User talk:robertsky

Question from Derek G Peat (00:44, 5 May 2024)

Hi Robertsky,

I use Wikipedia regularly and have helped with funding. I discovered today that a colleague of mine had a page and thought I should have one too. I checked and there is no Derek Peat page, so before I attempt to create one, I obviously need to do a lot of "how to" reading. I'd like to ensure noone else starts a page about me. Can you tell me how to do this. Cheers, Derek --Derek G Peat (talk) 00:44, 5 May 2024 (UTC)

@Derek G Peat, if you are not notable according to WP:GNG and WP:ANYBIO, you should be fine. However, if you have prolonged exposure in the media and/or other expertise based publications, i.e. scientific journals, it is likely that you maybe written. – robertsky (talk) 03:40, 11 May 2024 (UTC)

Question from Wingwanger on Draft:2011 Canterbury Earthquake Citation (05:11, 9 May 2024)

Hello, I just wrote this article on the Canterbury Earthquake Citation. How does this look,.and how do I add pictures.

Thank you --Wingwanger (talk) 05:11, 9 May 2024 (UTC)

@Wingwanger for citations, see Help:Footnotes. for pictures, do upload only photos that you know are of compatible copyright free license taken by others, i.e. photos on news sites are likely not copyright free. Or if the photos are taken by yourself, you should ideally use a Creative Commons license. See Help:Pictures: If you need help uploading an image, or selecting a suitable image for an article, see the image use policy and the Manual of Style^(→). Images on most websites are copyrighted and should not be uploaded; see the copyright policy. Please upload the highest resolution image possible, but keep the file size under 1,000 megabytes. – robertsky (talk) 03:46, 11 May 2024 (UTC)

Question from Shivacruz (05:28, 9 May 2024)

Hello, When i try edit one source its getting like this {{Reflist|2}} ? I am not understanding how to edit. Can you please help me with this? --Shivacruz (talk) 05:28, 9 May 2024 (UTC)

@Shivacruz, I have dropped a welcome message on your talk page with links to tutorials. Hopefully those are of help! – robertsky (talk) 03:55, 11 May 2024 (UTC)

Edits to Grove Collaborative Article

Hello User:Robertsky: I see you worked on the Grove Collaborative article back in 2022. I requested some corrections and updates to the article on March 6, and added them to the COI requested edits list

. I was wondering if you might have time to review the suggested edits? As a COI editor, I am committed to following the rules and best practices. Thank you and best. RJZGroveCo (talk) 19:36, 9 May 2024 (UTC)

 Not done for now: Please use the COI Edit request template on the talk page of the article concerned, not on a user talk page. If you are requesting the owner of the user talk page to do something, you shouldn't have to use a template since it will most likely notify them that an edit has been made to their user talk page even without a template. Shadow311 (talk) 22:39, 9 May 2024 (UTC)

Tech News: 2024-20

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• On Wikisource there is a special page listing pages of works without corresponding scan images. Now you can use the new magic word __EXPECTWITHOUTSCANS__ to exclude certain pages (list of editions or translations of works) from that list. [1]
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Question from Adnan Anamul on Talk:Jude Bellingham (21:32, 16 May 2024)

I love football and consider myself a good football player. I emulate you. My dream is to see you up close, I don't think this dream will come true. I want to show you my talent. I live in Bangladesh. --Adnan Anamul (talk) 21:32, 16 May 2024 (UTC)