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February 24

Using Photos from Athletic departments of schools for the subject's article

Essentially, if there is an article for the coach of a Div 1 college team, can I upload the photo of that coach from the athletic department's website for use in his article? In the specific case that prompted this question, David Carle, who is the head coach of the Denver Pioneers men's ice hockey team, has no picture on his article, can I use the picture from his profile on the DU hockey site for his article?

Just wondering about the copyright for these types of images, and whether they are covered under fair use and such. Thanks in advance for any help you can provide!

Jeancey (talk) 05:37, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

Nope. We only use copywrited photos of living persons in extraordinary circumstances.

Since the person's alive, what we need to do is get somebody to take a picture of him and donate it, and that's usually reasonably doable. Copyright resides with the person taking the picture, so if you can get a good candid -- a shot from a press conference sat, we can use that.

And if we were more cavalier about that, one downside (there are others) is that we'd lessen the incentive for people to take the trouble to actually go get or make these free images.

And anyway, portraits, *usually*, are *mostly* decorative (which is fine, for free images), atho to some limited degree it might be possible to discern useful information (which can't be easily expressed in text) about a person by looking at a picture of him. But usually, not so much, really.

Anyway, a non-free photo of a living person can't be accepted, it'll be deleted. It's covered in detail in Wikipedia:Non-free content, specifically WP:NFCI and WP:NFC#UUI for images. Herostratus (talk) 06:36, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

Wrong information in India U-19 world cup 2018 winning team's captain

Hello

My name is Tipu Saikia, I want to inform you on a topic about India U-19 National cricket team where the 2018 U-19 Cricket world cup winner Indian team's captian name is misspelled as Pavan Shah, but it's originally Prithvi Shaw.

Here is the link : htps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/India_national_under-19_cricket_team

The correct name is Prithvi Pankaj Shaw.

Thank you 🙂 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 47.29.225.24 (talk) 07:59, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

According to 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup squads, Shaw is listed as the captain. But he's now over 19, so the current captain on India national under-19 cricket team appears to be correct. Where exactly do you see a problem? Joseph2302 (talk) 09:53, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

About Européan Championship Badminton U15

the english version (  : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_U15_Badminton_Championships )is correct.

The french version ( https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Championnats_d%27Europe_de_badminton_des_moins_de_15_ans ) is'nt complete. The french version cannot be modifie...

Could you complete the french version

Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.41.37.253 (talk) 11:34, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

• This is the English language help desk. You would need to ask the French language help desk, located here. Joseph2302 (talk) 11:54, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

Help:Cite errors/Cite error references no key

Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting

Berrys Creek

I can't see what is going wrong. Help! Talk about confusing (talk) 11:41, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

You can't put {{cite NJSA}} inside of <ref>...</ref> tags because {{cite NJSA}} uses {{#tag:ref}}.

You can write:

{{#tag:ref|State of New Jersey. [https://www.nj.gov/dep/srp/regs/statutes/spill_act.pdf Spill Compensation and Control Act.] {{Cite NJSA |title=58 |chapter=10 |section=23.11}} ''et seq.'' L.1976, c. 141.}}

References

But, you probably shouldn't because of the reference within a reference (reference 2 cites reference 1). Better to rewrite.

—Trappist the monk (talk) 12:42, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

Changing the flag at Portal:Czechoslovakia

Hi! I'm trying to find how to change the flag at Portal:Czechoslovakia from the old Austria-Hungary flag to the Czech Republic flag. I'm not sure why the wrong flag is displaying...

Thanks WhisperToMe (talk) 12:35, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

@WhisperToMe: This was being added via the template line {{Transclude lead excerpt|{{#titleparts:Czechoslovakia}}| paragraphs=1-2 | files=1}}, by which the "files" part seemingly denotes which image to show from the included collection. Changing this to "4", as I have done, adjusts the flag accordingly, as per your query. Bungle ^{(talk • contribs)} 12:52, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

@Bungle: I see. Thank you so much! WhisperToMe (talk) 12:53, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

BTW how do I add the flag as the icon of Portal:Czechoslovakia? I forgot how to do this WhisperToMe (talk) 12:54, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

Module:Portal/images/c. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:02, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

(edit conflict) I suspect the country entry would need adding to Module:Portal/images/c so that it can reference it against an image icon (i.e. China is listed there, and the flag icon denoted is the one returned on the "{{Portal|China}}" template). This is a module though, which is protected, so I don't think you can do it yourself. Bungle ^{(talk • contribs)} 13:05, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

@Bungle: Thanks! I found I could add a new entry for Czechoslovakia https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Module:Portal/images/c&diff=884887149&oldid=884881374 WhisperToMe (talk) 17:47, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

Glad to see you have managed to sort it now (and hadn't initially picked up on the fact you have the administrator flag, thus you're able to make those changes). Bungle ^{(talk • contribs)} 18:07, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

But why wouod you want to add the flag for Czechia to the former country portal? And why do we even have this portal on a defunct country? Legacypac (talk) 18:02, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

The portal only seems to have been created last month. I guess it's inclusion would entail a different discussion beyond the flag allocation that relates to this query. Bungle ^{(talk • contribs)} 18:07, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

@Legacypac: The Flag of the Czech Republic is the same as the flag of the former Czechoslovakia. The flag file is not linked by {{Portal|Czechoslovakia}} so there should be no risk of confused readers. PrimeHunter (talk) 18:09, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

Dyana Dafova

Please, edit the information about my year of birth.It is not 1958, but 1962. This wrong data creates s lot of confusion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.39.89.179 (talk) 13:05, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

This is the English Wikipedia. We have no mention of you. Are you referring to bg:Диана Дафова at the Bulgarian Wikipedia or Dyana Dafova (Q5318420) at Wikidata? We do not use personal knowledge. Do you have a published reliable source for the year? PrimeHunter (talk) 13:15, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

(edit conflict) There's no article for Dyana Dafova on English Wikipedia. And the issue seems to be on Google search, so you'll need to contact them directly about it. Joseph2302 (talk) 13:17, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

Are you by any chance referring to a photo or text shown to the right of a Google search? Google's Knowledge Graph uses a wide variety of sources. There may be a text paragraph ending with "Wikipedia" to indicate that particular text was copied from Wikipedia. An image and other text before or after the Wikipedia excerpt may be from sources completely unrelated to Wikipedia. We have no control over how Google presents our information, but Google's Knowledge Graph has a "Feedback" link where anyone can mark a field as wrong.--Shantavira|^{feed me} 13:23, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

Request edit

Hello, My wikipedia page needs editing. Before 2016 it was inaccurate and not comprehensive about my art and art career. I tried to ask for a clean up but could not find a way. Could I please request a clean up? Many thanks Tara

Hello Wikipedia editors, My wikipedia page needs editing. Before 2016 I found an article that was inaccurate about me and my artwork, and too centered on one phase of art work following my husband's death. In 2016 I tried to ask for a clean up but could not find a way. Could I please apologize and request a clean up? Many thanks Tara — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.21.111.188 (talk) 15:15, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

This is the help desk for all 5.5 million articles on the english Wikipedia. Please make your request on the talk page the article in question. We cannot know which one you mean. -Arch dude (talk) 15:29, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

@Arch dude: There are 5.8 million articles now. {{3x|p}}ery (talk) 15:50, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

Actually there are 6,934,326, but it doesn't change my point. -Arch dude (talk) 20:37, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

Unless the article is very well-trafficked, it often isn't likely people will read the talk page :\ WhisperToMe (talk) 17:44, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

She added a {{request edit}} here, so I knew she knew to do it there. She added it here, in the section header of the section, which totally hosed the formatting. I had to repair that before I could even get to the section to edit it. By then, I had run out of time. -Arch dude (talk) 20:37, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

She appears to have submitted a vague edit request to Talk:Tara Sabharwal. --Danski454 (talk) 17:08, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

Visual editor

When I go to https://ca.wikiquote.org and attempt to edit my talk page, I get the visual editor with no obvious way of switching to the Wikitext source editor. Is there a way to turn off VE on that site? --Guy Macon (talk) 15:25, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

You might be best asking at an equivalent board on Https://CA.wikiquote.org RhinosF1^(chat)_{(status)(contribs)} 16:25, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

That would be difficult, because I don't speak or read Catalan, so I can't even find the board. So, you might ask, what am I doing on the Catalan wikiquote? I am putting together some documentation about how easy it is for a brand new editor to edit on the various projects and languages. Most of the projects make it easy, but I am finding things like one project that allows a new user to create an article but doesn't allow him/her to include any citations and another that won't let you post a link to www.wikimedia.org because it thinks it is a spam link. :( --Guy Macon (talk) 16:52, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

@Guy Macon: Catalan Wikiquote uses Structured Discussions, so there is no traditional editor for talk pages. Danski454 (talk) 17:02, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

You can use the 2017 source editor and visual editor in these talk pages, use the button in the bottom right of the edit window to switch between these. --Danski454 (talk) 17:19, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

Sign up For Admin

I sign up for wikipedia yesterday and i haven't got my password for requesting an admin. so can i get it now. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.199.151.245 (talk) 17:20, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

If you mean that you want to become an Administrator, you can't simply sign up to be one, you have to apply, and have your application approved by others. Success usually requires a firm grasp of Wikipedia guidelines and policies demonstrated over several years and at least several thousand edits. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 2.122.1.40 (talk) 18:20, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

Wikipedia allows anyone to edit articles: no permission is needed. Some actions like page creation require that you have an account and that you have made a few edits, but nobody sends you a password: you create it yourself. Most activities that would require "admin privileges" on a typical site do not require them here. Arch dude (talk) 05:23, 25 February 2019 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Book sources

Hi, regarding the above document, is there any way to create a "regular" (i. e. visible) heading paragraph line spacing before the two headings Bookselling and swapping and Non-English book sources, which is to say without using new line tags such as <br> (creating a line spacing larger than usual)?--Hildeoc (talk) 18:12, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

Help:Cite errors/Cite error references no text

In the article "Ash Wednesday," I added a church (Anglican Church in North America) that observes this Christian holy day, adding the acronym as per the church just above it. Not being a programmer or a frequent editor, I don't understand what I did wrong that brought this error message. I then attempt to add a link to the website of this church which list Ash Wednesday and links to the proper service for that day, but that also did not work. Help! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bradyvero (talk • contribs) 22:46, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

Your edits were well intentioned, but misguided. The "name=" parameter links several similar references, not necessarily using an acronym for the subject. You need to read WP:CITE as a minimum. Martin of Sheffield (talk) 23:13, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

(edit conflict) @Bradyvero:  Fixed with this edit. Please see WP:REFB for a guide to adding references. A 'ref name' needs to be defined. I.e <ref name=XXX>{{ref content}}</ref>: you can then just type <ref name=XXX/> to use the same ref. later. Eagleash (talk) 23:16, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

February 25

Non sourced list of LGBT people

How would one go about removing a list of people and images that are unsourced at a cultural article? The article is LGBT culture in New York City and has an image of me that I don’t want to see there. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2605:8D80:543:9626:A07C:B368:D445:D6D3 (talk) 03:28, 25 February 2019 (UTC)

Anyone may remove unsourced material at any time, although it's more courteous to start by proposing the removal on the talk page of LGBT culture in New York City in a new section and reaching a consensus. If you are not comfortable with editing the article yourself, then just ask for the removal on that talk page. If nobody adds sources, the material should be removed based on our fairly stringent WP:BLP guidelines even of no consensus evolves -Arch dude (talk) 05:17, 25 February 2019 (UTC)

Impossible to use or enter date into your Wikipad!

I’ve been trying now for a week. Replaying Wiki youtube links. I download wiki. It is installed. I put information into the program and it doesn’t save anywhere. My RECENT files have some information but I can’t use it. Nothing is saved and it is GONE into cyberspace! Impossible to contact or email any Wiki help! NO emails. No telephone numbers. NOTHING! If no one responds, I will delete Wiki forever. Wiki need BASIC tut

Impossible to use or enter date into your Wikipad! I’ve been trying now for a week. Replaying Wiki youtube links.

• I download wiki. It is installed. I put information into the program and it doesn’t save anywhere. My RECENT files have some information but I can’t use it. Nothing is saved and it is GONE into cyberspace!
• Impossible to contact or email any Wiki help! NO emails. No telephone numbers. NOTHING!
• If no one responds, I will delete Wiki forever. Wiki need BASIC tutorials – with step by step initial startup information.

Carl Water – New Jersey — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.80.40.114 (talk) 04:15, 25 February 2019 (UTC)

This is the help desk for the English language Wikipedia, which is one of thousands of unrelated sites using one of hundreds of types of Wiki software with "Wiki" somewhere in the name. Are you sure you are in the right place? In general, there is no need to download anything to use this site. If you are in the right place, then please use a plain old web browser to read our introductory material. You can start at Help:Contents. If you are still stuck after that, come back here.-Arch dude (talk) 05:07, 25 February 2019 (UTC)

And specifically, we have no connection to wikipad.com. Rojomoke (talk) 06:09, 25 February 2019 (UTC)

How To Contact People Make Simple

There is way too much information and I can't figure out what I need help with. I was trying to update an article to be more accurate and after only 1 or 2 back and forths with edits shortly thereafter I am blocked from a page and from the talk page. I see no way to contact any admin. I am new to this and feel very confused, frustrated, and offended at how this community has treated me in the short time I've been here. It is very frustrating to see what appears to be very biased treatment and impatience and lack of kindness from people here and I can't even figure out how to private message people to discuss my disagreement. Very frustrating and unwelcoming and unkind experience so far. Makes me feel like boycotting wikipedia if this is how honest kind people get treated who are just trying to do good!

Is there anyone who isn't mean here that will help? Very frustrated. I clicked a persons name but instead of going to a private message box it goes to their page and I see no button to PM so it's not clear what to do. I don't even know if this is where I am supposed to post my question.Rcontributor777 (talk) 05:54, 25 February 2019 (UTC)

@Rcontributor777: I'm sorry your initial experience was frustrating. You started right out by editing an article that was created in October of 2001, (over 18 years ago) and that has been evolving with contributions of hundreds of editors ever since. Your contributions were unsourced and not written in an encyclopedic form, so an experienced editor reverted them. You next move is to discuss your edits with that user, on the user's talk page or on the article's talk page, to reach a consensus. We very rarely use private communications on Wikipedia, because we are trying to reach a collegial consensus. Discussins on user talk pages are not strictly private, but are really intended to the kind of person-to-person interaction you want here. You are not blocked from editing. The Yaweh article is protected because of persistent disruptive editing. Your attempts were therefore perceived as a new instance of this ongoing problem with that article, so the article's protection level was raised. Please read the introductory material on how we work on articles: links have been provided on your talk page, then try again. You will probably have a better experience if you discuss your proposed edits on the article's talk page first, so experienced editors can help you through this mess. -Arch dude (talk) 06:36, 25 February 2019 (UTC)

TonyBallioni - Something’s not right. Brand new account showing unexpected editing and forum experience, and reverts which triggered article protection being implemented. Possible sock? TimTempleton ^{(talk) (cont)} 07:33, 25 February 2019 (UTC)

Deletion review of a category

I have never really understood the category category, but recently a category was deleted. It seemed to me that a version of the category would be useful for people who make use of categories. I went to the discussion of its deletion, but it was closed. There was a message to go to the deletion record. But I couldn't find any record there of this particular category. The category is "category:Lists of works of fiction, by geographical setting..." (it continues with text about being in chronological order). I concur that the chronological order is extraneous, but (if I figured out how to use the categories pages, then) I would find a list of lists of fiction according to setting helpful since many of these places don't have links to fiction about them. Apparently, such a category does not exist, since I couldn't find it by searching under the shorter name. So, how, without incurring the wrath of speedy deleters or the editor who eliminated the long category, do I try to get the shorter category going?Kdammers (talk) 13:49, 25 February 2019 (UTC)

Category:Locations in fiction exists. It has subcategories for, e.g. Category:Countries in fiction, and those subcategories have subcategories for regional and local levels. So, The Great Gatsby is part of Category:Long Island in fiction, which is part of Category:New York City in fiction, which is part of Category:New York (state) in fiction, which is part of Category:United States in fiction by state... etc. Is that what you're looking for?~ ONUnicorn^{(Talk|Contribs)}problem solving 13:59, 25 February 2019 (UTC)

Cannot reset password

I want to edit Wikipedia articles but I forgot my password. When I tried to reset it by specifying a mail, no mail is received. Could be that I have created my account without specifying my mail? Is there a way to use the account or can I connect it to my Google account?

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.57.20.13 (talk) 15:46, 25 February 2019 (UTC)

Sorry, but there is no way to recover the account. You will need to create a new account. See: Help:Logging in. You can then redirect the old userpage and user talk page to your new user page and talk page. Make sure to specify an email address this time. -Arch dude (talk) 17:21, 25 February 2019 (UTC)

If you give the username then we can see whether it has an email address but we cannot see what the address or password is. PrimeHunter (talk) 20:24, 25 February 2019 (UTC)

Pronouns in Infoboxes?

Currently, Infoboxes for people do not include a given person's pronouns (or information about their gender identity). Yet that would appear to be relevant information to know about a person that also should be available at a glance.

MOS:IDENTITY states that we refer to anyone using the latest known pronouns / gender identity. It would be helpful to collect and note such information and the infoboxes seem like a good place to do so.

Where would I need to go to start a discussion about implementing this change? I have not found any previous such discussions in the archives. --Jonas.betzendahl (talk) 16:01, 25 February 2019 (UTC)

@Jonas.betzendahl: Hi there, I'd recommend Template talk:Infobox person as a place to get some initial feedback, but this is a big proposal that will require widespread community input I think, so it will almost certainly require a Request for Comment (RFC). This sort of discussion would affect several biographical infoboxes Template:Infobox musical artist, Template:Infobox YouTube personality, etc. so maybe another Help Desk participant might have a better idea as to where the discussion could begin?

You could also ask what the folks at WikiProject LGBT studies have to say. This seems like a change that would only affect a small percentage of biographical articles, since we'd probably require self-identification of preferred pronouns. Unless Tom Cruise has gone on record to declare his pronoun preference, we probably wouldn't presume to add his. However, I can envision this creating issues with overeager editors blanketing articles with these changes, but that's just me being negative. Regards, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 16:39, 25 February 2019 (UTC)

@Cyphoidbomb: Thank you for your answers. I will follow your suggestions and gather some input before starting the discussion on Template talk:Infobox person.

Concerning your other point: It would appear to me we already do presume Tom Cruise's (and almost everyone else's) pronouns. The second sentence of the article starts with "He started his career at age 19 [...]". However, while I think it would be prudent to include this information for a large number of people, even if it includes only few people, it would already be a big step in the right direction.

Thanks again for your feedback! --Jonas.betzendahl (talk) 13:26, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

Bold

Hi helpful bunch, table formatting isn't my cup of tea. Can someone please look at Mouni Roy#Films and figure out why the last four titles are rendering in boldface? I'm missing something. Thanks, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 16:28, 25 February 2019 (UTC)

The cells were formatted as heading cells. I've cured it in this edit. --David Biddulph (talk) 17:00, 25 February 2019 (UTC)

typo

Hi there I don't know how to submit an typo message but you should know, your Platt Amendment article says that it was signed in 1803 but I think it's actually 1903 Thanks, 147.126.10.153 (talk) 17:38, 25 February 2019 (UTC)college student studying for midterms https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platt_Amendment

• Note: David has fixed this. Eagleash (talk) 18:04, 25 February 2019 (UTC)

New logo for Creative Technology

Creative Technology have new logo. Please update... thanks! --151.49.64.189 (talk) 19:50, 25 February 2019 (UTC)

You're better off posting this on that article's talk page. TimTempleton ^{(talk) (cont)} 00:29, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

@Timtempleton:, I have posted in that page, but no answer yet... --151.49.64.189 (talk) 12:13, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

You posted here less than six hours after posting on the talk page. Give it some time. It would also be helpful if you were more specific about what to look for. I went to the creative website and all I could see is that the logo is all black now. No public announcement about the rebranding. Is that the change? TimTempleton ^{(talk) (cont)} 14:52, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

@Timtempleton: is not changed only the color. If you examine the details, you notice that the serif are deleted and the font is in sans... --151.49.64.189 (talk) 19:09, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

changing photo

I am trying to change a photo on the school portion of the Johnson Creek Wi page. The current picture shows our old school and now 2 1/2 years into the new school it would be nice to have that picture.

Help! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Oneilcjo12 (talk • contribs) 20:05, 25 February 2019 (UTC)

@Oneilcjo12: Its less difficult if you use a picture you have taken yourself, because you own the copyright that way. Go take the picture and get it onto your computer as an image. Then go to the upload wizard for Commons, at c:Upload Wizard, and follow the instructions there. Finally, edit the article to use your file at Commons in place of the existing picture. If you have problems with any of this , come back here for help. -Arch dude (talk) 02:02, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

Question on policy interpretation

Hello,

Is there anything like precedent like in common law, but for Wikipedia policies? Like is there somewhere where people can look at how one policy is weighed against another? It seems like it would be helpful to have something like that if not. Also, where can I suggest a policy for rating the quality of essays?

Cheers, Pokerplayer513 (talk) 23:47, 25 February 2019 (UTC)

@Pokerplayer513: Does this article about content assessment help? Wikipedia:Content assessment TimTempleton ^{(talk) (cont)} 23:52, 25 February 2019 (UTC)

TimTempleton does this also apply to Wikipedia:Wikipedia essays as well? Pokerplayer513 (talk) 01:54, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

Probably something more like this actually Category:Wikipedia supplemental pages Pokerplayer513 (talk) 01:56, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

@Pokerplayer513: That question about "precedent" is very broad, and many parts of it are recorded in different places. For example, when articles are proposed for deletion, common themes started to emerge so the editors have tried to document those precedents at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Common outcomes. Perhaps if you could be more specific about what you're looking for, we might be able to point to something relevant.--Gronk Oz (talk) 02:57, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

Visual Editing and Award Tables

I am trying to edit the page for musician John Daversa and wanted to add an Awards table for his grammy awards. When I am editing using the visual editor, everything looks fine, but when I go to publish, it puts the additional information, reference list and other stuff into the table. I don't know how to fix this as everything seems to be codified correctly in the table. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1700:B860:14D0:D5B7:A08C:7DF1:AA70 (talk) 23:51, 25 February 2019 (UTC)

As usual in such situations, the problem was an unterminated table. Cured in this edit. --David Biddulph (talk) 00:13, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

February 26

Link to version of page from specific date (without knowing oldid)

also posted here

Hello all, Is there any tool that will link to an old version of a page when just given a page and date (no oldid)? Alternatively, is there any tool that can calculate an oldid when given a page and a date? T.Shafee(Evo&Evo)^talk 00:32, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

@T.Shafee(Evo&Evo): In wikitext, the best you can do is link to a page history only showing the latest version at the time. You can include UTC time in YYYYMMDDhhmm: https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Sandbox&action=history&limit=1&offset=201801012359. Using url encoding for page names with special characters: [1]. PrimeHunter (talk) 10:58, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

Evolution and evolvability Note this is only what is actually from that page. So if for example a template is included of other articles on the topic, that template will show as it is *now*, not the way that it was on the date. The only way around that is if the wikipedia is actually on archive.org or archive.is at that date.Naraht (talk) 16:54, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

TMS list

Hi !

How can i get on the list of TMS practicioners?

I am an CanStat Certified Alexander Teacher in BC, Canada. We have a lot to offer for people dealing with chronic pain. We work with pain contractile response. Our biggest contribuation we can help people with fear of pain to move and excercise again with less self contraction and tension.

Thank you ! Alena Minova — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:569:72A4:E400:79B1:8EB3:7229:213B (talk) 00:44, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

This is the help desk for the entire English Wikipedia. Are you referring to a list in one of our 5.8 million articles? if so which one? -Arch dude (talk) 01:53, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

(e/c) I've just looked and don't see any article listing people in relation to practicing transcranial magnetic stimulation, which is what I think you're talking about. Can you clarify what article this is about? Meanwhile, generally speaking, only people who already have articles dedicated to them because they are notable are properly included in lists embedded in other articles. Are you aware you're at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia?--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 01:55, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

Question about page protection

Out of curiosity, is there a reason user’s aren’t able to protect their own pages? SportsFan007 (talk) 05:23, 26 February 2019 (UTC)SportsFan007

Because otherwise someone could move an article into their userspace and then protect it, creating a mess that needs an admin to revert? {{3x|p}}ery (talk) 05:25, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

Ah ok, that makes sense, thank you!!! SportsFan007 (talk) 05:26, 26 February 2019 (UTC)SportsFan007

Also, SportsFan007, because there is no such thing as "their own pages". Nobody in the world owns a Wikipedia page, not even Jimmy Wales. --ColinFine (talk) 08:47, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

@ColinFine: I meant user pages and user talk pages. SportsFan007 (talk) 10:10, 26 February 2019 (UTC)SportsFan007

If you want userspace pages protected, ask at WP:RFPP, and they usually get done. Joseph2302 (talk) 10:46, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

How I can Publish the Article on Wikipedia?

Hello

I have created the userpage on wikipedia and want to publish the article on wikipedia also. Please guide me or send me the steps that how I can publish the article with name "Jaswant Singh Mann".

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mxmcms (talk • contribs) 06:24, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

See WP:Your First Article. You can also ask questions at WP:Teahouse. Rmhermen (talk) 07:00, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

Selectively suppressing the "sort" function in sortable Wikitables

Hello. I have two questions about the ability to selectively suppress the "sort" function in sortable Wikitables. (1) Can one (or, perhaps, more) specific columns be "suppressed" – or "turned off" – from the sorting ability? (2) Same question for certain specific rows. If so, what is the exact "computer code" to do so? Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 12:58, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

@Joseph A. Spadaro: (1) is explained at Help:Sorting#Making a column unsortable, (2) at Help:Sorting#Excluding rows from sorting. -- John of Reading (talk) 13:23, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

Perfect! Thanks! I will check out those links. Thank you. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 14:13, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

created new page on Leslie E. Anderson

Dear Wikipedia, On February 8, 2019, I created a new page for Leslie E. Anderson. That page has never gone live and is not available on Wikipedia. I am writing to ask if you are still reviewing the page or if you have decided not to create it. Thank you.Landerso (talk) 16:26, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

@Landerso: Hello. If you are Leslie E. Anderson, you should read the policy on autobiographies. If you are not, you will need to change your username(instructions can be provided). If you are referring to User:174.16.224.61/sandbox, you have not submitted the page for review. Even if you did, however, it would not be accepted, as there are no sources provided to support its content, and it reads as a resume or other list of accomplishments. Wikipedia is not for merely telling the world about someone(or yourself). Please read Your First Article. 331dot (talk) 16:31, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

Seeing the sortkeys in a category?

Is there any tool or setting that would allow for seeing what the sortkey is for each entry when viewing a category?Naraht (talk) 16:39, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

My reason for asking is that I'm going through and trying to fix all of the entries in Category:Pages_using_infobox_university_with_unknown_parameters and it would be easier if I could see that there was a large group that (for example) all had "Facebook =" as a unknown parameter. (In fact if there were enough of a specific word, I could use AWB to augment my work.Naraht (talk) 16:42, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

@Naraht: Playing with the API documentation, does this API query help? You'd have to run it from a bot account to see the full results, or someone more familiar with the API could work out how to use the "cmcontinue" parameter to get the results in chunks. -- John of Reading (talk) 17:06, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

I don't know a tool which works when you view a category page. The API is designed for programs and I don't know a more human-friendly method. Here are the current API queries to get all pages with cmcontinue without a bot or admin account: [2], [3], [4]. The cmcontinue values will change when the category members change. My admin account can show up to 5000 at a time instead of 500 so you can also ask me for a long list. PrimeHunter (talk) 17:53, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

John of Reading, PrimeHunter This is somewhat useful, but given this, I'm not sure if what I want is available. Because Wikipedia uses the name of the article as a tiebreaker, it automatically appends it to the sortkey. For example (one in both of your lists) for Barnard College, I'd like to get the text "acceptance rate", not "acceptance rateBarnard College". Any ideas?Naraht (talk) 19:02, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

That does not sound like a big hindrance for your purpose. It is {{Infobox university}} which includes the page name in the sortkey with this: [[Category:Pages using infobox university with unknown parameters|_VALUE_{{PAGENAME}}]]. I have saved the sortkeys including pagename in User:PrimeHunter/sandbox. PrimeHunter (talk) 20:30, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

PrimeHunter I want to find out how many pages have the improper VALUE of phone, and what I see looks like

phoneICBT Campus
phoneKing's International University, Tonga
phoneOkinawa Christian School International
phoneRajasthan University of Health Sciences
phoneSarsuna College
phoneSt. Louis College of Pharmacy

(and if it was _VALUE_{{PAGENAME}}, that would be better, but what we have is VALUE{{PAGENAME}} with no underscores. :(Naraht (talk) 18:04, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

Those are 99.99% certain to all be phone followed by pagename. And even if one of them isn't, I don't see how it hinders your purpose significantly. _VALUE_ (including the underscores) represents the parameter name in Module:Check for unknown parameters. The sorting in Category:Pages using infobox university with unknown parameters is deliberately by first character of the parameter name to get different headings in the category. It's not wanted to insert a common character at the start but you could request it in the middle and end at Template talk:Infobox university. PrimeHunter (talk) 19:56, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

How could I copy edite my Article

I created an Article a few days ago. My Article name is The Hell of Good Intentions. I recived a noification which say my Article need to copy edite or review in it's english grammeral. How can I do this copy edite or is there someweher that do this edite?Forest90 (talk) 17:23, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

Copyediting involves eliminating spelling, grammar, and punctuation mistakes, and improving the text in other ways, for example in making the style more self-consistent and also consistent with the house style of the publication (in this case Wikipedia), improving the structure of the article, cross-checking the facts against the references used and against further references if available, etc. [Disclosure: I used to be a professional non-fiction copyeditor for a UK publisher.]

It is quite difficult for the original writer to do this, because if they can see any mistakes or deficiencies they would likely not have made them in the first place. While they are welcome (on Wikipedia) to do what they can, it really needs a fresh pair of eyes (or two, or more) to do it properly.

It's likely that other editors will either look at the article directly or be prompted to by this query. [Regrettably, I am not free to do so until at least tomorrow afternoon.] {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 2.122.1.40 (talk) 19:18, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

Forest90, You can copy it to your sandbox to work on WelpThatWorked (talk) 19:30, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

Visual Editor / MediaWiki edit toolbar

Do we have any statistics on what percentage of editors are currently using Visual Editor and/or MediaWiki edit toolbar? I would like to update the percentages I have on my WP:CANCER page. --Guy Macon (talk) 17:34, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

Phonetics guidelines and the IPA template

Is there a way to have Template:IPA-es to indicate things like Venezuela Spanish or Argentinian Spanish? Also if there is an article about a local celebrity, like for example the president of Peru, is there any guideline to decide if we should use standard Spanish or Peruvian pronunciation? --MaoGo (talk) 17:36, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

ToC problem

In Carter (name), there's a Compact ToC being used. It seems to be interfering with the display of a generic ToC for all the sections and subsections. Is there a solution? Clarityfiend (talk) 20:01, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

@Clarityfiend: Not sure what problem you are seeing, but does the documentation at {{Compact_ToC}} help? It shows all the different options, which seem to be quite a few. RudolfRed (talk) 20:18, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

Resolved

Are my eyes playing tricks on me? I didn't see that top ToC before. Clarityfiend (talk) 20:21, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

@Clarityfiend: I've made an edit, so there are now two TOCs. As RudolfRed says, you could also do it by adding custom entries within the compact TOC. -- John of Reading (talk) 20:23, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

Aha, thanks. Clarityfiend (talk) 20:29, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

February 27

Robert Mueller

This article has a section that lists his military awards and

Military awards

Bronze Star w/Combat V Purple Heart Medal Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal w/ Combat V and gold star Combat Action Ribbon Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation National Defense Service Medal Vietnam Service Medal w/ 4 bronze campaign stars Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross w/ bronze star Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Medal Vietnam Campaign Medal Marksmanship badge for rifle Expert marksmanship badge for pistol Ranger tab U.S Military basic Parachutist badge

Two of these are suspect and should have more investigation done. Ranger Tab is only awarded to US Army graduates of Ranger School, not Marines. Parachutist Badge, while this award is possible for Marines it is highly unlikely it was awarded to a Marine who was a Rifle Platoon Leader and infantryman.

This man is a highly decorated Marine and deserving of our respect and appreciation. I believe someone got a little carried away adding Badges and Awards eh woudl not have earned in the Marine Corps. Simper Fi Captain Mueller! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2603:3006:15BD:0:74D6:18B:DFD:D383 (talk) 00:36, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing out a potential error. Please discuss this on the article's talk page, or Be bold. RudolfRed (talk) 00:50, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

Not an error. The article text describes it with a source. Rmhermen (talk) 07:11, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

Unless I've missed it, I could not find either award in the source (which is one at the top, covering the whole section) either in the list of awards or individual citations. The content could be removed as unsourced or tagged for a reference or for 'not in source'. Eagleash (talk) 08:00, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

Being discussed at the article talk. Legacypac (talk) 08:06, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

• Note: Copied to article TP. I have not collapsed the disc. here as HD volunteers may wish to read first, before deciding to contribute. Eagleash (talk) 11:30, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

Deleting history or is "cannot lose that notability" still a guideline

A company with Stieglitz as the second name had a 12 paragraph / 354 word NYTimes writeup in 1970. At a time when international communications were difficult, the firm had three foreign offices. The firm's 1972 merger with another had a one paragraph / 47 word Times piece. There was coverage of a former employee who, before his passing beyond age 100, had founded another firm, having met his wife at Stieglitz. If "once something is notable, it cannot lose that notability" is a guideline, then how can this 1898-founded firm just disappear, when a paper encyclopedia would still have this information on a successor medium (microfilm, CD, DVD, "the cloud") ?

Mr. Neuberger is still to be found on Wiki because N&B is still around, but merging the Halle Stieglitz article into anything about either Roy (father or son) is not a great idea, and a long-ago ad showing a long list of financial firms that merged into oblivion suggests that Wiki will not be the place to look for history.

Suggestions? Pi314m (talk) 01:31, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

@Pi314m:I do not understand your issue. Did something occur here on Wikipedia (such as an article deletion) that you object to? If so, what occurred, and what was the name of the article? Once we know that, we can direct you to the correct place. -Arch dude (talk) 06:10, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

This seems to be about the placing of a notability tag on the Halle & Stieglitz article by Rosguill. The tag is not a proposal for deletion or merging, so there is no immediate risk of either of those things happening (and if such a proposal were to be made, you would be able to participate in the debate). While it is true that notability is not temporary, it's likely that Rosguill placed the tag on the article because they were concerned that the company was never notable. Notability requires substantial coverage in multiple reliable sources, and it may be the case that the article doesn't currently demonstrate such coverage. @Pi314m: If you could confirm that this is what you're concerned about, or whether I've misunderstood, that would be helpful. – Arms & Hearts (talk) 17:30, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

To further explain my reasoning for adding that tag, currently there are three citations on the article. #1 seemed to me to be rather routine business press, #2 was locked behind a paywall, and has a title suggesting that the company merged with another company (meaning it may be most appropriate to write an article about the post-merge company and include content about Halle and Stieglitz in a History section), and #3 barely mentions the company at all. Companies are held to a rather high notability standard––while it's entirely possible that it can be met, the article as it is right now is a bit short of the mark of proving that (depending on what's in the paywalled article). _signed, Rosguill ^talk 18:22, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

Help or advice on an article

I'm not sure if this is the place to come to for help on an article, but I'm here because I checked out the MOS for film articles and I'm not very sure if I understood the section describing themes, so if anyone knows or could redirect me to the specific place that'd be great. -NowIsntItTime^{(chats)(doings)} 02:04, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

@NowIsntItTime: Not my area of interest, but general advice which works fairly well for a variety of subjects. To find folks to help you, try to find the related project. I found that we have Wikipedia:WikiProject Film. Use the project talk page. Also, try to find well-written articles of the type you are interested in, and use them for inspiration. If one of them "feels" right to you in your editorial judgement, you might even try for a fairly close emulation of the layout and style, but only if it matches your needs. -Arch dude (talk) 03:57, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

I tried to find some articles that matched what I was trying to emulate, but I just couldn't find what I needed. I'll try to find someone on the wikiproject then. Thank you so much. -NowIsntItTime^{(chats)(doings)} 04:04, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

2019 NFL Hall of Fame Game

What No 2019 NFL Game Announcement Today. 68.103.78.155 (talk) 02:07, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

This is an encyclopedia, not a source of breaking news. WP:NOTNEWS. If there is something missing from an article, please Fix it! RudolfRed (talk) 03:03, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

Leaving the same message on multiple WikiProject talk pages

Hi, I have a message such as this that I need to leave on the wikiproject talk pages of the following projects. Is there an easy way to automate this process? The problem is that my identifier for the project isn't 100% accurate, and so I've been Googling "WikiProject <project name>" and clicking the links to find the edit pages. But even if I had to find the talk pages manually and then just list them and could add the message, that would be very helpful.

Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Audiodude (talk • contribs) 05:58, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

Sounds like a job for a bot. Ask at WP:BOTREQ. - X201 (talk) 10:31, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

Or AWB. Lourdes 18:12, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

Accounts live

Hi i have created my profile but still not showing on Wikipedia. Please update if i missed any point.

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Abhimanyu mishra (talk • contribs) 08:25, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

The point which you have missed is that Wikipedia in not a social media website where people post their own profiles. It is an encyclopedia with articles on subjects which meet Wikipedia's definition of notability. Your sandbox draft has not been submitted for review, but if it were it would certainly not be accepted as it has no references to published reliable sources independent of the subject. Further to that, it is liable to speedy deletion under criterion G11 as obvious promotion. Please read Wikipedia's advice against trying to write an autobiography. --David Biddulph (talk) 08:44, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

Copyvio of linkedin and deleted under G12.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 13:23, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

Creating new article vs adding to existing article

Please give me an opinion. I'm contemplating creating an article to be titled, "Tijeras Pueblo Archaeological Site." However, an article already exists entitled Tijeras, New Mexico about the small town in which the archaeological site is located. Which alternative would be preferable: a new article about the archaeological site or a section in the existing article about the archaeological site? The existing article is brief, albeit more than a stub, and does not mention the archaeological site. I believe the proposed article would pass the notability test -- and would also be brief but more than a stub. So, does wikipedia have a preference on this question? Smallchief (talk)

Hello, Smallchief My advice would be to start a new section within the existing article. Having done that you can create a WP:REDIRECT so that anyone searching for the site will be redirected to the existing page and sub-section. Later, should the new section grow to an unmanageable size, you could move it out to a new article. But, to be fair, the other way would work too, so long as there are enough sources to verify its existence and prove its notability. You would obviously want to link between the two. I'd say the choice is yours! Just be bold and do what seems right. Nick Moyes (talk) 14:06, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

@Smallchief: as Nick said, this is a editorial choice, and either choice can be defended. I would create a separate article based on the fact that the two subjects are not really closely related, and we strongly discourage combining unrelated subjects into one article. So, make your choice, secure in the knowledge that someone will disagree with it no matter what. -Arch dude (talk) 15:59, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

I appreciate the advice. I wanted to be aware of the more common practice. Smallchief (talk) 16:47, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

"Common practice" is going to vary depending on what the split could be - how different are the two things? One good rule of thumb is to evaluate the sources; if you've got a couple of good, solid, reliable sources so that you can create a well-referenced (if small) article, it would be my advice to do so. If you have mediocre sources or maybe only one or two good ones, I would make a subsection, but in this case I would look for a better fit than the current town. Maybe there's an article on archaeological sites in NM? Or something on Pueblo sites? Matt Deres (talk) 20:55, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

Turkish or Russian sources needed for article

Greenair was a Turkish airline with Russian investors. The article would benefit from additional sources, and these might be found in Turkish or Russian publications. Is there a template or other means to notify Turkish- or Russian-speaking editors of this? (Something like, "Relevant non-English language sources for this article may exist, for instance in Turkish or Russian publications.") Please ping me if you reply. Thanks, Zazpot (talk) 12:52, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

Zazpot You could apply a {{More citations needed|talk}} (see Template:More citations needed#How to use) and post detailed requirements on the article's talk page, but that's unlikely to bring a short-term solution that will settle the current AfD discussion. WikiProject Turkey has already been notified by means of deletion sorting, but a post on its talk page may help. As a last resort there are over a thousand editors who claim some knowledge of Turkish, but there is only any point contacting currently active ones among these: Bhunacat10 (talk), 17:13, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

Thanks, Bhunacat10! A pity that the sort of template I had in mind does not yet exist. (I know, I should probably create it...) Your alternative suggestions were helpful and welcome. Thanks again, Zazpot (talk) 21:34, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

data management system for research project

Dear Wikipedia team, We are about to start recording hundreds of stories that we need to compile to eventually create a fascinating and an important series of books. Gathering, organizing and connecting all the relevant information is quite a complicated research project. Hence, we're looking for the most suitable IT solution for the information data management (filing system, data tagging, find queries, etc.).

We would be so grateful for connecting us with one of your contributors that you consider an expert on such a subject? Any hints and/or recommendations are more than welcome. Great thanks in advance.

Best, Emilia Szymanska — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.146.161.14 (talk) 13:22, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

This seems like something for the GLAM Project (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums) but I'm completely out of my depth, so I'm not sure where to begin. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 13:49, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

Also asked, and answered, at the Teahouse. It's outside our field and Wikipedia is not the place to be posting requests of this nature, in my view. Nick Moyes (talk) 14:00, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

Dear Emilia,

I encourage you to:

• publish the recordings under a license such as CC BY-SA 3.0, such that they become part of the commons; and
• store metadata about your items in Wikidata. You may find the QuickStatements tool helpful for this.

Wishing you the best of luck with your project, Zazpot (talk) 21:31, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

Default settings for row height in Wikitables

Where can I find the default setting for Wikitables? Specifically, what is the default row height? What is the height of a row in a Wikitable if that height is not changed or adjusted or edited? And, where can I find this -- and similar -- information? Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 15:19, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

All the info about wikitables is here. GN-z11 ^{☎ ★} 15:52, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

Thanks. I read the whole page. I did not see that info. Did I miss it? Please let me know. Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 16:04, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

Joseph A. Spadaro, the default row height, is auto. The height needed to fit the content. —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 16:13, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

@TheDJ: Thanks. I am trying to find out a number or a measurement of that actual default. Namely, what is the actual height of a row, if you have only one line of text needed to fit in that row? For example, look at the two wikitables in this section of this article: List of Presidents of the United States#Subsequent public office. What would be the height of each of those rows in both tables? (Ignoring the "Martin Van Buren" and the "Andrew Johnson" row entries in the second table, since they both seem to have double the "standard height".) What is that "standard height"? Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 16:57, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

Joseph A. Spadaro, again, auto. There is no fixed number nor should you ever need one. —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 18:10, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

We can say that the default padding in wikitable cells is 0.2em at top and bottom, and 0.4em at left and right: style="padding: 0.2em 0.4em;". See em (typography) for the unit. Below is a wikitable with a default row and some other paddings. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:31, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

padding not specified

padding: 0.2em

padding: 0em

padding: 0.5em

padding: 0em; line-height: 1

@PrimeHunter: Thanks. So, the "padding" refers only to the "blank white space" (or "margin") between the actual text itself and the four "sides" of the box (left, or right, or top, or bottom). Is that correct? So, the default height of the row would be 0.2 em plus 0.2 em plus the height of the text itself. Correct? Do we know the default size or height of the text? Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 21:43, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

padding: 0.2em 0.4em is specific to wikitables. The row with padding 0em shows where the padding starts. Wikitable cells usually have text lines and the total blank space around the text will be affected by an inherited line-height (assuming the table doesn't specify its own). The default Vector skin has line-height: 1.6. MonoBook has 1.5. These are for text in general and not just tables. I added a row with padding: 0em; line-height: 1 to show the combined effect of padding and line-height in other rows. Cells can also contain other things like images. A table row is as high as needed to display the contents of the highest cell, plus the default 0.2em padding at top and bottom. PrimeHunter (talk) 22:33, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

Concerning the publication of a translation

Good afternoon,

I am writing to you today concerning a translation for a Wikipedia page. See link - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Indulis_B%C4%93rzi%C5%86%C5%A1 The question is as follows - how long is the review period until the translation will be published?

— Preceding unsigned comment added by EdgarsPoga (talk • contribs) 15:39, 27 February 2019 (UTC) 

Hello, EdgarsPoga and welcome to the Teahouse. The draft Draft:Indulis Bērziņš will not be reviewed until somebody submits it for review. It was originally created with an AFC header, including a "submit" button, but Rbambals removed that in the first edit they made after creating the draft. You can submit it for review by pasting {{subst:submit}} at the top.

However, I advise you not to do that yet, as I am sure it will not be accepted, because it lacks independent reliable sources. You should remove every single citation of Wikipedia, in any language - Wikipedia is not a reliable source, and cannot be used in citations (see CIRCULAR). They should probably all be converted to Wikilinks. As far as I can see, there is not a single source which is independent and reliable: apart from the Wikipedia references, they are all primary sources. English Wikipedia requires that every article demonstrate that the subject meets its criteria of notability, by reference to sources where people who have no connection to the subject have chosen to write about the subject, and been published in a place with a reputation for editorial control and fact-checking. --ColinFine (talk) 16:41, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

Faith Lutheran Middle School & High School page edits

Good morning,

As the CEO of this school, I try to keep the facts updated on our page. Someone has deleted much of what we had up there, and I would like to understand why and what I need to do to get those facts back up there.

Thanks for any help you can provide.

Steve Buuck CEO — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sbuuck (talk • contribs) 16:32, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

@Sbuuck: Before you proceed, you must review and comply with the conflict of interest policy and the paid editing policy. Regarding your edits, the edit summaries attached to the edits that removed your edits indicate that the information was not sourced to independent reliable sources and was promotional. As an encyclopedia, Wikipedia is not interested in what an article subject wants to say about itself, only in what third party, independent sources state about it. If there are errors in the article, we want to know what they are, but as the CEO of the school you should not directly edit the article. Instead, you may make formal edit requests on the article talk page detailing any changes you feel are needed. 331dot (talk) 16:37, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

Where are the internal emails located

I submitted an email or message internally to a wikiedia monitoring committee, and Im assuming somewhere i should see a sort of sent mail feature but I cannot find it. I also clicked on the option to send me a copy of email but havent received one either. Where do I go to check current correspondences.

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Acmartino (talk • contribs) 17:18, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

You could check your email's spam/junk folder. Lourdes 18:09, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

Consultation about operation of talk pages

A few days ago a Wikipedia banner popped up, inviting comments about the operation of talk pages. The banner has now gone away, and I didn't make a note of the link. Does anyone recall this and have a link that they can direct me to? 86.190.213.250 (talk) 19:00, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

You'll find it mentioned at Help talk:Talk pages and Wikipedia talk:Help desk and elsewhere. --David Biddulph (talk) 19:10, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.190.213.250 (talk) 21:01, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

The VIllage of Tilton, Illinois

I work for the Village of Tilton and we recently had someone unauthorized by us make negative edits to our page. How can we prevent this from happening in the future? Is there a way to lock the page so only our employees or authorized personnel can make the edits? If someone can get back to me, that would be great.

Thank you.

Tiffany Jones, Treasurer Village of Tilton 1001 Tilton Road Tilton, IL 61833 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tiffymijosam (talk • contribs) 19:51, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

@Tiffymijosam: No, that is actually the opposite of what is needed. Anyone affiliated with your village should not edit the page. Read WP:COI. This is an encyclopedia, the article about your village does not belong to you. If the material added is incorrect, or there are other changes you want done, make a request on the article's talk page and tag it with {{Edit request}} RudolfRed (talk) 20:04, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

Personal enquiry (out of scope for this page)

I am introducing myself as Rachel Elizabeth Haynes(Maiden/Cota) I am Pomo & have been waiting to be recognized by the Mishewal-Wappo Tribe. There has been no answers why we are not recognized. Funny that this is because everyone in the River Rock Casino Tribe is my relatives. The Time River Rock Casino was one week to get to Guerneville, CA. It wasn't enough. I had no money to get there and they would not give me an extention.

I have been living in San Francisco, California since I turned 18 years old. I am now 62. I have went through life with nothing unless I worked for it. I, & as you agree our Ancestors have been through torment, trials and tribulations but we as a Proud Ethnicity, we came out ahead. Although I as a woman of color have had it hard to adjust moving from state to state, being the new kid in school, it was not easy. When I turned of age(18), I moved to San Francisco from Santa Rosa & used the skills that I had learned in High School & found myself being in jobs where I didn't have to answer to no one until the end of the day, that was fine with me because I knew that I had everything that they wanted me to in order & no mistakes, just as they wanted.

I am writing to you to find out if I can join tribe because I have not received any monies from Mishewal-Wappo nor River Rock Casino. I am hoping to hear some good news from you that I can come on the Band Wagon. My mothers maiden name is Linda Luna, My Grandfather was Pedro Luna & My Great Grandmothers name was Liza Trippo.

I look forward to hearing from you with good news. If you need any more information you can leave the message her — Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.102.74.238 (talk) 21:41, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

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Old Mammoth Film Festival Information

The information found on this Wikipedia page for "Mammoth Film Festival" relates to the Mammoth Film Festival that ran from 2007 to 2010. The Mammoth Film Festival name has since been bought buy owner, Tanner Beard, and had its first and second year in 2018 & 2019. The information added by user: Jessica Stillwagon, is the most current information concerning Mammoth Film Festival.

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