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December 7[edit]

Requested articles?[edit]

Could someone please direct me to where i can write new articles? thank you. --DonLandry2 (talk) 01:55, 7 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@DonLandry2: You can write articles at Wikipedia:Articles for creation. We also have something called Wikipedia:Requested articles but that is for requests for others to write an article (often with no result). PrimeHunter (talk) 02:04, 7 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Translating an English Page to Arabic[edit]

Hi there I'm new here and have just started on translating a page a bout a musical album to Arabic and I was wondering how can I add the pictures that are on the original page which is in English into the translated page, all I'm doing is translating the info the best way possible to make this article available in "Arabic" as it's not available yet.

Hope to hear from you and thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nomad1974 (talk • contribs) 02:15, 7 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You can use files directly only if they are hosted on Wikimedia Commons. If they are hosted on English Wikipedia, you would have to upload them on Arabic Wikipedia following the non-free content policy of that project. I understand that that policy is at ar:ويكيبيديا:محتوى غير حر. —teb728 t c 02:41, 7 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Updating a company page[edit]

I am trying to update information for the page of a company we have just merged with. The information on the page is now out of date, including the name of the company. However, as soon as I update the company info box on the right hand side, the site refuses to let me save my changes, and claims I am breaking Wiki promotional and advertising rules. I either need to be able to update this information, or close the page down as the information on the page is now inaccurate, but I am unable to do either.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narec

ORE Catapult (talk) 10:17, 7 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You should read Wikipedia:Conflict of interest. Ruslik_Zero 13:47, 7 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

... but you could point us to some independent accounts of the merger so that the incorrect information can be updated. Dbfirs 17:25, 7 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Bringing Adar poonawalla page in google at the top in the Adar poonawalla Keyword as right now cyrus poonawall wiki page comes instead of Adar Poonawalla Wiki Page[edit]

Hi,

There is a page of Adar Poonawalla on which i have done some editing now i want to bring the page of Adar poonawalla in google search engine at the top which is not coming. If I put Adar poonawalla in google the Cyrus Poonawalla wiki page is coming at the top not the Adar poonawalla wiki page. So how to do that can you guys help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Adar Poonawalla Fan Club (talk • contribs) 10:34, 7 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The Wikipedia article Adar Poonawalla is at the top of the Google search results (except for the Google Images link) when I search for the name. Cyrus S. Poonawalla is second. Google's ranking algorithm is something that's beyond our control. Deor (talk) 11:05, 7 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Adar Poonawalla Fan Club. Wikipedia does not care whether its articles come first, second or ninety-ninth on a Google search. Promotion is not one of the purposes of Wikipedia. In fact trying to "bring the page of Adar poonawalla in google search engine at the top" is explicitly promotional, and therefore forbidden. To edit an article to make it a better article (clearer, or better organised, or better referenced) is welcome. To edit an article for promotional purposes is not welcome. Also, user names which imply that you are editing on behalf of an organisation are forbidden: all user accounts should be personal. You need to change your user name (or abandon that one and start again). --ColinFine (talk) 18:30, 7 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I understand it depends upon google algorithm but the thing is that before December it was there on the top whenever i searched but suddenly it has disappear and also the image was there but now there is no image how can it be fix. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 123.252.243.12 (talk) 06:00, 8 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

We still have no control whatsoever how Google ranks its results, nor do we care about it. JIP | Talk 07:27, 8 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust[edit]

Dear Volunteer,

After spending two days updating our ‘East Midlands Ambulance Service’ page. It has come to my attention that you have deleted and blocked the whole post and account. The original post was out dated with false information, stats and figures on it.

However after looking at other ambulance services’ posts, they have not been deleted when they have clearly been written by a member of staff in that division. I am extremely frustrated and wish for the page to be unlocked and restored to my original post.

I hope to hear a response from you as soon as possible,

Regards, — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wifi60 (talk • contribs) 16:57, 7 December 2015‎ (UTC)[reply]

East Midlands Ambulance Service has not been deleted. You will see from User talk:EMASCOMS, User talk:Emascommunications, and User talk:EMASNHSTrust the reasons why those accounts have been blocked. Please read WP:CORPNAME to understand that accounts must belong to an individual, not to an organisation. Please also read about conflict of interest. --David Biddulph (talk) 17:19, 7 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict):You need to be aware that the page East Midlands Ambulance Service is not "your" page, and is not for promotional material (the reason for removal). It is always unwise for a person connected with the organisation to write the article because of a Wikipedia:conflict of interest, but factual information that is referenced can certainly be updated by you. If you can find some external, independent references, then that would improve the article. Dbfirs 17:22, 7 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Please also read Other stuff exists which explains why trying to draw parallels with other articles is an invalid argument - We aim to raise our standards, not to repeat, and possibly even lower, our lowest standard. - Arjayay (talk) 17:34, 7 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Font[edit]

How do I change the default font on Wikipedia? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.82.145.204 (talk) 17:28, 7 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia does not specify a particular font. It uses the default sans-serif font defined in your browser. If you want to change your browser font then what is your browser? If you want to keep your browser font and use another font for Wikipedia then you have to make an account and edit a CSS page for it. Do you want code for that? If you just want to change size then maybe your browser can do that with Ctrl++ for larger, Ctrl+- for smaller, and Ctrl+0 for normal. PrimeHunter (talk) 20:48, 7 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The Cuban Brothers[edit]

Hello there, please can you help me verify this page. I am management for The Cuban Brothers and would like to create a legitimate page for them. The copy that is allegedly violating the t&c's is actually our press copy and owned by us. Please get in touch when this is resolved.

Elisa — Preceding unsigned comment added by JAHAgencyLtd (talk • contribs) 21:15, 7 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

In general, Wikipedia does not accept text copied from other websites. If you would like to donate copyrighted text to Wikipedia, there is a procedure outlined at Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials. However, it is unlikely that the text would be acceptable here anyway. The text is too highly promotional in nature. Consequently, I have deleted the article. Also, I have requested that you change your username for the reasons specified at your user talk page. Finally, please also have a look at Wikipedia's conflict of interest policy which appears to apply here. Regards, -- Ed (Edgar181) 21:30, 7 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The thing to understand, Elisa, is that Wikipedia has almost no interest in what anybody (or any organisation) says or wants to say about themselves, or what their friends, relatives, employess, agents etc say about them. None. Wikipedia is only interested in what people unconnected with the subject have said about them, in reliably published sources. So text that is owned by you is almost completely irrelevant to an article about your client. --ColinFine (talk) 00:23, 8 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Editing help[edit]

As you may know, there seems to be extensive coverage of London bus routes on Wikipedia, for example, London Buses Route 1. However, we appear to lack info on bus routes of other areas of the UK. Earlier this year, I tried to add a couple of articles on a couple of routes near me as an experiment to try and bring London style coverage to my part of Scotland. Yet, one of my articles was deleted due to lack of notability. Why should London get better coverage than any other city? As a Scotsman I should have a duty to cover Scottish bus routes on Wikipedia. I will start work early in the new year. But, I don't want any deletions to interfere with my programme. Is there any way in which I can get my articles more notable? Please help me achieve these ambitions in future? This is a massive editing project I want to work on and any help or advice would be appreciated. Thank you. Pablothepenguin (talk) 21:54, 7 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It is not articles that are required to be notable (in the strange sense in which that word is used here), it is their subjects. So there is nothing you can do "get your articles more notable". There may be things you can do to convince others of their subjects' notability. I have little knowledge of or interest in bus routes. But I was surprised to see that London Buses route 157 has been largely unchanged for 90 years. Are there Scottish bus routes as old as that? I would recommend starting your project with the oldest surviving bus route you can find in a Scottish city, convincing others that it is notable, and then using that as a precedent. Maproom (talk) 00:00, 8 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The place to start is to find significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject and base an article on what it says in those sources (and not on what you personally know about the subject). If such coverage does not exist, an article is impossible. —teb728 t c 01:08, 8 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Keep in mind that independently published material about the bus service in London could probably fill a small library - or at least several shelves in one. Very few other cities' bus routes have had anywhere as much coverage in the press, books and other publications - in many different languages. The public transport system of a globally significant mega-city such as London will simply by it's nature and scale, have far more written about it than the systems of "lesser" cities. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 14:01, 8 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Changing Page names[edit]

My company's page is listed as FrescoNews on wikipedia instead of Fresco News. I know the magic word syntax is {{DISPLAYTITLE:Desired Title}}, but where do I input this? In the edit source textbox? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Morgansboyer (talk • contribs) 21:58, 7 December 2015‎ (UTC)[reply]

If you're going to rename that page, you must click on the "move" button and follow the instructions you find there. Pablothepenguin (talk) 22:04, 7 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see a move button. Where is it located? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Morgansboyer (talk • contribs) 22:24, 7 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Very new accounts cannot make moves - but someone seems to have moved the article already. Rmhermen (talk) 22:25, 7 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

WP:DISPLAYTITLE does not work here and would have been the wrong method even if it worked. I have moved it to Fresco News. Your account is not autoconfirmed yet so you cannot move pages and don't have a move button. I see you created the article. See Wikipedia:Conflict of interest. PrimeHunter (talk) 22:32, 7 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Changing the Article Title Phrase[edit]

I have recently created an Article with the Title Phrase "Mt sierra college." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mt_sierra_college However, I have neglected to capitalize the "S" in Sierra and the "C" College. I was wondering if it is possible to change the capitalization in the title phrase because that would reflect the true name of the institution. My other resolution would be to delete the page and star anew. Please advise me on my steps in accomplishing this goal.

Thank you Tzhao1023 (talk) 23:52, 7 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Maproom (talk) 00:02, 8 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

So the article is now titled "Mt Sierra College" as you requested, but refers to the college as "Mt. Sierra College". Which is correct? I would look it up in one of the references cited in the article, but there aren't any. Maproom (talk) 00:11, 8 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Mt Sierra College has now been deleted as a G11, but Draft:Mt. Sierra College exists. --David Biddulph (talk) 07:54, 8 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]