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Deletion of Other Accounts through SUL
Hi. I recently had my username changed on the English Wikipedia. However my old username was attached to a lot of other accounts in other sites. Even though they are mostly inactive and are not contributing, I would like to either delete/move the old pages on all the sites to my new username (They are mostly only my userpage and/or talk page). Is there any easy way to do this? Or do I need to go to each site and delete them all individually? Rajanala Samyak (talk) 11:25, 24 February 2013 (UTC)
Rating of pages
Dear editors: Pages that I have created directly and not through Afc have never been rated for quality. These are Peterborough Canoe Company and Pineridge Bluegrass Folklore Society. How do I submit them to receive a rating? —Anne Delong (talk) 08:14, 24 February 2013 (UTC)
- Hi Anne. The easiest way to do this is to add the appropriate WikiProject banner (or banners) to the talk page of the article. Members of WikiProjects usually patrol their article lists to check for unrated articles and rate them on the talk page banner. I've added them for you for both articles. In these cases :WikiProject Canada is probably the most appropriate. In the first one, I also checked the parameter for their sub-project on Ontario and for the second, their sub-project on Canadian Music. You can also post directly to Wikipedia talk:Canadian Wikipedians' notice board and let the members know about your new articles. Hope that helps. Best, Voceditenore (talk) 09:04, 24 February 2013 (UTC)
- Thanks again!—Anne Delong (talk) 09:07, 24 February 2013 (UTC)
- Glad to help! :) If your articles tend to focus on Canadian subjects, Template:WikiProject Canada lists all the possibilities. The ones you're most likely to need can be added to the article talk page with the following code:
- {{WikiProject Canada|on=yes}} for WikiProject Canada + Ontario
- {{WikiProject Canada|music=yes}} for WikiProject Canada + Canadian Music
- If you have written a biography, you can also add:
- {{WikiProject Biography|living=yes}} if the person is still alive, otherwise living=no.
- The first thing I do after creating a new article is to add at least one project banner to the talk page, as it helps integrate it into Wikipedia and helps the various projects keep track of articles within their scope. Best, Voceditenore (talk) 09:39, 24 February 2013 (UTC)
- Glad to help! :) If your articles tend to focus on Canadian subjects, Template:WikiProject Canada lists all the possibilities. The ones you're most likely to need can be added to the article talk page with the following code:
- Thanks again!—Anne Delong (talk) 09:07, 24 February 2013 (UTC)
Can someone please help me finnish my first article
It's a Notable person and an actor me and my sister are big fan off. I've been trying to read and do it myself but It would be some much quicker to have someone take a look at it now.
Also the actor has like 34.000 followers on Twitter and is Top 5000 on IMDb most viewed in the world, I don't know if I need to put that somewhere to push for his notability.
The article is for Johan Matton Johan Matton Thanks
Sebastian Changingfilm (talk) 02:20, 24 February 2013 (UTC)
What is exactly the article you want to finish?— nerdfighter(academy) 02:22, 24 February 2013 (UTC)- Okay, thanks! — nerdfighter(academy) 03:54, 24 February 2013 (UTC)
I suggest that you start the page on your sandbox and that you should also read Wikipedia:My First Article. Good luck, changingfilm. i'm sorry that i couldn't be anymore help to you, but be brave, because your not the first one to have this problem, you and won't be the last. Sincerely zeroro(edits) 05:48, 24 February 2013 (UTC)
Getting back into user page
How to I get back into my user page after logging out? I'm creating a new page. Ripeditor (talk) 23:16, 23 February 2013 (UTC)
- Hi and welcome to the Teahouse! What do you mean by get back into your user page. You can edit it while logged out if you want, but it's best to stay logged in. If you mean how do you log in again once you've logged out, just click log in in the upper right corner. If that didn't answer your question, please pose it again...I'm not entirely sure what you're asking. Go Phightins! 23:18, 23 February 2013 (UTC)
- Hi Ripeditor, I see you have edited User:Ripeditor/Baltimore Presstman Cardinals both before and after posting here. Is that the page you want to get back to? When you are logged in you can click "Contributions" at the top right of any page to see pages you have edited. You can also use your watchlist to monitor pages of interest. PrimeHunter (talk) 02:04, 24 February 2013 (UTC)
- Once you are logged otu just use the search function to return to your own user page (as being logged out no longer displays your page link at the top. Just remeber to type User:Ripeditor and then hit the little magnifying glass icon and it takes you straight there.--Amadscientist (talk) 02:06, 24 February 2013 (UTC)
How do I report violations/abuse?
I've come across some apparent abuse where the editors seem to be referencing themselves (or some other person they really favor?) across several articles. I don't have the time/know-how/authority to clean this stuff up the way it should, but I'd like to alert people who would be able to address the issue. How do I 'flag' or alert someone to apparent abuse?
Higgyrun3 (talk) 19:24, 23 February 2013 (UTC)
- Try an appropriate noticeboard for the situation. TBrandley (what's up) 19:28, 23 February 2013 (UTC)
- Although I agree with TBradley, you should really leave a note on the editor in question's talk page first highlighting your concerns. — nerdfighter(academy) 21:34, 23 February 2013 (UTC)
Images copyright tags went missing when I view them anonymously (not logged in)
Hi TeaHouse =], my name is Nicholas and I guess I might need some help from you guys again.
I've recently (this week) uploaded two images to Wikimedia Commons. To make things easier, let's just call one Image A and another one Image B. Image A is an image of a person which is the founder of an organisation and is used in my submitted AFC page, while Image B is an image of a Logo of an organisation and is used in an article. Both were tagged with copyright tags 'cc-by-3.0' which appeared in a box when saved. NOTE: Image A(person) is actually the founder of the organisation which uses the logo which is also Image B.
Here's what happened, after I logged out of Wikipedia and check back into both my submitted AFC page and the article and clicked both of the images, I realised that both Image A&B copyright tags (boxes) are gone.
Image A have a box with red lining and a 'no entry' sign stating that, 'This media file does not have sufficient information on its copyright status. Unless the copyright status is provided, the file will be deleted seven days after this template was added:(20 February 2013)...' And also another box which is orange in color with an orange 'C' stating that, 'The uploader did not provide sufficient information (a valid and suitable tag) on this media' s copyright status. Unless the copyright status is provided, the file could be deleted seven days after the upload (20 February 2013)..'
Image B in other hand only have one box which is the orange box with an orange C just like Image A also the same date.
The date about deleting the images freaked me out and I dint know what to do. And also I would like to know if both of my Images are suitable to use the 'cc-by3.0' tags.
Below are my images link and information: Image A : The owner of Image A attached his photo and e-mailed to me when I told him I needed his photo for creating him an article when I reached out to him from the org official website. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Liam_Hackett.jpg Image B : I downloaded Image B from the organisation's official website, the organisation stated in the website that 'feel free to download our images'. But since I've told the founder of the organisation about updating the article, I think its fine. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ditch_The_Label_Logo.png
Any guidance or help will be very much appreciated. If clarifications about my question is needed feel free ask, I'll try and clarify them =]. Nicholance (talk) 18:08, 23 February 2013 (UTC)
- Hi Nicholas :) Welcome! The issue is most likely that you don't own the copyright to either image. In this case, you'll need to have the creator of the images follow the instructions here to release the copyright under a CC-BY-SA 3.0 license. Hope this helps :) gwickwiretalkediting 00:33, 24 February 2013 (UTC)
- Howdy, Nicholas. Copyright issues can be complicated. The suitability of Mr. Hackett's portrait will almost certainly be questioned since you do not own the copyright. That he emailed the image to you isn't adequate unless he specified that he both owns the copyright and specifically releases the image under a suitable license. The copyright may be held by the photographer, not Mr. Hackett. That would be the usual case in the USA but I'm not familiar with UK copyright law. The Ditch the Label website specifically states: "Material on this website, including text and images, is protected by copyright. It may not be copied, reproduced, republished, downloaded, posted, broadcast or transmitted in any way except for your own personal, non-commercial use. Prior written consent of the copyright holder must be obtained for any other use of material." and "No part of this site may be distributed or copied for any commercial purpose."
- All isn't lost. Wikipedia (and Commons) provide specific guidelines for obtaining permission to use an image and release it under a suitable license. There's even sample text. Permission should come from the copyright holder and be sent to "permissions-commons AT wikimedia DOT org". You can resend your request to Mr. Hackett specifically asking for permission and release. Add a {{OTRS pending}} template to the image page to preserve it while awaiting permission. If the portrait is deleted, it or another with a suitable license can be added later.
- The organization logo does not appear to be a problem. The updated image page states, "This image only consists of simple geometric shapes and/or text. It does not meet the threshold of originality needed for copyright protection, and is therefore in the public domain." Some jurisdictions may limit its use because of Trademark laws. It appears that another editor recreated the image using vector graphics and text. That image is identical in appearance to what you downloaded but was made independently.
- Hope this helps. Take care, DocTree (ʞlɐʇ·cont) Join WER 01:11, 24 February 2013 (UTC)
Wikipedia - reliable or not?
So here it is... Recently I corrected some information related to an institute "Bahria College Islamabad". However, another user reverted the changes made and accused me of vandalism. I happen to be in close association with the institute and made the changes for that reason. Now that I am being accused, what should I be doing? I should just quit the goal of correcting information on Wikipedia. If such is the case that one cannot say the truth, why have such an encyclopedia? It's of no use actually. It's useless, it's worthless and it's misleading information. I'm not saying that drawbacks be mentioned, but atleast write the truth, don't exaggerate it please. That's all I have to say. Thanks, H.A.W.T. HAWT (talk) 17:55, 23 February 2013 (UTC)
- Hi and welcome to the Teahouse. Sorry to disappoint, but no, Wikipedia can't be used as a source for other Wikipedia articles. However, you can use a reference of a Wikipedia article as a reference in you article (I've sometimes done that).King Jakob C2 17:58, 23 February 2013 (UTC)
- (edit conflict) Welcome to the Teahouse, H.A.W.T.! I looked at your edits and I may have seen the problem. It is generally a bad idea for someone to edit an article about a subject they have a close connection with. This can lead to what is called a conflict of interest, which is when you stray from a neutral point of view to promote or demote something. Your information should have a published source to prove it instead of just personal knowledge. Exceptions are common knowledge like "snow melts in summer" or "the sky is blue". I see how there are no references on the other page as well, and that is strongly disapproved of. Maybe you can find some published sources to back up your claims. öBrambleberry of RiverClan 18:01, 23 February 2013 (UTC)
does contributes differ for diff languages
Dear Sir,
I have expanded pages in english as well as kannada. but my contributions in english doesnt appear in contributions of kannada and vice versa. can you please tell me why?
Thank you.
Srinidhi S U
Srinidhisu (talk) 17:20, 23 February 2013 (UTC)
- Hello Srinidhi, and welcome to the Teahouse! That's just a quirk of the MediaWiki software, it's impossible to show edits on two different wikis through one contributions page on either wiki. Sorry about that! I'm pretty sure there's a special page on MetaWiki that can pull your account's contributions together, but I can't remember it (hopefully another host can help!). Hope this helps! gwickwiretalkediting 17:26, 23 February 2013 (UTC)
Free images
Hi,
Is an image taken before 1923 (say, in 1914), is it automatically in the public domain?
Thanks,
King Jakob C2 15:32, 23 February 2013 (UTC)
- Hi KingJakob! Glad to see you back again. It depends on where the image was created; do you have any more details on the picture (namely, country of origin)? Note: if it was taken in the US, this is quite a useful site. Cheers, —Theopolisme (talk) 15:46, 23 February 2013 (UTC)
- Um, if the image does meet the public domain requirements with age, but the website hosting them says, and here I'm quoting...:
- "All photographs, art and maps are the property of Andrew Hoke/Berwick Railfan (2009-2011) and can not be used in any way without permission."
- ...then what is the best course of action?King Jakob C2 23:52, 23 February 2013 (UTC)
- Do you have a link to the site? If these were published before 1923, they are essentially okay for use on the English Wikipedia. For your second question, if he does not hold the copyright, he legally has no claim over how we use them. US copyright law does not recognise scanning as giving a new copyright. Now, to be polite we could ask permission. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:31, 24 February 2013 (UTC)
- ...then what is the best course of action?King Jakob C2 23:52, 23 February 2013 (UTC)
ILLUSTRATIONS
I've just completed the keying-in of a very complex architectural article. It runs to about 1000w and includes 4 or 5 references to significant projects in Britain and Holland. My piece would be greatly enhanced if thumbnail images of some / all of these buildings were included. Is it up to me to a) source the images and b) 'insert' them alongside my text? Or do I send the Wikipedia team a note of these visual references and leave them to 'capture' them and add them to my text?CORREZE (talk) 11:42, 23 February 2013 (UTC)
- Hi Correze! You are part of the Wikipedia team, as are the rest of us! To illustrate the article you could either search Wikipedia amd Wikimedia for suitable images that have already been contributed, or take photos and upload them yourself, or find images online that have been released for free use with a Creative Commons license (and upload them). Instructions for upload/insertion are WP:UPIMAGE and WP:PIC. Looks like an interesting article! Sionk (talk) 17:15, 23 February 2013 (UTC)
- If there are no availbale images to use, you may also request images be created at Wikipedia:Requested pictures. If there is anything within the immediate area of Sacramento, I am willing to create images. Let me know. I am a part of Project Architecture and Project photgraphy as well as Project Illustration.--Amadscientist (talk) 01:33, 24 February 2013 (UTC)
If I edit my submitted Afc, will it be reviewed later?
Hi TeaHouse =], my name is Nicholas and I was just wondering if I edit my submitted article (Afc) will it be reviewed later everytime I edit it? cause I realized that few days ago (21st Feb) the 'AFC submission|||ts=20130221180259|u=Nicholance|ns=5' box on top of my Submitted Afc stated that 'There are currently 1700 smth submissions waiting for review at......' Today I realized I had some spelling mistakes and added additional source and then I realized it changed from 1700 something to 1888 submissions waiting for review. Even if that's the case, I'm just wondering if my submission will be as late today's submissions due to my changes to my Afc. Any guidance or help given will be very much appreciated =]
Here's my submitted Afc link : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Liam_Hackett
Nicholance (talk) 10:52, 23 February 2013 (UTC)
- Thank you for your contributions. The answer for your question is No, but since articles at AfC are highly backlogged, reviewers will give higher priority to articles which have been submitted earlier. There is no order for reviewing. Usually editors review them at random, giving higher priority to earlier articles. However, editing them will not cause the article to be reviwed later. Sincerely, Ushau97 talk contribs 11:05, 23 February 2013 (UTC)
Okay got it ! Thank you so much for your answer & reply Ushau97. Appreciate it ! Now all I hope for is my Afc to be accepted. Have a nice day & many thanks Nicholance (talk) 11:14, 23 February 2013 (UTC)
Lal Singh Dil
My article on lal Singh Dil is on the watchlist for review. I had pasted lal Singh Dil's Photo in the Infobox but it does not show.Why? What can be wrong ? Tcghai (talk) 09:56, 23 February 2013 (UTC)
- Hello and welcome to Wikipedia. Thanks for trying to create a new article. I have checked on your article and saw that no image appears on the infobox. That happened because no image have been uploaded in the name of Lal Singh Dil. I have done a search in Wikipedia and Commons and have found no images on the topic. So first thing you have to do is if you have a image of the subject, you have to upload it either to commons: or to Wikipedia. You need to be aware that not all images can be used at Wikipedia. It needs to be free. That means you can use only files which are allowed to be used on Wikipedia by copyright laws. Before you upload an image, make sure that the image falls in one of the four categories:
- Own work: You own all rights to the image, usually meaning that you created it entirely yourself.
- Freely licensed: You can prove that the copyright holder has released the image under an acceptable free license. Note that images that are licensed for use only on Wikipedia, or only for non-commercial or educational use, or under a license that doesn't allow for the creation of modified/derived works, are unsuitable.
- Public domain: You can prove that the image is in the public domain, i.e. free of all copyrights.
- Fair use: You believe that the image meets the special conditions for non-free content, which exceptionally allow the use of unlicensed material, and you can provide an explicit non-free use rationale explaining why and how you intend to use it.
So to make it short, you have to upload an image first & if you have no image which can be used that means you have to create the article with no image. However, don't be discouraged. Be Bold and help make Wikipedia a better encyclopedia. --Ushau97 talk contribs 10:39, 23 February 2013 (UTC)
PREVIEW and EDIT commands
You advise editors to PREVIEW and SAVE texts they're keying in as they go along.
When the Wiki USER PAGE is displayed, how do I locate the PREVIEW and SAVE commands?
CORREZE (talk) 06:25, 23 February 2013 (UTC)
- Hello and welcome to Wikipedia. When you are at the edit window you will see these buttons at the bottom of the page.
Save page is used to save the page. Show preview button is used to preview the changes before they are saved. You are recommended to view the preview before saving. --Ushau97 talk contribs 08:41, 23 February 2013 (UTC)
Unsure if I should reference
I recently edited the Criticism of Second Life article, I went into detail about the age restrictions but I linked to the information instead of lining it wasn't a news article. if someone could look over it to tell me if I should change it to a reference it would be appreciated. --LewisHoward (talk) 17:22, 22 February 2013 (UTC)
- Hi, Lewis. I'm unsure exactly what you're asking. I find your contributions to the article sufficiently neutral and consistent with the references you cited. Pretty good work. Please sign talk page comments with four tildes (~~~~) to make it easier for us to find your comments. If you have more questions, ask away. Take care, DocTree (ʞlɐʇ·cont) Join WER 20:25, 22 February 2013 (UTC)
- Hey Doc and Lewis. Doc, I believe the editor was thinking that his use of bare urls was a link in the article and not a reference. Basicly, using the <ref></ref> tags around the url it becomes a reference with a "bare url address". This is no longer acceptable on Wikipedia, but the mistake is not horrible. It is still being done often by many inexperianced editors. Someone will eventually reformat those as proper inline citations. As long as the source is relaibly published, with editorial oversite or is the official website (citing information about the subject only), this is acceptable as a reliable source.--Amadscientist (talk) 09:22, 23 February 2013 (UTC)
Search
Ih ave just made a page but when I search for it on wikipedia it doesnt appear? what am I doing wrong? (Laurabrantwood (talk) 15:28, 22 February 2013 (UTC)
- Hi Laura, welcome to the Teahouse! You seem to have put your article draft at User:Laurabrantwood. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 15:33, 22 February 2013 (UTC)
- So what do I need to do to change this?? Thanks for your help - I am clueless! Laurabrantwood (talk) 15:34, 22 February 2013 (UTC)
- Hi Laura, something happenened to one of the curly brackets on the 'submit' code. However, you really don't want to submit your User page for review. Your User page is a place for you to tell everyone a bit (or a lot) about yourself.
- Instead, if you look at the top of your screen, you should see a link to your "Sandbox". Create your article in your Sandbox and, when you're happy with it, submit the page. Before you submit it, I strongly suggest you find a few sources for the information in your article and list them. Wikipedia articles should generally be written using information from sources that are reliable (trustworthy) and independent from the subject. Sionk (talk) 16:27, 22 February 2013 (UTC)
- I have helpfully moved the draft to a user subpage at User:Laurabrantwood/Brantwood Specialist School. I also removed the bad template and the duplicate submission template. The current template has put the draft in the queue for review, but I echo Sionk's suggestion about references, and would add that the tone in some places is a little promotional.--ukexpat (talk) 17:55, 22 February 2013 (UTC)
Missing Page
Hi
I am looking for a page for the company I work for. It appears to have been removed from Wikipedia.
The company is Money Expert Limited with the website address www.moneyexpert.com
The page was on the site at some point but I think it has either been removed or more likely redirected to Money Saving Expert which is a totally different company.
If anyone can point me in the right direction it would be appreciated as I am totally lost.
GazJonesUK (talk) 15:23, 22 February 2013 (UTC)
- I didnt add the original page by the way so I have no idea how to find it, I am new around Wikipedia so I have no clue where to start looking.
GazJonesUK (talk) 15:24, 22 February 2013 (UTC)
- The article was at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money_Expert ... it was (apparently) tagged as being written in a promotional tone, having insufficient independent reliable sources to clearly establish notability, and likely being authored by someone associated with the company or product, for over two years... and there was then a proposed deletion which was uncontested for 7 days and thus it was deleted. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 15:30, 22 February 2013 (UTC)
- Thanks, on the basis I work there I don't want to write / edit a new page as it would be a a conflict of interest I suppose.
We only just spotted it had vanished and wondered where it had gone...
GazJonesUK (talk) 15:34, 22 February 2013 (UTC)
- As you say, it would be a conflict of interest for you to work on such a page. But if you can find the necessary substantial coverage in reliable sources independent of the company, then it could have an article, and you could either request one at WP:Requested articles (but there is a backlog) or see if you could find somebody in an appropriate WikiProject, such as WT:WikiProject finance who would write the article. But if the company does not already have this coverage, I would advise you not to bother. --ColinFine (talk) 11:27, 23 February 2013 (UTC)
I submitted an article, but didn't create a talk page with it, is that a mistake?
I submitted my article to the AfC, but there is no talk page associated with it. Did I make a mistake? I tried to follow all the directions, but am afraid I've done something wrong.
Here is the link to the page: Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Russian Machine Never Breaks
Thanks very much for your help! --Kaleidscope-Eyes (talk) 15:20, 22 February 2013 (UTC)
- No, you did all of that correctly - articles for creation submissions don't have talk pages for technical reasons. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 15:31, 22 February 2013 (UTC)
- thanks very much for your help, I appreciate it.--Kaleidscope-Eyes (talk) 15:33, 22 February 2013 (UTC)
How to indicate references on a list
Dear editors: As suggested by several editors on this help page, I have been reorganizing the page List of fiddlers using tables. I was told that if the list had only links to Wikipedia articles on it, it would not need duplicate references. However, this list has not only the names of fiddlers, but their nationality and fiddle styles. If I copy all of the references from the various pages, there will be hundreds of them. Also, this page will be edited by a lot of people wanting to add fiddlers, and it's easy to mess up tables. I would like to indicate beside each fiddler's info in a brief and simple way, after checking, that the fiddler's article adequately references the facts shown. I could use a named ref tag, and have the reference text say "References for this information may be found in the article about this fiddler". However, when you use a named reference many times, you get something like this at the bottom: (1)abcdefghijklmnopqurstuv before the text. Is there a better way? —Anne Delong (talk) 14:42, 22 February 2013 (UTC)
- Hi again, Anne. The List of fiddlers is looking great compared to when you started. To your question: Several possibilities exist but I recommend that you use {{Reflist|group=Note}} at the bottom and add a note to the heading with the explanation rather than each entry. Use <ref group="Note">References to support this information are in the article about this fiddler.</ref>. Using that wikimarkup, you can still have another section of References with {{reflist}} to list separate references. Is that a help?
- Thanks for the suggestion. However, I am unable to figure out from your explanation or from the Template:Reflist page how this will help me to accomplish my goal, which is to mark each fiddler that has references to nationality and fiddle style, while leaving the others unmarked or marked with a "citation needed" until someone gets around to checking or improving the references in the fiddler articles. Am I missing something? The explanation on the Reflist page is confusing. —Anne Delong (talk) 22:10, 22 February 2013 (UTC)
- Another suggestion is to add "width=95%" after {| class="wikitable" border="1" at the start of each table. That'll make all of the boxes the same width. Unnecessary but more visually appealing. See what you think about the look. With apologies for creating so much work for you, take care, DocTree (ʞlɐʇ·cont) Join WER 20:49, 22 February 2013 (UTC)
- Thanks, I will do this for every table except the top one, which has to leave space for a large box of violin information. —Anne Delong (talk) 22:10, 22 February 2013 (UTC)
Updating the Information
Hello everyone. I am editing a wiki page which has a little bit old information on it. I would like to update that information but I am a afraid that I can be banned for some reasons I did not know. Could anyone please help me to find out what should I know before posting the new info on a wiki page so my account will not get bocked. Thank you JPice40 (talk) 13:23, 22 February 2013 (UTC)
- Hi and welcome to the Teahouse! One of the good things about Wikipedia is that we assume good faith here. Meaning that if you do make a mistake, the worst that can happen is that someone will revert your changes and leave you a gentle note on your talk page. So, basically, it's almost impossible to get blocked/banned when editing in good faith. So, you can certainly be bold and fix the changes. Good luck and happy editing! King Jakob C2 13:29, 22 February 2013 (UTC)
- (edit conflict) Hi JPice40. Don't worry - unless you're actively trying to damage the article or fill it with spam, you're extremely unlikely to be blocked. At worst, someone might revert your edits and drop you a note telling you why. To ensure that your edits "stick", you'll need to provide sources showing that your information is correct - for something like QUAKE, mainstream games magazines are one of the best sources. If you're not sure how to cite references, drop us a line here or have a look at this essay. And again, don't worry - speaking on behalf of the admin corps, we're generally pretty hesitant about doling out blocks: you need to do something really bad before those sort of sanctions come into play! Yunshui 雲水 13:31, 22 February 2013 (UTC)
Deleting images
Can one delete or update an image uploaded by him?Haephrati (talk) 08:46, 22 February 2013 (UTC)
- Hi Haephrati. Whilst you can't technically do it yourself, you are allowed to request deletion of images you've uploaded. If you've uploaded the image to WikiMedia Commons, you can do so via the "Nominate for deletion" link in the Toolbox menu on the left of the image's Commons page. If it's on Wikipedia, you can add the tag
{{db-g7}}
to the top of the page. Neither of these guarantee deletion, but if there are no other overriding concerns, most administrators (on both projects) will delete images at the uploader's request. Yunshui 雲水 09:29, 22 February 2013 (UTC)
- No. The question is about deleting the image, not an article that contains it. Images are uploaded separately. See: [Uploading_images]. But can an uploaded image be removed?
Haephrati (talk) 17:36, 22 February 2013 (UTC)
- As Yunshui said, you are allowed to request deletion of images you uploaded here on Wikipedia. Any image uploaded locally (here on en.wikipedia.org) should be deleted if a) you request it and b) it isn't used in any articles. On http://commons.wikimedia.org however, if the image is in any way useful to anyone, you'll likely meet some opposition to having it deleted. I see no uploads in your logs, so you may want to check your log at the commons link above. gwickwiretalkediting 19:53, 22 February 2013 (UTC)
- On Commons, images can be "updated" as long as it is "updateable". Some images have been restricted against such editing, but in general most images do have a special button to uplaod a newer image. I do this often as I tend to aquire better software to improve qulity and in some cases have even replaced images with entirely new images. That is generally frowned on at Commons but there are some exceptions such as this one I recently did: File:Portrait of Julius Caesar (color).jpg (at commons).--Amadscientist (talk) 09:29, 23 February 2013 (UTC)
I'm wondering if the Groove Junkies article is no more than self-promotion; any opinions?
I came across the Groove Junkies article. While it has a number of formatting issues, the biggest problem seems to be that it may be just a verbatim copy of the duo's promotional literature. Googling finds many large sections that appear elsewhere, none of it crediting Wikipedia, and all of it in places where the duo's press release material might be posted.
I've added the (perhaps inappropriate) newsrelease template, but I'm not sure what other steps to take. It might be appropriate to scrap the whole thing, but I'm not sure enough/experienced enough to take such a drastic step.
Any suggestions? -- Dan Griscom (talk) 02:17, 22 February 2013 (UTC)
- Hey! Welcome! I've removed a blatant copyvio from it per this report which won't show much anymore. However, comparing it to the history will show the whole biography was a copyvio. I'll keep looking, but as far as I can see, nothing else is a copyvio of anything on the internet. Thanks for catching that! gwickwiretalkedits 02:26, 22 February 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for the quick work. Some more details: much of the work on the article has been done by four users. None of these accounts have talk pages, and all of them have names very similar to the subjects of the article. The users are: User:Evan_Landes, which is the name of one of the two members of the group; User:Groovejunkies, obvious; User:Chrismaimoho, or Chris Mai, "label manager" at Morehouse Records; and User:Mohorec, pretty obviously Morehouse Records. -- Dan Griscom (talk) 02:31, 22 February 2013 (UTC)
- I warned Evan Landes about COI, reported Groovejunkies and Mohorec as group username policy violations, and did nothing on the other for now (unless they resume editing). Once again, thanks for looking into this! gwickwiretalkedits 02:44, 22 February 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for everything. Would you suggest I do any further work on the article? The formatting is pretty broken, and there's still a lot of fluff there. -- Dan Griscom (talk) 02:51, 22 February 2013 (UTC)
Is the references and citations OK
I have written an article on Wikipedia. It is a complicated subject in applied mathematics that I am very familiar with. It was declined due to problems with references and citations. So I have limited the reference to one book, and made references in form of footnotes pointing to pages in that book. I have also an external link to one of my papers that I work with but have not any references to this. Can anyone see if the article is good now and could be published? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Seismic_inverse_Q_filtering Knutsor (talk) 17:22, 21 February 2013 (UTC)
- I've reformatted your book reference. I left the link to the Norwegian google books because a preview of the (English) book is available there. To reference the book, the usual style is to write "Wang 2008, p. 18, sec. 2.1", rather than "Wang's book p.18. section 2.1". I think you've met the reference requirement. StarryGrandma (talk) 19:31, 21 February 2013 (UTC)
my article/ contribution was deleted, why??
my article/ contribution was deleted, why?? Also, I don't seem to have a user page. My article, "Overunity", currently does not exist in any form. There was an article, less than a week ago. And now there is no trace of it, or it is linked incorrectly to other information. There is also no reason given to me, and I have not received any notification, regarding the changes. Should I resubmit the article? Has a decision been made, or a determination been made regarding the validity of the information?? If so, can I refute that decision?? Firstmm5 (talk) 15:11, 21 February 2013 (UTC)
- Hi Firstmm5, and welcome! I'm a Junior Wrangler here at the teahouse, and I'll try to answer your question. Overunity is now a redirect to Perpetual motion, and was made so in this edit, which had the edit summary "redirecting to the more neutral, less fringey article". You could change that here, or you could discuss it on the talk page of the redirect here, or you could ask the person who made the change about the change at his talk page, User talk:Bobrayner.
- Wikipedia has a content guideline Wikipedia:Fringe theories which might be relevant in Bob's action here.
- The old versions of the Overunity page are all still available here.
- Hope this helps! --Demiurge1000 (talk) 15:20, 21 February 2013 (UTC)
- You can create a user page for yourself by clicking on the red link with your username in this discussion, and add something about yourself there. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 15:48, 21 February 2013 (UTC)
- I see you have restored the content of the page and done some more editing. As it stands, the article is likely to be formally deleted (as opposed to the informal way that User:Bobrayner did it) because it does not contain any inline references to independent reliable sources that discuss the concept, and without them it will not meet the basic requirement of notability. A quick search suggests that such independent references do not at present exist: if that is so, then a Wikipedia article on the subject should not exist. If you wish the article to be retained you need to find such references (and note that they must be substantial, in reliable sources, not blogs or personal webpages, and must be independent of the subject) and add them to the article. --ColinFine (talk) 20:44, 21 February 2013 (UTC)
Is there a log of edits a user makes?
Hello, I wonder if there's a log someplace where I can see all the edits I've made on other pages. I'd like to be able to see the edits my students make, and know when they've reached the 10 edit milestone, allowing them to upload images. RobertK Prods (talk) 13:12, 21 February 2013 (UTC)
- Hi Robert. The page you want is Special:Contributions; simply fill in your username or those of your students to see their edit history. You can also get to this page by going to any userpage (including yours) and selecting "User contributions" from the Toolbox menu on the left of the screen. Yunshui 雲水 13:19, 21 February 2013 (UTC)
Query about the edit I made which was later removed as "unimportant".
NOTE: I originally posted this query on WikiProject Feminism talk page and on the Notability/Noticeboard but I haven't had any takers so I'm re-posting it here.
On 6 July 2012 I made the following edit on Kayden Kross's (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayden_Kross) page:
"From June to September 2011 Kross co-presented fourteen podcast episodes of Kayden's Review (http://trigg.la/episodes/kaydens-review/) with the comedian Dane Hanson. The podcasts were for Trigg.la (http://trigg.la), a spin-off podcast and blogging website operated by Kevin Spacey's TV/film production company Trigger Street Productions."
It was deleted 3 days later by MikeWazowski (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:MikeWazowski) as "unimportant".
In recent years the mainstreaming of the pornography industry and the sexualization of the media has become a matter of much discussion and research. The podcasts were all filmed at Trigger Street's offices and I felt it was a valid point of interest that such a mainstream name / company should have this association. More recently Trigger Street Productions has announced it is set to make the film version of "50 Shades of Grey".
I was going to contact MikeWazowski but clicking on his user name I see that he is a prolific and experience editor and I think he may just argue against it on notability grounds. I thought, therefore, I would ask here first for advice about the 'note-worthiness' of contributions.
The Vintage FeministThe Vintage Feminist (talk) 02:47, 21 February 2013 (UTC)
- Hi TVF - I definitely see why you would think it is a valid point of interest, and I would agree with you that it is. However, Wikipedia tries to constrain what we write about to what is said in secondary sources - it doesn't matter that you and I think it is significantly interesting, it matters that sources with editorial oversight think that it is significantly interesting. This is in some instances an unfortunate rule, but I think that it works out well on balance, because it lets us avoid a lot of arguments that would otherwise occur.
- If you'd like to reinclude the information on Kayden's page, the best way to do so would be by finding a secondary reliable source that discusses the podcast. I'm not sure what your best shot at finding such a source would be, but it wouldn't surprise me if even just a google news archive search turned one up. Feel free to ask for more help here if you need any, or to poke me on my talk page about any future issues you come across. Also, tangentially, although it has been relatively inactive lately, you seem like you might enjoy joining gendergap-l - the Wikimedia Foundation's list set up to discuss issues surrounding the gender gap among editors on Wikimedia projects. (If you were unaware, only around 10% of Wikimedia project editors are women.) Kevin Gorman (talk) 02:57, 21 February 2013 (UTC)
- Thanks very much for your quick response. I have added the information again with a few more sources, in particular a piece (http://www.rogreviews.com/28119/kayden-kross-joins-triggla-tv/) by Roger T. Pipe whose bio appears on Wiki already.
In addition I have added a link to a clip showing of Kross's podcast which co-stars Trigger Street's Vice President Carter Swan and a further clip of Swan in a Trigger Street / Jameson Whiskey film competition promo.
Thanks again.The Vintage Feminist (talk) 00:11, 22 February 2013 (UTC)
Teahouse Birthday: stories and reflections wanted :)
Hello Teahousers! We are having some birthday celebrations as Teahouse turns 1 year-old next week. We'd love to hear your story:
- What were your first impressions of the Teahouse?
- What do you like most about the atmosphere at the Teahouse?
- What experience at the Teahouse stands out for you as a highlight?
- How has the Teahouse enabled you to empower yourself or other editors?
- What do you hope for the Teahouse as she continues to grow up?
Selections may be used in a Wikimedia Foundation blog post which will run on the big day. Thanks again for making the Teahouse an awesome and helpful place. Cheers, Ocaasi t | c 20:56, 20 February 2013 (UTC)
- responded in the host lounge --Go Phightins! 22:11, 20 February 2013 (UTC)
- My response is in the host lounge too :). --Skamecrazy123 (talk) 23:25, 20 February 2013 (UTC)
- What the heck, I'll answer in the host lounge too.
JHUbal27•Talk•E-mail 02:30, 21 February 2013 (UTC)
- What the heck, I'll answer in the host lounge too.
- One year on reflections:
- I ran into it late one night when I was a new user, seeing invitations going on new users' pages but not on mine. I thought it was in Australia. (It was 3AM and it was tea, not coffee.). It turns out I had started editing just before Teahouse started, so I hadn't been left out.
- Much of Wikipedia converses in its own jargon with specialized terms, abbreviations, almost a secret language. What I like best about the Tearoom is how real world the conversations are.
- The highlight was when I was able to answer an editor's question myself, and that editor immediately finished her page and started working on a multitude of other things.
- It's helped me because I use it as a reference. Sooner or later almost every strange thing I have run into gets asked as a question here. The archives are wonderful.
- As the Teahouse grows I almost hope it doesn't become too popular and lose its unrushed friendly atmosphere.
- I'd like to hear from other Teahouse visitors here. The hosts are responding at Wikipedia talk:Teahouse/Host lounge if you are curious. StarryGrandma (talk) 21:22, 21 February 2013 (UTC)
- Responded on my talk. gwickwiretalkedits 21:25, 21 February 2013 (UTC)
Long wait for a review
I have been waiting since 08-Feb-13 for someone to review this page--> Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Review Raja. Please let me know the estimated time or queue number if its going to take a while.Kirukp (talk) 06:53, 18 February 2013 (UTC)
- Hi Kirukp. The time that a review takes can vary since the queue can be longer or shorter. Right now, a review may take over a week.
- Fortunately, I just reviewed it myself, and I declined it since an article for the subject already exists (Review Raja). However, you are welcome to improve the current article instead. The Anonymouse (talk | contribs) 07:24, 18 February 2013 (UTC)
- My goodness. I was sure before submitting this page wasn't there. Can you please tell me when did this come online?
- Thanks for your time, The Anonymouse.Kirukp (talk) 09:27, 18 February 2013 (UTC)
- Apparantly 03:25, 13 February 2013 as show here: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Review_Raja&oldid=537891887 Regards, Ariconte (talk) 09:50, 18 February 2013 (UTC)
- Thank you, Ariconte.Kirukp (talk) 10:39, 18 February 2013 (UTC)
- I am following this discussion with interest. If Kirukp wrote and submitted his page first, and another user later created a similar page while the first page was waiting review, shouldn't Kirukp's page have priority here? It's not his or her fault that the queue was long.—Anne Delong (talk) 11:35, 18 February 2013 (UTC)
- The Review Raja article was not created through the AfC process, it was written directly in mainspace, so there is no substance to any suggestions of "jumping the queue" - it was never in the queue. By far the majority of articles are created directly in mainspace or in user sandboxes, the AfC process handles only a small minority of new articles. I have started 27 articles myself - none through AfC and all of them still exist. BTW writing articles is not a competition. Roger (talk) 12:12, 18 February 2013 (UTC)
- Apparantly 03:25, 13 February 2013 as show here: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Review_Raja&oldid=537891887 Regards, Ariconte (talk) 09:50, 18 February 2013 (UTC)
- I agree that article writing should not be a competition. I was thinking more of the wasted effort here. Normally, if a user starts to create an article that already exists, Wikipedia's software will let them know. Couldn't articles under review be included in that notification? My previous comment was not meant to suggest "queue jumping". I am sure that the person who created Review Raja on Feb. 13 was genuinely unaware of the previously written article under review. —Anne Delong (talk) 12:32, 18 February 2013 (UTC)
- The guidance at WP:MERGE is relevant as one would merge the draft into the existing article, by keeping the best non-duplicated parts of each and combining them into a single coherent text.
- I have noticed that many article writers who use AfC are under the impression that it is the only way articles are added to WP. Many of the AfC help page posts contain questions such as: "My article is just like this, that and the other similar articles in mainspace which you guys passed so why are you declining mine?" - thus implying that the poster thinks all articles go through AfC. Roger (talk) 13:54, 18 February 2013 (UTC)
- People think this because the AfC page is very unclear in my opinion. It basically says "whether you are an unregistered or registered user, you can use the Article Wizard!" with a giant 48pt "Create an article now!" link. Instead it should say something like "AfC is primarily for unregistered users, if you are a registered user there is no need to use AfC, you can publish your article in a matter of minutes, see instructions here". What we have now is strongly guiding new users, even registered ones, through AfC. It's also not advertising a big advantage of having an account. Silas Ropac (talk) 13:45, 20 February 2013 (UTC)
- I started a thread on this over at AfC's talk page, if you are interested. Silas Ropac (talk) 08:59, 23 February 2013 (UTC)
- People think this because the AfC page is very unclear in my opinion. It basically says "whether you are an unregistered or registered user, you can use the Article Wizard!" with a giant 48pt "Create an article now!" link. Instead it should say something like "AfC is primarily for unregistered users, if you are a registered user there is no need to use AfC, you can publish your article in a matter of minutes, see instructions here". What we have now is strongly guiding new users, even registered ones, through AfC. It's also not advertising a big advantage of having an account. Silas Ropac (talk) 13:45, 20 February 2013 (UTC)
- Thank you Anne Delong for bringing this up or I would never know about the use of 'mainspace'. I started this article back in July 2012, it was put in the long queue and got declined. When I found few more references I resubmitted this month. Again this time after the wait for review I came to know mine was a duplicate. I almost gave up the idea of writing an article again, mainly considering the time taken for a review.Kirukp (talk) 16:27, 21 February 2013 (UTC)