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#Continued_harassment_from_IP_user, a thread which mentions 112.198.73.9. The guys there will be better than most editors at dealing with this stuff. Maproom (talk) 09:42, 7 June 2017 (UTC)

Note that the block is not just on 112.198.73.9, but on the entire range 112.198.72.0/22. --David Biddulph (talk) 09:47, 7 June 2017 (UTC)

[Ticket#2017052610011621] Wikipedia Account Error

Greetings Wikipedia Team,

We are trying to create our Wikipedia account under Fameuz. But it is showing us some error.

Can you please explain how we can create our Wikipedia page under our company name "FAMEUZ". The name "FAMEUZ" and the domain "FAMEUZ.com" are owned by Fameuz S.A and we have the Certificate of Incorporation.

Currently, the name "FAMEUZ" is not available and FAMEUZ.com is blacklisted. Can you please explain to us why it is blacklisted? Is it because Fameuz.com is a website name or because it is used by someone else. Can you please investigate and give us update on both. We checked on Wikipedia and Fameuz name is not used by anyone but it is still showing unavailable. Can you please check who is using it because we owned the rights to this name and no one else has rights to use it.

We would really appreciate if you can guide us through the registration steps. So we can create our Wikipedia account under Fameuz. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.98.4.234 (talk) 14:20, 7 June 2017 (UTC)

Wikipedia accounts should be created and used only by individual people, who are expected to be neutral. Creating an account that you intend to be used by more than one person is forbidden. Creating an account whose name that suggests a connection with a company or other organisation is also forbidden. Please read Wikipedia:Username policy. If your intention is to promote Fameuz, Fameuz.com, or anything else, you should not use Wikipedia at all: see WP:NOTPROMO. Maproom (talk) 15:34, 7 June 2017 (UTC)

Hello Please understand that there is no connection between a Wikipedia username and the names of articles which that user works on. Anybody may edit any article - except that if a user edits an article with a name similar to their user name, there will be a suspicion that they have a conflict of interest, and should not be editing that article. Please understand also that Wikipedia has no interest in what a subject (whether an organisation or a person) says or wants to say about themselves: none. It is only interested in what sources which have no connection with the subject have published about it. Please read Your first article. --ColinFine (talk) 16:29, 7 June 2017 (UTC)

Re: ticket 2017052610011621. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 19:18, 7 June 2017 (UTC)

Update talk page archive box.

I'm way out of practice. I can't remember how to update the archive box in the top right corner of my talk page. I want the last link to say 2013 - present. Thanks, CTF83! 18:33, 7 June 2017 (UTC)

Just edit User talk:CTF83!/archivelist. PrimeHunter (talk) 18:43, 7 June 2017 (UTC)

Ha, so easy, way out of practice! Thanks! CTF83! 18:54, 7 June 2017 (UTC)

Violeta Chamorro Bio

The bio states: "Initially, when the Sandinistas were victorious over Anastasio Somoza García, Chamorro fully supported them."

The Sandinistas did not fight Somoza Garcia. They overthrew Anastasio Somoza Debayle. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.121.64.5 (talk) 20:15, 7 June 2017 (UTC)

Thanks. I have corrected the article.[3] PrimeHunter (talk) 20:59, 7 June 2017 (UTC)

Copyvio question

We have an editor, Theloggedman, who created the following pages: Draft:Oricorio (Fake Article) and Template:Pokémon Infobox. Both articles are pretty much a copy-paste from Bulbapedia (see [4] and [5], respectively). It's blatant plagiarism, but does the content violate WP:COPYVIO, given that content on Bulbapedia is under a CC ShareAlike license? SkyWarrior 21:53, 7 June 2017 (UTC)

@SkyWarrior: The answer is a bit more complex then you might have expected. First, had the content been licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0, we would need an attribution link somewhere (probably in the edit summary) as the license requires. However, the content is not under CC BY-SA 4.0 but under CC BY-NC-SA 2.5 - Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 Generic. The NonCommercial part makes it incompatible with our CC-BY-SA 3.0 licensing. That makes the article an automatic delete. For the template, I had to see if it only contained uncopyrightable facts. Given that it copied specific terms in a specific layout I deleted it as well, to be on the safe side. --NeilN ^{talk to me} 22:25, 7 June 2017 (UTC)

That is a bit more complex than I expected. Thanks for the answer. SkyWarrior 23:20, 7 June 2017 (UTC)

No 'related articles' on desktop version (compared to mobile version)

If you look at the article on the Space Shuttle, it contains many related articles. However, the mobile version contains three related articles (Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster, Space Shuttle external tank and Shuttle-Derived Launch Vehicle).

This, on the mobile version, appears to be in some kind of footer and it is not immediately apparent how these three articles are specifically chosen, or if they can be manually set or edited. --24.182.92.247 (talk) 22:28, 7 June 2017 (UTC)

Both the mobile and desktop versions contain the "See also" section. The three articles, the ones that appear below the comment that mentions who last edited it and when, seem to be generated randomly, and they appear in addition to the articles in the see also section. —MRD2014 talk contribs 23:58, 7 June 2017 (UTC)

Is the 'See also' section relevant? I can see that one of the three 'related articles' from the mobile version (Shuttle-Derived Launch Vehicle) also appears in the 'see also' section.

Where is the code that generates the articles for the 'related articles' footer on the mobile version?

How can we edit that, or force parameters? --24.182.92.247 (talk) 04:45, 8 June 2017 (UTC)

See mw:Help:Extension:RelatedArticles. Don't remove "See also" links merely because they are currently in "Related articles". The latter is only seen by some users and the links may change at any time unless the rarely used {{#related:}} at mw:Help:Extension:RelatedArticles#Can I manually add articles? has been added. PrimeHunter (talk) 08:45, 8 June 2017 (UTC)

June 8

Can wikilinks be made to parts of articles at more than one "level"?

Resolved

Hello again. I know how to use the # to link to subsections of articles. However, I can't get any farther. For example, I know how to link to the types of tubulin section of the Tubulin article, but I can't get links to more specific subsections. For example, I tried to use [[Tubulin#Types#Eukaryotic#γ-Tubulin|γ-Tubulin]] to link to the γ-Tubulin subsection, but it doesn't work. Is there some wiki code that allows linking to sub-subsections? Thank you. JeanOhm (talk) 02:57, 8 June 2017 (UTC)

You just emit the name of the higher-level section(s) completely, giving γ-Tubulin. Pppery 03:00, 8 June 2017 (UTC)

@Pppery: Thank you! JeanOhm (talk) 03:30, 8 June 2017 (UTC)

Nazareth Population Data -Reviewer Refuses to Correct

30.9% should be "Jewish and others" according to Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (not "Christian")

Source:

http://www.cbs.gov.il/reader/?MIval=%2Fpop_in_locs%2Fpop_in_locs_h.html&Name_h=%F0%F6%F8%FA+%F2%E9%EC%E9%FA (in Hebrew)

http://www.cbs.gov.il/reader/?MIval=%2Fpop_in_locs%2Fpop_in_locs_e.html&Name_e=NAZERAT+ILLIT (in English, mostly)

46.120.129.232 (talk) 03:38, 8 June 2017 (UTC)

This is a content dispute (and quite a confusing one: some of the sources are in Hebrew, there are two adjacent settlements both named "Nazareth", some of the sources present the statistics in confusing ways) and so should be discussed at Talk:Nazareth. Maproom (talk) 07:31, 8 June 2017 (UTC)

I hope you're aware the source link given (which I extended with its English counterpart) tells about NAZERAT ILLIT, not NAZARETH. They are separate localities in CBS.IL data, also Google Maps distinguish between them:

https://google.com/maps/dir/Nazaret,+Izrael/Naceret+Illit,+Izrael

CiaPan (talk) 07:57, 8 June 2017 (UTC)

Wiki page has correct info, but wrong info shown on Google search result

In the Google search results for the term ‘Aptech’ (https://g.co/kgs/dncGnj) the name of the CEO is shown as Ninad B Karpe, which is incorrect. The Wikipedia page for Aptech (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aptech) correctly displays the name as Anil Pant. I have clicked on the feedback option in the Google search results page and raised this issue a couple of times. However, it isn’t updated yet. Is there a section within the Wiki to edit what is being displayed in the Google search result? How can I fix this issue? Please help — Preceding unsigned comment added by TanMdan (talk • contribs) 05:48, 8 June 2017 (UTC)

It's up to Google to decide what they display. They display the contents of their database. The database is filled and periodically updated with data they fetch from the Web (also from Wikipedia, among others sources), but it's only Google's decision how often and when exactly they fetch new data. I'm afraid the only way available to you to request the update is a 'feedback' link. --CiaPan (talk) 06:26, 8 June 2017 (UTC)

@TanMdan: I don't know how Google processes feedback but it may help if they get the same report from multiple places and with an explanation. I have marked it as wrong and entered this in the optional field: "Current CEO is Anil Pant: https://www.aptech-worldwide.com/pages/investor-relations/investorrelations_board_of_directors.aspx". Thanks for making an accurate post about the problem. See Template:HD/GKG for our stock reply to the typical poster who claims the error is in Wikipedia and doesn't mention Google. PrimeHunter (talk) 08:34, 8 June 2017 (UTC)

To keep or not to keep the copyrighted image (logo)?

A year ago I've uploaded a File:Tun Abdul Razak Univ logo.png for an article about a Malaysian university Universiti Tun Abdul Razak. Recently I noticed the university has changed the logo on their Web site, so I've uploaded a new version File:Unirazak logo.jpg and replaced it in the article.

Should the old file be deleted now, because it became obsolete and it can't be used in any other article for any other purpose due to © restrictions? Or should it be kept, and possibly even displayed at the Universiti Tun Abdul Razak page as a kind of historical record? In the former case, what is the proper way to nominate a file for deletion? --CiaPan (talk) 06:36, 8 June 2017 (UTC)

P.S.
Is there a better place on Wikipedia to ask this kind of question? --CiaPan (talk) 06:38, 8 June 2017 (UTC)

Old non-free logos are deleted unless they illustrate a specific discussion about the logo (not just "here is the old logo") and that's rare. A bot has already detected it's no longer used and added it to Wikipedia:Database reports/Unused non-free files. Another bot will tag the file page and later an administrator will probably delete it. Files can be nominated for deletion at Wikipedia:Files for discussion or for speedy deletion with a tag at Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion#Files, but you don't have to do anything yourself in this case. PrimeHunter (talk) 08:23, 8 June 2017 (UTC)

Well, I just tagged it upon reading the post. At least I learnt there is a bot doing these things.

@CiaPan: if you have copyright-related questions, the usual venue is WP:CQ. Tigraan^{Click here to contact me} 08:28, 8 June 2017 (UTC)

Thank you, Tigraan, for taking appropriate means for deletion.
Thank you, PrimeHunter, for explaining the process of cleaning things.
--CiaPan (talk) 08:57, 8 June 2017 (UTC)

Problems Uploading an Article due to Advertising

Dear help desk. I am a student at Bryant University and have been doing some extensive research on the sport betting industry/ gambling industry. I have identified many sport betting companies on Wikipedia that have helped me greatly with my research however, I noticed there was no page on Playtech BGT Sports. Therefor I have attempted to create my own article to help other researchers out. Shortly after I wrote a simple overview of Playtech BGT Sports I received a message that it was promotional. Could you please assist me in finding out what information leads to such an assumption? I think many people would benefit from this article. Here is the exact URL of the page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playtech_BGT_Sports Best, Thomas Binder

Thombinder (talk) 10:00, 8 June 2017 (UTC)