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September 25

Correction of error in my author entry

I understand that authors are not supposed to edit pages about their own books, so how do I get an error removed? There is a statement in the article about my book "Enchantress from the Stars" that it is part of a 5 book series. This is not true, and it has caused some confusion regarding the availability of rights. The phrase "the first of five set in the Anthropology Service universe (1970 to 1981)/" must be taken out. Can someone do this for me? Slengdahl (talk) 03:30, 25 September 2019 (UTC)Sylvia Engdahl

You need to propose the change on the Talk page of the article. And please cite a reliable source supporting your change.--Quisqualis (talk) 04:05, 25 September 2019 (UTC)

Courtesy link - looks like this has been done. [[1]] TimTempleton ^{(talk) (cont)} 04:59, 25 September 2019 (UTC)

Why Wikipedia publishing about Indian cast system

People are getting decremented in india based on the cast system. its hitting and giving them pain in their personal life. Wikipedia should stop writing about cast and publishing them. Taking name of cast and referring that same to actor or sportsman personal life promotes cast system. Wikipedia should stop do it.

We all are human being and we have only one son and mooon. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 103.227.99.138 (talk) 04:36, 25 September 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for posting. The Wikipedia help desk is a place where you can ask questions about how to use or edit Wikipedia. Do you have a question along those lines? BeenAroundAWhile (talk) 05:51, 25 September 2019 (UTC)

i have a question. When you are going to stop publishing about various casts in india and relating them to personal life of people ? when u will stop it ? and when u will delete those contents — Preceding unsigned comment added by 103.227.99.138 (talk) 06:52, 25 September 2019 (UTC)

Wikipedia is not censored for any reason. Wikipedia has articles about all subjects that have significant coverage in independent reliable sources and meet Wikipedia's definition of notability. Castes in India are significantly written about, and often are when notable people are associated with or members of them, so it is unlikely the information will be removed. Wikipedia is not for righting great wrongs like caste based discrimination. 331dot (talk) 07:10, 25 September 2019 (UTC)

Harewood House

please remove the dot between refs number 8 and 9 and please fix up the gap. I cannot do this. thanks 175.33.248.139 (talk) 07:01, 25 September 2019 (UTC)

 Done. Maproom (talk) 07:17, 25 September 2019 (UTC)

Please remove dead name and wrong name

the page is at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norrie_May-Welby and immediately dead names me. Also gives bullshit name. My name is just Norrie, as stated by the judgement of the High Court of Australia in 2014, NSW Registrar of Births Deaths and Marriages Versus Norrie. http://www.hcourt.gov.au/cases/case_s273-2013 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Spansexual (talk • contribs) 07:20, 25 September 2019 (UTC)

You can request what is called a page move at Requested Moves. To ensure that you are not an impersonator, you may be asked to verify your identity through emailing the address written on this page. 331dot (talk) 07:32, 25 September 2019 (UTC)

I see that your dead name is given (and strangely capitalised) in the caption of the picture in the article. That may also need to be corrected. Maproom (talk) 13:49, 25 September 2019 (UTC)

The unusual capitalisation is used both in the source for the caption and at least one other source for the article, and is discussed as having been used by the subject on the Talk page. [The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 90.202.210.107 (talk) 15:15, 25 September 2019 (UTC)

I see the article text has already been altered, I have gone ahead and initiated a requested move on the talk page as I'm not sure what to move it to. Beeblebrox (talk) 18:25, 25 September 2019 (UTC)

Additional info on Dr. Gabriel Nahas

I want to put in additional info on the good dfforts of Dr. Gabriel Nahas, and his effective action to deter Dr. T. Leary from promoting the use of LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide). I'm not sure of how to offer this "old news" info.

Dr. Nahas should be acknowleged for his work in deterring and discouraging the popular AND notorious Dr. Tim Leary from Leary's constant promotion of the experimental use of LSD (lysergic acid), and his reckless and annoying rallying commentary: "Tune in, turn on, and drop out". Leary's life was frequently punctuated with bad-boy behavior of his own strictly self-promoting egocentric desire. He also claimed to be an expert on behavioral values, this in spite of the fact that he lied about being a Harvard professor (he did some lectures there), but was kicked out of the college for a lack of discipline in fulfilling his contract agreements with Harvard and other colleges. He was not to use undergrads in his "experiments", but did so and got busted. Federal drug law enforcers also should be given credit for their efforts to deter Leary. Dr. Nahas tirelesly criticized Leary in interviews with news people. Although this (and the other stories of the time) didn't make a big news splash, Nahas "hung in there" continuosly "dogging" Leary's recklessness. Besides my memory, some of this information can be found on Wikipedia's profile of Leary. Dr. F. Brady (talk) 07:42, 25 September 2019 (UTC) P. Brady (a news-writer in the 1970's)

Wikipedia does not publish WP:Original research or WP:Right great wrongs, but if you can find WP:Reliable sources that report what you want to add, then please add it. Dbfirs 07:48, 25 September 2019 (UTC)

Currently the article on Gabriel G. Nahas is fairly brief and could use some expanding, it doesn't appear to even mention Leary, so if you have the sources it could be beneficial to add something there, so log as it looks absolutely nothing like your comments here. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia and as such strives to maintain a neutral point of view. Beeblebrox (talk) 18:44, 25 September 2019 (UTC)

There's a lot of info to extract from the NY Times obituary source, which I just filled out. I can't find anything linking Nahas directly to Leary, but as an anti-drug crusader, Nahas would certainly have been in disagreement with him. Further discussion could go at the Nahas or Leary talk pages. TimTempleton ^{(talk) (cont)} 19:17, 25 September 2019 (UTC)

Category

Hi I have removed the cat on the subpage; however, it is still shown in the cat page. Pls advise. CASSIOPEIA^(talk) 07:46, 25 September 2019 (UTC)

​Categories can sometimes take hours to update, refreshing them is fairly expensive. Your page no longer appears on the category page. – Thjarkur (talk) 10:58, 25 September 2019 (UTC)

Þjarkur That was what I thought and thank you for confirming it. Cheers. CASSIOPEIA^(talk) 12:08, 25 September 2019 (UTC)

Photo

How do I upload a photo,which I have copywrite for, to my wiki page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by John A Sampson (talk • contribs) 11:45, 25 September 2019 (UTC)

How do you intend to use the image for which you hold copyright? Even if a Wikipedian owns the copyright, we can only hold copyrighted images where there is no suitable free alternative - see the Wikipedia:Non-free content. If you are willing to release the image under a free license, you should upload the image to Wikimedia Commons, as this means it can also be easily used on the other Wikipedias (I.e. the German Wikipedia, Simple English Wikipedia etc). ~~ OxonAlex - talk 12:02, 25 September 2019 (UTC)

@John A Sampson:You are free to license the image to the world via CC-BY-SA and upload ti to commain. Then, any editor including you can use the image in any appropriate in any article, and you can if you wish put it on your user page. Your user page is where you tell other editors about how you contribute to Wikipedia: it is not a bio: see WP:USERPAGE. If by "my page" you are referring to a Wikipedia article, then it not your page, its our page about you, and you should not edit it directly (see WP:COI), and if it does not yet exist, you should not create it (see WP:AUTO). -Arch dude (talk) 15:51, 25 September 2019 (UTC)

Search bar disappears on mobile

The search bar has disappeared on my mobile phone when I look at Wikipedia pages. I can only see it if I do desktop view. I’m trying to find if anyone else has this issue. Bmorrow151 (talk) 18:22, 25 September 2019 (UTC)

Still there on my Android phone. WP:VPT may be a better place to get answers about this. Beeblebrox (talk) 18:32, 25 September 2019 (UTC)

I said I will ping the editor: Hi Bmorrow151, are you using the mobile web or mobile app? and which browser? – Ammarpad (talk) 18:36, 25 September 2019 (UTC)

Sorry about that. It’s okay now. I don’t know what happened. When I went into settings and turned Wikipedia Beta on the search icon popped back up. I turned Beta off again and the search icon is still there so I don’t know what happened. Doing that seemed to fix it though. Thanks anyway. Bmorrow151 (talk) 18:44, 25 September 2019 (UTC)

Help:Cite errors/Cite error references duplicate key I want to use the same citation multiple times [12] Perline & Goldschmidt. I don't know how

— Preceding unsigned comment added by O.K. Matzerath (talk • contribs) 18:33, 25 September 2O19 18:33 (UTC)

@O.K. Matzerath: Courtesy link Workplace violence. Looking at it now. (Please remember to sign your posts on talk pages by typing four keyboard tildes like this: ~~~~. Or, you can use the [ reply ] button, which automatically signs posts.) TimTempleton ^{(talk) (cont)} 18:48, 25 September 2019 (UTC)

@O.K. Matzerath: You used the ref name :2 which was already used by another ref, so I changed it to :3. You also deleted the categories, which I restored. I recommend you preview your changes in the future before saving them, so you don't break anything. BTW - don't be surprised if another editor reverts everything you added. It was a pretty bold addition for someone with such limited editing experience, and it may be challenged accordingly. TimTempleton ^{(talk) (cont)} 19:03, 25 September 2019 (UTC)

This project has been somewhat daunting, and I don't know if I would have continued, had it not been for the kindness of people like you who are ready, willing, and able to help.

Are the references formatted properly now? Is there anything else I need to do? Thank you O.K. Matzerath (talk) 21:07, 25 September 2019 (UTC)

@O.K. Matzerath: Looks to be OK now. I just fixed some 'bare urls' using a gadget. I took the liberty of merging these threads and indenting the replies. Eagleash (talk) 22:10, 25 September 2019 (UTC)

Question regarding wordage

Hi. Which would be a proper heading for an article section: Hispanic integration, Latino integration, or Latinx integration? It was randomly changed, so I wanted to know which one to keep. Thanks, EDG 543 (talk) 19:23, 25 September 2019 (UTC)

Hello, EDG 543. There is no objective answer to a question like this: it is up to those editors who have an interest in the matter to reach consensus. I suggest you start a discussion about it on the talk page of the article - and, since you say that somebody else has changed it, it would be a good idea to ping that editor, so that they know you have opened the discussion. Please have a look at WP:BRD. --ColinFine (talk) 20:57, 25 September 2019 (UTC)

Is It Possible To Embed Getty Images

Hello—

I'm interested in updating photos for people/celebrities. A lot of the photos used on Wikipedia are outdated or don't match up with their profiles on other websites like IMDB etc.

The options for photos of celebrities in the public domain are pretty limiting. I'm wondering if it's possible to embed photos from Getty images where credit is given etc.

For example, the photo on Daryl Hannah's page is a few years old and there are many better photos that populate when you search on Google: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daryl_Hannah

I'm new to editing Wikipedia so maybe this is obvious, but I appreciate the help.

Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lielac (talk • contribs) 23:55, 25 September 2019 (UTC)

Unfortunately, Lielac, Getty's images are disallowed by Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons due to copyright restrictions. The article Wikipedia:Uploading images explains the restrictions and what you are allowed to upload. That photo of Darryl Hannah may be the "best" one Wikipedia can offer.

Hello Lielac. Getty Images is in the business of selling the rights to use its images in narrowly defined circumstances, which is the way that company makes money. Wikipedia is in the "business" (non-profit) of providing freely licensed content that anyone can use anywhere for any purpose, which includes making money off of it, without payment or asking for permission. Getty will never agree to allow the photos it controls to be used our way, (until copyright expires) and they shouldn't. Their mission is completely different from ours. Wikimedia Commons has quite a few photos in Category: Darryl Hannah but the current photo is probably the best of them, although I see another one that is very good if it was cropped. If you have personally taken a better photo, or if you are willing to attend one of her appearances to take a better photo, then you can upload that better photo to Wikimedia Commons, and propose to change the existing photo. But random photos from the internet are not acceptable. We must use freely licensed photos of living people without exception. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 05:39, 26 September 2019 (UTC)

@Lielac: Embedding external images (showing images stored on foreign sites) is deliberately not possible. mw:Manual:$wgAllowExternalImages is set to false in all Wikimedia wikis, mw:Manual:$wgAllowExternalImagesFrom is empty, and mw:Manual:$wgEnableImageWhitelist is false. These settings are controlled by the Wikmedia Foundation which runs Wikipedia. Images must be uploaded to the English Wikipedia or Wikimedia Commons to be shown here. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:53, 26 September 2019 (UTC)