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February 8

Special:FilePath

What is Special:FilePath supposed to do? Specifically, what are all the links to subpages of that page in Vilém Flusser#Works supposed to do? Can they be made to do whatever it is they're supposed to do, or should they be removed? – Arms & Hearts (talk) 00:02, 8 February 2020 (UTC)

@Arms & Hearts: It's supposed to redirect directly to the actual file by that name instead of linking to the file page. Compare for example Special:Redirect/file/Example.jpg to File:Example.jpg. But I can find no sign those pdf files were ever uploaded to Wikipedia or Commons. It originates from a 2014 edit [1] by a user with no other edits. Google searches on some of the file names find them at monoskop.org, e.g. https://monoskop.org/File:Flusser_Vilem_1991_Projektion_statt_Realitaet.pdf. It's a site run by the MediaWiki software but not associated with the Wikimedia Foundation. The broken links could be replaced with url's to monoskop.org. The site is not at meta:Interwiki map so it's not possible to make a wikilink to them. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:54, 8 February 2020 (UTC)

Thanks PrimeHunter. So it's essentially a more cumbersome alternative to File:Example.jpg (with the leading colon)? That might explain why I've never come across it before. On the separate matter of links to Monoskop, uploads to that site seem to work on the basis of a much broader interpretation of fair use than we'd apply here (see About Monoskop), which probably means we shouldn't link to PDFs there at all per WP:COPYLINK, though I'll await a second (or third) opinion on that. – Arms & Hearts (talk) 12:24, 8 February 2020 (UTC)

All-Russian Central Executive Committee namespace question

Greetings to the Wikipedia community. I want to ask one question about the title of the article. I am currently working on an article about All-Russian Central Executive Committee of the Soviets of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies. The question arose around the use of the "the" article. Should the article title be All-Russian Central Executive Committee of the Soviets of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies or All-Russian Central Executive Committee of Soviets of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies? Articles with similar topics do not use the "the" article (e. g. First All-Russian Congress of Soviets of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies, Second All-Russian Congress of Soviets of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies, All-Russian Congress of Soviets). I tried to search on the web, but both with the and without the names of the political body have nearly identical number of matches. So I hope that the Wikipedia community will help me to resolve this grammatical problem. MarcusTraianus (talk) 00:21, 8 February 2020 (UTC)

@MarcusTraianus: The direct translation of soviet is council. In English, we'd more fluidly say "City Council members said ..." versus "The City Council members said ...", so I'm going with the version without the "the". But is there an equivalent of an article "the" in the Russion spelling? Maybe you'd be better off asking on that article's talk page or if you need more eyeballs Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Russia.TimTempleton ^{(talk) (cont)} 04:23, 8 February 2020 (UTC)

@MarcusTraianus: I suggest that you follow the examples you have found (and Timtempleton's instinct) and omit "the". The "Union of Soviet Socialist Republics" didn't have a "the" either.

@Timtempleton: Russian grammar does not have "Definite and indefinite articles (corresponding to the, a, an in English)". TSventon (talk) 15:58, 8 February 2020 (UTC)

Reference help

Sorry for asking such a simple question here, but... My reference doesn't seem to show up in User:Melofors/sandbox#Southwest Academy. Help? —  Melofors  TC 

@Melofors: YOu need to place a {{reflist}} in your article at the point where you want the referenced to appear (in you case and in the vast majority of cases, this is right after the "References" section title. To find out more about referencing, please read Help:Referencing for beginners when you have some time. -Arch dude (talk) 06:37, 8 February 2020 (UTC)

If you are asking about the ref in the Southwest Academy section, the red error message "Cite error: The <ref> tag name cannot be a simple integer" means the ref tag you used is invalid. You used "1960"; the tag can't be a number. If you change it to "bsun1960", for example, the ref will appear as expected. MB 06:40, 8 February 2020 (UTC)

Ah, thank you! —  Melofors  TC  06:43, 8 February 2020 (UTC)

My article

HI,

I posted an article titled "Freshman Interest Groups" early in 2019. It was reviewed and found to be unacceptable. I re-wrote it and thought I submitted it, but it has not been edited and someone named Hastuer said that my article was subject to deletion, because nothing had been done for five months. I am not sure what I did wrong. — Preceding unsigned comment added by KToke69 (talk • contribs) 06:18, 8 February 2020 (UTC)

It's not an article but a draft (here). A human didn't say this; a bot did. The immediate problem is that nothing has been done to the draft for five months. So, improve the draft. (An extremely simple start: For any heading surrounded by single "=", double this for "==".) AngusWOOF turned down your last attempt with the comment Wikipedia is not a how to guide for local college programs and organizations. I agree, it isn't. But this draft doesn't look to me like a how-to guide for local college programs and organizations. It's about a strategy that has been discussed in academic papers. (Incidentally, it would be a good idea to add the DOI for each academic source.) During the five months, you have edited a related draft here. In some ways, this slightly newer draft is better. I suggest that you copy the good bits from it and paste them into Draft:Freshman Interest Groups. (Incidentally, shouldn't the latter be "Freshman interest groups"?) Good luck with the draft! -- Hoary (talk) 07:09, 8 February 2020 (UTC)

One other suggestion, KToke69, is to add categories to your article.--Quisqualis (talk) 07:20, 9 February 2020 (UTC)

This isn't an article; it's a draft. So you shouldn't add categories. However, you're welcome to indicate the categories you think should be added: just put an extra colon before "Category". So, which categories? Think of phenomena that are similar to freshman interest groups, see how they are categorized, and use the same categories, where they apply. (Work can be done elsewhere: (i) We read that FIGs are a "structure", a "learning community", a "program" -- well, which? (ii) FIGs, plural, are collectively referred to as "it". And more.) -- Hoary (talk) 09:26, 9 February 2020 (UTC)

Wrong photo

The main photo that comes up for ISLA BLAIR is a photo of Sophie Louise Dann. It needs to be deleted. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A00:23C6:4A06:4100:44BC:B8F2:9F79:A710 (talk) 08:26, 8 February 2020 (UTC)

Are you by any chance referring to a photo or text shown to the right of a Google search? Google's Knowledge Graph uses a wide variety of sources. There may be a text paragraph ending with "Wikipedia" to indicate that particular text was copied from Wikipedia. An image and other text before or after the Wikipedia excerpt may be from sources completely unrelated to Wikipedia. We have no control over how Google presents our information, but Google's Knowledge Graph has a "Feedback" link where anyone can mark a field as wrong. – Teratix ₵ 09:27, 8 February 2020 (UTC)

To amplify: the Wikipedia article Isla Blair doesn't have a photograph. --ColinFine (talk) 14:36, 8 February 2020 (UTC)

Editing templates

I'm a little nervous about editing a template myself: could someone help please? See Template talk:Self-reference tool. Thanks, Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 09:22, 8 February 2020 (UTC)

Username change

Hi, how do i change my wikipedia username? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Onyekachilorenz (talk • contribs) 09:34, 8 February 2020 (UTC)

The process is outlined here. Since you have so few edits, you should probably just create a new account with your preferred username. However, judging by your edit summary here, you may have misunderstood the purpose of Wikipedia. It is not a place to promote your services. – Teratix ₵ 09:44, 8 February 2020 (UTC)

Editing a table to add new colum

I am trying to update https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stranger_(Australian_TV_series) and want to add a column about episode summary. There is a field there but I cannot make it visible. Can someone help me? Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Michael from the Shire (talk • contribs) 10:01, 8 February 2020 (UTC)

@Michael from the Shire: Fixed by [2]. If {{Episode list/sublist}} is used then it must be called with the page name to display the summary, e.g. {{Episode list/sublist|The Stranger (Australian TV series)|...}}. This is part of feature where the episode list can be transcluded on another page which omits the summary. This series only had 12 episodes so everything fits in one article and I used {{Episode list}} instead. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:32, 8 February 2020 (UTC)

Question about an edit filter

Brakkar (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log), who I am pretty sure is a sockpuppet of a blocked user[3] -- I am not 100% sure which of several possible blocked users he is a sock of -- has been making dubious changes to NATO phonetic alphabet (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs).

When I looked at the filter log[4] I saw "Filter description: Wikipedia:Long-term abuse/Filter description: Wikipedia:Long-term abuse/Best known for IP". Was that a false positive, or am I dealing with Wikipedia:Long-term abuse/Best known for IP? --Guy Macon (talk) 11:12, 8 February 2020 (UTC)

You can always look at the edit in question and decided for yourself. Ruslik_Zero 12:36, 8 February 2020 (UTC)

You are assuming that I know Best known for IP's habits as well as the person who wrote the filter. if I knew what the filter was looking for and triggered on I could look at the edit in question and decide for myself, but not if I don't know what triggered the filter. (it may be appropriate to tell me via email so as to avoid training Best known for IP in filter evasion). --Guy Macon (talk) 15:47, 8 February 2020 (UTC)

I'm not familiar, but looking at the filter hit it's the type of thing that could create a false positive (indeed there's dozens of distinct hits with no blocks in the last few days alone). I'd recommend either reading up or finding an expert on the subject, because I don't think knowledge of the filter will help you. -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 16:06, 8 February 2020 (UTC)

Task force

How can I start a task force for a football club?  S A H A  11:23, 8 February 2020 (UTC)

You need to read WP:WikiProject Football/Task forces and sub-projects. --David Biddulph (talk) 11:39, 8 February 2020 (UTC)

Regarding Elham Malekpoor Arashlu

Dear who concerns about this letter,

I am Elham Malekpoor Arashlu, an Iranian poet and activist. I have found a Wikipedia page about myself on the link below which has been made without my awareness and containing wrong information about me. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elham_Malekpoor_Arashlu

I would like to ask you to remove or edit the page.

Kind regards, Elham Malekpoor Arashlu — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:1810:CD2C:7600:3509:DB10:FFBA:FAFA (talk) 12:03, 8 February 2020 (UTC)

Please feel free to go to Talk:Elham Malekpoor Arashlu and describe any errors in the article along with any reliable sources to support what you would like to see done. In general, as Wikipedia summarizes what independent reliable sources state about article subjects, the subject's consent is not required for the existence of an article about them. However, if you don't meet the criteria for an article, its deletion can be considered. I would be willing to start that discussion for you if you wish. 331dot (talk) 12:10, 8 February 2020 (UTC)

WP:Autobiography#Problems in an article about you is the general guide to what to do in this situation, Elham. --ColinFine (talk) 14:41, 8 February 2020 (UTC)

Tried to upload pictures. Also updated article

I have updated my page and tried to add o\pictures which are owned by me. Its telling me there is no ref. I don't understand how to fix it! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kinskilove9 (talk • contribs) 14:16, 8 February 2020 (UTC)

You had added an empty reference tag. I have, however, reverted all of your edits because they were completely unsourced. Before making further edits, please ensure that you have references to published independent reliable sources. --David Biddulph (talk) 14:49, 8 February 2020 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Hello, Kinskilove9. From your words "my page", it appears that this is an article about you: is that so? If so, please read AUTOBIOGRAPHY and WP:COI. You should not be editing the article directly, but should only make {{edit request}}s for it. You certainly should not be adding promotional text such as " You can download his shows at ..." and "Can be ordered on ...", which don't belong in any encycvlopaedia article.

The "ref" problem was that that youaccidentally inserted an empty <ref></ref> pair near the beginning; but that has gone because all your recent edits have been reverted by David Biddulph as unsourced. I don't know what you mean about pictures: I see no attempt by you to add any --ColinFine (talk) 14:54, 8 February 2020 (UTC)

Blind redirect

I have often found that a redirect from a slightly obscure term takes me to a more mainstream page, where that term is neither explained nor used. I think this is unfortunate. (For an example of this, check Elephant curve.) Is there a policy on this? Should there be a policy on this? Is there an accepted way of resolving this when the term may be deemed too obscure to deserve a mention on the page it redirects to? Yes, obvioulsy, one could write a proper page instead of the redirect. Also, in some cases a hat-note on the target page may clarify a redirect - but in a case like Elephant curve, (a) the redirect goes to a sub section, hence the reader is unlikely to see a hat note, and (b) it's hard to think of a hat note wording that would make sense, considering all readers of the target page would see it. So ... how is this best resolved? --Nø (talk) 15:43, 8 February 2020 (UTC)

That's a great question. I can think of three bad answers, but I am not seeing a really good answer.

BAD OPTION ONE: When someone types in "Elephant curve" bring them to a section that talks about the curve without calling it that. This is bad because it confuses the reader.

BAD OPTION TWO: Insert the phrase "Elephant curve" into the article just because someone called it that, whether or not this factoid meets our standards. Bad because it puts constraints on article content that have nothing to do with the 99% of readers that didn't search for "Elephant curve".

BAD OPTION THREE: When someone types in "Elephant curve" they get nothing.

Can we use create a Wictionary entry for Elephant curve and make a Wikipedia:Hatnote#Further information… link in the subsection point to it?

Related:[5][6] --Guy Macon (talk) 16:10, 8 February 2020 (UTC)

The guideline is WP:R#ASTONISH. "Elephant curve" apparently refers to the shape of the curve in File:Global changes in real income by income percentile - v1.png, but that isn't clear enough to readers. I think the redirect should either be deleted or explained. If the term "elephant curve" isn't considered significant enough to explain then we don't need a redirect for it. But based on Google, the term has significant use and could be explained, e.g. in the caption. It doesn't have to say "because it looks like an elephant" but it could say "This is called the elephant curve." It sounds like vandalism so a reference would be needed, and maybe a source comment saying "Elephant curve" redirects here so don't delete the explanation. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:27, 8 February 2020 (UTC)

I agree that the curve looks like an elephant, a large animal with its trunk uplifted to the right. I consider this to be unhelpful because I don't see any explanation about the curve. Robert McClenon (talk) 16:53, 8 February 2020 (UTC)

You can nominate such a redirect for discussion at WP:RFD, with a short explanation of the concern, and optionally a proposed solution (e.g. delete, change target, etc). This will being attention. MB 17:08, 8 February 2020 (UTC)

@Nø: If we had a way to redirect to a file in commons, we could try that, since that picture is really what the term refers to. Then, add the name and references to the description at commons. But, I'm not sure how to create a redirect to commons. -Arch dude (talk) 18:09, 8 February 2020 (UTC)

Nø, it is the common case of a redirect created when there was material about the topic and that material later being removed. Looking at the version of an article at the date the redirect was created is the way to solve these things. I'll put the removed material into Branko Milanović, the originator of the graph, and redirect there. StarryGrandma (talk) 22:51, 8 February 2020 (UTC)

Thanks, that's a good solution in this case (and a good way to investigate). As for the more general question I tried to rise, the guideline WP:R#ASTONISH makes good sense; I didn't know it existed, so thanks for that reference. In conclusion, I was right in thinking something was not quite right in the case of the elephant curve (too astonishing, so to speak), and other similar cases should be resolved too, per WP:R#ASTONISH.--Nø (talk) 15:31, 9 February 2020 (UTC)

Changing of a link to someone who has the same name as I do

Hello My name is Pete York, I have been working with the biggest DJ in the world in Fatboy slim, I featured on Fatboy Slim's album in 2006, album name is Pallookaville, which was amazing, however, when you click on my name highlighted in blue 'pete york' the link takes you to another Pete York, a famous drummer, which is very very frustrating as all the traffic coming through is being directed to him and not myself, I highlighted this way back in 2006 and was told nothing could be done, however I would like the link to be changed Pete York which is me.

Please can you help in this very frustrating situation

Thank you Pete York — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.205.194.246 (talk) 16:54, 8 February 2020 (UTC)

There are hundreds of people in the world named or called "Pete York", and all of them have the same problem you do. Only one of them has a Wikipedia article. Therefore the article is named "Pete York". If we had a Wikipedia article about you, we would use one of several methods to "disambiguate" the name so that people could find your article. We do not have such an article, probably because you do not meet our definition of notability: see WP:N. I do not see your name in either the Palookaville or the Fatboy slim article. If you are being referred to in any Wikipedia article and your name in that article is incorrectly linked to Pete York, please provide the name of the article and we will leave your name in but de-link it. -Arch dude (talk) 17:59, 8 February 2020 (UTC)

Question About Commons

I realize that Commons, like the non-English Wikipedias, is a separate library. However, I can't find the Help Desk for Commons. So I have a question which can be answered in either of two ways. First, is there a Help Desk in Commons where I can ask a question about Commons? Second, even better, how do I tag an image on Commons for review by an administrator as a probable copyright violation? If the image were in the English Wikipedia, there are two procedures, speedy deletion with the G and F subspecies, and Files for Discussion. How do I either ask for help about an image on Commons (or how do I ask for help on Commons, but Commons is mostly an image library), or tag an image on Commons for deletion-review? Robert McClenon (talk) 16:58, 8 February 2020 (UTC)

Try Commons:Commons:Help desk. --David Biddulph (talk) 17:01, 8 February 2020 (UTC)

User:David Biddulph - I was about to say I found the answer. Thank you. I have nominated the image for deletion. Robert McClenon (talk) 17:20, 8 February 2020 (UTC)

Questionable Image in Draft

A page in draft space contains an image in Commons that is almost certainly copyrighted. Is there anything in particular that I (as an AFC reviewer) should do about the draft other than nominating the image for deletion from Commons? For instance, is there any policy as to whether I should tag the draft to indicate that the image has been tagged for deletion from Commons? Robert McClenon (talk) 22:14, 8 February 2020 (UTC)

Robert McClenon, I would nominate it for deletion on commons, and stick commons:template:Copyvionote on their commons talk page.

I usually wouldn't do anything here. There is a bot that delinks commons images that get deleted. Although I probably wouldn't move a draft to mainspace with a copyrighted image on it, so I suppose if the image is the only thing wrong with the article then you could delink it then promote, but if there's other issues I'd just leave it and let the bot do it's job. Maybe leave a comment on the draft saying not to use copyrighted images. ~~ Alex Noble - talk 10:25, 9 February 2020 (UTC)

The draft is also questionable. I don't intend to accept the draft in its current condition with or without the image. Am I correct that the image will be nominated for deletion for seven days, just like files or pages in Wikipedia that are tagged for deletion? In that case, the draft will just sit in draft space with the image for another six days, and then the image may be deleted from Commons and delinked by the bot. So for the next six days. it is a matter of waiting, just as with other deletion processes. Robert McClenon (talk) 05:13, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

Robert McClenon, yes, DR typically runs for 7 days, although if it is found to be a copyright violation (or another speedy deletion type) they can be closed earlier. Then the bot waits 10 minutes, before removing or replacing the links to the image on all wikis. ~~ Alex Noble - talk 08:47, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

Canvassed talk page template?

I should know this, but is there a template like {{canvassed}} on AfD's that is more appropriate on talk pages? There have been eight very similar edit requests to Talk:Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, four in this month alone. This seems like the result of an off-wiki campaign to "clear the name" of a religious and social leader. I think a notice similar to the one we put in AfD's that are off-wiki coordinated would be useful but I can't for the life of me find a talk page template of that nature. Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 19:04, 8 February 2020 (UTC)

As far as I can determine, you may try using that template on the Talk page. It should prove more effective than no template at all.--Quisqualis (talk) 06:23, 9 February 2020 (UTC)

February 9

How do I find all fantasy novels that have won The Otherwise Award?

From https://webapps.stackexchange.com/q/138617/78104 :

I've used wikipedia 3.4 Searching for pages in categories to search within Category:James Tiptree Jr. Award-winning works - Wikipedia and also added the keyword fantasy. However this brings up some wrong results.

I note the info box of literary works in Wikipedia contain a genre term (see picture below from here).

I've also tried books that have won otherwise awards - Google Search but don't know how to limit it to fantasy novels.

How can I search for fantasy novels that have won the Otherwise award?

1.132.104.139 (talk) 00:46, 9 February 2020 (UTC)

Click on this link, 1.132.104..139 :

→Otherwise_Award#Winners--Quisqualis (talk) 05:42, 9 February 2020 (UTC)

[Edit Conflict] Courtesy link for those interested: Otherwise Award, formerly named the James Tiptree Jr. Award.

1.132.104.139 The problem with your query is that the award may be given to works of Science Fiction or Fantasy. However, determining whether a particular work is one or the other is often a subjective judgement on which different people disagree: those people may include the books' publishers – a work of Fantasy might be labelled Science Fiction, or vice-versa, as a marketing strategy. (There is, after all, a sub-genre called Science Fantasy.)

Since the award was introduced in 1991 and is generally given to only one or two works per year, there are only 41 Winners in total (plus 5 pre-1991 Retrospectives and one 'Special Recognition') up to 2018. (There are rather more which have received the recognition of 'Honor.')

I suggest your best course would be to search both Wikipeda and elsewhere online (concentrating on reputable SF/Fantasy magazines and blogs if you're familiar with some) for descriptions of each of the 41 (or 46/7) winners, see how each is preponderantly described, and/or decide for yourself which you would define as Fantasy. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 90.205.58.107 (talk) 06:04, 9 February 2020 (UTC)

Well thanks for the link and pointing it out errors in my thinking/research. I'm happy to trust the judgement of Wikipedians as to what is fantasy by the use of the genre in infobox. Also you prompted me to check out the recency of the otherwise award category page. It hasn't been updated in 3 years so it's partially useless.

I'd be happy though to pay someone a token amount to compile this fantasy list for me. AS part of this I'd get the person to update the category list. HOw do I go about doing this? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Paid_editing_(proposal) suggests that paid editing is verboten.

1.132.104.139 (talk) 07:34, 9 February 2020 (UTC)

The list of awards is up to date. The Otherwise Award (and 'Honors', etc.) is/are given to a work or works published in a given calendar year (Jan–Dec), so cannot be considered until that calendar year is over, and they are announced at the Wiscon SF/F convention in Spring of the following year.

Thus the Award (and Honors) for works published in 2018 was announced in 2019, and the awards for 2019 will be announced in May of this year, 2020.

This official page has a table of all Otherwise Awards and Honors awarded for the years 1991 to 2018 inclusive, and contains links to detailed descriptions of each awardee. I suggest you follow the links, read the descriptions, and decide from them whether you adjudge each work to be Fantasy (or not). {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 90.205.58.107 (talk) 22:20, 9 February 2020 (UTC)

The James_Tiptree_Jr._Award-winning_works Category Page is not up to date. It only has 21 pages, 2 of which are meta pages and only 19 which are linked to articles about novels. It was last updated in 2016 as well 3 years ago. For my search to work it needs the category page to be up to date. You're confusing list of award article with list of award category.

1.132.104.139 (talk) 11:18, 11 February 2020 (UTC)

When you are linking to a category page you need to precede its name by a colon. When you included the category name without a colon it tried to put this help page into the category, so I have added the colon and the link now shows. The fact that the category page history doesn't show any changes since 2016 doesn't mean that pages haven't been added to the category since then; the history shows only edits to the category page itself. Pages being added or removed from the category don't show in the history (for example your putting this help page into the category didn't show in the category page history). --David Biddulph (talk) 11:33, 11 February 2020 (UTC)

Paid editing is not forbidden, but it is discouraged and there are some constraints. It is very rare that somebody is interested in paying somebody else to edit except for the purpose of promoting someone or something. If you are keen on getting that table updated, and unable or unwilling to do it yourself, then you may pay somebody to do it, though I don't know how you would find somebody. If you post a request at WikiProject Novels/Fantasy task force I suspect you'll find somebody willing to do it without pay, though of course I may be wrong. --ColinFine (talk) 14:29, 9 February 2020 (UTC)

Update

Update Qanon page now that you have seen history 👌🇺🇸 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:804:200:6850:28CA:2614:6B22:7369 (talk) 03:14, 9 February 2020 (UTC)

Hello, please do not post at this help desk and 'demand' that something be done. If you are unable to edit the page yourself please propose changes you wish to see made at the article talk page. See Template:Request edit for how to do this. It is essential that you include sources. (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) 03:39, 9 February 2020 (UTC)

WikiHelp

How do i create a new wiki page — Preceding unsigned comment added by APandaCat (talk • contribs) 03:42, 9 February 2020 (UTC)

@APandaCat: You can create a new article on any topic that is notable by our definition: see WP:N. Any attempt to create a page on a non-notable topic will fail. Therefore, start by finding reliable sources WP:RS that show notability. There are many way to mess this up, so look at Wikipedia:Common sourcing mistakes (notability). Do not proceed until you have found at least two sources that establish notability. When you find them, proceed to Help:Your first article. Good luck! -Arch dude (talk) 04:26, 9 February 2020 (UTC)

Here is another essential article for you, APandaCat: Your first article. --Quisqualis (talk) 05:32, 9 February 2020 (UTC)

This page is fill with ridiculous amount of table templates technical info =

Ryzen is still fill with ridiculous amount of table templates. What should be done if the talk age is inactive or project page is inactive. Unless something really happens to the page like getting move or deleted then they starts to show. Regice2020 (talk) 07:32, 9 February 2020 (UTC)

Regice2020, I would personally be tempted to wp:boldly remove the lot per WP:INDISCRIMINATE, but given there seems to be activity on Talk:Ryzen, I'd post there first ~~ Alex Noble - talk 10:42, 9 February 2020 (UTC)

Lol. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.243.20.58 (talk) 05:51, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

Reply @Alex Noble: I understand, but any edits gets challenged if it does not fit the "hyped AMD users agenda". This all started to rise when AMD started to beat its competitors in some things few years ago. Its alarming this "hype" has taken over Wikipedia Ryzen. How do i even change it? If i use a smartphone to look for a specific information. I should not have to scroll soo long down through the tables just to get to that information. Regice2020 (talk) 07:58, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

Regice2020, if you think that consensus of the entire site will give a different result to consensus on the article's talk page, you can open a wp:request for comment, following the instructions at WP:RFCST. It is preferred that you have a discussion on article talk first though. ~~ Alex Noble - talk 08:16, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

@Alex Noble: Ok, but i feel like these consensus going be WP:STEALTH.

Do you have to sign accusations of SOCK and SINGLE PURPOSE?

Or can you just add to users comments without signing? Example : https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AArticles_for_deletion%2FRace_and_intelligence_%284th_nomination%29&type=revision&diff=939890994&oldid=939890069 Peregrine Fisher (talk) 10:19, 9 February 2020 (UTC)

Peregrine Fisher, typically, SPA or canvassed tags aren't signed on AFD. ~~ Alex Noble - talk 10:31, 9 February 2020 (UTC)

minor correction to Atlanta

the following should be corrected

"the Atlanta University Center, a historically black college made"

to the Atlanta University Center Consortium, a group of historically black colleges made. there is no reason to change the current references. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Trust96 (talk • contribs) 17:04, 9 February 2020 (UTC)

Trust96, you should ask at talk:atlanta, however, we generally don't use what a company's official name is, opting for the commonly used name instead - Wikipedia:Official names is about article titles, but the same principle applies. ~~ Alex Noble - talk 17:08, 9 February 2020 (UTC)

Hola VPN

Can Hola (VPN) be used to edit without IP Block Exemption? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.242.89.245 (talk) 19:02, 9 February 2020 (UTC)

It is not permitted to use a VPN of any kind to edit Wikipedia unless you have an IP block exemption- and those are rarely granted, and only to those with an exceptional need(more than just a general interest in privacy or security). 331dot (talk) 19:07, 9 February 2020 (UTC)

Hmmm. Interesting. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.246.123.131 (talk) 02:13, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

In the battle between block evaders and the admins who try to stop them, who has been winning so far? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.243.25.204 (talk) 02:46, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

Define "winning". ~ ONUnicorn^{(Talk|Contribs)}problem solving 18:38, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

February 10

Personal privacy

I need some guidance please.

I am trying to make some small changes to my husband's Wikipedia page.

It is not well written and quite a few facts are missing.

I tried to do 2 things: 1. Add details of a new award he received 2. Remove his birthdate for privacy reasons.

I've been chastised and threatened with blockage for doing this, by two anonymous contributors.

I cannot understand this. Do we have no rights to protect our own privacy?

No one asked us if a reference to Who's Who could be used. This was done without our knowledge.

We have no desire to add any promotion or advertising, simply to clear up the entry.

I would be grateful for some help on this issue.

Many thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sifriyah67 (talk • contribs) 02:56, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

Your user talk page gave you a link to guidance about how to deal with subjects where you have a conflict of interest. And just to clarify it's not your husband's Wikipedia page, it's a Wikipedia article about your husband. --David Biddulph (talk) 03:07, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

• I have removed the day of birth (not the year) per our policy about date of birth privacy. I rather doubt that one can make a case that this person is well-notable and thus the complete date of birth is warranted, though I am certainly among the most privacy-oriented editors so maybe the case could be argued either way.

I think Sifriyah67 received quite an appaling reception for a newcomer. Since nobody explained to them in simple terms what happened, here goes:

1. "Conflict of interest" is a situation in which a person or organization is involved in multiple interests (...) and serving one interest could involve working against another (our article), which is quite a large definition. Writing a Wikipedia page about a family member certainly qualifies: as a Wikipedia editor you want pages to follow the guidelines, and as a wife you want information about your husband to be restricted or put in a good light. It does not forbid you from editing but it does mean you should be more careful about it.
2. Wikipedia pages are not controlled by their subjects, family members, employees etc. (and thankfully so). If you want to make edits stick, you should follow the guidelines (which is hard to do because there are so many of them, but if you read the warnings you were given, the most relevant are explained in the hyperlinks). In particular, "I do not like it this way" is not a convincing argument to remove sourced information.

Tigraan^{Click here to contact me} 12:56, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

Edits you don't have to sign

I see you don't have to sign when you use Template:Single-purpose account‎. Not a big fan of that, but I do understand. Since it's on my radar now, I'm seeing people going and changing, say, a couple words in a paragraph they wrote on a talk page, but they aren't necessarily putting little strikes and signatures and timestamps. Seems like in the old days you could only add another paragraph (or whatever) with timestamp explaining what was wrong with your first paragraph. What are the rules on this sort of thing nowadays? Peregrine Fisher (talk) 04:56, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

Peregrine Fisher, As long as you aren't changing the meaning of what you have written, and you originally wrote it, its fine to do without signing.

If someone has already replied to your comment, or its been there a while, it is best practice to sign and state changes, per wp:redact. ~~ Alex Noble - talk 08:11, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

Deleted a Wikipedia page

Hi my name is Valdair and I'm inquiring about taking down a Wikipedia page. My client, Mez, at Creative Artist Agency would like to delete his Wikipedia article. Please advise on next steps to get it taken down. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.171.135.185 (talk) 06:35, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

If you are in fact the representative of the subject, and can prove it, you should email Wikipedia by going to this page: Wikipedia:Contact_us/Article_subjects. The point of emailing will be to confirm that you are the representative, and give a reason as to why you request deletion of the article. Requesting deletion does not guarantee deletion. CaptainEek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!}⚓ 18:21, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

Courtesy link: Mez (rapper). --CiaPan (talk)

Your client doesn't "have" a Wikipedia page. There is an article in Wikipedia about your client; but it is not his. The talk page of that article can be used to discuss anything which is inaccurate in that article. --Orange Mike | Talk 07:08, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

The history of the IP contributions (Special:Contributions/108.171.135.185) somehow makes me suspicious of this request. Also, the introduction like 'my name is Valdair' doesn't seem very professional to me... --CiaPan (talk) 09:00, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

It's possible that a case could be made that the person is not notable enough for an article per WP:BLPREQUESTDELETE; the claim to fame stated in the article is that they worked with Dr. Dre- but notability is not inherited. I'm not seeing how they meet the musician notability criteria. 331dot (talk) 10:50, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

Contact another user

Hi,

I'm trying to reach a solid contributor to olympic pistol shooting competitor profiles, "Sauer202" to see if he is going to make a page on the new phenom in our sport. How can I reach out to him?

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by HBowman00 (talk • contribs) 06:41, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

@Hbowman00: You can contact them at their talk page which is User talk:Sauer202. Or you can ping them from any talk page by adding {{ping|Sauer202}} to the start of your post and signing it by typing four tildes (~~~~). The message, the ping and signature must be added all in one message or it will not work. Eagleash (talk) 07:09, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

The San Jose Cyberrays

You’ve missed a WUSA Professional athlete that played for the CyberRays. I’m the brother of Lakeysia R Beene. Betsy A Barr, is missing. Every player on that teams has to be in Wikipedia for it to work. They all contributed to that team. Also Dawn C Greathouse wasn’t in either. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 107.77.211.181 (talk) 11:14, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

Please address any concerns about an article's content to its associated talk page(click the "Talk" tab at the top of the article if viewing on a computer). 331dot (talk) 11:23, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

Often when folks don't have an article, its not because we've missed them, its because no one has yet taken it upon themselves to write that article. Wikipedia is by no means complete, and is run by volunteers. In time a sports editor will get to the page and create it. CaptainEek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!}⚓ 18:17, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

Where can I go to complain about another language wikipedia?

I just saw on the front page of the Afrikaans wiki that it shows images of sexual positions as the featured article. I don't believe showing something like this should be permitted if not on a relevant article. Is there a place like this where I can comment to Wikipedia as a whole?—Naddruf (talk ~ contribs) 18:31, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

@Naddruf:Each Wikipedia is independently operated by its own community. For a complaint like yours, I would to to the talk page of the main page of the Afrikaans Wikipedia. For more serious complaints, (such as widespread, systemic abuse) there is Meta. ~ ONUnicorn^{(Talk|Contribs)}problem solving 18:35, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

Note that meta is at meta:main page - the above link is to mw:main page, which is the main page for MediaWiki, our software. ~~ Alex Noble - talk 19:33, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

Oops. ~ ONUnicorn^{(Talk|Contribs)}problem solving 19:43, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

I don't know about that version but here we have WP:NOTCENSORED. 331dot (talk) 19:49, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

I know it's not censored, but there are common sense guidelines of what to include on the front page.—Naddruf (talk ~ contribs) 00:47, 11 February 2020 (UTC)

Image choice for mobile

How are the images chosen for the mobile view? I notice that this very important article 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries has multiple images in the desktop view, but on a mobile (not the mobile view on a desktop) the image is Biden. That isn’t neutral.S Philbrick(Talk) 19:21, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

@Sphilbrick: When I use my mobile device to go to that page, I see all the same images I see on my desktop system. Can you clarify what you are seeing? RudolfRed (talk) 19:23, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

RudolfRed, I see an image of Biden. (I tried the mobile view on a desktop which shows multiple images.) S Philbrick(Talk) 19:29, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

I see them all on mobile. Sometimes it's how the browser reads the page, but the mobile view doesn't exclude any images particularly. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 19:33, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

Some features use mw:Extension:PageImages#Image choice to select one image to represent an article. This for example happens in mobile search results, and in mw:Page Previews (not the same feature as Navigation popups which displays another image). I don't know a feature which only displays the page image when you view the article itself but I haven't tried any of the apps to read Wikipedia. The image of Joe Biden is the page image for 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries. PrimeHunter (talk) 20:04, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

PrimeHunter, I should have mentioned that I was viewing using the Wikipedia beta app. I assume that uses the option you suggested. I suppose it is of some comfort that it is algorithmicly determined, rather than editor choice, but it doesn't feel right. I didn't see an easy way to override the choice. S Philbrick(Talk) 20:47, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

Can you watch a section somehow?

Some pages, for instance this one, have so much traffic that watching doesn't really work when I ask a question and am not interested in other peoples questions and answers. We got something for that? Peregrine Fisher (talk) 20:36, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

@Peregrine Fisher: There is no way to watch only a section of a page. RudolfRed (talk) 21:00, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

Yet. There is no way to watch a section of a page yet. The WMF has (in theory) been working on software changes that would let people do that for some time. The problem is they try to wrap it up in a whole new "talk page redesign" with cute names like "flow" and there are a lot of problems with what they end up creating. ~ ONUnicorn^{(Talk|Contribs)}problem solving 14:22, 11 February 2020 (UTC)

Single dataset rendered as multiple table(s) and/or a graph(s)

In the 2019nCov pages, there is quite a bit of hard coded data. For example, cumulative number of confirmed cases on given date. That specific number appears in-line in various paragraphs, in histograms, in tables, etc ....

Even in a single histogram a number is entered multiple times, for example the number 170 in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:2019%E2%80%9320_Wuhan_coronavirus_data/China_medical_cases_(confirmed), or the daily figures in any line, such as

{{Bar stacked|2020-02-09| 40,171 (+08%)|red|{{#expr: 908/170}}|dodgerblue|{{#expr: 3281/170}}|orange |{{#expr: (40171-3281-908) /170}}}}

The hardcoding inhibits creating new views (tables/graphs). For example, in analogy to semi-log plots, I'd like to see a logarithm-of-counts version of the above mentioned histogram.

Is there a way to avoid all this hard-coding duplication?SailBelow (talk) 21:27, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

Drug testing

I failed a drug test for meth and i have never used in my life. My daughter on the other hand does smoke it. Can 2nd hand smoke cause me to fail a drug test or could it be some of the medications i am on. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2606:A000:6E06:F00:4418:492:DBFF:A399 (talk) 21:52, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

Hello, this is the desk for help in using or editing Wikipedia; we cannot answer questions on other topics here. Our reference desk *might* be able to suggest somewhere more relevant that you could contact... but will not be able to give any medical advice or information themselves. Eagleash (talk) 22:07, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

Jamison Building

I would like to know how to provide a picture for Jamison Building. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 1234celly (talk • contribs) 22:31, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

1234celly, have you taken a picture? You can upload it at commons:upload wizard, which guides you thriygh the process. ~~ Alex Noble - talk 22:44, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

Worm Composting Septic Systems - Can't find information on them?

I can find plenty of people selling worm composting sepytic systems and they have been on TV but they are expensive and i wanted to learn more about them so maybe i could make my own. Thought Wikipeadia might have information about these systems but can't find anything? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 49.188.0.37 (talk) 22:36, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

Please try the reference desk, where someone may be able to help you. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 23:30, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

We are not a self help/DIY website. We only write about stuff that is encyclopedically notable. A better bet would be looking for DIY websites or blogs that discuss it. CaptainEek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!}⚓ 23:31, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

Wikipedia has an article on them: vermifilter.   Maproom (talk) 08:00, 11 February 2020 (UTC)

February 11

AAC And Mountain West Conference Football Schedules

What No Schedule release yet for both conferences It's February But When Will They Get Released. 68.103.78.155 (talk) 00:01, 11 February 2020 (UTC)

Wikipedia has no control over that. Perhaps you should be asking the NCAA or other governing body. RudolfRed (talk) 00:13, 11 February 2020 (UTC)

Creation of Trapeze Group Asia Pacific page.

How do I create a page for Trapeze Group Asia Pacific?

We are a separate business to the already existing 'Trapeze Group' page.

Thanks, Josh — Preceding unsigned comment added by Trapezegroupasiapacifc (talk • contribs) 02:13, 11 February 2020 (UTC)

You should not use Wikipedia as a way to promote your business (see WP:PROMOTION). As the reason you want the article is to promote your business, it would be inappopriate for you to write the article. If you think it is notable, which means it has received significant coverage in independent, reliable sources, it would be better to post it at Wikipedia:Requested articles and someone may write it at some point. Additionally, your username will not be allowed to continue on Wikipedia because it is the name of the company, see Wikipedia:Username policy.—Naddruf (talk ~ contribs) 02:55, 11 February 2020 (UTC)

Trapezegroupasiapacifc, Howdy hello! A few things. For starters, your username is against policy and will have to change. Secondly, we only write about notable things. It is possible your company is notable, but I wouldn't be on it. We don't write about everything, we only write about businesses that have recieved significant coverage in multiple reliable and independent sources. Think the New York Times. Industry publications generally don't count.

The main issue here is a conflict of interest. If you are an employee, have a financial stake in the company, or have otherwise been paid for these edits, you must disclose that by following the steps at WP:PAID. Once you have done that, then you can use the WP:Article Wizard to make a draft of your article. But beware: very few company pages created by paid editors get approved. Also, having an article for your compnay isn't necessarily a good thing. Anyone can edit the page, and they can edit to include anything your company has done...good or bad, for all the world to see. CaptainEek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!}⚓ 03:00, 11 February 2020 (UTC)

DC Defenders Roster Change

I could have sworn that the Dc Defenders had dropped Tyler Palka and picked dup undrafted wide receiver form the Univerity of North Carolina Chapel Hill Aaron Sylvester — Preceding unsigned comment added by TheLarryEdwards (talk • contribs) 02:21, 11 February 2020 (UTC)

Maybe try asking at Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Entertainment. Or a google news search. Peregrine Fisher (talk) 04:12, 11 February 2020 (UTC)

Anonymous photo upload?

What if I took a photo but I want to upload it anonymously, so that I don't give away the details of the subject? In particular, Breast reduction could use a good illustration of how the surgeon marks up the patient, but the patient might not want to have her identity associated with a photo of her breasts marked up. Is there a way perhaps via the ticket mechanism to verify the appropriate rights and license, but not have the full info show up publicly? 2601:647:4200:4010:940F:BB86:C199:DDE5 (talk) 05:37, 11 February 2020 (UTC)

I think the photographer hold the copyright on photos they take. So a doctor could probably just upload whatever pictures they take as the copyright holder. If some doctor started uploading pictures of his patients when they dont want him to, we would probably delete those pictures regardless of copyright. As someone once said, "I'm not a law talding dude". Because it's nudity, you better really get your ducks in a row. Peregrine Fisher (talk) 05:54, 11 February 2020 (UTC)

Getting my ducks in a row is what I'm trying to do. I'm not a doctor, but related to the patient, who will give her consent as long as some privacy can be maintained. 2601:647:4200:4010:10B4:516F:C47F:987 (talk) 06:29, 11 February 2020 (UTC)

If the copyright holder of the picture (the doctor or the patient?) registers an account (which is anonymous) and uploads it (with the face cropped out), I don't see how the patient's identity could be compromised. If verification is needed, I don't know the process, but you could always decline if you are uncomfortable with it. It's not like the article can't live without it (or even if it could, it's not worth hassles IRL). —[AlanM1(talk)]— 07:57, 11 February 2020 (UTC)

Copyright wise, the photographer owns the photograph. If the doctor is employed by a hospital, then the hospital is actually the owner. The nudity part is kinda making me question my knowledge, but I think it doesn't matter legally. Again, get your ducks in a row. Peregrine Fisher (talk) 09:41, 11 February 2020 (UTC)

• Well, the ticket system is described at WP:DONATEIMAGE but it is there for the case where a photograph is already online and we need to make sure the owner agrees to the new license. In the current case, I assume the photograph is not public yet. By default, photographs who make their first web appearance on Commons and do not have any eyebrow-raising metadata are assumed to be properly licensed (if the opposite presumption was made, nobody could upload their own photographs). The legal way would be to have the doctor (or maybe the hospital's counsel) upload it, but if you upload it as your own work I doubt anyone would raise a fuss. I would create an account to do so on Commons because IP address leak some information about who your internet service provider is, which correlates with more or less large geographical areas; but you do not need to give out your name, the patient's or the doctor's, in the photo description (so do not do it!).

Although privacy is not a problem for us, ensuring it might be a technical problem for you. Take care not to leak information in the photo itself (example: if the picture has a medecine diploma hanged on the wall, make sure it cannot be used to deduce the doctor's identity, otherwise it could lead back to the patient's) or in the metadata (example: geotagging would almost surely be matched to the hospital's location). For removing metadata, here's a tutorial on Windows, or search for "EXIF editor" and pick a program that suits you. Tigraan^{Click here to contact me} 13:30, 11 February 2020 (UTC)

Username template

Is there any template for use on your user page to warn that a very similar username is a different user? MB 05:47, 11 February 2020 (UTC)

Not sure if there is a dedicated user one... But you could just use the old fashioned {{for}} Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 06:36, 11 February 2020 (UTC)

... or {{distinguish}}. --David Biddulph (talk) 10:31, 11 February 2020 (UTC)

What happened?

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Help_desk&curid=564696&action=history Peregrine Fisher (talk) 09:52, 11 February 2020 (UTC)

Items were oversighted due to an above item being redacted (according to the logs) Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 09:59, 11 February 2020 (UTC)

Peregrine Fisher logs can be viewed here: [7]. I should mention I don't know if it's exactly the reason why it was oversighted, but just an informed guess. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 10:01, 11 February 2020 (UTC)

Lee Vilenski, Peregrine Fisher the revisions were revdelled because of a privacy concern. In cases like that, all revisions of the page containing the breach need to be hidden - it doesn't imply that there was anything wrong with anything you said, just that there was a pre-existing problem on the page when you edited it. No way around it unfortunately, if you were discussing something just carry on from where you left off. GirthSummit _(blether) 10:13, 11 February 2020 (UTC)

Let's say Guy jzg was wrong for the sake of argument. What's next? Peregrine Fisher (talk) 10:18, 11 February 2020 (UTC)

Peregrine Fisher, he wasnt wrong. GirthSummit _(blether) 10:22, 11 February 2020 (UTC)

Peregrine Fisher, Theoretically, if you think it is being misused, then you should contact Arbcom at Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Audit. In practice, there are aren't many oversighters, and due to the rather high requirements of becoming one, they are probably correct. ~~ Alex Noble - talk 11:51, 11 February 2020 (UTC)

but note that between 2009 and 2016, when there was a special group of arbcom to handle checkuser and oversight, there were only four overturnings of oversight, and no one ever had oversight removed. ~~ Alex Noble - talk 11:59, 11 February 2020 (UTC)

It wasn't oversighted, just revdeled, so above doesn't apply. ~~ Alex Noble - talk 14:28, 11 February 2020 (UTC)

Any administrator can delete a revision so that it is invisible to non-administrators. There are thousands of administrators. "Oversighters" get involved only when they think something should be invisible to the thousands of administrators.

I am not woodElf. But the three of us are not the only editors who think this policy is questionable. A lot of editors, at different times and in different places, have questioned the applicability of WP:BLP to this particular name. They have all been put down by Guy jzg. Even if all the "right-wing" sources do not count, the name became notable the moment Rand Paul said it on the Senate floor. To prohibit the repetition of his words even in talk pages is not an enforcement of BLP, but a violation of [WP: Notcensored]]. Wikipedia has a lot of partisans. Nevertheless, yes, you should fight for it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.249.228.172 (talk • contribs)

• Peregrine Fisher and others: if you already know the gist of what was oversighted, what you have is either a content dispute which you should resolve by the usual means (I have not looked but would bet there are multiple open threads already) or a complaint about user conduct. The latter would be dealt with either at WP:AN/WP:ANI if you think the user should be blocked, topic banned etc., or at WP:ARBCOM if the user is an administrator who abused their tools or should be desysopped for misconduct. The oversight audit procedure is in place for cases where the oversighter tries to do stuff stealthily but apparently here everyone knows what is going on.

117.249.228.172, you should sign your posts yourself, not rely on sinebot to do it. The docs imply that it amounts to abusing the bot. Also, your post reads more like venting frustration than an actual request for information. Tigraan^{Click here to contact me} 13:04, 11 February 2020 (UTC)

Can someone provide full list of tagging a page

Please as a help provide a link where I can get all tags for a page like re editing, citations. Cause: I just came back on Wiki after so long due to study and health issues. help! Manupriy Ahluwalia (talk) 10:21, 11 February 2020 (UTC)

Manupriy Ahluwalia, if you install WP:TWINKLE, you can use it to add tags like that very easily - you just select them from a list it gives you. GirthSummit _(blether) 10:49, 11 February 2020 (UTC)

See also Wikipedia:Template messages. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:16, 11 February 2020 (UTC)

Question about message on my talk page

I don't quite understand this message on my talk page. How should I respond? Interstellarity (talk) 11:40, 11 February 2020 (UTC)

It sounds to me like the user is WP:NOTHERE based on looking at their edit history. If you don't recall interacting with them, I don't know if I would respond at all. 331dot (talk) 11:49, 11 February 2020 (UTC)

@331dot: Thank you for your reply. I think the best thing to do is to not respond at all and let the bot archive it. Interstellarity (talk) 11:51, 11 February 2020 (UTC)

The user created his account in September 2015 but only started using it now. He has only ever used it to write these confusing comments on talk pages. JIP | Talk 14:02, 11 February 2020 (UTC)

Shared IP adress

I own a computer through my school system. It appears that every student shares the same IP address. I have an account and stay logged in at all times, yet i'm still receiving notices about edits I did not make. It's starting to worry me a little bit. Any ways you can help? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.125.131.66 (talk) 14:26, 11 February 2020 (UTC)

Are you sure you are logged in? You were not when you posted this, and you should then only receive messages intended for you.

If your asking because you think the account will get linked to the IP address, and you'll be held responsible or something, it's fairly obvious to checkusers, the only users with access to the IP addresses used by logged in users, which IP addresses are shared and which aren't. They aren't going to block someone or anything just because they use the same IP as a school. ~~ Alex Noble - talk 14:33, 11 February 2020 (UTC)

It is quite probably because you forgot to log in. Note that by the signature automatically inserted to your message, you were not logged in when you wrote this question. Contributions done by your IP address aren't going to show up on your account or vice versa. JIP | Talk 14:41, 11 February 2020 (UTC)

Edit/ remove

Hello,

I’m trying to remove a sentence from Wiam Wahhab’s page in the controversy part. However, wikipedia is not letting me. The sentence is not accurate nor true, and Wiam Wahhab is ma father and the sentence needs to be removed. Any help? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Reine123451 (talk • contribs) 14:45, 11 February 2020 (UTC)

@Reine123451: Hello, your edits were undone (reverted) as they removed sourced material. However, as you have a conflict of interest as a relative of the subject, you should first read that linked page and make the necessary declarations. You should then make requests for edits at the article talk page (see Template:Request edit for how to do this). FWIW the source does seem to support the comments as reported but it is not one that Wikipedia regards as wholly reliable and I have no idea as to whether the translation is accurate. Please remember to sign your posts on talk pages by typing four tildes (~~~~). Thank you. Eagleash (talk) 14:56, 11 February 2020 (UTC)

Reine123451 (ec) Since you say it is your father, you should review conflict of interest. Wikipedia is "letting you" make the edit, but it is being reverted. This is probably because you are removing what seems to be cited information without an adequate explanation. If the information given is incorrect, you should discuss the matter with other editors on the article talk page(Talk:Wiam Wahhab). 331dot (talk) 14:58, 11 February 2020 (UTC)

Partisan source

Hi everyone, I would like to know what can be done in the case that a source being cited for an article, contains partisan views or non-accurate information? Can I request that the source is removed or what should be right course of action? Thanks!