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April 28

Publish to review page

Hi there. How can I send me page in for review? I just created one.It is below

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Cierarogers — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cierarogers (talk • contribs) 02:21, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

@Cierarogers: Your article in its current state is too promotional and has too few references - see WP:REF and WP:GNG. Considering your username, you may also want to see WP:COI, WP:PAID, and/or WP:AUTOBIO. LittlePuppers (talk) 02:25, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

All good points; thought it worth pointing out the page they want reviewed is their userpage. As far as I know, those only get auto-reviewed for security/to make sure nobody's done anything majorly wrong that's eating CPU time it shouldn't be. But If they are just wanting a Peer Review for a userpage, there are guidelines they may want to review first.

Also wanted to make sure @Cierarogers: knows to sign their posts with four tildes (~~~~), to make sure that people know who to respond to outside of the Help Desk! :) Mesmerus 📬 📷 02:41, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

@Mesmerus: Good point - I assumed they were trying to publish an autobiography they had drafted in their userspace, but it's probably more likely that it's just their userpage. Thanks for the additional advice and fixing my formatting. LittlePuppers (talk) 02:52, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

Hi Again. I made the changes to my page to make it less promotional. I also added more references. Not sure how to change my username? In addition is there anything else that would help my page to be published? See below

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Cierarogers — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cierarogers (talk • contribs) 02:54, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

@Cierarogers: Do you want this as your userpage, or are your trying to write an autobiography and publish it on Wikipedia? LittlePuppers (talk) 03:06, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

I am trying to write an autobiography and publish it to wikipedia. For the page below

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Cierarogers — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cierarogers (talk • contribs) 03:19, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

Sorry guys and thanks for your help. Am I working with the wrong type of page to get published as an autobiography?Cierarogers (talk) 03:21, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

@Cierarogers: Please read WP:AUTOBIOGRAPHY - writing autobiographies and publishing them on Wikipedia is strongly discouraged for a variety of reasons. In addition, your article is quite short, most references are not reliable, verifiable, secondary sources, and it is still somewhat promotional. If you are indeed notable, someone else will probably write an article about you. LittlePuppers (talk) 03:35, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

I must agree with LittlePuppers knowing this -- one should never write an autobiography about oneself for Wikipedia. The Five Pillars puts it best.

1. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia and is not a soapbox, an advertising platform, a vanity press, an experiment in anarchy or democracy, an indiscriminate collection of information, or a web directory.
2. Wikipedia is written from a neutral point of view.

To be completely blunt about it, you should not have this even on your userpage. Userpages are to describe who you are in regard to the wiki; your editing style, your contributions, etc. This is not related to the Wiki at all. At best, it is just a form of advertisement you are trying to slip in, and I do have a mind to nominate the page for WP:CSD if the page does continue to constitute more than a mention of your business. A link is questionable, but at the moment it is well over 1/4 of the page context, which is well past any reasonable boundary.

Pages used for blatant promotion or as a soapbox or battleground for unrelated matters are usually considered outside this criterion. For example: a five page résumé and advertising for your band will probably be too much, a brief three sentence summary that you work in field X and have a band named Y will be fine.

If you're looking for free advertisement, Wikipedia is not the place for you. Facebook and Twitter would likely serve you better and actually work with you to connect potential customers. The Wiki is an encyclopedia, not an advertisement. I realize this has come off somewhat bluntly, but as I'm unsure if you're trying to sneak this through or just new, I don't feel it would do anyone any good to dance around the issue. Please, by all means consult us if you would like to make a userpage to talk about yourself in relation to Wikipedia, and we'll be more than happy to help you focus what an appropriate mention to your business would be, as Promotional and advocacy material and links is considered Excessive unrelated content, and not permissible to have in a user page. Mesmerus 📬 📷 04:12, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

@Mesmerus: I've nominated it for CSD (WP:AUTOBIO and WP:PROMO) - User:Cierarogers is more than welcome to recreate her userpage if she wishes to contribute constructively to Wikipedia, but that may be a case of WP:TNT. LittlePuppers (talk) 04:21, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

Fair enough. I was just on about delivering the stern warning, as it may be they were simply unaware. Then again, I also live by WP:AGF, and that does tend to bite me at times, as humans can be quite dastardly when they want to. Given there's no contributions outside of that userpage, WP:TNT probably is the right call. And I think I can speak to that -- well over 60% of all my edits are my userpages, as I'm constantly tinkering with them like one massive sandbox (plus adding the Ribbons I make over at WP:RIBBONS because they're just so nice to look at at once. :) Also gonna @Cierarogers: to make sure they see the whole chain as WP:CSD can be done and over before one wakes from a nap has finished before I finished typing a comment about how quickly it could be finished. Definition of irony right there!. Mesmerus 📬 📷 04:29, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

Editor editing article about himself

Hi all.

An IP is claiming to be the person the article has written about [[1]] ... anyone with a little more experience want to field this one? TantraYum (talk) 03:31, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

@TantraYum: I'm also hesitant on what to do regarding this, but there are a few things that I'd like to mention that might help: everything must be verifiable and largely in secondary sources (which what he says isn't), and writing or editing autobiographies is strongly discouraged. I don't know to what extent we can remove stuff based on his request. The article is somewhat poorly sourced, but we generally discourage the removal of information that is in other reliable sources. I've also heard of something about using OTRS to verify identities, but I don't know how that works. LittlePuppers (talk) 03:43, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

• As I understand it, WP:BLP overrides WP:COI and WP:AUTO in this instance, because the editor has done almost nothing except removing unsourced material. BLP states that unsourced material should be removed immediately. -Arch dude (talk) 04:15, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

I've tagged the article as an unsourced Biography for now. There are zero sources for any personal details (and as far as can tell there never have been any). The external links to articles he has written do little but confirm that he did write some of the things mentioned in the article, and I'm not finding much in the way of independent sources to show his notability. There are mentions of things he's written, bios for him from places he's worked, and pages that seem to have copied their material form Wikipedia but that does not help. He might just pass the notability hurdle based on his athletic accomplishments 40-some years ago, but I'm not inclined to put the effort into this. As it stands it's a publicity piece (the "More information about his running and his writing, including article links, can be found at www.bob-cooper.com" pretty much says it all. I'll leave it for a while in case someone wants to work on it, bu t I won't argue against a deletion. Meters (talk) 04:27, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

user:Arch dude WP:BLP says that unsourced or poorly sourced contentious material should be removed immediately. There's nothing at all contentious about much of the material the IP removed. I'm not going to put it back in, but WP:BLP does not support removing it. Meters (talk) 04:32, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

And for that matter, not only was some of the material not contentious, you could even say it was sourced by the external links and the book listings. Meters (talk) 04:35, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

• "Contentious" is subjective. If the editor did not like this material, then it's contentious. As you say, if the material is actually based on reliable sources, it can be restored by any editor who wishes to do so, with proper inline references. -Arch dude (talk) 04:42, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

No. For example. the fact that he wrote a particular book is not contentious. An IP claiming to be the author removing that fact from the article does not make it contentious either. And the IP did not claim that he objected to most of the information . He simply said it was out of date. The only thing he explicitly objected to was his birth date, and I have absolutely no objection to that removal.

If you are going to quote policies on the Help page then you had better quote them accurately. You said "BLP states that unsourced material should be removed immediately" and that is clearly not what WP:BLP says. Meters (talk) 05:02, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

Conflicted about filing an SPI

I'm looking for insight from more experienced editors as to whether or not I should file an SPI. I am fully aware of how to file one, but I am conflicted as to whether or not I should take action in this instance. Recently I came across a number of articles created by a new editor. While preforming my standard practice of checking a page's log to see if was deleted in the past, I noticed a trend forming; many of these new editor's articles had previously been created by a blocked editor (a sockmaster) and then redirected or deleted. I dug into the matter further and now have few doubts that the "new" editor is in fact this blocked editor returning, as their editing style and content is the same. Normally I would file an SPI right away, but in this instance I am conflicted as the new articles are seemingly benign, the editor clearly has a passion for this type of article, and the sockmaster account was blocked just over nine years ago. That being said, some of the new articles contain flaws like copyright violations. I'm interested to see the thoughts of others on this matter.--SamHolt6 (talk) 10:57, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

I suggest contacting any admin, using email if necessary. Not everyone would object to undeclared return of a formerly-blocked person if the edits were good, but the fact they are recreating articles that the sockmaster had originally created would make me unwilling to overlook it. EdJohnston (talk) 16:06, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

@SamHolt6: I have a tendency to WP:AGF, but have also never had to deal with a sockpuppet situation myself, thankfully. Given the length of time in question, it may be the same person, but matured, or it could be somebody new in the residence/area, and the cultural tendencies are just very similar, coupled with a new user. I'd probably start by welcoming them on their talk page, inviting them to the Teahouse, to work on being a better editor, and dealing with the license issues. If they are the same person, and they are trying to scrape past once more, it will be obvious soon enough, and there will hopefully be enough evidence then for an SPI. In the meantime, AGF may be prudent. I would suggest waiting for other, more active thoughts, as I've only recently gone outside my little"WikiBubble". Mesmerus 📬 📷 16:05, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

@SamHolt6: Why were the articles previously deleted? Delete the copyright infringement, of course. LittlePuppers (talk) 16:20, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

Editing Wikipedia while using a VPN

Hi, I want to edit Wikipedia without having to disconnect from my VPN. Is there a way for me to do that? Should I submit a request for a global IP block exemption on Meta, or something else? --Hmxhmx 12:03, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

@Hmxhmx: Generally (as far as I know), such requests are only granted if you need to use a VPN to access/contribute to Wikipedia, not just because you want to (sockpuppets are unfortunately always trying to abuse anything they can). That said, you would request it there if you have an SUL or global account, and want to use the VPN to edit on multiple namespaces. If your account/edits are only on the English Wikipedia, then you would need to mail the functionaries-en[2] list, as you'll need someone with CheckUser/Oversight permissions for the English namespace, rather than a Steward for all of Wikimedia. The local page for IP Block Exemptions goes into more detail, and getting such rights on the English namespace is easier and quicker than getting Global Rights. Mesmerus 📬 📷 15:54, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

@Mesmerus:, thank you for your reply. I mainly contribute on the Croatian Wikipedia and here, on the English Wikipedia, but I also often replace lower-quality pictures from Commons with higher-quality ones (e.g. JPG maps with SVG maps) on many other language-versions of Wikipedia, so a global IP block exemption would be more useful to me. I will think this through and maybe submit a request on Meta, and, if it gets rejected, request an exemption locally on projects I use more frequently. --Hmxhmx 18:33, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

@Hmxhmx: in that case, you'll definitely want a Global exemption, and will need to ask the stewards, on the page you linked. If you're posting with the use of software such as Tor for privacy, it will likely be approved -- there's a section for exactly that case. But I took a look, and you've been around a while, so I think you'll be fine in either case -- I had incorrectly assumed prior that you were only somewhat newly registered. Shoulda knew better since you signed your post! XD Mesmerus 📬 📷 21:06, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

I'm not going to pretend I've looked closely at this, but I think I should point out an untuitive quirk. Global IP block exemption does not exempt you globally from all blocks, but only global blocks, so you will still need local IPBE to edit from any locally blocked VPN - this is often an issue on enwiki more than other wikis. You will probably be able to edit with Tor with only global block exemption, as not all Tor nodes are locally blocked. Whether your current VPN is currently locally blocked I couldn't say. -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 21:34, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

Flags

Hello, I would like to ask a question. When there is a flag to the left of the name of the commander in the infobox, it should show flag of a country that he is from or flag of the army that he was leading? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:A317:2241:F280:A40C:DAB1:C899:825F (talk) 17:50, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

WP:FLAGBIO would appear to contain relevant advice on the subject: ‘’Use the flag and name of the country (be it a state or a nation) that the person (or team of people) officially represented, regardless of citizenship, when the flag templates are used for sports statistics and the like...Caution should be used in extending this convention to non-sporting contexts, as it may produce confusing results.’’ So, this would seem to suggest that if a flag is used, it should be the flag of the country they were commanding an army for, regardless of their origin. Beeblebrox (talk) 18:46, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

question

Dear Wikipedia, I am a fan of wikipedia since many years. Two days ago I realized someone in German wikipedia posted without my knowledge a page about me with basis mistakes such my nationality. I dont't speak German so I cannot contact the German wikipedia advisors as they always answer in German. They answered generally I cannot delete because I am an artist... This is not an answer. THE MOST IMPORTANT is that I don't want to have a wikipedia page and I avoid generally all kind of Social Facebook and Twiter etc. I THINK IS A VIOLATION ON MY PRIVACY. Please advise what to do. Sincerely Ilianamaria Alvarado — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yitroquantum (talk • contribs) 19:03, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

• The different language versions of Wikipedia are independent projects, each with (possibly) separate policies and and with separate administrators. Therefore, we cannot help you directly here, since we basically have nothing to do with our German counterparts. There is a sub-project here called Wikipedia:Local Embassy that is intended to help with communications such as yours.-Arch dude (talk) 19:49, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

how to delete a page about me posted by someoene else? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yitroquantum (talk • contribs) 19:35, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

Generally, if you are notable, there would be no basis for removing such an article. By definition, such articles should be written by somebody not connected to you, to avoid conflict of interest and improve the odds of dispassionate, impartial writing. We do not ask whether you want an article to exist, but are delighted to help you insure that the information is correct and reflects the best sources available. --Orange Mike | Talk 22:04, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

Assuming as I do that you are the dancer and choreographer Iliana Maria Alvarado, looks to me like there's a fair amount of publicity stuff, at least, out there about you. You are not a recluse or a hermit: you maintain a public website, etc. Note that Wikipedia, in any language, is not any kind of social media platform; so a desire to avoid Facebook, Twitter, etc. is irrelevant to this discussion. --Orange Mike | Talk 00:41, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

If you are not notable, and have never been written about by any WP:Reliable source, then a Wikipedia article may well be a violation of your privacy, and can be deleted. If newspapers etc have written about you, then you need to take any privacy issues up with them because Wikipedia just reports what has already been written, so it is not Wikipedia that has invaded your privacy. As Mike mentions above, Wikipedia is ready to correct any inaccuracies and to remove any statements made if they lack WP:Reliable sources, but if you are already a public figure then an accurate article about you will be regarded as fair. You might like to take up your privacy complaint with the mysterious organisation "O12.PL SP. Z O.O." in MALOPOLSKIE, KRAKÓW 31-870 who set up the website about you? I don't speak German, but the article on the German Wikipedia looks very weak on sources, so you might have a good case for asking there for it to be deleted if their rules are similar to ours. Dbfirs 00:14, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

No Chance for deletion in the german Wikipedia. Good sources, not really weak. Only her citizenship is to clarify. Best regards. --Informationswiedergutmachung (talk) 10:56, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

Does the German Wikipedia not have the equivalent of WP:Notability (people)#Creative professionals? I've seen articles deleted here with similar weak sources, though possibly being a finalist in a competition might confer WP:Notability if it was independently reported. Dbfirs 11:13, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

We have. de:WP:RK#Personen. And weak sources? No, this article has good sources, only the citizenship is unknown, but therefore i deleted it in the german Wikipedia. Now I am offline, because here it is sunday, 01:19pm and the sun is shining. If you want to know more: send me a ping. Later I'll be back. --Informationswiedergutmachung (talk) 11:20, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

Thank you for the link. The German rules sound very similar to those in the English Wikipedia. Thank you for deleting the disputed citizenship. Yitroquantum has put an unexplained deletion request on the talk page, but this is unlikely to achieve anything. Enjoy the sunshine. Could you send some over to England? The sky is grey here. Best wishes. Dbfirs 11:30, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

But I am not very amused if someone thinks Wikipedia is a fu***ng social network. We are not glitter, we are not fakebook. This is an real insult. --Informationswiedergutmachung (talk) 19:14, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

I have stricken out the pleasantries to which you object. I agree that Wikipedia is not a social network. I was merely trying to be nice to a person that I perceived to be a young editor. If the informality came across as sarcastic or patronising, then I apologise. That was not intended. I wish to have no further contact. Dbfirs 06:46, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

@Dbfirs: With someone the user Yitroquantum was meant. Not you. Sorry for the misunderstandning. Have a nice day. And: i will send some sunshine to england. :) Have a nice day. No sarcasm oder irony intended. Really! --Informationswiedergutmachung (talk) 12:10, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

Undoing an erroneous redirect

Hi,

The link for Portland-Vancouver-Salem, OR-WA Combined Statistical Area from the page Combined Statistical Area redirects to Portland Metropolitan Area.

However the Portland Metropolitan area page only includes information on the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metropolitan Statistical Area. Page is here, contains a list, Portland is #18 on list. Combined_statistical_area

CSAs are bigger than MSAs, and combine MSAs. The P-V-Salem CSA includes four other MSAs beyond P-V-Hillsboro MSA.

I don't know how to undo the erroneous redirect. Any guidance would be welcome.

I don't know if there was once a correct page for the CSA; the existence of the link might suggest so. Nor do I know if undoing the redirect might restore it. Or is creating a redirect away from a previously extant article a form of editing that cannot be undone, unlike other edits? Clarification would be personally useful.

My guess is that once the erroneous redirect is fixed, I will need to create stub for the CSA. I would not be positioned to do much more than that at present. Does this seem right?

Thanks for any help you may be able to offer

--Chris Lowe (talk) 20:57, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

@Cclowe: There's two kinds of redirects I'm aware of, a {{softredirect}}, which automatically forwards you onto the page it links to, and a disambiguation, which is a landing page that lets users pick which interpretation they were looking for (sort of an intelligent search return). What I see on the page looks more like a normal wiki link, and I don't see any of the ones for item 18 as being red-links (ie page doesn't exist). If you know what link needs to be modified, or if you're trying to add a link, let me know what the link is and I can do it if you'd like -- it's just a matter of doing [[Link_to_page|Link Title]]. Mesmerus 📬 📷 21:13, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

Cclowe, Mesmerus The page Portland-Vancouver-Salem, OR-WA Combined Statistical Area has been a redirect to Portland metropolitan area#Combined Statistical Area since it was created on 21 March 2013‎ Presumably this was thought to be the best solution in the absence of a page specifically about the CSA itself. I suppose that there once was a section about the CSA in Portland metropolitan area, but there is not at this time. Anyone could edit Portland-Vancouver-Salem, OR-WA Combined Statistical Area and convert it from a redirect to an independent article, not forgetting to cite sources. As an "inhabited place" notability would be trivial to establish. Creating such an independent article would deal with the issue, and is probably the best possible solution. No other link would need to be changed, although a back link from Portland metropolitan area would probably be a good idea. Alternatively, a section "Combined Statistical Area" could be added to Portland metropolitan area, which would then be the target of the redirect, and might later be spun off. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 15:39, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

CC BY 3.0

Would an image under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License (see https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) be considered to be free or non-free? Basically, the license allows anybody to use and modify the image, and even use it for commercial purposes, as long as attribution is given.--SkyGazer 512 ^{What will you say? / What did I do?} 21:39, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

@SkyGazer 512: The image's license is considered a free one. The shorthand for that would be CC-BY 3.0; I don't know if images can be uploaded with that license, but I know that CC-BY-SA 3.0 is an option. The extra SA means "Share Alike"; simply put its just saying the image has to be shared under the same or a similar license if it is modified in any way. Of course, if CC-BY 3.0 is available, you should pick that. Mesmerus 📬 📷 22:01, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

Ok, thank you, that's definitely helpful to know. I thought I had seen somewhere that a license like that or similar to that was free content, but I wanted to be completely sure before actually uploading it. (Don't want it to be speedy deleted for being a copyright violation :))--SkyGazer 512 ^{What will you say? / What did I do?} 01:25, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

@SkyGazer 512: No worries; licensing can be tricky. :) Even if the picture was considered non-free, it may still be usable under fair use. Feel free to ask around here if you're ever unsure; I think Wiki editors are better than anyone else at the moment at figuring out licensing! Mesmerus 📬 📷 01:46, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

Mesmerus, I know non-free content is allowed, but for this specific image, I'm pretty sure it would not satisfy WP:NFCCP#1, because it's a living animal species that I'm wanting to upload (see what happened with File:Fissicrambus minuellus, a moth, full body with white background.png). And yes, I do agree that wiki editors are problem better than anyone else at figuring out licensing :). Best regards, --SkyGazer 512 ^{What will you say? / What did I do?} 01:56, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

@SkyGazer 512: Ah yes, animals almost never quallify against that for non-free rights. There's always somebody who can go and take a picture, and make it freely licensed instead. Trick is finding the right person, so it will be of decent quality! XD Thankfully, calling the zoos, research labs/schools near the animal's habitats usually yields some decent results. Mesmerus 📬 📷 02:05, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

Oh yeah, that would be a good idea. If there's an animal article in the future that I REALLY want to add an image to but there is no free image, I may try doing that. Again, thanks for the help.--SkyGazer 512 ^{What will you say? / What did I do?} 02:13, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

April 29

sandbox talk page links to an article, not to sandbox

My sandbox talk page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:AnaSoc/sandbox links to an article that I created and moved to the mainspace. How can I get it to link to the current content in my sandbox? Thanks in advance for your help.AnaSoc (talk) 00:50, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

@AnaSoc: When you are redirected you'll see a little link beneath the page title linking back to your sandbox talk page. Clicking that would have sent you back to the talk page and you could have then removed the redirect. I've done so for you. [3] --NeilN ^{talk to me} 00:57, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

Thanks so much for the fix! AnaSoc (talk) 00:59, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

Upgrading article from Stub category.

The page for Epithalamion has been edited and added to. I was wondering if it would be upgraded from the Stub category.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epithalamion_(poem)

Chelseabobelsy (talk) 02:17, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

@Chelseabobelsy: The quality and importance of pages are ranked by whatever WikiProject they fall under; in the case of Epithalamion_(poem), it looks like WP:POETRY oversees it, so you'd want to inquire with them for a review of the page. Anyone can be a part of a WikiProject if they feel they have the skills for it, and while I won't speak for anyone else here, I will say that I myself am in no way qualified to review any articles to do with literacy considering I probably speak Bash and Lua better than English, and I'm American by birth! ^{Don't be fooled -- I'm just no stranger to spellcheck & Grammarly!} It looks like WP:POETRY maintains a list of Assessment Requests here. Here's to your constructive edits paying off! Mesmerus 📬 📷 02:24, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

Chelseabobelsy, I have upgraded the rating from Stub to Start. The article needs more references, and many paragraphs are unreferenced, which raises concerns about original research, which is not allowed. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 02:50, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

Word count

Is there an easy way to display word count for an article - other than typing a “near miss” and getting the Search Results Page? Do images count in the file size - or is the byte size just for the text?120.16.153.99 (talk) 03:14, 29 April 2018 (UTC)MBG

The byte size for an article is the number of characters in the wiki markup code (edit source), except for some characters that take up 2 or 3 bytes. So for images, it would be the number of bytes that take up the CODE that implements the image. As for the word count, I don't know, but it certainly would be nice to have. (Of course, you can always copy-and-paste the source code into Microsoft Word or something and it will tell you)--SkyGazer 512 ^{What will you say? / What did I do?} 03:28, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

There is some code I added somewhere for a destubathon (Africa?) that added "Page size" to my tools. I haven't been able to track it down, but it does give a word count. Clarityfiend (talk) 03:39, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

Thanks. Don’t search. Only a cursory Q. Surprised it’s not displayed, given all the amazing stats that are. Love the Views count. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 120.16.153.99 (talk) 03:47, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

"Page size", under Tools in the LH column gives the word-count and other data e.g.

• File size: 195 kB
• Prose size (including all HTML code): 16 kB
• References (including all HTML code): 292 B
• Wiki text: 22 kB
• Prose size (text only): 9193 B (1447 words) "readable prose size"
• References (text only): 27 B

However, I.m not sure if you need an account for this to appear/work - Arjayay (talk) 11:09, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

doesn’t appear (for me) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 120.16.153.99 (talk) 14:12, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

You have to create an account, and then put "importScript('User:Dr_pda/prosesize.js');" in your common.js Galobtter (pingó mió) 15:49, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

Timestamp

how to convert (hex) to (day,month,year)-D11-M12-Y16, 08:43:25.

Hex (0X62 0X68 0X8A 0X2D).

Here is the data format.

T4 4 Timestamp encoded as 2 unsigned numerals, see below.

T6 6 Timestamp encoded as 3 unsigned numerals, see below.

T12 12 Timestamp encoded as 6 unsigned numerals, see below

1.2.1 Encoding of Timestamps

The timestamp T4 is encoded in 2 slightly different ways depending on the actual implementation of the VMP Control. Old versions use encoding 1 while new versions use encoding 2, thereby correcting the errors of encoding 1. Bit 15 of the second word are used to distinguish the two formats. The timestamps T6 and T12 exists in one version only.

T4 - encoding 1:

1. word 3*(365*(Year-1986) + DayNumberInYear) + Hour/8 2. word 3600*(Hour modulus 8) + 60*Min + Sec

DayNumberInYear assigns 1 to January the first and increments the number by one each day, treating leap-years correctly. Unfortunately, this encoding assigns the same 1. word to December 31. in a leap-year and January 1. in the next year.

T4 - encoding 2:

1. word 3*(366*(Year-1994) + DayNumberInLeapYear) + Hour/8 2. word 3600*(Hour modulus 8) + 60*Min + Sec + 32768

DayNumberInLeapYear assigns 0 to January the first and increments the number by one each day, assuming all years to be leap-years.

T6 - encoding:

1. word 32*(16*(Year modulus 100)+Month)+Day 2. word 60*Hour+Min 3. word 1000*Sec+Msec

T12 - encoding: 1. word Year 2. word Month 3. word Day 4. word Hour 5. word Min 6. word Sec

The following chapters describe the telegrams in a format containing (from the left) • the byte number(s) of the field • the datatype of the field, no datatype imply one or more binary data-bytes • name and explanation of the field — Preceding unsigned comment added by 223.181.240.186 (talk) 08:02, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

Where will this be used? This is a help page for the English Wikipedia. PrimeHunter (talk) 10:17, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

Biased content 'digital painting'

Hi, A major contribution to 'digital painting' was blocked in February by administrator 'Justlettersandnumbers'. This was motivated with an assumed 'copyright violation'. Although no copyright violation can be demonstrated, the text still remains blocked. The lemma now offers very poor information, partly incorrect, and certainly not without commercial bias. There has been no reaction from the administrator for some time. Please help to restore this page to its former level of information and independence. Vandevenp (talk) 11:02, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

Actually, he says in the edit summary of the removal of where it was copied and pasted from, so a copyright violation can be demonstrated. Directly copying and pasting text from another website is considered a copyright violation on wikipedia, and will be removed from the page. If you have a WP:RS and can summarize the content of that source on the article while citing it, your edit will likely stay- so do that instead of copying and pasting.💵Money💵emoji💵^Talk 14:31, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

Changes to Infobox Newspaper template not appearing

Hello. I added new categories of editors, and names, to the "Infobox Newspaper" template of The Detroit News. But it is not appearing on the wiki entry, even though it is published. Can someone tell me how to get those categories to show up on the page? Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kimberkoz (talk • contribs) 14:39, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

@Kimberkoz: The }} at the end of an infobox has to go on its own line, or else changes before won't show, which is what your mistake was. I also removed the Editors in the infobox, however, because the titles of their sections aren't accepted by the infobox and therefore won't show no matter what. I recommend you put information on them in the "Staff and columnists" section.💵Money💵emoji💵^Talk 14:50, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

(edit conflict) @Kimberkoz: Please see Template:Infobox newspaper for a list of available parameters. Eagleash (talk) 14:53, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

@Eagleash Thank you!

Is this possible?

I edit Wikipedia very frequently by IPv6 addresses, but since you don't accept multiple IP addresses and changes here, and my IPv6 changes to IPv4 for short periods of time (which is what is extremely irritating), is it possible to rangeblock my IPv6 range (174.238.x.x)? However, I suggest not blocking account creation to let other users with that range edit. Also, some vandal is targeting admins' talk pages putting false deceased templates, mainly with IPv4 ranges. The last time it was blocked, it was only 2 weeks. Is it okay to do a rangeblock for the IPv4 only? Thank you, 2600:1011:B15B:4B2C:D973:5D4F:EE84:8CF9 (talk) 15:34, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

P.S. Blocking my entire range of IPv6 addresses would prevent me from editing, that's why I requested an IPv4 rangeblock.

I am not quite clear how a block on the IPv4 range would assist you. We certainly do accept edits from users with dynamic IP addresses, but we do not try to consolidate these into a single set of contributions. I would suggest that you consider the benefits of creating and using an account. This is not required, but does have some advantages, and in my view, very few if any disadvantages. It would obviate any issue of IP level blocks for you at all. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 16:20, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

Editing mobile page descriptions

The mobile site and app of Wikipedia has short descriptions of each article's subject seen when searching, but these can sometimes be inaccurate (for example, Barry George is described as a "British criminal" even though he was acquitted in a retrial, which violates WP:BLP). How do you edit these descriptions? Raymond1922 (talk) 17:14, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

In Wikidata: Wikidata:Q3308791. Ruslik_Zero 17:39, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

Better to use Template:Short description, as Wikidata is not under enwiki control. See WP:Short description. --David Biddulph (talk) 18:31, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

George did have some previous minor convictions though. Eagleash (talk) 17:42, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

how to correct info-pic for Wikipedia?

Hello. Trying to find the best way to correct an issue with Jimmy Arnold? The current Jimmy Arnold from the Four Lads is wrongly linked to a wrong picture from a YouTube from a different Jimmy Arnold. The Four Lads James (Jimmy) Francis Arnold had the pic attached of a bluegrass singer also named Jimmy Arnold. Need to find the best way to completely edit since the Four Lads are not Bluegrass as well we can provide a proper picture to attach for James Arnold. Any help is much appreciated. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jalexander1976 (talk • contribs) 17:38, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

The Wikipedia article Jimmy Arnold (musician) has no image.

Are you by any chance referring to a photo or text shown to the right of a Google search? Google's Knowledge Graph uses a wide variety of sources. There may be a text paragraph ending with "Wikipedia" to indicate that particular text was copied from Wikipedia. An image and other text before or after the Wikipedia excerpt may be from sources completely unrelated to Wikipedia. We have no control over how Google presents our information, but Google's Knowledge Graph has a "Feedback" link where anyone can mark a field as wrong.. PrimeHunter (talk) 17:54, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Hello, Jalexander1976. There is no photo in the Wikipedia article Jimmy Arnold (musician). When I do a Google search for "Jimmy Arnold", then a photo of the bluegrass musician of the same name does appear next to some information about the Four Lads musician. That error is the responsibility of Google and Wikipedia has no power to change it. You can add a photo of this person who is deceased to the Wikipedia article if you follow all the requirements regarding the use of non-free images, paying attention to item #10. Hopefully, that will trigger a change in how Google displays an image, but I cannot guarantee it. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 18:09, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

Guideline on descriptions of commentators

I'm looking for a guideline on how much detail to provide for commentators on a topic mentioned in the text of an article. I'm looking for something that will guide me between these options:

1. A. Name, PhD, a law professor at the University of Michigan and director of their Center on Law and Politics, writes that...
2. University of Michigan law professor A. Name, PhD, writes that...
3. Law professor A. Name writes that...
4. A. Name writes that...

The closest I can find are Wikipedia:Inline citation#In-text attribution and WP:ATTRIBUTEPOV. Is there a guideline for what I'm looking for?

My own guess would be: if the commentator is the subject of a Wikipedia article, then a wikilink is enough to let the reader evaluate how much weight to give to their opinion; otherwise include a few words to show why their opinion might be relevant. Maproom (talk) 18:22, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

• Since you are referring to a work by that commentator, you will be providing a citation for your source. The citation will usually have the full name "Name, Albus" as the author, so you need only use "Name writes that..." in the text. If Albus Name is not the author of the cited source, I would extend the citation with a something like "quoting Albus Name, PhD, a law professor at the University of Michigan and director of their Center on Law and Politics". The idea here is that the flow of the inline text should not be broken up, but the reader should be able to get the info if interested from the footnote. As Maproom said, if Name has a Wikipedia article, a blue link will generally suffice. -Arch dude (talk) 22:38, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

Finding a deletion in a haystack

Howdy. I'd like to find where in an article's history a deletion took place. The text I'm searching for was added almost a decade ago. What tools can I exploit to make this search easier? Marching backwards through the History page is daunting, and very labor intensive. Thanks in advance for any help! :) --NightMonkey (talk) 21:16, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

Use binary search. Check a version about halfway back. That'll eliminate half the history. Then repeat. That's what I do. Clarityfiend (talk) 22:01, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

The top of page histories have a "Revision history search" link. See Wikipedia:WikiBlame. PrimeHunter (talk) 22:28, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

Anne Watson, Mayor of Montpelier

Hi, first-time poster here, so bear with me. I just tried to add Anne Watson to the category, "Mayors of Montpelier, Vermont." She was elected in March 2018, and the page needed to be updated. I made the page, but messed up adding her to the category. It got flagged for deletion. Can anyone help? https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mayors_of_Montpelier,_Vermont&redirect=no

http://www.wcax.com/content/news/Watson-takes-over-as-Montpelier-Mayor-477128363.html https://www.rei.com/blog/news/5-of-the-coolest-mountain-town-mayors http://www.watsonformontpelier.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sbirge (talk • contribs) 23:42, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

Please not that articles need references, AND THOSE REFERENCES MUST BE IN THE ARTICLE, where readers can find them. Putting references in other parts of Wikipedia, or in edit summaries, doesn't count. Jc3s5h (talk) 23:46, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

April 30

i have to post about myself on wikipedia. I am a enterprenuer and i have my own software company.

Dear sir/mam ! I am saurabh shukla CEO & Founder of URS PRODUCTIONS GROUP.a IT AND DIGITAL ADVERTISING COMPANY. www.ursgroup0.co.in and many sub websites. I have to post about myself on wikipedia.Please help & suggest me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ursgroup123 (talk • contribs) 06:11, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

No, Ursgroup123, you do not have to post about yourself on Wikipedia. This is an encyclopedia, and it is utterly inappropriate for anyone to come here to write an autobiographical encyclopedia article about themselves. That is a glaring conflict of interest. Have you ever heard about Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn? Those are the kinds of websites where you can promote yourself, and there are many others. My suggestion is to abandon all plans to promote yourself on Wikipedia. It will not end well for you. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 06:49, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

Ursgroup123, i've blocked your account name since it is not permitted to have s name that represents a company Jimfbleak - talk to me? 08:52, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

I think the articles "Yggdrasil" and "Continental drift" are related. What now?

Yggdrasil. The german version of the Yggdrasil article seems to be a sarcastic interpretation of the myth.

Continental drift

May be relevant: Big crack is evidence that East Africa could be splitting in two — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.135.168.44 (talk) 14:12, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

Since you have not explained why or how you think the articles and/or concepts are related, or what you think should happen if they are, it's unclear what you're asking. General Ization ^Talk 14:41, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

Clarifying what constitutes "Verifiability"

In the opening statement of Wikipedia's James Frederick Ferrier it is stated: He introduced the word epistemology. From this, two tags erupt: not in citation given and citation needed. Perhaps no one cares to know whether Ferrier did in fact neologize. Perhaps the current use of the word cannot be rolled back. On the other hand I am certain the word "epistemology" is used by a great many, and I suggest that she is rare who has understood Ferrier's idea.

• I contend that the opening statement is a verifiable and significant attribution, i.e. that a satisfactory citation can be posed—with compounding weal to those who understand Ferrier's purpose.
• All articles herein mentioned can be found in Wikisource [4].
• I am unpracticed in this (Wikipedia's) arena. Hence I present my proposal to ask help with how to proceed.
• I do not understand why comparable reference goes unchallenged in the opening statement of Wikipedia's epistemology. In both articles the issue is whether Ferrier invented, not whether he used the word.
• Proving origin is difficult since Ferrier's Institutes of Metaphysic does not explicitly state "I invented..." Evidence to decade of origin is lent when epistemology is used extensively in Encyclopædia Britannica 1885 (volume 18) but not at all in its 1860 edition. Google Books Ngram Viewer provides the highest degree of verication available— still short of certainty. The oldest publication of the word "epistemology" is unsigned—the common practice in Victorian journalism. It occurred in an article entitled "Jean Paul"—six years before Institutes. The author asserts the word's invention and its etymology. I find the author's humorous, contentious, piss & vinegar erudition shares many commonalities with Ferrier's "Poetical Translations of Faust"—unsigned (like all Blackwood's Magazine articles) but ascribed to Ferrier by his posthumous editors and the Wellesley Index. Whether the English Review authorship can ever be verified is doubtful to me since the journal was short-lived and never a major player.
• Does what I have provided here constitute "unpublished original research" and thus is it disqualified from Wikipedia verification? Must we wait for someone of sufficient credentials to declare the inventor to be Ferrier or whomever before a new citation can be made? Klarm768 (talk) 18:47, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

Yes.

I know nothing about these terms, but according to the OED, the word Wissenschaftslehre was "invented" by Johann Gottlieb Fichte, and the English translation was first used in Eclectic Magazine in 1847, seven years before Ferrier first used it. I suggest that the article should say "popularised" rather than "invented". Dbfirs 21:14, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

(edit conflict) (with Maproom, below) Later note: Sorry, I see you had already found the 1847 usage in Wikisource. Can anyone find a copy of the November 1847 edition of Eclectic Magazine and have a look at page 306? Dbfirs 21:45, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

The earliest use of "epistemology" quoted in OED is by Ferrier in 1856. This, and the quotation itself, strongly imply but do not prove than Ferrier coined the term. Maproom (talk) 21:38, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

The Third Edition has the earlier 1847 cite, and an 1854 cite from Ferrier. Dbfirs 21:45, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

If Ferrier is not the ONLY (or at least the most plausible) inventor candidate, let expertise state a case otherwise and publish original research to cite. I lack credentials.

The Article in September-December 1847 Eclectic Magazine was a reprint of that in ENGLISH REVIEW, Article II of No. XIV, Volume VII: 1847, June, pp. 276-313. The Wissenschaftslehre "translation" was within a parody making fun of Fichte—a way of aping him with pseudo-Greek etymology. It was written at-most-7½-years- or at-least-6½-years-before anything published in 1854. Either way, the work is unsigned. Like Ferrier, its author likes to read and translate German and make fun of pretentious university faculty and the heraldry-crowd-puffery. If Ferrier merely "borrowed the translation," he made himself a plagiarist—the very one who had cut S. T. Coleridge to ribbons for plagiarism (and with it garnering the wrath of popular opinion)—similarly, just for knowing German philosophy (e.g. Fichte and Hegel) rivals also damaged his career. Epistemology did not become popular until Encyclopædia Britannica legitimized it 20 years after Ferrier's death. Did EB mean the same thing a Ferrier had? Who cares? He had no LIKES on 19th century Facebook proving he must have been wrong. Klarm768 (talk) 22:46, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

Thank you for clarifying your research on first usage. We can probably never know whether Ferrier had seen the earlier usage or whether he had re-translated the German word. Dbfirs 07:08, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

Preferences>Gadgets>Clock

Hello, I discovered the "Add a clock to the personal toolbar that displays the current time in UTC and provides a link to purge the current page" option in the Gadgets section of the Preferences, I was wondering if there's a way to put your local time in that clock, that'd would be very appreciated. This is possible in the spanish Wikipedia, can someone add it to the english one please? Thanks for your attention.-- Janitoalevic (talk) 19:30, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

@Janitoalevic: es:Special:Gadgets shows the code of the Spanish gadget is in es:MediaWiki:Gadget-LocalLiveClock.js. You can load that code here with this in your common JavaScript:

mw.loader.load( '//es.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Gadget-LocalLiveClock.js&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript' );

You could also just copy the code which is only one line loading the actual code from mw:MediaWiki:Gadget-LocalLiveClock.js:

mw.loader.load( '//www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Gadget-LocalLiveClock.js&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript&smaxage=21600&maxage=86400' );

PrimeHunter (talk) 20:43, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

@PrimeHunter:Thank you :)-- Janitoalevic (talk) 20:46, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

Editing inaccuracies and adding info

I tried to edit someone's Wikipedia page as the info on there is incorrect and incomplete but it was deleted as the info did not come from an article. However the info up there is not from any article as the person has told me it is incorrect. Can the person contact Wikipedia directly to give you the correct information? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Poppy231 (talk • contribs) 20:38, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

A statement from the subject of the article is of no use to Wikipedia. What is needed is a reference to published reliable sources independent of the subject. --David Biddulph (talk) 20:50, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

• (EC)You may remove the unsourced information. You may not add unsourced information to replace it. No, we do not accept information directly form individuals, even the subject individual, but we will accept limited factual information like birth date and nationality from an individual's website. Please see WP:BLP fro our policies on biographies of living people. It appears that you know the individual: please read our policy on conflict of interest (WP:COI). "COI" is not a value judgement, it's just a fact. If you are being compensated in any way by the individual, you must comply with our policy and declare this to comply with our terms of service: see WP:PAID. Since you have a COI, please do not directly edit the article (except for basic facts and/or as indicated in WP:BLP). Instead, make suggestions on the article's talk page. If you have any difficulties with this or anythin else, please come back here and we can try to help. -Arch dude (talk) 21:01, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

I have an article about my late husband

Hello, Volunteers,

I have an article about my late husband Leif Erland Andersson that establishes our marriage. Also I have created an award in his name and would like that to be listed. Can anybody help? thanks, Gloria Andersson McMillanGloLeif12234** (talk) 21:39, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

You need to bring this up at Talk:Leif Erland Andersson, where they will ask questions about where the article was published, whether the award is notable, and so forth. Be sure when you do go there to fully disclose your conflict of interest in this matter as his widow or ex-wife. Hope this helps. --Orange Mike | Talk 22:04, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

How do you use templates from sister projects (eg. Wiktionary)?

See this question, but I would like to use a Wiktionary template in Wikipedia. How do I do this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aidan.plenert.macdonald (talk • contribs) 23:29, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

Only by copying the template into enwiki's template space, I'm afraid, Aidan.plenert.macdonald. Help:Template says: "It is not possible to transclude pages between projects (such as different language Wikipedias)—to use a template on another language project, a copy of the template must be created in that project." -ColinFine (talk) 00:01, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

Table color

Where is the blue color of the headings and second column coming from in List of extreme clippers? Clarityfiend (talk) 23:52, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

From ! 5 October 1850 etc in stead of | 5 October 1850.

—Trappist the monk (talk) 00:06, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

And to explain this: ! introduces a header cell <th> as opposed to a table cell <td>. I presume there is some CSS which turns a .wikitable th that colour, though I don't know which CSS file that is in. --ColinFine (talk) 00:11, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

I see bold black text on light grey background as I normally see in wikitable headers. What is your browser and your skin at Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-rendering, and is it also blue if you log out? Is it text or background which is blue? PrimeHunter (talk) 00:18, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

Chrome, monobook and background, respectively. I must be getting senile. I should have figured that out myself. Thanks y'all. Clarityfiend (talk) 01:18, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

May 1

Subscription

Lenora Foe did not request this subscription , please remove from billing,

                                   Thank You and God Bless.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.20.189.13 (talk) 00:11, 1 May 2018 (UTC) 

I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over 6.8 million articles and thought we were affiliated in some way with that subject. Please note that you are at Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and this page is for asking questions related to using or contributing to Wikipedia itself. Thus, we have no special knowledge about the subject of your question. You can, however, search our vast catalogue of articles by typing a subject into the search field on the upper right side of your screen. If you cannot find what you are looking for, we have a reference desk, divided into various subject areas, where asking knowledge questions is welcome. Best of luck.. RudolfRed (talk) 00:56, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

How to ping

I read over the ping page and am not getting it.... if I want to invite someone to a talk page, what is the exact thing I type in to ping them? is "user:xyz" enough to ping user xyz?TantraYum (talk) 01:31, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

@TantraYum: [[User:Example]] with the brackets will work, or you can use the template {{ReplyTo}} RudolfRed (talk) 01:47, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

user:rudolfRed thanks! TantraYum (talk) 01:52, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

User:TantraYum: More generally, your edit must have a wikilink to their user page, either written directly like you just did, or made with a template, e.g. by writing {{ping|xyz}}. The edit which adds the link must be signed. It's not enough to sign in one edit and add the link in another. There are a few other technicalities but they are rarely relevant. "the ping page" could refer to different pages so I'm not sure what you read. Please always link a page you refer to. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:57, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge

Ref 175 is in red - a problem? Thankyou27.116.38.30 (talk) 02:15, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

The day of the month for the cited document was written in the citation as "2", whereas it needed to be "02". I have corrected it. Eddie Blick (talk) 02:34, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

Udai Mazumdar

Hello Everyone. i am Udai Mazumdar an Indian Musician known with my artistic name also Udhai Mazumdar. someone made a wiki page on my name Udai Mazumdar and now i cant get to this person to make changes on the pages or edits. Kindly help. Thanks. Udaimazumdar — Preceding unsigned comment added by Udaimazumdar (talk • contribs) 06:06, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

Udaimazumdar: I have moved the article to Udhai Mazumdar. You should make your requests for changes on its talk page Talk:Udhai Mazumdar. Maproom (talk) 06:43, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

Lupton family

In the Hugh Lupton section on this page, the file just added is too big. Please make it smaller. Thanks.175.33.22.145 (talk) 11:43, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

I've resized it slightly; now it's really just a matter of taste. Too many images on that page already tbh. —SerialNumber54129 ^{paranoia /cheap sh*t room} 11:54, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

Is there a way to find all of the drafts I've created?

I've started many drafts but a lot of them are unlikely to be completed before the 6 month deadline and they're auto-deleted. Is there a way to find them all? The list of pages I've created doesn't seem to contain my draft space articles. Abyssal (talk) 12:11, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

@Abyssal: See here. If a draft is eligible for deletion as CSD G13 (abandoned) you 'should' be notified in one of two ways. Firstly a bot notification a few weeks beforehand and secondly a notification when it is actually proposed. If a draft is deleted via G13 it is possible to have it restored via WP:REFUND. Eagleash (talk) 12:22, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

@Eagleash: I've created too many drafts to fit on that list. Also, I've never received any kind of multi-week advanced notification that a draft was going to be deleted just a message immediately prior to the deletion itself. Abyssal (talk) 13:00, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

@Abyssal: Is this the list you wanted? --David Biddulph (talk) 13:33, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

Yes! Thanks you, @David Biddulph:. Abyssal (talk) 13:42, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

Protecting a page

To Whom It May Concern,

I'm reaching out to see how I can protect the editing of a company page?

Thanks, — Preceding unsigned comment added by 38.88.241.122 (talk) 13:12, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

If a page has been subjected to persistent vandalism, the place to request protection is WP:RFPP. --David Biddulph (talk) 13:17, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

Hello, IP user. As David Biddulph says, if the article has suffered persistent vandalism (that is, editing intended to damage Wikipedia) then it may be protected. I suspect you are under the (very common) misapprehension that a Wikipedia article about your company is in any way under your control, or that you have any say at all in what should be in the article. This is not the case, and indeed, you are strongly discouraged from editing it yourself: please see WP:COI. --ColinFine (talk) 13:38, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

Lupton family

Please note that a file added on the Hugh Lupton section has the wrong date. I have corrected the information in the Wikipedia text. Can you please fix up the accompanying text on the commons file to match. The picture was taken circa 1924 and it is Francis Lupton who is standing in the picture, not Arthur. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 175.33.22.145 (talk) 13:31, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

HOw do i start a bio on someone?

Please advise. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hunterbrownspeaks (talk • contribs) 14:38, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

@Hunterbrownspeaks: I've left some instructions on your user talk page. Ian.thomson (talk) 14:50, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

Delete page

greetings, I just joined wikipedia and I will like to delete a page I just created and start over I can't find the help button or know if I'm a confined user please help — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jadesix (talk • contribs) 18:43, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

@Jadesix: You may place the tag {{Db-self}} if on it if you are the only contributor to the page. RudolfRed (talk) 19:51, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

If it's Draft:Azikel Petroleum leading modular Refinery investment in Nigeria, it has already been deleted as G11: Unambiguous advertising or promotion. --David Biddulph (talk) 19:54, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

(edit conflict)@Jadesix: Are you referring to Draft:Azikel Petroleum leading modular Refinery investment in Nigeria. If so please see your talk page (click 'talk' at the top of any page). It has already been deleted as unsuitable for Wikipedia. You have also posted at the teahouse, please don't ask similar questions in different locations. Please remember to sign your posts on talk pages by typing four tildes (~~~~). Thank you. Eagleash (talk) 19:56, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

What title should I give this article?

I would like to write an article for an attack in China on an ARD film crew in 2013. A long description of the attack is currently hosted within the Sanhe article, the city where the attack occurred. But it seems excessive to have most of the article on a city of 500,000 dominated by this incident so I want to shift most of the content to its own article. The attack received coverage in the NYT and prompted the German government to summon an official from the Chinese embassy so no question about notability. However, there is no clear name for the attack. According to Wikipedia's convention, what should it be called?

Muzzleflash (talk) 20:32, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

Password Reset and Login

Hi. I created an account way back in 2008, apparently. Apparently I used my personal email and my professional email to create the account. But I no longer have that professional email account. Now when I ask to reset the email, it goes to the professional email, not my personal email. Is there a way I can reclaim that account or do I need to create a new account?