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May 21

Article title question

Hi, I stumbled across Satyanarayan Singh (Bihar politician, died 2020). That's the title of the article. Is that correct or does it need to be changed? If so, how does one change it? Thank you. :) Abillionradios (talk) 00:43, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

Abillionradios the title looks fine: Satyanarayan Singh lists several Bihar politicians, hence the need to mention the date of death. See Wikipedia:Disambiguation. TSventon (talk) 01:29, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

I did wonder. Thank you so much. :) Abillionradios (talk) 01:57, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

Finding the right OCLC

Dear Help Desk. It seems that books cited as sources in Wikipedia articles should be identified with an OCLC number if they are too old for ISBN. So I started looking for OCLCs for such sources. I went to the WorldCat website, typed in the book's title, and then checked for the right publisher and publication year. I have added such OCLCs on many sources in the articles on my watchlist. Then I found that in the case of books available on Internet Archive, an OCLC number is often given among the metadata of the book in Internet Archive. However, the OCLC numbers found in these two ways rarely (never?) agree. Which OCLC number should be preferred?

Examples:

• Debrett, John (1828). Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol. 2 (17th ed.). London: F. C. and J. Rivington. OCLC 54499602.

Internet Archive: no OCLC given.

• Harris, William Torrey (1930). Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language. Springfield, Massachusetts: G. & C. Merriam Company. OCLC 1158283506.

The OCLC above is the one given by Internet Archive where the title page says 1930 but the metadata say 1910. In WorldCat I found (year is 1910): 2643587

• Ashley, Maurice (1954). Cromwell's Generals. London: Jonathan Cape. OCLC 186584936.

The OCLC above is the one given by Internet Archive. In WorldCat I found (year is 1955): 316159899

With many thanks and best regards, Johannes Schade (talk) 09:22, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

unable to login

Dear Team,

We are unable to log in to the page we have created in the wiki.

We don't know the username mail or password.

kindly let us know the username and mail of our wiki so we can log in and make the necessary changes.

Thanks. Team D.K Taknet

Assuming that this is about an article on Wikipedia and not some other wiki site:

• You don't need a username or password to edit the article. If you plan to make edits, you are encouraged, though not required, to create an account.
• It's not "your" wiki, it's Wikipedia's article. If you have some connection with the subject of the article, you shouldn't edit it yourself (or yourselves, see below). Instead, you should describe the changes you propose on its talk page.
• You have signed as a team. Wikipedia does not allow teams to share an account.

Maproom (talk) 10:13, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Hello, team. I think you have a misunderstanding of what Wikipedia is. D K Taknet is an encyclopaedia article: it has no connection to any account, and it is not possible to "log into it". It does not belong to Taknet or his team, and they do not control its contents. Any editor (logged in or not) may edit it - except those who have a conflict of interest.

What you should do if you want to recommend changes to that article is:

• Create a personal account for each individual who is going to be working on this. (This is not compulsory, but is strongly recommended). The accounts do not need to have the person's real name (I do, but many editors use a pseudonym), but they should not look as if they are used by a team. So for example "JHT at Taknet team" would be OK if you wanted to show your affiliation.
• Each of the accounts should put a notice on its user page explaining your connection to Taknet. If you are in any way paid or employed to do this, then you are considered a paid editor, and you must put a declaration on your user page.
• For each change you wish to see in the article, make an edit request on the article's talk page, being as specific as you can (eg "Add sentence ...", or "Change text X to Y", and give a reliably published source for any information you wish to add.
• An uninvolved editor will in time see your request, and decide what to do with it.

--ColinFine (talk) 10:15, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

Pretty sure they are talking about User:Dk.taknet. Regards SoWhy 13:32, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

Dk.taknet (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) hasn't set an email adress in their preferences, or it is unconfirmed. But even if it had, since it breaks the username policy, a new account (name) is required anyway. 14:10, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

Help

How do i publish and remove the draft from a wiki im making?.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Yunghush (talk • contribs)

Yunghush You are creating a Wikipedia article, not "a wiki", which is a type of website of which Wikipedia is one type. I have added the appropriate information to allow you to submit your draft for review. 331dot (talk) 12:54, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

USE OF A PAINTING THAT IS DISPLAYED IN WKIPEDIA

I WOULD LIKE TO USE WINSLOW HOMER'S PAINTING "EIGHT BELLS" IN MY COMPANY'S INFORMATION. HIS DEATH IS OVER 70 YEARS AGO. IS IT LEGAL TO USE THIS IMAGE? WHO OWNS THIS PAINTING? WHO DO I ASK FOR A FORMAL APPROVAL? STEVE KALISH — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.199.118.144 (talk) 13:21, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

Hello Steve. Thanks for stopping by to ask. First of all, please don't type in ALL CAPS when writing messages to people. It gets interpreted as SHOUTING and can be seen as distracting and rude. Secondly, questions about media copyright can be found by clicking the image in question and reading the image license. If you click the image in the article Eight Bells (painting), you'll see the following text under the lisencing:

This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer.

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1926.

Being that the work is in the public domain, that means it is free to use without restriction. This is not true of most images at Wikipedia, however, so do take care. In the future, if you have trickier copyright questions, you may want to direct them to Wikipedia:Media copyright questions, which specializes in helping people with questions just like this one. --Jayron32 13:27, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

Jose Patricio de la Barcena

Hello Editor: Got the thumbnail photo on my article but don't know how to reduce size (??). Thank youMiguel Antonio Teixeira (talk) 13:26, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

@Miguel Antonio Teixeira: Hello and welcome! You had some stray text that was messing with the interpretation of the file template. I removed it for you here. You might want to check out Help:Pictures for more information on proper syntax for formatting pictures.--Jayron32 13:31, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

Yea!! Thank you so much!Miguel Antonio Teixeira (talk) 14:00, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

Creating subpages

Greetz Helpdeskers, hoe all is well. Does anyone know if we have, say a script, or add-on, that allows the automatic creation of a user subpage? E.g.—if I wanted to create User:Serial Number 54129/Knows FA about WP, it would be handy if the user, etc, bit was pre-filled and I just added my title. If you get my drift. Cheers! ——Serial 14:41, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

This sounds like a job for Help:Inputbox: —Cryptic 15:03, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

You could also do this:

Which discretely prefixes your user talk prefix Victor Schmidt (talk) 16:19, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

Hey, thanks, @Cryptic and Victor Schmidt:, that's absolutely the thing I wanted. Is there a big difference between the two? And, also, can I just copy this code to e.g. my userpage for easy access? (as: having the memory of a goldfish, I'll forget I even asked here by next week!). Thanks very much for your really useful replies! ——Serial 16:33, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

@Serial Number 54129: The main difference is that my solution discretely prepends User:Serial Number 54129/ (which means you can't forget it) while Cryptic's Solution doesn't do that automatically, meaing if you replace the inputbox content with "Example", you might end up at Example. One small note though: When you want to create user supages, you obviviously want to have the default= param state User:Serial Number 54129/ so the page actually lands in the user namespace and not on the talkpage. But yes, if you take care of that you can safely copy that to your userpage. Victor Schmidt (talk) 17:24, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

That's understood, thanks both, again!  :) ——Serial 19:47, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

Infobox

How do I replace a photo in an Infobox?

Felbridge - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felbridge - I am trying to update the pic of St John the Divine Parish Church with a March 2021 photo from my friend Malcolm Francis who has given me authority to do this. I had no difficulty updating the pic of the church interior , but this is in an Infobox - can't see how to replace the photo in the Infobox. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Drgordonwilkinson (talk • contribs) 16:15, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

Drgordonwilkinson I assume you are talking about File:StJohnsFelbridgeExteriorMarch2021.jpg. Has your friend contacted Wikimedia Commons to confirm that he releases his rights to the file? There is a suitable email template at Commons:OTRS#Email message template for release of rights to a file. If this is not done the image is liable to be deleted from Commons.

To replace the image open the article, click edit source, find the code for the infobox at the top of the article and replace the name of the old image with the name of the new image. TSventon (talk) 17:32, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

Thanks. I will send the link to Malcolm and he can confirm his release of copyright for the image. Thanks for your support. Drgordonwilkinson (talk 16:41, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

I have added a mention of Richard Whittington to Whittington College in the article. TSventon (talk) 17:50, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

I have some more background on that from Felbridge Parish and People, published by the Felbridge Parish Council in 1999. Meanwhile, I am having difficulty swapping the photo. Malcolm filled out the copyright release form and sent me a copy.

You said "To replace the image open the article, click edit source, find the code for the infobox at the top of the article and replace the name of the old image with the name of the new image" - is the following the page where I should make the changes - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St_John_the_Divine_at_Felbridge_-_geograph.org.uk_-_23455.jpg

I want to replace the existing image with: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:StJohnsFelbridgeExteriorMarch2021.jpg but just can't see how to do it and include the photo data - date taken, camera settings etc. Drgordonwilkinson (talk 10:49, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

Drgordonwilkinson, I have replaced the image. The old image stays on Commons, but the image name in the article infobox is updated. Commons now confirms the email has been received. The full photodata is not needed in the article, but is available on Commons. The image caption is in the ninth line of the Felbridge article code, following "static_image_caption=". TSventon (talk) 15:47, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

@Drgordonwilkinson: By the way you can notify me or another editor by using the reply to {{reply to|Username}} template and signing your post ~~~~. TSventon (talk) 15:56, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

That's very kind of you and your support is really appreciated. The new photo looks so much better than the old one! If you are interested in more background on Whittington College, let me know how I can share a scanned image of a couple of pages from the reference doc I mentioned earlier. Drgordonwilkinson (talk 16:14, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

Highlighted things being deleted when using copy-paste

I was just wondering if anyone knows why a highlighted part of like when you want to paste something, is deleted and just keeps getting deleted after trying again and again? A particular topic on List of Nintendo Switch games (A–F), I don't usually like to type everything out by hand, so I copy and paste, and when doing so, it's deleted and it frustrates me. Zacharyalejandro (talk) 17:26, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

Are you sure you are using copy (ctrl-C) and not cut (ctrl-X)? --Jayron32 18:15, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

I'm actually on a mobile phone. It was working out great some time ago, and now it doesn't seem to work. After highlighting the part, it just deletes it. Even on an Android phone it happens often now. And I don't know if others are having a similar problem, could someone ask and experiment if they are having this issue and it's not just me? And yes, I'm using copy and not cut. Zacharyalejandro (talk) 20:54, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

Template:Coord

I added coordinates to this page: Walter Bean Grand River Trail and am unsure why it's rendering improperly. Any help greatly appreciated, thanks! Mcguy15 (talk, contribs) 18:32, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

@Mcguy15: Not your fault, this is a known issue with the Vector code. For more information, see Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)#Coordinates in title dropped down, and the issue is being tracked at phab:T281974. DanCherek (talk) 20:13, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

@DanCherek: Thanks for the info! That sucks, all I can do is wait. Mcguy15 (talk, contribs) 20:16, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

Very small font size

Since a day or two, English Wikipedia's texts (article content) appear in a very small font size on my screen. My skin is Vector with "Use Legacy Vector" preference. I have exactly the same preferences in German-language Wikipedia, but there the text appears in normal size. Maybe connected to this (German thread) and Task 283206, but I don't see the effect of the shrunken font in English Wikipedia mentioned there. Any hints, ideas, or can someone report this effect in the appropriate place (another Phabricator thread? My experience with Phabricator is limited and I don't feel confident in handling it). Gestumblindi (talk) 18:47, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

Note: Unchecking "Use Legacy Vector" doesn't change this, the font size here in English Wikipedia remains much too small. Gestumblindi (talk) 18:49, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

Try holding down the ctrl key and push the + key. Sometimes you can accidentally zoom out/in and the browser remembers those settings next time you visit that website. ~ ONUnicorn^{(Talk|Contribs)}problem solving 18:57, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

Thanks, but that's not it. My zoom factor is on 100 %. Of course I could zoom in to increase the font size, but the standard size at 100 % (neither zoomed in nor zoomed out) is now very small (note, only in *English* Wikipedia), and that started about 2 days ago. Gestumblindi (talk) 19:02, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

In the German thread, Hgzh pointed out the preference to which this is connected: It happens if "Vector classic typography (use only sans-serif in Vector skin)" is checked in Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-gadgets. I unchecked the "classic typography" and now my font size is normal again. But I suppose that this gadget needs fixing. Gestumblindi (talk) 19:10, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

There is already a discussion at the technical village pump here. MediaWiki:Gadget-VectorClassic.css needs to be adjusted. -- hgzh 21:49, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

Christopher Froelich

I would like to add my name to wikipedia.....here related articles:

https://www.assumption.edu/news-and-events/news/honoring-his-familys-legacy-assumptions-school-nursing-named-christopher

here is a Worcester Business News article: https://www.wbjournal.com/article/assumption-names-school-of-nursing-after-1977-alumnus-who-donated-millions — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chrisfroelich (talk • contribs) 19:49, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

@Chrisfroelich: (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.) Hi there! Writing an article about yourself is highly discouraged here as it's a big conflict of interest. If there are multiple, independent, reliable sources to prove notability, you could submit an article to Articles for Creation, but again, it's highly discouraged. You could also try requesting an article here. Mcguy15 (talk, contribs) 20:13, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

moved misplaced question

I want to publish an article on Wikipedia, could you please help me with the procedure?

@Amna.anwar: I moved your question from the top of the page to a new section where it will be more visable and attract answers. RudolfRed (talk) 22:43, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

Amna.anwar (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.) I would recommend going through Articles for Creation. You can follow instructions to create a draft where you can create the article at your own pace. Then once it's finished, you may submit it, and if it's up to standard, it will be put in the wiki. Please note that any new articles must be about a notable subject: receiving coverage in multiple independent reliable sources, see WP:GNG. Thanks! Mcguy15 (talk, contribs) 00:00, 22 May 2021 (UTC)

May 22

Bruno Vain page deletion

Hello:

Just wanted to enquire about the deletion of my "Bruno Vain" entry last year. I must have missed the notifications about the nomination for deletion User_talk:Nbfree. I believe I should contact user by the name of "Czar" but not sure where and how to do so. I will be more than happy to rewrite any portion to make it conform to Wikipedia policies if needed. Would appreciate your help very much Nbfree (talk) 00:03, 22 May 2021 (UTC)

 Courtesy link: Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Bruno_Vain RudolfRed (talk) 00:28, 22 May 2021 (UTC)

@Nbfree: If you want to Contact "Czar", you can do so at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Czar (create a new section there). However, Before doing so I would recommend that you make a list of your WP:THREE main sources a future article would be based on. You can find a list of sources commonly discussed with regards to their reliability at WP:RSP. Victor Schmidt (talk) 06:00, 22 May 2021 (UTC)

File:Ye Ethiopia Lijoch TV.jpeg

Can File:Ye Ethiopia Lijoch TV.jpeg move to Wikimedia Commons for threshold of originality? The Supermind (talk) 07:04, 22 May 2021 (UTC)

@The Supermind: If you don't get an answer here, try WP:MCQ, where the copyright experts answer questions. RudolfRed (talk) 02:44, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

What is Going on Here, Pronoun Confusion?

I was just reading an article about Demi Lovato. As I was reading, I noticed a series of subject pronoun errors. Do you folks not edit your work, or have you capitulated to the new labeling of persons who refuse to be identified by our acknowledge their gender? (*here, the pronoun "their" is used correctly / conventionally).

I have donated to Wikipedia in the past because it has been a useful place to go for information on certain subjects. But if Wikipedia is going to expect me to relearn the use of pronouns in order to make sense of its articles, then I'll just forget about using it as a source. I will look at other articles, but if I continue to see consistent misguided attempts to accommodate the agenda of a tiny portion of our population, I will definitely say adios to Wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:646:9a80:b180:d4da:1dec:f1c6:f19f (talk)

Lovato has identified as non-binary and asks to be referred to as they/them. Wikipedia respects this because independent reliable sources have reported it. You are free to believe what you wish, but if you refuse to call people what they want to be called, that says more about you than them and we will have to get by without your visiting. Wikipedia does not change content because of donations or refusing to donate; otherwise everyone would blackmail Wikipedia to change its content. 331dot (talk) 16:39, 22 May 2021 (UTC)

Additional to the above - Wikipedia does not change content because you don't like it either. Chaheel Riens (talk) 16:56, 22 May 2021 (UTC)

Malformed Afd

When I try to lvote on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2021 May 22#List of weapons in the American Civil War, it's showing the templates for the following Afds as well. I don't want to touch it with a ten-foot pole (not a Civil War weapon) until it's fixed. Clarityfiend (talk) 21:29, 22 May 2021 (UTC)

I hope I've corrected the malformatted AFD. If I've got it wrong, someone will hopefully sort it out. - David Biddulph (talk) 21:52, 22 May 2021 (UTC)

Working now. Thanks. Clarityfiend (talk) 04:21, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

Help from Template editors needed

Hello, I recently added a template edit request for Template:Editnotices/Page/Ramdev at its talk page, but I found out that Category:Wikipedia template-protected edit requests has a backlog ranging from 7th April to today. So, I'm directly here to ask for help, so that my request for edit at Template talk:Editnotices/Page/Ramdev is seen by some editor who could help by making the requisite edit. Thanks. Cheers! CX Zoom (talk) 21:57, 22 May 2021 (UTC)

@CX Zoom: sure, I'll get on it. Elli (talk | contribs) 04:28, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

Thank you for fixing things. CX Zoom (talk) 12:44, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

May 23

A certain move of mine — what happened?

Hello all! I'm here with a somewhat unusual question. I don't know where to ask, but this was the best place I could find. On 15 May 2021, I moved a page (created in userspace, duplicating an existing page, and incorrectly moved into mainspace), User:Eochoa31/Speculative fiction by writers of color, back into userspace. I don't exactly recall what I did, but it appears that I moved this page over a redirect, and deleted the redirect by overwriting (Move log · Deletion log). I'm not a page mover or an administrator, and have never been either. Can someone help me figure out how exactly I did this? Tol | Talk | Contribs 00:39, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

@Tol: You were allowed to do that. Wikipedia:Moving a page#Moving over a redirect says: "If the new title exists but is a redirect to the old title with a single line in the page history, then you can rename the page using the regular procedure." PrimeHunter (talk) 00:57, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

@PrimeHunter: Ahh; thank you so much! I was unaware of this rather minute detail. Tol | Talk | Contribs 01:11, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

Image problems

Nevermind, problem solved :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sylperson (talk • contribs)

Mistake report

Under Swainsboro, Georgia, you have Ray Guy listed. He is from Thomson, Georgia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Agress7 (talk • contribs) 05:34, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

@Agress7: How do you know? The article Ray Guy says he is

Born: December 22, 1949 (age 71)

Swainsboro, Georgia

(see the frame at top-right). Do you have any WP:Reliable Sources to support your claim? --CiaPan (talk) 06:23, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

We (Swainsboro High School) played against Thomson High School in 1967, and he was their kicker. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Agress7 (talk • contribs) 06:27, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

@Agress7: But what you say is about where he started his career and the section in the Swainsboro, Georgia article is about who was born there. No error here, those are just different facts about the same person. --CiaPan (talk) 06:36, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

(Re-signing to activate a notification. --CiaPan (talk) 07:43, 23 May 2021 (UTC))

Renaming Category

Hi, I'd like to rename "Category:Stories within Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio" to "Category:Stories within Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio" (as well as the parent category), given that the latter is the more commonly-used English translation. Any pointers? Thank you Kingoflettuce (talk) 10:09, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

If somebody could just help me with that, I'd greatly appreciate it :) Kingoflettuce (talk) 10:10, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

If you have Twinkle, just use the Xfd function to nominate it for renaming. Or you can do it manually at WP:Cfd. Clarityfiend (talk) 10:28, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

Or a combination of the two, since you want to rename three categories. The denizens over there complain if you don't bundle them (I know that from recent experience), though the instructions are lacking in that aspect. Clarityfiend (talk) 10:33, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

My bad. WP:Cfd#Manual nominations describes the bundling procedure. Clarityfiend (talk) 10:38, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

Ty, should have tried on my own! Cheers Kingoflettuce (talk) 14:43, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

Opening a new biography page

How do I open a new biography page to describe the history and status of a certain person or organization ? Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.97.1.134 (talk) 11:08, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

Hello. Your words "open a ... page" suggest that you have a (very common) misunderstanding of what Wikipedia is. The activity that most closely corresponds to what you are asking is to "write an encyclopaedia article" about the person or organisation. You are welcome to do so, but please be aware that 1) writing an article is much more difficult than it looks, especially for an inexperienced editor; 2) unless you first find the independent reliable sources that establish that the person or organisation meets Wikipedia's criteria for notability, then no article will be accepted however it is written; and 3) such an article will not belong to the person or organisation, will not necessarily say what they want it to, and should be based almost entirely what people unconnected with them have published about them, not on what they have said themselves.

My advice to you is to

• Create an account (not obligatory, but it makes it easier for other editors to communicate with you)
• Spend a few months improving some of our six million existing articles, while you learn how Wikipedia works (many of them are in dire need of improvement!)
• Read your first article to get a sense of how to go about creating one.

Good luck! --ColinFine (talk) 11:48, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

Template for historical currency rates?

I remember some while ago there was something (I think a template not the article Tables of historical exchange rates to the United States dollar) which would convert a currency amount at a particular year to USD. It was a little out of date and someone was trying to get a recent year's data from the World Bank or IMF. But I cannot remember who that was or what it is called. Do you know and does it now include 2019 and 2020? Chidgk1 (talk) 11:13, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

Hello, Chidgk1. Is {{inflation}} what you're looking for? --ColinFine (talk) 11:51, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

Ah thanks from the category of that template I found the one I had forgotten and have now added it to my watch list {{To USD}} — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chidgk1 (talk • contribs) 14:29, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

to add a link to the article in the Hindi language

If any article is not available in the Hindi language, then request to add a link to the article in the Hindi language — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anshukumarp9090 (talk • contribs) 11:15, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

Hello, Anshukumarp9090. If the article is not available in Hindi (nobody has written it) then you can't link to it until it has been written. You are welcome to translate the English article if you have the skill to do so: see Translate us. If the article does exist in the Hindi Wikipedia, then you can link to it by picking "Edit links" in the sidebar, and adding the hi article in Wikidata. See ILL --ColinFine (talk) 11:55, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

templates

having an issue with the map templates

2 canals linked to one common canal = Portsmouth and Arundel Canal and Chichester Canal (the latter being part of the former)

I have copied the map across from the Chichester Canal onto the Portsmouth and Arundel page but now it wont allow changes to the P&A map as the 2 remain linked to the original template how can the 2 be seperated ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Southern Canalman (talk • contribs) 11:32, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

Admin

Hello, I would like to become an admin. What should I do or where should I go to do so? Thanks and have a great weekend! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Azxluraa (talk • contribs) 2021-05-23T12:35:54 (UTC)

Hello, Azxluraa. Given that this is your very first edit (at least from this account), I would say that your chances of becoming an admin are somewhere between zero and nothing at all. Spend a couple of years here, get several thousand edits of high quality in your history, and you might have a chance. Please see RFA. --ColinFine (talk) 12:03, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

Weird notification

I got a notification that I was mentioned in this edit:[1] does anyone know why? Is it the unusual edit summary? --Guy Macon (talk) 14:40, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

The edit accidentally transcluded Timtrent's user page, which links to your userpage (in the barnstars section) * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 14:44, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

Ah. That explains it. Thanks! --Guy Macon (talk) 16:27, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

How to change login password=

How do I change my login password? MBUSHIstory (talk) 16:35, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

Just go to Special:Preferences and use the relevant menu item. Mike Turnbull (talk) 16:36, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

add a name to notable former pupils: Alvin Blossom BBC Radio Leeds presenter, actor, accountant, newspaper editor

Alvin Blossom BBC Radio Leeds presenter, actor, accountant, newspaper editor — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stephen Bartle (talk • contribs) 17:51, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

Hello, Stephen Bartle. You haven't said which article you want to add Blossom's name to - but at present it is irrelevant, because we haven't got an article on Blossom, so he should not be added to such a list. If he meets Wikipedia's criteria for notability, then an article could be written on him, and he could then be added to lists of alumni etc. --ColinFine (talk) 21:01, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

German Rieckehoff

 Courtesy link: Germán Rieckehoff

This is my grandfather, and his information only records his second wife and children. He has two daughters from his first marriage to America (Amy) Morales and two daughters, Aracelis and Laura who were born in Bridgeport CT USA and remained there.

How do I update his Wikipedia page to include this information — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.192.93.154 (talk) 18:20, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

IP editor, do you have any reliable sources that can verify this information? —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 19:24, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

Battle of Vimy Ridge

 Courtesy link: Battle of Vimy Ridge

You will note that the result is classified as a "British Empire victory". While this is true in a technical sense, it obscures the fact that it was specifically a Canadian victory. While Canada indeed part of the British Empire, it was also an independent dominion at the time and it was the Canadian Corps led by Canadian commanders who secured the victory after considerable failure by their British predecessors on site.

This may seem like a trivial matter to non-Canadians and we all know the British love to take credit for the accomplishments of their former imperial subjects, but it is not a trivial matter to Canadians. Canadians should be given their proper due.

Hello, I have submitted a form on Wikipedia and would like an admin to kindly check it out thanks. Also, how can I self nominate myself to be admin. Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Azxluraa (talk • contribs) 23:05, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

Hello, Azxluraa. The place to discuss your proposal is Talk:Battle of Vimy Ridge where this issue has been discussed previously. Please be aware that this is a Featured article which has gone through rigorous peer review. As for becoming an administrator, you are welcome to read Wikipedia:Guide to requests for adminship, but as a new editor, your chance for success is essentially zero. Successful candidates almost always have at least a year of active experience including thousands of edits creating content and assisting the encyclopedia behind the scenes. You would need to demonstrate a thorough knowledge of Wikipedia's Policies and guidelines and involvement in explaining and enforcing them. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 23:50, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

Help me add my father to list

Hi I've never done this before so im having trouble. Can you please help me add my father's name to your list of surviving WW2 veterans in their 90s? His name is Raymond Owczarski, DOB June 1, 1927. He is from St.Francis, WI, and still resides in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. I am 53yrs old and i am his daughter, Sara. My mother's name is Alice June Owczarski (maiden name Safian) and she passed away in May of 1985. Thankyou so much. I'd love him to be added to you list and site because he's a wonderful man and was a wonderful father, and im very proud of him. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DautofRay27 (talk • contribs) 23:13, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

Hello, DautofRay27. First of all, you have a Conflict of interest. Please read that link. The article in question is List of notable surviving veterans of World War II. The word "notable" appears in the title for a reason. Please read about how notability is defined for a person. This is a list of people who already have a Wikipedia biography in English or in another language, because they have received significant coverage in independent, reliable sources. Being a "wonderful man" has nothing to do with it. In a quick Google search, I was not able to find any evidence that your father is notable as Wikipedia defines that term, but I am open to seeing evidence. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 23:31, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

May 24

Potential COI

Hi,

I noticed the user J4snc2022 [2] was making edits (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/J4snc2022) to the Jen Banwart portion of the Republican Party candidates subsection on the 2022 United States Senate election in North Carolina article. Given the username, could it be a Conflict of interest?

Thanks, David O. Johnson (talk) 02:33, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

@David O. Johnson: Indeed, it also implies a shared account in my opinion. Added a note to the user's talk page. RudolfRed (talk) 03:05, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

Punctuation for quotes

Hello! Did I make a correct change here? This the second time I've seen that instead of quote marks. Thank you. :) Abillionradios (talk) 05:41, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

Thank you, Abillionradios for making that improvement. Guillemets, « », are generally used as quotation marks in French text, but not in English. Maproom (talk) 07:26, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

Awesome, thank you, Maproom. :) Abillionradios (talk) 07:29, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

Biog on myself

I would like to include myself on Wikipedia. How do l post a biog and other information?

Regards Gary Turner Radio Announcer Journalist

Hello, Gary. Autobiographies are highly discouraged, and the vast majority of people why try to write one are unsuccessful. Wikipedia is a neutral encyclopedia, not a platform for self-promotion. Read about Conflict of interest editing, and read Your first article. If you decide to try it (which I do not recommend), then use the Articles for creation process. Oh, blogs are not considered reliable sources on Wikipedia, unless written by widely acknowledged experts. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 07:00, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

Editing direct quotations to use current pronouns

Hi! Sorry if this is the wrong place to ask this, but I tried editing a quote on this page to use Demi Lovato's current pronouns (in brackets), but it was quickly reverted with the reason "Don't modify a direct quote". I'm confused because I can't find anything saying you shouldn't edit direct quotations to use the current pronouns of the person mentioned, and I've seen it done on many pages before (such as this one). I figured I should double check here to make sure. Thank you and sorry again if this isn't the right place to ask this! 2600:1700:9540:1E30:205B:4AE2:1D52:7759 (talk) 07:03, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

"Quotations must be verifiably attributed, and the wording of the quoted text should be faithfully reproduced. This is referred to as the principle of minimal change. Where there is good reason to change the wording, bracket the changed text; for example, "Ocyrhoe told him his fate" might be quoted as "Ocyrhoe told [her father] his fate"." What is "good reason" is a matter of context and consensus (per talkpage discussion), my own knee-jerk reaction is "don't mess with the quote." Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 07:32, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

In this case, where there has been a deliberate change on Demi's part, I would still say that the original wording of the quote should stand, but there may be reason to make clear that the quote preceded the change and is not a deliberate non-compliance. Non-compliant post-change quotes should probably be avoided out of courtesy, unless their very non-compliance is the significant issue; they should still not be altered.--Verbarson (talk) 10:59, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

MOS:GENDERID says "Paraphrase, elide, or use square brackets to replace portions of quotations to avoid deadnaming or misgendering, except in rare cases where exact wording cannot be avoided, as where there is a pun on the notable former name, etc." - X201 (talk) 12:04, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

A bit of MOS against MOS, then. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 17:36, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

Not for advertising or promotion purposes.

Hi,

My article for Alexia Inge keeps being deleted due to it being classed as "advertising or for promotional purposes".

As the article is not written for this purpose I am confused as to how it keeps being flagged as this.

I have put the article below in order to see what parts would need to be changed in order for it to be published.

Many thanks,

Lucy

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Alexia Inge is a British entrepreneur and is Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Cult Beauty. Launched in 2008, Cult Beauty is the London-based, international e-tailer of beauty, grooming and wellness products. Singularly committed to curating a 'Beauty Hall of Fame', under Inge’s leadership Cult Beauty is a destination for beauty discovery and incubating trends, featuring brands and products from all over the world. In 2019, Inge was listed as by WWD as one of the 50 most forward-thinking executives shaping the future of the beauty industry. Early Life Inge was born in 1977 in Johannesburg, South Africa before moving to the UK aged three, where she grew up in Somerset with her parents Rosemary and Christopher Inge and younger sister Olivia Inge, before moving to London to study Fashion Design in 1997. Career After graduating with a BA Hons in Fashion Design at Westminster University, Inge worked as a fashion model and Fashion Assistant at The Daily Telegraph, before pivoting into PR, working for GAP’s International Press Office and This is Mission agency. Inge co-founded Cult Beauty in June 2008, and became co-CEO in 2014. The platform was built following a lifelong passion for beauty, with the mission to become the most trusted beauty retailer in the world - a mission that still drives the business today. Cult Beauty is renowned for its curated, results-driven ethos with a real focus on indie brands and has become home to brands from across the world. Cult Beauty was the first independent e-tailer to stock Anastasia Beverly Hills and Huda Beauty. The platform also launched Milk Makeup in the UK and was the first retailer to sell Drunk Elephant in EU. Beyond its collection of products, Cult Beauty was the first Beauty retailer to introduce a female sexual pleasure and wellness category. Inge is at the forefront of tracking and forecasting beauty trends, based on the platform's consumer insights. In 2019, Inge was listed by WWD as one of the 50 most forward-thinking executives shaping the future of the beauty industry and has since been awarded the CEW Achiever Award in December 2020. Cult Beauty has been on the leader board of the Sunday Times Fast Track 100 and International Track 200 for the last four years and has also bagged the coveted WWD ‘E-tailer of the Year’ title. Inge is also on the advisory board of the British Beauty Council and The Beauty Backed Trust. Personal Life Inge currently lives in London with her husband and daughter.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Lucygraham (talk • contribs) 09:19, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

Well, how about " is renowned for its curated, results-driven ethos" — marketing-speak that real people, never mind an encyclopaedia, would never use. Also, at least in the version here, there are zero sources, so no-one can verify that someone, somewhere, did once use these words to describe the company. Please read WP:YFA Mike Turnbull (talk) 10:18, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

My wikipedia page is not visible in google after searching my name

Dear Team, Its been more than 40 days I created my Wikipedia page and my page is not visible in google after searching my name. I want to know if my page is accepted by wikipedia or not. Also I want to know what actions required to make my page visible in google. Please Guide me.

Thank You— Preceding unsigned comment added by Spub305 (talk • contribs)

Spub305 You edited your user page, which is not article space and not searchable by search engines. Your user page is a place for you to tell about yourself as a Wikipedia editor or user. New users cannot directly create articles, and must use Articles for Creation. However, you should be aware that autobiographical articles are strongly discouraged per the autobiography policy. Wikipedia is not interested in what people want to say about themselves, but in what independent reliable sources with significant coverage choose on their own to say about them. Wikipedia is also not interested in helping your fans or enhancing search results for you. Wikipedia articles summarize what independent reliable sources say, showing how a person meets Wikipedia's special definition of a notable actor or actress. I have deleted your user page as promotional. 331dot (talk) 10:30, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

Also be aware that a Wikipedia article is not necessarily desirable. There are good reasons to not want one. You cannot lock it to the text that you might prefer, or prevent others from editing it. Any information about you, good and bad, can appear in an article about you as long as it is found in an independent reliable source and is not defamatory. 331dot (talk) 10:31, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

How to create an organization page?

Hi Wiki Team,

I would like to know the process to create a new page for a company. Thank you.

--Tvairsystems (talk) 11:46, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

Please read Help:Your first article. Is the company perhaps named TV Air Systems, or similar? If so, please read Wikipedia:Conflict of interest and Wikipedia:An article about yourself isn't necessarily a good thing. Either way, please also read Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies). -- Hoary (talk) 11:59, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

Tvairsystems Successfully creating a new article(not a mere "page") is the hardest thing to do on Wikipedia- and it's more difficult when one has a conflict of interest as you do. Wikipedia is not a place for companies to tell the world about themselves, it summarizes what others completely unaffiliated with the subject choose on their own to say about it(no press releases, announcements of routine transactions such as the commencement of operations) Please also see the important information I placed on your user talk page regarding your username. 331dot (talk) 12:01, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

Sorry to make this seem like a pile-on, but, your username is not allowable, you may be blocked because of it. See WP:CORPNAME. The same page also has info on how to change it. - X201 (talk) 13:11, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

not showing content

why After publish my content is not showing in wikipedia site and how much take time to show in server. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.214.36.236 (talk)

Other than this post, there are no edits from your IP address, so it is difficult to help you unless you tell us which content you are referring to. If you have an account, remember to log in before posting. 331dot (talk) 12:27, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

See the traffic to my business Wikipedia page

Hey there, My name is Or and I'm working at the monday.com Brand Awareness team.

I wanted to know if we can see the monthly traffic to our Wikipedia page. Link - Monday.com

Thanks a lot, Or Or Hadar (talk) 14:55, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

@Or Hadar: Click the "View history" tab, "Pageviews", "Date type" and "Monthly" to see [3]. PrimeHunter (talk) 15:01, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

@Or Hadar: Please see your user talk page for important information about paid editing. I would note that it is not "your Wikipedia page", but a Wikipedia article about your website. You have no special rights to it as a representative of the subject, see WP:OWN; you actually have less due to your conflict of interest, although your input is welcome. 331dot (talk) 15:49, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

Help Request

Draft:Padma Rao Sundarji - I am unable to figure out what sources I could add for Early Life and Personal Life as both these sections only talk about the family or education? Also I appreciate any feedback on the other areas of this draft that needs further editing that will help in the page going to the live section. Requesting help and expert advise please! Thanks in advance! :) ShravanthiRK (talk) 15:46, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

ShravanthiRK what source did you get the information from? How do you know the information you put in those sections? If it's from knowing her personally, or talking to her, or something like that, and you can't find it previously published anywhere else, it doesn't belong in the article. But if it is published somewhere, cite that place as a source, at least for now. If the source is unacceptable per WP:RS and WP:ABOUTSELF, it can be dealt with later. ~ ONUnicorn^{(Talk|Contribs)}problem solving 15:54, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

Entry changes for Fritz Glatz, Austrian Race car driver

Fritz Glatz (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

I am the personal friend and long-term mechanic of Fritz Glatz, see Wikipedia: the entries in the english section are wrong - and everytime I correct them a „Bbbb23“ reverts them back and threatens with „vandalism“. He has no clue: e.g. Fritz Glatz racing career started in 1965 in England, continued in 1966 for Kaimann Racing Vienna in Formula Vee and came to a stop in August 1966 after a severe accident at the Nurburgring. All can be read in his biografie in German. He restarted the careed at age 39 in F3 and later F2/ F3000 in 1980+, but cars and and entries are sometimes wrong and sources can be checked on Wikipedia; eg. his participation of 4 races in F3000 in 1985, not 2, as written (see Curacao F3000 Race on Oct. 13th, 1985. This writer Bbbb23 seems ignorant and wants to keep these false information in Wikipedia, and every time I correct it he changes it back - and has no clues and probably never met Fritz Glatz. Why make Wikipedia in the first place - if wrong entries are promoted?— Preceding unsigned comment added by Plasonig (talk • contribs)

Plasonig The article in question does appear to be largely unsourced, and has been marked as such. Thank you for bringing this to attention. However, we cannot just accept your word for changes- information needs to be sourced to an independent reliable source for verification purposes. If you would be able to help with that, please post on the article talk page. 331dot (talk) 16:14, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

• Courtesy ping Bbb23 Eagleash (talk) 16:20, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

I have just replied to this at the Teahouse. Please don't post the same question in more than one place, Plasonig: it just duplicates effort, wastes editors' time. --ColinFine (talk) 17:05, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

Archiving talk page spam filter problem

Trying to archive some old talk page threads, I get "Error: The text you wanted to publish was blocked by the spam filter. This is probably caused by a link to a forbidden external site. The following text is what triggered our spam filter: s155239215.onlinehome.us" - so how do I archive it? Obviously I don't want to mis-represent what was said. Thanks, DuncanHill (talk) 17:53, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

It's traditional, and I believe acceptable, to split the link with a space before attempting the archive, ie change http://s155... to http:// s155... Also, in case you didn't know, your log is here. -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 17:57, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

@Zzuuzz: Thank you, and I never knew I had a log. DuncanHill (talk) 17:59, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

Sister Project Boxes and MOS Conflict

Hi! The MOS Seems to contradict in an area and I could use some clarification.

MOS:SO states that "Internal links to related English Wikipedia articles, with section heading "See also"; link templates for sister-project content also usually go at the top of this section when it is present (otherwise in the last section on the page)"

This is in apparent contradiction to MOS:ELLAYOUT, which states that "Links to Wikimedia sister projects and Spoken Wikipedia should generally appear in "External links", not under "See also". If the article has no "External links" section, then place sister links at the top of the last section in the article. Two exceptions: Wiktionary and Wikisource links may be linked inline (e.g. to an unusual word or the text of a document being discussed)."

So, which is it? Should I put sister project boxes in External links or See also? Thanks, Tyrone Madera (talk) 18:54, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

pages that are protected from creation

Dear Editors

The Wikipedia article on the Inverse Warburg Effect was deleted after some controversy. After that, the message was: "This page is protected from creation, so only administrators can create it."

Is this still valid? If so, how can an administrator be contacted and provided with material to create a new article on this topic, incorporating recent research in several areas.

Best regards

            Hasperasperagus