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December 16[edit]

Required status column for Telaga caste. Mark as Forward caste[edit]

Telaga caste history and correct current status (Forward or Other Caste) needs to be added to the page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:45:480:DF62:5B4:C169:CE56:2B6F (talk) 10:33, 7 December 2018 (UTC) Follow the URL (very reliable source recently published) - http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/127160/16/16_chapter%208.pdf — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:45:480:DF62:5B4:C169:CE56:2B6F (talk) 11:39, 7 December 2018 (UTC) Excellent reliable source - https://www.ripublication.com/ijhss18/ijhssv8n1_03.pdf — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:45:480:DF62:5B4:C169:CE56:2B6F (talk) 11:41, 7 December 2018 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:45:480:DF62:30E2:3A56:D087:DFFA (talk)

Well, no. As has been described at Talk:Telaga, the article requires reliable sources to justify such a claim. Thanks, Lourdes 05:26, 17 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Submit ArticleKyoho (talk) 00:37, 16 December 2018 (UTC)[edit]

Hello - I've got a draft of a new article in my sandbox. I think it's ready to go. Sorry, it's been a long time since I wrote my last one so I can't remember what I need to do next. Thanks for your help, Kyoho (talk) 00:37, 16 December 2018 (UTC)Cheryl CrowleyKyoho (talk) 00:37, 16 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Kyoho: Hello, I have undertaken some tidying of the page: if you consider that it is ready for mainspace you can place {{subst:submit}} at the top of the page, which will submit it for AFC review. Or, as I believe your account has sufficient longevity and number of edits, you can move the page to article space yourself via the 'more' tab at the top of the page. Select 'Article' from the very top of the dropdown and remember to change the new title to the subject's name: check that there are not other pages with the same name. If so add a disambiguation (in brackets) e.g. 'diplomat' (small 'd'). Good luck. Eagleash (talk) 05:06, 16 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! Kyoho (talk) 16:10, 16 December 2018 (UTC)Cheryl[reply]

Wikiquote[edit]

Hello. Question about English Wikipedia laws. In English Wikipedia, I can make redirect from English article in Russian Wikiquote? If English Wikiquote don't have article on English language. I.G.I.cool (talk) 00:53, 16 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I.G.I.cool You can link to Russian Wikiquote by prefixing the page name with :ru:q: For example the main page there is :ru:q:. Is that what you want? —teb728 t c 02:21, 16 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

teb728 In article White Oleander (film), i can make redirect in Russian Wikiquote? English Wikiquote don't have article about that movie. I.G.I.cool (talk) 02:37, 16 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

teb728 thank I.G.I.cool (talk) 04:38, 16 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Indexation of my article on google search[edit]

hi can you index my article on google search, as I am unable to do so. URL of my article :https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amit_Rawal thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lumoscoco (talk • contribs) 05:47, 16 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Lumoscoco: New pages are not indexed by search engines for 90 days or until they have been reviewed, whichever is the shorter period. Please remember to sign your posts on talk pages by typing four tildes (~~~~). Thank you. Eagleash (talk) 06:14, 16 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Contact Wiki Dubai[edit]

Good Morning,

I am contacting you from the royal family private office in the UAE. I would like to be redirected to someone from your office in the UAE, regarding publishing a page of a person from the royal family.

Kindly update me with an email or contact number ASAP.

Best regards, Kaltham — Preceding unsigned comment added by M8Mansoor (talk • contribs) 09:56, 16 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

M8Mansoor If your issue involves just creating an article, there is no central authority or office to contact; this project is run by volunteers from around the world. Feel free to discuss it here; you may want to read about conflict of interest and paid editing (click those links) first. 331dot (talk) 10:00, 16 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Kaltham. As 331dot explained, Wikipedia is not organised like that: everything is done by volunteers who choose what they wish to work on, including writing and editing articles. But please note that if at some point Wikipedia has an article about that royal person, its status will be exactly the same as all other articles: it should be based almost entirely on what independent writers have chosen to write about the person in reliably published sources; and they and their associates will have no control over the content of the article: their involvement should be limited to making suggestions for improvements. --ColinFine (talk) 12:13, 16 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi M8Mansoor, if this is about the article you are working on in your sandbox, then you need to read WP:Referencing for beginners, and move the references to in-line citations before submitting the article for review. Dbfirs 09:14, 17 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

... later ... You were correct to add the "Reflist" tag, but the actual references go in the main text immediately after the statement that each one supports. The system then automatically lists the references under that heading. Dbfirs 21:07, 17 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

References / External links[edit]

Hi, I need some advice. I'm making a page about a football player and I have put a reference on a site with profile of that player. Since it could be put as external link, should I put it as reference, external link or both? — SimplyFreddie (talk) 12:24, 16 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@SimplyFreddie: As a general principle, if the source is used to support a statement in the article content, it should be placed inline at the point in the text where it applies. Once used as a reference the same source should not usually be included as an external link as well. Eagleash (talk) 13:08, 16 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Adding filming location citations[edit]

Last year, I tried to add some information and citations for filming locations that I catalog on my website, www.Set-Jetter.com. At the time, there were issues as they felt I was self-promoting or advertising my website. (FYI, it is an informational only website, there or no ads or other revenue generating items.)

I think the confusion was because I was not considered a verifiable expert in the field. However, I see some of my peers are allowed to post. If you need to verify more background information on me, I am a writer for HorrorHound magazine, write articles for Horror's Hallowed Grounds, and also produce some filming location videos for blurays, most recently, The Incredible Shrinking Woman, Silent Night Deadly Night, and Silent Night Deadly Night Part 2.

Thank you in advance and let me know how I can share these filming locations information on wikipedia. (EDIT: If you need proof of my authorship, please let me know and I can provide.)

Robert Patterson — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rmpatterson (talk • contribs) 19:14, 16 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Rmpatterson, Wikipedia does not rely on the knowledge of its contributors. Whether you are an expert in the field, verifiable or not, is irrelevant. Rather, Wikipedia relies on what has been published in reliable independent sources. If you cite such sources, the information you provide on filming locations is likely to be accepted. Maproom (talk) 20:57, 16 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]