User:BlueWren0123/Basic

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Draft articles being taken and placed elsewhere without permission

I was upset that my first draft article, which I was asked to revise and resubmit (and which I am now working on), appeared on Wikitia. I am guessing that when I resubmit my article, it may appear again on Wikitia or elsewhere. Why this is this allowed or possible? I thought drafts for submission went to an internal safe space? IonaFyne (talk) 14:59, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

IonaFyne, when you make any edit, including creating a draft, you agree to "irrevocably release your text under the CC BY-SA 4.0 License and GFDL." This is shown in the edit window. Sites like Wikitia can copy text from Wikipedia (with attribution), since it is released under this Creative Commons license. Sungodtemple (talk • contribs) 15:03, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

Hi @IonaFyne, welcome to the Teahouse. There are no internal safe spaces on Wikipedia, though some pages are harder to find than others. Assume that anything you publish here, anywhere, is going to be seen by others (and potentially taken for use elsewhere, as noted above). 57.140.16.1 (talk) 15:05, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

I understand your frustration. It would be very nice if Wikipedia did have a safe space somewhere because it seems to me that some mirrors, and Wikitia is one of the worst, specialise in taking material that specifically hasn't been accepted as ready-for-use here, and passing it off as though it were written by a "verified editor", and is therefore somehow guaranteed good. What's particularly wrong is that the CC-by-SA-4.0 license does require Wikitia to attribute the text, but so far as I can see they almost never do, and specialise in taking drafts that are then deleted here, which means there is no way to back-track and find that their text is not compliant to the license (unless you're a Wikipedia admin able to see deleted drafts). It's wrong, but it's not going to change. Elemimele (talk) 16:28, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

@IonaFyne What I do to avoid this situation is to use my sandbox to create drafts (with the source editor) but I never save/publish them there. Instead, I just "Preview" them to check that the markup is OK. I then copy/paste out all the wikitext into a local text editor on my PC. By working with the only saved copy offline, I can ensure that no draft is available for others to see until I think it is ready. Mike Turnbull (talk) 16:42, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

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District line § Four Lines Modernisation (4LM).

https://www.homesandgardens.com/news/martello-tower-in-suffolk-218115

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Category:Inline citation and verifiability dispute templates

Category:Inline citation and verifiability dispute templates

BlueWren0123, yes, it's here:

above is in Wikipedia:WikiProject Inline Templates

Mathglot (talk) 06:24, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

you mean this?

it's {{{According to whom}}} Babysharkboss2 was here!! (Talk to me!) (Goo Goo dolls) 19:38, 11 December 2023 (UTC)

directly edit the {{Cite web}} template

https://wikinav.toolforge.org/ more text

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Wikipedia:Template index/User talk namespace/Multi-level templates User:Learn new things in 2024, have you read Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2023-08-01/Tips and tricks § Citation tools for dummies!? That might be helpful, but as Remsense says above, many automatically generated citations will require manual repair, and can be best conceptualised as a "first pass" or "rough draft" of the finished citations. @Yashrajkarthike It may be worth pointing out that long-term editors become entitled to sign up for The Wikipedia Library provided they have 500+ edits, 6+ months editing, 10+ edits in the last 30 days and no active blocks. This is not a perk but a useful way to access sources that would otherwise be difficult or expensive to reach and use these to further improve the encyclopaedia. Mike Turnbull (talk) 14:38, 30 December 2023 (UTC)

citation duplicates

In a recent edit, I wanted to use a citation that already existed in the article, but I created "new" citations instead, making duplicates. How do you insert a citation for a publication that is already listed? Davideteiemusic (talk) 19:27, 1 Janua You can alternatively use {{tqb}} or {{tqbm}} if you prefer.ry 2024 (UTC)

   +1, I would also like to know thUser:Learn new things in 2024, have you read Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2023-08-01/Tips and tricks § Citation tools for dummies!? That might be helpful, but as Remsense says above, many automatically generated citations will require manual repair, and can be best conceptualised as a "first pass" or "rough drmore text

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aft" of the finished citations.e same. Learn new things in 2024 (talk) 19:41, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

   @Davideteiemusic, @Learn new things in 2024: Hello! I've merged the duplicate references in the Zoomusicology article. Assuming you are working in the source editor, to merge duplicate references, add , another place" becomes "here, another place" Deltaspace42 (talk • contribs) 19:48, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

   Thanks. blueskiesdry… (cloudy contribs…) 19:49, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

You can try using the

template.

User:Learn new things in 2024, have you read Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2023-08-01/Tips and tricks § Citation tools for dummies!? That might be helpful, but as Remsense says above, many automatically generated citations will require manual repair, and can be best conceptualised as a "first pass" or "rough draft" of the finished citations.

to position text beyond a picture = You can try using the {{clear}} template.

{{tq|some quoted text}} {{tqb}}

How to do a blockquote on a talk page

How to do a blockquote on a talk page Samorost1 (talk) 08:52, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

   Okay just found it, just put in <blockquote>-tags. You can alternatively use {{tqb}} or {{tqbm}} if you prefer <blockquote>-tags. Samorost1 (talk) 08:56, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

   You can alternatively use {{tqb}} or {{tqbm}} if you prefer. Tollens (talk) 09:01, 10 January 2024 (UTC)