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February 2[edit]

Trying to upload picture and I have permission. Please help.[edit]

I need to upload a picture for an article I’m working on (Draft:Vader Episode I: Shards of the Past). I asked the creator (Star Wars Theory) via email if I could use/upload the picture for the article, and he said yes. I need to know how I can upload the picture having the creator’s consent.
- Stinkyjaden (talk) 00:27, 2 February 2019 (UTC)Stinkyjaden[reply]

You can upload it, but the creator has to send a permission email directly to Wikipedia. Without this permission, it will soon be deleted. Here's more info. Wikipedia:Declaration of consent for all enquiries To upload, you click on the left where it says Upload file and go from there. TimTempleton ^(talk) ^(cont) 00:55, 2 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Stage work in "Filmography"[edit]

Sofia Coppola directed a live stage work which is currently listed in the Filmography section which seems inaccurate; is there a more inclusive title -- something like Works -- that's generally used instead.? NE Ent 11:25, 2 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hello NE Ent. Yes, "Works" would be a good title, divided into Films, Plays, etc. You can see the full guidelines, with suggested layouts, at Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lists of works.--Gronk Oz (talk) 12:00, 2 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

vandalism[edit]

somehow the existing mutual cds of  funky taurus with 3x grammy winner  george clinton cannot be mentioned because funky taurus is erased.  could you please help to get the funky taurus page working?

regards, funky taurus — Preceding unsigned comment added by The original Funky Taurus (talk • contribs) 15:16, 2 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@The original Funky Taurus: An article in respect of Funky Taurus was deleted (for the second time) as a result of this discussion. He is mentioned in the George Clinton (musician) page. Please remember to sign your posts on talk pages by typing four tildes (~~~~). Thank you. Also, your heading 'vandalism' is a little misleading. Eagleash (talk) 15:37, 2 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Lock on page[edit]

To whom it may concern:

Recently, someone has been vandalizing the page Lunden De’Leon. I own the page and have deleted their comments but they keep returning. Please put a lock on the page so only myself can edit it. I would truly appreciate your immediate attention.

Best, Madison Lee Username: 2Lunden — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2lunden (talk • contribs) 15:53, 2 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2lunden No one "owns" any page on Wikipedia, they belong to the community; see WP:OWN. You attempted to remove the template indicating a deletion discussion is in progress; this is not permitted while the discussion is progressing. You are welcome to contribute to the discussion with your reasons(preferably based in Wikipedia guidelines) as to why the page should not be deleted. You are also mislabeling your edit summaries as "fixing typos". 331dot (talk) 15:56, 2 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The page currently has no reliable sources (the only possible valid source gives a 404 error), so it is likely to be deleted unless WP:Reliable sources are added. There has been no vandalism on the page. What connection do you have with the subject? Your username suggests a connection. Your persistence in removing the discussion notice, and making false edit summaries will not help your case for keeping the article. Dbfirs 19:09, 2 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Is it okay for me to make this edit? I believe the source is not self-published and is independent from the IACC[edit]

This edit in particular: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Interagency_Autism_Coordinating_Committee&action=edit&undoafter=881215968&undo=881355632

This edit was undone by Special:Contributions/1.152.107.219. Unfortunately, I believe I know who this person is, and he likes to repeatedly undo edits that he wants to undo, without justification. Hoping to get validation from the Help desk.

Ylevental (talk) 16:16, 2 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Ylevental: This is a content dispute. Start by discussing it on the atricle's talk page. It you cannot reach a consensus there, then proceed as outlined at WP:DISPUTE. If you have questions about the process, come back here. -Arch dude (talk) 16:30, 2 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

ID is MANDATORY FOR GERMAN CHARTS[edit]

On pages with German music chart positions the above message is showing in red text. The following is an example of the wiki-text {{singlechart|Germany2|23|artist=KC & The Sunshine Band|song=Give It Up}}. Deleting '2' from after Germany, removes the message. Is there a good reason why this is happening? Red Jay (talk) 17:32, 2 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

If you read Template:Single chart you'll see that the "Germany2" option needs an additional "id" parameter to index into the relevant entry in the charts. --David Biddulph (talk) 17:50, 2 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. I'll try to get my head around it. Red Jay (talk) 18:05, 2 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Repeated vandalism on Uri[edit]

This page was recently removed from protection and is again facing vandalism -https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uri:_The_Surgical_Strike — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2405:204:1408:F2FB:805B:3C29:625F:484 (talk) 18:03, 2 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I like to create the autobiography for my self.[edit]

please kindly send me the easy way of writing the autobiography on wikipedia thanks shah ahad — Preceding unsigned comment added by SHAHAHAD80 (talk • contribs) 19:15, 2 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

You should not create an autobiography here. It is very difficult to write about oneself in the neutral tone required here. If you are notable enough, someone will write about you. Crow^Caw 19:17, 2 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict) There is no easy way! It is very difficult to write about yourself in an encyclopaedic style using only WP:Reliable sources. You know too much about yourself that will probably not be allowed in the article. Please read WP:Autobiography. Dbfirs 19:21, 2 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Year of publication?[edit]

Here is this book The Palgrave Handbook of Anarchism, Editors: Levy, Carl, Adams, Matthew (Eds.) [1] Year of publication is not defined, but as you can read, year of Copyright is 2019. Within the book, there is no "publication year". Instead: "© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019". According to google-books: "Originally published: June 22, 2018". But google-books is a third party, I haven't seen 2018 being mentioned anywhere in the book. So, when I am about to use the book as a source, which year should I use, 2018 or 19? Thanks, Cinadon36 (talk) 20:06, 2 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

It looks like the "1st ed. 2019 edition" was published June 2018... Crow^Caw 20:10, 2 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Cinadon, if you don't have enough information from a book itself (whether publication year or any other metadata), the best route is probably to check http://www.worldcat.org (WorldCat), find a record for the book there, and use the data from that record. If you find more than one record for the same book, generally it's better to use the record that's held by the most libraries. Let me know if you'd like to do this but my instructions aren't clear enough. Nyttend (talk) 21:49, 3 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Oops, Cinadon36, I tried to ping you in my first comment but messed up. Nyttend (talk) 21:50, 3 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks friends, Nyttend, I thing worldCat will sort it out. cheers. Cinadon36 (talk) 22:09, 3 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Featured portal?[edit]

Is there a reason Portal:Geography has a featured image star on it? Is it because it has only featured images being displayed?×104.249.231.15 (talk) 23:22, 2 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

It looks as if the star has been accidentally included along with the caption of a featured picture, probably File:Hohenzollernbrücke Köln.jpg. Certes (talk) 23:36, 2 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]