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March 14[edit]

Gene ZEF[edit]

I have a friend who asked me to fix her wiki page and the admins are blocking every effort for us to fix the page. Can someone either help us or remove the page?

Is there a legal department that we can discuss the matter with? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gene ZEF (talk • contribs) 04:24, 14 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

For the record this Yolandi Visser (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) is the article in question. Several editors have tried to explain things on both the talk page for the article and on Gene's talk page. The items on the latter have been blanked. MarnetteD|Talk 04:30, 14 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

There is also a thread about this here Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard#Subject may want article removed. MarnetteD|Talk 13:20, 14 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Gene ZEF:, Email info-en-qwikimedia.org, they will be able to help and advise. Guy (Help!) 14:36, 14 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The advice we will give there will be the same as here - discuss on the article's talk page.--ukexpat (talk) 01:57, 15 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The only right an article subject has is to not be libeled. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 14:42, 14 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Can't use DYK form?[edit]

How do I nominate a new article to WP:DYK? I tried using the submission form but I can't type anything. Am I supposed to post it like an WP:AFC article?

Thanks. 72.74.201.153 (talk) 04:27, 14 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

If you have an account then log in first and you will be able to type in the form. Otherwise Template talk:Did you know#Instructions for nominators says: "if you are not a registered user, please leave a message at the bottom of the DYK project talk page with the details of the article you would like to nominate and the hook you would like to propose". PrimeHunter (talk) 13:02, 14 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, thanks. 72.74.201.153 (talk) 16:27, 14 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Family of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge[edit]

Please check that the photo I have added is OK - copyright etc. I think it is all OK Thanks101.182.7.220 (talk) 05:50, 14 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Re: File:Barbara Lupton.jpg. Do I understand correctly that Barbara Lupton died in 1974, but User:Fivebills personally photographed her in 2011? —teb728 t c 06:05, 14 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Middleton's cousin, Barbara Lupton, certainly died in 1974. there is much about her on Wikipedia with all of the verifiable citations. Lady Bullock (nee Barabara Lupton) was born in Leeds in 1891. The sepia photo in question dates form 1913 - when she was at Cambridge University. Is it ok to use to this photo on this page? Your help is really appreciated.101.182.7.220 (talk) 06:17, 14 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Depending on when the photo was first published, the photo may be in the public domain. But Fivebills claim that they can grant a license on it is very doubtful. —teb728 t c 06:40, 14 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

help with a new page[edit]

Hi Wiki. I have started a new page: Eva Sajovic and though I input references and links to reliable sources the page is telling me the article doesn't have references. Can you please help? Thanks. Best, e — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bozic2016 (talk • contribs) 12:55, 14 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

You have been given a number of useful links on your user talk page, but in particular you need to read about reliable sources (which need to be published, and independent of the subject), and referencing for beginners. --David Biddulph (talk) 13:11, 14 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Sources[edit]

Hello,

I am trying to post an article about a very well known architectural and design company, for which I have little literature because of the very specific brand/topic. I have two New York Times articles that sustain the credibility of the company, but the article keeps getting rejected. Can you please provide information about what kind of sources are needed and specifically for which kind of information? Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rebecca Nienkamper (talk • contribs) 13:11, 14 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Rebecca Nienkamper. The two NYT articles are certainly reliable sources, but they say very little about Draft:ICF Group: they only mention it in passing. Existence is not enough for a Wikipedia article: we require that it be notable - i.e., that several independent sources have thought it worth writing about in depth in reliable published places. Unless you can find such sources, then the group does not meet Wikipedia's criteria for notability, and no article on it however written and sourced will be accepted at present. Sorry. --ColinFine (talk) 13:21, 14 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Please note that if you work for this company or act for them in a professional capacity then you should declare this (see WP:COI). Guy (Help!) 14:38, 14 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Dominance and submission[edit]

Domination and submission is wrong. TERMINOLOGY, RELATIONSHIP STYLE, ETC I delete to rewrite and it reappears. Please conduct a full investigation Sincerely, SERENA VALENTINE "DOMINA" — Preceding unsigned comment added by SerenaValentine (talk • contribs) 14:22, 14 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Presumably this is about Dominance and submission, where an anonymous user has been repeatedly removing large amounts of text without explanation. AndrewWTaylor (talk) 14:43, 14 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict)@SerenaValentine: Since posting your question here is the only edit you've made with your account, it's unclear what you're talking about. Could you clear up the matter by providing a link to the article that you're asking about and expand on what you feel is the problem you're having? If your problem is about the content of an article, it would be best to raise your concerns at the talk page for the article in question. Dismas|^(talk) 14:44, 14 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, SerenaValentine. When you say "I delete to rewrite", I'm guessing that you are the person who has been deleting a block of text in Dominance and submission, and that you are doing so because you intend to write some alternative text. Anybody is welcome to improve articles, but there are several problems with the way you have been doing it. First, if you remove an amount of text from an article and don't explain why in your edit summary, this can look like Vandalism. Secondly, even if you explain it in your edit summary, deleting a block of text is not usually a good way to improve an article. If you think a whole section is wrong or badly expressed, it is much preferably to start a discussion on the article's talk page (here, Talk:Dominance and submission), explaining what changes you want to make, and get consensus before you make the changes. --ColinFine (talk) 16:35, 14 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Split section[edit]

In impact factor#Editorial policies that affect the impact factor, the template is used. Obviously the phrase "split into a article" within the template constitutes a mistake because the article preceding the word "article" should be "an". However, the template is supposed to say "split into a page titled..." What happened? The parameters used in the article are normal. Why doesn't it produce the same result? The Average Wikipedian (talk) 15:34, 14 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

It removed "new" from "a new article" yesterday. I have fixed it.[1] It now says "an article" in mainspace and "a page" elsewhere. PrimeHunter (talk) 15:52, 14 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]