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March 3

Vandalism help request from 2600:1702:7D0:54E0:A823:C57:9C2D:5FBE

I have noticed some vandalism at Quinton Flynn. Namely, an ex girlfriend of this actor keeps attempting to add a tabloid article she wrote accusing him of sexual harassment. Through some research, these allegations were false and have no merit whatsoever, so they definitely don't belong on his Wikipedia page. I understand he's actually in contacts with the platform for a cease and desist to remove their libelous article. In the meantime I'd like help in removing her addition from his pages edit history. Would it also be possible to block this IP address from editing any further on this page?

14:04, 1 March 2021‎ 86.26.102.51 talk‎ 17,331 bytes +112‎ id say this is important to bring up undo Tag: Reverted

Would an editor please assist me with fixing it? Thank you, 2600:1702:7D0:54E0:A823:C57:9C2D:5FBE (talk) 00:47, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

You say "keeps attempting", but it's not clear how you are referring to more than one (very incompetent) edit. That edit has already been reverted. It's also odd that you say "an ex girlfriend of this actor keeps attempting to add a tabloid article she wrote", despite (i) not showing how the editor is that person (tip: Don't attempt to do this), and (ii) referring to an article that announces "By Jared Carvalho" (I believe that Jared is a man's name).

Flynn is a living person; if there really are concerns about the article about him, then the place to ask for help is WP:BLP/N. -- Hoary (talk) 02:48, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

Housing Association

I am working on a business plan at the moment. I am interested in researching housing associations. I was mugged three times in six months 3yrs ago. Each time i was found unconcious. Twice I had a bleed on the brain. This led to severe disabilities as is proberbly noticible from my poor spelling and typing. I also have difficulty reading on line. downloading and printing is more practical and user for me. It helps me to highlight and add notes etc. I would appreciate your advise/assistance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by N-joyyourFuture123 (talk • contribs) 01:52, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

Hello, N-joyyourFuture123. I'm sorry for your suffering, but I'm afraid that this page is solely for help on using and editing Wikipedia, nothing else. I don't think anybody here can help you. We have an article Housing association: if you are in the UK or Ireland (you don't say), this might give you some information you want, and it has links to a number of other resources at the end. --ColinFine (talk) 12:43, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

@N-joyyourFuture123: in the left-hand column on each wikipedia article page, there is a link that will allow you to download the page in a printable format. You can the print and read offline. -Arch dude (talk) 16:05, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

Back to the toplink

Hi it would be useful to have a back to th top of page arrow on thepage you arre browsing Kind rregards Mark — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.70.232.78 (talk) 02:28, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

Some pages do have icons created by {{skip to top and bottom}}, such as at the WP:TEAHOUSE. But it's not used on article pages. RudolfRed (talk) 02:53, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

Most browsers go to the top of the page when you press the "home" key. -Arch dude (talk) 04:56, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

Change these player’s NFL Teams

Hi Wikipedia, I just wanted to say that there isn’t any anonymous websites or articles that say that Matthew Stafford, Jared Goff, and Carson Wentz joined a new team. So can you please change the teams for each one. Matthew Stafford: Los Angeles Rams, Jared Goff: Detroit Lions, Carson Wentz: Indianapolis Colts. It’s been made official by the NFL, so can you please change the teams for these players, thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vrayar (talk • contribs) 03:33, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

@Vrayar: Please be bold and update the articles yourself, or post your suggestion on the appropriate article talk pages. Thanks! GoingBatty (talk) 04:18, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

@Vrayar: There are hidden comments on all three articles stating that the trades/new teams don't become official until March 17, the start of the new season, and that any edits to the contrary will be reverted. Seems a little odd to me, but there it is. Clarityfiend (talk) 06:49, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

According to comments on Talk:Matthew Stafford#Jared Goff himself has confirmed trade, these transactions can't be completed until March 17, as that's when the season starts. Joseph2302 (talk) 16:16, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

Sandbox misinformation

Sandbox misinformation It is a sandbox where you put sand in a box and play with sand. They dig burrows out of sand and make mountains out of sand. Currently, sandboxes are called sandboxes if they are creative and have a high degree of freedom, but if they cannot transform the terrain, they are not sandboxes. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 183.98.39.46 (talk) 05:18, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

Do you have a question about how to use English Wikipedia? Meters (talk) 05:23, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

Sandbox has many meanings. -Arch dude (talk) 07:01, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

List of Bank in Pakistan where SME Bank show in Malaysia

Dear Wikipedia,

Please do some correction SME Bank Ltd Bank Place in Pakistan but Show in Malaysia. correct this Mistak.

Regards, Imran IT Officer SME Bank Ltd Islamabad — Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.163.66.162 (talk) 07:08, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

There are 2 banks of the same name- we have an article about the one in Malaysia only. If it's causing an issue with the Google knowledge graph, you need to contact Google directly. No mistake, just 2 banks with the same name. Joseph2302 (talk) 09:30, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

Help with money

I finished my matric in 2012 but no luck in finding a job l real need help life is to hard — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.13.124.90 (talk) 07:24, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

Sorry, we only handle problems about using or editing Wikipedia here. Victor Schmidt (talk) 07:55, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

Actress Amedee Chabot

There is no English article about the above actress, but upon a Google search, there is one in a foreign language, and no button to flip to English.

Wanted to make you aware of it.

Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 186.77.201.94 (talk) 07:35, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

You can request the article at Wikipedia:Requested articles, where interested users may create it, if the actress is notable. Regards Kichu🐘 ^Discuss 11:06, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

Project Veritas page contained libelous statement

While I am not a member of Project Veritas, I happen to find their undercover videos to be very compelling and truthful.

On the page, it states that "The group produces deceptively edited video." It supports this lie with no real evidence just biased reports. Further, the writer of the page is extremely biased.

Consider this a take down request with respect to any legal rights that I as a donor have as to standing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by TheRealOrpheus (talk • contribs) 12:58, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

Regardless of the article content, you might want to rephrase the above as it could be construed as a legal threat. Chaheel Riens (talk) 13:17, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

I've just had a look at the article. The claim is not only sourced in the lede itself (not normally required) but multiple sources and references throughout the entire article support this claim. No reason to change or challenge. If anything this is a content issue, and should be taken up on the talk page of the article: Talk:Project Veritas Chaheel Riens (talk) 13:20, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

This appears to be the only edit by OP, with the account being made eight minutes before. Are there any sockpuppeteers we know of that focus on Project Veritas or the AP2 area in general? —A little blue Bori v^_^v ^{Takes a strong man to deny...} 15:59, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

I have actually signed up for on line forums just to voice an objection to something. That's entirely possible here, and I don't think there's anything wrong with it. It does strike me that the question should be, is the objection valid--not who is making it. I'm a long time Wikipedian with thousands of edits-99.999..% as uncontroversial as can be. But I've been troubled by the direction, and the sort of "circular" nature of the consideration of what's reliable here; A considers B reliable, so it probably is--after all, A is reliable since B considers it so. NPR is considered reliable--yet over and over again, I heard them repeat the same bald-face lie about President Trump (a lie that could convey the impression that President Trump was somehow anti-immigrant and anti-Mexican--a baseless assertion that has more or less been "proved by repetition"). I have yet to hear that lie corrected. But NPR is reliable. Uporządnicki (talk) 16:17, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

@AzseicsoK: The issue is that Project Veritas has, over the years, been the target of a concerted campaign to whitewash it. Knowing this I would be very suspicious about any freshly-registered user coming in and demanding edits to the article (which is presently semiprotected as Arbitration enforcement). —A little blue Bori v^_^v ^{Takes a strong man to deny...} 17:29, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

Jéské Couriano "Whitewashing" could mean making a systematic effort to respond to a concerted campaign of vilification.

• TheRealOrpheus If you mean as a Wikipedia donor; donations or withholding donations has no impact on Wikipedia content. 331dot (talk) 16:23, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

I'm not sure you understand the definition of libel. Is the claim untrue or otherwise false? CUPIDICAE💕 16:29, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

No I mean as a donor to PV. I believe I have some standing to not have a organization I donate to falsely charged with making deceptively edited videos. "Regardless of the article content, you might want to rephrase the above as it could be construed as a legal threat." Actually, you comment is the threat. It states that I should remove my post under the actual threat if being falsely labelled a "legal threat." I demanded that the libelous statement that PV deceptively edited videos be taken down. If you perceive that as a legal threat that is your issue but not one grounded in fact. I see that not one person here believes in truth. I see now why Wikipedia is not considered a reliable source to cite for school papers. Yes, I am a freshly registered user, however, I have been coming here as a guest since its inception. I see that talking about it here is talking with biased people who are in the minority as to their beliefs and published lies. So, I will end it with this: show me the deceptive edits. I do not care about biased boot strapped sources that appear to only be gas lighting. Show your real evidence. If any agree that if you cannot, then the page should be edited to reflect that.TheRealOrpheus (talk) 15:08, 5 March 2021 (UTC)

TheRealOrpheus We are aware that Wikipedia is not a reliable source and yes, schools should not permit it to be used as a source for papers. So we agree there. Wikipedia does not deal in truth, as truth is in the eye of the beholder these days; we deal in what can be verified. Only you can decide what is true for you, and Wikipedia makes no claims that the information here is "true". If you just want to be in a right wing bubble and be told what you want to hear that fits with your world view, this isn't the place for you. If you want to civilly collaborate with others regardless of political views to arrive at a consensus as to what an article should say, you are welcome to do so. 331dot (talk) 15:13, 5 March 2021 (UTC)

Note that civility also means not tarring all 250,000 or so volunteer editors on Wikipedia with the same brush of being "biased people who are in the minority as to their beliefs". If you care to view the statistics for that article "which are available here". you'll see it has existed since 2012 and has been built up by very many people (not including me: I have no interest whatsoever in that organisation). Mike Turnbull (talk) 15:21, 5 March 2021 (UTC)

331dot, come on, stop gaslighting. Stop portraying the article on PV as one that has been verified. It has not been. It is a lie. I am not in a right wing bubble, or, rather, I am not so far right that I would give up truth for it. Perhaps, your left wing maniacal views are keeping you from seeing that truth is not had by someone wishing or stating it into existence. You support statements with evidence. Have you so called editors lost sight of that in your hate for all things Trump?TheRealOrpheus (talk) 15:27, 5 March 2021 (UTC)

TheRealOrpheus If the sources given in the article are not being summarized accurately, we want to know about it, and you should bring up your concerns on the article talk page, without accusations of "gaslighting" and political bias and "left wing maniacal views". It's not about hatred of former President Trump or any person. We all have biases, but we all try the best we can to work together to arrive at a consensus. The article will not be whitewashed to be pro-PV or pro-Trump, but nor will it be whitewashed to portray PV in ways that the sources do not support. So if that's true- and I don't know because I don't follow that article- you need to civilly make a case on the article talk page. If you are unable to set aside your political views to the extent needed to collaborate with others, you should find another area to edit in. 331dot (talk) 15:32, 5 March 2021 (UTC)

311dot, I am sorry, as I am not familiar with the ways of editing Wikipedia as I am a "freshly-registered" user, it is to be expected that I would not know where to go to make my case. I will say that I am not expecting a white wash of anything. I am familiar with news editing. All news outlets that present their material via film cut that film for time constraints and relevancy. Sometimes, these news organizations make mistakes. An example was the Nick Sandmann debacle. However, there is no accusation on CNN's page that they deceptively edit videos. So while there is ample proof that CNN does this but not PV , the wiki page makes the unsupported accusation that PV does. I was just chastised for "tarring all 250,000 or so volunteer editors on Wikipedia with the same brush of being 'biased people who are in the minority as to their beliefs.'" I agree that I should have not done that as I had no proof that 205,000 editors did this. I offer my apologies. I would say how does a undeserved and unproven accusation feel? This will be my last post here. I will look into making the case at the article talk page at a later date.TheRealOrpheus (talk) 16:42, 5 March 2021 (UTC)

Notability of news sources

Hello. Could someone please direct me to guidelines regarding the notability of news sources? I was reviewing a draft and just needed some reference. (Please ping me if you don't mind) Thanks, EDG 543 (message me) 13:14, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

See WP:NMEDIA. Ruslik_Zero 14:08, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

@EDG 543: --‡ Єl Cid of Valencia ^talk 14:12, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

How i can put my company information n Wikipedia ?

Hi , Hope you are doing great. I want to put some information related my work and company on Wikipedia. But its showing this harmful and spam Can you guide me how i can put all information successfully on website. Thanks & Regards — Preceding unsigned comment added by Futurestarrtalent (talk • contribs) 14:37, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

Futurestarrtalent You seem to misunderstand what Wikipedia is. Wikipedia is not a place to merely provide information or merely document the existence of companies. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia where an article on a company must summarize what independent reliable sources with significant coverage have chosen on their own to say about a company(so no press releases or announcements of routine business activity), showing how it meets the special Wikipedia definition of a notable business. Wikipedia is not interested in what a business wants to say about itself, or in just hearing what the business is and what it does. Please review conflict of interest and paid editing for information on required formal disclosures you must make.

If your username is that of your business, you must change it immediately; please visit Special:GlobalRenameRequest to change your username to something more individualistic. 331dot (talk) 14:44, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Futurestarrtalent, you can view WP:CORP for specific notability guidelines related to companies. If you are trying to insert information and others remove it for being spam, make sure that none what you add is for advertising, as this is prohibited on Wikipedia, and that it is all supported by reliable sources. Thanks, EDG 543 (message me) 14:48, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

And note, Futurestarrtalent, that telling the world about your business is regarded as promotion in Wikipedia. What you say or want to say about your business is of no interest to Wikipedia: it is only interested in what people who have no connection with you and your business have chosen to publish about it. --ColinFine (talk) 16:27, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

Get More Edit Permissions

How do I get more edit permissions to edit semi-protected pages and up? Is it based on edits? — Preceding unsigned comment added by BreadTheProtogen (talk • contribs) 15:40, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

BreadTheProtogen, yes. After four days and ten edits, you will automatically be able to edit semi-protected pages, as you will become autoconfirmed. After 30 days and 500 edits, you will become extended confirmed and edit extended-confirmed-protected pages. JJP...MASTER!_{[talk to] JJP... master?} 15:44, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

BreadTheProtogen (ec) To edit most semi-protected pages, your account must be four days old with 10 edits or more. In the interim, you may make formal edit requests(click for instructions) on the article talk page of a protected article you wish to contribute to. 331dot (talk) 15:45, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

Article assessment

Hey. How do you get an article to be assessed by a WikiProject? Specifically this one. versacespacetalk to me 15:48, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

Having the WikiProject template on the talk page with the parameter set to unassessed adds it in a category of unassessed articles in the scope of that WikiProject. Generally speaking, someone eventually comes around on a mission to clear the category by assessing all the articles. They often work in alphabetical order, so articles that are later in the alphabet are less likely to get assessed timely than articles that come earlier in the alphabet. If you want it assessed sooner, you may ask on the Wikiproject talk page. ~ ONUnicorn^{(Talk|Contribs)}problem solving 17:37, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

Per WP:Content_assessment#FAQ, you can assess any article yourself, certainly up to giving it a "B" on the standard scale. However, do avoid Marking your own homework by only assessing articles to which you have not made substantial edits, VersaceSpace, and be prepared to justify your assessment on the article's Talk Page. Mike Turnbull (talk) 13:37, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

How can I archive all references used in an article without having to do them all by hand

What the header says, is there a method I can instantly archive all references used in an article without doing up to a hundred of them by-hand? CaliIndie (talk) 16:40, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

Try the Internet Archive Bot. (can also be accessed from page edit history, External tools: Fix dead links) If I'm not mistaken the checkbox (Add archives to all non-dead references) forces archiving of all links. --Anon423 (talk) 19:12, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

Watchlist grouping

Is there any way to group edits by page on my Watchlist when viewed on a mobile browser in the same way that they're grouped on a desktop browser? nagualdesign 16:45, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

@Nagualdesign: The desktop version only groups them if you enable both "Expand watchlist to show all changes, not just the most recent" at Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-watchlist, and "Group changes by page in recent changes and watchlist" at Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-rc. Both are disabled by default. I don't know a way to group them in the mobile version but you can click "Desktop" at the bottom of mobile pages to get the desktop version on a mobile device. PrimeHunter (talk) 19:50, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

Thanks, PrimeHunter. I thought I'd fiddled with the settings at some point, though I can't honestly remember. It's a shame this can't be done on mobile, since that's where it would be most useful. Maybe there's somewhere I can request this feature, and if enough people ask for it the gods will provide? It's quite annoying. ...Actually, the most annoying thing about working on a mobile browser is not being able to type a vertical bar; I have to copy/paste it instead! nagualdesign 20:26, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

@Nagualdesign: Mobile grouping was deliberately removed in phab:T228280. Which device and browser are you using? Maybe it has a pipe somewhere. My iPhone has it. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:29, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

Ah, I see. That's a shame. I'm using Chrome for Android on an HTC One. I've tried fiddling with my keyboard options before. There's no proper multiplication symbol either. nagualdesign 22:02, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

@Nagualdesign: That's odd. In Wikipedia you can type {{subst:!}} if you have those characters but it's a lot to make a pipe. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:46, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

That's actually quite useful. Thanks, PrimeHunter. nagualdesign 18:41, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

Policy on use of Dagger to indicate those who have died?

I thought there was a Wikipedia policy against using the template:dagger to indicate that a person was deceased. I'm specifically looking at the usage in Snatch game.Naraht (talk) 18:51, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

@Naraht: The link is Snatch Game. I don't know such a policy. We don't use it at the death date in a biography like some languages but we have many other uses. {{KIA}} (killed in action) uses it in around 6000 articles. PrimeHunter (talk) 20:10, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

Ober gatlinburg

I was researching the resort and came across the section labelled safety. Please look at it — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1004:B107:22AD:E95A:4867:28F0:CCBD (talk) 19:10, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

I removed the vandalism. Thanks for pointing it out. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 19:22, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

Writing you

Hi I am writing you on behalf of one of our artist page: Chris Jedi (appear Jeday). I've tried to edited myself but it seems like the template is blocked. Is there anything you can do to help me?

Page link: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Jeday — Preceding unsigned comment added by ThisIsUMLE (talk • contribs) 19:11, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

ThisIsUMLE We cannot help you with issues on the Spanish Wikipedia, as that is a separate project with its own editors and policies. Please use whatever process they have to seek help. 331dot (talk) 19:13, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

@ThisIsUMLE: try es:Wikipedia:Café/Archivo/Ayuda/Actual, which seems to be their dependant of the help desk. Victor Schmidt (talk) 19:55, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

@ThisIsUMLE: Many sources and his YouTube channel [1] say Jeday. It's possible he is trying to rebrand as Jedi but I have reverted [2] edits to Chris Jeday which changed every "Jeday" to "Jedi", including in correct source titles and links which broke. I don't know the Spanish Wikipedia policies but the English Wikipedia uses common names which may be different from the current official name of a subject. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:55, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

List of dates

How do I format lists of dates? Where would I put BC/AD or BCE/CE? — Preceding unsigned comment added by JWCfive (talk • contribs) 19:51, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

See MOS:ERA. —A little blue Bori v^_^v ^{Takes a strong man to deny...} 20:12, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

Personal Life for Tilman Fertitta

Hi, Tilman Fertitta is not longer married to Paige Farwell. I have tried to change this in the personal section and the top right bio box through "edit" but it switched back after a couple of days.

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

Would like to Update the first sentence under Personal Life:

Fertitta married Paige Farwell from Houston and they have four children, Michael, Patrick, Blayne, and Blake. Today he is married to Houston attorney, Lauren Ware, and they live in Houston and New York.

Thank you, Jen Jenpearson (talk) 20:26, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

Source? —A little blue Bori v^_^v ^{Takes a strong man to deny...} 20:29, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

Hi, there is not a news source associated. Press has not reported on this out of respect of the family. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jenpearson (talk • contribs) 20:33, 3 March 2021 (UTC) Jenpearson (talk) 20:35, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

Then we cannot have it. Our biographical policy (linked above) prevents us from including unsourced potentially-controversial biographical claims anywhere in Wikipedia. —A little blue Bori v^_^v ^{Takes a strong man to deny...} 20:45, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

Thank you for referencing the link, I work for the agency that manages his publicity, DPWPR in Houston. Is there a way that we can send a letter of proof? The marriage has not been publicized for the general public. 2603:300C:CF9:8000:447:304E:D076:9AE3 (talk) 01:48, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

That's not how this works. This is a volunteer project with editors from all over the world; there is no central location to mail "proof" to nor a place to store it. To be included in Wikipedia, information needs to be in a publicly available reliable source(preferably an independent source) that can be verified. Documents in private hands inaccessible to the public are not acceptable as a source. If the marriage is not publicized, it doesn't exist as far as Wikipedia is concerned. Is there any sort of publicly accessible record of it, such as a marriage notice in a newspaper? That would suffice.

You will need to review the paid editing policy and make a formal declaration. It's easier to do that with an account, but is not required. 331dot (talk) 02:07, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

I don't see the logic here. If you, Jenpearson were to include the information in the article, then it would automatically become public knowledge and the "out of respect of the family" would be out the window as Wikipedia is very widely read. So the clear way forward is to get the publicity company, DPWPR, to issue a press release which journalists may pick up. Once published elsewhere, Wikipedia can use such WP:Primary sources for simple facts like this. Mike Turnbull (talk) 13:19, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

Turnbull is dead on here. If it hasn't been published in a formal outlet "out of respect for the family" why would you essentially out the marriage via Wikipedia? Especially knowing now, as you do, that we require a published source for this per our biographical policies? Especially since that may already have happened because of how often this page is visited throughout the day by random people? —A little blue Bori v^_^v ^{Takes a strong man to deny...} 16:46, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

Donation

How do I stop my monthly donations? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Clinejohn (talk • contribs) 20:48, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

Clinejohn See this link. 331dot (talk) 20:49, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

Wakipedia

How would i use it so easay — Preceding unsigned comment added by 105.112.117.59 (talk) 22:36, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

Hey, not 100% sure what you're trying to ask, but if you want to learn the basics of Wikipedia,this is a good place to start. You can also ask questions at the Teahouse. Hope that helps. Thanks, EDG 543 (message me) 23:50, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

cite sources

i am subscribed to "Newspapers.com". many of my sources are from there - is there a way to do quick links for the cite? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Steverns68 (talk • contribs) 22:37, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

Steverns68, try looking at Wikipedia:Newspapers.com, the answer may be there. Thanks, EDG 543 (message me) 01:07, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

Steverns68, I'm not sure what you mean by "quick links". I cite Newspapers.com often by using the "cite news" template in the Source Editor. It's just a matter of filling in relevant fields: title (headline), work (name of newspaper), URL, date of publication, date of access, page number, the newspaper's location, and (if applicable) author's name and the agency (AP, UPI, and the like).

Please use Newspapers.com's "clipping" feature as the source for the URL. It provides a freely available view of the article so that anyone can have access to it, whether or not he or she has a Newspapers.com account. Eddie Blick (talk) 01:25, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

• • • I think that Steverns68 may be thinking of the WP:Citation expander which can expand {{cite journal |doi=something}} and {{cite book |isbn=something}} into the full reference, saving huge amounts of effort. The full list of helpers is at Help:Citation tools and there is one called Citer that may do the trick, although I have never used it. Mike Turnbull (talk) 13:12, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

How to talk to administrators

Hi wikipedia,

May i know how can i able to speak to admins or bots where questions is generally disabled to public to ask? Because i do have a question I need to ask about, pertaining reporting a good standing user but alleged claiming actions on doing wrong which is also wrong under the book, and i hoping the user would be warned and not doing the actions in the future. To put it short, how do i ask questions to the administrator or bots where it is not possible to ask by the general public? Thanks 183.90.36.113 (talk) 23:13, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

Hello, for a serious offense, you can report it on Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents. Depending on the incident, I believe you can just address them directly. You also can't talk to bots as they are just computer programs. You could, depending on what it was, just say it here and one of us could probably just take care of it. Thanks, EDG 543 (message me) 23:48, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

Hello, IP editor. There is a very strong preference for discussing everything in the open, on the discussion pages of Wikipedia; and when raising an issue about another editor's behaviour you are required to notify that editor. If there is a matter which really cannot be handled in the open (for example, if it relates to outing an editor), it is possible to email the volunteer response team, (see that page); but they are volunteers like the rest of us, and won't necessarily reply quickly; and if they think that the matter should have been handled in Wikipedia discussion pages, they will simply tell you to handle it that way. --ColinFine (talk) 09:15, 4 March 2021 (UTC)