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November 2[edit]

2018 in television[edit]

Can you move the 2018 in television article from the talk page to the draft page please. 68.102.39.189 (talk) 03:21, 2 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hi 68.102.39.189! I have went ahead and moved Talk:2018 in television to Draft:2018 in television. Have an amazing day! Daylen (talk) 04:28, 2 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Request to change information pertaining to Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited[edit]

Harmony Gold (mining)

Good day,

The information pertaining to Harmony is 13years outdated. Please find the most up to date information:

Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited (Harmony), a world-class gold mining and exploration company, has operations and assets in South Africa and Papua New Guinea (PNG). Harmony, which has more than 60 years’ experience in the industry, is the third largest gold producer in South Africa. Our assets include one open pit mine and several exploration tenements in PNG, as well as 9 underground mines and 1 open pit operation and several surface sources in South Africa. In addition, we own 50% of the significant Golpu project in a joint venture in PNG.

The company’s primary stock exchange listing is on the JSE with a secondary listing on the New York Stock Exchange. The bulk of our shareholders are in South Africa and the United States. Additional information on the company is available on the corporate website, www.harmony.co.za. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 105.22.32.230 (talk) 06:56, 2 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

First of all, if you work for that company, please see WP:PAID, describing a mandatory disclosure (per the terms of service) that you seem not to have done.

If you want a change to happen to an article, you should go on the talk page of the article, in that case Talk:Harmony Gold (mining), post a new section, put your proposed changes with {{edit request}} on top.

However, the change you just requested is unlikely to happen. It does not verify our neutral point of view policy - we don't say "we", sentences such as a world-class [...] company are WP:PEACOCK - nor our external links policy (no links in the body of the article barring exceptional cases). Compare with the current wording, which (though outdated) cites facts referenced to reliable sources. Tigraan^{Click here to contact me} 08:24, 2 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I mostly agree with Tigraan - although I think WP:COI may be more applicable than WP:PAID. However the editor does raise a good point - even if they can't do anything about it - that the information on the page may be out of date (13 years is the claim).

For example, the Hill 50 Gold Mine currently states that "Harmony expects the study to be completed in the third quarter of 2010" - that's 7 years ago.

I don't know much about gold mining, but will have a look at the article out of curiosity. Chaheel Riens (talk) 12:42, 2 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

use of wayback and/or archive.org for website in infobox[edit]

I recently removed the website from the Jennifer Ringley article on the grounds that

the website listed was an archived wayback site from 2003
she no longer has a current or active website, and I believe the infobox should only include current websites

My change was reverted - so I did some looking but can't find any recommendations on the use of websites in the infobox. Is it acceptable to use a 15 year old archive in the infobox? Chaheel Riens (talk) 07:32, 2 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Well, the only guidance that we are likely to find about this subject is WP:ELOFFICIAL. While it does not address your issue either way, I would tend to agree with your interpretation that the infobox is only for currently active official links - though the archive could still go in the "external links" section. Maybe you could try asking at Wikipedia:External links/Noticeboard? Tigraan^{Click here to contact me} 08:17, 2 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, there are already three different archive links in the External Links section:

Chaheel Riens (talk) 08:26, 2 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

IMHO an archived link is acceptable because notability is not temporary. Wikipedia is not at all concerned whether a subject is "currently active" or even currently alive/exists, we record history, not news. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 11:23, 2 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

An archived link is certainly acceptable sourcing, and even encouraged per WP:LINKROT. The question is whether it has its place in the infobox. (And it has little do with notability, since we are discussing a WP:SPS.) Tigraan^{Click here to contact me} 12:25, 2 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

This page should not be speedily deleted because[edit]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flyrobe

it is a well known private company in India as like others Myntra, Jabong.com, Paytm etc. more than 1000000 people search to know about this origination worldwide I am wondering why the subject is not important enough to be included in an encyclopedia and i want more time to work on it, and for Arthistorian1977 Dear i respect your contribution on Wikipedia but before putting such speedily deleted request please do google or feel free to ask me if you are unable to find :) but don't ruin my "so called" hard-work i have been working on it since 20 oct 2017 and you just.......... and please please please :( have some respect about my Wikipedia contribution

if still you think you are right the you must request for speedily deleted for these pages too Myntra, Jabong.com, Paytm

Sumitmpsd (talk) 09:44, 2 November 2017 (UTC)

Hi, this is not the right place to discuss your article. You have already correctly contested the speedy deletion on the article's talk page and an admin will review your article and your reasoning before making a decision on deleting the page. Thanks. Kosack (talk) 10:06, 2 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I have removed the speedy deletion tag from the article as I feel that it clearly does not meet the speedy deletion criteria for A7, since it clearly makes a credible claim of importance. Whether or not the subject is notable is a different issue, but I do feel it actually is. Perhaps Arthistorian1977 could clarify their reasoning for nominating the page for speedy deletion. Darylgolden^(talk) Ping when replying 12:02, 2 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Darylgolden, the said discussion can be continued at the talk page of the article. This place might not be the right venue for discussing the same. Thanks. Lourdes 12:16, 2 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

How to submit a user draft[edit]

I have created a user draft here: User:Betterworld887/sandbox/Eric Ly.

I cannot figure out how to submit it for review.

Please help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Betterworld887 (talk • contribs) 22:43, 2 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

A note to all helpers here: This question has also been asked in duplicate form on the Teahouse. It seems sensible that we try to answer it there for this user and save duplicating effort here, I have informed the questioner that this is what we'll do. Regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 00:06, 3 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The question was answered at The Teahouse. I will update the link once the question is archived.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 21:59, 6 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

help removing data from a page about me[edit]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Cohen_(director)

hi there, my identity was hacked using info from this page. So I'm trying to remove the more personal elements. Where I'm from, certain years from projects. Also the BAFTA newcomer of the year is not accurate so should be removed. And it's not referenced anywhere so would love that gone. Can you help?

Thanks

-- Ross Cohen rosscohen.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2605:E000:90A3:C200:45FD:AA26:E3B0:CFA2 (talk) 23:30, 2 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I've removed all mention of BAFTA from the article (it's a primary source anyway.) I will leave the remainder of the request to editor discretion. jd22292 (Jalen D. Folf) (talk • contribs) 00:22, 3 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@2605:E000:90A3:C200:45FD:AA26:E3B0:CFA2. As you know there are a lot of jealous people in LA with an axe to grind. By posting in anonymously we don't know if you really are the subject of this Wikipedia article or some impersonator of him trying to ruin the article in a way that Ross would not be happy about – we are not mind-readers. Your best course of action (if you are Ross) is to create a Wikipedia account, then request and suggest changes on the article's talk page here: Talk:Ross_Cohen_(director). This protocol usually works very well. Also please note as it is important: Should you find it easier to get someone else to add suggestions to the talk page, then make sure, they make it clear, from the very start, that they are adding them on your behalf. Otherwise they may get blocked from editing. Think this enough for you to know in order to resolve this without fuss. I'm now going to exit stage left -and cut ! Bye. Aspro (talk) 16:25, 3 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I am usually on the pro-privacy side in such matters, but nothing of what currently is on the page seems to me to warrant removal (even if we were 100% sure this is the subject's request) since it is perfectly sourced and not really private to start with. (It even fails to mention the year of birth in the article body, though it still is present in the categories, which might be a stretch.) Tigraan^{Click here to contact me} 17:10, 3 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]