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January 9[edit]

Rod Fathers[edit]

have added email of SISUA Gram Panchayat to Sisua village, have paniced and dont seem to be able to remove it, soory. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rod Fathers (talk • contribs) 00:19, 9 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Rod Fathers, it looks like you're talking about our Sisua village article, but I can't find any email addresses there. Are you indeed talking about that article (and if so, what's the text that you're trying to remove?), or are you talking about some other page? Nyttend (talk) 00:46, 9 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Joy Felizardo[edit]

My Lovely Sweetheart and Gracelyn Joy Estera Felizardo Schools;Ucab Elementary School born;March20,1997 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.54.107.119 (talk) 01:51, 9 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I hope you are both very happy ... but did you have a question about how to edit Wikipedia?--Gronk Oz (talk) 02:31, 9 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Merging[edit]

Can someone merge 2017 Jerusalem lorry attack and January 2017 Jerusalem vehicular attack? Newbie here, i don't know how articles are merged. Fixmaster (talk) 03:11, 9 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Nothing really to merge, as the more complete article includes all information in the shorter one. I've turned the short one into a redirect. – Finnusertop (talk ⋅ contribs) 03:30, 9 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The article was extended confirmed protected today but I don't see the blue lock icon up top. Am I missing something? uhhlive (talk) 22:49, 9 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The blue padlock icon isn't applied automatically with the protection. An editor added the icon a minute or so after your question here, so thanks for pointing it out. --David Biddulph (talk) 22:54, 9 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion of Page Fix?[edit]

Resolved

The following discussion has been closed. Please do not modify it.

Good Morning.

My name is Melissa Simmons and I am the Lead Marketing Specialist at Revation Systems.

I was just recently notified last week about the deletion of the following pages:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revation_Systems https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revation_LinkLive https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revation_Communicator

I saw the due date as today, January 9th, 2017 and thought I had today to make the corrections and proposal that these pages not be deleted.

I was out of the office on Thursday and Friday last week and was not able to make the changes when this issue arrived to me last week.

Is there any way that these can be restored so I can make the proper changes/updates to keep these pages relevant?

Or if any of the content remains is there anyway I can access this. Please email me below.

Thank you so much,

2601:449:C301:84C0:DD6C:FA3:3E17:81E (talk) 14:14, 9 January 2017 (UTC)Melissa Simmons[reply]

How to get details of old image long since cross-loaded to Commons[edit]

In the early days of Wikipedia and before Wikimedia Commons existed, I uploaded an image of Reading Abbey. On the 2nd April 2007, this was cross-loaded to Commons, and the Wikipedia version subsequently deleted. Unfortunately somewhere along the way, the date of the image was lost, and I'm now trying to recover this and any other details I probably recorded at the original upload time. Is there any way of accessing the details of the original upload to Wikipedia?. The image's name on Commons is File:Reading Abbey interior.jpg and I think it likely that it had the same name on WP:EN. I'd be very grateful for any help on this. -- chris_j_wood (talk) 14:23, 9 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

This is the final description you had on the image in an edit at 14 February 2005, at 22:06 (admins only):

Reading Abbey in the centre of Reading in England.
View from the site of the monks dormitory looking towards the chapter house.
Photograph taken by chris_j_wood on the 9th February 2005, with original filename DCP_3628.jpg.

Copyright

Copyright 2005 Christopher J. Wood.

- GB fan 14:31, 9 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Many thanks. That is just what I wanted. - chris_j_wood (talk) 14:43, 9 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

ARTIST PAGE[edit]

Hello There,

I have a simple request.

I want to create a Wikipedia page for a band I work with but I do not know how to do that.

Could you help me?

Thank you

Darkinsectius (talk) 15:45, 9 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Darkinsectius. If you "work with" this band for monetary compensation, you absolutely need to read WP:PAID before editing any further (blue=hyperlink, click on it). Otherwise:

To create an article, follow these steps:

Read Your first article carefully.
If you don't have an account, consider creating one (it's not essential, but it makes some things easier, especially communicating with other editors) and logging in.
Learn the basics of editing with the Wikipedia:Tutorial
Make sure the subject is notable enough to warrant a stand-alone article
Gather reliable sources to cite in the article
Make sure no article on the subject exists under a different title by typing the subject into the search box and clicking 'Search'
Use the Article Wizard to create a draft.
Create the article, including all your references, making sure you adhere to the Manual of Style and our article layout guidelines. Base the article on what the references say, rather than on what you know.
Once you believe that your draft meets Wikipedia's requirements, submit it for review by picking the "Submit your draft for review" button in the draft.
Be aware that many drafts are not accepted the first time, or even the second time they are submitted for review, for failing to adhere to our policies and guidelines. New articles by new users are particularly likely not to be accepted, due to new users' unfamiliarity with our rules. Consider gaining experience by editing existing articles before attempting to create new ones.

Tigraan^{Click here to contact me} 15:51, 9 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

How to resolve DISPLAYTITLE conflicts[edit]

In this edit I was trying to get the title to display as "Dissolution (Forgotten Realms novel)" rather than "Dissolution (Forgotten Realms novel)", but it produces an error message (Warning: Display title "Dissolution (Forgotten Realms novel)" overrides earlier display title "Dissolution (Forgotten Realms novel)".) Any suggestions on how to resolve this? Deli nk (talk) 17:42, 9 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Deli nk: The {{Infobox book}} code was also trying to set the DISPLAYTITLE. I stopped that by adding |italic title=no to the infobox. -- John of Reading (talk) 17:53, 9 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! I figured a template was doing it, but couldn't determine out which one or how. Deli nk (talk) 17:56, 9 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

"Edit failed!" on Wikipedia app[edit]

I tried to make a minor change to the Nancy Kelly article with the Wikipedia app on my phone, and it just gave me "Edit failed!" Are there any possible reasons for this? I was logged in on the app, by the way. Dustin (talk) 18:53, 9 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

It looks as if you succeeded soon afterwards, in this edit. --David Biddulph (talk) 19:12, 9 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@David Biddulph: That was the edit I was originally trying to make on my phone; I just switched over to my desktop computer to make it since why phone was getting the aforementioned error. Dustin (talk) 19:20, 9 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Brendan Kelly (politician)[edit]

How can this article be moved from "draft" to "published" ?

Is there a feature for requesting publication? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.67.122.64 (talk) 21:42, 9 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I've added a template to the top of Draft:Brendan Kelly (politician), giving you a submit button to use when you think the draft is ready for review. --David Biddulph (talk) 22:27, 9 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright on Film Poster[edit]

I would like to know which is the criteria on the copyright matter related to film poster. I mean, film poster is important to compose the article, but it belongs to the film producer. And therefore there's a copyright attached to it. What I need to do (which criteria I need to fullfill) to be able to upload and use in an article a film poster without violate any copyright.--SirEdimon (talk) 22:56, 9 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

You should be able to upload it, as adding it would be considered fair use as long as it is of low resolution. Add a detailed fair use rationale when uploading the file. —MRD2014 (talk • contribs) 00:28, 10 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, @SirEdimon: you are quite right that a film poster is copyright. In Wikipedia terms, it is not "free content", so they imaginatively call it "non-free content". Limited use of such non-free content is allowed as "fair use" (as MRD2014 says above) - the details can be found at Wikipedia:Non-free content. Basically, you will need to produce a low-resolution version of the image (up to 100,000 pixels total), and upload it to Wikipedia (NOT to Commons) using "Upload file" under "Tools" on the left hand of the screen. You will need to specify the article where it will be used, and select that it will be the principal visual identifier for he subject of that article. It should make sense if you read that article and the instructions along the way - if not, please feel free to come back and ask. --Gronk Oz (talk) 03:37, 10 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]