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    March 8

    Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi

    Ref number 2 is in the red. Please fix. Thanks 175.33.49.35 (talk) 00:19, 8 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Wikipedia article name

    Hi Helpdesk, 1. As an senior editor, I have been updating name to match the article file name. Is there a rule that specify it is ok to have a mismatch name? 2. An IP user follows my edits and persistently alters name to not match article changes such as Eugene P. Ruehlmann and Joe Coulombe.

    Thanks, SWP13 (talk) 03:53, 8 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    @SWP13: Before you take any other action, you should discuss this with the other editor. Start by assuming, in good faith (WP:AGF), that both of you are trying to improve the encyclopedia, and try to reach consensus on what makes the most sense. I suspect that it may be more nuanced than a simple rule. -Arch dude (talk) 05:01, 8 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    Nevertheless, there is an established convention that the full legal name begins a bio, and the article title matches the name at the top of the infobox. See MOS:FULLNAME.--Shantavira|feed me 09:43, 8 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Crediting articles in WP in other languages

    I wanted to add to an article on a German film which is brief in the English Wikipedia, but quite full in the German one. I recall seeing others tagging and/or crediting an article from another language, but it was quite a while ago and I cannot find info on how to do this. Is it enough to write an attribution note in the edit summary? (I would also find and cite new English sources, of course.) Laterthanyouthink (talk) 05:22, 8 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    @Laterthanyouthink: See Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia#Translating from other language Wikimedia projects. However, you cannot use a Wikipedia article as reference in another Wikipedia article. If the German article makes assertions, I assume that those assertions are cited to reliable sources. Your English article must cite those references themselves, not the German article. It's perfectly OK if those references are in German. So, you are attributing the Germain article (because it is copyrighted CC-BY-SA), but you are referencing its sources, not the article, because Wikipedia does not consider itself to be a reliable source. -Arch dude (talk) 06:18, 8 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    Great, thanks for that, Arch dude. Yes, I understand about the need for citing everything. Laterthanyouthink (talk) 06:34, 8 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    The Tale of Two Charles's

    I've just discovered that Charles James McDonnell and Charles J. McDonnell are two separate articles about the same person, and they have both existed side by side of each other for almost nine years. I wasn't sure how to go about this, or which article to fold into which. Rusted AutoParts 18:11, 8 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    @Rusted AutoParts: I would merge to Charles J. McDonnell as that is the first name the obituaries on both articles use. Fortunately both articles are short. Wikipedia:Merging#How_to_merge should explain the process and you can always come back to the helpdesk of it doesn't. TSventon (talk) 19:20, 8 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    having issues citing dates

    trying to site this date for a website Template:Use dmy-all dates|date=09 August 2019 and it keeps saying this Template:Use dmy-all dates|date=09 August 2019. Retrieved Template:Use dmy-all dates|access-date=08 March 2020. Check date values in: |access-date=, |date= (help) — Preceding unsigned comment added by WA.IVRaps (talk • contribs) 23:03, 8 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    We don't use leading zeroes in Wikipedia dates; see MOS:BADDATE. --David Biddulph (talk) 00:02, 9 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    Just to clarify for other readers and situations, that is true of DMY (9 March 2020) and MDY (March 9, 2020) dates. YMD format (2020-03-09) requires them, and some templates that take separate year, month, and day values, like {{Birth date|2020|03|09}}, allow them. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 08:04, 9 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    March 9

    Centering an image in a table

    Dear experts, In the article Port Pirie (Ellen Street) railway station I have placed an expandable panel titled "Port Pirie's six stations and the "multi-gauge muddle". I would like to centre the timeline graphic in the panel. I have searched extensively on how to do it, but I haven't succeeded. I'd appreciate your advice. Best wishes, SCHolar44 (talk) 00:01, 9 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Does this edit do the trick? --David Biddulph (talk) 00:09, 9 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    Indeed it does, David. Thank you for helping me past another mental block ...  :-/ Best wishes, SCHolar44 (talk) 00:12, 9 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    March 2020

    I do not like it that HaeB is reverting my edits every month. It is not fair for the user. 68.195.141.2 (talk) 04:00, 9 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    It appears that multiple experienced editors disagree with many of your edits. Please start a discussion with one of them on their talk page to get details. You basically never adequately explain what you are trying to do, and I cannot figure it out. You should probably create an account and then create a user page where you can tell us what you are doing. It's possible that your contributions will be valuable if they are added in a different manner: I can't tell. -Arch dude (talk) 04:54, 9 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Remove my name and content about me on Wikipedia. Jim kahr

    I do not accept this artist bio or photo page showing about myself. REMOVE the bio entry entirely and confirm. Jim kahr — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jimkaa (talk • contribs) 05:36, 9 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    (edit conflict) @Jimkaa: Hello, please provide a link to the article you refer to. The English Wikipedia does not appear to have an article in the name Jim Kahr. However, there is one at the German Wikipedia at [1]. Please note that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia which reports on what has been written about a subject in independent reliable sources. An article will be be very unlikely to be removed because the subject does not like it, with the proviso that the content must be properly supported. Eagleash (talk) 06:01, 9 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    @Jimkaa: we do not have an article named "Jim kahr". What article are you referring to? -Arch dude (talk) 06:02, 9 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    @Jimkaa: Are you referring to the article in German Wikipedia? I'm sorry, but if it is the case then we can't intervene in the German Wikipedia, and you might like to go to the German Wikipedia. If you knew German, you might consider suggesting ways to improve it. Besides, it really isn't that well sourced. If it were in the English Wikipedia it would probably be deleted as per the Biography deletion policy, but this is in the German wikipedia, which has its own rules. I went through the policy pages, and there does not seem to be a page about BLP PROD. That page cites only your webpage and therefore is considered unreliably sourced (and would probably fail the deletion process). What would you think can be improved? You might want to voice it out at the German help desk. If you don't know German, you might want to contact one of these editors. Thanks for coming! tLoM (The Lord of Math) (Message) 07:27, 9 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    @Jimkaa: You might also want to upload a better picture if you do not like that one. The picture must be licensed by the copyright holder (the photographer, not you) under the CC-BY-SA license. This requirement is why we have so many amateur pictures (like yours) instead of higher quality pictures. If you wish to pursue this, come back here when you have the picture on your computer and we can help with the rest of the process. -Arch dude (talk) 17:57, 9 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    O.k., I certainly cannot speak on behalf of the German Wikipedia, but since I have done my bit of editing there in the past and do think I understand the general rules, I'll give it a shot. @Jimkaa:
    Generally, an article can be written on any person who is considered to be relevant through their achievements. So, you might even call it an honor that you are considered to be relevant.
    Now before someone can be considered relevant, sufficient sources about this person must already exist. A Wikipedia article should not make any claims without being able to support them with a reliable source. This means that anything that will be said about you in this article has already been published elsewhere. Wikipedia will not publish private data, as you insinuate on your talk page.
    There must be reliable sources to support any claims that are made in an article, the more so for an article about a living person. We have strict privacy rules for that, and if you find that unsourced private data has actually been published, please address one of the admins, and they will delete not only that information but also the versions of the article which include that private information.
    As far as I can see, all the information in the article has already been published on your own website anyway. So to tell the truth, I can't quite see the reason for this commotion. What kind of "data privacy" do you expect for data that you yourself have published on your website for the whole world to see? --87.150.4.104 (talk) 22:49, 9 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    @Jimkaa: In my own opinion, I believe that "courtesy deletion" exists in (English Wikipedia) under the assumption that not much "encyclopaedic content" is lost. However, what are you dissatisfied with in the German page as it currently looks? I am against the deletion of that page, since relevant encyclopaedic material (and sources) are provided, but then you might raise it in accordance to the deletion policy. Keep in mind, there's a good chance it won't be deleted, but at least you'd have a chance to say what's wrong. Thanks. tLoM (The Lord of Math) (Message) 01:16, 10 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    I am not aware of any "courtesy deletion" policy on the German Wikipedia. Things would obviously be different if the article contained libelous or slanderous material, but there is nothing of that. The article has independent sources by now, and it is written in a neutral style.
    It did in fact sould like an advertising brochure when it was first written by a user who claimed to be Jim Kahr's web designer. So maybe it's the neutrality itself that the artist dislikes about the article? I am sorry but I am sure the English and the German Wikipedia agree that Wikipedia is not a platform for self-promotion.
    As for the content, people should really think what they put out there in public before they put it out there. If you want your data to be private, don't publish it!
    @Jimkaa, it would certainly be more helpful if you would participate in this discussion instead of keeping on deleting sourced material in the article. This is not going to get you anywhere. --87.150.4.146 (talk) 08:16, 10 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    The user has apparently changed his account name. Not sure how to send a global "ping" so he will find this discussion? --87.150.4.146 (talk) 13:10, 10 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    searching for specific non-alphanumeric characters

    I am trying to perform a search for the superscript 2 character (²). Until someone edits it, this character is found in Template:Infobox Canada electoral district. Wikipedia style prefers this character be replaced by <sup>2</sup>. But before I fix Template:Infobox Canada electoral district, I was thinking, where else is this character? Based on Help:Searching#insource: it seems that the search string should be insource:/regexp/² or maybe insource:/regexp/\², but neither of those, and neither of insource:/² or insource:\² give any useful results. Is there a way to perform this search in Wikipedia, and if so, how? —Anomalocaris (talk) 07:05, 9 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    @Anomalocaris: I think the correct syntax would be insource:/²/, but that's not working for me. The search indexer may have been told that the ² character isn't important enough to be indexed. I've run a small part of an AWB database scan on a copy of Wikipedia from a week ago, and have placed the results at User:John of Reading/Sandbox. I guess the full list would have about 50,000 entries. Most of the matches seem to be km² or similar units. If you'd like to see the full list I can let the scan run and post the results for you. -- John of Reading (talk) 07:29, 9 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    John of Reading: Thanks for the info and for the database dump. —Anomalocaris (talk) 08:06, 9 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    @Anomalocaris: Note there are other mis-used characters out there, including: ³ ¼ ½ ¾ © ™ №, as well as the dreaded MOS:CURLY quotes. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 08:17, 9 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Amrow Hijazi

    Dear Support,

    I wrote an article about myself Amrow Hijazi but it says it has a conflict with my post also.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Amrownu

    Can you please advice because i want to publish it

    Regards ...Amrow Hijazi... — Preceding unsigned comment added by Amrownu (talk • contribs) 09:06, 9 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]


    @Amrownu: Since that material is inappropriate for Wikipedia (see WP:NOT), you might want to find another venue on the web. See WP:OUT. -Arch dude (talk) 18:18, 9 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    HOW DO I PUBLISH MY BIO ON WIKIPEDIA

    Dear Sir/Madam,

    I would like to publish my biography on Wikipedia.

    Please see the attached.

    Please feel free to contact me on <e-mail address redacted>.

    Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dapow (talk • contribs) 11:07, 9 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    The advice against that is at WP:Autobiography. --David Biddulph (talk) 11:18, 9 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Problem acocunt

    Hello, I have stumbled upon a newly made account that, based on its username and user page, is solely an advertising account. Can someone please look into this when they get a chance. The account is User:Investingwebsite. Thanks, EDG 543 (talk) 15:59, 9 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    EDG 543, I've tagged the user page for deletion, and reported the user at wp:aiv for being a promotional account. ~~ Alex Noble - talk 16:07, 9 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Hello (again). I stumbled upon yet another spam account: User:Yashikaaa. Can it please be removed? Also, is there a way I can deal with this besides this help desk? I feel like I might be doing this a lot in the future. Thanks, EDG 543 (talk) 16:33, 9 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    EDG 543, enable twinkle - it's in the gadgets section of your preferences.
    This allows you to report to the noticeboards, and issue speedy deletion tags.
    The instructions are at Wikipedia:Twinkle ~~ QRA: Alex Noble - talk 16:35, 9 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    @EDG 543: The correct place to report is WP:AIV. Twinkle makes that a bit easier, but is not required. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 00:11, 10 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    When are conflicts of interest declarations needed?

    I noticed this recent edit at Anthropology [diff], which seemed to be trying to narrow the description of what falls within medical anthropology. The username matches a medical anthropologist, who has her own Wikipedia page (Alexandra Brewis Slade) and the account has only made three edits: the one above, one last October to the Alexandra Brewis Slade page, and just now to List of anthropologists.

    The past edit was reverted long ago. My question concerns the two recent edits. I think the edit to Anthropology was done to more narrowly limit the description of medical anthropology to the research Dr. Brewis Slade undertakes. And, certainly, including one's own Wikipedia article on a list page is better done by request (even if accurate), no? Do both of these cases constitute a conflict of interest?

    If so, should the list edit be reverted as well?

    (Apologies for forgetting my sig!) --Pinchme123 (talk) 17:27, 9 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    @Pinchme123: In my opinion an explicit COI declaration by Alex Brewis Slade is needed, and the editor should be following the COI rules WP:COI, if the user is in fact Alexandra Brewis Slade. If the user is not this person, then the user must not use that user name (see WP:username -Arch dude (talk) 18:55, 9 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    @Arch dude: Thank you! I have added a note to their talk page stating as much ([diff]). --Pinchme123 (talk) 19:46, 9 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Need to edit page German Blue Max

    Need to add Franz Buchner 40 victories. Aug 17 to wars end. Reference Wikipedia page on Franz Buchner.

    I have his matchbox cover with his name cut into the medal. I would like to add a picture of this personal item he carried to his bio page. Can you help? Thanks (contact info redacted) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.186.229.178 (talk) 18:13, 9 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    I don't have time to address this question, but I stumbled across this in passing, and have redacted some personal contact info. Just a note of explanation for why your contact info was removed: This is often unwise on a public page on Wikipedia, and we generally would never reply by email/phone. Someone will be along to answer your question here, on Wikipedia, in a while. --Floquenbeam (talk) 18:19, 9 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    You may take a picture of the matchbox cover and then upload it to Wikimedia Commons, (click "upload file" on any page or click Wikipedia:File Upload Wizard to start this process) and follow the instructions. license your picture under CC-BY-SA. You can then add it to the article. -Arch dude (talk) 18:38, 9 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    I added Franz Büchner to the list in Pour le Mérite. -Arch dude (talk) 18:48, 9 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Farr's Law

    I don't want to violate any Wikipedia rules, but shouldn't Farr's Law be an entry in Wikipedia? Farr's Law states that an epidemic usually follows a symmetrical curve that rises before subsiding. This paradigm has been used to map and study epidemic outbreaks such as AIDS, smallpox outbreaks and cattle disease.

    Farr's Law of Epidemics was first formulated in 1840, and it states that the graphs of epidemics have a tendency to rise and fall in a symmetrical pattern, resembling a bell-shaped curve. William Farr was the first to propose that the forces controlling epidemics can be understood through scientific inquiry, which then may be expressed in mathematical terms. In the early 20th century, application of the theories set forth by John Brownlee enhanced the mathematical aspects of Farr's theory and suggested the bell curve configuration. Farr asserted that epidemics proceed in a pattern where new cases rise to a crest, which is then followed by a constant deceleration period. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Winslow Peck (talk • contribs) 20:07, 9 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    @Winslow Peck: based on [[2]] I think the topic is notable, but am unsure if it would be better as a standalone article or a subsection of the William Farr article. You could first approach it as a subsection, and after finishing decide if there's enough to warrant a "carve out" aka a standalone article. (Please remember to sign your posts on talk pages by typing four keyboard tildes like this: ~~~~. Or, you can use the [ reply ] button, which automatically signs posts.) TimTempleton (talk) (cont) 20:59, 9 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Afghanistan—Venezuela

    Hi, my question is plain simple. Two men took oath of office in Afghanistan just like in Venezuela. Abdullah Abdullah is the disputed one, do you think I could start an "Afghan presidential crisis" or I'd just waste my time to it be quickly deleted? THank you. --CoryGlee (talk) 20:08, 9 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    CoryGlee Hello and welcome to the Teahouse. It all depends on the number of independent reliable sources that you have. If enough of them discuss this matter, it would merit an article. If you have sources, I doubt it would be quickly deleted. 331dot (talk) 20:44, 9 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    CoryGlee those are good questions. what is the name of the other contender? that might help us to evaluate this as a topic. thanks. --Sm8900 (talk) 22:59, 9 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Sm8900 Hi friend, they're Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani, I might be starting a page with sources as said above but my English is not the best. --CoryGlee (talk) 11:03, 10 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Wikipedia page display

    Greetings! I created a wikipedia page but discovered it's not ranking on Google search engine but the direct link is going through. What can I do? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Opeinoluwa101 (talk • contribs) 21:48, 9 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Opeinoluwa101 Your article (not just "page") must first be patrolled by a New Page Patroller and then search engines must index the page, this takes time. There's nothing you can really do about it. 331dot (talk) 21:51, 9 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Complaint/rant

    Russian Wikipedia is not independent. It regularly publishes untrue information about Ukraine and blocks Ukrainians who is trying to make changes. If you compare Ukrainian and English Wiki with Russian (about fascism, nationalism, folk heroes, Kobzon, etc.) you will see contradictions. Unfortunately I can't trust Wikipedia anymore. Therefore, I do not want to donate money to support a previously good resource. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.209.84.194 (talk) 23:32, 9 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    This is the help desk for the English Wikipedia. The Russian Wikipedia is a separate project with separate administration. Complaining here won't change anything there. If you believe the English and Ukrainian projects are less biased than the Russian one, then don't trust the Russian one. If you don't want to donate to the Russian project, then don't donate to Wikipedia at all: we don't really need the money. There may be a mechanism to complain to the Wikimedia Foundation, but I do not know what it is. -Arch dude (talk) 23:45, 9 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    Hello, anonymous user. Although English Wikipedia is the largest project it is not the co-ordinator of the other language Wikipedias, as Arch dude says. The Wikimedia Foundation is the owner of these projects and the Meta Wiki is where discussion of issues such as you raise happens. For example, there was a recent lengthy discussion about similar issues concerning the Croatian Wiki there. You can try posting the above to the Wikimedia Forum. If the editors there can't help you, they can tell you where is the best place to ask your question. I hope this helps. Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 15:06, 10 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    March 10

    Help with {{FJC Bio}}

    As can be seen at its talk page, Template:FJC Bio is no longer fully functional, due to an update in how pages are identified on the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges website. They are no longer identified by a number, but use a name-based format. Therefore, it appears no longer possible to use the template to link to a judge's page except to the page of the judge who is the subject of the article (because it pulls the correct identifier from Wikidata). Can someone who is good with templates that link to external websites give this one a look? Ergo Sum 01:55, 10 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    COI

    How can you proof your innocence in Conflict of interest? Thank you.Robertbob12 (talk) 14:53, 10 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    You'll get more and better quality answers if you tell us which article is involved. - X201 (talk) 14:56, 10 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    This is not about a specific situation, but is there a procedure when you can adapt or refer. Many people say that this accusation is often harmful and don't know how to react.Robertbob12 (talk) 15:21, 10 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Robertbob12 I'm not sure who "many people" are- but why are you concerned about a conflict of interest? Other than the two on this page, your account has no other posts or edits to Wikipedia, and conflict of interest is an unusual thing for a completely new user to ask about. As X201 stated, it is hard to give you good answers without knowing more about what you are asking about. Have you reviewed WP:COI? 331dot (talk) 15:26, 10 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Thank you. I will read it again.Robertbob12 (talk) 15:44, 10 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    It's not a matter of "innocence" and "accusations", Robertbob12; it's a matter of being in a situation where it is intrinsically harder to edit in a satisfactory way. An editor with a COI who is open about it and follows the recommendations for somebody in that position, has a right to expect other editors to be civil and helpful. What is more problematic is undisclosed COI editing. Even there, it is often just through ignorance.
    I guess where the feeling of "accusation" and "innocence" comes in is that editors with a COI are often here in order to promote something: this is not just against the rules, it is fundamentally inconsistent with the purposes of Wikipedia. --ColinFine (talk) 16:26, 10 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Wikipedia history pages of 2011

    Hello Wikipedia, I need the history dumps of 2011 for research work. How can I get the dumps of 2011? OR How can I identify in the history pages that this text belongs to the 2011 pages? I need old Wikipedia dumps. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.224.116.153 (talk) 16:41, 10 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Hi there. If you need dumps of English Wikipedia, I would recommend checking out WP:DUMP, where database dumps can be downloaded. These come in XML format, which can be read and processed by a number of tools. If you need the history of all edits performed in 2011, I would recommend the All pages with complete edit history dumps, as those will have just about every edit since the beginning of time. Phuzion (talk) 03:15, 11 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Adding a Public Figure Page

    Hello,

    I was wondering how I go about making a suggestion for a public figure page?

    Thank you! Ed — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.79.6.115 (talk) 17:05, 10 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Suggestions can go to Requested Articles, but the backlog there is severe. It would be quicker for you to write an article(not just "page") yourself using Articles for creation. You should follow the advice at Your first article and also make sure the "public figure" meets Wikipedia's special definition of a notable person as shown with significant coverage in independent reliable sources. 331dot (talk) 17:19, 10 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    GateHouse Media / BridgeTower Media

    BridgeTower Media links currently bring you to the GateHouse Media wiki page, they aren't the same brand though. BridgeTower should be a page separate from GateHouse. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ruslik0 (talk • contribs) 2020-03-10T20:50:53 (UTC)

    Hello, Ruslik0. It is possible that there should be two separate articles, if GateHouse Media and BridgeTower Media are separately notable; but I'm inclined to doubt whether they are. In any case, the best place to discuss this is at Talk:GateHouse Media, where I see you have already started a discussion. It may be that nobody joins the discussion: if that happens, then by all means try and create an article about BridgeTower Media. --ColinFine (talk) 21:48, 10 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Problem with articles that I created

    Hi. I am not sure if this is the right place to ask the next question, but I will try.

    It happens that some articles that I have created in recent months do not appear in the Google search engine. These are the articles: Capture of the frigate Esmeralda, Lima Campaign, Sierra Campaign, Battle of Río Grande, Capture of HMS St. Fermin and English ship Dainty (1588).

    Why is this? How is it solved? And how to prevent it from happening with future articles? Thank you. --Muwatallis II (talk) 20:55, 10 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    @Muwatallis II: Articles are blocked from search engine indexing until they are reviewed or until 90 days have passed. After that it's out of our hands and in the hands of the various search engines. I don't know what happened to Capture of the frigate Esmeralda. This policy is meant to slow down contributors whose main agenda is to get a topic onto the search engines, which clearly does not apply to your articles (thanks!) -Arch dude (talk) 22:22, 10 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    @Muwatallis II: works for me. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 05:18, 11 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Hi, there's an article on this platform dedicated to my persona, on the article there's a video of me giving a lecture at a university. This video was posted by someone that must have attended and recorded the lecture, however I never authorized being recorded, let alone reproducing such content. Is there anyway I could request the content gets removed? Any and all help will be greatly appreciated. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kieran59 (talk • contribs) 21:24, 10 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    @Kieran59: What part of this do you consider to be copyrighted by you? Not the video itself, since you did not operate the camera. Therefore, it must either be the performance or something inside the video such as slides, music, etc. I am unfamiliar with copyright with respect to performance, so you will need to research it. If you can be specific, you can take this issue to the c:Commons:Deletion requests (if the file is at Wikimedia Commons), where your issue will be treated very seriously indeed. If the file is hare on the English Wikipedia, look at Wikipedia:Copyright violations to see how to proceed, and we will also take it very seriously indeed. If you cannot claim copyright, then we will not remove the material based on your request unless you make a valid claim based on our "living persons" policy: see WP:BLP. -Arch dude (talk) 21:59, 10 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    @Kieran59: Take a look at Copyright#Fixing to see if you think you can claim copyright on the lecture itself. -Arch dude (talk) 22:33, 10 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Harvnb/Cite book template help

    Hi all – in relation to the article Northgate, West Sussex, which I'm actively working on, can anybody who is more skilled at templates than I am work out why the Harvard reference to Williamson et al. (2019) isn't working? I have specified 4 authors, which I believe is supported by this template. Cheers, Hassocks5489 (Floreat Hova!) 21:32, 10 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Name order matters. The {{harvnb}} templates have the name order:
    Williamson Musson Hudson Nairn
    the {{cite book}} template has the name order:
    Williamson Hudson Musson Nairn
    —Trappist the monk (talk) 21:46, 10 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    Resolved
    @Trappist the monk: Many thanks – I'd been staring at that for ages wondering what was wrong! Hassocks5489 (Floreat Hova!) 22:13, 10 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Selected publications

    How can I find the most important publications for an academic? I want to add a Selected publications section to David Dumville as the previous one was removed on 10 August 2018‎ for being indiscriminate. TSventon (talk) 23:23, 10 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Corrections to my Wikipedia Bio

    Hello,

    I would like to personally make correction to my Wiki page. There are alot of errors and incomplete information on here. Please grant me access to do thi


    Ruth — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ruthobih (talk • contribs) 23:34, 10 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Hey, I'm Info-Screen. Sad to hear, that there are errors on the Page about you. I guess you refer to the Page Ruth Obih. Especially this edit of yours, which was later reverted. This means that you are not lacking access to the Article, but another editor thought, that the edit you made was not Constructive (see the notice on your Talk Page). Generally users are discouraged to write Articles about themselfes. You might want to read the Wikipedia:Simple conflict of interest edit request. If you have questions regarding this, don't hesitate to ask. --Info-Screen::Talk 23:48, 10 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Hi Ruth. Unfortunately since you are the subject of the article, you have a Conflict of Interest and must follow the guidelines provided. Thepenguin9 (talk) 00:13, 11 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Hello, Ruthobih. WP:AUTOPROB has some guidance for people in your position. --ColinFine (talk) 00:21, 11 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    March 11

    How can upload my profile picture

    explain please — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sudeb Halder (talk • contribs) 07:10, 11 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    There's no such feature. @Sudeb Halder: see WP:NOTSOCIAL.--Jasper Deng (talk) 08:27, 11 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    @Sudeb Halder: You can't – because you have no ‘profile’ here. --CiaPan (talk) 09:12, 11 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Submitting information

    Colin Browne was a resident at TRIOMF during which garden competitions were won during 1969 and 1969.

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