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February 24

Using Photos from Athletic departments of schools for the subject's article

Essentially, if there is an article for the coach of a Div 1 college team, can I upload the photo of that coach from the athletic department's website for use in his article? In the specific case that prompted this question, David Carle, who is the head coach of the Denver Pioneers men's ice hockey team, has no picture on his article, can I use the picture from his profile on the DU hockey site for his article?

Just wondering about the copyright for these types of images, and whether they are covered under fair use and such. Thanks in advance for any help you can provide!

Jeancey (talk) 05:37, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

Nope. We only use copywrited photos of living persons in extraordinary circumstances.

Since the person's alive, what we need to do is get somebody to take a picture of him and donate it, and that's usually reasonably doable. Copyright resides with the person taking the picture, so if you can get a good candid -- a shot from a press conference sat, we can use that.

And if we were more cavalier about that, one downside (there are others) is that we'd lessen the incentive for people to take the trouble to actually go get or make these free images.

And anyway, portraits, *usually*, are *mostly* decorative (which is fine, for free images), atho to some limited degree it might be possible to discern useful information (which can't be easily expressed in text) about a person by looking at a picture of him. But usually, not so much, really.

Anyway, a non-free photo of a living person can't be accepted, it'll be deleted. It's covered in detail in Wikipedia:Non-free content, specifically WP:NFCI and WP:NFC#UUI for images. Herostratus (talk) 06:36, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

Wrong information in India U-19 world cup 2018 winning team's captain

Hello

My name is Tipu Saikia, I want to inform you on a topic about India U-19 National cricket team where the 2018 U-19 Cricket world cup winner Indian team's captian name is misspelled as Pavan Shah, but it's originally Prithvi Shaw.

Here is the link : htps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/India_national_under-19_cricket_team

The correct name is Prithvi Pankaj Shaw.

Thank you 🙂 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 47.29.225.24 (talk) 07:59, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

According to 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup squads, Shaw is listed as the captain. But he's now over 19, so the current captain on India national under-19 cricket team appears to be correct. Where exactly do you see a problem? Joseph2302 (talk) 09:53, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

About Européan Championship Badminton U15

the english version (  : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_U15_Badminton_Championships )is correct.

The french version ( https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Championnats_d%27Europe_de_badminton_des_moins_de_15_ans ) is'nt complete. The french version cannot be modifie...

Could you complete the french version

Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.41.37.253 (talk) 11:34, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

• This is the English language help desk. You would need to ask the French language help desk, located here. Joseph2302 (talk) 11:54, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

Help:Cite errors/Cite error references no key

Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting

Berrys Creek

I can't see what is going wrong. Help! Talk about confusing (talk) 11:41, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

You can't put {{cite NJSA}} inside of <ref>...</ref> tags because {{cite NJSA}} uses {{#tag:ref}}.

You can write:

{{#tag:ref|State of New Jersey. [https://www.nj.gov/dep/srp/regs/statutes/spill_act.pdf Spill Compensation and Control Act.] {{Cite NJSA |title=58 |chapter=10 |section=23.11}} ''et seq.'' L.1976, c. 141.}}

References

But, you probably shouldn't because of the reference within a reference (reference 2 cites reference 1). Better to rewrite.

—Trappist the monk (talk) 12:42, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

Changing the flag at Portal:Czechoslovakia

Hi! I'm trying to find how to change the flag at Portal:Czechoslovakia from the old Austria-Hungary flag to the Czech Republic flag. I'm not sure why the wrong flag is displaying...

Thanks WhisperToMe (talk) 12:35, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

@WhisperToMe: This was being added via the template line {{Transclude lead excerpt|{{#titleparts:Czechoslovakia}}| paragraphs=1-2 | files=1}}, by which the "files" part seemingly denotes which image to show from the included collection. Changing this to "4", as I have done, adjusts the flag accordingly, as per your query. Bungle ^{(talk • contribs)} 12:52, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

@Bungle: I see. Thank you so much! WhisperToMe (talk) 12:53, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

BTW how do I add the flag as the icon of Portal:Czechoslovakia? I forgot how to do this WhisperToMe (talk) 12:54, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

Module:Portal/images/c. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:02, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

(edit conflict) I suspect the country entry would need adding to Module:Portal/images/c so that it can reference it against an image icon (i.e. China is listed there, and the flag icon denoted is the one returned on the "{{Portal|China}}" template). This is a module though, which is protected, so I don't think you can do it yourself. Bungle ^{(talk • contribs)} 13:05, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

@Bungle: Thanks! I found I could add a new entry for Czechoslovakia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Module:Portal/images/c&diff=884887149&oldid=884881374 WhisperToMe (talk) 17:47, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

Glad to see you have managed to sort it now (and hadn't initially picked up on the fact you have the administrator flag, thus you're able to make those changes). Bungle ^{(talk • contribs)} 18:07, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

But why wouod you want to add the flag for Czechia to the former country portal? And why do we even have this portal on a defunct country? Legacypac (talk) 18:02, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

The portal only seems to have been created last month. I guess it's inclusion would entail a different discussion beyond the flag allocation that relates to this query. Bungle ^{(talk • contribs)} 18:07, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

@Legacypac: The Flag of the Czech Republic is the same as the flag of the former Czechoslovakia. The flag file is not linked by {{Portal|Czechoslovakia}} so there should be no risk of confused readers. PrimeHunter (talk) 18:09, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

Dyana Dafova

Please, edit the information about my year of birth.It is not 1958, but 1962. This wrong data creates s lot of confusion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.39.89.179 (talk) 13:05, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

This is the English Wikipedia. We have no mention of you. Are you referring to bg:Диана Дафова at the Bulgarian Wikipedia or Dyana Dafova (Q5318420) at Wikidata? We do not use personal knowledge. Do you have a published reliable source for the year? PrimeHunter (talk) 13:15, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

(edit conflict) There's no article for Dyana Dafova on English Wikipedia. And the issue seems to be on Google search, so you'll need to contact them directly about it. Joseph2302 (talk) 13:17, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

Are you by any chance referring to a photo or text shown to the right of a Google search? Google's Knowledge Graph uses a wide variety of sources. There may be a text paragraph ending with "Wikipedia" to indicate that particular text was copied from Wikipedia. An image and other text before or after the Wikipedia excerpt may be from sources completely unrelated to Wikipedia. We have no control over how Google presents our information, but Google's Knowledge Graph has a "Feedback" link where anyone can mark a field as wrong.--Shantavira|^{feed me} 13:23, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

Request edit

Hello, My wikipedia page needs editing. Before 2016 it was inaccurate and not comprehensive about my art and art career. I tried to ask for a clean up but could not find a way. Could I please request a clean up? Many thanks Tara

Hello Wikipedia editors, My wikipedia page needs editing. Before 2016 I found an article that was inaccurate about me and my artwork, and too centered on one phase of art work following my husband's death. In 2016 I tried to ask for a clean up but could not find a way. Could I please apologize and request a clean up? Many thanks Tara — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.21.111.188 (talk) 15:15, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

This is the help desk for all 5.5 million articles on the english Wikipedia. Please make your request on the talk page the article in question. We cannot know which one you mean. -Arch dude (talk) 15:29, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

@Arch dude: There are 5.8 million articles now. {{3x|p}}ery (talk) 15:50, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

Actually there are 6,818,997, but it doesn't change my point. -Arch dude (talk) 20:37, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

Unless the article is very well-trafficked, it often isn't likely people will read the talk page :\ WhisperToMe (talk) 17:44, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

She added a {{request edit}} here, so I knew she knew to do it there. She added it here, in the section header of the section, which totally hosed the formatting. I had to repair that before I could even get to the section to edit it. By then, I had run out of time. -Arch dude (talk) 20:37, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

She appears to have submitted a vague edit request to Talk:Tara Sabharwal. --Danski454 (talk) 17:08, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

Visual editor

When I go to https://ca.wikiquote.org and attempt to edit my talk page, I get the visual editor with no obvious way of switching to the Wikitext source editor. Is there a way to turn off VE on that site? --Guy Macon (talk) 15:25, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

You might be best asking at an equivalent board on Https://CA.wikiquote.org RhinosF1^(chat)_{(status)(contribs)} 16:25, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

That would be difficult, because I don't speak or read Catalan, so I can't even find the board. So, you might ask, what am I doing on the Catalan wikiquote? I am putting together some documentation about how easy it is for a brand new editor to edit on the various projects and languages. Most of the projects make it easy, but I am finding things like one project that allows a new user to create an article but doesn't allow him/her to include any citations and another that won't let you post a link to www.wikimedia.org because it thinks it is a spam link. :( --Guy Macon (talk) 16:52, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

@Guy Macon: Catalan Wikiquote uses Structured Discussions, so there is no traditional editor for talk pages. Danski454 (talk) 17:02, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

You can use the 2017 source editor and visual editor in these talk pages, use the button in the bottom right of the edit window to switch between these. --Danski454 (talk) 17:19, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

Sign up For Admin

I sign up for wikipedia yesterday and i haven't got my password for requesting an admin. so can i get it now. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.199.151.245 (talk) 17:20, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

If you mean that you want to become an Administrator, you can't simply sign up to be one, you have to apply, and have your application approved by others. Success usually requires a firm grasp of Wikipedia guidelines and policies demonstrated over several years and at least several thousand edits. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 2.122.1.40 (talk) 18:20, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

Wikipedia allows anyone to edit articles: no permission is needed. Some actions like page creation require that you have an account and that you have made a few edits, but nobody sends you a password: you create it yourself. Most activities that would require "admin privileges" on a typical site do not require them here. Arch dude (talk) 05:23, 25 February 2019 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Book sources

Hi, regarding the above document, is there any way to create a "regular" (i. e. visible) heading paragraph line spacing before the two headings Bookselling and swapping and Non-English book sources, which is to say without using new line tags such as <br> (creating a line spacing larger than usual)?--Hildeoc (talk) 18:12, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

Help:Cite errors/Cite error references no text

In the article "Ash Wednesday," I added a church (Anglican Church in North America) that observes this Christian holy day, adding the acronym as per the church just above it. Not being a programmer or a frequent editor, I don't understand what I did wrong that brought this error message. I then attempt to add a link to the website of this church which list Ash Wednesday and links to the proper service for that day, but that also did not work. Help! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bradyvero (talk • contribs) 22:46, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

Your edits were well intentioned, but misguided. The "name=" parameter links several similar references, not necessarily using an acronym for the subject. You need to read WP:CITE as a minimum. Martin of Sheffield (talk) 23:13, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

(edit conflict) @Bradyvero:  Fixed with this edit. Please see WP:REFB for a guide to adding references. A 'ref name' needs to be defined. I.e <ref name=XXX>{{ref content}}</ref>: you can then just type <ref name=XXX/> to use the same ref. later. Eagleash (talk) 23:16, 24 February 2019 (UTC)