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November 16

2020 NBA All-Star Game

Can you change the links from red to blue for the 2020 NBA All-star Game Article. 68.102.39.189 (talk) 01:11, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

That will require someone to create that article. You can use WP:AFC and the article wizard to create the article yourself, or post a request at WP:RA. RudolfRed (talk) 02:25, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

@RudolfRed: The article already exists (2020 NBA All Star-Game). The red links the IP user was referring to were the article categories. Turns out "Illinois" was misspelled – I have fixed the spelling so now the categories are displaying correctly. –FlyingAce^✈hello 02:38, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

Sorry I Mispelled it but the navbox need to turn 2020 from red to blue because I put a new category called 2020's can you do that for me. 68.102.39.189 (talk) 04:24, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

The link was red in the navbox because the article title had the hyphen in the wrong place. I have moved it to 2020 NBA All-Star Game, and {{NBA All-Star Games}} now shows it as a blue link. -- John of Reading (talk) 07:31, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

Thank you very much I thank you for it. 68.102.39.189 (talk) 14:16, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

Stephen Bachiler

I have FAILED again when adding a file (of the front page of a book) . Please fix if able. I am not doing any more editing for some time. Sorry. 203.132.68.1 (talk) 02:28, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

Hello! I have fixed the display of the image. To add an image outside the infobox, the correct code is [[File:Your image name here.jpg|thumb]]. You do not need to enter the complete URL from Commons. Hope that helps! –FlyingAce^✈hello 02:42, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

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My edit has been reverted twice and I'm not sure who the editor is or how to address this.

José Guadalupe Posada (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Hello, I edited part of the article on José Guadalupe Posada, but my edit was reverted twice in a row. I'd like to know why this keeps happening and how to address it. Thank you. werewolf 04:04, 16 November 2017 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Revirvlkodlaku (talk • contribs) 16 November 2017 04:04 (UTC)

@Revirvlkodlaku: Hello, the other editor is anonymous, I.e. editing without creating or using a Wikipedia account. Nothing wrong with that per se, as long as their edits are constructive. In this case I believe the addition of 'los' to be incorrect per Día de Muertos and Day of the Dead. I have reverted their most recent change with an explanation. For future reference if your edits are reverted you should discuss with the other party preferably at the article talk page per WP:BRD. Also, do not get into an edit war as this can land you in difficulty irrespective of the merits of the edits. Please sign your posts by typing four tildes (~~~~). Thank you. Eagleash (talk) 12:38, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

Thank you, Eagleash, for the explanation, as well as fixing my edit. By the way, I almost always sign my posts using four tildes, as you suggested, but sometimes when I go back to them, it says that the post is unsigned. Can you tell me why that is, and why you reminded me to sign my posts? Thanks! werewolf 15:02, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

@Revirvlkodlaku:, with regards to the signature, perhaps you aren't always putting the correct number of tildes? Five ~~~~~ gives just the date, like this "15:17, 16 November 2017 (UTC)", which appears to be what is happening above Jimfbleak - talk to me? 15:17, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

Yes Jim is correct I believe. On tilde too many (5) gives just the date (used when updating sporting infoboxes). Three gives just the name: cannot see an obvious use for that. Eagleash (talk) 15:33, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

Hi Revirvlkodlaku! I think the issue may be that you entered "werewolf" as your custom signature and checked the "Treat the above as wiki markup" checkbox in your preferences, so your signature is not linking to your user page. Can you try going to Preferences in the top right corner, scroll down to the Signature section and uncheck "Treat the above as wiki markup" to see if that sorts it? –FlyingAce^✈hello 16:45, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

There, is this better? werewolf (talk) 05:52, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

Yup, it's appearing as a proper signature now. –FlyingAce^✈hello 14:10, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

Stephen Bachiler

In the section - Emigration to England and death - there is a big void of space which is evident when we print out the sheet. Please fix if able. Thanks 101.189.107.58 (talk) 08:14, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

The problem is probably caused by the two images taking up extra space, but I am unable to reproduce the error. The article prints correctly, without extra space for me. Have you tried a different browser? Dbfirs 09:10, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

The problem is with the overheads on a large screen- we can see the void/gap and it looks like the article is lacking information (where the void of space is). Thanks for trying 101.189.107.58 (talk) 09:17, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

This might be a problem with a narrower page width. How are you creating the overheads? One solution would be to download to a word processor and rearrange the text. (Can any other editor here reproduce the problem?) If you want to display only the text, without the problem images, or with smaller images, then this can easily be done. Dbfirs 09:27, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

Should we place the file/picture/print of the old church further down into the "Legacy" section - that way we fix up the problem of the Void of empty space on the page. I cannot do this myself - Failed! please help Thanks 101.189.107.58 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 10:41, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

I've moved the picture down for you just so that you can see if it makes any difference. I'll move it back later because it really belongs in the section which mentions it. You can try a version without these images in your sandbox if you wish, and print from that version to avoid the gaps. Dbfirs 12:40, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

Biography

How can i add abiography of apersonality on wikipedia — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.210.159.13 (talk) 09:01, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

Writing a good biography is quite a difficult task, but you could start by reading WP:Your first article and Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons. You should first collect independent sources in which the person has been written about in detail, and your Wikipedia article should be a summary of what these sources say about the subject. A common mistake is to write about what you yourself know, or what the subject says about themselves. All statements that might possibly be challenged should be backed up with a reference to a WP:Reliable source. Dbfirs 09:21, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

Frederick Trump

I believe that the statement that Frederick Trump left Bavaria to avoid military service needs to cited. I believe that this is a veiled slam directed at President Donald Trump because he did not serve in the military during the Viet Nam War. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 157.127.124.151 (talk) 12:38, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

It is cited. There is a footnote directly after the statement in the "Early Life" section which discusses his avoidal of military service in the Imperial German military. --Jayron32 12:46, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

Help archiving

This is embarrassing, but I can't seem to get my talk page archived. I've tried but failed. If someone could do it or tell me how to do it I would be very grateful. Best Regards, Barbara (WVS) ✐ ✉ 12:44, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

There are several options listed at Help:Archiving a talk page, including two bots which will do it for you automagically if you put a bit of code at the top of your talk page. --Jayron32 12:48, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

Resizing video

Can anyone advise on how to change the size of a video? Does it need to be done at source? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxygen_firebreak — Preceding unsigned comment added by ColinHallmark (talk • contribs) 13:47, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

[[File:Burning tube animation.webm|thumb]] →

—Trappist the monk (talk) 15:23, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

Request to delete a page

To whom this may concern,

I work at the Human Development Report Office at the United Nations Development Programme, and there are two pages which I'd like to delete as the information is outdated. How do I go about doing this? I read up on it and still don't understand, and I also added the tag to delete the page but it doesn't seem to appear anymore.

The two pages are: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_Human_Development_Index_(1998) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_Human_Development_Index_(2009)

Please advice on how to procced.

Don't proceed. If the information was correct at the date specified, then why should the article be deleted? If you have recent information, and there is no article, then you are welcome to create an article with the latest information, citing the appropriate references. Dbfirs 15:45, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

... but we already have List of countries by Human Development Index which contains links to the earlier articles that you wish to delete. Should we add a note to the earlier articles with a link to the latest figures? Dbfirs 15:50, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

Don't delete - but a link to the most recent data as a hatnote would be a nice touch. Legacypac (talk) 02:13, 19 November 2017 (UTC)

Toyota Music Factory page edits

Hello,

I am writing in concerns with the Toyota Music Factory page as it is providing wrong information about our development :https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Music_Factory

I am new to this and have tried multiple times to edit with the proper instructions given with no success. Here are the items that are incorrect:

The owner is NOT "LIVE NATION" - the owner of the development is the ARK Group of Irving, Inc

The address to the development is 316 W Las Colinas

Please advise.

Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Imusicf (talk • contribs) 17:37, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

Hello, Imusicf. I have made the changes. Generally, the way to request changes to an article where you may have a conflict of interest is to post a request on the article's Talk page explaining exactly what changes you want to make, with citations to reliable published sources. (For addresses and ownership, the sources probably don't need to be independent of the company, though if there are independent sources, they are usually preferred). If you add {{edit request}} (with the double curly brackets) to your suggestion, that will put it on a list of requests that various people look at. Then somebody unconnected with the company can decide what change is appropriate. The claim that the center was owned by Live Nation was properly cited to Billboard, but looking at that article, it's clear that it has been misread: just the Pavilion is owned by Live Nation. The address of 300 actually appears in the Irving Weekly article that I cited, but I have preferred the address from TMF's own website (I probably should have cited it, but it's uncontroversial and easily found). --ColinFine (talk) 23:02, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

Anybody tracking server maintenance going on?

Both data and de.wiki seem to be down ATM. Not sure if it's affecting other projects. En.wiki and commons seem to be fine. GMG^talk 17:46, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

Seems everything is back up, just slow as molasses and buggy. GMG^talk 18:30, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

@GreenMeansGo: If you see more issues, bring it up at WP:VPT. RudolfRed (talk) 20:14, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

Like I said, whatever it was seems to have been resolved. Was just posting somewhere in the off chance a data regular knew something I didn't. I didn't figure it was a sustained technical problem that would require VPT. But if it was going to be an hours long wait, I wasn't going to keep several tabs open waiting to save. GMG^talk 20:18, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

Ulnar neuropathy

I added content to this page and fifty minutes later it has been removed. What’s up with that? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Asherah12 (talk • contribs) 18:03, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

have left a note on user/talk page--Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 18:55, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

Edits

I have 5 edits and in the list I see a "m" next to 4 of them. What is the purpose of the "m"? On my fifth edit I reported the most recent action taken by a public figure.that edit was relevant to the positions of the person. That edit in my list has no "m" next to it and the edit was taken out within days. What gives, why was it taken out? We can not have people taking items out just because they don't like it or are not proud of what they have done if it was the subject themselves. Please let me know what was wrong so I can understand. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stowler1 (talk • contribs) 18:56, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

The edits tagged with an "m" are those which you marked as minor edits, but by the look of them they did not meet the criteria shown at Help:Minor edit. Your fifth edit was only partly reverted, but it could (and probably should) have been fully reverted as you had no references to published reliable sources. --David Biddulph (talk) 19:06, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

The Infinite Ay-Money

Do i need anything more to have the story i have on The Infinite Ay-Money posted ... ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by TheInfiniteAyMoney (talk • contribs) 19:56, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

@TheInfiniteAyMoney: It was deleted advertising. See the message on your talk page. RudolfRed (talk) 20:06, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

2018 Big 12 football standings

Can you move the 2018 Big 12 football standings from the talk page to the draft page please. 68.102.39.189 (talk) 20:22, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

 Done It's now at Draft:2018 Big 12 football standings. –FlyingAce^✈hello 21:04, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

Publicity

Hello

The article Kelly Schmidt is just pure publicity.

Is that allowed?

WhatsUpWorld (talk) 23:49, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

Hello WhatsUpWorld, much of the material was a copyright violation. I've removed a significant part of the same. As a stub article, it seems okay now. Come back if you need more assistance. Thanks, Lourdes 00:44, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

November 17

National Socialism

To whom it may concern,

I'd like permission to update the National Socialism page on Wikipedia. An in depth study of the movement quite clearly reveals it to be a predominantly leftist movement, which is not reflected on the page. I'm happy to provide references and intend to uphold the highest standards of academic accuracy.

Kind regards,

Oliver — Preceding unsigned comment added by 101.166.160.213 (talk) 01:01, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

The Nazism article (to which National Socialism is redirected) is semi-protected. that means that it can't be edited except by registered users who are autoconfirmed. So create yourself a user id, make ten edits on other articles and wait four days, and you will be free to make changes. However, you will need to find very good sources if you want to claim that Nazism is a left-wing movement, when general consensus is quite clearly the opposite. Make sure that everything you write is backed by reliable sources, and take care not to indulge in original research. Rojomoke (talk) 03:46, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

And, Oliver, since (as you must realise) such a change would be contentious, I would strongly advise you to discuss it first on the article's talk page. While you are permitted to make the change (once you have an autoconfirmed account), it is almost certain that somebody would immediately revert your change (according to the WP:BRD policy) and then you would need to discuss it if you wanted to take it further anyway. --ColinFine (talk) 13:11, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

In fact, you need to read carefully through Talk:Nazism and all its archives before you do anything else. You will see that this question has been discussed repeatedly (not always as respectfully as one would hope, but it is a very emotive subject), and unless you bring forward something new, with reliable sources, I predict that you will not succeed in changing the consensus. --ColinFine (talk) 13:26, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

Side-by-side images?

Is it possible to have right-justified images side-by-side? For example, the two photos in the 'Gerald Ford' section here? (The excessive white-space is annoying) — 2606:A000:4C0C:E200:C9A:4B44:2E28:1611 (talk) 06:34, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

 Done - X201 (talk) 09:28, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

Thanks -- much better! 2606:A000:4C0C:E200:C9A:4B44:2E28:1611 (talk) 13:45, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

Contested deletion

Hello, I am contacting you regarding my article submission: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft_talk:DevOps_Transformation

The claim was that we used copyrighted material from https://dzone.com/articles/is-devops-a-holy-grail. In fact, we own the rights to this article. I have made the requested adjustments.

Can you please publish our page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Devopsjedi (talk • contribs) 13:12, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

Hello, Devopsjedi. I'm afraid that, like many people, you have mistaken Wikipedia for a social media site or business directory. It is not. It is an encyclopaedia. Its articles are neutrally written summaries of material that has already been published in reliable sources. It does not publish original research, how to guides or any kind of promotional material.

If you own the material, then you have the power to license it (either publicly, or in an email to the Wikimedia Foundation) in a way that Wikipedia will accept, so that (as is Wikipedia's mission) anybody in the world can reuse the material for any purpose, commercial or not, as long as they attribute it. If you wish to do that, please see WP:donating copyright material for how to do that. Unless that is done, copyright material will be removed from Wikipedia.

But I advise you against doing that in this case. Hardly any of the material is appropriate for a Wikipedia article. Please read WP:NOT and WP:YFA. --ColinFine (talk) 14:03, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

Status of Article in Review

Hello,

I am writing to check the status of an article created for Dr. Aaron Lobel, Founder and President of America Abroad Media. We were told this article could be in review for up to six months. Could you please advise if this is still in review and what the status is?

Thank you, Mwamee (talk) 16:15, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

The content of Draft:Aaron Lobel was deleted as a copyright infringement, so will not be reviewed. You have not made any other edits under your user name above, but are you Lovepreet Singh 1? Do you have any connection with America Abroad Media? Dbfirs 16:42, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

(edit conflict)@Mwamee:Hello, please could you provide a link to the page concerned as so far I've not found Dr. Lobel on Wikipedia. A page of the same name has twice been deleted here, (the last time nearly 2 years ago). Having said that, if a new page was created which addressed the previous issues, then the review process usually has quite a backlog... 6 months though is excessive in my experience. There is unfortunately no set order in which pages are selected for review. Also, you say 'we'... what do you mean by this? Wikipedia accounts may not be shared, nor can they represent any organisation. Thank you. Eagleash (talk) 16:46, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

You should also be aware that articles cannot be created "for" anyone. Wikipedia has articles about people who are notable in the Wikipedia sense, but the subjects of articles have no control over these articles (see WP:own, though they are invited to point out any errors on the talk page). Dbfirs 20:48, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

How do I know if my article has been created?

Draft:Calcbench, Inc. (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

I created an article for "Calcbench, Inc." using the Article Wizard. I clicked on "save changes" but did not receive conformation that what I created was actually submitted for other Wikipedia users to review. I have read there is a wait time of potentially 4 or more weeks before I'll know if my article was accepted but how do I first know if it was submitted correctly? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Calcbench (talk • contribs) 16:55, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

@Calcbench: Hello, the page is not currently submitted for review. If you consider that it is ready for you to do so, you can place {{subst:submit}} at the top of the page. I would not recommend that you do so as the page is not suitable for the encyclopedia as it stands. I think it would almost certainly be deleted as 'promotional'. Wikipedia relies on what has been written in independent reliable sources about a subject and has little, if any, interest in what a subject has to say about itself or posts in social media (including Linkedin). Also your user name would be of concern. Wiki accounts may not be shared or represent an organisation. You should also read WP:COI and WP:PAID and make any necessary disclosures. Also WP:ORG, WP:YFA and WP:REFB. Thank you. Sorry to not be more encouraging. Eagleash (talk) 17:41, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

Note OP subsequently blocked. Eagleash (talk) 19:26, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

Philthy Fresh 3

Talk:Philthy Fresh 3 (edit | subject | history | links | watch | logs)

Can you move the Philthy Fresh 3 album article from the Talk page to the draft page please. 68.102.39.189 (talk) 17:18, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

 Done. Maproom (talk) 21:52, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

Tom Chetwynd

I would like to add the author

Tom Chetwynd wh has various books published ie.

Dictionarty for Dreamers, Routeledge 2017

Zen and the Kingdom of Heaven - published by Routeledge

How do I do this thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A00:23C5:C702:8500:D41F:EE76:E816:24F5 (talk) 18:07, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

Hello, IP user. Creating a new article is one of the harder tasks on Wikipedia, but if you are interested in doing so, please start by reading your first article. Please be aware that how many books a person has published is of little relevance in determining whether they are WP;notable enough for a Wikipedia article about them. What matters is if there is substantial material about them in independent reliable sources on which an article can be based. --ColinFine (talk) 19:57, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

Why was Draft:Gerard Edery deleted???

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Draft:Gerard_Edery&action=edit&redlink=1

Hi, I'm working with a company called TruthInAD on building a Wikipedia page for our client Gerard Edery.

The draft page we were working on was deleted by Wikipedia for "unambiguous copyright infringement of http://www.gerardedery.com/biography." We have been hired by Mr Edery to build this Wikipedia page and use the biographical information from his personal website. This is not copyright infringement.

Furthermore, we had not yet published this wiki page - it was only a draft and a work in progress. I don't understand why any content from an unpublished rough draft would be deleted...

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Draft:Gerard_Edery&action=edit&redlink=1

Please explain and please reinstate the page so we can continue working on it.

Thanks, Eric — Preceding unsigned comment added by TruthInADWiki (talk • contribs) 18:16, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

@TruthInADWiki: The page was deleted as promotional and because of the copyright violations you have already mentioned. A draft that is promotional would not necessarily be deleted but may well be rejected at review. Copyright though, is something that Wikipedia has a very firm policy on. Anything copied from elsewhere on the web is likely to be a copy-vio and the fact that the material is about your 'client' does not make a difference. The copyright probably lies with whoever authored the content on the website and it would have to be released to Wikipedia in order for it to be used in the encyclopedia. Please see WP:DONATE in this respect. You might also like to read WP:CV and WP:C. As you have declared that Edery is your client, you should also read WP:COI and WP:PAID and make the necessary disclosures. This is not optional... it must be complied with. If you have not already done so, please also read WP:YFA, WP:RS and WP:REFB. Thank you. Eagleash (talk) 19:01, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

Note Subsequently found had been discussed at OP's talk page...and editor is now blocked as only promotional. Eagleash (talk) 19:03, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

Fixing misspelling on map

The word "Caliphate" is misspelled on the English version of the original Spanish map, is there a way to fix that? Regards - Swazzo (talk) 20:22, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

@Swazzo: Yes: I downloaded the file, fixed the spelling with a text editor, and uploaded the new version. Your browser may have cached the old version, so you may have to bypass your browser cache to see the fix - I forgot to do this, and got confused... -- John of Reading (talk) 20:33, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

Much appreciated! Thank you. Swazzo (talk) 20:46, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

Flags on page - unable to communicate with users

Hello, I am the major contributor to a page for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_Tate

Unfortunately, I am unfamiliar with the complexities of the platform, i.e. don't have a good understanding about how to communicate through the talk page. Not sure where to post replies, etc. I have posted responses to the users who have tagged the pages but have not gotten replies and am unclear what the issue is and how to resolve it. Could very much use some help. Someone removed the a list from the page. Would like to have help with how to best assemble a list - best format, content. It is a minimal content page. I am the major contributor and have tried to follow proper protocols to make sure content had the proper references.

Can you assist me to fix the problem and remove the warnings from the page? Cheri Brown (talk) 21:19, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

Cheri Brown: I see that on the article's talk page you have requested that the article be moved to a draft, I have done that. Maproom (talk) 21:59, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

Hello, I did not make that request. I am trying to resolve the issues with the page as it was posted. Someone removed a list from the page and also posted tags. I need help to understand why the list was removed but the tags where not removed. Please help remove tags and re-post pageCheri Brown (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 22:05, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

Please note that CB has also asked about this at Wikipedia:Teahouse#There are tags on the page. I am not complaining as I think CB is trying to get as much info as possible. I just want to make sure that those responding don't wind up giving conflicting answers. MarnetteD|Talk 22:17, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Cheri Brown: you wrote "I used the wizard and followed the instruction to post this as a draft. If I have submitted it as a final, I apologize", so I moved it to draft. I failed to notice that you wrote that back in March. However, it would be best to try to address the problems described by the warning messages before it's moved back to article space again. Maproom (talk) 22:23, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Again! The mention of a draft at the TP was in a post from four-and-a-half years ago. There is also a thread at WP:COIN#Kent Tate. I composed a detailed reply to CB but got an edit conflict with Maproom's post and cancelled it. Basically, said don't be alarmed (as stated in a post at another editor's TP). Tags are not a criticism but an alert to other editors and a caution to the reader. Discussion to identify where cites are needed and then adding them should help with removal of the tags. Also if there is a connection to the subject, please read WP:COI and make the necessary disclosures. Eagleash (talk) 22:27, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

I just wrote a reply but seems to have disappeared, at least I can't find it. I did not ask for the post to be moved to a draft. This must have been from years ago. Not current any way. I know this artist but do not get paid by the artist. The content of the article is based on information from newspaper articles, catalogues essays, magazine articles etc. that have been noted in the references. I understood before this exhibition list was deleted that the list did not conform - thus resulted in it being removed. This is fair enough but doesn't help me to understand why there are still issues with content that has references. Also This is not intended as a promo piece. But rather is a page created to provide some basic information about a living artist currently creating artworks/movies in Canada. Any help on this page would be greatly appreciated! Cheri Brown (talk) 22:54, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

November 18

California counties

Hello,

Is it possible to avoid redirections for "Los Angeles" (seat of the Los Angeles county) and "San Francisco" (county and its seat) in the article List of counties in California?

Thanks

WhatsUpWorld (talk) 02:19, 18 November 2017 (UTC)

@WhatsUpWorld: Assuming you mean that 'Los Angeles, California' redirects to plain 'Los Angeles' then you can just edit the link to point directly to the page. (And same with SF). Eagleash (talk) 02:26, 18 November 2017 (UTC)

I tried and if I had succeeded, I would not ask. It is some kind of automatic redirection I do not understand. That is why I ask for help. WhatsUpWorld (talk) 02:30, 18 November 2017 (UTC)

Ah no sorry, missed / forgot how this is done: see Template:Countyrow for more information. Eagleash (talk) 02:42, 18 November 2017 (UTC)

Do you mean you want a link to Los Angeles County, California to look like Los Angeles, California? To do that you make the link [[Los Angeles County, California|Los Angeles, California]] using the 'pipe trick'. RJFJR (talk) 17:59, 18 November 2017 (UTC)

Until Next Time

Can you Move Until Next Time EP from the talk page to the draft page please. 68.102.39.189 (talk) 02:31, 18 November 2017 (UTC)

 Done Eagleash (talk) 02:45, 18 November 2017 (UTC)

Biography

Whenever I write abiography of apersonality or celebrity ,it does not show up on wikipedia and on google search engine ,what can i do to make the biography appear on both wikipedia and google? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.210.146.85 (talk) 05:06, 18 November 2017 (UTC)

To get your biographies to show up in Google, I suggest you publish them elsewhere, because Wikipedia does not accept biographies of most people, but if the person is notable in the Wikipedia sense, that is, you can find information about them in independent WP:Reliable sources, then you should collect the references first, and summarise them in your own words, then create an article in WP:Draft space where we can help you to get the layout correct before publication. If the person is living, then you also need to read WP:Biographies of living persons. It would also help if you would create an account so that we know what subjects you are referring to. Dbfirs 07:51, 18 November 2017 (UTC)

I was told by one of the volunteerer on this page that wikipedia biography does not show up on google search yet whenever i search abig personality on google it show up from en.m.wikipedia.com why? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.210.159.15 (talk) 10:21, 18 November 2017 (UTC)

New articles will not be indexed by Google for 90 days (or earlier if they are patrolled). If you tell us what article you are enquiring about we might be able to help more. Dbfirs 13:27, 18 November 2017 (UTC)

HOW TO?

Trying to add a subject to Wikipedia is an INSANE endeavor! I just want more information about "the Amenia Conference." Can somebody please add this subject to Wikipedia? Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Johnsmtv (talk • contribs) 07:29, 18 November 2017 (UTC)

Johnsmtv: trying to add a new article is indeed difficult, particularly if you have little previous experience of editing Wikipedia. The Amenia Conference may be a subject that deserves an article: there's a book about it. Maproom (talk) 08:03, 18 November 2017 (UTC)

(edit conflict)There were two of them, 1916 and 1933. Perhaps someone with an interest in these, and access to some references such as the "Encyclopedia of African American History 1896 to the Present" could create an article? We seem to have only a mention in the article on Abram Lincoln Harris, and a listing in Wikipedia:WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles/Dsp13 List/12. Perhaps Duckduckstop or John Carter or Mitchumch might be able to help? Dbfirs 08:18, 18 November 2017 (UTC)

Maybe also 1925? Maproom (talk) 08:26, 18 November 2017 (UTC)

I think 1925 was the publication year of the leaflet by Du Bois, but Credo is rather confusing. Dbfirs 09:01, 18 November 2017 (UTC)

Inquery

How Can I Put Details Of Acertain Place On Wikipedia — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.210.159.15 (talk) 10:17, 18 November 2017 (UTC)

Hello, IP user. It's a bit hard to answer, because it's not clear what you mean. If you're wanting to add information to an existing article, that might be quite easy, as you can just edit the article. If you're wanting to create a new article, that's much more difficult, and I'd advise you to start by reading your first article. Either way, please bear in mind that Wikipedia is not interested - not even a little bit - in what you (or I, or any other random person on the Internet) know, or believe, or think: it's only interested in information that has already been published in a reliable place. So, if you're going to add information, you need to start by finding a reliable source - such as a major newspaper or magazine, or a book from a reputable publisher - which gives that information. --ColinFine (talk) 15:15, 18 November 2017 (UTC)

Accessibility developments in Wikipedia

Hello. I have an interest in discussing some ideas for improving accessibility for screen reading software on Wikipedia, myself being a user of such software. I am a programmer with web development skills and would be happy to help implement my thoughts if they were approved. I've had a look around, but there seem to be many potential areas to discuss ideas in, the most promising of which seems to be The Village Pump's Technical Section. Could anyone recommend the best place to get braining? Thanks! Axciom (talk) 10:59, 18 November 2017 (UTC)

@Axciom: It depends which type of improvements you have in mind, e.g. to the MediaWiki software which powers Wikipedia, or only to wiki pages at the English Wikipedia. Wikipedia:WikiProject Accessibility has some links and you can try the talk page. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:47, 18 November 2017 (UTC)

Mistake

Thuppaki, a highest grosser Tamil film which has collected more than 180 crores in 2012 is not added in the highest Tamil gross movie list — Preceding unsigned comment added by Santhosh Ranjan 9820 (talk • contribs) 17:06, 18 November 2017 (UTC)

Unfortunately, Santhosh Ranjan, the situation is not totally clear. In the article on Thuppakki there are two sources quoted for total takings: one gives ₹1.8 billion for "domestic" takings (presumably within India), but the other gives a figure of ₹1.21 billion for the whole world. Assessing the reliability of reports on film revenues is often difficult (please see this page for further explanation). If you wish to pursue the matter it may be best to make the case on the talk page of the article you are questioning, or try the relevant WikiProject. Oh, and when starting discussions please link to the articles in question, as I have done here: Noyster (talk), 18:46, 18 November 2017 (UTC)

Should my question at the Reference desk be hidden by other editors?

Can I ask there a theoretical question about Canon law, without being hatted, as unfortunately happens again and again to my question?

Indeed, this reference desk does not allow to ask for "legal advice". However, this reference desk does allow to ask theoretical questions not being asked for practical legal purposes - but rather for a comparative research.

I'm conducting a comparative research (about whether the decedent's property should be shared equally - under various legal systems - among grandchildren who are not siblings), and now I'm researching Canon Law (along with some relative legal systems as French / Spanish Law). Unfortunately, some editors suspect I'm trying to receive "legal advice" (even though I'm not), so they are hatting my question. However, I'm not asking for legal advice, nor am I asking lawyers, but rather users who are familiar with Canon law (or with some relative legal systems as French / Spanish Law).

HOTmag (talk) 17:31, 18 November 2017 (UTC)

► The place to discuss this is on Wikipedia talk: Reference desk. —2606:A000:4C0C:E200:C9A:4B44:2E28:1611 (talk) 19:28, 18 November 2017 (UTC)

What to do about user who refuses to use edit summaries?

Ernio48 does not use edit summaries except in rare cases or when the automatic section name is inserted, and responded to my TW notice and polite inquiry with "Leave me alone." Is there anything to be done about this? Thanks. —DIYeditor (talk) 17:32, 18 November 2017 (UTC)

Not really. It's a minor issue. It doesn't warrant blocking the user. If you've warned them, and they don't care, I'd just ignore it. :/ CTF83! 20:42, 18 November 2017 (UTC)

Try real communication, not just a template. Edit summaries help the rest of us, and are a major convenience in keeping an eye on edits. Just saying... 7&6=thirteen (☎) 22:00, 18 November 2017 (UTC)

How can I know my article is valid with no mistakes

Hi everyone, First of all, thanks for your time reading my inquiry, I need to know how can I know my article is valid with no mistakes, I can't find a proper guide to follow. the article is about a company, I want it to be published by the company name, is that possible from a personal profile to do ? I have all the authorization to publish, I am the Marketing Manager of the company. And how to add the an info box to my article in the right with the logo in PNG format ? Ayah Osama (talk) 19:39, 18 November 2017 (UTC)

Please do not waste volunteers time by asking the same question both here and at the WP:Teahouse - Thank you - Arjayay (talk) 19:42, 18 November 2017 (UTC)

Hello, Ayah Osama. Since I am an administrator, I can read your deleted sandbox draft, which was completely unacceptable for this encyclopedia. It was written in the first person plural, "We do this" and "we do that". The language was overtly promotional, praising the company and its services. Wikipedia is a neutral encyclopedia and companies are not allowed to submit marketing brochures or "profiles" masquerading as articles. Start by reading about conflict of interest and fully complying with our policies on paid editing. Then study the neutral point of view until you understand it thoroughly. Go on to read Your first article and use the Articles for creation process if you want to start all over and try to write a real encyclopedia article. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 20:13, 18 November 2017 (UTC)

Help:Cite errors/Cite error included ref

Experienced: “A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref>A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref>” at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Cite_errors/Cite_error_included_ref#Technical and cannot correct. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:5B0:44C6:4CD8:C8C0:829A:6FED:23DB (talk) 20:44, 18 November 2017 (UTC)

 Fixed You were just missing the </ref> CTF83! 20:46, 18 November 2017 (UTC)

7 yr. old boy who has a rare case of cancer

I was reading about a little boy who has cancer. He has been told that he won't live to see Christmas. So his family will celebrate it early. He loves Penguins & all he wants for Christmas is people to draw him pictures. In the pictures he always has a smile on his face. My heart just broke when I read his story. My grandsons would like to draw him some pictures. I had the address & his name wrote down and I lost it. Can you please let me know if you are able to find this story. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 166.181.85.9 (talk) 21:05, 18 November 2017 (UTC)

This page is for asking questions about how to use Wikipedia. You can try asking on the Reference Desk or try a search service such as Google to find what you are looking for. RudolfRed (talk) 21:09, 18 November 2017 (UTC)

For what it's worth, I think I found the story you were looking at: see here. As RudolfRed noted, this help desk is generally for asking questions about Wikipedia itself. For unrelated reference questions in the future, use our Reference Desk instead. Thanks, Mz7 (talk) 21:31, 18 November 2017 (UTC)

Found many results here. Also posted at the IP talk page. Eagleash (talk) 21:33, 18 November 2017 (UTC)

Excellent, thanks Eagleash! To add to what I said earlier, I think it's awesome that she and her grandsons are doing this, and we shouldn't let rules get in the way of helping her. Mz7 (talk) 21:40, 18 November 2017 (UTC)

Where to ask for assistance with possible copyright issue?

In the article Don Gregorio Antón, all of the images are listed as Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International, with the source as 'own work'. However, the images all come from published works, like journals or interviews, which suggests to me that those sources may have some rights. I don't know enough about copyright to determine for myself whether these images are OK. Is there somewhere to list possibly-problematic images, as there is for possible vandalism? Leschnei (talk) 21:18, 18 November 2017 (UTC)

@Leschnei: A good place to ask about copyright is at WP:MCQ. RudolfRed (talk) 21:20, 18 November 2017 (UTC)

Thanks, that's just what I was looking for! Leschnei (talk) 21:39, 18 November 2017 (UTC)

What is special about the Teahouse question button?

I was looking through all the different options available under preferences, and one of the preferences is "Enable the Teahouse "Ask a question" feature". However, there are not similar preference options for the Help Desk ask question button or the button for the Reference Desk. My question is, what is different about the Teahouse ask a question button that requires there to be a preference to turn it off and on? RudolfRed (talk) 21:24, 18 November 2017 (UTC)

@RudolfRed: To see how it looks, you can try it for yourself: switch on the gadget in your preferences, bypass your cache, then navigate to the Teahouse and click the ask button.

It's mainly there for historical purposes, as I understand it. For the help desk and the reference desks, you can ask new questions by simply creating a new section header at the bottom of the page. Nowadays, this is also the case at the Teahouse, but historically, new questions at the Teahouse were actually added to the top of the page, not the bottom. As a result, we couldn't just use MediaWiki's native "new section" functionality, which by default posts to the bottom. Instead, someone built a script to allow the "Ask a question" button to post new questions to the top. Then, at this discussion earlier this year, there was a consensus among Teahouse hosts to switch to the bottom-posting you see today. The "Ask a question" button was updated to accompany this, but nowadays we can just fall back to the MediaWiki "new section" button if you don't like it, which is why there's a preference to turn it off. Hope this helps, Mz7 (talk) 21:51, 18 November 2017 (UTC)

@Mz7: The preference was already checked, so the button was there. Unchecking the preference and purging the cache makes no difference, the button remains, so I'm not sure what this preference does now. Thank you for the reply, I appreciate the info. Also, the Teahouse page has no "New Section" link.RudolfRed (talk) 22:58, 18 November 2017 (UTC)

If you have working JavaScript in your browser and account then clicking the button gives a different way to ask a question when the preference is enabled. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:26, 19 November 2017 (UTC)

Thanks! I had completely misunderstood what the preference was trying to do. RudolfRed (talk) 01:02, 19 November 2017 (UTC)

2019 NHL Winter Classic

Can you move the 2019 NHL Winter classic article from the Talk Page to the draft page please. 68.102.39.189 (talk) 22:45, 18 November 2017 (UTC)

 Done Please can you use either WP:WIZ or WP:DRAFTS#Creating and editing drafts to create drafts in future. Thank you. Eagleash (talk) 23:18, 18 November 2017 (UTC)

An Article About the Tribe of Hawazin

Hello Mr./Ms. Reader,

I'm adding valuable information for prosperity to a tribe that I represent. I'm adding references, but the changes keep on reverting back. Please help me make the changes permanent.

Respectfully, Dawi HQ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dawihq (talk • contribs) 23:03, 18 November 2017 (UTC)

The reversion was done by a bot (ClueBot NG) here as "possible vandalism" -- which doesn't necessarily mean that your edits were vandalism, just that something triggered the bot. In the article's history, the bot's edit summary includes a link where you can report false positives. I hope this helps. —2606:A000:4C0C:E200:C9A:4B44:2E28:1611 (talk) 23:17, 18 November 2017 (UTC)

Also, if this is for a tribe you represent, you need to follow the instructions at WP:PAID.Naraht (talk) 01:49, 19 November 2017 (UTC)

And, ClueBot put a note on your talk page. —2606:A000:4C0C:E200:C9A:4B44:2E28:1611 (talk) 02:40, 19 November 2017 (UTC)

Meghan Markle

Please help - I have failed with the upload of a pic/file. Ancestry section - The one I had success with is too big - please make the "lady" one smaller. Thanks 101.189.107.58 (talk) 23:29, 18 November 2017 (UTC)

November 19

Recreation of deleted articles

This article was deleted in 2010 because of lack of notability. Not much has changed since then except for some sensationalistic coverage of a one-time event. What should be done about the recreation of this deleted article? 32.218.44.192 (talk) 01:59, 19 November 2017 (UTC)