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Can anybody with an Instagram account help me

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 – My friend told me it's April 2018 QuickQuokka ^{[⁠talk • contribs]} 08:25, 2 August 2024 (UTC)

Hi!

I recently edited the Baby Gronk article to include {{Infobox Instagram personality}}, but I also want to add the years_active parameter.

To do this, I need to know when the Instagram account was created, however I can't do this due to me not having an account myself. If anyone with an Instagram account can check @maddensanmiguel, click the 3 dots, then "About This Account" and either tell me or update the article, I'd appreciate it.

Thanks, QuickQuokka ^{[⁠talk • contribs]} 07:46, 2 August 2024 (UTC)

It says:

maddensanmiguel

Date joined: April 2018 CompyN (talk) 10:58, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

Contact creator of a Wikipedia article

Is it possible to contact the person who wrote an article? I am trying to get a submission accepted for David Black, a TV writer/journalist/author, but have been told I was "peacocking." I plan to rewrite but I was thinking it might be easier if I was in contact with the writer of the new [March 2024] article about David's wife, Barbara Weisberg. Any and all suggestions are welcome. JoClarke100 (talk) 18:31, 5 August 2024 (UTC)

@JoClarke100: Welcome to the Teahouse. You can see who contributed to an article by clicking on "View history" at the top of the page. It doesn't seem that the user who created the article, Asifelf, is active anymore. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 18:38, 5 August 2024 (UTC)

I see. Thanks so much. JoClarke100 (talk) 18:42, 5 August 2024 (UTC)

JoClarke100 Editor User:Significa liberdade editted the Barbara W article more recently and is currently an active editor. David notMD (talk) 20:31, 6 August 2024 (UTC)

Correct venue to discuss Latin names in University infoboxes

I've noticed uncited and poorly cited Latin names of Universities in the infoboxes of multiple Universities. I've attempted to partially this issue by adding citation-needed inline notes. This has been reverted in two different articles. Additionally, sources are provided that demonstrate that the university translates its name that way, not that the latin name is commonly referenced, despite Template:Infobox university stating that that's the standard.

Where is the correct place to establish a consensus on whether or not uncited Latin should be removed, on whether a university seal is a WP:RS for this purpose, and on what we should do in the case where two universities claim the same latin name as in the case of University of Brussels? Does the template documentation for the field named "latin_name" demonstrate a consensus on anything here?

Ideally, I would like to remove a lot of incorrect Latin or a least tag it with citation-needed, but I suspect that there might be a right and a wrong way of doing this, so I'll hold off pending guidance. McYeee (talk) 20:58, 5 August 2024 (UTC)

McYeee, it's not the job of Wikipedia to evaluate or comment on institutional (or other) proficiency/incompetence in Latin. (And even supposing for a moment that you and other Wikipedia editors are indeed more proficient at Latin than are many institutions, why would you be more eager to tag defective names as needing citations than you would be to tag well-formed names?) Also, if Université libre de Bruxelles and Vrije Universiteit Brussel both call themselves "Universitas Bruxellensis", why does this concern you, and why should it concern other editors? (I believe that both also call themselves the "Free University of Brussels"; if I'm right, should this sharing of an English name also be a cause for concern, and if so, why?) -- Hoary (talk) 07:06, 6 August 2024 (UTC)

First, I'd like to thank you for your patience. I feel like there's probably a policy somewhere that I'm just a bit too dense to find or that this is should be obvious for some other reason. I'm not trying to be intransigent, but it seems like there is a disagreement about what would improve the Wikipedia, and there are editors (not just me) on both sides of it.

My use of the phrase 'incorrect Latin' was poor wording. I'm not concerned with a proscriptive standard much less "institutional (or other) proficiency/incompetence", but I would expect the Latin name to have seen actual use for Wikipedia to call it a name (or for the documentation of Template:Infobox University to be changed). It does not concern me that two universities claim the same name, but it seems slightly misleading to list a translation without mentioning that the name is used by another similarly notable university as well. I would have a similar objection if the article university said "(from Latin universitas)" rather than saying "(from Latin universitas 'a whole')... universitas magistrorum et scholarium". As a general rule, when introducing a translation, it's my understanding that other relevant senses should be given where doing so reduces confusion. Can we do so here in a footnote to the infoboxes? If not, is this general rule wrong?

To address your second parenthetical, I think "Free University of Brussels" can refer to either university (or the union of the two), but I’m not as concerned for the following reasons. Both articles have headnotes linking to each other (and the university that used to be both of them), and the wording of these headnotes suggests the correct conclusion that the name refers to both. Additionally, the titles of the articles are the disambiguated names, and at least one article explicitly mentions that the English is shared. Nothing like this is mentioned for the Latin. That’s not to say that the articles couldn’t be clearer. I would argue that they should say "lit." not "English" to clarify the meaning of the parentheticals.

What about the easier case where the phrase Wikipedia gives as the Latin name of a university doesn’t appear in any reliable sources I know of and doesn’t appear on the seal in the article and a cursory search doesn’t turn anything up? Is it reasonable to tag with citation-needed then. Would word-by-word translation be original research? Would a neologism created for this translation be original research? What about a non-obvious choice between synonyms such as Californiae vs. californica or meridiei vs. austri? (See University of Southern California where editors responded by removing the Latin when I added the citation-needed tag) What is the correct response when someone removes such a citation-needed tag without providing a source? I would have thought that this would be a relatively straightforward application of WP:V, but I suspect it's more complicated.

Thank you for your time, McYeee (talk) 22:52, 6 August 2024 (UTC)

Ah, now I understand a lot better, McYeee. I can't cite a source for this, but my impression is that most Latin (or quasi-Latin names) of universities are used by nobody other than the respective universities (and particularly the more blatantly commercial arms of those universities, branding the Latin names on beermats, pennants, panties, rock, whatever). I'd be surprised to see any Latin name appearing anywhere else, other than in web pages listing trivia, or of course Wikipedia articles. I'm not entirely sure I'd agree to getting rid of mention of that of any university whose founding postdates the 18th century, but this does sound sensible. Do you know of examples of a reliable source claiming that the (pseudo?) Latin used by a university is wrong (broadly defined) and that the right Latin name is (and NB not merely should be) such-and-such which is different? Again, it's not Wikipedia's job to translate names, unless perhaps those translations actually explain. Thus the article Freiburg im Breisgau starts by saying that in Alemannic it's Friburg im Brisgau, in French it's Fribourg-en-Brisgau; and in English its name literally means Freecastle in the[a] Breisgau, but it doesn't suggest that the last of these three is a name that anyone uses. I suppose that somebody might like to know that a Latin name is shared by two separate universities in Brussels; if you think that this is indeed worth saying, how about pointing it out via a footnote (Template:Efn)? -- Hoary (talk) 09:32, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

Inconsistent image preview in search bar

When searching in Wikipedia's search bar, the image preview for countries/territories/etc is almost always its own flag. However, when searching for the country of Niger the preview image is the world map showing where Niger is. Is this an issue to be fixed? How would one go about fixing it?

The only other country I could find that doesn't use the flag for the preview is Nepal, which uses the national emblem maybe because the flag doesn't show up well on a square preview Placeholderer (talk) 14:01, 6 August 2024 (UTC)

Hi Placeholderer. The image is selected automatically by mw:Extension:PageImages which usually picks the first image (excluding small icons) and that's often the flag for countries. However, mw:Extension:PageImages#How are images scored? says "images smaller than 119 pixels are weighted highly negatively". That's the width and the flag in Niger is only 100px. That's smaller than most countries for two reasons. The coat of arms of Niger is wide and displayed next to it. The flag is close to square and displayed with similar height as the coat of arms so the width becomes relatively small. It could be "fixed" with an infobox parameter to display a larger flag but we don't design infoboxes with page image selection in mind. PrimeHunter (talk) 20:34, 6 August 2024 (UTC)

My article has been deleted

My article Diiodosyl sulfate has been delete because it have no sources .But clearly i add some sources .So why was it deleted? Thank you. Junurita (talk) 14:16, 6 August 2024 (UTC)

@Junurita: Are you looking for Draft:Diiodosyl sulfate? C F A 💬 14:21, 6 August 2024 (UTC)

Yes Junurita (talk) 14:24, 6 August 2024 (UTC)

Yay , now it become a article in wikipedia!!! Junurita (talk) 12:44, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

Congrats! C F A 💬 14:51, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

Thank you! Junurita (talk) 23:58, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

Clashing birth years on the same article

Hello helpful people,

I am a bit confused.

So, the page in question is Paul R. Andrews, and well, the very first sentence of said article says that this guy was born in 1926. Well, later on in the article, it states that he was born 20 years prior in 1906, which is weird. I don't plan on fixing either, because I don't know which one is right and I don't feel like making the situation more confusing (or worse). The sentence that states that he was born in 1906 has a source but how accurate it is I cannot tell.

Any ideas? Villaida (talk) 19:05, 6 August 2024 (UTC)

I've been bold and updated the lead to match the 1906 birthday, which is what the Harvard source states. Thanks for pointing it out. – macaddct1984 ^{(talk | contribs)} 19:33, 6 August 2024 (UTC)

Hello and welcome to the Teahouse! This was fixed by Macaddct1984, who corrected the date to 1905, to be consistent with the Harvard Business School reference. In the future, if one date is supported by a source and the other isn't, please take the one that is supported by the source. If both are supported by sources, you probably should take the most reliable one (though I'm not 100% sure). Happy editing. Grumpylawnchair (talk)

This fellow "received an undergraduate degree from Norwich University cum laude degree"; he had a career described as "culminating" in his retirement from that career; and this article doesn't deign even to start to say what he did. (He spent his working life at Prentice-Hall. How would Prentice-Hall have been different if he hadn't existed? After reading the article, I have no idea.) This article is terrible, Villaida; if Paul R. Andrews interests you, perhaps you could improve it. -- Hoary (talk) 20:39, 6 August 2024 (UTC)

I agree. Nominate it for deletion. David notMD (talk) 21:54, 6 August 2024 (UTC)

Who, David notMD, me? First, anyone proposing to nominate it for deletion should search for reliable information on Andrews. That's not something I'm willing to do. -- Hoary (talk) 22:21, 6 August 2024 (UTC)

The editor who created Paul R. Andrews has another shoddy article: GBT Technologies, tendentiously created without improvement directly in mainspace following back to back AFC declines, which the author blanked from their talkpage. PRODded in January, tag removed by unregistered editor. I suspect it's not been AfDed solely because no one wants to do an NCORP BEFORE on some dumb AI company, but maybe I'm projecting. Folly Mox (talk) 22:21, 6 August 2024 (UTC)

Apologies to Hoary - if I feel that way then I should take up the task. David notMD (talk) 22:23, 6 August 2024 (UTC)

No probs, David notMD. (I've pled sloth; anybody else can too.) -- Hoary (talk) 23:39, 6 August 2024 (UTC)

Good sleuthing, Folly Mox. I've resuscitated a worthwhile comment on the draft. -- Hoary (talk) 23:39, 6 August 2024 (UTC)

Hoary: nah, not really. This Paul Andrews article isn't the type of subject matter that I find interesting, but I do agree that it is asking for improvement. Villaida (talk) 23:45, 6 August 2024 (UTC)

Importing Gallery pics into Microsoft Word

Here is a typical gallery picture code for importing into MS Word:

https:/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/1/14/Datacenter_de_ARSAT.jpg

Datacenter_de_ARSAT.jpg is about thumbnail size in the gallery, with a caption.

When imported into Word the picture increases size many times, with no caption.

How can the imported picture be adjusted in size to something closer to the original size together with the caption? ----MountVic127 (talk) 22:43, 6 August 2024 (UTC)

Hello, MountVic127. You are asking about transferring data from a system which is not Wikipedia (though it is related), to a system which is nothing at all to do with Wikipedia. This is really not the place. I suggest you ask at Commons: try C:COM:Village pump. ColinFine (talk) 22:54, 6 August 2024 (UTC)

(edit conflict) What you're seeing is the original size. If you want a smaller version, do you see right under the image at File:Datacenter de ARSAT.jpg, Size of this preview: 800 × 534 pixels. Other resolutions followed by links to various image sizes? Rotideypoc41352 (talk · contribs) 22:55, 6 August 2024 (UTC)

Getting an Article declined, Even though there isn't a currently existing article for that thing

I was making a Wikipedia listing for a Smaller Soccer (Football) Club in America, Around 3/4th division i think, and there was No article for it, so i decided to research up on it, And then i used the (small) findings to attempt to make a wikipedia around it, It got declined, It conflicts me, Why would it be declined if the one having declined it has no intent to contribute to the subject, Or if one hasn't been made since the start of wikipedia (which is like, a long time ago), So i am wondering why it was declined? Poliosisisd (talk) 02:52, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

@Poliosisisd: Welcome to the Teahouse! The reasoning for the decline was shared on your talk page: the topic of your draft wasn't shown to be notable because it lacked multiple reliable and independent sources providing significant coverage of the club. If your "findings" were only "small" as you put it, the subject simply may not be notable enough for a Wikipedia article. Not everything that exists in the world needs an article here—Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information. Bsoyka (t • c • g) 02:57, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

Sockpuppeteer interested in hurricanes?

Hey everyone, I’m wondering if there are any known sockpuppeteers with a particular interest in hurricanes or meteorology topics? I’ve spotted someone who is clearly gunning to become an admin and it just doesn’t sit right. The last thing I want for the community to be nearly fooled again a la the Eostrix RfA. Musinure (talk) 03:17, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

Hey there @Musinure! There is one person that I am aware of (who I will withhold their name) who does sock puppet in areas specializing in tropical cyclones and hurricanes. I will tell you right now though, that User:Zzzs is most likely not a sock puppet. I would also refrain from personally attacking other users, even if it is on your own talk page. Hope this helps! :) Sir MemeGod ._. (talk - contribs - created articles) 03:26, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

Courtesy ping: Zzzs. C F A 💬 03:34, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

New editors can and do learn much quicker than you'd think. It doesn't always mean they're a sockpuppet. We have to assume good faith when there is no evidence of anything otherwise. C F A 💬 03:39, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

@Musinure Why are you suddenly accusing me of being a sockpuppet? All I did was remind you to follow WP:CITE and WP:CIVIL so you don't run the risk of being blocked. The long term goals is to motivate me to contribute more to the encyclopedia, not to speedrun adminship. --_ZZ^Z'S 03:44, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

Penalty for not notifying editor?

I just discovered that an editor posted a question on the neutral point of view/noticeboard that mentioned me, though not by name, very explicitly. They did not notify me of this, despite the bold, bright red text at the top telling them to do so. What can I do about this? Is there a penalty? It was posted hours ago and they had every opportunity to tell me, but didn't. Thank you, TanRabbitry (talk) 05:12, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

A warning that points out the lapse would be appropriate in this scenario. Since you are contributing to the discussion there's no point in notifying you now. Polyamorph (talk) 05:24, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

@Polyamorph

Unfortunately, I attempted to warn this user twice about assuming good faith. They deleted the warnings, re-added the offending statement and accused me of "pestering" them. I think any warning (certainly any from me) would fall on deaf ears. I am glad I noticed, but their statement had been there for the better part of a day and it is only really chance that I saw it. They evidently had no intention of obeying the rules. TanRabbitry (talk) 05:34, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

This is not the correct venue to report user conduct. I refer you to WP:DR. Polyamorph (talk) 05:38, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

Does reviewing the accuracy of an article's sources qualify as 'original research'?

User:Dronebogus recommended I ask this question here, as I believe they are prematurely closing my topics in the talk page of Libsoftiktok. Some of the article's sources, and thus the article itself, contain claims which I believe to be easily identifiable as factually inaccurate. Dronebogus argues my method for fact-checking these sources constitutes 'original research', and subsequently closed the discussions without anyone else weighing in on the matter.

I am not asking for any information to be included in the article, my intentions were to remove the inaccurate/dubious sources. This appears to not only be allowed on Wikipedia, but encouraged: WP:RS clearly states "Whether a specific news story is reliable for a fact or statement should be examined on a case-by-case basis". How exactly are you supposed to review the factual accuracy of a claim made in a news story without examining the story's sources? CodingApe (talk) 06:17, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

Hi, and welcome to the Teahouse. I am not going to get involved in this page, but I'll try to answer your question. Generally, the answer is yes: "Fact-checking" reliable, secondary sources' claims yourself is original research. Wikipedia bases itself on verifiability, not "truth". Unless the sources you are considering have a record of being unreliable, there is no reason to doubt their claims. That is not our job as Wikipedians. We are not journalists. You can find sources that have had their reliability previously discussed at the perennial sources list and the New Page Patrol source guide.

I would recommend finding a different topic area to edit in. Contentious topic areas always bring out the worst of editors. C F A 💬 14:26, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

Okay, and what if the sourced article contradicts itself? Does using the contradictory claim from the article count as 'original research'? I don't understand why it is acceptable to selectively pull claims from articles and then block discussions regarding other claims the same exact article made. CodingApe (talk) 07:25, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

Clarity on why references are not considered notable

Hello! Trying to create this page: Draft:The Harbour School.

Was declined because references aren't considered notable though they are just articles about who and what awards were won.

Thank you Ths 2024 (talk) 06:33, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

Hi @Ths 2024: for notability per WP:ORG, we need to see significant coverage, directly of the subject, in multiple (usually interpreted as 3+) secondary sources that are reliable and entirely independent of the subject. Your draft cites no such source. -- DoubleGrazing (talk) 06:45, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

Ths 2024, it is topics that must be notable, not references. References must be reliable, not notable. Consider the Nazi propaganda newspaper Der Stürmer published in Germany from 1923 to 1945. This vile hate rag was highly notable because it is studied in great detail by historians of Nazi Germany but it is utterly unreliable because most of its content was a pack of lies. Learning to differentiate between notable and reliable publications is an important skill for Wikipedia editors. Cullen328 (talk) 09:41, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

Minor awards - not themselves subjects of articles, example Nobel - do not contribute to notability. David notMD (talk) 11:41, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

Copyright on "remixed" works

Title may not be accurate, copyright is very confusing for me, sorry!

I am writing a draft article on graffiti characters, and in my research I learnt about the influence of Vaughne Bodē's comics on early modern graffiti and I realised I've seen his characters painted in my local town. I wanted to take a photo for the article, but figured that as Bodē (or his son now) owns the copyright to the character, that wouldn't be appropriate.

However, today while browsing graffiti images on Commons, I've found lots of photos of graffiti works with characters from The Simpsons, Dragon Ball Z, and Looney Tunes, sometimes drawn very much in the original style. Are these works okay because they're "remixed"? In this case, would it be okay for me to upload a work with a character of Bodē's in a graffiti piece? -- NotCharizard ^🗨 08:09, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

Notcharizard, you'd be much better off asking this question at c:Commons:Village pump/Copyright. -- Hoary (talk) 08:57, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

Thank you! I will do that. -- NotCharizard ^🗨 09:12, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

@Notcharizard, see also commons:Commons:GRAFFITI. —⁠andrybak (talk) 09:15, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

We have freedom of panorama in my country, so it's fine on that front, thank you though! -- NotCharizard ^🗨 09:23, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

Time to decision on an edit

Hi there,

I recently added a reference for an article. How long does it usually take to get a feedback? And when will the changes take effect if the edit is accepted? Nebyudan (talk) 09:13, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

Hello, Nebyudan. If you are referring to your edit to Khat, it was reverted because another editor concluded that the reference that you added does not comply with WP:MEDRS. Any medical claims on Wikipedia must be based on the highest quality peer reviewed medical references, since people's health is literally at stake. If you disagree, make your case at Talk: Khat or in a discussion with the editor who reverted you. Cullen328 (talk) 09:31, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

Dark mode

Dear help-users, I'm a German user. However, I use the English Wikipedia from time to time. I want to deactivate the dark mode. It seems, it is only in place on the English website. I cannot find a setting to turn it off. I activated once when it was displayed to me as "new feature". Please help - or improve the visiblity. The blue links on black background are illisible. I don't have a wikipedia account. Thank you for your help. 80.149.243.69 (talk) 09:27, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

Hi IP editor, the 'Appearance' menu is found either in the side panel on the right side of the page, or it can be minimised into an icon (looking like eyeglasses) in the horizontal menu on top o the page. Judging by your question I'm guessing it's not visible in the side panel, so you should look for the eyeglasses near the top. HTH, -- DoubleGrazing (talk) 10:12, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

Thanks a lot! The eyeglasses symbol was it! I didn't try it because I thought it would be related to a feature for saving/following the page (related to an account).

Indeed, it cannot be found under the hamburger menu on the top left. That was suggested by other help articles. There is a settings icon, but only on the very main page, and it does not include the dark mode.

Thanks again! 80.149.243.69 (talk) 11:36, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

Publication on Wikipedia

Hello,

I am trying to publish the following page:

Draft:Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation#cite note-1

   Do you think the page is suitable for publication on Wikipedia?

   English is my second language; can you explain in simple way the mistakes I made and how I can correct them? Bilalkiaai (talk) 09:43, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

@Bilalkiaai I can see several problems. First and most important is that you uploaded the logo of the organisation to Wikimedia Commons and claimed it was your "own work". Is that really the case? Did you personally design the logo, which is subject to copyright? Second, you have put a number of social media links in a section above the references. These external links should go below instead, in a section just called "External links" (see WP:EL). Third, there seem to be excessive citations for some statements. Please remove those that don't meet these criteria. You can then submit the draft to get comments from experienced reviewers. Good luck. Mike Turnbull (talk) 10:15, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

Hello Bilalkiaai, if you would like to get your article reviewed by an experienced editor, you can submit it and an experienced editor will review it, then will leave a note on your talk page whether the draft was declined or accepted. Although, I see a lot of problems that need to be fixed there, having a look at the draft, it has a section that has links to social media sites on that particular topic, I'd suggest creating section "External links" for social media sites. However, I'm not super experienced at Wikipedia, but know a few things to help less experienced contributors here. Hope this helps.

PEPSI697 (talk) 10:21, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

Hello, additionally, I would suggest you use {{Infobox award}} instead of a wikitable at the top. This would be better from a technical/accessibility standpoint. —Matrix(!) {user - talk? - _uselesscontributions} 10:30, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

Citation-related questions

Thank you in advance to whomever reads this! Following these rather demeaning, self-righteous responses from MrOllie on their Talk page regarding the reversion of multiple citation-focused edits I made to a page with an excessive citation template (Qnet), I am posting to the Teahouse for some guidance as they requested.

My goal was to help resolve the citation template on the QNet page and then make it better as I have done with many other pages. However, after the extensive reversions, I am now unclear on how to proceed. I would greatly appreciate any help to clarify and/or mediate this situation, as this issue has not extended to similar edits I've made to other pages. A few questions:

1. Are press releases considered low-quality citations? My interpretation of the citation policies is that they are rarely acceptable to use, but MrOllie's explanation was vague, and they wouldn't expound further - I was told they were "not interested in reviewing [my] other edits or answering general questions".

2. If dead links are not properly archived anywhere online, how can they be "fixed" or an "updated URL" be found, particularly for dead sites, 404s, and non-existent archival links? I only removed citations that were not able to be found anywhere online - even in archives. Again, I was trying to remove low-quality and excessive citations.

3. I don't believe any editor should be actively discouraged from editing a page, especially when they've only asked for productive feedback to help resolve a page's long standing template (as well as help the page's readability; the Controversies section on the Qnet page is borderline unreadable with outdated and overdetailed language, none of which I've even attempted editing yet). My questions to them were not based on a lack of basic knowledge, but rather a desire to understand the mechanics of their decisions in order to improve the quality of my edits across Wiki. So how can I provide productive edits to this page, work towards resolving the template, and improve the page quality?CiKing101 (talk) 11:05, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

First, the replies by User talk:MrOllie were informative and neutral. Please apologize for your characterization as "...rather demeaning, self-righteous responses..." or you will not get any help here. Wikipedia policy is dispute content, but do not disparage the person. To reply to just one of your questions, press releases can be cited for non-controversial facts, such as location of a company, number of employees, etc. David notMD (talk) 11:48, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

CiKing101, MrOllie has taken some trouble to give you good advice. Like David, I don't understand why you criticise him for it. But if you choose to criticise him in public, you should have the courtesy to let him know that you're criticising him. (With this reply, I am pinging him, so that he'll be aware of this thread.) Maproom (talk) 19:21, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

From your edit history, I see that you have put in efforts to improve articles that are tagged as having excessive citations. Most of that work has not been reverted. For the article in question, given reverted, the advised step is to start a discussion on the Talk page of the article rather than here. David notMD (talk) 05:37, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

Sandbox

Do other wikipedia language versions also have a sandbox feature like on English Wikipedia? Specifically the Indonesian Wikipedia one. 🍫 TheBrowniess (talk) (contribs) 🍫 11:32, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

@TheBrowniess: It varies. The Indonesian Wikipedia does not have it and that's the default. It's added by including the wiki in the wmgUseSandboxLink list at https://noc.wikimedia.org/conf/highlight.php?file=InitialiseSettings.php. The T numbers refer to requests to add it for a wiki, e.g. phab:T103643. Requests for configuration changes like this usually require a link to a discussion showing consensus at the wiki. The only thing the sandbox feature does is add a convenient interface link to a user subpage. You can create and edit such pages yourself without an interface link, e.g. at id:User:TheBrowniess/sandbox or any other name. You can create as many as you want. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:11, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

Hello TheBrowniess, the answer is yes, other Wikipedia language versions have a sandbox feature. if you go to WP:SANDBOX and you click on the languages button, you can see that other language versions of Wikipedia have sandboxes too. For Indonesia Wikipedia, yes.

PEPSI697 (talk) 11:59, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

It's very likely that you can create a sub-page of your UserPage at other-language Wikipedias just as you can here, which is a more persistent way to experiment and develop articles. The main sandboxes get cleared out very frequently. See WP:ABOUTSAND. Mike Turnbull (talk) 12:11, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

Can someone help this user who says they are blocked?

I've been trying to help Rakel Helmsdal (talk · contribs), who wants to edit Rakel Helmsdal. They now say they are receiving a message about being blocked, so I said I'd post over here to see if someone can help them. They of course have a CoI, but I'd like to find a way in which they can be supported to request edits to the article about them. Thanks. Tacyarg (talk) 11:42, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

User now says they are not blocked, but I think they could do with some support anyway. I don't seem to be getting through about using request edit. Thanks, Tacyarg (talk) 12:02, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

Thank you so much, Tacyarg <3 It seem, that the unblocking request worked after all! I am not blocked any more :) Rakel Helmsdal (talk) 12:02, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

@Rakel Helmsdal Please use the edit request wizard on the Talk page of the article about you. You might benefit also from reading a FAQ page and the policy at WP:OWN. Mike Turnbull (talk) 12:04, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

Photos - removing those that are there without my consent and replacing them

Hi :)

I wanted to ask, if somebody could help me with photos of me that are on Wikmedia commons. They are old and I want them removed. I have never given any consent to have them put up there, so I suppose, that I am allowed to have them removed? I have tried and tried to do that, and have some photo, that I have given consent to replace them, but it seems not to work :'-( Rakel Helmsdal (talk) 11:58, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

Sorry, forgot to link to the page: Category:Rakel Helmsdal - Wikimedia Commons Rakel Helmsdal (talk) 12:00, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

You will probably be able to get better help with this issue at Commons; their help desk is here. Relevant information to your situation is at this link: Commons:Commons:Photographs of identifiable people Reconrabbit 12:27, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

Rakel Helmsdal, one of the easiest ways to get them removed is to make a deletion request in Wikimedia Commons. Be sure to read the removal requests section. Jeraxmoira🐉 (talk) 13:07, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

@Rakel Helmsdal: You may not be able to get them deleted (you are a (semi-)public figure and they were taken at an event with no obvious reason to expect privacy - your consent is not needed); but you can supply a better one and ask that Wikipedia uses it instead; see WP:A picture of you. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 14:58, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

Why was my article about a community club deleted?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Syedzarrarshah?markasread=322260028&markasreadwiki=enwiki#c-DoubleGrazing-20240807120900-Speedy_deletion_nomination_of_Draft:YouthClub

Syedzarrarshah (talk) 12:19, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

Did you read the link to Wikipedia:Criteria_for_speedy_deletion#G11? Ping to @DoubleGrazing if you wish to comment. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 12:58, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for the ping, @Gråbergs Gråa Sång.

Hi @Syedzarrarshah: I declined this draft, and it was subsequently deleted, for being purely promotional. Wikipedia articles should summarise what independent and reliable third parties (ideally secondary sources) have said about a subject, whereas this was written from the perspective of the organisation telling the world about itself. (It was also far too long and detailed for an encyclopaedia article. Although that wasn't the reason why I declined it, it would have required a comprehensive rewrite to bring it up to acceptable standards.) HTH, -- DoubleGrazing (talk) 13:08, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

The "needs additional citations for verification" on Golden Chariot seems to be addressed

Hi everyone, I have added WP:RS citations on this page for Golden Chariot. Overall I feel this problem has been addressed. Can I remove this tag? or if anyone wants to chip in some more citations? ANLgrad (talk) 16:00, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

@ANLgrad The tag was added when the article looked like this. I would say it's much better now. My only other comment is that the first eight current cites are only mentioned in the WP:LEAD, which suggests the lead is not summarising the rest of the article correctly. Mike Turnbull (talk) 17:12, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

Why has my sandbox turned into a redirect article?

My sandbox at https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=User:Notaoffensivename/sandbox&redirect=no has turned into a redirect. Notaoffensivename (talk) 18:54, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

@Notaoffensivename: Articles prefixed by "Draft" are preferred for Articles for Creation submissions so they are in the same location as all the other articles pending review. The redirect in your sandbox is leftover from when a reviewer moved your sandbox to Draft:Omar N. Bradley airport. You are free to remove the redirect if you wish. C F A 💬 18:59, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

Well, how do i remove the redirect and use my sandbox again? Notaoffensivename (talk) 22:03, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

I've removed it for you. Happy editing, C F A 💬 22:04, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

When I used to open the sandbox, the editing would automatically come up and i was able to put my articles on Afc. But now, it no longer does this. Could i get some help? Notaoffensivename (talk) 22:10, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

I've added the submission button to your sandbox. You can edit it by clicking here. Once you write a draft, you can click the blue button at the top of your draft that says "Submit the draft for review!" and a reviewer will check out your draft. Let me know if you have any other questions. C F A 💬 22:14, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

NCBI genome ID

I'm adding the genome infobox to veggie pages. For some reason, the NCBI genome ID of tomato, which is 4081, opens a tobacco virus page. For reference, see cucumber, where 1639 opens the appropriate cuc page on NCBI. Is this an issue with Wikipedia or NCBI got their wires crossed? If someone can fix this, please do. Thanks! ♦ WikiUser70176 ♦^{(My talk page)} 20:04, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

Intriguing! It looks like the issue is the difference between an NCBI "taxonomy ID" and "genome ID." For Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum), the 4081 ID is actually its taxonomy ID, as shown on NCBI. There are multiple genomes corresponding to this taxonomy ID, as seen here. The reference genome is GCF_000188115.5. I went ahead and replaced taxId = 4081 with taxId = GCF_000188115.5 on Tomato and now it functions like the cucumber page - it brings up a list of all the Solanum lycopersicum genomes.

I'm not sure why the Cucumber page works using taxId = 1639; when I try using the genome ID of its reference genome (GCF_000004075.3) instead the link works in the same way, bringing up Cucumber genomes. A user on the Infobox genome talk page implies that there was a relatively recent change in how NCBI handles lookups by genome ID; this may need more digging into! In any case, the Tomato page should now correctly link to Tomato genomes on NCBI. — nmael ^talk 22:12, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

Thank you! ♦ WikiUser70176 ♦^{(My talk page)} 23:06, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

dispute

Hi, I am in a dispute with one of the editors. I made a page for a living person. the editor decided that this person was not "noteworthy" enough to get a page. However, by wiki definition it says that a person who receives a "major award" is considered eligible for a wiki page.

The subject has just won a Tony Award for Best Musical this season on Broadway. The editors argument is that it doesnt count because there are many producers as opposed to, for example best actress.. it's one person who gets one award. This show a complete ignorance to how the broadway world works and how shows get on their feet. It is actually IMPOSSIBLE for only one person to produce a broadway show. a broadway show is ONLY produced by a team of people. so her argument is absurd.

I did the other edits that she required. IE: removing "all the past work so it didn't look like a resume" and added more documentation that this person is an actual producer and has actually won the Tony but she is now ignoring me and the page is sitting without comment.

id love some help here. it seems like whoever this editor is, they are making random judgements about something they don't understand fully. advice? Childrenandart (talk) 20:40, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

Heya @Childrenandart, welcome to the teahouse! Could you send the page link (just do [[Page name here]]) so that I can take a look for you and give you my thoughts :) Zippybonzo | talk | contribs (they/them) 20:51, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

Courtesy link Draft:Marylee Graffeo Fairbanks. Theroadislong (talk) 20:53, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

Sooo, I've taken a look, and I will say that ultimately based on the conflict of interest discussion on your talk page, you have a connection to the subject, and submitting a page "on her behalf" is a conflict of interest which needs addressing. I advise that you review WP:GNG and find more sources to demonstrate the notability of the subject. Zippybonzo | talk | contribs (they/them) 21:00, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

that is not actually the conflict. I am a listener to the podcast. I dont know her personally and I sent her a note on social asking if she minded if I uploaded a wiki page. that is the extent of it. which I explained before . Childrenandart (talk) 21:10, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

also I just googled our of curiosity if a person an start a page for a friend. I am not her friend but here is the answer

Anyone can create a Wikipedia page for someone, as long as they follow Wikipedia's guidelines. However, it's important to keep in mind that creating a Wikipedia page can be a complex process, and it's not something that should be taken lightly. so I am curious what the problem is.. Childrenandart (talk) 21:12, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

"as long as they follow Wikipedia's guidelines" includes the conflict of interest guideline, which typically requires disclosure. Zippybonzo | talk | contribs (they/them) 21:17, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

is that basically just putting in writing at the top of the page that I am a listener to the podcast?

{{connected contributor | Childrenandart is a listener of Stages Podcast and a fan of the show. I am not paid to write this article}}

Like this? Childrenandart (talk) 21:22, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

No, but if you're "submitting on her behalf" according to what you said on your talk page, which counts as a conflict of interest, so you should disclose it as mentioned in WP:COI on the article talk page. Zippybonzo | talk | contribs (they/them) 21:29, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

please let me know if what I did is sufficient before I resubmit. many thanks Childrenandart (talk) 21:40, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

I am not paid to write it. I just want to because I love the show. so is the above statement what you want? and do I put it on the actual wiki article? Childrenandart (talk) 21:24, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

I added what I believe you wanted. please let me know if the is sufficient. Childrenandart (talk) 21:30, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

Good to see you took the advice to stop by at the Teahouse. Anyone who is involved may wish to take a look at User talk:CFA#tony award, User talk:CFA#Who is CFA?, User_talk:Childrenandart#Managing a conflict of interest and WP:DRN#Draft:Marylee Graffeo Fairbanks. C F A 💬 21:35, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

I have a few comments at this point. First, the Wikipedia community is aware that production of a Broadway show is the work of a large team of producers and co-producers. It isn't helpful to suggest that the Wikipedia community is ignorant of this fact. Second, I didn't find Ms. Fairbanks's name in the list of co-producers on the Tony Awards official web page. Verifiability is a core policy, and I am having a hard time finding independent verification that she was one of the listed members of the production team. Third, when you said that "we" could send a photograph, there were two problems. If you are not working with or for Ms. Fairbanks, why did you use the first-person plural pronound? Also, sending a photograph, or other documentation, to a reviewer, does not provide verifiability, because the evidence has to be available to a reader of Wikipedia, not just to a reviewer. So why did you use the first-person plural pronoun? Robert McClenon (talk) 21:52, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

I am not accusing the entire community of not knowing how a broadway production works.. I was telling CFA that she/he didn't understand because she said there were so many producers that it didn't count as a Tony award. here is a link to playbill that states her name on the list of producers and winners.https://playbill.com/article/the-outsiders-wins-best-musical-at-the-2024-tony-awards. it is also stated in the Boston globe article ( I am sure they verified)

I have reached out to Fairbanks o social media and asked if she minded if I did a wiki page. She said it was fine. this is why I assumed if you need photo proof she would send it along. that is where we came from. I am not being paid to do this. If a photo is not documentation then please see the article above which names her on the list and I put other documentation on the article itself as well. Childrenandart (talk) 21:58, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

@Childrenandart I have read this thread and also looked at the contributions you have made. You have an obviously great amount of energy. However, most is devoted to arguing. Some is devoted to suggesting you will report an editor, one line suggests that loads of people report them.

I hope you will consider turning your energy into first leaning about Notability (not noteworthiness, a term who is meaningless here) and then about Verifiability, and then using that knowledge to edit here, not to argue here.

You are caught up with rights and wrongs. Instead please edit productively once you understand the two links I have given you. 🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦 22:42, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

I have edited. I have done everything they asked me to do. What I am arguing is against the point that it is not considered a Tony win. By wikipedias own definition it is a Tony win. I added the to another conversation just a few minutes ago. every edit that was requested, was done. if you have a further suggestion on what is needed I am happy to include it. Childrenandart (talk) 02:36, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

Resubmitting to a new editor while original ed. is on break?

Hello wiki angels! I have a question about the resubmission process after updating a declined page draft.

The draft page is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Mahyad_Tousi, and I've added a slew of reliable sources thanks to the editor's feedback (I stupidly did not realize that iMDB was not a reliable source, so have rectified this) and also added more information overall to show notability.

However, I see on the editor's talk page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:SafariScribe ) that they may be taking a break for the time being, and they seem to have a backlog of people resubmitting their drafts and then complaining about having their questions unaddressed. Is there a way I can kindly request a review from another editor while User:SafariScribe is on hiatus?

I also see a recent post about this editor here in the Teahouse which reinforces my concern that I may be resubmitting into the void. Many thanks for your guidance! Plethora12 (talk) 21:33, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

Plethora12, submissions and resubmissions just go in the same general pool. Drmies (talk) 21:40, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

Ahh, I had misunderstood. Thank you! Plethora12 (talk) 00:33, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

Mahyad Tousi now an accepted article. David notMD (talk) 05:46, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

Omorgus Reiterorum

Hello. I have created the page for omorgus reiterorum and there is a very lovely looking image of this species available at Zenodo, but I am unsure as to whether or not this image would be allowed to be added to the Wikipedia page due to the licensing rules and my overall stupidity when it comes to said topic. While other pages have similar looking images (Omorgus granulatus, Omorgus subcarinatus), I would much rather ask here and risk embarrassing myself than not asking. If anyone is able to tell me whether or not the image can be used your help would be much appreciated! Aquaquaticat (talk) 21:47, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

@Aquaquaticat You may only upload images here if they have a suitable licence which allows it. Than you for saving yourself embarrassment. 🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦 22:44, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

What would the Zenodo photo of Omorgus Reiterorum count as? In the information sidebar of the photo it says 'Photos courtesy of David Král and Jiří Hájek, copyright NMPC.' As I am not sure what that means please could someone explain it to me? Is it okay to use on the wikipedia article? Aquaquaticat (talk) 01:19, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

Hello, Aquaquaticat, and welcome to the Teahouse. In nearly all cases, we can use photos only if they are free for anybody to reuse or alter for any purpose - that is part of the mission of the Wikimedia Foundation, to make information free for anybody.

In practice this means one of: 1) the image is in the public domain because it is old enough that copyright has expired; or 2) the copyright owner has explicitly put it in the public domain (this is unusual, but many images produced by employees of the US federal government, for example, meet this); or 3) the copyright owner has explicitly released it under a copyleft licence such as CC-BY-SA. Most images you find on the internet (and elsewhere) do not meet any of those conditions, and so cannot be used - unless you contact the copyright holder and they explicitly agree to release them - see donating copyright materials.

There are some edge cases, but this is the basic framework. See image use policy for more detail. ColinFine (talk) 08:39, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

Thank you both for your helpful responses. I appreciate the help :) Aquaquaticat (talk) 11:08, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

how long does it take for a draft to be REVIEWED after being submitted?

how long does it take for a draft to be REVIEWED after being submitted? just wondering... Gorillafan101 (talk) 21:55, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

@Gorillafan101: Unfortunately there is almost always 2500+ drafts waiting for review at any given moment. There is no "queue" for reviews; drafts are reviewed in no specific order. It could be days, weeks, or sometimes months. Don't let this discourage you, though. There's plenty of other stuff to do in the meantime. C F A 💬 22:00, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

Hi

I am new here, and i don't know what to edit and how to edit, i will be happy if someone guides me thro the edges, i hope you will enlighten my edit journey ... Duolingoiscat (talk) 01:46, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

Useful links now on your Talk page. David notMD (talk) 05:47, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

Is there a way to get an edit request more attention when the response time is quite long?

I understand that being patient is important on Wikipedia and we can’t constantly check this site for edit request or replies 24/7, but it’s still really frustrating when you make a request for an edit and it’s either ignored or the discussion quickly fizzles out before a resolution is reached. Is there a way to raise more attention to an issue you have (without being annoying), or do you just have to wait and hope for the best? Sorry if this is a bit petty; I just have no good idea on what to do when I encounter a situation like this. LordOfWalruses (talk) 04:20, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

There is no formal way to get attention to an edit request, but a few pointers:

1. If you ask about it then then link to it or tell us what article so we don't have to guess.
2. If you mean [1] then
   1. Three hours is not a long time to wait for an edit request to be actioned.
   2. You didn't actually make a formal edit request. You simply started new thread with your opinions of changes that might be worth making. If no-one responds (in a reasonable time) you can take that as a lack of agreement. Meters (talk) 04:46, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

If the page is part of a WikiProject you can ask for input at the appropriate project. See WP:PROJDIR. If all else fails you can opena request for comment. See WP:RFC. Meters (talk) 08:52, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for the help, but I do not mean the talk page on the Syrian Civil War; there are many examples, but I was mainly thinking of my talk page on the Nigerien crisis. LordOfWalruses (talk) 14:33, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

Checking article before resubmitting

Hi there, I recently had a new article submission declined. I have now edited the article to include more sources and make the tone more formal and encyclopaedic. I'd like some advice to see if this is now acceptable before resubmitting. Draft:Abodo Wood. ValerieCo (talk) 04:40, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

In my opinion, no. Abodo Wood is a company that cuts down trees to make timber. The fact that such timber was used to architecurally significant buildings - what you deem "Products" (refs 6-11) - has no place in the article. David notMD (talk) 05:54, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

You have also asked this at the AfC help desk. Either venue is fine, but please don't ask at both, as that just duplicates the effort. Thank you. -- DoubleGrazing (talk) 06:09, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

ValerieCo The table of awards has hyperlinks serving as references. Hyperlinks are not allowed. Additionally, minor/modest awards (those that are not themselves sujects of Wikipedia articles) can be listed, but contribute nothing to confirming Wikipedia-notability. However, all awards for buildings that used Abodo Wood products need to be removed. David notMD (talk) 14:08, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

Using Instagram as source

I have read the Wikipedia guidelines regarding sources and found that users were discouraged from using Instagram as the source. Nevertheless, I found an Instagram account (@makamindo) that posts famous Indonesian tombstones. The account owner visits cemeteries and takes pictures of notable Indonesian tombstones. This can be a good source to be included in the subject's Wikipedia page whose date of death is missing. For this situation, can I cite from @makamindo's Instagram account? Faldi00 (talk) 04:54, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

@Faldi00. I'm afraid not. A random person claiming to visit cemeteries and take pictures is not what Wikipedia would describe as a reliable source. Shantavira|^{feed me} 07:12, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

@Faldi00 On the other hand, we have a specific citation template {{cite sign}} which can be used for gravestones and we have a large category for them at commons:Category:Gravestones. This suggests to me that if you uploaded such a photo to Commons, we would assume good faith and allow it to be used as a source. Mike Turnbull (talk) 11:49, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

Yeah, the answer is less clear than some may think. There is general consensus among editors that Findagrave.com, an otherwise unreliable user-generated website, can be used to cite gravestones when there is a picture. I don't really see why the same wouldn't apply to Instagram, but it's obviously better to try and find another source. C F A 💬 14:19, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

Creating a page for a company with reliable sources

Good morning,

I hope all of you are well,

I would like to create a page for a company called TSplus as they are not on wikipedia (yet).

I found a few sources but I am not sure if they enter in the valid sources for wikipedia guidelines and requirements.

Could one of you kindly let me know if they are ?

If so, I am happy to share them with you.

Have a lovely day

Mariam MariamEssafi (talk) 08:23, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

MariamEssafi Hello and welcome. Creating a new article (not a "page") is the most difficult task to attempt on Wikipedia. It is usually recommended that new users first gain experience and knowledge by spending time editing existing articles in areas that interest them, to get a feel for how Wikipedia operates and what is expected of article content. Using the new user tutorial is a good idea, too.

Feel free to share your sources. Are you associated with this company? 331dot (talk) 08:29, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

Hi,

Thank you very much for your response,

I have done a few edits already to gain experience and it has been very interesting so far.

I will look to do more of them.

I am not associated with the company but find it interesting as a first subject to write about.

The sources I found are the following :

https://www.capterra.co.uk/software/217414/tsplus

https://www.techtimes.com/articles/307089/20240807/empowering-smes-with-cost-effective-tsplus-remote-access-solutions.htm

https://www.globenewswire.com/en/news-release/2024/04/11/2861606/0/en/TSplus-Remote-Support-Awarded-With-Multiple-Badges-from-Gartner-Digital-Markets.html

https://midhudsonnews.com/2024/07/31/tsplus-enabling-secure-and-efficient-remote-access/

https://consent.yahoo.com/v2/collectConsent?sessionId=3_cc-session_905ec134-aa58-45c4-86c1-1c90931ad426

https://www.globenewswire.com/en/news-release/2024/05/01/2873275/0/en/TSplus-Remote-Access-Wins-the-Spring-2024-Leader-Award-in-Remote-Desktop-Category-from-SourceForge.html

https://channeltimes.com/press-release/bd-soft-joined-hands-with-tsplus-as-exclusive-country-partner-for-remote-support-for-indian-markets/

https://fox40.com/business/press-releases/ein-presswire/681530758/tsplus-corp-and-mspaa-join-forces-as-premier-partners-to-revolutionize-msp-solutions/

https://www.newswire.com/news/the-tsplus-web-app-brings-remote-desktop-connections-to-ipads-and-21640801

Thank you very much

M MariamEssafi (talk) 08:34, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

Without even looking at them, I can tell you that press releases and annoucements of routine activities do not establish that this company is a notable company as Wikipedia defines it. 331dot (talk) 08:39, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

I undertand,

thank you very much for your response,

So, none of the above mentioned linkes are valid for an article on wikipedia right ?

Thank you MariamEssafi (talk) 08:41, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

Yes, none of these are appropriate. They are all press releases or announcements of routine business activities, mostly written in glowing marketing speak(I've now looked at some) 331dot (talk) 08:44, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

I see,

thank you very much for the information :)

I will look at something else to write about :D

Have a nice day !

M MariamEssafi (talk) 08:46, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

Hello, MariamEssafi, and welcome to the Teahouse, and to Wikipedia.

In my experience, editors who start working on Wikipedia, and try to create an article before they are ready, have a frustrating and miserable time.

I remember in my early days, how I desperately wanted to "make my mark" by creating an article, and looked for something I could write about that wasn't already there. Now I know that creating articles is not the only way to contribute: I have been here for nineteen years, and made 25 thousand edits, but I have only ever created a handful of articles.

My earnest advice to new editors is to not even think about trying to create an article until you have spent several weeks - at least - learning about how Wikipedia works by making improvements to existing articles. Once you have understood core policies such as verifiability, neutral point of view, reliable, independent sources, and notability, and experienced how we handle disagreements with other editors (the Bold, Revert, Discuss cycle), then you might be ready to read your first article carefully, and try creating a draft. ColinFine (talk) 08:46, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

Hi and thank you very much for letting me know,

this is very helpful,

have a nice day ! MariamEssafi (talk) 08:52, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

I agree. I've been around about as long as ColinFine and I also have created only a few articles. Mine are listed on my user page. Many of them are stubs. Some got merged into other articles.

@MariamEssafi: The way it works for me is, if I look for something on Wikipedia and I can't find it, then I might try to write an article about it. Or if I like something that has no Wikipedia article (such as a good book I read recently) I'll look for sources to see if it's notable, and write about it.

You did the same for a company, and I commend you for doing it correctly: Find your sources first. You tried to write the article forward instead of WP:BACKWARD. Most new editors try to write an article backward, by first writing what they know and then looking for sources. You did it the proper way. The problem was that the sources you found don't comply with the Wikipedia:Golden Rule. Read through the Golden Rule page and you'll know what to look for next time. ~Anachronist (talk) 14:43, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

Draft

Draft:Tropical Storm_Maria (2024) a new typhoon on JMA edit a pls my draft on 2024 Pacific typhoon season @ChrisWx @MemeGod27 112.209.9.48 (talk) 11:00, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

Your draft says Tropical Storm Maria, is an ongoing storm. This is not acceptable. Please read MOS:NOW. Shantavira|^{feed me} 11:12, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

Add Contents Draft:Tropical_Storm_Maria_(2024)#Preparations and Draft:Tropical_Storm_Maria_(2024)#See also 112.209.9.48 (talk) 12:26, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

Mobile browser editing caveats

Hi, I use Firefox for Android to edit, and I have a few questions:
1. How can I indicate an edit is a minor edit?
2. How can I edit an entire page in the mobile editor? Switching to desktop mode works, but is inconvenient.
Thank you! Crystalespeon (talk) 11:07, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

@Crystalespeon:

1. I don't think you can, I haven't found the option myself. Maybe other editors can help.
2. Click on the three-dot hamburger button on the right, then select "Edit full page".

Broc (talk) 11:31, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

@Crystalespeon and Broc: (why not) I found a weird workaround: go to the page history and undo a really old edit. Usually, this will fail with a red message to the effect of This edit cannot be undone... (and so on, blah blah blah), but underneath will be an interface that looks like the desktop source editor but fitted to your mobile device screen. It has the entire article's source code and the checkbox to mark the edit as minor! As a general note, this technique is less effective for editing one section of a very long article. Hope that helped? Rotideypoc41352 (talk · contribs) 17:23, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

@Crystalespeon, I myself edit from mobile and use chrome browser and i think I have the answer of your questions.

• To indicate an edit as minor, i simply switch to visual editor (after working with source editor). Then you can find the checkbox to mark your edit as Minor Edit.
• In my browser whenever i try to edit, its only load a single section, so i click on top url bar and at the end of url editor/0, i replace with editor/all.

Hope you find that helpful.
–– kemel49^{(connect)(contri)} 18:38, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

How to make the cool signatures?

I want my signature to look like this: hypersilly ^(talk)

However the normal one is still there: Hypersilly (talk) 11:23, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

@Hypersilly you can follow WP:CUSTOMSIG. Broc (talk) 11:25, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

Please also make sure to use a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1 to ensure accessibility per WP:SIGAPP. Broc (talk) 11:27, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

constrast ratio? what are those Hypersilly (talk) 11:28, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

@Hypersilly: "Note 5" at WP:SIGAPP, which @Broc referred to above, answers your question. In summary, make sure there's enough contrast between the text and the background. The example you used above does not meet accessibility requirements. Bazza 7 (talk) 12:13, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

i just found out that on dark mode my signature looks better and on light mode it looks bad

im so sorry!! hypersilly ^(talk) 12:17, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

well for me it looks visible enough but still bad hypersilly ^(talk) 12:17, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

@Hypersilly For readability, I'd recommend tweaking the colour values, it is a strain on the eyes on light mode. And it's not particularly helpful for other editors if your signature causes eyestrain! Qcne (talk) 15:37, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

The credibility of the source

Is it possible to refer to the newspaper "Чуйские зори" https://mokoshagach.ru/socialnaja_sfera/539/? It is referred to by some historians in their writings (https://www.google.ru/books/edition/Народы_Сибири/nT_jAAAAMAAJ?hl=ru&gbpv=1&bsq=чуйские+зори&dq=чуйские+зори&printsec=frontcover, https://www.google.ru/books/edition/Ėtnograficheskoe_obozrenie/hNwiAQAAMAAJ?hl=ru&gbpv=1&bsq=чуйские+зори&dq=чуйские+зори&printsec=frontcover, https://www.google.ru/books/edition/Литература_о_Горном_А/Af4VAQAAMAAJ?hl=ru&gbpv=1&bsq=чуйские+зори&dq=чуйские+зори&printsec=frontcover) 185.66.30.204 (talk) 12:03, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

We have a Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Perennial sources#Sources where you can find out if it been checked to see if it reliable or not. Note: Not all media outlets are listed here such as the one above you stated.

However, when in doubt, check to see what other sources say on the same topic. If information on the same topic is roughly the same, then it is possible that the information is accurate. If the information is different (such as numbers not within the same range), then it may or may not be reliable.

This is my opinion when it comes to dealing with reliable sources. Soafy234 (talk) 12:52, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

Yes, this newspaper is not on the list of reliable sources 185.66.30.204 (talk) 16:50, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

Incorrect Height information

Hi my son is a footballer and the height given on wiki is incorrect, how can this be changed as its having a detrimental affect on his career ? Thanks 155.190.60.28 (talk) 12:57, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

IP editor. Answered at the Help Desk. Please don't post in two places at once as this wastes volunteer time. Mike Turnbull (talk) 13:09, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

Does not matter if he is your son and you therefor know how tall he is, the reference says 1.86 m so you cannot change it to 1.95 m without a reference. (Did he grow recently?!) David notMD (talk) 13:49, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

i made a user box

User:Charcoal Zenith/userboxes/BFDI can you add this to the appropriate userbox list please. btw i know that bfdi isn't on wikipedia but please dont delete this userbox Charcoal Zenith (talk) 13:06, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

@Charcoal Zenith There's no reason to delete it from your userbox page as it doesn't break any of our rules. I'm not sure it merits being added to WP:Userboxes/Galleries/alphabetical at this time, although there could be a case for creating a section there for YouTube channels. You could maybe raise this on the relevant talk page? But you rightly recognise this YouTube channel does not have an article about it, so that could well be a reason for keeping it off the more publicly available alphabetical list. Regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 13:55, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

I have my own list of userbox creations, but I don't recall putting them on some other list. Surprisingly, some of them have been used by others. I don't use any of them myself. ~Anachronist (talk) 14:29, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

I can not open facebook on my pc why

I can not open facebook on my pc why 105.116.3.124 (talk) 18:06, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. While we appreciate that you enjoy using Wikipedia, please note that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia and not a social network. Wikipedia is not a place to socialize or write things that are not directly related to improving the encyclopedia. Off-topic material may be deleted at any time. We're sorry if this message has discouraged you from editing here, but the ultimate goal of this website is to build an encyclopedia. Thank you.
–– kemel49^{(connect)(contri)} 18:29, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

Hi, IP user. We only help stuff with Wikipedia, not Facebook. If possible, you could at least reach out to their help center? Meltdown reverter (mail) 18:31, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

2nd chance

I would like to come back as a good user, to show I have good intentions, and the disruption I did was only due to the desperate feeling of feeling rejected. What can I do? Please help. 78.210.91.91 (talk) 18:16, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

I am guessing your registered account was indefinitely blocked. Your path back is to appeal that block. David notMD (talk) 18:22, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

@David notMD Thank you very much for your answer. I appealed the block via UTRS. However, it is some time now and it is still not been considered. Could you kindly review it? 78.210.91.91 (talk) 18:27, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

I am not an Administrator. A few Admins visit Teahouse now and then, so if you identify your blocked account here, you may get action. David notMD (talk) 18:35, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

@David notMD My account is globally locked. Does this change anything? 37.161.205.250 (talk) 18:51, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

@David notMD Id you want to know, my account is "14 novembree" 78.210.91.91 (talk) 20:55, 8 August 2024 (UTC)