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August 10

Requesting resubmission of Draft: SideChef

Hello, the draft page for the topic SideChef was recently deleted due to unambiguous advertising. I have since contacted the admin who deleted the draft in hopes of providing a new draft which neutral tones and fixing our previous mistakes. However, they have not yet responded and I'd like to know if I have permission to resubmit a draft for consideration now. If not, is there any way this page can still be created?

Thank you.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Am.ayz (talk • contribs)

Hi Am.ayz. At any time, you can create a new draft, be it in draft space itself, or as a user subpage (for example, at User:Am.ayz/SideChef). Since the page has already been WP:CSDed once, it is recommended the new content is very different from what it was before, otherwise it will end up being CSDed again, and persisting might result in sanctioning. Isabelle ^🔔 02:23, 10 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

What do you mean by "our previous mistakes"? Is more than one person using this account? --Orange Mike | Talk 12:47, 10 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Japanese flag

Courtesy link: Flag of Japan

Hi, the Japanese Flag is quoted as a 'Rising Sun'. It is actually a 'Risen Sun'. quite a difference. The Australian military Badge represents the 'Rising Sun' by comparison. Thankyou.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 120.88.118.145 (talk • contribs) 02:46, 10 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

You may wish to bring up this matter on Talk:Flag of Japan. -- Hoary (talk) 04:32, 10 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Surely a risen sun is still a rising sun. I have never heard anybody refer to "a risen sun" in English.--Shantavira|^{feed me} 08:37, 10 August 2021 (UTC).[reply]

Am.ayz, the Sun from noon until sunset is still risen, but it's no longer rising. If in Japanese, it is referred to as a "risen" Sun, distinct from a "rising" Sun, then in general, an English language reference should, for accuracy, make the same distinction. Let me give you an example from my own, Polish heritage. The Polish flag is white on the top half and red on the bottom half. In English, when we speak generally of those two colors together, 99.99...% of the time, we'd say red and white. But the Polish expression for the two colors of the flag is "biały i czerwony," which translates to white and red. Polish people, including people of Polish heritage (i.e., not necessarily native speakers), when speaking English will commonly refer to the colors of the Polish flag as "white and red." Uporządnicki (talk) 14:49, 10 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

This is probably a case of WP:COMMONNAME. Mjroots (talk) 16:22, 10 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Based on a cursory reading of the linked article and Names of Japan, the Japanese name does not make such any such distinction. 日本 (translated fancifully as "Land of the Rising Sun" by westerners) can also be translated more literally as "origin of the sun" or "where the sun rises". The name of the flag itself (日章旗) can be translated simply as "sun flag".

The Rising Sun badge worn by the Australian Army is a more literal depiction of the sun cresting over the horizon, but the name seems perfectly appropriate for describing the design of the Japanese flag as well. RoxySaunders (talk · contribs) 02:47, 14 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Page on American actor, RANDY QUAID

Reading about Randy Quaid ([[1]]), I noticed one of his movies was missing from the Filmography section: "Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones" (1980 TV movie). Randy played a major role in that movie as Clayton Ritchie ([[2]]). On your page cited here on Ritchie, you do show Randy's role in portraying the character in the Jim Jones Story. For more verification, see the IMDb page in which Randy is listed among the "Top Cast." https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080832/#:~:text=Based%20upon%20the%20real%20life%20story%20of%20Reverend,became%20focused%20on%20his%20belief%20in%20nuclear%20holocaust.

Thank you for your attention to detail. 2600:1700:F5E0:4420:E1CE:2821:7903:5611 (talk) 09:23, 10 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Please discuss any issues with the Randy Quaid article on its talk page, Talk:Randy Quaid. 331dot (talk) 09:53, 10 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

It's not missing. Randy Quaid#Filmography includes the below. PrimeHunter (talk) 09:56, 10 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1980	Guyana Tragedy	Clayton Ritchie	Television film

Wikipedia page not displaying on the first page of SERP when we type shaan groverr

Hi

Wikipedia page not displaying on the first page of SERP when we type shaan groverr and how can i remove user word from the top Shaangroverr (talk) 10:23, 10 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

To answer your question: you're editing your user page, which is outside of the main article namespace. By default, you won't see user pages (or anything that isn't an article, like templates or draft) in search results. You can't remove the User: part, unless your article gets moved into the main article namespace.

You should have a look at this page about Your first article, which explains almost everything about the article creation process.

(Judging by your username, you're probably writing about yourself, a practice that is strongly discouraged) Zudo ^{(talk • contribs)} 10:42, 10 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

MS Mega Regina article in need of updating

The article MS Mega Regina is in need of updating. Except for one picture of the ship on the Mediterranean Sea and updated information about the ship's name and owner, pretty much everything else is still about the ship's previous life as MS Mariella. What can be done about this? Is there a place to invite editors to work on the article? JIP | Talk 10:28, 10 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

JIP, you've been around for ages; you should know. Yes there is: Talk:MS Mega Regina. And if nobody seems to notice, or care, then mention that attempt of yours at a discussion on the talk page of any WikiProject that's advertised on that talk page. (Or of course you could update the article yourself....) Hoary (talk) 11:39, 10 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

. . . unless, of course, I misunderstood something. (Thinking that this is likely, I'm going to bed.) -- Hoary (talk) 12:24, 10 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@JIP: WT:SHIPS is a good place to reach editors interested in ship related articles. Mjroots (talk) 16:20, 10 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Edit notices don't work on subpages? (Resolved)

Please ping the originator of this section when replying to them.

Hello,

I tried to make an edit notice for a tasks subpage of my user page. However, it doesn't display when I edit the tasks subpage. The edit notice page itself has an edit notice warning me that the page title format is not correct. Is there any way I can make an edit notice for the subpage, or is it impossible? Any help is appreciated. Thanks, DesertPipeline (talk) 12:10, 10 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I should've read the WP:EDITNOTICE page more carefully. It says I need to request it as a subpage of Template:Editnotices. DesertPipeline (talk) 12:35, 10 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Citation for interview

We want to update the Wikipedia entry for ‘Glitter’ based on an interview with Henry Ruschmann Jr., who is son of the inventor of glitter Henry Ruschmann Sr. as cited in Wikipedia. Ruschmann Jr. succeeded his father as president of Meadowbrook Inventions Inc. and ran the company for decades – and is perhaps the leading authority today on glitter. Can you advise on how to cite the interview in the References section?

RSherw (talk) 12:35, 10 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

You don't need to ask here as well as at the WP:Teahouse. It wastes the time of volunteers answering a question which has already been answered. --David Biddulph (talk) 12:49, 10 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

1. Is this a published interview? If it's not published, then it's not usable under any circumstances.

2. Interviews in general are likely to be treated as self-published sources, since an interview is simply re-stating the assertions and claims of the person interviewed. Thus, information only supported by interviews is deprecated for our purposes. --Orange Mike | Talk 12:51, 10 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Depreciated, but not banned. RSherw can use {{cite news}} or {{cite web}} or {{cite AV media}} as appropriate to cite the source where the interview was published. ~ ONUnicorn^{(Talk|Contribs)}problem solving 17:08, 10 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@RSherw: Who is "we"? An account must not be shared: only one individual should have the password and use the account. see WP:USERNAME. -Arch dude (talk) 18:43, 10 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Is user's sandbox accessible to other users?

Fleinsaris (talk) 13:24, 10 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

All Wikipedia pages are viewable and editable by all Wikipedia users. The only exception is if some page has been protected so it is only editable by administrators. So, to answer to your question, yes it is. JIP | Talk 14:02, 10 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Sidebar formatting problem (done)

In current Firefox, the text "See the project's archives for work editors have accomplished." in Wikipedia:Cleanup/Information_sidebar (below the filing icon) appears "twice boldfaced". I tried to fix it but failed. Can anybody help out here?--Hildeoc (talk) 14:58, 10 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed by [3]. PrimeHunter (talk) 18:41, 10 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@PrimeHunter: Thanks a lot. However, now the spacing between the icon and the title seems to have increased …--Hildeoc (talk) 12:44, 11 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I have removed a line break.[4] PrimeHunter (talk) 19:47, 11 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Well done. Thank you very much once again. Best wishes--Hildeoc (talk) 14:33, 12 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Access to the British Daily National Newspaper The Times

Does someone here subscribe to the British daily national newspaper The Times official website? I want to look at an article behind its paywall at https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/actors-make-their-voices-heard-for-audiobooks-75vgqvj0d. While I can access it via at least three different means, say Factiva, university library and national library of Scotland, there is some out there who demand to see a pdf printed from its official website. Essentially, we want to verify if the following sentences, "In the past, Stephen Hogan read novels such as Sebastian Barry's The Secret Scripture, John Boyne's The Heart's Invisible Furies, and Colm Toibin's The Heather Blazing. Until the pandemic, however, the Dublin-born actor was unfamiliar with home recording. "It was born out of a needs-must scenario," he explains, from his apartment in London. "I had always worked in studios, so this was a learning curve."" exist on there. Many thanks. Supermann (talk) 17:59, 10 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Supermann. Try asking at the Resource exchange. It is certainly the case that you should not cite a source unless you've read the relevant bit yourself: SAYWHEREYOUREADIT. --ColinFine (talk) 18:30, 10 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I did read it. Quoting your guideline, "So long as you are confident that you read a true and accurate copy, it does not matter whether you read the material using an online service like Google Books; using preview options at a bookseller's website like Amazon; through your library; via online paid databases of scanned publications, such as JSTOR; using reading machines; on an e-reader (except to the extent that this affects page numbering); or any other method." Will try your recommendation next. Supermann (talk) 18:34, 10 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Supermann:. The Times website allows casual users from the UK (and perhaps elsewhere) to create a free account which gives access to two articles a week. I have such an account and can confirm the wording is exactly as you indicated above (actually The Sunday Times of 10 January 2021). Wikipedia citations can be behind paywalls because they can still be verified in a number of ways. Clearly, The Times is a frequently-used source on the list at WP:RSPS. Mike Turnbull (talk) 14:23, 11 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Many thanks. I saw the reviewer has removed the "verification failed" maintenance tag. Maybe I'll try my UK VPN IP every now and then. Appreciate the trick. Supermann (talk) 14:58, 11 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

versao da pagina em ingles e frances - duvida

preciso de uma orientação tenho uma página na wikipedia em portugues - Betty Milan - https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Milan gostaria de fazer uma versão em frances e ingles. devo fazer uma pagina nova ou tem outras opções? Elizabeth Milan Mangin (talk) 18:44, 10 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

This is the English Wikipedia. Perhaps you are looking for the Portuguese Wikipedia? --David Biddulph (talk) 18:48, 10 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

If you want to translate an article from another language into English, please read WP:Translate. --David Biddulph (talk) 18:51, 10 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Robert Wise article correction

Your article on film director Robert Wise contains an inaccuracy. The character played by Valentina Cortese in 'The House on Telegraph Hill' (1951) is a concentration camp survivor (Belsen), but she is not Jewish. She happens to be Polish. Had the character been a Polish Jew, she would have been killed in Belsen.

Dr M Relich

Courtesy link: Robert Wise (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.)

Hi there! The best place to bring this up is the article's talk page: Talk:Robert Wise. If you have a reliable source to support this, please provide that as well. Thanks! GoingBatty (talk) 19:10, 10 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Category help

Should Category:Iron bridges contain Category:Wrought iron bridges? Tyrone Madera (talk) 21:57, 10 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Tyrone Madera, that seems like a definite yes for me. —valereee (talk) 22:03, 10 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]