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September 7

Need help figuring out a new page

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I created a new page following the guidelines but after moving it, I got the message "This sandbox is in the article namespace. Either move this page into your userspace, or remove the {{User sandbox}}template." Does anyone know what I should do? Thank you Medrine Nyambura (talk) 02:33, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

Medrine Nyambura, it looks like Eagleash did it for you already. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 02:49, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

(edit conflict) @Medrine Nyambura: Hello, as the message implies you should remove the sandbox template. This can be found at the top of the source. In this case, I have done this. I have also tidied the first section a little. Need to mention that you cannot use Wikipedia as a reference (see WP:UGC) and also punctuation goes before refs. Main headings should be delineated by two equals signs (==) and sub headings by three or four if necessary. Don't leave gaps between refs and I might suggest a quick review of the manual of style. Cheers. Eagleash (talk) 02:53, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

where i can ask my question?

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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I asked a question but it went away. People are saying that i attacked but policy say i can ask question so i asked question but it got deleted too. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jarfow (talk • contribs) 03:35, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

For reference, see this ad hominem, this question about how to cheat NPA, and this bout of homophobia. —A little blue Bori v^_^v ^{Hasteur Hasteur Ha-- oh....} 03:45, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

Jarfow, you did make personal attacks, and as for where you can ask such questions, nowhere on Wikipedia. Meters (talk) 03:51, 7 September 2020 (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.

Redirecting a page

I would like to nominate a page for redirection. The article Delta FM is pretty much redundant now. When the station closed it merged with Kestrel FM. This page then redirected to The Breeze, which now in turn should probably redirect to Greatest Hits Radio as The Breeze has also closed. Therefore, I would like to to nominate Delta FM to be redirected to Greatest Hits Radio. I have attempted to do the nomination myself but got very confused. Any help would be gratefully received. - Funky Snack (Talk) 08:36, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

I disagree with this proposal. The Delta FM article contains historical information which is not currently also present in the Greatest Hits Radio article (or elsewhere), and would consequently be lost by a mere redirect. I notice also that Kestrel FM now redirects to Greatest Hits Radio Berkshire & North Hampshire, which is apparently an ongoing entity separate from Greatest Hits Radio.

So, we have (at least) five variously related extinct and extant stations to deal with, which if merged as far as possible, would make for confusing reading. It seems to me that it is less confusing to maintain separate articles that include clear indications of these stations' historical relationships.

This is not to say that the four articles as they now are could not stand further clarification, perhaps by devising a diagram to show their relationships, and I could see an argument for restoring Kestrel FM as a separate article. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 2.122.2.158 (talk) 11:16, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

I think you're missing my point here. I was asking for someone to put in a RfD for me. What you say about Greatest Hits Radio Berkshire & North Hampshire being separate from Greatest Hits Radio, that's not true. It's a networked radio station. - Funky Snack (Talk) 15:39, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

In which case, ought we to not have (at least) two separate articles about it/them, but rather sections for the geographic subdivisions under GHR (eliminating GHRB&NH as a separate article)?

You are right that I missed your point, and I'm still not quite sure what it is, but since I have no particular interest in the subject matter (despite being a Hampshire resident) I think I'll bow out of further participation in this issue. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.1905} 2.122.2.158 (talk) 04:23, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

Just because something has ceased to operate it does not necessarily mean that it is no longer notable. There are plenty of such organisations (and in fact people ) who no longer exist which are still notable.. Some of them have passed on their work to other organisations because they have been taken over or because they were privatised ore sold off in bits. Some of them have just been wound up ,or in the case of people ,died. Would you say the following are no longer notable: Queen Elizabeth I, Britiish East India Company, British Railways, Royal Leicestershire Regiment, Czechoslovakia, Austin Motor Company etc? I think what is required is a statement in the Delta article to the effect that it merged with Kestrel. If Kestrel has an article of its own it should be blue linked in the Delta article, which is in fact what happened. Whether Delta was itself notable in the first place is a different question. So is whether a notable person or thing can become forgetable with the passage of time. Delta has been out of business for ten years. I think it would probably take longer than that. William Wyggeston (or Wigston) was notable in the early 16th century but he may or may not be notable now. (he was a wealthy wool merchant and philanthropist and was several times Mayor of Leicester) I haven't checked if he has a wikipedia page. Hope this helps.Spinney Hill (talk) 08:15, 8 September 2020 (UTC) I have just checked and he does have a page. I see he was also Mayor of Calais (then an English possession)Spinney Hill (talk) 08:55, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

Requesting you to review the page

Hello. I'm requesting wikipedia to review this page and publish it as an article. Thank you in advance. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:The_Thayir_Sadam_Project — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pavan139 (talk • contribs) 10:20, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

@Pavan139: I have submitted the draft for review on your behalf. Notice the big yellow box at the top of the page. Victor Schmidt mobil (talk) 10:25, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

When you contribute something to Wikipedia, Pavan139, you are told: "Content that violates any copyrights will be deleted." I have deleted this draft, because a substantial percentage of it was copied from this page. -- Hoary (talk) 12:14, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

Mr.Hoary the link that you are mentioning was an event that was held in November 2019. The article I have drafted for is a band that was established in the year 2018. I myself provided the profile of the band to the organizers. Its my own original content and the content mentioned on that page is not copyrighted material. So i request you to restore the draft and publish it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pavan139 (talk • contribs) 12:40, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

Hello, Pavan139. The material on that page has been published therefore it is copyright. If you are indeed the holder of the copyright, then you have the power to license it in a way that Wikipedia will accept it (see donating copyright materials; but I suggest you don't do that, because it is very unlikely to be appropriately neutral| in tone. Remember that Wikipedia is basically not interested in anything said by the subject of an article about themselves, or by their associates: it is only interested in what people who have no connection with the subject, and have not been prompted or fed information by the subject, have chosen to publish about it. So your material on the band is irrelevant to Wikipedia: you need to find some independent sources about it. You also need to read about editing with a conflict of interest if you hve not already done so. --ColinFine (talk) 13:36, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

new addition: Isobel Sarah Frye

Isobel Sarah Frye is a lawyer and social justice activist.

Frye was born in Cape Town, South Africa, on 8 December 1971, the second daughter of Jennifer, a high school teacher, and John Frye, an Anglican priest.

Frye spent her formative years in constant motion as her father was transferred to parishes in the Eastern and Western Cape. She became politicised in the 1980s primarily due to her father’s work. Frye joined NUSAS when she enrolled at UCT to study a BA Llb in 1990, in its last days.

Frye worked as an attorney at Walker’s Attorneys as a commercial litigator from 1996 to 2002, becoming one of the first two female directors. She then left and joined the Black Sash as their National Advocacy Manager until joining NALEDI, the research service NGO of COSATU in 2004.

Frye is the founding director of not for profit research organisation Studies in Poverty and Inequality Institute (SPII) in 2006. She is one of the foremost commentators on a universal basic income grant in South Africa. She has represented Community Constituency in policy negotiations at NEDLAC since 2002. Frye was appointed one of the first National Minimum Wage commissioners byt eh Minister of Labour in January 2019. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 197.91.136.239 (talk) 12:50, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

Hello, IP user. If you think Wikipedia should have an article about Frye, you are welcome to try creating one (but be warned that creating an article is one of the most difficult tasks there is for an inexperienced editor). Posting this material here will probably have no effect whatever. My suggestion would be to create an account, spend a few months improving existing articles and learning how Wikipedia works, and then, when you feel ready, read your first article and think about creating a draft about Frye - provided you can find the reliable published sources necessary to establish that she meets Wikipedia's criteria for notability. --ColinFine (talk) 13:39, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

Wikipedia page is redirected

Hello,

The wikipedia page for David Day, Canadian Writer has been redirected to "Reception of J. R. R. Tolkien From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 (Redirected from David Day (Canadian writer))" 

How can this be corrected?

David DayKingoftheWoods (talk) 14:58, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

This can be corrected if somebody writes a new article that indicates how WP:NPERSON is met. Victor Schmidt (talk) 15:08, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Hello, KingoftheWoods. Please look at the discussion at Talk:David Day (Canadian writer)#Notability. The editors discussing there found no evidence that you meet Wikipedia's criteria for notability, and so redirection was an alternative to deletion. If you dispute this, please present the three most relevant sources (remembering that they must be wholly independent of you, not based on interviews or press releases, reliably published, and contain significant coverage of you) for other editors to evaluate. --ColinFine (talk) 15:10, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

Hello, ColinFine My independent credible course are:

Official Publishers

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/2142156/david-day/ https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/David-Day/141023395 https://books.google.ca/books?id=EIZI3TDTGTsC&pg=PA44&dq=david+day+doomsday+book+of+animals&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwithpyEv9frAhX9hXIEHVPeBBoQ6AEwAHoECAEQAg#v=onepage&q=david%20day%20doomsday%20book%20of%20animals&f=false

BC Book World - https://abcbookworld.com/writer/day-david/ Quill and Quire - https://quillandquire.com/nevermore-a-book-of-hours/ https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/An-Encyclopedia-of-Tolkien/David-Day/Leather-bound-Classics/9781645170099

I can supply many more links of sources if the publishers above are not credible.

Thank you for your help.

KingoftheWoods (talk) 16:46, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

Those are absolutely NOT independent sources, they are primary sources. Theroadislong (talk) 17:11, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

They are credible, KingoftheWoods, but most of them are not independent of you; and the two that are (the New Scientist and Quill and Quire reviews) are about your books, but say almost nothing about you. It follows tht an article about you based on those seven sources would have almost no content. --ColinFine (talk) 17:10, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

I am an author who has written over 50 books, translated into up to 20 languages (e.g. The Bestiary) with some of the most reputable publishers in the World. My books have been reviewed in the Times Literary Supplement, Time Magazine and Sunday Telegraph as well as LA Times and Detroit Free Press. Someone created my wikipedia page in 2003 and it suddenly disappeared to be redirected to a fan type page for the brilliant JRR Tolkien.

My university has a special collection of my books and awarded me a "distinguished alumni" award. My books have been in print and are still selling in the bookstores and on line. I am at a loss to prove validity for Wikipedia. My books are me. Please help?

KingoftheWoods (talk) 17:43, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

Also, in looking at my peers and contemporaries who have wiki pages, my page had more sources. I did not create my page, it was created at the beginning of Wikipedia and this year, I tried to rectify some information. Is my university a credible source, if so, maybe the information here will help https://www.uvic.ca/alumni/impact/home/awards/distinguished/2015-DA-bios/index.php

I read through the notability and would like you to reconsider putting my page created at the beginning of Wikipedia back on line KingoftheWoods (talk) 18:00, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

KingoftheWoods, It is not the number of sources cited, but their quality and content that matter. Merely because a person has published books, even many books, through major publishers does not make that person notable. Critical reviews published by independent reliable publishers can contribute to notability, as described in WP:NAUTHOR, but the reviews must themselves be cited, and secondary sources about the author are also usual. Also, please beware of the fallacy known here as Other stuff exists. Attempting to reason that some other article is in some sense not as good but is still around and therefore the article in question should not be deleted or redirected almost never works. Either the answer is that there is some relevant difference in circumstances, or that the other article has just not been nominated for deletion yet, but should be. Among the over 6 million articles here are at least hundr3eds of thousands that should be deleted. Each article must stand or fall on its own merits. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 18:55, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

Hello Victor Schmidt

Thank you for answering the question. To clarify, you are saying that my reviews do not make me a notable WP:NAUTHOR because they are about the books and there is not enough about me. So it seems that it is not me that is notable, it is my books, I just happened to write them.

I did not have any input to the publication of the reviews in Time Magazine, New Scientist, Times Literary Supplement, Quill & Quire and New Scientist. These respected publications picked the books as their choice. Some of it was before the internet. These notable publications thought I was notable enough to review my books. Time Magazine listed me as the top 12 books that season. This is very upsetting not only to me but will be to the reviewers and to the publications concerned.

Also, If I understand you correctly, the person (I do not know who) that considered me notable in 2003 to publish the Wikipedia page should not have published the page? Since the page was published, I have written 12 more books and surely that adds to being a notable WP:NAUTHOR

All the citations that were on my website are available in hard copy and on line. There are many.

To go back to the original "ask" of supplying 3 creditable sources, will these do?

https://www.uvic.ca/library/home/home/news/current/david-day-lecture.php https://www.uvic.ca/alumni/impact/home/awards/distinguished/2015-DA-bios/index.php https://books.google.ca/books?id=EIZI3TDTGTsC&pg=PA44&dq=david+day+doomsday+book+of+animals&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwithpyEv9frAhX9hXIEHVPeBBoQ6AEwAHoECAEQAg#v=onepage&q=david%20day%20doomsday%20book%20of%20animals&f=false

I also have endorsements in writing from Michael Palin, and Margaret Attwood as well as the late Terry Jones and Ted Hughes.

Also the Duke of Edinburgh has written the introduction to my Doomsday Book of Animals.

Is there anything else to be done?

KingoftheWoods (talk) 19:37, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

I would strongly suggest you stop, Wikipedia is not a place for people to tell the world about themselves. There are plenty of social-networking sites like Facebook where you can do that, Wikipedia is a project to build an encyclopedia. This is explained at Wikipedia is not about YOU and Wikipedia:Autobiography. If you are actually notable in Wikipedia terms someone unconnected with you will write an article eventually. Theroadislong (talk) 20:48, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

(edit conflict) KingoftheWoods The first of those three is an announcement of a talk by you (I am assuming that you are in fact David Day). Bios that accompany such announcements are so commonly written by the speaker, and even when not, are so generally designed to puff up the speaker to encourage attendance, that they are not given much weight in notability decisions here. The alumni award may be of value, although it being given by an institution you are of course associated with reduces the value somewhat. The review of your book is probably of value. Under WP:NAUTHOR point 3, reviews of the books of an author mcan establish the notability of that author. This says: The person has created or played a major role in co-creating a significant or well-known work or collective body of work. In addition, such work must have been the primary subject of an independent and notable work (for example, a book, film, or television series, but usually not a single episode of a television series) or of multiple independent periodical articles or reviews. I have used this in the past to successfully establish notability, see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/David Katz (author) and the related David Katz (author). But do note the disagreement expressed in the discussion. Having some independent reliable sources that discuss you in detail will help a lot. Note that celebrity endorsements are of little or no value, as are introductions to books by well known people. I would be willing to work with you on creating a draft to merge into the previous version of the article. Are you interested? DES^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 20:51, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

Hello DES

Yes, I would be very very grateful for your help. Thank you for the offer. The above comments and notes were inserted to check if I could come up with credible sources. I did not know where to turn when someone told me that my page was deleted. Please let me know what you need me to do. KingoftheWoods (talk) 21:16, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

• Note: In case anyone wondered, there were broken user-links in several places above that may have prevented pings. I've taken the liberty of fixing them for archival purposes. —[AlanM1 (talk)]— 21:47, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

Continued on User talk:KingoftheWoods#Going forward on an article about you DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 22:40, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

How to turn off beta function

Hello, I added something to page User:DonGuess/common.js and now when I edit some bugs appear, how can I delete something from there?-DonGuess (talk) 15:26, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

• See this, the "Adding reply buttons" thread — Preceding unsigned comment added by DonGuess (talk • contribs) 15:30, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

Heavily Shilled Biography

I came across a biography that seems to be heavily shilled and aggrandizing. When I tried to add a recent news development about racist tendencies it was deleted by another party. Most of the information is not sourced and seems rather fanciful (he invented the hydrogen car while in high school?) but attempts to question it are blocked. Can it be submitted for review by a larger group? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_E._Billings — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.170.226.250 (talk) 16:19, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

Hello, your addition of allegations of racism was unsourced and misplaced between another statement and its reference. When it was removed (rightly but without edit summary) you edit warred to replace it. (I've removed it again). You should not do either of these things. Please do not restore it without a good citation. The statement about the hydrogen car is referenced although I am not sure how reliable the source may be. Eagleash (talk) 16:39, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

[1] is the source that I put when referencing the racism. I'm not sure what you mean by "unsourced", as the San Francisco Chronicle is a major newspaper. In fact, the reference is still there. Look at Citation #3.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.170.226.250 (talk) 21:07, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

The page is now 'fixed'. The original edit placed the source but not directly against the text it was supposed to support. The initial reverting anonymous editor did not remove it when deleting the disputed text; probably because it was not clear what its purpose was. Now that the wording has been better placed and the references are supporting inline, the issue is resolved. Eagleash (talk) 10:23, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

eXTREME FRUSTRATION USING YOUR GUIDELINES

I STARTED A SIMPLE PROCESS. I SAW LISTING FOR A RICHARD J. KRAMER AND I COPIED IT EXACTLY. YET AFTER SO MANY PRECIOUS HOURS NAVIGATING THROUGH YOUR LAYERS... I WAS THEN TOLD THAT MY DRAFT WAS TO BE DELETED.

YOUR SO CALLED EXPERTS EXIST BUT THEIR IS NO WAY TO CONTACT THEM BY PHONE OR EMAIL. YOUR OTHER APPROACH ARE LINES AND LINES OF MATERIALS THAT WOULD TAKE ME DAYS TO READ THROUGH. IS THERE A SOLUTION?? Wikipedia draft Richard T. Kusiolek Richard T. Kusiolek (born July 30, 1941 in Cook County Chicago, Illinois) is an American Author, Business Technology Consultant, and Digital and Print Media Publisher and Editor. Contents Biography Early Life Career Personal Life See Also References Biography Early life Kusiolek was born in Chicago Illinois. He graduated from Northern Illinois University and earned a Bachelor of Science in Management in 1968. In 1975, He earned a Master’s in Business Administration from San Francisco State University in International Business. His ancestors were Cossacks, a group of predominantly East Slavic-speaking Orthodox Christian people, became known as members of democratic, self-governing, semi-military communities, originating in the Pontic steppe. Career From 1995 to 2006, he worked in Silicon Valley of Northern California in Marketing Management for a wide range of technology companies. From 2006 to 2014, he was an adjunct professor of management for the Graduate Business Departments of San Jose and Hayward State Universities. He was a faculty member of the University of Phoenix in Marketing and Economics. In 2014, he launched GMC Stream, a global military communications digital and print magazine. Personal Life He has one son and two daughters who are professionals in health care and journalism. See Also Published Novels on Amazon.com References System for upstream broadband transmission. Alternative Uses of Emergency Communications Networks Driving New Market Digital publisher Aerospace and Defense. Science Research in Technology. Richard Theodor Kusiolek (talk) 17:18, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

Richard Theodor Kusiolek, it's most likely because it looks like a fake article. While a light bio on your userpage is fine, it should not look like an article itself, especially if you're writing about yourself. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 17:55, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

Richard Theodor Kusiolek, Taking a look at your deleted article, it was very promotional, and Wikipedia is not for promotion. Also, you seem to be writing about yourself, which we strongly discourage. CaptainEek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!}⚓ 18:10, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

@Richard Theodor Kusiolek: I think you have a few misconceptions about Wikipedia. To avoid your needing to read a bunch of stuff, here is a brief summary of salient points. First, this is an encyclopedia. It has articles about subjects that we consider notable. You do not appear to be notable by our definition, so Wikipedia should not have an article about you. Please do not put any more effort into creating an article about yourself unless you are certain you meet our notability guidelines, which you can read at WP:N. If you want a shorter explanation, look at WP:CSMN. If you do not meet our notability guidelines, you should find another venue for your article, such as Linkedin. Next, all of "experts" (about 100,000 individual editors in the last 30 days) are volunteers. None of us have any incentive or desire to assist you via phone or e-mail. Each of us has spent those "days of effort" that you wish to avoid. We spent that time in order to learn how to build an encyclopedia, not in order to help people write about themselves, which we discourage. See WP:AUTOBIOGRAPHY. If, after reading, you do decide that you are notable, then please come back here and we can assist you with the next step. -Arch dude (talk) 18:16, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

Furthermore, if you continue in your abusive and insulting tone, you risk being blocked from editing. JIP | Talk 23:27, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

Calm down, JIP. This guy is frustrated of the guidelines, and as a first-timer, the person probably couldn't express frustration in a way that complies with Wikipedia standards. @Richard Theodor Kusiolek:, if you need more info, just contact me. You won't last long if you rant here.... :) Regards, Jeromi Mikhael ^(marhata) 23:42, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

References

Branham High School

In the article about Branham High School it states that Branham was opened in 1970 by the Campbell Unified School District, I attended school there from September of 1967 until I Graduated on 13 Jun 1969, previously I attended high school at Leigh High another school in the Campbell district — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:204:DA80:45E0:8DC0:2905:9E19:A5F4 (talk) 21:45, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

Do you have a reliable, independent source that supports your claim? If you do you may want to bring this up over at Talk:Branham High School. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 22:43, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

 Done I've corrected the page per the Smare cite, and added another cite. —[AlanM1 (talk)]— 22:53, 7 September 2020 (UTC) Updated —[AlanM1 (talk)]— 23:14, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

September 8

DJ KELLY KARSI'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY

DJ Kelly karsi is a well known disc jockey, his real name is Chukwudi chimaobi Ekwonna. Chukwudi chimaobi Ekwonna know as DJ Kelly karsi was Born in 2003.he is from a family of (6),four (4) boys and (2)two girls know as Uchechi Ekwonna,aham Ekwonna, Chinyere Ekwonna,Onyewuchi Ekwonna and Obioha Ekwonna. The father is a well known retired teacher and the mother is a well known hair dresser and also a business woman.DJ Kelly karsi schooled and completed his primary from nursery 1 to primary 6 and got his certificate at IMSU STAFF NURSERY AND PRIMARY School owerri IMO state Nigeria, he continued from jss1 to Ss3 and Got his certificate too, so he studied petroleum engineering at IMO state university Nigeria and granduted. DJ Kelly karsi is also known as an internet Master, he is a web designer,web creator, application developer, producer, logo maker, video Editor, and also had so many websites and apps. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DJ Kelly karsi (talk • contribs) 01:18, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

Please read Wikipedia's advice against attempting to write an autobiography. David Biddulph (talk) 01:53, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

Checking for the same name of companies profile

I discovered that there was a television company in America with the same name as an Italian currently active. The American one has been closed. It is called Wine TV. How can I do not to create confusion between the two broadcasters and insert the one at the operational moment? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.13.123.245 (talk) 07:29, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

The operational company should probably be at the title "Wine TV" while the closed company could be at "Wine TV (American company)", unless there are circumstances with which I am not aware that might warrant both pages having disambiguations in the title. Note that Wikipedia does not have "profiles", it has articles. 331dot (talk) 07:32, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

Hello, IP user. If you are considering creating an article about the Italian company, I advise using the articles for creation process to create a draft, and not worrying about the name for now. When the draft is submitted for review, and accepted, then the editor who accepts it will sort out the naming. Please be aware that creating a new article is a very difficult task for an inexperienced editor, and should start with finding suitable sources to demonstrate that the subject meets Wikipedia's criteria for notability, because if it those sources do not exist, there is no point in trying. More information is at Help:Your first article. --ColinFine (talk) 08:30, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

Changing the name of a page

Hi,

The F&W Media International page (we were F&W Media International) needs to be renamed to just David & Charles Ltd - how can we do this without individually going through the whole page to rename it all? Thanks! :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by SophieD&C (talk • contribs) 09:41, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

SophieD&C To change the actual title, you need to request a page move at Requested Moves. The article text will need to be changed itself.

If you work for David & Charles, you will first need to read the paid editing policy and make the required declaration. You should also review conflict of interest. 331dot (talk) 09:47, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

This seems to have been done already. Was it done after the above was posted?Spinney Hill (talk) 07:49, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

Hello, I think you missed my question

Nobody answered my question "How to turn off beta function" yesterday, maybe you missed it because I replied to it myself.DonGuess (talk) 13:21, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

I didn't miss it, DonGuess. I had nothing useful to say to it so I didn't. What is your purpose in posting this further item? --ColinFine (talk) 15:17, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

@DonGuess: I'm guessing the question was "how do I remove something from User:DonGuess/common.js, the answer to which is that you go to that page and edit it, more or less like any other Wikipedia page. I see you also linked to another (presumably related) discussion there. —[AlanM1 (talk)]— 21:51, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

Wikitext help requested

I'd appreciate it if someone could take a look here. I would like to disembolden the two bulleted paragraphs.

Less importantly, I would prefer additionally to have the present italics / not italics swapped – in other words, all text (including the lead paragraph) to be not in italics, other than the initial words (in effect, "headings") of the two bulleted paragraphs. Is that possible?

Looking forward to benefiting from your advice. Cheers, Simon – SCHolar44 🇦🇺 💬  at 14:08, 2 November 2024 (UTC)

Template:PD-because does not mention any way of controlling the formatting. SCHolar44, and looking at the source seems to confirm that. If the template doesn't do what you want, you will either need to persuade a template maintainer to add something (on the template's talk page) or take your own copy of the template and change its code. --ColinFine (talk) 15:23, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

Thank you, Colin -- I'll follow up your suggestion. Cheers, Simon – SCHolar44 🇦🇺 💬  at 14:08, 2 November 2024 (UTC)

Kangan

proposed content

Kangan is a town in Ganderbal district of Jammu and Kashmir. As of 2001 India census, it had a population of 94874. The assembly constituency of Kangan is a part of Srinagar parliamentary constituency. The constituency has been the stronghold of National Conference. The party has occupied the seat since 1996. Mian Altaf Ahmed has been the MLA since 1987. He won the 2008 assembly elections by defeating Bashir Ahmad Mir of PDP. Ahmed secured 19210 votes as against Mir's 11495 votes.Politically Incorrect Kangan Election Results 2014, J&K About Kangan Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Constituency Kangan is a town in Ganderbal district of Jammu and Kashmir. As of 2001 India census, it had a population of 94874. The assembly constituency of Kangan is a part of Srinagar parliamentary constituency. The constituency has been the stronghold of National Conference. The party has occupied the seat since 1996. Mian Altaf Ahmed has been the MLA since 1987. He won the 2008 assembly elections by defeating Bashir Ahmad Mir of PDP. Ahmed secured 19210 votes as against Mir's 11495 votes. Sitting and previous MLAs from Kangan Assembly Constituency Below is the list of winners and runners-up in the Kangan assembly elections conducted so far. 1) 2014 16 Kangan Altaf Ahmad M JKNC 25812 Bashir Ahmad Mir M PDP 24380 2)2008 16 Kangan GEN Mian. Altaf Ahmed M JKN 19210 Bashir Ahmad Mir M JKPDP 11495 3)2002 16 Kangan GEN Mian. Altaf Ahmed M JKN 16987 Ghulam Mohd. Dar M PDP 5948 4)1996 16 Kangan GEN Mian Altaf Ahmed M JKN 21553 Qazi Mohd. Afzal M INC 954 ) 5)1987 14 Kangan GEN Mian Altaf Ahmed M INC 14644 Gul. Mohd. War M IND 9952 6)1977 14 Kangan GEN Bashir Ahmad M JKN 20808 Mohd. Afzi M JNP 3090 1972 14 Kangan GEN Bashir. Ahmed Mian M INC 16593 Ahad Bhat M JMI 3974 7)1967 14 Kangan GEN M. B. Ahmad M INC Uncontested 8)1962 52 Kangan GEN Main. Nizam Ud-Din M

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Irfan baniya (talk • contribs) 14:13, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

Hello, Irfan baniya, and welcome to the Teahouse. There is no point in posting proposed content here: it is unlikely that anybody will do anything with it. If you want to create an article, see Your first article. But be aware that writing an article is difficult, and starts with finding reliable published sources, which you should then cite in the draft article. --ColinFine (talk) 15:27, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

**help desk Ed talk! 17:41, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

Are these external links appropriate?

I noticed in De'VIA#Notable De'VIA works, each paragraph links to an external site to show the artwork being described. Is this an appropriate use of inline external links? Also, seeing as three of the links were broken, I went looking for new sources, but two of them are hosted on blogspot. Is that acceptable to link to? Cheesycow5 (talk) 17:39, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

My concern is whether some of these may be violations of the artists' copyrights. Only one that I could see had a proper copyright notice. --Orange Mike | Talk 20:35, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

How to get Administrator job

Looking to get a administrator job in order to create articles and upload files but want to know how to get administrator job — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vivian934 (talk • contribs) 17:49, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

@Vivian934: To be an administrator, you generally need to have a years-long track record here. But you don't need to be an administrator to upload files and create articles. That only requires being autoconfirmed (10 edits and 4 days' experience). See WP:AUTOCONFIRM for more info. 151.194.65.68 (talk) 18:04, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

@Vivian934: You don't need to be an admin to create articles or upload files. An adminstrator on Wikipedia is more like a janitor that gets to clean up other's messes. It requires a large amount of experience on Wikipedia. See WP:RFA for some of the guidance. RudolfRed (talk) 18:05, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

Sack Trick

Should the three Sack Trick albums not be listed at the top of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sack Trick? Please {{ping}} me when you respond. --Jax 0677 (talk) 18:05, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

• @Jax 0677: They've been added. —[AlanM1 (talk)]— 22:03, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

add new photo to place

I have recently shot new photos for a house and wanted to update the exterior photo for the page. How do I do that?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaw_House_(Shawboro,_North_Carolina)

Thanks - Dan — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.170.119.28 (talk) 18:49, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

First, you will need to upload the photos to Wikimedia Commons, agreeing to to release them under the appropriate copyright license. After you have uploaded them to Commons using the upload wizard, Commons will present you with the appropriate Wikicode for including them in the article. Edit Shaw House (Shawboro, North Carolina) and add them to the article. ~ ONUnicorn^{(Talk|Contribs)}problem solving 19:15, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

Problem with the name of an article

 Courtesy link: École Française Anatole France

Hello,

I need to change the name of the article because our company's name has changed. Who should I ask for help. As a contributor I cannot move the article and change the name myself. I tried the talk page but it lists the groups that have made the page and no one precise person I can contact for this edit. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ltevos (talk • contribs) 19:13, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

Ltevos, assuming that it isn't a controversial move you can ask for a technical move request. It seems with your claim of our company, you work for said company, and as such are required to disclose your paid editing on your user page ({{Paid}} is generally used). In cases like these it's strongly encouraged for you to submit edit requests on the article's talk page instead of editing it directly yourself. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 19:21, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

Note: OP moved article to Lycée Français Anatole France. —[AlanM1 (talk)]— 22:56, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

Image cropping

So, if I find an image on Commons that I want to use in an article, but I don't want to use the whole image, is there any way to instruct the software to display a cropped version without my having to download, crop, and reupload the cropped image? ~ ONUnicorn^{(Talk|Contribs)}problem solving 23:08, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

@ONUnicorn: Maybe {{CSS image crop}}. —[AlanM1 (talk)]— 01:15, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

AlanM1 Thank you so much! That worked perfectly! [2] ~ ONUnicorn^{(Talk|Contribs)}problem solving 19:47, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

Request to edit

Hi, I want to edit pages. But I don't want to create an account or log in for personal reasons. How can I be autoconfirmed? 2601:1C2:4E00:B89:D079:95A0:153D:FC43 (talk) 23:20, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

You need an account to be autoconfirmed. If you are unable to edit pages due to page protection, you can leave edit requests on the articles' associated talk pages. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 23:34, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

Keep in mind that creating an account is even more anonymous than editing as an IP. There's no proof of identity or anything like that required, and your contributions are associated with that name instead of an IP address that lets people see where you are and who your ISP is. There are other benefits of registering, too, like all sorts of helpful gadgets and being able to customize various aspects of page appearance. —[AlanM1 (talk)]— 01:21, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

EverGreen

I tried Creating Wikipedia Account and the Continuous Message that Comes Up is "Your IP Address has Been Block." Please, is there Anything I can do to unblock it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 105.112.120.99 (talk) 23:34, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

If your IP was blocked you would not have been able to post here. If it is blocked in the future, you should follow any instructions given to you to request unblock. 331dot (talk) 23:43, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

Removal of the Update flag on "Oswald the Lucky Rabbit filmography" page

A banner was placed in August 2017 on the page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oswald_the_Lucky_Rabbit_filmography suggesting that it be updated because of a new book had been published. It has been updated and there are a plethora of references to said book. Could the banner please be removed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Oswald fan (talk • contribs) 23:36, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

Done! SCHolar44 (talk) 04:42, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

September 9

Question on table with column of dates

Hello,

I haven't edited many articles with tables, and I happened to be looking at this one List_of_United_States_Representatives_from_Nevada, and I noticed that when I clicked on the column header "Years" it sorted the table by month, not by year. By that I mean it had all the December dates, then all of the January dates, then all the March Dates, etc. It sorted the table in alphabetical order by the spelled out name of the month, not by the year.

How can I edit the table to make the dates sort correctly?

Morris (talk) 02:30, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

@Mpearl: Working on it. —[AlanM1 (talk)]— 03:13, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

 Done @Mpearl: The table code doesn't recognize a date range as being a date, so just sorts it as a string. I created {{Sdr}}, which takes the starting and ending dates of the term and formats them, along with a data-sort-value containing just the starting date (which the table code knows how to sort correctly). —[AlanM1 (talk)]— 07:10, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

Images

I'd like to learn how to upload images in Wikipedia and how I should know about the copyrights and such. Hope someone helps me go through it step by step. Thank you so much! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lriverb (talk • contribs) 08:06, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

@Lriverb: Please see WP:IMAGE#Tutorials and help for links to various types of tutorials and WP:IMAGE#Policy and guidelines for policies. Copyright can be a complicated subject, but in general, pictures you take yourself with your own camera can be uploaded and used in articles. Anything else (images from the web, books, newspapers, your friends, even family) cannot be used unless they are specifically released for use or modification by anyone, for any reason, including commercial (i.e. selling them). There are, of course, exceptions, which is what all the documentation is about. Let us know if you have further specific questions. —[AlanM1 (talk)]— 08:35, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

Please delete defaming and derogatory text for Rhea Chakraborty IMMEDIATELY

• Link: Rhea Chakraborty

That page is her bio graphy... who write such things on a girl's bio page??? It is ridiculous! She is already suffering a lot. Please delete those...it is her bio graphy not newS report. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pyropic (talk • contribs) 08:14, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

@Pyropic: Wikipedia wan'ts to maintain a neutral point of view. I couldn't find a violation of Wikipedia rules on that page. Please be advised that I dont like it is not a valid reason to delete a page. (Side note: Wikipedia is a slow process. We don't delete stuff immedately in the sence I suspect above) Victor Schmidt mobil (talk) 08:21, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

@Pyropic: You'll have to be more specific, at the article's talk page (Talk:Rhea Chakraborty), which is being well-watched. —[AlanM1 (talk)]— 08:27, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

• Rhea_Chakraborty#Death_of_Sushant_Singh_Rajput does include a long-ish sentence about allegations levied against her by SS Rajput's father, so there is a half-decent argument to be made based on WP:BLPCRIME, but I would argue she enough of a public figure for the amount of material. Tigraan^{Click here to contact me} 09:05, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

@Pyropic: Chakraborty is a woman, not a girl. Many women don't like to be called girls, as it is seen as minimising and disrespectful, and in some cases, as misogynistic. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 16:49, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

Twinkle and Curation toolbar

Hi! Just wanted to receive more information about using Twinkle and the Curation toolbar. I'd like to use this on my edits but I need more guidance on how to operate them. I've been reading about them in Wikipedia but I want to know where to find and how to incorporate them in pages.

Thank you very much. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bekkadn (talk • contribs) 10:16, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

CLarification:Both Twinkle and the Page Curation Toolbar are toolbars created by Gadgets. You don't need them to incorporate them into the page, you only use them on a page. Twinkle can be probbably activated right away, howewer, please be carefull with it. Victor Schmidt mobil (talk) 10:45, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

Eagle Radio

Please can someone double check the page Eagle Radio. The station is now Greatest Hits Radio Surrey & East Hampshire but a user has made the page forward back to Eagle Radio. I have reverted the changes and re-moved the page to point at GHR Surrey & East Hampshire. All GHR station pages are now stand-alone. I have also responded to the user on the article's talk page. - Funky Snack (Talk) 11:45, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

Publishing edits

Hello For some reason I can’t publish my changes on Wikipedia on my computer. Could you help me fix this? Thanks -Paul Vaurie (I don’t know how to sign these on mobile. Search my name at User:Paul Vaurie)

Paul Vaurie: your recent addition to Abdoulaye Doucouré was removed by Haklam1218 without explanation. I can't guess why. Is that what you're asking about? Maproom (talk) 14:02, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

Maproom: no it’s not. I just can’t publish my edits on my computer for some reason. Why is that? Does anybody know? User:Paul Vaurie

Hello, Paul Vaurie. I'm sure we would all like to help, but "I can't publish my edits for some reason" is like ringing a garage and saying "My car won't go. Can you tell me what's wrong?" What exactly are you doing, and what exactly happens when you do it? --ColinFine (talk) 17:51, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

Alright, let me try to explain, ColinFine. As soon as I hit publish changes, it starts to load and keep on loading but never actually tells me my changes have been published. It just keeps on going and it basically freezes. There's the spinning circle indicating its loading but nothing actually happens. I can publish my changes in visual editor now (it works), but not source editor. I'm currently using en.m.wikipedia.org (which is the mobile version of wikipedia on computer. for some reason, this works when using source editor. I am not so sure as to why, though. Anyways, I can't publish my changes in source editor as when i hit publish changes, it just keeps on bufferring and loading but nothing actually happens. I would be happpy if you help me find the cause of this issue. I hope this explanation was a little better. --Paul Vaurie (talk) 18:02, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

Thanks, Paul Vaurie: that's much clearer, and in particular suggests that we can eliminate the user as the source of the problem! I haven't got an answer; but given that (if I understand you correctly) 1) you can save with VE, 2) you can save with SE as long as you use the mobile version, and 3) other people haven't reported this problem AFAIK, the problem is almost certainly with your browser. I suggest trying with a different browser (if only to demonstrate this), and clearing your cookies. If that doesn't work, I suggest asking at WP:Village pump (Technical). --ColinFine (talk) 18:23, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

I don't think it's the browser, ColinFine. I opened Microsoft Edge and tried publishing my changes with the SV, but it did the same thing.I have already tried restarting my computer, clearing my search history and cookies, etc. I will ask the Village pump thing (I'm not sure what that is.) Anyways, thanks. Paul Vaurie (talk) 18:29, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

You are publishing your edits here without any obvious problem - or are you using VE here to do that? Is it one specific article that is causing the problem?- Arjayay (talk) 18:34, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

In an earlier post they said "I'm currently using en.m.wikipedia.org (which is the mobile version of wikipedia on computer. for some reason, this works when using source editor" and their edits here indeed seem to be using the mobile site [3]. All of their most recent edits to articles seem to be using the visual editor so possibly the problem is still occurring although if it's on 2 browsers and after a restart I have no idea although I think we do need confirmation it's not specific to one page. Nil Einne (talk) 07:59, 10 September 2020 (UTC)

Infobox?!

Ummm, is it just my browser, or did something happen to all the infoboxes? Weird formatting Kingoflettuce (talk) 14:05, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

Kingoflettuce, have you tried purging the page? It might not have loaded correctly on your device. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 14:31, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

Some Wikipedia pages are not loading properly on the mobile app today

To whom it may concern, As of today, the articles 2020 United States Senate elections, 2020 United States Senate election in Alaska, 2020 United States Senate election in Colorado, and 2020 United States Senate election in New Hampshire did not load properly and all I got is the pages in Times New Roman format. Please fix this as soon as possible. Thank you Sincerely, Jason Jason S. Goldstein (talk) 13:00, 9 September 2020 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jason S. Goldstein (talk • contribs)

Edits

Im having trouble making edits to delete inaccurate information. How do I ensure the slanderous/misquoted information is removed if the user who posted will not allow me to make the edits?Goldensnitch1133 (talk) 16:02, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

Discussion on talkpages (like Talk:Charlamagne tha God) with the editors you disagree with is an approved method. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 16:27, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

Switching an image

 Courtesy link: Cody Rhodes

I am trying to change the main profile image for Cody Rhodes to a recent photo. The image currently there is from June 2017, and I am trying to update with one from 2020, as per his request. Cody is signed to All Elite Wrestling and I am the Digital Director for the company.

Why do my changes get getting reverted back to the old image? — Preceding unsigned comment added by AEWhello (talk • contribs) 17:30, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

Hi AEWhello. There are a few things that you should be aware of:

• Wikipedia only allows images that are copyright-free or meet the fair use criteria. The recent photo you speak of must be released to essentially public domain by the copyright holder. What this means is that anyone would be able to use the image as long as they attribute the image correctly; this extends beyond Wikipedia.
• If you are affiliated with All Elite Wrestling who associates with Rhodes, you are acting as a paid editor and are strongly discouraged to edit the article directly. You are always welcome to submit edit requests on the talk page. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 18:02, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Hello, AEWhello. Since Wikipedia's article Cody Rhodes is neither owned by, controlled by, nor for the benefit of, Rhodes, if he wants something changed in the article, he or his agent should not edit the article directly, but should make an edit request on the article's talk page. Since you took the picture yourself and have communicated his request, you evidently have a Conflict of interest, and should declare this; if you are in any way paid for doing so, you must also make the declarations explained at Paid editing. --ColinFine (talk) 18:05, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

AEWhello The reason your changes got reverted the first time was because it broke the page. You removed the entire infobox, including references. The second time you did the same thing. In your edit summary you mentioned that the "changes were requested by Cody", meaning at that point you outed yourself as a paid editor. You are required to comply with the mandatory disclosures outlined at WP:PAID. The third time your edits were reverted it was probably because as a paid editor you shouldn't edit directly. The fourth attempt you made still did not have the image syntax quite right. I have fixed the image syntax for you, however if someone reverts it again, you really need to stop editing the article, and make a case on the talk page for why that image is preferable to the old one. You also need to make the mandatory paid editing disclosure, now. ~ ONUnicorn^{(Talk|Contribs)}problem solving 20:32, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

Latino

The term Latino was a derogatory term. It was given to Hispanics that were captured by the British, as the only way they could communicate was in Latin, known by all Christians at the time. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.227.253.173 (talk) 20:17, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

Do you have a question about editing Wikipedia? David Biddulph (talk) 20:32, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

See Latino (demonym), which covers the etymology and criticisms at some length. If you have references, you are free to update that article. -Arch dude (talk) 22:02, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

edit

hi! i have an edit to submit for 'DJ Ron Nelson' > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Nelson_(DJ) ron was born september 18, 1962 thank you! signed, ron's assistant - denna — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2607:FEA8:315F:DD30:502:1251:575F:A476 (talk) 23:19, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

Hello, IP editor. The proper place to discuss this is Talk:Ron Nelson (DJ). You will need to provide a link to a reliable published source that verifies the date of birth. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 23:47, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

September 10

Breonna Taylor

Your page on breonna Taylor is locked but contains incorrect information. There are search warrants showing the correct information and they are publicly available. This is why I don't donate to you guys, you're liars. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1700:4940:C0C0:88C6:30D7:EEF1:6C25 (talk) 05:10, 10 September 2020 (UTC)

The page has been protected so that only users that are autoconfirmed can edit it. If you have corrections to submit please discuss them on the talk page and leave an edit request with a reliable, independent source there. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 05:51, 10 September 2020 (UTC)

Leon, Oklahoma

• Link: Leon, Oklahoma

Leon School was closed in 1984, with the students being consolidated at Turner, OK.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Jeff Hod (talk • contribs) 05:11, 10 September 2020 (UTC)

@Jeff Hod: Thanks for the picture. To add the closure date to the article, we will need a reference to a reliable source, e.g. a newspaper article in the local paper or a regional paper. Can you find this? Once you have it, come back here if you need help adding the info and the picture to the article. -Arch dude (talk) 05:37, 10 September 2020 (UTC)

Review waiting

I have submitted an article draft for review(Draft:Abas basir), but i have not received any reply yet, what can i do that this article be verified as soon as possible? it is urgent to be live in google. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Abas basir (talk • contribs) 06:42, 10 September 2020 (UTC)

Hi, have you asked for feedback on your creation at Wikipedia:Peer review? For more information WP:UD WP:MADEDRAFT WP:SYMUD

You should also be familiar with the core issues when creating a draft: Notability, Sources, and Content.

WP:MADEDRAFT "If you are ready to go live, you can move it to mainspace. However, note that your account must be four days old and you must have made a minimum of 10 edits in order to do so (a restriction called autoconfirmation). If you do not meet these restrictions, you can request such a move at this section of Wikipedia:Requested moves.

Above all, don't rush: Rome wasn't built in a day, and there's no reason your article should be. However, if you don't cover at least the core issues below before going "live" with your draft, you may soon be looking at Why was my page deleted? Don't wait to get it perfect, but do write enough content and cite enough sources so that others can develop the article if you move on."

Chinogrids (talk) 07:37, 10 September 2020 (UTC)

May I know what's so urgent? Victor Schmidt mobil (talk) 08:02, 10 September 2020 (UTC)

Mohit Ul Alam

• Link: Mohit Ul Alam
• Note: Additional discussion at WP:TH#Mohit Ul Alam

To Wikipedia entries authority

This is Professor Mohit Ul Alam, PhD., writing.

Just today, 10 September 2020, I happened to see that on my entry 'Mohit Ul Alam' in Wikipedia a passage under the heading of "corruption" has printed ceratin allegations against me, of which I got absolute clearance after a thorough investigation by DUDOK (the Anti-corruption Commission, the agency responsible for such investigations) and a letter of discharge was officially issued on 16 January 2020, of which I let you know on 21st July 2020 at 9:19 am on my first sighting of the information with the reference number (04.01.6100.616.01.014.17 dated 16/01/2020) carried by the letter. To my great surprise and shock, I see that stuff being repeated and would like to request you to immediately withdraw it from my entry, as it is absolutely detrimental to my professional as well as public image in the society, and all the more reason why I am requesting you is that the charges were completely baseless as ACC's official report attests. Besides, my son was recruited by following all the rules of the university and those of the country, and for your information, following the university rules, I didn't preside over the selection committee meeting, and I withdrew from the committee following the university rules. My son, however, worked there for only six months after which he resigned on his own to join another university on a better offer.

Besides as the present profile does not give a comprehensive picture of who I am I asked one of my junior colleagues Mr. Romel, as he in our department more attuned to handling the technicalities of such websites as the Wikipedia, that he could update my profile as to suitably represent me, and I gave him the draft without ever realizing, out of our ignorance, that it could be considered as compromised by the profile rules of Wikipedia. And he told me regrettably what went on between him and Wikipedia moderators in this regard.

I am personally aggrieved as to what had transpired so far in terms of misunderstanding, and now am writing this letter to clean up all the confusion and allow me to provide updated information about myself by giving a complete list of books and a dossier about my career from verifiable sources.

I am hereby submitting an image of the letter issued by ACC on 16 January 2020, and a copy of my ID as well as a copy of the visiting card.

Please withdraw the 'Corruption' passage completely and let my mind rest in peace.

With this kindly let me know when I can give my fuller description in accordance with the Wikipedia format.

With thanks.

Mohit Ul Alam

(Professor Dr. Mohit Ul Alam) Dean, Faculty of Arts and Social Science Premier University, Chattagram Bangladesh

Formerly Vice-Chancellor of Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University Trishal, Mymensingh Bangladesh

P.S. I tried to upload the images of the discharge letter by the Anti Corruption Commission of Bangladesh but Wikipedia is not allowing me to do so. The documents are ready to be produced if needed to verify my claim made above in the letter. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mehbad (talk • contribs) 07:02, 10 September 2020 (UTC)

Professor Ul Alam: Wikipedia is based on what has been written in reliable published sources, so that its contents can in principle been checked by any reader. This means that court documents (and birth certificates, often mentioned in relation to articles about actresses) cannot be cited. What we need is published sources showing that you have been cleared of the accusations made against you. I would try to find some myself, but I cannot read Bengali. Maproom (talk) 07:43, 10 September 2020 (UTC)

Is it ever OK to remove Trade Mark symbols from quotations?

Some time ago, I replaced the (incorrect) text of the lede paragraph of Dublin Core with a correct text, quoting the definition on this page of the DC Web site. The definition is peppered with Trade Mark symbols, which I found odd, but felt that I had no choice but to keep them in, as it is a direct quotation. Now another editor has removed the Trade Mark symbols. The text certainly reads more smoothly without them but I'm concerned that it is no longer a direct quotation, though it looks as if it is by virtue of the inline reference to the page mentioned above. Please advise what is the correct course of action here. Thanks. Misha Wolf (talk) 11:11, 10 September 2020 (UTC)

WP:Manual of Style/Trademarks includes "Do not use the ™ and ® symbols, or similar, in either article text or citations, unless unavoidably necessary for context." Johnuniq (talk) 11:21, 10 September 2020 (UTC)

Advice on editing the following page and adding link to our official website: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W.H._Dorman_%26_Co

hello

As a newcomer to editing Wikipedia - I would like some advice please if possible.

Can we add a link to our official company website to a page that has already been created (by other users) about the history of our company? would doing this create a conflict of interests or contravene anything?

We would also like to use our company name as our username and to make some amendments to the existing text. We want to follow best practice so would welcome advice.

See existing page below, many thanks.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W.H._Dorman_%26_Co — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dorman Diesels (talk • contribs) 11:39, 10 September 2020 (UTC)

Sarah Murdoch - Wikipedia

HI. hoping to get a correction made to Sarah Murdoch https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Murdoch

She is also ambassador of the Murdoch Children's Research Institute and a member of its development board.”

Sarah Murdoch is on the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute Board of Directors NOT on the development board. Please below boards from the MCRI website… https://www.mcri.edu.au/about/people/board-and-committees

https://www.mcri.edu.au/about/people/board-and-committees

Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by JESG66 (talk • contribs) 11:53, 10 September 2020 (UTC)

Sarah Murdoch - Wikipedia

HI. Hoping to get a correction amended to SARAH MURDOCH's Wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Murdoch

“Nine News presenter Kellie Sloane replaced Murdoch until May 2007, when Lisa Wilkinson took over as the new co-host on Today.”

This statement is untrue. Please see below article from News.com.au “Sarah signs off for Today" https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/sarah-signs-off-for-today/news-story/b63cf61adc35b92b418bdbd90dd5d06c

Sarah Murdoch stepped down. She was not replaced.

• “SHE'S improved the ratings, adjusted to a grueling early morning routine and even put up with co-host Karl Stefanovic's jokes, but Sarah Murdoch's successful run on the Today show will finish next week.” • “Much to the Nine network's disappointment, the accomplished model mum has announced that after an extended summer of four months co-hosting the show, her last day in the Today hotseat will be Friday March 30.”

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