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Contested deletion

Good morning, everyone.

I am been said that an article that I have wroten is not accepted because "This submission does not appear to be written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article". I would appreciate if someone helps me giving some practical advises of how improving my article.

This is the link to the article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Jaime_Brunet_International_Prize

Thank you very much, Fermín Arrosadia — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fermín Arrosadia (talk • contribs) 12:31, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

I have left a message for you on your talk page. Please go through our guidelines and policies. Sincerely, Masum Reza^☎ 12:35, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

First, there are no references for the draft's content about Jaime Brunet or the Foundation. Second, there is too much written about Jaime Brunet. David notMD (talk) 16:48, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

You edited some (and I edited some), but there are still no references for the text sections of the draft. David notMD (talk) 14:20, 30 April 2019 (UTC)

Regarding the entry on Jaime Burnet, you might want to incorporate it under a History section. You can take some insights from the Nobel Prize article, particularly the part that talked about Alfred Nobel. Of course, there is the issue of referencing. I did a quick research and there are online sources you could use. Darwin Naz (talk) 23:10, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

My artical about Vancouver

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Kwpn_stallion_Vancouver_Ireland

Hi I’m trying to build a page about the stallion Vancouver have you guys any tips I’m copying and pasting as much info as possible from reliable sources

Welcome to the Teahouse. Please do NOT copy and paste anything! Wikipedia cannot accept any copyrighted content, it all needs to be written in your own words. Theroadislong (talk) 14:56, 30 April 2019 (UTC)

Triple-check your spelling. The Editor will give you some direction in regards to that, but it won't catch everything. You've spelled Vancouver a few different ways so far. Also, explain everything like an encyclopedia would, not like an expert. I don't know if kwpn is an acronym or a Polish word or what, but it just looks like a jumble of letters to me. Gorramship (talk) 16:36, 3 May 2019 (UTC)

Alternatives to sourcing third-world journalist pieces for wiki articles?

I was hoping to write up on a few famous people and businesses in Papua New Guinea. However, most reliable content is on investors pages regulated by local stock exchanges. I could do newspapers but it is hard to determine good journalism from bad journalism. This means most content will either have to be from blogs or through other means.

Are there any lax wiki-rules on my country that are still developing credibility in their news organisations? Can I write something generic that I've researched are legitimate and say (citation needed) or scan to provide documents or photos to back up these claims?

Pictures

How do you add pictures to articles or talk pages? Thanks. Star (talk) 20:19, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

Stardreamer1310, This should help Help:Pictures S Philbrick(Talk) 00:43, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

Thanks, Sphilbrick. Star (talk) 18:39, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

New editor trying to expand an article

I've been working for a month trying to expand a stub article on John Morris and work within the structure and processes. While I've received some feedback from editors, and have tried to address their concerns, I don't seem to be making much headway. I see a ton of other articles that are continually being updated, yet I seem to keep hitting roadblocks. Can anyone provide me guidance on how to make this a smooth and efficient process? I have been clear in as many places as I can that this is a paid edit, although maybe that is being used against me, but I have NO desire to make this a promotional piece, just a more complete article. I've scaled this back, re-reviewed all references and tried to use more of what was already there, just to try to make progress. I've created a user page to test with and to use as my guide to request smaller incremental changes, but neither seem to be getting me much progress. Again, I'm not trying to be difficult, just trying to better understand the process so I can continue to try to make positive contributions to the Wikipedia community. Thank you for the feedback and assistance. BLong2438 (talk) 20:36, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

@Blong2438 I don't quite understand what you're asking. You article seems to be doing fine! Keep going! If you need more help, directly contact me or any other Wikipedian or wait for the Teahouse contributors to write back to you. Best Muffington (talk) 08:25, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

Oxford professor

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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Could somebody explain at User talk:Shasla1 why Wikipedia does not second guess an Oxford professor? My explanations do not seem to get through. Tgeorgescu (talk) 19:59, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

You threatening someone with being blocked when you have no authority to do so, ditto claiming correctness because of your academic position, reflect badly on your being a Wikipedia editor. You and Shasla1 should continue your discussion at the Talk page of Protochronism. David notMD (talk) 21:43, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

@David notMD: I am not an admin, so I cannot block him anyway. But if he persists that the quote from the Oxford professor's book would be "unproven" he will get in hot water. I mean, he did not even figure out that he has to quote WP:RS, that would be a step in the right direction. He merely claims that the professor would be wrong simply because Shasla1 feels so. Tgeorgescu (talk) 21:51, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

Where exactly did the user make the legal threat that you warned them for? --MrClog (talk) 22:20, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

Reference to local laws: And we are in a university. Sorts of. Wikipedia can only post valid information, yes? You must know the local laws better then me. And what is valid information? Information that was proven. Were the words about russian anachronism proven? No. Thus, they are invalid. That in the context of "anti-russian lies", see [1]. Tgeorgescu (talk) 22:32, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

So I think I made the mistake of WP:AGF and trying to coach him become a productive editor, till he stated And yes, you can't just go an scare me with blocks and bans. I registered here only to point out to the fact that the article contained blatant anti-russian lies, not to continue being a part of the wikipedia community. So I give absolutely zero things about those bans. So, he is not interested in editing Wikipedia, but only as an WP:ACTIVIST for exposing blatant anti-russian lies. Tgeorgescu (talk) 22:42, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

I apologize for conflating a quote of an Oxford professor with thinking you were 'pulling rank' by claiming to be an Oxford professor. David notMD (talk) 00:52, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

I am interested in editing wikipedia on the topic of making the article about anachronism- corresponding to actual facts, instead of unproven statements. Also, If somebody considers my words, quoted here- rude, and the person is interested in this discussion- look at my personal page. Tgeorgescu was the one who started going personal, with calling my words "phony", and threatening me with a ban. And he is the one who is an "WP ACTIVIST" as it is he who creates dozens of posts in different places, about a single minor edit I did several days ago. I, on the other hand, am very much "WP UNACTIVE". Or INACTIVE, dunno what's the correct word. [User: Shasla 1]

@Shasla1: I am willing and do play by the WP:RULES of the game. You are not even interested in knowing our way of doing things (namely that we simply summarize WP:RS), but you complain that exposing the lies of the Soviet propaganda would be akin to smearing the Russian Federation and all Russians everywhere. What evidence have you WP:CITEd till now? None. You simply demand from us an unrealistic high standard of evidence. For us, if the Oxford professor wrote it in a WP:RS suffices. That's what WP:VER is all about. Tgeorgescu (talk) 14:37, 3 May 2019 (UTC)

First of all, as the person above said, we better continue this discussion on my discussion page/on the anachronism page. I actually answered you in both places, but you ignored my answers. Now, as to you words here. "you are not even interested in knowing our way"- 1) You started the discussion not only about the way of the wikipedia, but about yout personal opinion of USSR and the West. You stated that the soviets "lie like dogs", and that all oxford professors always tell the truth and know smth about freedom of speech. Is this a purely "rules of wikipedia" type of discussion? No. 2) As I said in our discussion on my talk page, if Wikipedia just quotes any source that has academic credentials, it might as well quote the soviet sources. E.e. Wikipedia should quote that the light bulb, radio, and other russian inventions that are, allegedly to the professor, not russian, but are stated to be russian- should be quoted as being russian on Wikipedia. And if they are quoted as russian on the Wikipedia- the part of the article that states that russian claims for those inventions are false and are anachronism/lies- mustn't be a statement, but must be in the lines of "an Oxford professor THINKS that they russian lies". Just because you claim that the soviets/russians "lie like dogs" (your words on my page), doesn't make the soviet academic credentials, that support the Soviet Encyclopedia, have less authority than a single oxford professor. You stated on my page, that "all western professors tell only the truth, know about freedom of speech, etc", but it is just your claim, that, just like the claim that compares soviets to dogs- isn't supported by any proof from your side. You just make statements supported by nothing- and then you just ignore my requests for proofs, and just change the course of the discussion to the "you don't know about WP SMTH" topic or the "you will be banned" topic instead. And again, you make a statement- and ignore any requests for proofs and validations. Just look at our discussion. I give 100+ word texts full of logical and factual explanations and arguments, and you give short 20+ word accusations and caustic remarks. "exposing the lies of the Soviet propaganda"- you didn't expose anything. You just claimed that they all lie. A claim without arguments and proofs is nothing. "would be akin"- yes. If you say "all soviets lie like dogs"- it's the same as If I said that all 20th century romanians are impoverished drunkards, or smth like this. And how you started going personal with the "your words are phony"? You are just unable to keep a discussion you started- civil. You, a wikipedia member who takes pride in being here for what..16 years or smth, are much less civil than me, an alleged "WP ACTIVIST" and a newbie here. Also, your quotations of the local rules are flawed, as you accused me of "real-life threats" and threatened me by a ban- but I didn't give any threats, so, either you don't know the rules you quote, or you try to twist the rules in a way that serves your agenda. "For us, if the Oxford professor wrote it in a WP:RS suffices."- as I said two times before, If a word of an Oxford professor is all Wikipedia needs- the word of a Soviet professor should be also considered valid. Just because you claim otherwise-well, I explained it in this post already. Also, the "we". As I said before (when you claimed that "we" know that the soviets "lie like dogs"), please, don't use the "we". You are alone in this discussion against me. Trying to appeal to a crowd isn't a civil way of waging a discussion. Shasla1

@Shasla1: Also, you just insulted all those living and all those dead soviet history scientists and soviet media/propaganda workers. ... So, by insulting USSR you insult Russia, [2] — that's highfalutin rubbish from a WP:TROLL. Would someone close this thread? Tgeorgescu (talk) 16:44, 3 May 2019 (UTC)

"that's highfalutin rubbish from a WP TROLL"- what do you mean? You claim that I'm a troll, because I said that your words 'soviets lie like dogs' are insults? Or do you mean that your words about dogs don't belong to you, and that some troll wrote it while using your credentials? Shasla1

What I have said was And no, we don't consider Soviet propaganda as reliable fact-based knowledge. More like something between wishful thinking and lying like a dog. Btw, I don't know why you find this offensive: the Soviet regime is gone, it has been dethroned, therefore it no longer has any real power. Tgeorgescu (talk) 17:11, 3 May 2019 (UTC)

Shasla1 has been indeffed as WP:NOTHERE. Tgeorgescu (talk) 17:24, 3 May 2019 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

How do I remove my contribution history and discussion threads only on English Wikipedia?

I did a very huge mistake. My behaviour on the English Wikipedia was inappropriate. How do I delete my existence on English Wikipedia? — Preceding unsigned comment added by JoshuaReen (talk • contribs)

@JoshuaReen: Welcome to the Teahouse. We all make mistakes at first here and we all live with that. Your contributions history is nothing to be ashamed about. It indicates that how much you've improved yourself since you made a mistake. But some of your edits can be suppressed if they raise privacy concerns. They can be suppressed by Oversighters. The policy of oversight can be found here. You can email them from here. Sincerely, Masum Reza^☎ 00:19, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

@JoshuaReen: If you want to stop editing Wikipedia, you may be able to request a courtesy vanishing which, while it doesn't delete your account(which is not possible), it randomizes your username. However, as stated by Masum Reza, everyone makes mistakes and as long as you learn from them, you're okay as far as others are concerned. 331dot (talk) 14:06, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

Help Me Review An Article

Hello Wikipedia Teahouse,

If there are any administrators reading this, 3 days ago I created a draft article and clicked the 'submit for review' button for it to be reviewed to be published but there was an issue and sadly only today the draft article went into Article for Submission pagas in 0 days. So if there is any administrators out there, please help me review my article because if there is anything wrong or not right in it, please do tell me so that I can edit it as soon as possible so that we can get the article on Wikipedia. The article draft is Draft:Finalist of the Intel ISEF

Patience is advised. Your submitted article was declined. You have made some changes and resubmitted. Given number of submissions awaiting review, it may take months before it is reviewed again. Meanwhile, you can continue working on improving the article, and also improving existing articles. P.S. Don't use "we." David notMD (talk) 09:04, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

Just declined for third time. Either follow advice of reviewers or give up. David notMD (talk) 21:16, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

I need an admin to semi-protect a page

This is a q&a forum for new users to ask questions on how to edit Wikipedia, making this off-topic. John from Idegon (talk) 21:05, 3 May 2019 (UTC)

I need an admin to semi-protect a page. The page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannibal_Brooks has been subject to persistent vandalism for many years by college professors and students attempting to prove that Wikipedia is unreliable. See:https://www.quora.com/Why-is-Wikipedia-dismissed-as-an-unreliable-source/answer/Cai-Esson?ch=10&share=161cecfd&srid=n1aP3 GalantFan (talk) 08:30, 2 May 2019 (UTC) @GalantFan: These requests can be made here. I had a look at the page, and the disruption is just not big enough for any protection. Please read our protection policy. Lectonar (talk) 08:39, 2 May 2019 (UTC) @Lectonar: It has been discovered that the multiple anonymous IP edits are part of a concentrated attack on the very soul of Wikipedia itself, to cause disrepute to Wikipedia, which have been organized and encouraged by a tutor at Robert Gordon University in the UK, who has been telling his students for several years that Wiki is an unreliable source and encouraging them to vandalize Wiki to prove it. Please don’t abbreviate Wikipedia as Wiki Don't abbreviate "Wikipedia" as "Wiki"! There are other wikis out there – Wikipedia is just one of them. JohnSmith13345 (talk) 23:37, 5 May 2019 (UTC) If you will follow the "contribs" links of these anonymous IPs and their WhoIs info, you will see that they all come from the same little area of the UK, and none of them have ever contributed anything but to vandalize this article by reposting the exact same fake information, over and over again for since 2012. This Hannibal_Brooks page needs to be semi-protected against anonymous IP edits PERMANENTLY because this has been going on since 2012. GalantFan (talk) 19:08, 3 May 2019 (UTC)  Comment: This user has opened up a OTRS ticket regarding this topic, in which the user was advised about editing policies and encouraged to illicit discussion on the talk page. It seems like the user cannot drop the stick and cannot hear us. Dusti*Let's talk!* 19:20, 3 May 2019 (UTC) @Dusti: WHAT?!?! It seems like you just ignored everything I just wrote that THERE IS NO LEGITIMATE discussion to be had regarding the fictional information, and that the VANDALISM is a coordinated attack on wiki by a UK university instructor and his students, with the deliberate aim to discredit Wiki. Quora contributor admits that Olga the Elephant is a hoax to troll Wikipedia "Just to be clear the story of Olga the Elephant is fictional, the Tutor has this story in his opening lecture every year when going over how to reference research papers, with glee. Needless to say none of his students reference Wikipedia anymore, and everytime we see someone do so, we start giggling." GalantFan (talk) 19:51, 3 May 2019 (UTC) References

Company/App/Game Logo

How can i upload game/app/company logos (fair use) on Wikipedia? — Preceding unsigned comment added by CptViraj (talk • contribs) 11:13, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

For information on logos, see WP:logos. --David Biddulph (talk) 12:40, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

David Biddulph Where is upload page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by CptViraj (talk • contribs) 08:38, 3 May 2019 (UTC)

The easiest way is to use Wikipedia:File Upload Wizard. Eman235/talk 02:24, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

@Eman235: Okay Thanks! - CptViraj (talk) 05:38, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

first new page - help

Hi, I'm trying to figure out the rules about how to sort the right way my new page (in the sandbox). link to my sandbox what I'm planning to do is switch between the paragraph "brand safety" and the first "adverif.ai" paragraph. "brand safety" is important intro the reader need to acknowledge before the explanation about AdVerif.ai, but I'm afraid wiki would delete my page if it starts with another explanation but the value itself... any suggestions/opinions are welcome — Preceding unsigned comment added by Netanelshlomi (talk • contribs) 15:33, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

Netanelshlomi I think you could consider creating "brand safety" as a separate article. I did a quick superficial Google search which turned up what looks to me like sufficient good sources to sustain a separate article. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 18:26, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

Dodger67 Thanks for the quick answer, say I'm separating the "brand safety" to another article - how should I open the "adverifai" page? (like an opening line or a paragraph if you can give an example) Netanel

@Netanelshlomi: Hello! If you would like some help or advice on your article, just ask, and I would be more than happy to help you revise. Happy editing! WIKIrestrict (talk)

Trans Dance Artist Seeking Writer for Article

Hello! I'm a transgender dance artist based in New York, and I'm seeking a writer for an article. How do I go about this? Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ashleyyergens (talk • contribs)

Welcome to the Teahouse, Ashleyyergens If you are genuinely notable in Wikipedia terms, have patience someone will write an article about you, but be aware that this is not always a good thing. Theroadislong (talk) 16:15, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

The article Modern dance lists many dancers who have careers that meet Wikipedia's criteria for notability. Are you as well-known, i.e., written about in dance literature, as these people? David notMD (talk) 17:39, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

Theroadislong "... but be aware that this is not always a good thing." That's an odd choice of words, wouldn't you say? Maineartists (talk) 17:42, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

Not sure why you consider it odd? I was referring to Wikipedia:An article about yourself isn't necessarily a good thing. Theroadislong (talk) 17:46, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

I do see that you are getting some write-up in dance press, especially in NYC, but it may be too soon. Hopefully, one day one of your fans will submit an article. Keep dancing (it's how I and my significant other met). David notMD (talk) 17:49, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

Theroadislong Then maybe you should have linked that ... it reads different from (I'm sure) your intention. To a newbie, it comes across judgmental on their character (Trans Dance Artist) - at least, that's how I read it. David notMD You are the reason I believe in WP!!! Maineartists (talk) 21:46, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

Maineartists My sincere apologies if my comment was misinterpreted, I was certainly not being judgemental in any way, shape or form and am mortified that you would read it this way! Theroadislong (talk) 22:17, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

Special:Nuke

What is the purpose of Special:Nuke?  ⠀—‌‌  Glosome‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌  💬

It allows admins to delete multiple pages at once, see Wikipedia:Nuke ~ RhinosF1^{(chat - live)}/_(contribs) 20:02, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

Wiki

I created Ayden Eckert and the Time Travellers. It is my band and band name. I would like to have a wiki page for my band. I do not know how to make the references lead to me. Everything in the wiki is in my words. Please message me back so we can talk about it and so I can explain it more. ACanWiki

Hello, AcanWiki, and welcome to the Teahouse. I'm afraid you have fundamentally misunderstood the purpose of Wikipedia. It is not for promotion. If it ever has an article about your band, it will not be your article, you will have no control over it, and it will not be based on your words: it will be based almost entirely on what people who have no connection with you have chosen to publish about the band. It follows that we can have an article about your band only if there has already been substantial material published about your band with no input or prompting from you or the band: the Wikipedia jargon for this condition is if the band is notable or not. Sorry. --ColinFine (talk) 22:29, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

Issue with an infobox

Hello! I've been on Wikipedia for about a month now, but I seem to be stumped about transclusion on article pages, especially relating to infoboxes. I've written an article called MV Kaye E. Barker and created a ship infobox for it based on the one in the article USS Chiwawa. The problem is, however, that I cannot seem to move the infobox up so that it is visible at the top of the page and stretches down the length of page. Instead, the infobox seems determined to stay at the farthest bottom point of the page, underneath the references. I've tried to figure this out myself, but to no avail. Maybe it is because I made the infobox first? I would appreciate any guidance on this subject. Thanks! --LiamUJ (talk) 21:08, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

@LiamUJ:  Fixed It was an issue with the closing brackets. TimTempleton ^{(talk) (cont)} 23:17, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

Thanks so much! --LiamUJ (talk) 23:52, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

Restore deleted text

Someone removed 220,000 bytes of text from Crimean-Nogai Raids and then did more edits which made the undo button inoperable. Is there some way to get to the lost text and restore it without spending several hours editing by hand? Thanks. Benjamin Trovato (talk) 21:18, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

@Benjamin Trovato: It looks like it already been reverted back and forth at least twice. Do not engage in an edit war. Discuss at the article's talk page and if needed follow WP:DR steps. RudolfRed (talk) 21:32, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

See deletion 02may 15:30. 2. This is not my edit war, but I will probably have to undo the damage. Benjamin Trovato (talk) 22:00, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

Native Americans in the Western hemisphere

Why only native Indians from USA should be considered the only native Americans?! If native Indians from North, central, and South America are also native Americans. The term America wasn't named after USA — Preceding unsigned comment added by AlverichA (talk • contribs)

Hello AlverichA and thanks for dropping by the Teahouse. This question is unsuitable for this forum. The best place to ask is at the ref desk. Click the link to go there. Interstellarity (talk) 22:08, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

Discussions and consensus

I sometimes open up discussions that end up without a consensus to do the action. I try to abide by consensus even if I personally do not agree with it. I try to be bold and if someone reverts my changes, I discuss them on the appropriate talk page. I take these principles to heart when I edit Wikipedia. My question is if I open up too many discussions that result without a consensus to do the action, is this a form of disruptive editing? Should I be worried about my actions? Interstellarity (talk) 22:05, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

Hello Interstellarity You are doing great and other editors might be overzealous in reverting. If you wait a little (days) and then notice that no one opposes your edit, you should be bold and make the changes you want. This not disruptive editing. If you run into any other problems, feel free to leave a note on my talk page. Best Regards, Barbara ✐✉ 22:29, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

Based on what you've just said here, and the fact that you even care, means you are probably one of the more pleasant editors to work with.--Esprit15d • talk • contribs 21:02, 3 May 2019 (UTC)

@Esprit15d: I agree. I probably wasn't one of the pleasant editors to work with back in 2013 because that was the year I got blocked. I was recently unblocked earlier this year and I try to work with other editors and understand their concerns. If I make a mistake, they point it out to me, and I don't do it again. When I see other editors making a mistake, I calmly point it out to them and they correct their mistakes. It is very rare for another editor to not be civil and kind to me. It only happened a few times. That is how I became the editor I am today. Interstellarity (talk) 14:13, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

@Interstellarity:I'm glad you're having such a great experience.--Esprit15d • talk • contribs 22:10, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

CAMELOT BROADWAY MUSICAL

I don't know much about Wikipedia--this is a help comment, not a question, I lived in the D.C. area back in the 60's and I took a date to the National Theatre in Wash. D.C. for the Camelot Musical with Yvonne De Carlo and Arthur Treacher. After the Camelot Broadway production ended, the sets were transported to the National Theatre in D.C.--it was a wonderful production--not sure of the date we attended the production/play, but noticed on the Camelot entries the National Theatre production wasn't mentioned---so maybe you can contact the person who edited that wikipidea/camelot musical site and maybe add the National Theatre production. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.146.206.3 (talk)

Camelot (musical) states "The show ran on Broadway for 873 performances, followed by two years on the road in the US..." The reference supports this, but does not detail what cities that tour included. A reference would be needed if the National Theatre (and other theaters) were to be named in the article. Treacher was in role of Pellinore. David notMD (talk) 16:13, 3 May 2019 (UTC)

a strange bug is making a REDIRECT not work

I can't figure out why this redirect to the USAF military satellite USA-99 is not, actually, redirecting. The syntax for the redirect appears sound: #REDIRECT [[USA-99]]

There is a week-long RfD discussion going on; but I don't understand why the REDIR is not working in the mean time. Any help with this strange syntax bug will be appreciated. Cheers. N2e (talk) 01:12, 3 May 2019 (UTC)

It is not a bug. It is deliberate that Template:Rfd-NPF is displayed, and in that template it says: "'Click on the link below to go to the current destination page." The template is working as designed. --David Biddulph (talk) 01:19, 3 May 2019 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Hi N2e. The redirect is disabled on purpose by placing the box about the discussion before the redirect code. This means users of the redirect can discover the discussion. Redirect code only works at the start of a page. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:23, 3 May 2019 (UTC)

Wikimedia is by far the most bug free software I've ever used. With most everyday functions there's never a problem. Some more advanced functions get weird from time to time, but the developers usually get right on it. John from Idegon (talk) 01:56, 3 May 2019 (UTC)

That is super helpful everyone. Did not know that. And I agree on how bug free I find Wikipedia software as a 15 year heavy user. Really quite amazing. N2e (talk) 02:13, 3 May 2019 (UTC)

How do I change the Title of a Subject page?

We would like to change the title of the page below https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/두루두루amc

It is actually the name of our company and we have changed the name to 두루두루 아티스트 컴퍼니 (DooRooDooRoo Artist Company), so the title of the page would have to be 두루두루 AC. Yet, we cannot seem to change the name.

We either want to change the name or delete the page because there is already a separate page made with the correct title. https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%91%90%EB%A3%A8%EB%91%90%EB%A3%A8_%EC%95%84%ED%8B%B0%EC%8A%A4%ED%8A%B8_%EC%BB%B4%ED%8D%BC%EB%8B%88

Please kindly advise. Thank you in advance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gclefgal (talk • contribs) 02:12, 3 May 2019 (UTC)

Gclefgal, we can't help you here at the English Wikipedia. You may want to ask your question at ko:위키백과:질문방, which I am fairly certain is the Korean Wikipedia's help desk. Eman235/talk 03:45, 3 May 2019 (UTC)

If the edit is about your group, then you’re at risk of a conflict of interest. JohnSmith13345 (talk) 23:51, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

Each Wikipedia language makes its own policies. I don't know what the Korean Wikipedia says about conflict of interest. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:06, 5 May 2019 (UTC)

my page was removed

hi I wrote one page but they removed it I don't know why.... Please help me out why they have removed my page under section G11 article I think — Preceding unsigned comment added by Maqeelk84 (talk • contribs)

@Maqeelk84: Hello and welcome to the Teahouse. Your draft was deleted as being promotional(what "G11" means). It read as a blatant advertisement for the Shaikhani Group and was not sourced to any independent reliable sources. It also did not indicate how the group meets the notability guidelines for organizations written at WP:ORG(please review). Since you state you are editing for the group, you must review the conflict of interest policy and the paid editing policy for important information about declarations you must make.

Please note that Wikipedia is not for merely telling about something; articles must indicate how the subject meets our notability guidelines(as I state above) and only be based on what independent sources state. Such sources do not include company website, staff interviews, routine business announcements, or any other primary source. Please read Your First Article for more information. 331dot (talk) 11:12, 3 May 2019 (UTC)

In the messages on your user talk page, the words in blue are wikilinks to more detailed advice. Your second attempt at the draft resulted in another speedy deletion. - David Biddulph (talk) 11:52, 3 May 2019 (UTC)

Now declined or removed four times. No references. Not in compliance with COI or PAID. Promotional. Please do not submit again. David notMD (talk) 16:05, 3 May 2019 (UTC)

Draft deleted for the third time and OP indefinitely blocked. --David Biddulph (talk) 16:17, 3 May 2019 (UTC)

First article on english wikipedia

hello, i've made a little article about Alton Mason, a model... it's a draft, can you see it please ? Thanks Datsofelija (talk) 14:28, 3 May 2019 (UTC)

As you only have two references,(and one source does not look like a reliable one) I'm sorry, but the article is not likely to get very far. I have found couple of others to add to the article, but it may be a case of WP:TOO SOON- I'm not sure the subject is notable enough yet. Curdle (talk) 15:26, 3 May 2019 (UTC)

News article citations

I had a citation deleted from an article by NBC so I'm curious as to why that was deleted and someone was able to bring back an article from local residents news board that has since been deleted? — Preceding unsigned comment added by HeroEsoper‎ (talk • contribs) 15:58, 3 May 2019 (UTC)

@HeroEsoper: It's hard to answer that in the abstract - please let us know which specific article you are talking about.--Gronk Oz (talk) 16:36, 3 May 2019 (UTC)

Hello, HeroEsoper. Assuming you mean the material you added to Green Dot Corporation, it was removed by Viewmont Viking with the edit summary "Spam link and promotional". If you disagree with them, please discuss it with them at Talk:Green Dot Corporation. I haven't looked at the material in any detail, but I would observe that if the only source for information is the subject's own website, then it usually doesn't belong in the article. --ColinFine (talk) 17:39, 3 May 2019 (UTC)

Inquiry about Article Publication

Hello,

I have recently drafted an article on Apollo Clinic, Bora Service, but I am in a dilemma whether my article has been published or not as there is no any communication from the teams of Wikipedia.

Hence, request you to kindly provide adequate information on whether my article has been published or not or do I have to make changes, etc.

Thanks & Regards Almeswar Hajong — Preceding unsigned comment added by Almeswar Hajong (talk • contribs) 05:17, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

Hello, Almeswar Hajong. You made a small mistake when drafting your article, namely, writing it in Draft:Sandbox, which is just for experiments and is blanked by a bot periodically. I have copied your material to User:Almeswar Hajong/sandbox, and added a template with a button ("Submit your draft for review") which will submit it for review if you press it. Eman235/talk 05:28, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

Thank you very much, Eman for your help and I really appreciate it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Almeswar Hajong (talk • contribs) 05:50, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

Needs more references. Hyperlinks should not be used in the article. Instead, turn those into references. Wikipedia articles cannot be used as references. Awards by Apollo Lifestyle to Apollo Clinic, its own subsidiary, should not be included. David notMD (talk) 12:05, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

How to delete redirect page?

How can i delete redirect page? I know when to delete and when to not. But how can i delete page? I mean where is option to delete redirect page? - CptViraj (talk) 07:09, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

Hello CptViraj, and welcome to the Teahouse. A redirect page, like any WP page, can only be deleted by admins. You can suggest it though, see WP:R#CRD. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 08:45, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

@Gråbergs Gråa Sång: Thanks! - CptViraj (talk) 09:19, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

What can I do when I give correct content and itz not getting published but they are thinking I am hijacking the article??

I have been trying to give Wikipedia something that is correct and they are trying to stop me I have giving the correct information about the person and Sidharth Sharma is not born on October he is born on May but due to this they are not letting me to publish my content please allow me to publish it each time I try it lugna or something like that try to edit my connect again with the wrong connect — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ayshazeba22 (talk • contribs) 09:10, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

The situation with you trying to hijack an existing article to refer to a totally different subject has been explained to you in crystal-clear terms on your user talk page. Please read what you have been told there. --David Biddulph (talk) 09:19, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

@Ayshazeba22: You did a lot more than just changing the date of birth. The existing article, Sidharth Sharma, is about the cricket player. But you added material about a different person, who is an actor. There are several actors of that name (see [3]) and none of them has anything to do with this article.--Gronk Oz (talk) 09:39, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

If you want an article about Sidharth Sharma (actor), create a new article. Leave the article about Sidharth Sharma, cricket player, alone. David notMD (talk) 10:55, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

Edits Won't Save

I'm trying to make an edit to the song, I Can't Get Enough by adding a sourced genre. For some reason every time I try to publish it goes back to the "How did you improve this page?" and says "Error, edit not saved." I have made edits before so I don’t know why this one isn’t working.  Done Never mind I figured it out. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Electricwater (talk • contribs)

Hi, Electricwater. I'm glad you sorted out your problem. But looking at your reference, you could probably have made your life easier - and your citation better - had you taken advantage of the 'cite' tool, available in either editing tool - just look at the editing toolbar to find it. In our source editor, you can manually enter the relevant fields, or in Visual editor you can use the automatic lookup tool which attempts to create a reference for you, based upon either an article url or an ISBN book number. Although a great way of quickly adding a reference, it often misses out key elements, so I then simply added the fields of source date and author by hand afterwards. I think I'd been editing for over a year before I discovered I didn't need to manually write each reference field by field, but that there were drop-down tools to assist me. Thus, your reference code would end up looking like this: <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/amp/articles/columns/latin/8506234/best-spanglish-collaborations-2019-so-far|title=Selena Gomez & J Balvin, James Blake & Rosalia, Plus More Spanglish Collabs in 2019 (So Far)|last=Roiz|first=Jessica|date=8 April 2019|website=www.billboard.com|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2019-05-04}}</ref> Hope this helps, Nick Moyes (talk) 13:34, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

donations ceasing

good day,

I would like to stop sending donation via my credit card. please advise how I can stop sending Wikipedia and your affiliation companies my money. I have been trying to locate the correct information to do this myself, but I cannot see it on wiki once I login.

thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by FFragala (talk • contribs) 2019-05-04T16:12:26 (UTC)

Hello, FFragala. You can find instructions here --ColinFine (talk) 15:29, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

Changing wiki article title

How to do this, please? The article is mine as regards origination. In the years since I started it, what it's about has changed title, so the article should match.

I asked this question over a year ago and every time I open the article I see a message saying there's an answer - but I've never found out how to access answers!

Now I'm trying the Teahouse in the hope that questioners have less trouble accessing any answers to their questions!!!

So - please tell me, someone, how to edit a wiki article's title. Thanks in advance Eric Deeson (talk) 17:58, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

Currently, Patients and public involvement (PPI) David notMD (talk) 18:38, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

Hello, Eric Deeson. You change the name of an article by moving the article. --ColinFine (talk) 18:57, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

I've moved the article so that the title matches the content. I hope this is OK. Dbfirs 20:46, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

Kalpana Mohan Page

Hi, I have been referred to you by Masumrezarock100

I need to Thank Oshwah & Masumrezarock100 for their help & support. Masumrezarock100 has provided me with the link, See WP: FILMCAST. It is really helpful & its further strength my case. The article explains film articles depending on three key elements: 1) the prominence of the cast in the film. The articles point out the relevance of the character to the plot. There is no specific time frame mention as such; the character can be small but significant.

In 1st movie Movie Picnic (1966) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3ZMFUrXgAU Her name appears on the screen at 0.23 sec, along with Shobha Khote & Azra. The name of all three ladies appears in the same frame. Kalpana, Shobha Khote & Azra. Kalpana was as popular as the other two leading ladies. It shows her relevant in the Film. She appeared in two songs of the movie

1st Song: He Nainva Na Pher Pher Ke Chalo Her character appears on screen at 7.15 sec

2nd Song: Baalamavaa Bolo Na Bolo Her character appears on screen at 1 hr 13 min

The film is still remembered for Kalpana dance no as well, she has done an excellent performance on the Kathak-based dance choreograph on her. For two songs in the movie, she shares about 10 minutes of screen space. You can call it as a special dance number or an Item Songs as it is referred in today’s time.

In 2nd Movie: Ek Bechara (1972) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3lgj99Z3UE Her name appeared on the screen at 3.37 sec, along with Vinod Khanna Her character appears on screen at 1.32.29 sec & it there till the end of the movie. Point to be noted her name appears in the cast with Vinod Khanna (The main negative character in the script i.e. "villain")

Brief summary: “A poor man marries a rich girl & lead a happy life. Women claim to be his 1st wife appear & trouble begin in his life. Kalpana plays a pivotal role as she claims to be his first wife. “ She played a significant & relevant character in the movie. She shares about 15 minutes of screen spaces in a 2 hour 11 minutes film.

My request is to add these two movies in her list where her character is relevant in the movie. I have excluded her few small scenes in different movies, For example, her character in Movie: Shaadi (1962) as it was not significant in the script.

My second question can her interview given to a magazine, be added in her Wikipedia page. I am excluding blog, IMDB, Wikipedia & BlogSpot reviews. I understand Wikipedia: Reliable sources/Perennial sources cannot cover all. We need to be a bit flexible with Wikipedia policies it needs to be relevant with changing times. Warm regards Yashkkaryan (talk) 19:11, 4 May 2019 (UTC)Yash Aryan

References

Yashkkaryan, as you've been told by multiple editors in multiple places, you cannot add anything to a Wikipedia article without having reliable published sources for it. The answer is the same here. I will expand on that somewhat. The purpose of a Wikipedia article is not to tell the story of a subject the way you want to tell it; instead, the purpose of a Wikipedia article is to summarize what others have written about the subject in reliable sources. End of story. If you want to weave your own narrative get a blog. This is not the place. John from Idegon (talk) 21:17, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

Like I said before, you need to add reliable sources to support your edits. Sincerely, Masum Reza^☎ 06:45, 5 May 2019 (UTC)

Hi John, Thanks for your reply. You can check with Oshwah & Masumrezarock100. The addition so far is based on reliable sources, verifiability. information I had provided links to the articles. Masum Reza added after verifying them.

The point of conflict arises for adding two movie names in her list. The point I need to highlight the movies are 5 decades old, so it difficult to get Newspaper articles but we can check her name in Movie credit the prominence of the cast in the film list & in the movie itself. I followed WP:CITEWEB

Citations for World Wide Web pages include: 1st Movie: Picnic (1966) • URL of the specific web page: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3ZMFUrXgAU • name of the author: Ultra Movie Parlour • title of the article: Old Hindi Movie: Picnic (1966) • title or domain name of the website: youtube.com • publisher, if known: Ultra Movie Parlour • date of publication: Oct 30, 2012 • page number(s) (if applicable) Her name appears on the screen: 0.23 sec, 1st Song: 7.15 sec, 2nd Song: 1 hr 13 min

In 2nd Movie: Ek Bechara (1972) • URL web page: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3lgj99Z3UE • name of the author: SEPL Vintage • title of the article: Old Hindi Movie: Ek Bechara (1972) • title or domain name of the website: youtube.com • publisher, if known: SEPL Vintage • date of publication: Dec 1, 2015 • page number(s) (if applicable) Her name appears on the screen: 3.37 sec, Her character appears on screen at 1.32.29 sec & it there till the end of the movie.

My question is the production house mentioning her name in their cast & her visibility is not a reliable source. Even the celebrity interview with a tabloid is not a reliable source a bit strange. I seek clarification on Wikipedia policies. Thank you for your help in advance. Yashkkaryan (talk) 19:53, 5 May 2019 (UTC)Yash Aryan

Help with drafts

How do you create a strong draft that is likely to be accepted? — Preceding unsigned comment added by WIKIrestrict (talk • contribs) 22:28, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

@WIKIrestrict: Hello and welcome to the Teahouse. You may wish to read Your First Article and use the new user tutorial, both of which will help you learn about the process. Successfully writing a new Wikipedia article is the hardest task to do on Wikipedia. I see that you have declared a conflict of interest; I would also note that if you are being paid or compensated to edit or are editing as part of a job, you must comply with the paid editing policy as well. That is a Wikipedia Terms of Use requirement if you are a paid editor. Since you have a conflict of interest, writing a new article is even harder for you. Essentially, you must forget everything you know about the subject and only write based on what independent reliable sources state; Primary sources do not establish notability. 331dot (talk) 23:42, 4 May 2019

(UTC) 331dot (talk) I am very honored that I could be mistaken for a paid editor, but I assure you that I am not. I really love being a part of Wikipedia, and when I found out that Gies & Co. didn't have an article, I just had to create one. As it had a very big importance to the Frank family during the Halocaust. I would like to finish off, by again saying that I am just a volunteer editor, who is very familiar with Wikipedia, thankyou. WIKIrestrict (talk) 09:04, 5 May 2019

If you are familiar with Wikipedia, you will know that we prefer in-line references rather than a list of general sources. Each statement should have a reference to show from which reliable source you obtained the information. Paid editors tend not to be respected here because their purpose is often (but not always) to promote a subject rather than to improve the encyclopaedia. Once the refs are sorted, you can try submitting again. Dbfirs 16:20, 5 May 2019 (UTC)

Thankyou Dbfirs for your input, I will certainly go and work on fixing those refs! Happy editing! WIKIresrict

I think I momentarily disrupted Wikipedia

I was editing the sandbox to see what would happen if the sandbox page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sandbox)’s header was commented out. When I published the edit, there was a site error (as in “Wikimedia Foundation logo screen with the “try again” text and the “if you report”), and the search feature became unavailable for a few seconds, until Lowercase sigmabot II executed its "Reinserting sandbox header) (bot" edit, by which point the site was functioning normally. I apologize if anything broke. JohnSmith13345 (talk) 23:32, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

Hi JohnSmith13345. Don't worry, the site does not break that easily. We get more than 100,000 daily edits and you are allowed to experiment in the sandbox. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:02, 5 May 2019 (UTC)

Page photo edit

I try to put a photo of an artist who already has a page and I just Can't figure it out — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kimi fantox (talk • contribs)

@Kimi fantox: Hello, welcome to the Teahouse. You can add a picture using this code [[File:example.ext|thumb|caption]] where example.ext is the filename with extension. Sincerely, Masum Reza^☎ 02:20, 5 May 2019 (UTC)

That's assuming that the photo already exists in WP:Commons. If it's a photo that you took yourself and it hasn't been uploaded yet, see Wikipedia:Uploading images. If it's a photo that you got from the internet then it is probably copyright and you can't use it here. Dbfirs 20:30, 5 May 2019 (UTC)

Vintage police uniform Australia

I see you have a small write up on police helmets/ hats .. I have a photo to add to your history.. but am finding it extremely difficult to send you a picture Regards Wendie — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:8003:F4CC:1400:7DFA:AC8:1431:4F5C (talk) 03:13, 5 May 2019 (UTC)

Hi, Wendie. If you wish to donate a photo to Wikipedia, there's a few things you'll want to know first. Most importantly, the photo has to be yours to donate. You cannot use a photo found on the internet or in your Grandmother's attic. You must have legal copyright to it, which in almost all cases means you must have taken it. An exception might be if the photo is very old. Copyright does expire, and after that the photo falls in a catagory called Public domain. How old it must be varies depending on what country it was taken in. Secondly, by donating a photo to Wikipedia, you are licensing away most of your rights to it. It can be reused or modified and reused by anyone anywhere for anything. If you still want to donate your photo, there is a tab in the left toolbar that says "Upload a file". Click that, choose the option that says "Upload to Commons" and follow the instructions there. If you have further problems, come back and ask about that specifically. The entire process is simpler if you have an account which is very simple to do and has many benefits, one of which is more anonymity. It's fairly easy to determine at minimum what town you are editing from by your IP address and sometimes even more specific information than that. A registered account does not have that problem. John from Idegon (talk) 06:53, 5 May 2019 (UTC)

I don't know what to do with this article

Please see here: Religion#Modern_Western

This is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard, almost every culture throughout human history has had a religion. Greeks and Romans thousands of years ago understood the concept of religion and that others had different beliefs. Natives around the world had religion before Western influence. The idea that religion is a modern Western invention is nonsensical. How does someone address this? Do we just delete the section? Ikjbagl (talk) 03:57, 5 May 2019 (UTC)

Hi, Ikjbagl, and welcome to the Teahouse. This is a place to ask questions about the process of editing Wikipedia. It's not a place to debate specific content issues. That place for the article you are asking about is Talk:Religion. Note please that the section you are enquiring about is extremely well sourced. If you want to see changes to it, especially as drastic as removing it, you will also need extremely good sources. Article content is decided by consensus. Consensus is formed by arguing from reliable sources and Wikipedia policies and guidelines. John from Idegon (talk) 06:36, 5 May 2019 (UTC)

Ikjbagl No. We mustn't remove the section without adding reliable sources. Article's content is decided by well-sourced informations rather than personal opinion. Please read WP:NPOV. Also John is right. Sincerely, Masum Reza^☎ 06:38, 5 May 2019 (UTC)

Ikjbagl, if you choose to argue your case on the article's talk page, as John from Idegon recommends, I suggest you point out that the Latin word "religio" was in use over 2000 years ago. I find that a compelling argument. Maproom (talk) 07:54, 5 May 2019 (UTC)

I advise against making that argument; the Latin "religio" just meant "following obligations" (e.g. Julius Caesar Sic terror oblatus a ducibus, crudelitas in supplicio, nova religio iurisiurandi spem praesentis deditionis sustulit mentesque militum convertit et rem ad pristinam belli rationem redegit (Thus the terror raised by the generals, the cruelty of the punishments, the new obligation of an oath, removed all hopes of surrender for the present, changed the soldiers' minds, and reduced matters to the former state of war); "religion" ultimately came to mean "faith in a god" in English by virtue of the association of "religio" with monastic vows. As our article correctly states, the notion of religion as something distinct from the sciences as an explanation for how the world functions is indeed a relatively modern concept. ‑ Iridescent 08:14, 5 May 2019 (UTC)

Wikipedia Article for Aashish Kaushik

I want to create or write a Wikipedia Article for the Indian singer Aashish Kaushik. Help me to create — Preceding unsigned comment added by Subhsankalp (talk • contribs) 05:18, 5 May 2019 (UTC)

@Subhsankalp: Hello and welcome to the Teahouse. It appears you have already started creating a draft; you may wish to review Your First Article and use the new user tutorial to learn about the process and what is needed. In the case of a singer, that singer must meet Wikipedia's special definition of a notable singer, written at WP:BAND; the singer must meet at least one of the listed criteria. Having social media accounts and YouTube are not part of the listed criteria, as anyone can do those things. Once the singer meets the criteria, you must have independent reliable sources to support the content of the article; those sources must not be affiliated with this person in any way, and give them significant coverage. If you cannot do these things at this time, the singer would not merit an article yet. That's okay, as not every singer does. 331dot (talk) 08:00, 5 May 2019 (UTC)

@Subhsankalp: If you would like help with adding to and revising your article, I would be happy to help you. Feel free to add the link from your draft onto my talk page. Happy editing! WIKIrestrict (talk)

Adminship

Hi all,

I'm wondering if it is worth requesting adminship. I have roughly 200 edits and a barnstar. I often edit on pages which belong to high protection catagories, i.e. YouTube, List of most-subscribed YouTube Channels and Google. I am not very confident in the community but would like to be able to edit freely. Should I wait to be extended-confirmed first or apply now?

Thanks in advance,

Muffington (talk) 09:53, 5 May 2019 (UTC)

Hi Muffington, becoming an administrator is far from easy. The community expects certain standards from adminship candidates. I would probably wait a few years before applying for adminship. Interstellarity (talk) 10:12, 5 May 2019 (UTC)

(edit conflict) I was about to say the same thing. Three months of editing is probably not sufficient experience for an administrator. Most of us here edit freely without being administrators. Their job is often to clean up the mess made by others. You can read up on all the Wikipedia policies over the next few years if you are still keen on becoming an administrator. Dbfirs 10:17, 5 May 2019 (UTC)

It takes years to become an admin. Admins or sysops are editors who are experienced enough to perform system and community related tasks. Sincerely, Masum Reza^☎ 10:41, 5 May 2019 (UTC)

• Muffington Please keep in mind that you can probably do 95% of tasks here without being an administrator. Administrators have no special status other than having some extra buttons that would be irresponsible to allow everyone to have. 331dot (talk) 12:43, 5 May 2019 (UTC)

@Muffington: You must note, that the point of becoming an Admin is to help make sure the Wikipedia community is clean and reliable, and not necessarily about editing. WIKIrestrict (talk)

Follow-up to I have edited a wiki page which said "this article is written like an advertisement". How do I remove this template?

I had edited this article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanjiv_Mehta_(Indian_businessman) couple of days back. Had provided correct sources. yet the template (Advert and COI) appears on this page. Whenever I remove it, editors keep reverting it. Plz help me remve it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Faizanmqs (talk • contribs)

@Faizanmqs: Please do not remove maintenance tags unless the issue is resolved. Also (Please sign your posts on talk pages by using four tildes like this: ~~~~.). Sincerely, Masum Reza^☎ 10:49, 5 May 2019 (UTC)

@Masumrezarock100 How and when the issue will be resolved? How much time a community usually takes for a concensus? Faizanmqs (talk) 11:28, 5 May 2019 (UTC)

@Faizanmqs: Thanks for your email. I don't reply by email for privacy concerns as it reveals the sender's email address. Please post about it on the article's talk page. Sincerely, Masum Reza^☎ 11:44, 5 May 2019 (UTC)

In my opinion, the article still has a promotional tone. Maybe remove all Board memberships and Awards? Either way, I recommend taking up your mission at the article's Talk page. David notMD (talk) 13:21, 5 May 2019 (UTC)

In the news nominations

Hi! Brief question: is it considered contrary to etiquette to nominate articles or stubs as In The News candidates that have maintenance tags? Many thanks beforehand! --Jamez42 (talk) 11:28, 5 May 2019 (UTC)

Hello Jamez42 and welcome to the TeaHouse. The criteria for nominating an article for ITN are at Wikipedia:In the news#Criteria. If you scroll down to the sub-section on "Article quality" you will see a description of the minimum standards expected, which includes "...comprehensive overview of the subject, not omitting any major items. Stub articles are never appropriate for the main page... Generally, 'orange' and 'red' level clean-up tags are signs that article quality is not acceptable for the main page as well."--Gronk Oz (talk) 13:43, 5 May 2019 (UTC)

Gronk Oz Hi! Thank you! I understand this, as I have nominated articles before. My question is if it is unadvisable to nominate these articles even with such tags, hoping that it could be improved. --Jamez42 (talk) 14:07, 5 May 2019 (UTC)

@Jamez42: the problems should be remedied first. Don't rely on nominating an article to prompt somebody else to do the work.--Gronk Oz (talk) 14:19, 5 May 2019 (UTC)

Excellent, thank you! --Jamez42 (talk) 14:23, 5 May 2019 (UTC)

merging accounts

I have over the years been active in contributing, creating, and editing. Unfortunately, during those down times, I lost usernames and passwords. I have figured out my previous usernames (vbofficialohio & vbofficial); however, is there a way to merge my previous work and contributions to my current username or even to one of my previous usernames?

It is not currently possible to merge user accounts on the English Wikipedia. The best thing to do is to choose an account to use and don't use the other accounts. Interstellarity (talk) 14:19, 5 May 2019 (UTC)

... but you can put a link to your previous user name and contributions on your talk page and user page. Dbfirs 16:09, 5 May 2019 (UTC)

Great Horned owl - contacting author/s

I am very impressed with the Great Horned Owl entry and would like to contact the author. I am writing a book on the Great Horned Owl in Falconry. Mark Borden <phone no redacted>— Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.34.187.180 (talk • contribs) 2019-05-05T16:11:33 (UTC).

Hello, Mark, and welcome to the Teahouse. I have removed your phone number, as nobody here will contact you that way, but it is a very public place to post it. If you look at the History of the article Great Horned Owl, you can see that dozens of editors have worked on it, starting with Big iron in 2003, and most recently Malcolmlucascollins. All of them are "the author". If there's a particular one you want to contact, you can post something on that user's User talk page - though there's no guarantee that a particular editor is still active in Wikipedia. If you want to get in contact with them more generally, you could post something on the article's talk page Talk:Great horned owl: it's likely that many of them have that page on their watch list. If all you want to do is to get permission to use material from the article, then you don't need to: almost all material in Wikipedia is freely reusable, requiring only attribution, not permission: see reusing Wikipedia content. If there's something else, please come back here and ask further. --ColinFine (talk) 15:34, 5 May 2019 (UTC)

Small amendment to the above: the license Wikipedia is under does require that you release any derivatives under the same license (the "share-alike" clause). Eman235/talk 20:28, 5 May 2019 (UTC)

How do I properly cite a source on mobile?

I am on mobile and whenever I type in what the source is supposed to look like it stays in the main body of the article and doesn’t go under the references. The only way I can get it to go in the reference section is by leaving the link, which looks out of place — Preceding unsigned comment added by Generic.editor.2019 (talk • contribs)

@Generic.editor.2019: Just add the URL between ref tags just before the sentence and then run Refill. For example <ref>URL</ref> . I cite sources this way because it is very convenient for me as a smartphone user. I recommend new beta refill as it provides more features but the old refill works great too. Just enter the page name correctly and hit the Fix page button. Then after the page gets loaded click preview and save or save and return. You need to publish your changes if you choose the first option. P.S the second option isn't available in beta. Hope this helps. (Please sign your posts on talk pages by using four tildes like this: ~~~~.) Sincerely, Masum Reza^☎ 15:33, 5 May 2019 (UTC)

User:Cullen328/Smartphone editing may be of help. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 15:38, 5 May 2019 (UTC)

Trying to edit a wiki page about my creative project.

Hello, Multiple edits I have made to a wikipage about my creative project have been deleted. I understand this is not a promotional tool, but I have added sources, and included info about certain songs I have written and accolades my projects have received. All of this info has been erased and certain information that is misleading is brought back. For example, my project is solely my work, but yet the editor will not accept the edit that the "band" is solely me. I understand now that I cannot add any writing that has been on another webpage, but why are certain small edits refused? It means alot to artists to be represented truthfully, for example why would the list of positive reviews or awards I received for a project be erased and yet minor performances I played that seem to have no significance be added?— Preceding unsigned comment added by Airheart13 (talk • contribs) 17:30, 5 May 2019 (UTC)

They are supposed to give explanations when they do things like that. Didn't you get any? You could put all your concerns into the talk page of that article. Knowing which article you are talking about would have helped. And you probably shouldn't have mentioned you are editing a page you are a subject of yourself. A lot of prejudice comes with that revelation around here. I reckon someone experienced will help you with the technical stuff. As for the edit refusal, it may be that a different template altogether is needed, if it's an infobox you are talking about. If your problem doesn't get resolved, you can leave a message on my talk page, and I'll see if I can help. Good luck. P.S. if you don't get any other replies, you can delete this one. Maybe if it's empty, someone will answer. Usedtobecool (talk) 18:19, 5 May 2019 (UTC)

On the contrary, Usedtobecool - it's always best for editors to disclose any conflict of interest, and indeed in some circumstances it is compulsory to do so. Cordless Larry (talk) 19:09, 5 May 2019 (UTC)

I'm sorry, Airheart13, but no one person gets to decide what goes into an article - especially somebody who has a connection with the subject. Wikipedia is only interested in what reliable published sources say about subjects, and a consensus of editors decides what goes into an article if there is disagreement. If you look at the history of Hurray for the Riff Raff, you will see that Diannaa undid your changes, with the comment "restore sourced content, removed without explanation". For you to reapply the changes without discussion is edit warring, and is regarded as disruptive. I haven't looked at the changes in detail, but I see that the Monger biography (which you removed the citation to) did describe the band's work as "Americana". It is certainly open to you to argue that this is not an appropriate description but frankly, unless you can find another reliable published source which describes it in different terms, you are not likely to have much success. In any case, you should open a discussion on Talk:Hurray for the Riff Raff before making any further edits there; and if you are indeed part of the band, you should urgently read about conflict of interest. --ColinFine (talk) 19:19, 5 May 2019 (UTC)

Help with sources

Do you, the Wikipedia Admins, have any good sources that I could use as strong references? — Preceding unsigned comment added by WIKIrestrict (talk • contribs) 20:23, 5 May 2019 (UTC)

Good sources for what? Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 21:23, 5 May 2019 (UTC)

Presume Draft:Gies & Co.. You should not ask here and at the AfC Help desk. David notMD (talk) 21:34, 5 May 2019 (UTC)

Oh okay, thankyou David notMD, I shall try at the AFC help desk, can you please provide a link? — Preceding unsigned comment added by WIKIrestrict (talk • contribs) 21:40, 5 May 2019 (UTC)

According to AfC Help, you have already asked for help there. David notMD (talk) 22:29, 5 May 2019 (UTC)

Also, the Opekta article is clear that it was renamed Gies & Co. I do not see a need for a separate article "Gies & Co." Instead, there should be a re-direct, so if someone searches for that name, they will be forwarded to the Opekta article. David notMD (talk) 22:33, 5 May 2019 (UTC)

@David notMD: Okay, I thought that there should be a need for a Gies & Co. article, as it was the original company, well thank you for your time anyways. Happy editing! WIKIrestrict (talk)

Edits deleted because of "POV tone and large amounts of irrelevant and unsourced material" . I disagree

However, I sourced every sentence I wrote, mostly from an academic article, a newspaper article or from a history book written by a professor. I also explained a little more about the history of the federal medical marijuana program (which I think is very important to this article). This article only has one sentence about a study conducted on 4 of the surviving patients. Furthermore, this article is poorly written. Paragraphs are made up of sentences which have nothing to do with each other.