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December 7

How to request to create a page for BLP Biography of a living person?

Hi, I requested to create a BLP for dr Mujibur Rahman. I am not sure, if I did it right! How long does it take to get the response, whether it is made? Do I get email notification? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mushzaman (talk • contribs) 00:05, 7 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Mushzaman: Provide a link please, there is no draft showing in the edits for this account. RudolfRed (talk) 01:24, 7 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman already exists on Wikipedia, Mushzaman.--Quisqualis (talk) 02:36, 7 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Obviously a different person, as the sheikh is no longer counted among the living or a doctor. Clarityfiend (talk) 07:06, 7 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I think the user may be referring to what they've put in their user page. Seagull123 Φ 16:21, 7 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

David igham. Aberdeen high court

Criminal record — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.255.233.201 (talk) 02:02, 7 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Did you have a question to ask about editing or using Wikipedia? —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 02:07, 7 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I'm assuming the IP is asking whether this case warrants a Wikipedia article. In general, we don't publish biographies of a person who is known only for a single incident, although in this instance it's possible that the case (as opposed to the person) was high-profile enough to warrant its own article. In general I'd advise against writing about this kind of thing until you're very experienced on Wikipedia; if you don't know exactly what you're doing it's very easy to break the laws around contempt and libel when writing about recent criminal cases. ‑ Iridescent 09:39, 7 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

IMvHO, that person is not notable enough to sustain an article. Mjroots (talk) 18:37, 8 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I already donated, the first day you asked me for money. Would you please stop asking me?

The first time you asked me for money, I gave you more than you asked for.

In the few days since then, you have asked me for money 9 more times.

Would you please stop asking me for money? You are a worthy cause, and I already donated.

Thank you,

Janel Dykstra — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:404:C200:3B60:9C98:58E4:9B9C:7AB5 (talk) 02:10, 7 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Consider making an account and adjusting those preferences to suppress the donation banner. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 02:20, 7 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

As you are using an IP, there is no way to know that the person sitting at your computer at any given moment has donated or seen the requests. As noted, you can suppress the messages if you create and use an account. 331dot (talk) 02:52, 7 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Janel Dykstra, further to 331dot's accurate advice, note also that IP addresses are more often than not dynamic. The IP your computer (or other device) has today may not be the one it had yesterday, or will have tomorrow; moreover, some other computer or device might well have been, or in the future be, assigned that IP. There is, therefore, no possible way for the Wikimedia servers to know if they are displaying a donation request to someone who has already donated, if that person is not using their Wikipedia account (which by our conditions of use should only be used by them). {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 2.122.56.237 (talk) 18:04, 7 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Preferences to suppress the donation banner. Many thx, Tenryuu.Paptilian (talk) 16:52, 9 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Donations

I have a hard time donating when my information will be used by you and companies affiliated to you for other resons like advertising. There should be an option to NOT be bombarde by others, when one just wants to help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.2.172.97 (talk) 03:57, 7 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

As far as I know, donor information is not shared (I've never been contacted by anyone else asking for money). You can share your concerns by contacting donate (at) wikimedia.org RudolfRed (talk) 04:22, 7 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The Foundation indeed does not sell or give donor information. 331dot (talk) 11:22, 7 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

As a proof of this you can see immediately for yourself - if the Wikimedia Foundation had the data to sell, they could also stop showing donation banners to people who donate, which is one of the biggest causes of donor unhappiness. Nosebagbear (talk) 14:32, 7 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The FBI removed my personal page

Wikipedia and youtube are the only places I can post. My email was quarantined so zi posted a settlement demand on the page "Queen New York.". I am completely isolated from my family. Please do not cut this from me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Watchdog82 (talk • contribs) 05:47, 7 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

You will have to speak to the FBI, then. We can't help you. 331dot (talk) 11:22, 7 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Watchdog82: Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a forum. (WP:NOTFORUM). There are hundreds of forums on the internet. Use phone or text message to contact your family. Create a new e-mail account. -Arch dude (talk) 16:21, 7 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

"Edit appears to be not constructive"

Hi! I edited the page on "Bell Bottoms" by creating a section on recent revival. I thought because it was under the fashion that I should update it to reflect new trends. It was removed for not appearing constructive so please let me know if it was fine to edit. Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sanrio53920 (talk • contribs) 11:03, 7 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Sanrio53920 Your edit was unsourced to a reliable source, this is why it was seen as unconstructive. If you have an independent reliable source to support the content of that edit, you will need to include that. 331dot (talk) 11:21, 7 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

urumi page references edit

I was consulting the article about the urumi weapon and found out that the references listed aren't related to the article, the first two links are expired, the third and fourth are about viruses and frogs, how can i point this out to the editors? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.232.30.112 (talk) 11:50, 7 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

You've just done so- but if you are referring to editors that follow that article, you may use its associated article talk page. Click "Talk" at the top of the article to access that page(if you are using a computer). 331dot (talk) 12:04, 7 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Strangely, IP editor, those virus articles are indeed relevant to the last section of the article, which discusses a naturally-occurring antiviral substance named after the urumi, called urumin:

"A peptide found in the mucus of a South Indian frog is named urumin. This name is inspired from the urumi, since urumin kills the H1N1 flu virus effectively." Now, whether that mention of frog mucus belongs in the article at all might be a question for the talk page.--Quisqualis (talk) 04:16, 8 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Repetitive alerts

Not sure if this is the right place to be inquiring. Why am I getting the same alerts (at the Bell icon at the top of the page) over and again? After I read an alert, I click on the blue dot next to it, which, I'm assuming, cancels the notice out. There have been times where I have gotten the same alert that is more than a week old. Today I got two dated alerts for the third time. Could someone look into this and get the bugs out? Thanx. -- Gwillhickers (talk) 20:07, 7 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Is this on the mobile view? I've found it to be a bit temperamental sometimes. On desktop view, I've found that it's easier to dismiss all of the notifications, as clicking the per day one, or clicking to send to diff doesn't always mark as read.

Do you have any examples? Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 20:15, 7 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I'm using a desktop computer, Firefox, Windows 10. Not sure what you mean by "clicking the per day one". As I said, when an alert comes in, there's a blue dot next to the given notice. By clicking on it the dot becomes blank, which I had always assumed marks the notice as read. A latest example would be a ping I received from user:Tenryuu which first occurred six days ago. Got the same notice again, today. -- Gwillhickers (talk) 20:46, 7 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Gwillhickers, Lee Vilenski, some time this month, I believe, the "mark all as read" link stopped functioning once I left the page. I now have to have at least 2 blue dots in order for it to work properly (one of which I often apply manually). (And forget about turning off one blue dot; that has been variably disabled for months in Firefox and Edge.) I have Win 10 and use Edge at the moment.---Quisqualis (talk) 04:06, 8 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Oddly enough, I encountered this problem on a different site (Gamepedia) where attempting to mark one or all alerts as read would fail and I would constantly have "unread" notifications. It's been fixed since (probably since they updated their MediaWiki version) and I haven't experienced it on here. I'm not sure if this Phabricator task from a few years back (T140309) sounds similar to this situation. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 04:50, 8 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Might be worth reiterating this on WP:VPT just for some clarity if it continues. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 09:09, 8 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the feed back everyone. Hopefully they'll get the bugs out soon. -- Gwillhickers (talk) 19:40, 8 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Donations

It would be elegant if your sites could identify those of us who have donated already and not ask us again, at least not for a reasonable period. Other than that, keep on with the good work! Michael Crick. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:C7F:9824:1500:C58F:1587:B996:3A58 (talk) 20:27, 7 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! Wikipedia doesn't use cookies (for various reasons) to denote different users, so has no idea who has/hasn't donated. If you dislike the prompt, perhaps create an account? You can then surpress all donation messages. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 20:34, 7 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

As you are using an IP, there is no way to know if the person sitting at your computer at any given moment has seen such messages. 331dot (talk) 20:37, 7 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Need to Remove "Draft:" from the title of this page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Lashings_Cricket

Need to Remove "Draft:" from the title of this page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Lashings_Cricket — Preceding unsigned comment added by USCricket (talk • contribs) 20:46, 7 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

USCricket I have added the submit template for you, you need to submit the articlefor review. Theroadislong (talk) 20:53, 7 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

SENT TO REVIEW - PLEASE APPROVE — Preceding unsigned comment added by USCricket (talk • contribs) 22:33, 7 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Theroadislong updated the source links to remove wikipedia.

Please approve. — Preceding unsigned comment added by USCricket (talk • contribs) 22:58, 7 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It's WP:TOOSOON. I made some changes to make it more encyclopedic, but it needs more sourcing. See WP:RS TimTempleton ^(talk) ^(cont) 23:21, 7 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Correct Information

Hi

Can you advise how you to amend some information on here - my sons information you have is incorrect.

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.86.28.56 (talk) 22:57, 7 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It would help if you linked to the relevant article. We're not psychic. —A little blue Bori v^_^v ^{Takes a strong man to deny...} 23:22, 7 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict) If you go to the article talk page, you can make an edit request. See Wikipedia:Simple conflict of interest edit request. If nobody responds, let me know on my talk page. TimTempleton ^(talk) ^(cont) 23:24, 7 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

IP editor, please be sure to include in your edit request a citation of a reliable source which supports the change you want. Otherwise, we cannot include it in Wikipedia.--Quisqualis (talk) 03:54, 8 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Incorrect thumbnail picture

In the cultural influence section of The Lady of Shalott there are links to three paintings by John William Waterhouse. Two of them (The Lady of Shalott (painting) and I Am Half-Sick of Shadows, Said the Lady of Shalott) display an image of the correct painting when I mouse over them, but the link to The Lady of Shalott Looking at Lancelot displays an image of The Lady of Shalott (painting) instead (and I notice it does so here as well). Is there a way to correct this? It's a minor point, I know, but these things Just Bug Me, and if some kind soul will point out what's going on, I can fix it myself in future. Thanks! Wikignome Wintergreen^talk 23:14, 7 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Wikignome Wintergreen: The image is chosen automatically. The feature can only choose an image from the lead section so an option here is to insert a section heading somewhere before the other images. There are more details at mw:Extension:PageImages#Image choice. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:23, 7 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Magic! It works now! Thanks for the help. Wikignome Wintergreen^talk 23:27, 7 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Photo permissions

What is the best way to present permission to use a photo from the photographer?

You don't - Permission granted to you is worthless because you're not hosting the image, and permission granted to Wikipedia will usually be rejected out of hand. Show the photographer WP:Donating copyrighted materials. —A little blue Bori v^_^v ^{Takes a strong man to deny...} 23:59, 7 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

But you can, if you follow the correct process, which can be as simple as getting the photographer to e-mail the correct people at Wikipedia Commons while you do the actual upload (with the photographer's permission, of course). This "OTRS" system is described "here in their help files".. I have had considerable experience with this and you could contact me via my Talk page if you need detailed help, Jéské Couriano. The main issue (for the photographer) is that uploading material to Commons basically allows anyone in the world to use the image for any purpose, even commercial purposes. Mike Turnbull (talk) 12:25, 8 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Michael D. Turnbull: I'm not the one seeking help with this question. —A little blue Bori v^_^v ^{Takes a strong man to deny...} 18:31, 8 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Jéské Couriano: Apologies, I now see that the OP didn't sign and neither did the bot that usually fixes that. Mike Turnbull (talk) 11:22, 9 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]