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June 20

limits on lists of publications

Sorry to bother you, but I am trying to clean up this article (Khaled Abou El Fadl) and have a sneaking suspicion it has too many publications listed. Is there a wikipedia policy on how many publications a bio article should have? Thanks. --BoogaLouie (talk) 01:05, 20 June 2015 (UTC)

There is no limit as such, BoogaLouie. In the case of authors both major and prolific, we sometiems split off a Works of JRandom Author article, but that is a little atypical. We almost never promise a compelte bibliography (or Discoraphy or whatever), and often title such a section "Selected works of ..." or the like to indicate that it is not to be taken as a complete list. Minor, trivial works should not usually be included. DES ^(talk) 03:33, 20 June 2015 (UTC)

My own view only: The list of books is fine. The lists of "Selected academic articles" and "Other" are both much too long. A good start would be to remove from those two lists all those items which do not include links allowing the reader to read the article. This would make it look more like an encyclopedia article and less like a CV/resumé. Maproom (talk) 07:53, 20 June 2015 (UTC)

What am i doing wrong?

A	B	C	D	E
				E1	E2	F
1	2	3	4	5	6		7

What am I doing wrong? Why is the last column (Column F) not coming off as intended? Column F should also look like Column A, B, C & D. Thanks in advance for the help. Skagrawal4k (talk) 14:58, 20 June 2015 (UTC)

I think you might want to:

A	B	C	D	E		F
				E1	E2
1	2	3	4	5	6	7

I moved the F line above the E1 and E2 lines. Don't think of it as putting E1 and E2 underneath E, but underneath the row E is on. Ian.thomson (talk) 15:08, 20 June 2015 (UTC)

Thanks a lot for your help. It worked.Skagrawal4k (talk) 16:02, 20 June 2015 (UTC)

Promotion

I am being contacted by someone claiming to be an employee. She specifically asks for money in exchange for winning a portion of your lottery. I am just kooking for proof that she is a legitimate employee of your compamy. The name is : Allison Lardo

Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.239.82.66 (talk) 16:14, 20 June 2015 (UTC)

@99.239.82.66: No this is not legitimate- Wikipedia doesn't have employees, only volunteers, and doesn't have a lottery either, as far as I know. It's a scam. 16:18, 20 June 2015 (UTC)

Experienced editors: what is the protocol for reporting this? WP:ANI or contact Wikimedia directly? Joseph2302 (talk) 16:22, 20 June 2015 (UTC)

This has already been reported at WP:ANI and the WMF legal department has been informed, there seem to be quite a few instances of this occuring. DES ^(talk) 16:49, 20 June 2015 (UTC)

See WP:ANI#Someone may be impersonating me. DES ^(talk) 16:51, 20 June 2015 (UTC)

Anyone contacted with such a demand for money could report this to his or her local police, as it might well be fraud or extortion. Please in any case send details to legal@wikimedia.org and possibly post at WP:ANI as well. DES ^(talk) 16:55, 20 June 2015 (UTC)

Evolution Rollerderby deleted

The page I created Evolution Rollerderby was deleted citing copyright infringement. I'm confused, I referenced the team's website, for which I am administrator, so any content I referenced was writen by myself so not copyright infringement as I give myself permission to use stuff I've written. Is there anything I can do to get this reverse and to tighten up adherence to policies to avoid future deletion? Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Liam198447 (talk • contribs) 16:35, 20 June 2015 (UTC)

Liam198447, To use a copy of test from an external web site, the procedue at Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials must be followed fully. It is not enough for you to privately or implicitly grant yourself permission to use the text, permission must be publicly and permenantly be granted for anyone in the world to use the text in any way, including commercially, and to create derived works. Besides, while I assume good faith, we can't know that you are in fact the site's administrator, so we protect the site and the copyright holder (and ourselves) by not acceptaning anything but a formal public release. DES ^(talk) 16:42, 20 June 2015 (UTC)

Also, it is most often the case that content copied from organzation sites is badly promotional and of no use here anyway; however this doen't seem to be a majopr issue with the text you posted at Evolution Rollerderby. Still a rewrite might be simpler than going through the copyrigh formalities. DES ^(talk) 16:46, 20 June 2015 (UTC)

Is there any way I can access what I've created to remove the offending parts and resubmit it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Liam198447 (talk • contribs) 17:16, 20 June 2015 (UTC)

@Liam198447: If it's a copyright violation then probably not, but you can try contacting the deletion admin, @JamesBWatson:. Joseph2302 (talk) 17:18, 20 June 2015 (UTC)

Teahouse

I tried posting a question at the tea house on behalf of an editor who contacted OTRS. I clicked on the question button, filled out the short summar,y added the question and the four tildes, but the "ask my question" button doesn't seem to work. What am I missing?--S Philbrick(Talk) 17:20, 20 June 2015 (UTC)

Could it be it's not a coincidence that I just responded to a post at Wikipedia talk:Teahouse about the button malfunctioning (but in a different way)? This would not be the first time that that button has been broken--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 17:42, 20 June 2015 (UTC)

I just tried in Mozilla, and it worked (and top posted.) The failure was in Chrome. (Although I just started a test, and the button appeared, so it may have been a momentarily glitch.)--S Philbrick(Talk) 18:00, 20 June 2015 (UTC)

frame please

Could some*kind*one please help me ;-) I need a frame for this photo, so the caption is visible. Thanks in advance --84.170.88.78 (talk) 18:14, 20 June 2015 (UTC)

Byzantium, late 1st c. AC. Obverse: Artemis with her bow and quiver Reverse: ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΝΩΝ, star & crescent.

I changed "thump" to "thumb" in your markup and now the caption is showing. -- John of Reading (talk) 18:22, 20 June 2015 (UTC)

Translation

Hi How can I input a translation of an article?→ — Preceding unsigned comment added by HamidJamali1975 (talk • contribs) 19:06, 20 June 2015 (UTC)

@HamidJamali1975: I am not quite sure what you want but WP:TRANSLATE may lead you to what you need. Note that if you are talking about translating an article from some other language Wikipedia to English Wikipedia, the article will need to conform to English Wikipedia standards, including the notability requirement -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 20:52, 20 June 2015 (UTC)

June 21

How do I print out a wikipedia page?

How do I print out a wikipedia page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.168.174.178 (talk) 02:18, 21 June 2015 (UTC)

You can print a Wikipedia page by selecting File → Print from your browser.

• In the left sidebar of each Wikipedia page is a selection for 'Printable version'. This is a very basic print function, mainly of use for very old browsers. See Help:Printable.
• If the file menu does not show on a Windows system, pressing Alt should reveal it.
• On a Mac using Safari, Reader mode is usually a better choice for printing. Older versions of Safari will show the Reader button to the right of the web address; newer versions show an icon to the left of the web address. Reader mode assembles articles that are split over multiple pages and removes ads, menu bars, and other clutter.
• For more control over printing, log into your account and enable Preferences → Gadgets → Print options gives you more control when printing content. 'Printable version' will then show as 'Print page'.

On the left hand side of ever article and page on Wikipedia there should be a link named "Printable version". If you press that, then press Ctrl+P (if Windows or similar OS) or ⌘+Shift+P (if Mac) it will bring up your computers printer menu where you can change settings like black and white vs color, or how many copies you want. Then you can press OK or Print or what ever it might say, and there you go, you have now printed out a Wikipedia article. (t) Josve05a (c) 04:39, 21 June 2015 (UTC)

Honeywell

I have been asked (I have no idea why, this is really not my field) to have a look at the article Honeywell. Honeywell was once a leading computer company. In 1999, it was taken over by AlliedSignal, which then changed its name to "Honeywell".

My view is that Wikipedia articles should be about subjects, not words. So the article on the company that gave us the term "Honeywell brain damage" should end in 1999, when that company ceased to exist; and the subsequent history of the merged company should be in the article titled AlliedSignal, or in a new and separate article. Are there guidelines on this somewhere? I know that it can be contentious: when the company that owned the Scottish football team Rangers went bankrupt in 2011, there was edit-warring about the article that covered both the football team and the owning company. Maproom (talk) 09:34, 21 June 2015 (UTC)

I found out the hard way that AT&T is not about the company that used to be AT&T. That's all I know.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 22:13, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

There has been a hatnote pointing that out for years. Rwessel (talk) 23:54, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

Maybe it was seeing the hatnote that told me I needed to go back and fix all those Wlinks. And last night I discovered Babcock & Wilcox may be a similar case.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 13:31, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

Self-Editing

I have previously asked about editing an entry in my name because the information contained is out of date. In addition I have no idea who placed the entry in the first place. The entry is under David Eldon.

I received no response to my earlier question, and am now concerned that the information is very old. I am conscious of the fact that there is note on Wikipedia that reads This biographical article needs additional citations for verification, as its only attribution is to self-published sources; articles should not be based solely on such sources. Please help by adding reliable, independent sources. Contentious material about living people that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately. (February 2013).

Any changes will be made by myself, and if the note means that readers think I am a self-publicist, which I am not, then it is better to remove the entry completely.

The advice I need is whether I can correct the incorrect entries without them being considered inappropriate or just to remove the entry altogether.86.190.153.95 (talk) 10:41, 21 June 2015 (UTC)

Please read WP:COI, which strongly discourages you from editing an article about yourself. Instead, you should suggest changes accompanied by reliable sources- see Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources for what is and isn't reliable, saying "I'm the person, therefore it's true" isn't a reliable source. Also, regardless of whether or not you want a Wikipedia page, if you meet Wikipedia guidelines, WP:GNG, then the page should stay- I've added some sources. Joseph2302 (talk) 11:07, 21 June 2015 (UTC)

(edit conflict) The article David Eldon was created in may 2007 by LG4761, who did much of the early work on it. He is still active in Wikipedia, and has made several edits in the last week. It has been edited by maybe a dozen other editors since then.

You are strongly discouraged from editing it yourself, as it is almost impossible for anyone to write impartially about himself. I see that Joseph2302, a very competent editor, has today started to improve the article.

If you are aware of errors in the article, you should report them on its talk page, giving precise details of what needs changing, and giving references where this is possible. Maproom (talk) 11:10, 21 June 2015 (UTC)

Help on a new autobiography

I would like someone to compile a page on me and add some pictures. I have the text layout to be reviewed and or edited along with some picture. David Thomas — Preceding unsigned comment added by Whitecloud2014 (talk • contribs) 11:16, 21 June 2015 (UTC)

Hello, Whitecloud2014. Does your "text layout" include citations to independent reliable sources that discuss you in some depth? Does it establish your notability according to our guideline on notability of people? Or if not, can you add those things? If so, the articles for Creation process is open. If not, than a wikipedia article on you is probably not appropriate. Also, please read our guideline on autobiography (it is strongly discouraged), My First Article, and this general summary of what an article requires. I hope that helps. DES ^(talk) 13:38, 21 June 2015 (UTC)

Wish to create a Wikipedia page for a deceased but high profile individual who doesn't have one

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am in the process of compiling a brief synopsis, following the general Wikipedia format, of details of the life of Dr. Wilson A. Head, author of Life on the Edge: Experiences in Black and White in North America. I note that the person who wrote the forward to this book, the late Lincoln Alexander, has a Wikipedia page dedicated to him, and the person who wrote the epilogue to the book, Madame Rosalie Silberman Abella, also has a Wikipedia page dedicated to her, but Dr. Head has none. I am close to finishing the compilation for Dr. Head and would like to know how to submit it. Do I need a copyright and how do I get one? I will be able to submit a photograph of Dr. Head as well.

Also, I note that Dr. Head is not mentioned on the notable alumni of the two universities he attended in the U.S., and should be, so I will be submitting details of his graduations as well as a proposal that his name be added to those two pages as notable alumni.

Yours truly,

Kathleen O'Neill — Preceding unsigned comment added by Katsheron (talk • contribs) 16:23, 21 June 2015 (UTC)

Hello, Kathleen. Since acceptable Wikipedia articles are entirely based on reliably published material, and almost entirely based on material written and published by people who have no connection with the subject, it follows that an article can be written only if such sources exist: our jargon for this concept is that the subject is notable (which does not mean famous or important, or influential, or significant, but just that substantial independent sources exist). It follows that notability is not inherited: there could be significant independent writing about the writers of the foreword or the epilogue but not about the author of the book; or vice versa. (In this case, I see that the two people named are a a prominent Canadian politician and judge respectively, and one would expect them to meet the criteria, but not that somebody whose book they supported would necessarily do so).

If such sources do exist, then I urge you to read your first article, and use the article wizard to create a draft. (Unless you have written your existing draft with reference to such sources, I would also urge you to abandon it, and start again, including only information which you can cite to an independent source.)

On the subject of his universities: once you have shown that he is notable (in Wikipedia's special sense) then you may certainly edit those pages to add him - provided you have a reliable independent source that says he attended them. --ColinFine (talk) 16:51, 21 June 2015 (UTC)

(edit conflict)Katsheron, if you have or can find independent reliable sources to demonstrate that Dr. Head is notable (in the special Wikipedia sense) there should be no problem. Of course, be sure to write with a neutral, objective tone. I would advise using the Articles for Creation process, but you could simply create it as a draft (Draft:Wilson A. Head) or in article space at Wilson A. Head from the start. Using AFC means that an experienced editor will review the draft and advise on any needed revisions. Using draft: allows polishing before the text is subject to full scrutiny. In any case, posting the text will automatically place it under copyright by US law, you need do nothing special about that.

When Wikipedia articles have a list of "notable alumni" it is generally limited to people who already have Wikipedia articles, so I advise waiting on that until the article about him is live. If you have further questions, please do ask. DES ^(talk) 17:04, 21 June 2015 (UTC)

• From what I was able to glean very quickly.[1] [2] You probably have a good subject for a Wikipedia article. Good luck, and stay and improve other articles, if you would. Thanks. Alanscottwalker (talk) 18:23, 21 June 2015 (UTC)

@Katsheron: Just a little note about copyright. Note that once you press "Save page" all of your material is released under a free use copyright - which means that it can be used by anyone for any purpose. See the notes around the edit box. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 00:12, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

regarding the photo, if it is a creation of someone else, copyright IS of great concern. Because the subject of the photo is dead, it is likely that our fair use policies will allow its use on Wikipedia. If you are the person who took the photo and holds the copyright to the photo you may follow the instructions Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials and donate the image for free use by anyone. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 00:16, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

Google display of this Article

Regarding the article Robin Russell at Robin Russell.

In the past while Google searching Robin Russell the link to the article would appear an a wikipedia listing. Now, for some reason when Google searching the article does not appear at all unless you type wiki after, and then it shows up as a wikiwand page as opposed to a wikipedia listing. I would like the article to show up as a wikipedia listing as it did in the past. Can anyone help me.

Restfest (talk) 19:24, 21 June 2015 (UTC)

Restfest, Wikipedia has no control over Google, what information Google displays, or how it displays it. Google has a feedback link where you can convey your concerns to thair organization. DES ^(talk) 19:41, 21 June 2015 (UTC)

Google Display of Article

I left a question earlier today regarding the wikipedia article Robin Russell at https://www.guruaid.com/payment/pay.php

I contacted Google and the matter seems to be cleared up.

Thank you. Restfest (talk) 20:05, 21 June 2015 (UTC)

@Restfest: Wikipedia has no connection to Guru Aid. Dismas|^(talk) 23:19, 21 June 2015 (UTC)

Significant changes to a wiki page

We are an artist management company and one of our clients has requested a significant change to their wiki page, they want a more concise summary of their career, which will mean redrafting and reducing the content that is already there. Do we need to submit the requested changes for review before we make the edit? If so who do we submit them to? Please advise.Solarmanagement1 (talk) 22:11, 21 June 2015 (UTC)

Your client's desires are really irrelevant. Wikipedia is not a webhost for them to post their desired presentation of themselves. We have an encyclopedia article that reflects the consensus of editors about how the subject has been covered by third party sources. You may make suggestions on the article talk page and provide links to third party resources, but the article is neither yours nor your clients. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 00:01, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

Translation of German article Enfants Terribles

Hello, I would ask for help, because I´m not sure about quality of my translation of the German article "Enfants Terribles" (see by German wikipedia). The englisch Version is ready and I can send my translation. Who can help me publish that? Best regards --Justus Tler (talk) 23:28, 21 June 2015 (UTC)

courtesy link User:Justus Tler/sandbox

-- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 23:34, 21 June 2015 (UTC)

You may have better luck at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Germany where there is likely a higher concentration of people who are fluent in German and can verify the quality of the sources. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 00:05, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

Hello, Justus Tler. I'm afraid the English version is not ready: you have not even tried to translate some of the section headings into English. :-) Other than that, there are a lot of minor problems with the English, but they can be corrected. A much more serious problem is that, though you have some good references, a lot of the article is unreferenced. In particular the first few sentences of the "Work" section are entirely unreferenced. This means that they rank as original research, which is not permitted in en.wikipedia. (I don't know what the rules are in de.wikipedia). For example, the first sentence "They treat thematically taboos and continuing the tradition of Dada." A better rendering in English would be something like "Taboos are a theme in their work, which continues the tradition of Dada" (not quite sure, because I'm not quite sure what the sentence is intended to mean). But such a sentence is an unsupported claim about the work, and would never be allowed in an en.wikipedia article unless it was directly cited to an independent published source which said just that.

At any point, you can request a review of the article by inserting {{subst:submit}} at the top, but you can continue working on it while it is awaiting review. --ColinFine (talk) 10:11, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

Thanks I have corrected the section headings :-) Could you please call me the minor problems, that you write about? :-) Best regards --Justus Tler (talk) 17:44, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

It still reads like a translation. For example, in the Work section, "build" should be "builds" and "includes" should be "including", and "know-all oder tranquility seeker like tourists" doesn't make sense to me. Can you find any articles published outside Wikipedia in English that you could use as references? Dbfirs 08:39, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

Essays

What is the proper way to cite and use an essay in a dispute, without the other party dismissing you with 'that's just an essay.' I understand an essay is not a policy or guideline. I understand it is just the opinion of one or more editors. That doesn't mean they can be dismissed on that basis without addressing them, as many editors try to do. Handpolk (talk) 23:52, 21 June 2015 (UTC)

it would be to demonstrate how the essay reflects details of policy in both letter and intent in ways that are relevant to the specifics of the situation. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 23:57, 21 June 2015 (UTC)

They don't always reflect details of policy in letter and intent. So you are saying in those instances, they should be ignored? Handpolk (talk) 00:08, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

When they dont reflect details of policy in spirit or letter then people have every right to dismiss them as "just an essay". -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 03:34, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

So by extension what you're saying is that you can dismiss any argument with 'that's just your opinion' and not refute it, if the argument doesn't reflect the details of policy in spirit or letter. I'll take your advice then: 'that's just your opinion, it's irrelevant' Handpolk (talk) 10:54, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

June 22

upload my entry

Hello,

How does my article/entry get uploaded now.

THANKS!!

m. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Michael L. Bower (talk • contribs) 03:46, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

Hello @Michael L. Bower: If you are talking about Draft:Harold Gleason, I have put a template on it so that when you are ready to submit, you just click on the green button and follow any instructions. I will tell you that in the condition it is now, it will not be accepted as it fails to meet the requirements for a stand alone article. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 04:21, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

@Michael L. Bower: Please note also that you cannot simply copy content word for word from another source - the content on that page reads as if it were an obituary that might have run in a specialty newsletter or magazine. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 04:30, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

Uploading images

I am writing an article and I want to insert pictures from my computer in to it, but I don't know how. Could you please help me? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nazanin.Jafarinezhad (talk • contribs) 06:51, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

Please read Wikipedia:Uploading images.--Shantavira|^{feed me} 10:21, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

The Gay Center, Tel Aviv-Yafo Deletion?

Hello,

My name is Geoffrey Sperling. I am an intern at The Gay Center in Tel Aviv-Yafo. I have been charged with the task of creating a wikipedia page for the center. Unfortunately, my page was flagged for deletion. I was not done working on the page yesterday. There is a lot more information that I need to include. Unfortunately, Wiki told me there is already a page on the topic; however, that page has little to no information about the center and is mislabeled. The official title of the building is The Gay Center not The Municipal LGBT Building. I would like to continue with my task of building their wikipedia page. Could you please help address this issue.

Geoffrey Sperling — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gsperlin89 (talk • contribs) 08:16, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

Please read (and show to your boss) Wikipedia:Notability (especially Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies)) and Wikipedia:Neutral point of view. Also Wikipedia:Conflict of interest.

And if you want to start an article and work on it for some period of time, until it meets the Wikipedia standards so it could get published, do it in you sandbox (for example User:Gsperlin89/Sandbox or User:Gsperlin89/The Gay Center,Tel Aviv-Yafo) or in a draft article space (see Wikipedia:Your first article, then Help:Userspace draft). --CiaPan (talk) 10:38, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

You can also request the article to be undeleted, as User:Freshacconci said on your Talk page.
Visit WP:RFUD to do that. --CiaPan (talk) 10:48, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

@CiaPan: It looks to have been deleted as an A10- already exists on Wikipedia. Therefore, @Gsperlin89: should work on improving the existing article, rather than creating a new one. Gsperlin89, as you have an obvious COI, it's recommended that you don't directly edit the article, but suggests changes/improvements on the article talkpage. Joseph2302 (talk) 10:52, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

I am new to wikipedia, and do not know how to work this site. I didn't know there was a "sandbox" or a "draft article space". I didn't see those options availible. I don't mind editing the article that exists, but the name of the article is incorrect. The Tel Aviv Municipal LGBT Community Center is not even the name of the center. The Center would like that corrected. How do I go about messaging the author of the article and asking for him to correct this mistake? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gsperlin89 (talk • contribs) 10:59, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

The existing article Tel Aviv Municipal LGBT Community Center is supposedly about an undistinguished building. It has no references to establish its notability, and I doubt that any exist - it really is a boring-looking building. But the activities that take place in it may well be notable. I do not believe the existence of that article should be an obstacle to the creation of an article on "The Gay Center" which meets there. Maproom (talk) 11:47, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

Geoffrey SperlingThe Gay Center,Tel Aviv-Yafo was not deleted. I was dealing with pages tagged for speedy deletion, and I chose to convert this to a redirect instead of deleting it, in this edit. Later, in this edit Graeme Bartlett undid the recirection. It is my belif, from reading the two pages, that they are abouyt the same subject, althoguh they take different approaches. I do not think that we should have separate articles abouyt these subjects, unless I have badly misunderstood the contents of the articles as they now stand.

In any case, The Gay Center,Tel Aviv-Yafo is curently compeltely unreferenced, and will need significant work to be a valid article. A merge with Tel Aviv Municipal LGBT Community Center might be a good idea. Failing that, the precise scope of each article would need to be clarified, and each would need to fulfill the basic requirements for an article. DES ^(talk) 13:18, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

Our OP requested this to be restored at WP:REFUND but it was not deleted. If they describe the same entity then the articles should be merged. But it is possible that Gsperlin89 knows nothing of moving or merging articles. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 22:37, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

A new product to add to your data base that has been more than 2000 years old...

A new product to add to your data base that has been more than 2000 years old... How do i add and get other info to you...for reseach — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.70.227.181 (talk) 14:18, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

In the same way you added this question. Supdiop (talk) 14:32, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

What are we specifically talking about here? Dustin (talk) 14:35, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

'New products' don't get added to Wikipedia until they have attracted sufficient coverage in independent reliable sources to indicate that they meet our notability guidelines. And please note, this is an encyclopaedia, not a 'database'.

Incidentally, how can something be both 'new' and '2000 years old? That doesn't make sense... 'AndyTheGrump (talk) 14:37, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

The sense depends on a context. If you were 600 thousand years old, something 2000 y.o. would be pretty new to you, wouldn't it? :) CiaPan (talk) 16:50, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

I'm guessing they mean "new" as in "new to [your data base]", meaning we don't currently have an article on whatever it is, so when they make the article it will be new to us. ~ ONUnicorn^{(Talk|Contribs)}problem solving 16:56, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

Hello. Please read your first article. If after reading that, you decide that the product meets Wikipedia's criteria for notability, use the article wizard to create a draft. --ColinFine (talk) 17:10, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

Help With Creating an Article

I am trying to create an Article about Bernard Sofronski. I would like to put basic information like who he is and a couple of dates like birthday, marriage and so forth. Recently when creating the page it was deleted because it says it violated copyright infringement when the information was written by me. I would like to know how to properly make a article and have the correct information that would make sure it isn't copyright. Thank You (talk) InternHC2015 (talk) 23:24, 22 June 2015 (UTC)InternHC2015

Wikipedia has advice at the page Wikipedia:Your first article. Perhaps that may be of some help? --Jayron32 23:54, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

June 23

Date format

What format do you use for adding a date to a Wikipedia article reference? Daylen (talk) 02:44, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

If you use the "Cite" drop-down tool in the editing box (upper right), and select one of the templates (web, news, book or journal). it will have a date field for you to fill out. Otherwise, if you provide some more details I'd be happy to help you out. Regards, FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 03:21, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

Daylenca if you mean what date format to use (MDY, YYYY-MM-DD, DD Mmm YYYY, etc), Wikipedia dose not mandate a particular format, but normally one should use the same format as other referencs in the same article, unless there is a good reason to change. If there is a reason to change (rare) it shoudl be discussed on the article talk page.

If you mean what wiki-markup to use, then it depends on what method of referencing a given article is using (Wikipedia supports several different ones). Again, try to use the same form that other refs in the article use. Without an example or the name of the article, we can't be more specific. DES ^(talk) 03:35, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

Thanks FoCuSandLeArN and DESiegel! That answers my question. Daylen (talk) 03:49, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

The following discussion is marked as answered. If you have a new comment, place it just below the box.

Edit to the "Photo Booth" page question.

The page I'd like to edit is the "Photo Booth Rental" section of: Photo booth I own and operate partybooths.com which creates a conflict of interest obviously however "Party Booths" was also the FIRST company to offer DIGITAL photo booth rentals. We pioneered both the digital photo booth and the ability to assemble the booths onsite making them "portable" enough to fit in ANY size car and therefor MUCH CHEAPER to rent than the existing vending style photo booths that used chemicals to develop the film and required a truck with a lift gate in order to transport. We also had our website partybooths.com registered BEFORE ANY other digital photo booth rental company and hold the federal trademark on the name "Party Booths" (however lots of people infringe on our mark). My question is this: Can I simply add this fact to the Wiki "Photo Booth" page. I can cite my website's "Who Is Lookup" page as a source since our website was launched in 2005. Other companies didn't begin registering their domain names until 1-3+ years later (after seeing us at live events in cities all over the U.S.), as the article already states, it wasn't until 2008 when Google began tracking "Photo Booth Rental" as a new trend. This was because Party Booths had already been working events all over the country and began spawning up tons of competition in all the major cities. Again digital photo booths did not become popular until 2007-2008 and Party Booths was founded in 2005 as documented here: https://who.godaddy.com/whoisstd.aspx?domain=partybooths.com&prog_id=GoDaddy

Please advise if this information would be deemed relevant as the existing article mentions the vending style photo booths origins already, I think it should also mention the DIGITAL photo booths origins to give the reader more information. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Party Booths (talk • contribs) 02:47, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

The best place to discuss edits to an article is the article talk page, Talk: Photo booth. I don't see any recent edits there. Please post to the talk page. Robert McClenon (talk) 02:58, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

Yes,Party Booths, if you have an independent reliable published source for the information, then you're welcome to post a request on the talk page, as Robert suggested (if there is little traffic on that page, you could add the template {{edit request}} to alert somebody). However, please be aware that statements about whether something is "the first" or other superlatives, require a published source making that claim. A source that said you did this in 2005 could be used to support a statement in an article that you did so in 2005 (though I don't believe that this claim belongs in that article). But it would not support the claim that you were the first. Even if you could find references showing that other competitors were later, it would still not be sufficient, because Wikipedia articles may not draw conclusions (see original research).

The other thing to say is that your account will shortly be blocked, as it has a name suggesting that it represents an organisation. You are welcome to create a personal account with a name which doesn't have that implication. --ColinFine (talk) 14:48, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

How to reassign Talk Page content to a new account?

Hi. I started editing without a username, but quickly found that my IP handle was changing unpredictably. Now I've created an account, and would like to have my former User Talk page (2602:306:3134:6180:848e:9e67:8ee5:670a (talk)) reassigned to the new account. Can you help? Thanks. Little Silas (talk) 02:48, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

Hello there! I've tagged your talk pages for merging, and an administrator will hopefully fulfill that task as soon as possible. Best, FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 03:28, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

 Done Little Silas. DES ^(talk) 03:48, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

Donner Party - editing question

Hey ho,

A change (or rather addition) I feel should be made on the Donner Party article has been undone a couple of times, but without any of the people doing the undoing actually saying why (even after I asked about it. Twice.) I'd simply like to know what I'm doing wrong. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.75.38.6 (talk) 03:31, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

I'm just guessing here, but perhaps the reference in question does not corroborate that statement? Whence have you based that piece of information? FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 03:55, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

Hmm, well, I did ask about that on the article's Talk page, but no one said anything, so whether that's the case or not I have no idea. If it is a sourcing issue, then it's one that a previous editor introduced, since I just took the text from a caption for one of the article's images. If it turns out the sourcing is the problem, they should probably, as I actually mentioned on the Talk page, remove the image and caption, not just my little rephrasing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.75.38.6 (talk) 04:12, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

But, I suppose my less vague request is that I would really like to know what the process is for getting an editor (or editors) of an article to actually respond to me when I ask questions and help me when they revert by actually letting me know what's wrong. I thought it was supposed to go - Boldly Edit Where No One Has Edited Before > Get Slapped with a Revert > Discuss. Am I missing some sort of secret wikihandshake needed to get the conversation started? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.75.38.6 (talk) 04:15, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

The article in question is Donner Party. There has been edit-warring. There has been some, but not enough, discussion on the talk page, Talk: Donner Party. I suggest that discussion continue on the article talk page. Robert McClenon (talk) 04:45, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

Donner Party has been the center of ugly disputes and it would be very hard to motivate the editors who work on that article to become interested in a discussion over some detail because such issues have been used as thin-edge-of-wedge in the past, with never-ending bickering over relatively unimportant material. Life shouldn't be like that, but it is, and I suggest finding another topic. Johnuniq (talk) 11:22, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

City School (Pakistan)

All my edits were deleted when i saved the page City School (Pakistan).I want my edits back, how can i do it ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by S.samana.A.R (talk • contribs) 09:41, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

Bot undid it here because you added email addresses. Note that Wikipedia is not a schools directory, per WP:NOTADIRECTORY, so that kind of table is not needed or wanted. Also, <big> tags shouldn't be added, per WP:MOS. Joseph2302 (talk) 09:59, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

In general, that article needs a cleanup, and adding/readding unsourced, directory-like content is not going to improve it. Joseph2302 (talk) 10:20, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

user name plus subpage

when I intended to move subpage to original page confronted with two redirect pages and my user name also has not been deleted. how can I correct it.. the case is as follow: Mehdi_ghaed/Ahmad_Vaezi.--m,sharaf (talk) 10:40, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

 Fixed I've moved the page to Ahmad Vaezi. Joseph2302 (talk) 10:47, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

Help solving captcha's

Somehow I needed to read a captcha when I tried to improve an article. I can not solve captcha's even though I am human. Maybe t proves that I am human. I have had so many hard times with captcha's that I have even given up trying.

So please, somebody else can do this: article Catoptria_falsella, change link to waarneming.nl to http://waarneming.nl/soort/view/9477. There are many more edits needed like this. SOmething for a bot maybe? 2001:983:6F5A:1:F989:8D6A:2BF3:8FE6 (talk) 12:41, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

I have updated the link as you request.

When I have had to do a captcha here myself, I have found that when I get it right, it does not admit it, it just presents me with another one as if I had got it wrong. This behaviour makes the captchas appear even harder than they are. Maproom (talk) 13:00, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

If you register an account and becone autoconfirmed, and then edit while logged in, you can add or change external links without solving a captcha, among other benefits of obtaining and using a free account. A bot for such edits would not be a good idea, in my view. DES ^(talk) 13:05, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

I don't favor a bot simply to perform a task that registered editors can do, when it is easy to become a registered editor. Some unregistered editors refuse to create accounts because they believe that they preserve their privacy better by not registering, but in fact registering conceals your IP address and therefore your physical location. Robert McClenon (talk) 15:00, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

Question

Hello, How Can I fix this page?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takemefishing.org

Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by RBFF2015 (talk • contribs) 14:45, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

I see that the article, Takemefishing.org, has been nominated for deletion, but it isn't clear what your question is about how to improve the article. Robert McClenon (talk) 15:02, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

Additionally, its appreciated that your username is being honest about who you represent, but unfortunatley it's not allowed. Usernames need to be tied to a single individual. See WP:ISU for the full explanation. - X201 (talk) 15:07, 23 June 2015 (UTC)