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    August 22

    How can I disable automatic log in on other wikipedia language versions or is it possible to delete such accounts?

    It is extremely annoying that wikipedia creates a new account when I click another language website and I do not want those attached to my account I have 0 relation to them except for looking for images to add a page, I can't find a button to disable this feature and there is no way to delete, is it possible to delete accounts that logged in on other language wikipedias that I have no contributions thanks. Qwea1 (talk) 00:24, 22 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

    This is a consequence of m:Single unified login and it is impossible to delete Wikipedia accounts for technical and legal reasons. —Jéské Couriano v^_^v a little blue Bori 00:40, 22 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks, Is theres a setting to disable single unified login or only solution is logging out? I looked through my preferences but can't find any. Qwea1 (talk) 01:28, 22 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Hello, Qwea1. You only have one account. Visiting another Wikimedia project does not create another account. Cullen328 (talk) 01:33, 22 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    That's a matter of definition. It creates a local account in our own terminology and this has some consequences, e.g. the possibility of unwanted welcome posts and notifications. I have a proposal at meta:Welcoming policy to avoid this. It also reveals which Wikimedia wikis you have visited while logged in, and when you first did it: Special:CentralAuth/PrimeHunter. I can understand it annoys some users. PrimeHunter (talk) 02:34, 22 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    @Qwea1 AFAIK I recommended someone with the same question of how to disable central login to block cookies for login.wikimedia.org some time ago and it worked, no clue if it still does. Victor Schmidt mobil (talk) 05:43, 22 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

    Replace a citation

    I noticed a citation that is used multiple times on an article refers to an outdated URL. Is there a way to just replace the citation with the new, working link or do I need to manually cite the new link everywhere the outdated citation is used? Crushedoreos (talk) 08:29, 22 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

    If a citation is reused it should be named, in which case the citation is defined in only in one place (starting with "<ref name=somename>" rather than simply "<ref>", followed by the actual citation). Additional uses of that ref just consist of "<ref name=somename/>" . It's a good idea to link to the article in question so we can what you are discussing. Meters (talk) 08:41, 22 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    See WP:NAMEDREFS Meters (talk) 08:49, 22 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks, I was able to successfully replace the citation. Crushedoreos (talk) 10:17, 22 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

    Family of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge

    Ref number 37 is wrong. Please fix as I cannot. Thanks 49.198.41.28 (talk) 10:02, 22 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

     Done. Removed a stray pipe character ('|') ColinFine (talk) 10:06, 22 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

    Changed definition

    Congratulations. You changed the definition of recession and are now corrupt. Nothing on this site can be trusted and is now garbage. Good job. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2607:FEA8:F1DF:CF40:43D:40E6:E587:F6F3 (talk) 10:18, 22 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

    At the risk of feeding a troll, I'll just say that Talk:Recession#ATTENTION_NEW_VISITORS_TO_THIS_PAGE is worth a read. Girth Summit (blether) 10:28, 22 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Here's an off-WP opinion: How a False Claim About Wikipedia Sparked a Right-Wing Media Frenzy Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 10:48, 22 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

    Ivins-Conover House

    I am trying to write a wiki page for an ancestral house that is on the New Jersey register of historic places. No one has written about it yet and I have collected a lot of info over the years. I am highly educated but not tech savvy. My question is: How do I edit my two References without highlighting them and having them completely erased when I backspace? All I want to do is to write the word “References”at the top to replace the floating #2 and then replace the letters in red in each reference and make sure each reference has a date.

    I have tried everything to no avail. Visual editing only changes the format of the page completely and still causes a highlight. Source editing doesn’t work at all. You may also want to know that because I am disabled I only have access to an iPad. You may also want to know that I had to generate the web references manually because the automatic set up wouldn’t work. Which puzzles me because it seems to have worked for the listings for the other houses in the state register. Any help you can give me would be greatly appreciated. JillerMc (talk) 13:52, 22 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

    @JillerMc: Hi there! I presume you are referring to User:JillerMc/sandbox/Ivins-Conover House. I added a References section and added a title to your first reference. Your second reference is a link to a Wikipedia article, and we don't use Wikipedia articles as references per WP:CIRCULAR.
    Creating a new article is one of the hardest things to do on Wikipedia. If you haven't done so already, I suggest you review the materials at Help:Introduction. For your new article, I suggest you gather multiple independent reliable sources that have provided significant coverage of the house, and then follow the instructions at Help:Your first article, and be prepared for a process that may include waiting for review, rejections, and rewrites, before an article is created. Hope this helps, and happy editing! GoingBatty (talk) 14:10, 22 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Special:WhatLinksHere/Ivins-Conover House shows that it has more than New Jersey historic status. It appears at National Register of Historic Places listings in Burlington County, New Jersey. You can ask for help at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject National Register of Historic Places where they concentrate on American historic sites. 49.198.51.54 (talk) 22:06, 22 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    thanks SOOO much for your help and for your suggestions. Especially the one about the wiki project National Register of Historic Places. I have one or two more references but it seems that almost nothing has been written about it anywhere except in one self published book. The owners have never welcomed visitors. My write up is based almost completely on the data pages from the 1970s that were completed by the park employees seeking to nominate the house. JillerMc (talk) 13:33, 23 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

    Notifing members in a WikiProject

    I'm trying to gather response at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Vital Articles#Preparation and I want all of the Vital WikiProject's members to know about this. However, I don't really want to use MassMessage or ping for this as I think this is too intrusive and annoying. What should I do instead? CactiStaccingCrane (talk) 15:58, 22 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

    CactiStaccingCrane Speaking as someone interested in various projects, I put the key talk pages on my watchlist and always check when something new is posted. I would assume that anyone interested in that "Vital Articles" project would already be alert to your posting and there is no need for you to do much more than wait a bit. Mike Turnbull (talk) 16:27, 22 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

    Article Suggests/Advices

    Hi, I'm Tuna Kuşdemir who is student of METU. I was wondering that can I see article advices on my page or somewhere. For example, in many platforms, there are customized article advices depend on choices related to your interests. I want to see interesting articles, experiments, or articles which are customed depend on my choices. Is there a system like that? Thanks. Tunakusdemir (talk) 20:07, 22 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

    @Tunakusdemir: Not too sure (I've never used the Wikipedia app before), but I think the app has a "suggested article" feature. If you want it, here are the download links: Android, iOS. Weeklyd3 (talk) 23:29, 22 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    @Tunakusdemir: that is an interesting question. Since Wikipedia is an encyclopedia (see WP:NOT), we are not focused on topical stuff the way social media is, and since we do not do targeted advertising, we have no incentive to try to track your interests and are philosophically opposed to tracking. Therefore, the analogies are fairly weak. We do have at least two mechanisms that might work for you: categories and Wikiprojects. If an article attracts your interest, look at its categories (at the bottom of the article). go to interesting categories and browse some of the other articles in the category. Similarly, an article you like may be of interest to one or more wikiprojects: these are usually listed on the article's talk page. My own preference is primarily to click on links from interesting articles to find other interesting articles. -Arch dude (talk) 01:12, 23 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    That's an interesting attitude, maybe the existing condition of Wikipedia is more professional from one side. However, the recommendation system of articles that is related to people's interests may make more attractive Wikipedia to people. Thus science and knowledge can widespread. With compliments, Tuna K. Tunakusdemir (talk) 11:38, 23 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

    Tag for source using Wikipedia as a source

    Is there a template to put with a source that uses Wikipedia as a source? I am looking at [1] in Boat. The source clearly states that some information comes from Wikipedia.

    Or should I just go ahead and delete the reference as it is not an RS? I reckon I can find a source that handles that part of the article better (may need the text to say something different), but it will take a little time to do. So the original intent of the tag is to indicate that fixing the problem is a work in progress. ThoughtIdRetired (talk) 21:34, 22 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

    Looking further, the source in question is not an RS for more than one reason. Additionally, it appears to be a blog created by one individual. ThoughtIdRetired (talk) 21:38, 22 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

    References

    1. ^ Vaucher, Jean (2012-01-08). "Prehistoric Craft". Université de Montréal. Retrieved 2021-08-18.
    ThoughtIdRetired, the iro.umontreal.ca source you point to smacks of work by an undergraduate (and not an intellectually scintillating undergraduate either). If you take out the content from Wikipedia, what you have left still isn't reliable. Just remove the reference (and anything like it). But for future application, please see Wikipedia:Template index/Sources_of_articles. -- Hoary (talk) 01:16, 23 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

    August 23

    Update request

    Indian Actress Sridevi got Filmfare award for best actress category in 2013 for 1986 and 1987 but this development is not mentioned in sridevi wikipedia and film fare best actress wiki. request you to update this information. 122.161.91.176 (talk) 04:05, 23 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

    Hi IP 122.161.91.176. Are you asking about the article Sridevi? If you are, then there are two options you can follow. The first one would be to make the desired edits yourself. It's appears that the article might be currently under a type of protection called pending changes. Articles protected as such can still be edited by IP accounts, but the edit will remained "unofficial" so to speak until it is accepted by pending changes reviewer. So, if you are WP:BOLD, make the edit yourself and support the changes you make with citation to a reliable source so that it can be verified, a pending changes editor may accept the edit if it's otherwise in accordance with relevant Wikipedia policies and guidelines. If you make the edit and don't provide any citations to a reliable source in support or there are other problems with the edit, the pending changes reviewer may try and fix the edit themselves or may decline the edit. If the edit is declined, you would probably be better off starting a discussion on the article's talk page about the change you want made instead of trying to make the same edit again. The other option basically involves you being WP:CAUTIOUS and first proposing the edit on the article's talk page (as an edit request) to see what others might think. In this case as well, you're going to be expected to provide some way for others to verify the details of the edit and usually this is done by adding a link to a reliable source that supports the edit. If you simply post something like "Please make this change" without providing any way for the edit to be verified, then there's a good chance of your request being declined since it can't be verified. Which option you choose is up to you, but the WP:BURDEN of providing a way to verify the changes you want made also falls upon you. -- Marchjuly (talk) 04:33, 23 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

    I seek an inline double-brace tool that displays language type and a translated word

    I'm trying to find a certain Wikipedia inline textual tool which provides the translation (into English, in this case) of a foreign word, with the language listed before the translated word.

    The tool's inline format is similar to {{language|translated word}} (that is my conjectural reconstruction of it, and it is missing some part) and has an output such as

    ...she told us that le chat (English: the cat) knew that mice love fromage (English: cheese), so the feline...

    I have found a similar tool, and its form is {{lang|language type|translated word}} with output such as

    ...if dogs had been chasing le chat (the cat) through their neighborhood...

    but that is not the tool I seek, although it is similar.

    If someone can identify the tool that I want, and direct me to the same, I would appreciate the assistance. —catsmoke talk 07:42, 23 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

    Are you asking for a template that automatically provides the English translation? If so, that's not going to happen. Machine translation of individual words is effectively impoossible. The OED lists 100 senses for the word "set", many of them subdivided. ColinFine (talk) 11:20, 23 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Template:Lang-en {{lang-en|cat}} "le chat (English: cat) but the template highly discourages its use because 1. It's English wiki so unnecessary and redundant (just type out English: cat is better) and 2. Takes up template processing resources. But it can be useful in niche scenarios.

    They are all formatted {{lang-x}} where x is the two or three letter language code. Should be a brief section explaining on the Template:Lang page Fredlesaltique (talk) 12:18, 23 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

    Adding (defunct) to inactive websites

    Hi

    I want to know if it is right to add "(defunct)" or "defunct" to the official websites mentioned at the external links sections of articles.

    Example from Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (film): Official website defunct

    If the answer is no, then how we should mention that the link is not active anymore? Example Zachary Levi: Official website

    Cheers Shkuru Afshar (talk) 09:04, 23 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

    When something in the body of an article cites a website as a source of information, and afterwards that site goes offline, then it is important to note that the website is offline. But since none of the information in an article is directly dependent upon any of those External links-section links for reference (if it were, the link would have already been cited), the solution is to completely remove the link from the post-article list of External links. In the case of your Pride and Prejudice and Zombies link, that link should be removed from the article's External links list. —catsmoke talk 09:12, 23 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    @Shkuru Afshar: Hi there! Another option is to use Template:Webarchive, as I have done on the Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (film) article. Happy editing! GoingBatty (talk) 13:04, 23 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

    Editing a Wikipaedia Entry

    Hi, I wish to add comments to the Wikipedia page of someone I know as Wikipedia have used mainly news excerpts and quotes to prepare the page. This person is new to public life and the page is rather unbalanced. The Wikipedia page has obviously been written by someone who was unhappy with his appointment. The sources have been used taking comments out of context to the detriment of the individual concerned. How can this be addressed? Will my edits, adding text to the wording already in Wikipedia to give context, be shown publically? Creaggam (talk) 13:44, 23 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

    hi @Creaggam and welcome to the help desk! what page are you referring to? all contributions and comments will be shown publicly, unless the page is under pending changes protection, in which case it'll have to go through another, more experienced editor for review before being accepted. happy editing! 💜  melecie  talk - 14:26, 23 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Also please note, Creaggam, that you may not use any information which has not been published. You say "mainly news excerpts and quotes" - that is what an encyclopaedia article should be based on (and books, if there are any on the subject). Articles should be written from a neutral point of view, so if the article is unbablanced, that should be fixed. But if it happens that all the available independent published sources are hostile to the subject, then I'm afraid that that's what Wikipedia should report (and note that non-independent sources, such as interviews or articles based on press releases, should not be used, even if they are the only favourable sources you can find).
    The best thing to do is to open a discussion on the article's talk page: express you concerns, cite your sources, and suggest how the article could be improved. ColinFine (talk) 15:35, 23 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Dear Melecie and Colin - are you Wikipedia Editors? I very much agree that information should be written from a neutral point of view however I do see on Wikipedia selective narratives. We should, in any socioa media environment report im an unbiased way (but often this does not happen) with it referenced e.g companies house, published data / material. Writing about an individaul carries great resposnsibility especially if incomplete, a biased narrative, lazy reseatch etc. and this can impact people's lives. I could enter onto the talk page but will the data it be changed? I have been in the press and people have spoken about me as if public property and they know me. I agree with this "But if it happens that all the available independent published sources are hostile to the subject, then I'm afraid that that's what Wikipedia should report (and note that non-independent sources, such as interviews or articles based on press releases, should not be used, even if they are the only favourable sources you can find)" but in this case the the hostile press reports etc. have not been fully checked out or quotes conveninent cut when the whole quote available. The press reports are sloppy jouirnalism as makes good copy. 2A00:23C8:A41F:F801:C08E:FE27:21E8:C9B6 (talk) 18:09, 24 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    @Creaggam: Everyone here (Melecie, Colin, you, me) is a Wikipedia editor. "Editor" means "someone who edits". The newspaper meaning of "someone who controls the content that is published" is not a position that exists here.
    in this case the the hostile press reports etc. have not been fully checked out or quotes conveninent cut when the whole quote available. The press reports are sloppy jouirnalism as makes good copy You will have to take that with the journalists or their editors-in-chief. You should definitely not use Wikipedia to correct the record. You can obviously understand that if we allowed that, we would end up with plenty of articles saying stuff like X has been accused of murder, but that’s because journalists have an axe to grind, actually it was someone else. See Wikipedia:Verifiability, not truth for a longer discussion of that point. TigraanClick here for my talk page ("private" contact) 11:44, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

    Citing Sources When Changes are Requested by Page's Subject

    Hi,

    I have been trying to update the Wikipedia page of a journalist/author, at the request of this person. The changes were sent to me by the page's subject directly, so I am not sure how I can cite this source. I would also like to ensure that my changes will not constantly be edited, since they are coming directly from the source. Rslit (talk) 14:11, 23 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

    In general, statements by the subject of the page are not suitable as references. See Wikipedia:Verifiability, not truth among others. If the subject of the page points out references that support the statements that's fine.Naraht (talk) 14:32, 23 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you! Rslit (talk) 15:01, 23 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    hi @Rslit and welcome to the help desk! firstly, please read the conflict of interest guidelines and the ones on paid editing, you need to disclose your COI before resuming edits on Peter Baker. you can't just forward what he says onto wikipedia since we require everything, especially statements in biographies of living persons, to be verifiable. you have to find published sources (ideally ones that are independent from the subject) through say, reputable news organizations: see Reliable sources for more on these. these are required as well, which is why your edits have been reverted (almost) immediately. and once these are all done, you can send a Edit request to the talk page of the article, in this case Talk:Peter Baker (journalist) so that other editors can see if these edits are appropriate, helping you refine them if possible instead of just being striken down. happy editing! 💜  melecie  talk - 14:33, 23 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you so much, this is very helpful! Rslit (talk) 15:01, 23 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

    Eastern and Western Armenian

    I don't know how to rename this page. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khachig_I_of_Armenia

    It should be dubbed Khachik_I_of_Armenia. Khachig is a phonetic rendering according to Western Armenian pronounciation (and should not be used as a main form), while it should be rendered according to the orthograph of Eastern Armenian.

    The problem is larger: in scientific publications both Eastern and Western Armenian are rendered according to the phonetic values of classical Armenian (more similar to Eastern) Sever Juan (talk) 14:33, 23 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

    @Sever Juan: Hi there! I suggest you start a discussion on the article's talk page: Talk:Khachig I of Armenia. If there is consensus (or no objection) to changing the article title, then see the instructions at Wikipedia:Requested moves. Happy editing! GoingBatty (talk) 16:43, 23 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

    PDFs not opening correctly, pages shows scrambled code

    We recently updated our wiki page with the newest version (https://hovpedia.hov.org/). Now when we upload PDFs, we get a scrambled code page, see example: https://hovpedia.hov.org/img_auth.php/1/1f/Dream_Request_%26_Liability_Release_Forms_Fillable_2021.pdf HELP!! Why is it not showing correctly. Thanks, Michelle 184.191.131.129 (talk) 17:14, 23 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

    IP user, this is a place to ask about using or editing English Wikipedia. If you have a question about the MediaWiki software, try the MediaWiki support desk. 199.208.172.35 (talk) 17:22, 23 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

    Question about Copyvio-revdel

    Following the instructions at WP:COPYVIO, I've removed a section of Paul Costelloe as it was lifted from their website. Should I use Template:Copyvio-revdel even though the copyright infringing text was added in I believe 2017? KaraLG84 (talk) 20:18, 23 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

    @KaraLG84: Yes. There is no time limit if the material is still in copyright. However, in longstanding copyed material like this, It's a good idea to (try to) verify that the material was copied into Wikipedia instead of being copied from Wikipedia. -Arch dude (talk) 20:36, 23 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    @Arch dude Thanks. I'll sort it. Pretty much the entirety of the company's about page was copied into the article. KaraLG84 (talk) 20:42, 23 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    @Arch dude Ah someone already beat me to it. I'll keep this in mine for the future though. Thanks again. KaraLG84 (talk) 20:47, 23 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]


    August 24

    Complaint

    Somebody rohitshaw27 has removed the dialogue written by me on my wikipedia user profile and posted it please take action Amit Giri Ji (talk) 01:37, 24 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

    You seem to have misunderstood the purpose of Wikipedia - we do not host 'profiles'. See WP:NOTSOCIALNETWORK. AndyTheGrump (talk) 01:47, 24 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    (edit conflict) If you were talking about this, then I'm sorry, but that was the wrong place to put it. The files for upload page is for requesting files to be uploaded. Weeklyd3 (talk) 02:12, 24 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    And I'm not too sure who "rohitshaw27" is, because that account isn't registered anywhere. Weeklyd3 (talk) 02:14, 24 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    @AndyTheGrump, @Weeklyd3 The user page and user talk page both look like bios (or an attempt at an autobiographical article). Should they ge deleted? 71.228.112.175 (talk) 12:00, 24 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    I see they have been. ColinFine (talk) 16:11, 24 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Right, it looks like @Orangemike did the deed. 71.228.112.175 (talk) 01:55, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

    Responsive images/ wrap an image so that it resizes with the screen

    Hi all, I am interested to know if it is possible to add an image that can be centred and resizes itself to the screen + stays within the confines of a wikipedia article, instead of trailing off to the right.

    Particularly, a banner-type image that has a long width and short height. I have tried experimenting with a few guides on Wiki and in the sandbox, but can't seem to get this to work.

    For example, WikiProject Medicine has an image that is limited to the article's space, but does not resize itself to fit new screen spaces. Would it be possible to adapt whatever code they use to limit this image and make it resize itself?

    Any help would be grand. Jamzze (talk) 12:42, 24 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

    This is pretty easy to do with some templatestyles. For instance this page on mediawiki uses this technique via this template style rule. —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 12:49, 24 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Something like this would do:
    .bannerclassname img {
    max-width: 100%;
    height: auto;
    min-height: 9em;
    object-fit: cover;
}
    But that whole page needs some serious work to be responsive honestly. It also breaks in Vector-2022 because ppl messed with the positioning in a skin specific way. —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 12:54, 24 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

    Reverting Changes

    Hi, First, thank you to everyone who has helped me, I'm very new to Wikipedia. I have made cited changes to the pages for Peter Baker and Susan Glasser at the request of the subjects. I had not realized that this would make me a COI and Peter Baker's article has now been flagged as potentially not neutral. Can my changes be deleted so this flag will be taken down? I did not mean to break the rules, I was just confused! I appreciate all of your help! Rslit (talk) 14:02, 24 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

    I have reverted the changes I made back to the originals on both articles. Rslit (talk) 14:26, 24 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    @Rslit, I'd recommend re-reading melecie's response to your question here from yesterday, especially the bits about declaring your COI and making edit requests on the talk pages. 199.208.172.35 (talk) 15:31, 24 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

    Speedy Deletion of Sandbox

    Hi Team,

    My nickyfusco/sandbox page was nominated for speedy deletion mid-edit, and I was really trying to create the page for our company to review before going live. The company has been cited in The Economist, Bloomberg, Institutional Investor, and Fortune. These sources were not yet added, as this I was mid-edit, and felt my personal Sandbox was a safe and non-public space. Can this sandbox page be sent to me at least, since I've not lost everything that I've written!


    Thank you,

    Nicholas Fusco at ApeVue Inc. NickyFusco (talk) 14:03, 24 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

    @Melcous did the removal, if that's helpful to recover it.
    I did this sandbox approach after watching a YouTube tutorial, but suspect that I shouldn't have hit "publish" NickyFusco (talk) 14:14, 24 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    NickyFusco "Publish changes" should be interpreted to mean simply "save changes". It used to say save, but was changed to emphasize that all edits are public. Using your sandbox or Articles for Creation is the right approach if you are writing about your company. Please read conflict of interest and paid editing for information on required formal disclosures. Wikipedia does not have "pages", it has articles, typically written by independent editors. Those articles summarize what independent reliable sources with significant coverage have chosen on their own to say about (in this case) a company, showing how it meets the special Wikipedia definition of a notable company. Not every company merits an article, it depends on the sources. The text you wrote was clear promotion and was unsourced. Wikipedia is not interested in what a company wants to say about itself, only in what those completely unconnected with the company choose to say about it, and not based on materials from the company like staff interviews, press releases, announcements of routine business activities, or other primary sources. Please read Your First Article.
    Be aware that there are good reasons for your company to not want an article. You or your company cannot exclusively dictate what appears there, and you cannot prevent others from editing it. Any information about your company, good or bad, can be in an article about it as long as it appears in an independent source and is not defamatory. 331dot (talk) 14:26, 24 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    NickyFusco, an acceptable Wikipedia article about a company summarizes what reliable published sources that are entirely independent of the company say about the company. Citations to those sources are included as inline references. The draft article in your sandbox was entirely unreferenced, and therefore all of the content you wrote was based on your personal knowledge as an employee of the company. That is Original research which is contrary to policy. You need to start from scratch by identifying multiple reliable independent sources and creating the references. You can then neutrally summarize what they say about the company. Your first step is to make the Paid contributions disclosure. Cullen328 (talk) 17:11, 24 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Hi and thanks again here as we try to do this correctly. The sources I was in the middle of adding were from The Economist, Reuters, and Fortune magazine, which I hope are deemed noteworthy, credible, and independent.
    As this was done in Sandbox, it was still in progress, and incomplete. How can I be comfortable that what we have written won't be removed from my sandbox when we start 100% from scratch? This is not for promotion (so sans statements of "Best" or "Top" etc.), and is needed for reference on Wiki.
    Does someone on this forum want to help get something in Draft state? NickyFusco (talk) 18:00, 24 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    @NickyFusco It is unfortunate if the contents were deleted before you had a chance to add the refs. You may want to ping @Melcous and see if he can help. Anything you saved (using the "publish" button) should be in the sandbox history and retrievable. 71.228.112.175 (talk) 02:02, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    I quote:
    Given ApeVue are uniquely positioned as the first provider of independent market data on private stocks, their services also compliment other data providers in alternative asset classes, and those which provide reference data on private funding rounds, including s S&P Global, Morningstar (incl. PitchBook), CB Insights, Refinitiv, and Bloomberg L.P..
    (My emphases.) Incidentally, although it was Melcous who asked for deletion, it was Sjb72 who actually performed the deletion. And although you may, for all I know, have been about to add references, you hadn't started doing so during the more-than-one-hour of the draft's existence. -- Hoary (talk) 02:56, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

    communications.

    how do I get myself started with contributing communications Grotesquetruth (talk) 16:02, 24 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

    @Grotesquetruth: Hi there, and welcome to Wikipedia! To learn how to edit, I suggest you start at Help:Introduction. Happy editing! GoingBatty (talk) 16:34, 24 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Hello, Grotesquetruth. I'm afraid I don't understand what you mean by "contributing communications". Please clarify. ColinFine (talk) 17:18, 24 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Grotesquetruth, your writings in Wikipedia:Reference desk/Humanities suggest that you may like to get into discussions. However, Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a discussion forum. If you're interested in contributing reliably referenced factual information to articles, then yes, please digest Help:Introduction; if not so much, then please move to some alternative outlet. -- Hoary (talk) 02:44, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

    Fake scammers

    I would like to be included in Wikepedia and had paid a company advertising their services and not sure if they are legit. Is there anyone that i can communicate that can guide me. Also is there any one you know can help me get my page up on wikepidea? Elaedo (talk) 17:12, 24 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

    Hello, Elaedo. Most likely, you got scammed. What was the name of the company you paid? What topic did you pay them to write about? Why do you think that Wikipedia should have an article about this? Cullen328 (talk) 17:18, 24 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    See also Wikipedia:Articles for creation/Scam warning Shantavira|feed me 17:24, 24 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Hello, Eleado. It sounds indeed as if you have been scammed, which was possihle because you have a very common but wrong idea about what Wikipedia is. If Wikipedia ever has an article about you, it will be Wikipedia's article, not "your page", its content will be controlled by a consensus of Wikipedia editors, not by you, and it should be based almost entirely on what people who have no connection with you have chosen to publish about you, not on what you say or want to say. If the company you paid did not explain this, then they are dishonest. I'm sorry. ColinFine (talk) 17:34, 24 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Well, Elaedo, which company was it, what service did you pay for, and how much did you pay for it? -- Hoary (talk) 02:46, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Another note: Wikipedia:Articles for creation/Scam warning recommends forwarding the message to paid-en-wp at wikipedia.org. You may also want to do this. Weeklyd3 (talk) 02:48, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Hi
    Thanks for getting back to me.
    Initially i pid 600 for preparations and now he is asking for additional fees of 5 thousand but at a discount of close to three thousand i can send you his complete response.
    Jordan James <jordan.james wikiproficiency.com>
    To:John Stavros
    Tue, Aug 23 at 1:33 PM
    Hi John,
    Hope you are doing well.
    Any update on my previous email?
    Regards,
    Jordan James
    The Name of person that i have been dealing with is above. 2603:9000:A204:BD00:8DB2:D43A:7D3B:4286 (talk) 11:40, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    You should stop giving them money. 331dot (talk) 11:45, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Elaedo, you need to actually forward that email to the address that was given to you (paid-en-wp@wikipedia.org). First of all, we volunteer editors cannot do anything with that information, and second, forwarding the email includes email headers with useful technical information (which are lost to the above copy-paste of the text). TigraanClick here for my talk page ("private" contact) 11:48, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Blimey, 5,600 (dollars?) to not even make the article that will get taken down immediately is quite the low. Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 12:05, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    I agree 2603:9000:A204:BD00:8DB2:D43A:7D3B:4286 (talk) 13:45, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

    Tags and templates question

    Working in my account on a previously declined submission originally written by another person. There is a decline box at the top. It has an "add tags" box. When I click on that, it brings up the template box and says that template information is missing. This template is missing TemplateData, and its parameters have been autogenerated. As a result the template and its parameters lack descriptions. There might be additional information on the template's page. I have no desire to edit the template. Just want to add tags. Any suggestions? Also, I noticed in preview mode that the source code appears at the bottom of the preview page. Is it supposed to? Thank you! Saaswriter (talk) 18:27, 24 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

    @Saaswriter: Hi there! What is the name of the page where you are experiencing this issue? Thanks! GoingBatty (talk) 19:53, 24 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Always name the page that caused a question. I don't see any submissions at Special:Contributions/Saaswriter but it sounds like you clicked a box while you were editing the page with VisualEditor. You should click it when you are viewing the page, not editing it. PrimeHunter (talk) 20:04, 24 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately, the page is not published yet because it was declined initially. I'm trying to improve the page before submitting it again. Saaswriter (talk) 13:50, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    @Saaswriter: If the page is visible then link it no matter which state it is in. If you mean it was deleted and not merely declined but you have a copy of the deleted text and only work on it in previews then you have to save it before clicking the box. The "Publish changes" or "Publish page" button is just a save button. It's also used for unsubmitted drafts. PrimeHunter (talk) 15:22, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

    CREATE AN ACCOUNT

    WHAT DOES IT COST TO CREATE AN ACCOUNT 134.41.147.151 (talk) 21:59, 24 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

    One capslock key removal. Nothing on Wikipedia costs money, accounts or otherwise. PICKLEDICAE🥒 22:02, 24 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Hi there! To create an account, you can go to Special:CreateAccount and sign up for free. Welcome to Wikipedia, and happy editing! GoingBatty (talk) 01:17, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Accounts do not cost anything here, however, you should review the username policy before creating an account. Victor Schmidt mobil (talk) 06:09, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

    August 25

    How many more documents do I translate to become an experienced editor?

    Hello, I'm Mr. Kwon from Korea.

    I am focusing on translating Korean wiki documents into English these days.

    I translated up to 201, but I still see this message. "Your translation cannot be published because publishing is only allowed to more experienced editors on this wiki." I'm still not able to publish the document, so I'm very confused about how to do it, so I'm asking for your help. How many more documents do I translate to become an experienced editor? I'm planning to translate more Korean documents into English, so I'd really appreciate it if you could help me on how to do it. Dckewon5131 (talk) 10:42, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

    That's very strange, Dckewon5131. I've no idea. I hope that somebody else can help you. However, a different point. I glanced at two of your drafts. If you were to submit them as drafts, and if I were the reviewer, I'd decline them. That's because you use Korean (and/or Japanese?) sources but only name and describe them in English, thereby making them extraordinarily difficult to identify and search for. If your source is in Korean, please provide information on it in Korean (and hangul). Optionally, also provide information in romanized Korean, or in English translation, or both. -- Hoary (talk) 12:23, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Dckewon5131, see Wikipedia:Content translation tool § English Wikipedia restrictions – you need at least 500 edits and your account needs to be at least 30 days old. You can create a draft, however, and submit that to Wikipedia:Articles for creation. To submit a draft, place {{subst:submit}} at the top of the page using the source editor, and save the page. Rummskartoffel 12:31, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    I looked at one of the very large number of "translations" you have made at random, namely User:Dckewon5131/이충세. This is written in very poor English and does not use inline citations (see WP:CITE) so it is difficult to see how each stated fact can be verified by the reader: a core policy here. I suggest you focus much more on quality, not quantity. Take one or two of the articles chosen because they are likely to be notable as defined on this Wikipedia and, as others have suggested, use the articles for creation process. That way, you'll gain experience in our standards for accepting articles. Thank-you for wishing to expand our coverage of Korean topics. Mike Turnbull (talk) 12:40, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

    Is CGTN reliable source?

    Is CGTN reliable source? I don't know what it has sensitive content or political related issues but I want to know about its reliability to Wikipedia. 196.188.245.51 (talk) 10:55, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

    It's listed at WP:CGTN. Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 11:26, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

    Deletion of article

    Please can you help me. My entry 'Vanessa Branson' keeps being edited down with verifiable information being taken off. All information on it my page has been verified and linked to outside sources. The information about my knighthood was taken off even though it is linked to your wikipedia entry from the Kingdom of Morocco on another page. Everything is fact, no personal extraneous information, no personal marketing and yet you keep taking off my information and reducing it to a single line. I have heard that you are biased towards women on wikipedia and are more brutal with edits for women. My male business parter has the same information on his page and you allow that to remain but it was taken off mine. I would like to understand how this is happening and how you allow my male couterpart to have paragraphs of entry and you edit my information to a single line. Vanessa Branson (talk) 12:04, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

     Courtesy link: Vanessa Branson - 97.113.27.216 (talk) 12:22, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    @Vanessa Branson, it's very possible that your business partner's page could also use some cleanup - it's hard for us to know without being given his name so we can take a look. Can you clarify who is operating this account? At times it seems to be the article subject, at other times it is apparently an assistant. Sharing an account is not allowed. 97.113.27.216 (talk) 12:25, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    His page is Howell James and my entry was exactly the same as his about ownership of El Fenn and you deleted mine. There is no reason to delete this as it is a verifiable fact. You also deleted my knighthood which is a verifiable fact and is on the Order of Ouissam Alaouite wikipedia page (I am third down on the Officer Recipients). Is that to be deleted too? Or perhaps you are too aggressive with my deletions? Everything that was on my wikipedia entry has been checked and was previously ok but now edited down to a single line. This feels like a deliberate edit to minimise any facts about me online. Vanessa Branson (talk) 12:37, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Vanessa Branson I took a look at the supposed source for the ownership of El Fenn within the article on Howell James. It gives a "page not found" error, so has suffered from link-rot. So some editor here is going to have to try to restore it from a web archive like the Wayback machine. More likely, they will conclude "this is a WP:PRIMARY source, whereas the encyclopaedia would much prefer a WP:SECONDARY one" and just move on or even delete that sentence. Wikipedia is interested in what can be reliably verified, not what is "true". That's one of the reasons we don't like the subject of an article adding material directly: what you know to be true about yourself is not necessarily information in the public domain by having been published. If you have a citation that can be used about your ownership of El Fenn or indeed about your knighthood, please add them to the Talk Page of the article in the form of an WP:EDITREQUEST and someone will likely act on that. Mike Turnbull (talk) 13:23, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    I have updated the reference in the Howell James article and will now add the same information to yours. Mike Turnbull (talk) 13:30, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Vanessa Branson, as I look in the history of the article, I don't see where it was edited down to a single line. Can you please point us to it? The greatest single pruning that I notice this year was this, by Drmies, who generally knows what they're doing. The article names your business partner as Howell James; the article Howell James is indeed considerably longer than the one about you, but most of it seems to be about matters that are independent of you. (Excuse me if I misunderstand; it's my bed time.) -- Hoary (talk) 12:34, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Apologies, I can now see the full biography, it wasn't showing on my computer before. You have taken out the Order of Ouissam Alaouite - the Moroccan knighthood which is corroboarted by the Order of Ouissam wikipedia page and is a verifiable fact. This knighthood was awarded in 2014 and is on public record. What reason was it deleted for? Vanessa Branson (talk) 12:40, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    It was removed, along with other information, in this edit by editor Undying Sikh, with the edit summary What could not be corroborated has been scrapped. In other words, it was removed because it was not cited to a source. If you find a reliable published source for your award, please make an edit request, citing the source, on Talk:Vanessa Branson. You say that you are listed on Order of Ouissam Alaouite; but since (like all but two of the names in the list) no citation is given there either, it is not of value for Wikipedia. I'm not doubting that you have received the honour, but as it stands, I could add my own name to that list, and it would appear no less reliably than nearly any other name there. (I have tagged that section accordingly: when you find a source, you might put an edit request with the source on that article's talk page too). ColinFine (talk) 14:15, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

    Mike Turnbull, ColinFine, Hoary, I have no choice but to block this account for a number of reasons: undeclared COI (they were told three years ago), NOT a single individual's account, and "famous user name". I left more extensive notes on their user talk page. Thanks to all three of you. Drmies (talk) 14:41, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

    Attribution

    A simple question I hope: I use Wikipedia as a source for much of what I do. It can steer me to other sources as an informal source for facts. I'd like to use Wikipedia as a source for what I do. I'm an aerial photographer that has assembled a set of picture files that I have assembled into a book. It's mostly about the photography but a few facts, r fiction regarding the state that i live in adds to the photo and makes the book more interesting, and hopefully saleable. How to I attribute the material I use that i have gleaned from Wiki or is that a forbidden practice. I left this question posted at the "Teahouse" as well. Lenemeryphoto (talk) 12:23, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

    Asked at the Teahouse (multiple times). Please only ask in one place or the other, @Lenemeryphoto, to avoid duplication of volunteer effort. 97.113.27.216 (talk) 12:26, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

    Adding AfD Discussion

    Hello, I came across a new editor சுய நாசீசிஸத்தை நிறுத்துங்கள் (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) who made an AfD nomination for Ezhil_(programming_language) but didn't complete the process. I'm been unsuccessful at attempts to create a Deletion discussion page for him/her because the links that one is supposed to click on during the tagging have already been bypassed by this editor. Can someone take a look at this and complete the process? Blue Riband► 12:54, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

    @Blue Riband: that is not an afd, but a proposed deletion (prod). it is incorrect to create a deletion discussion page for a prod. lettherebedarklight, 晚安, おやすみなさい, ping me when replying 13:06, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks, I'll take a closer look at it as I'm still learning the difference between the two. I'll inform the Nominator. Blue Riband► 13:08, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    @Blue Riband: i would also advise you to strike your incorrect post on User talk:சுய நாசீசிஸத்தை நிறுத்துங்கள். lettherebedarklight, 晚安, おやすみなさい, ping me when replying 13:11, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    @lettherebedarklight: Done, struk out original erronous comment to சுய நாசீசிஸத்தை நிறுத்துங்கள் here: here Blue Riband► 14:55, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

    Material for a lesson on basics of Wikipedia?

    I am a registered editor on Hungarian wikipedia, but not very expert. (I have edited and created 30+ articles, and uploaded 12+ items on Wikimedia.)

    I have been asked to give a hands-on presentation IN ENGLISH on basic editing on Wikipedia, in an international forum of our organisation.

    Can you recommend some presentation templates and teaching material? I repeat, it is about basic editing (and creation of new articles), plus a brief general orientation on Wikipedia. BarbaraPG (talk) 13:07, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

    Help:Introduction to Wikipedia and the links in it may be a good place to start to get ideas and find material. Help:Introduction has links to a number of tutorials of varying depth. Help:Getting started is also good, although it has a lot of overlap with the other two. ~ ONUnicorn(Talk|Contribs)problem solving 13:40, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    BarbaraPG, there was a recent discussion about video tutorials that might give you some ideas. I have only watched the 20 minute one. TSventon (talk) 14:54, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

    "↵"

    i keep seeing this symbol, ↵, in the visual editor. what is its meaning? lettherebedarklight, 晚安, おやすみなさい, ping me when replying 13:09, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

    @Lettherebedarklight: That's the carriage return symbol. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 13:32, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

    Publishing in the wrong language by mistake

    Hello,

    I created a page on the Norwegian Wikipedia page by mistake.

    European Alliance for Social Sciences and Humanities

    How can I publish it on the English page instead?

    ArtemisElephant9 (talk) 14:51, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

    I don't believe there is any way to transfer a page between Wikipedias. I think you need to create an article (or a draft, as appropriate) on en-wiki, 'Edit source' on the page on no-wiki, and simply copy the whole source to the new page. Since it has already been published you need to say where it came from: see WP:copying within Wikipedia. ColinFine (talk) 15:29, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Hello ArtemisElephant9,
    I believe this page could be of help to you: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Translate_us#:~:text=Find%20a%20suitable%20article%20that,edit%22%20in%20the%20new%20language. Melancholyhelper (talk) 15:29, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    @ArtemisElephant9: You didn't create the Norwegian article but merely made an edit [1] which briefly changed it to English with other content, not a translation. If you don't want to translate the Norwegian article then Wikipedia:Translate us is not relevant. As a new user you cannot create articles directly in the encyclopedia but you can make and submit drafts. See Wikipedia:Articles for creation. Also see Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies). The English text you saved in the Norwegian Wikipedia would be declined. You wrote "Our vision". See Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure if you work for them. PrimeHunter (talk) 15:44, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

    Why we are not linking to some original source instead of some archive results.

    Hello Wikipedia Team,

    Can anybody tell me why we are not linking some original sources instead of using the web archive pages??

    What if we got a live of similar page to the archived one, can we change it or not. Sameerkardam24 (talk) 16:27, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

    @Sameerkardam24: See WP:LINKROT. Our citation templates provide for both the original URL and an archive URL, plus a "status" parameter that says whether or not the original is still present on the web. The original URL should always be there even if the link is now dead, and the template is designed to take the user to the original, not the archive, unless the original has been marked as dead. -Arch dude (talk) 16:50, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you Arch dude!
    And what if we got a similar article from a different website which is working fine. Can we add the URL of that website and remove the link of archive and the original source. 103.87.59.158 (talk) 17:11, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Hi, IP user. We don't care where a source is, as long as it has been reliably published. In fact, for most resources, a URL is a convenience for the reader, not an essential part of the citation. So, if you find a legal copy of a reliably published article, you may link to that instead. Two caveats: I said "a legal copy": we are never allowed to link to copyright infringements; and secondly, ask yourself if there is reason to believe that the copy you've found will be around for longer than the original. ColinFine (talk) 17:41, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

    When is linking to a Tweet appropriate?

    I understand that Twitter is not a reliable source and shouldn't be used for references, but when would the {{Cite twitter}} template be used?

    My specific use case is in a sentence like, "In June 2022 the UK Ministry of Defence [https://twitter.com/DefenceHQ/status/1535496203256856576?s=20&t=FBTNLllwFtWBgl6P7mZZcw tweeted]..."

    Edit to add: there is also a reference to a reliable news source backing up the sentence. The article does not reference the Tweet but they're both in the same timeframe (Tweet was the day before the article was written) and the Tweet is from an official government Twitter account. I'm simply trying to include the actual Tweet, not use it as a reference per se. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cartographile (talk • contribs) 17:00, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

    Is this an acceptable usage? Thanks. Cartographile (talk) 16:54, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

    It can be acceptable to cite a tweet to confirm what the tweet said; but it is a primary source. If you have a secondary source for it, what does it add to cite the tweet itself? See WP:TWITTER. ColinFine (talk) 17:44, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Cartographile, note that the example you used, in which an external link to Twitter appears in the article body, would, of course, not be an acceptable citation format, per WP:CITE.--Quisqualis (talk) 18:01, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

    Newspapers in Virginia

    This article is incomplete. The Rappahannock Times is published weekly in Tappahannock, Virginia. It has been published under various names since 1850, being known as the Rappahannock Times since 1923. Debra Kimbrough 69.161.106.136 (talk) 16:59, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

    Like most List articles in Wikipedia, that is not actually a list of newspapers, but a list of Wikipedia articles or potential articles about newspapers. If the Rappahannock Times meets Wikipedia's criteria for notability, then we could have an article about it, and it could be added to the list. ColinFine (talk) 17:47, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

    Information on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

    Wikipedia's information about Mr. Kennedy is absolutely incorrect and needs to be updated. What a bunch of bullshit! 2601:190:C400:803B:F515:47E:42E3:7F65 (talk) 17:14, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

    IP editor, please note that Wikipedia's biographies of living people are strictly based on reliable, published sources, not on what the subjects or their associates have to say about them. If there is something wrong with the article's sources or their interpretation within the article, please make a note of it on Talk:Robert F. Kennedy, Jr..--Quisqualis (talk) 17:33, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

    Wikipedia algorithm is incorrectly flagging my article.

    Hello,

    I have tried to submit my first Wikipedia article, but it is being rejected and I feel pretty confident that an algorithm has misinterpreted what I have written. My article is called Third-level Domain Redirection. It is something that I invented myself, but I did publicly declare that fact before starting the article. The article mentions the domain ontheInter.net and also links to archive.org. Neither of those are on your 2 blacklists, unless there's another one that I didn't see. The article does not contain any redirected URLs, but merely mentions them, since that's what it's about.

    This is the address of my edit page: [[2]]

    I don't know what else I can do. AshevilleNC (talk) 18:25, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

    It's not the algorithm failing, you're trying to add http://www.ontheinter.net:80/. PICKLEDICAE🥒 18:26, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

    Russian Wikipedia

    Hello everyone, I'm new to Wikipedia so sorry if this message doesn't belong here. But I need some help with Wikipedia in Russian language because I got shocked how much disinformation and propaganda is there. Shortly I'm from Moldova, and I started to check pages about Moldova in russian language and they everywhere mention that our language is "Moldovan" which doesnt exist and was a Soviet Union instrument of propaganda, our official language is only Romanian, and when I tried to speak about that on their forum showing evidences, and what i got back was racist insults for being from Moldova and to tell me that I'm actually speaking Moldavian, and even russian admins were doing that, then they just blocked me from posting anything. After that I checked several pages about Moldova and absolutely everywhere, there is false information about our History, Language, Culture... , and every time someone tries to say something russian moderators just block them. I dont know what to do I really thought Wikipedia is a place for knowledge and true info, and if you can help me do something about that I'll be very thankfull! 188.237.249.130 (talk) 18:32, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

    Each Wikipedia is a separate project. You will need to discuss this at the Russian Wikipedia, we can't help you here. RudolfRed (talk) 18:39, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    This is the idea, I tried to discuss that in Russian Wikipedia and they just blocked me for absolutely nothing, that's why I wanted to know if we can do something about that, I always thought Wikipedia is not the place for discrimination and propaganda. 188.237.249.130 (talk) 18:42, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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