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December 2

Regarding Maps of India

Dear Sir I am a citizen of India & Pakistan. I happen to see your page referring India and Pakistan. We live as brothers, and there is a problem between us, I agree. But as of now the world record say that the areas marked by you in India that are claimed to be a part of Pakistan is hurting my feelings. If you want to mention the post as it is and you argue that it is correct, Please answer my question, America is a land of Red Indians, and Canadians, whereas Settlements from Europe, England and African settled there. If what our brothers do in India is problem then you have to mention USA as "Land of Red Indians occupied by Europeans and Africans". I believe I am correct. This is not a post of anguish or anger. Just a suggestion to a great organization that the way you display your ideas hurt others too.

Thank You — Preceding unsigned comment added by Myacc05 (talk • contribs)

@Myacc05: Our maps and text reflect what reliable sources say - namely some territory is claimed by both India and Pakistan. If you have a problem with a specific article, please bring up your concerns on that article's talk page. --NeilN ^{talk to me} 02:05, 2 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Also, be aware that India and Pakistan are subject to discretionary sanctions and WP:ARBIP because of persistent disruptive editing. Robert McClenon (talk) 18:53, 2 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

linking to old version of a page

I just restored some text in Vampire lifestyle that was deleted, apparently by accident, by an anonymous user in the edit of 14:03, 24 October 2014. ← That external link goes to the diff page showing the deletion. I tried to put the same link in the change summary for the history page, but at least in the preview it showed as wikicode, not interpreted:

[http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Vampire_lifestyle&diff=630933838&oldid=629660753 14:03, 24 October 2014]

instead of

14:03, 24 October 2014

Is there a way to do this, as a wikilink or otherwise? Please ping me if you answer. --Thnidu (talk) 01:39, 2 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Thnidu: See Help:Diff#Internal_links --NeilN ^{talk to me} 01:58, 2 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@NeilN: Thanks! --Thnidu (talk) 02:53, 2 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Can I request an unblock for another user?

answered more fully at the Tea House.--ukexpat (talk) 13:55, 2 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

A user was blocked (including having his talk page access revoked). I have reason to believe he was not notified as required by discretionary sanctions for the ban upon which he was blocked. Can I request an unblock on his behalf with the {{unblock}} template? --Obsidi (talk) 02:18, 2 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The user in question should use WP:UTRS RudolfRed (talk) 02:25, 2 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

This seems to be a duplicate of an already-answered request at Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions#Can I request an unblock for another user?. TenOfAllTrades(talk) 02:48, 2 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Adding a ghost town to a county template

Hi there. I've tried to add a section about ghost towns to Template:Ocean County, New Jersey, but it was quickly reverted. I added a comment about this on the template's talk page here, but I doubt this will be noticed by anyone. Ghost towns are common on county templates across the US. Thanks! Magnolia677 (talk) 04:41, 2 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Have a chat to the person who disagreed with you on User_talk:Alansohn. See if you can come to an agreement. 88.104.19.199 (talk) 13:49, 2 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Citation

How can I make one source be sited more than once as the same number. For example if I want to use the first source in the first paragraph of my article and then that same source in paragraph 30, when many sources have been cited in between.

Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Erilev (talk • contribs) 05:01, 2 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Use the "ref name" syntax. In the first paragraph, type <ref name="example">http://www.example.com</ref> and then later type <ref name="example"/>. JIP | Talk 05:19, 2 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

There's more on this at Referencing for beginners. Dismas|^(talk) 05:43, 2 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Uploads

How to find link which is usable on wikipedia of images uploaded by me . I cant find link of my image to use it on any page . Any help appreciated highly . — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nikunjvadera (talk • contribs) 07:42, 2 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Nikunjvadera: You appear not to have uploaded any images here as Nikunjvadera or dangernikunj6; however, you did appear to upload the poorly named File:A8XG26VCYAAnfcz.jpg to Wikimedia Commons. Did you really take that picture? — Jeff G. ツ (talk) 07:52, 2 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I doubt it, it appears on the internet here with exactly the same file name. - Arjayay (talk) 08:35, 2 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

In which case it may also be worth checking on File:600full-juelz-ventura.jpg. --David Biddulph (talk) 08:39, 2 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks guys, they're both marked as copyright violations, which will not be tolerated. — Jeff G. ツ (talk) 09:34, 2 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

images location

i would like to ask where can i find images uploaded by me ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nikunjvadera (talk • contribs) 09:06, 2 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

See the parent section. — Jeff G. ツ (talk) 09:35, 2 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You can find a list of your uploads to Commons here. Maproom (talk) 11:54, 2 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

That Commons contributions list is now empty, as the copyright violations have been deleted, but there are references to the deleted files on the user's talk page at Commons:User talk:Nikunjvadera. --David Biddulph (talk) 13:33, 2 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Deleted files are included in commons:Special:Log/Nikunjvadera (two deleted uploads at Commons) and Special:Log/Nikunjvadera (no uploads at the English Wikipedia). PrimeHunter (talk) 13:46, 2 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Rugby Union at the MCG

I have added details of a match previously omitted and cited a reference to the Sydney Morning Herald. Both the amendments and reference are included in the revised article but it carries a heading in red to the effect that details of a reference fail to appear between cite symbols. I am unable to find this and correct it. Can you please help? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rugbylock (talk • contribs) 22:06, 2 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

As part of your 2nd edit, you introduced empty ref tags at the beginning of the article by mistake (see this diff), I've removed them. Nanonic (talk) 22:11, 2 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Referencing errors on Congenital disorder

Reference help requested. How do I fix a reference error? I've received a message from the ReferenceBot. Thanks, Jg9611 (talk) 22:41, 2 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hello @Jg9611: you have 2 page parameters (page, pages, at) at once in this reference. You'll need to remove one. If the source consists of several pages, use "pages" and specify a range or "page1, page2, ...". On a side note, accessdate needs a different date format, "../../.." is not supported. Some general CS1 help is linked with the little blue "(help)" link behind the error message. GermanJoe (talk) 23:01, 2 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Done - fixed now: [1]. GermanJoe (talk) 05:19, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

December 3

Experienced user help, please?

I'm leaving work shortly and likely won't have time to clean this up when I get home. I've just found that User:Kamal455 is adding spam links wherever they find dead reference links in various articles. Could someone help out by cleaning these up? Thanks, Dismas|^(talk) 11:15, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

User:Dismas,

I am only adding links on relevant articles and this is not a spam — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kamal455 (talk • contribs) 11:22, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

This edit is the first I saw. The link you added has no information on Suzen Johnson or the Gifford family at all. Dismas|^(talk) 11:25, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Neither of the two promotional sites added appear to verify the information in the articles; it's pretty obvious spam. I've blocked Kamal455 and will mass rollback their edits. Yunshui ^雲 _水 11:38, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Technical question regarding image formatting

Hi guys. The summary of my question/issue is this. What I want to do is place two or more images next to each other on a page (rather than one underneath the other which usually occurs), with a frame and a caption, but without using a < gallery > tag. Wikipedia:Extended image syntax has an example of what I want to do under the "Overlaying annotations on an image" section, but the problem is that it uses a template to achieve this. I don't want to use the template because I'm actually already using a template to display the image (long story, I can explain more about this if it's relevant). What I'm hoping though is that actually there is a simple wiki syntax that will allow me to do what I've described above, without getting into too much black magic CSS coding. Any suggestions appreciated! Ðiliff «» (Talk) 11:32, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, I think it would be easier if I just show you what I'm working on and trying to do. I have two templates, each one displays a random image from a collection of images each time the template is referenced. The two templates are here and here. You can view the template code (it's fairly simple) to see how the image syntax is used there. I've created a basic page on my sandbox in which I'm trying to make the two randomised images display next to each other rather than under each other. You're welcome to play with the sandbox and the templates to try to get it working if you like. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 11:41, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Would a table work? E.g.

That's the only way I can think of for doing it without a template. Obviously you could spruce up the formatting using table syntax... Yunshui ^雲 _水 11:48, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Actually I think that will probably work perfectly. Thank you, I didn't realise it was that simple. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 12:11, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Ðiliff, the template {{multiple image}} may also useful as used here. J e e 12:41, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Jee. I don't think it will though, because unless I misunderstand how it works, it wouldn't allow an image template to be used inside the multiple image template. I need to use a template for the image itself because my template randomises the image. If I just wanted to use a single image, then yes it would work fine. :-) Ðiliff «» (Talk) 12:46, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Oops; I didn't noticed that part. Then a table or div tags may better. I've a similar use in my common user page; but only one random image at a time. :) J e e 13:20, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wow, those are beautiful images Jee.--ukexpat (talk) 14:47, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia content supported by reference possibly based on Wikipedia content

Having a blank, what's the Wikipedia term for this and how would I tag this? Hack (talk) 12:43, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The term is probably "Frustrating". Don't tag it, remove it, and make a note on the articles talk page to discuss it if needed. Martijn Hoekstra (talk) 12:49, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

See WP:CIRCULAR, {{Circular-ref}}, {{Circular}}, but they don't mention the "possibly" situation. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:54, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Had more of a look and it looks like the ref wholesale copied a old version of the page in question. @PrimeHunter:, thanks for the links. Hack (talk) 00:45, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

publishing article

Hi I was traying to pulish info about (Hiwa mohamed khorsed هیوا محمد خورشید born (27 , november , 1987 in kirkuk , iraq) is a kurdish former muslim, left islam and Became atheists he still active on Criticising islam Since 2006 hiwa live in the sweden)

so please i need someone publish it , you can just google my name u will find my material

hiwa khorsed — Preceding unsigned comment added by Adamsamil (talk • contribs) 15:01, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

See Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Submissions/Name of article to delete. Start by reading WP:Your first article, WP:Notability, WP:Autobiography, and WP:COI. — Preceding unsigned comment added by David Biddulph (talk • contribs) 15:32, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Philip Bloch

To whom it may concern,

It has been over 3 months that we submitted legit information for Phillip Bloch and have been waiting to hear from someone in regards to his wikipedia page. Can someone please let me know if there is anything else we need to do in order to expedite the process? I look forward to hearing from someone ASAP.

Thank you for all of your help!

All my best, Ingrid — Preceding unsigned comment added by Phillipstyles (talk • contribs) 17:04, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Your Draft:Phillip Bloch is not on the queue for review because you broke the syntax by using <ref/> for yourr reference terminating tags instead of </ref>. The error message in the article tells you that, and gives you a wikilink to the relevant help page. --David Biddulph (talk) 17:14, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

There was also a warning to that effect in September on your user talk page. --David Biddulph (talk) 17:18, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Ingrid. Forgive me if I'm jumping to wrong conclusions, but your username and your use of "we" and "our" suggests to me that you may be associated with Phillip Bloch. If that is so, you need to read WP:BESTCOI for how to edit when you have a conflict of interest, and also to be aware that accounts must be personal and may not be shared, and that user names which suggest that the account is editing for an organisation are not permitted. --ColinFine (talk) 18:25, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Phillipstyles: (Ingrid?) I fixed the formatting errors, so a lot of the text that was 'hidden' is now visible, but the page still needs a lot of 'wikifying'. Perhaps wp:My first article may help. (oh @#$ er... Darn it! I meant!

) The page has been deleted! (WP:CSD#G11: Unambiguous advertising or promotion) - 220 of ^Borg 18:34, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Image rotated 90 degrees

I'm trying to upload a photo of Kenneth Johnson (producer), but Wikipedia rotates the image onto its side when I upload it (see the file here). Searching the archives I see that someone had the same problem three years ago, but although they solved it then, their discussion doesn't help me, since ukepat doesn't explain how he was able to upload a version which Wikipedia won't automatically rotate. What do I do?--NukeofEarl (talk) 17:22, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know the answer to the question, but your image can't be used as its use does not satisfy the non-free content criteria. --David Biddulph (talk) 17:26, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Why is that?--NukeofEarl (talk) 17:35, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The licensing/copyright issue can be dealt with by providing evidence of permission as described in the tag I just added to the image page. The rotation issue can be fixed by using an image editing application such as Photoshop to rotate the image and then uploading the rotated image.--ukexpat (talk) 17:39, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

This rationale seems incorrect: "While this purpose could be served with a free use photo, I believe this non-free photo is actually preferable on legal terms, since I have received express permission from Kenneth Johnson (both the subject of the photo and its owner) to use it on Wikipedia." Since when do we prefer or accept for Wikipedia only images? --NeilN ^{talk to me} 17:44, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

We don't. WP:NFCC#1 says "No free equivalent. Non-free content is used only where no free equivalent is available, or could be created, that would serve the same encyclopedic purpose." As the subject is alive, there is no justification for a non-free image. --David Biddulph (talk) 17:49, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Oh boy. It would be nice if the Image Upload Wizard let you know that photos of living persons have such stringent requirements; I'd never have guessed it from how few articles on living persons lack infobox photos. Unfortunately I think I'll have to just let this one be deleted. The e-mail I got from the owner giving his permission naturally doesn't have the legal language required by WP:CONSENT, and I wouldn't feel right about asking him to type up such an e-mail to wikimedia. Thanks for the help anyway.--NukeofEarl (talk) 18:11, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

NukeofEarl, out of curiosity, did you use this upload form? --NeilN ^{talk to me} 18:17, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The MediaWiki software as of 5 October 2011 checks image metadata such as EXIF and automatically rotates the image when it is uploaded. The file page may show the upright image, but thumbnails may be rotated. At the bottom of the file page there is a Metadata section— click on "Show extended details" to see the orientation.

The file may be stored on Wikipedia or Wikimedia Commons. If the text below the image is "This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons", then it is on Commons.

If the file is on Commons, then click on "description page there" to directly open the image on Commons.
- If you are registered and logged in, then use the Request rotation link directly below the image and a bot will correct the orientation automatically.
- If you are not registered, then edit the page and add {{rotate}} per the documentation.
- See also: Commons:Rotation
If the file is on Wikipedia, then
- the file will need to be downloaded, fixed using editing software and reuploaded.
- the file could be moved to Commons (if it is allowed there — e.g. fair use images are not) and rotated by the bot there (see above).
- If you don't have any of those abilities, then you can add {{Cleanup image|rotate 90 degrees clockwise}}, {{Cleanup image|rotate 90 degrees anticlockwise}}, or {{Cleanup image|rotate 180 degrees}} to the top of the file description page. You can also place a request on the Help Desk.

-- Gadget850^talk 18:19, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I have rotated the image (which is on en:Wikipedia). Quick and easy, but probably a waste of time in view of the lack of copyright. Maproom (talk) 21:37, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

How can I write and send a check to wikipedia

I am sure there are many people like myself who would donate money to Wikipedia but would prefer to write and send a check but Wikipedia has not provided a mailing address... PLEASE give one. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.60.197.176 (talk)

The address is here. --NeilN ^{talk to me} 18:24, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.

149 New Montgomery Street Floor 6

San Francisco, CA 94105

USA --Orange Mike | Talk 18:30, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The IP geolocates to the US, so check the above link for the correct address. RudolfRed (talk) 18:33, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Reference problem

I can't change a broken link in references - its just shows a list like below .... (?)

==References==
{{reflist|35em}}

— Preceding unsigned comment added by ESDAW (talk • contribs) 21:42, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The reference itself is coded in the body of the text in this case. Click the "^" next to the reference, and it'll take you to where the reference is in the text, edit *that* section to find the actual code for the reference. Rwessel (talk) 22:44, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

See Help:Referencing for beginners. -- Gadget850^talk 02:10, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Information may be incorrect

The article on laurie Brown, footballer for Arsenal football club and football manager and father of field hockey player Karen Brown.[1] is incorrect ! The part that states that he is the father of Karen Brown, international hockey player is not correct ! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.13.75.5 (talk) 21:53, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Just adding a convenience link. Dismas|^(talk) 22:00, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

A reliable source states that Laurie Brown is the father of Karen Brown. Do you have an alternate reliable source that disagrees with the claim? In any case, discuss on the article talk page. Robert McClenon (talk) 22:41, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

According to The Times, her father was Leslie Brown (footballer) - Harris, Cathy (27 January 1998). "Brown adds third writers' award to collection - Hockey - Interview - Karen Brown". The Times. Sport, especially football, runs in the family. Les, her father, played for Wimbledon and Dulwich Hamlet, representing Great Britain at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome, Hack (talk) 03:28, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

User:Hack has removed the questionable parentage information. Since there is a conflict between different reliable sources, the removal of the parentage information from Karen Brown (field hockey) is the correct application of the policy on biographies of living persons. Thank you for removing the questionable information from a biography of a living person. Robert McClenon (talk) 16:28, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Language Change

Is it possible for me to change the language of an article? If so how? I found the article i want to read but it's written in German. 69.248.114.84 (talk) 23:14, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

There are versions of Wikipedia in many languages. If you found an article in English Wikipedia that is in German, it is in the wrong place.

If the article is in German Wikipedia and you want to read it, there are browsers that have built in translation options and there are many free online translators where you can copy the text of the article and paste it into the translator and it will provide a machine translation - which are OK for getting the general gist of an idea, but are generally not very good at translating specifics. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 23:24, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Have you checked the grey far left-hand column of the article? See lower section headed In anderen Sprachen to see if it links to an English version?--Aspro (talk) 02:52, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

December 4

my page deleted

I created the page n after that i recieved the congratulations msg from wikipedia but unfortunately my page deleted by wikipedia's Administrator .. I want to creat that back Pleas tell me how can i creat again with protection .thank u — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chaudharyarslan (talk • contribs) 18:43, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Chaudharyarslan: Wikipedia has many administrators. You can ask politely for the article that was deleted to be restored as a userspace draft. The procedure is outlined at Wikipedia:Requests for undeletion. As long as you didn't violate copyright, you can usually get the article back to work on, but you must solve whatever problem, such as neutral point of view or reliable sources, to get the article approved, or it will just be deleted again. If the article is very promotional, you have to remove the promotional language. If the topic is not notable, there's nothing you can do.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 22:26, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Home page, Random?

I was given a suggestion to make Wikipedia my home page so that it gives a random Wikipedia article every time. How can i do this? --Lloyd Miller — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.238.244.249 (talk) 00:39, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Easy: Add this as your home page. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Randompage --Aspro (talk) 00:50, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

CS1 date error at Development of the New Testament canon

The last paragraph of the lead of Development of the New Testament canon contains several CS1 date errors ("Check date values in: |date= (help)". For example, the citation {{Citation | author = Eusebius | title = Church History | at = 3.25.1–7 | year=c. 303–25}} renders as "Eusebius (c. 303–25), Church History, 3.25.1–7 {{citation}}: Check date values in: |year= (help)CS1 maint: year (link)". According to MOS:DATERANGE the preferred form would be "c. 303 – c. 325", although that produces the same error. "303–325" works, but omits the circa. "c. 303" works, but omits the range. I've tried various other combinations without success. I assume this is some overzealous editing somewhere in the bowels of template:citation, but I've not yet managed to follow that code far enough to find where, yet. Any suggestions? Rwessel (talk) 01:29, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Ask at Help talk:Citation Style 1. -- Gadget850^talk 02:09, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Safe (secure) contribution to Wikipedia

Can I safely make a contribution to your fundraiser online using your "Dear Wikipedia Readers" form, i.e., giving my name, address, email address and credit card information, or do you recommend some other method of making a monetary donation without publishing my confidential information? As a willing donor, I await your early response.04:55, 4 December 2014 (UTC)~ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.83.39.37 (talk)

You can send a check through the mail if you wish. The address is

Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.

149 New Montgomery Street Floor 6

San Francisco, CA 94105

USA -A Wild Abigail Appears! _{Capture me.} _Moves. 07:26, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Every page here has a "Donate to Wikipedia" link, near the top of the left sidebar. That leads to a page with various secure payment methods. -- John of Reading (talk) 07:47, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

United States Phantom F4 Livery and museum locations

There are at least two Phantom f4's at the Pima Air and Space Museum, Tucson, Arizona. One is inside with Thunderbird white and red livery (7).

clintwmt — Preceding unsigned comment added by Clintwmt (talk • contribs) 05:55, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You can mention that on the talk page of the article to which you want that statement added, with a reliable source to that effect. It isn't obvious whether you want that mentioned in an article about the airplane or in an article about the museum. If the museum's own web page mentions the airplanes, that would be a reliable source for that purpose. What article do you want updated? Robert McClenon (talk) 16:21, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Rope strange redirection

A very specific term Rope (torture) appears a redir to a general Rope which in turn says nothing about a rope torture. What should I do about that? --CiaPan (talk) 08:51, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Suggestions: if you have enough information for an article with that title, then write one. If you have enough for a section in the rope article, add that. Otherwise, just leave it as it is. Britmax (talk) 08:56, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

A brief article did exist until replaced by a redirect in 2009. Because the redirect seems inappropriate I have reverted it. --David Biddulph (talk) 09:03, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Help:Cite errors/Cite error included ref

i just need to confirm the correct place of birth for my sister son who is chris bush born in london not leytonstone 31.51.176.124 (talk) 11:59, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Leytonstone is an area in London. From what I can see on the internet, he was born in Leytonstone in London. - Sincerely, Taketa (talk) 12:18, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict) The error message in Chris Bush (English footballer) says "Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page)." and in the error message the blue text "help page" is a wikilink to the specific help page which describes the problem. The problem was caused by this edit which added a <ref> tag without a complete </ref> to terminate it. You need to undue that edit, and you can then address the mismatched brackets from an earlier edit which broke the wikilink for "London". As for the change which you were trying to make, the previous text had a reference, which you have left in there; if that reference is inaccurate, you will need to provide evidence of a more reliable published source to justify your change. --David Biddulph (talk) 12:23, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

type size

I am only 56 years old and have to struggle to read the font size on your pages. I was considering donating to Wikipedia but changed my mind for this reason. (The font on this message page is more readable than your pages.)

Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:1205:C6A7:3B60:F4A3:D330:A628:690 (talk) 13:41, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The size of type displayed is set by your browser, not by Wikipedia. The instructions for whatever internet browser you use show how to increase the size of the type displayed. --Orange Mike | Talk 13:44, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

In most browsers, CTRL++ will increase the font size.--ukexpat (talk) 17:02, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Correct, and CTRL+- will reduce it and CTRL+0 (zero) will return it to 'normal' size. Alternatively, holding CTRL and rolling a mouse Scroll wheel up↑ will also increase the font size (and vice-versa). This works for Google Chrome, Firefox, and Internet Explorer. As Orange Mike says, it is possible to set the Browser so the size of the font will appear as you want/need it. Something like Open Menu-Settings-Advanced settings-Web content (Chrome) or Tools-Options-Content (Firefox) may be what you want. --220 of ^Borg 08:57, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Changer le nom de la page Wikipédia Epsilometer test pour Etest®

Template:Request edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epsilometer test Biomerieux (talk) 14:25, 4 December 2014 (UTC) {{subst:Demande de renommage| titre actuel : Epsilometer test | titre souhaité : Etest® | justification : Etest® est le nom officiel. bioMérieux ne souhaite plus que ce produit soit désigné sous le nom Epsilometer test}} Biomerieux (talk) 13:54, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Could you please rename the page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epsilometer_test to Etest®? Because Epsilometer test is not the official name. Etest® is the official name. Thank you very much, Charlotte Biomerieux (talk) 14:25, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Moved to Etest per common and official name. --NeilN ^{talk to me} 14:47, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

And we do not use ® in Wikipedia.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 22:36, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion of article "Mara Aranda" English version

The above mentioned article was tagged for speedy deletion for copyright reasons. Indeed, a large part of the text is a copy of the biography that appears on the website www.mara-aranda.com. I affirm that I, Christopher Baxter, am the manager and representative of the artist in question and have permission to use said subject material. Contacting the artist will confirm this and she will be happy to forward the relevant letter of consent. Thanks for your time and best wishes. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Madam trobairitz (talk • contribs) 15:07, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Never mind the copyright issue, you have a Conflict of Interest, you need to read WP:COI as soon as possible. - X201 (talk) 15:30, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

... and on the copyright issue, your affirmation here is no help. The process for donating copyrighted material is referred to in the message which you received on your user talk page. --David Biddulph (talk) 15:58, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The use of copyrighted material on Wikipedia from web sites or books is not easy to work. Wikipedia will only allow copyrighted material if the material has been released under a Creative Commons copyleft for use anywhere else. Copyright owners sometimes assume that releasing the copyrighted material for use on Wikipedia only is sufficient. It is not. The release has to permit general reuse. In this case, the artist may not want to release the biography for general reuse, and we do not allow it to be released only for Wikipedia. Also, even if the copyrighted material could be used, copyrighted material taken from private web sites is usually too promotional and non-neutral to meet Wikipedia's standards. Robert McClenon (talk) 16:15, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Importing image files and Chemboxes for articles

How do I get, retrieve, and insert an image file (png format) and chembox for the article 5-Hydroxyicosatetraenoic acid and 5-oxo-eicosatetraenoic acid? The article already has them for 5-Hydroxyicosatetraenoic acid but also needs them for 5-oxo-eicosatetraenoic acid. I do and also will have similar needs for other chemicals in other articles and therefore would like to know the general method for this. If you could instruct me on this or give me a site which does so, I'd be grateful. Thanks, Joflaher — Preceding unsigned comment added by Joflaher (talk • contribs) 16:36, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Joflaher. If you click through the image, you should be able to find which user uploaded it: you could ask them how it was created. --ColinFine (talk) 17:03, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding the use of a copyrighted image that I have permission to use

I have asked the owner of an image for permission to use it on the Lawrie Sanchez page as there are no other images available in the public domain/for free.

The owner's reply was "I don't have any objections to you using that image on his Wikipedia page, as long as you include my copyright line in the text associated with the image as follows: Image © Gary Hynard 2007".

Is it acceptable policy to put this copyright info underneath the image on a Wikipedia page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chairboy73 (talk • contribs) 16:58, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

That's not sufficient - a release must be for all purposes, including commercial reuse. See WP:DCM. Even if it was OK, per WP:CAPTION that text would be appropriate only on the image information page, not in an article caption. --ukexpat (talk) 17:04, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

(ec) Hello, Chairboy73. I'm afraid the answer is no. Permission to use for Wikipedia is not acceptable: the point of Wikipedia is that it is a free resource, so as a rule any material must be licensed for use by anybody for any purpose, including commercial use. If the owner is willing to license it under a suitable licence, they should follow the procedure in donating copyright materials. In certain cases Wikipedia uses copyright material under a 'fair use' justification: if this route is taken, the owner is not involved in the process, but all the terms in the non-free content criteria must apply, including that there is unlikely ever to be a suitable free image. Since Lawrie Sanchez is living, this condition is unlikely ever to hold, as somebody could snap him any time and release the image. --ColinFine (talk) 17:12, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

There is a common misconception that the owner of a copyright can release either text or an image for use in Wikipedia without releasing it for general use. Text and images, with exceptions, can only be used in Wikipedia if they have been released for general use under a Creative Commons copyleft. One of the exceptions, as mentioned, for images, is if there is unlikely ever to be a free image, but, as noted, that doesn't apply to images of living persons. The idea that text or a picture can be released solely for use on Wikipedia is a common misconception. Robert McClenon (talk) 17:59, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Information about deleted articles

If I'm interested in the history of a deleted article - who created it, how long did it exist? - is there a permitted and rather simple way to find out? Or did the history "die" with the article, and only admins are supposed to see it again? --KnightMove (talk) 16:59, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

It is my understanding that the history of a deleted article is deleted so that only administrators can see it. The deletion history of the article is a matter of record, as is the deletion discussion if the deletion was by articles for deletion. Robert McClenon (talk) 17:55, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

KnightMove, the history does "die" with the article. However, any admin can provide you with this kind of data; just ask one of us at our talk pages (e.g. mine), and most admins will be happy to help you. Nyttend (talk) 18:16, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

La Barque Creek MO, CDP

Earlier today I sent an overview of the area we know as La Barque Creek MO. It was recognized by the Missouri Board of Geographic Names in 2010. It was also identified as a Census designated Place (CDP) by the US Bureau of The Census in 2010.

I'm wondering if you received the information I sent earlier?--Ron Nuetzel (talk) 17:55, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You put the draft article on a subpage of your user talk page. I suggest that you put the draft article in Draft space (see WP:Drafts) instead and request that it be reviewed, after taking out the first person statements ("I am a member"), and adding references to reliable sources, such as Missouri Board of Geographic Names and the census designation. With some work, it does appear that an article can be developed. Robert McClenon (talk) 18:03, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

For info, the draft is at User talk:Ron Nuetzel/LaBarque Creek MO CDP. --David Biddulph (talk) 18:07, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Saidur Rahman Choudhury

Saidur Rahman Choudhury is a Social Work educator. He hailed from ^[1] Hailakndi District of Assam. He completed his Higher Secondary education from S.S.College one of the Premier institute of southern part of Assam. He graduated from Assam University,(a Central University) Silchar. He also did MSW(Master of Social Work) from the same University in the year 2012. He specialized in the field of Family and Child Welfare.He is the first Master Degree Holder in his village. His father Mr. Abdur Rahman Choudhury is a retired L.P.School teacher. His interest area also includes rural development,disaster management human resource development, employees welfare, correctional setting. His article has been published in many times in the university yearly magazine. Saidur Rahman Choudhury also published "Role of Younger generation in politics" in local dailies Samayik Prasanga Presently he as an District Family Planning Coordinator of Dhemaji District under National Health Mission, Assam — Preceding unsigned comment added by 106.218.195.30 (talk) 18:46, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Hailakndi

If this is intended as a stub biography of a living person, you will need to provide references to reliable sources. If you are related to the person, please read the conflict of interest policy. Robert McClenon (talk) 21:17, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

User Page picture?

I understand that the guidelines at WP:UP prohibit using our personal user pages as a social media site, but are we allowed to upload, say, a small photo thumbnail of ourselves if we want to use on our user page? GSMR (talk) 18:52, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see why not, if for identification purposes only. Using your user page as a personal photograph gallery goes against Wikipedia's rules, but you should be allowed to upload a single simple photograph of yourself. Myself, I prefer to remain completely anonymous. JIP | Talk 19:57, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@GSMR: I also don't know of any prohibition on this, but many users do have a photo on their Userpage. (whether it is actually the editor is another thing. Sometimes they would be better off not uploading their picture!) If you start uploading the entire family photo album though, it is very likely to be noticed and questioned. See also wp:NOTWEBHOST. A JIP says about anonymity, you need to consider privacy issues as once your picture is on the internet, it will be hard to totally erase it if you later change your mind. For example, users have been subjected to harassment in real life because of their editing activities on Wikipedia. --220 of ^Borg 09:12, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I think it's perfectly acceptable - many users have such pictures and provided you are not holding a sign saying "come and shop at my used car lot" you should be OK.--ukexpat (talk) 14:46, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Help with adding an image

Would appreciate if someone could help. I created 1966 Tashkent earthquake and would like to add an image prior to nominating it at WP:DYK. I had a look around other Wikis and found this one at the Uzbek wiki, but can't seem to add it. Failing that, I also found a map at the Ukrainian wiki at the bottom of the infobox here, but can't seem to get the coding right for the map to show. Would appreciate it if someone could help with this. Valenciano (talk) 19:22, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You can't use images from other language Wikipedias. Only images on en.wikipedia and images on Commons can be used. RudolfRed (talk) 19:30, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, didn't notice it wasn't linked to Commons. What about the map then? Valenciano (talk) 19:53, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The uploader Commons:User:NordNordWest is still active on Commons. You could ask them to transfer the map to Commons (license-wise the file seems completely OK). Of course you could do it yourself, but the original summary page contains a lot of information and it might be easier for the original uploader to do a proper transfer (possibly the map is already on Commons, and I just didn't see it). GermanJoe (talk) 23:01, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Question about creating an article about a Finnish song

There is a well-known Finnish children's song fi:Hottentottilaulu, a 1961 Finnish translation from a Norwegian song. It is a happy and humorous song about the Khoikhoi, although filled with stereotypes, which seemed completely innocent at the time, but which are seen as somewhat racist today. I have always seen it as a simple children's song, with an addictive melody, and believe it was not intended as racist. Should I translate the article to English? If so, how would I title it? The Finnish title literally means "the Hottentot song", from Hottentotti "Hottentot" and laulu "song". JIP | Talk 19:50, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Whether a subject is racist, or in other respects objectionable, is of no consequence for whether Wikipedia may have an article about it: all that is required is that it be notable. If the article in the Finnish Wikipedia is adequately referenced by the standards of English Wikipedia, then by all means translate it. If you can find any reliable sources in English, so much the better, but Finnish ones are acceptable as long as they are reliable and properly support the information that they purport to. See Translation. Note that the article should not contain any discussion of whether the song is or isn't racist unless a reliable source discusses the question. --ColinFine (talk) 23:27, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Technical Issue - Unable to get User Analysis

As one looking forward to knowing how near I am to my milestone 4000 pages edited, I have been unable last 2 days to access my User Analysis (wmflabs) tool. Is it just me or is this widespread issue at moment. The response I get is that memory is exhausted, how could this be? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cloptonson (talk • contribs) 21:57, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

If you mean https://tools.wmflabs.org/xtools/ec/?user=Cloptonson&project=en.wikipedia.org then it currently works for me but the Xtools have been unstable since mid October. It currently says 3,943 pages. PrimeHunter (talk) 22:49, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Serious problems with my log in

NAC:WP:VPT is thataway. Robert McClenon (talk) 23:06, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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I am currently having very severe problems with my log-in on both Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons. It started happening suddenly yesterday, but the same thing happened six months ago and back then it went on for about 2 weeks before it got better, which happened more or less spontaneously bit by bit. Here is what is is going on:

I am losing my logged-in status AND MY PASSWORD VALIDITY, numerous times each hour. Every time I open a new window or even just go away from the computer for 20 minutes and then click back in again, the software drops my log-in. Then my current password no longer works to log me back in, so I have to request a temporary password AND THEN CREATE A NEW PASSWORD again and again and again several times an hour every hour.

I am on a Mac with OS X Yosemite, version 10.10.1. I was using Safari, but I just now switched to Firefox to see if that would make a difference, but it really didn't help very much at all.

This is extremely difficult and extremely time-consuming; it makes working almost impossible especially because I was uploading images to Commons and then putting them in place on Wikipedia

When this happened 6 months ago, I couldn't find anyone who had any idea what could be causing this, or had any idea how to fix it. Using my talk page is very difficult right now because of this, but i can at least look and see what people are saying here..

I very much appreciate any help anyone could give me. Invertzoo (talk) 22:05, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Some ideas have been posted at your thread at VPT. I suggest you keep the discussion in one place. -- John of Reading (talk) 22:09, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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December 5

Very quick question about colors

Anyone know what's the color used in templates such as Template:tmbox? Been quite curious about what it is. Lor^Chat 02:09, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Honeydew? --Jayron32 02:50, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wouldn't be, It's more of a brownish color. Lor^Chat 03:04, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

It is #F8EABA. It does not have a name at List of colors: A–F and its companions, but it falls somewhere between Peach (#FFE5B4) and Blond (#FAF0BE). Dwpaul ^Talk 03:25, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Lincoln Park, New Jersey

Hi there. I'm having a tough time making an edit to Lincoln Park, New Jersey. I left a reason for my edit on that article's talk page, but another editor feels different. Is there a process by which other editors with some expertise in Wiki policy could look at the article and give an opinion? I don't want to get into an edit war. I'd just like another opinion, and not a lot of editors seem to be watching that page. Thanks! Magnolia677 (talk) 05:09, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Magnolia677: I have just a minute, so I haven't looked at the page in question. That said, you might want to check out WP:3O for a third opinion. Dismas|^(talk) 12:45, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

new article

how long does it take for an article to be verified and we can receive a confirmation regarding an article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sudeeptha (talk • contribs) 06:46, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Sudeeptha: Who is "we"? You Sudeeptha have as your only edit [2] the comment above. If you created and submitted content it has been deleted. If someone else submitted content, the process provides a note that the process is severely backlogged and may take several months for a volunteer to reach the review status. The account that submitted does receive a notice when the content is approved/declined (if the volunteer follows the appropriate process- they are mostly very good, but are only human and sometimes miss a step). -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 10:04, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Creating a book

This is link of my book which i have created https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Rkadchitre/Books/KnowledgeRK when im rendering the book it takes too long and ending with error Status: Bundler reported back with spawn error: Error: Fork failed please help me thank you in advance — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rkadchitre (talk • contribs) 12:36, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You are trying to put 891 articles into one book, which is simply too many.
As Help:Books states "books that result in PDFs with more than 500 pages are probably too big". Many of your articles will produce several PDF pages, so at a guess your book will have >2000 pages.
Simple question - why do you want all of those articles in one book? Why not have several volumes? - Arjayay (talk) 16:12, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright question

Article reworded so that it is not copyvio or close paraphrase. Robert McClenon (talk) 23:18, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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I added an article about Joseph Rodney Moss, a South Carolina Supreme Court justice. Because there is very little information available about him, the basics of his life are recited in staccato form: "He attended Erskine College." Some editor has tagged it as a copyright violation. It isn't. And I'm not saying that as someone who is unfamiliar with copyright issues; I am a lawyer who has handled intellectual property claims. While some of the phrases are similar (by necessity), they are not copied. I specifically reworked as much as could be reworked without getting ridiculous, but there are only so many ways to say such simple, biographical facts. The similar phrases giving rise to the tag include things like "University of South Carolina School of Law"! That is a proper noun, not a lifted phrase! The editor who tagged the article doesn't seem to have actually thought about what he is tagging. The template that has been inserted into the article does not provide any way of actually contesting the claim of copyright issues at all. It just tells people how to do things like submit statements consenting to the reuse of secondary sources. That's not what I'm doing. There IS NOT a violation in the first place. How do you contest the claim of copyright in the first place? ProfReader (talk) 14:05, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The best place to discuss the copyright issue, or any other issue, would be the talk page, Talk: Joseph Rodney Moss. I also see that the first tagging of the article as copyright violation was done by a bot. Also, "reciting" the details of his life in "staccato form" may not be the best way to avoid a close paraphrase. Robert McClenon (talk) 16:39, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

There has been no discussion on the article talk page. The article talk page consists only of templates. Try discussing the copyright violation issue on the talk page. Robert McClenon (talk) 16:44, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Have you tried Googling on his name to find reliable sources of information about his career that can be reworded? Robert McClenon (talk) 16:44, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Right about the Bot involvement. It just drives me crazy when someone employs a Bot to make a judgment call and then doesn't apparently confirm its judgment, much less offer any explanation in the Talk page. I've tried to find other sources (and cited one or two), but there just aren't many to use. I purposefully reworked some of the bullet-point sounding text from the main source, but there is only so much you can do. (You can only say, "He was born in 1992" or whatever in so many ways without sounding really contrived: "In the year of our Lord 1992, he passed through his mother's birth canal and entered the world.") Moreover, the problem is that this Bot has seized upon several short phrases like "University of South Carolina School of Law" and deemed this a copyright violation, which it is not. Bottom line: I'm frustrated that people use Bots to dig out supposed problems and then (apparently) uncritically take some severe response (like tagging an entire article for deletion) without explaining their decision first. A Bot should be a tool, not an editor. (Steps off soapbox.)ProfReader (talk) 18:34, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

OK, I'm those "people". The bot is a tool which flags a potential problem; each bot report is then evaluated by a real live human editor, who tries in each case to make the most appropriate response. Some bot reports are false alarms; this one isn't. I've now posted some examples of what I see as copyright violations by ProfReader in that article on the talk page. The article isn't listed for deletion, it's listed for copyright cleanup. I chose to list it rather than just removing the copyvio content for two reasons: there was copying from more than one source, and on more than one occasion; and because the user has had at least two copyright warnings (in November 2013 from WilyD, December 2013 from Ammodramus) in the past, which raises concern about a possibly wider problem. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 20:33, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I've rewritten the article. Since the article wasn't that long, it wasn't that hard to rewrite it to change the wording (which was copyrighted) while keeping the meaning (which is not copyrighted and is the purpose of the article). Robert McClenon (talk) 23:18, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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denied article

I wrote a page for Necessary Clothing and included only facts- dates, names of owners, etc. I used a small snippet about Soho area in New York which I modeled after a wikipedia post about Soho and my article was still called advertisement even though it only included very basic facts. What can I include in the article about the company since facts are not allowed? Should I exclude the dates, business owners, and area and put more fluff related material? Is that better? I cited everything and listed information from well known companies online. Thank you for your help. PageLucky (talk) 15:56, 5 December 2014 (UTC)Page[reply]

What was posted was not an article, but a couple of bald unsupported statements, a series of external links, a brief blurb advertising a street in Soho, and a batch of links, at least one of which was not to an article but to a press release from the company. It did not look like you were taking the whole thing very seriously. --Orange Mike | Talk 16:05, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

A quick Google search suggests you are the SEO Manager of the company, in which case you should look through the FAQ page for businesses and organisations. -- John of Reading (talk) 16:08, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

If the article in question is Necessary Evil Clothing, it was deleted almost two years ago, so that there has been plenty of time to write a new article. Robert McClenon (talk) 16:55, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, the most recent version, Necessary Clothing, was deleted on 12/4/14.--ukexpat (talk) 18:30, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Kerala

On 4\12\2014 , I added some better and correct information on Kerala than the biased write up there and received some notification that i have not given source or facts and it is false. All, that I had edited is given in various chapter of Wikipedia it self, what more reference do you want. It is unfortunate that in Wikipedia now there is no scope for corrections of biased articles like this. By the way I have contributed and was instrumental in opening the article on Thirunainar Kurichi Madhavan Nair and gave lots of information for Bharath Bhushan (Hindi film actor), and many other Wikipedia articles earlier , and there was no such problem. Here the editor\whoever of the article Kerala is strict in promoting his views only with no scope of adding correct information and may be a male chauvinist (eg; I added names of Kerala's Major Actress and is this not a fact as per your notice to me , According to your article Kerala, in Kerala cinema there are no Actress , is that a fact? ) and readers will know all here are not unbiased facts as you think and is ignorant of lots of genuine information . I shall no longer edit but please give the job some one competent. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 116.68.66.100 (talk) 16:15, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

It isn't clear from your post what article you are saying is biased. Is it Kerala or Malayalam cinema or Bharat Bhushan? I see that you have not tried discussing any content issues on any article talk pages. The best place to discuss content issues, including sourcing issues, is on article talk pages. Robert McClenon (talk) 16:51, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Nobody is saying that your changes are false. They may very well be correct. But Wikipedia requires that all information be cited to a reliable source (which Wikipedia itself is not). To see why this is so, consider what may happen in future. Suppose your edits are all correct, but next week or next month somebody comes along who changes the text you have added - maybe they are mistaken, maybe they found a different source from you which says something different, maybe they are mischievous. Either way, all the reader sees is that the information has changed: they have no way of knowing whether it was correct before, correct after, both wrong, or whatever. By insisting on a reference to a reliable source, we make it so that the reader for whom it the information is important has a way of checking it. --ColinFine (talk) 10:15, 6 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hide New articles from recent changes

Is there any method to hide newly created articles from recent changes ?--Shiti (talk) 16:32, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

No, don't think so.--ukexpat (talk) 18:31, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

any script ?--Shiti (talk) 18:52, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Exactly what do you want to hide from what? Do you want to create an article and then hide it from recent change patrolling? If so, that doesn't seem like the way that Wikipedia, which is a collaborative effort, works. What is it that you want to do? Robert McClenon (talk) 18:57, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

no. no. I want to hide 'new articles' from recent changes only for me. Recent changes has option to hide "Bot edits", hide "minor edits". like that i want to hide "new articles" i.e. newly created pages. is it possible ?--Shiti (talk) 10:40, 6 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Message to editor that deleted 1 comment from an article dicussion

Mr. Mazuco. I left my comment on my great-uncle José Júlio da Costa in the Wikipedia page which is full of many gross errors written by very ignorant or very ill intended people. Moreover, I am a researcher and historian. Who are you to reverse whatever? Are you not a Brazilian? What do you know about the history of Portugal? Isn't your specialty pop music? Enough of quackery on History. The article is a shame. Greetings. TSS. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.108.50.46 (talk) 16:49, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

This post is the only contribution that has been made by this IP address. What article is being discussed? The place to discuss content issues is on the article talk page. Also, the tone of this post is not likely to advance collaborative discussion. Please be civil. Robert McClenon (talk) 17:05, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You probably intended to post this at the Portuguese language Wikipedia, the only Wikipedia version with an article about José Júlio da Costa. This is a separate language Wikipedia with its own help desk and project structure. A link to their help desk is to the left labelled "Português" or at "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contato/Linha_direta". Please post your concerns calmly over there or at the article's talkpage on the Portuguese Wiki. GermanJoe (talk) 22:52, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Super Bowl LIII

Well Wikipedia I Would Like to request a page about Super Bowl LIII. But I'm not being mean or anything I'm trying to be nice so that I don't get blocked again. But When will the Super Bowl LIII Page start Hopefully soon Because I Can't get the page to start so I Would Like to know when it starts. 68.102.58.146 (talk) 17:09, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Just to catch everyone up, the OP insisted on the Entertainment Ref Desk that we start an article on Super Bowl LIII. When asked why we would write one years in advance of the actual game, they only insisted more. The game won't take place until 2019. Dismas|^(talk) 17:24, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Super Bowl LII was created 3 August 2013, Super Bowl LI on 22 October 2012, Super Bowl L in 2006. Based on recent history, then, we're already late with LIII, and Google News Archive returns 25 hits for "Super Bowl LIII". What's the problem? If no one feels like creating the article, fine, but there's no basis for insisting that it's too early to do so, or trying to delete one created. ‑‑Mandruss ☎ 17:37, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The OP has been informed, already, on how to create an account so he or she can make the page in question. No one has yet prevented them from doing so. --Jayron32 17:57, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

There's a draft at Draft:Super_Bowl_LIII that the IP is already contributing to. When the draft is ready it can be resubmitted for review. RudolfRed (talk) 17:58, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Ok That's fine And we hope that the Super Bowl LIII Page Can be ready soon Cause there's a draft for it and I hope it will be ready soon Cause there are 6 Cities In The running Atlanta, Dallas, Indianapoils, Miami, New Orleans, and Seattle. And we hope in May that bid will be announced. Until then have a nice weekend ok. 68.102.58.146 (talk) 01:31, 6 December 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.102.58.146 (talk) 01:31, 6 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

How to change the associate photo for a wiki page

The photo in the information tab on the right side of the wiki page on our facility needs to be updated to reflect the current likeness. How do I upload and change the associated photo? — Preceding unsigned comment added by SpringerTheatre (talk • contribs) 18:02, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

This post is the only post that has been made from this account, so it is difficult to tell what article is being discussed. A search on "Springer Theatre" lists several articles, any of which might be the one that the OP wants updated. The place to request the update would be the article talk page of the article in question. Information about uploading photographs is available at WP:Uploading images. Please read the discussion of copyrights carefully. Since any existing photographs are probably copyrighted, it might be a good idea to take a new photograph and release its copyright under the appropriate Creative Commons copyleft. Also, the OP is using the user name of User:SpringerTheatre, which appears to be a role or shared user name, which is contrary to Wikipedia policy that a user name should belong to one person. Robert McClenon (talk) 18:30, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Could you please be more specific - tell us the article, the old photo and the new photo. In the case of photos and other potentially copyright media the specifics do matter - a general answer is useless. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 18:32, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict) See Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials for the copyright issues and see Wikipedia:Picture tutorial for the technical "how to". -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 18:38, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

(Also note that just because you decide to donate an image, the community may decide not to use it if they feel that other images are more appropriate for the Encyclopedia.) -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 18:41, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Babu Gogineni

Checking! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 49.205.87.20 (talk) 18:57, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

insert animated image by link

Dear help desk

is it possible to embed links like https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kff6Q3VeRJbuMU8hvsIWh8SmnxIQCeahgrVmsGLJktc/pubchart?oid=977367143&format=interactive as an image to wikipedia contributions, instead of using static images only? Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by U rob me (talk • contribs) 19:10, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You cannot embed links or images, you must upload them to Wikipedia or Commons. -- Gadget850^talk 19:49, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Animated images, like the one to the right, are certainly allowed. But the thing you have linked to is to an html file. If there's a way of embedding an html file in a Wikipedia article, I don't know what it is. Maproom (talk) 19:56, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

illegal page

Dear Wikipedia this page is against the interanational law and United Nations (UN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Macedonia

Please check this for proof: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Member_states_of_the_United_Nations

And the Official UN page. http://www.un.org/en/members/

No country in the world by this name exist. Probably must Replace title at least to FYROM-The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. It's unbelievable that Wikipedia let this illegal to United Nations (UN) and internationl law page on it's adress. This movements makes problems harder between Greece and Fyrom and also confuse wiki viewers. Please fix it soon. It's illegal. We'll post this to internet. Regards. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 46.198.64.28 (talk) 19:57, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

There is nothing whatsoever under any international law that regulates what titles Wikipedia uses for its articles. AndyTheGrump (talk) 20:06, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

And note that whether to title the article "Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" has been discussed ad infinitum on the article's talk page. The current title appears to reflect the consensus of editors. Deor (talk) 21:06, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

If we want to quote laws, see First Amendment to the United States Constitution, which gives the WMF the right to use its servers in accordance with its own policies. Your statement "It's illegal" is incorrect. Your statement: "We'll post this to Internet" is empty because this is already on the Internet. Robert McClenon (talk) 21:35, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Problem with rendering a book

I have been trying to render my book but it keeps on failing It comes up with this message "Generation of the document file has failed. Status: Rendering process died with non zero code: 1" Heres a link - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:PerpetuaLux/Books/The_Codex_-_Physics Any help would be appreciated — Preceding unsigned comment added by PerpetuaLux (talk • contribs) 21:30, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I am not seeing the error message. It displays a list of articles that it says can be printed as a book. I suggest, first, that you try again, and, second, if that does not work, you post your inquiry at Village pump (technical). It would probably be useful to provide operating system and web browser information on your computer (although the problem may be entirely at the Wikipedia end). Robert McClenon (talk) 21:40, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wrong picture?

I think there is wrong picture on this page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valka

In that gallery there is a photo with title "Rīgas iela (Riga Street) at the Estonian border."

And text is about city on Lithuanian/Latvian border! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.208.243.108 (talk) 23:26, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The text of the article states that the city is on the border between Latvia and Estonia. Robert McClenon (talk) 23:57, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Right, and multiple times. The only mention of Lithuania in the whole article is one of the seven cities in Valka#Sister cities. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:23, 6 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

December 6

Advertisement Issue - Scaly Adventures

Hi,

I have been editing the Scaly Adventures, and can't seem to get the "advertisement issue" at the top of the page removed. Perhaps the page just has to be reviewed again, but I believe I have removed all traces of "puffery" and anything else that may portray this page as an advertisement. Please let me know if there is anything I can do to get this removed from the top of our page.

Thank you, Kennedichris (talk) 00:47, 6 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! I read the article and I personally think that you've fixed that problem and someone needs to review it. You can start a discussion on the article's talk page if you wish. If you do have a discussion with other editors and come to a unanimous agreement that the advertisement issue is fixed, you may remove the notice.--A Wild Abigail Appears! _{Capture me.} _Moves. 01:06, 6 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The article in question is Scaly Adventures. Robert McClenon (talk) 01:24, 6 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I've asked on the article talk page whether the tag can be removed. Robert McClenon (talk) 01:53, 6 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

something I add keeps getting deleted

There is a program called "Reel Moments" listed in Wikipedia that my partner and I were involved in the creation and execution of for seven years. Someone from the corporation that sponsored the program (Glamour magazine) clearly put up a Wiki entry for the project, but in the very lengthy description of the program, has not listed my company's important involvement in any form. I have tried to determine the best way to do this, but every time I try to update the description, someone deletes my efforts with out any explanation.

Im trying to get some help in figuring out what to do. Its hurting me that my signature program for so long has no mention of our involvement. Knowing that Wikipedia intends to be accurate, it feels unjust and incorrect that we have no mention of our involvement?

Any guidance on what could be done would be incredibly helpful.

Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kevinchinoy (talk • contribs) 03:06, 6 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The article in question is Reel Moments. You say that something that you add "keeps getting deleted". That would imply multiple times, but I only see one edit by you to the article, which was reverted because it was sourced to an unreliable source, and no discussion on the article talk page. Discuss on the article talk page, Talk: Reel Moments. Robert McClenon (talk) 04:28, 6 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Inaccurate detail on your article on Richards- Gebaur AFB! mo.

ok, I was stationed at "dickey-Goober" from Jan,1960 to Aug 1963. I was assigned to Flight line duty in The Transient Alert duty section of The 328th Camron Squadron. when I got there the 442nd Troop Carrier Wing was an Air Force Reserve unit.They were just then transitioning from C119 Flying Boxcars into C124 Globemasters. this was a much different bird from the C123. the C124 had four HUGE Radial piston engines(4320 cubic inch ). during the 3 1/2 years I was stationed there there were NO C123s on our base. Please check this out and correct your article. Thanks.198.255.178.217 (talk) 03:24, 6 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The article is Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base Discuss on the article talk page, Talk:Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base. If you have a reliable source for your statements, you can edit the article with a reference to the source. Robert McClenon (talk) 04:32, 6 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Please delete the Driss Temsamani Article

NAC: AFD is thataway. WP:COIN is thisaway. Robert McClenon (talk) 07:45, 6 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

This article is clearly in violation of the conflict of interest clause. This is used to promote this individual. I have nominated this page for deletion in the past and it remains. If people are able to post pages about themselves and others they know then that is news to me...

Page: https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Driss_Temsamani&gettingStartedReturn=true — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nods456 (talk • contribs) 05:27, 6 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The article is Driss Temsamani. Robert McClenon (talk) 07:41, 6 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The article was nominated for deletion in 2009. The result was No Consensus, which keeps the article. If you again want to nominate the article for deletion, you can do that. If you have evidence of conflict of interest, you can report it at the conflict of interest noticeboard. Robert McClenon (talk) 07:45, 6 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Referencing errors on Satpal Singh

Reference help requested.

Thanks, Sheetalsoni (talk) 05:41, 6 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The error message says "Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).", and the fact that the words "help page" are in blue tells you that it is a wikilink to a specific help page to help you. --David Biddulph (talk) 06:24, 6 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Article Creation

I wrote an article (my first one, so I don't know how all this works) in my sandbox and submitted it for review, but when I saw the notice about the review potentially taking a long time decided to be bold and create the article myself. I got the article created just fine, but is there anything I can/should do to cancel the review I requested so nobody wastes their time looking at it, since the article has already been created? Thanks! Chuy1530 (talk) 05:58, 6 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You could revert this edit wherein you submitted your sandbox draft for review. In your article at 1998 Marshall Thundering Herd football team you presumably ought to remove the comment category from the categories which you included? There is a tag left over from the AFC process, and it is possible will look at it. Can you find more evidence to demonstrate that the subject meets Wikipedia's requirement for notability? --David Biddulph (talk) 06:19, 6 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the help on the leftover tags and things. It's my understanding that single season articles for 1-A football teams are considered notable, but I will look for more references for the material in the article. Chuy1530 (talk) 06:50, 6 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Help:Cite errors/Cite error ref no input

I have tried to correct an omission in the following category: all time NHL playoffs winning percentage by a head coach. Tom Johnson had a winning percentage of .682 over 2 years (1971,72). The system won't let me giving me an error message. The correction was based on compiling the playoff data listed on the hockey db website. The stats for Boston in 1971,72 are as follows: 1971) lost in 1st round 3-4, 1972) won Stanley Cup by winning 3 rounds: 4-1,4-0,4-2. This gives a career total of 15 wins/7 losses for a percentage of .782. I can't correct this because I can't cite a particular newspaper article stating this? Ridiculous! Tom Johnson deserves better.

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