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February 16

dabsolver for watchlist is broken

Hi guys, I've been trying for the last few days to use the "watchlist" function of the dab solver tool, which allows you to find links to disambiguation pages in all the articles on your watchlist. But when I go to "sign in" / "connect to wikipedia", it crashes and gives a Python error. Does anybody know if this tool is also available somewhere else, or if there's something I could do in order to log in to be able to run the tool? Thanks! Dr. Vogel (talk) 00:42, 16 February 2020 (UTC)

Hi all, would anyone be able to confirm that it is indeed broken and it isn't just me? I'd really like to be able to use this tool. Thanks very much! Dr. Vogel (talk) 16:33, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

I just tried and it gave me the Python script error. MB 17:37, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

James Kitson, 1st Baron Airedale

I have added a book in the "family" section of this page. It is a mess. Please fix if able. Sorry and thanks 175.33.49.35 (talk) 07:23, 16 February 2020 (UTC)

Working on it. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 08:00, 16 February 2020 (UTC)

Grtting the talk page

So, {{TALKPAGENAME}} will give me the talk page of the page that I am on, but is there a way to do something like {{TALKPAGENAME: Bean}} to give me the talk page of the page Bean? (Talk:Bean) Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by BEANS X2 (talk • contribs) 09:03, 16 February 2020 (UTC)

@BEANS X2: [[{{TALKPAGENAME:Bean}}]] produces Talk:Bean. See WP:MAGIC. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 10:18, 16 February 2020 (UTC)

Berney baronets

In the section titled "Links with Middleton family" there is a reference to the Yorkshire Ramblers Club. There is a wikipedia link for it but it wont work on my device. Please do it if you can Thanks 175.33.49.35 (talk) 10:07, 16 February 2020 (UTC)

 Done, thanks 175! ——SN54129 10:26, 16 February 2020 (UTC)

Lupton family

In the Barbara Lupton (Lady Bullock) section reference 92 is not relevant but it IS relevant when the same reference is used in the earlier Hugh Lupton section. I am not able to remove this duplicate reference from the Barbara Lupton section. Please help and thanks 175.33.49.35 (talk) 10:17, 16 February 2020 (UTC)

 Done, 175. That was a poorly written section all over, loads of extraneous spaces. ——SN54129 10:26, 16 February 2020 (UTC)

Article yet to published

I created a biography page of someone since January, and till date Wikipedia has not published it. Please how may you help? The subject: Mulikat Sarumi Biography — Preceding unsigned comment added by Idrab4all (talk • contribs) 11:03, 16 February 2020 (UTC)

You produced a draft: Draft:Mulikat Sarumi Biography but did not submit it for AFC review. It would be pointless to submit it in its current state as it has no references to published independent reliable sources to demonstrate the subject's notability. You need to read the advice at WP:Your first article. --David Biddulph (talk) 11:10, 16 February 2020 (UTC)

DYK Check tool

How do I add the Hook Length Warning option [[1]] to the DYK Check tool? It gives a script to add to a page:

importScript('User:Shubinator/DYKcheck.js'); //DYKcheck tool
hookLengthYellow = 190;
hookLengthRed = 200;
fixedSidebar = "never";

But I don't know where to find that page.--Ykraps (talk) 11:26, 16 February 2020 (UTC)

Same place as the install: User:Ykraps/vector.js Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 12:17, 16 February 2020 (UTC)

Thanks. I think I've added that tool now. Where can I find the page? Is it in preferences somewhere?--Ykraps (talk) 12:30, 16 February 2020 (UTC)

Should be something that shows up on the left hand side on the article (on the toolbar.) Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 16:45, 16 February 2020 (UTC)

VKB Landbou page

Dear, my new page :VKB Landbou is not appearing on my searches. Please help — Preceding unsigned comment added by TwinMosia (talk • contribs) 14:47, 16 February 2020 (UTC)

TwinMosia You created it in Wikipedia space, which is not article space. I will move it to Draft space so you can submit it for a review by another editor before it is formally placed in the encyclopedia, so any problems are worked out first. 331dot (talk) 14:50, 16 February 2020 (UTC)

TwinMosia I have moved it to Draft:VKB Landbou. You can submit the draft for review, but it would not be accepted as it is now, as you do not have enough independent reliable sources with significant coverage to support the content of the draft; there is also promotional language in the draft. If you work for this company, you must read and comply with WP:COI and WP:PAID. 331dot (talk) 14:52, 16 February 2020 (UTC)

It's also almost entirely a copy of the company website, which is a copyright violation. Joseph2302 (talk) 15:39, 16 February 2020 (UTC)

Edits

I have been providing extremely well referenced authoritative information on this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_Merlin#Gas_Generator

One of my edits, which documents the lack of reporting of toxic materials, was by Angus1986 removed as being "not constructive." It was, however factually correct. Wikipedia is supposed to be "encyclopedic" - which means all the well-referenced facts. Removing well-referenced facts under the aegis of "not being constructive" seems wrong, or at least a minor technicality for an encyclopedia. (and it is constructive in the sense of providing additional references germane to the core topic)

Please explain the issue more fully. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:67.61.89.32 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.61.89.32 (talk) 16:39, 16 February 2020 (UTC)

When an edit get reverted, your next step is to discuss it with the reverting editor (see WP:BRD) to reach consensus. Please assume good faith (see WP:AGF) you are both trying to improve the biggest and best encyclopedia the world as ever seen. If that fails, then get additional input: see WP:DISPUTE. -Arch dude (talk) 17:23, 16 February 2020 (UTC)

Note also, 67.61.89.32, that "encyclopedic" does not mean "exhaustive"; in fact, it means "brief" here on Wikipedia. Encyclopedia articles must leave out a lot of stuff. That is why they are shorter than any authoritative book on a subject. Editors must make hard choices in determining what goes in and what must stay out. I remove tangential, trivial and off-topic material from Wikipedia articles on a regular basis.--Quisqualis (talk) 01:19, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

EDIT: Thank you for the reply. I saw that but cannot figure out how to initiate the process, get more information / make contact with the editor to find out what "not constructive" means and why it warrants dismissal of well-referenced information. How to make contact? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.61.89.32 (talk) 17:42, 16 February 2020 (UTC)

Please go to the talk page of the article in question at Talk:SpaceX Merlin (or just click the "talk" tab at the top of the article: it's the same place). Add a new section. {{Ping}} the reverting editor. Note that the phrase "not constructive" is auto-generated by some vandal-fighting tools and if a vandal fighter got in a hurry and made a mistake, you may have been the victim. Please don't take offense, as those volunteers have a huge amount of work do in their self-assigned, thankless task, and to keep up they must work fast and will occasionally make mistakes. -Arch dude (talk) 18:36, 16 February 2020 (UTC)

Once again, thank you for the reply. No offense. I can't tell what the "Ping" link means in this context - it appears to be a template of some sort. By author, in this case, do you mean "Angus1986" who appears the be the one who reverted my edit?

Yes, write your message and include {{Ping|Angus1986}}. Make sure to sign using 4 tidles ~~~~ or it won't work. RudolfRed (talk) 19:36, 16 February 2020 (UTC)

Thank you very much for the reply. That last bit about a signature doesn't compute for me - can you give an example? I looked on the "Talk" page which was mentioned ("Please go to the talk page of the article in question") but didn't see any of the edits with tildes. Did you mean the text box labelled "Sign your posts on talk pages:" and enter 67.61.89.32 (talk) 20:14, 16 February 2020 (UTC) in that?

EDIT: I think I get it - when I insert the characters (4 tildes) in the text of my comment, it inserts my IP address, right? 67.61.89.32 (talk) 20:32, 16 February 2020 (UTC)

That's right, IP user. --ColinFine (talk) 20:54, 16 February 2020 (UTC)

It also inserts a timestamp in the correct format. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 02:06, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

Wilberforce Colony

NOTE:

In the article about "Wilberforce Colony," there is an omission - Instead of Wilberforce Colony was a colony established about 1829 by free African Americans," 'SHOULD INCLUDE "and escaped slaves!"

I know this because I am one of many great great great granddaughters - of "Peter Butler!" For further reference validation, a book has been written by Daniel G. Hill, called "The Freedom Seekers: Blacks in early Canada.

"THE FREEDOM SEEKERS: Blacks in early Canada," Publisher: Soc of Canada Ltd., January 1, 1981, ISBN - 10 0772552843, ISBN - 13 978 - 0772552846, p.68'Italic text ''' — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:8800:6900:141F:5D29:4259:446D:E9AA (talk) 18:08, 16 February 2020 (UTC)

Refugee slaves, who had escaped to freedom in Canada, also joined the colony. So, it is already mentioned. Ruslik_Zero 20:31, 16 February 2020 (UTC)

Since you have this book and have read it, please feel free to add it as a additional reference to that sentence in the article. Even better, expand the article further based on material in the book. If you are not comfortable editing directly, suggest some wording in a new section on the article's talk page, include your reference there as you did here, and add the magic incantation {{request edit}} to attract the attention of an editor. And thanks. -Arch dude (talk) 00:28, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

List of Amusement Parks - Closed Parks

I've tried to added a page with a list of amusement parks. I've tried to add the information that a park is permanently closed. My edit was reverted because of "vandalism". If somebody wants to add the information again, please do. I think it is a valuable information and it is true. The park is closed. I will not try to edit again. I don't know how to answer the person who wrote me and he/she doesn't seem interested in a helping a beginner to add such information. Personal note: I've tried to edit Wikipedia 15 years ago and I tried now. It's still to complicated for me. I'm back to helping the OSM. Bye. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.140.124.133 (talk) 20:51, 16 February 2020 (UTC)

Hello, IP user. You maybe won't see this, if you've really gone away; but I hope you do stay. Thank you for wanting to help us improve Wikipedia, and I'm sorry you've had a bad experience. What I see in your edit is that you added a foreign word to an English Wikipedia article, and gave no explanation of why. Now, some readers of English Wikipedia will know that "geschlossen" is German for "closed"; but many may not. They see a piece of nonsense in the article (not everybody will realise that it is a German word) and wonder why. If they look through the history, they see it was inserted by an anonymous account with no explanation of why. Do you see why the editor who reverted it might have thought your edit "unconstructive". (Incidentally, I can't see anywhere where the word "vandalism" appeared in respect of this edit, before you mentioned it above).

Furthermore, even if a reader recognised the word as meaning "closed", there is no source given for the information: how does the reader know it is accurate? It's not an ironclad rule that all information in articles is accompanied by a source, but it's certainly preferable.

If you have a published source for the fact that the Salzberger Erlebnis Park is closed, you are welcome to reapply your edit, in English, with an edit summary explaining why; and preferably, a source that says it's closed. (Alternatively, since no source is given for the park, and it is not even mentioned in the article Neuenstein, Hesse, it might be better to simply remove it from the list). --ColinFine (talk) 21:13, 16 February 2020 (UTC)

Help with User page and images

Hi im try to place some images into my user page but whenever I do they just go immediately to below the infobox. any way to pervent this?DMT biscuit (talk) 23:32, 16 February 2020 (UTC)

Have you tried just placing them within the infobox? For George Washington, there is a line in the infobox parameters | image = Gilbert Stuart Williamstown Portrait of George Washington.jpg. You would put the title of your image in place of the title in bold. You have to upload your image first, though.--Quisqualis (talk) 01:00, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

February 17

Wikipedia:Reference desk/Entertainment

I need a link to the archived January 2020 posts to the above project, please. Anyone? Thanks,--Quisqualis (talk) 00:53, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

@Quisqualis: Here: Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Entertainment/January_2020 RudolfRed (talk) 01:24, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

Help for a begginer

Is there someone or perhaps a service that can help me publish my page on Wikipedia? I have read the FAQ and have not found the help I need. I have uploaded the content and need help, especially with uploading a photo and the template for the right aligned text box. Thank you in advance for your kind direction. Please send help... here is a link to my draft: Draft:Meredith McCrindle. Thank you, Harpmom39 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Harpmom39 (talk • contribs) 01:11, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

• Harpmom39, your draft, unfortunately, is highly promotional in tone and content and cannot be moved into mainspace in its current condition. If I were you I'd start by removing all those inline URLs and citing properly--see WP:CITE. That is the first step--the second is to make it more neutral. We are not here to promote people. Thank you. Drmies (talk) 01:14, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

@Harpmom39: your Very first step must be to establish notability of the topic. To do this, you must find two or more reliable sources of the correct type. If you cannot establish notability to the satisfaction of yourself and other editors, your article will be deleted, no matter how excellent it is in all other ways. See Wikipedia:Notability (music). There are several common ways to mess this up. See Wikipedia:Common sourcing mistakes (notability). To answer your specific question: there are people who will take your money and write an article for you, but they have no way to prevent us from deleting the article if the topic is not notable. After you establish notability, we can provide your with further assistance, for free. -Arch dude (talk) 01:47, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

@Harpmom39: Based on your username, I'm guessing you are either the subject of the article or are related to them. Please see WP:AUTO and/or WP:COI for policies in this regard, and WP:PROUD for why it might not necessarily be desirable. Thanks. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 01:58, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

Berney baronets

I have accidently removed a section on the Berney baronets. Please replace and leave in the recent text change that I added in. Thanks 203.132.68.1 (talk) 01:44, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

 Done Note for the future that you can undo an edit by clicking on the "undo" link for that edit from the article's history page (click the "View History" tab). —[AlanM1(talk)]— 02:04, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

David Worth Clark

In reading info. about The Northern Baptist Theological Seminary I clicked on the name, David w. Clark, President of Palm Beach Atlantic College (and former graduate of The Northern Baptist Theological Seminary). The next screen that came up was about a David Worth Clark who died in 1955 and gave no reference to Palm Beach Atlantic College. I then clicked on Palm Beach Atlantic College and read the correct info. about its past Presidents and the correct David W. Clark who was president at the college around 2003. So, obviously, the David Worth Clark in the link I clicked on IS NOT THE CORRECT David W. Clark who was a former president of the Palm Beach Atlantic College.

I don't know how to delete this incorrect link shown on the Northern Baptist Theological Seminary informational page, but, someone who does know how to do it, needs to. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 47.200.224.55 (talk) 02:32, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

 Fixed There is no article for the Clark you're referring to, so I just de-linked it and readers can click the Palm Beach Atlantic University link to read about Clark. - FlightTime (open channel) 03:29, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

15th century English

I have a 15th-century English recipe that I'm trying to puzzle through, and our list of translators doesn't seem to cover that lol. Anyone know where I can go to ask? --valereee (talk) 13:49, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

@Valereee: is it in a contemporary hand? Anyway, I have a professional knowledge of this kind of thing, for my sins, so feel free to send it over and I'll have a look. ——SN54129 13:59, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

Serial Number 54129, thanks, will bring it to your talk! --valereee (talk) 14:06, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

Fixing an edit summary

Is it possible to go back to change your edit summary once your edit is saved? If not, is there a user script I can use to change it? Interstellarity (talk) 15:51, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

No. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 15:51, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

No, but see Help:Edit summary#Fixing. --David Biddulph (talk) 16:37, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

@Pppery and David Biddulph: Thanks for informing. Interstellarity (talk) 17:05, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

Significant confusion about how to do this

I am a composer of music and am trying to get just a brief mention and foothold about my work. I drafted a short article, but am very confused about the next steps. Mention in Wiki would help people to know me, and in getting works performed. Some have been performed. I have training and there are plenty of references who can verify I am a serious composer. — Preceding unsigned comment added by J Inness54 (talk • contribs) 16:26, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

Wikipedia is not for promotion. --David Biddulph (talk) 16:39, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

@J Inness54: Even if you wrote a non-promotional article, it would still be deleted. Wikipedia will retain and improve an article on any notable subject, as we define it. We will delete an article on a non-notable subject. See WP:COMPOSER for the relevant notability criteria. Notability must be supported by reliable sources (WP:RS). This is easy to mess up: see Wikipedia:Common sourcing mistakes (notability). Also take a look at WP:PROUD. Since Wikipedia is not the venue for your effort take a look at alternatives: see WP:OUT. -Arch dude (talk) 17:24, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

Editing this page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weekly_Sh%C5%8Dnen_Jump

I do not have permissions to edit; could someone with higher permissions write that it is published on Mondays? Specifically: is a weekly shōnen manga anthology published on Mondays in Japan by This information can be verified from the Japanese version of the page. MarvNC (talk) 19:17, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

@MarvNC: Thanks for wanting to improve the article. However, without being able to read Japanese, it is impossible to determine the correct source to cite for this information. You can place an edit request on the article's talk page, and when you do, please provide the citation for it (see WP:REFB). RudolfRed (talk) 20:26, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

I should also note that the date of a publication isn't particularly notable. It's certainly not lede material. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 21:26, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

Pictured Building Name Correction

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knives_Out

Production Edit

Caption under picture:

Several scenes are set in Maynard, Massachusetts. The car chase scene goes through the Assabet Woolen Mill (pictured), now known as Clock Tower Place.

Please edit, "now known as Clock Tower Place", to... "now known as Mill & Main.

Thank you! 173.14.148.125 (talk) 20:12, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

Mill & Main, property management company, Lincoln Property Company

You should start a discussion on the article's talk page. RudolfRed (talk) 20:19, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

Bush wrongful Case in Courts against me in 2002 without any evidence.

cc: U.S. Supreme Court Justices, U.S. Appeals Court, U.S. Federal Courts, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, Immigration Court.

Sincerely, S. Kabuom — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.160.56.89 (talk) 20:14, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

I removed a large chunk of text. This is the help desk for the Wikipedia encyclopedia. We cannot help you with whatever problem you are having in the courts. Consult a lawyer. RudolfRed (talk) 20:21, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

I can no longer find book creator as an option on wiki pages

Is book creator still an option? I cannot find it anywhere, and I cannot find any indication that it has been discontinued. Can you clarify and if it is still available to create a book by combining individual wiki pages, can you direct me to the information on how to access and use it. --Scholar0051 (talk) 22:14, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

The book creator still exists and is still accessible at Special:Book. The community chose to hide the link on the sidebar because it was mostly non-functional. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 22:20, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

Is it possible to create a book within wiki and then download it -for free- in some kind of file format for my own use? I understand PDF is not an option, but what can I use? The book creator is highly, highly useful application for rapidly creating background information. I would like to use this feature but I'm stumped by how to navigate the increasing complicated wikipedia-related pages to utilize this feature. Simple directions would be greatly appreciated.--Scholar0051 (talk) 22:40, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

making a new page

hi i noticed that there isnt a page for Luke Mullen actor from andi mack and american housewives - but i am unsure what are the guidelines about making a page for someone who isnt worldwide famous? Any tips as well? Kinda Regards — Preceding unsigned comment added by Maxwell King123321 (talk • contribs) 23:21, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

@Maxwell King123321: One option is make a request at Wikipedia:Articles for creation - FlightTime (open channel) 23:26, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

@Maxwell King123321: First, check to see if Luke Mullen is notable by our definition (see WP:NACTOR) by finding at least two reliable sources that support notabiliy. no article will remain on Wikipedia unless the subject is notable. This is easy to mess up: see Wikipedia:Common sourcing mistakes (notability). If, after your research, you feel he is sufficiently notable, then make the AfC request, adding the sources, or proceed to WP:YFA and create the article yourself. If the subject is notable, we can help you from there. -Arch dude (talk) 23:42, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

February 18

Sophie, Countess of Wessex

Ref number 9 should have a date for the publication, not just access date - is the format OK? Leave in the quote please. Thanks 203.132.68.1 (talk) 03:20, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

There is no obvious publication date as this is a website and you are using {{citeweb}}. The date is optional and can be left out when inappropriate, so this should be fine as is. MB 03:49, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

Courtesy link: Special:Permalink/941360650. This seems to be about peoplepill.com. Unfortunately, this is an unsuitable circular reference to a "fork". Near the bottom of the page, it says: "The contents of this page are sourced from Wikipedia article." I checked other pages under the people directory and they are similarly noted. The site is listed at Wikipedia:Mirrors and forks/PQR#PeoplePill. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 12:49, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

1951 Kurșunlu earthquake

Hi, I wrote this article some time ago, but 1951 Kurșunlu earthquake appears as a red link in my list of limited achievements. Any ideas? Is it anything to do with correctat automat which randomly appears in my list of contribs? Yours forgetfully, MinorProphet (talk) 04:10, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

It was blue when I clicked [Show preview], but now it's red. >MinorProphet (talk) 04:13, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

@MinorProphet: The article is not called 1951 Kurșunlu earthquake with "LATIN SMALL LETTER S WITH COMMA BELOW". It's 1951 Kurşunlu earthquake with "LATIN SMALL LETTER S WITH CEDILLA" (the latter link may be changed to the former every time MinorProphet edits this section, see [2] for what I wrote). I don't know whether some of the Wikimedia servers or your browser may confuse the characters. PrimeHunter (talk) 04:35, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

You changed the character in [3]. It's caused by loading ro:MediaWiki:Diacritice.js in meta:User:MinorProphet/global.js. That page runs in all Wikimedia wikis where you are logged in. The script can add "correctat automat" to the edit summary, maybe when it makes automatic character conversions the Romanian Wikipedia has decided on. I don't know Romanian but it sounds problematic to run the script globally. PrimeHunter (talk) 04:51, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2019 March 16#Romanian characters in English WP. So I'm partially to blame for not making you a modified version of the script, but I don't wan to do that now. PrimeHunter (talk) 04:56, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

No worries, just wondered if they were connected. PS What's the biggest prime you can quote off the top of your head? I give up at about 23 (or 22/7), but irrationality beckons invitingly... >MinorProphet (talk) 05:17, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

Well they were red and blue before, and now they're now both red... >MinorProphet (talk) 05:19, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

You are a still using the script so you changed the character in my post.[4] The biggest prime I remember is the smallest titanic prime 10⁹⁹⁹+7. I could quote the decimal expansion but it would be a bit boring. PrimeHunter (talk) 05:31, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

@MinorProphet: I can't cope with this orthographic subtlety, so I created a redirect. -Arch dude (talk) 06:33, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

I didn't 'change' anything, I just copied and pasted. I'm not that clever. Anyway, yay! Arch dude Now everything's blue, including my list of things I started, so probably hurrah. Petaprime anyone? Thanks to all concerned.

Resolved

— Preceding unsigned comment added by MinorProphet (talk • contribs) 07:45, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

Your edits continue to make automatic character conversions with the script. Your latest edit changed my post again: [5]. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:47, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

I've published scholarly work on a topic in medical ethics that is not covered in Wikipedia. Should I write an article about it?

I'm a postdoctoral fellow at the Charité, a research hospital in Germany. I have previously published academic work that introduced and defined a novel concept in medical research ethics, "Clinical Agnosticism," the uncertainty that results from inadequate hand-off between exploratory and confirmatory research in the following BMJ article:

https://www.bmj.com/content/360/bmj.k959.full

This concept has been taken up into several other scholarly publications and cited:

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/hast.1034

https://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/500574

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31982510

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/article-abstract/2716187

I don't want to be seen as writing an article that is self-serving, but then as a researcher working in this field, I believe I would be in a good place to author an article on the subject.

Would it be appropriate for me to do so?

Thanks, — Preceding unsigned comment added by Theresearchfairy (talk • contribs) 09:44, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

Theresearchfairy Please read about conflict of interest(or this plain language version). The short answer is no, it would not be appropriate for you to write about your own research, though it is technically not forbidden. You could submit a draft using Articles for creation, but many in your position have difficulty in succeeding. 331dot (talk) 09:48, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

WP:EXPERT may be of some help. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 10:54, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

New Article

• Xanthi Carnival (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Hello,Im a new user and 5 days ago I created a translation article,but I'm not really used to wikipedia's environment so I have some questions.First,lets say that After I created the Draft article,I moved it to (article) main namespace(?).So,I dont know If this move was a mistake or should I move it back to Draft in order to ever get reviewed.I am so confused that I think I did something wrong and Im waiting falsely the approval.Would it be possible someone check the article to find out if everything is right for the reviewing proccess? Gnslps (talk) 10:01, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

Submitting drafts for review is not mandatory, you are autoconfirmed so you are free to move your drafts to mainspace. You could improve your article by adding some more sources. – Thjarkur (talk) 12:46, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

Hello, Gnslps. You have successfully moved your draft to Xanthi Carnival, rather than submitting it for formal review. You seem to be in a great hurry to get it reviewed (Wikipedia:Peer review/Xanthi Carnival/archive1), which suggests to me that your purpose here is to promote the carnival. Please be aware that promotion of any kind is not permitted on Wikipedia, and there is no deadline.

Looking at your article, I have significant concerns about it. I don't read much Greek, but it seems to me that the two sources you provided do not establish that the festival meets Wikipedia's criteria for notabllity. The first one has plenty of pictures of last year's carnival, but little text, and I doubt if it constitutes an in-depth piece about the festival. The second one, I can't even determine where on that site there is anything about this carnival. If the carnival has been going since 1966, it seems quite likely that it is notable (in Wikipedia's sense) - there has probably been a fair amount of independent material published about it over the years. But an article about the carnival should be a summary of what independent sources have written about it over the years: who founded it, why, how it has developed, what setbacks it has experienced, perhaps a selection of some notable or memorable performances. It is inapproprate to fill the article with the ephemera of the schedule for this year's Carnival. Please read your first article to understand better what we are looking for in an article. --ColinFine (talk) 12:46, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

Hello everyone and thank you for answering! ColinFine I first submitted it for formal review when it was a draft and then I moved it to mainspace. It is listed in the Special:NewPagesFeed New Pages Feed and it marked as unreviewd. My dear, I have no reason to promote it and any of my promotion would have minimum impact. I'm not associated at all with the organization. I'm only associated with the location. The carnival is now happening and it attracts people from other countries, thats why I thought it could be useful,for foreigners. How comes the Greek version can be notable and the translation cannot? However, I'm trying to understand your concerns. I didn't translated the History section yet. The first source, makes a reference about the visitors from the nearby countries and the second one is the official website and it is referring to the clubs participating. It is a reccuring event, so everything is being written write now is not an ephemera about this years events, they get repeated each year. I really thank you, I will make some changes, I will translate the History section and add more references.Should the references be in english or it doesn't matter?Gnslps (talk) 18:49, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

• Note: See also #Fix NOINDEX articles from 15 February. Eagleash (talk) 19:51, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

Biomatrix

Are Biomatrics and Biomatrix are same ?? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 103.232.127.130 (talk) 10:15, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

Please ask at the Reference Desk. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 12:24, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

Offline and online

Is there a way to show when you are online or offline in Wikipedia?--SharʿabSalam▼ (talk) 11:57, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

I don't believe so, SharabSalam. Wikipedia is not social media. --ColinFine (talk) 12:09, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

There is no automatic way. There are ways which require an edit for every status change but few users do it. See Wikipedia:Editor activity indicator. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:31, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

Thanks!.--SharʿabSalam▼ (talk) 13:10, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

2020 AAC football season

Can you fix the reference i made please 68.103.78.155 (talk) 20:17, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

I guess you might be referring to 2020 American Athletic Conference football season? It is helpful if you give a wikilink in your question to the page concerned. The page http://2020-american-athletic-conference-football-schedule-announced/ which you put in your reference does not exist, so you need to change it to the URL of the page where you got the information. --David Biddulph (talk) 20:37, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

Patsy Ramsey

Yes I was just noticing on the Patsy Ramsey profile, Jon Benets mother. It states she's had 2 children including JonBenet.

This is not true she's had 3 children. One died aged 2 due to a car accident. She was the 1st born.

Their is a interview with the Ramsey's with them at a church. I never knew this myself.

The Interview is on You Tube so this information comes from the horses mouth and they talked about their 1st born and showed a pic of her. I think it was a she. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 49.196.17.119 (talk) 22:20, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

Splitting a page into multiple articles

I'm looking for a template to propose splitting a recently-merged article back into multiple articles. Can someone direct me to the best one for such a purpose? Cheers, This is Paul (talk) 23:07, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

@This is Paul: Wikipedia:Splitting has the procedure and the template to use. If there was recent consensus on the merging, then you should link to that discussion also and when you start the split discussion state why you think that consensus would have changed. RudolfRed (talk) 23:11, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

Cheers, I'll take a look. There's not actually consensus for what's been done. It's a guy who's decided to merge them and made a bit of a fudge of it. This is Paul (talk) 23:15, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

Duval County, Texas

Sphilbrick is insiting that false information stay on the "Duval County, Texas" page which is incorrectly quoted. He threatened to block me because he is an editor. The information is cited but is completely false and fabricated as the sources cited don't explicitly state this. I corrected the information and was threatened.

The information is completely misleading and if the actual information was allowed with the edits I provided it would be corrected. — Preceding unsigned comment added by HistorianNYC1010 (talk • contribs) 23:17, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

@HistorianNYC1010: Regarding Duval_County,_Texas, I don't see any block threats. I see that some changes were reverted due to copyright violation. You should discuss this on the talk page. RudolfRed (talk) 23:22, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

This is what he stated:

If you revert again without providing an acceptable rationale, you will be blocked S Philbrick(Talk) 20:43, 18 February 2020 (UTC) right here.

I posted on talk page.

There is not a single real source for the history section. "lynching" is not a source. It is vandalism. The almanac article doesn't even say this. I provided multiple and it was reverted. There is no copyright violation for public domain materials. — Preceding unsigned comment added by HistorianNYC1010 (talk • contribs)

@HistorianNYC1010: At Special:Diff/941174361, the edit summary is Reverted good faith edits by 2604:2000:1382:4518:B94D:554C:98B8:44C2: Copyroght issue re http://www.co.duval.tx.us/default.aspx?name=About.Duval. Can you demonstrate that site is public domain (i.e., is there a specific declaration to that effect, or a license statement, somewhere on it)? Note that we are all editors, including you. Sphilbrick, an experienced administrator, threatened to block because you, as an unregistered IP editor, were edit-warring instead of discussing per WP:BRD, something that happens thousands of times a day, unfortunately. Now that discussion has begun, you can hopefully arrive at a resolution. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 23:45, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

AlanM1, I see that the editor failed to notify me but as they are brand-new, not really a big deal. Except that I continue to be amused that people with virtually no experience in editing Wikipedia takes such umbrage when they don't have a clue. I made mistakes when I started, but when I did I asked what I did wrong not huffily insisting I was right. In any event, I'm trying to engage in the article talk page.--S Philbrick(Talk) 01:35, 19 February 2020 (UTC)

February 19

Reference not avialable.

Hey,

Basically I want to write about a town of a District Layyah. I am already adding information about this district. But I do not have any referred information about that town which can be linked to page. And I really want to list that town on Wikipedia. Is there any solution available.

--Asad waqas (talk) 06:26, 19 February 2020 (UTC)

@Asad waqas: Sorry, but no. You will need to find a reliable source and cite it for any information you add to Wikipedia. This is fundamental to the way Wikipedia works: we basically crowdsource information found by anonymous editors, and that in turn requires us to insist on reliable sources. If you have personal knowledge of this information, perhaps you can get that knowledge published in a reliable source, and then cite it here. In practice, we are fairly flexible for sources about towns. -Arch dude (talk) 06:44, 19 February 2020 (UTC)

@Asad waqas: We do not require that a source be on the Internet. You may cite an offline source such as a newspaper or book, as long as it is "published", meaning that an interested editor could in theory go find it in public. -Arch dude (talk) 06:47, 19 February 2020 (UTC)

Translate existing article from the German

I'd like to add an English version of an existing article in the German Wikipedia. Is there a translation tool like on the French Wikipedia?

The article in question is "Elitenetzwerk Bayern". Thanks for help and advice. Matthias.galler (talk) 10:15, 19 February 2020 (UTC)

Matthias.galler, there is a tool, but as it lead to vast amounts of unedited machine translations being added, it is only available to users with 500 edits. The instructions for doing it manually are at WP:TRANSLATETOHERE ~~ Alex Noble - talk 10:29, 19 February 2020 (UTC)

UnwatchedPages

It's great that we have the page Special:UnwatchedPages. But that shows only the tip of the iceberg; after 5000 pages it stops, and hasn't even completed the letter A yet. I find that overwhelming and discouraging. Is there any way to find unwatched pages that may be more pertinent? Either by filtering or arranging them by general criteria, such as new pages that are not patrolled, last watched by a user in good standing or by allowing the reviwer to combine the results with personal preferences, e.g. by whitelisting or blacklisting categories? ◄ Sebastian 11:45, 19 February 2020 (UTC)

And why is it only viewable by administrators? – Teratix ₵ 11:50, 19 February 2020 (UTC)

It's thought that vandals could attack unwatched pages if there was an easy way to find them. That's also why "Page information" in the left pane says "Fewer than 30 watchers" to non-admins when there are few watchers. Admins get the specific number. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:08, 19 February 2020 (UTC)

Racially Inflammatory and Incorrect Edits

Are Wikipedia page edits being monitored for edits that are racially inflammatory, misleading and biased?

Are accounts that make such edits being flagged and monitored for possible underlying motives (associations) outside the unbiased and factual sharing of information?

This page had a completely useless paragraph added that was racially inflammatory, espoused incorrect information (a personal view) about a subject completely unrelated to the subject of the article, and completely biased. I edited it out.

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

Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by WandernWondern (talk • contribs) 15:00, 19 February 2020 (UTC)

Yes they are, and you yourself are a great example of that! There is nothing automatic, but that's how this website is run, by volunteer editors like you who see things that need to change and take action. More officially, we have policies like WP:BLP that draw extra attention to what the community agrees to be quality content. Overall, most occasions of offensive content is noticed and fixed pretty quickly. The passage you removed was posted only five hours before you noticed it and removed it. Thanks for your contribution! —Aᴋʀᴀʙʙıᴍ ^talk 15:07, 19 February 2020 (UTC)

WandernWondern, I've warned the editor who posted that crap and I'll block him if there is a recurrence Jimfbleak - talk to me? 16:41, 19 February 2020 (UTC)

Image sharing with third party software (PowerView Excel 2019 or O365) Office 2019 PowerView in Excel, Link image from WikiMedia.org

Trying to get the image source linked into our example database for Educational purpose.

We tried to use other image source and it is working no problem. With wikimedia.org images it still don't show up.

The database as been done by Microsoft (https://support.office.com/en-us/article/tutorial-import-data-into-excel-and-create-a-data-model-4b4e5ab4-60ee-465e-8195-09ebba060bf0) a while ago for education. They have linked images like those list here:

http:/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Ice_hockey_pictogram.svg/200px-Ice_hockey_pictogram.svg.png

http:/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Jeu_de_paume_pictogram.svg/200px-Jeu_de_paume_pictogram.svg.png

http:/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Judo_pictogram.svg/200px-Judo_pictogram.svg.png

http:/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Equestrian_pictogram.svg/200px-Equestrian_pictogram.svg.png

The Excel Software is connecting to wikimedia server to dynamicaly download the thumbnail to show it in the PowerView Report.

Do you have any ideas if Wikimedia is bloking the image download for other client except Web Browser?. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pouellette2 (talk • contribs) 2020-02-19T17:03:14 (UTC)

Hello, Pouellette2. Please see Commons:Commons:Reusing content outside Wikimedia/technical. If you have any further questions, please ask at Commons, since the images are held there, not in Wikipedia. --ColinFine (talk) 17:54, 19 February 2020 (UTC)

Amend the Radio Tarana Company Logo

Hi I would like to change the radio Tarana Company logo.

Would you be able to assist - i tried uploading using the Wikipedia commons but with no luck. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Izek Lal (talk • contribs) 23:54, 19 February 2020 (UTC)

Commons is only for images free of copyright, and that is unlikely to apply in this case. Logos would normally be uploaded here at enwiki under a fair use justification, see WP:Logos. --David Biddulph (talk) 00:40, 20 February 2020 (UTC)

Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society

Refs 4 , 5 and 6 are all the same - should they be placed differently in the ref. section? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.132.68.1 (talk) 01:36, 20 February 2020 (UTC)

 Done I have combined the refs. Eagleash (talk) 02:33, 20 February 2020 (UTC)

History merge

On Nomiki Konst I need some admin help, and the admin noticeboard—let alone ANI—is far too intimidating to ask there: The page was deleted in 2017 and recently recreated, maybe from scratch, or from an external copy of the old content. The various "history merge" pages only address "cut and paste" cases, not this. Could somebody please check the deleted page, and if there is anything not yet covered on the new article, merge it into the current article? –84.46.52.151 (talk) 03:27, 20 February 2020 (UTC)