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October 14

policy on trivia/gossip?

Hi, I removed a piece from the Jacinda Ardern article about her cat because it just seemed so trivial and inconsequential to me, but was reverted and told to obtain consensus. Seems to me just because something is covered in a RS doesn't mean it should be on wikipedia. Including stuff about a national leader's cat is kind of embarrassing. Does WP:INDISCRIMINATE apply in cases like this? MaxBrowne2 (talk) 01:28, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

Unfortunately, if WP:Reliable sources talk about it at some length, then it seems that it can go into an article. Most national leaders' pets become newsworthy at one time or another. See FDR's Fala (dog), for example. It was a good try on your part; keep it up. BeenAroundAWhile (talk) 02:29, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

"Good try?" Don't patronise me, I'm not some newbie. WP:NOTNEWS, WP:TOOMUCH and WP:UNDUE can all be argued here. MaxBrowne2 (talk) 02:56, 16 October 2019 (UTC)

Help editing a table

How can this table in the section List of political parties in the Republic of Ireland#Political parties with representation at a local, national or European level be edited? I have tried using the edit section both for the whole page and for this sepcific section and I'm not able to edit it with either. Helper201 (talk) 03:01, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

When you try to edit the section it shows that it's a transclusion of {{Details of political parties in the Republic of Ireland}}. --David Biddulph (talk) 03:06, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

David Biddulph, thank you. Helper201 (talk) 03:09, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

no access to visual editor

How to regain access to visual editor? It seems I lost it. Thanks!Pinterma1000szer (talk) 05:55, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

@Pinterma1000szer: Check to make sure that it is (still) enabled. Click on 'preferences' at the top of any page. Then 'editing' from the options; scroll down past 'Editor' to 'Editing mode'. From the dropdown ensure that 'Show me both editor tabs' is selected. Eagleash (talk) 11:41, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

@Eagleash: Thank You ! It works :) I had the remember-last-editorm which might be the default,Pinterma1000szer (talk) 19:24, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

​If you still see a pencil ✎ in the top right corner of the editor window you can also use that to switch. – Thjarkur (talk) 17:20, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

@EThjarkur:Thank You ! The pencil works too :) how could I not figure this out? Pinterma1000szer (talk) 19:24, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

Noorul Chouhury

Apprentice biography needs updating — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.127.163.126 (talk) 10:03, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

The place to propose changes would be Talk:List of The Apprentice candidates (British series 5), & you'll need to support your proposals with references to published reliable sources. --David Biddulph (talk) 10:06, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

Not Able To Add Images In My Article.

Hi there, I created my account yesterday and I also verified the email id yesterday. I have pasted the article which I wrote for a company which is very popular on Social Media like YouTube and Facebook these days. I contacted the owner of the company and got all the information from the owner of the business as I know this guy personally as I created the logo of this company a few years ago. I have written my article and uploaded it to Wikipedia/sandbox and this is my first article submission in Wikipedia. I have a few questions to ask. if you can please help me with understanding how Wikipedia works.

1. Currently, I am writing in Sandbox for an unknown reason. Does sandbox mean the text I have written will not be published until you guys verify my content or do it means something else? how can I move from sandbox to the actual Wikipedia site?

2. I am not able to upload images. I need to add images to support my article. but I am getting this error --> An automated filter has identified this edit as potentially unconstructive, and it has been disallowed. If this edit is constructive, please report this error.

I created this logo few years ago for the owner of the company and yesterday, I went to photoshop and changed the size from 2400x2400pixel to 480x480pixel so that the image can open quickly in Wikipedia. But I am not able to add that image from my end and getting the error I mentioned above. Can you please help me by telling if I should be uploading the original (very big/large size) logo file? or if there is any other issue.

3. I am a new user of Wikipedia. I am not sure if my account is properly verified by you guys or not. I need to publish my article which is currently in the sandbox. what should be done? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Daljit Singh Khalsa (talk • contribs) 13:32, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

Daljit Singh Khalsa: The sandbox is where you can make test edits, if you want to have an article submitted, you should go through WP:AFC, however your article would very likely not be accepted. You have what is called a Conflict of interest. Please read through WP:COI and declare your Conflict on interest on the talk page. In addition your page reads like an Advertisement As for the uploading of images, I don’t see anything in the edit filter log showing that an upload was blocked.LakesideMiners^{My Talk Page} 13:55, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

LakesideMiners: The abuse filter message was from Commons, where there's a restriction on cross-wiki uploads of small images marked as "own work" on the grounds that they're usually copyvios[1]. --bjh21 (talk) 18:40, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

Bjh21, AH, thank you. I will take your word for it as for some weird reason commons is blocked at my school. LakesideMiners^{My Talk Page} 18:43, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

Daljit Singh Khalsa, when LakesideMiners says "very likely not be accepted", they are being polite. Your draft is promotional and entirely unreferenced. It reads more like an advertisement than an encyclopedia article. It would certainly not be accepted. If your purpose is to promote the company, then use Facebook, or some other site where promotion is acceptable. Maproom (talk) 14:02, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

Maproom, Thank you, I was wondering how blunt I should be, would it have been better to say “certainly not be accepted”? LakesideMiners^{My Talk Page} 14:08, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

No adverb needed, I'd say. —Tamfang (talk) 00:40, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

How to create an account from a country where Wikipedia is blocked?

Should one use https://utrs.wmflabs.org/?Chidgk1 (talk) 13:39, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

I believe that that request form is for editors who have been blocked by Wikipedia for misbehaviour here, to request readmission. It cannot provide a way of bypassing a block by a totalitarian government. Maproom (talk) 16:44, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

When countries block access to Wikipedia, people usually resort to using open proxies and VPNs. However, these are usually blocked on sight because they're so commonly used for disruption. If you don't already have an account on English Wikipedia, one can requested at WP:ACC. If you already have an account, but you can't edit because the IP address is blocked, you should send an email to the functionary mailing list and request IP block exemption. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 17:48, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

Deleted model

Dear Wikipedia, while I can agree with your decision to remove citations to some my (published) papers I cannot understand (nor agree) why at any time I tried to include in a list of (specifically) "Hybrid models of forest production" the our Hybrid model of forest production (which is largely cited and published elsewhere) and without directly citing our own work, Wikipedia delete even also the link to the model web-page (as also other model do). What's the matter with our model? Thanks in advance Best Regards Alessio Collalti — Preceding unsigned comment added by ACollalti (talk • contribs) 14:10, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

Hi. When you write "Dear Wikipedia," you are writing to yourself, because you are part of Wikipedia, as are we all. Welcome. The best place to ask your question (or make your case) in on the WP:Talk page of the article, at Talk:Hybrid models of forest production. Just begin a conversation there; if needed, you can ask for more people to chime in, using a WP:Request for comment. Best wishes. (I will keep my eye on that page, to see how everything is coming along.) BeenAroundAWhile (talk) 17:12, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

contents relating to a slow dispute

When there's a tv show airing and a streaming service is adding the episodes, like Amazon Video. So I'm finding on some pages/ articles that there's a streaming service that can be looked up on youtube. Like here. But the name keeps popping up as a random youtube channel. And I'm not sure what to do next? Tainted-wingsz (talk) 14:25, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

I may have forgotten about WP:BRD. And just wait. Tainted-wingsz (talk) 20:00, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

You might also have forgotten that other readers don't have the content of your thoughts to help add context to what you actually type: I for one find your original query above almost entirely incomprehensible.

Can I suggest that you draft your queries off-Wikipedia, go do something else for an hour, and then come back and re-read them to make sure they'll make sense to someone else, before you post them? {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 2.121.161.82 (talk) 15:44, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

Sorry, my concern was, there was some edits where someone was adding sentences. Where you can watch tv shows on youtube. But I didn't know anything about WP:PROMOTION at the time. So occasionally I attend to make bad word choices. When I get somehow clueless easily. Tainted-wingsz (talk) 16:31, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

How do you add a reference

I’m not sure how to do it, I tried to reference it using <ref name=“name”</ref> but it didn’t seem to work, I need help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by The person who should not be named (talk • contribs) 15:27, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

You've got the syntax wrong; see Help:Referencing for beginners. --David Biddulph (talk) 15:41, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

Help set up a wikipedia page

thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by AcelaCBD (talk • contribs) 15:25, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

AcelaCBD, choose a topic that easily fulfills WP:GNG. Then see Help:Your first article. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 16:25, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

How to reference

I want someone to help me reference a new page I've created "Seth Appiah-Mensah" — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mensah-diawuo (talk • contribs) 18:25, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

The notice on the article, and on your user talk page, has links to Help:Referencing for beginners, as well as other useful links. --David Biddulph (talk) 18:31, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

Richard Huckle wiki

The authors that write this are uneducated. Children are subject to "child abuse" - they are "victims". A victim and abuse are the key words to be used.

The words "child pornography" suggest otherwise - this is not something the victims chose; this is not something they enjoyed.

You disgrace yourselves by using such terminology. You should not be authorised to write on this global form of communication about this subject. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 5.35.166.132 (talk) 18:58, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

Are you the same editor who vandalised the Kate Hoey article, or was that someone else from your IP address? I can't see anything wrong with the article Richard Huckle. The article uses the word "victims" a number of times, and mentions "abuse". If you have some suggestions for improving the article, please suggest them on the talk page of the article. Dbfirs 19:10, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

The term "child pornography" does not in any way suggest that the victims chose it. See e.g. Child pornography, Optional Protocol on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography, or https://www.justice.gov/criminal-ceos/child-pornography. It is the common name for this crime. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:08, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

Richard Huckle wiki update post to the person who posted.

For the person who claims the word "child pornography" is not used on this article: read again! FYI - I've copied and pasted below for reference. It appears you require someone to cite the article to see your error.

"Remand and trial

After leaving his parents' house Huckle was re-arrested and charged with 91 counts including creation and possession of child pornography..."

As for my IP address, I will be informing my local police of my actions to ensure my safety, as you accuse me to be a person to have posted on another event.

There should be a # for use against the word "child pornography". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 5.35.166.132 (talk) 19:34, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

Please discuss on the talk page for the article. If you don't want your IP address visible, then you should create an account: WP:ACCOUNT RudolfRed (talk) 19:37, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

(edit conflict) :Yes, of course the term is used in the article because that is what he was charged with. I read that paragraph before and considered it accurate. Your IP address is probably static, but it is possible that it was previously assigned to someone else if you have recently changed your internet provider. The police will not be interested, and I made no accusations — I just asked a question. Your safety is a priority, so you might like to WP:Create an account so that your IP address is not revealed when you edit here. Dbfirs 19:46, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

a webpage for Vladimir Nedqlkov Kolev

Forbes 100 in bulgaria

a net worth of $80 mill

owner of tvhotel ood and promeade hotel burgas

Could we set up a page?

Regards, Valio — Preceding unsigned comment added by Heroxios (talk • contribs) 19:56, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

I'm afraid not, Valio. "Setting up a page" is not what we do here - this is not social media. What we do here is to write neutral, well-sourced articles about notable subjects. If several people, completely unconnected with Kolev, have already chosen to write about him, and been published in reliable sources, then somebody can write a Wikipedia article about him. It will not be his article, it will not necessarily say what he wants it to say, and very little of the content should come from what he has said or published: rather from those independent sources.

If you wish to attempt the (rather difficult) task of creating a new article, please start by reading Your first article. If you are in any way associated with Kolev, please also read WP:COI. --ColinFine (talk) 21:15, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

Restore Wikipedia page

Hi, I’m working on research for a page and i thought I was typing in my sandbox but I have actually been editing the page itself. Is there any possible way to revert the page back to the format/condition it was in 3 days ago? (On Friday, October 11th). I still plan to publish all of these changes once I have finished my research in the next few weeks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1000:B010:485:6DB4:1F86:7768:204C (talk) 20:44, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

You can go to the page history and click "undo" next to the edit you want to get rid of. Not clear what you are trying to add to the page, but please remember you can't add original research to an article. See WP:OR. RudolfRed (talk) 20:49, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

Help:Cite errors/Cite error references missing key

Need help adding reference on Geophysical planet definition page. I am not good at coding. Reference is to show thathe Pluto is larger than Eris, and that Mike Brown's chart on his reference contains incorrect diameter of Pluto to make Eris look bigger. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sowff (talk • contribs) 20:47, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

You had deleted the definition of a reference which is used in the article, and you added a reference definition but didn't use it in the article text, hence the error messages. Does this edit do what you intended? --David Biddulph (talk) 20:56, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

not my editing

- so i am concerned by finding the below message warning me to desist, six years ago, and must assume it would concern Wikipedia too.

User talk:203.206.246.189 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia You have a new message from another user (last change). Jump to navigationJump to search

August 2013[edit]

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. This is a message letting you know that one of your recent edits to Claes Oldenburg has been undone by an automated computer program called ClueBot NG.

ClueBot NG makes very few mistakes, but it does happen. If you believe the change you made was constructive, please read about it, report it here, remove this message from your talk page, and then make the edit again. For help, take a look at the introduction. The following is the log entry regarding this message: Claes Oldenburg was changed by 203.206.246.189 (u) (t) ANN scored at 0.883387 on 2013-08-22T03:01:16+00:00 . Thank you. ClueBot NG (talk) 03:01, 22 August 2013 (UTC) Information icon Please refrain from making nonconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at Claes Oldenburg with this edit. Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted or removed. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. Flyer22 (talk) 03:04, 22 August 2013 (UTC)

Warning icon Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, as you did at Claes Oldenburg, you may be blocked from editing. Kubigula (talk) 03:42, 22 August 2013 (UTC)

User info This is the discussion page for an IP user, identified by the user's IP address. Many IP addresses change periodically, and are often shared by several users. If you are an IP user, you may create an account or log in to avoid future confusion with other IP users. Registering also hides your IP address. [WHOIS Geolocate (Alternate) Current blocks Global contributions] [RIRs: America Europe Africa Asia-Pacific Latin America/Caribbean] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.206.246.189 (talk) 21:36, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

You can go ahead and disregard it. If you are on a home network, your IP address assignment is likely dynamic. This means that your IP address will change every so often (days or weeks), coming out of a pool of shared IP addresses that are shared between many people. It's not an uncommon occurrence for an IP address to receive a warning for making a bad edit, and then for that IP address to be assigned to a different person who then sees the warning intended for someone else. ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 21:40, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

One of the benefits of signing up for a username is that you will only get messages appropriate to your username. Martin of Sheffield (talk) 21:47, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

Does Wikipedia have a page that teaches an editor how to create a User Box?

Does Wikipedia have a page that teaches an editor how to create a User Box? Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 23:52, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

Does Wikipedia:Userboxes#Design: How to construct the box help? --Floquenbeam (talk) 00:12, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

Thanks. But, no, not really. That presumes that someone already knows how to create a box ... and it then offers specific ways to format said box. I need to start from scratch, not knowing the first thing about how to create a box. Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 04:23, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

​Help:A quick guide to templates (or Help:Template for a more in-depth view) might help understand those instructions. Eman235/talk 04:55, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

I also gave a brief explanation on your talk page, the explanation took up quite a bit of space so I didn't want to place it here. OkayKenji ^{(talk page)} 06:22, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

@OkayKenji: Thanks. I replied to your message on my Talk Page. Please check there. Thanks Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 20:04, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

Thanks, all! Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 19:08, 16 October 2019 (UTC)

Resolved

October 15

I need this corrected !

Hi, Please can someone help me! My name is Kate Ashley and I am an actress. whenever I type my name Kat Ashley comes up. this is an historical figure and not me a film actress. I did not put that name or picture, and I don't understand how to correct it. I need my info to be correct in order to get film roles and audition. If anyone knows how to stop this from happening please let me know what I can do. Thank you Kate Ashley — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kateashleymcconnell (talk • contribs) 00:28, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

I see two ways to stop this from happening: adopt a stage name that does not appear anywhere on the Web, or become more notable than Kat Ashley. We cannot help you with either. We're not going to erase an historical figure for your convenience.

If a casting agent says they won't see you because you're not in Wikipedia, either they're an idiot or they're looking for someone well established.

If your listing in IMDb is wrong, there are ways to correct it, but that has nothing to do with Wikipedia. —Tamfang (talk) 01:02, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

Tamfang doesn't get it: Kate isn't Kat and Kat isn't Kate. Accurate reading isn't convenient, I guess.

Anyway: go to Kate Ashley, when redirected to Kat Ashley, you see the text "(Redirected from Kate Ashley)". Click on that link, and you end up on a redirect page that you are free to change into a page about yourself. Of course one assumes that notability criteria (WP:NOT) are met. See Help:Redirect#Creating and editing redirects for more information. LRataplan (talk) 01:40, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

Oh, by the way, I'm sure it'd be appreciated if you added a text along the lines of "This page is about the American actress. For the governess of Elizabeth I, see Kat Ashley." See Wikipedia:Disambiguation for more information. LRataplan (talk) 01:47, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

Customarily we do not encourage anyone to create an article about themself, not even by repurposing a redirect page, not even if they're Notable. But if Kate were to do so, and if it somehow were not promptly deleted, I agree that it ought to have a hatnote pointing to Kat, who apparently was also known as Kate (the redirect presumably exists for a reason). —Tamfang (talk) 01:54, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

If Kat was also known as Kate, that should be on her page. It isn't. Obviously, the redirect page is for the convenience of people who have trouble typing, which is pretty common (that must be the most ironical redirect here). Repurposing it for someone actually called Kate is therefore not a problem. Writing a page about yourself isn't a problem, writing without bias usually is. Having checked IMDb, I can imagine speedy deletion. However, the question was about fixing the redirect and that is both a Wikipedia issue and easily remedied. LRataplan (talk) 02:03, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

History of Seacroft

Ref number 15 is in red. Please fix Thanks Srbernadette (talk) 00:36, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

 Done MB 01:53, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

Help me! Photo removals that I own the copyright of and want on my wiki page.

Hello- Some user by the name of Ahmad had my photos posts taken down twice now using my own website as the reason for the "violation". Identifying sources should be done so accurately by confirming if they are the same copyright holder before removing revisions/profile additions. I would like my photo additions to be reinstated please. If you don't have the authority or capability, I'd like someone from Wikimedia to intervene on my behalf, so Ahmad and whoever else will stop unfairly flagging my photos that I own the copyrights of that I'd like to be featured on my Wiki page. Thank you, Anchorandwings — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anchorandwings (talk • contribs) 01:22, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

[ also asked on user talk page and at Teahouse. — jmcgnh^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:59, 15 October 2019 (UTC)  ]

Answered at the teahouse. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 02:01, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

Weird formatting in infobox

Reading the infobox for Montana, I saw the population count followed by the year of the census. That the population gets digit grouping is obviously fine, but the year? Not so much. "2,018" is confusing at best. But I can't edit it as it is apparently part of an automatic formatting process and trying to figure out how that works equals drowning in information. I fixed this particular instance with a zero-width joiner (List of XML and HTML character entity references, &zwj;) but that isn't very productive since all states (I checked another five) have the same problem and as soon as the next census data is in, one could start over again. And that's beside the point that four-digit figures usually don't get digit grouping, afaik, but that may be a local phenomenon. LRataplan (talk) 01:28, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

@LRataplan: The 2010Pop parameter is only intended for a population number. I have added (not yet documented) a population_as_of parameter to the used infobox [2] and added population_as_of = 2018 to Montana.[3] PrimeHunter (talk) 02:06, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

@PrimeHunter: Thanks, that infobox template link is massively useful, am now studying Template:Infobox settlement. I think I understand formatnum, if semantically more than syntactically :-D Not sure the population_as_of tag (as suggested by the settlement template) meshes with the 2000Pop/2010Pop entries, though. Shouldn't there be a 2018Pop instead? Makes it a bundle easier to check if e.g. population density figures are still up-to-date (not that I'm not going to change them to auto, though). But I have no idea of the frequency of US censuses (censi?). LRataplan (talk) 02:54, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

@LRataplan: The United States Census is every 10 years. 2000Pop and 2010Pop were originally intended for census numbers. Editors wanted updated estimates but a general population parameter was never added to {{Infobox U.S. state}} so 2010Pop was used. I agree the name has become misleading and will consider adding the population_total of {{Infobox settlement}} before we get a 2020Pop which is then used for estimates later in the 2020s. formatnum is not a template but a magic word so it has another syntax with colon before the parameter. PrimeHunter (talk) 10:23, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

list of vegans

  hello   wikipedia   ,
  
  
  can   you   add   
  
  my   name   ...
  
  to   list   of   vegans   =
  
  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/list_of_vegans
  
  
  please   add   :
  
  
  michael   weisbach             independent   researcher   ,   author   ,   artist   ,   publisher          germany  
  
  
  
  thanks   .
  
  michael  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 175.143.98.78 (talk) 03:25, 15 October 2019 (UTC) 

No. The list of vegans is for those who are considered notable, i.e. have articles. Clarityfiend (talk) 04:52, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

Indexed in search engine.

Hi, If a page is under AfD, will the page can not to be searched in google? CASSIOPEIA^(talk)

It's a confusing situation. If a page under AfD is under 90 days old then it gets noindex in the html which asks external search engines to not index it. Google respects this. The page will be added to Category:Noindexed articles regardless of age but will actually be indexed if it's over 90 days old. "Page information" under "Tools" in the left pane will claim indexing is allowed regardless of the age. So both features are wrong but in opposite directions. None of them know the 90-day rule. See more at Wikipedia:Controlling search engine indexing#Indexing of articles ("mainspace"). The only reliable way to see if indexing is allowed on an article is to search for <meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow"/> in the html source of the rendered page. If the html says this then indexing is not allowed. If the html doesn't say it then indexing is allowed – at least for articles. For other namespaces, indexing of some pages is disallowed by our robots.txt file https://en.wikipedia.org/robots.txt without any of our software features registering it. Articles could technically also be disallowed by https://en.wikipedia.org/robots.txt but we never do that – unless somebody screws around with the file but I haven't heard of that. And to make the confusion complete, https://en.wikipedia.org/robots.txt is based on url's so a page disallowed by it may still be indexed with an alternative url (not redirects). Our robots.txt tries to protect against one way this can happen by listing page names with both colon and the percent encoding %3A but this isn't always done, and there are other ways a deviant url may sneak by. Features based on noindex work regardless of the url – as long as the page is here at en.wikipedia.org and not an unofficial mirror. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:15, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

Geraldine McCaughrean

Awards section, 2018. Correction. The correct title of the Independent Bookshop Week Award is The Independent Bookshop Week Book Award — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.161.40.204 (talk) 11:18, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

Done & sourced, but you could have edited that yourself. — Preceding unsigned comment added by LRataplan (talk • contribs) 16:43, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

Tools for removing non-section redirects in templates?

Does anyone know if there are any tools to assist with fixing redirects in templates (where generally they shouldn't be, unless they are to a *section*). This may not be the correct place to ask, but I'm not sure what is. (For example, I'd like to fix Template:Aboriginal peoples of the Northern Territory which still has over 20 redirects in it.) In general to be respectful of previous ordering, I'm simply looking to replace [[A]] which redirects to B with A. Naraht (talk) 15:40, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

My guess is that you'd get a better answer at WP:VPT. Beeblebrox (talk) 21:48, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

Diane Enos

Extended content

[[ Caption1 Caption2 ]] Diane Enos author; Creator of the Lara Destiny novels and the Adventures of Rick Steele Born Oct/16/1953 Des Moines, Iowa Children Shannon (daughter) Kristopher (son) Writing career Diane Enos was born to write. From an early age, paper and pencils were her best friends. She would pick a picture and create a story behind it. She learned to read from the DC comics, creating her own comic books. The comic books brought her to the pulp magazines; Doc Savage, the Shadow, the Spider and a zillion other characters. From the Pulps it was Mickey Spillane, Ian Fleming, then on to Len Deighton, John LeCarre. But She didn't stop there. There was nothing she wouldn't read. Technical manuals, physics text books, any of the sciences, the human condition. And besides the cops and robbers he went to the stars with science fiction. When Alan Shepard made that first flight, she knew we never stop there. And when she started to write, it all paid off. She had built a routine of research that lead her stories steeped in reality. Her first published novel was Killer Cowboys from Space. The pen name. From the beginning, in an era of male author writing crime fiction, she chose to be Dick Enos thing that that was the only way the books would cell. With the latest novel, the Laughing Devil, she has decided to claim what is hers. Personal life Diane has been married twice. With two children from her first marriage Shannon (daughter married to Russ Grabbe two children.) Kristopher married to Jessica three children) and eight grandkids and four great grandchildren from her second marriage. She's now single and has become that crazy cat lady writer, living with two very old cats Sparky the ancient and Sprout the hungry Novels in the Rick Steele series: Lara Destiny novels: Killer Cowboys from Space The Pink Kitty Killer Vengeance of the Wolf Target T Girls The Lost City of Azgara The XXX Slave Ring The Yesterday Men The Defiled The Monster of Chinatown Vacation Hoodoo Pt. 1 Death on Ice Spank Me Till I Die Pt. 2 Terror in the City The Long Slide Death Makes a Screen Test The Unknown People Wampyr

Thanks for wanting to contribute, but this is not the place for an article draft. Please follow the guidance at WP:YFA to create a draft for review. RudolfRed (talk) 17:42, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

Unacceptable Admin Article Conduct

Can someone explain to me why it is acceptable for this admin to speak to me like this while reviewing my article? Absolutely ridiculous and completely unprofessional. This draft is my first wikipedia article and obviously there would be errors which I would need to correct, yet I am forced to deal with this condescending attitude from someone who is supposed to be a Wikipedia professional. Bearcat needs to be reprimanded and I would like to speak to someone that can do so. Attached below is a screenshot of the response I received from Bearcat after my last edit

Thank you,

Brandon — Preceding unsigned comment added by BrandonPandyamonium (talk • contribs) 18:48, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

Bearcat is absolutely correct, I see nothing inappropriate at all with their comments. - FlightTime (open channel) 18:55, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

BrandonPandyamonium I don't see what was in any way offensive about what Bearcat told you. Bearcat was being accurate and honest with you about notability. Keep in mind that it is difficult to convey emotion with text communication; it is necessary to assume good faith, which is an important principle of Wikipedia, instead of assuming that people are being mean to you. In any event, this is not the forum for complaints about administrator conduct; that would be WP:ANI. However, I would encourage to you take a step back for a moment and consider the matter carefully, and possibly discuss it with Bearcat, before going there. 331dot (talk) 18:57, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

Agreed, and I mean no offense either but would add that a WP:DIFF is a much better way to point to a particular edit. That's the thing with Wikipedia, there's a lot to learn before you can really contribute effectively. I think that's the central message here. Beeblebrox (talk) 18:59, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

I would add that Bearcat has taken the time to add more advice than most AfC reviewers might do. In this he is trying to be helpful. Unfortunately, as it tends to go about things in a 'businesslike' way, Wikipedia can be (as noted above) a difficult environment for new users and getting a good feel for how it operates can take some time. There are many useful links at your talk page I would suggest you study them carefully, read the page about creating your first article, together with the notability guide and what constitutes a reliable source. I would seriously not recommend you pursue any sort of complaint in this matter. Good luck. Eagleash (talk) 19:59, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

I agree with those who have responded above, in finding nothing offensive or condescending in what Bearcat wrote. He could just have used the "declined" notice, but explained at some length in his comment what kind of sources are needed. And he is not "professional": he receives no more payment for his contributions to Wikipedia than you do. Maproom (talk) 22:32, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

Created an article

Hello,

I created an article and it has the title: "Draft, Inc." before the title and I can't seem to fix it and don't have a "move" tab. I just created it. How do I know if it's under review?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:HOMEE,_Inc.

Nataliesands (talk) 20:32, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

Users must be confirmed before they can create pages in article space. And, sorry, but as you can see I have deleted the page as it was simply PR for the company and not a neutral encyclopedia article. Wikipedia strongly discourages articles where the author has an inherint conflict of interest for exactly this reason. I see you are complying with WP:PAID, which is a good first step, but you need to find independent reliable sources and use those as the basis of any article. Beeblebrox (talk) 20:40, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

New wikipedia page for website www.bandhanghar.com

Hi,

Kindly note that, I want to create a wikipedia page for the website www.bandhanghar.com . I have made my Login with username Mehmood350 but do not know where to start. So, please help me.

Kind Regards

Mehmood350 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mehmood350 (talk • contribs) 20:37, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

Start with WP:YFA, and I would also suggest WP:COI and WP:PAID if those happen to apply. In short, diving right in to writing complete articles is generally not going to go well unless you fully understand the asic content policies first. Beeblebrox (talk) 20:42, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Mehmood350 In a moment, I will leave a welcome message on your talk page, which will have many links to useful information. I recommend you start by reading "Your first article", which will give you helpful advice about creating an article in Wikipedia, then learning about "notability", learning what constitutes a reliable source, and reviewing the links in the welcome message I'm going to leave for you. Having done all of that, if you are convinced you understand the requirements for articles and have appropriate sources about bandhanghar.com, your can create a draft using the Article wizard, and submit it to articles for creation for review. However, I do not recommend creating a new page right away. Rather I recommend you proceed slowly, improving some of our existing articles for some time to get a better handle on editing, wikicode, and the culture here. Category:Wikipedia articles needing copy edit and Category:Wikipedia articles needing factual verification are good places to start. ~ ONUnicorn^{(Talk|Contribs)}problem solving 20:48, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

User Box question

Is it possible to do what I want, while creating a User Box? Does anyone know how to make that User Box "rectangle" as just one full rectangle ... without separating the smaller left side from the larger right side? Is there a way to make the User Box as just one, full rectangle? Sort of like the box I created below? In the box below, I "cheated" by taking the left side and making it the same exact color as the right side. I'd like a User Box to look like this, in appearance. But, have the text be visible (perhaps, centered) in the full rectangle ... not have the rectangle split into a left and right side. Is this possible?

  

Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 21:58, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

Template:Userbox says:

| id-w          = <!--id box width in pixels (default=45)-->

Use | id-w = 0:

This userbox has id-w = 0

id must be omitted or empty for this to work. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:19, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

Thanks! Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 19:12, 16 October 2019 (UTC)

Resolved

Carole Radziwill

Ref number 8 is in red. Please fix. thanks Srbernadette (talk) 22:32, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

 Done ~ ONUnicorn^{(Talk|Contribs)}problem solving 22:36, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

City of Modena

Hello! I was wrong with a photo in the page of Modena (an italian city). How can I resolve it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Albypino (talk • contribs) 22:35, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

Albypino I fixed it. The problem was that you included the brackets around the image name. When an image is in an infobox, the brackets are unnecessary. (When the image is not in an infobox, however, they are.) ~ ONUnicorn^{(Talk|Contribs)}problem solving 22:39, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

October 16

When you see a typo, then what?

Sometimes when I am using wikipedia to gather data, I come across typos in the content. Most often it is simply a misspelled word.

I would like to report the errors. Although I frequent the site, I must admit that I am not familiar with the protocol when finding errors.

I would like to help make the experience better for all those who use the site. What is the best course of action?

Click 'edit source', either at the top of the page or the section you are viewing. Correct it and put 'typo' in the edit summary. Then click 'preview' to make sure it has rendered correctly and then click 'publish' to save the page. If you don't wish to do this, that's OK, these errors usually get picked up reasonably quickly (surprisingly). Thanks for wanting to help out! (Please remember to sign your posts on talk pages by typing four keyboard tildes like this: ~~~~. Or, you can use the [ reply ] button, which automatically signs posts.) Thank you. Eagleash (talk) 01:06, 16 October 2019 (UTC)

However also be aware 2600:1011:b11e:f3ea:3089:e309:a249:3bd3 that some articles stylize in the form of English the article is best suited to. Such as Game of Thrones being American English, while Queen Elizabeth II being British English etc. with differences in many common words like color, mom, centre' etc. Most large articles will include which is used above the edit box, for those that don't, a bit of logic is required — IVORK _Discuss 03:19, 16 October 2019 (UTC)

Hi and welcome! Feel free generally to jump right in to fix any obvious spelling or language errors you see.

Some pages are protected because they attract abuse or are the subjects of disputes. If you find you can’t edit one of these then we can advise you on how to proceed. (Usually the answer will be to leave a note on the article's discussion page.)

As an alternative to editing the whole page, you can use the Edit links that’re next to section headings (pencil icon on mobile). Editing a single section can make it easier to find the part you want to change.

We have millions of articles with varying numbers of eyes on them. As Eagleash said, it can be surprising how quickly errors can get fixed, but it can also be surprising how long some errors hang around. We retain previous versions, so you can see in a page's History when things have changed.

Best wishes, Pelagic (talk) 03:10, 17 October 2019 (UTC)

Alerts, Notices, VPN

I don't edit much anymore. Anyways, I want my alerts and notices to go to 0, so I can tell when I get a new one. Also, I use a VPN, and WP won't let me edit with it. I'm logged in, so it's not like I'm an IP trying to evade a ban or whatever. Thanks. Peregrine Fisher (talk) 02:24, 16 October 2019 (UTC)

@Peregrine Fisher: you should be able to mark all your notifications as read from Special:Notifications. You can also click the red number (or the bell-shaped icon if there are no alerts), and that should activate a drop-down menu. From there, select the option to mark all notifications as read. To edit from a blocked VPN, you'll need IP block exemption. You should email the functionaries and briefly explain why you'd like to use a VPN. Privacy concerns are a valid reason. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 06:41, 16 October 2019 (UTC)

Help with yesno and TH in Template:Sydney Trains patronage by line

I have help editing the table in this template. I want to make "T9=yes" highlight the first three (3) rows and the bottom row, total of 4 rows.

• Article that requires "T9=yes": Northern Line (Sydney) - table currently only highlights the last row.
• Article that requites "T1=yes": North Shore & Western Line - table works properly, where first two rows are highlighted and last row is not.

Marcnut1996 (talk) 03:09, 16 October 2019 (UTC)

What if you write the template at Northern Line (Sydney) § Patronage like this:

{{Sydney Trains patronage by line|T1=y|SL=y|T9=y}}

Doesn't that do what it is that you want?

—Trappist the monk (talk) 11:42, 16 October 2019 (UTC)

I beat you to it [4] and got an edit conflict when I tried to ask if it does as wanted. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:47, 16 October 2019 (UTC)

Were we racing?

—Trappist the monk (talk) 11:58, 16 October 2019 (UTC)

My apologies, what I meant was for Northern Line (Sydney) to highlight first, third and last row. I wrongly stated for the second row to also be highlighted. The second row should not be highlighted. The problem with just putting T1=y means that the second row is also highlighted. Marcnut1996 (talk) 22:15, 16 October 2019 (UTC)

If I understand the purpose of that template, it displays patronage for the period 1 July 2018 – 30 June 2019. According to the footnotes, it appears to me that T1 (old), T1 (new), SL, and T9 were all in use during the 1 July 2018 – 30 June 2019 period. If this template uses a data set that shows the patronage of those lines in the period, then shouldn't the highlighted rows be T1 (old), T1 (new), SL, and T9? The non-zero T1 (new) patronage tally seems to indicate that it should be included. What am I not understanding?

The obvious change that I think should be made to the template is a footnote identifying the period for which the graph and table in the template apply rather than free-floating text outside of the template. And, define: 'Opal tap on and tap off'.

—Trappist the monk (talk) 22:43, 16 October 2019 (UTC)

Should i ask someone to write an article on my behalf?

Hi there, I actually wrote the article for a company. And contacted you guys and one of your team members said that this article will not be approved as it looks promotional. My question is "should I ask someone/professional writer to write the article so that it does not look promotional? as English is not my first language thus not that good in it. If I get a professional English speaker/writer to write about this company then can the article be published on Wikipedia? and I will inform him not to write like a promotional article. I need your comment/reply on this question so that I can pay someone else to write it on my behalf.

Is there any link where everything is mentioned about what to take care if we want to write for Wikipedia? if yes, please do share that link with me too. Thank you very much. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Daljit Singh Khalsa (talk • contribs) 08:54, 16 October 2019 (UTC)

Hello, Daljit Singh Khalsa. Trying to use Wikipedia to promote anybody or anything is a fundamental mismatch with the purposes and goals of Wikipedia. Please don't do it, in any way. If you try it (whether you do it yourself, or get somebody else to) you are likely to have frustration and upset - and even if you succeed in getting an article created about you, you may not be happy with the result. Please find other outlets to tell the world about your company. --ColinFine (talk) 09:02, 16 October 2019 (UTC)

@Daljit Singh Khalsa: Please read WP:YFA. Note especially: if the subject is not notable, then no article is appropriate, no matter who writes the article. Any other shortcoming can be fixed, but no amount of editing can overcome a lack of notability. Don't even try. Your article will fail to be accepted, and if it is forced onto Wikipedia it will immediately be deleted. If, after you carefully read and understand our definition of notability, you still feel that most reviewers will agree that your subject is notable, then come back here and we can try again. -Arch dude (talk) 04:38, 17 October 2019 (UTC)

What is Insurance Cosumer Service Department

Dear sir

What is Insurance Cosumer Service Department and it is approved by IRDA. What is the function.

This area is for asking questions about using Wikipedia, not general questions. 331dot (talk) 11:40, 16 October 2019 (UTC)

Help:No content cite tags IBBS

I got the message that the draft page International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation Society contains cite tags with no content, but I cannot find any. Please can you help? doktorchris — Preceding unsigned comment added by Doktorcris (talk • contribs)

Looks like it was fixed by Trappist the monk. ~ ONUnicorn^{(Talk|Contribs)}problem solving 14:04, 16 October 2019 (UTC)

I need help requesting an article

Hello,

I need help requesting an article be made. I can't seem to find the form I need to fill out. Please help.

Ashlie.Pollard (talk) 13:52, 16 October 2019 (UTC)

Ashlie.Pollard Try Requested articles. Your request is more likely to be picked up if you include links to reliable, 3rd party sources about the subject. ~ ONUnicorn^{(Talk|Contribs)}problem solving 14:01, 16 October 2019 (UTC)

But please note Ashlie.Pollard, that

1. ) Wikipedia is created by volunteers, who work on what they choose: there is no guarantee that anybody will pick up your request. As ONUnicorn says, if you find and cite some high-quality sources about (not deriving from) the subject, that may make it more attractive to a volunteer editor
2. ) Unless such independent sources exist, then the subject is not notable in the special sense that Wikipedia uses that word, and no article on it can be accepted; so it is unlikely that anybody will waste their time trying.
3. ) If the article is about you, or something closely associated with you, then thank you for looking to request an article, rather than trying to create it yourself; but you might not necessarily be pleased with the result. --ColinFine (talk) 14:23, 16 October 2019 (UTC)

Loading Pics to the area I updated

I tried to update pictures that I personally took, and they did not load. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=History_of_African_Americans_in_Houston&oldid=920937552 Commerce section.DeRoLoc Lives (talk) 19:51, 16 October 2019 (UTC)DeRoLoc Lives

DeRoLoc Lives You must be autoconfirmed to be able to upload images. I would suggest becoming familiar with WP:UPIMAGE if you aren't already. 331dot (talk) 20:17, 16 October 2019 (UTC)

But if you took them yourself, DeRoLoo Lives, so you're releasing them as free images, then it's better to upload them to Commons anyway, and you don't need to be autoconfirmed for that. --ColinFine (talk) 20:30, 16 October 2019 (UTC)

Pippa Middleton

Please fix ref number 3 - it is in red. thanks Srbernadette (talk) 22:10, 16 October 2019 (UTC)

 Done (by another editor) MB 22:32, 16 October 2019 (UTC)

Done, it is an italics problem. Italics (''text'') and bold ('''text''') are not permitted in {{cite web}} templates for referencing, which gives the red error you saw. I have removed the italics from the reference. Marcnut1996 (talk) 22:34, 16 October 2019 (UTC)

Badges and editing

I hear there are badges I can achieve. How can I achieve them? Also I want to have a good user page but I don't know how to edit so can you help me with editing please? Porygon-Z (talk) 23:44, 16 October 2019 (UTC)

Maybe wikipedia:The Wikipedia Adventure? Pelagic (talk) 04:29, 17 October 2019 (UTC)

October 17

BRAD PITT

How come the movie "Meet Joe Black" is not listed in his film history? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:101:8201:7CD0:D11A:2217:5F0C:4770 (talk) 00:55, 17 October 2019 (UTC)

Brad_Pitt -- That film is mentioned in the article's 1998 section. RudolfRed (talk) 01:39, 17 October 2019 (UTC)

When did Wikipedia switch from Chicago to APA citation style?

I noticed this evening that Wikipedia reference lists seem to use APA now (date in parentheses). My question is why, and where's the consensus vote that showed this? Chicago Style is so much better.

There is no official reference style on Wikipedia, although a consistent style should be used within a given article. If you prefer the Chicago style, then feel free to use it in articles that you start. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 02:19, 17 October 2019 (UTC)

Cullen328, Thanks, and I realize I can use any style I like, but what I mean is when using the RefToolbar, the style appears to be modeled on APA, but I'm wondering where that decision was made? Hope that makes sense. Doug Mehus (talk) 02:28, 17 October 2019 (UTC)

I do not use the RefToolbar myself, but apparently it is a tool to format references using citation templates, so the talk pages of the various templates would be the best place to raise your concerns about how those templates display references. Wikipedia talk:Citation templates has archives going back to 2005. Start by browsing those archives. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 03:19, 17 October 2019 (UTC)

The most common citation templates are the Citation Style 1 and Citation Style 2 templates. These templates do not follow APA, do not follow Chicago, do not follow Bluebook, do not follow any published style. cs1|2 templates were initially created independently from one another so each had it's own 'style'. During their development, cs1|2 templates were certainly influenced by the various published style guides. Over time, the various templates were merged first into {{citation/core}} and then into Module:Citation/CS1. cs1|2 is now its own style, organically created to suit most citation needs at the English Wikipedia and quite a few of the non-English Wikipedias. These templates were never purely Chicago nor any other style.

—Trappist the monk (talk) 12:16, 17 October 2019 (UTC)

To I or not to I, that is the question

There is an article that attempts to describe the layout of a building, its 'shape'. It charmingly says:

The two original wings were designed by John Kellum and were arranged in an I-shape.

This is less than useful, with text in articles these days using Sans-Serif fonts. Elsewhere in the article it says:

The fourth floor contains a similar T-shaped plan as the floors underneath it.

So you can see how the author wanted to use the shape of letters to demonstrate the building shapes.

What was obviously intended (and verified using Google satellite view) was:

The two original wings were designed by John Kellum and were arranged in an I-shape.

Immediately above I have used <span style="font-family:serif">I</span> to force a serifed capital I.

A previous helpdesk question got a grudging answer "well, okay, in that case use <span> to style in conformance to the subject styling."

But the situation here is trying to match the intention to use a letter as a shape description, specifically a serifed capital letter. I can't find any other grudgingly approved method other than <span> to do so.

(There is {{xt}} and friends, like so "I", but they are enjoined from use in mainspace.)

What to do or whither to go? Shenme (talk) 03:59, 17 October 2019 (UTC)

@Shenme: I looked at the I-beam article for inspiration. It uses a special-purpose template {{Ibeam}} to create an Ɪ. -- John of Reading (talk) 06:48, 17 October 2019 (UTC)

When writing about architecture on WP and describing building shapes, I have always used the {{smallcaps}} template – for example, "l-shaped", "t-shaped" etc. I tested it with "i" but unfortunately it doesn't work very well: "i-shaped". Hassocks5489 (Floreat Hova!) 12:05, 17 October 2019 (UTC)

Creating a new wikipage

Dear Sir,

I would like to start a new wikipage on the subject of East Asians in Soviet Intelligence. How do I begin and is there someone I need to contact?

Sincerely,

O.P. 04:59, 17 October 2019 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jonathan Pohl (talk • contribs)

Hello Jonathan Pohl and welcome to Wikipedia. Start by reading Help:Your first article and perhaps WP:No original research carefully. If part of your subject is about living people, WP:BLP is relevant. Perhaps you can find some inspiration in the articles at Category:Soviet intelligence agencies. Good luck! Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 07:25, 17 October 2019 (UTC)

Botany Files

I tried downloading the pdf. of the article on "Alliaria petiolata" but my antivirus instructs me that it is infected with a virus. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.132.9.62 (talk) 11:08, 17 October 2019 (UTC)

Which anti-virus software are you using?  –– Handroid7  【talk】 11:49, 17 October 2019 (UTC)

Is there anything like TEMPLATENAME variable? (for transcluded templates)

In WP:VAR, {{FULLPAGENAME}} and some other variables are listed.

However, is there any way to print the original name of a transcluded template?  –– Handroid7  【talk】 11:48, 17 October 2019 (UTC)

• @Handroid7: I am not entirely sure of what you ask. If you want code that makes the template name appear, {{tlx}} is a good option. Are you asking about code that resolves templates redirects (such as {{re}} → {{Reply_to}})? Tigraan^{Click here to contact me} 14:36, 17 October 2019 (UTC)
  • @Tigraan: Sorry if it was unclear. I was seeking for a method for a template to show its own article name, no matter where it is transcluded, i.e. the same shown by {{FULLPAGENAME}} on the template's own page.

When will the page i created go live?

Hi,

i practiced writing in my sandbox for a few days. But yesterday i clicked on the "Publish changes" and was hoping my page would go live, but it hasent. could you guide me as to when i can expect RDX Sports to go live? — Preceding unsigned comment added by SharonLazarus (talk • contribs) 12:31, 17 October 2019 (UTC)

SharonLazarus In this context, "publish changes" is equivalent to "save changes"; it does not mean "puts your changes on Wikipedia". You must submit your draft using Articles for Creation; however, if you were to do so, it would be rejected, as it is just a promotional piece for the business. From your wording, I gather that you work for RDX Sports in some way; as such, you must review and comply with the conflict of interest and paid editing policies, the latter is a Wikipedia Terms of Use requirement and mandatory. 331dot (talk) 13:40, 17 October 2019 (UTC)

Please understand that Wikipedia is not for merely telling about a company. Wikipedia summarizes what independent reliable sources state about article subjects that meet Wikipedia's special definition of notability(in this case, the definition of a notable company). Wikipedia is not interested in what a company wants to say about itself. Press releases, routine announcements, staff interviews, and other primary sources are not acceptable for establishing notability. Wikipedia is interested in what independent reliable sources state on their own about a subject; in order for you to be successful in writing about your company, you would need to forget everything you know about it and only write based on what independent sources say. Most in your position cannot do that. 331dot (talk) 13:45, 17 October 2019 (UTC)