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Resize Picture

I just helped a friend move her sandbox article to the main space and it went smoothly. The picture, however, is a little big and doesn't rescale well on a mobile device. How can we make it a little smaller? I don't think the width/height should be more than 300 pixels. The present height is 360 pixels. The article is Ken Kimmelman.

Also, can we make the photo title/credit flush left instead of center?

Thank you for your help. Lore E. Mariano (talk) 20:34, 9 August 2019 (UTC)

If you resize the image to 300px it will be larger than its now and will appear oversized with respect to the infobox, so there's really no need for that. It's currently at the default thumbnail size of 220 pixels, the same way as hundreds of thousands images. I have also removed the credit line completely. So no need of any alignment. We don't credit images, if anyone wants see image's author they can look up that info at the file's description page. – Ammarpad (talk) 20:53, 9 August 2019 (UTC)

Thank you. Now we are having problems with the copyright. "No file named Ken_Kimmelman_by_Amy Dienes-2012.jpg has been uploaded to Wikimedia Commons." I thought when she uploaded it, it was stored in Commons. Lore E. Mariano (talk) 23:46, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

The file is there, at commons:File:Photo_of_Ken_Kimmelman_by_Amy_Dienes.jpg (you were looking at the caption rather than the file title), but it doesn't have evidence of permission from the copyright holder. - David Biddulph (talk) 07:00, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Got it. Thank you! Lore E. Mariano (talk) 14:06, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

New guidance on copyright

I notice that the template to upload graphics now has a new section on copyright, which indicates that graphics originally published in the U.S. without a copyright notice (before a certain date) can now be freely added to Wikipedia. Can anybody here refer me to the WP:Discussion which led to this addition? I am certainly not opposed to it, but I wonder how and where the decision was made to change a previous long-held guideline. Thanks. BeenAroundAWhile (talk) 18:43, 10 August 2019 (UTC)

BeenAroundAWhile, I am guessing the template has a talk page where questions like yours are rightfully asked, and answered. If the change is as big as you imply, the relevant edit summary might point to the discussion as well, one can certainly hope. It seems not many who know about the issue usually pass through the Teahouse. Usedtobecool ^✉ ✨ 20:57, 11 August 2019 (UTC)

Thanks. There was no discussion on that template's talk page. I guess you're right about the Teahouse; I was trying for a quick answer instead of poking around to find it myself, which I shall do right now. Not cool of me, even though I've BeenAroundAWhile (talk) 06:59, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

How do I update an existing logo image?

My organization, the American Society of Nephrology, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Society_of_Nephrology, recently updated their logo. I am trying to update the image file here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:American_Society_of_Nephrology_Logo.png, but I don't see a mechanism to do so, and the page itself says, "you cannot overwrite this file". Is there a way to edit this logo, or do I need to create a brand new upload? The data organization part of my brain would certainly prefer the former, as having two versions floating around just bugs me.

Thanks for any guidance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Halnesbitt (talk • contribs) 23:09, 10 August 2019 (UTC)

I updated it. The older version will be deleted soon. – Ammarpad (talk) 15:20, 11 August 2019 (UTC)

Thank you so much, Ammarpad! I really appreciate the help, and the quick response. However, the logo that is in place now, is the alternate version, with white text, which you can't really see on the page. Is there any chance I can get you to update it to the regular version, located here: https://www.asn-online.org/images/pages/logos/asn.png. Or if there is a way for me to do it, please let me know. Thanks again. Halnesbitt (talk) 01:56, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Rock bottom?

Good evening. I was just wondering if it was possible within Wikipedia’s limits. Thanks! WPK21 (talk) 08:51, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

@WPK21: Can you be more specific? —[AlanM1(talk)]— 09:54, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

If it's aboiut the category you created, I can't say. I have no idea what the new army is, or why I should care if there are Wikipedians in it. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 11:09, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

Courtesy: WPK21 has created a category and put self in it Category:Wikipedians in The New Army. It is up for Speedy deletion. There is no separate article for The New Army. David notMD (talk) 12:04, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

I have fixed a link to the category in the above note. --CiaPan (talk) 12:39, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

Oh, I forgot to add the code snippet! It looked like this:

__NEWSECTIONLINK__

WPK21 (talk) 17:47, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

Two editors now claim to be in "The New Army" but there is no information on what that is. WPK21 claims " I am referring to the group of editors who emerged late 2017." Still looks like a prank to me. David notMD (talk) 21:51, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

One account of “the group of editors who emerged late 2017” has been created on 6 April 2019 (T2Bean), the other one on 5 August 2019 (WPK21). The latter one started their activity on Wikipedia from creating a brand new userbox, and the same day they took part in AFD (vote). Very unusual I'd say... It smells like a sock-farm to me. --CiaPan (talk) 07:26, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Yup —[AlanM1(talk)]— 05:11, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

Uploading a photo to a profile

Hi,

I am a new user and have been asked to upload a photo to an article by the individual (Ian Budge - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Budge) about whom the article is written. I have created an account so am now able to log in but would appreciate guidance on how to go about adding the photo please. If anyone can provide me with the step by step process by which to do this I shall be very grateful!

Many thanks

Steve — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.234.255.25 (talk) 17:22, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

Hello. Use the file upload wizard to upload the picture you want. In the file upload wizard, you will be asked questions (some required) about the file's copyright status, and stuff like that. When you have answered all the required questions, your file will be on Wikipedia. Hope this helps. --LPS and MLP Fan (LittlestPetShop) (MyLittlePony) 17:38, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

That's not quite true. Your image will be on Wikipedia Commons, and you must then link to it in the article for it to appear there. If you took the photograph, then you can release it with the appropriate licence, but if you were not the photographer then you might run into copyright problems. Dbfirs 18:35, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

One further point, Steve. You say you have been asked to upload a photo. That suggests you may have a connection wtih Budge. If that is the case, then you need to read about how Wikipedia handles conflict of interest. You are not forbidden to edit the article if you know him - and adding a properly licensed picture is almost certainly acceptable - but you need to be careful. The article is not a "profile" by the way: that suggests a piece that is at least approved by the subject. The approval of the subject of a Wikipedia is neither asked for nor required. --ColinFine (talk) 20:08, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

Error In Article

Sir/Madam, I found an error in an article. Where I need to report about this? The article is related to "First assamese magazine". In that article it is said that First assamese magazine is "Arunodoy". But it is not correct. First assamese magazine is "Jonaki". "Arunodoy" is first assamese newspaper & "Dainik batori" is first assamese daily newspaper.

Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 223.179.221.73 (talk) 17:55, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

You don’t need to ask someone to correct the error for you, unless the page is protected. You can correct the error yourself. Remember to be bold when editing. LPS and MLP Fan (LittlestPetShop) (MyLittlePony) 18:04, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

Please remember to provide a reliable source though, when you change or add substantial content on Wikipedia. If you don't want to edit the article yourself, you can also leave a message with your suggestion at the article's talkpage (at Talk:article title). Just adding a few convenience links, if anyone else wants to look into the question in more detail: History of Assamese literature, Orunodoi and Jonaki (magazine). GermanJoe (talk) 18:47, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

Publishing my wikipedia page

I am trying to create my personal Wikipedia page, having trouble.

Why can I not see my Wikipedia page when I google it, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Avivah_Wittenberg-Cox

Thanks for your help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Avivah Wittenberg-Cox (talk • contribs)

Hi Avivah_Wittenberg-Cox and welcome to the Teahouse. Sorry to disappoint you but your Wikipedia page should not be used for an article about yourself. See WP:User pages. It is for you to tell other editors a bit about yourself in the context of your editing of Wikipedia, but it will be deleted if it looks like a fake article. Wikipedia does not have personal pages because it is an encyclopaedia, not a social media platform. It has articles about notable people, but they are not under the control of the subject. You might also like to read WP:Autobiography. Dbfirs 18:30, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

Now deleted. David notMD (talk) 21:54, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

Nick Fuentes

is he notable enough to have an article written about him ? Could he be included in other articles ? General Nathan Bedford Forrest (talk) 18:21, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

Per WP:BIO, “A person is presumed to be notable if he or she has received significant coverage in reliable secondary sources that are independent of the subject.” So, you should look up the person you want to write about and use sites that are reliable, not WP:UGC, not WP:QUESTIONABLE, and not self-published. Make sure that the person you are writing about fits this criteria, and you should be good to go. LPS and MLP Fan (LittlestPetShop) (MyLittlePony) 19:14, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

Help with revising a draft needed

Hello Experts

I tried - putting a lot of work into it - to write my first Wikipedia entry about an artist who is in the business since more than 20 years. I submitted the article and got the following feedback: "This submission's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article—that is, they do not show significant coverage (not just passing mentions) about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject (see the guidelines on the notability of music-related topics). Before any resubmission, additional references meeting these criteria should be added (see technical help and learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue). If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia." Certainly nothing unusual for more experienced people like you. The links I put on the article to show this artists international career were for example newspaper reviews. I'm afraid I don't understand what isn't "significant, reliable, secondary source and independent about this. It might also just be, that I haven't technically understood how to submit references with "ref", all I placed were links. I'd very much appreciate if one of you could help me with a contact who knows how to do this. There is no doubt, this artist deserves a Wikipedia entry. Many thanks and best wishes, --Fmkaiser (talk) 19:44, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fmkaiser (talk • contribs) 19:30, 12 August 2019 (UTC) 

Hi Fmkaiser and welcome to the Teahouse. I haven't looked at all of your eighteen references, but can you point us to two or three that are independent (not interviews or publicity) and discuss the subject in detail? Dbfirs 19:58, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

Hi Dbfirs! Thanks for your fast reply. Sorry if my question is "stupid", but how can I point you to links here? Of course I'm happy to send you some links to international newspaper reviews, that aren't interviews nor publicity, but reviews of the artists performance and therefore independent. And I'm happy to discuss how I can revise the article so things get in the right way.

Fmkaiser (talk) 20:11, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

Just tell us which numbers in your draft. If you can find better references, then add those first because the numbers will change. Dbfirs 20:14, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

ok, take a look at 1, 3, 5, 7, or 13, 14 etc.

Fmkaiser (talk) 20:58, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

I'll leave it to someone who can read German to check 1, 3 and 5, but they look like brief mentions to me. Number 7 is just a brief mention. 13 and 14 are better but are about her performances. Can you find places where she is discussed at length? Dbfirs 21:40, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

References 1, 3 and 5 are all about her performances too. Maybe a somewhere between 7 and 13/14 though. Sorry, Gehenna1510 (talk) 22:47, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

The artist is on stage since more than 20 years. Parts of her career don't happen online, but in print media, which I can't access. Interviews are not allowed, reference 11 might therefore be tricky, although it says more. If you could compare my draft with the Wikipedia article about Paula Murrihy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paula_Murrihy), can you please explain me what the difference of references is? Or differently asked, why did the article about Paula Murrihy get approval while my draft isn't? Thanks a lot, really appreciate your help and input! --Fmkaiser (talk) 06:34, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Fmkaiser The Oper Frankfurt link for example had more about Murrihy than just a critique about her performance. The Scottish Symphony Orchestra article possibly even more (This one is not in the webarchive). You can add offline sources with the {{cite news}} template. It would like this (the parts behind the = is what you provide) <ref>{{cite news|last=last name of the aricles author|first=first name of the articles author|title=title of the article|date=publishing date of the article|newspaper=the newspaper/magazine where the article is found}}</ref> you can add more parameters like volume=, issue= or page= if you know them. Sources needs to be published, but they do not need to be available online, as long as you provide the necessary informations interested people need to get them. Gehenna1510 (talk) 13:55, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Thank you Gehenna1510 for your input. I will look further into it on the weekend when I have more time. Will get back once I have found more.

--Fmkaiser (talk) 19:54, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Adding pictures to your articles

I want to know how to add pictures in my articles. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mr.Kngs (talk • contribs) 19:46, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

Hi Mr.Kngs and welcome to the Teahouse. In general, images must either be provably free of all copyright, or taken by yourself, then you can upload them to Wikipedia Commons and link to the upload in the article. See WP:Upload for details. There are rare copyright exceptions when WP:Fair use might apply, and in this case the image must be uploaded direct to Wikipedia, not Commons. Dbfirs 19:53, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

Trouble finding my article

I have recently published an article about the rugby player Tapiwa Tsomondo and whenever I search for my article I can't find it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mr.Kngs (talk • contribs) 19:59, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

That's because your article is still in your sandbox, and this will never be indexed by Google. At present, your sandbox doesn't look at all like an article, and contains not a single reference, so don't submit it for review yet. It needs a lot more work. I suggest that you find independent WP:Reliable sources in which Tapiwa Tsomondo has been discussed at length, then summarise in your own words what these sources say. You might like to look at articles on other footballers to get an idea of what an article should look like. You might also like to read WP:Referencing for beginners. Dbfirs 20:06, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

Please note that all of your recent edits to articles have been reverted, many of them because you removed references. Please do not do this unless you replace them with better references. You might like to try The Wikipedia Adventure to get some practice in editing. Dbfirs 20:12, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

How do I publish an article

I have written an article about the rugby player player Cammeron Dawson,and would like to know how to publish it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mr.Kngs (talk • contribs) 20:30, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

As for your last attempt, you first need to find WP:Reliable sources and summarise those in your own words, using in-line references. Have you read WP:Referencing for beginners and WP:Your first article. Have you looked at articles already published to see what is required? Dbfirs 21:01, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

Artist Information

Can I write an article of an artist in our locale? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 197.183.67.243 (talk) 22:28, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

This artist would need to meet Wikipedia's special definition of a notable artist, written at WP:NARTIST, and they would need to have significant coverage in independent reliable sources that goes beyond routine coverage(press releases, routine announcements). Without knowing who it is, it's hard to say, but just local coverage might not be enough. 331dot (talk) 22:33, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

Equestrian/ Horse Racing

I would like to know how to become more active and help edit any Equestrian or horse racing related content. I notice that you do not currently have anyone for this or am I wrong? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Exactaman (talk • contribs) 22:30, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

@Exactaman: Hello and welcome to the Teahouse, and thanks for being willing to contribute. You could try going to Wikipedia:WikiProject Horse racing to see what might need to be done in that area and if other editors there can offer suggestions. 331dot (talk) 22:35, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

Infobox and wikidata

Hi. I have a bunch of biographies I'm planning to create/improve. Many of the subjects are already in wikidata. I recall at one point finding an infobox that pulls its information from wikidata, but I can't find it (the template, or an example of its use), can anyone help? Further to that, it seems to me that avoiding entering the same information in an infobox that is already stored in wikidata is a good idea, but are there any reasons why this would not be a good idea? I don't see the template used anywhere that I look, but is it just because it is new or because its use is debatable or people don't know about it? DrThneed (talk) 22:34, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

Hi DrThneed. See Template:Infobox person/Wikidata. However its use is somewhat controversial here. Vandalism at Wikidata is often undetected here (and often not detected there either since there are fewer editors to patrol) and has led to some highly visible problems. StarryGrandma (talk) 23:02, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

Thanks StarryGrandma. I'll hold off on using wikidata infoboxes until the community sorts some of these issues out. For others reading this, I found a useful discussion of some of the issues here Wikipedia:Wikidata/2018_Infobox_RfC#How_is_Wikidata_information_included_in_Wikipedia? DrThneed (talk) 23:36, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

Bear in mind, DrThneed, that infoboxes, like images, are the icing on the cake: something that may be added to an article to make it look prettier. Neither of them is a substitute for the important part of an article, which is citing and summarising the reliable sources. --ColinFine (talk) 15:13, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

"LENI WYLLIAMS" re-write blind-siding

inked here is the LENI WYLLIAMS article on which I've been working and incorporating ongoing revisions: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Paynethymaya/sandbox . I've now developed a version which divides the material into sections - Qualities / Career / Murder / Wylliams/Henry Danse Theatre - which I'd intended to edit into the linked Sandbox page. However I'm not being allowed to edited within the "graphic" format as seen in the link. It seems I'm not able to utilize all that's come before - the relatively extensive footnoting, internal/external linking, typographic-styling, etc., etc. Otherwise, all prior input, all that's come before seems to have been lost, and presents a major obstacle/setback. Below is my revised text [without footnoting, linking, styling, etc.]

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Leni Wylliams [1][2][3] [4] (born in Denver, January 15, 1961 – September 13, 1996) was an African-American modern dancer / master teacher / choreographer. Qualities Fellow-artistic-director Mary Pat Henry described Williams as having “one the most articulate bodies” in which one “could see every muscle and every move of the dance as it moved through him”.[10] Wylliams was lauded by Kansas City Star classical-music-editor Scott Cantrell as having danced with “the quality of radium” and moving “with power and fine-tuned precision, but also with a riveting ecstasy”. After being witness to a solo danced by Wylliams, Katherine Dunham told Wyllaims “you are pure poetry”. [5] The November 1983 performance by Wylliams as "Profit Jones" in Eleo Pomare’s Radiance of the Dark during Eleo Pomare Dance Company’s 25th anniversary season was reported in a New York Times’ review as being “show stopping”. [6] May 1985’s New York Times review of dances presented by Jose Limon Dance Company’s Clay Taliaferro cited “the impressive Leni Wylliams”.[8] At the Fred Benjamin Dance Company's twentieth year celebration during September 1989, Wylliams danced the solo Illuminations, which Benjamin remarked "just about stopped the show!" [10] Gordon Parks recalled that one of his most challenging projects was Martin and that the one who had kept him together was Wylliams. [6] While creating choreography, Wylliams was seen being “almost trance-like” as though “he had a channel to The Devine” with material pouring out “fast and so furiously” generating “beautiful ballets in a short period of time”.[5] As an instructor, Wyllliams was praised as having the incredible ability to inspire dancers to believe In themselves – to believe the impossible was possible. If they worked hard, they could achieve whatever in dance they wanted. Dancers adored Wylliams and trusted him so implicitly they would give him their all. [5] If a class was stuck, Wylliams would sing Summertime and tell the students to start moving to it. At question-and-answer sessions following end-of-residencies performances during which Wylliams “wowed” student audiences, he was oftentimes begged to sing Summertime as he had so often done while he taught. [10] Career Wylliams began to pursue dance training at the Denver-based school of Cleo Parker Robinson during his early teens and subsequently advanced to performing in her company – Cleo Parker Dance Ensemble – until 1982 when at the invitation of Eleo Pomare, he moved to New York City to appear with Eleo Pomare Dance Company. [5] Ultimately, Pomare set all of his solos on Wylliams - entrusting Wylliams to dance all of the roles he - Pomare - had created and performed for himself. Wylliams, too, danced in the companies of Jose Limon, Pina Bausch, Paul Sanasardo, Donald Byrd, Fred Benjamin, Rod Rodgers, as well as with Netherlands Danse Theatre and Forces of Nature Dance Theatre Company.[7] Wylliams choreographed for ballet and modern dance companies around the world.[11] He taught in Russia, East Germany, Asia, and throughout the United States. Williams, too, was a visiting professor of dance at the University of Missouri-Kansas City’s Conservatory of Music.[7] In Boston during the late-1980s-into-very-early-1990s, Wylliams was interim-artistic-director of the Danny Sloan Dance Company; was founding artistic director of Wyll/Danse Theatre; collaborated with multi-Emmy-Award-winning-television-producer Barbara Barrow-Murray; appeared with Sarah Caldwell’s -Opera Company of Boston [OCB]; was assistant choreographer to renown-Broadway-choreographer Patricia Birch for the OCB’s staging of Leonard Bernstein’s "Mass”, as well as for an OCB engagement at the Bolshoi in Moscow. [10] Wylliams was assistant choreographer for Martin, a ballet tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr. with music and libretto by Gordon Parks which premiered in Washington, D.C. during 1989 and was screened on national television on King's birthday in 1990. Wylliams, too, assisted Carmen de Lavallade in choreographing the Metropolitan Opera’s 1990 staging of Porgy and Bess .[10] Wylliams met Mary Pat Henry while both were guest artists at a festival in Vancouver, BC, Canada. It was there that they both became aware of their remarkably-similar visions of dance and its history.[12] Soon after, Henry relocated to the University of Missouri / Kansas City to teach at its Conservatory of Music and then beckoned Wylliams to move there too.[13] During 1991, the two of them founded Wylliams/Henry Danse Theatre [WHDT] and were its co-artistic-directors. In 1992, Wylliams choreographed what was to become his signature solo - Sweet In The Morning - with vocals by Bobby McFerrin. [14] Wylliams performed his Sweet In The Morning during “Masters Night” on Wednesday, July 3 at the 1996 National Black Arts Festival [NBAF] in Atlanta, GA. That signature solo danced by Wylliams was shown along with a select array of presentations by other NBAF performance artists in a televised documentary of the festival - Ark of the Spirit with Avery Brooks - produced by. Turner Broadcasting System[15] Just over two months later, the life and career of Wylliams came to a gruesome end. Murder During the morning of Friday, September 13, 1996, Wylliams was found slain – bludgeoned, doused with a flammable, and set on fire – inside the bedroom of his Kansas City home. The Jackson County medical examiner’s office determined Wylliams had died of blunt trauma and smoke inhalation. [2] On September 17, 1996, suspect Timothy O. Evans - 26 years old - turned himself in to face charges of first-degree murder and armed criminal action. Evans’ fingerprints had been found on Wylliams’ car, on the front door of his home, and on the 10-pound steel dumbbell used in the bludgeoning. Wylliams’ blood was found on shoes and clothing belonging to Evans. Prior to his encounter with Wylliams, Evans had told acquaintances he was going out to “jack” [rob] someone.[2] December 11, 1997, Evans was found guilty of first-degree murder, first-degree arson and armed criminal action. On January 30, 1998, he was given a life sentence in the beating death, a life sentence for armed criminal action, plus 15 years for first-degree arson.[2] Wylliams was survived by his mother Allice Ollie; his stepfather Esau Ollie; his sisters Kimberly M., Dana Y. and Rebecca D. Williams - all of Denver, CO; as well as by his father Harold Williams Jr. of Harrisburg, PA and his paternal-grandmother Mattie L. Faulkner of Coraopolis, PA. [7] Wylliams/Henry Danse Theatre The company built by co-artistic-directors Leni Wyllaims and Mary Pat Henry changed the face of dance in the Midwest.[12] Wylliams/Henry Danse Theatre - now known as Wylliams/Henry Contemporary Dance Company - continues to present with a range of more than 100 works that is as broad as any company in America.[12] It’s known for its beautiful, athletic style[9] and its presentation of powerful, uplifting works from a rich archive of American modern dance. The company’s repertory - ranging from the lyric to the avant garde - contains not only their own works, but dances by an array of internationally-acclaimed choreographers. [13] . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . .. . . .. . .. . .. .. .. . .. .. . . .. .. ... . . . . .. ... .. .. . .... ... . ... . . .. . . .. . .. . .. .. .... . . . .

Is there any way for me to regain editing capabilities within my Sandbox document [linked at the beginning of this talk] in the exact same format as it was previously functioning ? Paynethymaya (talk) 23:57, 12 August 2019 (UTC)Paynethymaya

inked here is the LENI WYLLIAMS article on which I've been working and incorporating ongoing revisions: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Paynethymaya/sandbox . I've now developed a version which divides the material into sections - Qualities / Career / Murder / Wylliams/Henry Danse Theatre - which I'd intended to edit into the linked Sandbox page. However I'm not being allowed to edited within the "graphic" format as seen in the link. It seems I'm not able to utilize all that's come before - the relatively extensive footnoting, internal/external linking, typographic-styling, etc., etc. Otherwise, all prior input, all that's come before seems to have been lost, and presents a major obstacle/setback. Below is my revised text [without footnoting, linking, styling, etc.]

Extended content

Leni Wylliams [1][2][3] [4] (born in Denver, January 15, 1961 – September 13, 1996) was an African-American modern dancer / master teacher / choreographer. Qualities Fellow-artistic-director Mary Pat Henry described Williams as having “one the most articulate bodies” in which one “could see every muscle and every move of the dance as it moved through him”.[10] Wylliams was lauded by Kansas City Star classical-music-editor Scott Cantrell as having danced with “the quality of radium” and moving “with power and fine-tuned precision, but also with a riveting ecstasy”. After being witness to a solo danced by Wylliams, Katherine Dunham told Wyllaims “you are pure poetry”. [5] The November 1983 performance by Wylliams as "Profit Jones" in Eleo Pomare’s Radiance of the Dark during Eleo Pomare Dance Company’s 25th anniversary season was reported in a New York Times’ review as being “show stopping”. [6] May 1985’s New York Times review of dances presented by Jose Limon Dance Company’s Clay Taliaferro cited “the impressive Leni Wylliams”.[8] At the Fred Benjamin Dance Company's twentieth year celebration during September 1989, Wylliams danced the solo Illuminations, which Benjamin remarked "just about stopped the show!" [10] Gordon Parks recalled that one of his most challenging projects was Martin and that the one who had kept him together was Wylliams. [6] While creating choreography, Wylliams was seen being “almost trance-like” as though “he had a channel to The Devine” with material pouring out “fast and so furiously” generating “beautiful ballets in a short period of time”.[5] As an instructor, Wyllliams was praised as having the incredible ability to inspire dancers to believe In themselves – to believe the impossible was possible. If they worked hard, they could achieve whatever in dance they wanted. Dancers adored Wylliams and trusted him so implicitly they would give him their all. [5] If a class was stuck, Wylliams would sing Summertime and tell the students to start moving to it. At question-and-answer sessions following end-of-residencies performances during which Wylliams “wowed” student audiences, he was oftentimes begged to sing Summertime as he had so often done while he taught. [10] Career Wylliams began to pursue dance training at the Denver-based school of Cleo Parker Robinson during his early teens and subsequently advanced to performing in her company – Cleo Parker Dance Ensemble – until 1982 when at the invitation of Eleo Pomare, he moved to New York City to appear with Eleo Pomare Dance Company. [5] Ultimately, Pomare set all of his solos on Wylliams - entrusting Wylliams to dance all of the roles he - Pomare - had created and performed for himself. Wylliams, too, danced in the companies of Jose Limon, Pina Bausch, Paul Sanasardo, Donald Byrd, Fred Benjamin, Rod Rodgers, as well as with Netherlands Danse Theatre and Forces of Nature Dance Theatre Company.[7] Wylliams choreographed for ballet and modern dance companies around the world.[11] He taught in Russia, East Germany, Asia, and throughout the United States. Williams, too, was a visiting professor of dance at the University of Missouri-Kansas City’s Conservatory of Music.[7] In Boston during the late-1980s-into-very-early-1990s, Wylliams was interim-artistic-director of the Danny Sloan Dance Company; was founding artistic director of Wyll/Danse Theatre; collaborated with multi-Emmy-Award-winning-television-producer Barbara Barrow-Murray; appeared with Sarah Caldwell’s -Opera Company of Boston [OCB]; was assistant choreographer to renown-Broadway-choreographer Patricia Birch for the OCB’s staging of Leonard Bernstein’s "Mass”, as well as for an OCB engagement at the Bolshoi in Moscow. [10] Wylliams was assistant choreographer for Martin, a ballet tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr. with music and libretto by Gordon Parks which premiered in Washington, D.C. during 1989 and was screened on national television on King's birthday in 1990. Wylliams, too, assisted Carmen de Lavallade in choreographing the Metropolitan Opera’s 1990 staging of Porgy and Bess .[10] Wylliams met Mary Pat Henry while both were guest artists at a festival in Vancouver, BC, Canada. It was there that they both became aware of their remarkably-similar visions of dance and its history.[12] Soon after, Henry relocated to the University of Missouri / Kansas City to teach at its Conservatory of Music and then beckoned Wylliams to move there too.[13] During 1991, the two of them founded Wylliams/Henry Danse Theatre [WHDT] and were its co-artistic-directors. In 1992, Wylliams choreographed what was to become his signature solo - Sweet In The Morning - with vocals by Bobby McFerrin. [14] Wylliams performed his Sweet In The Morning during “Masters Night” on Wednesday, July 3 at the 1996 National Black Arts Festival [NBAF] in Atlanta, GA. That signature solo danced by Wylliams was shown along with a select array of presentations by other NBAF performance artists in a televised documentary of the festival - Ark of the Spirit with Avery Brooks - produced by. Turner Broadcasting System[15] Just over two months later, the life and career of Wylliams came to a gruesome end. Murder During the morning of Friday, September 13, 1996, Wylliams was found slain – bludgeoned, doused with a flammable, and set on fire – inside the bedroom of his Kansas City home. The Jackson County medical examiner’s office determined Wylliams had died of blunt trauma and smoke inhalation. [2] On September 17, 1996, suspect Timothy O. Evans - 26 years old - turned himself in to face charges of first-degree murder and armed criminal action. Evans’ fingerprints had been found on Wylliams’ car, on the front door of his home, and on the 10-pound steel dumbbell used in the bludgeoning. Wylliams’ blood was found on shoes and clothing belonging to Evans. Prior to his encounter with Wylliams, Evans had told acquaintances he was going out to “jack” [rob] someone.[2] December 11, 1997, Evans was found guilty of first-degree murder, first-degree arson and armed criminal action. On January 30, 1998, he was given a life sentence in the beating death, a life sentence for armed criminal action, plus 15 years for first-degree arson.[2] Wylliams was survived by his mother Allice Ollie; his stepfather Esau Ollie; his sisters Kimberly M., Dana Y. and Rebecca D. Williams - all of Denver, CO; as well as by his father Harold Williams Jr. of Harrisburg, PA and his paternal-grandmother Mattie L. Faulkner of Coraopolis, PA. [7] Wylliams/Henry Danse Theatre The company built by co-artistic-directors Leni Wyllaims and Mary Pat Henry changed the face of dance in the Midwest.[12] Wylliams/Henry Danse Theatre - now known as Wylliams/Henry Contemporary Dance Company - continues to present with a range of more than 100 works that is as broad as any company in America.[12] It’s known for its beautiful, athletic style[9] and its presentation of powerful, uplifting works from a rich archive of American modern dance. The company’s repertory - ranging from the lyric to the avant garde - contains not only their own works, but dances by an array of internationally-acclaimed choreographers. [13] . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . .. . . .. . .. . .. .. .. . .. .. . . .. .. ... . . . . .. ... .. .. . .... ... . ... . . .. . . .. . .. . .. .. .... . . . .

Is there any way for me to regain editing capabilities within my Sandbox document [linked at the beginning of this talk] in the exact same format as it was previously functioning ? Paynethymaya (talk) 23:59, 12 August 2019 (UTC)Paynethymaya

Hello Paynethymaya and welcome to the Teahouse. Your text was a bit long for this help forum, so I've just 'collapsed' it for clarity, though anyone can expand it by clicking 'Expand' in the top bar. I'm not sure if this fully answers your question, but if you go to the 'View History' tab, you see dated entries for when you made and saved any edits to your sandbox. Just click one of the dates and you will see how the page looked after that edit was published. That should help you find content that you have since changed. (One thing in passing: Your writing style above comes across as rather anecdotal. If you keep in mind that this is an encyclopaedia, not a chatty biography site, you should be able to clear out all promotional or flowery words and keep purely to factual statements based upon published, Reliable Sources. Regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 01:51, 13 August 2019 (UTC)  

Looking for help with the Top 25 Report

Hi; I'm semi-retired from the weekly report of the top 25 most viewed articles on Wikipedia, though I do still step in from time to time to offer advice to my successors. I have been worried recently, since it seems most of my successors have fallen away and the job appears to have fallen heavily on the shoulders of User:Igordebraga, who is burning out a bit. I was wondering, would anyone be interested in sharing the burden, if only for a little while. I would but I have outside commitments. If you'd like advice on how to do it, however, I'd be happy to help :) Serendi^podous 01:20, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

@Serendipodous: I could potentially help out with this, maybe only short-term for now, but longer-term if I can handle it. Do you want to give me some more info at my talk page on what needs doing? Hug^syrup 07:35, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for seeking help. It's not as much burning out, given I'm still motivated (even if finding how to write more on things that repeat over and over is a challenge), but frustration that for all the past collaborators - just look at the annual list - no one else is appearing. Come to the report, people! You can joke, complain about current affairs, and get unorthodox. Indians are particularly welcome. igordebraga ≠ 16:28, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Have you considered asking WT:INDIA? 2.51.186.242 (talk) 16:25, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

Baldis Basics in Education and learning

Why is there no Baldi's Basics page on Wikipedia? I feel like someone has to have made one by now, right? Why, there are even figures out now! Porygon-Z (talk) 05:22, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

The simple answer is that either no one has created one, or someone has tried and it has been rejected or deleted. Plenty of notable topics do not have articles yet. Hug^syrup 07:33, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

And even if this topic doesn't currently meet WP:GNG, there are other wikis. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 07:37, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

While I do understand that, there are some problems. There are Pokemon Wikis but there are Pokemon pages here. So there should be a Baldi's page to....even though I don't know how to create pages. And besides, what's the Baldi wiki name anyway,Baldipedia? Porygon-Z (talk) 14:50, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

No, Porygon-Z474, I disagree. There is no subject in the universe that should have a page. (Actually, there is no subject in the universe that has a page, but that's a different point). There are many subjects which Wikipedia may have an article about - subjects which are notable in Wikipedia's sense - and Wikipedia has articles on some of them. There are many other subjects which Wikipedia should not have an article about: those which are not notable (Wikipedia has articles on some of them, which ought to be deleted).

The point of which is that if you think Wikipedia would be improved by having an article on Baldi's Basics (whatever that is), the best thing you could do to make it happen is to look for those reliable independent sources. If you can find them, then you have done a major step in writing the article, and either you can try it yourself, or you might be able to entice somebody else to do so. On the other hand, if you cannot find sufficient sources to establish that it is notable in Wikipedia's sense, you will know that no article is possible, and you can stop spending time on it. --ColinFine (talk) 15:28, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Well I do have to agree, but as you just made an example of, people like you that don't know what it is can read the article about it and get a reasonable sense of what it is (By the way, Baldi's Basics is a 1999 styled horror video game that involves solving math. Ever heard of "Welcome to my Schoolhouse!"?)Porygon-Z (talk) 18:42, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

How to add links

I want to know how to add links in my article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mr.Kngs (talk • contribs) 05:34, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Have you read WP:Referencing for beginners as advised above? Let is know which parts you don't understand. Dbfirs 06:54, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Also, at the end of each comment here at Teahouse or on the Talk page of an article, 'sign' you comments by typing four of ~. That way other editors know who has a query or comment. David notMD (talk) 09:13, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Creating Page for my company

Hi, I need help in creating a Wikipedia page for my company. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Selva2508 (talk • contribs) 05:48, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Hello Selva2508, and welcome to the Teahouse. You probably won't be successful, but take the time to read Wikipedia:Conflict of interest and Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies). If you still want to try, move on to Help:Your first article. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 07:24, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Hello, Selva2508 and welcome to the Teahouse. Wikipedia does not have "pages for" companies or anything else. It has articles about some companies and other subjects. These articles are not controlled by the subject, and generally contain almost nothing that the subject or its associates say or want to say: the contents should be almost entirely base on what people who have no connection with the subject have chosen to publish about it. --ColinFine (talk) 15:31, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Given that your recent editing activities have consisted solely of stripping the wikimarkup from other articles, you may find writing an article for Wikipedia somewhat difficult.--Quisqualis (talk) 20:16, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Topic: ShareChat. Isn't it notable enough to be on Wikipedia?

I've been trying to publish Wiki page for ShareChat but it's getting rejected. Need some tips: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:ShareChat — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ankurshva (talk • contribs) 06:47, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

@Ankurshva: - there are quite a lot of tips provided in the notices at the top of the draft. Do you feel you have addressed all of these, or is there some aspect of them that you don't understand? Hug^syrup 07:31, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

You have tripled the length of the draft since the last decline. However, much of what has been added - including entire sections - have no references. Either provide citations or deleted unreferenced content before submitting again. David notMD (talk) 09:22, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

You disclosed a paid relationship on your Talk page: "I work for ShareChat (company Mohalla Tech Pvt Ltd), and, as part of my job responsibilities, I am editing this Wikipedia article about ShareChat on behalf of company Mohalla Tech Pvt Ltd." This information belongs on your User page. Also, you must comply with WP:PAID. David notMD (talk) 09:24, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

It's an app available only in India, and supports several Indian languages, but not English. It might be appropriate for one of those Indian language wikis. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 09:16, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

AlanM1, that makes no sense. Either it's notable or it's not. What has the demographic it services got anything to do with anything? It's borderline inappropriate to suggest such a thing, in my opinion. Usedtobecool ^✉ ✨ 17:26, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

My concern was the bolded part – it is intentionally not useful to the English-speaking world, for whom it is not developed or targeted, with which I have no problem whatsoever. Is it of interest (notable) to enwiki readers? Doesn't notability have at least some attention to audience? Has it been covered significantly by English-language sources? I understand this is not a requirement, but it is an impediment to verifiability. I apologize if you or anyone else is offended by what I wrote; that is certainly not my intent. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 20:56, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

Just to expand a little, I can understand that mention of things not of interest to English-speakers can be useful from the standpoint of complete knowledge. They should certainly find a place in lists, etc. But if English-language sources don't find them notable enough, that seems a good indicator that a separate article may not be appropriate.

Having said all that, unless there is another ShareChat, I believe it is notable based on a quick Google search (the above was based on comments by other reviewers in the existing draft when I wrote the above). —[AlanM1(talk)]— 21:07, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

Hindi translation

How can I write Hindi version of any article ?? If Hindi version of that article isn't already written.

Help me with this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bhojpuri baby (talk • contribs) 07:24, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

You'll find advice at WP:Translate us. - David Biddulph (talk) 07:28, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Hello Bhojpuri baby, and welcome to the Teahouse. You write it on the Hindi Wikipedia, according to their policies and guidelines. You'll have to find out there what they are. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 07:29, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

You are welcome to write a translation of a Hindi article to the English Wikipedia. Make sure to include all of the references. Also, please read your first article and WP:TRANSLATE for helpful information. I hope you like it around here, please feel free to return to the Teahouse. Please sign your posts by typing four tildes (~~~~) or clicking the signature button above the edit box which looks like this: , but do not sign in articles. Regards, Willbb234^Talk (please {{ping}} me in replies) 07:31, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

@Willbb234: The question was about translating from English to Hindi, not vice versa. --David Biddulph (talk) 07:43, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

BTW, the article Hindi Wikipedia needs some translation-help. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 07:47, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Vandalism reverted. Usedtobecool ^✉ ✨ 11:33, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Display Title

I still not find a way How to add Article Title in proper way.? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Attique Chishti (talk • contribs) 11:00, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

@Attique Chishti: If the draft is accepted, the reviewer can worry about the title. 331dot (talk) 11:09, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Sorry still not get it

@Attique Chishti: If you are asking about how your draft can have a proper title, don't worry about this, as the reviewer that accepts your draft will move the page to the proper title. However, as I note below, you are a long way from having your draft accepted. By the way, pings do not work unless you sign your post with ~~~~(or click the Signature button that looks like a scribble on the screen). 331dot (talk) 11:18, Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Attique Chishti (talk • contribs) 11:20, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Article Review

I still not find a way How to Request for review after Completing Article..? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Attique Chishti (talk • contribs) 11:02, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

@Attique Chishti: Hello and welcome to the Teahouse. In looking at your draft, it would not be accepted at this time as you have no independent reliable sources in the draft to support its content. As an encyclopedia, Wikipedia summarizes what independent sources with significant coverage state about potential article subjects. Merely being a "YouTuber", even with many followers, does not merit someone an article. Independent sources like the news must have chosen on their own to write about them. Successfully writing a new article is probably the hardest task on Wikipedia, so don't feel bad about this. I would suggest that you read Your First Article and use the new user tutorial to get an idea of what is being looked for. 331dot (talk) 11:09, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

@Attique Chishti: Sorry to pile on, but if you are referring to the current contents of your sandbox, that presents other problems in addition to notability:

• You should not write an article about yourself, per WP:AUTOBIO. If you're notable, someone will write about you in due time. Please take note of WP:PROMO among the other things that Wikipedia is not.
• Wikipedia articles require proper English grammar, punctuation, capitalization, etc. The article would need significant work in this area.

Thanks for understanding. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 09:04, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

Article title change

Hello,

Does anyone know how to change an article title? My article is "Australian World War II poetry", but it should read "Australian World War I poetry". It is an article about World War One, not World War Two. I don't know why this was posted this way. Can I change it?

(Dominic Sheridan (talk) 11:59, 13 August 2019 (UTC))

Dominic Sheridan, you can! See WP:MOVE. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 12:32, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

While a solution to the immediate problem, this means that Australian World War II poetry is now a redirect to Australian World War I poetry. Since "Australian World War II poetry" would surely be a perfectly valid article, and something that people might well want to search for, I foresee confusion.

This could be resolved by someone with the requisite background knowledge, perhaps even Dominic Sheridan, converting the redirect page to an article and (he or someone else – Gråbergs Gråa Sång?) disentangling the page histories and Talk pages.

However, I also notice that the existing article is badly under-referenced: although later sections that comprise almost entirely lists of names have the names referenced, the Lede and first two Sections are entirely unreferenced and contain a great many as-yet unsupported assertions and subjective judgements, rather than plain facts. If these cannot be cited to Reliable sources they will need to be removed or extensively modified. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 2.123.24.56 (talk) 13:45, 13 August 2019 (UTC).

PrimeHunter, could you or any passing admin please delete Australian World War II poetry in the correct way per above reasons?

2.123., I agree with everything you say, but give it some time. The article can be improved, merged to War poet or deleted, we'll see what happens. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 14:52, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

I have deleted the redirect at Australian World War II poetry. @Dominic Sheridan: You submitted it with "World War Two" in the opening line. You fixed it later [1] but it had already been moved to a draft title with "World War II" at that time. Many people probably don't know that "The Great War" is an old name for World War I before the even greater World War II. PrimeHunter (talk) 15:18, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

When you want something done, you call the Danish Inquisition. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 15:22, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Creating a new article. Help understanding the process

Hi, I have tried to create an article following the guide here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Your_first_article . Can someone check I haven't done something wrong? Getting the bio template was a bit confusing. Last but not least how do I check the status of the article from draft to published? Does it just happen one day? Thanks. Here is the article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Kevin_Rolland_Thompson — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vasilis Theofylaktopoulos (talk • contribs) 12:56, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

@Vasilis Theofylaktopoulos: Hello and welcome to the Teahouse. You have not yet formally submitted your draft for review; I will shortly add the appropriate information to allow you to do so. Once you submit it, it will likely take several weeks, if not longer, for it to be reviewed. This is because reviews are conducted by volunteers in no particular order. 331dot (talk) 12:59, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Also note that the entire web address is not necessary for a link to another Wikipedia page; simply place the title in double brackets like this: [[Page title here]] (without the nowiki tags you see in the edit window) 331dot (talk) 13:00, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Before you submit the draft for review you ought to remove the misplaced external links from within the article text. - David Biddulph (talk) 13:11, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

@331dot: Thanks! How did you add that to the article? Also, do you have any input concerning the conversation in the teahouse "Using copyrighted pictures" The person I wrote about is deceased and there are a few pictures of him online. Is it ok to download one and then upload it?

Just FYI pings(the "replyto") do not work unless you sign your post with ~~~~(or click the Signature button on the screen, it looks like a scribble). I am familiar with the proper template to add. I think it comes up on its own if you use Articles for Creation. The copyright of a photo usually belongs to the photographer, not the person in the image. 331dot (talk) 13:14, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Re the pictures, Vasilis Theofylaktopoulos, the answer is probably not, because in the absence of any information to the contrary, pictures of unknown provenance are regarded as copyright. However, if the subject is deceased, it is possible that Criterion 1 ("No free equivalent") of the non-free content criteria is met. If you can show that all those criteria are met, then you may upload the image to Wikipedia (not to Wikimedia Commons) without permission: you will be required to declare that it meets all the criteria. One of the criteria (9) says that the image may be used only in an article, not a draft; and another (7) that it must be used in at least one article . So you will not be alble do upload it or add it to the article until your draft has been accepted and moved into article space. --ColinFine (talk) 15:44, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

How to add boxes in my Userpage

Hello! I haven't actively been editing on Wikipedia for very long. After viewing a few people's userpages, I've noticed that there is a common feature on userpages, that being the boxes in userpages that usually start with 'did you know that this user...'. Sorry if there's a very simple answer to this that I just couldn't find, but how do you make a box like this in source editing mode? Perhaps it's an issue with the fact that I'm on a mobile device.

Entity137 (talk) 13:45, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Welcome to the Teahouse. The boxes you have been seeing on other people’s user pages are called Userboxes. They are used to tell others information about themselves. For an example, you should check out my user page in the section called “Userboxes”. To put in a Userbox, you can copy and paste the template in the wiki markup and put it in your user page. LPS and MLP Fan (LittlestPetShop) (MyLittlePony) 14:13, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Entity137 The information on creating userboxes is at WP:CREATEUBX. This page has a detailed instruction on creating your own userbox, lists users who are willing to create one for you upon request and also links to a tool that helps you get started, called Help:Userbox Maker. If you need a more straightforward instruction: I offer the following:

I created one of my own userboxes at User:Usedtobecool/Nepal-cricket-team. I did this by copying the code for another userbox and modifying the details. If you go to that page and click source edit, you can see the code for it. You can copy the code into your own userbox subpage and modify it into your custom userbox.

If, however, all you want is to add userboxes that you like to your own userpage, you can simply copy them from the page that you find the userbox in. There is also a library of available userboxes indexed at UBX:GAL. Good luck! Usedtobecool ^✉ ✨ 20:17, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

BTW! if you are having difficulty identifying the code for the userbox you want from the userpages you find them in, the UBX:GAL neatly lists the codes to add to your userpage to get the userboxes that you are looking for. Usedtobecool ^✉ ✨ 20:24, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Regarding submission of references

We have news paper references dated The Hindu April 2006, Daily Thanthi April 2007, Indian Express April 2006, Trinity Mirror January 2014. We are unable to get the links of these paper references but we have the original paper cuttings with us. How can i upload these details in the reference box. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sundarajaa (talk • contribs) 14:04, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

@Sundarajaa: Hello and welcome to the Teahouse. I would first ask you who "we" is? Accounts cannot be shared. To answer your question, sources do not need to be online as long as you have the necessary information to cite them. Please read this page for information on referencing for beginners. 331dot (talk) 14:09, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

How can I become a Wikipedia volunteer/editor

I am a librarian (medical librarian) and I have been working in the library field for 10 years. I have always been interested in joining as a Wikipedia volunteer. Please let me know the process and the why's, how's, etc.

Many thanks, Brian S. McFerron — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.232.137.226 (talk) 14:22, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Merely by posting here, you have essentially already become a Wikipedia volunteer. If you wish to have an account, which provides certain benefits, you can create one. There should be a link to do so in the upper right corner of the screen(if you are using a computer). You may find it helpful to (once you create an account) use the new user tutorial to learn more about Wikipedia and what you can do. Thanks for being willing to participate. 331dot (talk) 14:25, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Hello Brian, as a librarian you are in an excellent position to access reliable sources to help improve or create new articles. I do hope you stick around. It can take a little while to grasp the intricacies of editing Wikipedia, so starting off with small edits to improve spelling, grammar or content. We do have an interactive tour called The Wikipedia Adventure which shows you the basics of how things work. We also have numerous "WikiProjects" - groups of editors who focus on various subject areas. You might like to check out WP:GLAM - a scheme to bring Wikipedia and "Galleries, Libraries, Archives & Museums" closer together to mobilise their information resources. Then we also have WikiProject Medicine and, in closing, I'd mention that medical articles have, as you might expect, a higher requirement for Reliable Sources than most other topics. I'm sure you could make a valuable contribution. We're here if you ever hit problems. Regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 19:50, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

i think an article is WP:TOOSOON but not sure how to get other editors involved for feedback.

article in question is The Norman Fucking Rockwell Tour. its an article that exists for a short tour in support of an album that hasnt even been released yet. i would try the talk page but i dont think that will get much involvement from others to discuss, plus im not sure if thats the best way to do it?Melodies1917 (talk) 15:32, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

@Melodies1917: If you believe the subject is not notable on its own, just be bold and merge it (back) to the album's article. If someone challenges your merge, you have found someone to discuss it with, which you can do using the talk page and/or the process outlined at Wikipedia:Proposed mergers. You can also always request feedback at the WikiProjects under which the article falls (same as the artist usually). Regards SoWhy 15:43, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Improving my article

Hi! So I have made this page a few days ago, using quite reliable articles from the established website, (I am a music journalist) but the first Submission declined.. Could you please advice me? This is my first contribution to wikipedia and I just can't figure out the best way to improve the article.

All the best,

Andre — Preceding unsigned comment added by AndreAzevedo1976 (talk • contribs) 20:15, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Hello there! Welcome to Wikipedia. We have guidelines on Notability here, meaning an article cannot simply be created about anyone or anything. Notability can be measured on its coverage by multiple, independent, reliable, secondary sources. Your draft, I'm afraid, doesn't have these sources. Yes, it does have sources, just not enough of them sufficiently talking about Grimm Grimm to judge the notability. You might want to read WP:YFA for more information on how you can improve the article. I would try searching in depth for more sources to see what you can find. Remember, take your time, and ensure it is written well and follows the Manual of Style. Regards, Willbb234^Talk (please {{ping}} me in replies) 20:53, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

@AndreAzevedo1976: Do also take note of the music-specific notability guidelines at WP:NMUSIC. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 08:41, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

Maintaining column width in Tables

Can you tell me how to maintain or restrict column width in Tables without manual breaks? Thanks.Trouver (talk) 20:27, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Hello, Trouver, and welcome to the Teahouse. You didn't link to any particular article or table which you want to modify, or were having problems with, so may I just refer you to HELP:TABLES and, in particular, the subsection on setting column widths (see here)? I do hope thie guidance there helps resolve any editing issues you had. If not, come back and let us know exactly what problem you're having difficulty resolving. Regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 22:02, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Thanks to you, Nick, I think I've solved the problem. Below is the link in case you'd like to check it out. It's about Ken Kimmelman, a filmmaker and the tables were for his films. But then I got a tag saying the lead section was too long, so I shortened it. According to the guidelines it seems OK to me now. Do you have the authority to remove the tag? Also I'd welcome any comments. Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ken_Kimmelman&editintro=Template%3ABLP_editintro

Thanks again.Trouver (talk) 14:19, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

New Article - consensus to merge

I wrote a new article and the consensus is to merge it to another article. Should I do this merge or does it need to be done by a Wikipedia administrator? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cheeka19 (talk • contribs) 22:01, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Courtesy links: Article created:Environmental job AfD Decision to merge to: Green job

Hello, Cheeka19 and welcome to the Teahouse. First off, it's a good article - well done. I do agree that the term itself isn't really notable (not that I've ever heard the term "Green job" used either, despite having worked in that field. No, it doesn't require an adminstrator to merge content into another article. In fact, if you don't do it, it's likely to sit there untouched for some time. (I think admins would only be needed if edit histories needed to be merged so as to retain edit attribution. I think you'll need to restructure the Green job article and rewrite the lead. The article you created is very differnet content from that in Green job, so it'll be a fairly easy case of copy/pasting in content into new sections. Once done, your page can be turned into a WP:REDIRECT so that anyone searching on 'Environmental job' can find the main article. (Finally, as a light-hearted aside, I was irked to see you hadn't included my job role in your article. I was a 'Biodiversity Officer' for six years, writing and encouraging the delivery of local Biodiversity Action Plans. From my perspective, that was pretty notable work to help save the planet!) Regards from the UK, Nick Moyes (talk) 23:18, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Hi, Nick Moyes Thanks for the welcome and feedback and thanks a million for your help. I'm sorry I didn't include Biodiversity Officer ;-) It's such a vast area! I will add to the article as I go and will include this in the future. I agree, Green job isn't a term used widely here in Australia either. I think it is mainly used in the United States. Thanks for letting me know I should do the merger. Do you have any suggestions at all about restructuring and rewriting the lead at all? I am so new here I want to get a good reputation and want to ensure I don't upset anyone with my restructuring and rewriting the lead. Any input from you would be VERY welcome. Regards from Australia Cheeka19

Goji Berry Bush

My question is why is it stating that they aren't grown in the U.S. when I have 2 Goji Berry bushes in my backyard here in Belen, NM that are growing like crazy.. this is my 3rd harvest coming soon because it's blooming again. Out of the 1st harvest was 7 cups but took me hours, 1 cup per hour nonstop. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1011:B020:C038:F8FE:D942:5158:F553 (talk) 22:22, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Hello IP editor, and welcome to the Teahouse. Which article are you actually reading? Try Goji, which clearly states: "In the first decade of the 21st century, farmers in Canada and the United States began cultivating goji on a commercial scale to meet potential markets for fresh berries, juice, and processed products." To be brutally frank with you, why on earth would you think that the world's fifth most visited website could be criticised for saying that something isn't cultivated (i.e. at a commercial level) in the US just because you happen to have a couple of plants growing in your backyard? It would need a mention of your amazing backyard horticultural endeavours to have been cited in national newspapers to merit special edits to be made to update an article about such a topic. I hope you're happy with this WP:AGF reply. Regards from the UK, Nick Moyes (talk) 23:30, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Well, if the article says "are not grown" (unqualified), the article should probably be changed to say "are not grown commercially" or something similar. In which article was this? —[AlanM1(talk)]— 08:32, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

It is worth remembering that we shouldn't state a negative unless a published source also states the same (or it would probably be WP:OR. Nick Moyes (talk) 14:53, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

Publication of article

Hello. I have created the following article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Karaikudi_S._Subramanian, but got it declined. I have now refined it much more with references from various sources. I have also added his publications and productions. Can you please accept this for publication? If not, can you tell me what to do to make it verifiable? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mathuriga1 (talk • contribs) 22:27, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

According to your contribution history you created a page in August 2018 that was declined. You blanked that, and yesterday started over. Your draft has not yet been submitted. I will note that your formatting of references is not correct, and will lead to this draft being declined for that reason, if not for others, too. David notMD (talk) 00:52, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

@Mathuriga1: To expand on David's point about references, Wikipedia uses footnote citations - meaning that each reference should be in the article text body, right after the fact that the reference is supporting. I cannot do it for you, as I must do other things, but if you are editing on a desktop (which I think you are) in the top of the editing window there is a button labeled "Cite". Click that, and you will be given a screen with fields to fill in things like author's last name, publication date, so on. Use that. Once all the references are in the main body of text, you can delete the list below, as it is extraneous. Good luck! -A lad insane (Channel 2) 01:19, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

Mercia Deane Johns

I wrote a detailed entry for Australian actress Mercia Deane Johns and added an image under fair use as there are no images of her in Wikimedia Commons. I added a second image which is available for public use in the National Library of Australia. I was very disappointed that the first image was deleted and that the second image may be deleted too. Can you help? Novak123Novak123 (talk) 00:16, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

Hi Novak123. Wikipedia's non-free content use policy pretty much never allows a non-free image of still living person to be used for primary identification purposes per WP:NFCC#1 and WP:FREER; occasionally, you might find an exception made per item 1 of WP:NFC#UUI, but most of the time it's considered reasonable to expect that a free image can either be found or created by someone somewhere sometime even if such an image doesn't currently exist on Commons.

As for the other file (File:Mercia Deane-Johns in the TV series Vietnam.jpg), there's no way Wikipedia is going to be able to keep this unless you can show that the copyright holder has given their explicit consent for it to be uploaded under a free license that Wikipedia accepts. See c:Commons:Licensing for more details, but basically the copyright needs to agree to release a version of the photo that will allow anyone anywhere in the world to download it at anytime and use it for any purpose (including commercial and derivative use). If you can get the copyright holder to agree to this, then the file can be kept; if not, then there's not much that can be done to stop it from being deleted since it doesn't seem like a suitable candidate for conversion to non-free use per Wikipedia's non-free content use policy. -- Marchjuly (talk) 00:53, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

@Novak123: Welcome to Wikipedia, and thanks for wanting to make it better. If the person is still alive (and it seems she is), then fair use images are not allowed. The second image you uploaded does not allow for reuse for any purpose, which is the required permission needed. RudolfRed (talk) 00:55, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

How to publish my "draft:Partha Pratim Moitra" article in the main namespace to be recognised by Wikipedia and other search Engines like google?

I have created a Draft:Partha Pratim Moitra logging into my account. I have clicked the Publish Page button, but after that I am not finding the article published and recognised by wikipedia or google when searched for "Partha Pratim Moitra". But it is showing the page when searched for Draft:Partha Pratim Moitra. What step I am missing to publish it in main namespace? By the way, a Wikipedia page by the same name Partha Pratim Moitra" was there, but was deleted by the request of of the page creator. Google is still showing that information. Am i missing any step? What I am supposed to do next, to publish this article? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Brihannalasom (talk • contribs) 05:20, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

Hi and welcome Brihannalasom! The draft article you wrote was deleted by Jimfbleak as advertising or promotion. If you have a close connection with the subject of the article, you may want to review WP:COI. As a new editor, it is highly recommended you submit your first article through WP:AFC where it can be reviewed and, if necessary, feedback can be offered. Chetsford (talk) 06:54, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

Actually, Draft:Parthapratim Moitra and User:Brihannalasom/sandbox still exist, although the latter has been nominated for Speedy deletion. You can contest that, and then continue to work on either the draft or the sandbox (but not both). The Sandbox version has sections with no references.

Confusingly, clicking on Publish saves the document but does not publish it. There is a separate process for submitting to AfC. Once an article is accepted it will appear in Wikipedia searches, but there will be a delay before it searches with search engines see it. David notMD (talk) 09:45, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

@David notMD: The draft which was deleted was Draft:Partha Pratim Moitra, the one to which the OP referred. The OP apparently recreated it with a different capitalisation of the title. --David Biddulph (talk) 09:58, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

@Chetsford:, thanks for ping. I've speedied them both and I'll post detailed guidance on the user's talk page Jimfbleak - talk to me? 10:24, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

Resubmitting an article

Hi, my first submission was rejected because it was a blank submission ie. the article could not be seen by the reviewer. I was advised by the reviewer to delete any empty space at the beginning of the article, but after doing that I am unable to find the way of resubmitting the article one again for approval. Your advice on how to go about resubmitting an updated article is done is appreciated. Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ahmedsayed6311 (talk • contribs) 07:42, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

Ahmedsayed6311, there is a "Resubmit" button at the end of the banner message that says it was declined. Your draft is still blank. If you do not intend to write the article yourself but only wish to suggest a subject for the new article, you should submit your article request at WP:Requested Articles instead. Usedtobecool ^✉ ✨ 08:04, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

Now in proper place as Draft:Dr. Mohamed Sheikh Hassan but has not been submitted. Essential to add valid references before submitting. David notMD (talk) 15:43, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

Editing

How to submit for review after editing in Sandbox? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sandeepjl (talk • contribs) 09:08, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

Sandeepjl See the guidance at WP:Notability (films), your draft User:Sandeepjl/sandbox will not be approved if you submit it in its' current state. If you can fix that problem (reliable independent sources), see Wikipedia:So_you_made_a_userspace_draft#Ready!. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 09:46, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

Also, if WP:COI and WP:PAID are relevant here, follow the instructions there. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 10:23, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

New Article

First time creating an article, unfortunately declined set for deletion. best guidelines to follow? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dedangk (talk • contribs) 11:09, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

@Dedangk: Hello and welcome to the Teahouse. Successfully creating a new article is probably the hardest task on Wikipedia. It takes much effort and practice. In your case, the draft was deleted because it did little more than tell about the lawfirm. Wikipedia articles must do more, they must show with independent reliable sources how the subject meets Wikipedia's special definition of notability;(in this case, the definition of a notable organization) those sources must have significant coverage of the subject, as such going beyond brief mentions, press releases, or routine announcements and listings. Your sources seemed to consist of that, which is why it was deleted as promotional.

If you are associated with this lawfirm, you will need to review conflict of interest and paid editing. If you haven't already, I would suggest reading Your First Article and use the new user tutorial. You might also want to spend some time(weeks or months) editing existing articles in areas that interest you, to get a feel for how Wikipedia works and what is being looked for in articles, before attempting to create an article. Newer users who do that are much more successful at article creation. 331dot (talk) 11:15, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

Creating a page for John Grossman biography

I believe I am doing this all wrong in creating information of my late husband interesting life and need help. I understood that I needed to open an account - so I chose the new user as MrsJohnGrossman. 1) Was this wrong? 2) Should I have created an account with the user name of John Grossman? and if Yes, do I need to delete the first account -MrsJohnGrossman? 3) once I create or use which account correctly - Then all I do is 'upload' the bio as a 'draft'?

Thank you so much, Carolyn Grossman — Preceding unsigned comment added by MrsJohnGrossman (talk • contribs) 11:26, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

Hello, welcome to Wikipedia! Firstly, I wouldn’t recommend creating an article on someone you know - you have a strong Conflict of Interest which is strongly discouraged. Secondly, we have guidelines on notability - is this person significant enough to have a Wikipedia article on them? Are they talked about in multiple, independent, secondary sources? In regards to your username, it is fine so don’t worry. If you have anymore questions don’t hesitate to ask. Regards, Willbb234^Talk (please {{ping}} me in replies) 11:31, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

@MrsJohnGrossman: Hello and welcome to the Teahouse. I think your current username is fine; "JohnGrossman" would not be acceptable since you are not him. Accounts cannot be deleted but they can be renamed. However, you don't need to do so.

You should review conflict of interest before attempting to create your draft- which you can do using Articles for Creation. Before you do that, you should review Your First Article. Please understand that your husband(please accept my condolences on your loss) would need to be shown with independent reliable sources with significant coverage to meet Wikipedia's special definition of a notable person. There are also more specific criteria for certain careers(athletes, musicians, etc.). Wikipedia is not a place to just memorialize someone or tell about their life, they must be shown to be notable as Wikipedia defines it. 331dot (talk) 11:33, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

My Article page "Visual-CFD" is not being published

I have been following my article page to publish from 7-8 months, the purpose of the page is not the advertisement. It is for use of the many aspirant of the opensource solver OpenFOAM. Although it is developed by ESI Group but those who can benefit from it with the information should be justiced with this publicaton. Please let me know if anything is miising in the page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Srp1220 (talk • contribs) 11:56, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

Your draft Draft:Visual-CFD has not been submitted so cannot be reviewed. Theroadislong (talk) 11:58, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

... and don't forget that you need references to published reliable sources independent of the subject. - David Biddulph (talk) 14:12, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

Hello, Srp1220, and welcome to the Teahouse. Like many people, you have a misunderstanding of what Wikipedia is. Wikipedia articles are for the benefit of Wikipedia (and hence for all its readers). If you write or edit an article for the benefit of anybody, or any group, in particular, you are probably doing it wrong. If I interpret you correctly, you are wanting to give information which is of use specifically to users of that software: but Wikipedia is not a manual. --ColinFine (talk) 15:53, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

Wikipedia Page

I have created a page for Farha Ayaz Ghani, but could not find on google. Not able to understand whats wrong. Can u help me ?? — Preceding unsigned comment added by WPSKKhan (talk • contribs) 12:09, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

@WPSKKhan: You created a sandbox page, not an article. Follow the instructions at WP:AFC to get that page turned into an article. You might also want to review this guide I wrote on writing articles to make sure that you're ready for your draft to be nominated as an article.

Also, we're not connected to Google, so we have no say in how long it takes for an article to show up on there. Ian.thomson (talk) 12:16, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

(edit conflict)@WPSKKhan: Hi and welcome to the Teahouse. You created a draft in your own sandbox at User:WPSKKhan/sandbox, which is not part of the visible Wikipedia. I have moved the page to the draftspace at Draft:Farha Ayaz Ghani and added a template to it that places it in the review queue of Wikipedia:Articles for creation. That way, an experienced user will review your draft and if accepted, place it in the mainspace, where it then can be found. Please have a bit of patience for the review to take place. Regards SoWhy 12:18, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

WPSKKhan, please note that references should follow the statements which they support. When you write something like "Farha Ayaz[5] belongs to a medical family, her mother is a famous Urdu writer", no-one can be sure what reference 5 is cited in support of. Maproom (talk) 21:27, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

Check other's online status

Greetings! First, THANK YOU for volunteering at the TeaHouse! Is there a way to see if specific other users are online? In this case, I recently had help from a file mover and would write them directly if they are doing wiki now. Thanks NewsAndEventsGuy (talk) 17:30, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

Hello, NewsAndEventsGuy and welcome to the Teahouse. We don't ever reveal who is or is not online. However, if you have a particular editor in mind, you could go to their user page, click the "User Contributions" link on the left hand side of the page (in desktop view). You can see their latest edits and match the timestamp to the current time. This gives your a broad sense of when they were last active. But all you need do is post a message on their Talk Page and they'll get a notification when they're next online and logged in. I hope this helps. Nick Moyes (talk) 21:37, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

NewsAndEventsGuy As far as I know, you cannot, but it would be useful to look at their contributions to see if they have edited recently (in the past 5 mins or so) so that you can make a judgement from there. Regards, Willbb234^Talk (please {{ping}} me in replies) 21:21, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

To view a user’s contributions easily, click Preferences at the top of any Wikipedia page. Then click the Gadgets section. Scroll down to Appearance and tick the MoreMenu box before saving. Now, go onto the user’s page and click the ‘User’ tab next to the ‘View History’ tab at the top of the page. Then select Contributions. If you have anymore questions, don’t hesitate to ask. Regards, Willbb234^Talk (please {{ping}} me in replies) 21:25, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

@NewsAndEventsGuy: Some users, especially sysops/admins, may hang out on the IRC channels. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 22:56, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

 Done Much thanks everyone! NewsAndEventsGuy (talk) 00:27, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

getting an article on wikipedia

hi i'm trying to contact wikipedia for my employer. She basically wants to get a tribute for her deceased husband who wrote 146 books (study-guide books for The Bible) & created a non-profit business to give them away for free. She is still doing that for anyone that asks. His website God'sPuzzleSolved.com shows up on Google when his name, Art Mokarow, is searched. -Is there any way to get a multi-page Tribute article and his photo uploaded on wikipedia when his name is searched? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.170.202.226 (talk) 17:34, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

If the purpose is promotional, then no. See also WP:Conflict of interest editing. With those in mind, you would need to first use WP:Reliable sources to determine if her late husband qualifies under our WP:Notability guidelines. That's not everything, but it will get you started with the immediate steps. The TeaHouse volunteers may have other ideas. NewsAndEventsGuy (talk) 17:40, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

Wikipedia does not have "tribute articles", and is not a place to memorialize someone, no matter what good works they may have done. Wikipedia only summarizes what independent reliable sources state with significant coverage about a subject that meets Wikipedia's special definition of notability. Wikipedia has no interest in enhancing search results for any subject or person. Are there independent sources that discuss this man? 331dot (talk) 17:51, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

Since you are here representing your employer, you will need to review and comply with WP:COI and WP:PAID. 331dot (talk) 17:52, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

What you created Draft:Tribute to Art Mokarow is not what Wikipedia is about and should be deleted. David notMD (talk) 21:14, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

TweakTown article creation rejection

Hi there,

A submission result for an article I wrote for TweakTown was deleted with message G11. Unambiguous advertising or promotion.

Any suggestions, please? Here is the text:

Extended content

{{short description|Online technology website owned by Tweak Town Pty Ltd}} TweakTown Screenshot Type of site Technology website Available in English Owner Tweak Town Pty Ltd Founder(s) Cameron Wilmot URL www.tweaktown.com TweakTown is an online technology website owned by Tweak Town Pty Ltd. It was founded in 1999 by Cameron Wilmot. The website provides detailed technology and gaming news, reviews, articles, and guides. Various contributors from the United States and Australia extensively test new computer parts and present their opinion on the test subjects on devices such as CPUs, motherboards, video cards, solid state drives, coolers, and other items. Its content has been cited by other technology websites such as The Inquirer. and TechRadar.. The site includes a forum which provides a source of knowledge for users with technical questions regarding motherboards and more. The site also includes a section named Ask the Experts which allows its readers to submit questions and contributors of the site answer the questions. TweakTown holds its annual media party at Computex Taipei in Taiwan. During its Computex Taipei 2019 media party, the site celebrated its 20th anniversary. TweakTown attended its first Computex in 2000 and in 2017 had its own media booth at the show where overclocking was conducted. TweakTown also attends other events including the Consumer Electronics Show, Flash Memory Summit, and Gamescom. As of August 2019, SimilarWeb displays TweakTown with a global rank of #65 in the Computers Electronics and Technology category. == History == During its early days, TweakTown was known as Wilmot's Website and was managed and operated solely by Cameron Wilmot who was still in high school at the time. As time progressed, more contributors started providing content on the site. Wilmot's Website launched in 1998 and was renamed to TweakTown in 1999. During that time, the site domain name was purchased and a new design was created. The site has since undergone many site redesigns and includes work from many past and present contributors in the United States and Australia. During the devastating floods of Queensland in 2011, TweakTown built a gaming computer which was raffled off and its community donated funds to the value of $6289.77 Australian dollars to the Queensland Flood Appeal. == See also == * [[AnandTech]] * [[Maximum PC]] * [[The Tech Report]] * [[Tom's Hardware]] * [[List of Internet forums]] * [[Computex]] == References == References ==External links== * {{Official website|https://www.tweaktown.com/}} [[Category:Computing websites]] [[Category:Magazines established in 1999]]

Please don't copy articles to talk pages. Especially not modifications like categories or headers. This causes unwanted problems. Thank you Gehenna1510 (talk) 19:23, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

citation: access date value

Hi. I'm a little confused about access date value in citations and can't find a guideline page for it. For example, when adding an archived copy of a dead reference, should I add a new access date? Harley.M.X (talk) 18:36, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

Greetings, Harley.M.X, and welcome to the Teahouse. Yes, when you verify a URL or provide a valid archived copy, you should update the access date. That date indicates the last time that the particular URL or archived copy was validated to exist and support the article content, which you apparently just did. There is documentation on this at {{Cite web}} and other citation templates, but not a great deal of it. The documentation for access-date on Cite web is access-date: Full date when the content pointed to by url was last verified to support the text in the article. I hope this helps! CThomas³ (talk) 18:52, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

very helpful, thanks a lot! Harley.M.X (talk) 19:27, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

Fair Use Images

Hello, I'm currently working on an article about a series of art books. I would very much like to show the covers of the books, (done by contemporary artists), but I don't own the copyrights. I see other series on Wikipedia ("The Best Science Fiction of the Year") where the cover for each book is shown and were uploaded under the Fair Use criteria. I cannot find how or where to upload "Fair Use" images. What do I have to do in order to post the covers? Thank you very much for your time. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jpvicas (talk • contribs) 20:51, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

Hi Jpvicas. Wikipedia does allow some non-free content to be uploaded and used in articles, but each use of such content is required to meet Wikipedia's non-free use content. With respect to copyrighted content like book covers, album covers, etc., item 1 of Wikipedia:Non-free content#Images does in general allow copyrighted cover art to be uploaded and used, but pretty much only when the image is used for primary identification purposes in a stand-alone article about the work in question; so, a copyrighted book cover is generally deemed OK when it's used for primary identification purposes at the top of a stand-alone Wikipedia article about the book in question. Other types of non-free uses or use in other types of articles tends to be much harder to justify for the reasons given Wikipedia:Non-free content#cite_note-3; it's not impossible to justify such non-free usage, but it can be pretty hard and typically requires that the cover art itself be the subject of sourced critical commentary in the article so that the context for non-free use required by Wikipedia non-free content use criterion #8 is clearly provided. In other words, simply discussing the book or mentioning by name in another article is usually not going to be seen as a sufficient justification for using a non-free image of the book's cover. -- Marchjuly (talk) 00:33, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

Thank you for your reply. Using the covers for identification is exactly what I want to do. I will have a Main Article which describes the series as a whole, and then have an individual page for each volume in the series describing its contents. The cover photos would be used on each volume page for identification. But I still need to know how to do this. Where do I go and how do I upload the images as "Fair Use" images? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jpvicas (talk • contribs) 01:11, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

You can use Wikipedia:File Upload Wizard to upload the files to Wikipedia, but you will first need to download the photos to your computer. If you find the wizard to be too confusing, you might then try asking for help at Wikipedia:Files for upload. In general, you will need to make sure the file(s) you upload has two things: a file copyright license and a non-free use rationale. If you use the Upload Wizard you should be given options as to both, but you can always tweak the licensing/non-free use rationale manually after the upload has been completed by just editing the relevant file's page. I suggest using {{Non-free book cover}} for the copyright license and {{Non-free use rationale book cover}} for the non-free use rationale. You should typically only need one copyright license for a file, but you will need to provide a separate specific non-free use rationale for each non-free use of a file (note this is per use, not per article where the file is used). You should try to only use files from official sources whenever possible to aid in copyright verification, etc. per WP:NFCC#4 and WP:NFCC#10a. If you've got any other questions about this, you can ask at Wikipedia:Media copyright questions or Wikipedia talk:Non-free content. -- Marchjuly (talk) 02:52, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

I would like to ask for help in writing an article about my boss.

Can some one write an article about my boss. I can pay for the service. I just need to get him a bio page on wikipedia. similar to Calvin Kline, Steve Wynn, or ?

Thank you. Please feel free to contact me (Redacted) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Littlebang1 (talk • contribs) 00:03, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

@Littlebang1: Quite frankly, Wikipedia is not concerned with your job duties, or what your boss has asked you to do. The vast majority of us here are volunteers who want to help build this encyclopedia for the benefit of humanity. This is just that- an encyclopedia- and not a place to merely tell about someone or post their resume. As an encyclopedia, we are interested in summarizing what independent reliable sources with significant coverage state about article subjects shown to meet our special definition of notability(more specifically, our definition of notable people). Wikipedia is not interested in what an article subject wants to say about itself. The fact that other persons meet our definition of notability does not automatically mean your boss does too. See other stuff exists. This is not social media where everyone and anyone can write about themselves. Keep in mind that an article is not necessarily desirable. There are good reasons to not want one. Anything, good or bad, can be in an article about your boss as long as it appears in an independent source. You cannot prevent others from editing it, nor lock it to the text your boss might prefer. Feel free to show your boss this message. The best thing to do is to allow independent editors to notice the career of your boss and write about them of their own choosing.

Wikipedia editors are volunteers. There are people and companies out there that offer the service of writing a Wikipedia article, but those are not endorsed or supported by Wikipedia. If you hire someone to write an article, they would need to disclose that and who is paying them per our paid editing policy. Paying someone would not remove the notability requirement, nor the requirement of independent reliable sources. Beware in persons who demand payment up front; despite what they might say, no one can make you any guarantees(such as writing an article that will not be deleted). 331dot (talk) 00:18, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

You yourself will also need to comply with the conflict of interest policy and the paid editing policy. 331dot (talk) 00:19, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

Native American or American Indian

The Navajo, Apache, Mohican, Dakota, Lakota,Obijwe and all other peoples who were residing on this continent when Europeans arrived refer to themselves as native Americans, except in Canada where they are referred to as First Peoples. Yet I encounter references to them as American Indians, which is incorrect in so many ways, and stems from the mistake of Christoper Columbus in assuming that he had reached islands off the Indian subcontinent. So which is correct the native American self designation (actually Original Peoples would be more accurate) or the misnomer "American Indian". If questions like this should be asked elsewhere's then where should I ask themOldperson (talk) 01:27, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

Hello, Oldperson. Your question does not seem to pertain to the purpose of the Teahouse. We are here to discuss making Wikipedia better. Would you like to ask at the WP:Reference desk? It is populated by people who enjoy answering every sort of question.--Quisqualis (talk) 02:59, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

Size of caption in infobox

Recently I have seen edits that changed captions in several infoboxes in biographies from "John Smith" to "<span style="font-size:93%">John Smith</span>". Is reducing the size of the caption advantageous? Should I begin applying this technique when I create infoboxes with images of individuals? Eddie Blick (talk) 02:23, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

Welcome to the Teahouse, Teblick. It might have been helpful had you supplied some example links, lest we could see some special need for this. (Very long caption text, or an orphan word) I would advise against trying this. You can find guidance at Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Captions, which explicitly advises against using special formatting. Regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 04:54, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

Nick Moyes, thanks for your reply. Yes, I should have linked to a specific example. This change was the one that spurred me to post the question. I have noticed several similar changes in other articles in my watchlist in the last couple of weeks. I couldn't see that the reduction helped in any way, but I wanted to check with others who are more experienced. Eddie Blick (talk) 13:11, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

Why hasn't my draft been reviewed and article concerns

Hi there, it has been three months since I submitted my draft on action teaching to AFC and it has not yet been reviewed. I was wondering if there was any way to tell why this is, if this is normal, how long I should anticipate waiting, how to expedite the process, etc. I have disclosed on my user page that I produced this article as a part of an internship at my university, although that internship has now ended. Also, I was doing some further reading and was wondering if my draft is more of a stub than an article? And I was also wondering if my draft needs more secondary, independent sources. If you notice anything else that could be of use, that would also be great. Thanks for your help! Tleclair96 (talk) 02:30, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

Draft:Action Teaching is one of thousands of submissions in the queue now. Please be patient. As I looked at it, it did not seem that your draft demonstrates the notability of its subject. Better secondary sources should be sought.--Quisqualis (talk) 02:53, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

How to create a new Wikipedia page for a person?

Could you please, help me out to create my own first article about myself! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Diwakar P Yadav (talk • contribs) 05:11, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

@Diwakar P Yadav: First of all, creating an article about yourself is Strongly discouraged. If you really want to do that, Start by reading WP:YFA. I recommend using Articles for Creation submission system to ensure that the article is ready for mainspace when it gets moved there (Yes, its possible to use a different way, but the chances that someone sends it to AFD are much higher then). 2001:16B8:50A4:D900:EC2D:6E8D:EED4:E45F (talk) 06:05, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

The major question is are you famous enough that other people have published articles about you? Having a successful career in your area of expertise - including published articles and books - does not qualify as notable for Wikipedia. David notMD (talk) 11:19, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

Google Books

Is Google books a reliable source? -- CptViraj (📧) 05:51, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

Hi CptViraj. Google Books might be considered to be a reliable source for certain content about itself, but most likely not for other things. Some of the books hosted/found on Google Books, however, could be considered to be reliable sources about certain subjects if they satisfy WP:RS. In such cases, you'd basciallly be citing the book in question as the source and perhaps using Google Books as a convenience link simply to make verifying the source a bit easier. You don't need to do this per WP:SAYWHERE as long as the book meets WP:PUBLISHED, but it can make it easier for others to verify the source. -- Marchjuly (talk) 06:24, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

Gotcha! Thanks. -- CptViraj (📧) 07:00, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

Let me expand a little bit, CptViraj. Google Books tries to index all published books, with greater or lesser success. Some of those books are reliable and others aren't. Google Books is great at feeding you bibliographic details but less decisive in assessing reliability. What's the reputation of the author? What's the assessment of the publisher? How has the specific article been received in terms of reliability? All these factors enter into the assessment. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 07:13, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

Oh, Thank you for explaining. -- CptViraj (📧) 07:15, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

Posting images

how to post a picture — Preceding unsigned comment added by Santhosh tamilnadu 626 (talk • contribs) 06:34, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

Hello and welcome to Wikipedia! To upload an image to Wikimedia Commons read Wikipedia:Uploading images and Wikipedia:How to upload a photo - this process can be a little hard so, if you have difficulties, please don’t hesitate to return and ask for help. You must make sure it is within our copyright guidelines - it must be your own image in most cases. Once that is done, read Wikipedia:Picture tutorial for how to add an image. Its a good idea to discuss adding the image before you do it, so that it is not removed. Regards, Willbb234^Talk (please {{ping}} me in replies) 06:51, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

Vandalism help

I recently discovered vandalism in the first line of the Ariana Grande page. The page is locked to prevent vandalism so I couldn’t correct it. Could someone else fix it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jbedwar (talk • contribs) 07:17, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

Thank you for spotting that vandalism. I've reverted it. Dbfirs 07:22, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

St. Paul's School, Darjeeling

Regarding the data provided on Wikipedia about St. Paul's school Darjeeling, the names of a few eminent past students have not been included. Also, the names of past rectors of the school ends abruptly with Mr. Hair Dang. There were others after him.

How does one go about having the above edited into the existing data?

Regards,

Jaswant Ch. Something (Old Paulite 1967- 1977) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 106.207.49.232 (talk) 08:03, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

Hello there, welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for spotting somewhere that may need expanding in an article. You can Be Bold and edit yourself. However, if you would like to know how to edit see Help:Editing or take the Tutorial. In regards to the edit in question, you will need a reliable source to back up the changes you want to make. This is under our core policy of Verifiability, a policy that, if not followed, will most likely get your edit reverted. I hope that helps, if you have anymore questions please ask. Regards, Willbb234^Talk (please {{ping}} me in replies) 08:23, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

Also, you have a connection with the subject meaning there is a small but definite Conflict of Interest, please clink the blue link to read about this. If you feel like WP:COI or anything else prevents you from editing the article, just add a note on the article’s Talk Page and someone knowledgeable on the subject should be able to help you out. Regards, Willbb234^Talk (please {{ping}} me in replies) 08:27, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

Accusations of wrongdoing published on Wikipedia

Does Wikipedia allow mentions of accusations or indictments that are published in the media about living people? Example, can content about as yet unproven crimes be included in Wiki articles that are biographies of living people?111.91.2.108 (talk) 08:51, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

Hello and welcome to the Teahouse. Wikipedia has a strict policy about how living people are written about, which you can see for yourself at WP:BLP. There is a specific section related to crimes, at WP:BLPCRIME. I could give a better answer if you wanted to share which article you are concerned about(though you don't need to)- but accusations are generally not appropriate for article content, especially if the person is not a well known public figure, such as a government official or celebrity like Jeffrey Epstein(who was also a convicted criminal anyway). Something formal like an indictment is more likely to merit inclusion, as long as the text is clearly phrased to make it clear that the person is only indicted. 331dot (talk) 09:09, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

I am also aware that some countries like New Zealand have laws against publishing or discussing the names/identities of criminal suspects before(and if) they are convicted. While these laws are not necessarily binding on Wikipedia(as it is physically located largely in the United States), they would affect the abilities of those countries' citizens to make such edits. 331dot (talk) 09:12, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

Company Wikipedia page

Hi there,

I'm wondering how to go about getting a company Wikipedia page - I've spoken to a few people and had different messages and warnings from each. We launched in 2014 but don't yet have a wiki page.

Please can someone point me in the direction of some help please?

Thanks, — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.187.164.182 (talk) 09:42, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

Hello and welcome to the Teahouse. You seem to have a common misconception about what Wikipedia is. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia and not a forum to merely tell about a company. As an encyclopedia, Wikipedia summarizes what independent reliable sources state about subjects that meet Wikipedia's special definition of notability(in this case, that of a notable company). Wikipedia has no interest in what a company wants to say about itself, and has no interest in enhancing search results. We do not have "company pages", we have articles about companies. Furthermore, you have a conflict of interest; you will also need to comply with the paid editing policy(this is mandatory). It would be best if you allowed independent editors to take note of your company in independent reliable sources and write about it. 331dot (talk) 09:58, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

Watchlist - preferences settings - highlighting

I've recently made some cavalier tweaks to preferences and now I seem to have broken my watchlist. Specifically, changes I have not reviewed USED to be bolded but now the whole thing is in normal font. I have expanded to all changes (not just the most recent) and hid bots and categorization. Can't seem to find anything about flagging the un-reviewed diffs. Any ideas? (I also recently added a browser add-on (NoScript) but disabled it before posting here, so that's not the cause.) NewsAndEventsGuy (talk) 12:40, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

Welcome back, NewsAndEventsGuy. Assuming I have understood your question correctly, I think what you need to do is go to Special:Preferences and then 'Gadgets' and look for the section there labelled 'Watchlist'. Find and tick the box labelled Display pages on your watchlist that have changed since your last visit in bold (see customizing watchlists for more options). That should now display watchlist pages in bold that have changed since you last viewed them. Nick Moyes (talk) 13:13, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

 Done Much thanks, Nick! If the world made sense the tab for "watchlist" would mention there is a related dookickie on the gadgets tab. NewsAndEventsGuy (talk) 13:49, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

Hello

I recently created an article called Pembroke Aircraft Leasing 4 Ltd and Kieran Corr. It was deleted and my edits from it disappeared. What happened? ThePacificMan (talk) 13:06, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

@ThePacificMan: There is absolutely no need to use profanities here (or indeed elsewhere on Wikipedia). I have removed it from your question, and will now take a look to try to answer you. Nick Moyes (talk) 13:20, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

@ThePacificMan: Right, first off, have you read the long explanations left on you talk page about both these subjects? They explain that we have a process called 'speedy deletion' which can be applied to various types of pages which are promotional or do not demonstrate any measure of significance (WP:NOTABILITY) and both of these pages were deleted on those grounds. I'm not an administrator, so I cannot see the deleted content. But because the page has been deleted all of your edits - or anyone else's edits to that page - would also have been deleted. You can contest the deletion of either page or ask the deleting editor to send you a copy of the contents by email if that is important to you (details in those talk page messages). Sorry I can't give you more satisfactory answer, but you can read more about this process at this page. In future, you might like to create a draft and to work on that until it's ready, and then submit it to Articles For Creation. There, it will be reviewed and feedback given to you if it doesn't yet meet our criteria. This is a far less risky process than putting it straight in the encyclopedia and chancing it being speedily removed, as has happened here, I'm afraid. Regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 13:42, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

Thanks very much. ThePacificMan (talk) 13:44, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

@ThePacificMan: I would have said "you're very welcome" as I like to help people. But I see you feel it was acceptable to reinstate your use of a quite unecessary profanity here. This is a friendly space, read by new editors of all ages, many of them minors. Do you think that's a very mature or responsible thing to do? Please self-revert if you seriously expect to receive help and assistance from hosts like me here in future. Nick Moyes (talk) 14:00, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

• Of course, that's not to say that draft space is immune from speedy. Speedy deletion is applied for inappropriate content even in draft and user spaces, promotional/spammy material and copyright violations for instance. But some other stuff that's speedied in article space can survive longer as draft to give time for improvement, including articles that have notability issues. Usedtobecool ^✉ ✨ 15:56, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

Should images be moved to avoid breaking section heading lines?

I've compiled bulleted lists of prehistoric life by US state: example. When an entry in one of these lists has an associated image, the image code is placed between the bullet and the name of the prehistoric life-form, per the manual of style. Unfortunately, if the list entry is late in the alphabet within a section the image spills over into the next section and breaks the horizontal line in the next section's heading. I was wondering if it was more important from a manual of style perspective to keep placement of an image within the associated individual list entry or if these images should be moved to an entry earlier in the list to prevent breaking the subsequent section heading line. Abyssal (talk) 13:57, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

Please, do not worry about breaking section lines. Ruslik_Zero 14:14, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

Username color

Why does my username appear in red?IAMrocknroll (talk) 14:03, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

Hello. Your username appears red because it is red linked, wherein you don’t have a user page. You are welcome to make one, so that your username will appear in blue. LPS and MLP Fan (LittlestPetShop) (MyLittlePony) 14:02, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

Hi IAMrocknroll Welcome to Teahouse. I have placed a "welcome message on your talk page" and now you could see your "talk" is in blue colour. If you write something on your usepage - here], you name will turn "blue colour". Cheers. CASSIOPEIA^(talk) 14:08, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

Impossible to add a URL as External Links (Spam filter blocked it)

Hello everyone, I am new here and I tried to edit a page and add an additional external link that was relevant but it was refused when I tried to publish my changes.

This is the message: The text you wanted to save was blocked by the spam filter. This is probably caused by a link to a blacklisted external site. The following text is what triggered our spam filter: cgap.org

Can you help me to solve this issue?

Many thanks for your help.

Noel — Preceding unsigned comment added by Noel92140 (talk • contribs) 14:11, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

You should not add any links to this site. Ruslik_Zero 14:12, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

More info at Wikipedia:Spam blacklist. If you think you have a sufficient argument for using your link, there's guidance there where to make it. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 14:24, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

Deleted articles

Hello, I recently created Pembroke Aircraft Leasing 4 Ltd and Kieran Corr and they both got deleted for no reason. What happened. ThePacificMan (talk) 14:32, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

You asked, and were answered, at #Hello above. --David Biddulph (talk) 14:37, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

No I didn't. ThePacificMan (talk) 14:45, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

You did, and if you continue to disrupt this forum, you will be blocked.331dot (talk) 14:47, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

Ok sorry I don't understand what they said. ThePacificMan (talk) 15:06, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

Citing a mobile app

I have an iOS app published by the Boston Society of Architects/AIA but I'm not sure which template I should use to cite it. Right now I've cited in on the Norfolk County Registry of Deeds article, but would like to use it more. Any suggestions? Thanks! --Slugger O'Toole (talk) 14:45, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

Grammar bots

I see a problem with bots that are programed to go around correcting grammar all across Wikipedia. For example, let's say the bots don't like sentences to end with prepositions, or they don't like the Oxford comma. I've seen changes made that some experts would agree with, and some would not. There are plenty of situations in English usage that are not "settled law", and which the language in it's usual way, may eventually deal with. The English language has evolved naturally over time. That should be allowed. Instead, now machines exist, bots, that can manipulate the language wholesale in a way that can subvert and eliminate the language's ability to evolve naturally. If Wikipedia had existed (with its "Grammar Nazi" bots) in the time of Old English or Middle English, then the rest of the world would be conversing in modern English and Wikipedia would be full of a lot of strange quirks and spellings like "ye" and "thine", etc. My question is that if an editor wanted to discuss this, and object to what's going on -- how or where would that discussion take place? - Quarterpinion (talk) 15:19, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

This is the first I have heard of such grammar bots. Do you know the names of any of them? A bot should have a Talk page.--Quisqualis (talk) 16:03, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

Indeed; I am not aware of any "grammar bots". As noted by Quisqualis, every bot has a talk page that its operator follows. It sounds to me, though, that your issue seems to be with certain style concerns; probably the talk page of the Manual of Style would be a good place to start. Please note that Wikipedia does not prefer any particular national style of English. 331dot (talk) 16:36, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

Why my article is delince

Can say me the details where is error and why delince how to fix the error — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yungdom1 (talk • contribs) 16:08, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

Hello and welcome, Yungdom1! Your article draft was declined because it doesn't meet Wikipedia's minimum standards for inline citations. You can read more about correct citation here. Please also read WP:AUTOBIOGRAPHY and WP:COI, if either of these apply to you. Chetsford (talk) 16:30, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

Specifically, the material under "Controversy" is contentious, so it must have an inline citation. William2001^(talk) 16:40, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

What would be the decision of UNSC regarding the current situation in Kashmir in general and the Kashmir issue in particular?

Tomorrow at 10: am in the morning the UNSC is going to decide the fate of the people of Jammu and Kashmir. The meeting will be a close door meeting in which the five permanent members of the UN security Council viz. USA, Russia, China, UK and France will be participating. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shahid Ashraf Rather (talk • contribs) 16:48, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

Wikipedia or I cannot answer that question. Wikipedia is not a crystal ball, meaning that this encyclopedia cannot be used to predict future and possible events. Wikipedia is not a collection of unverifiable information. LPS and MLP Fan (LittlestPetShop) (MyLittlePony) 16:53, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

Discography

I'm thinking of creating a discography page for Bea Miller because she has two albums, four EPs, and over 10 singles. I would like to know how you move all the discography to a new page. Billiekhalidfan (talk) 16:50, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

Can my biography appear on Wikipedia if I'm a YouTube artist?

Can my biography appear on Wikipedia if I'm YouTube artist? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.246.25.246 (talk) 16:51, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

41.246.25.246 - hello and welcome! Your, or anyone's, biography can appear on YouTubeWikipedia regardless of your profession but provided you meet the guidelines for notability and verification. However, it is generally recommended you do not contribute content in which you have an intimate or pecuniary interest. In your specific case, please review WP:AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Chetsford (talk) 16:59, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Hello, 41.246.25.246. Writing about yourself is a big mistake. You have a conflict of interest since you want to write about yourself. Also, you may not be notable enough to be worthy of inclusion in this encyclopedia. LPS and MLP Fan (LittlestPetShop) (MyLittlePony) 17:00, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

contesting speedy deletion

how can I contest a sppedy deletion? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Brihannalasom (talk • contribs) 17:06, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

Go to the page that is tagged for deletion, and click the button that says “Contest this speedy deletion”. LPS and MLP Fan (LittlestPetShop) (MyLittlePony) 17:08, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

How can I stop the speedy deletion of my article, andrequest for reconsidering the matter?

There was a page by some other person on one of my favourite film activist and poet. May be some of his family members opened this page and when he came to know of this page he himself requested for speedy deletion.

I have no connection with him, but I am become impressed by his biography. So I opened a page in his name with more specific details. But that page has also been speedily deleted. Is it like that, no information on him will be allowed from now on. He is a well known political and film activist, and people should know about the informations I furnished.

Please suggest me what I am to do next for an request contest this decision of Speedy deletion.