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how to upload a DVD cover from 2007

Hello friendly helpers, I would like to upload on this page here Catherine (1986 TV series) the DVD cover from this television series. https://www.catherinedemontsalvy.ch/English/TV_Series/Marion_Sarraut/Marion_Sarraut_TV_Serie_Catherine.htm (I have a copy in a larger size of course, even with the autograph of the girl on the cover ;-)

Can someone please guide me how I have to upload it, where and what I have to write? All I understood so far is something about fair use? Thanks a lot for helping me with this matter. I know that Wikimedia Commens is very strict. Best Laramie1960 (talk) 19:40, 12 September 2017 (UTC)

Hey Laramie1960. It's not totally clear which image you're wanting there. Maybe if you can be more specific someone can walk you through it, or you can file a request at WP:Files for upload. Right click on the exact image you want, click "open image in new tab" and then copy/paste that url, rather than the url to the website, at least if you can. TJWtalk 19:54, 12 September 2017 (UTC)
Hi TWJ talk,

okay, this is again a link to see the cover: https://www.catherinedemontsalvy.ch/images/dvd/catherine-il-suffit-d-un-amour-dvd-1986.jpg maybe best without the signature of the actress. I got this also in a higher resolution if necessary. Best Laramie1960 (talk) 20:14, 12 September 2017 (UTC)

Laramie1960  Done TJWtalk 22:28, 12 September 2017 (UTC)
Hello TJW talk,

almost forgot to thank you here in the Teahouse also for your great help. Without your advices and helpful hand that lovely cover would never be there now :-) I was told to give up, but I said it cannot be, an article is so much nicer with an image. Have a nice day and believe me your help is not just appreciated by me. Best to you Laramie1960 (talk) 09:30, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

communicating with editors

I have started to add information to wiki pages and now a user (Iztwoz) who is "Guild of Copy Editors" and member of various Wiki projects has kindly reverted my addition. So, how can I communicate with Iztwoz to learn in what way I best can contribute to the pages that he/she edit and looks over? I can´t find a textbox which I can direct to Iztwoz??? /Figgep

Figgep (talk) 08:33, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

@Figgep: Welcome to the Teahouse. There are two ways you can communicate with the editor. At your talk page, type {{ping|Iztwoz}} and the editor will get a notification. Alternatively you can visit User talk:Iztwoz and click "New section" on top of the page to add your comment. I must be very clear though, do not copy and paste directly from a source. It's called plagiarism (or copyrights violation) and it will usually result in indefinite block. Regards, Alex ShihTalk 08:42, 13 September 2017 (UTC)
Hi Figgep. I've just finished reverting the rest of your edits (those Iztwoz did not revert) and I've redacted all of the page histories. You must not infringe on copyright and engage in plagiarism again, now that you've been informed of the issue. We take these types of violations very seriously, and as Alex Shih indicates above, they quickly result in blocks. That being said, we are a forgiving community, assume good faith, and if there's no repeat there's no problem. Here I assume you just did not realize you could not take previously written text and paste it here as your own writing. I will leave you a canned template on your talk page about this issue. Best regards--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 11:28, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

Sorry Fuhghettaboutit, I am of course fully aware of the word and meaning of plagiarism! Was just the first time writing anything here on wiki and did not think about this, since all the text written on Human Protein Atlas about normal tissues, cancer etc. have been written by myself. But, since they are publicly available at our site (proteinatlas.org), I will start re-phrasing and minimize re-use of my earlier sentences. Thanks for pointing this out, one has to learn somehow how this works! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Figgep (talk • contribs) 13:01, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

I've been marked for speedy deletion, but I rewrote the page. How will I know if I've solved the issue?

I haven't even submitted my page yet and I received,

"A tag has been placed on User:Shelbypaiget/sandbox, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, group, product, service, person, or point of view and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic."

I've re-written and taken out "puffy" wording. How will I know if it's okay now? Shelbypaiget (talk) 12:37, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

@Shelbypaiget: Hello and welcome. While pages in sandboxes usually are not speedy deleted, they can be in certain circumstances, like if the page is considered too promotional even for a sandbox. Since it was deleted I can't tell you exactly what was promotional about it(an administrator who sees this page will likely look at it, or you can ask the deleting administrator) but I can say that if it merely told of a company and its services, or used promotional language, it likely would not be acceptable even in a Sandbox. Wikipedia pages must do more than merely tell about a company, they must indicate with independent reliable sources(click WP:RS to review what those are) how the article subject meets notability guidelines, in this case WP:ORG(those for businesses). Wikipedia is not like social media; not every company merits a page here, and Wikipedia is more selective about its content.
I'm not sure if you are associated with the subject you are writing about; if you are, it would be what is called a conflict of interest; click on WP:COI for more information. If you have other questions, please ask. 331dot (talk) 12:56, 13 September 2017 (UTC)
Hello, Shelbypaiget, and welcome to the Teahouse. It looks like the page User:Shelbypaiget/sandbox already got deleted, repeatedly. It's a good idea to ask – which is exactly what you did. We'd need to see that page to have an opinion though. Since normal users cannot see deleted pages and the page has been protected from further re-creation, I suppose we need to ask an admin for their opinion. Just keep in mind that promotional content is not just a style issue. Related problems like notability also often play a role. – Finnusertop (talk ⋅ contribs) 12:59, 13 September 2017 (UTC)
information Administrator note I've just taken look at the last version of the page, and yeah, that ain't a suitable article by a long shot, sorry. It reads like something you'd see on the company's website: the company's policies, how the product can be used, notes on how great the security is, the advantages of its business solutions... The deletion was entirely in line with Wikipedia's policies; I'd have nuked it myself if I'd seen it first. Yunshui 雲水 14:00, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

Alisha Panwar

How to unblock and undeleted my account — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2405:205:A141:DC93:0:0:1E2C:80AC (talk) 13:45, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

Hello anon. Please see Wikipedia:Guide to appealing blocks, which includes instructions in how to request your account be unblocked on the user talk page of the blocked account. Please do so on the talk page of your original account in the case that the original account (whichever one that is) complies with our policy on usernames. Your article has not been deleted, it has been moved, and is currently at Draft:Alisha Panwar. TJWtalk 13:50, 13 September 2017 (UTC)
...which has now been deleted G5. TJWtalk 15:49, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

Alisha Panwar

How to unblock and undeleted my account can you undeleted my account address is here Alisha Panwar — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2405:205:A141:DC93:0:0:1E2C:80AC (talk) 13:53, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

Hello, and welcome to the Teahouse. The article Alisha Panwar was deleted and creation protected. You are currently logged out, but I know of now user accounts in connection with this article that are blocked. If you want to re-create the article based on Draft:Alisha Panwar, you need to file a request here: Wikipedia:Deletion review. Note that at its current state the draft is not admissible. You need to cite all information you give with reference to reliable sources. – Finnusertop (talk ⋅ contribs) 13:58, 13 September 2017 (UTC)
It appears that you attempted to appeal here Wikipedia:Requests for undeletion#Alisha Panwar but your request is empty. Please improve the draft up to standard and re-file the request. – Finnusertop (talk ⋅ contribs) 14:00, 13 September 2017 (UTC)
Nevermind. It looks as if Alisha was was blocked for sockpuppeting. Block evasion is a very bad thing, you shouldn't do it and I think it's too late for you to regret. – Finnusertop (talk ⋅ contribs) 14:03, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

Significance of Usernames in red

I have a student who is working in a contested subject area. When we look at the history page for the article, trying to get a sense of the interested community, many of the usernames are in red and there are no user pages associated with them. Does the red indicate these accounts have been deleted? Are these users no longer active?Jagrif02 (talk) 15:38, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

Hi Jagrif02. Any page which hasn't yet been created - including userpages - will show as a redlink. Deleted pages will also show as redlinks, but in the case of user pages, it's usually just the case that the user in question is relatively new and hasn't created their userpage yet. Yunshui 雲水 15:42, 13 September 2017 (UTC)
Thank you @Yunshui:Jagrif02 (talk) 15:56, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

Page Deletion Inquiry

Hello. I contributed an article on behalf of company Haver Analytics for submission which was subsequently delted by an editor. I have read the guidelines regarding relevancy and souring, and provided lots of cited articles and publications to satisfy these requirements. Our page is not marketing material, but ackwoledging the contribution of our CEO and her company to the field of economics and data analysis. Furthermore, similar companies in our sphere have featured pages with apparent less external source qualification:

Examples

How are these acceptable and my submission was not? I would like to link to the draft page to allow you to gain my perspective, but it appears that upon deletion, I am not able to even access the draft space of my article that I was able to edit and review prior. Can you please inform how this can be recovered? I find it hard to believe that I would have to start over from scratch because of rejection from one editor.

I would be in great appreaciation of some guidance on how to move forward with my contribution.

Thanks very much Peteuberg (talk) 15:48, 12 September 2017 (UTC)

  • Hello, Peteuberg. Am I correct in assuming that by ...on behalf of company Haver Analytics... you mean that you are paid for your contributions by this company, in a broad sense? (If your boss asked you to do it, it counts as "paid contribution" even if it is not directly linked to a bonus.) If so, please immediately read WP:PAID and make the necessary disclosure.
You can ask to retrieve the text of the draft at WP:REFUND to keep working on it, but usually, if it is deleted even from draft space, it means you should start from scratch.
You say you have read the guidelines about notability and sourcing, but I am not sure you understood them. I am guessing here (since I cannot read your draft, and after all errors happen), but if it got deleted, it most likely was not sourced remotely well enough. The point is not to have some or a lot of sources, it is to have good sources, that simultaneously (1) address the topic subject in detail, (2) are reliable, and (3) are independent of the subject. If you can provide such sources here, I could tell you if they are OK in that regard.
As for other articles, please read WP:OSE. Feel free to nominate those articles for deletion (I can do it on your behalf if you give a detailed rationale) if you think they are too lightly sourced, but don't bring up the point to discuss another article. TigraanClick here to contact me 16:00, 12 September 2017 (UTC)
@Peteuberg:. Hello and welcome. I would add to the above that OSE or "other stuff exists" is a poor argument, because each page here is judged on its own merits. Wikipedia is not like social media or directory websites, it is more selective about its content. Please understand that not every company merits a page here, even companies within the same field. In addition, a page does not have to be formal marketing materials or selling something in order to be considered promotional; I can't see your page either, but if all it did was cite primary sources explaining what the company does, that is not sufficient for an article. Wikipedia has little interest in what a company says about itself, but what third parties state about it instead.
You may also want to click on and review WP:ORG, the notability guidelines for companies, to learn what is being looked for in terms of notability. 331dot (talk) 16:06, 12 September 2017 (UTC)
@Peteuberg:, some information in WP:FAQ/Organizations might also be helpful and covers most of the commonly asked questions about company-related editing. GermanJoe (talk) 16:11, 12 September 2017 (UTC)
The article has an interesting deletion history, from what I'm able to discern. Alex Shih deleted Draft:Haver Analytics on 6 September, under CSD G11, "Unambiguous advertising or promotion", presumably the version Peteuberg was referring to. A non-draft Haver Analytics article was deleted back in 2007 for essentially the same reason; that version began "Haver Analytics is a leading provider of economic, financial, industry and forecast information." If the draft was anything like that, its deletion was appropriate, because Wikipedia's voice should never designate any entity as "leading", "award-winning", "innovative", etc. — such language, if used at all, must be in the form of a direct quotation from a reliable source. The draft had been restored via WP:REFUND in January of this year after having been deleted as abandoned (i.e. not edited in over 6 months) in December 2016.
While it is sometimes possible to strip out promotional language from an article or draft, doing so can be difficult and tedious, and sometimes the entire structure of an article or draft is promotional, making it more practical to "blow it up and start over". Perhaps Alex Shih, a regular Teahouse contributor, will stop by to shed further light on the state of the draft most recently deleted. It's worth noting that only Wikipedia administrators (not just any editor) can delete articles, and all administrators have significant experience which led to the community granting them administrator duties and privileges. —GrammarFascist contribstalk 16:59, 12 September 2017 (UTC)
I've taken a look at both deleted pages, the mainspace version was a fairly typical "corpcruft" advertorial - singing the praises of the founder and CEO and name-dropping "notable relationships" with other orgs - the kind of article that is routinely zapped under G11. The draft version was simply blatant spam. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 18:09, 12 September 2017 (UTC)
Same thoughts with Roger. There are borderline cases on occasion, but this wasn't one of them. Alex ShihTalk 02:57, 13 September 2017 (UTC)
Hello, Peteuberg. I'm afraid that if you are even entertaining the concept of contributing an article "on behalf of company Haver Analytics", then you have fundamentally misunderstood the purpose and operation of Wikipedia, nd you're likely to hve a frustrating experience. Wikipedia articles are not "on behalf of" anybody except Wikipedia: as far as Wikipedia is concerned it is not Haver's business whether or not we have an article about them, or what it contains. Having said that we do wish our articles to be accurate as far as possible, and if we had an article, Haver (or you) would be welcome to make suggestions for improvement. As for creating an article: you are discouraged, but not forbidden. But please take note of what other replies have said. --ColinFine (talk) 16:23, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

how to add a source

how do you add a source to your edit? Ilovemathtothe6power (talk) 16:11, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

@Ilovemathtothe6power: Hello and welcome. If this relates to the edit you attempted to make at Hall, Montana, we need an independent reliable source(WP:RS) that states the information you are attempting to add. All information in Wikipedia articles needs to be cited. Information on citing sources can be found by clicking WP:CITE. 331dot (talk) 16:15, 13 September 2017 (UTC)
I'll add that since it seems to be a population figure you are adding, you may be able to get information from the US Census Bureau or a different government agency, either state or federal. 331dot (talk) 16:16, 13 September 2017 (UTC)
Thank you so much!

Ilovemathtothe6power (talk) 16:25, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

tone issue about an article being created

Draft:Wicanders

I need help doing a final revision of the tone of the article linked above. I have attempted to make all the adjustments recommended by the reviewers. Please feel free to give guidance and revisions recommendations.

Insulatedpolar (talk) 16:14, 12 September 2017 (UTC)

It still reads like an advertisement. Which of the references do you believe provide evidence that the subject is notable? Maproom (talk) 17:17, 12 September 2017 (UTC)
Pinging Insulatedpolar because it seems Maproom forgot to when answering. And repeating the pings to Maproom and Insulatedpolar because I forgot to sign my comment. /o\ GrammarFascist contribstalk 00:43, 13 September 2017 (UTC)
Jornal Economico is one of the biggest sources of media in Portugal, it is essentially the Portuguese version of The Economist. Dinheiro Vivo and Marketeer are also reputable Portuguese sources. Before being recommended to remove the section, I had references to the Ceo of the Group passing from Business Insider and Forbes. This company is a part of the biggest Cork Manufacturing company in the world, and is the biggest cork flooring company in the world. I'm not sure how to further prove it's notability outside of that fact.

Insulatedpolar (talk) 10:22, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

Insulatedpolar: Jornal Economico may well be a totally reliable source, but the only reference to it appears to be based on either an interview or a press release from Corticeira Amorim, and so is not independent of Wincanders, and is incapable of contributing to their notability as Wikipedia uses the term. --ColinFine (talk) 16:30, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

How to edit individual references that are part of a Reflist?

I have found an error in an attribution in a reference. When I click (edit), the Editing page shows the following:

==References==

...followed by "Reflist" enclosed in double braces. No actual markup is displayed for the individual references, and (so far) I can't figure out how to get access to the individual references so I can make the correction. I've read the Template:Reflist page, the Help:Footnotes page, and the Help:Automatically generated reference list page, but without success.

How can I edit individual references that are part of a Reflist in a page I haven't created?

Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Freevito (talk • contribs) 17:08, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia. The reference is defined at the place in the article where it is used, not in the references section. This is explained in Help:Footnotes, but you might find it more clearly explained at Help:Referencing for beginners. --David Biddulph (talk) 17:31, 13 September 2017 (UTC)
Thanks David! Corrections made. --Freevito (talk) 17:45, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

May I thank all who assistd me?

I wish to thank all who assisted me over 12 days creating, reviewing and approving my article. The first I ever attempted to create starting with thousands of words filtered down to about 50! My special thanks to jmcgnh for sticking with me through thick and thin and ww2censor who offered the most simple and direct instructions for adding an original photo. Just 12 days from scratch to finish and I think it is all it needs to be.Palukiwa (talk) 18:52, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

Status of Draft Pages

How can I check on the status of draft page "2nd Watch" that I submitted for approval?Nmaus2017 (talk) 18:32, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

@Nmaus2017: Hello and welcome. Other than your post above, there is no record of any contributions under your username, and I could not find the page by typing in the title you provided. If you created the article before your username, or created it while logged out, please link to the draft in question. Thanks 331dot (talk) 18:49, 13 September 2017 (UTC)
@331dot: User talk:160.3.66.186#Speedy deletion nomination of Draft:2nd Watch may help? --David Biddulph (talk) 20:41, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

My text is not saved anymore on the article I am working at ?

Hello friendly helpers, somehow all of a sudden text I write cannot be seen when I click save. I have done it now twice, but it is still not there. I begin to believe my page there is bewitched... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Laramie1960/Catherine:_One_Love_is_Enough#cite_note-6

This is what I get: The begin of the Catherine Novels It all had started on the day Juliette Benzoni attended a Quiz show called: [5] Le Gros Lot (in Association with the National Lottery in France). Though she failed on the second last question, the next day, Gérald Gauthier, . instead of:

The begin of the Catherine Novels

It all had started on the day Juliette Benzoni attended a Quiz show called: [1] Le Gros Lot (in Association with the National Lottery in France). Though she failed on the second last question, the next day, Gérald Gauthier, <ref name= "OPERA"> director of the Press Agency Opera Mundi called her in his office at Opéra Mundi, and asked her directly if she were able to write a historical Novel like Anne Golons (Angélique Novels). Benzoni agreed, saying she did have an idea. While living in Dijon with her first husband, doctor Maurice Gallois, she had studied Burgundian history and was fascinated by the Order of the Golden Fleece.

She was given two months time to finish the Novel as can be read in her own Biography "Juliette Benzoni par Juliette Benzoni [2].

The first Publishers (1962) Article (1963) [3] stood in line to buy the rights for the Catherine story. The names of these first countries were Germany, Holland, Spain, Sweden, Italy, Turkey, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, England.

It is really strange, because so far when I deleted something or when I copied it and added it above or beneath I had no trouble at all.

And what is so odd, the text is there when I click edit. Does someone know what is going wrong at the moment? Because the part where I write about the location of the story is actually there, and that is what I had done just before I clicked enter. Thanks for checking for me. Kindly, Laramie1960 (talk) 17:59, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

Hey Laramie1960. You forgot to close your ref. You had <ref name= "OPERA"> instead of <ref name= "OPERA"/>, so the software thought that literally everything that followed was a reference, instead of part of the article. TJWtalk 18:25, 13 September 2017 (UTC)
I am sorry for all this "mess" I send here. I have no idea why this is happening. On my page everything is clean and clear. so really odd.

Thanks for having a look. Best Laramie1960 (talk) 18:25, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

References

  1. ^ Le Gros Lot «Begin of a great career»
  2. ^ Juliette Benzoni par Juliette Benzoni[1] Autobiography
  3. ^ Europe wants to read the Countess
Hi TJWtalk,

thanks again for helping me out. That article is really bewitched, I am totally frustrated at the moment. It seems the more I want to do it right, the more it gets messed up. But thats the way it is when something starts on the wrong foot. Have a nice evening, best to you. Laramie1960 (talk) 20:45, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

Do people sometimes prefer not having a Wikipedia article about them for more clicks to their website? (e.g. Global Challenges Foundation)

I created the 2017 Global Challenges Foundation Prize draft and now I'm wondering whether there are some organizations, conferences and alike which prefer not to have a Wikipedia article about them as they might wish for people to not read a Wikipedia article but go directly to their website.

While a Wikipedia article doesn't prevent anyone from going to the actual website and typically links to the official website it might decrease the pageviews of official websites. Is there data on this? And what would you think organizations such as the Global Challenges Foundation prefers? Note that having a Wikipedia article about an organization can have many advantages even if it potentially(?) decreases pageviews of the official website while it doesn't necessarily increases awareness about the organization/... or improves the information about it when compared to the website's content such as: better recognition (i.e. people assuming that something can't be that important if there isn't even a Wikipedia page on it) and oftentimes clearer, aggregated (many sources) and shorter information on the subject.

Also they might want to have article appear only after a while as they'd want people to get the information from their website instead for a specified time.

But as most organizations don't seem to be willing(?) to communicate with Wikipedia such as by creating talk page entries I can only guess. I don't want to do anything that will have unintended effects.

So I'd like to ask for relevant data on the pageview-relationship of these types of articles, relevant past statements and cases of this and your opinions on this in general and the draft I linked in particular.

WikIdeaCatalyzation (talk) 20:53, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not an advertising portal. It's longstanding Wikipedia policy that (except in the case of a few edge cases of living people with marginal notability), whether or not the subject wants to be covered on Wikipedia has no bearing on whether an article is kept or not. (I suspect most subjects would prefer they not be covered. Because of the way Google works, Wikipedia pages are generally near the top of search results, and a lot of people hate the fact that Wikipedia articles are neutral and cover the negatives as well as the positives.) ‑ Iridescent 20:59, 13 September 2017 (UTC)
In addition to what Iridescent said, which is entirely accurate, it's generally acceptable to link to a company or personal website in the infobox. If a reader wants, they can skip reading the Wikipedia article and go straight to it. White Arabian Filly Neigh 21:56, 13 September 2017 (UTC)
Also google routinely lifts Wikipedia content and Wikidata from the Wikimedia project, so having a Wikipedia article positively affects the company's google search results. (but does not necessarily drive traffic.) Α Guy into Books™ § (Message) -  22:06, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

Finding the proper place to ask my question

I would like to prepare a short biographical article about a living academic. I believe this person meets the criteria under Notability (Academics) but I would like feedback from others who are more experienced before proceeding. Is there is a proper place to address questions of this nature here or elsewhere on Wikipedia?

thank you, Bruce SIAM Bruce (talk) 19:22, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

@SIAM Bruce: Hello and welcome. You are welcome to ask your question here, or if you would prefer, you can ask at the Biography WikiProject, Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Biography. 331dot (talk) 19:28, 13 September 2017 (UTC)
Well, happy to ask here but will also post elsewhere if anyone thinks I should.

The person in question is Samual Gubins. Ph.D. Johns Hopkins 1970; Chairman of Department of Economics and Vice President for Finance, Haverford College, 1968-81; Sr. Vice President, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, 1982-87; Chairman, Pennsylvania Humanities Council, 1988-94; President and Editor in Chief of Annual Reviews, a nonprofit scientific publishing organization (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annual_Reviews_(publisher)), 1995-2015. Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

So for starters, looking for confirmation that Dr. Gubins meets the criteria for notability. If so, I'll try to begin building the biographical article.

Again, thanks.

Bruce SIAM Bruce (talk) 20:28, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

Additionally: Here is biographical sketch of Dr. Gubins posted by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences: https://www.amacad.org/peerCollaboration/profile.aspx?c=psa&q=gubinsSIAM Bruce (talk) 20:45, 13 September 2017 (UTC)
@SIAM Bruce: There are specific notability criteria for academics; they can be found by clicking WP:NPROF. As I look at the criteria, one of the listed ones is "The person holds or has held a named chair appointment or distinguished professor appointment at a major institution of higher education and research (or an equivalent position in countries where named chairs are uncommon)" and you post above that this person was at one point a named chair of a college department, so it seems to me that the meet at least that crierion and would merit an article. They may also meet other criteria as well. You will just need to show that, and the other information that will be in the article, with independent reliable sources. 331dot (talk) 21:12, 13 September 2017 (UTC)
Are you sure that he held a named chair, 331dot? Holding a named chair and being the chair (head) of a department are different things. Cordless Larry (talk) 22:03, 13 September 2017 (UTC)
I stand corrected, thanks. I clearly missed that one. It still might be worth giving it a shot, though. 331dot (talk) 22:29, 13 September 2017 (UTC)
A good way to start a new article is to visit Articles for Creation which allows you to submit a draft for review before it is formally placed in the encyclopedia. 331dot (talk) 21:14, 13 September 2017 (UTC)
Thanks for your feedback, I will get to work on a draft for the Articles for Creation page.SIAM Bruce (talk) 21:50, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

What to put on user page

What should I put in the empty box to create my userpage.Squattergame (talk) 22:49, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia. You don't need a user page at all. If you want one, advice on permitted content is at WP:User pages. --David Biddulph (talk) 22:53, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

I am trying to post on your system and now it states its a breach of copyright, I am the web administrator to the museum and know its not a breach, you allow all these other museums to post why not us.

I think you need to look at your system and allow our page.

But if you still don't think its right, and yes I have tried a few time to port our content then we will just not you your system and not recommend any one else too

ArthcGundagai (talk) 00:20, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

Hey ArthcGundagai. This was not done by "our system" it was done by an editor, and was done because the content was copied and pasted from elsewhere online. In almost all cases this is a violation of copyright and is basically illegal. If the museum would like to licence their content so that it would not be a violation of copyright, they can follow the steps at WP:CONSENT. TJWtalk 00:24, 14 September 2017 (UTC)
@ArthcGundagai: (edit conflict) Hello and welcome. If you wish to use copyrighted materials here, permission needs to be properly given. Please click on WP:DCP and read it to learn how to do so, and on what doing so actually means do as Timothyjosephwood states above. It just isn't accurate that we "allow all these other museums to post". While we don't prohibit people associated with museums from posting, they also must do so in accordance with Wikipedia policies, including those on copyright.
As you state you work for the museum, you also need to review the conflict of interest policy(WP:COI) as well as the paid editing policy(WP:PAID). Doing the latter is required by Wikipedia's Terms of Use if you have a paid editing relationship. 331dot (talk) 00:26, 14 September 2017 (UTC)
Wikipedia never allows anyone to "port their content" because it is not a website that hosts such content. It is an encyclopaedia that has articles (owned by all editors equally) about notable topics. All such articles must be written in an encyclopaedic style, and content ported from elsewhere is very seldom suitable, even if copyright-free. Your username is that of an organisation. This is not permitted under Wikipedia rules, so the account has been blocked. You will need to create an individual account. Dbfirs 08:24, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

Hi everyone!

This was my first attempt at a Wikipedia edit and I have botched it! I'm so sorry about that. I thought I had read and knew enough, but I didn't. I'm working on a podcast about the unsolved homicide of Jennifer Servo, a TV reporter who was murdered 15 years ago this week. I created a website for that podcast and I wanted to link it to Ms. Servo's Wikipedia page. I also want to add documentation to her page (in the near future) so (according to the banner on her page) it does not get "merged, redirected, or deleted", which I do not know how to do either. I'll research it.

I'm not sure now the steps I took, but would someone please be kind enough to look at the very bottom of Ms. Servo's page and you will see the non-hyperlink wwww.JusticeDelayedPod.com. I put that in and it is a legitimate site about Ms. Servo, although I'll let you guys make that final decision. I also plan to add more to my own website about Ms. Servo over time.

Thanks for any help you can provide. Even just deleting my website addition is fine. At some point after I do more research about how to add it, I'll try again. Thanks so much and sorry for the extra work I'm giving to someone. Sharonnewmanedwards (talk) 23:15, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

I removed the link from the Jennifer Servo article. Please see WP:ELNO. We generally don't add links to our own sites. If you want to add a link to a site that you're involved with, you have a conflict of interest. You should propose your link on the article's talk page rather than adding it to the article. No harm done, though. Welcome! ~Anachronist (talk) 23:27, 13 September 2017 (UTC)
Try to find some news coverage to show notabilty. also reading WP:N may help you. Α Guy into Books™ § (Message) -  08:46, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

citations

Hello, Im brand new and my page was flagged as needing citations. I'm not sure how to do it, I included tons of references. Thanks for any helpMKM208 (talk) 23:05, 11 September 2017 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia. You'll find a number of useful wikilinks (in blue) in the notice on the article, including to Wikipedia:Citing sources#Inline citations. You'll find further advice at WP:Referencing for beginners. --David Biddulph (talk) 23:13, 11 September 2017 (UTC)
@MKM208: Further to David's answer, this relates to Fair Haven (2016 film). It was tagged for not having sufficient inline citations. Please read the pages he suggests, and come back here if you have further questions. 14:20, 14 September 2017 (UTC)Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits

Edit for review

I was advised to use reviews for my edits [2], but I don't know how to do this and couldn't find it on the Help:Editing article. I don't think I had marked it as a minor edit. --Candide124 (talk) 22:36, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

Hello, Candide124, and welcome to the Teahouse. I see that Doc James reverted your edit to Gastrointestinal perforation. I'm not sure why, as the sentence about self-inflation to diagnose intestinal perforation makes perfect sense to me (albeit a bit lacking in detail); I'm also not sure what Doc James meant by "reviews" in that context. Hopefully Doc James will stop by and we can discuss the change here; alternately the two of you can talk about it on the article talk page. Generally when you have a conflict with another editor over different versions of an article, the article talk page is the best place to discuss it, though depending on the nature of the conflict (like if the other party is engaging in obvious vandalism or copyright violation or some other kind of edit that should prompt a warning) sometimes it can be better to post on the other editor's talk page. When trying to attract the attention of an editor to a page other than their own talk page, remember to ping them; I pinged Doc James by using the U template, like so: {{U|Doc James}} The Teahouse is a good place to come to if that approach doesn't work (the other editor ignores you or you can't come to an agreement). Also remember to give the other editor time to respond; we're all volunteers here, so we're often busy with "real life" in between editing Wikipedia. —GrammarFascist contribstalk 01:27, 14 September 2017 (UTC)
So the source was from the 1880s. Would be good to use a more recent source.
What does "successfully tested the diagnosis of gastrointestinal perforation by inflation with hydrogen gas" mean? Did he have a perf before hand then added hydrogen gas to confirm it? How would it be confirmed? Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 01:42, 14 September 2017 (UTC)
Hello Candide124. We have particularly stringent standards for the type of reliable sources used in medical articles or in any other Wikipedia article that makes a medical claim. If you read and study WP:MEDRS, you will understand that "review" articles in this context are broad medical journal articles that review and analyze the results of a large number of more specific medical journal articles on a specific medical topic, and summarize the current state of medical knowledge on that topic. Because any one research study can be an outlier, review articles are considered the "gold standard" for referencing Wikipedia articles that make medical claims. Doc James, have I summarized this matter properly? Cullen328 Let's discuss it 04:46, 14 September 2017 (UTC)
Hi Cullen, the WP:MEDRS does mention "There are exceptions to these rules of thumb: History sections often cite older work". --Candide124 (talk) 13:47, 14 September 2017 (UTC)
Sure so works from the 1980s or 1990s would be fine for the history section. This does not mean that works from the 1880s are also fine. Does any recent secondary source support this? Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 14:23, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

My company page is declining every time since all details are True : Rent4free.com

Since my company is a startup there is a limitation to get reliable source. then how can i publish my company page. Only reliable source company will publish. How could you people know they are reliable or not. How start up company can make aware to people about the company. If something about the company is not true you can decline, sine all the details are true again declining. DisgustingPrasanthprasuhari (talk) 12:17, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

@Prasanthprasuhari: Hello and welcome. You seem to have a misunderstanding about what Wikipedia is. It is an encyclopedia, and not a forum to publicize or promote a company. Not every company merits a page here. As such, Wikipedia is more selective about its content than social media or other forums for businesses to discuss themselves. Companies must already be notable as shown in independent reliable sources to merit an article here. You cannot use Wikipedia to generate notability or attention for your "startup".
If you just want to promote your business, you will need to find another forum in which to do so, be it social media or elsewhere. You may be able to find such a forum by clicking WP:OUT. 331dot (talk) 12:21, 14 September 2017 (UTC)
Unless you have significant coverage in independent sources you are not notable. There are ways to use Wikipedia as a promotional tool, all of which are against Wikipedias policies and editors here will stop you from doing them, if you try to get round the policies you may be indefinitely blocked. My advice is to wait until your business has got some independent coverage and then submit a request for article creation. Someone will then make an article if your company passes the WP:N and WP:CORPDEPTH guidelines. Α Guy into Books™ § (Message) -  14:34, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

I happened to come across several cases that in Google search using some company name or person's name brief Wiki info along with social media links also appear on the right had side of the search window. According to my knowledge when we want to integrate such links through Google knowledge graph Social media schema codes can satisfy the need and in Wiki's case how we could make social media links made available in Knowledge Graph Trishna2017 (talk) 06:13, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

Ask Google, not us. John from Idegon (talk) 06:46, 13 September 2017 (UTC)
Hi Trishna2017. Google's Knowledge Graph uses a wide variety of sources. There may be a text paragraph ending with "Wikipedia" to indicate that particular text was copied from Wikipedia. An image and other text before or after the Wikipedia excerpt may be from sources completely unrelated to Wikipedia. We have no control over how Google presents our information, but Google's Knowledge Graph has a "Feedback" link where anyone can mark a field as wrong. Best regards--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 11:52, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for the information Trishna2017 (talk) 14:55, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

Seeking a process how to search a pattern of articles

Hi! There! I like to complete any type of incomplete wiki articles by adding, including, concluding relevant required information, subject, reference and media files. I also like to help respected wiki editors to develop their articles by re-arranging paragraphs and adding features. Therefore, I am Seeking a process how to search such type of articles that may, need to add reference, sentences, information. I mean, how can I easily get incomplete Wikipedia articles? are there any key word to search or any specific format?

Your's Sincerely --- Willy-nilly (talk) 07:02, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

Hi, Willy-nilly. Wikipedia articles are rated for completeness by a class system. When a class rating is assigned to an article (you'll find them at the top of the talk page), that also adds the article to a category. The least complete articles are called stubs. You can find them by searching out the category. Examples: Category:Stub-Class school articles, Category:Stub-Class Indiana articles. John from Idegon (talk) 07:27, 14 September 2017 (UTC)
Another thing you might try is looking at Category:Wikipedia article cleanup. Articles which have problems are often tagged with maintenance templates which in turn adds the article to a category page where other similar articles can be found. You can just pick a category and see if there are articles you might be able to clean up. You can also join Wikipedia:Cleanup or WP:GUILD since those WikiProjects focus on article clean up, etc. -- Marchjuly (talk) 07:39, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

John from Idegon and Marchjuly, Thank you for your helpful informative comments. Moreover, actually when I ever first signed in with this of my ID then a notice were appeared at the top of my Wikipedia page. The notice was saying almost like this:- You can help others article to improve by adding information. Now it does not appears. But I need to get such articles to contribute with them. --- Willy-nilly (talk) 16:10, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

Missing Questions

After the beginning of Sept. I submitted two questions. Coming back here I don't see them here or on the archive page. Any idea if you received them? I would just like to know before typing them out again. I did sign them and they did seem to be transmitted to the Tea House. Maybe they went to a higher authority, I don't know. I doubt the "higher authority" business. Nicodemus (talk) 20:32, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

@Oldsilenus: both of your questions were replied to and can be found in Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions/Archive 667, sections 2 and 5. Nthep (talk) 20:42, 14 September 2017 (UTC)


My grand father's name is mentioned in the recipients in Khan Sahib and Khan Bahadur pages. I want to make page for his achievements and upload his picture on the page and link it to the two pages mentioned above. Can you please help me with that?AliHKhan (talk) 09:17, 12 September 2017 (UTC)

@AliHKhan: Does your grandfather meet this guideline? In the sense that he is notable, he will meet the general notability and biography notability guidlines? My name isnotdave (talk/contribs) 09:27, 12 September 2017 (UTC)
Yes he does. My Grand father was awarded the Titles of Khan Sahib & Khan Bahadur which is already mentioned and so must be verified. Those titles were awarded to him by the British Government for his excellence in the service. Plus he fought in the World Wars I & II for the Royal Army, that must also be verifiable for you. Also he was the 1st Director General Survey of Pakistan, so that also can be verified. Lastly, he was Honored with the Rank of Lieutenant Colonel by the Pakistan Army. There were many more contributions that our countrymen need to know so I would like to mention them on his own page.
Then, my father too was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Pakistan Army. He became the Chief Instructor Inter Services Intelligence. Plus he also served as Advisor to the Prime Minister UAE. So tell me, how shall I proceed?AliHKhan (talk) 09:52, 12 September 2017 (UTC)
Alright, he clearly has a lot of background to him. That clears loop one -- that he is significant. Yet notability comes in the existence of sources and references to back up these claims. What could you show us?
Because you have a relation to him, you have a conflict of interest. This will mean that if and when you do create this article, it must be created via the articles for creation process, and when that article is submitted and approved for mainspace, you must not make any direct edits to the article due to your conflict of interest.
My name isnotdave (talk/contribs) 10:18, 12 September 2017 (UTC)
"This will mean that if and when you do create this article, it must be created via the articles for creation process" It means no such thing. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 22:20, 14 September 2017 (UTC)
Putting the request on Article for creation will take forever, I suggest you make a page for (Muhammad Hassan Khan?) at User:AliHKhan/sandbox/COI-draft/Muhammad Hassan Khan and include any sources you can find to make it easier for some to create an article. Α Guy into Books™ § (Message) -  10:32, 12 September 2017 (UTC)
@AliHKhan: Α Guy into Books™ § (Message) -  10:33, 12 September 2017 (UTC)
@Aguyintobooks: Thanks a lot for your time and the suggestions. Also I would like to add that the Sources and References to back up the claims are reliable institutions of a country. Do Wiki Editors have any access to their records or do I(The Claimant) have to provide them?

When you said "Include any sources to make it easier for some create an article" in your last sentence, does that again mean I have to provide the sources? Please clarify.AliHKhan (talk) 11:05, 12 September 2017 (UTC)

Please let me know how can I upload a Picture?AliHKhan (talk) 11:28, 12 September 2017 (UTC)
@AliHKhan: Ok, it is actually quite simple. When an editor says "provide a source" what they mean, and all you actually have to do, is provide a link or citation to direct someone to a document which proves what you have written is true.
For evidence provided by an institution, you will need to identify the publication where it was written. (book, webpage, audio or video recording etc.)
If its on the internet, insert the URL into the citeweb template. Example: <ref>{{cite web|title=https://www.mocaf.gov.ae/en/about/about-prime-ministers-office|url=https://www.mocaf.gov.ae/en/about/about-prime-ministers-office|website=www.mocaf.gov.ae|accessdate=12 September 2017}}</ref> .
If its a book, <ref>{{cite book|last1=author|first1=name of|title=Book Name|publisher=publisher name|isbn=0000000000000|accessdate=12 September 2017}}</ref> . It is important to find the ISBN, and if you cant, then finding an online store that sells the book and providing the link is a good idea.
If its a report, government announcement etc. then you should write down details such as its title, publication date, author and subject so that someone has a reasonable chance of finding it.
The sources do not need to be in English, any language is fine, and you do not need to translate.
To clarify, the source is not the institution you got the information from, but is the actual document you have obtained. So you should describe the document, rather than describing how you got it. Generally speaking the document has to have been published, the definition of this is quite broad, but a personal letter received from the government will not count as a reliable source. Α Guy into Books™ § (Message) -  11:34, 12 September 2017 (UTC)
Pictures can be given to Wikipedia at: wikimedia commons. Α Guy into Books™ § (Message) -  11:37, 12 September 2017 (UTC)
Great help. Almost clear about these things, still one ambiguity, how to upload the picture on this page?AliHKhan (talk) 11:40, 12 September 2017 (UTC)
Wikipedia doesn't actually keep the images on the page (it just looks that way). So the image has to be uploaded first, and then a link is put on the page and the image will appear when you save it. Example link: [[File:Wikipedesketch1.png|thumb|left|alt=A cartoon centipede reads books and types on a laptop.|The Wikipede edits ''[[Myriapoda]]''.]] . for more detail see Wikipedia:Picture tutorial. If you have a spare hour, you can also read about references at Help:Referencing for beginners. Α Guy into Books™ § (Message) -  11:58, 12 September 2017 (UTC)

Once upon a time 7th season

Would there be a dream sequence for Henry as he grew up without his family? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Blyons9 (talk • contribs) 21:20, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

Hi Blyons9. This page is for question about contributing to Wikipedia. You can ask general knowledge questions at the Reference Desk. For this, I think Wikipedia:Reference desk/Entertainment might fit, though I'm not sure if your question is speculation or not, in which case it might be unanswerable. Best regards--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 22:43, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

i read Wikipedia:Your first article. and dont want to go through sandbox or article wizaerd

i want to make a article how do i do this without article wizard or sandbox after i read Wikipedia:Your first article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rgrrgrsd (talk • contribs) 22:29, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

Hi Rgrrgrsd, thank you for your message and welcome to Wikipedia! We're trialling a six-month project where only autoconfirmed users can create articles. You'll have to either start editing other articles first for a while or work on the sandbox version. Thanks, DrStrauss talk 22:50, 14 September 2017 (UTC)
@Rgrrgrsd: Hello and welcome. I'm just curious as to why you don't want to use the wizard, as it is a helpful tool for new users. 331dot (talk) 22:51, 14 September 2017 (UTC)
Hi Rgrrgrsd. Given your prior edit (which I have reverted and hidden as a blatant copyright violation), are you thinking of writing about the Mazda Wankel engine? If so, we already have an article at Mazda Wankel engine. Best regards--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 23:01, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

Edits that reference a website that is inaccessible

Is this user's edit valid? https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gary_Gygax&curid=12848&diff=800636438&oldid=800380516

The source that they reference is behind a login-wall, and it seems like vandalism to me.

X6wie72UelocEdjk (talk) 23:07, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

Hi X6wie72UelocEdjk. We do not require sources to be accessible for free, or that they be online at all. If we did we would shoot ourselves in the foot, since vast numbers of the best sources are on paper alone. Please see WP:SOURCEACCESS, WP:RSC and WP:OFFLINE. Meanwhile, vandalism only refers to bad faith, deliberate attempts to harm the project. Misguided edits are not vandalism, if indeed there is any problem here, which is not manifest from the edit itself, nor any reason presented in your post. Whether this edit belongs or not for other reasons, e.g., undue weight, encyclopedic judgment, etc. is a different question. (I would only say that the edit could be formatted better to use the citation template's quote field.) You can always discuss the edit on the article's talk page, Talk:Gary Gygax, or with the user directly at his talk page. Best regards--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 23:21, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

How to add pictures

Can anyone tell me how to add pictures in a Wikipedia article? It would be extremely beneficial if someone does so. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mahir M (talk • contribs) 14:44, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

Hello, Mahir M, and welcome to the Teahouse. Please read Wikipedia:Picture tutorial for how to do this. Please also read Wikipedia:Image use policy on what kind of pictures are appropriate. We can give more specific guidance if you want to explain what kind of images and which articles you are talking about. – Finnusertop (talk ⋅ contribs) 14:57, 14 September 2017 (UTC)
If you click on Upload File under Tools on the left hand side of the page it will take you to the Wizard for uploading a photo. It is best if the photo is of your own making since any photo. An original of your own. Once you upload the photo the instructions are easy and direct on how to place it on your article though it might not show up if your article is a Draft:Palukiwa (talk) 00:37, 15 September 2017 (UTC)

Blockng

Hi Teahouse,

I was just wondering, who blocks people? Can anybody block anybody?

Thanks,

WarriorsFan30112335WarriorsFan30112335 (talk) 02:17, 15 September 2017 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia. Only administrators can make blocks. The policy is at WP:Blocking policy. --David Biddulph (talk) 04:03, 15 September 2017 (UTC)
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