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New Article - erased as I was working on it.

Started a new article in Visual Editor. When I took a look at it from the source view option and then went back to Visual Editor, every data was gone. What's the deal. — Preceding unsigned comment added by RosyCanfield (talk • contribs) 22:30, 11 July 2018 (UTC)

Welcome to the Teahouse RosyCanfield. I can see how this can be a frustrating experience. You do have the option of contacting the administrator who may have deleted the information. I see that your sandbox now contains content so at this point your problem may have already been resolved. I've taken a look at your sandbox and unfortunately it has some major problems and should not end up being an article on Wikipedia for a number of reasons. First, you have a conflict of interest assuming that it is not coincidental that the article is about something that seems to be named after you. Basically, Wikipedia is written objectively and honestly, it is considered very difficult for anyone related to the topic to be objective. You just can't write about yourself or your company. Second, Wikipedia is not a marketing tool . Will you find articles on Wikipedia that are clearly promotional? Yes. But there are legions of editors who will eventually cull these articles from Wikipedia. Sorry for the bad news. I hope you will stick around to be a contributor to Wikipedia and become involved in topics and articles that interest you. Best Regards, Barbara ✐  ✉ 13:55, 14 July 2018 (UTC)

Also note that switching between the source and visual editors is not recommended as your changes can be discarded when you make this switch. — pythoncoder  (talk | contribs) 17:49, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

What are these ?

Hi Pharaoh of the Wizards, what is the meaning of (copied from the pune district article). Can it be simplified ?

BTW can anyone popover and check my change request at WikipediaAttad M (talk) 08:13, 12 July 2018 (UTC)

Hi Attad M, I'm not Pharaoh of the Wizards, but I took the liberty of answering your edit request. Unfortunately, I had to deny it since, as far as I can see, it's unnecessary to make the change you've suggested; I've provide the reason on Talk:Wikipedia. Best, -- ChamithN (talk) 08:26, 12 July 2018 (UTC)

But it's better grammer — Preceding unsigned comment added by Attad M (talk • contribs) 08:29, 12 July 2018 (UTC)

@Attad M: I think the grammar is fine as it is. Could you point out which part you think is wrong? -- ChamithN (talk) 08:44, 12 July 2018 (UTC)

I mean nothing is exactly wrong but the "it's" is redundant and is not concise — Preceding unsigned comment added by Attad M (talk • contribs) 09:14, 12 July 2018 (UTC)

@Attad M: I disagree: according to the cited source, Wikipedia gets money from its own fund drives, which could be elaborated as it's independent of third-party fundraisers. -- ChamithN (talk) 10:32, 12 July 2018 (UTC)

"It is owned and supported by the Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit organization which operates on money it receives from its annual fund drives." V/S "It is owned and supported by the Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit organization which operates on money it receives from annual fund drives." How can this be misconstrued as meaning third party fundraisers ? Can some other helpers/moderators also take a look at this and leave their opinion. Btw can somebody answer my first question ?(what does the ref{{ stuff do and what does it mean ) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Attad M (talk • contribs) 10:42, 12 July 2018 (UTC)

@Attad M: You can open a talk page discussion at Talk: Wikipedia (not an edit request) regarding this if you need more input. Also, the "ref stuff" are citations which can be used by readers to verify the accuracy of content on Wikipedia. On Wikipedia, we have to go by what reliable sources say, not personal analysis. I declined your edit request since this citation said monies it receives from its annual fund drives, as that means, according to the cited source, there's nothing wrong with the original phrasing. Cheers! -- ChamithN (talk) 11:04, 12 July 2018 (UTC)

@Attad M: ChamithN is right. The two versions of the text you present are equally correct from a purely grammatical point of view, and while it is good to strive towards a style that's not overly wordy, there is no reason to remove the pronoun "its" for reasons of conciseness. Besides, it does add clarity in that it specifies that these are Wikipedia's own fund drives. Regarding your first question, in what way would you like to simplify the reference? The information needs to be there to help the reader find the source, if necessary, and I don't see any redundant info there. But perhaps I misunderstand your question? Regards, --bonadea contributions talk 17:50, 12 July 2018 (UTC)

Bonadea,ChamithN I was going through the material given by ChamithN, and the page goes really deep into the depths about "citation". It has answered most of my queries but also created some new ones, such as: 1 Which "citation" style should I use if I need to add sources ? 2 What are templates ? 3 How do you enable the automated Visual Editor thingy12:16, 13 July 2018 (UTC) ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Attad M (talk • contribs)

@Attad M:

• 1) Use the same citation style that the rest of the article uses.
• 2) Basically, anything within curly brackets, {{ }}, is a template. On the page where it is inserted, the template will be replaced by other text, defined on the template's own page. (That is, you can't insert any text in curly brackets and have it work as a template - it must be an existing template). More info here.
• 3) I've never used Visual Editor, but there is a guide at Wikipedia:VisualEditor/User guide. --bonadea contributions talk 08:01, 14 July 2018 (UTC)

Kundan Srivastava

Hi,

Greetings from India!

I am Surbhi contributed an article about Kundan Srivastava, an activist and author from India. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Surbhi20/sandbox

May the same name article was deleted many times, but, this time please look into the article. It has been written by me with best of reliable sources. I would request to administrator to create the same content.

Thanks, Surbhi

Surbhi20 (talk) 17:37, 12 July 2018 (UTC)

Your sandbox version now has 29 references. But most (?all) of these do nothing to establish that the subject is notable, because they include no in-depth discussion of him. Please be aware that when a reviewer considers whether the subject is notable, it's the quality of the sources that will count, not the quantity. If there are references in that list to sources that discuss (rather than mention) the subject, you should make it easier for a reviewer to find them, by removing all the worthless ones. Maproom (talk) 08:24, 13 July 2018 (UTC)

Maproom

I got your points Sir. Will provide you the same (depth discussion sources about him).

Surbhi20 (talk) 05:26, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

statistics tool on wikiproject activity

Is there a tool available that counts the number of new articles created per month or expanded per month for a specific Wikiproject like WikiProject Archaeology? I know there are a lot of edit counters and information counters on user activity, but I am interested in learning more about the Wikiprojects that I am participating in? I have searched around a bit and cannot find any tools. thx MauraWen (talk) 18:02, 12 July 2018 (UTC)

start here. 96.242.88.25 (talk)

@MauraWen: welcome to the Teahouse!

Articles can be tracked by WikiProject through the categories added to the article talk page where a WikiProject banner template exists, such as {{WikiProject Women}}. Petscan can be used to cross-index articles by category, though I'm not very familiar with it and I'm not sure if you can find recent changes this way.

An easier way might be to check some of the lists generated at Wikipedia:WikiProject Directory. You might specifically be interested in something like Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Showcase. These lists don't always have consistent naming across WikiProjects, so a good way to find them is to go to a recent article like Meryem Benm'Barek-Aloïsi, click on What links here in the sidebar, and look for any links to Wikipedia-namespace pages. And look, it shows Wikipedia:WikiProject Women's history/New articles and Wikipedia:WikiProject Women writers/Metrics.

If you want to look for editors who have recently contributed to a WikiProject, then there are pages like Wikipedia:WikiProject Directory/Description/WikiProject Women's History where you will find yourself listed.

I hope that helps! Thank you for supporting Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red and creating women's biography articles! – Reidgreg (talk) 13:19, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

@Reidgreg: Thanks! those are very helpful links. MauraWen (talk) 14:00, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

@MauraWen: you're welcome! Another way to find pages is with a prefix search using the page name for the WikiProject. So in the search box on any page, if you enter prefix:"Wikipedia:WikiProject Women's history" it will find all of the sub-pages for that WikiProject. (Full instructions at Help:Searching#prefix:). Happy editing! – Reidgreg (talk) 10:53, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

Getting Started

Hello Teahouse!!

Very new user here but as odd as this sounds, long time reader of Teahouse threads! I know this has been asked time and time again but I couldn't find what I wanted in the archives. I was wondering if one of you lovely admins could link me places to find lists or articles that need typo help, clean up or have promotional language? Those are the edits I feel most confident doing right now and I'm having trouble finding articles that need that help.

Thanks so much Regar29 (talk) 18:13, 12 July 2018 (UTC)

Hi there Regar29 and welcome to the teahouse! I'm happy to hear you have an interest in helping work through the backlog of articles that need some typo help or other cleanup. Let's see if I can help you get to the right place! You specifically mentioned wanting to help articles that have promotional language. In general, those articles are likely to be tagged with the template, {{advert}}. You can view a full list of all of our cleanup-related templates here. In general, those templates will have a link to their respective categories on the left side of the table, and the one provided for those tagged with advert is here (a general category listing articles needing style editing). I may also recommend you take a look at one of our WikiProjects, the Guild of Copy Editors, which maintains various guides and lists about how to copy edit and places to start. Let me know if you have any other questions, I hope this has helped! --HunterM267 ^talk 18:26, 12 July 2018 (UTC)

@Regar29: I also started with typos and cleanup and recently became coordinator of the Guild of Copy Editors (GOCE), so feel free to ask me about that. We have a wealth of how-to files at Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/How to and organize editing drives. If you're more interested in typos, there are resources at Wikipedia:Typo Team, including lists of common misspellings which link to search queries so you can find any article with a particular typo. (Just be sure that they're really typos and not part of a proper name, quote, etc.) You can also go to Wikipedia:Backlog for a directory of maintenance categories and the populations of their backlogs. There is an awful lot of maintenance to do and many areas to choose from. I used to choose a different one each month, gradually building my competence and confidence as an editor.

You can come to me for help as well. Happy editing! – Reidgreg (talk) 14:04, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

Photo Uploading

Plz tell me guyz how to upload a photo on a article. I want to upload a photo on Nooriabad. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Haseebahmad1087 (talk • contribs) 05:00, 13 July 2018 (UTC)

Go to Special:Upload. You need to be active for 4 days after to make your username. 96.242.88.25 (talk) 11:25, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

Help me with the article.

Hi! First of all I want to state that i am not writing an article about myself. I have chosen a username that resembles the name of the person about whome I am writing the article. I have cited many references of credible newspapers that are not available online. Can somebody please tell me if the material I have provided is sufficient and whether or not I should submit it for publication. Ali Aabid (talk) 12:50, 13 July 2018 (UTC)]

• @Good Cop Sam: I see you have changed your username, which is a good thing. Well, you have had an answer, since your draft was speedily deleted on the grounds that it was unambiguously promotional. Before recreating it though, could you post the references you intended to use to Wikipedia talk:Notice board for Pakistan-related topics and get some feedback here? I have the feeling that there are not a lot of "credible" (Wikipedia's term is "reliable") newspapers around without an online presence, but I might be wrong. Tigraan^{Click here to contact me} 16:33, 13 July 2018 (UTC)

I don't know honestly, I think I might've wanted to make articles and saw how many potential subjects don't have any article. I just wanted to keep my schedule sorta busy so I can provide enough articles within a time frame. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cyclone of Foxes (talk • contribs) 17:41, 14 July 2018 (UTC)

talk page

How do you talk to someone on their user page?RaisinBrannen (talk) 23:56, 13 July 2018 (UTC)

Hello, RaisinBrannen and welcome to the Teahouse. You talk to other users (about editing articles, not general chit chat) very much as you've already done here. You go to a user page, click 'Add Topic' and leave them a succinct note or question. It's often a good idea to click the star at the top of the page to add that person's talk page to your watch list. That user will receive a notification that you've edited their page, and you should receive one when they reply to you. It's polite - as you've done here - to always sign talk page posts so that it's easy to see who said what and when. If you look at Wikipedia:Talk dos and don'ts you'll get a few simple ideas, plus links to our Talk Page Guidelines which go into a lot more detail. Oh, and well done on making a really informative userpage. It's an excellent example of what a new user should do to introduce themselves, and I wish many other new editors would do what you've done. I do wish you well on your journey into Wikipedia. For some it can be a short, sharp foray into dull territory; for others it can be the start of a lifelong involvement in sharing knowledge and helping to create the world's greatest free encylopaedia. If you've not heard of it yet, do try The Wikipedia Adventure - there are 15 badges you can gain by working through the interactive game. Do come back and ask for more help if you need it (or if my answer isn't as clear as you needed it to be!). Regards from the UK, Nick Moyes (talk) 00:43, 14 July 2018 (UTC)

Minor thing, on a user talkpage you click "New section". Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 07:52, 14 July 2018 (UTC)

Factual conflicts

One source says this and other says that. Wikinews editors say to believe neither but I want to know views of Wikipedia editors. I think both the facts should be included for a more encyclopaedic approach. Harsh Rathod Poke me! 03:17, 14 July 2018 (UTC)

Unless you provide more specifics it will be difficult to answer your question. Ruslik_Zero 06:08, 14 July 2018 (UTC)

Jockey Laura Barry

hope someone would make this article about this notable person that just die today. 49.145.244.119 (talk) 14 July 2018 (UTC)

Hi anonymous IP user. Sad as the news of the untimely death of this apprentice jockey is, Wikipedia is not a memorial. I suspect her achievements to date as a young sportswoman would not meet our notability criteria. But were they to do so, there is nothing to stop any editor creating a page about her, based on in-depth reliable sources which demonstrate her achievements and notability. Regards from the UK, Nick Moyes (talk) 20:52, 14 July 2018 (UTC)

is she notable to be made up article? she died yesterday, she has a huge achievement on jockey as a young sorry. 49.148.236.74 (talk) 22:25, 14 July 2018 (UTC)

I would say "yes" seeing as I'm finding many news articles about her. I would simply title the article 'Laura Barry', seeing as no other articles exist with her name. TheTechnician27 (talk) 22:29, 14 July 2018 (UTC)

Yeah, like I've seen many news about her death, which makes notable and the article should be created, hope someone would create. 49.148.236.74 (talk) 22:34, 14 July 2018 (UTC)

I have combined the two identical sections. IP user, please don't create new sections asking the same thing, and also don't use fake user names (I have removed the fake name from your signature). You are welcome to create an account with your preferred user name, but don't add nonexisting user names to your IPs' signatures. --bonadea contributions talk 22:45, 14 July 2018 (UTC)

didn't know it was not allowed as I've seen other users with different name on their signature, as i wanted to make new section so people will see, this person I mentioned was everywhere on the news BTW so this possibly needs to be created. 49.148.236.74 (talk) 22:56, 14 July 2018 (UTC)

Page Removel

Hi , i would like to ask for page removal no encyclopedic value, since its being used for self purposed propaganda: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meytal_Cohen — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dana341 (talk • contribs) 10:37, 14 July 2018 (UTC)

Hello, Dana341, welcome to the Teahouse. I'm not really sure - at a quick glance - that I agree with your assessment of the article on Meytal Cohen - the first reference I read was a full page biography in a published book about drummers, and I don't immediately see any Conflict of Interest in editing. However, we do have a system called Articles for Deletion (also known as Articles for Discussion). Any editor who can put forward a rationale for page deletion can propose an article for fellow editors to consider and offer their opinions upon it. Retention or deletion relies more upon consensus based upon our policies, rather than simply the number of commenters. Hope this clarifies things. Nick Moyes (talk) 21:06, 14 July 2018 (UTC)

NPV - rule or intent?

I have recently come to edit Wikipedia after doing edits years ago on various topics. This time, I started by creating an account. I have an interest in egalitarianism, specifically issues around equality between the sexes.

One of the articles I realised that needed enhancing was on the only political party in the English-speaking world to specifically care about men and boys, the UK's Justice for Men & Boys. This, to my knowledge, is a small party (it's only been going a few years) which is active in promoting its aims and objectives including running conferences and doing campaigning. It did NOT put forward candidates for the last (rushed) general election but has done before that and talks of doing so again. As a pressure group and as a political party (it seems to span both definitions) it is an important part in a campaign on what it sees as discrimination against males. The party is openly pro-gender equality and anti-feminist.

There was a proposal for merging the article on this party with an article on it's founder. One person Agreed with some comments, another simply agreed and I disagreed. Days after I started to improve the article, a user with the name "The Vintage Feminist" deleted the article.

My question is, is it in keeping with the intent of holding a neutral point of view that an article on an openly anti-feminist organisation is demoted and (partly) subsumed into another article by someone who is openly opposed to the subject of the article? It seems to me that articles on feminist organisations, while being open to anyone, should not be subject to major alteration or deletion by anyone clearly anti-feminist; and that articles on anti-feminist organisations, while being open to anyone, should not be subject to major alteration or deletion by anyone clearly feminist.

KarenBrittworth (talk) 10:52, 14 July 2018 (UTC)

Karen, Do note a username User:The Vintage Feminist is just a user name and the decision from merge request is merge. What is matter is the edit performance by any editors is accordance to Wikipedia guidelines and policies such as an article needs to meet notability guidelines where content is supported by significant coverage from independent, reliable secondary sources where it would be verified. In addition, the content need to write in a neutral point of view. Thank you. CASSIOPEIA^(talk) 13:01, 14 July 2018 (UTC)

Hello again KarenBrittworth, and welcome to the Teahouse. I'm afraid you appear to have misunderstood Wikipedia:Neutral point of view if you think that "anti-feminists" shouldn't edit articles about feminism and that feminists shouldn't edit articles about anti-feminist political parties (incidentally, I'm not sure how a party can be anti-feminist and pro-gender equality, since the latter is the aim of most feminists). The problem with this understanding should become clear if you think about other types of political party or political - for example, presumably you wouldn't advocate that the Donald Trump article should only be edited by his supporters, or that the British Labour Party should be written only by Corbynites? Cordless Larry (talk) 13:23, 14 July 2018 (UTC)

Further information on this:

• I formally requested that Justice for Men and Boys be merged into Mike Buchanan (politician) on 16 December 2018 diff.
• Merger tag was added to both articles on 8 January 2018 diff 1 and diff 2
• The result of the discussion was a unanimous consensus to merge confirmed (as part of a batch) 2 June 2018 diff.
• If I was in breach of WP:NPOV in any way my request would have been rejected. --The Vintage Feminist (talk) 13:39, 14 July 2018 (UTC)

Honors: Postage stamp issued

I have started editing only recently and made mistakes!! I did amend some, but I think I am still below perfect. Experienced editors try to guide me by referring me to read the innumerable topics, reading them causes a circular feeling and I loose track of what my initial problem is/ was! My edits are minor and are additions of a few lines concerning philately. I have some specific questions: 1. Should I start every edit, however minor, on Talk page? If so, will senior editors bring it to standard format and publish themselves? or do I have to do it? Then how? 2. How to know if an image of a postal stamp on online catalog or on the website of the concerned Postal Dept is freely available without any violation of copyright? Kaushwiki (talk) 12:46, 14 July 2018 (UTC)kaushwiki

Kaushwiki Hi Welcome to Teahouse. It is normal for new editors to do mistakes, and I am one of them. Most newbies would find editing in Wikipedia is a complicated task in their first few months. All of us leart our from mistakes but as long as we make effort to follow the advice from experience editors, reading the guidelines and policies provided and make effort to contribute positively, you would be on the right track. To answer your question, you dont need to start every edit on Talk pages, as long as any edit you do is supported by independent, reliable secondary source and the content is written in neutral point of view, you are most likely to be on the write path. Any question on editing, you could always come to Teahouse to seek help, or you can insert {{help me}} on your talk page and including what kind of help needed, someone will pop up on your talk page and provide assistance. As for the image copyright question, I will leave it to other Teahouse hosts, such as user:Nick Moyes, to answer this. Thank you. CASSIOPEIA^(talk) 13:15, 14 July 2018 (UTC)

Kaushwiki: For starters, I would recommend that you look carefully at how your additions to Miklós Zrínyi were corrected here. Try to understand the format used and try to use that format for future additions you make.—Anita5192 (talk) 16:12, 14 July 2018 (UTC)

Oh dear, Kaushwiki, I was hoping somebody else would answer the question about image copyright for stamps. But as CASSIOPEIA named me, I'd better have a go! Normally we just look for the copyright ststement or an acceptable Creative Commons licensing statement on the website to see if it was made freely available or not, but I don't know what the issues are around government release of stamp images. It probably works on a country by country basis, plus the age of the stamp itself. I might suggest you ask this question at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Philately, and be sure you include hyperlinks to the pages of relevance to your query. Sorry I can't offer more assistance in this instance. Regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 17:27, 14 July 2018 (UTC)

Nick Moyes sorry Nick :), didnt mean to put you in such positon. I mentioned you as you are one of the regular hosts well-verse with image copyright knowledge. Thanks for the reply. Cheers! CASSIOPEIA^(talk) 17:37, 14 July 2018 (UTC)

No worries. You have greater confidence in my knowledge than I do! Nick Moyes (talk) 17:57, 14 July 2018 (UTC)

Mei Ling (Kung fu panda)

Is she a fox? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Whitewii1234 (talk • contribs) 13:02, 14 July 2018 (UTC)

Hello Whitewii1234. Welcome. Our Teahouse is here to help new editors with issues around editing Wikipedia. It's not a reference desk to ask general questions, especially if you could find the answer out yourself by a simple Google search. That said, I generally find Wikipedia a valuable source of information on many topics, so you might like to look at this link which suggests Mei Ling is a Chinese mountain cat, despite their being no sources cited to support this assertion. Please remember to always sign your posts with four keyboard tilde characters, like this (~~~~). Kind regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 16:19, 14 July 2018 (UTC)

Update: Hold that thought! Re-reading the link I gave to List_of_Kung_Fu_Panda_characters#List_of_supporting_characters, I see there are two different Mei Lings in the KFP franchise. It looks like the villanous one is indeed a female fox. So there you go. Nick Moyes (talk) 20:13, 14 July 2018 (UTC)

OSKAR

OSKAR is a upcoming bengai film but wikipedia yet not create any page of this film so I think one page must be create for OSKAR — Preceding unsigned comment added by Satyaharimondal (talk • contribs) 13:18, 14 July 2018 (UTC)

Hello Satyaharimonda, welcome to the Teahouse. From the reference you've kindly supplied, I don't think this film project merits a Wikipedia page at this time. You might like to read WP:TOOSOON and WP:NFILM to understand the criteria for having pages about films, and when it is the right time to have a Wikipedia page about something or someone. It would need much more in-depth coverage to show that independent sources have taken note of this film for a page to remain here at the present time. Of course, this shouldn't stop you starting to draft an article about it in your own sandbox, ready for a time when/if it does indeed meet those criteria. Then, when the time is right, you could then submit it for review. (Oh, and do please remember to sign every talk page post with four keyboard tildes, like this (~~~~). This shows everyone who has posted what - and when. Regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 20:10, 14 July 2018 (UTC)

References

References

Hello, I am struggling to get my page submission accepted due to a lack of sources. I now have sources that I would like to add but I am not sure how to edit the page. When I click the "edit" button, it brings up the page but in almost a code form, and I do not know how to correctly enter the sources. How do I get the page back to the editing view it was when I first made it? Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hpuffett (talk • contribs) 16:09, 14 July 2018 (UTC)

Hpuffett, Welcome to Teahouse, I believe you refereed to Draft:Meditate (Rapper) here. The "code form" you saw is what we refer to "source editing", if you want to switch to "visual editing" mode, just click on the "pencil" icon on top right on the menu bard, bring down the drop-down list and click "visual editing". Pop back here if you have any other questions. Thank you. CASSIOPEIA^(talk) 16:53, 14 July 2018 (UTC)

Thank you for your response. I am really sorry, but I cannot find the pencil icon. The only one I can see is on the left of the word "Advanced", and when I click it, it just highlightes all of the references.... Please let me know if you can help! Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hpuffett (talk • contribs) 16:57, 14 July 2018 (UTC)

Hpuffett Hi, I have WP:VisualEditor installed in my Wikipedia, for such what I had advised you would not applied as I guess you are using default page set up. I dont remember how it looks like anymore and cant advise.

Hi Teahouse hosts, kindly assist user Hpuffett. Thank you. CASSIOPEIA^(talk) 17:31, 14 July 2018 (UTC)

Hpuffett Hi there and welcome to the teahouse! What CASSIOPEIA recommended would definitely be a great way to get familiar with Wiki editing and a much easier interface to add your references! It's possible that you haven't got your visual editor enabled. To do that, you'll want to head over to your user preferences (top right), on the editor tab. Here's a direct link! From there, there's two things you'll want to check: that Temporarily disable the visual editor while it is in beta is not checked, and that Editing Mode is set to either "Show me Both" or "Always Give Me the Visual Editor if possible". Let me know if this doesn't work or if you have any additional questions! --HunterM267 ^talk 18:19, 14 July 2018 (UTC)

"Some parts of the edit form did not reach the server; double-check that your edits are intact and try again."

Whenever I switch from visual to source editing mode, I get this error message at the top of the page. Additionally, there is no chart showing the difference between the current version and my edit. This had never happened to me, but recently it's happened every time. I get this on two separate computers, and I can't seem to find any information about it. I'd like to find a way to stop this error message from showing up and to get the side-by-side comparison to show up again. TheTechnician27 (talk) 19:38, 14 July 2018 (UTC)

@TheTechnician27: Interesting question. We don't normally encourage posting the same question in two places, but because of its technical nature, which might be linked to a memory issue, I've just reposted it for you at Village Pump (technical). (See here) So please also watch that page for a possible reply there.) Regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 20:33, 14 July 2018 (UTC)

Update: Already other users are reporting the same problem at the copy of this post at Village Pump. Looks like it's going to be a system-wide bug that gets reported. Nick Moyes (talk) 20:46, 14 July 2018 (UTC)

Creating a new page and article.

I’m a new editor here, and I want to know the procedure to create a page for a band who I noticed Wikipedia doesn’t have on. How may I do that? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stantioner (talk • contribs) 00:09, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

Dear @Stantioner: Welcome to Wikipedia! Please refer to Wikipedia:Your first article. Regards, Zingarese talk · contribs 00:23, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

@Stantioner: Meeting our notability criteria is essential, otherwise pages are liable to be removed. Please see WP:BAND to help you determine whether your band meets our criteria at this point in time. Regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 00:29, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

What can I do dere?

Does anyone know what to do here? I'm new. SandSsandwich (talk) 02:16, 15 July 2018 (UTC)SandSsandwich

SandSsandwich Welcome to Teahouse. Teahouse is a help desk where new editors would ask question on editing topics and understand the Wikipedia culture. So if you are stuck or have a general question to ask, then fire away. Cheers. CASSIOPEIA^(talk) 02:44, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

@SandSsandwich: New user or old, one can ask general questions about wikipedia here. The specialised questions go to the respective wikiproject, article talkpage, or similar places. If you cant find venue, asking the question here is a good idea too. Even if not answered directly, somebody would point you to the appropriate venue. For topics other than wikipedia, we have reference desks. I see you have already posted there. Regards, —usernamekiran(talk) 12:33, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

Adding information

I have some information about the USS General John Pope regarding some parts left over after her scaraping. But I don’t have any wrighten proof, besides the fact the parts have the ships name (and hull #) on them.

Could I add them to the ships article without any real proof A 10 fireplane (talk) 03:17, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

Welcome to the Teahouse, A 10 fireplane. All information that you add to Wikipedia must be verifiable. By far the best way to do so is to provide a reference to a reliable source that verifies the content. If there is no "written proof", then the information does not belong in this encyclopedia. You could upload photos of the parts to Wikimedia Commons but you cannot draw any conclusions on your own. We do not allow original research. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 03:39, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

Your personal knowledge is not a sufficient reason to make a change on the article, but it may serve to interest a historian enough to write on it, which would be a source. I'm not sure what value that information would have, which is in part why we don't allow the use of personal knowledge here. But if your discovery is written about in a reliable source, then we know at least the author found it important enough to write about. Suggest you contact a naval museum. John from Idegon (talk) 03:45, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

ok thank you Cullen328 (talk · contribs) John from Idegon (talk · contribs) I’ll see if someone has wrighten about it.

Thanks again A 10 fireplane (talk) 04:29, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

De-stubbing entries

Some entries are really short and deserves to be elongated Also, Some categories should deserve their own entry (such as semi-major characters in a book or other fictional paraphernalia) — Preceding unsigned comment added by DÆmÖN MUNDANE++ (talk • contribs) 05:08, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

Hello DÆmÖN MUNDANE++ and welcome to the Teahouse.

Not always. Using your example, a character in a book would need to be written about extensively, as a character, in either popular press or scholarly articles, for there to be enough material to write a separate article about them. If such coverage does not exist, it is much better to have a redirect that points to either the book itself or to a list of characters from the book. The target article could contain a sentence or more about the character, in their proper context. If you find a stub like this, where the stub has too little referenced information to stand alone, the option to expand it with additional references is always there, but turning into a redirect is another option to consider. — jmcgnh^{(talk) (contribs)} 05:39, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

entry on man is the measure by reuben abel

I have the book and extensive knowledge about it, should I create a rudimentary entry for it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by DÆmÖN MUNDANE++ (talk • contribs) 05:19, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

Whoa, there DÆmÖN MUNDANE++. You're filling up the Teahouse with your ideas and questions! No, just kidding, we're happy to answer any and all questions here, as long as they're related to editing Wikipedia!

I did a quick search on Man is the Measure by Reuben Abel and found plenty of hits offering to sell the book, but only a couple that might count as independent reviews that we might use as sources to a) establish the book's notability and b) provide content to summarize for an article. Please remember that there are a few things we cannot use as sources for an article about a book: sales pages from bookseller sites, student papers, or most blog posts or similar user-generated content (Goodreads, for instance). We also cannot directly use your own extensive knowledge of the book. To the extent that your knowledge of the book extends to knowing where to find good published resources about the book, then that's exactly why contributions from experts are highly valued.

If you are inexperienced at writing WP articles, I suggest that you start by creating a draft that does little more than list a few of the most important references you plan to use. Get advice on whether those references are sufficient to establish notabilty for the book; I recommend using the articles for creation help desk for this, since that creates a permanent record that you can point to later. Then, summarizing information from those references, you can begin to build out the text of the article, in your own words, but avoiding the temptation to add your own ideas or analysis. We expect you to walk a narrow path. — jmcgnh^{(talk) (contribs)} 06:04, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

Dear Jure/De Facto

Under the Anglosphere/English speaking countries, Ireland is listed as a 'De Jure' country, and not 'De Facto'.

This is not alone incorrect, but obviously the wrong way round.

The official language of Ireland is Irish (making it NOT a De Jure English-speaking country). However, it is indeed a De Facto member of the Anglosphere, since English is spoken by almost 100% of the population, 100% of the time.

Wasn't sure how to attempt a manual correction. Involves flags, boxes, etc.

Perhaps someone else can do it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mike Galvin (talk • contribs) 07:04, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

Hello, Mike Galvin. I'm not sure which article you're referring to: Anglosphere does not contain the phrases "de facto" or "de jure" at all. (The treatment of Ireland in that article does seem odd: it is not mentioned in the lead section, except as an afterthought, and is not listed in the table). But the recommended place for discussing the details of any article is in that article's talk page, not at the Help Desk or Teahouse. --09:42, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

@Mike Galvin: A country can have more than one official language. Article 8 of the Constitution of Ireland says: "The English language is recognised as a second official language." List of territorial entities where English is an official language#Sovereign states is correct to list Ireland under "Countries where English is a de jure official language". The listing correctly says "Irish is first official language". PrimeHunter (talk) 11:39, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

Article created as user page

Hi, what's the correct way to deal with this? Curb Safe Charmer (talk) 09:05, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

Hello Curb Safe Charmer and fancy meeting you here in the Teahouse!

There are two branches of response. The first branch is that a user page is not a proper place to develop article content and doing so violates user pages policy. The guidance to the user is that the page should be moved to a sandbox or draft and a proper user page created to replace the redirect that moving leaves behind. There's a warning template you could use: {{uw-userpage}}.

The other branch is to consider whether the user should be encouraged to submit the draft for AfC or be advised that it cannot be accepted. Of course, if it meets any speedy deletion criterion, such as being a copyright violation or too overly promotional, it should be tagged accordingly.

When, as appears to be the case here, the user has not submitted the draft, I would be inclined to stop at this stage, or at least wait a bit to see if there is some response to the advice. If you think the article is suitable for mainspace, that notability is established, then it would be appropriate to move the article to mainspace and request deletion of the inappropriate user page redirect left behind. A note to the contributor explaining what you've done should minimize any confusion. — jmcgnh^{(talk) (contribs)} 09:29, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

User name is same as the topic of the draft article. David notMD (talk) 13:58, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

David notMD A true observation, but as this often happens because a new editor believes they should use the name of the article they wish to create as their username, it is not automatically a sign of conflict-of-interest editing. It's a topic I would take up with the user later. — jmcgnh^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:42, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

Conflict of interest: Draft: Tim Curnow

Please help me to create an acceptable Conflict of Interest declaration. Thank you

Terry Snow

Declaration of Conflict of Interest

Terry Snow and Tim Curnow were students at Auckland University in the 1960s. They had independent careers in different countries, one a journalist in New Zealand, the other a literary agent in Australia. After 40 years, they renewed acquaintance. Because of the notability of Tim Curnow’s career suitable for Wikipedia and because noone else had described this for Wikipedia, Terry Snow edited a potential Wikipedia page titled Tim Curnow, Literary agent. For this page, reliable, independent and reputable sources were used for information. No compensation was paid for this editing. Many thanks Terry Snow SnowbirdTS (talk) 08:32, 20 May 2018 (UTC)

I've taken the liberty of adding some formatting to SnowbirdTS's post to make it easier to read. --ColinFine (talk) 13:18, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

User:SnowbirdTS - Unfortunately, your post is difficult to read, and is not helping. It reads as if English is your second language, although I infer that your first language is New Zealand English. Maybe you are trying too hard. Please ask for advice at the Teahouse about how to complete the declaration and how to resubmit. Robert McClenon (talk) 14:18, 20 May 2018 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by SnowbirdTS (talk • contribs)

Hello SnowbirdTS, I have added the {{connected contributor}} template to the talk page of the article, Draft talk:Tim_Curnow. As it is, it should suffice, but you may wish to say more. Vexations (talk) 12:05, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

Sourcing sources

Hey guys. I'm currently in the process of editing the Ojha page and it really could do with some sources. The trouble is that I have no idea where the best place would be to begin looking. Is there a page or repository here that could give me a place to start? LampGenie01 (talk) 15:30, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

@LampGenie01: Welcome to the Teahouse! I usually just do a quick search on Google, or search for a book at my local library. You can also go to the WP:Reference Desk for help finding sources. See WP:Find your source and WP:Reliable. Hope this helps! ⇒ Lucie Person (talk|contribs) 20:08, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

Question

i have created a page , How can i convert it to a article..? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Prakhar Malviya Kanha (talk • contribs) 16:24, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

@Prakhar Malviya Kanha: I’ve added a submit button for you. Click that to submit it for review. Hope this helps! ⇒ Lucie Person (talk|contribs) 20:03, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

Case of deletion of (all) pictures on Wikipedia that were uploaded from Voice of America website.

There was a user @Hanooz: who deleted picture

on page Liu Xia (intellectual) recently, saying it is some violation of copyright: User talk:Hanooz#Can you explain your deletion of a picture on Liu Xia (intellectual)?. But there are lots of the pictures like that. So can/must we delete all the pictures uploaded on Wikimedia Commons from the Voice of America? There probably are lots of rare images of Dalai-Lama, Liu Xiaobo, and like that. If not, please, can you roll back the picture and notify the user User talk:Hanooz not to delete anymore pictures on Liu Xia (intellectual) page and all over wiki? --PoetVeches (talk) 17:51, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

Hi PoetVeches. The problem is not the whole image, it is that the photographs that the demonstrators are carrying are under copyright. I can see why you are confused about this. The image on Commons is mislabeled, saying "solely consists of material created and provided by Voice of America". But Voice of America did not take the photos the people are carrying. It is OK to use the image in an article about the demonstrations because the photos are only a small part of the image (de minimis). But we cannot use the image to show what Lia Xia looks like in an article about him. That is not minimal usage. StarryGrandma (talk) 19:11, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

Thanks, @StarryGrandma:, I can try to understand this nebulous law about the copyright and De minimis (that looks here on wikimedia also: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:De_minimis#An_example). I just insert then the image below in bio on the same page, that will represent the history of demonstrations to support Liu Xia (intellectual) instead info-box about namely person Template:Infobox person... What about the second part of question, can wiki-users upload images from the Voice of America website on Wikimedia Commons at all?

PoetVeches, yes, but only if Voice of America actually made the content. As VOA says here everything produced by them is in the public domain, but their site and broadcasts may include material from other copyright holders. StarryGrandma (talk) 20:33, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

Thanks a lot, @StarryGrandma:, for answering. --PoetVeches (talk) 20:45, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

To clarify further, photos and images created by employees of the U.S. Federal government as part of their job duties are copyright free. This does not necessarily apply to images by state and local government employees. Each agency sets their own policy. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 02:44, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

Should a page become protected?

Generally, when should a page become protected? I see many pages that editors work hard to keep free from vandalism, but people still come and change things to inappropriate words. Is there a frequency limit for when pages should become protected? A certain number of vandalizing posts per month? Who decides when a page should become protected, and where and when should I suggest this?

Thank you. Ikjbagl (talk) 18:06, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

Greetings, Ikjbagl. Requests for page protection are made at WP:RfPP, and that page explains the procedure to follow. There's no specific "frequency limit" with regard to vandalism, but a page is not likely to be protected unless there has been a spate of recent vandalism that can't be dealt with by blocking a particular user. Deor (talk) 18:40, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

Merges

How does one effectuate a merge? What are the next steps from here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Meristem#Merger_proposal. If there's a wiki article or something on this, I'd appreciate if you could link it.

Thank you, Ikjbagl (talk) 18:18, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

@Ikjbagl: Welcome to the Teahouse! See WP:PROMERGE for that. Hope it helps! ⇒ Lucie Person (talk|contribs) 02:43, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

Draft:Orange Justice

Draft:Orange Justice I'm not sure neologism, but is my change ok? to solve neologism. 49.148.250.192 (talk) 22:40, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

Jeep Wrangler

I have a question. What models did the jeep wranglers come with the roll bars that connected with windshield? They would be in 1994 to 1995 i think. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Edmay111 (talk • contribs) 22:43, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

Teahouse a place for asking questions about editing Wikipedia. David notMD (talk) 02:10, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

Hello, Edmay111. Please ask this type of question at the Reference desks. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 02:27, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

Is AD/BC or BCE/CE preferred on Wikipedia?

I'm not sure which one of these is preferred on Wikipedia for date formats. Does it depend on article? I'm asking because there was an edit on Archaic–Early Basketmaker Era changing BC to BCE, and I'm not sure what to do about it. I tried to search for it, but all I could see was a debate that had been closed, and I could not tell what the resolution was. Can anyone tell me which one should be used? Thank you. Diamond Blizzard (talk) 23:06, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

Hello, Diamond Blizzard, and welcome to the Teahouse. MOS:ERA is what you are looking for. I hope this helps. JTP ^{(talk • contribs)} 01:55, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

[Edit conflict] see the Wikipedia:Manual of Style, Section 11.5. In brief, neither is preferred (though individuals often have a decided preference on this issue), but in any one article only one or the other should be used. Ordinarily it would be determined by whichever was first used in a given article, but there might be grounds for discussing a change where particular factors are thought overriding: for example, it would seem to me to be odd to discuss 3,000-y-o matters in, say, China using a system with an explicitly Christian reference point. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 90.202.163.217 (talk) 02:06, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

Hello, Diamond Blizzard. The article in question, Archaic–Early Basketmaker Era, is about an ancient Native American culture that originated approximately 9000 years ago. That culture had nothing at all to do with Christianity. Therefore, I believe that the neutral BCE is more appropriate in this article than the Christian term BC. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 03:00, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

Abbreviations with parenthesis

I am not sure if I am using abbreviations in an article correctly. I looked thru the Manual of Style/Abbreviations, but I was left confused.

For example, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). When I want to use DRC in another sentence, do I need to have it in parenthesis? Would there be any exceptions? And would it be ok in some sentences in another paragraph to use Democratic Republic of Congo again? Or is the rule, once you use an abbreviation in an article, you need to continue to use the abbreviation? thx MauraWen (talk) 23:25, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

Hello MauraWen and welcome to the Teahouse.

This is a fairly widespread convention. You introduce the abbreviation you intend to use, in parentheses, immediately after the fully spelled out version. All later instances do not use parentheses. For consistency, you would use the abbreviation any place where you would otherwise use the proper noun later in the article.

Are there exceptions? There are always exceptions! What do you do when two entities would abbreviate the same way? The abbreviation used on WP should be commonly used in the sources being referred to. We do not make up "new" abbreviations on WP. If you run across a situation where using the abbreviation would cause confusion, it's best to spell the thing out again.

The relevant part of the Wikipedia Manual of Style (MOS) is Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Abbreviations. — jmcgnh^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:02, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

@Jmcgnh: thank you for explaining that so clearly. MauraWen (talk) 04:29, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

New articles not found on Google search -- why?

Hello, I've been editing for a couple of years and have successfully created new articles in the past. I recently (in the past week) created TWO new articles. However, neither one is appearing on web search. Is there an easy fix for this? Perhaps there is some index coding I need to add that I simply don't know about! Any step-by-step support would be greatly appreciated. The articles in question are biographies of Michael J. Bobbitt and Dina Ellis Rochkind. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rider4151 (talk • contribs) 00:19, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

See this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Controlling_search_engine_indexing#Indexing_of_articles_(%22mainspace%22)

I'm not totally sure that's what's happening, but it seems to be likely. Basically, new articles are generally not indexed until 90 days have passed, so they can't be found by external search engines.

Diamond Blizzard (talk) 00:30, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

Thank you, Diamond Blizzard, for this response. I didn't notice a 90-day lag with two articles I previously created! It makes sense, though. I'll just be patient! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rider4151 (talk • contribs) 02:36, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

Hello Rider4151 and welcome to the Teahouse.

Pages are flagged with NOINDEX until either 90 days have passed or they have been reviewed by a member of the new page patrol team and marked as patrolled. The patrollers do their best to get to pages before the 90 day timer runs out. — jmcgnh^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:51, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

@Jmcgnh: Wait if the newly article reached into 90 days so it will appear to the top on search bar or engine like searching google?. 49.148.250.192 (talk) 03:25, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

After 90 days, the NOINDEX flag is taken off the page. We don't control when Google or other search engines will discover the page after the flag comes off, but they are no longer prevented from seeing the page after that. You should expect to be able to find the page via Google or other search engines very shortly after the 90 days are up or very shortly after a new page patroller has released it. — jmcgnh^{(talk) (contribs)} 05:29, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

Question about a Chinese channel's program

In CCTV, every channel has a category-like program and the actual program is in the "category". I wonder how to describe it in the list page.
(Example: Translated version of SpongeBob SquarePants is brocasted in "Amine World" (动漫世界) program in CCTV-14; "Special Program" Xiang Cun Jing Cha Gu Shi (乡村警察故事) is brocasted in Legal Report (今日说法) program in CCTV-12) Mariogoods (talk) 01:29, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

How to change username?

Hi

i am new to wikipedia world. i want to change my username of wikipedia account. can you guys please tell me how to change?

Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by WithSUHOForever (talk • contribs) 05:28, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

Hello WithSUHOForever and welcome to the Teahouse.

Please see the instructions at Changing username. Please take particular note that, when an account has very few edits, it is easier just to abandon the old account (never log into it again) and start a new one. — jmcgnh^{(talk) (contribs)} 05:39, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

Also, if you want to abandon an account and create a new one, it may be helpful to mention that you edited with an old account on the user page of your new account, so that it shows that you have edited Wikipedia in the past. It's not required, but it may be helpful. — MRD2014 ^Talk 14:24, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

Another user is reverting an article after my edit.

A User (The Banner) is resetting edits I have made to the article 'Turlough Hill'. The article he reverts to is incorrect. I have worked in this location for 35 years and I am a recognized expert on the history as well as the technical details of this place.

How do I stop him for doing this??

ESBPGEN (talk) 12:00, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

Hi, ESBPGEN - The Banner and subsequently Velella were correct in their reverts, as your edit misunderstood the subject of the article. You were altering the lead of the article to change its subject entirely, without consensus for doing so. Alterations like this - NOTE - The name, Turlough Hill, refers ONLY to the Hydro Electric scheme and it is not the name of the mountain on which the upper reservoir is situated, are not suitable edits to make to an encyclopedia. While we all appreciate your efforts to ameliorate the article, the way in which you are doing so is not, shall we say, optimal. The article about the power station is here, and can be edited accordingly. Please note that local knowledge of an area will not suffice if the edit is lacking in citations from reliable sources. Feel free to ask any further questions which you may have. Stormy clouds (talk) 13:58, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

• @ESBPGEN: The above advice is good, but I fear the most important message for your situation is diluted. That message is that we do not care what you know, because we are not in the business of original research; what we care about is what sources say. If you have sources supporting your viewpoint, present them and then we will talk. Tigraan^{Click here to contact me} 14:02, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

Created a new article

Hi All,

I created a new article with title "List of India national football team hat-tricks". It's link is [[1]]. I have ensured to conform by the rules and regulations of Wikipedia while creating the article. I would like other editors to review my article. Also, while searching my article by the title name in google, the search results do not display my article. However, if I search for titles like "List of Croatia national football team hat-tricks" or "List of Phillipines national football team hat-tricks", google search results' first entry contains the exact wikipedia page with that title name. While, all the three articles aforementioned articles belong to the same wikipedia category why google search doesn't find my article? Please help if I need to do more with my article.

Regards, Dipanjan Datta DipanjanDatta1974 (talk) 14:19, 16 July 2018 (UTC)DipanjanDatta1974

@DipanjanDatta1974: - search engine like Google use algorithms to determine primary search results. While Wikipedia articles often rise to the top of this, they are not guaranteed to do so. Generally, new articles will take time to become the top result, so give it a while. However, you can ensure that the article is easy to find by including suitable WP:LINKS to the article. So, just wait a while, and keep developing the article. It is already marked as a featured list (I can't find the log, but I assume you are aware of it), so keep up the good work. The article is in a good place currently. Hope this helps, Stormy clouds (talk) 16:06, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

@Stormy clouds: - Thanks for your suggestions. I will try to incorporate them in my newly created article.

DipanjanDatta1974 (talk) 19:58, 16 July 2018 (UTC)DipanjanDatta1974

DipanjanDatta1974 I also like to see content that I create in Wikipedia appear on the Google search page. One thing that I have noticed is that an article that shows up in Google usually has to be longer than a stub. As soon as you improve the article and it contains more information, you may see the article appear on Google. Please keep adding referenced content to Wikipedia, we love our new contributors. Best Regards, Barbara ✐  ✉ 21:53, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

Barbara (WVS) Thanks for your suggestion. I do intend to add more reference material to my article; one thing I have on my mind is to add some images of the prominent persons mentioned in the article. It will be very kind of you if you can point to any article in wikipedia about how to use images and from what kind of source such images can be procured. Also, is it OK to use images of a person from another wikipedia article or do I need to get prior permission for that? By the way, today, I am seeing that google search is displaying my wikipedia article at the top of the results. :) Thanks Again for your kind support.

Regards, Dipanjan Datta DipanjanDatta1974 (talk) 09:41, 17 July 2018 (UTC)DipanjanDatta1974

Edit procedure

Do you have a page that describes the edit procedure? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.58.142.186 (talk) 15:14, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

Various policies and essays detail how to edit on Wikipedia, and there is abundant information on how to do so. Every editor, including even the most experienced, will admit to still having plenty to learn and develop. However, a good place to start would be by reviewing advice for your first article, our editing policy, and the five pillars which underline Wikipedia. Hope this helps, Stormy clouds (talk) 15:59, 16 July 2018 (UTC).

Attempting to update Anne E. DeChant profile

Tried to edit to update. Understand that there may be too many links, or that Wikipedia editors don't like the links, but does the entire editing session have to be rejected? Can I get back to editing page with my edits intact and make the corrections needed? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shimel75 (talk • contribs) 16:23, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

Welcome Wikipedia Shimel75. It is good thing to participate in making Wikipedia better. I taken a look at your work that you did on the Anne E. DeChant article and noticed a few things that may be giving you problems in editing. First of all, you wanted to add content but did not support the content with a reference. As well-informed as you seem to be, unless content is backed up some good sources it risks being removed. But all is not lost. You are more than welcome to put the content back in IF you can find a good reference to back up what you want to see in the article. It is very important to source all information in an article about a person. It is also important to use words that are neutral. If you have any other questions please come back to the Teahouse to get some answers. Even though it might seem like your work is not appreciated, it really is-as long as you are able to add good references. Best Regards, Barbara ✐  ✉ 21:48, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

URGENT

Greetings

please how can i upload pictures to user page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by EMEGHEBO NNAEMEKA NNAMDI (talk • contribs) 17:41, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

@EMEGHEBO NNAEMEKA NNAMDI: - you can upload files, provided you own/have permission to the copyright, using the File Upload Wizard. Once uploaded, you can include them on your user page using the following wiki-text - [[File:Image_name.jpg|left|250px]]. Hope this helps, Stormy clouds (talk) 18:57, 16 July 2018 (UTC).

Welcome to the Teahouse, EMEGHEBO NNAEMEKA NNAMDI. Please calm down! It is not urgent. Hardly anything on Wikipedia is urgent (see There is no deadline, and certainly not anything on user pages). Judging from what you have posted on your User Talk page, it looks as if you might be trying to create an article about yourself. Please don't do this. Autobiography is strongly discouraged on Wikipedia. You can share a bit about yourself on your User page if you wish (not your User Talk page, which is for other editors to communicate with you) but it should be primarily about you as a Wikipedia editor: see User pages. --ColinFine (talk) 21:07, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

How long are AFC reviews taking these days?

Hello!

Before I get to my question, please see my COI declarations on my User page.

Just hoping someone can give me some guidance on how long the review cycle is these days for draft articles submitted to AfC review. I submitted two in the not too distant past; one was reviewed very quickly, the other is moving a bit slower. I'm hoping to get some additional insight to share with clients, and explain why patience is needed.

Thanks very much in advance for any info or insight you'd like to share.

Mdrozdowski (talk) 17:48, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

@Mdrozdowski: There are over 2,000 submissions pending review. I’m unsure on how they prioritize them, but I’m assuming it’s by date. Some articles that have been submitted 5 months ago still are awaiting review (See AFC pending submissions by age). The AfC reviewers are people, so patience is needed for that. ⇒ Lucie Person (talk|contribs) 20:21, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

I review up to 20 articles per day, in no particular order, sometimes from the back of the list, other times from the front, I detest paid for editing, so never rush to review those particular draft articles. Theroadislong (talk) 20:34, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

Hello, ⇒ Lucie Person and Theroadislong -

Thanks so much for your answers; it's very helpful. I have been warning clients that reviews can take quite awhile, but wanted to check in for my own education. I do appreciate your answering my question.

Theroadislong, I can totally understand people dislike and distrust (quite often for very good reasons) paid editors. That's part of the reason I definitely try to alert everyone right up front that that's exactly what I am. My counsel to my clients is that Wikipedia is like a living ecosystem - easy to damage if you're not a good steward, and that's why we absolutely try to strictly adhere to the MOS, especially when it comes to NPOV. I see that you left a comment on my draft; I'd love to learn which parts of the article are too promotional so I can correct them. Would you be willing to share some suggested edits with me?

In any case, thank you again for your input.

Mdrozdowski (talk) 20:50, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

Selena Gomez and Justin bieber music's

The reason why I'm not getting through with it is that I don't really know how to manage my Wikipedia and so on in just a new guy now running down things on Wikipedia — Preceding unsigned comment added by 181.177.218.125 (talk) 17:52, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

The reason why I'm editing this is that I'm not getting through with it on Wikipedia I don't know if they does put up things like that — Preceding unsigned comment added by 181.177.218.139 (talk) 18:03, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

Hello, IP user. I'm sorry but I have no idea what you are talking about, and what help you are requesting (if you are). Please explain a bit more (by editing this section and adding further replies). --ColinFine (talk) 21:09, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

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How can I delete my draft, which is rejected twice. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rana Abrar.Ali (talk • contribs) 18:35, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

{{db-author}}. Adam9007 (talk) 18:39, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

Uploading a new file

I completed a draft ↓, however I can't upload this to Wikipedia. Can anyone help me?

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== User talk:68.7.23.104 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigationJump to search ＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝ Tatsuo Sasaki (March 30, 1944 - ) is a timpanist, percussionist, xylophonist and marimbist, born in Okayama, Japan and lives in San Diego, CA. Contents [hide] Biography Tatsuo Sasaki received Fulbright Scholarship to Juilliard School of Music while he was senior at Tokyo Geijutsu Daigaku (Tokyo University of Arts and Music). He studied timpani with Saul Goodman, the timpanist with New York Philharmonic. He also received several lessons from noted xylophonist, Yoichi Hiraoka in New York and performed recitals in New York city. 1966 -1967, Sasaki was a percussionist with The American Symphony directed by Leopold Stokowski. 1967-1969 Assistant timpanist and percussionist with Israel Philharmonic Orchestra directed by Zubin Mehta 1970-1972 Percussionist with Japan Philharmonic Orchestra directed by Seiji Ozawa ; Faculty at Sakuyo 　　Conservatoire (percussion) ; Solo recital in Tokyo 1972-1973 Principal timpanist with Orquestra Sinfonica Brazileiro in Rio de Janeiro 1973-2006 Principal timpanist with San Diego Symphony & San Diego Opera, Faculty at SDU (San Diego University) and Grossmont College (Timpani, percussion & marimba) ; Featured as xylophone soloist with San Diego Symphony, Glendale Symphony, etc. and performed “Fantasy on Japanese Wood Prints” composed by Alan Hovhaness directed by Andre Kostelanetz, “Marimba Concerto” by Robert Kurka, “Concertino for marimba” by Paul Creston, “Suite No.2” by J.S.Bach, etc. 2006 Retired from San Diego Symphony and San Diego Opera 2007-2009 Conducted marimba ensembles in Tokyo and Nagoya, taught marimba at masterclasses in Japan. 2009-present Formed TheMarimbaDuo with noted marimbist/music arranger/music publisher, Michiko Noguchi in Tokyo, performed concert and released CDs. Photo At the concert “Fantasy on Japanese Woodprints” left : Sasaki. middle: Allan Hovhaness, right: Andre Kostelanetz 1975 Discography ”Xylophone Artistry” (Solo) Musical Heritage Society, US ”Riverdance” (TheMarimbaDuo) Kleos, US ”Tempest” (TheMarimbaDuo) Kleos, US “Back to Bach” (TheMarimbaDuo + Marimba Ensemble) Kojima Recording, Japan Reference http://www.fulbright.jp/jusec/index.html Asahi Newspaper “Tatsuo Sasaki Percussion Recital” review Music magazine "Ongaku no Tomo" "Tatsuo Sasaki Percussion Recital" Review External Links 1. Home Page : sasakitatsuo.com 2. TheMarimbaDuo : https://www.facebook.com/themarimbaduo/?ref=br_rs 3. Musicians from Juilliard School of Music

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Andanmoderato (talk • contribs) 18:46, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

Hello Andanmoderato and welcome to the Teahouse.

I see that you managed to create a draft on some IP user's talk page. I've moved the draft to Draft:Tatsuo Sasaki (percussionist) for you and asked that the remnants be cleaned up. You can continue to work on the draft in its new location. It needs a considerable amount of work before it is suitable for submission, but there are indications that the subject is notable and should have an article.

It's difficult for me to advise you what to do better next time. The most important step is to start with your own sandbox, not the entirely volatile and temporary global sandbox at WP:Sandbox. — jmcgnh^{(talk) (contribs)} 06:40, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

@Andanmoderato: You ought to read the guidance at WP:Your first article, & further advice which I will add to your user talk page. --David Biddulph (talk) 08:48, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

Question about the review of Draft:Civil Aviation Passenger Service Evaluation

Hello Teahouse!! my draft of Civil Aviation Passenger Service EvaluationDraft:Civil_Aviation_Passenger_Service_Evaluation has been waiting for review more than two weeks, I saw the volume of submissions for review is always increasing, and there is still no change for my draft. So, I am afraid of endless waiting. Do you know any AfC reviewers who can review Chinese references? Or, are there any ways to make it reviewed as soon as possible? By the way, if there is nothing I can do just wait, how long does it take at most？ Looking forward to your early reply. Thank you!

Constance wu (talk) 02:03, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

Edit removed

I made an edit to the wiki page of the video game, Vampyr as it lacked the ending content but the editor completely reverted the changes. He said that it was nominated for a good page or something like that. My question is what is that all about? — Preceding unsigned comment added by IGuy2810 (talk • contribs) 02:37, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

In his edit summary, Cognissonance said that your edits were in good faith, that is, he believes that your edits were not vandalism even if they felt it was necessary to revert those edits. The rest of his edit summary says "we only write what has to happen" (i.e. our plot summaries cover what will happen in all playthroughs regardless of player choice). Ian.thomson (talk) 02:44, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

Problem

I have an iPhone and I like to read a lot of sports articles in the summer to get over the hump of boringness til fall. Usually, I will “add to home screen” certain Wikipedia articles to read them later and when I click on them they will send me directly back to the page I was previously on. As of recently (about 2 weeks ago) everytime I’ve tried to make a new shortcut for “add to home screen” whenever I click back on it, it will send me to the “featured article” of the day, but I want it to go back to the article not something I do not care for, any ideas on how to fix this, would be greatly appreciated! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1005:B127:299B:3133:C01F:7AF2:D07D (talk) 04:20, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

false positive from cluebot

How do I remove the warning on the user talk page so I can re-enter the edit information? Thank you BortmasJ (talk) 06:51, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

You already have, BortmasJ, but the presence or absence of a warning message on your talk page does not affect your ability to edit an article. However, the Cluebot warning wasn't an error. You added external links to the body of the article, removed a prior addition and did not cite a reliable source. Wikipedia isn't interested in your interpretation of the Bible, any more than it is interested in mine. All interpretation needs to be sourced to reliable sources that interpurt the text. I'd suggest you start a discussion at the article's talk page. John from Idegon (talk) 07:56, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

Please help me.

So, school is tommorow, but I have just created an article. Can someone help me to clean up the article (assess it, fixing the grammars and typos, errors, consistency of words in the article, inter-article wikilinking, etc)? A help would be highly appreciated. Thanks!--Jeromi Mikhael (talk) 08:08, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

Welcome back to the Teahouse, Jeromi Mikhael. Do you have sources for the paragraph starting "The lyrics of the anthems heavily resembles the anthem of the Soviet Union..."? It sounds a bit like original research to me, but then I don't know the subject well. Cordless Larry (talk) 08:27, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

@Cordless Larry:Done. I've added the references for that. Jeromi Mikhael (talk) 08:30, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

making a user page

Hello! How can I make a user page that's suits my style (contents, etc.), because I'm at lost on how to make one... I sincerely need some help with this...

Thanks, Ralph1300 (talk • contribs) 08:50, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

Hello, Ralph1300, and welcome to the Teahouse. Have a look at WP:User page design center. --ColinFine (talk) 10:10, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

Can you edit a page's central description?

E.g. If you search 'Rupert Moon' it comes up with 'English Rugby Union Player' when he is in fact a 'Welsh Rugby Union Player' - I can't see a way to edit this though - anyone know if it is possible? https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Rupert_Moon&action=info — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ruthdavieswrites (talk • contribs) 09:08, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

This is one of many cases where data is unwisely taken from Wikidata, rather than from the English Wikipedia page itself. In the left hand toolbar of Rupert Moon you'll see a link to the Wikidata item, and you can correct the error there. --David Biddulph (talk) 09:15, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

R. Raghunatha Reddy - Please help me to complete this submission successful

R. Raghunatha Reddy
File:Raghunathareddy.jpg R. Ragunatha Reddy
Born	R. Raghunatha Reddy (1945-09-17) 17 September 1945 Muthukur, Nellore. Andhra Pradesh
Occupation	Director of Photography
Years active	1965- Present
Spouse	Sumathi
Children	Thanuja Prathibha
Parents	Ravooru Jayarama Reddy (father) Ravooru Venkata Subbamma (mother)

R. Raghunatha Reddy is a director of Photography (Cinematographer) from Muthukur Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh and currently living in chennai, Tamilnadu. He started his career as an apprentice for A. Vincent in the year 1964 for his first film Bhargavi Nilayam. He has worked for Tamil and Hindi TV serials also.

Early life

He was born in Muthukur, Nellore District at Andhra Pradesh to the couple Ravooru Jayaram Reddy and R. Venkata Subbamma. He is married to Sumathi. They have two daughters Thanuja, Prathibha.

Career

After his studies his father Ravooru Jayarama Reddy (Art Director) made him join as an apprentice to A.Vincent in the year 1964. After sometime Mr. A.Vincent made him join Vauhini Studios as an apprentice. During that time Thiru. B. Konda Reddy was the head of the Camera Department.

In 1965 R. Raghunatha Reddy worked as a second assistant and the first assistant was B.S. Loknath for Marcus Bartley for the movies Ram Aur Shyam, Ghar Ghar Ki Kahani, Nanha Farishtha, Sri Krishna Satya (Telugu).

In 1971 R. Raghunatha Reddy worked as a First Assistant for Thiru. B.S. Loknath for the movie Dhikku Theriyatha Kaatil and in the same year R. Raghunatha Reddy started his career as a Director of Photography for the film Maayavi (Black and White).

In 1972 R. Raghunatha Reddy worked as an assistant for the film Arengetram for B. S. Loknath Kalakendra Productions K. Balachander.

He has the privilege of being associated with the legendary director Padmashri K. Balachander for over 40 years from Arengetram (1972) to Shanthi Nilayam (TV series)(2012).

R. Raghunatha Reddy worked with Senior most cameraman such as

• Thambu
• V. Ramamurthy
• V. N. Reddy
• Kamal Ghosh
• Madhav Bulbule
• P. L. Rai
• P. N. Sundaram
• H. S. Venu
• C. Nageshwara Rao
• N. Balakrishna
• H. S. Kapadia
• N. S. Varma
• Ravikanth Nagaich
• S. Venkata Ratnam

In Vauhini Studios as a First Assistant. From Arengetram to Poikkal Kuthirai. He Worked as a First Assistant and an Operative Cameraman for B. S. Lokanath.

He has the best experience working with Legends Marcus Bartley,B. S. Lokanath,K. Balachander.

Achievement and Experience

R. Raghunatha Reddy invented a four wheeler In-Door Dolly without track and with crane during the time of the Movie Duet (1994 film) Duet

His vast and best experience from 1964 till date has made him a Director of Photography .

Profession: Director of Photography (Cameraman)

Industry: Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Hindi, Kannada Films

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Language	Director
1964	Bhargavi Nilayam	Apprentice to A.Vincent	Malayalam	A.Vincent
	Kaathalikka Neramillai		Tamil	C.V. Sridhar
1965	Ram Aur Shyam	Associate was B. S. Lokanath (Second Asst. R.Raghunatha Reddy to Marcus Bartley)	Hindi	Tapi Chanakya
1967	Ghar Ghar Ki Kahani	Associate was B. S. Lokanath (Second Asst. R.Raghunatha Reddy to Marcus Bartley)	Hindi	T. Prakash Rao
	Nanha Farishtha	Associate was B. S. Lokanath (Second Asst. R.Raghunatha Reddy to Marcus Bartley)	Hindi	T. Prakash Rao
1968	Sri Krishna Sathya	Associate was B. S. Lokanath (Second Asst. R.Raghunatha Reddy to Marcus Bartley)	Telugu	K. V. Reddy
1971	Dhikku Theriyatha Kaatil	First Assistant to B. S. Lokanath	Tamil	N.C. Chakravarthy
1971	Mayavi	Director Of Photography	Telugu	Y. Ranga Rao
1972	Arangetram	Associate to B. S. Lokanath	Tamil	K. Balachander
1973	Sollathan Ninaikirean	Associate to B. S. Lokanath	Tamil	K. Balachander
1974	Naan Avan Illai	Associate to B. S. Lokanath	Tamil	K. Balachander
1975	Apoorva Raagangal	Associate	Tamil	K. Balachander
	Manmadha Leelai		Tamil	K. Balachander
	Aval Oru Thodar Kathai		Tamil	K. Balachander
	Anthu Leni Katha		Telugu	K. Balachander
1975	Moondru Mudichu	Associate	Tamil	K. Balachander
	Avargal		Tamil	K. Balachander
	Aaina		Hindi	K. Balachander
1975	Chilakamma Cheppandi	Cinematographer	Telugu	Eranki Sharma
1977	Pranam Kharedu	Director Of Photography	Telugu	K.Vasu
1978	Thappu Thaalangal	Associate to B.S. Lokanath	Tamil	K. Balachander
	Thappida Thaala		Kannada	K. Balachander
	Ninaithale Inikkum		Tamil	K. Balachander
	Andha Maina Anubhavam		Telugu	K. Balachander
1978	Kukka Katuku Cheppu Debba	Director Of Photography	Telugu	Eranki Sharma
1979	Nool Veli	Associate to B.S. Lokanath	Tamil	K. Balachander
	Guppedu Manasu		Tamil	K. Balachander
	Idhi Katha Kadu		Telugu	K. Balachander
	Naalaaga Endaro	Director Of Photography	Telugu	Eranki Sharma
1980	Varumaiyin Niram Sivappu	Associate to B.S. Lokanath	Tamil	K. Balachander
	Thillu Mullu		Tamil	K. Balachander
	Thaneer Thaneer		Tamil	K. Balachander
	Ek Duje Keliye		Hindi	K. Balachander
1980	Mazhalai Pattalam	Director Of Photography	Tamil	Lakshmi
1980	Makkala Sainya	Director Of Photography	kannada	Lakshmi
1980	Naa Illu Na Vazlu	Director Of Photography	Telugu	Raja Chandra
1981	Raama Dandu	Director Of Photography	Telugu	N.S. Maniyan
	Anbulla Athan		Tamil	Kanmani Subbu
1980	Paarvaiyin Marupakkam	Cinematographer	Tamil	K.M. Balakrishnan
1981	47 Naatkal	Associate and Second Unit Cameraman	Tamil	K. Balachander
1981	47 Rojulu	Associate and Second Unit Cameraman	Tamil	K. Balachander
1982	Madhulai Muthukkal	Director Of Photography	Tamil	K.N. Balakrishna
	Seetha Devi		Telugu	Eranki Sharma
	Chithirame Chithirame		Tamil	Gnanaprakasam
1982	Benkiyalli Aralida Hoovu	Associate	Kannada	K. Balachander
1983	Devate	Director Of Photography	Telugu	Eranki Sharma
	Poovilangu		Tamil	Amir jaan
	Pudhiyavan		Tamil	Amir jaan
1983	Achamillai Achamillai	Half portion Director Of Photography	Tamil	K. Balachander
1984	Chilka Joshyam	Director Of Photography	Telugu	Parthasarathy
	Ekadu Rekha Kalu		Kannada	K. Balachander
	Kalyana Agadhigal		Tamil	K. Balachander
1985	Sindhu Bairavi	Director Of Photography	Tamil	K. Balachander
	Mugila Malligai		Kannada	K. Balachander
1986	Sundara Sopnagalu	Director Of Photography	Kannada	K. Balachander
	Punnagai Mannan		Tamil	K. Balachander
1987	Manadhil Urudhi Veandum	Director Of Photography	Tamil	K. Balachander
	Rudraveena		Tamil	K. Balachander
1988	Unnal Mudiyum Thambi	Director Of Photography	Tamil	K. Balachander
1989	Pudhu Pudhu Arthangal	Director Of Photography	Tamil	K. Balachander
	Bali Umarka Salaam		Hindi	K. Balachander
1990	Oru Veedu Iru Vaasal	Director Of Photography	Tamil	K. Balachander
	Dilon Ke Rishtha		Hindi	K. Balachander
	Keladi Kanmani		Tamil	Vasanth
1989	Ayyappa Swamy Mahatyam	Director Of Photography	Telugu	K. Vasu
1991	Sigaram	Director Of Photography	Tamil	Ananthu (Anantha Krishnan)
	Azhagan		Tamil	K. Balachander
	Chinna Pasanga Naanga		Tamil	Raj kapoor
	Vaaname Ellai		Tamil	K. Balachander
1992	Vedan	Guest Cinematographer	Tamil	Suresh Krishna
1992	Priyathama	Director Of Photography	Tamil	Geetha Krishna
1993	Uzhavan	Director Of Photography	Tamil	Kadhir
	Jaathi Malli		Tamil	K. Balachander
	Repati Rowdi		Telugu	K.Vasu
1994	Chinna Vadhiyar	Director Of Photography	Tamil	Singeetham Sreenivasa Rao
	Duet		Tamil	K. Balachander
	Jallikattu Kaalai		Tamil	Mani Vasakam
1995	Muthu	Guest Cinematographer	Tamil	K.S. Ravikumar
1996	Sri Krishnarjuna Vijayam	Director Of Photography	Telugu	Singeetham Sreenivasa Rao
	Kalki		Tamil	K. Balachander
1998	Pooveli	Director Of Photography	Tamil	Selva
1999	Rojavanam	Director Of Photography	Tamil	Selva
	Nanba		Tamil	Selva
1999	Aasayil Oru Kaditham	Guest Cinematographer	Tamil	Selva
2000	Unnaruge Naanirunthal	Director Of Photography	Tamil	Selva
	Doubles		Tamil	Pandiyarajan
	Kaakai Siraginile		Tamil	P.Vasu
2001	Manathai Thirudivittai	Director Of Photography	Tamil	C.H. NarayanaMurthy
	Middle Class Madhavan		Tamil	T.P. Gajendran
2002	Gnabagangal Thalattum	Director Of Photography	Tamil	Nakulan
	Ninaikatha Nallillai		Tamil	A. Raja
2002	Parthale Paravasam	Guest Cinematographer	Tamil	K. Balachander

Cinematography in Television Serials

Year	Serial Name	Language	Director
1990	Rail Sneham (First Serial in South India)	Tamil	K. Balachander
1992	Air Bus - Tele-Film	Tamil	K. Balachander
1993	Kanavu Manaivi (Tele-Film)	Tamil	K. Balachander
1995	Kaialavu Manasu	Tamil	K. Balachander
1996-97	Kadal Pagadai	Tamil	K. Balachander
1997-98	Premi	Tamil	K. Balachander
1999	Kasalavu Nesam	Tamil	K. Balachander
2000	Irandam Chanukyan	Tamil	Bombay Chanakya
2000	Viswaroopam	Tamil	Bombay Chanakya
2001	Chotesi Asha] (Sony Entertainment Television)	Hindi	K. Balachander
2002-04	Sahana	Tamil	K. Balachander
2004-05	Nilavai Puddipom	Tamil	Venkat (S.Venkatraman)
2006	Penn	Tamil	C. J. Bhaskar
2007	Anjali	Tamil	C. J. Bhaskar
2008	Gokulathil Seethai	Tamil	C. J. Bhaskar
2009	Savithri	Tamil	C. J. Bhaskar
2009	Sollathan Ninaikirean	Tamil	Bombay Chanakya
2010-12	Santhi Nilayam	Tamil	K. Balachander

Awards

• 1975 - SICA Award for Apoorva Raagangal.
• 1986 - Best Photography Award for Punnagai Mannan.
• 1989 - Bharatha Muni Award.
• 1991 - L.V.Prasad Award.
• 1991 - Tamilnadu State Government Award.
• 1992 - Best Industrialists Award.
• 2004 - Mylapore Academy Award.
• 2011 - Tamilnadu State Government Award.

Press Appreciatons

• The Hindu News November 14 1986.
• Indian Express Madras Edition November 14 1986.
• The Hindu April 10 1981.
• The Hindu December 10 1982.
• Indian Express April 19 1985 - Kalyana Agathigal is a film with pleasing photography of Thiru. R. Raghunatha Reddy.
• The Hindu November 14 1986 friday features Punnagai Mannan tamil film by Raghunatha Reddy Cinematography.
• NewsPaper Appreciation for Brilliant Photography by R. Raghunatha Reddy.

Certificate of Appreciations

• [2] Best Cinematographer Award Certificate for the film Azhagan Film by the state government of tamilnadu in the year 1993. The film was released in the year 1991.
• [3] The Mylapore Academy Drama Award 2004 for Best Cinematographer (Film - Nilavai Pidipoam).
• [4] SICA Congratulates Shri Raghunatha Reddy on winning Tamilnadu State Government Award - Best Cinematography for the Television Serial Santhi Nilayam (2011).
• [5] Certificate of Appreciation felicitating the National Award for Black and White Photography film Apoorva Raagangal released in the year 1975.
• [6] Best Cinematography Award for the Punnagai Mannan film 100th day celebration.
• [7] Best Cinematography Award for the Poovilangu film 100th day celebration.

External links

• Teahouse at IMDb
• Teahouse at IMDb
• "R Raghunatha Reddy: Filmography " Chiloka – 1980 to 1987
• Rajitha. "Cinematography: Raghunath Reddy", rediff August 31, 2000
• "The Hindu" Friday, Nov 18, 2005 (Cinematographer: Raghunatha Reddy (Nilavai Pidippom)) - Drama awards 2004
• "Sundara Swapnagalu" March 8, 2013 at 4:45 pm (Cinematography - R Raghunath Reddy) - kannadamoviesinfo
• Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema (r raghunatha reddy cameraman)
• News Reference for the film Anthuleni Katha (1976)

Category:1945 births Category:Living people Category:Cinematographers from Tamil Nadu Category:Tamil film cinematographers Category:Telugu film cinematographers Category:Malayalam film cinematographers