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    October 15

    I uploaded a file (jpeg image) but forgot how to link or add it to a page

    The photo I uploaded is here File:St. Barnabas High School Chapel.JPG and I want to link it to a page. I tried typing in for example File:Title Of Picture.jpg but the photo did not show up, what do I do, please help and most important Thank you :) TheBronxNYC (talk) 02:24, 15 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    You can do it thus [[File:St. Barnabas High School Chapel.JPG|thumb|"place"|"caption"]]. You can also place it right or left. Eagleash (talk) 04:49, 15 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    What you didn't mention in your question was that you were trying to add the image to a gallery, in which case you were correct that it didn't need the brackets. Your problem was that you forgot that case is significant in Wikipedia page names. The name which you gave the file has .JPG in capitals, and in your edits to the article St. Barnabas High School you were using .jpg in lower case. --David Biddulph (talk) 05:05, 15 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    @TheBronxNYC: In other words, to add the file to a gallery you add only File:St. Barnabas High School Chapel.JPG with .JPG in capitals. —teb728 t c 05:25, 15 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    You say only the code you've given, but it is permitted to include a caption as @TheBronxNYC: was doing (and as used for the other images already in that gallery), and it is permitted to include a link, see meta:Help:Images and other uploaded files#Gallery. --David Biddulph (talk) 05:33, 15 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    About Logo in pa.wikipedia.org

    Tracked in Phabricator
    Task T148467

    Hello friends, pa.wikipedia.org is not showing logo on the sidebar. What can be problem? ---Baljeet Bilaspur (talk) 10:23, 15 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    This help page is for the English Wikipedia. For the Punjabi Wikipedia you'll have to ask there. --David Biddulph (talk) 11:00, 15 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    ... possibly at pa:ਮਦਦ:ਪ੍ਰਸ਼ਨ_ਪੁੱਛੋ ? --David Biddulph (talk) 11:04, 15 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Please tell me thesolution to this problem. What will the adminstrators would do if the same problem arises on this wiki. -----Baljeet Bilaspur
    https://noc.wikimedia.org/conf/highlight.php?file=InitialiseSettings.php sets the pawiki logo to '/static/images/project-logos/pawiki.png', i.e. https://pa.wikipedia.org/static/images/project-logos/pawiki.png. pa:MediaWiki:Common.css tries to override it with https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/Wikipedia-logo-v6-pa.svg. I don't know what goes wrong, maybe it's the use of a svg file or a new loading order after a MediaWiki change. The two images look similar to me so I don't see a need for an override and possible complications. Try getting a local admin to delete this line in your Common.css:
    #p-logo a { background-image: url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/Wikipedia-logo-v6-pa.svg") !important; }
    If there is local consensus for another logo then you can file a request at phab:. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:13, 15 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Yeah, I do think, that you can't use a SVG file there. But I may be wrong. At least in .js I have always seen, that people are using png versions of svg's. --Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 15:28, 15 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    If you really want that image then this automatic png conversion may work in Common.css:
    #p-logo a { background-image: url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Wikipedia-logo-v6-pa.svg/135px-Wikipedia-logo-v6-pa.svg.png") !important; }
    PrimeHunter (talk) 14:20, 16 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Local Common.css overrides are actually hacky ways to edit the interface though, as the size of wgLogo is preset with the WMF logo policies. Long-term logo changes should be asked as a configuration change to a static image (uploaded to Commons) for the Wikimedia-Site-requests project in Phabricator, since using generated thumbnailing from SVG on a very hightraffic image (as the logo is shown on EVERY page of the wiki) is a burden on the media-cache layer (producing thumbnail bugs such as T145811). For setting high-resolution logo, 1.5x and 2x logos should be uploaded to Commons, protected and a Phabricator task should be filed to set these logos as wgLogoHD. See T145017 as a reference and example of the points I'm trying to say. Obviously local consensus needed for all configuration changes, so bring this up for discusson locally on pawiki, and after getting consensus file a task to Phabricator to make the change. --Arseny1992 (talk) 08:38, 18 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Bug report tracked in phab:T148467; please check for potential updates. Thanks! --AKlapper (WMF) (talk) 10:34, 18 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Edit Notice Help

    I have an edit notice that displays at the top of my talk page when someone starts to add to it, describing some of the reasons why someone will comment on my talk page, such as review for Articles for Creation and the dispute resolution noticeboard, and I recently expanded it. What I would like to do is to put a blank line in it so that it displays as two paragraphs. I don't seem to be able to do that. First, can someone tell me how to do that? Second, can someone direct me to a specific help file for this special purpose? Robert McClenon (talk) 15:25, 15 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Robert, it's one of those things with passing text as a parameter to a template, the normal automatic paragraph handling via double newline does not work. If you wrap the paragraphs in a HTML paragraph element, you should get the desired result. I.e. 
    {{editnotice
| text =
<p>
Paragraph one.
</p>
<p>
Paragraph two.
</p>
}}
    Wikipedia:Editnotice has the general help on edit notices, but does not cover this specific issue (as far as I could see from a quick glance at it). It's really a general issue with template processing, so might be documented somewhere in that area, but I don't have a specific help page to point to.
    Murph9000 (talk) 15:47, 15 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    cant find my wikipedia when i search for it on google

    hey guys i need your help i have an account now but when people try to search for it or my names on google it cant be found i need your help because i need it to be seen by the public thnx+ — Preceding unsigned comment added by BYRONS MEIJOR (talk • contribs) 18:45, 15 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    BYRONS MEIJOR - You appear to misunderstand what Wikipedia is about, we are an encyclopedia, not a social media, advertising or promotional site. Individual user's accounts are unindexed, so will not appear on Google, and we are not here to promote you, or help you "be seen by the public" - Arjayay (talk) 18:52, 15 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Revising a disambiguation page

    Hello all. Recently, NHS became a redirect to National Health Service with the disambiguation page since being renamed NHS (disambiguation). Given the example with DHS (disambiguation), the NHS disambiguation page probably needs to be revised. I'm not sure exactly what to do. Please help. Thank-you.--Nevé–selbert 19:00, 15 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Well, I happen to think that the redirect is wrong, and the disambiguation page should be primary. I think that this should be discussed on the disambiguation talk page. Robert McClenon (talk) 19:17, 15 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    There was a move discussion. It was not participated in very well, but it did establish a consensus of 3-0. What are you saying should be done? To undo the move? If so, you can request Move Review. A Request for Comments is sometimes a better participated in consensus process;but I don't know whether an RFC can be used to reverse a Move Discussion. What is your question? The community has ruled. I disagree, but I will accept their opinion. What are you saying? Robert McClenon (talk) 19:22, 15 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    @Robert McClenon: I'm unsure how to reorganise the disambiguation page now that National Health Service is the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC.--Nevé–selbert 19:25, 15 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    To just delve further, the #United Kingdom section would probably need to be restructured in some way.--Nevé–selbert 19:28, 15 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    I've taken a stab at revising NHS (disambiguation), using the "CIA" example in MOS:DABPRIMARY as a guide. As always, improvements or corrections are welcome. Deor (talk) 20:08, 15 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Much appreciated. Thanks Deor.--Nevé–selbert 20:24, 15 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Category:Iranian Azerbaïdjani politicians

    The formulation of this category is very unclear and confusing. Is it about politicians originally from Azerbaidjan, or about politicians from anywhere doing politics in Azerbaidjan? It should definitely not be about both. Looking at the entries in this category, my guess is that it is about politicians originally from Azerbaidjan, and I will remove from it the others. Sapphorain (talk) 22:49, 15 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    For the record, it's Category:Iranian Azerbaijani politicians. Apart from the OP's question, I'm not sure why Category:Khanates of the Iranian Azerbaijan is included here. Rojomoke (talk) 06:14, 16 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    @Sapphorain: It is unfortunate that the category does not have text defining the scope. But I would assume from the name of the category that it refers to politicians who are Iranian Azerbaijanis, in other words people in Iran who are ethnically Azerbaijanis. (That is quite different from any of your assumptions.) —teb728 t c 08:23, 16 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Question

    I want to edit a wiki page referencing archived newspaper articles that are in PDF form. How is that done? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Swapoo24 (talk • contribs) 22:56, 15 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]


    October 16

    Scale two different-sized images to be the same height

    In HSAB theory § Theory, there are two images in a gallery, File:Hardsoftacids.png and File:Hardsoftbases.png, which are considerably different in size and aspect ratio. What is the best way to scale them so that they have the same height? YBG (talk) 02:28, 16 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    YBG: by specifying their sizes widths, like this. Maproom (talk) 08:18, 16 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    In this particular case, where you have the images side-by-side, I'd recommend using the {{multiple image}} template, which allows you to provide a single caption for the pair of images—see here for an example of it in use. ‑ Iridescent 08:49, 16 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    @Maproom and Iridescent: Thank you for your help. Unfortunately, I have now discovered that having the two images the same height is not quite what is needed, it is a bit more complicated. But your help is much appreciated. YBG (talk) 23:40, 16 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    1946 Vancouver Island earthquake

    Hello! I need help. I translate the article 1946 Vancouver Island earthquake in the german language. But only a fragment has been transfer into the german-language Wikipedia. Now I did mot found the translation, its a long text. Can somebody help? Norbert Bangert (talk) 13:41, 16 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    done, thanks for your non-help! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Norbert Bangert (talk • contribs) 18:54, 16 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    WP:OCA

    Guessing this is a better place to ask than the TP, which doesn't seem very active, and the scripter has been indef'd (What happened there?!)... is anyone else having problems with it? Although it says it is enabled in the tab, and the script was left unchanged in my js page, it has stopped working. That is, I no longer see an 'Archive' option next to a thread. Any help much appreciated. Cheers! Muffled Pocketed 16:32, 16 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    @FIM Look it up, its an interesting story ... anyway, OCA has been working fine for me? Have you tried purging your cache? Which OS & browser are you using? -- samtar talk or stalk 16:41, 16 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    There are notes that say that there is another similar tool that is being maintained. Robert McClenon (talk) 16:44, 16 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    @Samtar and Robert McClenon: Many thanks to you both; sorted now- I replaced the old script with that which is currently being maintained, and also purged cache, so unfortunately thanks to my non-scientific method, I can't say which actually solved it. Thanks again all! Now to go and find out how scriptwriters get blocked  ;) Cheers! Muffled Pocketed 16:48, 16 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Scriptwriters have no exemption from the usual rules of Wikipedia, and I don't have a pun to reply with. Robert McClenon (talk) 18:46, 16 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    October 17

    Reverted Edit Question

    In Finding Dory, there were two pending edits today (10/16) made at 12:59 that I reviewed (at 13:02) and did NOT accept. The history shows that I reverted these two pending edits. Then at 15:30, an IP editor made changes (which were also reverted at 16:15). The history shows that the 15:30 edit reverted my changes (and I received an email notification of the revert), but a comparison of the different versions does not show this - it shows the 15:30 edit left my change intact and made other changes. Can someone explain what accounts for this. MB 01:22, 17 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    My edit was to just one line and it was still intact after the IP edit. So you are saying that the IP did an 'undo', then manually put back in the change they just undid, and then made all the other changes that show in the diff. That seems very strange. May they have been trying to 'hide' their changes for some reason. At the very least, it was a very misleading edit summary. MB 05:32, 17 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Bot & an editor incorrectly "fix" my intentional cite before full stop.

    See Smear campaign#Psychopaths and narcissists. Can I inhibit Yobot from this article ? Also how can I stop editors "fixing" it eg https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Smear_campaign&diff=744658530&oldid=744653688 --Penbat (talk) 08:31, 17 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    @Penbat: I suspect that an HTML comment between the </ref> and the full stop would prevent bots and AWB users detecting this violation of WP:REFPUNC. -- John of Reading (talk) 08:43, 17 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you.--Penbat (talk) 08:49, 17 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    It isn't clear why you deliberately wish to contravene what the MOS says at MOS:PUNCTREF? --David Biddulph (talk) 11:38, 17 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    It is if you read the sentence in question: "Smear campaigns have been identified as a common weapon of psychopaths[2][3] and narcissists[4][5][6]." I'm not saying Penbat is right to ignore the recommendations, just that it's clear why he wants to. Maproom (talk) 11:52, 17 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    I assume Penbat wants to make it clear that the references only apply to the last word. There was no support for this at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Archive 160#Full points and footnotes. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:23, 17 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Appearance of a reference

    Hi,

    I was expanding the references on WOTV to add author, publisher, website, archiveurl. When I saved my edit, I noticed that the reference showed up as part of the article body and not in the standard in-line form. Can somebody help me out on this and tell me what I'm doing wrong? The body of the code I typed is as follows: WOTV's studios on West Dickman Road (M-96) in Battle Creek were donated to a city entity, Battle Creek Unlimited, and were later demolished in February, 2014. "Fort Custer HQ Razed". battlecreekenquirer.com. Gannett Company, Inc. February 20, 2014. Archived from the original on October 20, 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

    This reference is reference 1. Thanks, Icebob99 (talk) 13:51, 17 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Fixed with this edit. You had omitted the <ref>...</ref> tags around the reference. Maproom (talk) 14:19, 17 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks-- I'm still learning the cite web tag and I had forgotten about that (out of all things!). Much appreciated. Icebob99 (talk) 18:31, 17 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    The extended unicode

    does the 𓋹 (0x132f9) character count as 1 character? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Brynda1231 (talk • contribs) 13:56, 17 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    @Brynda1231: In which context? Some things like page size and allowed edit summary length are counted in bytes and not characters even though some documentation may inaccurately say characters. It uses several bytes. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:08, 17 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    (e/c) 0x132f9 Is a 4 byte encoded form of a single glyph, which usually is considered to be a single character in the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic writing system that uses logograms to represent a word or phrase. Does that help ? :) —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 14:10, 17 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    How can I remove a category from a page?

    Wikipedia:WikiProject Unreferenced Biographies of Living Persons/UBLPs by region shows Category:WikiProject Ottawa on the bottom. I am using wp:Hotcat and would like to remove this category from this page, but don’t know how to do it because I get no "-"(minus) sign. Thanks in advance, Ottawahitech (talk) 15:22, 17 October 2016 (UTC)please ping me[reply]

    Udpate: I tried it again and this time there was a minus, but I got a 503 HTTP/2.0 503 when I clicked it? Ottawahitech (talk) 15:33, 17 October 2016 (UTC)please ping me I tried to add this commnet before but got an edit conflict. The instructions about how to handle such a conflict are too complicated for me to try and figure out right now[reply]

    @Ottawahitech: It looks like it's caused by the inclusion of {{Wikipedia:WikiProject Ottawa/Unreferenced BLPs}} on that page -- samtar talk or stalk 15:25, 17 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    @Ottawahitech: Fixed - I've stuck <noinclude>...</noinclude> around the category in Wikipedia:WikiProject Ottawa/Unreferenced BLPs and purged Wikipedia:WikiProject Unreferenced Biographies of Living Persons/UBLPs by region. -- John of Reading (talk) 15:29, 17 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Regarding the 503 error, see WP:VPT#503 errors/possible Twinkle issues. clpo13(talk) 18:19, 17 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Major issue with article on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

    My name is Jerry Oppenheimer and I'm the author of the biography RFK Jr.: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the Dark Side of the Dream, published by St. Martin's Press in 2015 to wide acclaim. However, it's clear from looking at the Wiki article on Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that any and all mentions of my book, THE only biography of Mr. Kennedy, have been scrubbed. The evidence is that just one dangling reference, reference #5, remains, only with my name and the page number from my book. This suggests to me that other references were deleted, and this one survived by error. I suspect that Mr. Kennedy or one of his minions deleted the references to my book because he did not like the book, which was critical of him. I demand to know who and why the references to my book about him were deleted, and the references, whatever they were, should be back in place. How can we proceed? Many thanks, Jerry Oppenheimer — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jerry Opp (talk • contribs) 18:07, 17 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    • Hello Jerry Oppenheimer and welcome to Wikipedia. Discussions about any article and its contents should be undertaken on the talk page of the said article, in your case, at Talk:Robert F. Kennedy Jr.. At the same time, please do read our conflict of interest guideline, which may apply to you. Our COI guideline strongly discourages COI editing. You are of course welcome to discuss your suggestion with respect to the article at the said talk page. Might I also suggest to you to give a quick read to Wikipedia's editing policy and talk page guidelines, which will make you familiar with how Wikipedia's voluntary editors discuss content issues on the talk pages of articles? Thanks. Lourdes 18:15, 17 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Probably ought to put "your book" in scare quotes; I'd be willing to bet $25 this isn't actually Jerry Oppenheimer. Also, interestingly enough, that cite was added to the article in January 2014, but the OP above (and Amazon) show it as published in 2015. --Floquenbeam (talk) 18:33, 17 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    It may just be me, but I'm having a bit of difficulty in the belief department regarding this complaint. First, for a newcomer to WP, I find it incredible that they would know terms such as: scrubbed. A term I didn't know for quite some time. Furthermore, for a New York best-selling author, who should have a command of the English language, his first edit: Jerry Oppenheimer is the New York Times best-selling author of at least thirteen biographies of major American icons is highly questionable: "of at least"? You either have or you haven't. In addition, if I were the real Jerry Oppenheimer, I would take more issue with my own page, which seems to have non-updated data: His biography of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., RFK Jr. is forthcoming in 2015 and hardly covers any accomplishments in his own field of writing. I sincerely doubt Mr. Oppenheimer has the time or reasoning to make demands on WP regarding RFK when he has at least thirteen other books he should be worried about. Maineartists (talk) 22:12, 17 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    "Scrubbed" is a term that has been around far longer than you've probably been alive. In this sense, it's been around since at least the early 1950s, so long before the internet was even fully imagined. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 23:19, 17 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Trouble utilizing sources in bibliography

    I'm attempting to sort out the book sources utilized on List of Alien characters, starting with Roz Kaveney's book, but I must be doing something incorrectly, as clicking the reference does not direct me to the mention of her in the bibliography. Could someone point out where I made the error in the referencing of her book? If I have this figured out, I should be able to set straight the other book references in the article. DARTHBOTTO talk•cont 21:48, 17 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Hello @DarthBotto:, I have fixed it (see history). I have explicitly activated harvard referencing with "ref=harv" to allow linking between short references and the full bibliographic entry, and also tweaked the author information (see Template:cite book for more information). Also, page information in the full entry is redundant (as various different page ranges are specified via short footnotes). GermanJoe (talk) 22:39, 17 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    @GermanJoe: Thank you so much for your assistance- it will prove pivotal, I am sure. May I ask you one more question? There's at least one piece to be added to the bibliography, Alien Woman: The Making of Lt. Ellen Ripley, which has more than one author. How would I attribute multiple authors to a Harvard citation? DARTHBOTTO talk•cont 03:05, 18 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    @DarthBotto:, for multiple authors add multiple pairs of first1/last1, first2/last2, ..., firstN/lastN parameters to the citation. In Template:sfn usages, you then list the authors' lastnames, separated by "|", in the same sequence (like: {{sfn|last1|last2|...|lastN|year|page(s)}}). You can find some examples of common use cases and more details in the 2 linked template documentations. GermanJoe (talk) 13:27, 18 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Inappropriate message added to talk page

    I am not sure if I should even dignify this with a response, but I got a bizarre message on my talk page the other day and I am not sure what to make of it

    https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Bellerophon5685&diff=744678459&oldid=740749959

    Should I move to have this user blocked?--Bellerophon5685 (talk) 22:51, 17 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    @Bellerophon5685: I gave the editor a stern warning and reverted the edit. If they do it again (this is their only edit), they can be blocked for WP:NOTHERE. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 23:17, 17 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Looks to me more likely to be a spammer than an intentional disrupter. Time will tell.
    Bellerophon5685, in the future, you can remove others' comments from your talk page. See WP:OWNTALK for details. TigraanClick here to contact me 15:15, 18 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    I knew I could remove it on my own, I just thought it would be best to bring it up here to have a proper block warning from the admins.--Bellerophon5685 (talk) 16:50, 18 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    October 18

    Dark Skin Gadget Use a black background with green text on the Monobook skin is not fully working properly

    Hello,

    There is an issue with the following gadget: 'Use a black background with green text on the Monobook skin'. The issue is that the page MediaWiki:Gadget-Blackskin.css is not updated to work properly with wikipedia's design.

    Basically, the gadget is outdated at this time, causing breakage of appearance. For instance, 1) the sidebar remains blue-text-on-white, 2) the background remains white, and 3) the table of contents remains blue-on-white.

    You can test by enabling the gadget yourself, and the issues should appear on any computer. As this gadget provides a high-contrast theme for users, I'd like to request that the gadget be updated to fix these issues. X.A.N.A. the Evil Virus (talk) 04:41, 18 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    To reproduce: the gadget only appear in the list of Gadgets in Special:Preferences if MonoBook is selected as the default skin in Appearance - as per the gadget definition (only available on MonoBook). Changing skins disables the gadget. Additionally some things overlap in the wgLogo area if one has this enabled - in a way that two site logos are shown and you can't click on some sidebar items. CC WP:Village pump (technical) fully described the issue --Arseny1992 (talk) 05:13, 18 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Making a table of information.

    I have created an article for The Other Love Story, a webseries. How do I make a table with a title card and information such as cast and production team on the right side of the article?Theotherlovestory (talk) 07:06, 18 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    @Theotherlovestory: Use Template:Infobox podcast. Click on that link for the syntax and supported parameters. —teb728 t c 07:43, 18 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    @Theotherlovestory: Actually Template:Infobox web series is the correct one. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 08:07, 18 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Actually Template:Infobox web series is a redirect to Template:Infobox podcast. —teb728 t c 08:28, 18 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    teb728, FWIW, this user was blocked by another admin under our spam username policy, and an appeal was declined. I'd already deleted the article The Other Love Story as non-notable, but could equally have been for promotion by an obviously COI editor. I've left the draft for now since you have edited it Jimfbleak (talk) 13:44, 18 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Conflict of interest guidance

    Hi Wikipedians

    In my professional capacity working for the House of Lords I have been asked to consider editing articles on House of Lords select committees. As a WP:COI issue clearly arises, I have been reviewing that guidance. However, as we are a non-profit institution, and our public domain records are the sole primary source of most committee information, I'm hoping I can make more direct edits than the guidance suggests (rather than constantly making 'suggested changes' on talk pages). My intentions are:

    • To create a new account, as allowed under WP:VALIDALT, but personal to me (WP:NOSHARE)
    • To declare the interest on that user page and the talk pages of relevant articles (WP:DISCLOSE)
    • To make simple edits to existing articles within two classes:
      • Making factual, NPOV, referenced edits with where the records of the House are the primary source and are in the public domain (for example, updating membership lists)
      • Conducting basic maintenance defined as uncontroversial under WP:COIU

    For reassurance, I do not intend:

    • To edit existing content where it is current and correct
    • To use Wikipedia as a platform for PR
    • To create new articles for new committees where no demand exists, as my COI may impact my views on WP:NOTE

    Please could those with knowledge of WP:COI give me some feedback on this plan?

    Ejgm 11:44, 18 October 2016 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ejgm (talk • contribs)

    My first (minor) comment on this is that I don't believe that the British House of Lords would be considered a "Non profit institution" as Wikipedia defines the term. My second is that your level of preparation for this work is better than almost *anyone* else I've seen in 10 years on Wikipedia. (Bravo!) (I've known people who have been on Wikipedia as solid editors for years who haven't worked through all of those policy articles.) And I'd suggest posting at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Politics of the United Kingdom (which appears to be both politics and government) for specific questions. I look forward to your contributions to wikipedia, you've gotten off to a wonderful start!Naraht (talk) 11:57, 18 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    • Ejgm, you are the perfect example of why direct paid edition is allowed. Most likely, you will only improve the encyclopedia, and having you go through the "requested edits" process would be a pointless loss of time for everyone involved.
    You did not quote it, but I think you fall under WP:PAID if the editing is part of your job. As a consequence, disclosure of the conflict of interest is mandatory, not just recommended, and some templates are mandatory (WP:PAID has it all explained).
    Since you seem OK with a second account, I suggest you create it with an explicit name (such as User:Ejgm (paid by HoL)), which you should use for all the potentially COI edits (and only those). A side benefit is that you could then use contribution logs for this account to show to your employer should they ask.
    Notice also that (per WP:VALIDALT) sockpuppet alternative account notifications must go both ways, i.e. the paid-edit account user page must disclose it is the sockpuppet of linked to the usual account and reciprocally. TigraanClick here to contact me 12:19, 18 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Ejgm, I'm impressed! Just to clarify, although I understand what Tigraan means, he should have said "alternative account" since "sockpuppet" implies nefarious intent, which is surely not what he intended. I agree that you should use the {{Paid}} template, which is mandatory, as stated by Tigraan. I regularly post such a warning to obviously paid editors, usually after deleting their articles, so you can be ahead of the game on this! Jimfbleak (talk) 13:55, 18 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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