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Wikipreoject

How do i join a wiki project i try to edit with my knowledge but it wont let me. Is there a way i can contribute to that article.Tylkrby767 (talk) 21:15, 28 April 2014 (UTC)

Grand Nationals 1960 -1969 (inclusive)

Hello, I have fill in ALL requested missing information regarding all NON-FINISHERS for each race during the 1960's, however underneath it when I check the final page on the site, it stated that the information needs to be EXPANDED. All the missing information that was requested has now been FILLED IN. I look forward to your response. Beesknees91 (talk) 20:14, 28 April 2014 (UTC)

How to get an article about a not so famous magazine on wikipedia ?

hello there, i often see all the famous people and companies on wikipedia ,but what does a small time company have to do to get their own article on wikipedia ? thanks in advance !Aanch.sethi (talk) 20:06, 28 April 2014 (UTC)

How do I get the notability tag removed?

Hi, I confess up front - I'm a Wikipedia newbie.

I have written my first article: Chris Bradford (rock musician), and added lots of references throughout it. But a notability tag has turned up, making the article look very suspicious.

I checked the notability article - Wikipedia:Notability (music)

A musician or ensemble (note that this includes a band, singer, rapper, orchestra, DJ, musical theatre group, instrumentalist, etc.) may be notable if it meets at least one of the following criteria... (my article meets the following THREE criteria)

2.Has had a single or album on any country's national music chart.[note 4]
5.Has released two or more albums on a major record label or on one of the more important indie labels (i.e., an independent label with a history of more than a few years, and with a roster of performers, many of whom are notable).
6.Is an ensemble which contains two or more independently notable musicians, or is a musician who has been a reasonably-prominent member of two or more independently notable ensembles.[note 6] This should be adapted appropriately for musical genre; for example, having performed two lead roles at major opera houses.

I think my article meets the criteria. How do I get the notability tag removed?

Hope someone can help me here.

THANKS!!

Billy900 (talk) 18:09, 28 April 2014 (UTC)

User:Billy900, I'd recommend leaving a message at User talk:Animalparty, copying what you just wrote here, and asking if s/he has any objections to you removing the notability tag. Or maybe someone here will just have a closer look and remove the tag themselves. Worst case, if you and Animalparty can't agree, you can always leave a message at WP:3O to get a third opinion from another user. Calliopejen1 (talk) 19:09, 28 April 2014 (UTC)

Ignoring BLP PRODs

What can be done it a user is ignoring BLP PRODs, not adding references to his articles, and actively creating new articles similarly unreferenced? Thanks, Matty.007 16:13, 28 April 2014 (UTC)

@Matty.007: Try leaving a note on their talk page telling them not to do this. If that doesn't work, try starting a thread on WP:ANI. --Jakob (talk) (Please comment on my editor review.) 16:33, 28 April 2014 (UTC)

The user is Dr. A.K. Anil, over 5 unsourced BLPs, which in themselves give a warning, but I also left a note. Final warning? Thanks, Matty.007 16:40, 28 April 2014 (UTC)

how do I insert cross-reference to another wikipedia article?

I don't know how to indicate latae sententitiae has a wikipedia listing. Thanks.Min Bee (talk) 15:30, 28 April 2014 (UTC)

Hi Min Bee. You do this by adding a wikilink! Wikilinks are added by using double square brackets like so: [[Latae sententiae]], giving you Latae sententiae. Sam Walton (talk) 15:35, 28 April 2014 (UTC)

Thanks much,Sam.I've made the insertion.Min Bee (talk) 17:00, 28 April 2014 (UTC)

Category Not accepted during Wikimedia Commons Image up load

I have been adding some more images of Supermarine S.6 to Commons. When I got to adding Categories it would not accept Supermarine S.6 if I typed it, but would if I copied and pasted from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Supermarine_S.6 . I checked for my typos several times. Is the problem with me or elsewhere? SovalValtos (talk) 12:16, 28 April 2014 (UTC)

@SovalValtos: Hey SovalValtos. Were you possibly typing [[Category:Supermarine_S.6]] (with the underscore, as appears in the URL), rather than [[Category:Supermarine S.6]]?--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 12:24, 28 April 2014 (UTC)

No. I was typing solely

Supermarine S.6

as similarly I had typed

Schneider Trophy

which was accepted. In general it does not seem necessary to type Category: xxxxx Try it yourself. SovalValtos (talk) 12:30, 28 April 2014 (UTC)

It might be a good idea to bring this up at our technical village pump WP:VPT, which is where the technical troubleshooters tend to hang out. – Philosopher ^{Let us reason together.} 19:51, 28 April 2014 (UTC)

Relist

What do you mean by relisting a discussion ? Zince34' 11:12, 28 April 2014 (UTC)

Hi Zince34. This is something commonly seen at Articles for deletion - if, after a seven day period, the reviewing admin is unable to establish a consensus (if not enough people have contributed to the discussion, or the arguments made don't show a clear preference for one particular course of action) that admin will often relist the discussion to gain more input. This basically just moves it back into the current (and hence most heavily viewed) AFD queue. A discussion can be relisted two or even three times if necessary, before it gets closed as "no consensus". Does that help explain it? Yunshui ^雲_水 12:44, 28 April 2014 (UTC)

Tying an update to a talk entry

Is there a commonly used way to tie an update to a specific entry on the article's Talk page? Mandruss (talk) 02:28, 28 April 2014 (UTC)

Welcome to the Teahouse. Your edit summary could link to the relevant section on the talk page, using [[Talk:Article name#Section name]]. --David Biddulph (talk) 03:05, 28 April 2014 (UTC)

Stub class = red title and not found when searching Wikipedia?

I wrote a new article about a peer-reviewed academic journal, Psychological Injury and Law (journal), which, as you can see is 'linkable' (for lack of a better term). However, if one searches Wikipedia for "psychological injury and law" or "psychological injury and law journal" the article does not appear in the search results. Also, the article title is in red text. Is all this because it is a Stub class article? Many thanks! - Mark D Worthen PsyD 01:35, 28 April 2014 (UTC)

Welcome to the Teahouse. The reason why you don't immediately find the article in the search results is that the article was created only yesterday evening, and the search database can take a day or so to update, see Help:Searching#Delay in updating the search index. --David Biddulph (talk) 02:03, 28 April 2014 (UTC)

Ah, a perfectly good reason. Thank you for helping me understand. Mark D Worthen PsyD 02:22, 28 April 2014 (UTC)

You might also want to add a {{For}} hatnote at the existing article Psychological_injury or its sub-section Psychological Injury and Law, so people can find the new article with its very similar name. --Gronk Oz (talk) 06:02, 28 April 2014 (UTC)

Ah, excellent suggestion! Thank you--or as we say down South, "I appreciate you" (with 'appreciate' enunciated precisely, and 'you' long and drawn out). But don't get me wrong now, we're sophisticated folks here in the southern USA. We learned all about you Aussie blokes at our local Outback Steakhouse, dontchya know. [tongue firmly implanted in cheek ...] - Mark D Worthen PsyD 13:19, 28 April 2014 (UTC)

Wiki project

I have seen baseball wiki projects and want to add on to them but i cant. Do you have to be a member of the project, or be invited in to it, Cause i know a lot of stuff that should be on it. So is there a way i can conributte to any sports wiki projects.Tylkrby767 (talk) 01:35, 28 April 2014 (UTC)

Definitely. Check out Baseball Portal - Projects and Things and review the section titled "Things you can do". Or at WikiProject Baseball read the green box to the left and look for "Everybody is welcome to add their name to the list of participants", which contains a link to the list of participants. I don't see a project page for the Kansas City Royals, but there's one for the Cinncinati Reds.

At the same time, make sure you have read all the articles recommended to you on your talk page. Some very experienced, friendly editors have cautioned you about various issues and have offered great advice. If you follow their recommendations, you can become an important member of one or more of the baseball WikiProjects.

Best regards - Mark D Worthen PsyD 02:14, 28 April 2014 (UTC)

Citing by PJ379

Help citing. PeacefulJarl379 (talk) 00:35, 28 April 2014 (UTC)

Hi PeacefulJarl379, welcome to the Teahouse! Help:Referencing for beginners is a good place to start with its videos. If you have any specific questions, ask away! --NeilN ^{talk to me} 00:39, 28 April 2014 (UTC)

What is the quickest way to get a cleanup tag to the attention of the most people?

Hello everyone! Okay, so I have tagged an article that needs cleanup. Unfortunately, the article doesn't get a lot of visits. What is the quickest way to get the cleanup to the attention of the most amount of people on Wikipedia? Twyfan714 (talk) 21:53, 27 April 2014 (UTC)

Hello, thanks for your question! I took a look at The Wonder Years article, and it seems like you took the right mode of action by bringing up the issue on the talk page, great job with that! You outlined most of what needs cleanup, the article doesn't get a lot of visits like you said, and it isn't protected or anything, so what's holding you back from being bold and going for it yourself? As for getting the attention of other wikipedians, I would personally recommend the Project Talk Page, but it seems like you've done that too. Reward board also works, and if you really want the dedicated attention of a skilled editor, try submitting to the Guild of Copy Editors. If you pursue all those routes along with cleanups here and there to the article, it should get plenty of good attention. Hope this helps somewhat, cheers ~Helicopter Llama~ 22:23, 27 April 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for the response! I have added some stuff to the article (notably a background info section). Unfortunately, I am going to be busy for about another month and I frankly just won't have the time to improve the article because, as you saw me put on the talk page, it needs a LOT of work. I will bring it up again with the project page and I might check out the copy editor link you posted. Thanks again! Twyfan714 (talk) 22:30, 27 April 2014 (UTC)

First try at editing removed, what is next step?

Hi, Helper, I recently added information about an academic study of The New York Times to the Wikipedia NYT article under the coverage subsection. I gave a citation, but my edit was removed with the comment that it showed POV and Undue and I should get consensus. It's a solid study, cited in an academic journal and written by highly qualified academic experts, so I am convinced it should be included, especially since a similar study is already in the subsection. I am new to this and ready to revise and try again to do it right this time. Tell me, how do I get consensus? Can you walk me through the next steps? Many thanks! zeke1314 April 27, 2014Zeke1314 (talk) 18:25, 27 April 2014 (UTC)

Hello Zeke1314. To attain a consensus, go to the talk page of the NY Times article, and describe the study you were talking about. Ask that other editors look it over to see if it's something that can meet Wikipedia standards. When in doubt ask...especially if it's something that may be disputable. Vjmlhds (talk) 18:32, 27 April 2014 (UTC)

To be honest that sounds like someone with ownership issues as the burden of demonstrating verifiability is met with a reliable source and should not be removed with a note telling an editor to "get consensus first" that is simply not how Wikipedia works.--Maleko Mela (talk) 02:23, 28 April 2014 (UTC)

Every book ever written about the New York Times would be a large set. The one User:Zede1314 wanted to add is here. Another editor removed it here. Zede1314 has not yet joined in discussion on the article talk page. When there are many books and articles to choose from, we should get a selection that complies with WP:NPOV. This can be decided by consensus. There is already a well-referenced section in the article on whether NYT has a pro-Israel bias and there are previous discussions on the talk page. EdJohnston (talk) 17:00, 28 April 2014 (UTC)

How do i remove the description of an Album cover?

I uploaded the album cover of Abgehfaktor but i can not remove or edit the description,all i can do is add a new one.Krokuss (talk) 16:08, 27 April 2014 (UTC)

Hi Krokuss, welcome to the Teahouse. I guess you mean the Description field at File:Abgehfaktor cover.jpg#Summary. The summary section currently uses {{Non-free use rationale album cover}} which automatically adds text at the start of the Description field. You cannot override it completely but you can affect it by using some of the parameters shown at Template:Non-free use rationale album cover#Syntax. You can click "Show preview" to see the effect of parameter changes without saving. If you click the "Edit" or "View source" tab on the template page then you can see the template code and maybe guess how the parameters affect the Description field. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:35, 27 April 2014 (UTC)

Thank you!

I didn't add Name,Artist and Label to the template code.Next time i will copy the whole Syntax.Krokuss (talk) 17:34, 27 April 2014 (UTC)

Hill or Mountain?

Hi I am trying to edit Velliangiri Mountains. Should I leave the name as such or change the 'mountains' to 'hills'. I am not aware of the consensus on this. Jayakumar RG (talk) 15:25, 27 April 2014 (UTC)

Welcome to the Teahouse, Jayakumar JG. Our article should use the title most commonly used by most of the reliable English language sources discussing the topic in detail. Right now, the article has lots of unreferenced material, much of it about the religious mythology of the area. So, I suggest you work to improve the referencing. Remove dead links and low quality sources. Add higher quality sources with a preference toward those in English, though those in other languages are fine as well. Check out Referencing for beginners. Once you are conversant with the sources, you can make the decision about "hills" or "mountains". If other editors actively contribute to the article, discuss the matter on the talk page. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 16:03, 27 April 2014 (UTC)

Help please!

Afterlife Sessions (Zachyboysmith (talk) 14:28, 27 April 2014 (UTC))

I'm so close to making it a perfect page, but I'm missing a few components. I'm stuck and would appreciate help! It'd mean the world to me! (Zachyboysmith (talk) 14:28, 27 April 2014 (UTC))

[hide]This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. This article includes a list of references, but its sources remain unclear because it has insufficient inline citations. (April 2014) The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia's general notability guideline. (April 2014) This article needs additional citations for verification. (April 2014) This article is an orphan, as no other articles link to it. Please introduce links to this page from related articles; try the Find links tool for suggestions. (April 2014) (Zachyboysmith (talk) 14:28, 27 April 2014 (UTC)

Welcome to the Teahouse. Commendable enthusiasm, but sadly you are a long way from making it a perfect page, and the page's existence will be short unless you can provide references to show that the subject has received significant coverage in published reliable sources independent of the subject. In the message which you have quoted, each includes a number of words in blue; these are wikilinks which will give you more specific advice. Start by learning about notability, and if the article gets deleted again you ought to read WP:Your first article before trying again. --David Biddulph (talk) 14:42, 27 April 2014 (UTC)

I have added a few more useful links on your user talk page. --David Biddulph (talk) 14:50, 27 April 2014 (UTC)

Wikicannabis

How can i get a wiki site going to host pending legislation, revise existing laws, get input on drafting new law and open source education for Americans who are passionate about ending the stupid war on people who want to heal themselves with natural medicine? Ganjagreg (talk) 08:27, 27 April 2014 (UTC)

Hi Ganjagreg and welcome to the Teahouse. You can download the required software framework here. You should bear in mind that setting up a wiki is not a task for the faint-hearted! Good luck.  Philg88 ^♦talk 08:57, 27 April 2014 (UTC)

Hello, Ganjagreg. You could also look at hosting sites such as Wikia, which let you create your own Wiki quite easily. (See some of the categories on that page for other offerings). --ColinFine (talk) 11:16, 27 April 2014 (UTC)

Why is text preformatted?

I inserted a LaTex equation at Tension (physics) and cannot figure out why the text following the equation is appearing in a blue box. Help? Sustain4people (talk) 07:29, 27 April 2014 (UTC)

Welcome to the Teahouse, Sustain4people. You left a leading blank space before the word "where" immediately following the equation. That single missing character messes up the display of the content that follows. Be sure that there is an actual character at the beginning of every line of wikicode, except a blank line intended to produce white space. I fixed it for you. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 07:50, 27 April 2014 (UTC)

How do I insert a PDF file as an item for "further reading"?

???Charliegian (talk) 01:25, 27 April 2014 (UTC)

Hi Charliegian and welcome to the Teahouse. To add a pdf to the "Further reading" section of an article use this syntax: [http://www.yoururl Your Title]. Note the space between the two entries and the single square brackets. The software will do the rest!  Philg88 ^♦talk 05:31, 27 April 2014 (UTC)

How to change the titles of articles you created

Hi everybody! I just created a new page on Wikipedia, but realized that I made a mistake in the capitalization of the title of the article. How do I correct this? Twyfan714 (talk) 01:08, 27 April 2014 (UTC)

Welcome to the Teahouse, Twyfan714. We call a title change a "move". Go to the page in question. Just to the left of the search box at the top right is a little triangle. Click on that for a menu and select "move". Fill in the boxes carefully and give a reason such as "capitalization error" and complete the move. Follow the instructions for cleaning up, and you are done. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 03:55, 27 April 2014 (UTC)

How does an author edit an already established Wikipedia entry about her book?

I discovered a Wikipedia page about a book I wrote. The page was established and edited by several people. How can I correct and expand the entry? Should I make it known that I am the author or should I establish an account and make the corrections anonymously? Can I add informative quotations from reviews in highly regarded publications? I'm a neophyte Wikipedia editor.173.79.225.186 (talk) 23:57, 26 April 2014 (UTC)

You ask an excellent question. Let me answer it by directing you to our guideline on such editing: WP:COI.--Maleko Mela (talk) 23:59, 26 April 2014 (UTC)

I recommend that you create an account and reveal on your user page that you are the author of this book. Make your recommendations for improvements to the article about your book on that article's talk page. Provide links to reliable, independent sources substantiating your changes. Keep the neutral point of view in mind. Return to this thread, link to the article in question, and one or more Teahouse hosts will pitch in to help. I strongly recommend against editing this article yourself, but please feel free to edit other articles where you are not directly involved. We need good writers here. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 04:05, 27 April 2014 (UTC)

How do I attach an article I've already written in PDF format?

I have written a manuscript "Counting Pythagorean Triples" in pdf format. I would like to upload it as an article to Wikipedia. How do I do that? Thank you Joeraab (talk) 23:15, 26 April 2014 (UTC)

@Joeraab: Welcome to the Teahouse. We don't actually upload articles, we create them by adding text in the edit interface. To make your new article (since it doesn't exist), click on Counting Pythagorean Triples and start typing in the text field, then click 'save page' when you're done. There are, however, some rules about what can go into an article. Generally article topics must be the topic of multiple reliable sources (books, newspapers, government websites, etc.) and can't contain any previously unpublished information (that doesn't mean you should copy things from other sources - just write what the other sources say in your own words). Finally, it's important to cite all you sources. User:Yunshui/References for beginners is a good tutorial for beginners to learn about this; I suggest you read it. Happy editing. --Jakob (talk) (Please comment on my editor review.) 23:28, 26 April 2014 (UTC)

Before going too far down the path of creating a new article, it would be worth reviewing the existing article at Pythagorean_triple carefully. Then consider whether the best approach might be to integrate the information from your manuscript into that article. In particular, look at the section "Distribution of triples" and see whether that is a suitable place for your material. That article has a very active Talk page, which would be an excellent place to discuss how your contributions can best be used. --Gronk Oz (talk) 04:08, 27 April 2014 (UTC)

@Joeraab: Hi Joe. There is one thing to take into consideration. We don't allow original research on Wikipedia – information must be able to be verified by looking at published reliable sources. It's possible that the addition you intend comports with this requirement, but from what you've said it's also possible this it's an unpublished text of your own devising, and as such would be unsuitable for inclusion here. This is not a reflection on how good the material may be, but on the fact that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, a tertiary source, and as such, is not the place to explore new things that have not already been the subject of publication in the world.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 06:33, 27 April 2014 (UTC)

Help placing the image

Please help to make the image small of the Swiss airlines. Please click here. Sakib14 (talk) 08:35, 26 April 2014 (UTC)

Hi Sakib14 and welcome to the Teahouse. Which image are you talking about? There are currently five images in the "Fleet" section, which are displayed at a standard size.  Philg88 ^♦talk 09:08, 26 April 2014 (UTC)

Uploading videos

Hello, How do you upload videos on to Wikipedia articles? Tom the Bergeron (talk) 03:12, 26 April 2014 (UTC)

Please see Wikipedia:Videos.--Maleko Mela (talk) 03:25, 26 April 2014 (UTC)

Pictures

I am trying to make a profile picture larger....and it won't work.... I type |500px within the file portion and it doesn't work.... What am I doing wrong? Anetek3D (talk) 02:45, 26 April 2014 (UTC)

When you say "profile pic" I assume you mean the infobox image. That doesn't work that way. However, if it is not in an info box be sure you have the full mark up correctly coded as:

[[File:Image|500px|thumb|caption]]. Although...500 px is really too large in my opinion.--Maleko Mela (talk) 03:24, 26 April 2014 (UTC)

I have adjusted the infobox to include the image size but don't use 500px. That is far too large.--Maleko Mela (talk) 03:29, 26 April 2014 (UTC)

Thanks Maleko Mela

I wrote

File:Image

caption

beside image size and still nothing happened. I agree 500px is too big but I am trying to see a change and I don't. Anetek3D (talk) 03:40, 26 April 2014 (UTC)

You actually added the full image mark up. I adjusted the image for you to 250px but anything larger will not be acceptable. And actually...this image is to small for even that size as it appears very blurry. but I have left it for now.--Maleko Mela (talk) 03:46, 26 April 2014 (UTC)

I should probably mention that the image is copyrighted and there is nothing to indicate at the source that it is not.--Maleko Mela (talk) 03:51, 26 April 2014 (UTC)

Thanks again Maleko Mela I am still fairly new at this and was unsure what to type in. I appreciate your patience. I changed the image to 200px (smaller) and it looks OK (not as blurry). I could not find a copyright on this pic, and since he died in 1965 and the image was from the 1940's, I think I used an appropriate license tag. I think I'll make it a tad smaller as well....I appreciate your help :) Anetek3D (talk) 04:03, 26 April 2014 (UTC)

The use of non free images is a very delicate situation on Wikipedia. I have to say that I am a little concerned that you have uploaded an image that fails our copyright policy. I will do nothing about that as it is not up to me to make such an issue as you could well be correct, just that as it stands right now, there seems to be nothing to uphold that claim of PD. But happy editing and welcome to Wikipedia!--Maleko Mela (talk) 04:09, 26 April 2014 (UTC)

Maleko Mela I appreciate your input. Like I said, I am still fairly new...and I am learning along the way. All comments and discussions are helpful to me. Thank you again for your time and expertise :) Anetek3D (talk) 04:14, 26 April 2014 (UTC)

OTRS

I want to send the permission email to OTRS, but I can't seem to find it anywhere...can someone please provide the email so I can forward the permission email from the author. Anetek3D (talk) 20:50, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

Hi and welcome (back?) to the Teahouse. Please see the last section of Wikipedia:Declaration of consent for all enquiries - that has the email address you need. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 20:56, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

Thank you Demiurge1000. Found it! Anetek3D (talk) 21:17, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

How do I get quality contributors to participate in editing my page?

I know people in the Cognitive Computing field and would like them to participate. Do I just email them and ask them? Or, must I set them up?

Plus, can anyone edit the page or would it be restricted to known experts in the field?

New to Wikipedia. Thank you in advance. -g

HadoopNation (talk) 19:53, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

Hi, HadoopNation and welcome to The Teahouse. Anyone who follows the rules can edit any page on Wikipedia. We do not restrict editing to experts, and even if someone came here and claimed to be an expert, we could not be sure that person really is what he or she claims to be. Being an expert is an advantage but everyone should use reliable independent sources and a neutral point of view. And those who know the material have no more rights than anyone else.

If you would like to invite people who know the material, go right ahead. We could always use experts in any field.— Vchimpanzee · talk · contributions · 20:12, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

Hi HadoopNation. Welcome to Wikipedia and the Teahouse. Anyone can edit. You can ask people in the field for help. You need to indicate where the information comes from. Look at User:Yunshui/References for beginners for help writing references. I've added the page Cognitive computing to Wikipedia:WikiProject Computing. You can ask at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Computing too. Happy editing. StarryGrandma (talk) 20:22, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

New article to introduce an idea and feedback request from wikipedia / mediawiki developers

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Curiosum%C3%A9

Any suggestions about who or where to share this information are appreciated.

It outlines a draft of an open Internet protocol that utilizes Wikipedia entries as an ontology for personal data matching.

Prototype software is being developed, providing the features described in this article.

Feedback and involvement from Wikipedia and Mediawiki would be helpful at this point in further developing the ideas described here.

Excerpt:

An open protocol extending the conventional résumé / CV as a means for describing one’s interests, skills, abilities, and intent with respect to semantic web resources and other metadata (such as spatiotemporal location).

The word is a portmanteau of the words curiosity (representing desired skills, which can be learned) and résumé (representing acquired skills, which can be taught).

Resources defined by Wikipedia cover most conceivable topics and offer multilingual translations. Hierarchical categorization and heterarchical associations (wikilinks) between topics allows for partial relevancy comparisons.

24.131.65.218 (talk) 16:37, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

Hello. I have left a comment on the AfC draft. In short, the Wikipedia:Village_pump_(idea_lab) would be a great place to take your idea, however now is not an appropriate time to create an article about your new idea. --LukeSurl ^{t c} 16:52, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

I want to upload a photo to a page

This ought to be simple but seems so difficult! I have a photo of my own original poster from the 1970 Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music which has it's own page...I thought it would be a good update to the page. I have an account but have only made one update to any page in 8 years..why the rule to make 10 updates before I can upload a photo? Or have I got the wrong end of the stick. I went into EDIT mode on the page but couldn't see how to upload a photo so here I am! Sydwall (talk) 14:36, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

Hello, Sydwall. If you are the copyright holder and are willing to release a photo of the poster under a Creative Commons license, then go to our sister site, Wikimedia Commons, and upload it there. If someone else holds the copyright such as the festival promoter, then ask a followup question here. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 15:14, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

Hello Cullen, I am a very new contributor and also want to add a photo (of Bishop George Mackarness) to a page that currently has no image. The photo is on another website for which I'm the administrator, so I tried putting in a link to that, but it didn't work.PatienceMackarness (talk) 08:25, 26 April 2014 (UTC)

Hello PatienceMackarness. Because George Mackarness died in 1883, we can be sure that copyright has long expired on any photo of him. Please upload the photo to our sister project Wikimedia Commons. The upload wizard will walk you through the process. Once you are done, it will give you the wikicode needed to use the photo on Wikipedia. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 17:32, 26 April 2014 (UTC)

Hello, Sydwall. No, it doesn't work to link to a picture outside Wikipedia. You first have to upload the picture to either Wikimedia Commons (where all Wikimedia projects can use it) or to Wikipedia. However, issues of copyright make this difficult. It's not enough that you are the administrator of a site where the picture is hosted: you need to get the owner of the copyright (often the photographer, but not necessarily) to explicitly release the photo with a suitable licence (which allows anybody to use it for any purpose, provided it is attributed). Please see the donating copyrighted materials page for how to go about this. --ColinFine (talk) 09:20, 26 April 2014 (UTC)

ColinFine, copyright has expired on photos from the 19th century, and this man died in 1883. Any photo published before 1923 can be uploaded to Wikimedia Commons freely. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 17:39, 26 April 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for your responses folks. My photo is merely of a poster from an event in 1970. I own the poster. There is a photo of a different poster there already and the display of that one has a good explanation that a low-res picture for illustrative purposes does not violate US copyright law. My poster is very different from that on display already and is perhaps more in keeping with 70s style graphic art, though I appreciate that the editors might not want a second poster there

Sydwall (talk) 14:06, 28 April 2014 (UTC)

Barnstars

I have seen really nice people on wiki. I am trying to get to the barnstar awards for wiki but I cant find the link. Could you please send me the barnstar link please. Tylkrby767 (talk) 12:37, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

Welcome back - you can find all the barnstars at Wikipedia:Barnstars. ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 12:46, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

Also Tylkrby767 remember that you can always Google: "Wikipedia barnstars" and the link will show on a google search.--Mark Miller (talk) 20:22, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

Corecting a stub

A couple of problems with a cheese stub:

• Caş should redirect to Caș. Instead the pages are the other way around. The corect sign is ș with a comma. The cedilla variant is wrong and only used because systems older than Windows XP have it wrong.

• What's the point to reference a word dictionary? The reference is also in Romanian. Should I ask for a translation with 'Source need translation' or plain remove the link?

• Should cow milk and sheep milk be links in this context?

• Does the third reference, also in Romanian, have a point? Should I ask for a translation in such a case?

• What can be done about the template?

• • Bryndza is the generic word for cheese if written as Brânză

• • Bryndza spelled like that is a Polish cheese, nothing to do with Romania

• • Caș, Cașcaval, Telemea, Urdă are a generic types of cheese like Cottage cheese. Cașcaval is used as the equivalent of Yellow cheese.

• • Năsal is a comercial trade mark and not a traditional cheese. It has only one maker and no published recipie or description like Cheddar cheese

How do I corect citation issues? Somebody introduced a reference to an unreliable Romanian tabloid. Something like The Sun in United Kingdom. And many food related articles give lists of fictive foods as having protected designation of origin. I corected the telemea article. But

• should I ask for a translation?

• should I ask for a better source?

• should I remove the wrong part?

Năsal cheese should be considered unreferenced? There are two references, one about food odor and one in Hungarian.

• there are no references to the fame of this chese

• there are no references about a prize at Paris World Expo, while the expo is linked

• the history of the cheese is fantesistic and unreferenced

• the count mentioned in the legend has no name or any other reference, pretty much like [arabian nights]

Sorry for the long message, but these articles are a mess. And a shame for any Romanian. I want to fix them, but I lack the experience and understanding. Ableci (talk) 11:41, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

Hi, Ableci and welcome to The Teahouse. I will try to answer as many questions as I can, but I can't give an answer to them all.

If you have a source for the incorrect redirect we could do a move, which may require administrator help since someone would have to move to an existing page.

Sources in other languages are fine, but if one can be found in English it is preferable. I'm not sure what the policy is on using a dictionary as a reference.

Yes, my opinion is that types of milk should be linked.

I'm not sure what you mean by template.

As for the types of cheese, I would have to assume you know what you are talking about but a source would help.

If you know a source to be unreliable, you can put the following after "</ref>": {{unreliable source}}. Or you can remove it and replace it with {{cn}}..

Do what you can if you don't feel confident. Each article has a talk page. For the page you mentioned first, that would be Talk:Caș. After clicking on that link click on "New section" at the top of the page. Or at least that's how it works for me.— Vchimpanzee · talk · contributions · 20:29, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

I see there is a red link, so instead of clicking on "New section", you would just start typing once you clicked. You would add a section heading at the top:

==Correcting a stub==

— Vchimpanzee · talk · contributions · 20:35, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

Thank you Vchimpanzee for your answer.

Do you think breaking up the long list into individual questions would help?

For the move I am going to do what is written into the move reference.

About the linked types of milk, I find it silly in this particular case. I have checked so far feta, emmental cheese and raclette and these respectable cheeses do not have that particular link. In the case of caș it is a stub. Second it is about a generic category like saying yellow cheese. Third last time I went to the market caș was made of any milk available. The examples above are all respected and protected types that are made of a specific milk. They might have variations, but mainly there is only one way to do it.

By template I meant that frame at the end of the article that contains a listing of a certain category (I think). Please do read the page, it is only a stub and quite obvious.

You are right about needing a source before making changes to that end-of-page-table. It is a bit ironic, as the original poster did not have one. For the bryndza just check up the linked page.

Very useful the example for unreliable sources. In my particular case, please do check telemea. I have the proof at the source of PDO that the quoted source is a lie.

Finally, about the talk pages, what is the way to reach a conclusion? Is there a time to lave the issue open than move on with the changes? How are the issues solved? How do I prevent somebody reading the fake/wrong source from making the same mistake a year later? Ableci (talk) 19:47, 26 April 2014 (UTC)

Unreferenced? Or not

I'm trying to clean up the page of Constantin Noica. He *is* an important Romanian thinker. Yet there are only two references. Both are translation related. Nothing about his life. Is this article unreferenced? Should I add citation needed for each paragraph? I do not know enough about his life to do this work, but I want to have a higher quality page. Ableci (talk) 11:04, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

Hi Ablici. Rather than tagging each paragraph, you might do better to put a {{ref improve}} template at the top of the page (just type {{ref improve}} at the top of the edit window). It's probable that there are more sources available in Romanian; you could try asking the Romanian WikiProject for help in finding them. Yunshui ^雲_水 11:24, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

Thank you Yunshui 雲水

After requesting an improvement, should I ask for citations for a couple of strange biographic details or that would count as overkill? Ableci (talk) 11:46, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

If you think they are controversial, You should use {{cn}} after the text.— Vchimpanzee · talk · contributions · 20:38, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

Thank you Vchimpanzee. That solves the issue.Ableci (talk) 19:49, 26 April 2014 (UTC)

Worldwide View?

Some articles are tagged with the phrase "The examples and perspective in this article may not represent a worldwide view of the subject". Could anyone provide some tips as to how one could obtain a worldwide view and/or concensus on a topic? What practical steps would be needed? MargRouk (talk) 08:15, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

Hey MargRouk - great question. I assume you're talking about Template:Globalize. As outlined at Wikipedia:WikiProject Countering systemic bias, an issue that sometimes occurs in articles is that editors tend to edit with a bias just by falling under certain demographics. This can result in articles that don't give a truly global view of certain topics. For example, some parts of our Basketball article tend to focus on US-aspects of the sport while ignoring the rest of the world. Naturally, this is a result of many editors being from the United States. If an article is focused on one country, try to find resources that provide information on the topic in regards to other countries. It certainly helps to have a bit of knowledge of the subject beforehand. The key is to give proper weight for each viewpoint; the amount of focus and coverage a viewpoint should have is determined by their prevalence in reliable sources. For a more specific list of things you can do, check out Wikipedia:WikiProject Countering Systemic Bias#Tasks. Hope this helps, ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 08:34, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

Actually I didn't know about the Globalize template. Thanks so much for the advice and clarifications, especially the points on proper weight and reliable sources make perfect sense. MargRouk (talk) 09:16, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

Edits keep disappearting

I've added cites to the Massacre at Hue page three times now, and each time they have disappeared. I return to the page and see the "citation needed" note instead of the cites that I entered.

What the heck is going on? Txantimedia (talk) 03:36, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

Welcome to the Teahouse, Txantimedia. When I look at Massacre at Huế, I don't see a "citation needed" tag. I see 30 citations. The edit history shows that two other editors are actively editing the page, and are fighting with each other on the talk page. The references remain quite messy and are poorly formatted, despite your efforts to clean them up. A syntax error in one reference can interfere with the display of all following references, so it is important to be sure that the syntax is correct. I recommend that you engage with the other two editors on the talk page, and triple check the formatting of every single reference. Referencing for beginners is a good resource. Good luck! Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 04:23, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

I figured it out. There is a guy removing my cites every time I add them. Txantimedia (talk) 00:01, 26 April 2014 (UTC)

Hi

Is wikipedia even cool Tylkrby767 (talk) 03:08, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

Very much so. EvergreenFir (talk) 03:09, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

LOLPeacefulJarl379 (talk) 16:19, 26 April 2014 (UTC)

Can someone help me with the edits to this page?

Can someone help with the sources used and tell me if I should include anything else or remove any sources? I would appreciate any suggestions at this time. I am not able to understand why these sources are not being approved.

entire page copied-and-pasted

IPC Systems, Inc is a provider of trading floor communication systems and network services to financial entities[1] including investment banks, hedge funds and investment managers. [2] The company’s written aim is to deliver “unified solutions that support collaborative voice trading, real-time electronic trading and market data connectivity” [2] via a proprietary managed private IP network [3] to financial market participants, globally. [4] IPC provides and services voice communication systems that facilitate operations within the financial industry. The firm is known for creating and updating trading turrets – specialized, multi-line, multi-speaker communications devices used by traders. Turrets can have access to hundreds of lines and allow traders to monitor multiple connections simultaneously to maintain communication with counterparties, liquidity providers, intermediaries and exchanges.[5] IPC’s communication systems aim to consolidate voice functionality, traditional phone lines, broker lines, intercom, teleconferencing, TV sound and PC sound-into a single unit. [6] Contents [hide] 1 History 2 See Also 3 References 4 History 5 See Also History[edit] Headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey, IPC employs approximately 1,000 employees throughout the Americas, EMEA and Asia-Pacific regions. [2] IPC was founded as Interconnect Planning Corporation as a consulting company in 1973. This changed when Republic National Bank approached IPC founder Stephen Nichols with a request to improve upon the bank’s trading hardware. [7] Consequently, IPC introduced its Series I turret in 1974. The product cost approximately $75,000 to develop. The Series I used momentary contact buttons to send a signal to the backroom relays to switch calls, rather than relying on rods and levers and switching at the turret itself like other equipment of the day. [7] IPC was the first to use Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) on the trading floor to reduce communication costs and increase productivity.[3] The company introduced the first VoIP-based turret in 2001 and its second generation VoIP based turret, the IQ/MAX, in 2006. [8] Clients of IPC’s VoIP solutions include Barclays, Deutsche Bank, Bank of America [1] and Merrill Lynch. [9] See Also[edit] See also: Trading turret References[edit] ^ Jump up to: a b Morton, Jonathan. "Beyond the Turret: Trading Floor Communications", TabbFORUM, 21 March 2011. Retrieved on 10 June 2013. ^ Jump up to: a b c "IPC Systems Rings The NASDAQ Stock Market Closing Bell", Nasdaq, 31 July 2013. Retrieved on 10 June 2013. ^ Jump up to: a b Fangqing, Wang. "Turret Maker IPC Gains Ground in Asia", Securities Technology Monitor, 26 March 2007. Retrieved on June 2013. Jump up ^ Private Equity Council "IPC Systems Inc.: Private Equity Stewardship Builds World Class Communications Company", PEGCC, 19 July 2011. Retrieved on 10 June 2013. Jump up ^ "Capturing Traders’ Hearts and Minds with Practical, Beautiful, Foolproof Design", Frog Design, Retrieved on 10 June 2013 Jump up ^ Beck, John. "Trading Floor Makeover", 01 July 2009. Retrieved on 10 June 2013 ^ Jump up to: a b "Waters Hall of Fame", Waters Technology, 01 January 2000. Retrieved on 10 June 2013 Jump up ^ "Trading Newsflashes: Silver Lake Partners Acquires IPC Information Systems From GS Partners for $800 Million", Wall Street and Technology, 03 August 2006. Retrieved on 10 June 2013 Jump up ^ Jawoski, Alexa. "Merrill Installs IPC VoIP Trading Turrets", Securities Technology Monitor, 19 November 2007. Retrieved on 10 June 2013 History[edit]

DS132 (talk) 21:58, 24 April 2014 (UTC)

Hi DS132. You can use wikilinks to create a hyperlink to any page on Wikipedia, you don't need to copy-and-paste the entire page's content in order to discuss it elsewhere. For example here I have used the code [[Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/IPC Systems]] to create this link to your draft: Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/IPC Systems. --LukeSurl ^{t c} 23:32, 24 April 2014 (UTC)

• Hi DS132. No one is doubting the truth of what you have written, this is a question of notability.

Wikipedia does not aim to have a page on every business that has every existed (you wouldn't expect to see one about the burger shop down my street), and we do not simply wish to catalogue all information. Unlike our pages on well-known entities such as HSBC, McDonalds or Ford Motors, no general-purpose encylopedia in history has every had a page on "IPC Systems". So, therefore, before a page on "IPC Systems" can exist an Articles for Creation reviewer need to be convinced that the company is "notable" enough to devote a page in the encylopedia to it.

We have specific guidelines for the notability of companies. As a rule of thumb Articles generally require significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the topic. Generally this is to be proved by the references used in the draft, we need to see evidence that major publications consider the company important enough to talk about. This does not include press releases *(which are not independent), and mainstream media carries a lot more weight on the significant coverage criterion than niche industry magazines etc. In this specific instance, the main problem identified by the AfC reviewer is that the references are all from "niche" publications within the industry.

By design of these strict criteria, most companies will not be considered "notable". If that is the case no amount of editing of a draft can change this. Also if you are an employee of this company, please read our conflict-of-interest guidelines before proceeding.

Specifically looking at this draft, references 1 and 4 are press releases, while 3, 6 and 7 do not seem to open for me, which is a problem. I think this is a borderline case, and one or two examples of media attention from the mainstream press (rather than publications targeted at the industry) would probably push it into the "notable" zone.

Hope this helps --LukeSurl ^{t c} 13:21, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

Adding More Sections To Tee Hee Article

Just to say if anyone wants to add sections on a novel biography or a popular culture section, you're free to do so.

I also have a screenshot prepared, which i will upload if my article is accepted. Wyliecoyote1990 (talk) 21:56, 23 April 2014 (UTC)

Please provide a link to the article in question, Wyliecoyote1990. Can you please also explain why we have separate List of James Bond villains and List of James Bond henchmen. Is that a distinction that is clear in the reliable sources? Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 02:26, 24 April 2014 (UTC)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Tee_Hee

There's the article that i am working on. Not sure myself why some villains have their own page, or why there are separate lists for villains and henchmen.

Please tell me what you think or you can add more if you like. Wyliecoyote1990 (talk) 10:27, 24 April 2014 (UTC)

Cullen Wyliecoyote1990 (talk) 23:14, 24 April 2014 (UTC)

To me, the most important thing is to show with your references that the character "Tee Hee" has received significant coverage in several reliable sources. A few passing mentions aren't sufficient. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 06:48, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

Hello, I am new.

I am starting to get the hang of things I think. I made some edits to the article Percy Burn Viaduct some time ago and when I returned today to the article I was quite angry to see that they had disappeared. People shouldn't remove information from articles if it is helpful. The closure of the track was very topical and a point of contention in my community and since a lot of overseas tourists use the track it is in their interests to know that the bridge is closed. So then I found out I hadn't provided a reference. I think I have done it properly now. Can someone advise? Thank you

Hello, anonymous person (please sign posts on talk pages with four tildes ~~~~, so we know who they are from. Since you are editing without an account, this will just show your IP address, but that still helps in showing whether we are talking to the same person). I'm sorry you found this frustrating: the fact is that Wikipedia is a big and complicated animal, and it does take some work to get your contributions to stick. The problem here is that (by design) anybody can go in and add anything to any article, and if they don't include any references, we have no way to know if they are correct, mistaken, out of date, or just having a joke. So PeeJay2K3 was within their rights to remove the unreferenced information you added. I see that there has more activity on the page from yourself (I think) and others, so I'm not sure whether any more work is needed.

On one point: please notice that it is explicitly not part of Wikipedia's purpose to provide news, how-tos, or tourist information: what is in Wikipedia should be only information that has already been reported in reliable sources, and is encyclopaedic in nature. "Helpful" to people who might want to use or visit a subject is not a criterion. --ColinFine (talk) 09:35, 26 April 2014 (UTC)

Link on AutoLatina

Could somebody please facilitate replacing under External links

• [http://www.autolatinaclube.cjb.net AutoLatina Clube]
• with [https://web.archive.org/web/20060215000000*/http://www.autolatinaclube.cjb.net/ AutoLatina Clube] (2006-2012) via [[Wayback Machine]].

It says something about "blocked." I have no intention reading tons of smallprint of instructions. Thanks and cheers, OAlexander (talk) 14:15, 26 April 2014 (UTC)

Hello OAlexander! The reason you are getting a "blocked" message is probably due to the link being blacklisted. See WP:BLACKLIST. If it's been blacklisted, you can't include it in an article on Wikipedia. Hopefully, this explains without you needing to read tons of small print of instructions. Cheers!  :) —This lousy T-shirt— (talk) 17:41, 26 April 2014 (UTC)

We probably don't need an archived link to a dead website in the External links section anyway (see WP:LINKSTOAVOID#16). Nthep (talk) 18:01, 26 April 2014 (UTC)

I personally consider this link as being quite important to the article as the target is one of the few sites that offer more information on the subject matter. It is eg., the sole source of information on the logo. It is the sole reference the article has on offer, and actually, it is reasonably informative. Trust me, I sought to replace that reference with something else. This particular link via Wayback should be unblacklisted. Cheers, OAlexander (talk) 02:58, 27 April 2014 (UTC)

You might be able to find some other references by following the links to the various cars the company made, from its WP article or elsewhere. Or you could follow up the references at the end of this article: http://redesign.globalatlanta.com/upload/theglobalsouth/docs/autolatina_new-elvincomments.doc Unfortunately, many references are not in English so I can't determine which ones might be useful. But without them, the whole article might be difficult to support if its only reference is blacklisted. --Gronk Oz (talk) 04:26, 27 April 2014 (UTC)

Why is this not called what it should be called?

This stutch of Wikipedia has a ridiculous name now. What the devil happened?

Specifically, why was the name changed? Now it sounds like the name of some organisation that produces tea.

Please explain. Tharthandorf Aquanashi (talk) 18:56, 28 April 2014 (UTC)