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September 25

How to add a logo image file to the infobox?

I tried uploading a logo image file, which I have the rights to, to the infobox at the top of the Waveform Records page and it seems like it was rejected, apparently because Wiki can't determine if I have permission to use it or something similar. Please tell me how to overcome this.ParadiseVista (talk) 01:54, 25 September 2018 (UTC)

I can't see any sign in your contribution record or in the article history of any such attempt being rejected. You will find guidance at WP:Logos. --David Biddulph (talk) 08:51, 25 September 2018 (UTC)

Hello, ParadiseVista. "Which I have the rights to" is not relevant for Wikipedia. There are two possibilities: normally for images what we require is that the copyright holder have explicitly licensed the image in such a way that anybody may reuse it for any purpose. (This is not usually something that the owner of a logo will want to do). In certain circumstances - and logos are a common example - we use images under a Fair Use justification, and the rights are then irrelevant. For this purpose, Wikipedia requires that all of the Non-free content criteria are met by the image and how it is used. --ColinFine (talk) 09:57, 25 September 2018 (UTC)

Help with René Carayol's Wikipedia page

Hello!

I hope this finds you well.

I'm writing to you regarding René Carayol's Wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Carayol. I'm his communications person.

I'm trying to change his title on the landing page (displays when you search for him) from "Author" to "Leadership and Business Keynote Speaker". Could you please help me with this?

Many thanks in advance, Yana Renecarayol (talk) 10:07, 25 September 2018 (UTC)

@Renecarayol: If you are not Rene Carayol, you will need to change your username, following the instructions at WP:CHU. You cannot use his name as your username unless you are him. As you are his representative, you will need to review the conflict of interest policy at WP:COI and the paid editing policy at WP:PAID(the latter is mandatory per Wikipedia's Terms of Use for paid editors). It appears to me that you have already made the change, but in the future you should refrain from editing the article directly, instead making edit requests on the article talk page. 331dot (talk) 10:20, 25 September 2018 (UTC)

It does take time for changes in Wikipedia articles to be reflected in search results; Wikipedia has no control over how search engines do that. 331dot (talk) 10:21, 25 September 2018 (UTC)

Okay, it was someone else who changed the article to say " is a business and leadership speaker, broadcaster and author". 331dot (talk) 10:26, 25 September 2018 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Hello @Renecarayol: This appears to be an error in Google's Knowledge Graph, which Wikipedia has no control over; you can notify Google of mistakes by pressing "Feedback" in the bottom-right corner, then clicking the edit icon near the "author" description. This opens a feedback form, where you can explain the error and send it to Google. As 331dot said, please read WP:COI and WP:PAID; you can can paste {{PAID|employer=René Carayol}} on your user page, which produces a simple declaration. TeraTIX 10:32, 25 September 2018 (UTC)

Bill Cosby

pset about after all the things about Bill Cosby on his title it says convicted sex offender? Really even Wikipedia would destroy his character even more.. But I don't see Ben roethlisberger pro quarterback raped a girl on his professional title or Brandy Norwood convicted murderer by vehicular homicide singer actress. You but it on bill Cosby like it was a profession .there are several other examples that I could give you but I truly believe that is despicable. Now he is dead wrong and his personal matters are his own. But you really could have done that better.. But I will be posting what I send to Wikipedia to another open community for comment on the matter. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1:9C3E:2160:8417:B88F:2131:85F0 (talk) 10:44, 25 September 2018 (UTC)

Cosby has indeed been convicted, while Ben Roethlisberger has not been convicted of anything. Norwood, as the article states, "was neither arrested nor charged with vehicular manslaughter due to insufficient evidence." Please read WP:BLP. 331dot (talk) 10:51, 25 September 2018 (UTC)

Draft: Nicolas Bourg

Hello,

I am trying to link my Wiki page to other languages by following the instructions on this page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Interlanguage_links "click on the greyed-out 'page' field (now visible) and type in the name of the article as it appears in that language's Wikipedia"

I submitted my Wiki page for review today. It is called Draft: Nicolas Bourg

So what do i type in this box? (greyed-out 'page' field)

I tried typing in the name "Draft: Nicolas Bourg", but it told me it does not exist. Do i have to wait for my submission to be accepted in order to link it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by AydaGlobal (talk • contribs) 13:40, 25 September 2018 (UTC)

Yes, you should wait until your page is approved and moved to article space before adding interwiki links. shoy (reactions) 13:51, 25 September 2018 (UTC)

You should also declare your paid editing. Theroadislong (talk) 16:43, 25 September 2018 (UTC)

Candace Owens page needs NPOV tag

{{Admin help}}

The Current Candace Owens article is not being written from a neutral point of view. Can we add a tag until it is more neutral? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Paul "The Wall" (talk • contribs) 16:14, 25 September 2018 16:14 (UTC)

@Paul "The Wall":This is a content dispute. Please continue to try to reach consensus on the article's talk page. Only if that fails, proceed as described in WP:DISPUTE. At no point does that process call for the use of a {{admin help}} template on the helpdesk. Use of {{admin help}} here is intended only when it is not appropriate for the article's or user's talk pages, such as when those pages are protected. If used at all, put it on the article talk page, or go to WP:ANI for time-critical issues like disruption of vandalism, which we are not seeing here. -Arch dude (talk) 16:51, 25 September 2018 (UTC)

• Paul "The Wall", I've sourced the apparently non-neutral part you were trying to remove. I've also left you a response on the talk page of the said article. Thanks, Lourdes 06:08, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

John Carpenter - tiny bit of brain tissue was found on Carpenters clothes showing he was the murderer!!!

murderer had impression of the equipment Carpenter used to show impression of the blows Crane took this was murder pure and simple. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:30A:2E44:DA10:E4AE:B8C9:D4B5:DB18 (talk) 16:47, 25 September 2018 (UTC)

If you have suggestions for improvement for an article, please put them on the article's talk page. -Arch dude (talk) 18:51, 25 September 2018 (UTC)

September 26

How do I change our company name in header?

Hi -- we changed our company name from Vector Space Systems to Vector Launch. I can't edit the header name, only in the body section.

How can I do this myself? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kjennett (talk • contribs) 01:01, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

@Kjennett: An admin or page mover can do this. But, how do I know you own the company? –apap04 ^{talk | contributions} 01:05, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

Kjennett, I have moved the article to the new name per confirmation by secondary sources. However, before you edit any further, please read Wikipedia's conflict of interest guideline and please comply with our policy on Paid-contribution disclosure. Thanks, Lourdes 05:51, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

Notability of a letter

I am not familiar or comfortable with the process of requesting the deletion of an article, but List of colleges and universities which have signed the Presidents Letter cannot possibly be notable. It's simply about a short, 2007 protest letter signed by a relatively small number of colleges, and the only sources are a copy of the letter itself from an education organization and a broken link to an education publication. If someone more experienced agrees it's not notable and can recommend its deletion, that would be good. 2605:A000:FFC0:D8:3059:8016:5847:3E43 (talk) 01:10, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

I have proposed the article for deletion. Thanks, Lourdes 05:39, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

@Lourdes: I've removed the PROD tag, as Criticism of college and university rankings (2007 United States) seems like a suitable merge target. TeraTIX 10:24, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

Sure. That sounds fine. Lourdes 10:25, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

Done. TeraTIX 12:52, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

Thanks to both of you. 2605:A000:FFC0:D8:3059:8016:5847:3E43 (talk) 13:01, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

How do I submit requests for biographical articles?

I have a factual question: How do I submit requests for biographical articles for notable people? I've read the many pages on contributing articles or asking for articles to be create, but find the material hard to wade through. I'm going to put a short list below and request that someone either move those names/requested-pages to a zone where they can be taken under consideration, or request that someone offer a less than fully cryptic path/algorithm of suggestions. Thanks for your patience, courtesy and consideration. The names follow:

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Amidon Gordon L Editor in chief of Molecular Pharmaceutics it is considered one of the most prestigious journals in the field of pharmaceutics, physical pharmacy and drug delivery. Bailey Tatiana Bailey Tatiana Bailey, director of the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs Economic Forum, received the Accolades Business Leader of the Year Award on Tuesday from the Southern Colorado Women's Chamber of Commerce. Blau Jeff T. Jeff T. Blau is Chief Executive Officer and a partner of Related Companies (one of the largest Real Estate Developers in the world) Chandlar L.A. Author of the Silver Gun and several self-help books. Curtis Keith After the Software Wars is a book by Keith Curtis about free software and its importance in the computing industry, specifically about its impact on Microsoft and the proprietary software development model Dinkeloo John The principal designer is 1982 Pritzker Prize laureate Kevin Roche, with John Dinkeloo — a graduate of the University of Michigan — as the expert in construction and technology.  Duski Lauren Singer and finalist on The Voice. Currently, recording artist Epstein Lena Lena Epstein is the third-generation owner and general manager of Vesco Oil Corporation based in Southfield, Mich.  Frasca Robert ArchitectThe Oregon Convention Center, KOIN Tower and Portland World Trade Center are among his most recognizable works. Freeman April 2 term Florida Congresswoman Gruber Tim Gannett Co. Inc. has named Tim Gruber president of Michigan.com and the Detroit Free Press Hawkins E.P. E.P. Hawkins was born in Carthage, Illinois, in 1863 and earned his doctorate from the University of Michigan. Established The Dr. E.P. Hawkins Clinic, Hospital, and House Hines Elizabeth Pollard Hines Judge who received Rhenquist award: one of the top judicial awards granted in the United States Hunt Walter Frederick  Walter Frederick Hunt (1882–1975), Professor of Petrology at the University of Michigan Jansma Sid Chairman of Wolverine Oil and Gas: one of the largest independent energy companies in the US Kass Jesse Leo Noted research mathematician Lau Martin Forbes #1070 billionaire who is President of Chinese company Tencent: one of the largest capitalization entities in China Lee Jae Young Cosmos Jae Young Cosmos Lee is a violinist from Korea. Lee holds degrees from the University of Michigan, the Cleveland Institute of Music, and the New England Conservatory. Lorne Simon "Sy" Vice Chairman and Chief Legal Officer of Millenium Partners: one of the largest hedge funds in the US Rokicki Robert Music and Lyrics for the musical "The Lightening Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical (musical has Wiki article) Searle Gideon Daniel Searle was founded in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1888, by Gideon Daniel Searle. In 1908, the company was incorporated in Chicago and in 1941, the company established headquarters in Skokie, Illinois. Searle William L. Searle's chairman was William L. Searle until 1985. He was a University of Michigan graduate and Naval reservist, and was an officer in the Army Corps in the early 1950s.[ Sioma Emily Miss Michigan 2018 Smith Wally The company was founded in 1922 by Dr. Ilhan New (유일한), later founder of Yuhan Corporation in South Korea; and Wally Smith from the University of Michigan. Tobacman Irving homes and buildings that Irving Tobocman designed over the years are considered by many to be timeless masterpieces. Vijayaraghavan Ravi Senior management at Flipkart Viravan Amnuay Deputy Prime Minister: Thailand

Bluedudemi (talk) 01:10, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

Hello Bluedudemi, you can yourself add the articles to either Wikipedia:Requested articles/Biography/By profession or to Wikipedia:Requested articles/Biography/By nationality. Cautionary note: these pages are very long and placing these names there does not guarantee that the articles will be created or you'll get any feedback on the same. You can yourself start creating the articles by following the suggested procedure at Your first article. Thanks, Lourdes 05:37, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

Lourdes: 1) thanks very much; 2) as the cliche goes, I couldn't see the tree for forrest ;) Take care Bluedudemi (talk) 14:23, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

:) You probably meant the "forest for the trees". You see, as the modern cliche goes, at least get one of them – as I've many a time missed both :) Have fun editing. Lourdes 16:48, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

Buggy svg rasterisation

I added new svg to the page "Block cipher mode of operation" but the generated png are buggy. What can I do? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Koko256 (talk • contribs) 13:55, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

Define "buggy". Lourdes 16:55, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

@Koko256:SVC rendering packages sometimes differ in their interpretation of the underlying SVG source, and will therefore not always render your generated SVG in the same way that your SVG editor does. This is quite frustrating, of course. In this case, whatever PNG rendering software is in use at Wikimedia differs from both Inkscape and Firefox. As to what you can do: either convert it to PNG and upload the PNG (yuck, this destroys the scalability), or test on multiple render engines and hope one of them is the same as the Wikimedia engine. If you find a "broken" rendering, you may be able to recover by simplifying the SVG, e.g., by ungrouping. (I'm now going off to see if there is a decent way to preview the Wikimedia rendering.) -Arch dude (talk) 18:04, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

Found it, I think. look here: c:Help:SVG#Black rectangle (Flowed Text bug) -Arch dude (talk) 18:13, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

Thanks. It was the "invisible flowRoot" case. Fixed it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Koko256 (talk • contribs) 19:42, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

Jerry Pinkney's The Tortoise and The Hare

Can I free hand draw Jerry Pinkney's characters from the Tortoise and the Hare, and add bible scripture to the drawings?I do free hand and provide my drawings to friends. Kathryn Reynolds — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rer58 (talk • contribs) 15:10, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

@Rer58:I do not think this would be an acceptable addition to the article. If your pictures are sufficiently close to the originals, then they violate copyright. If not, then they are not representative of the book. As to bible quotes, there is no indication in the article that the book has any such quotes. If this is a question about the legality of your non-Wikipedia activities, then you are in the wrong place and you will need to ask a lawyer, or simply write to the author and ask permission (and send him a picture. He'll probably like it.) -Arch dude (talk) 15:46, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

in the process of donating

Why is Alaska above and before Alabama on filling out billing info, this is a major problem and offensive ( just kidding) Thanks for what you do. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.122.36.161 (talk) 16:08, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

Maybe they are sorted by ISO 3166-2:US, AK (Alaska) before AL (Alabama)? Regards SoWhy 16:11, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

Cleanup

Can someone explain how exactly to "cleanup" an article? It's a basic question but I'm genuinely unsure. Please ping me. Ｃ ｏ ｇ ａ ｉ ｄ ｈ Ｔａｌｋ ｔｏ ｍｅ 16:44, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

Hello Cogaidh, have you had a chance to read Wikipedia:Cleanup process? Warmly, Lourdes 17:06, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

Charlie Company 2/501st, 101st Airborne Division, received Valorours Unit Citation, at the Battle Of Hamburger Hill 1969, and the Presidential Unit Citation, at Hamburger Hill

Charlie Company, 2/501st, 101st Airborne Division, received the Valorous Unit Citation, and Presidential Unit Citation, at the Battle Of Hamburger Hill, 1969. US Army Center Military History. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2605:E000:1521:C112:5834:D115:E767:3C15 (talk) 20:06, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

What are you asking us to do with this information? Which article does this need to be added to or corrected on? †dismas†|^(talk) 21:20, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

September 27

List of Authors

Please, How can I integrate your list of Moroccan authors. I wrote romans among them : Jeunesse Spoliée Colette au Pays des Maures Les Larmes du Rêve, etc.

Mohammed Essaadi02:12, 27 September 2018 (UTC)41.250.194.245 (talk)m

You appear to be the author of several published books. If you are asking you you can integrate content from Wikipedia into a book, then please look at our copyright license, which is at WP:CC BY-SA. Basically, you may copy the content for any purpose, as long as you attribute it to Wikipedia. Please read Wikipedia:Reusing Wikipedia content for an explanation. -Arch dude (talk) 03:45, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

• Hello Mohammed Essaadi, if your query is: "How can I be included into the List of Moroccan writers?", I can do the same myself; however, I need at least a couple of reviews of any of your book(s) in reliable sources before I do that. I can't find any English language sources. If you have any book reviews in either English language or any other language, please do share and I'll include your name in the list. Thanks, Lourdes 05:43, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

Is it appropriate to change topic of page?

I came upon a coi edit request to change the topic of an article, to which I declined, suggesting instead to request a new article or to include the new topic as a section in the current article. I don't remember having seen a similar case before. Is it appropriate to change the topic of the page in Foursquare from the app to the company? Are there policies or guidelines that provide guidance on said action? Thinker78 (talk) 06:50, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

• This is best taken up on the talk page of the article; as it already has, and I see other editors participating there too. In my opinion, we could have articles for both the company and the app; however, go by the consensus that emerges on that page. Thanks, Lourdes 10:32, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

Trouble contacting user regarding an error

I am trying to contact the user JzG regarding an error with an article they deleted. When I try to contact them using the suggested guidelines, I receive this error:

"This talk page is protected, you don't have permission to add topics to it."

Could I ask what the best way to reach out to resolve the issue would be? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Welshwizarding (talk • contribs) 07:40, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

• I have pinged them for your benefit. They'll get in touch with you on your talk page or here, if they feel so. Warmly, Lourdes 10:30, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
• Hopefully he'll provide an unprotected subpage linked from his talk page, per WP:Protection policy#User talk pages. --David Biddulph (talk) 12:55, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

Unable to upload create a Wiki page for our K-12 School

Hi,

I head a K-12 School in Chennai, India. We have been trying to create a wiki page for our school but everytime we upload our content it's being declined. Help us create a wiki page for our school properly.

Thanks & Regards — Preceding unsigned comment added by 103.219.206.194 (talk) 07:43, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

Please understand that any Wikipedia article("wiki page") would be about your school, not for your school. This is an encyclopedia, and not merely a forum for you to tell the world about your school. Without knowing what the name of the article or draft is that is being declined, it is harder to help you, but your school needs to be written about with significant coverage in independent reliable sources in order to merit an article. As the head of the school, you have what is called a conflict of interest and a paid editing relationship, and as such you should not be the one to write about your school. Please review those links as you will need to comply with those policies(the latter one is mandatory). 331dot (talk) 08:44, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

Jenk Oz- Wikipedia Page Submission

Hi, Hope you are well.

I simply wanted to follow up on the submission several months ago on behalf of Jenk Oz from iCoolKid Ltd. How can I check on where the submission stands in the process.

Additionally, we have a lot more Press and Content to add, can we still do that at this point?

Thank you very much, Carmen Greco

 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.169.114.158 (talk) 13:30, 27 September 2018 (UTC) 

You can simply return to the draft, Draft:Jenk Oz, to see its status. Remember to log in before posting. If you represent Jenk Oz, you will need to read WP:COI and WP:PAID.331dot (talk) 13:33, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

Deletion of draft without expaned reason or mistake from Wikia site.

Hi, Could someone restore the Draft: Nikolay Nikolaev Todorov ) that was erroneously beleted after an editor was misled by an external link to my Wikia user page. The editor here said that it was copyrighted, but actually I myself created a similar draft page in my Wikia site. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Brassmonger (talk • contribs) 13:32, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

Ping deleting admin. GMG^talk 14:28, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

@Brassmonger:All published material is copyrighted, by law, whether or not there is a copyright notice. This includes your external web page. Since we do not have a simple mechanism to verify your identity, we must assume that we cannot allow a copy on Wikipedia. The simplest way for you to fix this is to add a compatible copyright license (e.g., CC_BY_SA to your external web page. -Arch dude (talk) 17:04, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

Arch dude, content on Wikia is under the same license as Wikipedia. GMG^talk 17:20, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

But the page in this site also was created only by me, there is no copyright.User:Brassmonger --Brassmonger .Wal 17:30, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

Sorry, I was reacting only to the implication that there is no copyright. There is a copyright. There was supposedly no violation because the original author is free to copy the material, but we cannot know that because we have no simple way (and no desire) to verify the user's identity. The user (apparently) did not copy the material in accordance with its license, which requires attribution. The easiest cure is to attribute the source, since that source's license permits copying with attribution. Sorry to be so picky, we are trying very hard to adhere to the law, here. -Arch dude (talk) 19:37, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

Note also that the page here at Wikipedia is copyrighted. Every time you make any edit, you are agreeing to license your contribution under our copyright license, which is WP:CC BY-SA. Look at the text below the "publish changes" button that you click to submit an edit. -Arch dude (talk) 19:41, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

• Hey Brassmonger. It looks like the deleting admin hasn't been online since I pinged him to this thread this morning. Long story short, if they are unresponsive, you will need to file a request at WP:DRV, explain that you wrote the content on wikia, and that the wikia content is published under a CC-BY-SA 3.0 license just like Wikipedia. GMG^talk 19:44, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

Richard Ned Lebow wiki site

I updated my wiki page in August, removing inaccurate information posted by someone else, and added an extensive account of my research and publications. This change was up for a couple of days and then removed and the site is now back where it was before my revision. Could this please be restored?

Many thanks. RNL — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nedlebow (talk • contribs) 14:13, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

Hey Nedlebow. It looks like your additions were removed because they did not include any references. All content on Wikipedia, especially that concerning living persons, needs to include references to sources that meet Wikipedia's standards for reliability so that content can be verified by readers. Unsourced content of this type can and generally should be removed on sight.

Furthermore, you should generally not be making edits to your own biography, as this represent a clear conflict of interest. If there is information that needs to be updated, and you can provide sources for that information per above, then you should leave a comment on the article talk page for others to add. If you include {{Request edit}} along with your comment, it will be added to a list of requested edits to be answered by volunteers. GMG^talk 14:32, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

Made edits to page, saved changes, updates still do not appear

Page needing help with: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Wojcik

Made additions to coach box on right side of wiki page and changes appear in both editing screens but changes will not publish. Help. 76.31.115.134 (talk) 14:22, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

I see that you have subsequently corrected it. --David Biddulph (talk) 14:50, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

Not Cacheing anything

I Press the Cache button and it's Not Working 68.103.78.155 (talk) 15:26, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

Which Cache button, on which Wikipedia page or browser? -Arch dude (talk) 21:16, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

How to adjust my view of Wikipedia?

Hello, Would somebody please tell me how (or where to find the information for how) I can reduce the size of the text/view for which Wikipedia has been set on this computer? I would like to be able to see more of each "page". Thanks in advance! Nicholas — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.206.206.223 (talk) 15:42, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

On many computers, you can do this with ctrl--. Maproom (talk) 15:55, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

Maproom's answer above is a browser setting (instructions for Firefox, Chrome), which will change the size of every text on the page. That is probably the simplest way to do it. There is also a more complex Wikipedia-based solution, explained at Help:User style, that allows to change the relative size of different texts (as well as the color and font, if you so fancy), but it requires to be logged in and the setup requires a bit of CSS magic. Tigraan^{Click here to contact me} 16:52, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

In many browsers, use Ctrl++ to zoom in, Ctrl+- to zoom out, and Ctrl+0 for default size. PrimeHunter (talk) 22:30, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

Editing

Hello, my edits keep getting deleted every time I try to edit my client's page. Do you know why it's doing this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.82.136.222 (talk) 17:28, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

Hello and welcome to Wikipedia. As has already been explained to you, and your socks (Zinzisebunya, Jjspruiel) you are using Wikipedia for promotional purposes which is not allowed. You can make Wikipedia:Edit requests on the WP:talk page but they need to be neutrally worded and reliably source. HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 17:31, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

Furthermore, you removed (without explanation) sourced text, you inserted unsourced text, you removed templates, you removed categories, ... Is that enough to be going on with? --David Biddulph (talk) 17:34, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

Furthermore, you have a WP:Conflict of interest and need to declare your WP:Paid status. Please suggest any edits that you wish to make on the talk page of the article, and cite WP:Reliable sources. Dbfirs 17:36, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

Clay Faulkner House

The information listed on the Clay Faulkner house page is largely incorrect. I work for the owners of Falcon Rest, Charlien and George McGlothin, and I was tasked with editing the page. After editing the page and correcting the information, it was immediately changed back to the stub that it was before. The information is half done and mostly not accurate, and it is not descriptive at all. The owners would like this page to be correct, at it is a tourist attraction in McMinnville, and the incorrect information on Wikipedia is misleading. For example; Falcon Rest is not, nor has it ever been, referred to as "Faulkner Rest." How do you go about making sure the information is correct without it being immediately changed back? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mrskindrataylor (talk • contribs) 18:29, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

Hi, I was one editor contributing there, and just posted at User talk:Mrskindrataylor, and then I looked at your contributions and see you posted here. Thank you for disclosing here that you have some connection to the topic, which I rather expected, and which is fine. It is fine also, User:Mrskindrataylor, for you to ask for help here. But I think we can work anything out in discussion about the article at Talk:Clay Faulkner House, which will stay with the article. Also I agree that I see no mention of "Faulkner Rest" in any source, and I don't see where that came from into the article, and I don't want it in either. And I do want for there to be more complete info and certainly not any incorrect info. Could you please join discussion at the article Talk page? I am not a regular Teahouse editor, it would be fine if a regular Teahouse editor would reply, too. --Doncram (talk) 19:22, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

Oh, I see this is the Help desk, when I thought this was the wp:Teahouse, which is another place you can get help. --Doncram (talk) 20:29, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

@Mrskindrataylor: I am the editor who removed the copyrighted information. I'll be happy to discuss that further with you if there are any questions but that's not my main reason for writing this post. I am familiar with Doncram's prolific contributions, and will emphasize that they are primarily involved with NRHP sites, so I don't think you could have a better person helping. I see that he has already helped straighten out one error you identified. I urge you to take his advice and open up a conversation on the article talk page where I'm sure he will be very helpful in improving the article.--S Philbrick(Talk) 20:04, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

Bookmarknav.js no longer working on my account

I posted this bug report on the userpage of the script's creator last week. As they're not a very active user, can anyone else advise how to get this really useful tool active again on my account? Many thanks, Nick Moyes (talk) 19:07, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

About Improveing wikepedia

HI — Preceding unsigned comment added by KRISHNA878 (talk • contribs) 20:44, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

Welcome. Galobtter added a welcome message on your talk page, with helpful links. -Arch dude (talk) 22:32, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

WikiProject BOT Updater

The following WikiProject BOT Updater located here tools.wmflabs.org/enwp10/cgi-bin/update.fcgi is rather slow at trying to display articles for certain WikiProjects if not all of them. Adamdaley (talk) 23:57, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

• 502 Bad Gateway. nginx/1.13.6 – Adamdaley (talk) 01:09, 28 September 2018 (UTC)

I'm not a tool expert, but it appears that the tool in question is named "enwp10", and the way to report this problem is documented at How to report a bug. However, based on the slow responses I was getting while researching this, the problem may be with the entire tool server farm, and not with this specific tool. -Arch dude (talk) 01:40, 28 September 2018 (UTC)

@Adamdaley:And here is a report on the same bug fixed 7 days ago by a manual restart of the server: [1]] -Arch dude (talk) 01:45, 28 September 2018 (UTC)

Arch dude Yes, it seemed to be down for around 2 or 3 days in the last week and it appeared to be fixed but now, it's not connecting for me in at least 2 ways of accessing it. Adamdaley (talk) 01:47, 28 September 2018 (UTC)

@Adamdaley: We need to attract the attention of someone with PHAB access. Let's try @Nanonic: and @Timtempleton:, since they recently handled a PHAB question here. Or, you can create a login over there and reopen that bug. -Arch dude (talk) 02:31, 28 September 2018 (UTC)

• I've got an account, I tried to leave a message and their reporting a problem is confusing (not as easy as here). Adamdaley (talk) 02:35, 28 September 2018 (UTC)

September 28

Help with page move, please

Hi, I need to move this page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Times_Media_Group to a new page as the company's name has changed to Tiso Blackstar Group, but I don't have the rights to do so, it seems. Who can help? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Riaanjhb (talk • contribs) 05:45, 28 September 2018 (UTC)

New Use template

Recently, I new Use template was created ({{Use Trinidadian English}}). The Trinidad and Tobago article now shows up in a maintenance category Category:Articles with invalid date parameter in template. Also, there are also references to non-existant categories: Category:Use Trinidadian English from September 2018, Category:All Wikipedia articles written in Trinidadian English.

There is a lot of overhead (new categories, etc) incorporating this type of template into the Wikipedia "architecture". Is there (or should there be) a review process?

-- User-duck (talk) 07:45, 28 September 2018 (UTC)

Where to report administrative improper block?

Ok, here is the story, an admin blocked me for 31 hours because of "edit-warring after previous warnings". I had been given a warning, but I did not make any edits after that. I pointed out the series of events to the administrator but he did not unblock me. Where should I complain about this kind of staff?Τζερόνυμο (talk) 08:32, 28 September 2018 (UTC)

As you were unblocked, the issue seems resolved, and I'm not sure it's wise to open it up again. However, you can visit WP:ANI if you wish. 331dot (talk) 08:42, 28 September 2018 (UTC)

Creating a personal page for a respected Professor of Medicine in London

Dear Wiki Community and Team

I am a Professor of Medicine in London and someone created a Wikipedia entry on me some years ago: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Montgomery_(physician)

I would now like to do something similar for Professor Ben O'Brien, an influential and established Professor of Perioperative Medicine whose work and influence I am familiar with.

Please advise how I may best go about it.

Best, Hugh