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Category:Australian_Muslims (edit | [[Talk:Category:Australian_Muslims|talk]] | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

In Category:Australian_Muslims Shia Muslims are listed with degeretory as Australian Shi'ites, whilst Sunnis as "Australian Sunni Muslims." I tried to change Australian Shi'ites to "Australian Shia Muslims", but there's no category to edit.. please, help.

Kayno Yesno Slonce, editing issue

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I recently had my first article approved. I am a very new author and had notes for just 4-5 articles so far. I do not know where I can discuss a specific article and this is why I post here. I am unable to connect two articles about one and the same issue – they are in different languages, English and Bulgarian. The page does not allow it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayno_Yesno_Slonce https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BD%D0%BE_%D0%99%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BD%D0%BE_%D0%A1%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B5 I will be thankful if someone helps me with this issue. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nikyvoyage (talk • contribs) 18:00, 26 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

What do you mean by "connect"? What, specifically, are you trying to do? Regards, TransporterMan (TALK) 20:04, 26 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I believe s/he referred to interlanguage linking. The link between the two pages has been established. Iaritmioawp (talk) 15:15, 4 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Martti Rosenblatt in darft

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Hello, Musicbot but the page about Martti Rosenblatt into draft and it is evaluated. How long will this evaluation last? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Martti_Rosenblatt There is references and confirmed information in this page. So when will it be moved back from draft?

Thx, Martti — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tsisbtiis (talk • contribs) 07:25, 1 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

It won't be reviewed or moved until you place the tag {{subst:submit}} at the very top of the page on a line by itself. Regards, TransporterMan (TALK) 23:20, 1 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Constant changes

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Hello, my name is Harmony I work at the company Crunchyroll. I have been going into pages on wikipedia to add Crunchyroll as a licensee, I have a reliable source for this ^[1] however, my changes keep getting changed.

I was hoping to get some more help on what I should. Thank you for your time and I hope to hear back.

-Harmony

References

^ http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2017-01-24/crunchyroll-announces-winter-2017-anime-lineup/.111421

As an employee of Crunchyroll you should not be editing any information having directly to do with that company. While such edits may not be prohibited, per se, under Wikipedia's conflict of interest policies, you will not receive any assistance in making them. You should, instead, request them on the article talk page in a new section using the {{request edit}} template, following the instructions in the "How to use" section of the template documentation (click on that link to see the documentation). Regards, TransporterMan (TALK) 23:36, 1 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Drchriswilliams - HELP

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Hi there, We (Am Buidheann Dubh) having noticed you have edited our page, would like to firstly thank you, and secondly, ask if you could help us in updating it, as with our group logotype, recent news and up to date coverage of activities etc. Many thanks in advance. JOHN. Contact us via any means for confirmation as below : — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.50.231.32 (talk) 13:18, 2 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hello 31.50.231.32, and Welcome to Wikipedia! Just a friendly bit of advice, since this desk is highly viewed by any and all eyes visiting the site, it might be advisable that personal information not be shared publicly. You may wish to remove it (or ask an admin/editor to scrub it completely) so that you do not receive unwanted communication. Second, thank you for disclosing your connection with the article; rather than editing the page itself. The best way to form a communication with the editors at Wikipedia that are editing from a neutral-point-of-view WP:NPOV, is to bring specific comments, suggestions, concerns, etc (along with reliable sources to back such requests) to the article's talk page here: TALK: Am Buidheann Dubh. There, editors can work with you in building a better article without violating any WP:COI. Thanks! and Welcome again! Maineartists (talk) 14:34, 2 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, will do. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.50.231.32 (talk • contribs)

Addition to Honorific nicknames in popular music page.

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Respected Editor(s)

While I was reading the honourific Titles page of this site, I saw that you have missed Nazia Hassan in this list. You included Ahmed Rushdie and Noor Jehan from Pakistan but missed out Nazia Hassan (contributions in India and Pakistan) and considered the "Queen of Pop" in south Asia and Pioneer of Modern Pop in south Asia. I tried editing the page myself but it was secured "against vandalism" hence couldn't do it. Please edit it and include her. Thank you 117.203.196.186 (talk) 12:09, 3 March 2017 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.203.201.11 (talk) 07:51, 3 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

This noticeboard is for advice on how to edit, not to do things for you. To make this request, go to Talk:Honorific nicknames in popular music, create a new section called "Nazia Hassan" (even though the article page is protected, you can edit the talk page) and as the first line insert exactly this code on a line by itself: {{edit semi-protected}}. On the next line explain your request and give the reliable sources as defined by Wikipedia which support your request (if you don't have any such sources, your request is almost certainly going to be declined). Sign your request with four tildes, like this ~~~~. Let me note that the source given for the title "Queen of Pop" in the Nazia Hassan article is probably not going to be sufficient: You're going to need a reliable source which establishes that the honorific is widely used, rather than just one news article using the honorific incidentally in the title of an article. Regards, TransporterMan (TALK) 22:54, 3 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Help with "Ming Fay" and "Epoxy Art Archive" Entires

Hello!

I'm struggling to get rid of the banners/ tags about verifiability and orphan issues on the "Ming Fay" and "Epoxy Art Group" entries, respectively. I'm not particularly good at editing entires and I think that the articles would benefit from additional help. I understand why the tags were put on the articles, but I haven't been able to work them out enough to be able to remove them. I would really appreciate the assistance because these articles are very important to me. And if you are able to add images to the entires, that would be amazing! Let me know if you need anything from me. Thank you.

TLDR: help remove tags on "Ming Fay" and "Epoxy Art Group" and expand entires 666 no (talk) 19:50, 4 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Pageviews for a WikiProject

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Simple question, I hope: how do I find the most-viewed articles in a particular project? Dimly remember doing this once for WP:WikiProject Motorcycling but have forgotten the tool to use. - Brianhe (talk) 06:29, 6 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Though it's certainly within the EAR wheelhouse, you might get a better response to your question at HELPDESK as they're a bit more technically inclined there. Regards, TransporterMan (TALK) 20:29, 6 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

It's OK, I found the TreeViews tool, which even has an example for articles included in WikiProject Military History. - Brianhe (talk) 19:32, 7 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Daniel Estulin

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This site is very very incomplete. Someone needs to post his comprehensive biography.

David Clumpner — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.160.10.115 (talk) 10:57, 6 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia is the encyclopedia that anyone can edit and anyone includes you. If you believe a change is needed, and you can include a reliable source as defined by Wikipedia then make the change yourself. If you do not care to do so, then request the change on the article talk page. If you cannot make the edit yourself (because the page is locked) or should not make the edit yourself (because you have a conflict of interest), use the procedure here, but that process should not be used except in those two cases. Realize that, however made, edit requests may draw no response for days to weeks or, in some cases, ever, especially if no one else thinks the edit should be made or you fail to include pointers to reliable sources. Regards, TransporterMan (TALK) 20:24, 6 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

SahBabii

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Hi,

I recently employed someone to create an article about the above rap artist. However, the article had been deleted 6 times. I didn't know what was going on until I did my own investigation and discovered that the user had been blocked or banned from creating Wiki articles. I also learned that you cannot employ someone to do this as well.

So I decided to sign up and attempt at best to create the article and was advised that his name/title had been backlisted. I spoke to someone from Wiki who stated that could be removed but that you needed more info on the artist in order to create the article. The Wiki admin was very helpful but advised that she was not an expert in the field of musicians/artists and would refer the information to another admin with more experience on this subject to create the article. I have not heard back and it's been over a week. SahBabii is scheduled to sign a very lucrative record deal with the label of his choice this week and we are trying to get the article complete by then. Please advise what information you need to complete this.

Kind regards Kimber0316 (talk) 16:18, 7 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:30A:C06D:8D00:4098:A8E9:B919:7ADE (talk) 15:31, 7 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2602:30A:C06D:8D00:4098:A8E9:B919:7ADE (talk) 16:16, 7 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately, if the community has decided that SahBabii does not meet the notability guidelines for musicians, there's not a lot you can do. Wikipedia is for artists who are clearly established and have already had success. There is no need to have a Wikipedia article, it is not a status symbol and can be a millstone round your neck if the press pick up on things he doesn't particularly want to mention. The community takes a very dim view of article subjects trying to dictate whether they should be on Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Charlene McMann (2nd nomination) and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Charlene McMann (3rd nomination). As for what you've paid, unfortunately as the old saying goes "a fool and his money are soon parted" and you have been basically scammed. To counteract that you'll need to go to Small Claims, and that's a lot of effort for probably not a lot of cash. Do not pay someone to edit Wikipedia - you will lose your money and annoy people Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 16:26, 7 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Kimber0316 First of all: Welcome to Wikipedia! Please do not be deterred by the less sympathetic directness of certain editors here at Wikipedia who like to bite the newbies with the sense of entitlement and holier than thou attitude with lack of compassion. They do not speak for the rest of the community. Second, I am sorry that you were taken by a scammer; when your intent was in good faith. (You are not a fool, BTW -- the comment was uncalled for ...) But let's try and move forward with your initial goal for an article here at WP. If you are attempting to create an article whose subject is notable for being a musician, it must meet certain guidelines for inclusions found here: WP:MUSICBIO. There you will find a specific list of criteria that a subject must meet to be deemed notable for inclusion. Normally, when an artist is just starting out, it is very difficult to find reliable sources to cite to claim such notability; in that: there just hasn't been enough reviews, articles, etc written separate from the subject themselves. A good rule of thumb however is: if a subject is notable -- in due time, an article will be written about them and included on WP. I researched SahBabii, and it looks very promising for this young up and coming musician; (so don't give up hope!) but most of what is being written about him is very recent. My suggestion would be: give it time. Let the media catch up with his notability so that you can gather as many reliable sources to cite within an article that will not be challenged or deleted on WP. Also, please remember: WP is not a place for advertising, promotional use, personal / resume style biographies or press releasing. Any association with the subject themselves will be seen as a conflict of interest: WP:COI and is discouraged due to WP's attempt at providing a neutral point of view: WP:NPOV. I wish you the best of luck in your endeavors; but it seems a bit premature at this point. However, that being said, from what I've read and seen, it does seem promising! FYI: one way of getting an article without contest or challenge is to draft one in your sandbox and invite editor's to aid in your editing (esp. those experienced in WP music notability); assemble a good, strong, clean draft before submitting it -- hoping it won't get deleted again. If you'd like, I will help you -- just ping me on my Talk Page: Talk Maineartists Maineartists (talk) 16:49, 7 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

None of what you just said is going to get this person's money back. I'm not having a go at them, but I am annoyed that somebody established themselves as a paid editor irresponsibly. In the meantime, I have created Draft:SahBabii as a holding page with a magazine reference, as a starting point. Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 17:00, 7 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Please. So you had to call them a "fool"? Not buying it. Your tone was far from sympathetic to the victim; and your post was even farther from helpful. Maineartists (talk) 17:09, 7 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

If you want to continue this conversation, please go to my talk page. Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 17:11, 7 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Not necessary. You did what was right in this situation - re: creating Draft:SahBabii. Appreciated. Maineartists (talk) 17:13, 7 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Maineartists!. I am such a novice at this that I did not know how to ping you or even respond on this post. I greatly appreciate your assistance or any help you can provide with creating the article. I did receive my money back from the person because I only use paypal for money transactions online when possible. Again I really appreciate your help. SahBabii has several notable articles on him alone. I can provide those and do any research you need or I need to get this going. Please advise if this is the correct space for my response to you. Thanks.Kimber0316 (talk) 17:39, 7 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Kimber0316 I just posted a message to your Talk Page. Thank Ritchie333, too. He set up a Draft Page here: Draft:SahBabii. I'll help you as best I can. (I'm watching all pages now, so no need to ping; whatever you contribute, I'll see it) Maineartists (talk) 17:44, 7 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I thank you both for your help with this..lol Wikipedia appears so intimidating. I am entering the text now. Not sure how to enter the references. Do I just need to add brackets around everything that can be researched?Kimber0316 (talk) 17:52, 7 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The best help I can give you is referencing for beginners, and also you can get live help via the Wikipedia IRC help channel. Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 18:02, 7 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Misspelling or not?

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Several articles contain "filology". Is this a misspelling of philology or just an alternate spelling? - Bri (talk) 19:30, 9 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

It seems that this is a very common topic and occurrence. Would you believe that there are actual entries for "filology" definitions as: misspelling for "philology"? I would say that "philology" is correct; considering even as I type this reply "filology" is underlined in red, meaning: incorrect spelling. Maineartists (talk) 19:38, 9 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Saint-Denis, Gard.

Stale

There is an error with the elevation, average is higher than the highest point. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 103.224.128.92 (talk) 20:53, 10 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Do you mean highest point on the page or in the region? Isn't the highest point in the Gard department, France "Mont Aigoual" at 1567m / 5141 ft? Maineartists (talk) 21:09, 10 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

How remove "cleanup" categories from article talk page?

How do I get rid of the "Category:Catholicism articles needing attention to grammar" at the bottom of the talk page after I've spent four hours improving the grammar in this article? I don't want others to waste their time reading this whole, long article to see if there are still any grammar problems.Jzsj (talk) 02:13, 11 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Jzsj: This is controlled by the "b4" parameter in the {{WikiProject Catholicism}} project template at the top of the talk page. I've added the b1 to b6 parameters there, so all you have to do is replace <yes/no> with either yes or no for the criteria you want to mark as assessed. -- John of Reading (talk) 08:01, 11 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the quick response. I've seen those 6 categories there but I still cannot impact them with my cursor: they say "yes/no" but are not responsive to my attempts to change. {ping| John of Reading }} Jzsj (talk) 11:40, 11 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Jzsj: You need to remove the angle brackets as well: yes not <yes> -- John of Reading (talk) 12:37, 11 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks much, it works!! {ping| John of Reading }} Jzsj (talk) 14:42, 11 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Jzsj: Please do not make edits such as these. You have not just altered, but broken the criteria at Wikipedia:WikiProject assessment/B-Class criteria. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 20:20, 11 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure which of my efforts to figure out use of the clean-up process led to a problem. I just tried to respond to the clean-up tag on Talk:Elizabeth Johnson (theologian). If I didn't do it correctly then please help me: what does one do after checking an article by these criteria? Thanks! @Redrose64: Jzsj (talk) 20:27, 13 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Jzsj: I linked your problematic edits, with the word "these". The page that you edited, Wikipedia:WikiProject assessment/B-Class criteria, describes the criteria for B-Class in all WikiProjects, not just one single article. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 22:09, 13 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

[1] ttp://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2017-01-24/crunchyroll-announces-winter-2017-anime-lineup/.111421

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