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April 17

Help with editing an article

Dear Wikipedia, I have written articles for Wikipedia in the past but that was a while ago, and I have forgotten how to do it. I have written a new article (Hannah Witton) that is on my talk page but I don't know how to get an editor to check it so that it can get put up on Wikipedia. Also I have a photo to go with it but I can't remember how to include it. Can someone help me? Many thanks Rawitton

Here is the article:

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Hannah Witton[edit] Hannah Witton (1919-1993) was a Sydney activist involved in the Aboriginal rights movement[1]. Hannah Witton and her husband Emil came to Australia in June 1939 as Jewish refugees from Nazi persecution in Germany. In the years following the Nazi accession to power in 1933 they had personal experience of being non-citizens in their own country. The first time they heard of the treatment of Aboriginal people was in the early forties when they read reports in the Tribune, the newspaper of the Communist Party of Australia, at the home of Rosine Guiterman [2] who looked after many refugees. The first years were very hard for them, finding their way in a new country and raising 3 children. They had always been very politically aware and by the fifties were able to become more actively involved in self-education and political activities. In the late fifties Hannah attended a NEF (New Education Fellowship) workshop at which Faith Bandler [3] spoke and this led first Hannah and later Emil to join the Aboriginal-Australian Fellowship (AAF) and to participate actively in the struggle for Aboriginal rights. They developed a close collaborative relationship and life-long personal friendship with Faith and and her husband Hans Bandler and worked together with them for many decades on a variety of Aboriginal issues. Hannah and Emil were both on the executive of the AAF and later involved in the Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders (FCAATSI) where they campaigned on issues of land rights and civil rights of Aboriginal people. This included the successful campaign against section nine of the New South Wales Aborigines Protection Act, which prohibited the sale or supply of liquor to "any aborigine or person having apparently an admixture of aboriginal blood". They attended protest meetings and visited Aboriginal reserves with the Aboriginal activist Ken Brindle, seeing first-hand how Aboriginal people lived under the provisions of this Act. The parallels between the lives of Aborigines and their own experiences living under the Nazi Judengesetze (laws applying to the Jews) were not lost on them. They were also very aware that they had become full Australian citizens only five years after their arrival in Australia from a hostile country, while full rights were still being denied to the first Australians. From its very beginning they were actively involved in FCAATSI's campaign to amend the Australian Constitution which culminated in the successful 1967 referendum. Hannah worked hard on the campaign and Emil's printing firm printed campaign material including one of the 'Yes' for Aborigines posters. Hannah and Emil also promoted the handover of executive positions to Indigenous members in the AAF and FCAATSI. Emil resigned his position as FCAATSI treasurer in 1973 and Hannah also resigned from the executive of the Aboriginal Education Council for the same reason. For the rest of their lives they continued to be involved in human rights issues and kept in contact with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander friends and activists. In 2010 Hannah Witton's work for Aboriginal Rights was commemorated by the ACT Government by the naming of a road, "Hannah Witton Lane", in the suburb of Bonner [4] Rawitton (talk) 22:40, 9 April 2017 (UTC)RawittonRawitton (talk) 22:40, 9 April 2017 (UTC) Jump up ^ Material for this article, unless otherwise referenced, is drawn from an interview with her widower Emil Witton conducted by Leanne Miller and Sue Taffe on 6 November 1996. National Museum of Australia, Collaborating for Indigenous Rights 1957-1973; http://www.indigenousrights.net.au Jump up ^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosine_Guiterman Jump up ^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faith_Bandler Jump up ^ http://www.planning.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/896226/Bonner_Sheet_2_of_2.pdf

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Rawitton (talk • contribs) 23:06, 16 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

This isn't the place for a draft. If you want to write an article, try reading the advice at WP:Your first article. --David Biddulph (talk) 02:57, 17 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Image

There is an 1827 painting by Jacques Raymond Brascassat that is mentioned in the Zarafa (giraffe) article. In addition to the cultural reference, the painting would provide some informational content since it depicts the animal along its historical journey from Marseilles to Paris in that year. The only online copy of the painting that I could find is from a blog (here). I don't know if this could be uploaded, since the original source of the image is unknown; however, the painting was done in 1827 and presumably would no longer be copyrighted (?). Is it possible for "somebody" to upload this? Or, is there someplace else to bring this up, or...? 2606:A000:4C0C:E200:AC43:3B49:CF5E:E4EF (talk) 00:45, 17 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

If the painting was indeed from the 19th century, then a faithful reproduction of that painting would fall under our {{PD-Art}} statute. The correct place to request an upload would be at WP:Files for upload. If you make a request there I'll take a look at it. Please also include what articles you want it on and where. I'll have to do some minor research to verify that everything is all right but it shouldn't be a problem. Thanks! --Majora (talk) 00:51, 17 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. My attempt at an upload request is here: [1]. 2606:A000:4C0C:E200:AC43:3B49:CF5E:E4EF (talk) 01:27, 17 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I'm working my way down the list there and will get to it as soon as I can. Thanks! --Majora (talk) 01:36, 17 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

thanks, Majora [same OP, new IP] 2606:A000:4C0C:E200:4869:17E3:7C7B:7451 (talk) 04:41, 20 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Help:Cite errors/Cite error references no text

I want to add some article but i don't know how, can you help me? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sashko1999 (talk • contribs) 17:12, 17 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

This user has been blocked for one year, for persistent disruptive editing. Maproom (talk) 19:05, 17 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Moving Page

Hello,

Hope you're well. I have not been able to get into the Wiki system with the password I've been using over time, so I created a new account.

I am the owner of the page at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Singletary. Because I have apparently lost access to the account I was using to maintain it, I would like to have an administrator relink the page to my newly created account, along with the associated talk pages.

The old username was Forwardbounce1; the newly created username is Forwardbounce.

Basically, I would like to have Wikipedia move all the old account info over to my new account. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Forwardbounce (talk • contribs) 18:17, 17 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I think you mean that you are the main contributor to that page. (No-one owns Wikipedia pages.)

See Wikipedia:Username_policy#Changing_your_username for policy on changing usernames, but this might not be possible if you no longer have access to your old account. It might be simpler just to continue with your new username, and note on your user page that edits under your former username are yours. That is fairly obvious anyway. Dbfirs 20:22, 17 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

IRSHAD HIJAZI

Born in a kashmiri middleclass family in 1992, is a filmmaker, lyricist, film director video editor and cinematographer. Irshad Hijazi has released six Hindi albums and a one hour Hindi feature film. His first product as a director was a Hindi mocie "The casterror" a film based on caste discrimination.He is graduate in English literature nad post graduate in mass communication. CAREER He started his film career with the movie " The casterror" that time he was a student. In 2014 he released his first Hindi song " Na samjhe yeah duniya" in which he worked as a film director and lyricist in the same year he released one more song" Bday party". He has released more than six Hindi albums and a movie. In 2015 he started a company named DIA MOTION PICTURES with an aim to provide stage to new talents those who are financially unsound.

http://kashmirguardian.com/this-is-the-story-of-a-kashmiri-village-boy/ https://trendingkashmir.com/2017/04/07/the-story-of-kashmiri-film-maker-irshad-hijazi/ http://kashmirpatriot.com/2017/04/14/kashmirs-village-boy-shines-in-filmmaking/

All three sources describe him as a "village boy" – is that consistent with your statement that he's from a middleclass family?

Anyway, do you have a question about how to edit Wikipedia? Maproom (talk) 21:07, 17 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Page was deleted

Hi, I followed the instructions for creating a page for the non-profit organization I work at, and it was deleted. I provided back up article and everything; not sure what I did wrong. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Melisst15 (talk • contribs) 20:45, 17 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Melisst15. The message on your talk page says it was deleted as unambiguous advertising. It is very hard for anyone to write about their employer in the neutral language which Wikipedia requires. That is why we strongly discourage people from writing about subjects they are closely connected with. Maproom (talk) 21:12, 17 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Picture to large for infobox – Wait But Why Article in German

Hello everyone

I have tried to add a logo to the german article concerning the US-american blog Wait But Why. The template used for the infobox is the «Infobox Website» template. Although searching online and trying for quite a while, I can't make it work and the picture is far too large for the infobox. Does someone now how to fix this? Do I have to upload the picture again with a size that matches the infobox more or less, and – if yes – do I have to ask the copyright holder for permission again if I upload the same picture (the logo) in the same size. How would I have to do this? Or is there a better / easier way to get the job done without uploading it again?

EDIT: btw no idea why name is shown in red, probably because my account is in the german wikipedia; you can find me here if you need to

Best, --Frédéric Urech (talk) 22:11, 17 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Try this:

[[File:Wait But Why Logo.png|200px]]

sets the image to 200px; adjust the value to suit.

—Trappist the monk (talk) 22:26, 17 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you sooo much, didn't know it was that easy... Saved me a lot of time and hassle. Have a great day :D --Frédéric Urech (talk) 08:00, 18 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

"Substitution checking"?

Why would a template need "substitution checking"?--Mr. Guye (talk) 23:33, 17 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Certain templates should have the generated text inserted as-is into the article, rather than retaining the template text; for example, a template that adds a forgotten signature, or a user warning template. WP:Substitution has more detail. TJRC (talk) 00:21, 18 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

But WP:Substitution doesn't explain the purpose of this category or how it's usually added to templates. It's a bit technical. First see {{Substcheck}}. The category is often added by {{Fix}} or {{Fix-span}}. {{Fix}} should be called with the parameter | subst = <includeonly>{{subst:substcheck}}</includeonly> to enable the substitution checking described in {{Substcheck}}. {{Fix}} detects if the parameter is missing and adds the category in this case. So if you see Category:Templates needing substitution checking on a template then it's often because it calls {{Fix}} without the subst parameter. The call may be via another used template or module and not directly in the source so it may be difficult to get rid of the category. However, on most templates I don't think it's a problem to have the category. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:00, 18 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Article about Mega Furniture

I am an employee of Mega Furniture which is located in Phoenix AZ and in San Antonio Texas and i am wondering whether it is possible to wring an article for my organization? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.172.233.92 (talk) 23:49, 17 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

See WP:PAY. Although very strongly discouraged (emphasis in original!), it is permitted if you are extremely careful. The first thing to consider before proceeding any further is the question of WP:NOTABILITY. Using only material published by independent third parties, and strictly excluding anything whatsoever published by your own organization (no web pages, no press releases, no newsletters, no advertising, no sponsorship deals), is there enough discussion of your organization to build an article?

In general, a random retail furniture store would not qualify, so you can stop right there; an article would be rejected regardless of who wrote it. (Specifically, it is likely to be subject to WP:SPEEDY deletion under WP:A7.) If it has been, say, involved in a notable lawsuit, political controversy, or otherwise been in the news repeatedly, it might qualify. 71.41.210.146 (talk) 01:01, 18 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]