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How to create a journal

I have been ask to create a journal and don’t see the steps to how to create one — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tiara.jackson (talk • contribs) 2019-05-28T17:10:46 (UTC)

Hi, I'm a student in your class. The information below is very helpful. However, if you are still confused or have any other questions please do not hesitate to contact Helaine (Wiki Ed). Just login and click help, it's a direct messaging system, so the layout is easier to communicate than on Wikipedia @Tiara.jackson: --AmaniSensei (talk) 20:52, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

Hello, Tiara.jackson. I'm not sure what you mean by "create a journal" but it doesn't suggest to me anything that we do at Wikipedia. You realise that this is one of the pages for asking for help in editing Wikipedia? --ColinFine (talk) 16:21, 28 May 2019 (UTC)

@Tiara.jackson: If you have been asked to create a bespoke 'book' based upon the content of selected Wikipedia pages, I should advise you that the book creation tool has not been functioning for well over a year now. I do know that a new tool is under development, but don't hold your breath! I think it's still possible to create pdfs of individual pages and then to use an external tool to merge them together. You can learn more at Help:Books. Hope this might be what you were after. Regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 16:40, 28 May 2019 (UTC)

The journal you have been asked to keep will be a sub-page of your user page (like a sandbox). The instructions for your course are at your tutor's website (click here). Your journal will not be a Wikipedia article, but will record your progress in editing Wikipedia as part of your course. Ask your course tutor, or ask again here if you need further guidance. We could create your journal page for you, but it looks better if you create it yourself. Just click on User:Tiara.jackson/Journal and start typing to record what you have done. Dbfirs 18:30, 28 May 2019 (UTC)

References

cuyahoga river fire 50th anniversary events

My committee has written a Draft article entitled Robert Walter Jones JD, focusing on newspaper articles related to the Cuyahoga River Fire 50th anniversary which is being celebrated with major events in Cleveland Ohio June 21-23 soon. The draft was submitted beginning of March so we are hoping it will be accepted soon. Any edits that may improve the article greatly appreciated although some experienced editors have already reviewed it and it appears ready. This article makes accessible to the public relevant old newspaper articles from 1970-72 available nowhere else on the internet it seems. Thousands of people will soon be interested in this primary source information and accessing the Wikipedia page. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Neuroctrkenosha (talk • contribs) 19:38, 28 May 2019 (UTC)

Convenience link: Draft:Robert Walter Jones JD.   Maproom (talk) 22:52, 28 May 2019 (UTC)

Comment: you say you want to focus on articles relating to the Cuyahoga River Fire, but your article is purportedly about Robert Walter Jones. This suggests that you are using Jones as a coatrack. The use of coatracks is disapproved by Wikipedia. Maproom (talk) 23:03, 28 May 2019 (UTC)

Hi Neuroctrkenosha. Just going to add that it's not really the purpose of a Wikipedia:Article to makes accessible to the public relevant old newspaper articles from 1970-72 available nowhere else on the internet. It might be OK to cite some of these articles as sources if they qualify per Wikipedia:Reliable sources, but Wikipedia is not really a free web-host for image or data files, etc. Moreover, Wikipedia doesn't even require that sources cited in its article be avaiable online; only that they be reliable and accessible for verification purposes. -- Marchjuly (talk) 01:29, 29 May 2019 (UTC)

The above comments are appreciated and duly noted and I emphasize that these issues are understood. The bottom line is a request for any editor, but especially those who may have an interest in the history represented by this article to improve the article with minor edits as needed. The committee involved with this article sincerely believe it is not a coatrack nor simply an archive for old newpaper articles as in fact the articles are archived on another site and the Wikipedia article just references it. However a Wikepedia article creates accessibility to history. No doubt. Neuroctrkenosha (talk) 20:00, 29 May 2019 (UTC)Neuroctrkenosha

Hi again Neuroctrkenosha. You keep making reference to some "committee", but Wikipedia articles aren't really created by committee at least not how you seem to be using the term. Moreover, a Wikipedia article is not intended to be for way to try and right some great wrong or let the world know about some great or noble cause; they're only intended to reflect verifiable content found in reliable sources (preferably secondary and independent) about subjects deemed to be Wikipedia notable. Articles are intended to be written in neutral voice and summarize what reliable sources have stated about their subjects and not everything which is true or even verifiable needs needs to be mentioned.

Articles aren't owned by their creators or their subjects as explained in Wikipedia:Ownership of content; so, even if your committee does manage to create an article, it will have no final or special editorial control over it. Content added to a Wikipedia article can be revised or removed by anyone anywhere in the world at anytime without prior discussion or approval as long as they do so in accordance of with relevant Wikipedia policies and guidelines, and any disagreements over article content are going to be expected to be resolved through Wikipedia:Dispute resolution, etc. These are some of the reasons why a Wikipedia article might not be the best way to accomplish what you and your community seem to be trying to accomplish; you might be better off creating your own wikia or website, etc. where you and your community have more control over content if your goal is to present this information in a certain way as some kind of historical record so as to make accessible to others. -- Marchjuly (talk) 01:58, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

The above points are understood. The draft of this Wikipedia article has been reviewed and edited by many people (the committee) prior to submission. There are many people who feel that this article is highly suitable for Wikipedia. It is based entirely on historical facts and there is no agenda other than the Wikipedia agenda, bringing knowledge to the world. Of course we have disseminated much of this material now in many other ways and many of the committee will be participating in person in the history festival as a part of the Cuyahahoga 50 Neuroctrkenosha (talk) 13:51, 31 May 2019 (UTC)Neuroctrkenosha

Template and Articles, need help because I'm a beginner

Hello, I started a Japanese Voice Actor English page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshiki_Nakajima and it was deleted, somehow it came back again this month. I was wondering why the article deleted, it was still on progress and that Japanese Voice Actor is notable Voice Actor in Japan with leading roles. Now I'm afraid to start another English page for other Japanese Voice Actor.

I also confused how to change the template on the article. There are few articles without template and I want to edit the articles but have no idea how to use the template properly. I tried to make the template but the result are irregular and at the end I cancelled the template. - — Preceding unsigned comment added by Juliet6884 (talk • contribs) 16:07, 29 May 2019 (UTC)

@Juliet6884: Hi welcome to the Teahouse! Looking though Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Yoshiki Nakajima and Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2018 July 26 it looks like initially Yoshiki Nakajima did not meet the notability criteria (this one specifically Wikipedia:Notability (people)#Entertainers also known as WP:ENT). However, the reason why its back was because during the few months while the article was deleted he ended qualifying for notability. So, as long as the other Japanese article meets WP:ENT it terms of notability I think you can create that article. Also, I will be more then happy to help you with the template, what exactly are you looking to add to it? You could also look at Template:Infobox person for help with the template. Hope you find this helpful! OkayKenG (talk) 19:41, 29 May 2019 (UTC)

@OkayKenG Thank you for the information. I'm having trouble with the Template:Infobox person. I tried to use the template in a wikipedia page but when I edited the result of the preview became irregular and I canceled the template. How to edited page and input template on the page? Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Juliet6884 (talk • contribs) 16:15, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

@Juliet6884:. No problem, I responded over at your talk page User talk:Juliet6884. Thanks for your question. (also if other editors see this, could they please check to make sure the directions look okay?) OkayKenG (talk) 06:48, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

Skelton Grange Power Station

This page is now labelled as a stub, because part of the page, including HISTORY is missing. However, the complete page, including HISTORY was available to read, before vanishing. Please advise. (Visual Editor) George Sidebottom 82.23.101.49 (talk) 17:13, 29 May 2019 (UTC)

Hello and welcome to the Teahouse. Skelton Grange power station is not marked as a stub, nor has it had any large scale removal of content according to its edit history; are you referring to a different page? 331dot (talk) 17:18, 29 May 2019 (UTC)

331dot is right to say that the article, Skelton Grange power station, has never had a history section, nor has any major content ever been removed. However, it is definitely marked as a stub, although it might now merit being changed to start-class. Nick Moyes (talk) 00:08, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

Is FriendWithA notable enough to create an article?

Is the business FriendWithA notable enough to warrant creating an article about? It has one press mention (TameBay) and is mentioned on various other sites as well. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Digastoof (talk • contribs) 05:30, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

@Digastoof: I don't see very much media coverage for FriendWithA, so I would say no. (Please remember to sign your posts on talk pages by typing four keyboard tildes like this: ~~~~. Or, you can use the [ reply ] button, which automatically signs posts.) TimTempleton ^{(talk) (cont)} 18:17, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

Is This a valid source

https://www.troikatalent.com/antonia-clarke

Page intented to be Used on:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonia_Clarke — Preceding unsigned comment added by 6equj5 2444 (talk • contribs) 14:03, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

You're better off asking reliability questions here, but I'm going to say no - it looks like a user supplied directory. (Please remember to sign your posts on talk pages by typing four keyboard tildes like this: ~~~~. Or, you can use the [ reply ] button, which automatically signs posts.) TimTempleton ^{(talk) (cont)} 18:19, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

Working to publish an article for a new piece of technology

Hi All! I am working on publishing an article about a new piece of technology. I am struggling to understand what would be considered credible sources to include within my article. I am considering using the technologies Product Hunt profile which was created by someone outside of the technologies company as well, and would also like to use Washington Business Journal articles that have been published about the product too. Are these considered valuable sources — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ndevito (talk • contribs) 14:31, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

@Ndevito: You might find this page useful Wikipedia:Reliable sources (Please remember to sign your posts on talk pages by typing four keyboard tildes like this: ~~~~. Or, you can use the [ reply ] button, which automatically signs posts.). TimTempleton ^{(talk) (cont)} 18:20, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

Hey

Hey, It's me CaptinSuperKitten! I was just wondering if I could insert an image about cats. And I was wondering if I could just insert images that go along with my pages. Is that okay?

CaptinSuperKitten (talk) 15:08, 30 May 2019 (UTC) CaptinSuperKitten

@CaptinSuperKitten: Every photo and every article are different, so it depends on the context. Until you get a sense of what works and what doesn't, you should post this question on the talk page for each article you are looking to add an image to. Usually if an image is appropriate, particularly with cat articles, there would be one already, but you can always try. Here's general info about uploading the images first Wikipedia:Uploading images. TimTempleton ^{(talk) (cont)} 18:23, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

Idk how to describe this

When you search a page on the link option, it gives you in smaller text the category of the thing. An example is My Hero Academia. It gives you anime ans manga series. I made an article, but i cant add digital card game. how do i add it. Swiggity Swooty Swag (talk) 16:37, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

@Swig swoot: You'll have to be more clear - I'm not following what you are asking. TimTempleton ^{(talk) (cont)} 18:29, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

Hello, Swig swoot. If you mean what I think you mean, it comes from the Wikidata entry associated with the article, if there is one; but it can be set explicitly in English Wikipedia by using the {{short description}} template. --ColinFine (talk) 23:50, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

( US MILITARY ) SPRINGFIELD ARMORY.............THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE ABSORBED THE ARMORY APPX 1970 AND THE NAME ( SPRINGFIELD ARMORY )

SIRS:

REGARDING: YOUR ARCHIVE DEPT.

PRE WAR AND WAR...1945' WW11...THE (US MILITARY) SPRINGFIELD ARMORY HOUSED GUNS USED AT WAR TIME...AS WELL AS PRE-WAR....

I'M INTERESTED IN THE COMPANY- COLT FIREARMS - MANY GUNS WERE SENT TO THE ARMORY TO BE DISTRIBUTED TO OUR MILITARY.....

I'M LOOKING FOR THE ARCHIVAL SERIAL NUMBERS ON THIS COLT 1911A1,,, 747,850 ........

AS OF APPX. 1970'.....THE SPRINGFIELD ARMORY ( US MILITARY )... WAS ABSORBED BY OUR NATIONAL PARKS SERVICE... AND THE NAME SPRINGFIELD ARMORY

WAS THEN SOLD TO A PRIVATE GUN RETAILER KNOWN AS THE SPRINGFIELD ARMORY....... HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE WAR AND PRE WAR SPRINGFIELD ARMORY ( US ).

I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHO I CAN CONTACT THERE WHO MIGHT HAVE THIS INFORMATION REGARDING THIS COLT 1911A1 SERIAL NUMBER -- (Redacted) .....

THANK YOU, RON CHICK

(Redacted) — Preceding unsigned comment added by RASCAL44512 (talk • contribs) 16:59, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

@RASCAL44512: This is a place for asking questions about Wikipedia. You'd be better off posting at the Wikipedia:Reference desk. (Please remember to sign your posts on talk pages by typing four keyboard tildes like this: ~~~~. Or, you can use the [ reply ] button, which automatically signs posts.). TimTempleton ^{(talk) (cont)} 18:34, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

Also, please shut the caps lock off. Typing in all caps is equivalent to shouting and considered very rude. Seraphimblade ^{Talk to me} 19:03, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

Yeah. But he did use Sir to address us. Masum Reza^📞 19:55, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

If there was a "WW11" I'm even more behind the times than I thought. Deor (talk) 20:29, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

I want to create a Wikipedia page for Licypriya Kangujam

Hello,

I want to create a Wikipedia page for Licypriya Kangujam but the article with references i submitted was declines. I am a new user.

Please guide me how to create it successfully.

Thank you.

Regards, — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wpcdw (talk • contribs) 17:03, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

@Wpcdw: Possible hoax - see my discussion at Draft talk:Licypriya Kangujam#Possible hoax. (Please remember to sign your posts on talk pages by typing four keyboard tildes like this: ~~~~. Or, you can use the [ reply ] button, which automatically signs posts.)TimTempleton ^{(talk) (cont)} 18:28, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

How long till admin action?

On this article, some IP put an entire paragraph of text that I'm confident fails Wikipedia's copyright policies. As per WP:COPYVIO, I removed it and put Template:copyvio-revdel on the article. This was several hours ago - I expected some action to be taken already. Are admins not alerted automatically by the template? Did I miss a step?--LaukkuTheGreit (Talk•Contribs) 17:15, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

@LaukkuTheGreit: My area of expertise isn't Copyvio, but Wikipedia:Copyright problems suggests that some unaddressed violations go back as far as July 2018. I suggest you give it at least a few days. TimTempleton ^{(talk) (cont)} 18:38, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

Brown University literature notables: author Daniel Altieri

Hi fellow Teahousers: I am looking for a volunteer --I am Dan altieri a novellist whose fame began in the Orient with Court of the Lion and proceeded : look up - Amazon author daniel Altieri books-- or thereabouts and lots of celelbrated works in many languages will turn up.I graduated with a degree from Brown in 1971 (yes i am that old) and my written work went on to reach international bestselling status in 52 editions around the globe..But alas, I cannot stay on the literature list as my computer skills are limited. Any lovely helper who can get the brief article about me that will "blue" my name on the Brown literature list. Please contact me--seems everyone else on these lists know how to do it, but not moi. Andd if they did why did they leave me off..? In anycase after the first big book The Court of the Lion came out to superb world reviews four of my Professors contacted me after years to congratulate me and praise the work... it is not that my ego is so big but that Iam constantly humiliated and I cannot stay on a list that I well deserve.. Help and i will name you with thanks in my next work...I have all the work and the references in a bio file that could be used..well referenced..

--->URL en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Brown_University_People/ 1.6 Literature — Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.254.113.154 (talk) 20:26, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

Not going to happen. While you have authored books, there does not appear to be enough written about you (not the books) to justify a Wikipedia article. Only if such an article existed would you qualify to be listed among notable Brown alumni. David notMD (talk) 01:06, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

Joining

May i join the teahouse it would be a big accomplishment for me please get back to me by tommorow. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Macy Quip Madison (talk • contribs) 21:02, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

Hello, Macy Quip Madison, by posting here, you have joined the many new and also more experienced editors who ask for help at the Teahouse with editing Wikipedia. Making those very first edits here seems like a big step. But, in reality, this encyclopaedia can be edited by anyone. To understand better how things works, you might like to undertake our interactive tour, called The Wikipedia Adventure. Do pop back if you need help or guidance at any time in your own, personal Wikipedia adventure! Regards from the UK, Nick Moyes (talk) 21:39, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

I think this user is asking about joining the Teahouse in particular. 331dot (talk) 21:45, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

Macy Quip Madison, anyone is welcome to answer questions here, but please take it slow. Almost 50% of our answers here for new editors include a caution to remember to sign your messages by typing four tildes, advice you need also. Please read more than you write for quite a while. This isn't simple. If you don't know, don't try to answer. Teaching people is a great way to learn. Take it slow. Thanks. John from Idegon (talk) 22:00, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

Why were contributions stricken?

I just noticed my and some others' comments here were struck through in the edit history. Why does that happen? TimTempleton ^{(talk) (cont)} 22:22, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

It can happen when you edit a page which contains something that needed to be later removed and deleted or suppressed. It doesn't usually mean that you added the text, just that the revision of the page already contained it. Due to the nature of deleting things, no one's probably going to go into details about what was removed, but the policies should give you some ideas. -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 22:30, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

I think in this case it was an email address. Eman235/talk 23:28, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

Strange - I see my responses to the queries are still there, but the strike history makes it incorrectly appear they were deleted. I guess no biggie. TimTempleton ^{(talk) (cont)} 00:15, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

@Timtempleton: Yes, your questions or replies still remain in the current version of the page. But those old revisions in which you added them have been suppressed. Let's see an example (in chronological order, opposite to what Wikipedia page history shows):

• in the revision 1000 Sophie asks a question;
• in the revision 1001 Alice writes where Bob lives;
• in the revision 1002 John replies to Sophie's question;
• in the revision 1003 Taylor comments on John's answer;
• in the revision 1004 an admin deletes what Alice wrote to protect Bob's privacy.

Then the admin suppresses revisions with sensitive data, i.e. 1001 through 1003.

• revision 1000 Sophie asks a question;
• revision 1001 Alice writes where Bob lives;
• revision 1002 John replies to Sophie's question;
• revision 1003 Taylor comments on John's answer;
• revision 1004 an admin deletes what Alice wrote to protect Bob's privacy.

Now you can see the revision 1004 (or later) with Sophie's question, John's reply and Taylor's comment, but you can't see any revision with Bob's private address. Among those, you can't see the revisions in which John and Taylor added their contributions, because if you could, you would see Bob's data which needed protection.

Best regards, CiaPan (talk) 09:29, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

@CiaPan: Thanks! TimTempleton ^{(talk) (cont)} 13:53, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

Kukolo Utca Odorhei

I am 67. Been trying for 25 yrs to find my brother in Szeben Sibiu town. Ovidiu Ticusean in Sibiu. Please tell me how I can find him. Thank you.Liz or Doina TicusTicusean — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.169.242.56 (talk) 23:12, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

Hello. This forum is solely for the purpose of discussing how to edit Wikipedia. We are not able to find missing persons.--Quisqualis (talk) 23:42, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

moving a portion of an article from my userspace to an article

I'm sorry if this has been asked before but is there something special I need to do when moving a draft from my userspace to the actual article. I found an article I wanted to improve but I didn't want to have the article being edited for long periods w/ incremental, incomplete updates. So, I've been putting it together in my userspace. Now I've got a section completed and I want to know if I should just copy everything into the the article, or is there some better way to do it that preserves the history of its creation on my end? Sorry if this doesn't make sense! Let me know if I need to rephrase anything.

Dkallen78 (talk) 01:57, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

Hi Dkallen78. I think you might find WP:RUU and WP:PATT helpful. Wikipedia content is licensed in such a way that generally only proper attribution is required when copying content from one page to another; this sorts preserves a record of what came from where and when just in case anyone questions it source later on.

1. If the content you created in your sandbox is 100% original, then you can probably move it without anything other than an edit summary explaining why you're making the edit.
2. If the content you're going to copy-and-paste back into the article only came from that particular article, then extra attribution is not really needed since your edit will appear to be just like any other edit made to the article and attribution will be preserved.
3. If the content includes content originally created by others for some other article, you should add an attribution to that other article to your edit summary.

Whenever you copy entire articles or parts of articles which you did not create into to your user sandbox to work on, you're supposed to provide proper attribution to the source of the content; if you didn't do that this time around, you can make a dummy edit to your sanbox if you want just by adding a link to the article and the version you copied into your sandbox. -- Marchjuly (talk) 02:25, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

Thank you for the reply Marchjuly! Dkallen78 (talk) 02:40, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

Typos

My child is a typo, do you know any good abortion clinics? Please answer soon, my parents don't know I'm pregnant — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dabby12 (talk • contribs) 02:41, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

We at Wikipedia cannot refer you to medical help. Eman235/talk 03:06, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

Draft Article Rejection

Hello,

My name is Caitlin Cox and I am a student at the University of Sydney and I am currently doing a subject about writing for Wikipedia. I submitted a draft article for review and it got rejected based on the grounds that it sounded too much like an essay (which I can easily fix) and that the page already existed. However I chose this topic from a list of Wikipedia requested articles and I checked and this page doesn't exist. I don't know how to change it to make it more original. I really want to move it into the main space. Thanks so much, Caitlin

Caitlin.cox1999 (talk) 03:03, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

@Caitlin.cox1999: If you fix the essay part, which you say you can do easily, I think that Draft:Memory and Retention in Learning can have its own article --DannyS712 (talk) 04:44, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

Ring-tailed Cat map showing where the animal is found

How do I get permission to use the map shown on the ringtail cat page?

Ring-tailed Cat area.png — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.199.19.87 (talk) 03:21, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

While we can't give you legal advice here in the Teahouse, I can say that since that image was licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license, you can probably be safe using it by just crediting the person or organazation who made it somewhere on the webpage / book you want to use it in; in this case you would credit it as a map by the " IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, species assessors and the authors of the spatial data". Probably a good practice to say its licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license somewhere on the page / book, too. TheAwesomeHwyh (talk) 03:26, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

Oh! And you have to have a link to the license- the link being "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode". TheAwesomeHwyh (talk) 03:28, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

Newly created accounts

Hey, Teahouse folks,

Not a new editor but I have a question and so many editors circle by this page, I hope someone can provide me with a quick link. I've come across a list of newly created accounts which I sometimes scanned to see if there were any username issues. But I can't find it any more. I've looked at Special:SpecialPages where I thought it was located but I can only find a general active users list (which is organized alphabetically, not chronologically). Can any of your wide circle of helpers here recall where new accounts list is located? If so, many thanks!

P.S. I use to hang out here quite a lot years ago when I was a new editor and, frankly, I probably would have quit editing if it wasn't for the patience and help of regulars here. Thanks again to all of the editors who spend a little time answering questions like this. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 04:04, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

Liz: I think you need to go to Special:ListUsers and check "Sort by creation date" and "Sort in descending order" (though the list of oldest accounts is interesting!) Eman235/talk 04:43, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

Thank you for your answer, Eman235. Much appreciated! Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 23:04, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

Deleting my account.

Can you please tell me how to delete my account? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kevin Moffitt (talk • contribs) 04:33, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

Kevin Moffitt, you can't, but you can just stop using it: see Wikipedia:FAQ#How do I change my username/delete my account? Eman235/talk 04:39, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

Hacking DTM pages

WHY YOU HACKING DTM WIKI PAGES? YOU ARE AN IDIOT!— Preceding unsigned comment added by TheriusRooney (talk • contribs) 05:00, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

Hi TheriusRooney. The Wikipedia Teahouse was set up to be a friendly place for people to come and ask questions about Wikipedia; so, (1) there's no need to WP:SHOUT, and (2) there's no need to insult anyone. If you've got a question about a particular article or edit, you'll probably find someone whose more than happy to help figure things out is you can just ask in a WP:CIVIL manner. It would also help if you could provide a link or at least the name of the article you have a question about. From looking at your contibutions history, I'm going to guess that DTM means Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. I'm also not sure what you mean by "hacking" because there's really no need to "hack" a Wikipedia article because they can pretty much be edited by anyone from anywhere in the world at anytime. Perhaps you mean a disagreement over article content between you and some other editor or editor(s)? -- Marchjuly (talk) 05:28, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

@TheriusRooney: Who are you talking to? As far as I can see in the page history, at least 50 most recent edits in Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, spannig about 12 days, were made solely by you. So, who is the hacking one...? --CiaPan (talk) 09:36, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

User Talk Pages

Dumb question, if I reply to someone on my talk page, to they get a notification? Helloimahumanbeing (talk) 05:50, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

@Helloimahumanbeing: Not always, but if you ping them (using {{ping|user}}) they get an alert --DannyS712 (talk) 05:50, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

@Helloimahumanbeing: If they are watching your talk page, they will see it in their watchlist when you edit it, but otherwise there is no "notification" sent DannyS712 (talk) 05:55, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

How do I use {{ping|user}}? Helloimahumanbeing (talk) 06:01, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

@Helloimahumanbeing: - in this reply, I start with {{ping|Helloimahumanbeing}}, which sends you a notification. See more at Wikipedia:Notifications DannyS712 (talk) 06:02, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

@Helloimahumanbeing: It may be worth noting also that {{ping}} is an alias of the {{Reply to}} template. Also, there are other shortcuts, like {{re}} (which I used at the beginning of this reply). You can find more aliases and more templates with related functionality at the {{Reply to}} template description page. Happy editing! --CiaPan (talk) 06:18, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

Another option to pinging is Template:Talkback. Just for reference, some editors really don't like to get pinged and are not shy about letting others know about this dislike; they may've even set their preferences to not receive any pings at all. So, try not to overdo it; if someone doesn't respond right away, give it some time. If they still don't respond, then perhaps they don't want to, are thinking about how to respond, or have their preferences turned off. Try not to be the person who stands at the counter who hits the bell over and over and over and over again to try and get someone's attention. -- Marchjuly (talk) 06:25, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

How to create the wikipedia page

Hi,

How should I create the page for leading builder in India?

Please help me with this.

Thanks, — Preceding unsigned comment added by Viveksocial (talk • contribs) 07:00, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

@Viveksocial: Hello and welcome to the Teahouse. Successfully creating a new Wikipedia article is probably the hardest task on Wikipedia; it's even more so if you are associated with the subject you are writing about; I take "Vivek social" to mean that you represent a company called Vivek. If so, it is best that you not attempt to write about your company. This is what we call a conflict of interest. You would also be a paid editor and must comply with that policy per Wikipedia's Terms of Use. You will also need to change your username as usernames cannot be that of a company or position. You may change your username by visiting Special:GlobalRenameRequest or WP:CHUS.

You should not attempt to write about the company because, unlike social media, Wikipedia is not interested in what an article subject(or its representative) wants to say about itself. Wikipedia is only interested in what independent reliable sources state about article subjects that meet Wikipedia's special definition of notability; notable companies are defined at WP:ORG. Wikipedia is not for merely telling about a company; that should be done on social media or the company website. 331dot (talk) 07:55, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

Help with good article review

Hello, I'm almost done with ==GA Review==

This review is transcluded from Talk:Rolling Acres Mall/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Helloimahumanbeing (talk · contribs) 06:51, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

1. Is it well written?

   A. The prose is clear and concise, and the spelling and grammar are correct:

   "Also, the cinema reopened under an independent group calling itself Blind Squirrel Cinema", this could be reworded

    Done

   B. It complies with the manual of style guidelines for lead sections, layout, words to watch, fiction, and list incorporation:

2. Is it verifiable with no original research?

   A. It contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with the layout style guideline:

   B. All in-line citations are from reliable sources, including those for direct quotations, statistics, published opinion, counter-intuitive or controversial statements that are challenged or likely to be challenged, and contentious material relating to living persons—science-based articles should follow the scientific citation guidelines:

   C. It contains no original research:

   D. It contains no copyright violations nor plagiarism:

3. Is it broad in its coverage?

   A. It addresses the main aspects of the topic:

   B. It stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail (see summary style):

4. Is it neutral?

   It represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each:

5. Is it stable?

   It does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute:

6. Is it illustrated, if possible, by images?

   A. Images are tagged with their copyright status, and valid fair use rationales are provided for non-free content:

   @Helloimahumanbeing: Just wondering why this one has a question mark next to it. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 14:00, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

   B. Images are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions:

7. Overall:

   Pass or Fail:

   and I'm almost done. However, I'm new to reviewing articles and the one thing that isn't checked is something I don't understand. Where could I request help? Helloimahumanbeing (talk) 07:58, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

Adding a picture to my page

Hi, I would like to add a new picture to my entry David Williams-Ellis but I know there are rules about what i can and can't do. Would I be able to do this if i own the copyright in the image or does someone else have to do it for me? — Preceding unsigned comment added by DavidWilliamsEllis (talk • contribs) 10:55, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

@DavidWilliamsEllis:Welcome to Teahouse. I think you mean adding (may be uploading) the image in your userpage. First of all, the images are uploaded in our sister wiki Wikimedia commons (though images can upload locally in Wikipedia).You can upload (here) images made by you in Commons if you are the copyright holder. If the images are copyrighted, please follow the licensing policy of commons. This pages may helpful--FAQ, first steps. Thank you.--PATH SLOPU 11:13, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

Thank you @Path slopu - does that mean i can then upload an image belonging to me onto my own entry? DavidWilliamsEllis (talk) 11:24, 31 May 2019 (UTC)DavidWilliamsEllis

@DavidWilliamsEllis:You can upload images which is created by you. If that image is created by another (which have copyright) please follow the correct procedures. Also when replaying to other's post, feel free to start the post like this, {{ping|"User name"}}. You can see it in my reply. Best of luck! Thank you.--PATH SLOPU 11:34, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

P.S. It's not your own entry, it is an article about you that anyone can edit. David notMD (talk) 13:09, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

Userpage

User:CptViraj - Can anyone help me to remove space at the top of Wikipedia User Template without moving babel and userbox? Thanks! CptViraj (Talk) 10:59, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

@CptViraj: You can use a DIV-container like <div style="position: relative; top: -XXpx">.....</div> around content to move anything within the container up (using negative values) or down (using positive values). Just replace "XX" with the amount of pixels you wish to have it moved. I hope that helps. Regards SoWhy 11:10, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

@SoWhy: Yep Thanks! CptViraj (Talk) 11:33, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

@SoWhy: It's not working, can you please do it for me? CptViraj (Talk) 11:40, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

@CptViraj: Done--PATH SLOPU 11:47, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

Question on articles primarily maintained by students?

Hello! I'm quite new to editing, and while looking for pages to do some work on I found a bunch of articles that seem to be edited almost exclusively by users attached to college courses. I know that student editors aren't supposed to be treated differently than any other editor, but I'm a little hesitant to do any significant work on pages that seem to have been created and subsequently maintained by a bunch of different classes at a bunch of different universities. They're not necessarily bad articles, and overall they've gotten better over time, but they do seem to sort of perpetually get edited in a not-entirely-encyclopedic way, with little attention from regular editors. The specific articles I looked at are Sexuality in music videos, Misogyny in rap music, and Hip-hop feminism. Is the focus on these articles for classes intentional or accidental? It seems like some of it could be merged with other articles, or pared down, but I don't want to suggest big changes for an article that an incoming class will expect to be working on (or, honestly, an article that isn't very good but will just be re-created over and over). I feel quite conflicted, and a little confused, about this, so specific suggestions would be really helpful. Zojomars (talk) 11:49, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

Hi Zojomars. I completely understand where you're coming from since I occasionally come across some articles as well. You might find some help about this kind of thing at Wikipedia:Education noticeboard. Not all students editing as part of a class project are participating in a Wiki Ed sponsored course, but many are and the Wiki Ed advisors are usually good people to ask about this kind of thing. -- Marchjuly (talk) 12:14, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

Okay, thank you Marchjuly, I will do that! Zojomars (talk) 15:35, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

"The page has been restored."

I added something to a talk page, but instead of seeing "Your edit was saved", I saw "The page has been restored". Can someone explain why this appeared rather than the usual message? Thank you. –Roy McCoy (talk) 13:26, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

@Roy McCoy:Please mention the page that you had seen that. Regards.--PATH SLOPU 13:56, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

@Path slopu:Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style. Thanks. –Roy McCoy (talk) 14:06, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

@Roy McCoy: How and when did you start the edit? You got MediaWiki:Postedit-confirmation-restored which should be shown after a user restores a page to a previous revision. Maybe it's also shown if you edit an old version and make changes before saving. Your diff shows removal of another section added three hours earlier. A diff to an older version before that seems more likely to be the changes you made in the edit window. But your edit summary hints that you made a section edit which should only be possible on the current version at the time, unless you manually wrote /* Matching commas on attributive nouns in titles */ at the start of the edit summary. Did you start the edit many hours earlier? Did you get an edit conflict while saving? PrimeHunter (talk) 14:25, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

Thanks, PrimeHunter. There was some confusion with the editing on this, and I did manually write (or rather, pasted) the section title. I've been doing this because of problems with editing sections, when the usual edit conflict dialog doesn't appear (in fact I've never seen it myself, though others do) and I've inadvertently reverted someone else's edit. This has happened only once or twice; but it's nonetheless something I've wanted to avoid, and editing the entire page rather than the section, and then pasting the section title into the edit summary, has seemed a good way to do this. If writing or pasting the section title into the edit summary can cause other problems, however, I won't do this anymore. I'm not sure how I'll handle editing text within a section, though. Shall I edit the section and then not be able to check for changes in the whole page, edit the whole page and then not have an indication about the section in the edit summary, or what? Thanks! (Like right now, for instance. I'm editing the section, so I don't know whether a change has been made elsewhere in the page or not. So I have to submit to the usual inconvenience: assume that there likely has been a change, copy my text, cancel, hit Edit again. Only then I make take a few minutes rejiggering the message and have to repeat this again. You'll understand that this is or at least seems unfortunately inconvenient.) –Roy McCoy (talk) 16:13, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

@Roy McCoy: It's fine to write a manual edit summary hinting a section edit if you only edit that section. But the diff indicates you either started the edit seven hours earlier or edited an old version. The latter happens if you click edit on an old diff or version like [1]. If you do then there should be a pink warning box saying "You are editing an old revision of this page. If you publish it, any changes made since then will be removed. You may wish to edit the current revision instead." Help:Edit conflict#Prevention means there will rarely be problems if you make a section edit. Apart from software errors, you will never change edits to other sections. PrimeHunter (talk) 18:35, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

Grammy Award Winning Graphic Designer

Hi, I'm working on updating/editing/etc American graphic designers and was wondering if someone who otherwise isn't notable, but won a Grammy award for cover art would be seen as notable under WP:CREATIVE. Specifically, Sally Carns. I don't have much experience editing anyone related to music, so not sure if it qualifies. Thanks in advance 9H48F (talk) 13:56, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

@9H48F:The person has received a well-known and significant award or honor, or has been nominated for such an award several times come under WP:ANYBIO and they passes notability. Here Grammy Award is a well-known award. Regards.--PATH SLOPU 15:01, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

relevance-check?

Hi, dear people, in the german wikipedia, we have a place where we can ask whether a person seems to be relevant enough to write an article on him - do you have some place like this also? I have a painter in mind, but i'm not quite sure whether he is relevant enough. Kind regards, --Gyanda (talk) 14:21, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

Hi Gyanda. I'm not sure whether English Wikipedia has a particular page for that kind of thing, but you might get some feedback from WikiProjects like Wikipedia:WikiProject Germany, Wikipedia:WikiProject Visual arts, or Wikipedia:WikiProject Biography/Arts and entertainment. -- Marchjuly (talk) 14:37, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

@Gyanda:Also, please check the notability guidelines such as WP:ARTIST, WP:BIO to find that whether a person (here painter) seems to be relevant enough to write an article on him. Regards.--PATH SLOPU 14:46, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for your interesting answers. I did know already WP:ARTIST, WP:BIO - i didn't remember the Visual arts project and the other ones named. Will check there. Thank you very much! --Gyanda (talk) 15:48, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

New Page Review

Hi,

I'm new at writing articles and have used the AfC submission but as my latest article Gaztransport & Technigaz was not reviewed after a month I used my autoconfirmed status to move it to MainSpace where it was disambiguated by a New Page reviewer, so I assume it is suitable?

Also, the Page Information says that indexing by robots is allowed.

My question is why does it not appear on Google?

Is this because it needs to be marked as reviewed?

Will it only be indexable after 90 days from creation?

Apologies if I've made any procedural errors and thanks in advance for any help.

--Jonoweltman (talk) 15:07, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

New articles are NOINDEXed until either 90 days have elapsed or it has been reviewed through the new page patrol process. --David Biddulph (talk) 16:51, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

Hi Jonoweltman, welcome to the Teahouse. It's a known problem phab:T157747 that "Page information" claims indexing is allowed on new unreviewed articles. The only reliable method to test whether indexing is disallowed on an article is to look for noindex in <meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow"/> in the html source of the rendered page. The view source feature of my browser shows Gaztransport & Technigaz currently has this code. PrimeHunter (talk) 18:50, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

Thank you @David Biddulph: and @PrimeHunter:. I can't seem to find my article in the list of new pages waiting for review. Is this because the article creation date is over 30 days? Is there a way I can request a patrol or review using tags? Should I use subst:submit? Again I really appreciate the help!--Jonoweltman (talk) 23:03, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

You'll find the article if you put your username into the filter at Special:NewPagesFeed. There are over 8000 pages awaiting new page patrol, so it's just a question of patience. --David Biddulph (talk) 06:17, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

Thank you @David Biddulph: I was concerned that it might not be listed for review as the page was visited by an editor with New Page Reviewer rights and he disambiguated some links but did not review the article which I thought strange. I'll just be patient. --Jonoweltman (talk) 08:05, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

@PrimeHunter: Can we use __INDEX__ magic word to index any new page? I am using it to index my userpage. If you reply here, please ping me by adding {{u|Masumrezarock100}} to your message, and signing it. Masum Reza^📞 17:26, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

@Masum Reza: __INDEX__ has no effect on mainspace articles. See Wikipedia:Controlling search engine indexing#Indexing of articles ("mainspace"). PrimeHunter (talk) 22:03, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

How to source a book with multiple authors?

I am barely experiencing with editing and cited a book on Eduardo A. Roca where not only Andrès Cisneros was the author but a couple of more people. How to add them? Hope to get my message across. Kind regards & Best wishes. --LLcentury (talk) 15:09, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

Hello LLcentury! I would use the ref toolbar, see Help:Referencing_for_beginners#Using_refToolbar. If you choose "cite book", there's a big green + that lets you add as many authors you want. If you have an isbn or a gbook url, try using that and click the little magnifying glass, that often works well. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 15:31, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

You can also do that manually if you like. Template {{Cite book}} has provision for listing multiple authors. (I am not sure about the limit). You can achieve that by using |first1= and |last1= for the first and surname of the authors respectively. For the first author you can use only |first= and |last= without the number but for any subsequent name you have to add that as well as incrementing it to have |first2=, |first3= |first4= and so on. – Ammarpad (talk) 15:44, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

Thank you so much both! --LLcentury (talk) 15:53, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

Need help

Is there anyone who can help me with my Wikipedia Article? — Preceding unsigned comment added by MVMG2019 (talk • contribs) 16:09, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

@MVMG2019: Welcome to he teahouse. Are you referring to this article (draft): M.A.C. (rapper)? OkayKenG (talk) 20:03, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

Yes I am. Thanks

How to know?

Thanks for inviting me here at the tea house! Well, may I know on how to know the size of a picture and how much longer does a draft be approved or published? Once again, thank you for inviting me here. (signed already the invitation) — Preceding unsigned comment added by MysteryMrHandsome (talk • contribs) 9:46 pm, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

@MysteryMrHandsome:Hi greetings, you can find the size of an image from the wiki markup of image like 100px, 200px, etc. For example [[File:Wikipedia-v2-logo.svg|thumb|150px]].

Also if the draft is in article for creation reviewing, it will take time to reviewed by experienced users. The draft will accept or declined after completing reviewing process. Thank you.--PATH SLOPU 16:54, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

Well, thank you so much Sir! Now I am waiting for the approval of my draft. MysteryHandsome 17:03, 31 May 2019 (UTC)MysteryHandsomeMysteryHandsome 17:03, 31 May 2019 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by MysteryMrHandsome (talk • contribs)

@MysteryMrHandsome:You're welcome. No need of addressing any user with salutations such as Sir/Madam. We all are equal in Wikipedia. Best of luck!.--PATH SLOPU 17:07, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

Help with article creation

Hello, I would like to create an article on the Loudenslager Laser 200 aircraft (currently in my sandbox). Should I go ahead and move it into article space, or submit it somewhere for review first? Thanks, Gorkypickeral (talk) 18:48, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

Some information about this plane is already in Leo_Loudenslager article. Is the subject sufficiently notable to warrant a separate article? Ruslik_Zero 19:50, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

Hello Ruslik0, the aircraft was basis for for most modern aerobatic monoplanes. It was also the primary reason behind the move to monoplanes from the biplanes that had previously dominated. I do have sources for it as well. Is this enough to make it notable? Thanks, - Gorkypickeral (talk) 20:51, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

What makes a subject Notable in Wikipedia editing jargon is not how important something is in the Real World, but how well it has been documented by Reliable sources.

If two or more of the sources you cite are published (and therefore potentially consultable by article readers), and are entirely independent of the subject (so neither published by entities connected with it nor based on publicity material from or interviews with them), and discuss it at some length (at least a couple of paragraphs, not passing mentions or inclusions in lists), then the subject passes the notability criteria.

Your draft currently has (only) two cited sources. Both of them look reliable and substantial to me, but finding a third of comparable quality would I think remove all doubt. Something from an actual aviation journal (rather than an aviation modelling journal), would be ideal. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 2.122.2.132 (talk) 10:23, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for the help! I'll see what other sources I can gather. - Gorkypickeral (talk) 17:04, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

someone removed an addition how do if find out why

Thank you for looking and responding to this. This morning I was looking up Past Life Regression and under "Modern Era" there was no mention of Brian Weiss, MD who is truly single handily responsible for a resurgence in the area of past life regression and is, without a doubt and provable, a best selling author of "Many Lives, Many Masters" and is an MD who was Head of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami. Dr. Weiss, MD is listed in Wikipedia himself, as an expert in the field of Past Life Regression.

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

Below is what I saw when I looked at "view history"

curprev 14:53, 31 May 2019‎ Nblund talk contribs‎ 19,249 bytes -1,293‎ Undid revision 899660360 by DonReed (talk) unsourced and fringe-y undothank Tag: Undo

curprev 13:58, 31 May 2019‎ DonReed talk contribs‎ 20,542 bytes +1,293‎ →‎Modern era: Brian Weiss, MD former Head of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami published the book "Many Lives, Many Masters" which became a best selling authority on the subject of Past Life Regression. undo Tag: Visual edit

I am not Brian Weiss, MD, this is not to promote anything other than giving credit to where credit is due. If you are going to mention "Modern Era" of Past Life Regression and you mention Bridey Murphy but not Brian Weiss, MD you are not looking at the whole story.

Thank you and I look forward to your response.

Don — Preceding unsigned comment added by DonReed (talk • contribs) 19:20, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

DonReed, your addition, of quite a long paragraph, cited no sources. That was a sufficient reason for its removal. Wiikipedia is not based on what its contributors know, but on what has been written in reliable independent sources. Maproom (talk) 19:35, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

What to do when an article is deemed more of an advertisement than an encyclopedia entry...

Hi,

I am assisting an acquaintance - who owns and runs an eponymous jewelry label - with publishing an article about her company on Wikipedia.

I worked on what I thought was a neutral entry with multiple references to media mentions, but the article has been declined after the first round.

My questions are: are certain types of sources not reliable or not deemed 'strong' enough to use as valid reference points? Is there anything that absolutely can not go in a brand's Wikipedia article?

Any help much appreciated - thank you in advance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nickremsen (talk • contribs) 20:10, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

@Nickremsen: Hello and welcome to the Teahouse. I would first note that since you state you are editing on behalf of someone else, you will need to review and comply with the conflict of interest policy. If you are being compensated in any way for this, you also must comply with the paid editing policy.

In looking at your draft, it seems to be more about the person than the jewelry label. Either way, what is needed are independent reliable sources that give significant coverage of the subject, and show how it meets Wikipedia's special definition of notability. The sources you have given are brief mentions and an interview(which is a primary source and does not establish notability). Wikipedia is interested in what third parties state about article subjects in depth. 331dot (talk) 20:17, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

Welcome to the Teahouse, Nickremsen. The draft in question is User:Nickremsen/sandbox/Nigora Tabayer. Two of your references are to the Daily Mail which is not accepted as a reliable source on Wikipedia. Please read WP:DAILYMAIL. One reference to a publication called The Jewellery Editor says that it is "sponsored" which essentially means that it is a paid advertisement and is not independent. Sources that consist of interviews with the owner/designer are also not independent and do not establish notability. All of the sources that you have referenced appear to be the result of marketing and promotional activity by the company, and are therefore of poor quality. You have included two external links in the body of the article. They do not belong there. Experienced editors are going to be skeptical of the notability of a company that was established less than three months ago. Please read Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies). Also strange is the assertion that the designer is from "Central Asia", a gigantic region consisting of five or six countries. Perhaps this mysterious vagueness is part of the jewellery company's marketing plan but it looks bizarre to me in an encyclopedia article. As for what absolutely cannot go in any article about a brand, the answer is nothing that uninvolved editors conclude is added for promotional, marketing or advertising purposes. In conclusion, please read Your first article. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 01:00, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

• Is there a list, in one place, of media sources that aren't permitted as references? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nickremsen (talk • contribs)

Once you post to this page, it must remain in order to be archived, in case others have the same questions later. 331dot (talk) 02:04, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

To answer your new questions, I know of no specific list of sources that are not permitted- and it would likely be unworkable to create such a list for this global website. The only source I am aware of that is specifically prohibited is the Daily Mail, as noted above. In general, sources are acceptable if they are independent reliable sources(please review that link) that have a reputation of editorial control and fact checking. As noted above, sources that simply republish press releases, or allow users to pay for posting/publication, are generally not permitted. 331dot (talk) 02:05, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

There is a list of sources whose reliability is often discussed at Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Perennial sources. (Not all of those are proscribed, but it is a helpful list.) Eman235/talk 03:07, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

a new page

why if I automatically want to start a new page, I get a sandbox? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Barbie Tingz (talk • contribs) 20:27, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

Barbie Tingz Hello and welcome to the Teahouse. New users initially cannot create articles; you must have at least 10 edits and your account must be at least four days old; you do have more than 10 edits, but you have 3 more days before you can directly create articles. Until then, you may use Articles for Creation to submit a draft for review. 331dot (talk) 20:57, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

Also note that successfully creating a new article is a very difficult task, probably the hardest on Wikipedia. You should read Your First Article. 331dot (talk) 20:58, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

Hey thank you :)

Wow so much kindness here, the completely opposite of the german wiki :)

here is my question: What you think about this ? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Jimbo_Wales#Dear_Godfather_of_Wikipedia%2C --WikiVerwelkt (talk) 21:42, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

@WikiVerwelkt: I think that discussion is better kept with German speaking editors, whether on the German Wikipedia or elsewhere. This is a forum for helping on the English Wikipedia. Happy editing. TimTempleton ^{(talk) (cont)} 22:12, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

Its impossible to dicsuss on de.wikipedia.org you get blocked immediately and the contribs deleted .. :( Its really really bad there Too bad that english isnt my mother language ... WikiVerwelkt (talk) 22:55, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

To: WikiVerwelkt: As for the kindness: This was my impression too.
Steue (talk) 08:54, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

To: WikiVerwelkt: I left you a message on your talk page. To find it, just click on "talk" between any of your signatures, here around, and the time. In case you have any problem finding it, let me know here, either in English or German.
Steue (talk) 11:41, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

Table question

Hi! I was wondering, say I want to create a table that is used in multiple locations.... How do I do that so I can then implement the same table in multiple articles; but only have one copy of the table? (i.e. so that if changes are made to the table, then the changes appear everywhere....) An example is the WP article Relative permittivity which in the very beginning has this in the source: {{Relative permittivity table}}. (An aside question is also, say I want to view the source of this table {{Relative permittivity table}}, how do I do that.......... I was not able to find that actual table!) Thanks, -- Blue.painting (talk) 22:22, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

Welcome to the Teahouse, Blue.painting. We have a separate 'namespace' for templates, so the one in double curly brackets that has been transcluded into that article can be found at Template:Relative permittivity table. Using the searchbox, you'll need to type Template: followed by the template name. You can easily create a table of your own and test it in your own sandbox first, before moving it over into the template namespace. (e.g. User:Nick Moyes/sandbox/template). Does that answer your questions? Nick Moyes (talk) 23:39, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

Hi Nick Moyes, thanks for the response, that totally makes sense! Best, -- Blue.painting (talk) 00:15, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

And, Blue.painting the answer to your first question you find in Help:Template .
Steue (talk) 08:44, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

Hi Steue: ok, thanks! -- Blue.painting (talk) 12:39, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

Jumping main vertical menu

Obviousley, due to the automatic repettitive change of number of lines in the wikimania banner (every 3 seconds), the main vertical menu (on the left side) is jumping up and down. I find this extremely annoying and distracting. Please DO repair this bug ASAP.
Steue (talk) 08:10, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

Answered below. Nick Moyes (talk) 11:01, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

I suppose the easiest way to fix this behaviour would be to give the part (of the banner) with two lines a third line. Steue (talk) 12:34, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

@Steue: Well, I've just viewed the banner in both Chrome and Firefox and I don't experience the changing depth of the banner at all. It cycles round, but retains the same number of lines. Nor can I recreate what you describe by zooming in the page. Out of interest, what are you viewing it on? Nick Moyes (talk) 17:46, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

I am using Firefox (67.) and Windows 8.1. I have tried your tip and changed something in the gadgets. First I had no result, but meanwhile, maybe due to closing and restarting Firefox, I see no banner anymore. And if this remains the case then I will be happy.
Steue (talk) 22:21, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

Constantly changing (wikimania) banner

I find the constant changing of the wikimania banner extremely annoying.
I would appreciate if it had, at least, a "Close!" button.
I would also apreciate if a close of this banner once, or any other banner, which one is closing once, would prevent it from EVER appearing again, for me, respectively any other registered and logged-in user, who has closed this banner once, respectively for an IP user for the rest of his/her session.
A "Close!" button and a "close once and forever" function should be standard and mandatory for any banner.
Steue (talk) 08:28, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

Hello Steue Welcome to the Teahouse. I feel your pain in this, and in your related post immediately above it. But I'm not feeling it myself, probably because I've got my User Preferences set to "suppress banners" in the 'Gadgets' tab. Have you tried ticking that option? I must admit that whenever I do see a banner, like the recent Wikimania one, there's always been a corner box to suppress it, and I don't see it coming back in that session. I can't offer a suggestion why you're having that problem, except to suggest trying a different browser and then reporting the issue at WP:VPT. (I'm using Safari and iOS) Regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 11:00, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

Probable picture error

On the Unity Mitford page I am almost certain the photograph is that of the film star Greta Garbo rather than Unity Mitford or any of her sisters. I don't have the confidence to correct the page and wonder if anyone could check, perhaps confirm (or otherwise) and make the change if necessary. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bertsboy (talk • contribs) 11:51, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

Have you seen any of the pics labelled as another person anywhere else? I'm not seeing much of a likeness to Garbo in any of the photographs. The infobox portrait is one of a series of all the sisters, and clearly labelled as Unity in the original. The second comes from the Sun, and while I'm not sure "fair use" is applicable, it looks like Unity to me. The third is from the Netherland archives, where they have labelled it as Unity Mitford, and they all resemble other images of her if you do a google image search. Curdle (talk) 14:47, 1 June 2019 (UTC) Oops sorry, forgot to ping you @Bertsboy:. Curdle (talk) 14:52, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

About COI

I've got a message on Instabook of Indian writer to write about him on wikipedia. I've not replied him yet because I don't want to get into advertising & promotional stuff. The question is if I write and Not taking any money and also not asking him about any personal information, only the information I'll get from google I'll write down will that be the case of COI or Paid? Because writer is pretty known as his two shows are Biggest shows according to sources.

Writer is Abhijit Guru (Marathi Television Shows Dialogue Writer) Siddharth 📨 12:49, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

@SidPedian: Hello and welcome to the Teahouse. If that person asked you to write about them, it would be a conflict of interest that you would need to disclose. If they are not paying you at all, be it money or any form of compensation, you would not need to comply with WP:PAID. You would need to use Articles for Creation should you choose to write about the person. 331dot (talk) 12:53, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

Cool Thanks, I ain't writing about him. Not now nor in the future. Just wanted to know how this works. Thank you Siddharth 📨 12:57, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

History

Was history. nice? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Moiidthg (talk • contribs) 13:32, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

Moiidthg Hello and welcome to the Teahouse. It's not clear to me what you are asking. Do you have a question about using Wikipedia? 331dot (talk) 13:52, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

Nevermind — Preceding unsigned comment added by Moiidthg (talk • contribs) 04:37, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

Images deleted during publication

Hi! We just tried to publish our draft and all the images we had completely disappeared. Why is that? and how can we add the images again and publish it without them being deleted?

Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Serena1996 (talk • contribs) 14:31, 1 June 2019 (UTC) Serena1996 (talk) 14:39, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

Serena1996, if you're talking about this draft, the images were deleted from Wikimedia Commons by administrators there as they were copyright violations. You could ask the deleting admins on Commons for further details (you can see which admin deleted it by visiting the image page for the deleted images), but the most common reason is that images were copied off the Web and are not released under a free license such as CC-BY-SA. Commons does not accept nonfree content at all, and aside from a few narrow exceptions, neither does Wikipedia. Seraphimblade ^{Talk to me} 14:47, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

Hi Serena1996. As Seraphimblade points out above, the files were uploaded to Commons. Commons and Wikipedia are both Wikimedia Foundation projects, but they each have their own policies and guidelines, and their own administrators and community of editors. There's lots of overlap between the two, but for the most part Commons matters need to be resolved on Commons. If you want to know who nominated these files for deletion and the reasons why they did so, please take a look at the messages posted at c:User talk:Alexa1816.

For reference, only administrators can delete files from Wikipedia and Commons and they usually only do so because of copyright concerns. So, it's not a good idea to simply try and re-upload the file(s) in question when this happens because most likely that will just lead to the re-uploads being deleted as well and also the possibility of being warned not to do it again. Commons only accepts certain types of licensed content as explained in c:Commons:Licensing and its administrators tend to have little patience with editors who repeatedly upload files which are considered to be copyright violations. If you don't understand why a file was deleted or feel it was deleted in error, then it's best to discuss things with the administrator who deleted the file. You can almost always find out who this is by simply clicking on the deleted file's red link.

Finally, if you're a student as Valereee surmises below and your class/course is one those connected to Wikipedia:Education program, then your course should've been assigned a Wik Ed adviser, and this person's name should be listed on your course's Wikipedia page. Wiki Ed advisers are generally really experienced at editing and are good sources for information. You're almost certainly not the first student to have files deleted from Commons, and your adviser can help you sort such things out. You might also want to take a look at Wikipedia:Education program/Students and in particular this tutorial about uploading ad using images. -- Marchjuly (talk) 23:53, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

FYI to teahouse helpers, this well-written and well-researched article looks like it might be a multi-student project. --valereee (talk) 14:58, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

Edit

How. can I edit plz help 😥😥😥😥 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Moiidthg (talk • contribs) 14:44, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

@Moiidthg: You are doing it right now! See Help:Menu for more information. Regards, Guywan (talk) 15:43, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

Tnx Guywan I really appreciate it — Preceding unsigned comment added by Moiidthg (talk • contribs) 16:08, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

Hello, Moiidthg welcome to the Teahouse. For a brand new editor like yourself, the best advice to understand how to edit this encyclopaedia is to spend a little bit of time doing our interactive tour, called The Wikipedia Adventure (15 badges to collect en route!), and then maybe either reading Help:Getting started or visiting the Wikipedia:Community portal which is one place that offers ideas for things to work on. But I often say to people to go read articles about things they are personally interested in or know about. Whilst it's not OK to add stuff based purely on your personal knowledge (because supporting references are always required), you stand a good chance of finding weaknesses in pages that you know about that you can work on (spelling/grammar etc), or facts you can research and insert along with an appropriate citation, of course. (See this help page on how to add references). Now, I can tell from your recent contributions that you're enthusiastic to contribute - which is absolutely great - but I'll just say that we do take what we do pretty seriously here. We have editors of all ages, and this advice is offered to young editors, many of whom make some amazing contributions. I took a quick peek at your first few contributions, I will just point out that you really should avoid making trivial, chatty edits to article talk pages - nor is it really OK to drop in to another editors talk page, sign it, without saying anything worthwhile. You do have a sandbox where you can test out whether your edits look ok without disturbing other users. So, just make sure that everything you contribute to here is a net positive to improving the encyclopaedia. In other words, don't let your enthusiasm to help out get in the way of you actually helping out! If other editors ask you not to do something, it'll usually be for a pretty good reason - everyone makes mistakes in the beginning. The key thing is to listen and learn, and you'll be well on your way to taking your first steps in becoming a great editor. Best of luck on your own personal Wikipedia adventure. Come back any time to ask for help or support, and do then sign every talk page post with four keyboard tilde characters (like this: ~~~~) as this automatically adds your username and a datestamp, which is really important for everyone to see. Regards from the UK, Nick Moyes (talk) 17:05, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

Appreciate it but I think you are pushing too hard am new and I need help can you help me plz 😭😭😭😭 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Moiidthg (talk • contribs) 18:49, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

@Moiidthg: I think you've mis-understood what Nick wrote above. He took significant time to give you some good and thoughtful advice, with links to even more useful info. In return, you should probably take the time to read it carefully. If you still think it seems harsh, or is too much to take on, you may have a difficult time here. Regards, —[AlanM1(talk)]— 19:54, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

(edit conflict) @Moiidthg: Whether you are new here, or have been editing for some time, we're happy to help. But you will have to clarify what help it is that you need, or which bits you don't understand. Nick Moyes (talk) 20:25, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

Tnx😭😭 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Moiidthg (talk • contribs) 04:02, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

Nick Moyes - your first post might have been information overload. starship.paint (talk) 06:52, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

Where do i go?

What is the best destination on Wikipedia for requesting the unprotection of a page? 2405:204:A49D:DD98:0:0:D43:B8AC (talk) 15:48, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

Well, those instructions can be found on WP:RFPP. Just scroll down to the "Reduction in Page Protection" section, but please read the instructions in that section before making any requests. CLCStudent (talk) 15:50, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

Should I put an About template before or after a pre-existing Multiple issues template?

There's a Multiple issues template on the page, followed by the content of the page. The page needs an About template too. Should I place it above, or below, the Multiple issues template that already exists? Epic style editor (very cool) (talk) 16:16, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

@Epic style editor (very cool): Generally, the About template goes above the multiple issues DannyS712 (talk) 17:08, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

Thanks, @DannyS712:. I'll add the template above then. Epic style editor (very cool) (talk) 17:46, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

@Epic style editor (very cool): A good page to reference for things such as this is WP:ORDER; similarly, for article talk pages, WP:TALKORDER is good to look at. -- Marchjuly (talk) 23:26, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

Can anyone help on a draft

It’s about a game by big blue bubble I’ve not edited it — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.11.252.221 (talk) 17:42, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

Hi, IP editor, welcome to the Teahouse. Without a link to the draft, we've no idea what you're referring to, I'm afraid. (Well, I haven't, anyway!). Nick Moyes (talk) 17:49, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

Yes the Draft:My singing monsters dawn of fire. Thanks very much I’ve been needing help for ages!-92.11.252.221 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.11.252.221 (talk) 17:51, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

The link is Draft:My singing monsters: Dawn of fire. You need some references. Dbfirs 18:25, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

The content is already covered in My Singing Monsters. Perhaps that section could be added to rather than trying to create a separate article. That section needs help, as it does not have any working references. David notMD (talk) 19:52, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

I’m trying to make it separate that’s why so please recheck your edit and revert also DavidnotMD I have autism too!-92.111.252.221 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.11.252.221 (talk) 11:26, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

But, IP user, have you found the independent reliable sources about that game that are required to establish that it is notable enough for Wikipedia to have an article about it? If there are no suitable sources, then your draft will not be accepted (however it is written), so it is worth finding them first. Once you have found sources, you can then go about writing the draft in the most effective way, viz. by forgetting everything you know about the subject, and writing the based only on what the sources say. --ColinFine (talk) 15:02, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

Empty checkboxes

When I open Preferences / Gadgets then the checkboxes are empty and remain empty even when I have clicked into one. Therefore I do not see the result i.e. whether the box is marked or not. I use Firefox (67.) and Windows 8.1 (both up to date). I have a similar problem with some websites: that the mouse indicator becomes a pointing hand, but there is just empty background and there is no other icon or text (caption) anywhere close to it. I had this or these problems already before I installed two adblockers (AdGuard and uBlock Origin) but I have disabled them for the WP.
Steue (talk) 22:45, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

@Steue: If you don't get a reply here within 24 hours, it might be reasonable to repeat this question at Village Pump Technical. It sounds like the old Windows 8 OS isn't liking something. I've just loaded up Firefox ver 67 in Windows 10 and there's no issue visible to me. Again, try another browser, and do also check Firefox's own Options settings (these have checkboxes, too, so can you see those?) Does W8.1 have a 'compatability mode' you can try? And what happens in preferences when you try to click a tick box and then 'restore defaults'? That option only appears live once you'e ticked or unticked one of the check boxes. Finally, a Google search does suggest that Firefox users have experienced this in older versions (see here), so maybe a further root around online might reveal some other issues. And always do a reboot of your PC/mobile just to make sure it hasn't loaded up with a glitch. Sorry I can't offer further suggestions. Hope one of these might work. Let me know. Cheers Nick Moyes (talk) 02:11, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

@Steue: Is it the same in the German Wikipedia? Does Monobook work? PrimeHunter (talk) 08:47, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

Picture tag issue (country specified)

Hello all! Have a nice day!. I want to know If I did it correct or I messed up. A picture of a man that was taken in the UK in 1912. It's therefore free in the U.S. but the U.S. tag asked me to specify permission from that country (UK), and I ended up adding the following visible tag. Picture Thanks a lot & Best wishes. --LLcentury (talk) 23:20, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

Done friends, I sorted out by Live Chat. Feel free to delete this request for help. I am sorry. --LLcentury (talk) 02:03, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

Pleased to hear it's sorted, LLcentury. We don't delete completed help requests as the problem or solution is likely to be of interest to other editors. We only remove way off-topic or inappropriate posts here. Cheers, Nick Moyes (talk) 02:14, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

goo goo dolls - you are missing a promo released CD

GOO GOO DOLLS - Take Me Out To The Ballgame - !. Radio Version :58 2. Full Version 1:00 Copyright 1996 Warner Bros. Records Inc. PRO-CD-8409-R , Made In USA. Promotional Only Not For Sale — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2605:E000:FFC0:2E:79F2:454E:6B25:8F9B (talk) 03:20, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

Hi IP 2605:E000:FFC0:2E:79F2:454E:6B25:8F9B|2605:E000:FFC0:2E:79F2:454E:6B25:8F9B. If you feel the above is something which should be added to Take Me Out To The Ballgame, Goo Goo Dolls or some other article, then you can be bold and add the content yourself; just remember to provide a citation to a reliable source in support for verification purposes. If you're not sure about adding the content, then you can always be cautious and propose that it be added by leaving a message on the relevant article's talk page to see what some other editors think. -- Marchjuly (talk) 12:31, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

Copyright violations and quotes

I am currently writing an article (the gangland murder of Edward Deegan) and i recieved a log on my article from an EranBot for a 'potential copyright violation'. I know I have not plagerised, however I have used multiple quotes which are quite large. What should I do to resolve this issue? Delete my quotes and replace them with a link to where I got the quote from/ Thanks for your help 49.191.136.242 (talk) 04:43, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

Hi IP 49.191.136.242. Wikipedia encourages contributors to write content in their own words as much as possible, typically by summarizing content they find in reliable sources about a particular subject. There are, however, times when quoted content from a cited source can be used if doing so would help increase the reader's understanding of the subject. You can find out some more about this in MOS:QUOTE, but generally quoting large blocks of text from a source is considered excessive and may even be considered a copyright violation depending upon how the source content is licensed. You might find some of the information at the top part of Wikipedia:Copyright problems helpful, or you could ask one of the administrators listed at Category:Wikipedia administrators willing to investigate copyright matters for more specific feedback; one of them might be willing to look at your draft and offer some suggestions regarding quoted text. -- Marchjuly (talk) 12:24, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

Edit

How can I edit plz make me an example — Preceding unsigned comment added by Moiidthg (talk • contribs) 07:13, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

Moiidthg, click on the icon that looks like a pencil and then you will be editing. If you want to edit using visual editor click on the pencil at the top and switch the editor from source editor to visual editor. You can test this in your sandbox click on this link user:Moiidthg/sandbox.--SharabSalam (talk) 07:27, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

I've pasted caravel in their sandbox. They've edited that actual article before starship.paint (talk) 07:28, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

UPDATE: @Starship.paint and SharabSalam: As I suspected, but wanted to give the benefit of the doubt, this user has now been indefinitely blocked for abusing multiple accounts. See: Category:Wikipedia sockpuppets of Moiidthg. Such a waste of everyone's time here, when we could be focusing on helping genuine users who really need our assistance. Nick Moyes (talk) 11:09, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

@Nick Moyes: - thanks for the heads up. They actually confessed here [2], though I hadn't noticed (maybe you did?) I think they didn't know it was wrong and I also think they'll be back, honestly. starship.paint (talk) 12:55, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

@Starship.paint: Yes, I read that, too, though ignored it because of WP:AGF. I chose to interpret that as a careless way of suggesting they used multiple platforms, not that they ran multiple user accounts here. But an admin did make the eventual check-user block. Nick Moyes (talk) 13:27, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

No, they said that they had interacted with me using many accounts, so it was actually not particularly ambiguous... anyway, let's deny the troll the recognition they are after. I agree that it's sad when trolls trick good-faith editors into helping them. --bonadea contributions talk 13:37, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

Months

Why doesn't every month of the 20th century, at least going back that far in time, in the Gregorian calendar have it's own article detailing important dates that happened in that exact month? For example, December 1939 has it's own article, and January 2018 has it's own article. Why does Wikipedia only have definite articles for each month after July 1994? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.90.47.253 (talk) 13:50, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

Because nobody has yet created those article. Wikipedia:Wikipedia is a work in progress.--Shantavira|^{feed me} 13:54, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

Forgotten password

Lets say you have been blocked, but you have forgotten the password to your user account, what should you do? 79.67.93.60 (talk) 16:04, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

If you did not provide an email address to your account in its Preferences, there unfortunately is nothing that can be done to recover it; you will need to create a new account and identify it as a successor account to your original one. 331dot (talk) 17:08, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

If you are blocked, however, you won't be able to create an account most likely, so you will need to request unblock from your IP. If you do not do that first, it is block evasion(which you are technically doing now). 331dot (talk) 17:10, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

(edit conflict):Two independent questions. If you have been blocked, you should not post, anywhere, from any account, on any subject, unless you are specifically following the steps of Appealing a block.

Secondly, if you have an email set up on the account, and still have access to that email, then usually you can reset your password using that email (but I don't know whether that is possible when you are blocked or not). If you haven't, then you can't. --ColinFine (talk) 17:12, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Plausibility

Please create guideline on plausibility. 85.221.158.102 (talk) 17:07, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

Welcome to Teahouse, please explain what do you really mean by this. Regards.--PATH SLOPU 17:18, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

This type of requests are handled at WP:VPI. Masum Reza^📞 17:27, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

Nees Help in Fixing the This Article i Recently Made.

Hello there, I have recently created the article Kshitij Tarey, He is an Award Winner Singer/Composer from India and i request my friends over here to get it fixed!! Thanks :)) Shringhringshring (talk) 18:11, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

How can i publish a well known poet article but its denied by Wikipedia article verification

I wrote a article about my personally fav Indian poet wajid shaikh and he is quite famous on social media and youtube but his article verification is just denied by some admins,kindly please help me to publish this article to main Wikipedia Draft:Wajid Shaikh (poet) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Naimatsid (talk • contribs) 18:35, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

Hello, Naimatsid. The problem is that your draft has no references. Wikipedia is not interested in what you know (or I know, or any random person on the internet knows): it is only interested in what has been published in reliable sources, mostly independent of the subject. You need to find some sources, forget everything you know about the poet, and write your draft entirely from the sources. Please see your first article. --ColinFine (talk) 19:04, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

Redirecting a name

Hello,

I am writing an entry on a dance artist, Elizabeth Langley, but the link goes to a different person of the same name. My entry is still in my Sandbox. Any help as to solve this issue is most welcome.

Thank you. --Dancepluswordsps (talk) 19:01, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

Hello, Dancepluswordsps. We handle this sort of issue by adding a word or phrase to one or all articles to distinguish them: see WP:PRECISION. I suggest you don't worry about it at this stage: when you submit your draft for review, the reviewing editor who accepts it will move it to a suitable name and sort out any name clashes. --ColinFine (talk) 19:10, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

Wiki Page for A Musician

Hello,

I would like to know the best way to get a wiki page up and running for a nationally and internationally renowned artist... I see that some of them are automatically generated... The artist is Cary Morin http://www.carymorin.com

Thanks so much for any help!

Celeste — Preceding unsigned comment added by CaryMorin (talk • contribs) 19:06, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

@CaryMorin: Hello and welcome to the Teahouse. So there are a few things to tell you; First, if you are not Cary Morin, you cannot use their name as your username. Please go to Special:GlobalRenameRequest or WP:CHUS to request that your username be changed. Second, I gather that you represent Cary Morin; if so, you should review conflict of interest and paid editing.

I'm not sure why you think Wikipedia articles(not just "pages") are automatically generated; they are written by humans, the vast majority of which are volunteers. Ideally, the article should be written by someone unaffiliated with the subject(again, please read about conflict of interest). This is because Wikipedia is an encyclopedia that has articles about subjects shown with independent reliable sources to meet Wikipedia's special definition of notablility. For musicians, that is written at WP:BAND. Wikipedia is not interested in what an article subject(or their representative) wants to say about themselves- only in what independent sources state. The best thing for you to do is nothing, and allow an independent editor to write about Cary Morin. Also keep in mind that Wikipedia has no interest in helping Morin's career or internet search results; we're here to write an encyclopedia of human knowledge for the benefit of all. A Wikipedia article is not necessarily desirable either; there are good reasons to not want one.

In short- and I apologize for the great deal of information- it is best for you to let independent editors take note of Morin and write about them. 331dot (talk) 19:15, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

Review article

Hey Patrollers, I saw a draft for an Indian singer I believe needs to be moved asap, I have checked the sources and information. everything is pretty reliable and Independent also checked the CopyVio all good. after checking history article seemed to be moved in the draft because of a Now-blocked user creation (summary) so if anyone who can review here is link Draft:Tripti Shakya would be great if a reviewer is Indian --Siddharth 📨 19:49, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

I'm confused - what makes you believe that any draft article needs to be moved asap and why would the reviewer's nationality matter? --bonadea contributions talk 19:52, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

Furthermore, the article is exactly identical to what it was when it was moved to draftspace, except that it has been submitted to AfC review. --bonadea contributions talk 19:55, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

...and it is a copyright violation to boot. --bonadea contributions talk 19:57, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

User:SidPedian, Bonadea, it's worth noting that ever since VixHere has been blocked a number of users have been trying to move drafts that Vixhere created into article mainspace. Let's just say that that raises a few eyebrows and some editors may be asked to explain just how they just randomly happened to notice draft articles. Note that undisclosed paid editing is not allowed. See WP:COIPAYDISCLOSE Vexations (talk) 20:13, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

Yes, I noticed that just now, when looking into VH's edits. Also some AfD disruption, looks like. --bonadea contributions talk 20:15, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

okay not a problem --Siddharth 📨 20:10, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

• User:Vexations and User:Bonadea Because when Vixhere created one article it appeared in new pages feed and I tagged it with like citations needed etc.. and that article was also moved and it came into my watchlist. though I checked all articles moved to draft and I was about to complain about paid moves but I don't think that's my call. so I didn't. but Singer Tripti Shakya is known that's the reason I submitted it for Review and asked asap because I thought keeping articles in the draft would not make Wikipedia better. but if the reviewer thinks it's copyright violation then I have only good faith. I always respect other creators and their actions. If I had any connection with Tripti Shakya I would have moved it back I do have the privilege. --Siddharth 📨 20:22, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

  SidPedian, you've barely been around for a month, you have trouble noticing copyright violations, but you already want to review articles and move drafts by blocked editors to mainspace. I suggest you slow down and refrain from reviewing, and instead work on improving the sourcing of articles on subjects that have notability issues. Vexations (talk) 20:39, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

S - You started by claiming the draft passed copyright violation, but since deleted for copyright violation. Try harder. David notMD (talk) 20:37, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

user:David notMD sorry I did not understand what to try harder?--Siddharth 📨 20:40, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

The draft was deleted because it was and "Unambiguous copyright infringement of http://www.bhojpurifilmiduniya.com/2015/12/singer-tripti-shakya.html?m=1)" You had written here that you had checked it, and said it did not have a copyright violation. Try harder to not make errors. David notMD (talk) 20:46, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

Vexations yes that's what I do most of the time. I do not review articles. I add references to the articles created by others you can go through my contributions all I do is tags, citing, linking, removing unnecessary linking, Most of the time I choose articles by directing visiting them once I watch any show or movie I go visit its article and make necessary edits. today watched Hostages (Indian series) I fixed references in Reception section that's what I do most of the time. I'm learning everyday new policy about AFD's and for BLP's--Siddharth 📨 20:51, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

Student, looking to create a wikipedia page for the first time

Hello,

As the title says, I am a student in a fourth year Germanics class and I am looking to create an article for an author as a final project. Is there someone here who is able to provide a little assistance and tutoring to help ensure it is properly formatted and does not get taken down?

Thank you in advance!