User talk:Susan5615

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Help on posting an image.[edit]

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SusanAssistant 05:18, 15 March 2018 (UTC) I need help posting an image. SusanAssistant 05:18, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

Hey, On which article you want to upload image and what is the source of image? ‐‐1997kB (talk) 06:00, 15 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I'm marking this as helped, if you need more help regarding this, please change {{help me-helped}} to {{help me}}. ‐‐1997kB (talk) 18:28, 15 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Summary box in upper right hand corner[edit]

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Please help me with: I am unable to add lines to the summary box. How can I attach a sheet with the updates for Judge Diaz' new position to be inserted in the box? Thank you, Susannah (volunteer)...Susan5615 (talk) 04:33, 5 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I believe you should explain your connection with your subject J. Michael Diaz and if by volunteer you mean something more specifically connected to him than just being a volunteer Wikipedia editor like the rest of us (well, nearly all of us).

The thing you are calling a "summary box" is what we call an infobox. Infoboxes are generated from templates; the template currently being used in this article is {{Infobox officeholder}}. If you click on the template link, you will see the documentation for the template. You may choose to change it to {{Infobox judge}}. There are instructions for how to include multiple positions and the dates he held the position with a worked out example found at Template:Infobox_officeholder/example#Judge.

The current status of the biographical information in Diaz's article is frankly terrible. If this article is something you would like to improve, please find some reliable, ideally independent, sources and supply footnotes, as are required for biographical claims. Note that while the infobox can list a number of positions, we expect the article body to contain more details about the positions based on cited sources. You cannot just throw additional positions into the infobox without also supplying proper sources.

The alternative to providing sources is to remove material that does not cite a source. It may make the article shockingly short if you do this. — jmcgnh^{(talk) (contribs)} 05:10, 5 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Alright, as to the first point I finally noticed your disclosure. Normally, we look for disclosures on your user page, which doesn't exist.

That connection seems like a strong enough conflict of interest that I should advise you to avoid editing Diaz's article directly. Learn how to use the {{edit request}} template properly so an uninvolved editor can make the appropriate changes. — jmcgnh^{(talk) (contribs)} 05:21, 5 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Please delete J. Michael Diaz's page[edit]

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I will tell the Judge he needs to hire someone to update his changes. It is beyond me - I do not know how to code. Susan5615 (talk) 02:10, 21 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Susan, I'm sorry that this task has proved so difficult. Knowing how to code would not help solve the problems you've been facing. What's needed is an ability to produce references to support the changes you want made.

Wikipedia strongly discourages the idea of hiring someone to contribute to Wikipedia. Paid editors are just barely tolerated and ones that don't follow all the rules will be blocked.

Judge Diaz seems like he meets the notability criteria as they apply to judges, so I don't think the page will be deleted. Sooner or later, someone will notice that it has grown outdated and, using the hints you left on the talk page, track down news articles that verify the additional positions and use them to update the article. It's a small but valuable contribution you've made.

Enjoy the holidays and your grandchildren. Maybe we'll see you on the other side. — jmcgnh^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:44, 21 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]