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Paul-Leon Jazet

I have edited the stub article Paul-Leon Jazet. Hopefully it will no longer be considered a stub. I am only an amateur occasional editor and forget the Wikipedia rules between edits. The article's layout could possibly be improved by making the list more concise. I have also added Jazet (he designed some of her costumes) to the Loie Fuller article so that the Jazet article is no longer an orphan. I am unsure whether this is the right place to post this message. BSP1BFP1 (talk) 12:55, 13 April 2019 (UTC)

Resolved

 – and answered on Talk:Paul-Léon Jazet#Assessment. –84.46.52.142 (talk) 21:43, 13 April 2019 (UTC)

How do I delete an image?

I uploaded an image of my friend, and he does not want it on Wikipedia. Please help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tgbatty (talk • contribs) 17:00, 10 April 2019 (UTC)

Hey Tgbatty. I have nominated the photo for deletion. An administrator should come along shortly and respond to the request. GMG^talk 17:11, 10 April 2019 (UTC)

Hi, Tgbatty. Welcome to Wikipedia and to the Teahouse; but I fear you may be misunderstanding what Wikipedia is about. It is an encyclopaedia, where we create articles about notable subjects. I'm sure your cat is of great interest to you and your family, but unless several people who have no connection with you have published articles about her in reliable places, I'm afraid Wikipedia is simply not interested in her. In fact, I recommend you do not try the really quite difficult task of creating a new article for a bit yet: I suggest you have a go at The Wikipedia Adventure. and work on improving some of our six million existing articles. --ColinFine (talk) 18:03, 10 April 2019 (UTC)

Thank you, but I do have one question, how do you know which file it is? It is deleted off of Wikimedia Commons, but I am trying to get it removed from Google images. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tgbatty (talk • contribs) 2019-04-12 (UTC)

Check your c:Special:Log/Tgbatty on Commons, presumably Google will give up to use a deleted image after some time, if they don't after three months tell them. –84.46.52.142 (talk) 23:12, 12 April 2019 (UTC)

How do I tell them? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tgbatty (talk • contribs) 20:39, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

This article provides insufficient context

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyurethane_dispersion Can someone take a look at this article please? It has been published but I want to improve it. It says multiple issues - personal reflective style argumentative and "provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject" . I am not sure where to go from here. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by GRALISTAIR (talk • contribs) 20:48, 10 April 2019 (UTC)

I think it is looking better - still not sure what the hell insufficient context means - reviewer having a bad day perhaps?

When the tag was placed five months ago the article looked like this, so it it really isn't hard to understand why. And there still isn't sufficient context for a non-expert reader, though I agree that it's been improved since November. --bonadea contributions talk 14:25, 13 April 2019 (UTC)

And there still isn't sufficient context for a non-expert reader, though I agree that it's been improved since November.  How the hell do I provide sufficient context? It really does not make sense. IMHO some of the stuff that has been removed has removed some of the context!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by GRALISTAIR (talk • contribs) 2019-04-13 (UTC)

Question pabout Huggle

I'm new to Huggle. When patrolling recent changes, I would like to see the change as implemented in a Wikipedia article like I do with Twinkle. Is there a way I can do this? Mstrojny (talk) 21:45, 10 April 2019 (UTC)

I noticed that some questions that were asked after this one have already been answered. Is there a particular reason why this one is not answered yet? Mstrojny (talk) 18:53, 11 April 2019 (UTC)

Hello, Mstrojny. Because, as you know, we're all volunteers here, hosts are free to answer whichever question they feel competent to answer and have the time/motivation to answer. I regularly scroll up, looking for any unanswered questions and do my best to deal with them if nobody has replied for a day or two. I did see your question, but didn't feel I had sufficient knowledge with Huggle to proffer a reply. Maybe others did too. I'm sorry if that has been a frustration for you. Whilst we discourage users from asking the same question in different fora, I reckon after 24 hrs its perfectly ok to ask elsewhere. In this instance you might try the slightly more technical Help Desk. Regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 03:31, 12 April 2019 (UTC)

Nick Moyes, I have asked the same question at the help desk. I'm sorry for being impatient. I don't expect answers within a short time period like 5 minutes. Mstrojny (talk) 19:00, 12 April 2019 (UTC)

Mstrojny Thats fine. Let us know what you find out. If you don't get a reply, I know that User:Shellwood deploys both HG and TW, and might be able to advise you. Regards from sunny Spain. Nick Moyes (talk) 08:05, 13 April 2019 (UTC)

Nick Moyes Usually you say Regards from the UK, you must be in Spain right now. I recommend on your user page listing which countries you have visited and want to visit. Many users add that to their user pages. Mstrojny (talk) 09:59, 13 April 2019 (UTC)

@Mstrojny: Yeah, that's right. I've gone over to Mallorca for a couple of weeks. A bit of bird watching, scrambling and bivouacing on the limestone ridges around Boquer Valley and the Serra de Tramuntana. Thanks for your suggestion re flags, but I'll probably just stick with a list of the 4000metre+ mountains I've climbed on my userpage. (They also serve as a prompt for articles to improve.) Adios! Nick Moyes (talk) 16:59, 13 April 2019 (UTC)

• Hi Mstrojny I'm not 100% sure what your asking, do you mean you want to see the page after you have reverted it so you can see the result of your revert? I so then as far as I'm aware there is no way to do this automatically, but if its just for the odd one you can right click on the change in "History of your changes" panel and use "show", then use the "View in external browser" option. Alternatively, if i want to look at the article more I use the "View in external browser" option, then either sort out with Twinkle, or then use Huggle. The problem is edits (roll-backs and notices) are queued so at busy times you can have reviewed several edits before the edits complete. This is why some of us use both (hence {{User:Mlpearc/UBX/TwnkHugg}}). Huggle is really for just stomping on obvious bad edits, anytime you want to look at the article to see is there are other issues, see the result, I find it easier just to use "View in external browser" and continue that way. If however you want to always look at the result I would recommend using Twinkle with Special:RecentChanges (left hand menu) for your new edit source. You can filter to only show possible bad edits, and have it auto refresh. If your then CRTL-right click the diffs, you can open get one or more tabs to review, then review them, and then back to the list. Hope that helps :/ If I'm missed the point, let me know and I'll try to help. Cheers KylieTastic (talk) 11:16, 14 April 2019 (UTC)

  Thank you KylieTastic, that helps a lot! Mstrojny (talk) 11:29, 14 April 2019 (UTC)

GEAPSU

Do not top-post. Robert McClenon (talk) 21:12, 11 April 2019 (UTC)

Hi, I have recently created GEAPSU for Steven Benjamin Damelin, a well known academic. The article providers correct references for everything. The article is not long. It is short and factual. By looking at Damelin on the web it is clear immediately how well known he is. Myself (George Andrews) have compared my page with 100's others in academia and find Damelin's article much better in most cases. The later articles lack references in many ways. Can you erdit this articlke and accept it? Thank you very much. Geapsu (talk) 17:52, 11 April 2019 (UTC)

Moved from the top to where it might fit, {{collapsetop}} somehow clobbered the Table of Contents on Chrome for me (far too wide on the right side). –84.46.52.142 (talk) 00:39, 13 April 2019 (UTC)

William Stark (physician)#Death and legacy Was he seen as "mad," leading to the phrase " Stark-raving mad."?

I would like to insert the following in William Stark ( physician ) article . . . " His "impudent zeal" might have been seen as being "mad", leading to the saying that someone is "Stark raving mad "." From "The Nit". — Preceding unsigned comment added by The Nit (talk • contribs) 09:49, 11 April 2019 (UTC)

Please don't. That is unsourced speculation, and unencyclopaedic. Dbfirs 10:02, 11 April 2019 (UTC)

 Not done From the OED: "1640 ... Did not I say he's mad, starke raving mad, away with him." so it was in use in exactly this form a century before Stark was born. The actual origins go back a further thousand years to Old English. Martin of Sheffield (talk) 10:14, 11 April 2019 (UTC)

+1, dictionary.com about "stark naked": 1520–30; stark + naked; replacing start-naked ( start, Middle English; Old English steort tail; cognate with Dutch staart, Old High German sterz, Old Norse stertr ) –84.46.52.219 (talk) 11:00, 11 April 2019 (UTC)

(edit conflict) :Hello, The Nit. Welcome to the Teahouse, and thanks for your question, albeit after the event. I have deleted this addition your made to the article on the grounds that it is complete speculation and totally unsourced. On what grounds did you think it was OK to add it, may I ask? We never accept guesswork or helpful random speculation here. We need sources to support stuff like that, and a few minutes of checking on Google would have shown you that your edit was nonsense, and that the use of 'stark mad' was published by John Skelton c.200 years prior to William Stark's birth (see line 50), and maybe well before that, too. Speculation that has been put forward by experts in reliable sources might be acceptable, but only if those sources are properly cited, but never, ever, guesswork. That's best kept to online question fora where anyone can ask and answer anything they like, with no editorial control of the quality of replies.

I fear you might also have got the 'wrong end of the stick' when we ask editors to sign their posts. We do not want any editor to add their username to content added into encyclopaedia articles, as you did. However we DO need you to sign Talk page posts like this one, please. Just type four keyboard tildes (like this: ~~~~) at the very end of your post. Then, when you hit 'Publish changes' your username and a timestamp will be automatically added each time. This is essential on talk pages so we know who has said what, and when, but never in an article itself. Hope this helps. Regards from the UK, Nick Moyes (talk) 10:20, 11 April 2019 (UTC)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Stark_(physician) /* Death and legacy */ Was he seen as "mad," leading to the phrase " Stark-raving mad. " ?

Hi, Nick, sorry to trouble you again and apologies for getting things wrong, ~ I am an old fool who struggles with today's world. I gather then that you and your team wouldn't be interested in "new" notions, like : - the Ishango bone's description in Wiki that the line containing all primes is there by "coincidence" ~ which I think is false ( of course I can not prove it, but my route makes more logical sense than just "coincidence"; or how the Babylonians ( on Plimpton 322 ) could have found a simple diagram that led them to a generalised process that could produce ALL Pythagorean Triples. I guess that you would NOT be interested in such matters ? Hey Ho, thank you for your time, cheers, Martin — Preceding unsigned comment added by The Nit (talk • contribs) 15:26, 11 April 2019 (UTC)

I will answer for everyone - Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, it lives and dies by only including content supported by references. What you added to William Stark (physician) has already been reverted. Same will happen to any other unreferenced speculation you add to articles. David notMD (talk) 00:11, 12 April 2019 (UTC)

And one particular kind of information which Wikipedia will never accept is original research, The Nit. It does not make any difference whether the research in question is by the world authority on the subject, or a self-taught loner beavering away in a library: until it has been published by a reliable source (independent of the researcher), Wikipedia willl not accept it. Sorry. --ColinFine (talk) 21:10, 12 April 2019 (UTC)

When is a COI Noticeboard considered concluded?

I have a thread here Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest/Noticeboard#Outside_In_(organization) . After I've started the thread, another editor initiated interacting with the related parties, but the thread itself has no further interaction at this point. How do I know when consensus has been reached in COI/N issues? Graywalls (talk) 12:21, 12 April 2019 (UTC)

The current state on COI/N is no consensus, on-going discussion and shall be not re-evaluated on the TEAHOUSE in 2019. –84.46.52.142 (talk) 19:16, 12 April 2019 (UTC)

Waqar Ex

How to create a Wikipedia page? I'm trying from 5 days, I've done many edits and still it says create this page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Waqar Ex (talk • contribs) 13:47, 12 April 2019 (UTC)

Read the steps there for how to request a creation or to create one yourself. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requested_articles Graywalls (talk) 18:07, 12 April 2019 (UTC)

The reality of "Requested articles" is that the wait time is slow-to-never. Looking at your contributions as Waqar Ex, there is no shown history of article creation attempt. Were you editing before you created a User account? Did you follow the steps at Wikipedia:Your first article? David notMD (talk) 20:11, 12 April 2019 (UTC)

International Africa Festival Tübingen, Germany

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Taking into consideration that this is a platform that has gathered 100.000 local audience and reached out to million worldwide with top world class African hidden and undiscovered talents as well as top stars such as Aplha Blondy, Business Conference with top high ranking politicians and civil society. Stricking thing is the numerous greetings received by this event from President of Germany, Hörst Kohler in 2010, 2016 words of greetings from the minister präsident in Baden-Württemberg, Southern region of Germany, and the former outgoing German President Mr Gauck Joachim had invited the organizers at the German presidency in 2012. 2014, more than 15 African Ambassadors attended this event. This year this event is being upgraded into a German African International Expo, attracting quality exhibitors and arts exhibitions from atleast 15 Visual artist - independent Artist with visions to contribute to world peace and justice thereby presenting thir works and getting an award. The most amazing thing about the organizers is the quest to host a platform that brings millions of people irrespective of their countries of origin, religious Background, Status and gender together in a conservative country as Germany and this seem to be working with 2015 edition attracting more than 30.000 visitors in just four days. No government support...all volunteering with more than 200 volunteers.

Ones opinion may think humans are originally not born racist except provoked by some circumstances, the turnout to the International Africa Festival in Tübingen concludes everything. Tübingen is the location is a star destination for golbal travellers be it studying at its Tropical University Center hosting more thousands of International students. Approximatelly 50 nationalities are residents in Tübingen. Is this project a relevant topic? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Susan Tatah (talk • contribs) 16:13, 12 April 2019 (UTC)

It's not listed on w:de:Liste_von_Musikfestivals, and I found no article on dewiki about this, but that doesn't directly affect enwiki: If you have at least three significant, reliable, and independent sources supporting that it might be notable here.

Updated later: You wrote artists, I erroneously interpreted it as musician, sorry. If it's directly related to, say, Matariki Network of Universities, you could add a new section to the University. That also requires references, but it's easier than new articles. You could then request a redirect to this section. –84.46.52.142 (talk) 19:10, 12 April 2019 (UTC)

Denis Tuohy

I am Denis Tuohy. The current entry is very brief. Can I send a cv for your editors to look at and select some further information for the entry ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.51.105.230 (talk) 17:02, 12 April 2019 (UTC)

The easiest thing is for you to add details to the talk page. Please be aware that all details about living persons require independent verification. This protects both Wikipedia (it is not for self-promotion) and yourself (are we certain you are who you claim to be?). Regards, Martin of Sheffield (talk) 17:10, 12 April 2019 (UTC)

Denis Tuohy - people are advised not to edit articles that are about themselves, hence Martin's suggestion that you go to the Talk page of the article about you and create a new section there. Add information you think would improve the article - with references. If you can provide references for the information you think should be in the article, the hope is that other editors will review it and incorporate same into the article. There is a way of posting Help me! at Talk. An important point - Wikipedia articles are not CV dumps or profiles. Essential to have independent sources of information about you. David notMD (talk) 18:39, 12 April 2019 (UTC)

An editor has added refs to the article. David notMD (talk) 16:33, 13 April 2019 (UTC)

Hi! Welcome to the Teahouse Denis Tuohy. There is not a way for you to submit your resume and even if you did, Wikipedia is an encyclopedia and not a place to promote yourself. Please consider editing other articles that interest you rather than your own article. Best Regards, Barbara ✐✉ 13:53, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

Can a draft article be moved?

Hello, I just created a new draft article for Susan Hudson but I noticed it was not in my user space... like, for example Joan Almond. Not really sure what I did differently but can the draft be moved to my user space? If so how could I do that. Thank you!LorriBrown (talk) 17:31, 12 April 2019 (UTC)

A draft initially created as a userspace draft will often be moved to draft namespace by a reviewer when you submit it for review, so you might as well leave it where it is. --David Biddulph (talk) 18:38, 12 April 2019 (UTC)

Draft:Susan Hudson is better, it invites other users to collaborate. A personal draft as user sub-page would be like your User:LorriBrown/sandbox. –84.46.52.142 (talk) 18:57, 12 April 2019 (UTC)

David Biddulph I see it is where it should be then. Thank you for explaining the difference between to two. LorriBrown (talk) 19:35, 12 April 2019 (UTC)

How do you make a page?

I really wanna make one about GD Juniper. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ATeeGD (talk • contribs) 18:00, 12 April 2019 (UTC)

how do i write an article — Preceding unsigned comment added by Imperial Numismatics (talk • contribs) 18:04, 12 April 2019 (UTC)

Greetings to both of you. A good breakdown of how to write your first article can be found here. Please make sure that your subjects meet the notability requirements and that you provide reliable sources for all of your facts. Thank you, caknuck _° needs to be running more often 18:18, 12 April 2019 (UTC)

My first article Submission declined

Hello everybody.

A few days ago I tried to post my first article here on Wikipedia but submission was declined. Please see it here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:BelcaSoft

The reason as far as I understand is that references are not good enough. Yes, I agree that some of them do not have a full coverage of the company and product but a few a quite good. For example this one https://calgaryherald.com/business/startup-of-the-week-riger names the product start up of the week and has a full article dedicated to it. They talk with company's CEO.

This one here https://crozdesk.com/industry-specific/oil-gas-software/riger has almost 2K words about the product with detailed description of it.

This one from the show also have some good information, not just mention https://www.oaoa.com/inthepipeline/oil_news/article_c80ab04a-d252-11e8-8ebe-7b89689d9050.html

This is on company's site, that os true, but it shows the article which was published by external resource Oilfield PULSE in October 2015 https://riger.ca/riger-at-oilfield-pulse-7-ways-to-boost-oilfield-rentals/

I will keep looking and adding information and resources as they appear on Internet. Meanwhile is there any possibility to reconsider submission decline?

Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by DashaDG (talk • contribs) 19:35, 12 April 2019 (UTC)

I've glanced briefly at the first two references which you linked in your question. Neither of them mentioned BelcaSoft at all so I didn't look any further. If your references don't mention the subject of your article a reconsideration of your submission would come very rapidly to the same conclusion. --David Biddulph (talk) 19:44, 12 April 2019 (UTC)

Thank you for your reply. But they mention the product - RigER. My article is mostly about the product. Perhaps I should rename it and make about the product, nit the company? — Preceding unsigned comment added by DashaDG (talk • contribs) 2019-04-12 (UTC)

Please check WP:SPA, WP:COI, and Draft:RigER. –84.46.52.142 (talk) 23:52, 12 April 2019 (UTC)

Resolved

 – Orangemike deleted Draft:RigER per G11, thanks. –84.46.53.140 (talk) 02:31, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

What are the procedures to undo a redirect of a page?

Just curious as to what the steps are to undo a redirect of a page and bring back the original.

Thank you! Aviartm (talk) 20:57, 12 April 2019 (UTC)

Hi Aviartm. It depends why it was redirected and whether the original was deleted or is in a page history. Do you have a specific redirect in mind? PrimeHunter (talk) 21:04, 12 April 2019 (UTC)

Hello PrimeHunter. This is the redirect in question. I know the reasonings behind it and all. Due to the contents of the redirect and former page, there is a highly probability that it will have to be reinstated in the future and I was curious what the steps were. Aviartm (talk) 21:43, 12 April 2019 (UTC)

In theory you can expand redirects into proper pages, I tested this on Widevine as IP, it worked (more or less, some SPA later spoiled it.) But in your case I doubt that the page should be recreated.

If your plan is to rescue—or rather, unhide—the substantial edit history, this requires an admin with a clue about "history merge", in essence (1) move reactions page to holding space without leaving a redirect, (2) move old page to the then free reactions space without leaving a redirect, (3) reset it to the last version before it was a redirect, (4) history merge everything from holding space, and finally (5) delete the holding space. –84.46.52.142 (talk) 22:47, 12 April 2019 (UTC)

Not necessary but thank you for telling me the other possibilities.

@Aviartm: This is the right link to the redirect. Pipes are only used in wikilinks with double brackets. It was redirected at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Special Counsel counter report (2nd nomination). See Wikipedia:Why was the page I created deleted?#What you can do about it. PrimeHunter (talk) 09:43, 13 April 2019 (UTC)

@PrimeHunter: So the best route to undo a redirect in the future is to go to the Help Desk and ask for the page to be reverted back to its original ways. To go off topic a little bit, I think the page shouldn't have been redirected as the information on the page is elaborate and I think it would be excessive to add elsewhere excluding a synopsis and a wikilink to the corresponding page of course. If you check the conversation, they thought the counter report failed WP:BKCRYSTAL. Of course, there are speculation surrounding the report and whether it will become public and all but we will just have to see. They did agree to retain the page's history. And the brings me back that in case the report does become public and whatnot, what are the procedures to undo a redirect and that brings me to Help Desk? Aviartm (talk) 19:04, 13 April 2019 (UTC)

@Aviartm: Wikipedia:Why was the page I created deleted?#What you can do about it says you can ask for advice at the help desk, not that you can get them to revert the result of a deletion discussion. The listed options for that is to discuss with the closer of the discussion, and then go to deletion review. But it's unlikely to work here because the discussion was clear. If the only user wanting to keep an article is the author then it isn't kept. Wikipedia is a collaborative project and sometimes it just doesn't go as you want. Things may change if the report is actually published or becomes important. PrimeHunter (talk) 20:26, 13 April 2019 (UTC)

I create articles from redirects all the time. For more information, leave me a note on my talk page. Best Regards, Barbara ✐✉ 13:57, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

Submitting A New Article

How do I give a new draft article a title and submit it for consideration and publication? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bluenose Gunner (talk • contribs) 21:11, 12 April 2019 (UTC)

@Bluenose Gunner: Hello and welcome to the Teahouse. I would suggest using Articles for Creation to submit your draft(you can copy and paste it if need be). As a side note, did you not see the article Armoured fighting vehicle, which armored combat vehicle redirects to? 331dot (talk) 21:44, 12 April 2019 (UTC)

CredoHouse Ministries Wikipedia Page Help

Hi there,

I have been commissed by C. Michael Patton to write a page on Wikipedia about his ministry, Credo House. I've been reading the guidelines to write an article for Wikipedia but I'm not sure if my subject is notable by Wikipedia standards. Can you help me? How can I make a notable article about a Christian ministry?

Dylanwhittler19 21:33, 12 April 2019 (UTC) 5:32 PM Dylan Whittler — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dylanwhittler19 (talk • contribs)

@Dylanwhittler19: Hello and welcome to the Teahouse. I would point out that since you state you were commissioned to write about this ministry, you will need to read and comply with the conflict of interest policy and the paid editing policy; the latter is a Wikipedia Terms of Use requirement if you are being paid. In order to merit an article, the ministry will need to have been significantly written about in independent reliable sources that show how it meets the organization notability guidelines written at WP:ORG. If there are no independent sources, the ministry would not merit a Wikipedia article at this time. Independent sources would not include things like press releases, routine announcements, staff interviews, or other primary sources. As you are finding, writing a Wikipedia article is difficult; you may wish to read Your First Article and use the new user tutorial which will explain the process. 331dot (talk) 21:40, 12 April 2019 (UTC)

How do I add a personal bio then link it to another page?

I recently visited a page where names are highlighted and would link to a personal bio...How do I crate a bio and link it to another page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by TEV1216 (talk • contribs) 22:31, 12 April 2019 (UTC)

Hi TEV1216. I'm not sure which "page" you're referring to. Was it an article or was it a user page? Wikipedia doesn't really have any "personal bios" per WP:NOTWEBHOST; it has encyclopedic articles written about persons deemed to be Wikiepdia notable enough to have such an article written, and it has userpages which are pages where an editor can briefly introduce themselves and their Wikipedia activities to other editors.Now, the highlighting your describing sounds like what is called a WP:WIKILINK; this is basically a way to internally link one Wikipedia page to another. There are some different ways to do this and various guidelines depending upon the page in question, but you can find out more at Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Linking and Help:Link. -- Marchjuly (talk) 22:59, 12 April 2019 (UTC)

im trying to create a page for present Thirakwa lineage of musicians in India

hi. i am really new here. i wonder how i can show my sandbox to you and get suggestions on a correction. its a quick question i know. honestly i am just checking out this resource to see if it does anything. i'm not really sure how strong the current down here is. maybe you can extend your support for my work by returning a hi to this mail. i'd be glad to hear more. 22:52, 12 April 2019 (UTC)22:52, 12 April 2019 (UTC)22:52, 12 April 2019 (UTC)22:52, 12 April 2019 (UTC)22:52, 12 April 2019 (UTC)Otinflewer (talk)

Welcome to the Teahouse, Otinflewer. Your sandbox is at User:Otinflewer/sandbox. One significant problem that I see with your draft is non-neutral language in Wikipedia's voice. Examples are "great", "pioneers", "eminent", "vibrantly keeping his tradition alive by developing unique styles", "illustrious father", and "well known to charm live audiences with his effortlessly rhythmic rambles on the Tabla and heartfelt mentions to the odes of his time in his clear voice". Please read about the neutral point of view which is a core content policy. You can quote respected music critics from newspaper A or magazine B or book C assessing this person's talents, but it is contrary to policy for you to write those things yourself. So, remove every trace of that kind of promotional language from your draft. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 00:40, 13 April 2019 (UTC)

How do I get rid of a red “warning” on an article?

Three warnings popped up on a page I have been working on for years. It reads:

• Warning: Page using Template:Infobox settlement with unknown parameter "mapsize2" (this message is shown only in preview).
• Warning: Page using Template:Infobox settlement with unknown parameter "image_map2" (this message is shown only in preview).
• Warning: Page using Template:Infobox settlement with unknown parameter "map_caption2" (this message is shown only in preview).

How do I get rid of these warnings to make the page look neater? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:98A:280:32ED:B575:B69B:7DCA:C05D (talk) 23:10, 12 April 2019 (UTC)

Just remove the three unknown parameters from {{infobox settlement}} near the top of the page. There's no section edit link for it, use the edit button on the top of the page and pick source mode, or similar. When I want to edit stuff before the 1st section I click on its section edit link, and replace section=1 by section=0 to get at what I really wanted. –84.46.52.142 (talk) 23:28, 12 April 2019 (UTC)

I don't want to remove the three unknown parameters from {{infobox settlement}} near the top of the page, because it might alter the infobox. For years, the infobox remained the same and now all of a sudden these warnings are popping up. Is there a way for me to get rid of the warnings without altering the look of the infobox? What can I write in place of "image_map2; mapsize2; and map_caption2"? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:98A:280:32ED:B575:B69B:7DCA:C05D (talk) 23:42, 12 April 2019 (UTC)

@2601:98A:280:32ED:B575:B69B:7DCA:C05D: The Template:Infobox settlement template doesn't support more than two map images. However, it appears to be malfunctioning, because the errors shouldn't be showing. I posted a note on the infobox settlement template talk page. TimTempleton ^{(talk) (cont)} 00:02, 13 April 2019 (UTC)

And I already got a response pointing me to Wikipedia:Village_pump_(technical)#Template_errors_being_shown_on_page_when_they_should_be_"shown_only_in_preview". Apparently this is not the only template that has this problem. TimTempleton ^{(talk) (cont)} 00:04, 13 April 2019 (UTC)

"Unknown parameter" means what it says, whatever you have there has no effect at the moment. If you want more maps than the infobox supports you could add them in a section…

==Gallery==
<gallery mode="packed">
File:3rdmap.svg
File:4thmap.png
…
</gallery>

…or whatever looks nice, I didn't try to figure out which settlement you're talking about. –84.46.52.142 (talk) 00:29, 13 April 2019 (UTC)

Please note the problem is not restricted to just this template. See the posts here Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)#Template errors being shown on page when they should be "shown only in preview" for further info. MarnetteD|Talk 00:58, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

Resolved

 – in this edit by Jonesey95 e.a. on April 13, without null edit, thanks. –84.46.53.140 (talk) 02:15, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

New to Wikipedia, just made my first page.

Hey everyone, I just made a very brief Wikipedia page for a YouTube creator that I noticed didn't have one. If anyone would be able to help me clean up the page (for example the image doesn't fit the info box perfectly), contribute information or give me advice that would be amazing. The page is D'Angelo Wallace https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%27Angelo_Wallace — Preceding unsigned comment added by WBPchur (talk • contribs) 02:35, 13 April 2019 (UTC)

Hi, WBPchur! Welcome to the Teahouse! Your page was not ready for the article main space yet, so it got moved to Draft:D'Angelo Wallace for further improvement (mainly sourcing → WP:SOURCES). Alas it's been deleted soon, as it was not only undersourced, but also unambiguously promotional, which is forbidden by Wikipedia policy – see WP:PROMO. Please see the note Athaenara has left on your talk page. --CiaPan (talk) 08:27, 13 April 2019 (UTC)

@WBPchur: BTW, please WP:SIGN your comments at Wikipedia talk pages. --CiaPan (talk) 08:29, 13 April 2019 (UTC)

I was removed from my Father’s Wikipedia page when he died

Hi there, My name is Christina Empress Ingram. My father, Dan Ingram, who was a Radio Disk jockey for over 50 years here in NYC died June 25th 2018. On September 8th, I was deleted from his Wikipedia page. This was the day after my evil Stepmother lied to myself and my Sister (telling us that there was no memorial or funeral) and honored my Father at a large event here in NYC with AFTRA and the Radio Hall of Fame. The timing was so crazy, because it literally happened hours after that Memorial occurred. I spoke with a Wiki volunteer who told me this was because I am not a notable person according to Wiki, yet, I am an international Dj who may not be considered to be notable enough for my own page, but yet, I see MANY profiles that have family mentioned. I also noticed that my Brother (who’s in cahoots with my Stepmom) is mentioned many times, but yet he’s not a notable person at all. My father approved his profile where I was on it while he was alive & I think it’s horrible I would be deleted once he’s dead. Please add me back or tell me what I can do. I’m very heartbroken about this. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by KaiBK (talk • contribs) 04:04, 13 April 2019 (UTC)

Hello Christina. I did some looking for you and it appears that your name was removed by user:Nikkimaria under WP:LPNAME. You also may want to read WP:NOT. I understand your wish to be recognized, but Wikipedia has a specific set of policies to follow. Some editors follow them much more closely than others and that's why you will see such variability between articles. Although, if you can prove your notablility, may qualify for an article about yourself, although this is not something you should do yourself, as the clear conflict of interest may deter potential editors from helping you. I'm fairly new here myself, but I started by reading many of Wikipedia's policies and it will really help you understand what to do and why we do it. I'm sure a more experienced editor will come here and explain this better, but I wanted to let you know what I found and provide you with a few resources in the meantime Chanceober (talk) 06:28, 13 April 2019 (UTC)

Your brother is mentioned by name in the article in context of having written a book about your father. As Chanceober described, Wikipedia policy is to not name names of children in the Infobox. (There is a reference there that links to the NY Times obituary, which names all children.) One option is to create a Personal life section in the article. Adult children could be named there, but not any under age 21. See Alan Freed and Casey Kasem as examples. David notMD (talk) 08:38, 13 April 2019 (UTC)

Huge page glitch. Need experienced editor

Zineb needs the chembox rewritten. It does not show up properly and only shows the raw code, although in the edit preview it shows it properly. I attempted to fix it twice (yeah yeah I know, please spare me the lecture) and each attempt did nothing. My edit attempts won't hurt anything, but feel free to revert them if you have the ability to.

Chanceober (talk) 06:07, 13 April 2019 (UTC)

@Chanceober: It looks OK to me, as well as its two previous versions. Did you try to purge your browser's cache? --CiaPan (talk) 08:33, 13 April 2019 (UTC)

@CiaPan: yes. It appears normal on browser, but when viewing on the app the chembox does not render. Cleared app cache, yet it made no difference. Only happens on this article. Will submit bug report to developers. Chanceober (talk) 08:40, 13 April 2019 (UTC)

Editing their own wiki?

I created Sam Retford in November 2018, and I just noticed that the subject of the article is heavily editing the page. I’m not quite sure what to do, but they’re disrupting the article... – DarkGlow (talk) 08:42, 13 April 2019 (UTC)

Also, all of the info I added is correct, as I have sources to back it all up. Not sure why he wants a less developed article... – DarkGlow (talk) 08:47, 13 April 2019 (UTC)

An editor restored the deletions. You will have to watch if that sticks. Also, because a person has created a User name Sam Retford it does not confirm that the editor IS Sam Retford. David notMD (talk) 13:05, 13 April 2019 (UTC)

@David notMD: Noted. Also, just checked out your user page and thought I’d point out that your edit total is outdated, you’ve surpassed 16k :) – DarkGlow (talk) 16:51, 13 April 2019 (UTC)

New (and my first) article concept in sandbox, what now?

Hi, I have made a sandbox entry on the concept of 'sensebreaking' as this is a concept I wrote (part of) my PhD dissertation on and wanted to share this exciting concept with the rest of the world via wiki. I've cited some of the most important authors who have worked with this concept, as well as what it is related to (the concept of sensemaking). My question is: how can i get this article moved to wiki, for real, so out of the sandbox I mean? How would I know if the article is acceptable for wiki (in terms of quality, references, etc.)? I also marked it 'conflict of interest' for me because I have worked on this concept so have a special connection with it. Is that the correct use of 'conflict of interest'? Thanks in advance for any help on these two questions! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gabikaffka (talk • contribs) 14:29, 13 April 2019 (UTC)

Hi Gabikaffka, and welcome to the Teahouse. Adding {{subst:submit}} to the top of your article will mark it for review. There's also a guide for new users who want to create their first article, at Wikipedia:Your First Article. The review process may take several weeks, since there are lots of articles waiting to be reviewed. If it passes review, the reviewer will move it to mainspace (where it'll become a published article) and if it doesn't meet the criteria, the reviewer will decline the page and explain what needs to be improved. Feel free to ask for more help either here or at the Wikipedia:WikiProject Articles for creation/Help desk if that happens. It's a bit late for me, but I might have a look at your article tomorrow and see if I have any tips. Good luck! Alpha3031 (t • c) 17:01, 13 April 2019 (UTC)

PS: For future talk page comments, you might want add a signature with four tildes (~~~~) so people know who to reply to. There's a bot going around but it doesn't always work everywhere.

Twitter sources

How should one handle tweets as sources? Where do they rank in relation to other primary sources such as newspapers, radio and TV news bulletins, or books?Lord Inchiquin (talk) 17:16, 13 April 2019 (UTC)

See Self-published sources. Unless the tweets are being made by the subject of the article using a verified Twitter account (and sometimes not even then), tweets are not generally considered a reliable source. They may be used to supplement another, more reliable source. General Ization ^Talk 17:20, 13 April 2019 (UTC)

To add to this, @Lord Inchiquin:, self-published sources should not be used to confirm facts, but only to report that someone asserts something. So, you wouldn't used a tweet to support a statement that 48% of all car accidents are alcohol related, but you could use it support that someone professes to be Catholic.--Esprit15d • talk • contribs 03:01, 14 April 2019 (UTC)

Use Template:Cite tweet where appropriate (see above). Eagleash (talk) 13:12, 14 April 2019 (UTC)

Adding an Author's Disclosure to a Submitted Article

How do I add an Author's Disclosure to a new article that has already been submitted for consideration? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bluenose Gunner (talk • contribs) 17:48, 13 April 2019 (UTC)

Hi Bluenose Gunner. You are free to make improvements or other edits to a submitted draft. When a reviewer gets to it, they will review the version at the time. PrimeHunter (talk) 20:40, 13 April 2019 (UTC)

It's not entirely clear what you mean by "Author's Disclosure". I am assuming by the fact that you capitalized it that you believe this is a specific thing? (BTW, even if that were true, under our Manual of style, it wouldn't be capitalized). I'm going to guess that the statement on your userpage is what you are speaking of, Bluenose Gunner? If so, you do not need to add anything to the draft or its talk page. It's only required that you disclose if you have a COI or are a PAID editor. To disclose that you do not is neither needed or advisable.

I see your draft has already been declined. There's usually a 3-4 week backlog, so I'd guess the quick decline came as a result of your post here. That's a good thing, as it allows us to start helping you based on specific issues which as a newer user, you didn't realize were issues. The draft in question is Draft:Canada and the Armoured Combat Vehicle (ACV). The reviewer's comments were that it was essay-like and likely contained WP:OR, an opinion I concur with completely. First, please understand that the purpose of any encyclopedia article is to summarize what others have written in reliable sources about the subject. That is accomplished by locating reliable secondary sources and paraphrasing their content. We draw no conclusions. We only report. Second, before a topic can even have an article, you must show the topic is WP:Notable. You do this by finding sufficient (generally at least three, but that can vary either way by the amount of information and the quality of each source) reliable, secondary sources that are detailed and totally independent of the subject, in this case Canada's military. What you appear to have written is a policy analysis, based on numerous sources that are primary, not secondary and are not independent. So the initial question you'll need to answer for yourself is this: "Do reliable secondary sources exist on the topic that I am writing about?" You'll be looking for sources such as books, academic journals, magazines and newspapers. If you can answer that with a yes, then when you start writing, you'll need to remember you are writing for our whole audience, which is the entire English speaking world. We target our articles generally with the assumption that the average reader will have an education level of "some college". You should not use jargon that would only be familiar to military folks and fans of military equipment. This is a long answer for which I apologize and I'll ask that other interested Teahouse hosts add to it. Thanks. John from Idegon (talk) 22:05, 13 April 2019 (UTC)

Whether an article has to have references from a newspaper

I can see many pages on wikipedia whose references are not online newspaper link neither the references link are from some standard organization's web pages, but their references are some web sites/web pages which are private in nature and such websites doesn't belong to any not for profit or any government or online newspaper organization. So was bit confused as - what all kind of references are acceptable for a wikipedia article apart from online news paper links.

What all kind of references are acceptable for a wikipedia article apart from online news paper links as reference ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nandanikri (talk • contribs) 18:40, 13 April 2019 (UTC)

It depends on whom those web pages belong. If, for example, it is a personal page of a recognized expert in the field, it may be used. Ruslik_Zero 20:38, 13 April 2019 (UTC)

Nandanikri, your question is answered by WP:RS, our guideline on reliable sources. It is a fairly dense guideline, so after reading it, feel free to bring your questions here so we can help you understand. In actuality, in many cases, newspapers are a poor choice for a source. Thanks. John from Idegon (talk) 22:15, 13 April 2019 (UTC)

Citing

When you add a new citation to an article, it will say at the end, Accessed [insert date here] or Retrieved [insert date here] or anything else. When you put that new citation in, do you make the Accessed/Retrieved date the same as you changed the citation or what? How would you get that date? I already edited an article where I needed to change the citation and I wanted to get some pointers so the next time I do something like that, I’ll know what I’m doing. So any tips and pointers for changing citations? — Preceding unsigned comment added by LegioV (talk • contribs) 20:21, 13 April 2019 (UTC)

Hi LegioV, welcome to the Teahouse. The documentation of many citation templates display Template:Citation Style documentation/url which says:

• access-date: Full date when the content pointed to by url was last verified to support the text in the article; do not wikilink; requires url; use the same format as other access and archive dates in the citations. Not required for linked documents that do not change. For example, access-date is required for online sources, such as personal websites, that do not have a publication date; see WP:CITEWEB. Access dates are not required for links to published research papers, published books, or news articles with publication dates. Note that access-date is the date that the URL was found to be working and to support the text being cited.

PrimeHunter (talk) 20:34, 13 April 2019 (UTC)

Hello! I have a question.

Hello to the members or hosts of the Teahouse,

I just wanted to ask, if someone performs a vandalism act, and you spot it, even though you're not an admin or anything, and no-one else spots it, do I just erase the edit and notify an administrator or someone or do I leave it alone and notify an administrator? Also, for the humourous-purpose thing (something about whacking with a wet trout or whale or etc), if someone performs major vandalism, am I allowed to post that on the vandal's user page / talk page? This is what I mean: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Whacking_with_a_wet_trout

If I'm allowed to whack if someone performs vandalism, I'd be happy. :-)

Thanks

This user is a member of the
Counter-Vandalism Unit.

AzCoy7 (talk) 23:56, 13 April 2019 (UTC)

@AzCoy7: If you find vandalism, I hereby authorize you to fix it. If it is really extensive and you need some help to do that, feel free to ask for assistance by adding {{Admin help}} on the Talk page. You are also free to leave messages on the relevant User's Talk page to alert them to the situation, though a Trout is usually for people who did something stupid rather than vandals. --Gronk Oz (talk) 10:28, 14 April 2019 (UTC)

Question

I have another question.

I am a member of the Counter-Vandalism Unit. If I spot vandalism, and I visit the talk page of the vandal, am I allowed to notify them with a vandalism warning template? Or is this only for administrators?

Thanks,

AzCoy7 (talk) 00:04, 14 April 2019 (UTC)

Yes, AzCoy7, you may notify them. – Finnusertop (talk ⋅ contribs) 00:14, 14 April 2019 (UTC)

In answer to first question, as an editor, you are entitled to reverse vandalism. No need to contact an admin. And post a vandalism warning on their Talk page. Remember to leave a comment in the Edit summary. P.S. You should not be promoting your YouTube channel on your User page. David notMD (talk) 01:33, 14 April 2019 (UTC)

Trouting is usually used humorously for experienced editors who make a mistake and should know better. There are more formal warnings for deliberate vandalism. See Wikipedia:Vandalism#Warnings for details. Dbfirs 10:31, 14 April 2019 (UTC)

How do I access Gale/Wikipedia Library Card Platform?

A while ago, I applied for Gale, a platform that hosts academic articles. Wikipedia users can get free access if they use it for their contributions.

I applied for access to several journals and I was granted access :). I was emailed this link with a generic password that seemingly anyone could use. I still don't understand how I can find the peer reviewed articles in the publishers/journals that have been approved for me?

It feels like some instructions have never been sent to me. Could anyone point me in the right direction?

Thank you.

Amin (Talk) 03:10, 14 April 2019 (UTC)

@Amin:Are you looking for some journals in particular?--Esprit15d • talk • contribs 03:33, 14 April 2019 (UTC)

@Esprit15d: I'd like to find articles from every journal I have access to. If I understand correctly, Gale has a useraccount for me, and knows which ones I can and cannot access, right? If that's not possible, looking through individual publishers/journals I have access to would work as well. Amin (Talk) 03:35, 14 April 2019 (UTC)

@AMin: You have two options: (1) You can just enter the topic you want to investigate in the search box on that page and then any articles that contain that search string will appear, or (2) This is the link to all the journals. Does that answer your question?--Esprit15d • talk • contribs 03:42, 14 April 2019 (UTC)

@Esprit15d: I appreciate you taking the time to reply. I still feel confused. For example: Upon logging in to Gale, it only asked the password, never a username. This indicates that every user has access to the exact same catalogue, and that there are no individual member profiles. I should have access to some journals that someone else doesn't, and vice versa, right? How do you explain that? Amin (Talk) 04:02, 14 April 2019 (UTC)

@Amin:I believe you are just accessing the database with Wikipedia access. It's not a personal account.--Esprit15d • talk • contribs 12:08, 14 April 2019 (UTC)

@Esprit15d: Is there even a personalized section? If not, what was the point of me applying for the different publishers to get access? If the environment is seems the same for every user? Thanks again for your time. Amin (Talk) 12:09, 14 April 2019 (UTC)

@Amin: It's different for different databases. Some give you a personal username, some don't. This is usually a paid service, so if we're getting it for free, we have to take what we can get.--Esprit15d • talk • contribs 13:33, 14 April 2019 (UTC)

Sir I created a article who based on college name Residential shivram singh inter college.

Sir, I created a article is based on a school name Residential shivram singh inter college who has published but he didn't come in google search result whay? please explain it?-Thans you User:Hindustani raja ,1:59 ,14 April. —Preceding undated comment added 08:30, 14 April 2019 (UTC)

@Hindustani raja: I can't fin an article by that name, but you created one that is still a draft, at Draft:Shiv Ram Singh Inter College. I have added some instructions to it, and a button to submit it for review so it can be promoted to Main space. But it is not quite ready yet - the references have a large number of errors.--Gronk Oz (talk) 10:16, 14 April 2019 (UTC)

The article that you created had several problems including a name at variance with sources, poor grammar, and faulty references, so it was moved to the draft where you and others may improve it before submitting it for review. Dbfirs 10:24, 14 April 2019 (UTC)

What to do after deletion of the article

Hello! I suppose I should have come to the Teahouse before submitting my first article.

My submission at Articles for creation: Concord Orchestra has been accepted but later deleted. I have asked to restore the page as a draft so that I could continue to work on my article. However, the administrators refused it.

Another issue that confuses me is that some administrators who voted to delete my article have created articles with few or non-working links as the references. Apparently they are less strict to themselves than to the newcomers.

I don't know what to do now and would appreciate your comment.

Best regards Dariakupila (talk) 10:45, 14 April 2019 (UTC)

Hello, Dariapulia. I'm afraid that you have been discovering why it is a very bad idea for new editors to attempt the difficult task of creating a new article before they have acquired an understanding of how Wikipedia works. The participants in WP:Articles for deletion/Concord Orchestra and WP:Deletion review/Log/2019 April 10 were not administrators - or, rather, they didn't have to be administrators, though some of them might be. Any editors may contribute to a deletion discussion just as you did. However, Your contributions show that you do not understand what Wikipedia is. Nobody disputes that the Concord Orchestra exists: that is not enough to justify a Wikipedia article. I exist, and so does my sofa, but neither of us has enough information published about us to be the basis of a Wikipedia article. The question is have several people, wholly unconnected with the orchestra, chosen to write about it at length, and been published in reliable places? If the answer is no (and some of the people who joined in the discussion have looked, and found the answer to be no), then the Orchestra is not, at present notable in Wikipedia's sense. Please see the essay No amount of editing can overcome a lack of notability. If you can find sources wholly unconnected with the orchestra - not published by it or any venues that booked it, not based on press releases or interviews, and with no commercial connection with the orchestra - then it is possible an article could be written, almost entirely based on what those independent sources say. Until you can, I suggest you give up, and find some existing articles that you can improve. --ColinFine (talk) 13:05, 14 April 2019 (UTC)

I mistyped your user name in the ping, Dariakupila. My apologies. --ColinFine (talk) 13:06, 14 April 2019 (UTC)

User:Dariakupila - It isn't useful to insult the participants in a Deletion Review simply because they have expressed support for the closure. It also isn't a good idea to use the guideline against biting the newcomers as a club to beat up editors who disagree with you. Your familiarity with this guideline when you have very little logged experience makes experienced editors wonder whether you are a sockpuppet of a blocked user. Robert McClenon (talk) 18:39, 14 April 2019 (UTC)

Robert McClenon I am just looking for justice. I don't intend to insult anyone - I didn't insult you, I have asked you the questions, the same questions you asked me. And you replied to me that you would look up the references for your articles. I apologise if I sound rude. Dariakupila (talk) 05:11, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

ColinFine I do not doubt that there are more experienced people than me and I respect this but it is also not nice when being new seems to be a problem. I need time and advice to figure out how everything should be. I think people often write about what they are interested in. I have not used sponsored/connected sources. There are sources where it says on top "sponsored" but I did not use them. Interviews are not forbidden to use with caution. Every single link is working. Dariakupila (talk) 05:11, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

Clarification on editting Mikolas Josef article

Hi everyone, I've recently made my first edit of Mikolas Josef's article (specifically putting in the correct family name). I have found this information upon some trademark websites (especially this one) concerning projects the subject applied for himself. However, I was wondering whether or not this is an appropriate reliable source. Additionally, I had not put in a citation, so it was later removed. So basically I want to understand how to format a citing please

AprilSponge (talk) 11:44, 14 April 2019 (UTC)

@AprilSponge: Watch the video on the right-hand side of this page.--Esprit15d • talk • contribs 13:48, 14 April 2019 (UTC)

Pregunta

Hola amigos, mi pregunta es: una vez realizado mi borrador de articulo cual es el siguiente paso para su publicacion y q aprarezca en los motores de busqueda? — Preceding unsigned comment added by NaiguelBaspe (talk • contribs) 15:04, 14 April 2019 (UTC)

• Hi NaiguelBaspe your question and article Draft:MODELO VENEZOLANO DE NACIONES UNIDAS are in Spanish, to submit here on English Wikipedia it must be in English, to add Spanish content go to the Spanish Language Wikipedia https://es.wikipedia.org/ (Sorry my Spanish is not good enough to reply in Spanish). Cheers KylieTastic (talk) 15:13, 14 April 2019 (UTC)
• google translation: Su pregunta y artículo Draft:MODELO VENEZOLANO DE NACIONES UNIDAS están en español, para enviarlos aquí en inglés. Wikipedia https://es.wikipedia.org/ KylieTastic (talk) 15:16, 14 April 2019 (UTC)

How to Make a Wikipedia Article a Stub

I was making a Wikipedia Article and I've ran out of info to put, and I recently just heard that you can make a Article a Stub article and I believe it would be the best for that article, how would I do this or ask for it to become that, Thanks! Zebrazach20062 (talk) 16:53, 14 April 2019 (UTC)

Making your draft a stub will not help it get accepted, it has virtually no reliable sources, their own website and forums do not help with establishing notability, we need independent reliable sources. Theroadislong (talk) 18:21, 14 April 2019 (UTC)

Is there a difference between citing an eBook and citing a print edition?

Is there a difference between citing an eBook and citing a print edition? I'm reffering to books that have a print edition and are not self-published sources, but are more accessible in eBook form through my local library. The eBooks usually contain what the corresponding page in print form would be on the page (so I might have two or three electronic pages that say "324" because it was all on page 324 in the print version). Clovermoss (talk) 17:23, 14 April 2019 (UTC)

Welcome to the Teahouse, Clovermoss. If the content of the eBook is functionally identical to the paper version, then you just cite it as a book. No difference. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 06:17, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

Infobox issue

MarkBarnettart0 (talk) 19:46, 14 April 2019 (UTC)Hi

I am a new user could someone help me fix an issue in the infobox?

regards, MarkMarkBarnettart0 (talk) 19:46, 14 April 2019 (UTC)

Hi MarkBarnettart0. Please provide a link to the relevant Wikipedia article so that someone can check its infobox. If you're not sure how to post a link to an article, then at least provide its name. -- Marchjuly (talk) 21:34, 14 April 2019 (UTC)

OK, it appears you're referring to D. T. Suzuki, and that the "issue" is more of your desire to expand the infobox to include more information. An infobox (as explained in MOS:INFOBOXPURPOSE) is really only intended to summarize some (not all) of the main points of an article; it's not really intended to be a place for introducing new information or including lots of extraneous information. You've only just started a discussion about the changes you want to make at Talk:D. T. Suzuki#Can we please add more to the Information box. (Notable works, School Tradition, Main interests, influenced and influences), so you need to be a little patient and give others who are interested the article a chance to respond. There are really no deadlines when it comes to stuff like this and sometimes it can take a bit of time for a consensus to be established. You were already WP:BOLD once and reverted, now you should follow Wikipedia:BOLD, revert, discuss cycle and just wait to see what others have to say about your proposed changes. -- Marchjuly (talk) 21:55, 14 April 2019 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Hello, MarkBarnettart0. I see you have been trying to add material to D. T. Suzuki. There are two kinds of problem in what you have done. First, you have tried to use fields that don't exist in the infobox. See Template:infobox writer for what fields are defined. Secondly, you have been adding a lot of unreferenced information. He may well have influenced and been influenced by the people you have named, but we need citations to sources that specifically say that there are those influences, otherwise it will be original research, which is not allowed in Wikipedia. Influences is one case where primary sources would be acceptable - while it would always be preferable to find a reliable secondary source if there is one, an explicit statement in X's works that they were influenced by Y would be acceptable. But for less clearcut claims, an independent secondary source would be required. --ColinFine (talk) 22:06, 14 April 2019 (UTC)

Picture

How do I add a photo to the page I'm editing, Gender Archaeology, and if I do add a photo how do I figure out if it would be plagiarism?Dallas Rose (talk) 22:45, 14 April 2019 (UTC)

Hi Dallas Rose. Which page nd which image are you're referring to? There's some general information on image use in Wikipedia:Image use policy, but how an image can be used depends upon (1) it's copyright status or lack thereof, and (2) the type of page where you want to use it. If you can clarify these two things, then it will be much easier to help you. -- Marchjuly (talk) 01:34, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

Ball Road Anaheim, California

I was wanting to know how I can get Ball Road in Anaheim, California published on Wikipedia the road was named after Hezekiah Wright Ball my great, great grandfather. He was a farmer in Anaheim and owned 200 racers of oranges on Brookurst St. He was in the Civil War CSA as a teamster, went on to be a merchandiser with sever wagons pulled by mules. He traveled from Wilmington, California to as far as Santa Fe, New Mexico. They traveled through Indian territory and mad peace with them. He bolt them a well for their drinking and cooking needs. He was also a big game hunter, even hunting with his hounds in the snow. Mostly at Wickenburg, Arizona in the late 1800's. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ballroad (talk • contribs) 00:07, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

Hi Ballroad. Your question seems familiar and you appear to have asked it before at Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions/Archive 282#Ball Road Anaheim, Ca and Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions/Archive 874#Ball Road Anaheim, California so please refer to those answers. You might also try asking for help at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Highways or Wikipedia talk:WikiProject U.S. Streets since the members of those two WikiProjects might be able to help you out, particularly with respect to WP:ROADOUTCOMES.

Generally, Wikipedia articles only are supposed to be written about subjects considered to be Wikipedia:Notable; so, if you're grandfather meets Wikipedia:Notability (people) then it might be possible for an article to be written about him, and then information about the road might be able to be added to that article. Wikipedia does, however, define notability is a certain way. Although your gradfather seems to have led an interesting life, just being interesting and having done lots of cool things isn't unfortunately always enough per Wikipedia:Existence ≠ Notability and WP:INTERESTING. -- Marchjuly (talk) 01:52, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

Language name misspelled

Hello, on the main Wikipedia page located at https://www.wikipedia.org/, I noticed a language name is misspelled. When scrolling down to the lists of languages that have Wikipedia articles, under the 1000+ Articles section the name of the Pali language is mispelled as पाऴि and it doesn't seem like I can edit on that page to fix the error. Can you or some other administrator fix the spelling to पालि?

Thank you. Foreverknowledge (talk) 00:40, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

Hi Foreverknowledge. I've added a comment about this to Talk:Main Page#Native spelling of Pali. Feel free to clarify things there if you like. -- Marchjuly (talk) 01:26, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

Reported on Phabricator: T220998 rchard2scout (talk) 15:15, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

Sandbox

Hi, I am new here. I have created a article for Zee Bollywood, an Indian television channel, which is now on my Sandbox. I don't know, how to make it available on Wikipedia as a general article. I need help.DreamFan789 (talk) 02:31, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

@DreamFan789: Welcome to the Teahouse, and thanks for your efforts in putting this article together. It isn't actually in your sandbox, it is in Draft:Zee Bollywood. I have added the {{Draft article}} template so when it is ready you can submit it for review and promotion to the main space. Before you do that, please note that it has already been tagged to say "This article contains content that is written like an advertisement." That should be fixed before submitting it; otherwise it will just have to go for another round of reviews. I did not put that tag there, but I agree with it: sentences like "While every other movie channel in Hindi space is offering mostly South Indian dubbed movies, apart from that Zee Bollywood has only concentrated on pure Hindi movies with the slogan - 101% Shuddh Bollywood" belong in advertising, not in an encyclopedia article. So please word it in a more neutral way before pushing the blue button to submit it for review. --Gronk Oz (talk) 03:39, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for your suggestion. I have edited the article according to your suggestion. Kindly check now and please edit somewhere if needed. English is not my mother language, so it's quite natural to make fault somewhere. Kindly remove unwanted parts from the article & please make this page as a normal article from draft or if needed please submit it to review. Thank you. DreamFan789 (talk) 04:34, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

I have cleaned up the article a bit, removing the most blatant advertising and a bunch of inappropriate references. Please make sure that you read this information and follow the instructions there. Thank you. --bonadea contributions talk 06:16, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

Thank you for modification. After that please remove "This article contains content that is written like an advertisement" extra added part on the upper portion of the article. One more thing, till now, article is on draft, not available as a normal article in Wikipedia. How can it would be? As I am new here, don't know the procedure. Please help. DreamFan789 (talk) 07:48, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

Note: DreamFan789 has now been blocked as a sockpuppet of a previously blocked user, and their promotional draft has been deleted. --bonadea contributions talk 12:04, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

Help on my first article

I wrote out a draft for my first article, Draft:Norio_Kaifu, but I am aware that for a biography for a living person, there are higher standards and I am not sure if my citations meet them. I would really appreciate some help. Thanks! NMilstein (talk) 04:49, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

I believe that a person who served as president of the International Astronomical Union has a very strong claim of notability under the notability guideline for academics. I encourage you to keep improving your draft. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 06:12, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

Thanks I will try to. There appear to be many websites that I can use, but they are in Japanese. Should I simply use Google Translate, or should I ask someone to translate it? NMilstein (talk) 22:29, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

New article about a Topic. Need an opinion if the topic is notable

The name of the topic is iB Cricket Super Over League. It is the world's first virtual reality cricket league played by 12 international cricket players. I request any experienced editor to confirm if this topic is noteworthy — Preceding unsigned comment added by KrishnaJBL (talk • contribs) 06:15, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

Hello, KrishnaJBL, and welcome to the Teahouse. Notability is almost entirely a matter of whether suitable sources exist. In asking other users for an opinion on whether the league is notable, you are basically asking other editors to go and look for sources. Can I suggest that you do this yourself: read NSPORT and GNG, and IRS, and look for some sources that you think are suitable, and if you find some, come back and ask if we think they are sufficient to establish the league as notable. --ColinFine (talk) 15:18, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

Userboxes

I have lots of userboxes and it is an issue to scroll down to see them . Any idea on how to put them side by side ? Kpgjhpjm 07:16, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

I do not use Userboxtop and Userboxbottom and mine display across the page. On caution here: some UBs are taller than others, which creates unsightly gaps in the display. I worked around this by moving all the tall ones to the bottom of my list. While commenting here, my personal opinion is that you have too much information on your User page. If some of this is so you know where to find editing tools, consider moving to your Sandbox. David notMD (talk) 14:50, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

Features of RTV Required

Can I use RTV on oxygen operated equipment? — Preceding unsigned comment added by KAUSAR RAZA (talk • contribs) 07:55, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

Hi KAUSAR RAZA. The Teahouse is really a place for asking questions about how to edit Wikipedia. It's not really a place to ask questions about matters not related to Wikipedia. You can try asking at Wikipedia:Reference desk and perhaps someone there might be able to help, but your best bet might simply to be to contact the relevant equipment manufacturer and ask whether RTV can be used on it. -- Marchjuly (talk) 08:02, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

Please help

'Awards and recognition of Chandigarh

• In 2019, IXC has won the Airport Service Quality Awards under the category of ‘Best Environment and Ambience by size’ (2-5 million passengers) and region in Asia Pacific.

(Please give your views about this content . One IP user tagged it as advertisement n I saw Awards content on every Airport page. I believe this isn't a advertisement content.) 649pardeep (talk) 08:07, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

References

Meaning of "esp." signifying beginning of partnership

I believe I asked this a couple of days ago, but I haven't received notification of a reply and so perhaps I didn't, or perhaps nobody picked up on my question. I was wondering for which word "esp." was an abbreviation in e.g. "Partner(s) Sarah Harrison (esp. 2009; sep. 2012)" in the current Julian Assange infobox. I can see what it means, but I don't know what the word is. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Roy McCoy (talk • contribs) 10:01, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

If you ask a question you need to keep checking back. See /Questions/Archive_938#Meaning_of_"esp.". Martin of Sheffield (talk) 10:15, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

general question

how i can know which website is considered as reliable source for wikipedia article and is there any fixed number of ref? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rahulsingh33 (talk • contribs) 10:18, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

Hi @Rahulsingh33: There's no maximum number of references that you can use. Also there's no curated list of reliable sources, but there's a help page that gives detailed guide on that: Wikipedia:Identifying and using independent sources. – Ammarpad (talk) 10:56, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

Teach me

can anybody teach me how to make my minecraft articles better and anybody can ask me about minecraft if they don't know about it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by EnochLi (talk • contribs) 10:26, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

@EnochLi: A great place to start would be WikiProject Video games: a group of people devoted to writing articles about the games.--Gronk Oz (talk) 14:00, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

Separated "Trailer Park Sex" from "Eve of Alana"

Hi there I've separated the bands, Eve of Alana and Trailer Park Sex from one another. These are two different bands that share personnel. The main reason for this separation is that their material and information got badly mixed up when looking up for them.

In this version of wikipedia, both bands were listed under "trailer Park Sex". I've separated them and got the Eve of Alana article running no problem. Then just wanted to paste all the old code from Trailer Park Sex's article. But the submission was denied, although it was an article before. The code meets all standards and more. It's just sitting on my page waiting to be accepted now.

I need some help with this since I wouldnt want the article to go to waste.

Thanks Picturechina (talk) 11:50, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

Follow-up to Help on draft article Red Circle Authors and future ones

You were very helpful a couple of months ago and the article is now much improved. I hope sufficiently so for it to be published. It has now been a couple of months since any feedback and I was wondering if any more work on it was required or your advice is to just wait until it is reviewed again. Any pointers would be really appreciated. As this is my first article so far! --WikiGeoffrey (talk) 12:05, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

Can someone help me clean up an entry on The Wharf Rat Rally, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada?

I am pretty new to Wiki and struggle as I have rarely used it! I 'volunteered' to help the Town of Digby put The Wharf Rat Rally, an annual motorcycle event of 15 years, one of the biggest in Canada, into wiki - I am failing!!! I have put in some basic info but drowned trying to add references. I would like someone to assist me in bringing the article up to wiki standards. I am happy to dig out info and articles, I am just not good at getting into the right format and structure for wiki. I would also like to add a photo or two which I have copyright to, to a page on the Rally and to the existing page on Digby. This probably sounds like a trivial thing for a regular editor but it is a task for me! Any help appreciated. Peter James - The Green Festival (talk) 12:54, 15 April 2019 (UTC)Peter

Could I Merge Two 'Suggested Merge' Articles, Despite Me Not Requesting to Merge Them?

Ahoy! List of Newspeak words has had a 'suggested merge' with Newspeak since November of 2018. It's gotten three supports to one oppose. Should I go ahead and merge the articles, or should I contact the one who initially suggested the merge? — Preceding unsigned comment added by TheTeaDrinker (talk • contribs) 13:10, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

Review an article

How long does it take to review an article? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ianhay99 (talk • contribs) 14:06, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

@Ianhay99: Hello and welcome to the Teahouse. Your edit history does not indicate that you have created or submitted any articles for review(though I think you mean draft articles). You have edited your user page- but this is not article space. If you do submit one, there is currently a significant backlog of at least two thousand drafts awaiting review by volunteers; they are not reviewed in any certain order; it could take ten minutes, or take three months. If you want to submit a draft, I would use Articles for Creation and read Your First Article first. Please understand that successfully creating an article is probably the hardest task on Wikipedia, so it's important to not get discouraged. 331dot (talk) 14:12, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

Was on userpage, can now be found at Draft:The Blintz Band. Lectonar (talk) 14:45, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

With no references to published reliable sources, the result of the review is in no doubt. While you are waiting for that to happen, please read the advice at WP:Your first article as advised above, and update your draft accordingly. --David Biddulph (talk) 14:53, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

How do I go back to the 'tradition' Wikipedia page appearance??

Help!!

Let's say, for example, I Google "The Beatles" and I then click on the Wikipedia 'Beatles' page. Most of the time, by far the majority of times -- but not every time, when I open a Wikipedia article the page opens as normal for just a second or so and then immediately jumps to a different page 'look'. By this, I mean the information is still the same, but . . . 1. the page width is much more narrow 2. there is no Table of Contents 3. there are no interactive links to other articles 4. there is no facility for editing (there are no Edit 'buttons' throughout the text as there have always been). It is not that I want to always edit, I just mention this change so as to give another example of how the appearance of Wikipedia has changed, for me.

I really prefer the previous appearance of Wikipedia. I want to have those interactive link, I want to be able to edit if the mood strikes me. I want to have a table of contents. I prefer the wider page format. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.192.65.197 (talk) 14:54, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

Hello and welcome. I'm not entirely certain, but it sounds like you are accessing the mobile/cellphone version of Wikipedia, which I believe lacks the features you state you are looking for. If this is happening on a computer and not a phone, I'm not sure how you can remedy this, but I'm sure others around here do. 331dot (talk) 15:36, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

If you scroll down to the bottom of the page, there should be a small clickable link that says "Desktop" or "Desktop view". Clicking that should restore the "traditional" Wikipedia view (assuming you've somehow gotten to the mobile view on a desktop computer). I don't know if it's the same for mobile devices, but I believe it is. StaringAtTheStars^✉Talk 15:47, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

Can I paste my article here to be reviewed by the experts in here?

Can I paste my article here to be reviewed by the experts in here? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Elvic123 (talk • contribs) 15:22, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

@Elvic123: Hello and welcome to the Teahouse. It's unnecessary to paste it here, as you can just link to it by placing the page title in double brackets, like I will do for your Sandbox page here: User:Elvic123/sandbox. If that is the page you are referencing, it is currently not appropriate for a Wikipedia article at this time, as it is completely unsourced. I'm also not clear on if this athlete meets the notability guidelines for soccer/football players written at WP:NFOOTBALL. Please understand that successfully creating a new article is very difficult; you may want to read Your First Article and make use of the new user tutorial which will help you learn about the article creation process. You can then submit your draft for a review using Articles for Creation(don't do this now, as it will be rejected). 331dot (talk) 15:35, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

Hello, By mistake I have uploaded 3 photos in separate pages. Want to delete.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mamata Padhi (talk • contribs) 16:01, 15 April 2019 (UTC) 

Ok thanks. How do I add source to the article? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Elvic123 (talk • contribs) 17:37, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

How do I make a second sandbox?

I have seen users with multiple user sandboxes. How do I make a second user sandbox? ARZ100 (talk) 16:33, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

See WP:User pages#Creating a subpage. --David Biddulph (talk) 16:37, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

Thanks! ARZ100 (talk) 17:15, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

Section : Studio albums

Hello,

How can I insert the details of the albums on a band page like I did on this page in french : https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utilisateur:Melisane78/Brouillon

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Melisane78 (talk • contribs) 16:45, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

Moving a page

I would like to move a page in my own userspace. I already know how to do this, but it creates a redirect to that original page. I would like to move a page without creating a redirect. Is there a way I can do this? Mstrojny (talk) 16:58, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

If you're not an admin you can't avoid creating the redirect from the previous title, but if it's in your own userspace you can then either blank the page, or change the redirect to an ordinary wikilink, or reuse the page for something different, or tag the page for deletion under WP:U1. --David Biddulph (talk) 17:04, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

guides and other

Hello I want to make a guide on how to play a game the game is called Space Station 13 and there is already a wiki page on it but there is no guide for this version or for any other versions of space station. How ever there is a guide for a different version

why did i ask about this?

I asked about this because I could not find any guides for stuff on Wikipedia

on another note

as my first public post i wish to list a few of my opinions, questions, and statements

• Wikipedia needs a less formal chat, the perfect formation is a little intimidating
• What is the difference between wiki and Wikipedia
• Is it okay to post grammatically incorrect articles
• I noticed many people used there real name. are nicknames okay or should i change my user name — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thegoodgoo (talk • contribs) 18:16, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a guide. --David Biddulph (talk) 19:24, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

Hello, Thegoodgoo. David Biddulph has answered your main point. I'll have a go at the other ones.

• I don't know about chat, or what you are looking for.. Part of the reason that discussion normally takes place in this way, by editing pages, is to keep it all in public. Do you know that there is an IRC channel for getting help? I've never used it, so I don't know what it's like to use.
• A wiki is a kind of collaborative software system. There are thousands and thousands of them on the web: Wikipedia is very much the best known. Some people do refer to Wikipedia as wiki, but old-time editors tend to wince when they do so.
• It's best to make articles as grammatical as you can, but an article doesn't have to be perfect when it is first published: wikignomes and the Guild of copy editors both make a habit of improving the text of articles. The tone of an article is also important, but occasional lapses are easy to fix.
• No, you are free to use your real name (as I do) or a pseudonym, as long as it meets the requirements in Usernames. These are mostly obvious: don't use something offensive or misleading, or pretend to be a real person; and don't use a name which suggests that you are editing on behalf of an organisation.

Happy editing. --ColinFine (talk) 19:44, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

Need help on formatting my first article correctly

I am creating my first article, a music bio, in the Sandbox. I just finished writing all the content, in a Word document and divided it into subheads. I want to now paste this content into the sandbox content box. I'm overwhelmed as to how to use Wiki code language to start formatting it with a headline, subheads, then a box for discography, another box bibliography, placing images in the article, etc. I would like someone to talk me through each step. I know this is all listed in Wiki manual and style guides, but it would take me eons to decipher all of it.

Can someone walk me through the first steps in getting my article up in the sandbox and then formatting it? Thank you. BahnJour9120 (talk) 21:02, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

Here is my sandbox page, which does not yet have all content added:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:BahnJour9120/sandbox/Frank_Potenza — Preceding unsigned comment added by BahnJour9120 (talk • contribs) 19:06, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

Hi BahnJour9120. See this, it's a more digestible version of the very long manual and style guides.StaringAtTheStars^✉Talk 19:29, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

@BahnJour9120: I started things for you. Please sign comments with four tildes ~~~~ so we know who you are. TimTempleton ^{(talk) (cont)} 19:40, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

Thanks Tim and Staring at Stars BahnJour9120 (talk) 21:02, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

How do I create a page?

How do i create a page — Preceding unsigned comment added by Oyinbo arabmoney (talk • contribs) 19:35, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

@Oyinbo arabmoney: This should help Wikipedia:Your_first_article. Please sign comments with four tildes ~~~~ so we know who you are. TimTempleton ^{(talk) (cont)} 19:40, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

putting something on wikipedia

I have devised a method for predicting the performance of quaternary liquid-liquid extractions systems by the use of experimental liquid-liquid equilibrium data and the constraining material balances. Engineers in industrial practice will find this method very useful. How do I put this on Wikipedia? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 149.149.25.124 (talk) 19:52, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

Hello and welcome to the Teahouse. The short answer is, you cannot put it on Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not a place to post new or cutting-edge developments/inventions. Wikipedia summarizes what independent reliable sources state about subjects that meet Wikipedia's special definition of notability. In order for your method to merit an article here, others who are not associated with you in any way need to take note of it and significantly write about and publish their writings; then independent editors will notice that coverage and write about it here on Wikipedia. Wikipedia is also frankly not interested in what someone associated with a subject wants to say about it; that is a conflict of interest. 331dot (talk) 19:58, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

Content removal

Hi Teahousers, I am new to wikipedia editing and I recently submitted some context to a subsection on a page. I received a response from someone saying that they didn't feel the content was relevant to this topic, and he removed my content. I however disagree and feel that it does indeed belong. What is the best etiquette here for this type of discrepancy? Lifeisgood20 (talk) 20:29, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

@Lifeisgood20: Welcome to Wikipedia. The next step is to start a discussion on the article's talk page. See WP:BRD for some guidance. RudolfRed (talk) 20:38, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

Introduction

Hello everyone! Thanks for inviting me here HostBot! How do I get a page published?

FlyingG8 — Preceding unsigned comment added by FlyingG8 (talk • contribs) 20:53, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

@FlyingG8: Hello and welcome to the Teahouse. Please understand that successfully creating a new article is probably the most difficult task on Wikipedia. It takes much time and practice. New users who dive right in to article creation sometimes end up disappointed and with hurt feelings as their work is mercilessly edited and even deleted. I don't want that to happen to you. I would suggest that you first use the new user tutorial to learn more about Wikipedia and how it works, and then spend some time editing existing articles to get a feel for what is being looked for in articles. You can then gradually move into article creation and be a little more confident having some knowledge and experience under your belt. If you proceed that way, it will increase the odds of success.

However, if you still want to attempt to write an article(not just "page"), I would suggest that you read Your First Article and then use Articles for Creation to create and submit a draft for review and feedback. 331dot (talk) 22:15, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

Video Editor?

What topics make allot of use when people are trying to be perfect.

I'm trying to be the honest person on earth but I put myself into death I want to comeback to life with a positive way so I will be able do everything on my own with an A+, I just want to apologize to the viewers who didn't get any chance to like, comment, and subscribe to my youtube channel, I wish I can make a highest budget up to 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999K subscribers throughout the world of the career y'all.

I want everyone to trust me, I just want my friend to unblock me on facebook for all the disturbtion I caused, I have allot to explain in this whole truthful talk, I just don't want people to be negative, I want people to be positive on the internet, people who had trolled, and say bad stuff could get banned for writting harshed comments; everyone around the world it is not the end I want you to please support my channel I'm begging you with all my heart, please don't ignore me I'm the guy who wants to increase up, measure up, my height, and everything else throughout the world of the career.

In this humble world we are living now we achieve our goals to be honest, never hid anything you say on the comments, always be thankful, having the topic to make sacrifice for everyone so they never stress out in their life at the content of the family, having a achievable heart everyone has they can read allot, hear allot, listen allot, smell allot, tell allot, being honest allot, having their own bank account allot, being the person who has a speech allot, and everything else that has to do in this pacific world; so everyone good luck on a new life with a joyful heart; with good medicine in the era of time we achieve in this content we use now and forever on earth I had it is very lit the number people who is the talk of the topic shows at the area of the city in the area of the country's. — Preceding unsigned comment added by AgateString1018 (talk • contribs) 23:30, 15 April 2019 (UTC)