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Is it acceptable to plagiarize material from the German encyclopedia into the English encyclopedia?

I found that an article doesn't exist in the English wiki, but it IS in the German wiki. I'd like to create this article in the English wiki, and it would save a lot of time if I just used most of the content and sources from the German wiki. Is this against the rules or otherwise frowned upon? Thx! Mr. Daniel Plainview (talk) 20:11, 9 April 2018 (UTC)

@Mr. Daniel Plainview: It is allowed as long as you provide the required attribution. See WP:TRANSLATE. RudolfRed (talk) 20:23, 9 April 2018 (UTC)

Understood, thank you for the information. Mr. Daniel Plainview (talk) 20:32, 9 April 2018 (UTC)

@Mr. Daniel Plainview: May I just add to the helpful answer that RudolfRed has given you by pointing out that each language's Wikipedia projects do have their own individual policies and criteria for things like 'notability'? So what is deemed OK in meeting notability criteria in one Wikipedia is not necessarily met on another. You might wish to look at this page for a summary of what 'notability' entails here, although there are lots of subsets of criteria for different topics, like artists, academics, sportsmen etc. It's always best to work on a draft before trying to put an article into the main part of our encyclopedia. You'd be most welcome to come back and ask us to take a look if you wish. Whilst non-English citations are quite acceptable, I think it really helps if you can also provide additional ones in the English language - but this isn't a rule. Google translate is a wonderful thing! Oh, and well done for getting all 15 badges in The Wikipedia Adventure - I hope you enjoyed doing it. Regards from the UK, Nick Moyes (talk) 22:51, 9 April 2018 (UTC)

@Mr. Daniel Plainview and Nick Moyes: I must warn you both that while using a machine translation (e.g. Google Translate) can help for a first pass, WP:MACHINETRANSLATION is fairly clear that you should proofread the result. When translating, you need to be comfortable enough in the target language to reasonably proofread the result and in the original language and/or subject to detect blatant translation mistakes. Tigraan^{Click here to contact me} 16:01, 10 April 2018 (UTC)

Absolutely. That utterly goes without saying,
...though I probably should have said it! (Machine translation: Absolut. Das versteht sich von selbst, obwohl ich es wahrscheinlich hätte sagen sollen!) Nick Moyes (talk) 16:10, 10 April 2018 (UTC)

Thank you @Nick Moyes and Tigraan:, I will take your advice and work up a draft. I am planning to use Google Translate and using that as a working translation and kind of try to clean it up and fix the grammar. It's obviously helpful to have a German speaker take a look too. And thanks! I've been lurking on Wikipedia for years so the "boot camp" adventure thing was helpful to actually try my hand at editing and get my hands dirty. Mr. Daniel Plainview (talk) 15:10, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

I'm glad you enjoyed the 'boot camp' as you called it! Out of interest, can you link us to the German article? Personally, I'd do a Google translate and pop the result into MS Word, then create a draft/sandbox page and paste in all the reference urls from German Wikipedia. Then I'd work through each reference in Google Chrome (which has the inbuilt translation filter) and write in my own words what those references say about the subject, and just using the text in MS Word as a guide to ensure I'd covered key elements and referenced each fact. It's always worth looking yourself for sources, too. But we all work in different ways, I suspect. Good luck! Nick Moyes (talk) 15:20, 12 April 2018 (UTC)  

Looking for a confirmed editor to change an image

I am not a confirmed editor and we need to change the image for the wikipedia page for Abi Ann (singer with current image brown hair/red outfit). This needs to be changed to her facebook artist page image.

Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tally.bevis (talk • contribs) 21:06, 9 April 2018 (UTC)

@Tally.bevis: We can only use freely licensd photos on pages of living persons. If the photo you want to use is freely licensed (usable for any purpose, not just Wikipedia), then it can be uploaded to commons [1] and used in the article. Otherwise, not. RudolfRed (talk) 21:12, 9 April 2018 (UTC)

@Tally.bevis: I'm puzzled by your phrase "we need to change". Who are "we", and what is the "need"? Wikipedia is not part of any publicity promotion. I note that you have not declared any conflict of interest or paid editing. Dbfirs 21:54, 9 April 2018 (UTC)

Hi,

We're part of Abi Ann's marketing team and by her request, she would like us to update the photo on her page to match her Facebook profile photo. I understand why the photo was flagged and removed due to copyright violations, but we do have permission from Abi Ann to use that photo on her Wikipedia page. What would you recommend is the best course of action to have the photo uploaded without being removed? I am new to the editing process, so if there's something I'm unintentionally missing, I would like to know so we can have this resolved as soon as possible.

Thank you! Tally.bevis (talk) 17:43, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

Want to learn more about Wikipedia

Hello everyone! I am new to Wikipedia and would like to contribute here. Kindly help me by letting me know in what ways I can contribute. Thank you! ReeceMay (talk) 06:52, 10 April 2018 (UTC)

Welcome to the Teahouse, ReeceMay. Please take a look at Wikipedia:Community portal which will give you lists of various tasks that need to be done. Please also check out Help:Contents, which is a directory to many help pages. And feel free to ask questions here at the Teahouse any time. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 07:05, 10 April 2018 (UTC)

Greetings Cullen328! Thank you for the information and the links you provided. I look forward to help the community. Once again your help is appreciated. ReeceMay (talk) 08:06, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

Online video content

Hi, I just came across an article that has a direct link through to a Youtube video. The article is Veerey Ki Wedding which is a Bollywood film that came out in March of this year. In the cast list there is a link through to an online streaming of the full film which rang alarm bells with me. Is this against Wikipedia policy? Rodney Baggins (talk) 07:36, 10 April 2018 (UTC)

Unless the film is posted on the production company's official YouTube channel, then it falls under WP:COPYVIO and you should definitely remove the link. Good eye! MatthewVanitas (talk) 09:15, 10 April 2018 (UTC)

OK, thank you. I thought it was worth checking before I did anything about it. Rodney Baggins (talk) 14:54, 10 April 2018 (UTC)
→ I've now removed the video link from the Veerey Ki Wedding article. If anyone objects or tries to add it back in again I might ask for you to intervene at some point. Thanks. Rodney Baggins (talk) 07:36, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

What happened to my userpage?

I have another question. Hopefully this will be my last one. I was editing my userpage and something weird happened. I was trying to put a section onto my userpage, but it doesn't display properly. How do i fix this? PorkchopGMX 13:38, 10 April 2018 (UTC)

@PorkchopGMX: Is it like you want now? The headings on that page were "level 1 headings" (i.e. one equal sign on each end), which is not allowed. Effectively, the article title is the level 1 title - any headings on that page should be level 2 or below. I fixed them and it looks okay to me, but I'm not sure what result you were after.--Gronk Oz (talk) 15:05, 10 April 2018 (UTC)

@Gronk Oz: If you revert my edit (clear template) you'll see the problem. The bottom heading doesn't show and there is a small amount of text on the far right of the page. Looks like it's the coding of one of the badge templates causing it. - X201 (talk) 15:45, 10 April 2018 (UTC)

I haven't found documentation for it but I think you are always supposed to make a {{clear}} or something similar if you want to display user page code after Wikipedia Adventure badges. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:07, 10 April 2018 (UTC)

Hello PorkchopGMX and welcome to the Teahouse.

I've run into this issue before, but never quite figured it out until now. Here's what I think is happening. Templates for the badges specify a style parameter of float:left and a width of 33%. These parameters have the effect of causing the browser to render the badges as 3 columns. Note that 3 times 33% is only 99%, so there is still space for a 1%-width column for the next unsuspecting div that comes along without specifying a width parameter. That's the reason one needs to do a {{clear}} after the badges. — jmcgnh^{(talk) (contribs)} 16:49, 10 April 2018 (UTC)

That explains it. Good work Sherlock. - X201 (talk) 09:16, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

my articles

are my articles safe? Still pending for review. sources given. hope for acceptance — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ponjit1234 (talk • contribs)

It would help if you signed your post (e.g. with four tildes "~~~~" as instructed at the top of this page) so we have a clue as to who you are. Additionally it would help if you provided links to your (presumably draft) articles so, once we know who you are, we don't have to follow a trail of breadcrumbs through your userpages or contributions to figure out which articles you're talking about and where they are. As things currently stand I know of no way to help you. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 2.218.14.51 (talk) 17:00, 10 April 2018 (UTC)

Just out of interest, 2.218.14.51, where exactly on this page does it tell newcomers to sign their posts with four tildes? I've looked and I can't find it myself. (This is one of many suggestions for improvements to the Teahouse which I recently suggested on this post on our Teahouse Talk page. You might like to add your views, as I think it would help newcomers if we better guided them to help us to help them (if you follow my logic)). Nick Moyes (talk) 18:10, 10 April 2018 (UTC)

Nick Moyes, {{Welcome}} and other welcome templates do mentions signing such posts. However, it realty isn't much trouble to follow the history and the user contributions, so the IP editor's asperity is in my view a bit overdone. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 23:40, 10 April 2018 (UTC)

Yes, my bad. I'm so used to seeing the signing instructions on other pages that I just assumed they were on this one too. And I was feeling a bit harried and tetchy last night and allowed that to seep into the tone of my response (which was made before the system added the OP's identity). I am also aware that it is possible, though irksome, to track through the OP's digital trails, but was responding to the apparent assumption that the OP's identifying both their username and the articles in question was unnecessary. Apologies to the OP and to yourselves for the error and the attitude. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 2.218.14.51 (talk) 16:43, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

If Draft:Jalukbari Police Division is one of the articles that you are asking about, then you need to read WP:Referencing for beginners, WP:Notability, and the comments from the two previous reviews before you submit it again. The article is almost certain to be rejected in its present form. Dbfirs 17:32, 10 April 2018 (UTC)

@Ponjit1234: Your draft article is safe from deletion, and you may - and indeed should - work to improve it before submitting again if you wish. Any draft article not edited for six months is liable to be deleted as we assume by then that the creator has given up on the task. Nick Moyes (talk) 18:10, 10 April 2018 (UTC)

Page not made public after a month

Hi there, After submitting a page for review, I am curious as to why it has not been made public despite having numerous external sources. How long is the wait usually? Any help would be much appreciated. Many thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by AnnieM94 (talk • contribs) 20:04, 10 April 2018 (UTC)

@AnnieM94: Hello and welcome to the Teahouse. It appears that your draft was reviewed and declined, then you made some changes and removed(I assume inadvertently) the template to allow you to resubmit it. I have restored the template so you can resubmit it for review. If you haven't already, please make sure that you have read the comments you were left. Once you resubmit it, please be patient, as reviews are conducted by volunteers and it will take some time. I believe the current wait is 6-8 weeks. 331dot (talk) 20:12, 10 April 2018 (UTC)

Thank you for your help! — Preceding unsigned comment added by AnnieM94 (talk • contribs)

AnnieM94 I would ask, are you associated with the film you are writing about? 331dot (talk) 20:14, 10 April 2018 (UTC)

No, just a fan of the film given that it was filmed in my home town. — Preceding unsigned comment added by AnnieM94 (talk • contribs) 20:18, 10 April 2018 (UTC)

Hi AnnieM94 you have not yet resubmitted Draft:Scott and Sid (2018) since it was reviewed and declined on 12 March 2018. If you believe it is ready for another review simply hit the blue Resubmit button in the pink template at the top of the page and follow the instructions from there. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 20:14, 10 April 2018 (UTC)

Hello @AnnieM94: I have accepted your article and made a few formatting tweaks. There is a formatting issue you need to fix though (that I've tagged at top) in that you have a lot of WP:Inline external links. If for example there's no page for actor Jay Q. Smith, you need to either wikilink it anyway (a "redlink") if you expect there might be a page about him someday, or just leave it unlinked. What you can't do is EL it to his IMDB page or something. So either wikilink the name (whether it be red or blue) or leave it unlinked. And you have a couple places that you have links that should be footnotes but you've left them as ELs. That's not egregious enough to hold the article back though, so I've Published it and just marked it so you can fix it (and remove the EL tag once you've fixed things). MatthewVanitas (talk) 06:24, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

Deep Space Nine (Star Trek series)...misrepresentation of Garak's BIO-photo identification

Photo incorrectly reveals picture of Gul Damar, Garak's 'Cardassian enemy'. Garak, once part of the Obsidian Order (and, not so simple tailor, on DS-9), would never "sport" (i.e. wear) a military "Gul"-uniform; as clearly depicted in that representative photo [BIO sidebar box]. Please make appropriate change for those of us, whom are...diehard "Trekkies". Thank You. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:304:AA7C:E1E9:C580:5F35:B816:AFB6 (talk) 20:24, 10 April 2018 (UTC)

Hello, anonymous IP user. Not being a major Star Trek fan, all you just said made no sense whatsoever to me! That said, I'm afraid this Teahouse is here to assist people with problems and in the mechanism of how to edit Wikipedia in general, not to make changes to articles for them. I reckon you should go to Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - or whichever page is most relevant to this issue - and click its Talk Page and put your concerns there. Those who understand this topic will no doubt assist you in making those changes. Sorry we can't do this for you ourselves...unless, of course, we have seem keen Trekkies amongst the Teahouse Hosts here? Live long and edit. Regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 20:49, 10 April 2018 (UTC)

The article in question is Elim Garak. As far as I can tell, the photo is of the correct character, contrary to what the OP says. Admittedly it's not the best photo. Several images marked as "fair use" exist on the Memory Alpha wiki, but I'm not sure they would pass our image use policy. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 21:47, 10 April 2018 (UTC)

Not sure, I asked at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Star_Trek#Elim_Garak. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 06:49, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

Help me to create a biography

I Just created a Wikipedia account.

I have content ready for creating a page for the philosopher.

I have no idea of where to add content as per Wikipedia guidances — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gccampus (talk • contribs) 07:38, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

Hello Gccampus, and welcome to the Teahouse. Start by taking the time to read Wikipedia:Your first article carefully. If you then conclude that your article is likely to "stick" on WP, go ahead and create it, or even better, create it as a Help:Userspace draft and work on it there until it's ready. Otherwise it will likely be deleted. Creating an acceptable WP-article without any experience in what WP expects is hard, but it can be done. Be aware though, we already have an article about The Philosopher ;-) Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 07:53, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

Cannot upload logo on Wiki common

Hello Everyone,

I wrote an article named Kelvin Institute of Technology in the year 2014. The logo of the college is my original work and I uploaded it. But in 2018, it was removed from wikicommons stating that it is violating copyright terms. How to make the system know it is my authorized work and successfully upload it. Thanks in advance. Priyanka Berry 07:49, 11 April 2018 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by PriyankaBerry18 (talk • contribs)

Courtesy link: Kelvin Institute of Technology (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Hello, PriyankaBerry18 and welcome to the Teahouse. If you are the creator and copyright holder of the logo, you would need to follow the procedure described at Donating Copyrighted Materials. Please do understand that this would release the logo for anyone in the world to use in any way, including to create modified versions. If you signed over rihts to the College, then you cannot do this. Usually logos are copyrighted and not released freely, and are uploaded to Wikipedia (not Commons) under a claim of Fair use. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 09:21, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

@PriyankaBerry18: logos are almost always trademarked so you definitely wouldn't want to accidentally try to donate them by submitting to Wikimedia Commons. Instead look at the left side of your screen right now, below the Wikipedia Globe emblem, and about 15 lines down there is an "Upload file" link. Click that, and it will take you to an upload tool, and you select "Copyright but Fair Use" options, click the option for "Logo", type in that you're using it at the article specifically about the company the logo is of, etc. It takes a few minutes to figure out the form, but once you're used to it it takes like 3 minutes. Before uploading the file make sure it's no bigger than 300x300 and is not high resolution; that's because under Fair Use it needs to be just good enough to look non-crappy in the article, but not so good someone could copy it and use it elsewhere like a website or a t-shirt.

Hope that helps! MatthewVanitas (talk) 05:19, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

Hi PriyankaBerry18. Just to add that the file you uploaded was deleted by a Commons administrator named c:User:Christian Ferrer. File's which are deleted from Commons or Wikipedia are not gone forever, but rather only hidden from public view. Such files can be restored which whatever issues that led to their deletion have been resolved. So, if you'd like to know whether the file you uploaded can be restored and what things you need to do to have it restored if it can, post a message at c:User talk:Christian Ferrer and ask Christian for help. He will explain what you need to do. You need to realize that Commons only accepts files which comply with c:COM:L; so, if for some reason you are unwilling or unable to to do that for this particular file, then you only remaining option may be to upload the file as non-free content as mentioned above by MathhewVanitas. You need to be sure, however, that the each use of the file complies with Wikipedia's non-free content use policy. -- Marchjuly (talk) 07:38, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

map

Teahouse
Today, our Teahouse is located in the wonderful Botanic Gardens in Guwahati! Click the coordinates below to see a detailed map.
Coordinates: 26.1527071°N 91.6611459°E / 26.1527071; 91.6611459

How a map can be added to an article? Ponjit1234 (talk) 09:19, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

Hello,Ponjit1234, and welcome to the Teahouse. I'm really sorry you have had a long wait for an answer from us. Firstly, may I just say I am pleased to see you are now either creating articles within your sandbox, or as Drafts - rather than on your userpage. I know you didn't understand this at first, and it must have been confusing to be repeatedly told you were doing something wrong when you weren't sure what to do. (I'm afraid with such a huge encyclopaedia to manage, we do need to have rules that need following, though to a newcomer these can sometimes seem very hidden and mysterious at first. I'm sure you'll soon get the hang of it. (The trick is to listen to others and not repeat an action you've been asked not to do, but you can always politely ask for an explanation. It's also very easy for use more experienced editors to assume everyone else already know of these rules, when they probably don't.)

Now, you ask about inserting maps...These should only go in articles about geographic places. I see that so far you've been trying to draft articles about Indian police forces. I don't think we want maps in those sorts of articles as they could be found via the links you include to the appropriate towns, city or region they are in. That being said, maps are best added to articles about places using the Infobox at the very top of the page.

I confess that I am no expert on the intricacies of Infoboxes but, basically, you will need to add three things to the appropriate Infobox:

• the coordinates of the place (in the right format, of course!)
• the name of an appropriate background map you want to use (I usually look at an existing article of a nearby place and use the map name that that one uses!)
• a caption

If you edit the source for Guwahati, you will see that the very commonly used {{Infobox settlement}} is deployed. (There are alternatives at Wikipedia:List_of_infoboxes#Geography_and_place). It requires the following parameters:

| coordinates = 26°11′N 91°44′E

| pushpin_map = India Assam#India

| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Guwahati in Assam

Be aware that other Infoboxes may use parameters labelled: |map=   and |map_caption= -but the effect is the same.

There are various ways to get coordinates for the place you're writing about. One common one is to use Google maps and click on the relevant place and copy down the coordinates that appear on screen - or drop in a pushpin on Google maps and copy/paste the coordinates from in the browser url box. If you notice the pair of two squiggly brackets in the coordinates parameter, this is actually calling up another special template to handle the coordinates. You can see the documentation for this at {{Coord}}. I'm afraid it's not the easiest thing to understand if you're not familiar with GPS coordinates, and the diffferent formats they can come in. But, again, simply looking at how pages on nearby places have handled coordinates can assist. In the demo shown here I simply copy/pasted the url from the browser, replace the comma between the Lat/Long figures with a | character, and it worked perfectly. Our Teahouse is now in a lovely part of the city of Guwahati in India. I hope this may have been of some help - come back if you get stuck. (Addendum: A new support page on Infoboxes has just been set up today. You might wish to ask at WP:IBASSIST if you feel you need further or better technical advice!)

I now have two questions for my fellow hosts to answer: a) I there a really good and clear Help page or section on this topic anywhere? b) Is there a single hierarchical List of map background areas available for reference anywhere? Found it at Template:Location map/List. Regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 00:30, 12 April 2018 (UTC)  

New user. Review needed

Hi. Please can you review the article created in my sandbox? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jehanlatief/sandbox Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jehanlatief (talk • contribs) 10:45, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

hello, Jehanlatief, and welcome to the Teahouse. You haven't formally submitted User:Jehanlatief/sandbox for review as a draft article, but if you had I would decline it. It is way too promotional -- practically every line is marketing speak. Phrases such as specialises in marketing and project management, centres on developing entrepreneurial marketing and business solutions, Striving to harness maximum socioeconomic impact, to grow the economy and facilitate the integration of these particular sectors, and partnering with major brands across sectors are all classic promotional marketing-speak. Wikipedia articles must be neutral and factual. I havent even checked out your sources cited -- at this stage there is no point, although i hope that they are independent. Franky the best way forward is to start over using your sources, and discarding this text.

Are you by any chance affiliated with this firm, or under contract to them? I ask because this is so classic a piece of marketing. Do read our conflict of interest guideline and our policy on paid editing, please DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 11:08, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

Oh I see on your user page that you have properly declared a Conflict of interest. Thank you for doing so, Jehanlatief. But that means that adhering to [[WP:NPOV is even more important for you than for other editors. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 11:12, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

Some steps to follow:

• First, review our guideline on notability, our policy on Verifiability, and our specific guideline on the notability of businesses. Consider whether your subject clearly meets the standards listed there.
• Second, read how to create Your First Article and referencing for beginners and again consider if you want to go ahead.
• Third, disclose your connection with the subject in accordance with the Paid-contribution disclosure. This is absolutely required; omitting it can result in you being blocked from further editing.
• Fourth, gather sources. You want independent, professionally published, reliable sources with each discussing the subject in some detail. If you can't find several such sources, stop; an article will not be created! Sources do NOT need to be online, or in English, although it is helpful if at least some are. The "independent" part is vital. Wikipedia does not consider as independent sources such as press releases, or news stories based on press releases, or anything published by the subject itself or an affiliate of the subject. Strictly local coverage is also not preferred. Regional or national newspapers or magazines, books published by mainstream publishers (not self-published), or scholarly journals are usually good. So are online equivalents of these. (Additional sources may verify particular statements but not discuss the subject in detail. But those significant detailed sources are needed first.)
• Fifth, use the article wizard to create a draft under the articles for creation project. This is always a good idea for an inexperienced editor, but in the case of an editor with a conflict of interest it is essential.
• Sixth, use the sources gathered before (and other sources you may find along the way) to write the article. Cite all significant statements to sources. Do not express opinions or judgements, unless they are explicitly attributed to named people or entities, preferably in a direct quotation, and cited to a source. Do not use puffery or marketing-speak. Provide page numbers, dates, authors and titles for sources to the extent these are available. A title is always needed.
• Seventh, when (well perhaps if) your draft is declined, pay attention to the comments of the reviewer, and correct the draft and resubmit it. During this whole process, if you face any unresolvable editing hurdles, or cannot comprehend any editing issue, feel free to post a request here or at the help desk and ask the regulars. Repeat this until the draft passes review.

Congratulations, you have now created a valid Wikipedia article. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 11:14, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for the comprehensive feedback. Will give it another go now. --Jehanlatief (talk) 12:45, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

Just a heads up that I have updated the article. Hope it's okay for publishing? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jehanlatief/sandbox — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jehanlatief (talk • contribs) 13:14, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

Lindsay Clare/Arch for Arch

Hi there, I have written this article and am new to editing on Wikipedia. Please can you review and let me know if it is ready to be moved to the main space. Feel free to do so if you deem it ready. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Lindsay_Clare/Arch_for_Arch

Thanks! Lindsay Clare (talk) 12:00, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

Unintentionally, you created it in main space. As such, the name User:Lindsay Clare/Arch for Arch will need to be changed. David notMD (talk) 14:01, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

No, User:Lindsay Clare/Arch for Arch is a valid subpage of the user page User:Lindsay Clare. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:09, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

Okay, I am more used to seeing draft articles as Draft: or in a user's Sandbox. I leave to others whether it is ready for main space, either directly or AfC (Articles for Creation). David notMD (talk) 14:24, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

hi — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.214.17.86 (talk) 14:48, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

List of movies

Can I create a list of all movies of a TV channel ? There is an Indian kids channel which has shown a lot of movies. But it could not take place in the movies section as those are onced shown in that channel (though those have some repeatations). So I want to create a page listing all movies of the channel together. But I had not seen such page never in wiki. So would it be write to create such page?

User:AnkurHow (talk) 3:43 PM, 11 April 2018

Hi AnkurHow. If there was one particular movie which the channel aired for which it received significant coverage in independent reliable sources (maybe showing the movie was controversial in some way), then that might be worthy of mention, but otherwise, I would say no. Just going by the information you've provided above, it seems that such a "list of movies" would not be acceptable per WP:NOTTVGUIDE and WP:NOTEVERYTHING. While it might be a fact that these movies were shown on this channel, such content sounds a bit trivial and not really something worthy of inclusion. -- Marchjuly (talk) 07:28, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

How to reform my "essay" ways

Hello Teahouse! I wonder if you might be able to help me with my Draft:BlackEnergy Malware page. I thought I did a fair job summarizing and presenting objective, informative information. Unfortunately I've gotten the dreaded "read too much like an essay" declination. Please help me change my ways so I can present a useful article. Direction and insight is much appreciated. J n johan (talk) 15:47, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

I made a very minor edit to your posting here, J n johan, only wikilinking the title of your draft. I did a bit of gnome work on your draft too, without changing any content. I cannot really assess your draft as I'm currently using a device that won't open PDF files (I know...lame). I'd suggest you look to other articles listed in Category:Malware for some style hints. And keep in mind, the target audience for your potential article is normal everyday educated people, not computer professionals. Remember, in an encyclopedia, we do not write about the subject, we write about what has been written about the subject. At a glance, it appears you need more and better sources. You should also emphasize the history more and the technical stuff less. John from Idegon (talk) 16:38, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

Edit Question - Changing a birthday

Hello, How to I change a birthday. Someone has created a page on me, but they have my wrong birthday (month and day). How can I change this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Scorchestra (talk • contribs) 15:58, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

Hello, Scorchestra. You can find advice relevant to your situation at WP:BIOSELF. In summary:

• Normally you are discouraged from directly editing articles about yourself, and should rather make suggestions on the article's talk page.
• But if information in an article about a living person is unsourced, then anybody may remove it, even yourself. (Do explain what you are doing in the edit summary).
• If the information is cited to an apparently reliable source, this is more problematic. Wikipedia works on WP:verifiability, not truth, and won't change reliably sourced information because somebody says it is wrong. However, personal data like date of birth is generally felt not to be appropriate in an article about a living person unless it has been widely reported (see DOB); so it might be that it should be removed from the article in any case. It might help if you told us which article. --ColinFine (talk) 16:48, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

Pictures

What are the rules for adding photos and captions and how do I do this? Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wolverinestudent12 (talk • contribs) 16:08, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

Welcome to the Teahouse, Wolverinestudent12. Adding photos is a complex area of editing. The most important thing to know is that a large majority of photos you find online are not acceptable because of copyright limitations. On the other hand, there are millions of freely licensed photos on Wikimedia Commons which can be used for any reason. You can donate your own photos there. Wikipedia:Images is a good overview with links to various other helpful pages. If you have a more specific question, feel free to ask it here. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 16:59, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

Nervous to post updates! How can I do this right?

I work in the tech space and really want to update some of the advancements and applications of my (technical) areas of interests! But I'm nervous because a lot of my reading is from startup/innovation blogs and when I look for more reputable sources for my info, the larger publications tend to lag behind. I've found a mid-way option, where I can write something saying 'Google is doing this cool thing [source] and startups are trying too [no source]. What do you think? Should I add commentary without any source? Or should I wait to add until a big news publication (or the like) as written on the subject? Please help, I 100% don't want to be mistaken for being linked to any of these VCs, accelerators or startups in any way, just want to update what I think is kinda outdated content on my industry... — Preceding unsigned comment added by ElPao2 (talk • contribs) 16:22, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

Hi ElPao2, the answer is in two parts. Firstly, nothing you can do will break Wikipedia, any edit can be reversed. We have the Bold, Revert, Discuss rule which means you are invited to be bold in editing an article, if your edit is reverted, you have a standing invitation to discuss the matter with the editor who did the reverting. Secondly, keep in mind that Wikipedia is not news, we do not report on topics that have not already recieved in-depth attention from mainstream sources. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 16:36, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

Hi Dodger67, okay gotcha, thanks! So to confirm, if something is informative, rather than just a news update, I am encouraged to update Wikipedia with it? What is your advice on sourcing - should I try and put the best-possible source, or is it best to put no source if it links to a company's own announcement or blog (and thus could be construed as marketing)? ElPao2 (talk) 18:24, 11 April 2018 (GMT)

Hello, ElPao2. My advice is:

• Never put any information in any article that you have not found in a reliable published source (and since you have found the source, you might as well cite it; that is not strictly required unless it is controversial, but it is helpful to readers if you do so).
• If possible, use sources independent of the subject. Non-independent sources (such as the subject's own website) are acceptable for some kinds of information - uncontroversial factual data such as dates and locations; but not for anything which might be contentious, or which is in any way evaluative. See PRIMARY for more on this. --ColinFine (talk) 18:53, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

help with reference formatting

Hi, could somebody help me with the references on the page Agrothereutes abbreviatus? I moved a long list out of a taxobox template into the article text and the references were messed up. How can I fix this in the simplest way? Thank you, Zelomorpha (talk) 16:50, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

@Zelomorpha: -  Done. Stormy clouds (talk) 19:40, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

Political positions of Cory Booker

Hi! I'm pretty new to Wikipedia, and while editing political articles I noticed that Political positions of Cory Booker needs to be merged with Cory Booker's biography, according to the notice at the top of the former page (dates back to March 2017). Can this be done by anyone? Thanks! JKen (talk) 16:51, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

Hello, JKen, and welcome to the Teahouse. Yes, anyone can perform the merge, and I'm sure your efforts would be appreciated if you did it. Step-by-step instructions are available at WP:MERGETEXT. Cordless Larry (talk) 06:15, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

Thank you, Cordless Larry! I'll give it a whirl. JKen (talk) 11:19, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

Your invitation

Good evening. Thank you for the invitation, although it was auto-generated so I don't know who to address personally. I've made a few edits, mostly corrections but a couple are enhancements. I'm a little intrigued by the referencing methods used as there does not appear to be a sitewide standard. Can I request some pointers, please? In Violin Concerto No. 1 (Bruch), I've borrowed a style already present in the article and I'd appreciate feedback on my edits there. Thank you. Fiery Billy (talk) 19:02, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

Hello Fiery Billy, and welcome to the Teahouse. You're right and you're right, there is no sitewide standard, but it is prefered that an article is consistent (we have a similar rule for type of english, WP:ENGVAR). Help:Referencing for beginners may have something helpful. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 19:17, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

Okay, that's fine. I'll work with what's there till I get up to speed and can see what's best. Thank you. Fiery Billy (talk) 23:00, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

Help

How do I block people for vandalism? WestVirginiaMountineer (talk) 19:28, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

Blocking should be the very last resort, but there is a process to follow if it comes to that. Check out WP:AIV for policies and procedures on this topic. - NsTaGaTr ^(Talk) 19:41, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

@WestVirginiaMountineer: - you don't. Unless you are an admin, you lack the power to block or ban other editors. If the contributions of a certain editor are particularly egregious, drop a note at WP:AIV regarding their conduct, and it will be investigated. If a block is merited, the user will be blocked. However, beware the boomerang when making such reports. If they can, they will assist you. Hope this helps, Stormy clouds (talk) 19:44, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

@WestVirginiaMountineer: If you see vandalism, please revert it, and warn the user. See Wikipedia:Vandalism#Warnings for how to warn a user to stop vandalizing. RudolfRed (talk) 19:52, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

Reference other Wikipedia article in different language

Hi - I just recently added another Wikipedia page in different language as reference but was told this was not a valid reference, any reason for that rule? Just so I understand moving forward. — Preceding unsigned comment added by EgyptianSnow (talk • contribs) 21:55, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

@EgyptianSnow: User generated sources are not considered reliable. This includes Wikipedia regardless of whatever language, especially because that can lead to circular sourcing. Ian.thomson (talk) 22:02, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

Hi EgyptianSnow. As pointed out above and at WP:WPNOTRS and WP:UGC, Wikipedia articles are not considered to be a reliable source for any purpose. This makes sense because I can basically go to any Wikipedia article in any language and add, remove, revise content without any real effort .This means that the latest version of the article being cited as a source may not be the same as the one actually intended to be cited as a source; moreover, there's no guarantee that any content added by any editor to any Wikipedia article is not simply WP:OR. Now having said all that, it is perfectly acceptable to cite non-English sources in support of article content found in English Wikipedia articles per WP:NONENG as long as the source meets English Wikipedia's definition of a reliable source. This means it might be possible to use the source cited in these other language Wikipedia articles as sources on English Wikipedia. You have to be careful a bit careful though because not all Wikipedia projects are as rigorous as English Wikipedia when it comes to determining whether a source is reliable; so, a source which is considered OK by another language Wikipedia might not be considered OK here. -- Marchjuly (talk) 07:06, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

Greyhaven article overwrite

Hi, I've recently started using the vandalism detection tool STiki and tonight it presented me with an interesting little puzzle. There's an article called Greyhaven, which up until a few hours ago was about a progressive rock/metal band from Eugene in Oregon, who formed in 1996. They made one album, the self-titled Greyhaven, and then disbanded in 2000. This evening someone appears to have completely overwritten the existing Greyhaven article with brand new information, changing pretty much every conceivable detail! I can only deduce from this that there is another band called Greyhaven, from Louisville in Kentucky, who formed in 2014, and they happen to have used the same name as the other band. The editor, rather than creating a new page for this band, has chosen to just overwrite the earlier band and pretend they never existed, which I'm sure is totally not cool. It looks as if we maybe need two separate articles to be split off, with disambiguated names of some sort. Mind you, that might be tricky because they are both progressive rock bands so the title "Greyhaven (progressive rock band)" would apply to both of them too! Any advice please? Rodney Baggins (talk) 22:10, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

Just so you know, I've taken it upon myself to contact the editor on their Talk page. I hope I have read the situation correctly. Rodney Baggins (talk) 22:24, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

Rodney Baggins, I reverted the article back to its prior state. Thanks for catching that. I too have added a note on the IPs talk page. John from Idegon (talk) 22:35, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

Thank you. I hadn't thought about the possibility of a copyright infringement but yes you're probably right there. As I picked this up via STiki, I now have to classify the edit one way or the other to move it out of my STiki watchlist. As it's been dealt with as a separate issue, I'll just mark it as Innocent so that STiki doesn't muddy the waters with any further notifications, even though the edit wasn't entirely innocent and probably warranted a Good Faith revert if nothing else, but that's already been implemented outside STiki. Thanks again for your help. Rodney Baggins (talk) 07:54, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

Deletion reconsideration - person who deleted is now retired

Hi there! I had a question about an article being undeleted. The initial deletion discussion led to the article for Michelle McNamara being deleted and redirected to her husband's page Patton Oswalt. I put in a request for a "deletion reconsideration" for the article and was told to go back to the user who originally deleted the page. I wrote on their talk page back at the end of March. It was not responded to and the user has since retired and added a self-block. User_talk:Coffee#Michelle_McNamara_deletion_and_redirection_reconsideration. What would the next step be? Thanks for any help :) Mvocab (talk) 23:13, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

@Mvocab:I think the process is to resubmit your request and mention that the deleting admin has retired. RudolfRed (talk) 23:42, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

Welcome to the Teahouse, Mvocab. Yes, the administrator Coffee has recently retired in a "blaze of glory", so will not assist you. The article in question was deleted properly as the result of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michelle McNamara. I am familiar with the topic as I heard her husband interviewed at length on the radio a month or two ago. You can write a new policy-compliant biography and replace the redirect with that new content. An alternative is to write an article about her book I'll be Gone in the Dark, which is probably notable, especially since it is being made into a film. In either case, I recommend a "fresh start" instead of trying to restore the article deleted two years ago. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 01:03, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

@Mvocab: I haven't seen the original, but for anything deleted "fresh start" is usually the best way. I'd suggest using WP:Article wizard and writing it as a Draft so you can get feedback on it. I would strongly advise you take a look at WP:Notability is not inherited so you can avoid any mistake of writing about her as "Patton Oswalt's wife". I mean it's good to mention that she is, but you can't solely focus on how she's famous for being his wife (since we have an article about him himself) so you need to focus on what makes her famous, including any news articles about her (which can include her untimely death), her book, etc. And/or you could write an article about her book, various ways to approach it. MatthewVanitas (talk) 05:12, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

Editing a military unit box

Hi Everybody.

I am beginning to make corrections and additions to the 158th Infantry Regiment page.

How do I edit the box on the upper right hand side of the page? I would like to make some additions to the list of notable commanders and add the unit's official patch.

Thanks, — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cuidado158th (talk • contribs) Courtesy link: 158th Infantry Regiment (United States)

@Cuidado158th: when you see a box on the margin like that, it's called a WP:Infobox. In this case, look for "Infobox military unit" and there will be a series of rows there that you fill out to display in the box. MatthewVanitas (talk) 05:09, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

How do I make my profile?

Some users have really cool profile pages and I was wondering how do I make mine look like that? — Preceding unsigned comment added by TrlSlasher (talk • contribs) 01:20, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

Welcome to the Teahouse, TrlSlasher. Please be aware that Wikpedia is not a social media site, and therefore, we do not have "profiles". Instead, we have encyclopedia articles and a variety of "behind the scenes" pages such as user pages. These user pages should not be seen as profiles but rather as descriptions of the person as a Wikipedia editor. Please read Wikipedia:User pages for a description of what is appropriate and what isn't. There are plenty of links that will help you build a user page.

All that being said, you have not yet made any edits to improve encyclopedia articles. That is the purpose of this project. I suggest that you contribute productively to the project for a while before trying to create a really "cool" user page. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 01:36, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

How do I find vandalism?

I want to start by getting rid of vandalism but i don’t know how or where to find it. Can someone point me in the right direction? - TrlSlasher — Preceding unsigned comment added by TrlSlasher (talk • contribs) 02:04, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

Hello there. You can look in the "Recent Changes" Section under the Wikipedia Logo to your left. Thegooduser Let's Chat 02:13, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

@TrlSlasher: Welcome to Wikipedia, and thanks for wanting to make it better. Check out WP:VANDAL for guidance and tips for spotting and fighting vandalism. RudolfRed (talk) 02:14, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

Hi, TrlSlasher. In addition to what was said above, I highly recommend the Twinkle and navigation popup tools. They make finding and reverting vandalism, and also warning users, much easier. Please let us know if you have any additional questions. Good luck out there! -- kewlgrapes (talk, contribs) 02:33, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

Where do I go to get Twinkle? - TrlSlasher — Preceding unsigned comment added by TrlSlasher (talk • contribs) 02:42, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

As mentioned on the Twinkle page, you enable it by turning it on in the gadgets page in your preferences. Here is a link: Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-gadgets. -- kewlgrapes (talk, contribs) 02:50, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

I don’t see it in gadget preferences. Do I need to upgrade to get access? - TrlSlasher — Preceding unsigned comment added by TrlSlasher (talk • contribs) 03:07, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

Hmm, not that I'm aware of. You should see it in the "Browsing" section, six boxes from the bottom of that section. By the way, you can sign your posts with ~~~~ to automatically create a link to your user and talk pages. It's a little more useful and faster than just typing out your name on each post. :) -- kewlgrapes (talk, contribs) 04:39, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

No it’s not there. TrlSlasher (talk) 04:45, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

@TrlSlasher:, I have left you a note at Talk:Philip Percival, I suggest you just slow down a little and review some of Wikipedia's policies, particularly WP:3RR. Kind regards, Cavalryman V31 (talk) 06:52, 12 April 2018 (UTC).

What if

What if I edit an article and the original article editor gets angry or upset also , adding images to articles does multiple editors have the right to remove or revert my edits on an existing articles talk to me more thisDashDog01 (talk) 02:22, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

Hello @DashDog01: can you please link us to the article where you're having trouble? That way we can look at the issue and offer more specific advice. MatthewVanitas (talk) 06:13, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

DashDog has made hundreds of edits to own User page and Talk page, and several queries here at Teahouse, but has yet to make a single edit to any article. As a direct answer to the question, DD should look at an article's View history to get an idea of the cumulative effects of many editors adding to or subtracting from articles. It's not about any original article editor. No one "owns" an article. All editors are able to revert edits that they believe are wrong or do not add to the value of the article. Each editor is supposed to write their reasons for each edit in the Edit summary, at the bottom of the editing page. View history lists these explanations. In addition to what editors do, there are bots (automated programs) that search for and revert vandalism. David notMD (talk) 10:20, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

Hi I edited this article https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SwordigoDashDog01 (talk) 12:48, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

Youtube/Internet Creator Notability Question

I've noticed that the notability guidelines favor print sources and independent sources, which I generally think is a wonderful thing. What concerns me is how the notability of YouTube personalities is to be determined and measured. Seeing as print publications don't typically write about them, and how personalities may be known online without articles being written about them, how is notability fairly determined? At what point do they become notable enough for an article to be written about them? Coherbia (talk) 03:22, 12 April 2018 (UTC)Coherbia

• This is a good point, but ultimately WP:BIO still applies to YouTubers just like it does to anyone else. This means that reliable independent sources need to discuss them in detail. Sure, as you said, many famous ones don't get much media attention at all, but this just means that they aren't notable enough for Wikipedia, even if thousands or even millions of people watch their videos. It probably seems weird, but that's how WP works; reliable sources are the only things that matter for notability. Every morning (there's a halo...) 03:38, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

Alright, thanks! That does help clear things up a bit. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Coherbia (talk • contribs) 03:39, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

New initiative invitation

Hello, IV started a new initiative WP:IBASSIST. Any guidance, help, contribution will be appreciated. Thanks Capankajsmilyo (talk) 05:40, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

@Capankajsmilyo: your link just redirects to Wikipedia:WikiProject Infoboxes/assistance. Can you please let us know exactly what it is you're trying to do so we can help figure it out? MatthewVanitas (talk) 06:12, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

I am impressed with WP:GOCE and its success rates. The idea of letting newbies seek assistance of experts is awesome. I want to replicate similar thing in infobox arena. VPTech exist, but that is too general. So I created this page to let anyone/everyone post infobox template related queries/requests and any tech volunteer can help the person resolve it.Capankajsmilyo (talk) 06:16, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

Nice idea, Capankajsmilyo. I've just added a shortcut template to that page for you. Perhaps a post to the Teahouse Talk page would ensure that more hosts see this information and for longer- especially once you've got it bedded in? It's never great to pass a newcomer on to another page if we can answer it here, but it's good to know specialist editors like you are able to offer support with the more technical questions on Infoboxes. Maybe you might wish to offer to help out as a Teahouse host here yourself? I sometimes suggest to a user that we continue a discussion on my own talk page for a more detailed or ongoing discussion on a help query. You might wish to consider working in that way with WP:IBASSIST, too.

To kick you off, I invite you check out my (amateurish) reply last night to this question on inserting maps for anything I might have said incorrectly, and especially answer my first question to fellow hosts at the bottom, to which I do not know the answer. Perhaps I will ask it at WP:IBASSIST myself. Regards from the UK, Nick Moyes (talk) 12:15, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

I was trying to work out why Wikipedia might have special rules for bass players. --ColinFine (talk) 23:03, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

About citation as 'Naver"

Naver is one of the biggest search engines in Korea.

Also, it has many service pages and one of the pages is the encyclopedia.

Recently I did many edits, that information from Naver's encyclopedia.

There was much useful information that is not on Wikipedia.

I know that the Naver as 'Search engine' is not allowed in the Wikipedia, but I strongly believe that links from 'Naver's encyclopedia' have reliability.

I hope that users stop deleting my edits, for the reason 'Naver is a search engine'.

--218.235.241.136 (talk) 05:59, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

@218.235.241.136: Is Naver's encyclopedia user-submitted like Wikipedia? If so we definitely can't use it, since we need sourcing to specific writers and publishers, not a crowdsourced group of people. And even if it is written by experts, another encyclopedia is a WP:Tertiary source and we need citations to WP:Secondary sources. MatthewVanitas (talk) 06:11, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

The general results of an inquiry to a search engine can never be considered a reliable source. Some individual hits may be reliable but only if evaluated properly. The fact that these hits came from a search engine is of no significance in evaluating their reliability. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 06:37, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

This is the only edit by your IP address and we have five million articles so we don't know what your edits actually said. Naver#Naver Encyclopedia sounds like the reliability may depend on where Naver got the information if they say that. PrimeHunter (talk) 10:24, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

you've got it wrong

I am the writer and director of '54' and '54: The Director's Cut'. Your page has so many inaccuracies that it's hard to know where to start, but I just attempt to correct some of them. I can provide press and physical production logs to prove the truth. This is frustrating that this has been wrong for so long and that your page will not allow accurate reporting. I always thought it was the far reach of Harvey Weinstein that kept the page like this, but now that he has been exposed for this type of behavior I'm surprised that I'm not able to correct this. What you have right now looks a lot like fake news to me. Let's fix this asap. — Preceding unsigned comment added by VincentIowa (talk • contribs) 06:57, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

@VincentIowa: Hello and welcome to the Teahouse. I'm sorry you are disappointed with your experience. If you are Mark Christopher, you may need to confirm your identity with Wikipedia by emailing the address at the end of the paragraph here. You should also review the conflict of interest policy and formally declare the fact you were involved with making the film on your user page. If anything in any article is incorrect, please post your concerns on the article talk page(click "Talk" at the top of the article page to access). Please understand that Primary sources such as materials from the film can only be used in certain circumstances. Wikipedia is most interested in what independent reliable sources state about a subject. I noticed that you attempted to remove information about the film being given Razzies; that is valid article content. Articles can contain any information found in independent sources, good or bad. We are interested in hearing about anything that needs to be corrected, but it needs to be done in the correct manner.

You may also want to consider changing your username, as your current one suggests you represent the town of Vincent, Iowa. You can change your username at WP:CHU. 331dot (talk) 08:22, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

331dot, do we really consider (possible, it's rather ambiguous) placenames Wikipedia:Username_policy#Usernames_implying_shared_use? Companies and orgs, sure, but places? We have users called Stockholm and London. And Earth. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 08:43, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

Gråbergs Gråa Sång I have seen cases where such a name was a government official or even just a chamber of commerce official representing a certain area. That doesn't seem to be the case here, so I see no need to take any action other than suggesting they consider changing it. There is currently no government official (or even government) that claims to represent the Earth. 331dot (talk) 08:49, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

Well, there's Earthgov... ;-) Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 08:54, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

Question

I have published an article but it has two problems:

1) The title is incorrect

2) It is in English, but it is published on the French Wiki channel

I have looked for how to change these things, but cannot find the information. Can someone direct me to the right pages? Here, by the way, is the page: https://fr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Utilisateur:Dickturner/Brouillon Thank you, D Turner — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dickturner (talk • contribs) 09:21, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

This seems a proper link: fr:Utilisateur:Dickturner/Brouillon. --CiaPan (talk) 09:47, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

It is published as a user subpage so it's not a huge problem. You can indicate your desire to have the page deleted by simply blanking the page and letting the process run its course, if you would like. If I may interject very quickly, before you attempt publishing the article here, please come to understand editors with a conflict of interest regarding specific topics and also what constitutes original research as well. It is quite probable that you will find some difficulty publishing your article because of your connection to the topic and the possible inability to include independent verification that I fear will befall you. Best regards.--John Cline (talk) 10:00, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

Question about subpage

Hi how do I create a subpageDashDog01 (talk) 12:50, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

Hey DashDog01. You can create a user sub page by adding a "/" and the page name to your user page. So for example if you wanted to create a user sub page entitled awesome sauce, you would create it as User:DashDog01/Awesome sauce. GMG^talk 12:55, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

Article review

I post about article I edited please review https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SwordigoDashDog01 (talk) 13:03, 12 April 2018 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by DashDog01 (talk • contribs) 13:01, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

Well, what can I say, DashDog01? After 220 edits to your user page and talk page you've finally made four to an actual encyclopaedia article! Well done - that must be a record, my friend. We don't normally review small changes to articles but, as you ask, I think the flow of your English could be a little better in the two captions, and the paragraph you added on gameplay has a few typos (e.g. "the player as the ability.."). One sentence is overly long, too, I feel. I wonder, is the gameplay based on your personal experience or on a referenced source? If the latter, do please cite that source. Finally, I'm not totally convinced you've correctly licenced your screenshots on Commons, but I'm sure others can advise on uploading commercial software screenshots. You've definitely allocated the wrong category to the two images - the top tier category should be empty of all files. Hope you enjoy productive article editing from now on. Regards from the UK. Nick Moyes (talk) 13:59, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

Oh, and please don't link to articles with full external urls - especially to mobile versions. This is a pain for everyone. Just use: Swordigo, i.e. use two square brackets either side of the page title. If you're on a mobile you'll still view it in that format, whereas others won't have to. NickM.

I edited from personal experience I haven't used sources and took the screenshots my self I don't do the copyright image thing I like being originalDashDog01 (talk) 14:04, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

Well, that's patently untrue, isn't it? I'm really disappointed. What you've actually done is copied and paste, word-for-word, the text of this YouTube description of the game. This is not acceptable, and you should remove it immediately before someone else does. You may, of course, rewrite it in your own words, without closely paraphrasing the original text. And whilst we don't like YouTube as a reference source, for plot matters it's preferable than none whatsoever.

Well, in so far as you're writing about the plot of a game, no references may be acceptable, if kept short. See MOS:PLOT. But for all other content, users must be able to trace back what you have added to published sources to be sure that you have been accurate, but not simply copied what they've written. So do beware of not adding anything to this encyclopaedia from your own personal experiences, as no-one cares about those - only what other independent sources have written about the subject. If in doubt, leave it out. You might like to wander through this policy page on Wikipedia:Verifiability and Copyright Violation. We all have access to tools for checking for copyright infringements, so do please fix this as soon as possible and be extra careful from now on, please. Be aware that you taking a photograph of copyrighted software doesn't give you the right to claim that image as your own. We do have a thing here called 'fair use' but I'm a little unsure right now how this applies to gameplay images. Regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 14:30, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

Update: After waiting a while for the editor to do it, I have now deleted the copyrighted section from Swordigo, leaving an explanation in the Edit Summary, linking to the copyrighted source. Nick Moyes (talk) 15:23, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

I swear on my life I didn't not copy and paste anything I dont know wrong with you people always making such assumptionDashDog01 (talk) 15:30, 12 April 2018 And also I hardly ever use YouTube I have use in weeks now so where did you get the idea I would actually copy YouTube text and paste on wikipedia I think it because you don't have much faith in me😡DashDog01 (talk) 15:43, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

Don't be silly. No assumptions have been made - my deletion was based on the evidence. I simply compared the YouTube text description and what you added. Identical! I'm always happy to apologise if I make a mistake, but I can't see one here. Nick Moyes (talk) 15:51, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

@Nick Moyes: wasn't the copyrighted text already there, though? It looks like DD01 added some (unsourced, original research) text to the middle of the YouTube copyrighted text. Or am I missing something here? @DashDog01: Note that you can't add anything based on your personal experience to Wikipedia articles, so the text you added wasn't appropriate anyway. --bonadea contributions talk 16:08, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

(edit conflict)@Bonadea: I believe I may well have been very mistaken, and assumed the section on gameplay, as shown by the diffs cited in this post were added by this user. I will, of course, check again (though must break off too prepare dinner for a few hours). However, I have since found the same text from 2017 used here. Right now I'm not sure which came first. However, I have checked further back in the article's history and have found the same copyrighted text used previously. So, I am recognising I almost certainly have acted very unfairly in accusing this editor (DashDog01), and that an apology will indeed be necessary from me. I will look further into this this evening and offer any apology in the users' post below and on their talk page. (I must go right now - dinner to prepare for the family). I have reverted the copyvio notice from the users' talk page and will communicate with them sincerely in a few hours when I am able to see where I probably made that error.Nick Moyes (talk) 16:41, 12 April 2018 (UTC)   

• @DashDog01: It may be that you did not copy it from Youtube, but please don't "swear on your life" that you did not copy it from anywhere. Either you copied the text from the Youtube video, or you both copied it from somewhere else, or the Youtube video (uploaded a year ago) copied it from you, or you both typed in the exact same words by an extraordinary coincidence. The third seems impossible (I have faith in causality), the fourth has such a ridiculously low probability of happening that you might as well play the lottery, and the first two show basically the same. That is not a question of having "much faith in you" - if Jimbo Wales made the same edit, I (and I presume Nick Moyes too) would be frowning or laughing all the same.

Accepting you made a mistake and realizing you should not do it again is a good first step to a productive stay in Wikipedia. Lying against all evidence to cover-up for a copyright violation is the way to a much shorter and much less pleasant stay.

Housekeeping note: I will be requested rev-del shortly. Tigraan^{Click here to contact me} 16:05, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

Please accept my apologies, DashDog01 - as Bonadea noted above, the content was added previously, and actually before the Youtube video. Sorry for that mistake - I would blame Wikipedia's poor display of what changed in an edit, but I am supposed to be aware of such limitations and check more carefully. Presumably Nick Moyes will also apologize, considering that Wikipedia's text predates Youtube's and hence no copyvio occured on Wikipedia (from you or anyone else). Tigraan^{Click here to contact me} 16:20, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

I will indeed, Tigraan. I have already left a brief holding note on the user's page, and recognise how extraordinarily frustrating and upsetting it is to have unfair accusations levelled against one, as it now appears I have done to this new, and possibly, young editor. I will be looking into where and how I made that error and contacting the editor, DashDog01, in full, later tonight. I am very grateful to Bonadea for bringing the injustice, that I appear to have been responsible for, to light. Nick Moyes (talk) 17:16, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

Confused

Although there are several sources for samsung galaxy j1 and samsung galaxy j2 too in the internet Wikipedia has an article only for samsung galaxy j5 but not for samsung galaxy j2 and j1 why ? —Big Hero 13:27, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

There is an articles about the Samsung Galaxy J1. Samsung Galaxy J2 redirects to the main Samsung Galaxy article. You can find information on it at Samsung Galaxy J series. --Jayron32 14:30, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

Jayron32 I know Samsung galaxy j2 is redirected to Samsung Galaxy, but why there is no separate article for it? It is not notable enough or what ?—Big Hero 02:31, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

I don't know. When articles exist at Wikipedia, it is because someone who is interested in the subject writes them. Ergo, if they don't exist, it means someone who was interested didn't write it. Ergo again, if you're interested, you're responsible for writing it, because no one else is. If you want to see an article on a subject, and one doesn't exist yet, do some research, collect sources, and start writing it! This is actually one of the Official Wikipedia Guidelines, see WP:BOLD, to wit: "Fix it yourself instead of just talking about it." --Jayron32 02:50, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

This guide on creating your first article may also be of use Big Hero. If you have any questions about writing articles or the like, please feel free to let us know. --TheSandDoctor ^Talk 03:28, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

Jayron32 I think its not notable enough so there is no article about it because most other smartphones have article about them. How do I know if it is notable enough or not ?—Big Hero 10:52, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

It's actually very easy. See WP:42 for a quick explanation. The way you know if something is notable enough is if there is sufficient amounts of independent reliable writing about the subject. That is, if people outside of Wikipedia, and entirely independent of the subject (in this case the Samsung corporation) have written enough text that you could use that text to write a reasonably comprehensive encyclopedia article. In other words, something is notable enough if you can write a fully-referenced quality Wikipedia article about it. --Jayron32 11:58, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

Orphan Status

Would someone be able to tell me why this article - which I wrote yesterday - has been flagged as an orphan article? Especially seeing as their are multiple links in the article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arch_for_Arch

Thanks!Lindsay Clare (talk) 14:23, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

An orphan article means there are no incoming links from other articles. As you can see here, there's only one other article in Wikipedia that links to it. If you can fix that, you can remove the flag. --Jayron32 14:27, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

So, you'll need to consider adding a mention, a wikilink and a reference from the article on Desmond Tutu who, I seem to remember the page was about when I viewed your draft yesterday. Nick Moyes (talk) 14:33, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

Question about removing derogatory information on BLP talkpage

Hello Teahouse,

Recently an editor made a derogatory comment on a BLP talkpage.

Is it permissible to remove comments from a talkpage? Would this qualify as a warning? This editor has made persistent negative edits to a few talkpages including this one, but they recently blanked their own talkpage so as to remove edit warnings.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Tracy_Grimshaw

Thank you for your time! SunnyBoi (talk) 14:37, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

The editor has been blocked indefinitely for using a username impersonating that of a well-known celebrity. They may, of course, return under another guise - so vigilance on these articles may still be necessary. Note that it is acceptable to remove unsupported/derogatory comments left on talk pages, and also that blanking a user talk page doesn't remove their past contributions. These can still be viewed by anyone in 'View History'. Nick Moyes (talk) 15:01, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

Thanks Nick Moyes (talk) for updating me, I'm glad to learn about this! That makes sense about the edit warnings still being in the history.

Also thank you to Theroadislong (talk) for doing a rollback on the talkpage, and to Yunshui ^雲_水 for addressing the editor in question.

I appreciate all your help in having resolved this! SunnyBoi (talk) 15:05, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

Why did you delete gameplay section

It was not be who create the gameplay and the original editor was properly the one who put copy right text YouTube or whatever you claim I did I only put a few edits from my personal experience and added images😡👎DashDog01 (talk) 15:54, 12 April 2018 (UTC) I am the one who should be disappointed in you nick moyes

@Nick Moyes: GMG^talk 16:18, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

DashDog01 Please allow me to look into this after dinner this evening. (i.e. give me a few hours, please). I do have to prepare a family dinner right now. However, I am now suspecting that I did make an error, and that the text had already been in the article, for which I will be only too willing to apologise to you later tonight once I've looked at this again. If I have caused you unjustified upset I will say right now that I apologise to you for that. Regards from the UK, Nick Moyes (talk) 16:25, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

Dear DashDog01. I am sorry for the delay in responding in full to you, due to family circumstances at home. I have now looked into why I jumped to the conclusion that you had been responsible for adding copyrighted text to the article on Swordigo. I accused you – quite wrongly - of adding text after a tool we use to detect so-called ‘copyvios’ identified a YouTube description as the source, when almost certainly the reverse was the case. However, thanks to another editor here, it became clear I had not checked the page edits sufficiently thoroughly to appreciate you had simply added to pre-existing content in the article. It was very careless of me, and I now see that text had been there from the page’s creation in 2016, and that you had simply added enhancements of your own. Obviously, my insistence that you had done wrong by these edits - and that I was correct and you were not - was both immensely frustrating and very upsetting for you – and I respect you for continuing to challenge me. I think you are quite right to say that you are the one who should be disappointed in me and my reply on this occasion. I can fully understand why you might have lost faith with us – well me - here at the Teahouse when our sole intention always is to be as supportive and as helpful as we can to new editors like you. I hope you feel my previous attempts to support and answer all your detailed questions here were done in that spirit, and I am glad you have finally started editing some real articles, though I didn't get you off to a good start there, did I? For this mistake I can only apologise to you and hope that it doesn’t put you off contributing to Wikipedia articles in the future.

As you have probably now seen, I have reinstated the article text, corrected a few of the genuine issues I commented on when you asked for a review of your first edits, and struck out those elements of my response which I now fully accept were not correct. This might seem an odd way of doing things – why not just delete the text, you may wonder? That’s not what we do here in talk pages when we recognise we have said things that we later feel are not correct. Thus, my struck edits and this apology to you for impugning your good faith edits stand for anyone to scrutinise.  

I have always regarded the whole Wikipedia adventure as a huge and amazing learning experience, and in this case I hope I have learnt not to jump too quickly to conclusions about a user’s editing, and to be a little more careful in future. As I said in my original post, I am always willing to apologise for any mistakes I might make, and in this case you do deserve that full apology from me. I am posting this both to your question at the Teahouse, and to your talk page. Once again, sorry. Regards from the UK Nick Moyes (talk) 21:22, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

Apology Accepted dear friend nick moyes lets just hope this doesn't happens again regards DashDog01DashDog01 (talk) 22:11, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

How do I add a secondary source to my article?

My Baan Gaan article needs a secondary source or 5 dozen. --Jtarvin (talk) 11:23, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

Hey Jtarvin. Unfortunately, I'm not sure that it is possible to add secondary sources on this subject, because in looking around a little bit, there doesn't seem to be really any at all. There are certainly other wikis that permit unreferenced content, such as many fan-based wikia sites, but Wikipedia requires content to be referenced, and for subjects to have received sustained in-depth coverage in reliable published sources. Moreover, much of the content currently in related articles like The King of Braves GaoGaiGar is completely unreferenced, and is liable to be removed from the articles if no sources for the content can be found. GMG^talk 16:48, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

when i make changes do i always have to give sources?

.. — Preceding unsigned comment added by PANJABI21 (talk • contribs) 16:16, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

Hey PANJABI21. As a general rule yes, when content in an article is substantially changed, the change needs to be based on published sources that meet Wikipedia's standards for reliability. GMG^talk 16:27, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

/* Add-on bidets */

How could insert a picture to wikipedia? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 37.6.90.80 (talk) 16:39, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

Hello anonymous IP. Welcome to our Teahouse. You appear to have tried and failed to add one or more images to this page. I am not sure that article needs any more images, does it. There are six thee already, including a bidet, so a gallery is unlikely to be necessary either. If the image you'd like to add is available on Wikimedia Commons, would you care to come back and add its url here. Then we can advise if it's needed, and show you how to add it to the page. If you're in a hurry, I did answer a similar question for another user recently about inserting an image, which you're welcome to check out in this archived post. I should also say that you cannot just take any old picture from the internet and expect to add it to Wikipedia. It will soon get deleted. We only accept the upload of images from you if you own the copyright, or if there has been a clear, unambiguous release under an appropriate licence that we can check and confirm. We can explain all that stuff a bit more if you think it's relevant to what you want to do. Regards from the UK, Nick Moyes (talk) 23:07, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

Unable to create a user page

Hello - I am trying to create a user page. I have done the search and received the message that the user name is available. Then I am welcomed (with this user name as if it does exist now), then I am told that this name does not exist. I am in an endless loop. Can you help me create my user page. Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Paoloneutrino (talk • contribs) 17:17, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

Hi! It looks like your user page does exist. Here is a link to it: User:Paoloneutrino. Does that answer your question? By the way, please sign your posts on pages by typing ~~~~. That way we know who made the post. :) -- kewlgrapes (talk, contribs) 17:31, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

edit conflict- Dont worry, you do exist!- I started off your user page and your talk page for you just to break the loop of confusion. There is also a few links on your talk page which may come in handy for you as well.Curdle (talk) 17:39, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

Thank you & a question

Hello,

Thank you for inviting me to the Tea House.

I published my first draft today and am waiting for (hopefully) approval.

Each time I tried to upload a photo, it was rejected; even though I took the photos and they did not represent any copyrighted items. I would like to know what I have to do to successfully upload a photo from my own collection.

D Turner — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dickturner (talk • contribs) 17:34, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

Hey Dickturner. I'm a little confused. It doesn't look like you've ever had an uploaded file deleted on either English Wikipedia or Wikimedia Commons. What do you mean exactly when you say they've been rejected? GMG^talk 18:53, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

Hello GreenmeansGo , Thank you very much for responding. I have just submitted an article (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:The_Smile_Machine). What I meant was, and I am sorry for the confusion, is that, when in creating my article, I tried to upload a photo from my personal collection (of things that I made), each time I got a message saying that there appeared to be some "issue" with the photo as to possible copyright (or other) issues. Thus, my article is currently without photos. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dickturner (talk • contribs) 11:35, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

New Wikipedia Page

Hi.

I've been working on a Wikipedia page and I need a pro to take a look at it to see if I'm on the right track. It's not done - a draft only. Can someone take a look and let me know how it's going? This is my first go at a Wiki page so don't tear me to shreds! :)

It's a bio page on Judith Weinshall Liberman

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Judith_Weinshall_Liberman&action=submit

Thanks! GeorgeGeorge David NH (talk) 18:49, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

This is about Judith Weinshall Liberman. As it stands, it cites no sources, and therefore fails to establish that its subject is notable, a serious omission. Its text also includes some direct external links, which should be removed. Maproom (talk) 19:34, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

Now moved to Draft:Judith Weinshall Liberman. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 05:07, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

Bibliography for an English author

A draft that I submitted concerning Constance Savery was criticized in part for its bibliography. I modeled it on a published article and seem to have made a bad choice. Can you recommend a better model? Thank you. Anobium625 (talk) 20:00, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

The bibliogaphy doesn't seem too bad. But the reference list is very odd. Most of the "sources" you cite are novels by the subject and by other authors; these, of course, say nothing about the subject, and anyway being works of fiction are not reliable sources. I have improved the way the obituary in The Independent is cited. That is a good reliable source, which you could cite for more than just her date of death. Maproom (talk) 20:31, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

Link to Explicit Porn images

When researching the McLaren MP 4/4 (race car), the 2nd para. has content saying: "all but one pole position in the 1988 season.[3]" The Link 3 was supposed to be racing Stats but I was taken to XXX Porn instead. I tried to edit the page and remove the link but I'm not sure how to do that. Porn doesn't belong here IMO..... Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lturn9 (talk • contribs) 21:51, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

Hi Lturn9, I wasn't getting any porn when I clicked the link but the link was dead and came up 404. So have rescued it with web archive. Thanks for bring it too our attention. NZFC^(talk) 22:02, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

Tips?

What are some tips to writing a good article? Editing an article? Ideas for new articles? — Preceding unsigned comment added by MiraculousLoverBoi (talk • contribs) 22:28, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

See Your First Article Thegooduser Let's Chat 02:26, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

Small edit and advice

hi I made a few small edits to Beach Buggy Blitz take a look but forgot to leave and edit summary that is one of my top forget when editing articles, any advice on anything on you dont like about my editing or advice on things to improveDashDog01 (talk) 23:16, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

Hi and welcome to the Teahouse. You can change your preferences so the systems reminds you to leave an edit summary. See the editing tab. Regards, Ariconte (talk) 01:20, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

Awards and signature

Hey everyone thanks for your help so far! My next question is that I noticed a lot of people have awards on their pages and I was wondering how I get them (like how many edits or vandalism undo’s)? And does having certain awards or a certain number of them unlock more features like more userboxes or Twinkle? Also I noticed that a lot of people have cool signatures with different colors and fonts etc but mine is just my username - so is that something else I get access to when I have better stats, or what?

Sorry to bother everyone! I’m just trying to get a handle on how all this works still. Thanks! TrlSlasher (talk) 23:52, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

@TrlSlasher: There is Service Awards, but it's all just for fun. After you have 10 edits and your account is 4 days old, you become autoconfirmed which allows you to do more things than a brand-new account, but that's it. You should concentrate on making edits to articles to improve the encyclopedia, and not be concerned about awards. If you do well, someone may give you a WP:BARNSTAR. RudolfRed (talk) 00:58, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Hello TrlSlasher. Welcome - it's no bother at all. The most common sort of award you see on another editor's Talk page are called Barnstars - a kind of "well done!" sticker to give someone for doing a great job at something...or even a bit of 'wikilove', which is just a sort of randomly being friendly sticker (or so I'm told!). See Wikipedia:Barnstars for more info on these. But there's also other types, which you can find out about at Wikipedia:Awards.

You may also see on editors' Userpages various 'Userboxes' which you can add to declare something about yourself. There are tons of these, all listed at Wikipedia:Userboxes/Galleries, covering everything from liking cheese to fighting vandals, or from how many edits you've made, to where you live. (OK, I may have made the first one up, but do come back and tell me if you do actually find one about cheese!)

You can win up to 15 'badges' for doing the various steps in The Wikipedia Adventure which I'd recommend to all new editors here -they get automatically added to your userpage. Finally, at one time the Teahouse hosts even used to give out badges for folk asking great questions here, or for giving helpful answers and stuff, though I don't think these get used much nowadays. I hope this gives a useful background to them all, and that you enjoy your time editing here. Come back anytime if you have problems editing. Regards from the UK, Nick Moyes (talk) 01:11, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

So the Wikipedia adventure is like the tutorial, I get it. Cool, thanks! TrlSlasher (talk) 02:42, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

That is exactly it TrlSlasher. If you have any questions, please feel free to let us know. Oh, and Nick Moyes, here is your cheese template . --TheSandDoctor ^Talk 03:44, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

FYI... Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Architect 134. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 16:41, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

Why was this article deleted? (List of authoritarian regimes supported by the United States)

List of authoritarian regimes supported by the United States

I needed this article, and noted it no longer exists. How can I found out why that is? Is there anyway I see the old Talk-page, or the Deletion discussion? Thank you Amin (Talk) 00:36, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

@Amin: It was deleted following the discussion here: Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/List_of_authoritarian_regimes_supported_by_the_United_States_(2nd_nomination) RudolfRed (talk) 00:46, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

@RudolfRed: Thank you. Just so I learn the method, how did you found out the correct link for this discussion? Amin (Talk) 03:48, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

Amin, if you click on List of authoritarian regimes supported by the United States, you will be taken to a page which displays the deletion log for the article. That log includes a link to the deletion discussion, or to the deletion reason if there was no discussion. This applied to any deleted Wikipedia page, click on a red link to it to see all past deletion logs. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 05:05, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

• The article still exists. So-called deletion just means that access has been restricted to privileged users. And because the content has a CC licence, you will find plenty of copies elsewhere. Just Google for the title to find them. Andrew D. (talk) 07:06, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

Article Published

Hi,

I wouldlike to know if I publish an article and you find it not suitable for wikipedia are you going to help me out? I mean will you suggest edits or sources that I can use for references? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lily Newgate (talk • contribs) 06:31, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

Hi Lily Newgate. If you feel there is a subject that you would like to write a Wikipedia article about, you can start by creating a draft. When you think the draft is ready, you can submit to Wikipedia:Articles for creation for review. If your draft is declined, an AfC reviewer will explain why and provide suggestions on what things should be improved. The actual writing part, however, is going to basically up to you to do at your own pace. Other editors may occasionally offer suggestions when asked or even make improvements/changes they think are needed and required by relevant Wikipedia policies and guidelines, but for the most part they will leave you alone out of deference. You can find out some more general information about writing articles in Wikipedia:Your first article.

Once, however, whatever your working on has been added to the article namespace, other editors are going to be less concerned about stepping on your toes than they are about making sure the article complies with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Others will freely edit the article as they deem necessary to bring it up to Wikipedia's standards. They will try to fix whatever problems can be fixed, but in some cases content not complying with relevant policies and guidelines may need to be removed. In the worst case scenario, the entire article may need to be deleted if its problems cannot be fixed. -- Marchjuly (talk) 06:48, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

I retired from Wikipedia. Then came back. And quit again. What can I do to get better at editing?

I retired for a reason: I'm feel like I'm doing a pretty bad job. If you scroll through my edits, you'll see they are worse edits like accidentally undoing an IP user's reverted vandalism (they reverted their own vandalism and I undid it by blanking the page on accident), reverting well sourced edits, and some 4 other edits. I plan on deleting my account if I don't get the help I need. Mostly from lack of welcoming me. Or other than that to retire permanently. But I need some special help. Like can't an admin cover me editing? If I can't get any help, I'll retire and probably delete my account (if it's possible). HorsesARENice^{Ride me to my talk page} 06:38, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

People have been quite welcoming to you. One way to enjoy wikipedia is to read the articles and enjoy editing about subjects you are interested in. Perhaps give reverting problematic edits a rest while you learn the basics and read up on some of wikipedia policies. Once you have more experience, you will make less mistakes. We all make mistakes sometimes, the important thing is to learn from them. You can try asking at Wikipedia:Adopt-a-user for someone who can give you the special help you ask for.Polyamorph (talk) 06:45, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

HAN - your initial approach - riding in on a white horse (well, a horse) - to rescue articles by deleting what you identified as vandalism or otherwise wrong, got you in harm's way. May I suggest you focus for a while on being an additionalist rather than a deletionist? While Deletionism is thought of by many as a means to improve Wikipedia, newbies who start out as self-appointed deletion police can run into land mines, in the form of pushback (and headslaps) from highly experienced editors who do not take kindly to someone trampling their content. So, stay. David notMD (talk) 10:26, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

• @HorsesAreNice: As linked above, you can ask for mentoring at Wikipedia:Adopt-a-user, or you can come back at the Teahouse everytime you have a question. That your first edits were bad is not a big problem if you are willing and able to improve. However, I would advise to drop the request to be tutored specifically by an administrator; I guess what you actually meant is to ask for an "experienced user" (there is no need for admin tools to counsel a new user) but (especially when coupled with mentions of departure) requesting specifically an admin comes across as being high-maintenance. Tigraan^{Click here to contact me} 13:28, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

First Article

Hello,

Hope you are doing well. When i write my first article then it show below message to me but i did not understand me Please help me to understand it.

Error Message :------- This user page may meet Wikipedia's criteria for speedy deletion as a userpage being used only for promotion or publicity, with a username that promotes or implies affiliation with the entity being promoted. The use of one's userpage for advertising or publicity is considered spam and is not a legitimate use of one's userspace. Note that simply having a page on a company or product in one's userspace does not qualify a userpage for deletion. If a userpage is still blatantly promotional, then it may be marked with {{db-spam}} instead. See CSD G11.

If this user page does not meet the criteria for speedy deletion, or you intend to fix it, please remove this notice, but do not remove this notice from pages that you have created yourself. If you created this page and you disagree with the given reason for deletion, you can click the button below and leave a message explaining why you believe it should not be deleted. You can also visit the talk page to check if you have received a response to your message.

Note that once tagged with this notice, this user page may be deleted at any time if it unquestionably meets the speedy deletion criteria, or if an explanation posted to the talk page is found to be insufficient.

Note to administrators: this page has content on its talk page which should be checked before deletion. This page was last edited by Ammarpad (contribs | logs) at 06:51, 13 April 2018 (UTC) (5 seconds ago)

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vermaforbulksms (talk • contribs) 07:21, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

I assume that this is about your user page, User:Vermaforbulksms. Your user page is intended for you to write about yourself and your activities in Wikipedia. Instead, you have used it to write an advertisement. Wikipedia should not be used for promotion, and does not allow advertisements. What you wrote will soon be deleted. Maproom (talk) 07:34, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

Just to note that I have modified your post above, Vermaforbulksms, because you accidentally nominated the Teahouse for speedy deletion by activating the {{db-spam}} template. Cordless Larry (talk) 07:39, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

Can anyone figure out how to fix Combined Bomber Offensive#CBO Plan

At the very end of the section, in the "1944 October" row of the table, is a messed-up footnote whose wikitext is:

{{sfn|Kreis|p={{Clarify|date=June 2010}}}}

I have figured out that the {{Clarify}} wants a |reason= before the text, but that doesn't fix the major problem, which is that {{sfn}} can't handle the wikitext emitted by {{clarify}}. It tries to use the |p= parameter as part of the anchor name, and ends up including illegal characters resulting in garbled markup.

But I can't figure out an alternate way to get the appropriate cleanup category included in the footnote.

Quite simply, I'm not sure what The Right Thing to do in this situation is. Move the {{clarify}} to the main text (after the closing }})? Fix {{sfn}} to sanitize its inputs correctly?

Any ideas? 23.83.37.241 (talk) 07:26, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

The reference once read <ref name=Kreis/>{{clarify|p. 154,185,or 242?}}. It was converted to {{sfn|Kreis|1996}}, but with a garbled form of the clarify tag inside the reference, where it made no sense. I have tried to put it all back in a sensible state. Maproom (talk) 07:48, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

@Maproom: Thank you! I added the "reason=" prefix I mentioned, so the text is visible when hovered over. 23.83.37.241 (talk) 10:55, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

Roland R-5 Drum Machine - request for assistance in creating a page

Hi there. An great article already exists for the Roland R-8 drum machine and it is a good article, however, there is no page for the R-8's younger brother the R-5, there isn't much information about it out there i only rememeberted about it as i used to have the promotional poster from Roland the featured both the R-8 and the R-5 and wondered whether any of you more experienced contributors would like to lend a hand in creating the page at all? Many thanks Ijustwannabeawinner (talk) 09:08, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

If there is no sufficient information or sources like you said, you may not be able to create it.—Big Hero 10:54, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

Google Maps Breech

There is a breech on Google maps -

The woman who discovered the breech is called "the internet police" - Sydney Eatz

How can I add photo's and video to her listing?

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2018/03/28/internet-police-warn-business-owners-of-sabotage-on-google-maps.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by Torontofacts (talk • contribs) 10:06, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

Yes, Google Maps is not a WP:Reliable source. I've been trying to correct a mis-naming of a location for the past ten years, but Google doesn't do anything to correct the error. Dbfirs 12:21, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

Torontofacts, this is not a "breech", it is merely a flaw in Google Maps's security model. Secondly as per WP:NOTNEWS this probably dos not belong in a Wikipedia article at all, unless there are loner term secondary sources covering it, of highr reliability and impact han a local news story. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 12:28, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

Hey Torontofacts. I'm not totally sure that Sydney Eatz easily meets our standards for notability, since virtually all of the news coverage about her seems to be fairly niche local coverage in the Toronto Star, with as far as I can tell, essentially no coverage otherwise. As to how you add media to the article, (assuming there actually is additional substantial sources available that I'm just missing), the short answer is that you need to find media that is free for public use, and for articles on living persons, we generally cannot use anything that is non-free. Unfortunately, this often means that articles on living persons have to wait for an extended period of time for such media to become available. GMG^talk 12:35, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

Image license and adding fairuse , etc

Hi want to know how the more experience editors and other editiors license images or where they get images of for (eg. Biography on like Ryan gosling) where can I get a images or fair use and that type of stuff,also when screenshoting a game or app how does what licenses apply to these DashDog01 (talk) 13:25, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

• @DashDog01: The general principles first: images used in Wikipedia article should be under a free license if possible, and taken from our sister project Wikimedia Commons. You can already find a lot of free images there, or upload your own freely-licensed pictures. If no free license applies, certain non-free images are accepted under strict circumstances, outlined at WP:NFCC; in that case, the images should be uploaded locally (via Special:Upload on Wikipedia, NOT on Commons). (After the upload, see WP:IMAGE for how to include those in articles)

For photographs of living people, we consider that the "no free equivalent could be created" clause (NFCC #1) means that a free license is necessary (because if no free photograph exist, someone could always go and ask for a freely-licensed photograph). This usually means that a Wikipedian or a Commons user takes it themselves. In the particular case of Ryan Gosling, clicking through the article image brings you to File:Ryan Gosling by Gage Skidmore.jpg, uploaded by the photographer.

For video game screenshots, WP:SCREENSHOT will tell you that screenshots you take yourself are non-free but pass NFCC if they are used in a relevant article (NFCC #7) and at a low resolution (NFCC #3 b).

If all that looks complicated, that's because it is. In general, you can ask at Wikipedia:Media copyright questions if you have specific questions. Tigraan^{Click here to contact me} 13:47, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

D - you keep on showing up at Teahouse with questions, but despite your having done hundreds of edits to your own User page and Talk page, you have yet to make any useful edits to articles. Stop proclaiming how you are against vandalism, paid editing, single-purpose edits, or aspire to being an Administrator some day (your Userboxes), and get to work. David notMD (talk) 14:18, 13 April 2018 (UTC) Hi yi captainDashDog01 (talk) 14:28, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

DashDog01, for a biography article, one of the best ways is to visit the person or attend a public event where the person is speaking, and take a photo yourself. Similarly, one can take photos of a building or site. If you take it yourself, there is no copyright issue. One can also ask a person for an image that s/he is willing to release under a free license.

I must agree with the comments just above, try some actual editing and it may illuminate your issues better than any answer here could. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 14:50, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

Article doesn't redirect to the right article

I have another question. The article Nestle Pure Life is supposed to redirect to Nestlé Pure Life, but instead it redirects to Nestlé Waters North America. A bot did this edit because of a double redirect. However, there is no double redirect anymore but it still redirects to that page. Should this be fixed? PorkchopGMX 15:17, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

Yep, well spotted! That definitely should be fixed, and I went ahead and did so. Thanks for pointing it out. Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 15:33, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

praduman mia asalam valekum. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2405:201:4012:FF52:8671:EE40:B658:4121 (talk) 16:09, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

Nwankwo Sonia

I created a biograpghy page Nwankwo Sonia and it was not published because i didnt get enough sources or proper references for the article. The page is actually for a Nigerian actress who has been in a number movies, I made available all the references i could get but i was told it wasnt enough. how to i go about getting this article published? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ohiwere Kelvis (talk • contribs) 18:07, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

Hello, Ohiwere Kelvis. Let us take a look at the currently cited sources in Draft:Sonia Nwankwo.

• There is one cite to actorsguildofnigeriaabuja.com, which gives basic info about Nwankwo Sonia, but does not even list heer various roles.
• There are two cites to different pages (for different films) from www.nigeriamovienetwork.com. Neither mentions Nwankwo Sonia at all. Neither lists the cast of the movie. I am not sure how reliable this site is as a source in any case.
• There is one cite to a page from Waploaded Movies. This appears to be a site where one can download various films. i haven't tried to check if it is violating the copyright on the films. in any case it doesn't seem to mention Nwankwo at all.
• There is one cite to a page from NetNaija. This also seems to be a film download site. Again it does not so much as mention Nwankwo.

None of these are in any way helpful in establishing Nwankwo's notability. To do nthat, there must be multiple independent published reliable sources that discuss her specifically: 3-4 paragraphs or more 'about her from each source. Until this minimum level of sourcing is achieved, there cannot be an article about her. Please read our guideline on the notability of actors. You can only get the article published here on Wikipedia by finding and citing those sources. So far the co8unt of good sources cited is zero.

Does that help make things clearer, Ohiwere Kelvis. I hope it does. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 19:35, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

Miguel Shane Mohammed

A pleasant day to you. Thank you for the invitation to the Teahouse. I am a sports enthusiast who is passionate about Sport Statistics, specifically from

football, cricket, athletics, etc. Do you assist in the editing of the World Cup and Olympis stats?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Miguel Shane Mohammed (talk • contribs) 18:42, 13 April 2018 (UTC) 

Hey Miguel Shane Mohammed. You may want to check out Wikipedia:WikiProject Sports, which is specifically dedicated to users who want to edit in the subject area, and collaborate with others who do too. GMG^talk 19:26, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

Another article doesn’t redirect to the correct page

Looks like I have another one to report. The article Emoji Domain is supposed to redirect to Emoji domain, but it redirects to Internationalized domain name instead. It was redirected because of a double redirect. An emoji domain is an internationalized domain name. However, the one with the lowercase D is no lomger a redirect. PorkchopGMX 02:08, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

Hi PorkchopGMX. See Help:Redirect#Creating and editing redirects. PrimeHunter (talk) 02:32, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

Hi PorkchopGMX, I've edited that redirect. If you find any more, then you are welcome to make the change yourself, as indicated in PrimeHunter's link above. Dbfirs 07:10, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

Major Events

Is Jacksonville, Florida gonna to host the College Football Playoff National Championship Game and Monster Jam World Finals anytime soon? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kilebogart31 (talk • contribs) 03:44, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

@Kilebogart31: Hello and welcome to the Teahouse. This is a forum to ask questions related to using Wikipedia, and is not a general question-asking or discussion forum. If you have any questions about using Wikipedia, please ask. 331dot (talk) 09:16, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

Asking for a review

I feel I have forgotten a key step - how to ask to have a draft article reviewed. I have created two, recently Dorothy Travers Smith and Frances Beckett — Preceding unsigned comment added by JaneMaxwell63 (talk • contribs) 09:14, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

Courtesy links: Frances Beckett (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views); Dorothy Travers Smith (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Hello, JaneMaxwell63 and welcome to the Teahouse. Neither of these articles now are or ever were "drafts" in the technical sense. That is their page names did not start with "Draft:". They are simply recently created articles. Like any article, anyone may edit them, suggest improvements, or even suggest that the community discuss whether to delete them. But no "gstekeeper" review is required.

Honestly, had these been created as drafts via the article wizard and sent to articles for creation for review, I doubt that either would have been accepted in their current state. They simply have too few source citations, and they do not make fully clear in what ways their subjects are significant in my view.ow that does not mean that the articles should not exist, but rather that they should be improved. However if the cannot be improved, then we might need to consider if they should remain here. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 21:26, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

Interesting facts

I found some facts:

1. Most FA-class and GA-class biographys are about deceased people or aged living people. There are very few FA-class and GA-class biographys about young people. Why?
2. Only 10%-20% AFC submissions can be accepted. Why?

Omega68537 (talk) 09:20, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

• Welcome to the Teahouse, Omega68537. The answers to your questions are simple. Since Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, we rely on what the world's written about people. FA and GA class articles require, as a minimum, many such sources, and FA articles in particular a hundred or more citations. Except in the entertainment and sports fields, few young people have ever gained the attention of the world to the degree that (say) multiple critical biographies have been written about them, and I'd bet you that the overwhelming majority of FA/GA articles about living people younger than 40 are about singers, actors or athletes.

  As to your second question, you're not quite accurate. It's not that a low percentage of AfC drafts can be accepted. It's that not many are accepted. The vast majority of such articles are submitted by relative novices to Wikipedia, who find that creating new articles while unfamiliar with Wikipedia notability standards and formatting is a hard task, and often requires multiple attempts at it. Ravenswing 15:53, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

  • @Omega68537 and Ravenswing:, you two might be interested in reading Wikipedia:Autoconfirmed article creation trial/Post-trial Research Report#Suggestions to the Wikimedia Foundation. Research found that only 1.2% of drafts are accepted. Not all of these are AfC submissions though, and there is extensive discussion about what the exact figure is here: Wikipedia talk:Autoconfirmed article creation trial/Post-trial Research Report#It's great to see this report. But the headline number seems to be: 1.2% – Finnusertop (talk ⋅ contribs) 17:48, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

Editing wikidata and combining transwiki articles

Hello, I'm a bit lost on editing links within wikidata.

I'm trying to combine https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laminointi with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamination. So far I've added the Finnish label and description and the wikipedia link. However, before adding the wikipedia link I was asked to remove the entry from the old wikidata page: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11874530, which I did and managed to get the entry listed into the main wikidata page here: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q384943. But the link to the Finnish page doesn't show up in the languages bar? Do wikidata edits have to go through administration or did I do something wrong? NinuKinuski (talk) 11:15, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

Hi, NinuKinuski. I've purged the page Lamination, and it appears now. (I don't think it did before I purged it, but I'm not certain, because I was stupidly looking under 'f' rather than 's' in the sidebar.) --ColinFine (talk) 18:28, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

Would it be possible to be directed to the appropriate film main page for advice on a continually disruptive editor?

The current film is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spy_Game that the plot has several inaccuracies that are plainly established by viewing the fil, Oldjacobite is athis usual reverting with quipsical edit summaries such as 'Nonsensical" He is getting rather tiresome. Before there is a 3 revert impose I would like ti address the question to other film article plot editors and maybe submit the mater to a topic discussion which he normally does not participate in es[pecially when he has nothing to support his actions. Thank you for your assistance. Just so that we do not have to get into the discussion again anything starting with the first two sets of number on IP address indintifier is usually me. I noticed that between the time I did the edits and the siubsiquent reverts the IP changed again. I have no control over assignment of IP and I am not interested in registering as per endorsement by WP guidelines and policies.2605:E000:9143:7000:3832:5234:5BA4:7DB6 (talk) 12:56, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

Hello and welcome to the Teahouse. If you are in a dispute with another editor, you should first attempt to discuss the matter on the article talk page. If that does not work, there are dispute resolution procedures that can be used.

While you don't have to register a username, doing so does provide some benefits, one being that your edits are attributed to you regardless of your IP. 331dot (talk) 14:24, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

This editor tends to not respond to request to participate or has in the past totally removed from the article talk page my concerns regarding the inaccuracies I attempted to correct. Are there different ANI's for the various issues?2605:E000:9143:7000:3832:5234:5BA4:7DB6 (talk) 00:01, 15 April 2018 (UTC)

Adding Info To Tupac Shakur Personal Life On His Wiki Page

I would just like added that he was dating & living with Kidada Jones for months until his death. It's common knowledge & I think it should be included. Thank You! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2PacKidada (talk • contribs) 13:12, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

WP is for confirmed facts that are substantiate by credible sources. If it is so common knowledge then it should not be a problem to find a credible source. That source would then be included in the statement so that others can substantiate both the fact and the source.2605:E000:9143:7000:3832:5234:5BA4:7DB6 (talk) 13:57, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

Welcome to the Teahouse, 2PacKidada. This article from Vanity Fair called To Die Like A Gangsta verifies Tupac Shakur's engagement to Kidada Jones. You can use that as a reference since it is a reliable source. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 18:04, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

Draft:Pyramid over Moscow. Help needed

This Draft:Pyramid over Moscow was declined twice. I'm not dissapointed with declining the page. This is my debutant page. But I'm not sure what exactly is wrong.

First I found reliable sources that are independent of the subject, such as New York Post, the Telegraf, Mirror.Co.Uk, etc. Russian VGTRK, Russia Today, Echo of Moscow radio, etc.

Do I need more of them? They are saying all the same, so I chose the most valuable

Second I have expanded the cultural aspect and added UFO theories with 3 reliable observers, observing 'Pyramod' directly, Nick Pope, Nicolai Levashov and Kosmopoisk.

Right now I'm just a bit confused what I've missed.

The article itself is at the Categories of viral videos, also UFO. And 'Pyramid' fits these categories as long as video became viral and sparkled mass-media reaction and buzzed ufology society. Looks like the subject of the page, the 'Pyramid over Moscow' is significant enough for Wiki; and that's me who's doing something wrong with the description

Thanks in advance for help. Aleksandr Reznichenko (talk) 13:42, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

Hello, Aleksandr Reznichenko, and welcome to the Teahouse? Did you ask Template:U&, who most recently declined this draft, what s/he thought it needed? It is perhaps unfortunate than no specific comment was left along with the decline notice.

• Not all of the sources you cite are highly reliable. The London Daily Mail has such a bad reputation for accuracy that including it as a source actually hurts any article it is used in. The NY Post does not have the very best reputation either. I cannot evaluate the non-English-language sources.
• The final paragraph, in which you state some conclusions drawn about the cause of the "pyramid" is uncited. Can you include a citation for these statements?
• This event occurred in 2009. Has it gotten any coverage since then? Any that was more than a short time after the event? According to WP:SUSTAINED: Brief bursts of news coverage may not sufficiently demonstrate notability. However, sustained coverage is an indicator of notability, as described by notability of events. Can you find and cite sources to show any sustained interest in this "pyramid"?
• Note also that WP:PERSISTENCE says: Events that are only covered in sources published during or immediately after an event, without further analysis or discussion, are likely not suitable for an encyclopedia article.. This i much the same idea as the previous point, and I fear that this event will not qualify under this guideline.

I hope that these observations and sugestions are helpful. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 21:07, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

Citation template for video

Hi, I want to add a reference to a video of an interview but I couldn't find a citation template for it, I'd like to include the mins/secs into the video.

Any help much appreciated. Yb2 (talk) 14:17, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

@Yb2: Please see Template:Cite video. --Emir of Wikipedia (talk) 14:22, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

@Emir of Wikipedia: Thank you Yb2 (talk) 14:41, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

Inserting photos

I am new at learning about editing in Wikipedia. As I tried to add a photo I was confronted by the screen that asked if I was the owner of the photo. I am not the owner of the photo specifically, but the Wikipedia entry pertains to my partner. The photo was taken while he was in office, and we would like to add it to his Wikipedia bio. How should I handle this? Is it ok to add it since the photo is of him even though I guess officially the state where he served in office would be the official owner? Thank you for help on this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by GOPHERUS (talk • contribs) 14:53, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

The copyright usually belongs to the photographer, though in this case it might well belong to the state. The owner of the copyright must release the photo under a suitable licence if it is uploaded to WP:Commons. You could take a new photo yourself and release that version, but that's probably not what you want. Wikipedia:Images gives general guidance. Dbfirs 16:05, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

مستخدم جديد

مرحبًا ، أنا مستخدم جديد على ويكيبيديا الإنجليزية. أنا موجود في المملكة العربية السعودية ولديها شهادة في التاريخ واللغة الإنجليزية ، وكذلك دراسة للحصول على مزيد من الدبلومات. مستخدم اسيكس (talk) 14:57, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

Hello @مستخدم اسيكس:, and welcome to the Teahouse. Please use English for all messages on the English-language Wikipedia project. If you have any Wikipedia-related questions, feel free to ask here. Wikipedia also has an Arabic-language sister project at ar.wikipedia.org, if you feel more comfortable contributing in Arabic. But of course all English-language contributions here are appreciated aswell. Best regards. GermanJoe (talk) 15:25, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

User:Javed Hyder Actor

I found this userpage. Should it be deleted? Thegooduser Let's Chat 16:16, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

Welcome to the Teahouse, Thegooduser. I deleted that userpage. So far, that editor has done nothing but self-promotion. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 17:46, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

Hosting

Hi, who can become a Teahouse host? I just tried to, but the page after blocks me from editing. Thanks in advance! 07Alpha55 (talk) 18:34, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

Hey, 07Alpha55. I wasn't completely sure myself, but it looks like the formal requirements are to have 30 days and 500 edits of experience. I think you're a bit short on edits. But don't let that discourage you from popping in and answering questions, if you feel comfortable doing so! -- kewlgrapes (talk, contribs) 20:22, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

Hello, 07Alpha55 welcome to our Teahouse. Just to expand on the succinct reply from Kewlgrapes above, you've probably already seen the suggested minimum requirements for being a host (see this page)? I guess the key thing to assisting at the Teahouse is having a reasonable experience of editing under your belt and a fair understanding of Wikipedia's processes and policies, and definitely having a friendly approach to helping people and explaining stuff. (Plus maybe also being good at making tea every month or so for everyone!) But even just hanging around here and seeing new questions being asked and answered by hosts is a great way to learn things. It's certainly helped me acquire new skills. I contribute when I can, but try not to jump in with an answer if I'm not confident about my knowledge unless, that is, I see a difficult question has gone unanswered for a whole day. Then I might have a bash at helping out, but I do then try to make it clear I'm not very experienced in that particular area. (And sometimes I might make a mistake and another host will point out my error, as happened recently.) Sometimes we see quite new editors bringing a very refreshing new perspective for other newcomers here, because those of us who've been around for quite a while tend to forget what it was like, and maybe we can't quite relate so easily to the experience of having one's edits rejected and not understanding why that happened. Having someone else explain what that feels like can, I guess, also be quite reassuring to other new editors here. After all, that's our aim - to assist and support every new editor in resolving problems and encouraging them to stay around and continue working constructively to build this amazing encyclopaedia. Having just looked back through your talk page, which you seem to have blanked a few times recently, I tend to think you could probably do with carrying on gaining a little more editing experience and understanding why some things are or aren't OK to do here. But do stick around, watch, listen and learn, and maybe contribute when you feel able and on confident ground to share your experiences to help others. Regards from the UK, Nick Moyes (talk) 22:13, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

@Kewlgrapes: Thank you both very much for your replies, I hadn't realised how few edits I had actually done! And thank you @Nick Moyes: for the advice! 07Alpha55 (talk) 23:02, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

Autoconfirmed

Hello everyone, how can i change an athlete picture? i mean how can i become an auto confirmed user? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fsonice (talk • contribs) 18:46, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

@Fsonice: Hello and welcome to the Teahouse. You are autoconfirmed once your account is at least four days old and has at least 10 edits. As for changing a picture, you will need to make sure the copyright of the picture permits you to upload it. Please read up on uploading images at WP:UPIMAGE before attempting to do so. 331dot (talk) 19:11, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

Where's the tea?

Welcome to the Teahouse. Sometimes you might have to make your own!

I have scrolled through the entire Teahouse, but I can't find the tea.

Levdizd (talk) 19:57, 14 April 2018 (UTC)Levdizd

Hello, Levdizd, welcome to our Teahouse. Yes, we do sometimes have time for a cuppa here, although all our volunteer hosts are often so busy they don't have time to make one! I've just looked back and, you know, the last nice cup we made for someone was way back in February, and then in December. (So we must do better!). If you pop the kettle on and don't mind making you're own, I'll drop off some tasty cookies on your talk page for you.

Oh, and welcome to Wikipedia, too. Have you tried The Wikipedia Adventure - it's a great interactive way to experience the basics of contributing here. Regards from the tea-drinking capital of the world! Nick Moyes (talk) 20:39, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

Thank you, Nick Moyes. By the way: "If you pop the kettle on and don't mind making *YOUR own, I'll drop off some tasty cookies on your talk page". Levdizd (talk) 20:49, 14 April 2018 (UTC)Levdizd

You're welcome. That's the danger of answering questions at the Teahouse on a laptop in the living room whilst watching Michael McIntyre with the wife and family on TV. Thanks for highlighting my typo... I suspect you might enjoy helping out at one of our WikiProjects called the Guild of Copy Editors - we need people like you! Regards from the UK, Nick Moyes (talk) 20:57, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

Nick Moyes, sorry for being a Grammar Nazi. I feel bad for you, now that I know you have a wife. Levdizd (talk) 23:52, 14 April 2018 (UTC)Levdizd

Ed Krassenstein

I need help with the article Ed Krassenstein and I also would like to see the article stay. Since it’s a AFD candidate, could someone please help me keep the article. Thanks.— Preceding unsigned comment added by LovelyGirl7 (talk • contribs)

@LovelyGirl7: Hello and welcome to the Teahouse. Looking at the article and discussion briefly, it seems that the major issues is the sources. To merit an article here, Krassenstein needs to have been written about with in depth coverage in independent reliable sources that indicate how he meets the notability guidelines for biographies. Most of the sources related to this person's tweets (which seems to be the claim to notability) are brief mentions. Once source has a little coverage, but it is a blog and blogs are not usually considered reliable sources as they usually lack editorial control and review(unlike a newspaper or TV news). Unless better sources are out there about this person in depth, I regret to say that I don't think this can be saved. I know that is likely disappointing, and I am sorry about that. However, all articles must meet the criteria for notability and sourcing. I think the best that you could hope for would be to ask that the article be transferred to Draft space or to your personal Sandbox if you think there is a chance this person will have better sources in the future. 331dot (talk) 20:28, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

Question

I found this revision someone added here is the Link is this a unreferenced claim? Thegooduser Let's Chat 21:47, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

Hi, Thegooduser. I think you're spot on again. It looks like the edit has been reverted on the grounds that the person named wasn't on the cast list. Their account has also been blocked as this looked like a self-promoting edit from an inappropriately named account. (It might have helped a little more had you linked to the actual diff, rather than just to the old page containing the edit, but it was easy to enough to spot. Keep up the good work! Regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 22:35, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

Hello, Thegooduser. I take it yuou were refering to the addition of the statement Javed Hyder as Child Bihari. That was indeed unreferenced, but such statements when factual are often allowed to stand without a specific citation. However, in this case, it seems that the statement was incorrect, quite possibly deliberately so. That is why it was promptly reverted as mentioned above.DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 22:43, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

Wikipedia Adventure

The instructions say do not 'X' out but after I earn a badge nothing happens. How do I move on? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Colenyj (talk • contribs) 22:07, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

Hello, Colenyj - welcome to Wikipedia and to our Teahouse. I see you're talking about the The Wikipedia Adventure. I've done it a couple of times, but I don't remember seeing those particular instructions. However, to move on you ought simply to be able to go to your user page at User talk:Colenyj where you'll see an automated welcome message from the Adventure. This lists seven Missions, so just click on the next one to continue. There are 15 badges to collect in total. (It might be worth me mentioning that at one particular stage I also got stuck until I scrolled right down to the very bottom of the page and discovered the next instruction which had popped up there, but I had missed entirely. I'm not sure if this was your issue, or not, but just to warn you it can catch folk out.) Good luck with the rest of the Adventure - and with your move to university later in the year. (I have a daughter at home in exactly the same situation). Anyway, welcome again, and I'll pop by in a moment and leave you a plate of cookies and a few helpful links to get you started. Come back any time if you have any more problems with any aspect of editing on Wikipedia. Regards from the UK, Nick Moyes (talk) 22:48, 14 April 2018 (UTC)