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February 5

Help:Cite errors/Cite error included ref

Hi,

Under the animal Pangolin I attempted to add it was the most trafficked animal in the world ) I made a mistake in my editing if someone can please fix what I did it would be appreciated

References

 Fixed malformed </ref>. ―Mandruss ☎ 02:12, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

Michael Cole

Hello I have compiled a page on Michael Cole (writer) and it has been accepted. However, there was a request to add more citations and change it from list to prose form. This I did but the warnings still appear at the top of the page. It also said that the writer has a close connection to the subject, this is true but everything is factual and backed up by external references and links to pages on Wikipedia that talk about TV programmes created by Michael Cole. Please could you let me know what further things can I do ? Also is it possible to change the title to Michael Cole (writer/TV producer) or is it too late? Thank you for your help. Sam — Preceding unsigned comment added by Scole88 (talk • contribs) 11:20, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

I've removed the references required tag. I've left the conflict of interest one for now as I haven't thoroughly read through the article, but a brief scan makes me think it will be OK. - X201 (talk) 11:53, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

Cant get wikidata to save

I am trying to add a new language entry to the English article Metapopulation. This is a new article in the Welsh Language which I am working on on that wikipedia. I speak both languages fluently, https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaboblogaeth but after adding cy and putting the word Metaboblogaeth into the table clicking on the word save fails to do anything. What am I doing wrong? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Neilj (talk • contribs) 12:32, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

If you look at the existing Wikidata items, and at the instructions at the head of the edit page, it doesn't want "cy" but instead wants "cywiki". I have done that. --David Biddulph (talk) 12:40, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

Korean influence on Japanese culture

Not sure if this is the place for this, but is it possible to dispute an AFD close several months after the fact? Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Korean influence on Japanese culture had almost no support for keeping the page: after one week there was a 6-2 majority in favour of deletion, but the AFD was allowed stay open just long enough for the waters to be muddied; after just under 9 days it was 7-3; then in the last 30 hours or so before closing the numbers changed just enough that it could be possibly closed as "no consensus" despite an 8-5 majority for deletion. Within that period of barely a day, User:Nishidani, User:Imaginatorium and I replied to the latecomers (who had obviously not read the discussion before carelessly casting !votes), but it would seem they didn't have time to read our responses and put more consideration into it.

I initially didn't dispute the result, since the general consensus was that in theory the article could be good, but that some high explosives were called for first, and at first I encountered only limited resistance in doing so. But recently the page has turned back into a massive fustercluck, to the point where even when User:Nishidani and I actually make a serious effort to painstakingly check all the sources and rewrite each sentence of the article to accurately represent what is in said sources, we are being opposed EVERY SINGLE STEP OF THE WAY (just look at the page's recent edit history -- 100% of Jagello's edits are blank reverts).

I'm not asking for the page to be deleted (I've put way too much work into it at this stage). But I'm wondering if there's any way to alter the result to better reflect the actual consensus of "The article MIGHT be appropriate at some time in the future, but in the mean time every single sentence is suspect and can be removed pending verification", or some such.

Hijiri 88 (聖やや) 12:41, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

The deletion discussion took place four months ago. As Hijiri88 says, the result was No Consensus. I am not aware of a way to tag an article as "This is a crappy article that we are keeping for future use", which seems to be what the OP is proposing; and, if there were, I think it would be a bad idea. However, the issue at this point isn't an old deletion discussion. The real issue at this point is that the article is being subject to edit-warring (by editors trying to improve or change the article and by editors who are reverting changes to the article), tendentious editing, and tendentious discussion on the talk page. I am sure that some of the editors have read the dispute resolution policy. The remaining editors should read the dispute resolution policy. It says that the first step is discussion on the article talk page. That has been tried. I suggest that they try one of the dispute resolution procedures, such as the dispute resolution noticeboard or a formal Request for Mediation. The current content dispute, and not an old deletion discussion, is the current issue. Follow dispute resolution. Robert McClenon (talk) 23:02, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

I posted a statement to that effect on the talk page. Robert McClenon (talk) 23:11, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

You could request Deletion Review, or could file a new Articles for Deletion request, but that doesn't seem to be what you are asking, because you say that you don't want the article deleted but improved. Robert McClenon (talk) 23:22, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

Does it violate WP:CANVAS to...

...invite all previous contributors to a poorly-formatted noticeboard discussion to comment on a more concrete proposal that was made? Everyone else agreed with me. If some of the other users had disagreed with me I would almost certainly be forgiven for contacting all previous commenters, but since they all agreed with me it would look suspicious. And sorry for posting logged out . I'm trying to be discrete so that THIS post doesn't come across as canvassing. Examining this IP's edit history should make my account obvious, though, so those who want to can still check. 126.0.96.220 (talk) 12:56, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

This isn't the easiest question to dig apart... If I understand you correctly, you're suggesting that you might invite all participants from your AfD discussion of 4 October 2014 to comment at ANI, right? If that's the case then I don't think that would be construed as canvassing. Several of the commenters at AfD disagreed with you on the proposed deletion even though they agreed with you regarding the state of the article. As long as you invited them all to discuss the proposal I don't see any harm in it. -Thibbs (talk) 14:11, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

You may wish to use Wikipedia's IRC or email a neutral admin related to the matter if you are concerned. -Thibbs (talk) 14:12, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

Watchlist

Has something changed? Or did I change my preferences without knowing? Before, when I would edit a random article, it would automatically go on my watchlist. I noticed that over the past few days that has not happened. . Buster Seven Talk 12:56, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

Probably the latter. This is controlled by an option in the Watchlist tab in Special:Preferences. There's some (fairly terse) documentation at Help:Watchlist#Controlling which pages are watched. —Cryptic 13:05, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

Thank you. . Buster Seven Talk 13:31, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

ENTRY Name Change, Language Change and Content Change All Change!

The Entry for Teofilo Alvarez is out of date, incorrect and incompelte I want to re-submit this article under his known name of "Teofilo Alvarez Alvarez"and to change the language from Spanish to English in the first instance. How can I acheive this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tofiglenn (talk • contribs) 15:40, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

This is the help desk for English-language Wikipedia, which has no article for Teofilo Alvarez. You may be able to create one. If there are errors in an article on Spanish-language Wikipedia, you can go there and correct them. Maproom (talk) 16:09, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

First Women IPS officer INDIA is Late. Surjit Kaur NOT Kiran Bedi.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiran_Bedi As you described KIRAN BEDI as first woman IPS officer but the truth is that the first women IPS officer of INDIA was Late. Mrs. SURJIT KAUR as described in Newspaper as Shown below:- — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.205.58.80 (talk) 16:35, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

Edit requests go on the talk page of the article, in this case Talk:Kiran Bedi. As this concerns a biography of a living person, please discuss it on the talk page before making any changes. It seems unlikely to change though; the "newspaper" appears to be a hoax.--Joshua ^{Say "hi" to me!}_{What I've done?} 16:56, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

hi I cant login after Wikipedia went down and then came back up

--65.8.187.253 17:59, 5 February 2015 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.8.187.253 (talk)

• same here 86.157.68.53 (talk) 18:02, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

Working for me, although Twinkle seems to be down. What error messages are you getting, if any? What happens when you try to log on? Tried clearing your cache? Яehevkor ✉ 18:04, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

There was a power outage moments ago and this is a fallout from it. Should be coming back to normal now. --Glaisher (talk) 18:07, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

I did experience some problems at about this time also. If there was a power loss, it would cause various sorts of problems. Robert McClenon (talk) 22:50, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

Access to account

Hi is there any means to find out who looged in or tried to log into my acount within the last few hours? Ip adresses etc?--Catflap08 (talk) 19:10, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

Read the information here on contacting a CheckUser. RegistryKey^(RegEdit) 14:17, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

Help:Cite errors/Cite error ref no input

Re article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmer's_College This article requires the latest OFSTED inspection results I have created them but there's a CITE error "ref no input" The section to be added is "2013 OFSTED report. The PDF for the 2013 OFSTED report is file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/les%20bailey/My%20Documents/Downloads/130682__2%20(1).PDF

I lack the skill to format the ref and I've tried to copy/paste the 2007 report ref and merely change the inspection number to 423382 but that clearly hasn't worked. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mr AntiSpin (talk • contribs) 19:10, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

As noted on the linked help page, you have <ref></ref> with no content. --  Gadget850 ^talk 19:21, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

request for correction of errors and defamation

For some time you have been disseminating false and defamatory information about myself Alen J Salerian M.D.. Your many intelligent high-tech methods have stonewalled my efforts to correct the errors. I'm a human being with limited technical and financial resources. You MUST ensure that this misinformation will not continue to harm myself and my family. Following are some of the errors. I worked for the FBI for five years not one. I did not leak any confidential information about Mr. Robert Hansen. I did not violate his confidence. The comments I've made in public were authorized by Mr. Hansen verbally. Mr. Hansen himself had broadcasted his sexual adventures through Internet for many years. Mr. Cacheris never hired me as a psychiatric consultant. I volunteered my services directly for Mr. Henson and his family and did not get paid a penny. It is not true that I was suspended by Washington psychiatric Society or American psychiatric Association. After lengthy hearings I was fully exonerated and I remain to be a life member of APA. I had to file for bankruptcy because DC Department of Health without due process shutdown my office and the administrative judge, Judge Dean never ruled on the lawfulness of the office closure. It is also true that the DC of medicine based upon false information and proven evidence of no wrongdoing on my part in the death of Mr. Patrick Kennedy made a dumb mistake by revoking my license. Their dumbness does not reflect on my competence. Please make all the necessary corrections.

Respectfully Alen J Salerian MD

Cc: Prof. Jim Fetzer Justin Salerian MD Judith Salerian Gregory Salerian LCSW Ara Salerian Chloe Salerian Glen Donath David Sanford Jennifer Loeb Nick Thomas Aubrey Smith Sen. Ron Paul

Sen. Mikulski — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alensalerian (talk • contribs) 19:45, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

Convenience link: Alen J. Salerian (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) Dismas|^(talk) 20:30, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

Two editors have already responded on the article's talkpage. Please keep content disputes to the article talkpage, or appropriate WP:dispute resolution venues if a talkpage discussion can't resolve your concerns. See also WP:BLP for the additional restrictive policy, when information about living persons is affected. GermanJoe (talk) 20:47, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

The noticeboard for biographies of living persons issues is an appropriate forum for the subjects of biographies to raise issues about articles about them. Robert McClenon (talk) 22:48, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

Obituary or Profile on model April Joyce Paulin

I would like to provide you with the profile of an historic American fashion model. How do I do this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.161.91.13 (talk) 21:41, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

You can do this through the Articles for Creation process. Dismas|^(talk) 22:42, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

That said, a quick Google search for variations of "April Joyce Paulin" followed by the word "model" don't return enough hits to even verify that she existed, much less leading me to believe she was/is historic. Are you sure you have the right name? Dismas|^(talk) 22:53, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

Dr. April Joyce Paulin, a.k.a. April Paul

This is not the place to post a proposed article. See the advice above
The following discussion has been closed. Please do not modify it.
Dr. April Joyce Paulin was born, April Joyce Lapland, March 31, 1933 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. On November 22, 2014, April Paulin succumbed to a staff infection sustained at Saint Luke's Hospital in Newburgh New York. April Lapland moved from Michigan to Manhattan in the late 50's where she immediately began working as a model for artists at: The Art Student's League, The Society of Illustrators, and The School of Visual Arts. It was through these institutional bookings that she was referred to working artists, soon becoming the Nation's top model to the world of Fashion Illustration earning $80,000-plus a year. Paul Wagner, founder of ZOLI MODEL MANAGEMENT in Manhattan told April to change her last name, and so she became known professionally as April Landis. April Landis was booked full time, seven days a week by artists such as: Tod Draz, Kenneth Paul Block, Richard Ely, Ed Kurtzman, Jane Bixby, Joe Eula, Frank Paulin, Steven Stipelman, Fred Greenhill, Dorothy Hood, Jim Howard, Morton Kaish, Esther Larsen, Jack Potter, Antonio Lopez, and Dora Mathiew to name a few. While modeling for a National car show, April met Garrison Sheldon Paul, of Afton, Minnesota. They were married June 30, 1962 in Stillwater Minnesota. He followed her to Manhattan where he went to work for the Chrysler Corporation. Garrison Sheldon Paul died at age 53 on Saturday March 13, 1988 in Merced, California. April Paul continued to model through the 1990's. By this time she was a legend for her ability to hold her famous "walking poses" for long periods of time. SEE: the monograph, "DRAWING FASHION, The Art of Kenneth Paul Block", designed by Shahid & Company, Pointed Leaf Press.com. Kenneth used April almost exclusively for his entire body of work, as did fine artist Richard Ely. Ely and Kenneth lived three blocks apart on Manhattan's upper West Side. October 2002, April Paul received her Masters from The City University of New York, becoming a Dr. of Philosophy and Art History. She wrote her dissertation on the painter Byron Brown. While working as a professor of Art History at The City University of New York, April was hired by Mrs. Chaim Gross to become the Director of The Renee and Chaim Gross Foundation on Laguardia Place. November 1, 2005, Dr. Paul retired from teaching and as Director of The Renee and Chaim Gross Foundation. April 6, 2006, April Paul married the illustrator and Fine Art Photographer Frank Paulin, whom she had known and worked for since 1964. Following their honeymoon in Paris, the Paulin's searched for a home outside Manhattan and eventually moved to New Windsor, New York.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.161.91.13 (talk) 23:00, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

As it stands, the text above would not be acceptable for a Wikipedia article, because it is not referenced. Every single piece of information in a Wikipedia article should be individually referenced to a reliable source. --ColinFine (talk) 23:32, 5 February 2015 (UTC)