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    March 27

    Category being added to my talk page by another user

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    A user is adding a category to my talk page through HotCat, even though it's not an appropriate category. What is happening with his scripts? WhisperToMe (talk) 03:06, 27 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Error that made it into Russian Wikipedia -- how to alert them?

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    At Cockcroft–Walton generator an incorrect schematic was just fixed.[1]

    Looking at the file for the incorrect schematic, I see that it is used at ru.wikipedia.org.link How do I alert them so that they can fix their page? I don't speak Russian. --Guy Macon (talk) 04:01, 27 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    ru:Википедия:Посольство is the link to their Meta:Wikimedia Embassy. Ryan Vesey 04:07, 27 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks! See link --Guy Macon (talk) 06:16, 27 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    The reply at ru.WP is a bit cryptic if you're not very familiar with working with images. The corrected schematic cannot be used on ru.WP because it exists only on en.WP, please move it to Commons so that all WPs can use it. Roger (talk) 14:31, 27 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Steve Warren Masters V

    Masters V (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

    Steve Here. I Joined the Masters V in 1983 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.105.24.222 (talk) 04:14, 27 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Please provide us with a reliable source. If you provide us with a reliable source, then we could change it easily. --Ushau97 talk 04:22, 27 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Third-party hosted source

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    I've stumbled upon a source I'd like to use. The problem is, it's not hosted on the publisher's website, and most likely never was. Instead, the only available online copy exists on a privately hosted website by a third party ([2]).

    Obviously, it would be possible to use the privately hosted web copy for my own reading (trusting the host that his copy is unaltered from the original), and only use the original source data (title, author, publication date etc) for the reference in the article.

    I'd like to include the link with the reference for the obvious purpose of easy verifiability for the reader. My question is, would it be possible to use this link in conjunction with the reference, or would it be advisable to leave it out due to the questionable situation regarding it being hosted by a third party in this manner? --89.0.245.24 (talk) 04:49, 27 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    It would be best if you could get a copy of the original print source. You shouldn't link to websites that host copyright violations, and there's no requirement that a print source have a linkable online version, so it's best to do as you say: use the original bibliographic information about the original print source, and avoid linking to the questionable online reproduction of it. --Jayron32 04:52, 27 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Well, for my own reading purposes I don't need another copy. I see no reason not to trust the available copy. So that's what I'll do then, no link. Thanks for your advice, --89.0.245.24 (talk) 05:04, 27 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    sockpuppets

    What are the guidelines on sockpuppets? I had a few a while back at Commons because I was trying to shake off a stalker, but now someone tells me I'm being naughty and could be blocked for sockpuppetry. I always thought they weren't a problem unless they were being abused.

    Sardaka (talk) 06:41, 27 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    WP:SOCK is the policy at English Wikipedia regarding sockpuppets. You could report them at WP:SPI --Ushau97 talk 06:57, 27 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    If you're using for a purpose listed at WP:SOCK#LEGIT, then it would be okay. --Ushau97 talk 07:00, 27 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    If you're using a legitimate alternative account but don't want to disclose it publicly for whatever reason, it's a good idea to inform the Arbitration Committee about it confidentially, to avoid any future problems with suspected sock puppetry. Chamal T•C 08:51, 27 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Alaska Libertarian Party

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    Alaska Libertarian Party (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

    Update, Michael Chambers is the newly elected Vice-Chair. Please update — Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.174.58.155 (talk) 09:04, 27 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Hi, If you provide us with a reliable source, then we could change the information without any delay. I came up with this after doing a web search. However since it is not from a reliable source, I have not updated it. Their official Facebook page have not been updated so far and I don't think their official web site https://www.alaskalibertarian.com/ has been updated even once this year. Please provide us with a reliable source so that we can change the information --Ushau97 talk 10:14, 27 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    But the "About Us" page at https://www.alaskalibertarian.com/ doew show Michael Chambers as the vice-chair. It's not independent, but I guess that's reliable, so I've made the change. Rojomoke (talk) 13:18, 27 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Tony Ward

    I have a verification from the Referees Officer of the Football Association in London, yet still my entry states it needs verification, can you assist please. Tony Ward Referee - Wikipedia. <email redacted> — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.40.175.84 (talk) 13:35, 27 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Assuming that you are referring to the article Tony Ward (referee), the template at the top is currently appropriate, because there is only a single fact in the article that is referenced. If you have another published reference, it may be added, following the procedure in WP:Referencing for beginners. Anybody may remove the {{refimprove}} if they believe that it is no longer applicable - but if you or anybody else remove it at present, it is likely to be reinstated by somebody else, because the article does lack references. It is not that anybody is doubting that you are a referee, only that (especially for biographies of living persons), Wikipedia requires all information to be verifiable.
    Since you appear to be Tony Ward, judging from your question, you should also read about conflict of interest: your best course is to mention the reference you have, and any others you may have, eg newspaper reports, on the article's talk page Talk:Tony Ward (referee) so that an uninvolved editor may edit the article. --ColinFine (talk) 20:01, 27 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Bernie Nolan

    YOU HAVE PUT THAT BERNIE NOLAN DIED YESTERDAY, HOW COME IT HAS NOT BEEN ON THE NEWS!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.220.239.77 (talk) 14:12, 27 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    On what page did the information appear? Please don't SHOUT!. Roger (talk) 14:35, 27 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Looks like it was Bernadette Nolan. The unsourced information has been removed several hours ago though. Chamal T•C 14:39, 27 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Wikipedia is unreliable. MEXICO CITY KID (talk) 19:12, 30 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    right-clicking h2;mw-headline opens the edit page ?

    When I'm logged in, on every page with an editable section, right-clicking the header of that section opens the corresponding edit page for me. There seems to be some kind of script connected to either the h2 span tag combination or the mw-headline class. If this only happened with the actual title text, I wouldn't further think about it, but it also does that on the white-space right from the "[edit]" span, which I find rather irritating. I often right-click there because I want to open my browser's context menu and I don't want it to relate to text, images or anything on a page, that's why I'm clicking the supposedly empty space on that page. (Tested this with Firefox, Chrome and Opera, which all seem to extend the span tag to 100% available width when undefined.) - Is there any way to turn this feature off or at least prevent it from responding to my clicks? (except from staying logged out when not intending to edit) -- Harl (talk) 14:54, 27 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Go to your Preferences → "Editing" tab, and uncheck the "Enable section editing by right clicking on section titles (requires JavaScript)" checkbox if it is checked. Chamal T•C 15:07, 27 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    The checkbox wasn't checked. I just: checked it, saved settings, unchecked it, saved settings, reloaded an editable page, to see if that would change anything, but right-clicking section titles still acts as if the checkbox was checked either way. (Thanks for trying to help though.) --Harl (talk) 15:29, 27 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    How do I make a link to google books appear in the list of references?

    I am using textbooks to edit wikipedia. Some editors have said that this is bad for verifiability, because most people do not have easy access to these textbooks. How do I integrate a link to the google books preview to the relevant page with the reference, to appear in the list of references? Here is the article where this issue was raised: aphthous stomatitis. Thanks in advance, Lesion (talk) 15:25, 27 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Sources do not have to be easy to access, they just have to available somewhere. Please do not use Google Books links. Even a unique source (only one "copy" exits) is acceptable as long as it can be accessed. College textbooks are not hard to access, at the very least the library of the college(s) where they are used will have them in their collection. WP:Verifiability does not require everyone to be able to access a source, only that it is possible for someone to do so. Roger (talk) 15:51, 27 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Why would you say please do not use Google Books links? Even if I read something in a hard copy of a book, I'll include a link to Google Books or Questia if it exists there. Here is a tool you can use to semi-automatically create a Google Books reference. Ryan Vesey 15:55, 27 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    As Ryan says, there is no reason to not include a link to a legitimate online copy of a book (you shouldn't link if there is a copyright infringment, but that issue doesn't even arise with Google Books considering that they only provide books under the necessary permissions). If you use the {{cite book}} template, it has a parameter for including a url as well. Chamal T•C 16:04, 27 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    As I understand it you are suposed to cite the source you have actually used. If you used a physical "dead tree" book then that it what you cite. The Google Books version could be a different edition, so you should only cite it if you actually sourced the information from Google Books. Roger (talk) 16:41, 27 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    In that context, yes I agree. But from the OP's question, it looks like he wants to reference the pages in the book preview itself. Chamal T•C 17:09, 27 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    The way I read the OP (and the relevant article talk page topic) Lesion is using actual books as sources but wants to add "convenience links" to GB as he/she has been told incorrectly "Some editors have said that this is bad for verifiability, because most people do not have easy access to these textbooks." WP:V does not require sources to be easily accessible, thus the reason why he/she wants to add the links is bogus. Roger (talk) 17:33, 27 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Thank you for the responses. 2 separate editors advised me that when using textbooks it is good to use a link to google books (neither went as far as saying mandatory though). I had a look at the links and I still don't fully understand how to do this as I am imagining. Sorry to be a pain, but if someone could show me how to do this eample then I could apply this to the rest and in future.

    So e.g. this is the source on google books [3] which defaults to the TOC. The existing markup from the article is <ref name="Scully 2008">{{cite book|last=Scully C|title=Oral and maxillofacial medicine : the basis of diagnosis and treatment|year=2008|publisher=Churchill Livingstone|location=Edinburgh|isbn=9780443068188|pages=151–157|edition=2nd ed.|chapter=14: Aphthae (recurrent aphthous stomatitis)}}</ref> If I wanted to link to page 151 (assuming it is included in the preview), is there a way to do that? Thanks again for help. Lesion (talk) 20:16, 27 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Hmmm. I was once told that Google Books links were discouraged: User talk:Bzuk/Archive 5 § Removed Google Books link.3F and User talk:AlanM1/Archive 1 § Google books link. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 21:21, 27 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Bzuk doesn't know what he's talking about. It's certainly not spam. The editors above who state that you shouldn't use a google book link if it is a different edition or version are correct, but if it is the same, then including it is unnecessary but better than not including it. As far as using a link to a page, for some reason when I try to link to any page using &pg=151 or any other page number it either links me to the cover if the page is previewable or to a plain page saying the page is not available for viewing if it is not. In any case it's fine to cut off the URL at the end of the id (before the first ampersand). Put it into the cite book template using |url=. Ryan Vesey 21:43, 27 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    This preview is not a good example because the pages needed don't seem to be viewable, however I can now use this any time I use a textbook as a source, thanks. So you would add &pg=151 to the end or the url to make a link straight to page 151. A link to the book on google even without the actual page is still a step up in accessibility... Lesion (talk) 22:05, 27 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    The url in the reference seems a bit untidy...could someone show me an example of linking to google books in any page so I can copy it? Lesion (talk) 22:07, 27 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Oh no wait, my bad... put the url outside the template close brackets. It looks correct now, thanks again! Lesion (talk) 22:10, 27 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    (edit conflict)Not exactly to the end of the URL. Like I described earlier, the URL should be stripped to everything before the first ampersand. You can append &pg=151 to that. Here's an example of a Google Books reference without a page number at Botik of Peter the Great. <ref name="Hughes2004">{{cite book|author=Lindsey Hughes|title=Peter the Great: A Biography|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=-Ag2bbYzgacC|accessdate=19 January 2013|date=1 April 2004|publisher=Yale University Press|isbn=978-0-300-10300-7|pages=22, 141, 178}}</ref> Ryan Vesey 22:11, 27 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    FWIW: The access date is not needed since that book is never going to change. --— Gadget850 (Ed) talk 00:24, 28 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Macular Disease Society page

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    Good afternoon,

    The Macular Disease Society has this year refreshed its look and removed the word 'disease' from their name. I have updated their Wikipedia page to reflect this, but cannot change the main heading of the page from Macular Disease Society. Please could this be updated to show as Macular Society?

    Here's the link, Macular Disease Society

    Thank you for your help.

    Tim Goddard

    Macular Society — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.123.120.193 (talk) 15:47, 27 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    I have moved the page to Macular Society. Maproom (talk) 16:03, 27 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Carl B. Squier

    Carl B. Squier (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

    To Whom can Assist:

    I am the grandson of Carl B. Squier. I am aware that is not his picture attached to the biographical article.

    I phoned my mother, his youngest daughter, and she also is aware that the picture attached to his on-line Wikipedia biography is not my grandfather.

    As my mother is elderly, and upset by this error, it is of the utmost importance to me personal that the Wikipedia encyclopedic content be corrected immediately if not sooner. Please be sure to display an appropriate photo of my grandfather, he is my hero.

    It is of interest that the incorrect photo is a friend of my grandfather and taken from a photo that has my grandfather standing near the gentleman in your incorrect photo. Please research this and if needed my mother or I can submit a photo of my much beloved and dearly missed grandfather.

    Sincerely,

    Thomas Squier Jones, MSCP. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 170.164.50.212 (talk) 15:49, 27 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    I have removed the image from the article. It was cropped from this image. Is one of the other people shown there your grandfather? This may just be a case of someone cropping the image to isolate the wrong person.--ukexpat (talk) 16:03, 27 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    The identity confusion on the original photo is discussed at http://www.lockheed.adastron.com/altair/h71vhusb.htm. - David Biddulph (talk) 16:04, 27 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    If I read that correctly, Squier is on the far left? If so, it's an easy job to recrop the image and upload the correct one, assuming that there is no copyright issue (the full image has a copyright notice).--ukexpat (talk) 16:32, 27 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    I re-cropped and uploaded. The online file was corrected in 2008 and our image was uploaded in 2006. We should have the right correct person now. It would be nice if the family were to upload a free licence one so other Wikipedias can use it as well. Admin can delete the older version anytime.--Canoe1967 (talk) 17:27, 27 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    OK looks good, I have tagged the image info page for the older version to be deleted.--ukexpat (talk) 17:47, 27 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Table simplification

    I want to simplify the first table at Citroën C3 Picasso#Data tables as a graph or image to save space. The problem is that i can't decide on a good layout and wanted a few tips. I was thinking a data graph of some kind but i'd like more opinions. Thanks ツ Jenova20 (email) 17:07, 27 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    I think my best bet is a Brick chart {{Brick chart}}...Thanks ツ Jenova20 (email) 17:11, 27 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Does the data belong in WP? —[AlanM1(talk)]— 17:18, 27 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Well it's factual. It's not majorly important to the topic though and could certainly be trimmed to either CO2 or just mpg with no real impact.

    Due to the time and effort invested though, i'd prefer a solution which doesn't involve huge deletions of cited content. What do you think of a Brick Chart? Thanks ツ Jenova20 (email) 17:30, 27 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Unfortunately "time and effort invested" is not a valid argument for keeping anything on WP. Entire articles that might have taken dozens of contributors years to construct are routinely deleted. Roger (talk) 09:00, 28 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you Roger, i'm well aware of that...but if you wouldn't mind answering my question for my third attempt now? This is the help desk right? Or better yet can i get a response to my question without having to find an actual editors talk page? Thanks ツ Jenova20 (email) 09:17, 28 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Sorry, I'm not a tables and charts expert - I tend to avoid editing them. Roger (talk) 09:33, 28 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Navboxes no longer collapsible

    For the past day or two, I've noticed that a lot of pages with multiple navboxes aren't designed to collapse upon each other, most notbably pages like New Jersey Transit Rail Operations, and Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. I've also seen Talk page tags with To-Do lists that can't be closed, like Talk:Brandt House (Lafayette, Louisiana). Is this just on my PC, or is this a problem that should be reported to Bugzilla? -------User:DanTD (talk) 17:59, 27 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    OK, I know nothing at all about it, but I believe they switched to a Lua version of the navbox template yesterday. You might perhaps report your problems at Template talk:Navbox, where there seems to be a "bugs" discussion. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 18:28, 27 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Using templates

    I use what seems to me a very laborious method to insert templates into wp pages. If, say, I decide to add an {{infobox person}} to a biography, I open a new tab, load a random wikipedia page, type the template name into the search box and go to that page, copy the code, go back to the article page and paste it in. OK, it only takes a minute or so (or a good deal longer when I can't remember the name of the template), but I feel I must be missing something and am being even more than usually dumb. Is there any way to call the template, with its parameters, directly from the edit window? I've read the help, and it's no help. Or is there an add-on, a script or whatever, that gives you, say, a pull-down list of templates you've recently used, or of templates you have chosen to add to it? Any advice welcome.

    By the way, has anyone else noticed the "new-line" and "redirect" arrow symbols hanging down off the "Advanced" toolbar into the edit window rather than sitting on it with all the other stuff like they used to? I think that began about three days ago. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 18:16, 27 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    I do it the same way you do. I just discovered Template:Quicktemplates and added it to my talk page. Perhaps someone could add infobox templates to it as well.--Canoe1967 (talk) 18:29, 27 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    I use a clipboard manager called ClipCache Pro that I bought years ago. I have a folder of Wiki-useful clips stored there such as ibox templates that I use a lot, talk page project templates, etc. Very handy - also useful IRL for storing boilerplate text that I use when drafting agreements.--ukexpat (talk) 18:54, 27 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you both, two very helpful suggestions both worth serious consideration. I will think about creating a personalised version of Template:Quicktemplates in my userspace, that could be a good way forward. ClipCache is not useful to me (my tent is pitched in the other camp), but I found a freeware called ClipMenu which offers some similar functions and looks promising. I think what I was sort of hoping to find was a script that would sit in the Move tab in the same way that the addpersondata script does. Maybe I should talk to the author of that script... Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 22:08, 27 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Take a look at Twinkle too. It can add all kinds of maintenance templates, do CSDs, PRODs and AFDs etc (but not iboxes unfortunately).--ukexpat (talk) 00:36, 28 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Can't find an image selection guideline/preference an editor claimed existed

    In one of the edit history summaries, a user said that in selecting the lead image in history and biography articles, that a photo automatically takes precedence over a painting. However, this seems to contradict WP:MoS/Images (particularly WP:LEADIMAGE), where it says that for the lead image, a painting can often be better than a photo when it is of higher quality and clearer depiction, and seems to establishes no such automatic preference. Looking elsewhere, I can't seem to find any policy, guideline, or archived discussion that supports the editor's proposition. (My main curiosity involves subjects from the very early era of photography in the 19th century, when the choice is a poor-quality photo or a high-quality painting). If there is, I would like to know so I can try to make it more prominent for others like myself to know; if no such policy/guideline/consensus preference exists, then I will feel free to propose the edit changes with that knowledge in hand. Thanks! Morgan Riley (talk) 19:08, 27 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    If the painting is of higher quality than the photo, and accurately depicts the subject (according to the photo), I would use it as the lead. If the painting is inaccurate about something important, use the photo and mention the discrepancy in the prose. Either way, I'd try to get consensus on the talk page. This doesn't answer your question directly, but I don't think a guideline is necessary for every possible situation. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 20:31, 27 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Searching in history

    Is there a way to search for phrases or texts that exist in the previous versions of articles? --66.190.69.246 (talk) 19:59, 27 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    WikiBlame will do this. I think I saw somebody mention another tool recently. --ColinFine (talk) 20:08, 27 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Isn't there a way to search in general, rather than one page? --66.190.69.246 (talk) 20:11, 27 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    You're wanting to search all former versions of all four million pages? That seems a bit excessive. --ColinFine (talk) 00:39, 28 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    There was an interesting phrase that I found somewhere, though I can't remember from which article it came. But sorry that I asked. --66.190.69.246 (talk) 02:41, 28 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    I don't think you need to apologise. I have two suggestions: Google's search engine is much better than Wikipedia's, even for Wikipedia content; and, if you tell us here what the phrase is, it's possible that someone here will know where it appeared. Maproom (talk) 11:28, 28 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    I do not think that Google can search in article histories, can it? Anyway, the interesting phrase that I remember is ‘Black people are gay and should still be slaves.’ --66.190.69.246 (talk) 15:34, 28 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    citation requirement

    When editing an article a citation if requested. I found a page that was incorrect, but I only know this because I was there in person. I'm getting old and for years I have been seeing the incorrect observations. The event is kind of really important. How do I "cite" my personal observations?19:59, 27 March 2013 (UTC)98.28.70.200 (talk)

    You are probably out of luck. You would need your observations published in a reliable source and then have that source cited. Otherwise it is called 'original research here. See: WP:RS and WP:OR.--Canoe1967 (talk) 20:05, 27 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    If your observations are correct, then it is likely that you can find a reliable source that also has written about them. Of course, you too have the right to ask that a given statement be proven with a cite, which is generally done by adding a {{Citation needed}} tag and/or posting at the article's Talk page. Can you mention the specifics of this particular case? —[AlanM1(talk)]— 20:24, 27 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    March 28

    How to cite article within a book

    Dear colleagues,
    I am working in my sandbox (User:MarshalN20/Sandbox4) to improve the Peru national football team article. One of my sources is an article by Dr. Steve J. Stein ([4]), inside a book ("Futbol").
    Could anyone please lend me a hand on how to properly cite this using the Wikipedia citation templates?
    Thanks in advance.--MarshalN20 | Talk 00:13, 28 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    That article uses Citation Style 1, so use {{cite encyclopedia}}. --— Gadget850 (Ed) talk 00:21, 28 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Perfect, thank you.--MarshalN20 | Talk 00:47, 28 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    The Citation Style 1 help page has a list of templates by function. --— Gadget850 (Ed) talk 01:09, 28 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Strong anti Russian bias in Wikipedia article Morjim

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

    This Wikipedia article Morjim (in Goa, India) 'Russian Expatriates' section has a strong anti Russian bias not based on fact. This was raised in the Talk Page but as no one has rectified it I am raising it here.

    Currently, there is no Government or Police report which is conclusive about any foreign crime group in Goa.

    What are the facts?

    - The facts are the Russians are the largest group of foreign tourists in Goa, India. In this article from CNN IBN in 2012, "1,33,683 Russians arrived in the coastal state as against 1,17,683 British tourists during 2011-12". But no substantial involvement in crime according to Government and police records. (Link below)

    http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/goa-russians-pip-british-on-tourist-arrival-front/978436.html


    - As published in India's largest English news paper 'Times of India' in 2012, "Foreign tourists from 50 nationalities were involved in crime cases in Goa in the last three years, the Goa assembly was informed the list of nationalities named include Swiss, Australian, USA, French, German, Dutch, Norway, Portuguese, Swedish and Italian besides British, Israelis, among others. " There was no mention in the parliament of any mafia by any country (link below)

    http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-15/goa/32684472_1_foreign-tourists-goa-assembly-crime-cases

    - What about drug arrests in Goa, India? As published in India's largest English newspaper 'Times of India', "Breaking down the records for the year 2011, out the 56 persons arrested, 30 were Indian and 26 were foreigners. Out of the 26 foreigners, 10 were Nigerian, 5 were Nepalese, 3 were French, 2 were Italian, 2 were British, and there was a German, Korean, U.S and a Ghana citizen who were all arrested." (Link below). As you can see most of the drug activity is controlled by Indians and of the foreigners they were mainly from Nepal and Nigeria. No major drug arrests from Russia. (Link below)

    http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-08/goa/32587796_1_kg-drugs-foreigners-police-stations

    - The Current Chief Minister of Goa, Mr. Parrikar, set up a Parliamentry Probe in August, 2012 to investigate the alleged role of Indian politicians to the drug mafia in Goa. The Current Chief Minister set up the parliamentry probe to unearth facts of the drug mafia police nexus in Goa. The chief minister described the issue as serious because he felt powerful Indian politician's were 'involved'. There is no mention of any foreign mafia (Link below)

    http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-08-04/goa/33035013_1_roy-naik-manohar-parrikar-atala

    What is wrong with this Wikipedia profile? It quotes Indian politicians of one political party Congress making allegations and selective media reports presented as facts. Not a single academic journal or a National Commission report is linked to. These include allegations by one political party Congress politicians and MP even as it alleges in the same paragraph another Congress politician has ties to Russians. It quotes another politician as 'demanding a probe'. When does any politician's demanding a probe be significant enough to get a Wikipedia mention? Note that politcians from the same Congress Party were the elected Government in Goa for 5 years till 2012 and did not arrest a single person whom they could prove was from mafia of any country.

    Someone has left a entry in 2013 in this Wikipedia profile which shows the anti Russian bias 'On 2012-2013 New Year's Eve at 0:00 Club Fresh (owned by a Russian and her husband) was trashed by an armed gang consisting of more than 20 men in retaliation over business quarrels, guests were injured including children, property damage to the resort was incurred as well.' If you see the hyperlink, it has names of the two Indian owners of this club. Also, the Russian lady is married to an Indian. But only the name of the Russian was used in Wikipedia. None of the 3 Indian names mentioned in the hyperlinks were published in Wikipedia. This seems like bias to me. And how does a fight in a club qualify to become serious enough to make it to Wikipedia?

    Please could any Wikipedia Editor look into this and correct it if he / she feels this is biased. It seems that some people are using this forum to promote hatred against people from one country. We need a Wikipedia Editor to give a balanced perspective to cover both sides. Cheers from Goa.

    GoanJourno (talk) 05:53, 28 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Judge Judy article should be labeled as fiction

    Resolved

    There have been additions to the Judge Judy article that include libelous comments and obscenity. If the policy of Wikrpedia to allow such action, alleging lawsuits that don 't exist, quotes that never occurred. and obscene language, then there is no recourse other than a legal action. I'm all for first amendment rights. but false reporting based on tabloid sources equates your publication with damaged credibility. There may be no remedy other than that of legal action. To my knowledge your facts cannot be proven, other than "facts" that just don 't exist. Your credibility has been damaged as a publication. I would recommend that you not claim your writings to be factual. Fiction can be entertaining, but ruining reputations based on falsehoods does cause damage. You'll notice that I 'm using my real nAme, preferring not to hide behind a pseudonym.

    Randy Douthit — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.167.114.179 (talk) 07:08, 28 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Wikipedia has no such policy to allow falsehoods. On the contrary, editors generally keep an eye out for them and they are usually actively and quickly removed. Unfortunately, given the size of thos project, on occasions, misleading or dubious information does slip through. Per WP:BOLD, you as an editor are actively encouraged to remove them yourself. However please note that per WP:LEGAL, making legal threats is generally not the best way to solve disputes over Wikipedia content and continuing to do so will lead to your account being blocked and your editing privileges being removed until the matter is resolved. Valenciano (talk) 08:12, 28 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    However User:Randydouthit has a conflict of interest here, particularly with regard to the section Judge_Judy#Lawsuits_against_Judge_Judy_.26_Randy_Douthit (which appears to have plenty of references confirming its content). Maproom (talk) 08:53, 28 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    On reflection, this concerns the Judge_Judy article, about a television show and its principal character "Judge Judy". Randy Douthit is the producer of the show. Details of his squabble with his ex-wife, even if confirmed by reliable sources, really don't belong in the article. There is a strong case for removing the whole Conspiracy/fraud allegations subsection, not on the grounds that it's "false reporting based on tabloid sources", but because it's irrelevant to the subject of the article. Maproom (talk) 11:24, 28 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    I agree, someone should chop this stuff out.--ukexpat (talk) 14:09, 28 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Maproom, please do not take it upon yourself to remove material that a lot of hard work went into sourcing and structuring based upon two user opinions, one of which is a vandalizing IP account [5]. I'm actually the contributor who incorporated the material on Randy into the Wikipedia articles "Judge Judy" and "Judith Sheindlin." Actually I'm the contributor responsible for most of the content within these articles as I regularly add, monitor, and properly structure the content so that it stays up to date, informative, and presentable. As the main contributor of these articles, as a longtime follower of the Judge Judy program [since early 2000], as a Master's degree student in Journalism, and as an experienced Wikipedia editor, I'm probably the best person to discuss concerns with about the article if there is contention as to its information. Not that other editors can't obviously, but pointing out that it's usually me keeping the article clean of vandalism, inaccuracies, etc.
    Anyways, I would contend with the statement about Douthit and the lawsuits being irrelevant to the "Judge Judy" show. Mr. Douthit is the show's executive producer, that is, its leading producer. This is all sourced within the article by the way. My reason for the inclusion of the lawsuit information is that the highly publicized controversy in which Judy Sheindlin was sued, from a few weeks back, came from Douthit's ex-wife. The ex-wife had sued Sheindlin, alleging that she and Douthit had acted in a conspiracy-fraud together. (I make sure to make constant use of the word "allege" and quotes in the article). And I felt that a highly publicized controversy in which Sheindlin was the target of a lawsuit as of relates to an executive producer of hers on the Judge Judy program ought to be added into the artice. For a full week in fact, "Judge Judy" was trending on Yahoo News as of relates to this issue and the executive producer of her program. This was not a lawsuit involving Sheindlin and just any ole body from out of her personal life, but the leading producer of Judge Judy.
    As for the 2 other lawsuits that also brought the show attention, these don't just present random lawsuits about Douthit and people from his personal life either; it involved Douthit—again, leading producer of Judge Judy—being sued by Judge Judy coworkers who worked for Douthit on Judge Judy, revolving around controversial conditions on the job backstage of the Judge Judy show. Moreover, the circumstances regarding the lawsuits are racism, ageism, and discriminatory practices, so they're significant matters allegedly going on backstage of the show enough so that it's spilt into heavy coverage by the media. I'd consider it relevant to the show if it's become such a highly publicized issue that has brought the show a lot of attention because the people responsible for putting the show together are having disputes behind the scenes of the show. Again, they're not simply lawsuits about Douthit and any ole' body from out of his personal life, but directly related to the backstage environment on Judge Judy and other crew members. In fact, Judge Judy herself was assailed by one of the former Judge Judy co-workers who was suing Douthit. The former coworker attacked Sheindlin for conditions backstage of her show because of Douthit's alleged behaviors. This is noted in the section I added to the Wikipedia article, where I quote this woman's comments from the source as stating:
    "There is a lot of terrible stuff going on if two people file separate lawsuits. It's a toxic situation over there. This is supposed to be Judge Judy, the voice of justice, and yet her own staff isn't treated well. What is she getting paid all that money for if her own staff is treated with such little decency. (This is found at this source [6])
    In any event, I think vandalizing the article as was done here [7] is not the way to get one's way here at Wiki. In this respect, I think that the lawsuits are very much relevant to the Judge Judy program. In any event, I've made a formal written request, inviting Mr. Douthit to discuss the matter further with me on his talkpage, giving a polite and detailed presentation of my position and guidelines here at Wikipedia. AmericanDad86 (talk) 15:33, 28 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    It may not be irrelevent. But it is absolutely undue weight. The parts of the lawsuits take up an absurd amount of the article. They may perhaps be better suited to their own article if you think they are relevant enough. Livewireo (talk) 20:10, 28 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Livewireo, have you read the guideline on undue weight you posted? It doesn't read about how much information is provided on a topic. It reads on giving an even amount of information on all the viewpoints as provided in a source. Again, it has nothing to do with how much material is in the article. And if there was such a rule, 67% of wikipedia articles would be trimmed of a good half of their information.
    If you look at the sources I've provided, I basically restated their information in my own words so all sides they provided were presented. What are the Wikipedia guidelines on this supposed "too much information on a subject in an article" because I can point out numerous articles where controversies have been reported on greatly in excess of how much I've reported. As one example Two and a Half Men#Sheen's firing and replacement. This information in this section far and away exceeds the information I've incorporated on the Judge Judy controversies. And sorry to say but just because a public figure doesn't like what numerous credible sources are saying about them and comes along making legal threats doesn't mean it can't be added into Wikipedia. Take it up with all the outside sources like ABC News if you don't like it but don't get your panties in a bunch because I'm relaying it on Wikipedia. AmericanDad86 (talk) 21:12, 28 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    For now, I've scaled down the section as per the suggestions here, but this is only so as to avoid further editing disputes at the article. However, this debate is still pending as far as I'm concerned as no Wikipedia guidelines have been presented that state that the prior was too much material. I've presented evidence in which controversies on other shows have been elaborated on far in excess of what I've placed in this article and no one ever said a word. Furthermore, I had to revert this IP's vandalism edits before he came here and made legal threats against Wikipedia. This was of course because he didn't like that the site would dare to relay negative information from numerous credible sources like ABC News on him. Rather than blocking the IP for vandalism and threats, I'm shocked that silly reasons have been forged to first remove and now scale down my material. First it was irrelevant and when I disproved that, it then became too bulky. So which is it? Or is it that individuals are scared of legal threats from an IP? I happen not to be shaking in my shoes.AmericanDad86 (talk) 22:13, 28 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Well, I've tried to compromise on the issue by scaling down but the editing dispute has attracted a belligerent editor, user:Canoe1967, who has now turned it into a content dispute when it never was one, stating that Judge Judy and Randy Douthhit were never even sued at all. This when the long list os sources show that they were. Could someone protect this article until this pending debate is over? AmericanDad86 (talk) 22:46, 28 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Resolved
    Full protection on article. Changes to article should now be discussed on article talk page or BLPN.--Canoe1967 (talk) 02:33, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Royal Jordanian Falcons

    Dear sir My name is Riyadh Ayyoub, the director of engineering and maintenance in the team. I have read the article about us and found some mistakes in the information. I would therefore like to ask you to refer to our website to give you the proper information so that readers will have the true information about the Royal Jordanian Falcons.

    Best regards

    Riyad Ayyoub Director of Eng. & maintenance . Royal Jordanian Falcons — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.108.63.244 (talk) 13:22, 28 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Normally I would invite you to edit the article and correct the information yourself. But in view of your conflict of interest your best course is to post the specific things that you think should be changed, on the article's talk page Talk:Royal Jordanian Falcons, preferably with citations to where the information can be verified. --ColinFine (talk) 14:20, 28 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    I changed the team list from 2011 to 2012 from the website. The link to the 2013 team is either broken or not on your site yet.--Canoe1967 (talk) 14:29, 28 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Easter

    Dear Sir/ Madam In the English article on Easter, the front page states at the end of paragraph 2: 'Eastern Christianity bases its calculations on the Julian calendar whose 21 March corresponds, during the 21st century, to 3 April in the Gregorian calendar, in which the celebration of Easter therefore varies between 4 April and 8 May.'

    In the UK - Gregorian Calendar, 2013, Easter Sunday is 31st March contradicting the above. Nor is 2013 the first year that Easter has fallen before 4th April. The dates at the bottom of the article look more correct. Please could this be corrected.

    Steven Hanna — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.12.220.11 (talk) 16:14, 28 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    It seems correct. Eastern church Easter is May 5 this year. Western church Easter varies between 22 March and 25 April according to the same paragraph you quoted. Rmhermen (talk) 16:19, 28 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Why only in the UK? Surely it should be "Western churches". Roger (talk) 08:20, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Where does it specify UK? Ryan Vesey 08:29, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Facepalm Facepalm It's the OP who mentioned the UK, not the article. Sorry for the confusion. Roger (talk) 10:50, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Help finding town

    In the past I could find an adreess inywhere. Now want was dhanged . I can locate the Town and that is the end of it. Help, please. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.45.241.248 (talk) 17:05, 28 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    You should make an Account!--EatIcecream2 (talk) 17:19, 28 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    I don't know what making an account has to do with this. And in order to answer the question, I think you're going to have to be more clear what it is you are talking about. Dismas|(talk) 19:55, 28 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Inspiration art article

    Hi there,

    I uploaded an article linked with inspiration art and I made the changes the website suggested, however it's still saying there's issues.

    Please can you advise me on what to do about this as I'm sure I have followed the guidelines to the best of my ability,

    Thanks,

    Sheila. — Preceding unsigned comment added by InAK12 (talk • contribs) 17:19, 28 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    inspiration art

    Hi,

    My question wasn't answered in the links i was given.

    The following messages came up but i have made the changes, please help!!


    The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia's notability guidelines for companies and organizations. Please help to establish notability by adding reliable, secondary sources about the topic. If notability cannot be established, the article is likely to be merged, redirected, or deleted. Find sources: "Inspiration Art" – news · books · scholar · JSTOR · free images (March 2013) This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (March 2013) Wiki letter w.svg This article has not been added to any categories. Please help out by adding categories to it so that it can be listed with similar articles. (March 2013) This article needs more links to other articles to help integrate it into the encyclopedia. Please help improve this article by adding links that are relevant to the context within the existing text. (March 2013)

    (InAK12 (talk) 18:18, 28 March 2013 (UTC))[reply]

    Inspiration art

    Hi again,

    Thank you for helping to sort out with the error messages. The message "The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia's notability guidelines for companies and organizations. Please help to establish notability by adding reliable, secondary sources about the topic. If notability cannot be established, the article is likely to be merged, redirected, or deleted. Find sources: "Inspiration Art" – news · books · scholar · JSTOR · free images (March 2013)" is still coming up.

    I have already added news articles as part of the references from reputable Kent newspaper websites.

    Why is the error still coming up?

    Thanks, (InAK12 (talk) 19:19, 28 March 2013 (UTC))[reply]

    The message is not an "error message" - it's something called a "maintenance tag". It's displaying because in your article, you have not indicated why the organization is notable. If you feel that you have, simply remove the {{notability|Companies}} tag. FrigidNinja 19:36, 28 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    BOT for template

    There appears to be strong consensus here to apply Template: COI editnotice more broadly. This is a short Talk page template that encourages PR representatives to use {{request edit}} to point out errors or suggest additions. Specifically we discussed apply it to Category:Companies based in Idaho on a trial basis, then to Category:Companies based in California before applying it to all org articles.

    I need a bot to apply the template to the corresponding pages within the categories, but my request at Wikipedia:Bot requests went un-answered. I've asked a few editors for help, but none seem to be familiar with how to get things done in this area. CorporateM (Talk) 19:46, 28 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    What about the WP:AWB request page? Dismas|(talk) 19:59, 28 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/killision

    Despite an overwhelming amount of reliable sources mr huon continues to deny my request for a wikipedia page for a band called killision He has absolutly no idea what those guys went through just get the clubs to let us play and his excuse is false, he says because youtube vids of all the bands i listed that played during that scene demolition, dead and bloated, erotikill.mofohomeboys are not proof?its the excact opposite it is undeniable proof than he said my own personal bio?I metioned myself once his ignorance and arrogance leaves me to suggest you have a talk with him about how discern whats noteworthy and what isnt Thank You for your time — Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.146.74.182 (talk) 21:27, 28 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Please DO NOT make personal attacked on any editors. If you are to attack someone, I think we'd all appreciate you do with with the correct grammar. It is up to you to prove the notability of the band. There are other AfC reviewers (including myself) who look through these submissions. If you believe Huon is biased, then simply leave an AfC comment asking for another editor to review your entry. Kinkreet~♥moshi moshi♥~ 23:24, 28 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    To help explain Kinkreet's comment: the section title used to be something more attack-y. I changed it. --Floquenbeam (talk) 23:31, 28 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    What the band went through is irrelevant to whether it is, by Wikipedia's standards, notable. This is decided by references to reliable independent sources. The article for creation currently has no references at all. See Wikipedia:Citing_sources for an explanation of how references work here. Maproom (talk) 23:46, 28 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Entry not being accepted

    I wrote an entry about Michael T. Bradley a sports journalist and his recent work and it looks like u are not going to accept it, need to understand why?

    Thank,

    Henry R Bradley — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hankrbradley (talk • contribs) 22:23, 28 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    The reasons your edits were reverted was because 1) for the category page, you should not change the category page itself - it will be updated once you added a template to the page. 2) for the disambiguation page, you did not provide a name for the "Sports Journalist/Recruiting authority on high school and college football recruiting". And 3) You need to write in the information in a style consistence with the community; you can refer to WP:MOS for this. Please do not be discouraged from furtheredits, but it'd be a big help if you'd read the guidelines first. Regards, Kinkreet~♥moshi moshi♥~ 23:17, 28 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Hello and welcome to Wikipedia. I notice that you attempted to add a name to the disambiguation page for persons named Michael Bradley [here]. I would recommend you contact the editor User:Tassedethe who reverted your edit. I could make at guess at his rationale. There is currently no page on Wikipedia for Michael T. Bradley. I would recommend that you find relevant information with appropriate reputable sources and attempt to create an article on Wikipedia. See Wikipedia:My First Article for guidelines on how to do this. If you need help doing so you may contact me via my talk page. The entry you made was also not correctly added to the list. To edit a disambiguation page, please insert your entry in alphabetic order in the existing list. For further information see WP:Disambiguation pages.EagerToddler39 (talk) 23:17, 28 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    I see that you have created User:Hankrbradley/Michael T. Bradley Sports Journalist and submitted it for review. Unfortunately, the page has no text! For this to be accepted as a Wikipedia article, it needs to be expanded with some details of the person's life and achievements, with reliable sources to show how readers could check it for themselves. -- John of Reading (talk) 08:00, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Images template

    I am looking for a template or tag that will cycle through a series of images in one frame. Anyone know of anything like this? — nerdfighter 22:36, 28 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Well, I found a MediaWiki software extension here that allows for slideshows on wikis using MediaWiki (like Wikipedia), but as far as I know, I don't think that or any other slideshow-type feature is installed here on Wikipedia. Anyone know any differently? --Nick—Contact/Contribs 01:17, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Okay, I tested it in my sandbox but it doesn't work. — nerdfighter 01:22, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Oh, I need extra script. Any other options that will be visible to everyone? — nerdfighter 01:24, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    No, but something like this is being discussed at Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)#Javascript Slideshow Widget for Board Games -- John of Reading (talk) 07:55, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    March 29

    Jack Radics

    From Jack Radics Management www.JackRadicsOnline.com

    Jack Radics bio is incorrect. His alias is Balfour C Bailey

    Bio Incorrect on the page below http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Radics

    Correct Bio <<<copyright violation removed>>> — Preceding unsigned comment added by 23.31.147.174 (talk) 05:36, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    I have removed the "Correct Bio" as a copyright violation. Please do not copy-and-paste text from external websites into any page at Wikipedia. Since you are asking about an article at the German-language Wikipedia, please post at the German Wikipedia help desk. Each Wikipedia project has its own rules and standards, but be aware that text copied directly from a performer's website is unlikely to be accepted there either, both for copyright reasons and because of its promotional tone. -- John of Reading (talk) 08:19, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Your complaint appears to be about an article in German-language Wikipedia. This is the help desk for English-language Wikipedia. If you believe that there is an error in that article, you should discuss it on that article's talk page.
    The "Correct Bio" you have supplied above is far too promotional to be accepted for use here in English-language Wikipedia. Maproom (talk) 08:23, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Measurements

    Hi everyone. I have an article on a river (Okanogan River) which lies in two seperate countries using different measurements: metric and imperial. I am wondering which to use first using {{convert}} and which to place in brackets: I know the typical convention at MOS:NUM for just one country but this seems to be a special case. Thanks for any help which can be provided. TBrandley 05:58, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Have a look at what Wikipedia:Manual of Style#Units of measurement says. In brief, metric comes first, unless there's some special circumstances. HiLo48 (talk) 06:29, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Adding protection to a article.

    Hi there, I wonder if its possible to add a protection to my article to stop violators or spammers? And if it is how can I do that? Many thanks. :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dkremer (talk • contribs) 07:08, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    By design, this is "the encyclopedia that anyone can edit", so it is rare for pages to be protected merely as a precaution - see this section within the Protection policy. But if a page is being regularly targeted by vandals or spammers, the place to ask for protection would be Wikipedia:Requests for page protection. -- John of Reading (talk) 07:51, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Indeed. It is not "your article", no-one here can own an article. And it needs some work. As it is now, it omits basic biographical details, such as date of birth and nationality, and is too promotional in tone. Maproom (talk) 08:33, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    By "my article", Dkremer meant to say "the article about me". It's a language issue, not a conceptual one. :) --186.53.147.49 (talk) 17:14, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Are you sure? All Dkremer's contributions have been to Atilla Iskifoglu. If they are the same person, he should read Wikipedia:Autobiography. Maproom (talk) 18:51, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Our Company page

    We really cannot understand why you continually flag our page when it is virtually no different from any of our competitor pages. We have repeatedly tried to rewrite the copy on our page from a neutral POV to satisfy your terribly unfair and overly critical editors, who have no right to flag our page. We are not trying to promote our brand here, only trying to have an informational page about our company and I really think it's grossly unfair to allow individual editors to dictate what other's can do and to have so much power over other people's pages and content.

    This is why you will never ever get a donation from us until you change your editing rules. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 183.89.149.214 (talk) 08:25, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    You haven't given any information to identify your company so I cannot see what page it was and whether or not it is promotional. That being said, it is not your company's page or your company's content. Wikipedia is not a web host, it is an encyclopedia. Ryan Vesey 08:32, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    (ec)There is no article on the English Wikipedia called Our Company. We have absolutely no idea what you are talking about. Roger (talk) 08:33, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Deleted Edits

     – Atethnekos (Discussion, Contributions) 09:04, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Why some of the edits are deleted? When I check my edit count on X! it shows 10 deleted edits, It was 4 few days and 7, a couple of days back. Is it possible for me to find out which of my edits have been deleted? I am asking this in order to improve quality of my contributions. --Vigyani (talk) 05:19, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    I moved this discussion to here. There's nothing to worry about. Whenever a page is deleted, any edits you made to the page are also deleted. In itself, this says nothing about the quality of your edits: A page may be deleted for any of a number of reasons not related to your edits. Look at the difference between Wikipedia:Deletion, which is about deleting whole pages, and Wikipedia:Revision deletion, which targets specific edits. --Atethnekos (Discussion, Contributions) 09:04, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks. I almost got the same idea after going through the archives of this forum. However in this case Department of Science and Technology (India), entries about its creation are deleted although the article remain in place. I had create this article some 6 years back. --Vigyani (talk) 09:25, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    The article which you created was Department of Science & Technology (India) (with an ampersand, rather than the word "and"), and it is now a redirect to Department of Science and Technology (India). You can see your contributions here. - David Biddulph (talk) 09:52, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks --Vigyani (talk) 10:00, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    What causes a page to be flagged as like 'an advertisement'?

    Recently the AMQP page on wikipedia - Advanced Message Queuing Protocol - has had a warning attached indicating that 'This article appears to be written like an advertisement.'. I'm trying to understand why that is and how to improve it as I very much want it to be an objective factual description rather than an advertisement. It seems very similar in style to pages for similar protocols.

    Any help or advice greatly appreciated! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gordonsim (talk • contribs) 09:49, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Maybe because in the case of this article majority of the references are from OASIS AMQP Technical Committee, which I assume must be the caretaker or some sort of this project. It means that all the material added into the article comes from the subject itself. Hence it may appear to some as advertisement --Vigyani (talk) 09:53, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    There are better tags available for a shortage of secondary sources. Roger (talk) 09:59, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    The tag was placed by an IP without any explanation - see this diff. If you think it is not justified you are welcome to remove it, but please leave an explanation in the edit summary when you do so. Roger (talk) 09:57, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Thanks! The OASIS links are the the specification document itself. Much of the text on the page is a short summary of what that document contains, hence the numerous references to help people check for themselves. I will follow the advice in the last response and remove the tag requesting more explanation or a more precise complaint. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gordonsim (talk • contribs) 10:11, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    You can also help by finding other secondary sources such as articles in trade magazines or websites. Roger (talk) 06:58, 30 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Possible actions against non objective admin

    As the title states i wonder if there are any actions one can do? I am wondering because i believe that a person who has been clearly shown as not being objective in editing articles should not be allowed to have admin rights. User Eleassar has been changing the contents of the 2Cellos article even though their official pages state otherwise, as i said before i think it is very dangerous to have such a person hold admin rights so my question is can you take any actions against him?

    Try taking your complaint to the user themselves if you haven't already or WP:ANI CTF83! 10:38, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    incorrect information regarding Marion Ravn

    The singer Marion Ravn is reported to have a mother named R. Medhus. This is not correct. Since this is most probably myself. Please correct this information.

    Best regards R. Medhus — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.109.164.87 (talk) 10:22, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Do you have a reliable 3rd party source verifying this? CTF83! 10:38, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    CTF83, you appear to be asking for a reference for the assertion "Marion Ravn's mother is not called R. Medhus". Is this what you intended?
    The Marion Raven article states that her mother is R. Medhus, giving a reference [8] which returns a 404. Maproom (talk) 10:54, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Yes, a reference for the IPs assertion. CTF83! 23:23, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    I'm sorry, but the fact that you are R. Medhus and not her mother does not preclude her mother being someone else named R. Medhus. While the info about her parents is no longer present on her re-organized site, I've found and will cite additional sources. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 12:45, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    A reference that R. Medhus is not the mother would be a reference that someone else is. On the other hand, if there is no reference that R. Medhus is the mother then it could be removed if challenged as unreferenced. RJFJR (talk) 13:17, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    The OP may actually be the R. Medhus mentioned in the article and is simply stating that she is not the mother although many do think she is: "Since this is most probably myself." Marion Raven's mother may actually be someone with a different name and the OP just wants to end the false rumours. We may wish to use very reliable sources to include any mother's name and just remove it for now in case we are the source of the wrong informaton. I have heard that many sources use WP as a source and then we just create a circle of falsehoods.--Canoe1967 (talk) 19:22, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • Correct me if I'm wrong, because it does look a bit social networky, but isn't a Bebo profile [9] an official source? It states "Marion Raven was born on May 25, 1984 in Lørenskog, Norway, to her father, Hallgeir Johan Ravn, and mother, Reidun Agathe Medhus". Ryan Vesey 19:32, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    It looks like that bio may have been written by the subject. She may not have the correct mother's name and who knows why the OP disagrees. Are there any online databases for birth records in Norway? I also noticed that much of her article is material from that source. If she is the editor of the online bio then she could be creating facts that are untrue and repeating them here. I have removed the mother's name as requested by the OP as conentious. I think we should leave the mother's name out until we find a better RS. The rest of the article may need more RS as well but I won't worry about that at this point.--Canoe1967 (talk) 20:12, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    I restored the information. It is sourced to what appears to be an official biography. Take it to RSN if you disagree. Ryan Vesey 20:18, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    I don't really care all that much. It seems that it is a self-published facebook type page: "...enabling you to consume, create, discover, curate and share digital content in entirely new ways." From: http://www.bebo.com/c/about I should create a BS bio on my boss there and then add all that material to his article. If readers want to read un-sourced falsehoods from self-published sites then so be it. If the OP cares more than I do then then can send their concerns through OTRS. I doubt they will win any battles on the talk page or all the other drama fora we have. They aren't an experienced eye-scratching, crotch-kicking, editor like many others here that fight tooth and nail and whine until they get their way. I just walk away and let the articles stay in their horrid states most of time.--Canoe1967 (talk) 20:39, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    I misunderstood what bebo was, due to the similarity between the logo and the beats logo, I was under the impression that it was an official site for musician biographies. Ryan Vesey 20:46, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Someone just added it back. Why is it that Wikipedia usually goes with blog sources written by the subject after a concerned IP disagrees here at help desk? I can understand why so many casual readers consider wp as being inaccurate and full of falsehoods. I just barely avoided a block on another article that I could care less about so either others can deal with this one, or just leave it as a VERY badly sourced and contentious BLP mess.--Canoe1967 (talk) 00:56, 30 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Worshiping in Moscow

    am joy in moscow pls where can i worship with u people — Preceding unsigned comment added by 46.73.7.189 (talk) 13:50, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Does List of churches in Moscow help? --Jayron32 13:53, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Help

    I am creating a new entry about a company, and I see other companies have Wikipedia pages. What advice can you give me so that my entry will not be deleted. Also, I am writing it from a neutral point of view and have read over the guidelines. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jfuchssyntecoptics (talk • contribs) 13:59, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    First, if you mean the article currently at Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Syntec Optics, that is NOT a neutral article, it's unambiguous advertising or promotion. Secondly, the article also falls foul of A7, which means it doesn't indicate why its subject is important or significant. And thirdly, writing an autobiography on Wikipedia is strongly discouraged, unless your writing has been approved by other editors in the community! Feel free to contribute to other articles on Wikipedia that you are unaffiliated with.--Launchballer 14:32, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Any article you write is much less likely to be deleted if they have references from reliable, third-party, published sources. Having these references establishes that the subject of the article has enough notability to merit an article on Wikipedia. Take a look at Wikipedia:Referencing_for_beginners and Wikipedia:Citing_sources if you want to learn about adding references to an article. Sophus Bie (talk) 14:40, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    WP:CORP describes what it takes to be considered a "notable" company or organization. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 22:55, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    How to make a orphan page unorphaned on Wikipedia?

    I looked at my article White Noise: A Tale of Horror and I found a orphan tag that wants me to link my article to other articles associated with it, so the question is how did I get links to other articles if I can not find them --Indienews (talk) 14:22, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    The orphan tag doesn't want anything. It is a statement that no other article links to that one. It is not a criticism. Maproom (talk) 15:02, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    And, for the avoidance of doubt, it refers to incoming links from other articles, not outgoing links to other articles.--ukexpat (talk) 15:12, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Worthless piece of advice. If the OP doesn't understand what an orphan article is, how is he going to understand your jargon? 70.235.84.2 (talk) 18:21, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Really, how am I going to find that if the Wikipedia is somewhat barren of indie games then it's not like I can just Nevermind , I'm loosing my temper a bit and should stop but I am getting paranoid for the safety of the article as it almost got deleted by a user that used prejudgment.--Indienews (talk) 15:45, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    A page is orphan if no other page links to it. So after you create pages, you should add links in other pages to the new one. Of course, these links must make sense. Good luck! --186.53.147.49 (talk) 17:17, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    To clarify, I posted a proposed deletion tag on this article because it is about a non-notable subject and has no place in an encyclopedia. There was no prejudgment; there was no assertion that it does not exist (in the technical sense: it's self-published and available only with "Microsoft points" at a single website). --Orange Mike | Talk 17:37, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Template:cite episode

    Template:cite episode seems to be displaying odd behavior when I use it. First, when I enter a title into the 'title' and 'series' parameters, the first word of the title is cut, unless I bracket the title with the <nowiki> tag. (So, for example, "title = Foo Bar Baz Bad" displays as "[Bar Baz Bad]".) Second, all urls that I enter into the 'episodelink' and 'serieslink' parameters appear to have a pipe character appended to the end. Am I misusing the template, or is the template broken? (I ran into this while editing the article Amy's Kitchen, if you want to see an example of what I am talking about.) Sophus Bie (talk) 14:29, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Please see the template documentation. You are including pipes (|) in the title which need to be encoded. 'episodelink' and 'serieslink' are for wikilinks only, not URLs. --— Gadget850 (Ed) talk 15:32, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Table doesn't render as it should

    Resolved

    In a draft I am working on at User:Toshio Yamaguchi/Catoptric tessellation, there is a problem with the table. Why does the cell containing the word Cubille appear to the right of the header cells? I copied the table markup from Convex uniform honeycomb, if that helps. -- Toshio Yamaguchi 14:33, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Why the "rowspan = 2"? - David Biddulph (talk) 14:47, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    (edit conflict) That happens because you've given a rowspan of 2 for each of the header cells (this basically means that the cell will take up two rows). In the table in Convex uniform honeycomb, this is necessary since it has two levels of header cells and some of the headers need to cover both rows. In your table, this is not needed. When you start the second line, the wiki software thinks it's the second header row and there fore displays it next to the header cells. Simply remove the rowspan=2| part from each of the header cells and it should display fine. Chamal T•C 14:53, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    I removed it and the appearance is okay now. Thanks for the help. -- Toshio Yamaguchi 15:01, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Using templates

    i was looking at a user's page and it had a icon saying that "This user is a Hippie" is there a type of icon for gamers and how do you type them in? --Indienews (talk) 16:29, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Without having seen it, it's hard to say just what you saw. It was likely a WP:USERBOX. There are many, many, many of them. Dismas|(talk) 16:34, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    You can find them at WP:UBXG--Ushau97 talk 16:35, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    There's lots of userboxes at Wikipedia:Userboxes/Games/Video games. You can also create your own userboxes, for example copy mine. Have fun! --NaBUru38 (talk) 17:19, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Help moderating contentious material (Actinidia arguta page)

    Recently (late 2012), an "Invasive Plant" section was added to the Actinidia arguta page. The claims in this section were overreaching and poorly documented, so I have attempted multiple times to moderate the language. I am wondering if there is admin support to help address either or both of the following issues:

    1. That there is a section at all devoted to the putative invasiveness of the species in one region (New England, USA) seems inappropriate, especially given that the plant is not currently classified as invasive and the data suggesting it may be invasive is extremely limited. My feeling is that the section should not be there at all. But...

    2. I, however, am uncomfortable simply deleting the contributions of other users. So my strategy has been to try to moderate the language and present the issue for what it is: A controversy of limited geographical extent in need of research. If the admin community thinks it inappropriate to delete the section entirely, is there any way to moderate it, to arrive at acceptable language (and references), and keep it from being changed daily in a he said she said manner?

    I am a very new contributor to Wikipedia (sort of forced into based on what I saw posted in this article); and so I would greatly appreciate any advice, guidance, or assistance with this matter.

    Thank you! Iagohale (talk) 18:19, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    I'm afraid I know nothing about the topic of invasive species, but you might have better luck finding help at Wikipedia:WikiProject Agriculture, Wikipedia:WikiProject Ecology, Wikipedia:WikiProject Horticulture and Gardening, Wikipedia:WikiProject Plants, or Wikipedia:WikiProject Forestry. You could also possibly make a request for comment. Hopefully someone more informed on the subject comes along; good luck! Sophus Bie (talk) 19:31, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    However, Wikipedia does have a core policy that states "Be bold!" If calling the plant "invasive" is not at all statistically supported, you can delete the section. Removing content is easily reversed, so if anyone disagrees, they can undo your removal. Sophus Bie (talk) 19:36, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Roosevelt-Bentman Trust for American Voters

    Just come across Roosevelt-Bentman Trust for American Voters which appears to be promotional and resembles the organisations website rather than an encyclopedia entry, tempted to tag is for speedy deletion G11 Unambiguous advertising or promotion. but I dont know anything about American politics at this level. If not deletion it certainly needs a serious purge but just looking for opinions from editors familiar with this area, thanks. MilborneOne (talk) 19:10, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    I have to agree with you that it does look very suspicious. Only two of the 99 references are available for me to view, but one of them is clearly published by the editor who wrote the article themselves. Furthermore a search for "Roosevelt-Bentman Trust for American Voters" turned up 0 results on Google News, and no third-party sources were apparent for the first few pages of Google search. So, it looks like deletion may be merited. Sophus Bie (talk) 19:21, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks for the second-opinion I will try a G11. MilborneOne (talk) 19:51, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    How to list lost information.

    My great grandfather had an occupation that I can not fined referenced too any where. With out references other than family, how do I list his occupation in Wikapidia? He and his colleag's would ride around on the old hand powered rail platforms chasing after the old steam locomotives. There job was to put out the fires started by the locomotives and he died from a common ailment brought on by the occupation. He died from bone cancer caused from spending long hours sitting on the edge of the hand powered rail platform as they took turns powering the platform. His job tittle that I can get any info on was called [Fire Toad]. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.22.115.110 (talk) 21:44, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    To put any information on Wikipedia, it must be verified by reliable sources. If you can verify the information with reliable sources, you must find a relevant place to put the information. If you cannot verify the information with reliable sources, the information cannot be put into Wikipedia. Gold Standard 00:09, 30 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    help

    There is a message saying I have done something nasty and I may get blocked its saying that I've done it before on another page pls believe me that I never wrote anything on any pages and don't know what this is about. I recently had my Facebook profile hijacked and everytime I tried to leave a comment or a personal update what I typed was repeated over and over filling up the space and banning me from leaving comments please help me if u think that this might have been transferred to my phone and is affected your website. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.0.27.199 (talk) 21:59, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    That message is from 2006. IP addresses get reassigned periodically, so someone else made those edits. Don't worry about it. You can avoid this problem by creating an account. WP:ACCOUNT RudolfRed (talk) 22:11, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    CSS: Wikitable borders

    The floating table at Game of Thrones#Critical response contains an inner table. I'd like to make the borders of that inner table disappear. But apparently "border="0" class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; border: 0px solid black;"" doesn't work. Could a CSS guru help me out here? Thanks,  Sandstein  23:46, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Is this what you wanted? Jusses2 (talk) 05:24, 30 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Yes, thank you! (Ok, then one can't suppress the class border...)  Sandstein  06:25, 30 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    AFC Helper Script

    Hello all,

    I am back after a long break and found the AFC Helper Script not working. I tried disabling, re-enabling, and clearing the cache in multiple browsers. The skin I am using is "vector" and I am enabling/disabling via Gadgets. Any ideas?

    Gold Standard 23:57, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]


    March 30

    Lloyd Center mall

    There is an inaccuracy in the Lloyd Center Mall entry. It states that the Max stop one block away from the mall is in the Free Rail Zone. The Free Rail Zone became a memory on 1 September, 2012 when Tri-Met abolished it for financial reasons. The Free Rail Zone was preceded by Fareless Square, which was instituted in 1975 by downtown Portland businesses to help shoppers travel from store to store downtown on busses without having to pay a fare. When the first Max line (Metropolitan Area Express, the light rail line) opened in 1986, all stops within the Fareless Square were considered part of Fareless Square. It was expanded to include the Rose Quarter area in 1995, when the Rose Garden Arena was built close to the Memorial Coliseum, and the Lloyd Center area. In 2010, Tri-Met changed its policy to make only riding on Max trains free in the former Fareless Square and changing the name to the Free Rail Zone. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.105.145.42 (talk) 00:03, 30 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Okay, why don't you edit the page to resolve the inaccuracy? The page is not protected. Revolution1221 (talk) 02:19, 30 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    how to add a picture from Hebrew Wikipedia to the English Version?

    I want to add the picture of Moshe Nissim from the Hebrew Wikipedia site to the English version. How do i do that? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ymcebs (talk • contribs) 01:26, 30 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    The best way to do this is to transfer the picture to Wikimedia Commons (http://commons.wikimedia.org) which allows EVERY Wikimedia website to use that picture. Near as I can tell, that could be done because it appears that the picture is properly licensed for use at commons. I don't read Hebrew, but the licensing tag looks to be correct based on the icons I can read. Wikipedia:Moving files to the Commons contains instructions for moving files from English Wikipedia to Commons, I think the same procedures could be used for any Wikipedia. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Moving_to_Commons is a set of similar instructions from Commons. You can also ask for help at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Help_desk and someone will come along to help you perform the transfer. Once the picture has been transferred to commons, you can use it on ANY Wikimedia site. --Jayron32 01:33, 30 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    The photo File:Moshe Nissim Portrait 2007.JPG is now available from the Commons. Jusses2 (talk) 05:14, 30 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Phyllis Calvert.

    I am watching a film called The Battle of the Villa Fiorita and Phyllis Calvert, from what I can work out by looking at the actors in the film, is playing the part of a roughly 10-11 year old girl. BUT she (Phyllis Calvert) was born in 1915 and could not possibly, in 1965, be playing the part of Margot a 10-11 year old child. Could you please look into it. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.187.254.78 (talk) 05:20, 30 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Phyllis Calvert and The Battle of the Villa Fiorita are links to the articles. Margot was played by Phyllis Calvert according to our articles. There is a Margot and a Moira in the movie according to http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058949/ and Maureen O'Hara played Moira. There may be a glitch somewhere.--Canoe1967 (talk) 05:43, 30 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Account unused and with forgotten pass/email combination

    Resolved

    Hi am user:Kaiden at Wikimedia Commons and I would like my age-old userpage to be deleted and my talkpage wiped for personal identification reasons. I have forgotten my password and email combination and found no other way from actually wiping the information from my account. If any amazing admin could help me with this please that would be amazing. Thank you. -- [details removed] 07:46, 30 March 2013 (UTC) a.k.a. Kaiden

    Since you are a registered user you should be logged in when you make requests and please don't post your IP address at this page. This is a very public page. The revision has been suppressed to protect your privacy. You should ask to delete your user page at Commons, not here at English Wikipedia. Anyways, I have requested a deletion at commons. --Ushau97 talk 08:50, 30 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    The page have been deleted. --Ushau97 talk 09:09, 30 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Changing page title "User:Stargaze!1/sandbox" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Stargaze!1/sandbox) to "Shweta Wahi"

    Resolved

    The article is about Shweta Wahi, the designer. It was hastily created by a user a long time back and the page title is random and irrelevant. Using the person's name would be appropriate. I'm not autoconfirmed, so I cannot make the change. Can a kind moderator please make this change for me? It's very important to the person and brand this page covers. I'd really appreciate it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Krisdan91 (talk • contribs) 08:24, 30 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    YesY Done I have moved/renamed the page for now. But I don't think the article meets WP:GNG. It might deleted very soon. I'll take it to AfD. --Ushau97 talk 08:37, 30 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    As a newly registered user, i will be doing considerable updates on the page. Please give me some time to add all the legitimate coverage the person has received. It will meet the guidelines once i've added in all the references and updates over the past 4 years. Please let me know if that's fine.
    I'm really sorry but there is nothing you can do on someone's notability. The subject of the article does not meet WP:BIO and a user has already commented that the page should be speedily deleted at the AfD entry. You could read WP:N to know more about Wikipedia's inclusion criteria. --Ushau97 talk 08:54, 30 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    That's okay. Can you please delete the page then? I wouldn't want the notice to affect brand perception in any way. I'll definitely take a look at the criteria. Thank you so much! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Krisdan91 (talk • contribs) 09:00, 30 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    The draft can be moved to your sandbox where you can work on it without having to worry about deletion. Once you have edited it into an acceptable shape it can be "published" in the mainspace. The move to mainspace was clearly premature. Roger (talk) 09:07, 30 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    I can't delete the page since I'm not an admin, but I have requested speedy deletion. An admin will shortly review the request and if he/she thinks the article should be deleted, it will be done. --Ushau97 talk 09:05, 30 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    As you can see for yourself, the Shweta Wahi page have already been deleted. --Ushau97 talk 09:07, 30 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    @Ushau79, you should never have moved it into mainspace in the first place. It was obviously not in an acceptable shape yet. You should have moved it to Krisdan91's sandbox. If you know a draft does not meet GNG then moving it to mainspace can be seen to be a bad faith act. Your move and the subsequent Speedy effectively thwarted Krisdan91's stated intention to work on the draft to bring it up to standard. Roger (talk) 09:19, 30 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    I guess I should not have moved the page. Anyways since the article does not meet GNG right now, userfying the page will not do much. Notability is not something which changes immediately. --Ushau97 talk 09:26, 30 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    I have undeleted and userfied the article. It's now located at User:Krisdan91/Shweta Wahi. Regards, James086Talk 09:36, 30 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Please change name of Page

    Page Title: Denisse Wolf Velastin

    Please rename to: Denisse Wolf — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wolftirado (talk • contribs) 08:42, 30 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

     Done. Matches sources now.--Canoe1967 (talk) 08:53, 30 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Change username

    I'm confuse. I've change my username in ms.wikipedia. Can somebody shows me how can I change my name in here too? Izhamwong (talk) 09:14, 30 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Since you requested your username changing at ms.wikipedia only, it will only be effect in ms.wikipedia only. So your unified login have been split. If you want a global username change then you will have to request at this page m:SRUC. A steward will look into your request. If you want to change your username at English Wikipedia only then you will have to request at WP:CHUS. --Ushau97 talk 09:22, 30 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    I get it know. Thanks a lot! Izhamwong (talk) 09:57, 30 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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