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December 15

Cannot figure out how to mark a page that needs to be updated and I don't know the information to do so

Hello,

I cannot find the code to add to a page that needs to be updated with new information. Can someone please let me know what it is. Kevinhanit (talk) 00:09, 15 December 2018 (UTC)

@Kevinhanit: Is Template:Update what you are looking for? Eagleash (talk) 01:21, 15 December 2018 (UTC)

@Eagleash: I ended up finding the Template that I needed and it was Template:Outdated Kevinhanit (talk) 21:20, 15 December 2018 (UTC)

So this one is now  Done

Texas Civil Air Patrol patch on Wikipedia

The designer of the Texas Civil Air Patrol patch was designed by Melvin W. Cox of Ft. Worth. In the late 1940's, Texas had a art contest for the designing of the patch for the Texas CAP. My father, Mel Cox won the contest and his design is still used today for the Texas CAP patch. At that time, Mel Cox was a Major and Company Commander of CAP's Ft. Worth Squadron One — Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.231.66.193 (talk) 06:01, 15 December 2018 (UTC)

Hello; do you have a question relating to how to edit Wikipedia? Please provide a link to any page you are encountering difficulty with. This thread is the only edit from the IP used to post here. Some useful links have been left at your talk page. Eagleash (talk) 10:22, 15 December 2018 (UTC)

how to delete pages spreading false rumours ?

Someone is spreading false rumors about my organisation , how i can stop them from using wikipedia as a medium to do the same ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 182.74.48.62 (talk) 08:34, 15 December 2018 (UTC)

Without specifics, all I can do is suggest you check out Wikipedia:Requests for page protection or Wikipedia:Articles for deletion. Clarityfiend (talk) 08:48, 15 December 2018 (UTC)

Yes, a link to the article would help. Britmax (talk) 15:36, 15 December 2018 (UTC)

An article about a non-notable subject will be deleted, regardless of its contents. An article about a notable subject will not be deleted, regardless of its existing contents. Instead, it will be corrected. Wikipedia cannot determine "truth" or "falsehood": we can only determine verifiability. Any statement that cannot be verified by by a citation to a reliable source (WP:RS) can be removed by any editor. Any statement that can be verified by such a citation should not be removed (with certain exceptions: see WP:BLP). However, if the statement is contradicted by another reliable source, then that contradiction may be added to the article. You have a conflict of interest (WP:COI) so you should not edit the article yourself. Instead, you should make edit suggestions on the article's talk page. -Arch dude (talk) 23:08, 15 December 2018 (UTC)

James Kitson, 1st Baron Airedale

Ref number 9 is in red and I don't know why. Please fix if you are able. Thanks 175.32.213.182 (talk) 10:30, 15 December 2018 (UTC)

Because you have spelt December incorrectly. Eagleash (talk) 10:48, 15 December 2018 (UTC)

thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 175.32.213.182 (talk) 11:06, 15 December 2018 (UTC)

Autobiographies

Is there a simple guide to what to do (if anything) about BLPs where the usernames of a couple of contributors suggest that they may be connected to the subject? I've found plenty of advice about what to do if I have a COI, but is there anything we should be doing when we stumble across an article such as Jon M. Sweeney? Certes (talk) 13:20, 15 December 2018 (UTC)

The article could be tagged with {{COI}}. Normally we would also go to the editor's talk page to explain the concern, but in the case of User:Jonmsweeney that was done some months ago. Of course we can't be altogether certain that the editor is the same person whom the article is about: could just be a fan. Any additions to articles that are unsourced and blatantly promotional should just be reverted whoever makes them, but it doesn't seem to me that that applies in this case: Noyster (talk), 17:46, 15 December 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply. It looks as if there's nothing further to do in this case, as the article doesn't show the blatant bias that {{COI}} might imply. Certes (talk) 17:51, 15 December 2018 (UTC)

Leeds General Infirmary

I am not happy with the way I have done ref. number 13. Sorry. Please fix if able. 175.32.213.182 (talk) 13:27, 15 December 2018 (UTC)

 Done; Date in publisher parameter! Eagleash (talk) 13:47, 15 December 2018 (UTC)

Sorry Eagleash - I added in a quote - ref 13 - and ruined it. Please fix if you can. thanks again 175.32.213.182 (talk) 13:51, 15 December 2018 (UTC)

I've fixed it now. To add a new parameter, use an equals sign instead of the colon you used; the layout of a named (not numerical) parameter is pipe (|), parameter name, equals sign (=), and parameter text. In this case, it would be |quote=[PUTQUOTEHERE] added to the end of the template. The world of templates is quite complicated so please feel free to ask here if you have any further questions.--SkyGazer 512 ^{Oh no, what did I do this time?} 13:58, 15 December 2018 (UTC)

(edit conflict) SkyGazer 512 has fixed it. Once again please don't start new threads with the same heading. Thank you. Eagleash (talk) 14:03, 15 December 2018 (UTC)

Presentacion

a todas la personas queAgradesco forman WIKIPEDIA el poder estar escribiendo esto. Mi pregunta es puedo crear un libro libremente con todo lo publicado en Wikipedia sobre Vehiculos que incluya fotos y demas informacion otra cosa debido ha que mi ortografia no es muy buena como podreis observar como puedo utizar un corrector para escribir aqui saludos — Preceding unsigned comment added by OLGAVILA (talk • contribs) 21:26, 15 December 2018 (UTC)

Machine translation: "My question is I can create a book freely with everything published in Wikipedia on Vehicles that includes photos and other information otherwise because my spelling is not very good as you can see how I can use a proofreader to write here." General Ization ^Talk 21:29, 15 December 2018 (UTC)

2019 Pro Bowl Logo

I've Tried to Upload the 2019 pro bowl Logo and it's Not there upload it now and Stop Being Lazy. 68.103.78.155 (talk) 21:42, 15 December 2018 (UTC)

Stop telling people to do your work. It's annoying and won't get you anywhere. We're all volunteers and there is no deadline. Also if you ask at WP: WikiProject American football, they're more likely to care more and someone there could help. Joseph2302 (talk) 10:15, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

The user who used to upload them (at least in recent years) Jdavi333, is now less active. I've uploaded it per fair use as the rest . –Ammarpad (talk) 18:08, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

Required status column for Telaga caste. Mark as Forward caste

Telaga caste history and correct current status (Forward or Other Caste) needs to be added to the page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:45:480:DF62:5B4:C169:CE56:2B6F (talk) 10:33, 7 December 2018 (UTC) Follow the URL (very reliable source recently published) - http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/127160/16/16_chapter%208.pdf — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:45:480:DF62:5B4:C169:CE56:2B6F (talk) 11:39, 7 December 2018 (UTC) Excellent reliable source - https://www.ripublication.com/ijhss18/ijhssv8n1_03.pdf — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:45:480:DF62:5B4:C169:CE56:2B6F (talk) 11:41, 7 December 2018 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:45:480:DF62:30E2:3A56:D087:DFFA (talk)

Well, no. As has been described at Talk:Telaga, the article requires reliable sources to justify such a claim. Thanks, Lourdes 05:26, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

Submit ArticleKyoho (talk) 00:37, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

Hello - I've got a draft of a new article in my sandbox. I think it's ready to go. Sorry, it's been a long time since I wrote my last one so I can't remember what I need to do next. Thanks for your help, Kyoho (talk) 00:37, 16 December 2018 (UTC)Cheryl CrowleyKyoho (talk) 00:37, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

@Kyoho: Hello, I have undertaken some tidying of the page: if you consider that it is ready for mainspace you can place {{subst:submit}} at the top of the page, which will submit it for AFC review. Or, as I believe your account has sufficient longevity and number of edits, you can move the page to article space yourself via the 'more' tab at the top of the page. Select 'Article' from the very top of the dropdown and remember to change the new title to the subject's name: check that there are not other pages with the same name. If so add a disambiguation (in brackets) e.g. 'diplomat' (small 'd'). Good luck. Eagleash (talk) 05:06, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

Thank you! Kyoho (talk) 16:10, 16 December 2018 (UTC)Cheryl

December 16

Wikiquote

• Hello. Question about English Wikipedia laws. In English Wikipedia, I can make redirect from English article in Russian Wikiquote? If English Wikiquote don't have article on English language. I.G.I.cool (talk) 00:53, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

I.G.I.cool You can link to Russian Wikiquote by prefixing the page name with :ru:q: For example the main page there is :ru:q:. Is that what you want? —teb728 t c 02:21, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

teb728 In article White Oleander (film), i can make redirect in Russian Wikiquote? English Wikiquote don't have article about that movie. I.G.I.cool (talk) 02:37, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

teb728 thank I.G.I.cool (talk) 04:38, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

Indexation of my article on google search

hi can you index my article on google search, as I am unable to do so. URL of my article :https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amit_Rawal thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lumoscoco (talk • contribs) 05:47, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

@Lumoscoco: New pages are not indexed by search engines for 90 days or until they have been reviewed, whichever is the shorter period. Please remember to sign your posts on talk pages by typing four tildes (~~~~). Thank you. Eagleash (talk) 06:14, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

Contact Wiki Dubai

Good Morning,

I am contacting you from the royal family private office in the UAE. I would like to be redirected to someone from your office in the UAE, regarding publishing a page of a person from the royal family.

Kindly update me with an email or contact number ASAP.

Best regards, Kaltham — Preceding unsigned comment added by M8Mansoor (talk • contribs) 09:56, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

M8Mansoor If your issue involves just creating an article, there is no central authority or office to contact; this project is run by volunteers from around the world. Feel free to discuss it here; you may want to read about conflict of interest and paid editing (click those links) first. 331dot (talk) 10:00, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

Hello, Kaltham. As 331dot explained, Wikipedia is not organised like that: everything is done by volunteers who choose what they wish to work on, including writing and editing articles. But please note that if at some point Wikipedia has an article about that royal person, its status will be exactly the same as all other articles: it should be based almost entirely on what independent writers have chosen to write about the person in reliably published sources; and they and their associates will have no control over the content of the article: their involvement should be limited to making suggestions for improvements. --ColinFine (talk) 12:13, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

Hi M8Mansoor, if this is about the article you are working on in your sandbox, then you need to read WP:Referencing for beginners, and move the references to in-line citations before submitting the article for review. Dbfirs 09:14, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

... later ... You were correct to add the "Reflist" tag, but the actual references go in the main text immediately after the statement that each one supports. The system then automatically lists the references under that heading. Dbfirs 21:07, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

References / External links

Hi, I need some advice. I'm making a page about a football player and I have put a reference on a site with profile of that player. Since it could be put as external link, should I put it as reference, external link or both? — SimplyFreddie (talk) 12:24, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

@SimplyFreddie: As a general principle, if the source is used to support a statement in the article content, it should be placed inline at the point in the text where it applies. Once used as a reference the same source should not usually be included as an external link as well. Eagleash (talk) 13:08, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

Adding filming location citations

Last year, I tried to add some information and citations for filming locations that I catalog on my website, www.Set-Jetter.com. At the time, there were issues as they felt I was self-promoting or advertising my website. (FYI, it is an informational only website, there or no ads or other revenue generating items.)

I think the confusion was because I was not considered a verifiable expert in the field. However, I see some of my peers are allowed to post. If you need to verify more background information on me, I am a writer for HorrorHound magazine, write articles for Horror's Hallowed Grounds, and also produce some filming location videos for blurays, most recently, The Incredible Shrinking Woman, Silent Night Deadly Night, and Silent Night Deadly Night Part 2.

Thank you in advance and let me know how I can share these filming locations information on wikipedia. (EDIT: If you need proof of my authorship, please let me know and I can provide.)

Robert Patterson — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rmpatterson (talk • contribs) 19:14, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

Rmpatterson, Wikipedia does not rely on the knowledge of its contributors. Whether you are an expert in the field, verifiable or not, is irrelevant. Rather, Wikipedia relies on what has been published in reliable independent sources. If you cite such sources, the information you provide on filming locations is likely to be accepted. Maproom (talk) 20:57, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

December 17

How can I change the title of a wikipedia page?

I am trying to change the page entitled "He Hymn of Death" to The Hymn of Death. Please tell me how to do this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cgwm (talk • contribs) 00:04, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

@Cgwm: The title is changed by 'moving' to a new location. This is done via the 'more' tab at the top of the page. It might be an idea to make a note on the article talk page with any sources that are available to support the correct title. Eagleash (talk) 00:59, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

The page He Hymn of Death has been moved to Hymn of Death. --Orange Mike | Talk 05:01, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

Book Author

Helllo. How does an Author get added to the author list. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ig-oliver (talk • contribs) 15:22, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

Do you mean one of our List of English writers articles? As you can see, all the links in those lists are blue, which means that they lead to an existing article about that person. That's the standard for our list articles. To get an article, an author must be notable. That is they must have been written about extensively in reliable, independent publications. Rojomoke (talk) 15:54, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

ADDRESS

What is the address of WIKIPEDIA? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:98A:303:D1E0:95F2:4C3B:2D24:7890 (talk) 17:00, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

Which address are you looking for? 331dot (talk) 17:06, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

If you're trying to send a donation, the address can be found here. †dismas†|^(talk) 21:26, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

donation

I'd be glad to donate to Wikipedia, but I don't put my credit card info online, where can I send a personal check? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.193.47.27 (talk) 18:00, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

An address to mail a check to can be found here. Note that as an unregistered user, you will likely keep getting automatic notices requesting donations as that system does not know if you have donated or not. If you register an account you can turn the notices off. 331dot (talk) 18:25, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

Photo image rights, syntax, for (English) article Yisroel Zev Gustman

It is used in the Hebrew article, and the photo can load in my browser as https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%91%D7%A5:Gustman.jpg.

The uploader says he is MeVaTayr, means waves, ... LirShus HaRaBim, to the public, BeChoL HaO-Lam, worldwide.

The file is https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/he/4/47/Gustman.jpg

• Can this photo be used in the English article; I've seen photos in (English) articles with non-English text in the photo's page, such as for some IBM mainframes, so my inclination is that the answer is yes.
• Since "File:" for Gustman.jpg doesn't seem to work, and the Hebrew article uses a prefix that transliterates to KoVaytz (Colon) followed by (in English) Gustman.jpg
  • What is the syntax to use @ Infobox person's "image=" Pi314m (talk) 18:32, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

Hello, Pi314m. As you say, the uploading user has explicitly waived all rights in the image. However, it is not technically possible to use a file that is in another Wikipedia. But the second box on the File description page says that it is a candidate for transferring to Wikimedia Commons (he:wiki:ויקישיתוף). Once it has been transferred, then it can be used in any Wikipedia (in fact, any Wikimedia project). I believe any user can do this transfer, though I've never done it myself. See Moving files to Commons for how to do it from enwiki: I presume it is the same from hewiki.

Once the file is in Commons, it can be used with the "File:" prefix like any other file. Note that the documentation for {{infobox person}} says of the "image =" parameter: " filename only, no "File:" or "Image:" prefix, and no enclosing brackets ". --ColinFine (talk) 20:52, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

Request for deletion hanging fire

I nominated Character matrix printer for deletion. Nobody seems to have noticed: it doesn't appear on the list of discussions, nobody's voted on it, and no administrator has acted on it after 2 weeks. Am I doing something wrong? Isaac Rabinovitch (talk) 18:40, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

@Isaac Rabinovitch: Some of the steps at WP:AFDHOW had not been completed. There were missing headings at the deletion discussion and I don't think it had been added to the log per step III. I have fixed that now (I hope!) and I expect the 'time' starts again from now. Cheers. Eagleash (talk) 19:41, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

Even if you never use it for anything else, Twinkle makes these deletion nominations delightfully simple: Noyster (talk), 20:13, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

@Eagleash: That does look like a very useful tool, thanks for mentioning it. And for fixing my submission. Though I wish procedures on WP weren't so ****ing complicated. Isaac Rabinovitch (talk) 21:17, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

It was actually Noyster who mentioned it; ...I tend to shy away from such 'witchcraft'! Eagleash (talk) 01:34, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

Page for an athlete

Hello I am sports agent in Charlotte NC and I am trying to create a page for an athlete — Preceding unsigned comment added by GolfFan1 (talk • contribs) 20:37, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

As an agent, you probably have a WP:Conflict of interest, and might need to comply with the policy on WP:Paid status. You could request an article at WP:Requested articles. Dbfirs 21:02, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Hello, GolfFan1. Creating a new article is one of the more difficult tasks on Wikipedia; but any user is entitled to try it: see your first article for lots of information about this.

Your wording gives me reason to think that it might be even harder for you to do this than usual case, because you probably have a conflict of interest, you may very well be considered at doing paid editing, and you are probably at risk of including promotional material. Please understand that Wikipedia is an encyclopaedia, not a business directory or showcase; and that an article about your athlete will not be necessarily contribute usefully to their online presence (see WP:PRIDE) It should be based almost entirely what people who have no connection with them have previously chosen to publish about them, and neither the athlete nor their associates will have any control whatever over the contents of the article. If you are satisfied that the athlete is notable in the special sense that Wikipedia uses the word (if not, it will be a waste of your time even trying any further), then please read all the pages carefully that I have linked to before you proceed any further. --ColinFine (talk) 21:06, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

Is the text formatted properly?

An editor changed subsection headings ("Domestic" and "Foreign") from using equal signs (=) to using a semicolon in the wikicode. I was wondering if that is appropriate and if you could provide a link with the guidance. Thanks. Thinker78 (talk) 22:10, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

@Thinker78: I believe the equal signs should be restored. Help:Wikitext#Lists mentions that semicolons are used for descriptions lists, which does not seem to be the case here. Further, the page states Do not use a semicolon (;) simply to bold a line without defining a value using a colon (:). This usage renders invalid HTML5 and creates issues with screen readers. Hope this helps! –FlyingAce^✈hello 00:35, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

I agree. One minor point to take care with: at the same time, that editor also added a reference to the "Foreign" heading. When you change it back to a proper heading (with = signs) that ref will have to be moved out of the heading, to some text. --Gronk Oz (talk) 08:00, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

Peer review process

Hi, I'm interested in editing the wiki article about my workplace. I understand that this potentially raises a COI issue, but I am not sure how to start the peer review process? Do I need to contact specific editors? The particular editor who raised this issue initially and deleted all of my previous contributions to the article is now actually blocked by Wikipedia, so I am not sure if I can contact them. Thank you! Irenepark89 (talk) 22:38, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

Good form would be that on the talk page of the article, you may suggest the changes you want to be made to the article. Then wait for response from the community; if no one objects for a reasonable time, include those changes. Lourdes 02:51, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

@Irenepark89: as Lourdes says, add your suggested edits in section on the article's talk page. Place the magic incantation {{request edit}} (with the curly brackets) in the section. This will attract the attention of an editor. That editor will make the changes if the editor thinks they are appropriate. Declare your COI on your user page. If your job can be thought of even broadly to include publicizing your company, then you are a paid editor (WP:PAID), not just an editor with a COI. This is not a problem, just a fact, and you must declare this (e.g., on your user page) to comply with our terms of service. Don't be put off by all this, your contributions are likely to be valuable, but we do want a second set of eyes on them to mitigate any unconscious bias. -Arch dude (talk) 03:47, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

List of wedding guests of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle

I have accidently wiped a bit off - sorry Srbernadette (talk) 23:09, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

Restored. You can do this yourself. General Ization ^Talk 23:16, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

Pity you didn't get all of it. Britmax (talk) 23:22, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

Submission of article drafts

Hello. I have a draft article for submission pending. You nay find it here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Fully_Feathered_Baskets . Since I've posted this, I've written two more articles and have another I am working on. They are currently in a Word document, not in my sandbox. How do I get these drafts submitted while I've may sandbox occupied by one which is pending? I look forward to hearing from someone.174.50.180.236 (talk) 23:24, 17 December 2018 (UTC)Sorry, just realized I was not logged in.Hu Nhu (talk) 23:28, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

Hi Hu Nhu Welcome to Help desk. Your draft article Draft:Fully Feathered Baskets in NOT in your sandbox but in the pool of drafts waiting in review. You could go to Article_wizard - see HERE to get you new article set up. Once you deemed is good for review just click the submit button. For any question on Article of Creation (AfC), you could go to AfC help desk for assistance - see Wikipedia:WikiProject Articles for creation/Help desk. Thank you. CASSIOPEIA^(talk) 04:36, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

December 18

Family of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge

Please don't get angry - I have added a citation which is from a college magazine so the publisher is hard to ascertain. Please fix Ref number 99 on this page. Thanks Srbernadette (talk) 03:16, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

The publisher of a college or school magazine can be assumed to be the college or school, in this case Roedean School. General Ization ^Talk 03:27, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

Serge Lazareff Page

Good morning, I created a page talking about the person Serge Lazareff. I'm working for NATO and we have a directive to institutionalize a "Serge Lazareff Prize", which is for the persons who did something good for legal services. This prize was authorized by a directive from our Chief of Staff (4 stars general). Now I received the information than I cannot talk about persons, I cannot promote persons. This person already died, and is our Patron, for our Legal Office at NATO. I would like to publish a page with Serge Lazareff photo and writing about his life, also explain what the prize means. Please I will wait for help in this matter. Have a nice day

Kind regards