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December 25[edit]

I have problems uploading the pictures[edit]

Hi, I tried to upload more pictures on Howling Trains and Barking Dogs by Cindy Bullens, Somewhere Between Heaven and Earth by Cindy Bullens and Draft:Steal the Night by Cindy Bullens, but something went wrong when I am blocked from uploading more pictures and my permission is denied when I am unable do it; that's why I have problems uploading those pictures. Can you please give me back my permission? Can you please help me? Can you please solve the uploading problems for me? Thank you.

Signed, ~~88ui7~~ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88ui7 (talk • contribs) 01:50, 25 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

88ui7, this is the Help Desk for English-language Wikipedia. It is at Wikipedia Commons where you have been warned, and then blocked, for repeatedly uploading non-free images: see your talk page there. Commons has its own Help Desk. Maproom (talk) 09:03, 25 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The text in question is simply to inform them that there are more characters in the article content and that they have not been quoted by their respective sources.[edit]

Dear Sirs, I want you to know that when I typed my name, I finally swallowed Darlon's "r." I hope you can make it right, as it is now. Thank you very much. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dalon Shelter (talk • contribs) 03:26, 25 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Dalon Shelter: Please clarify exactly what your question is. Your only edit, other than at this page, seems to have been to add a letter about Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, which was copied from a magazine, to an unrelated article; (it has subsequently been removed). If you are asking about a correction to your username, please see WP:RENAME. Please sign your posts on talk pages by typing four tildes (~~~~). Thank you. Eagleash (talk) 05:34, 25 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

UISIOIS[edit]

ן — Preceding unsigned comment added by 197.221.252.3 (talk) 16:46, 25 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I need you to publish the article of "Steal the Night" by Cindy Bullens[edit]

Hi, Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars,

  I am forwarding this message to you. I created a draft article of Draft:Steal the Night that wasn't published yet which you edited last night, so can you please publish the article for me, so I can see what it's like? That's why I need help with it. Can you please help me with publishing the article of Draft:Steal the Night that can be renamed to "Steal the Night"? I need help renaming it. Thank you.

~~88ui7~~ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88ui7 (talk • contribs) 17:04, 25 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Pinging Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars. --CiaPan (talk) 20:29, 25 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, 88ui7. When you think Draft:Steal the Night is ready, you can submit it for review by inserting {{subst:submit}} (with the double curly brackets) at the top, and it will be put on the list of drafts awaiting review. When somebody reviews it, they will either accept it and move it to the right place, or decline it and give you some feedback how to improve it.

Unfortunately, it is not at the moment ready for review, because, as far as I can tell, it lacks adequate references. The thing to understand (and which nearly everybody gets wrong if they plunge straight into the difficult task of creating a new article without first getting accustomed to how Wikipedia works) is that Wikipedia is not interested in what you (or I or any random person on the Internet) know or think; and it is not interested in anything said by the subject of the article, or people closely connected with them. All it is interested is what people who have no connection with the subject of the article have chosen to publish about the subject in reliable places - and unless there is substantial material that meets those criteria, there is literally nothing which can go into an article. As far as I can see, you have not cited a single reference that meets those criteria: unless you can find some, the draft will not be accepted, and indeed it may be deleted as not being a notable subject (in the special way Wikipedia uses that word). Please have a look at WP:YFA, WP:V and WP:REFB. --ColinFine (talk) 22:33, 25 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The OP appears to have a knack of creating articles about albums that never made it anywhere and we don't have a category for those. Aspro (talk) 23:16, 25 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Steal the Night was redirected by consensus in this AfD in January, and User:88ui7 has attempted to recreate the article multiple times since: Steal The Night (album) in March, Steal The Night (Cindy Bullens album) in August, Steal the Night (Cindy Bullens album) and Steal The Night (1979 album) in October before finally creating Draft:Steal the Night per my suggestion on this help desk page. The draft has shown no signs of improvements since being created (outside of an infobox being added by who assume is a second account of the author) and editing history shows the author still does not comprehend notability guidelines since starting to edit back in January. --Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars^{Talk to me} 09:31, 26 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

New article regarding[edit]

I am an engineering student from India. In our college, every year we are conducting a technical symposium. We need to create a wiki page for that. How can I create a page? I have no reference for my page. Suggest me with some ideas. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aravindpazhanichelvan (talk • contribs) 17:43, 25 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The vast and overwhelming majority of such symposia are simply not notable enough to merit an article in a global encyclopedia. Unless you can find articles in mainstream publications, engineering journals, and so forth discussing this specific symposium, you cannot justify an article here. Even in such cases, we expect clear and explicit disclosure of your conflict of interest with regard to the topic you're creating an article about. --Orange Mike | Talk 21:33, 25 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Someone is edit-guarding[edit]

I am trying so hard to update this page, but this one person refuses to have any edits done to the page. The page is Animazement.

I tried removing one of their claims because it is simply untrue, but they refused to let it be removed. I then tried rewording it so it was accurate as well as update the summary so it wasn't just short sentences but they reverted that as well. It seems to me they don't want anyone to edit the page and revert any edit they don't approve of. What can I do? There's currently a claim disproved by staff still on the page and someone that will not let any edits through. Snax28 (talk) 17:44, 25 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: See previous thread.

@Snaz28: This is essentially a content dispute and you should discuss at the article talk page to reach an agreement. There is not really a great deal that might be considered edit-warring or 'ownership' type behaviour to date. Eagleash (talk) 18:13, 25 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Renaming a file[edit]

I uploaded this file with a wrong name. Is there any way to rename it? MasoodHA (talk) 22:43, 25 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Yes but the film dosen't appear to be notable other than being 'promising'. Aspro (talk) 23:25, 25 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Stub[edit]

Hey! I created the article which is a draft - Kristoffer Forby - but it's a stub, & I don't know how to re-submit it so that it can be a real article. Could you please help? Thanks a lot! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rasmusjorgensen1996 (talk • contribs) 23:54, 25 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Rasmusjorgensen1996: Hello, I have left a welcome message and some hopefully useful links at your talk page. If after reading those, you consider that the page is ready for mainspace, you can place {{subst:submit}} at the top of the page, which will submit it for review. Please also read WP:YFA and WP:GNG. Please sign your posts on talk pages by typing four tildes (~~~~). Thank you. Eagleash (talk) 00:05, 26 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]