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December 6[edit]

Advertisement Issue - Scaly Adventures[edit]

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[edit]

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]

@Kevinchinoy: what makes you think someone from Glamour created the article? All I see is TonyTheTiger and a few other contributors.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 22:40, 8 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Look at the edit history and you will see I created the article.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 21:08, 9 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Kevinchinoy WP is governed by WP:TRUTH. Show me a secondary source that is a WP:RS that discusses your company and we will add you to the article.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 21:10, 9 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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

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[edit]

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/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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Georgehwk (talk • contribs) 16:17, 6 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Georgehwk. The error you got was purely mechanical: you had inserted an empty reference, which the Wikipedia system can't handle, so I've removed it and the error no longer appears. Having said that, I observe that original research is forbidden in Wikipedia articles, and that List of NHL statistical leaders, like all articles lacking references, is of very little value, because a reader has no way to verify thee information and so cannot rely on any of it. --ColinFine (talk) 17:28, 6 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

And that customised ToC is horrific.--ukexpat (talk) 16:50, 8 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Shooting of Michael Brown[edit]

Hello,

Your article on the shooting of Michael Brown has an inaccuracy in it. It was proven that he did not steal the cigarillos. This evidence can be found on the aattp website. You have always boasted your content to be unbiased, and your contributions towards making this a website of learning and information supply have been immense. I do trust that in a time like this were pure information is needed and necessary, you will do your part. You have power on the internet as one of the most visited sources and you need to keep up your standard of credibility. When the times get tough, the tough get going. I trust that you will be going.

From, A Concerned User — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.205.45.23 (talk) 17:33, 6 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

This is the Wikipedia Help desk, which is for questions about using and editing Wikipedia. For content issues such as yours, please use the article's talk page. ‑‑Mandruss ☎ 17:36, 6 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

See Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2014 November 30#Change the article on the shooting of Mike Brown. PrimeHunter (talk) 19:17, 6 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

If we must do this here, this archived talk section specifically addresses that aattp source. ‑‑Mandruss ☎ 19:21, 6 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

what do I do if I want someone else's opinion on my editing?[edit]

What do I do if I want someone else's opinion on my editing? Whereismylunch (talk) 19:12, 6 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Generally speaking, I'd choose an editor I respect and ask them (on their talk page) to have a look. ‑‑Mandruss ☎ 19:17, 6 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

for a particular article you can request a WP:Peer review. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 00:28, 7 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Links and Citations on Page[edit]

Hello, I have linked this page Lama Salam to this page Tammam Salam As Lama Salam is the wife of Tammam Salam. I keep getting this notice "This article is an orphan, as no other articles link to it. Please introduce links to this page from related articles; try the Find link tool for suggestions. (June 2014)" I use the find link tool but nothing there.

I also am having a problem with the links, all the links are well referenced and none are just links, but I keep getting this notice "This article uses bare URLs for citations, which may be threatened by link rot. (June 2014)"

How to solve this, is there anywhere where I went wrong?

Thank you,

MyaBell117 — Preceding unsigned comment added by MyaBell117 (talk • contribs) 21:40, 6 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

It's probably outdated notification. The article in June 2014 had those problems, you shouldn't get that notification anymore. If you do, please reply. CTF83! 21:57, 6 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I think the "notification" in question is the template message at the top of Lama Salam. "What links here" now shows one link from another article, so I have removed the message. ‑‑Mandruss ☎ 22:18, 6 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Further, I see no bare URLs in the article, so I have removed the bare URLs message as well. Sorry I missed that the first time. MyaBell117, those messages are created by templates at the top of the article wikitext. They can be removed by any editor who feels that they no longer apply. See my edits in the page history. ‑‑Mandruss ☎ 00:32, 7 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Why can't I verify my gmail address?[edit]

Three times now I have tried to register a new gmail address as my user email, since emails sent from a yahoo address apparently go straight to spam.

I'll be quite happy to give my address to any admin.

Why, although I have successfully clicked on verify email twice has no verification email been sent to my gmail address?

Thanks. μηδείς (talk) 22:24, 6 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Please look at this comment at Dragons flight's user page. I have not been able to sign in or get a verification email to either of my addresses. Should I create a sock puppet to solve this issue? Please email medieswikimedia@gmail.com if you have a suggestion or explanation. μηδείς (talk) 23:57, 6 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I went hunting for "this comment" starting at Dragons flight's user page. I think I found it, here, on their talk page. Hope this helps. ‑‑Mandruss ☎ 00:18, 7 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Medeis: I recently registered an account at Wikimedia UK, and did not receive the verification email until I'd added that domain to the "safe senders" list of my hotmail account. Does gmail have a similar list? -- John of Reading (talk) 08:28, 7 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

There have been various posts about this on WP:VPT since 2013. The problem has been affecting both Yahoo and Gmail accounts and there are bugs listed on Bugzilla (and Gerrit and Phabricator) since then. I gather it's something to do with the method MediaWiki uses to send the emails which results in Yahoo/Gmail seeing them as spoofed or otherwise non-legitimate email. There is a possible workaround at https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T54915 but YMMV, that is just one of a number of bugs that seem to relate to this issue. Nanonic (talk) 14:22, 7 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]