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How to validate a requested edit on a talk page?

Hi all,

I have requested that an edit be made to an article on 24, March 2016 (Talk:Louise Blouin) and I have still no answer. Do you have any advice for me?

Thank you very much! Lbm user2015 (talk) 08:26, 28 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Too local so was not accepted

Draft:L.A. Watts Summer Games (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

My page was not accepted because he said it was too local, but it is and always has been a Los Angeles event. So, my sources are the LA Times and other Los Angeles publications. What do I do to fix it without them being more specific.Jrmeizlish (talk) 23:27, 27 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Jrmeizlish and welcome to the Teahouse. Events which only affect a local area generally do not meet Wikipedia's special concept of "notability". In particular see WP:GEOSCOPE which says: "An event affecting a local area and reported only by the media within the immediate region may not necessarily be notable." So it may not be a matter of how the article is written - the event itself may not be suitable for Wikipedia. See whether you can find in-depth coverage of the event in broader, reputable sources (not just local ones) to establish its notability.--Gronk Oz (talk) 03:35, 28 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Review of a Page

Hi, I've tried creating a page a few times, and unfortunately used too much promotional language so it was deleted (more than once.. oops!) with some advice from an admin I've created a draft page that I hope to get moved to being live but before that I'd like to ask for any advice to improve the current article! Thanks Croftleah (talk) 17:25, 27 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Croftleah. The thing to remember is that what goes into a Wikipedia article is not what you know, or what I know, and it is certainly not anything the subject has said about themselves. Wikipedia is only interested in what people who have no conenction with the subject have published about the subject. If you can't find a reliable published source for some information (which excludes anything from a blog, a wiki, or social media) don't put it in the article. And for anything other than uncontroversial factual information like locations and dates, if you can't find a published source which is wholly independent of the subject (which excludes anything based on press releases or interviews), don't put it in the article.
Most of the references in your draft are not independent, as they are based on interviews or press releases: you need to find independnet sources. And what Marciano may have said about himself or his company is not relevant to a Wikipedia article, unless possibly an independent commentator has discussed (not just quoted) what he says. --ColinFine (talk) 21:14, 27 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Croftleah. The draft still reads as blatantly promotional. Encyclopedia articles don't usually, for example, contain flowery superlative quotes about how incredibly wonderful a topic is. Please also post your mandatory disclosure as a financially compensated editor before making further edits or respond to the message posted at your talk page that you are not—though it is exceedingly rare for a person to come here and edit all about a commercial venture if they are not. Also, since you released the copyright to GC Watches' logo at the Commons (by the way, it is very unusual for a commercial company to do that) that is essentially an admission that you are intimately involved in the company (or violating copyright in that upload; hard to find any daylight between those two positions).--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 22:48, 27 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Paul Godfrey (lyricist) article query

Is there any information that you would advise I add to make this article deemed notable. It seems strange that it is up for deletion when there are lesser artists who have pages on Wikipedia. Samfov (talk) 15:59, 27 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia makes no judgment about whether a subject is "great", Samfov, or indeed whether they are famous, popular, influential, important, worthy, good, bad, evil, or any other value-based judgment. The only relevant judgment is whether there exist sufficient published resources which are both from reliable publishers and completely independent of the subject, because an article should be written only from such sources. If such sources exist, we say the subject is notable (in Wikipedia's special sense) and there may be an article about them. If such sources do not exist, or are only superficial, then it is literally impossible to write a satisfactory article about the subject, so Wikipedia forbids the attempt.
It may well be that some of the articles on "lesser" artists that you mention should be deleted: our standards used to be more lax, and we have more than five million articles. If you think that some of them are not notable (in Wikipedia's sense) you are welcome to nominate them for deletion: see Deletion process. --ColinFine (talk) 18:20, 27 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

seeking help for completing my new draft article with Category, Personal Data etc.

Hello, I have written an English article about a notable person in the field of psychology and philosophy who is already "present" with an article in the German Wikipedia for one year (which I had written myself and edited with the help of a German mentor, who helped with the technical details) and in the French Wikipedia. Now I have prepared a similar English article in the draft section with references etc in the style Wikipedia requires. But I need some technical advice for adding the Categories in which the article should appear. Is there somebody who is interested in Psychology and Philosophy, and could help me do the "finish" of the article? Many thanks GoldenerBallGoldenerBall (talk) 15:06, 27 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@GoldenerBall:. I do not see any references to independent, reliable sources in your draft article. Here on the English Wikipedia, articles must summarize what truly independent sources say about the topic. All of your references are either affiliated with Medhananda, or are explanatory notes rather than references to sources. In addition, your draft is not written from the neutral point of view. It makes various remarkable and opinionated statements about dreams and mythology in Wikipedia's voice, as if they were indisputably true. That is not an appropriate encyclopedic style of writing. Your tone is promotional. I would start all over again, summarizing only what reliable, independent sources say about this person, writing in a scrupulously neutral tone. Categories should be added only after a draft article is accepted to main space. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 02:33, 28 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Redpanda6633 (talk) 14:15, 27 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to the Teahouse. If you are asking how to include a reference, for example to support this change, then try Help:Referencing for beginners. For the future, it is wiser to include references in the same edit as you change the text, as otherwise your text changes may be reverted as unsourced. --David Biddulph (talk) 15:13, 27 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Untranslated hidden text, and ambiguous access date

Caña de millo has two untranslated sections (i.e., still in Spanish) at the end of the article, hidden in an <!-- HTML comment -->. I have added {{Expand Spanish}} at the end of the article, plus the following note (because this is not the usual use of that template, and I don't know of a more appropriate one): 

NOTE: There are two sections at the end of this article that are (still) in Spanish, hidden in an HTML comment: "Características" and "Ejecución". They should be translated and unhidden, with or without use of the es:wiki article.

By the way...

  1. The last two translated sections still had their titles in Spanish. I translated those to English, and added anchors for the previous titles on the preceding line..
  2. See Talk:Caña de millo § Fondación date. I don't think it's that important to get the access date for a 2011 access accurate to less than a month, and I've tried the only thing I could think of, without success.

Please {{Ping}} me to discuss. --Thnidu (talk) 06:17, 27 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thnidu: The "Note" which you added to the article, and repeated above, should not be part of the article. I have therefore removed it from the article and placed it on the article's talk page, which is the preferred place for discussing improvements to the article. Maproom (talk) 07:26, 27 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Within a reference, can a comment be removed?

Greetings, For example, at article Ancient Diocese of Alais there is comment ( <!-- Bot generated title --> ) wikicode within a reference. Can or should this be deleled? There are additional articles with this same comment, so I am asking here for help. Thanks. — JoeHebda • (talk) 20:39, 26 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hello fellow Joe. Text contained in <!-- this markup --> doesn't...shouldn't have any effect on the way the article displays. If it does for some reason, it can probably be removed with no consequence. A lot of times this is used in article to note where an extensive, but still somewhat controversial consensus has been achieved and should be respected, especially where casual editors who are unaware are likely to make well meaning contributions against consensus. For example, say...if Japan, Korea, and China disagreed on what the real name of a body of water is, and it gets changed on nearly a daily basis. TimothyJosephWood 21:42, 26 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Hi JoeHebda. The short answer is yes, but it indicates that a human hasn't looked it over yet. Reference titles added the by bot often aren't very good and references need more than a title. Complete the information needed so it has a title, publisher, author if there is one, date if there is one. Then remove the comment. StarryGrandma (talk) 21:50, 26 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, JoeHebda. Another example is when I did this to (hopefully) deter some unwanted date changes. When used correctly, they don't affect the appearance of an article at all, but edits like this one can unintentionally make entire sections disappear, as I learned that day. (Thankfully, that was quickly noticed by another user and we eventually figured out the problem — the extra ! at the end of the invisible comment.) -- Gestrid (talk) 22:17, 26 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Hi all, Thank you for these answers. Cheers! — JoeHebda • (talk) 00:43, 27 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

How do I find an article to edit?

I need help finding articles that need editing that I know enough about to edit. How do I find any? H0lly (talk) 19:47, 26 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi H0lly, there are many ways. You can get User:SuggestBot to leave a list of interesting articles on your talk page. You can also look at the WikiProject Directory and join any of interest, which will probably have a list of articles needing work. You can also click the random article button. One thing I like to do is search for categories, like typing Category:Horses or whatever into the search box. When the category comes up, you can look at and edit the articles within the category. White Arabian Filly Neigh 20:23, 26 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
You can also click here to do so VarunFEB2003 15:40, 27 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Why is my page not conforming to guidelines

Hi guys, the page I have written has not been accepted and I'm not sure why. Its short and sweet, doesn't contain any explicit, offensive or graphic content. Please can someone explain to me what rules the page is breaking. Thanks in advance, Si. SiMutch (talk) 19:29, 26 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

It is written in promotional language (which could be fixed) and cites no references at all to establish that its subject is notable (which probably can't be). Maproom (talk) 19:46, 26 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Welcome to the Teahouse. To start with you need to read the various links provided in the welcome message on your user talk page, including WP:Your first article. Your article has no references, has no demonstration of notability, has numerous inappropriate inline external links, is written addressing the reader in the second person (see MOS:YOU), and has been summarised as "... serves only to promote or publicise an entity, person, product, or idea, and would require a fundamental rewrite in order to become encyclopedic." --David Biddulph (talk) 19:44, 26 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

User CSS Question

How do I create a page in my userspace with the .css extension? Gary "Roach" Sanderson (talk) 19:11, 26 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Gary, welcome to the Teahouse. You just visit Special:MyPage/common.css (local to English Wikipedia), or meta:Special:MyPage/global.css (all WMF wikis), and create the page. They are also linked from the Appearance tab of your preferences. If you need more detail than that, please ask. See also: Help:User style Murph9000 (talk) 19:25, 26 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Gary "Roach" Sanderson: Note that you can also create pages in JavaScript (.js). You can go to either Special:MyPage/common.js (local to English Wikipedia) or meta:Special:MyPage/global.js (all WMF wikis) to create them. Also note that there are other CSS and JavaScript pages you can create. All or most of them should have a link to them in your preferences (linked above). If you're planning on using a script someone else has already written, most of them contain instructions about where to put them. -- Gestrid (talk) 20:38, 26 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
You can also create a page with some other name and CSS extension like User:Username/Pagename.css VarunFEB2003 15:41, 27 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

can i delete a redirection?

I started an article about the first nursing department in a UK university 'Nursing Studies' however it has been deleted and redirected to nursing education which is not the article topic. Can I do anything? Nursingafwood (talk) 14:45, 26 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The redirection was explained in the edit summary for this edit. To justify a separate article you would have to show that the department had received significant coverage (separate from the university as a whole) in published reliable sources independent of the subject. --David Biddulph (talk) 15:02, 26 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
You can't delete pages unless you are an administrator. But you canask for it to be deleted. Gary "Roach" Sanderson (talk) 19:08, 26 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I don't think it's really a deletion that Nursingafwood is asking for, Gary "Roach" Sanderson: if it were deleted then searching for the page would bring up nothing (or rather, would do a general search) . I think they want it to be an article in its own right. Nursingafwood, it is in fact possible to edit the redirect page and to change it to an article (after you let it redirect you, you pick the link at the top where it says "Redirected from Nursing Studies" and then you will see the redirect page that you can edit). But I suggest that you don't do that until you have discussed it with WikiDan61.
In fact, I see that what you have done, Nursingafwood, is to redirect Nursing education to your new draft Nursing Studies University of Edinburgh. This is certainly incorrect, and I have undone it: a general topic should not redirect to a specific department. If your new draft is accepted, there could be a WP:Hatnote at the top of Nursing Studies to say something like "For the depart of this name at the University of Edinburgh, see ... ", but not a redirection, because if somebody comes looking for "Nursing studies" they are far more likely to be looking for an article about the subject in general than for a department which happens to have that name. Your draft also does not follow Wikipedia's naming conventions. I strongly advise you to read your first article, Nursingafwood, and create your draft in draft space using the Article wizard. Or you could move your draft to draft space. --ColinFine (talk) 22:34, 26 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Nursingafwood: As the "culprit" in this case, perhaps I can explain further. The original article at Nursing Studies was an article about one university's Nursing Studies program, an article that would not have passed a deletion discussion based on WP:OUTCOMES, where it has been generally agreed that individual university programs are not notable in the absence of significant coverage of that program separate from the university. If the original article had asserted sufficient notability, I would have moved it anyway, because the title "Nursing Studies" is far too generic. As it stands, the title did not make for a valid redirect (to University of Edinburgh, for example) because, again, it is far too generic. I disagree with @ColinFine:'s suggestion of the hatnote, as again, the general title "Nursing Studies" is far too generic to have hatnotes pointing to specific nursing programs (to be fair, we'd need to add a hatnote pointing to every nursing studies article on Wikipedia!). Instead, I recommend leaving the "Nursing Studies" article as a redirect to Nursing education, and adding the Nursing Studies University of Edinburgh (should that article pass its present deletion discussion) to a list of nursing education programs, if such a list exists, or to the appropriate category. WikiDan61ChatMe!ReadMe!! 22:55, 26 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

How do i go about changing the name of an article?

I have created an article for Paul Godfrey, who is the founding member of the band Morcheeba. When creating it my original name for the article was Paul Godfrey (Morcheeba). I understand having (morcheeba) in brackets doesn't follow guidelines as I was advised this is why it was changed. However It has now been changed to Paul Godfrey (Lyricist). I don't feel that lyricist best describes Paul as a musician. I would prefer if it were Paul Godfrey (Musician) or just Paul Godfrey on its own. Any help would be appreciated. Samfov (talk) 14:12, 26 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

It isn't Paul Godfrey (Lyricist), but Paul Godfrey (lyricist); case is significant in Wikipedia page titles. You can't use Paul Godfrey, as that is a Canadian businessman. Paul Godfrey (Musician) would be wrong on case grounds, but Paul Godfrey (musician) might be acceptable, so the process would be to "move" the article. It probably isn't worth worrying too much about the title until the current deletion discussion is complete. --David Biddulph (talk) 14:57, 26 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Just a note that you, Samfov, have been asked to explain yourself further at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Paul Godfrey (lyricist). -- Gestrid (talk) 23:09, 26 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Stub Images

Anyone know how to alter the stub image that comes up when you search for an article? The logo for an article is fine on the page, but too tall for the stub. I have a square version but don't know how to upload.

Om285 (talk) 13:26, 26 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Om285, welcome to the Teahouse. I guess you refer to searches at the mobile version. The image is chosen automatically from images on the page. See mw:Extension:PageImages#Image choice. There is no support for editing articles or images to try to manipulate the choice. Logos are often uploaded with a fair-use claim and such images will not be chosen for copyright reasons. PrimeHunter (talk) 18:37, 26 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Page redirected from old username

How to stop a page from getting redirected from previously used username?The page created gets displayed on search engines via the previously used username which has now been changed.Chic500 (talk) 11:43, 26 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Chic500. Can you tell us what article you are talking about? Or is it your own username? Joe Roe (talk) 11:52, 26 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
The article is about a Mountaineer,Satyarup Siddhanta. And it is my previous username AnweshaB. The link to it https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=User:Chic500&redirect=no Chic500 (talk) 12:00, 26 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Another user has removed the redirect for you. --David Biddulph (talk) 13:44, 26 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
The page is still visible over the internet with same display title as that of old username and gets redirected to the old page as well.The link (redirected from:old username) is still available. Could I change the display title? Chic500 (talk) 14:21, 26 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Neither User:AnweshaB nor User:Chic500 will now redirect to Draft:Satyarup Siddhanta. If you are looking somewhere else on the internet, outside of Wikipedia, then that is not Wikipedia's problem. You will either need to take the problem up with them or just to wait for them to empty their caches or otherwise correct the problem. --David Biddulph (talk) 14:33, 26 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
As User, User talk, Draft and Draft talk pages are automatically noindexed via a software setting, they should not be appearing in search engine indexes any case. - Arjayay (talk) 14:43, 26 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Reuse of Wikipedia text

Can I simply copy and paste text (with citations) from another article on Wikipedia? Or do I have to rephrase the material as well? Best wishes. RobbieIanMorrison (talk) 09:48, 26 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi RobbieIanMorrison. You can copy text within Wikipedia if you credit the source in the edit summary with a link and text like copied content from [[page name]]; see that page's history for attribution. See more at Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia. If you copy citations then please check that they display correctly on the new page. They sometimes rely on other parts of the old page. PrimeHunter (talk) 10:15, 26 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Hello PrimeHunter. Many thanks for the prompt reply. RobbieIanMorrison (talk) 10:58, 26 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I am not allowed to put up a page on GAME (an NGO)

Hi.

I tried a couple of times to put up an article regarding GAME (a danish/lebanese NGO). Both its size and its international ambitions make the organization mention-worthy I think. How do I get it up?

Best regards, Malte MalteKBH (talk) 06:45, 26 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Malte (MalteKBH). I cannot talk directly to the issue of notability in your case. But it would help considerably if you referenced your draft article with full citations, as recommended in Wikipedia:Citing sources § Generally considered helpful:

improving existing citations by adding missing information, such as by replacing bare URLs with full bibliographic citations: an improvement because it aids verifiability, and fights linkrot.

That would enable the reviewer to quickly gain an understanding of the quality of your secondary sources. For more information on citing sources, see Wikipedia:Citing sources. Hope this helps. RobbieIanMorrison (talk) 09:41, 26 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Improve the text "Joelle Khoury" for publishing

Could you please advice what to specify or eventually delete in the text ? What seems superfluos... What parts do I have to stress on? Article "Joelle Khoury" (Draft)

Thank you so much for your help. Musicleb (talk) 04:30, 26 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Musicleb: Welcome to the Teahouse. Most sections of your article lack references to reliable, independent sources. These sections need to be properly referenced or removed. A Wikipedia article should summarize what such independent sources say, and many of your sources do not appear to be independent. So, I also recommend that you remove the weak sources and try to find better sources. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 05:09, 26 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

How do I get a reliable source when there is not much information on the subject?

This subject is very important yet there is hardly any information on it, how should I go about writing an article about something important that doesn't have solid sources? Pccd1221:08, 25 September 2016 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pccd12 (talk • contribs)

If it doesn't have solid sources it is not, in Wikipedia's view, notable. Your personal opinion of its importance is not considered. Maproom (talk) 21:29, 25 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Pccd12: Welcome to the Teahouse. Unless reliable sources devote significant coverage to a given topic, then Wikipedia will not have an article about that topic. How are we supposed to know that the topic is "very important" as you said unless it is discussed by reliable sources? We certainly will not pay much attention to one individual editor's opinion on that, whether that editor is you or me or someone else. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 02:37, 26 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Maproom: All right thank you, this cleared some things up.

Help updating an existing page

Dear Wikipedian, I am trying to update the Betony Vernon page. I work with Betony and the page has existed for over 10 years and hasn't been updated for many years. It has had a warning banner for a while and we would like to update the page to remove this and have the correct information on the page. I have read many of the tutorials and I am trying to add new links, citations and references and want to update the copy. I have received a notification to stop editing, please help?? Danica lepen (talk) 19:50, 25 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Danica lepen, welcome to the Teahouse. If you have a personal or professional connection to Vernon you have a conflict of interest and should not be editing the article about her. Wikipedia is supposed to be a neutral, volunteer-written encyclopaedia and I'm sure you can understand that having articles on people written by their friends or colleagues undermines that ideal. If there are errors in the article, you can use its talk page to request that somebody else correct them. Including the text {{edit request}} with your request will speed up the process, but please be sure to include references for any information you think should be added.
Also note that there is currently a discussion about whether Vernon meets our criteria for inclusion, and depending on the outcome the article may be deleted shortly. Joe Roe (talk) 02:07, 26 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Could use some help adding to an existing article.

Could use some help adding to an existing article - Cunt (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Cunt: 5. Examples of Use - 5.7 Film

5. Examples of Use 5.7 Film In the Exorcist (1973), the possessed Regan MacNeil (Linda Blair) begins talking like director Burke Dennings (Jack MacGowran) whose recent unexplained death at the foot of the stairs outside her window is being investigated by police. Chris MacNeil (Ellen Burstyn), the mother of Regan and an actress in a film directed by Burke begins interacting with Burke's voice, asking, "Burke, is that you?" to which Burke, replies, "Yes." Chris then asks, "Is my daughter (Regan) there? Again, the voice of Burke replies "Yes". And then Chris asks, "Is she alright?" and the voice of Burke replies, "Oh, she's being her cunting self!" [1]

^ The Exorcist (1973), a horror film directed by William Friedkin, adapted from William Peter Blatty's 1971 novel of the same name.

The feedback I received was "Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Robert McClenon was:

This doesn't appear to be a draft article. It isn't clear whether it is meant to be included in the article or is just a comment, but it is not a draft article.Appsguy2 (talk) 18:08, 25 September 2016 (UTC)"[reply]

Thus, it is intended to be included in the article (and not just a comment). Any suggestions, please? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Appsguy2 (talk • contribs) 18:16, 25 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Appsguy2, welcome to the Teahouse. Robert McClenon was correct, your userspace draft is not an article. It looks to me like you have drafted a proposed change / addition to a section of an existing article. We don't normally handle those through the formal Articles for Creation process; it is intended to only be used for complete articles. In this case, you should propose your changes on the existing article's talk page, at Talk:Cunt, by just adding a new section detailing your thoughts and what you would like to change. You can, of course, normally just be bold and edit the article, although proposing changes first is never a bad thing (especially on potentially controversial articles or sections). In this case, however, the article has been indefinitely "semi-protected". That means that anonymous IPs and new users can't directly edit it, so the article's talk page is where you should be going. You can then either wait to see if anyone watching the article replies with comments, or just go straight to a formal edit request by adding {{edit semi-protected}} at the top of your new talk section detailing the edit request. I'm deliberately not offering an opinion either way on your changes, as this is the wrong venue for that; it's better to have that discussion on the article's talk page. You are most welcome to ask more questions about how the process works, etc, or if anything is unclear. See also: Wikipedia:Edit requests. Murph9000 (talk) 18:27, 25 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

How to add an image in article?

I want to add images in articles,i createdAnaskhan000 (talk) 16:15, 25 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Anaskhan000, and welcome to the Teahouse. Unfortunately, you still have to wait for your account to be autoconfirmed before you can upload images. This is to protect against image vandalism (such as, for example, mass upload of copyrighted images). However, once your account has made 10 edits in total and has been active for 4 days, you will automatically be autoconfirmed and be able to upload images using this form. -- Gestrid (talk) 17:23, 25 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Anaskhan000, see Help:Files for an overview of how to upload and use images. If the creator of an image has explicitly licensed it for reuse by anyone for anything, you could upload it to Commons without being autoconfirmed. But images relating to your soap operas are probably not licensed that way; so you will have to wait till you are autoconfirmed. —teb728 t c 19:25, 25 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
And if the images are indeed not licensed, you must study the Non-free content criteria and use them only in a way which complies with all the criteria, Anaskhan000}. It is one of the unfortunate consequences of Wikipedia's policy of making everything freely available for reuse that the use of images is very constrained in Wikipedia. --ColinFine (talk) 17:42, 26 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Review process

ticle on a mountaineer. How long will the review process take and how to know if it will get published at all or not?AnweshaB (talk) 16:10, 25 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, AnweshaB, welcome to the Teahouse. It looks like your original message here was truncated, so please do ask any other questions not answered by this. Your draft article on your user page had not been submitted for review. I have added a special tag to the top of it which gives you a "Submit your draft for review!" button to submit it to the Articles for Creation review process. Please submit it when you are ready to begin the process. It can take some time, as we have a very large volume of draft submissions, and we are pretty much all volunteers. I won't offer a prediction on the likely outcome of the review (as I am not a reviewer), but sometimes it can take a few attempts before the article is accepted. Please work with the reviewers, and they will provide feedback to let you know what changes (if any) are needed to meet our required standards. Please feel free to ask more questions. Murph9000 (talk) 16:33, 25 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Article entirely copied from a reference

Hello I would like to ask whether it is against Wikipedia editing standards to copy and paste the bulk of a Wikipedia article from one reference? I just noticed that the 'Cartwheels in a Sari' book article is copied word for word - that is 5 out of 6 paragraphs are basically copy and pasted from refwrench:2 the Forbes 2009 magazine article. I am pretty sure that on Wikipedia you cannot do that? I wasn't sure where to report this so thought the Teahouse would be a good place to start. Would an experienced Wikipedia editor mind checking and reading the article? Your reply would be very appreciated. Thank you for your time. 121.90.227.208 (talk) 08:57, 25 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, 121.90.227.208, welcome to the Teahouse. Thank you for your concern, it does appear that there may be a copyright violation in that article, which is something that we take very seriously. Obviously, with over 5 million articles, it can be extremely difficult to police this and sometimes something remains uncaught for a while. I have tagged the page for our formal copyright investigation process, which will determine how best to fully resolve the issue, and the article is hidden from view while this proceeds. Thanks. Murph9000 (talk) 13:29, 25 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Create an infobox

I would be grateful for some help in creating an infobox for my article MUHADIN KISHEV. Thank you Dywana (talk) 18:50, 24 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I've fixed the infobox at Draft:Muhadin_Kishev for you. Mduvekot (talk) 19:54, 24 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Dywana: I am concerned about the gallery in that draft. Has the artist released his copyright in those fifteen paintings? Maproom (talk) 09:05, 25 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Maproom: Thank you for your concern about the Gallery on my draft article: MUHADIN KISHEV. I had my doubts as to whether I have used the correct format. I uploaded them via Wikicommons. The artist is happy for the images to be there and has given his verbal consent, it should mean that they can be used as long as the provenance and all the details about the painting are included. The images are not large enough to be reproduced as prints. I just thought that on a page about an artist it is interesting to see some images, as art is about that, about images, rather than words. Also I considered it significant for the wide range of his work to be seen, from the Soviet period up to his work today. I had a look at the Wikipedia "Zagraevsky" page and saw that he also had a Gallery which gave me the idea. Finally thank you for your magic help. I got up this morning determined to tackle the infobox and found that it had all been done for me. I really do appreciate that!! Dywana (talk) 10:25, 25 September 2016 (UTC)DywanaDywana (talk) 10:25, 25 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, Dywana. I'm afraid verbal permission is not enough: in order for a file to be accepted on Wikimedia commons, it must be explicitly released by the copyright holder under a licence such as CC-BY-SA, which will allow anybody to reuse it for any purpose (including commercially) as long as they attribute it. It is unlikely that an artist would agree to do this, but if they do, they (not you) need to follow the procedure in donating copyright materials.
Usually for an artist, the best that can be done is one or maybe two images uploaded to Wikipedia (not to Commons) under the non-free content criteria: note that the use must match all of these criteria (which is why only one or two images would be allowed).
It is a pity especially for articles about artists that this is the case; but one of Wikipedia's principles is that its contents be reusable. The article can of course contain a link to the artist's website. --ColinFine (talk) 10:41, 25 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
ColinFine: Thank you for the clarification about the images. Could you advise me as how to proceed? The article has already been approved and is on Wikipedia class C. Shall I delete the Gallery from the article? What shall I do about the works being on Wikicommons? Can I delete them from there? Dywana (talk) 13:12, 25 September 2016 (UTC)DywanaDywana (talk) 13:12, 25 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
You cannot delete the images from Commons, but you can go there and request their deletion. The procedure is described here. This will cause them to be deleted in a few days, and after that, the gallery in the draft will stop showing them, and become a gallery with missing images. Maproom (talk) 13:40, 25 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
So I would suggest that you do remove the gallery from the article, Dywana, and consider if you want to upload and add one of the pictures under the NFCC. Paradoxically, you don't even need the artist's agreement to do this! --ColinFine (talk) 17:39, 26 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you ColinFine for your advice. I will set about doing that right now. I am sorry to have made this mistake with the images. Dywana (talk) 11:04, 27 September 2016 (UTC)DywanaDywana (talk) 11:04, 27 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I would love of some help

Every time I add something to the JT LeRoy page somebody is taking it down. Even when I use citations, whatever my contribution, it gets eliminated. I'm quite sure that Laura Albert or one her aliases or friends has to be tightly managing the page. It is apparent from all of the links. She claims that she is being 'defamed' and it is typical of her to play the victim. What would be the best way to make sure a true account is out there for the public record? Thank you. I've been sent lists of links and information and I have read a lot, but it's not helping.Msturm 8 (talk) 07:06, 24 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Msturm 8: instead of edit warring, you and NVG13DAO should both discuss the issues on the article's talk page. Maproom (talk) 07:23, 24 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
...and in those discussions, please remember that Wikipedia is not the place to air your opinions about the subject, nor to debate what is good or bad, right or wrong, legal or illegal. Wikipedia summarizes what other reliable sources say on the matter. --Gronk Oz (talk) 14:57, 24 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

On January 2, 2016, Robertissimo requested that the editor "108.200.141.120" stop posting vanity additions to the JT LeRoy entry and broach the subject on Talk before reposting again. But that person ignored the Talk page kept on trying to add the same and related promotional materials and vandalisms. The same edits kept up throughout January 2016, only the name of the editor kept changing: "Itzat94118," "Earthyperson," "Truthlovepeace." This person also came back in March 2016 as "174.119.2.166," but then fell quiet. That is, until September 21. Now using the name "Msturm 8," similar disruptions and distortions to this page have recurred: various attempts to promote the film "The Cult of JT LeRoy" and its director, Marjorie Sturm. I repaired the entry but "Msturm 8" has come back repeatedly, often using different editor names, trying to boost her film -- which by the way is already cited in the article, along with other recent films about the JT LeRoy saga. (The Jeff feuerzeig film is mentioned at the top because it's the only documentary on this subject to receive international theatrical distribution.) So I keep repairing it. For anyone to use Wikipedia to sell a movie is abhorrent. Eternal vigilance, I'm told, is the price of liberty...NVG13DAO (talk) 15:32, 24 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

You are attempting to remove material cited to reliable sources and to insert uncited material. This is not acceptable. If you have evidence of sockpuppetry, WP:SPI is the place for the evidence. --David Biddulph (talk) 17:18, 24 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I've requested and gotten full protection on the page (one of the three editors I saw in the page history was autoconfirmed) so you will discuss the issue on the talk page without further edit warring. The article will be protected for one week, and no one (except administrators) will not be able to edit it until that week is up. And, no, I'm not an administrator, so don't ask me to edit the article whichever way you want. So go to the article's talk page and discuss. -- Gestrid (talk) 02:18, 26 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Uploaded logo deleted from Commons

I was notified that the logo I uploaded (for the sports club I am writing an article for) was deleted from Commons because of "Copyright violation".

I am a new user and this is my first article. How do I go about uploading the logo correctly? (the sporting club has advised the logo can be used on Wikipedia).

Thanks 115.187.185.60 (talk) 07:12, 22 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to the Teahouse, IP editor. Anything that is uploaded to Wikimedia Commons must be released under an acceptable Creative Commons or equivalent license, or must be copyright free. Copyrighted logos simply aren't allowed on Commons. Take a look at our policy on use of non-free images #2. Team logos can be uploaded here on Wikipedia (not Commons) for use in a single article about the team. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 07:38, 22 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
To supplement what Cullen328 has said, IP user, have a look at WP:LOGO. --ColinFine (talk) 13:03, 22 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your help Cullen328 & ColinFine - much appreciated help for this brand new Wiki user! Hoey906 (talk) 01:14, 26 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

One Article

I am new here. Wanna write only one article.... it's allready in my sandbox... but I Need someone who could fix some stuff for me.... I am to stupid, I guess....

--Torsten Lang (talk) 14:49, 21 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I took a look at the article, and it mostly just needs inline citations. It's well-written and the subject seems notable enough. White Arabian Filly Neigh 15:46, 21 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]


Hi, could someone please do a "make over" on the references and the web links? They are in the article, just look bad I do not know how this works, sorry :-( Thanks Torsten Lang (talk) 09:49, 22 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Torsten Lang: It's not just the form or style of the inline references, it's their general lack. For the entire Vita section, about 333 words, you have only one reference, and that on the second sentence. Where did all that material come from? Please read Help:Referencing for beginners; it explains what you need much better than I could. --Thnidu (talk) 03:32, 23 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Thnidu.... Okay got it. Did add 2 more... 3. http://www.pf-christmas-concert.de/musik/major-dwayne-s-milburn/ 4. http://www.eur.army.mil/band/leaders/default.htm All information in my article is right and verified. This 4 references cover it all (and even more) up. Better?Torsten Lang (talk) 10:03, 23 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I am confused what to write what not to write can you suggest some good ideas.? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ashok Singh Ashu (talk • contribs) 07:37, 25 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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