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    April 3

    US Route 69 in Kansas

    It repeats The time allotment for script h47.17.226.94 (talk) 00:15, 3 April 2021 (UTC)as expired in the info sections> Thanks[reply]

     Courtesy link: U.S._Route_69_in_Kansas

    yes, something is wrong, but I am not sure what. Hopefully someone can help. RudolfRed (talk) 00:23, 3 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    When stuff like that happens, try a null edit which will often fix the problem.
    —Trappist the monk (talk) 00:43, 3 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    orphaned file that is not actually an orphan (anymore)

    Hi, I created the page Hurricane Alice (journal), which was recently approved (hurray!). Before the page was created, I tried uploading the logo for the journal. The file was deleted because it was an orphan. However, since the page was approved, I uploaded the logo again, this time to the approved article. It stayed there for a few days and then was deleted by a bot. The file is File:HALogo2.jpg. I don't know how to get the image file to stay in the approved article. Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jjphoenix (talk • contribs) 03:51, 3 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    @Jjphoenix: I suggest you follow the instructions at File:HALogo2.jpg#Licensing, and then readd the logo to the Hurricane Alice (journal) article. In the future, you can use Wikipedia:File Upload Wizard, which provides prompts to fill in the non-free use rationale. Happy editing! GoingBatty (talk) 05:07, 3 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    How do I create a page?

    How do I create a page for myself? I am on Youtube. Robert Cummings Kids is the channel — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cummings Kids (talk • contribs) 2021-04-03T12:42:46 (UTC)

    I would wait until another more experienced editor responds to your question. However, as I was already here posting my own question I thought I'd respond with a short answer until someone can get back to you with a more thorough answer.
    Basically you are prevented from writing your own articles about yourself. They call it Neutral Point of View or WP:NPOV.
    Instead you can request an article be written about you under WP:RA. Sorry I can't be of more help. That should at minimum give you an idea of possibilities. Kimdorris (talk) 12:11, 3 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Hello, Cummings Kids. The short answer is that you don't. First, promotion of any kind is forbidden anywhere in Wikipedia. Secondly, autobiography, while not actually forbidden (as stated by Kimdorris) is strongly discouraged, because you are likely to find it hard to write neutrally about yourself, as Kimdorris says. Thirdly, for a new editor to create an article is like going to your first music lesson and then trying to play a concerto in public: creating an article which gets accepted is much harder than it looks. Fourthly, if Wikipedia ever has an article about you (whether written by you or somebody else) it will not be "your page" - it will not even be your article: it will be Wikipedia's article about you, it will not necessarily say what you want it to say (and you cannot edit it yourself, only request edits), and it will not be based on what you say or want to say about yourself, but almost entirely on what people who have no connection with you have chosen to publish about you in reliable sources. If, after this admonition, you still want to go ahead, please read the links that Kimdorris and I have given you, and also WP:COI and WP:YFA. --ColinFine (talk) 12:48, 3 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Point of order, ColinFine I said one is prevented from authoring an article about oneself. I never mentioned it being forbidden in the context in which you used it.
    Cummings Kids I think you would be better served by arranging to have a simple website built. One of the hurdles to get past on Wikipedia is notability. That is a huge hurdle for any would be author of biographies of living people. Kimdorris (talk) 14:13, 3 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    How to move/merge old pageview data to new article's data store?

    Hello, I recently performed my first article move on Ann Walker (landowner) previously Ann Walker of Lightcliffe in order to comply with WP:NCPDAB. Today I looked at the pageviews data for said new article and noticed total pageviews are significantly lower than previous recorded data in February. WP:WikiProject Yorkshire/Popular pages Is there a proper way to port data over to include it with the new article going forward? I appreciate the help. Kimdorris (talk) 11:57, 3 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    Help!

    Wikipedia has somehow become my home page when I start up my computer. I have no idea how this has come about. My usual Home page is Google. I have not knowingly visited Wikipedia for years. How can I get rid of this?

    You need to change it in your browser settings. Without knowing which browser you are using we can't give you detailed instructions.--Shantavira|feed me 12:21, 3 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Just Google “how to change my home page using <insert browser name here>“. TimTempleton (talk) (cont) 17:05, 3 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    Correcting a Wiki Title

    Hello, I was wondering how I could correct a WIki page title? I am trying to correct the "Jeju Uprising" title to "Jeju 4.3 Incident" as "uprising" is an incorrect description of the events of that incident.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Jiminjung1 (talk • contribs)

    Jiminjung1 Wikipedia article titles are based on what most reliable sources call an event(or any topic). See WP:COMMONNAME. In this case, it's based on what most English langauge reliable sources call the event. If you can make a case that most reliable sources in English use "incident", please discuss it on the article talk page. 331dot (talk) 13:05, 3 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    Julia Pravik

    Please approve and help publish the created page about the Ukrainian scientist: Julia Pravik https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Julia_Pravik — Preceding unsigned comment added by Majerra (talk • contribs)

    @Majerra: I've added a template that allows you to submit your draft for review, but I suggest you read WP:EASYREFBEGIN, as you appear to be using references incorrectly; external links do not go into the body of the article. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 13:35, 3 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    Removing a Wikipedia editor for abusing editing rights

    Dear Wikipedia staff,

    I am unsure as to how to properly go about doing this, however is has come to my attention that one editor on a large number of Professional Wrestling themed section has been abusing some editing right they have had for a long while now and has resulted in certain pages being protected from people like myself who are honestly trying to properly correct incorrect edits they and other like them are making. We are not editing these pages out of ill-will or malisious intent, these editors are the ones who are abusing their editing rights to make incorrect decision like this based on 'personal opinions' and not substantial evidence or facts to back up their edits.

    If there is a proper way to contact staff about users like this, please let me know of how to do this and I will further discuss to staff how things can go further down the line.— Preceding unsigned comment added by StarStingster (talk • contribs)

    StarStingster There is no "staff" on Wikipedia for day to day operations. There are administrators(like me) but they are volunteer editors like you with some extra buttons only. Without knowing this situation I'm hesitant to offer specific advice, but issues about editor behavior(that are not clear cut vandalism, which is reported to WP:AIV) may be brought to WP:ANI- but be advised that the behavior of all parties involved will be examined as well. I advise you to try to settle any disagreements about article content on the talk page first or using dispute resolution before escalating it. 331dot (talk) 14:48, 3 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Courtesy link Talk:List of All Elite Wrestling personnel. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 14:57, 3 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Looks like a WP:content dispute to me. I don't particularly have an opinion on where this person should fit on this list, but as 331dot says, there are avenues to go to to report vandalism or herassment, but we don't have staff editors, just ones that have more shiny buttons. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 15:00, 3 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Wikipedia articles about living people must comply with WP:BLP. If there is defamatory content regarding that person, you should remove it. However, if you have a conflict of interest (e.g. you are the person that the article is about), you should make an edit request on the talk page for someone else to edit the article, which ensures that the edits are not biased. Thanks for asking! Félix An (talk) 17:18, 4 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    April 4

    How to make a Draft: page a published page

    I created this page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Bad_Lives and it has been completed for over a month but still has the draft title and I don't know what the next step is to get it published.

    Thanks --Samohtnadroj (talk) 04:41, 4 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    @Samohtnadroj: You should submit it for review by adding {{subst:submit}} to the top of the page; I have done this for you. Kleinpecan (talk) 06:22, 4 April 2021 (UPC)
    @Samohtnadroj: no Declined as failing WP:NMUSIC. In addition you appear to be the subject of the draft. Fiddle Faddle 08:20, 4 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    Viewing deleted contributions

    When I checked general statistics for my account I found that 92 of my edits were removed from my contributions and I can't see them because I am not an administrator. Can a user request to see his own removed contributions and why he/she can't see them?Shaheen Hassan (talk) 08:50, 4 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    @Shaheen Hassan: The most likely reason I can think of is that a page you were editing has been deleted. As far as I am aware requests to see removed contributed are rarely entertained. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 08:54, 4 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    @Tenryuu 🐲: The articles I edited still exist. My edits to these articles were deleted from the articles and then they were removed from the Article revision history and from my contributions page. Shaheen Hassan (talk) 09:05, 4 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    @Shaheen Hassan there is a probability that the edits were in some manner problematic. Problems where edits are completely redacted include copyright violations. That does not mean that you necessarily created the problem, whatever its was. Mediawiki software can be unsubtle in the way it handles full redactions and the counting of them. Fiddle Faddle 09:09, 4 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    @Fiddle Faddle: These edits were climate data for some cities and towns with a cited source and no copyright violations. Shaheen Hassan (talk) 09:19, 4 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Allowing users to see deleted contributions undercuts the purpose of deleting them. Contributions can be hidden from public view, and even in some cases from administrators, but not outright removed. I see no hidden edits on your recent edit history. Which articles are you talking about? 331dot (talk) 09:11, 4 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    @331dot: These edits include articles like El Cairo and Cartago, Valle del Cauca. I added climate data for these 2 places but they removed and also hidden from page history and from my contributions. Shaheen Hassan (talk) 09:19, 4 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Shaheen Hassan Your account has not made any edits to those articles. As I said, edits cannot be outright removed from your contribution history; they can be hidden, but the edit would still appear in your history. Did you perhaps make the contributions while accidentally logged out? 331dot (talk) 09:27, 4 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    And if they were about climate, I can't think of a reason to hide them from view unless they were copyright violations- and again, those would still appear in your history. 331dot (talk) 09:27, 4 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    @331dot: Check this link

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special%3ADeletedContributions%2FShaheen_Hassan Shaheen Hassan (talk) 09:37, 4 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    Shaheen Hassan Yes, I checked your deleted contributions; none of them are to the two articles you specified. Most of them are to a now deleted draft. If you're certain you saved the contributions, you must have made them while logged out- otherwise, for some reason, your contributions were not saved. Even if hidden from public view, they would still display in your contribution history. I suggest that you examine the article edit history to see if any of the contrbutions made by IP addresses look familiar as yours. 331dot (talk) 09:47, 4 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    @331dot: I am sure that I edited these pages while logged in but as you said, it's possible that they were not added to the page history and to my contributions for some unknown reason. Thanks Shaheen Hassan (talk) 09:57, 4 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    @Shaheen Hassan with precision, why does this matter so much to you? Why not smile and move on? Fiddle Faddle 10:32, 4 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    @Fiddle Faddle: It matters so much because some of my contributions have gone to waste and it's possible that I could lose more contributions in the future. Bye 👋🏼 Shaheen Hassan (talk) 10:56, 4 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    @Shaheen Hassan: If a version was removed, there would be record of removal that the public could see in the page history. See Wikipedia:Revision_deletion#Technical_details. The lack of said entries in those pages indicates you are likely misremembering edits that you made. Regards.—Bagumba (talk) 05:42, 5 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    Recently submitted page

    I recently submitted a new page, and would like to confirm how I can request an editor to help, and if I have provided sufficient information.

    Thanks, Ken

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Kv2000/Katie_Hunt_Wallpaper

    You had already asked Wikipedia:Teahouse#Approving_New_Page_-_Please_advise_if_additional_information_is_required. Please wait for a response there. -- Hoary (talk) 13:26, 4 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Hi Kv2000. I helped you reduce the promotional language, add some citation needed tags, and fix some grammar mistakes. Please be sure to cite some more reliable sources where needed. Enjoy! Félix An (talk) 17:14, 4 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Hi User:Félix An. Thanks, I added the citations requested. Kv2000 (talk) 19:21, 4 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Hi Félix An

    Please let me know if there may be additional steps required, and what I should add/include. There are 2 comments on the page (below), and I think they were both attended to.

    Thanks, Ken

    Symbol opinion vote.svg Comment: IMDb and Instagram are not reliable sources for establishing any notability and her own website is not an independent source. Theroadislong (talk) 13:34, 4 April 2021 (UTC) Symbol opinion vote.svg Comment: reads like an advert Theroadislong (talk) 13:32, 4 April 2021 (UTC)

    Replacing center tags with span tags?

    I want to replace obsolete center tags with: 

    <span style="text-align:center"></span>

    My question is if this is ok or if I should use another way of replacing the center tag.

    Positron832 (talk) 15:06, 4 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    I am neutral on doing this, however, you should probbably use <div style="text-align:center"></div>. The reason is that span-Tags only ever get as big as nessesary to fit their content. For example: This is a span


    This element has a black border

    And this is a div
    This element has a black border
    While its theoretically possible to make a span have the effect of a div with CSS, this is just uggly. Also, when you center stuff in tables, you should probbably style the table cell directly, rather than filling it with just one stlyed container. Victor Schmidt (talk) 16:01, 4 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks. I tested tried divs and it looks just like with the center tag! Positron832 (talk) 20:33, 4 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    WP:TWA

    I have completed the fifth mission, but now I cannot continue. Why does this problem arise and how can I solve it? Dr Salvus 15:45, 4 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    @Dr Salvus: Wikipedia talk:The Wikipedia Adventure suggests that you contact User:Ocaasi to report bugs. Hope this helps! GoingBatty (talk) 19:29, 4 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    Help for sources

    How can I ask for help for sources to define whether they are reliable or not. Dr Salvus 15:49, 4 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    You can ask at the reliable sources noticeboard. Happy editing! Kleinpecan (talk) 17:09, 4 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    extra "/" in searches

    I have been trying to search for articles, but the search function keeps putting a / in front of my search term. Who do I ask about this being fixed? --Bejnar (talk) 17:32, 4 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    @Bejnar: It's done by fixSearchForm in User:Bejnar/common.js. You added it in 2013. PrimeHunter (talk) 17:45, 4 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Interesting. common.js has never done that before. Is there a fix? --Bejnar (talk) 21:28, 4 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    @Bejnar: I don't know the purpose of any of the code. If you don't either then try blanking it and see if you miss anything afterwards. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:23, 4 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    Boccherini

    Why is Luigi Boccherini not on this list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:18th-century_classical_composers ? If he is listed in another century, please note that Boccherini lived in the 18th century. Baccherini (talk) 17:42, 4 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    @Baccherini: Categories can sometimes seem like a labyrinth. Luigi Boccherini is in Category:Italian Classical-period composers, a subcategory of Category:Classical-period composers by nationality, a subcategory of Category:Classical-period composers, a subcategory of Category:18th-century classical composers. Articles are usually not in both a category and its parent categories. PrimeHunter (talk) 18:01, 4 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    Including images in a Wikipedia article

    Dear help desk,

    I have read a lot now around this but concrete understanding of what to do did not emerge. I am editing a Wikipedia article and I made a simple formula in MS Equation (which I am used to) and tried to enter it in my article, in the latest attempt as a small .png image. But it is refuses on grounds of not being verified as eligible, i.e. copyright issues etc. But I just did it myself in MS Word. How could I get this done, without using Latex or other to me unfamiliar equation editors or markup languages. I have then another image from an article of mine in a frontiers journal - open access. Is it at all possible to use such an image, possibly after asking permission from Frontiers?

    Best regards/Anders Lansner — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nalnad (talk • contribs)

    @Nalnad: Wikipedia is a wiki so we want editors to be able to edit the same content, including formulas. That means you must use one of the methods at Help:Displaying a formula and not upload an image. If it's just a few formulas then you can ask for help, e.g. after saving an image somewhere others can see it. If you want to do more significant work with formulas then I'm afraid you will have to learn how we do it. Copyright is complicated. You can ask questions at Wikipedia:Media copyright questions but be as specific as possible. If it's possible then always link to the image you ask about or a page which displays it. PrimeHunter (talk) 18:16, 4 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    (edit conflict) @Nalnad: Wikipedia prefers equations to be in LaTeX or HTML. There's an online LaTeX editor that does real-time previews if you need to get the code down; it's pretty intuitive for almost-LaTeX illiterate users like me. Otherwise you could try uploading the equation's image on an image hosting site like imgur, start a discussion on the article's talk page, and see if anyone's able to convert it.
    As to your second question, it would depend on if you still hold the rights to your article's contents or if the journal does. If the former is true and your content normally isn't licence-compatible with Wikipedia, you can donate said contents. Just be aware that anyone can use it beyond Wikipedia so long as they provide attribution. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 18:20, 4 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    @Nalnad: The copyright of all Frontiers articles and graphics are CC BY 4.0 as "stated here".. Hence you can copy diagrams to Commons (with attribution but without seeking permission) as I did a couple of days ago with Commons:File:Prodiginine biosynthesis.jpg so you can see an example of the result. Mike Turnbull (talk) 13:39, 5 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    @Mickael D. Turnbull: Many thanks!! Will try this, but I am not yet autoauthorized (?) so may still not work.

    Resolving Tags in Sections

    I have been working to expand articles that have tags saying some sections need expansion, as well as adding citations to articles with sections that have tags saying they need citations for verification. Once I have either expanded those sections or added sources to them, how do I either get rid of those tags, or alert someone who can remove those tags from that section?

    Redf1veXW (talk) 18:41, 4 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    @Redf1veXW: if you've addressed the tagged issue, you can remove the tag yourself. Mjroots (talk) 18:48, 4 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    @Redf1veXW: You can just remove them yourself as you would any other content. If anyone disagrees they'll revert it. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 18:48, 4 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    Korean language

    How do l learn to speak Korean language ?

    Hello. This is a help desk for questions about using and editing Wikipedia - nothing else. It's possible you might get an answer if you posted at the Reference Desk, but I would suggest looking at some of the resources mentioned in our article Korean language. --ColinFine (talk) 21:30, 4 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    Question about talk pages

    There's a question I've asked on the talk page of a particular article, but a related article, not centered around the former article's subject, has a relatively more active talk page (though the last post was in 2015, I think). Could anybody please tell me if I should also or instead ask the question on the latter article's talk page?--Thylacine24 (talk) 20:52, 4 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    Thylacine24 If this is about Talk:Cyzicus (mythology), you could ask here.
    More generally, you could post a question on one page and a link to the question on the other. You could also try a relevant project talk page. TSventon (talk) 21:18, 4 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    @TSventon: Thanks, and it is about Cyzicus. However, I was under the impression that it was wrong to ask talk page questions on the help desk before asking them on a talk page first and then waiting about a week. Also, I don't know where to go for project talk pages without a specific link.--Thylacine24 (talk) 21:25, 4 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    @Thylacine24: Talk:Cyzicus had 4 views in the last year, so you will be lucky if anyone sees it in a week. There are links to three wikiprojects at the top of the talk page and if you open a project page, the talk page tab is to the right of the project page tab. You are asking about how to apply MOS guidance on apostrophes, so your question may not be of much interest to readers of Talk:Cyzicus or related wikiprojects. TSventon (talk) 21:42, 4 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    @TSventon: Thanks, and sorry for not knowing that. I'll take your advice and ask the question here, rephrased, in a new section.--Thylacine24 (talk) 22:01, 4 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    @Thylacine24: another suggestion is to find the major contributors to the article (click on view history, the click on page statistics), check who has edited recently, then ask on their talk page. TSventon (talk) 22:20, 4 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    @TSventon: Could you please tell me what span of time "recently" entails?--Thylacine24 (talk) 22:30, 4 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    @Thylacine24: I suppose a week, but if someone has edited in the last 24 hours that is preferable. It depends whether I am in a hurry to get an answer. TSventon (talk) 22:39, 4 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    @TSventon: Thanks, but the usage of "Cyzicus" which originally inspired me to ask this occured on this page, in an edit from 2019, so I guess that's out.--Thylacine24 (talk) 22:49, 4 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    @Thylacine24: I look at the editor's latest edit by clicking on contributions, which is pretty recent in that case. TSventon (talk) 23:19, 4 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    @TSventon: I checked and his last edit on that page was more than a month ago. Could you please tell me if by "latest edit", you mean some other page?--Thylacine24 (talk) 23:47, 4 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    @Thylacine24: I mean their last edit to any page: if they were logged in to edit yesterday, hopefully they will log in to edit later today. TSventon (talk) 00:01, 5 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    @TSventon: Okay, then, thanks again. I'll ask that editor. Also, could you please tell me if you added that en dash, or if I did?--Thylacine24 (talk) 00:16, 5 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    Use of possessive "s" in names ending in "s"

    The Manual of Style recommends changing the phrasing of certain words ending with "s" to something like "the [noun] of [name]". Could anyone please tell me if this should be universally applied? I'm specifically curious if it should apply to Cyzicus - which, to me, sounds admittedly awkward with a possessive "s". Also, according to sources like this and this, it doesn't apply to some names, like Socrates or, more debatably in the latter source, Jesus. --Thylacine24 (talk) 20:30, 4 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    The short answer is this should not be universally applied. MOS says "If a name ending in s or z would be difficult to pronounce with 's added (Jesus's teachings), consider rewording (the teachings of Jesus)." This is followed by a hidden comment "From googling around, this bit about "s or z" is (a) something on which there's split opinion, and (b) part of a larger set of rules on similar edge cases. See https://data.grammarbook.com/blog/apostrophes/apostrophes-with-names-ending-in-s-ch-or-z/ . So I'm not sure why we're discussing just this one." I would advise leaving these if you are uncertain. TSventon (talk) 22:40, 4 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    @TSventon: Okay, I'll leave them, then.--Thylacine24 (talk) 22:56, 4 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    Mart Kenney

    Hey, so I don't know if the edits in the death and legacy section to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mart_Kenney is vandalism or not, this edit was done by IP addresses and it seems as if there's been constant vandalism in the last few days due to the K-6 curriculum issue. The tone of the last paragraph especially. Any ideas? I tried to fix it, but I don't know. --MattBinYYC (talk) 22:58, 4 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]


    April 5

    Piedmont College becomes Piedmont University

    Hello, my name is Bob Glass. I am Dean of Libraries and College Librarian at Piedmont College in Demorest, GA.

    On Monday, April 5, 2021, Piedmont College will be renamed Piedmont University. My administration has asked me to revise the Piedmont College https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piedmont_College and the History of Piedmont College https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Piedmont_College entries.

    Editing is one thing, and I think I have a fairly good handle on that. I am much less certain about how to rename the entries themselves successfully. I read somewhere in your documentation that when you rename a page, you have to have specific permissions for the images to be transferred during the renaming.


    Both entries have pictures. So I would be grateful to have some advice.

    Thanks for your help, Bob Glass Bglassga (talk) 00:02, 5 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    Bglassga First, please review the paid editing policy and make the required formal declaration. You should also review conflict of interest, and how to make edit requests as you should avoid direct edits. Regarding your request, retitling an article requires a page move, which you may request at requested moves. However, Wikipedia does not necessarily use the official or legal name of a subject as the title, but what is most commonly used. See WP:COMMONNAME. That said, this probably won't be too controversial. 331dot (talk) 00:11, 5 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    @Bglassga: Thank you for making the declaration on your user page. You should also avoid removing unflattering information from these articles. If you have a concern about the information, feel free to post requests on the article talk pages with the {{request edit}} template, so your requests can be considered by an independent editor. Thanks! GoingBatty (talk) 01:02, 5 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    @Bglassga: Wikipedia will probably want to wait until the Piedmont website is updated before making the change. I searched online and only found an announcement that the college would be renamed in 2021, without a specific date. TSventon (talk) 13:43, 5 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    How to highlight syntax with different colours in source editing?

    How to highlight syntax with different colours in source editing in the default wikipedia edit interface? Also how can I do the same in edit comparison when I check Edit history? 16AdityaG09 (talk) 03:18, 5 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    @16AdityaG09: For source editing you can go to your preferences and navigate to the Gadgets tab, where you can check Syntax Highlighter. Alternatively, you can try out the New wikitext mode in Beta Features.
    I'm not aware of any syntax highlighting while comparing diffs, but maybe someone else knows about that. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 04:29, 5 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    See Wikipedia:Syntax highlighting for more editing options. I don't know a syntax highlighter for diffs but "wikEdDiff" at Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-gadgets gives an alternative diff which is often better when the default is poor. PrimeHunter (talk) 10:05, 5 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    Random question

    were is the centre of the universe

    Hi IP editor. This is the helpdesk for editing Wikipedia, it's not for questions of a philosophical or astrophysical nature. GirthSummit (blether) 11:00, 5 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Perhaps the folks over at the science reference desk can help you. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 14:27, 5 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Here. ~ ONUnicorn(Talk|Contribs)problem solving 16:32, 5 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Between the "v" and the "e". Clarityfiend (talk) 19:11, 5 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    Historic birth place

    Please can someone point me at a policy or guideline on historic places of birth? For example, I'm fairly sure that someone born in what is now India or Pakistan before 1947 should have British India in the infobox. MOS:BIRTHPLACE doesn't cover it. I've found local rules (MOS:IMOS BIOPLACE has exactly the guidance I want for Ireland) but I'm looking for a worldwide view. All I can find so far is Template:Infobox person/doc#Parameters (under birth_place). Thanks, Certes (talk) 11:32, 5 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    I think the guidance can be implied from WP:PLACE. I would interpret that as agreeing with you that the name commonly current at the time is relevant, with in some cases today's equivalent also mentioned if it wouldn't be obvious to readers. Mike Turnbull (talk) 13:23, 5 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Specifically WP:MODERNPLACENAME is the relevant exemption to using modern name, because the historic name/jurisdiction is what cited references will use, and inform their political context growing up. The lead for Emma Goldman for example states: Born in Kaunas, Russian Empire (now Lithuania). I'll update MOS:BIRTHPLACE to include that.
    ~ Shushugah (talk) 15:34, 5 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you both. Certes (talk) 15:59, 5 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    Fano Amhara youth group

    It IS a DESTRUCTIVE MESSAGE ABOUT AMHARA FANOS OR ARE YOU SIDING WITH ISLAMIC EXTREMIST I DO NOT GET YOUR POINT? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fekadu Assefa (talk • contribs) 12:00, 5 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    I imagine that you are writing about your removal of material from the article Ethiopia. Wikipedia doesn't side with any faction. Wikipedia's point it to get across verifiable information. If you want to remove material from this article, get agreement beforehand, on Talk:Ethiopia. (Use of CAPITAL LETTERS will make you less persuasive.) -- Hoary (talk) 12:13, 5 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    Referencing a box in a physical archives - Which template

    I wish to reference a membership certificate in a specific physical box in an archive (at https://archives.lib.umd.edu/repositories/2/archival_objects/349146 ) in a list of notable alumni for a fraternity (the person to be added to the list is Curley Byrd) what reference template should be used?Naraht (talk) 14:02, 5 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    {{cite archive}} might be suitable.
    —Trappist the monk (talk) 14:21, 5 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Trappist the monk Thank you, that looks very good, didn't know it existed!!!Naraht (talk) 21:28, 5 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    Nominating multiple hoax articles

    If there are four hoax articles, all created by the same user and with similar subject, what is the best way to nominate all of them for deletion? Is it with the WP:Articles for deletion or the WP:Proposed deletion process?

    While section "Dealing with Hoaxes" in WP:HOAX instructs to "mark it with {{hoax}} or {{image hoax}} and propose it for deletion" and doesn't mention AfD, WP:PROD itself says nothing about hoax articles, while WP:AfD has the section WP:BUNDLE mentioning them and, especifically, that AfD may be used to nominate "A group of hoax articles by the same editor". Excommunicato (talk) 14:34, 5 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    Excommunicato How obvious/blatant is the hoax? If it's obvious and blatant enough, I would use Speedy deletion critera G3. Otherwise I'd use AFD. ~ ONUnicorn(Talk|Contribs)problem solving 16:29, 5 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    Pinging a user page redlink?

    If I attempt to ping an editor using the [[User:blah-blah-blah|blah-blah-blah]] format on a talk page, but the user in question has not created a user page - will they still be alerted in the banner at the top of the page?

    I've been in discussion with an editor who keeps saying they've no idea I'm pinging them in conversation, and I've just realised they don't have a user page. Could this be why? Chaheel Riens (talk) 16:06, 5 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    @Chaheel Riens: The presence or absence of a user page has nothing to do with receiving pings. It is possible that they could have disabled pings in their preferences, but leaving a message on their talk page should still get their attention either way. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 16:09, 5 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    @Chaheel Riens: Please always be specific in questions. If you had identified a ping attempt then we could probably see what went wrong. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:19, 5 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    @Chaheel Riens: Does the user edit using one of the mobile apps? Some mobile apps don't support pings. ~ ONUnicorn(Talk|Contribs)problem solving 16:26, 5 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    @Chaheel Riens: As far a as I know, the construct [[User:blah-blah-blah|blah-blah-blah]] does not cause a ping, whether or not the user's page exists. Instead, you need to use one of the ping templates, e.g. {{re}}, as in {{re|blah-blah-blah}}. -Arch dude (talk) 17:07, 5 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    @Arch dude: I am afraid this is false, as evident in Help:Notifications#Mentions. In fact, when I use Special:ExpandTemplates on the construct used to ping you right now, it gives <span class="template-ping">@[[User:Arch dude|Arch dude]]:</span> as an output, there is nothing special about the template. The existence or not-existence of a user page doesn't affect pings, because the Echo extension of MediaWiki simply looks for links to User pages, wether they are red or blue. Victor Schmidt (talk) 17:25, 5 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    (edit conflict)
    Arch dude - this should alert you. I receive many pings using this format, they appear in the bell alert as "xxxxx mentioned you..." - and have received them in the conversation I'm referencing.
    PrimeHunter - I didn't want to be more specific as in this instance the user and I are engaged in a content dispute - one of his arguments is that he's unaware that I'm trying to reach out to him. I think he's choosing to ignore comments that he doesn't want to respond to, but for AGF I wanted to be sure. Anyway, I don't see how much more specific I could be - the question is fairly straight forward I think?
    Good question about mobile editing. I don't think so, as none of his contributions have the mobile tag appended to them.
    Thanks for the responses - never received so many alerts in such a short space of time - it seems likely that the editor probably is receiving alerts, but not acting upon them. I'll bear that in mind. Chaheel Riens (talk) 17:29, 5 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    @Chaheel Riens: There are many possible reasons for pings to fail. What you really wanted to know is whether the user was pinged and all we can say is that a red link isn't an issue. You suspected that and have learned very little while all of us have spent time on it. That's not very productive. PrimeHunter (talk) 18:49, 5 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    That's a little harsh I think? I asked a straightforward question, and got a straightforward answer - increasing my knowledge (and dare I say it, that of Arch Dude as well,) of how Wikipedia works, for which I thanked people. In that respect it was very productive. Chaheel Riens (talk) 19:43, 5 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    @Chaheel Riens: You can also add a comment on the user's talk page. you can create that user's talk page if it does not already exist. The user is free to delete your comment on that talk page, but such a deletion is taken as an acknowledgement that the user has read the comment. If I recall correctly (maybe or maybe not, given my last suggestion) a user gets pinged when a comment is added to the talk page even of no explicit ping is added. I will try that now on your talk page -Arch dude (talk) 00:37, 6 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    Charles Greenfield (qualifier) vs. Charles Greenfield (non-Disambiguation)

    Question: Is it OK to have an article that houses several biographies? When I wiki-linked Charles Greenfield and it came up BLUE, rather than RED, I was surprised. Two people by that name are both 20th century Brooklyn-connected and Cooper Union alumni. There's also the matter of Charles Norman Greenfield whose only incoming link belongs to someone else. The Norman article is nicely detailed, and looks important because he's the person involved in an important case.

    It would seem that the case should link there, but that's not for this question, which, to recap, is: Can a biography article house several people's biographies? Pi314m (talk) 19:14, 5 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    @Pi314m: Closely connected people can share a biography article in rare cases like the Wright brothers. Having the same name is not a valid reason just because they have some things in common like time period, city and education. PrimeHunter (talk) 19:39, 5 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Pi314m which iography article houses several people's biographies? If only one Charles Greenfield has a Wikipedia article, then that article can be called Charles Greenfield, or use it as a redirect. When you link to a biography article, you need to check that it is the correct article and not an article about someone else with the same name. TSventon (talk) 19:33, 5 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    Do you think that the article written about emailSanta.com complies with WP:NPOV?

    The article is about the named website that simulates sending emails to the character Santa Claus. A portion was written by the website's owner himself, and I was the one who tried to balance out the article by clarifying that the website is a simulation and not real (which is even mentioned in reliable sources) before moving it into the article space for him. Do you think that the article is neutral enough the way it is, or does it need some fixing up? It looks mostly fine to me, but I would like some other opinions. Thanks! Félix An (talk) 19:17, 5 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    I think it is ok. Ruslik_Zero 20:15, 5 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    Peter Kehinde Asu

    An article created by me was flagged for deletion, this is the 3rd article being flagged for deletion..... The other 2 were taken up by re uploaded by other editors after being deleted andbthey took the credit. Those pages are still live on wikipedia years after till date. This is so saddening and the same thing is about to happen again. It is very discouraging.

    Here is my discussion concerning the article nominated for deletion below:

    He was a philantrophist, the first chatered accountant from his home town who inspired a lot of chatered accountants from his community, reknowned auditor for multinationals and also a titled chief which was possible as a result of his major contributions to his community. In some of the links cited below it is obvious that he was a titled chief. I sourced for a lot of these links and it was only obvious that he was a very private person despite his notability. He was also the Chairman of Infinity microfinance bank, Nigeria as seen on page 4 of the first link below.

    https://www.infinitymfb.com/home/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Published-Accounts-2018.pdf

    Page 4 Meanwhile the Annual reports of the multinationals are online. They were all signed by him. Circa 1988 to 1993 or beyond Niger paints Nigerian Breweries Sun flag PZ Julius Berger and a host of others.

    Here are other cited links in the article:

    https://lawsdocbox.com/Politics/80531175-The-institute-of-chartered-accountants-of-nigeria-financial-members-as-at-may-22-2018.html

    https://www.yumpu.com/xx/document/view/29224427/financial-members-list-the-institute-of-chartered-accountants-of-

    https://kipdf.com/transformation-first-bank-of-nigeria-plc-annual-report-accounts-2010-nigeria-lon_5aadd5471723dd37770c4507.html

    https://www.lafarge.com.ng/sites/nigeria/files/atoms/files/2018_annual_report_final_0.pdf

    Page 45 https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/31686208/mise-en-page-1-ecobank-investing-in-africa-investinginafricanet

    Page 29 https://www.fbnholdings.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/FIRSTBANKOFNIGERIA31DECEMBER2012ANNUALREPORT.pdf

    Page 25 https://cdn.trombino.org/uploads/files/FBNH-Annual-Report-2010.pdf

    Page 194 https://www.anan.org.ng/general2.aspx?id=menucol2d

    https://www.forevermissed.com/peter-kehinde-asu/about

    https://gramho.com/media/2103826865331547659

    https://books.google.com.ng/books?id=xtbuCAAAQBAJ&pg=PA244&lpg=PA244&dq=chief+p+k+asu&source=bl&ots=tq7d2gy1RB&sig=ACfU3U3lRViwdRL74GHzJgaP0n_H6Q6Xng&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiioJmkt9rvAhXrCWMBHX4AB284ChDoATARegQIExAC#v=onepage&q=chief%20p%20k%20asu&f=false

    --Eyitayo osunkoya (talk) 19:54, 5 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    @Eyitayo osunkoya: These seem more like primary sources than secondary. While some primary sources are okay, they should not make up the bulk of an article, as they don't establish notability. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 20:24, 5 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    @User:Tenryuu can you kindly help make it scale being deleted? I would so much appreciate it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eyitayo osunkoya (talk • contribs) 20:29, 5 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    @Eyitayo osunkoya: Instead of asking people to comment here or on the article talk page, it might be better for interested editors to comment at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Peter Kehinde Asu. GoingBatty (talk) 21:06, 5 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    Investments

    I am writing this email in reqards to an investment I have been paying for quite some time I would like to know what I have to do to finalize this — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:8003:2C26:500:6CBC:1A26:CA4F:99F7 (talk) 21:12, 5 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    The Wikipedia help desk is only for questions about using Wikipedia. Please contact whomever you are paying to ask about your investment. GoingBatty (talk) 21:16, 5 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    Wrong spelling of subject's name

    Hi,

    I am the niece of the writer Zalman Shneour. Whoever wrote the page about him misspelled his name. The official name is SHNEOUR, not SHNEUR. I know how to edit the text of a Wikipedia article, but not the actual main title. Could you, please, let me know how to do this or ask someone to correct it.

    Thanking you in advance.

    Bela48 (talk) 22:32, 5 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    I tried to check the sources in Zalman Shneur, and the only one that worked, the first one (nobleprize.org), uses Shneur. Do you have other sources that spell it differently? MB 23:24, 5 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    @Bela48: If you do have sources that spell it differently, please post your request and the sources at Talk:Zalman Shneur, and use the {{request edit}} template to ask an editor to make the change for you. Thanks! GoingBatty (talk) 01:51, 6 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    A Google search shows that most reliable English language sources about this writer (there was a famous rabbi with a similar name) use the Shneour transliteration. I will move the article. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 02:05, 6 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    @Cullen328: After you moved the article, it looks like we combined to change the spelling in the article to "Shneour". Should the commons category also be changed? GoingBatty (talk) 02:16, 6 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    GoingBatty, although I occasionally upload images at Commons, I am unfamiliar with the details of their categorization policies. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 02:50, 6 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    x

    Image size adjustment

    hey! can someone please adjust the image size at Sip It (song). versacespacetalk to me 23:05, 5 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

     Done - enlarged to fit infobox. MB 23:14, 5 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    Please do not add your personal email address.

    "Please do not add your personal email address." I am not sure if that is a general rule of Wikipedia, or if it applies only to this Help Desk. I thought it was applied, globally. But, I am not really sure. In any event, I see that someone added their personal email address, here ---> Talk:Kristin Rossum#Comments. Does it need to be removed? Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 23:27, 5 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    I can't believe that comment survived for over 10 years. Not just the email address but the whole post needs to be removed and revdel'd. P-K3 (talk) 23:35, 5 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Inexperienced editors, especially younger ones, are discouraged from posting personally identifying information such as email addresses. But some experienced, well informed editors choose to reject anonymity. Those editors can post email addresses if they wish. I am not anonymous and do not hide my real world identity. That is my personal choice as a well-informed adult. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 02:59, 6 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Cullen328 Right but this is not a experienced well informed editor and it should not remain accessible in the edit history in my view.-- P-K3 (talk) 13:17, 6 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    In addition to this, letting new editors post their email address on WP:HD and WP:TH might create an expectation that they would receive an answer to their query by email (which they will not). TigraanClick here to contact me 07:12, 6 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    There are quite a few comments that we could remove and consider redacting. A rough search shows plenty of sections like Talk:Advance-fee scam#pinball sale scammer - world cup soccer 94' along with a lot of legitimate false positives. That's just for pages beginning with A (to save time and reduce server load), and it misses some e-mail address which don't match my very basic regex. Certes (talk) 09:43, 6 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    April 6

    Adding an adjective to a talk page post after posting

    Could anyone please tell me if it would be more appropriate to add a strikethrough over the noun, then write the adjective and noun? I did a lot of this earlier today in conversation with TSventon when I was adding new sentences (but not new adjectives). I just added an adjective to a post I made on a talk page without a strikethrough, and I feel hypocritical about it, which inspired me to post this here.--Thylacine24 (talk) 00:40, 6 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    @Thylacine24: If no one had yet responded, there is no need for strikeout. If someone else did respond, then you should add the strikeout and/or underline to indicate what was deleted or added. See the guidance at Wikipedia:Talk_page_guidelines#Editing_own_comments RudolfRed (talk) 01:07, 6 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    @RudolfRed: I know, and thanks for adding a link to that page, which I both forgot and was too lazy to do. I just posted this here because I felt guilty.--Thylacine24 (talk) 01:21, 6 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    Area J Elementary School (ARJES)

    Is this related to a Wikipedia article, and if so, which one? What help do you want, Clejanajr? -- Hoary (talk) 12:12, 28 March 2021 (UTC)

    Good Day! I saw the above message, but I don't know how to reply to it. Anyway, the above subject is a new article. I want to open a new Wikipedia article. How will I be able to do that? Thank you and best regards, — Preceding unsigned comment added by Clejanajr (talk • contribs) 08:10, 6 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    There is advice at Wikipedia:Your first article. I will add some further useful advice links to your user talk page. --David Biddulph (talk) 09:20, 6 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Note, Clejanajr, the notability requirements for a school. "Notability" in English-language Wikipedia is very different from "notability" as generally understood. Only a tiny percentage of elementary schools are "notable" in Wikipedia's terms. (The one I went to was/is non-notable.) First check that this school you hope to write about meets one of the criteria for "notability"; and only if it does, consider creating an article about it. -- Hoary (talk) 09:37, 6 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    There was a similar mystifying contribution to the Helpdesk the other day, now archived at WP:Help_desk/Archives/2021_March_28#Area_J_Elementary_School_(ARJES). Is Clejanajr trying to use the Helpdesk to advertise the place, hoping search engines will pick it up, or are they planning an article? The latter seems unlikely since these two edits are the only ones the account has made. Mike Turnbull (talk) 12:16, 6 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    Convert inch by inch to cm

    Is there a way to make the 3.5 by 3.5 inches (8.9 cm × 8.9 cm) template show instead 3.5 inch by 3.5 inch (8.9 cm × 8.9 cm) because I believe inch would be better grammar for a future edit I would like to do. Can you give me the modified template - thanks.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 11:47, 6 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    Area units are really square inches and square centimetres etc. The current template suggests {{convert|12.25|sqin|cm2}}, which gives 12.25 square inches (79.0 cm2). If you need to specify the 3.5 by 3.5 you are multiplying together you may just need to stick with the full text you used in your question. Other experts may have better ideas than me! Mike Turnbull (talk) 12:06, 6 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    In my case the object in mind is NOT square, but has two sides only that are 3.5 inches. So, that's why I am looking for a Convert Template that will say - 3.5 inch by 3.5 inch (8.9 cm × 8.9 cm) - thanks!--Doug Coldwell (talk) 12:22, 6 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    So write this: {{Convert|3.5|x|3.5|in|cm|abbr=out|adj=on}} → 3.5-by-3.5-inch (8.9 cm × 8.9 cm)
    Not exactly what you want but at least the unit is singular. Editors at Template talk:Convert might have a better suggestion.
    —Trappist the monk (talk) 13:16, 6 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    @Trappist the monk: I do believe you have solved my problem. I can use that which you gave me. Thanks.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 13:49, 6 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    Confusion

    Dear Wikipedia, please help me I have an assessment and my teacher is gonna receive it tomorrow and am truly trusting you to help me . So this is my question, A description of a kind of person that would enjoy being make up artist(10 examples) please the whole assessment is 50 marks and am struggling understanding it HELP! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.115.41.255 (talk) 12:43, 6 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    Please do your own homework.
    Welcome to the Wikipedia Help Desk. Your question appears to be a homework question. I apologize if this is a misinterpretation, but it is our aim here not to do people's homework for them, but to merely aid them in doing it themselves. Letting someone else do your homework does not help you learn nearly as much as doing it yourself. Please attempt to solve the problem or answer the question yourself first. If you need help with a specific part of your homework, feel free to tell us where you are stuck and ask for help. If you need help grasping the concept of a problem, by all means let us know. Chaheel Riens (talk) 12:46, 6 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Category:Make-up artists may help...GrahamHardy (talk) 12:55, 6 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    Re-submission of Central Boiler Wikipedia Article

    Hello, In February 2019, our Wikipedia page/article was deleted (here was the URL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Boiler). This deletion was approved by a then admin Ad Orientem (who looks to have retired in November 2020). We are hoping to do a resubmission. What are the next steps in doing this?


    Central84 (talk) 13:21, 6 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    Central84 It is not "your Wikipedia page", it was a Wikipedia article about your company. As the article was deleted per the results of a deletion discussion, at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Central Boiler, you must first address the reasons for the deletion. Any article about your company must summarize what independent reliable sources with significant coverage have chosen on their own to say about it, showing how it meets the special Wikipedia definition of a notable company. Staff interviews, press releases, announcements of routine business activities, brief mentions, and other primary sources do not establish notability.
    You will need to change your username immediately. Please see your user talk page for important information on how to do so, as well as other policies you must comply with. 331dot (talk) 13:28, 6 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    The Five

    Hi,

    I'd like to report problems on the page The Five (talk show).

    Thanks.

    I took a first pass at fixing the info box. It is showing correctly now, but may need some additional work. RudolfRed (talk) 15:27, 6 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    UN Member States lists Mohammad Ajam

    I was just looking at the list of UN Member States: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Member_states_of_the_United_Nations

    It lists Mohammad Ajam as a Member State. But that's a person, not a state.

    I'd like to fix this, but it's a category page and I don't see how edits work on a category page.

    Can someone with more editing expertise look into this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Erikamit (talk • contribs) 15:21, 6 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    Erikamit Fixed [1] by Tigraan. Categories are removed from articles, not category-pages. Happy editing! Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 15:38, 6 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    Cannot edit user talk pages?

    I can't seem to be able to edit user talk pages anymore? Partway through page load all the text is deleted so the edit box is completely empty, which means if I try to publish anything I'll be deleting other people's messages. Any ideas as to what could be causing this? Thattransgirl (talk) 15:27, 6 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    Huh, it suddenly started working again? Maybe this was a wikipedia bug Thattransgirl (talk) 15:34, 6 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Thattransgirl Someone broke the tool that converts dates to local time, and has now fixed it again. Anyone interested, more details are at Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)#Editing a talk page blanks the entire discussion. Joseph2302 (talk) 15:42, 6 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Joseph2302 ah, thank you!! Thattransgirl (talk) 15:54, 6 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    Search recent changes by edit summary?

    Is it possible to search through recent changes by keywords in the edit summary to find certain types of edits? Thanks! Thattransgirl (talk) 19:54, 6 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    How does Wikipedia review my article?

    Hello,

    I finished writing my article and I have a few questions.

    How do I get my article reviewed by Wikipedia?

    How long does it take?

    When do you know if it was excepted or not?

    Thanks for your help!

    Mike— Preceding unsigned comment added by Mshinas (talk • contribs)

    Mshinas I assume this is about the content you wrote on User:Mshinas, which is your userpage, and not an appropriate place for draft articles. Your userpage is a space to tell other people a little bit about yourself in the context of your Wikipedia activities. Draft articles should either be in draft space or your sandbox. If you would like, I can move the text on your userpage to draft space. Regarding getting your draft article submitted; I have added a box to the top of the draft. Once you are ready to have it reviewed, click the button that says, "Submit the draft for review!". It will then join a long list of articles awaiting review. It may take quite some time (think months) before someone reviews it. You will know if it is accepted or not because they will leave a note on your talk page (where I have just left a welcome message with useful links). I doubt it will be accepted in the state it is currently in however; the material seems technical, and Wikipedia is written for a general audience. You also only cite two sources, which appear to be primary research papers, rather than review articles (see here). So the sourcing needs work as well as the style. ~ ONUnicorn(Talk|Contribs)problem solving 21:14, 6 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Also, I just noticed your username bears a striking resemblance to the name of the author of the papers cited. Please review our policy on conflicts of interest and original research. In short, it is a bad idea to try to write about your own research on Wikipedia for several reasons. ~ ONUnicorn(Talk|Contribs)problem solving 21:19, 6 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    Entry for Power Line blog

    Why is the purveyor of the Wikipedia page for the "Power Line" blog allowed to perpetrate a continuing fraud? Power Line is not a "conservative" site; it is a far right, often fascistic and white supremacist and radical domestic terrorist insurrection supporting site. Its contributors might have impressive pedigrees, but they are deeply steeped in the farthest right wing fringes of American politics, and peddle dangerous conspiracy theories (about the COVID pandemic, elections, Democrats, elected officials, judges that rule against Trump, etc.) that would be just as welcome on Info Wars. The fact that John Hinderaker, Scott Johnson, Paul Mirengoff and Steven Hayward are so well connected to the Republican Party apparatus, the Koch Brothers 9from whom they receive content) and hard right "think tanks' should not be a license for them to lie to the public about what thay are.

    Read their posts and the comments of their "Top Commenters" over a given day, and I defy you to disagree with me. I've been reading the blog for years, but every time I edit the Wiki page to make it truthful -- not more truthful, truthful -- its creator blocks the edits from taking effect. And he/she gets support from Wikipedia to do it.

    Wikipedia should not be a vehicle for propaganda and self-promotion.

    John S. Birke Attorney at Law Woodland Hills, California — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2603:8000:2500:380F:81DB:7572:950C:DC5 (talk) 21:01, 6 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    Courtesy link:Power Line
    Thank you for your comment. First of all, might I suggest registering for an account? That would make it easier to communicate with you. You say you have tried to edit the page to make it truthful, however this helpdesk post is the only edit ever made from your IP address. IP addresses change frequently, so I can't tell which edits to the article are yours and which are not. I do notice this edit by an IP which was reverted by User:ClueBot NG, an automated computer program built to find and revert vandalism. If that was your edit, it was reverted because it looks like vandalism. It removes all sources from the article, and uses very non-neutral language to describe living people in a way that does not comply with policy (I linked the applicable policies - they are the blue text in my comment). All information in Wikipedia must be verifiable - attributed to reliable sources. If there are news articles or sources that describe the blog as "a white supremacist, radical right wing extremist" blog, they need to be cited in the article in order for us to describe it as such. If there are no sources describing it in those terms, we cannot use those terms to describe it. As a lawyer, I'm sure you are familiar with the concept of libel, and can understand why we cannot describe it as such in Wikivoice without strong sourcing. You are more than welcome to edit the page to make it truthful, so long as you cite reliable sources and try to maintain a neutral point of view. ~ ONUnicorn(Talk|Contribs)problem solving 21:32, 6 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    Remove image from a page

    Hi Everyone, im new and still finding m feet ! I posted a few photograohs on a Musicians page, however he has told me he doesnt like them. I was able to remove the main one in the top right side box but the other two iv not been able to remove. Can someone tell me how to remove them please?— Preceding unsigned comment added by Gary Hodge (talk • contribs)

    Gary Hodge Is this about Mike Walker (jazz guitarist)? I see you use the visual editor, I'm not sure how to remove the photos using that, so I'll give you instructions for the source editor - which sounds intimidating, but isn't bad. Click on "Edit source", then look for text that starts with "[[File:". Remove everything from that to the closing brackets (]]). Save the edit. That will remove the photo. If you prefer, I'll do it for you if you confirm which article. ~ ONUnicorn(Talk|Contribs)problem solving 21:57, 6 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Hello, Gary Hodge. Please note that Wikipedia's article about Mike Walker does not belong to Walker, and is for Wikipedia's benefit, not for his. While adding and removing photos is probably uncontroversial, (and adding free pictures to an article about a person is generally a good thing for Wikipedia), he should not be editing that article directly, and nor should you since you appear to know him; but should instead make edit requests on the article's talk page, so that uninvolved editors can decide whether the requested change is appropriate within Wikipedia's policies. Please read WP:PSCOI. --ColinFine (talk) 22:40, 6 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    Hi there thanks for the reply, I have about 80 photos of different performers I would like to give to Wikipedia. Does this mean that if I decide to add content to a page I can never change it ? Also, most of the artist I photographed I have met and been granted by them or their management to take photos and thus gain the required photo access / pass, which also grants me the rights. So does this mean I cant give them away for free on Wikipedia and add them to the artists page I have photographed (no one has asked me to do this, its something I would like to contribute) ?

    ... Yes its is Mike Walker's page I am referring too.

    Thanks again. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gary Hodge (talk • contribs) 22:51, 6 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    From Draft to Permenant

    I am fairly new to editing. I created a draft and got some great feedback from the editors. I incorporated all those recommendations and suggestions into the latest draft. But I am not sure what happens to the draft or how an editor knows to look at it and move it to permanent if OK. Can someone advise.

    Thank you, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Harold_Lloyd_Schwartz Ringsidemd1961 (talk) 21:16, 6 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    Ringsidemd1961 It looks like Draft:Harold Lloyd Schwartz is awaiting a new review. I see you removed the previous review; please don't do that. It's helpful for new reviewers to see the history of prior reviews. I have restored the prior review.~ ONUnicorn(Talk|Contribs)problem solving 22:02, 6 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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