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December 5[edit]

Username[edit]

Dear Wikipedia,

Can someone please change my username from Dwayne Stewart-Young to Dwayne Stewart. Thank you. It would be greatly appreciated.

Enjoy your week, Dwayne Stewart — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dwayne Stewart-Young (talk • contribs) 02:42, 5 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Dwayne Stewart-Young. You can find out how to formally request such a change at Wikipedia:Changing username. -- Marchjuly (talk) 03:05, 5 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

how to publish my wikipedia[edit]

Hi, I would like to know the process to appear my wikipedia article when searching. I have published my wikipedia article, but it did not appear when I search on Google. How can I do with this and what next step should I do to have the result? Thank you. Drhao (talk) 03:27, 5 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Drhao: Your "article" is in userspace, which isn't indexed by search engines. Furthermore, this is the English Wikipedia, and articles should be in English. Finally, you also appear to be writing about yourself, which is strongly discouraged on Wikipedia. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 03:30, 5 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

User:Drhao nominated for Speedy deletion. David notMD (talk) 03:36, 5 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Also, please do not post the same question in different places. This question was more fully discussed at the teahouse. ColinFine (talk) 10:13, 5 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Wendell Scott entry[edit]

I recently looked at the Wendell Scott article —

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendell_Scott —

which had what I believe is an outdated and incorrect warning notice:

“This article's tone or style may not reflect the encyclopedic tone used on Wikipedia. (July 2013)”

In the nine years since that notice was put up, others have clearly improved this article’s tone and style and it no longer deserves that description.

I urge you to remove the warning notice.

smarmon — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.129.91.75 (talk) 05:07, 5 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. Anybody may remove that notice (including you) if they are satisfied that it no longer applies. However, in my view it still applies. For example, Scott vowed as a youth to avoid such labor belongs in a magazine article, not an encyclopaedia. ColinFine (talk) 10:15, 5 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Multiple headquarters in company infobox?[edit]

Hi guys, is there a way to display multiple headquarters in {{Infobox company}}? There's a well-reasoned request to that end at Talk:Schneider Electric#Update to HQ Information. That infobox is not my usual metier, and while I suspect that one could manually overload the single parameter with a list if nothing else, it's also possible that there is some consensus in place to always only show one single headquarters in the box. Any ideas? --Elmidae (talk · contribs) 13:14, 5 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Elmidae: I have no idea whether it's the accepted practice, but in Steinway & Sons the infobox field includes a list (with two locations). Deor (talk) 14:47, 5 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, that was the kind of example I was looking for. I'll just go ahead with that approach and we'll see how it goes down. Cheers! --Elmidae (talk · contribs) 15:10, 5 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Undeclared paid editor[edit]

I was trying to report a UPE there, but the email came back. Is the correct email address to report a UPE. paid-en-wp@wikimedia.org

scope_creep^Talk 15:31, 5 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Scope creep The address is paid-en-wp@wikipedia.org, not wikimedia.org. See WP:Paid-contribution_disclosure#Reporting_undisclosed_paid_editors and note that there are other ways to deal with the issue if confidential information is not involved. Mike Turnbull (talk) 15:42, 5 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Nearly right. It's paid-en-wp@wikipedia.org according to WP:PAID#Reporting undisclosed paid editors. - David Biddulph (talk) 15:44, 5 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. scope_creep^Talk 16:58, 5 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Is Ian Chadwick NOTE enough for his own article?[edit]

Ian Chadwick is well known within the Atari world as the author of the "indispensable" Mapping the Atari. He is also well known in the local Ontario area as a primary writer (formerly) of CBC Radio One's Ontario Morning program and a columnist in many regional newspapers and was a local politician for three terms. The former obviously meets NOTE for itself, but I'm wondering if the sum of additional links like this one add up enough to meet author? The NOTE bar for politicians is national or sub-national, so that doesn't seem to do it on its own. 108.168.93.43 (talk) 17:19, 5 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

As long as you have enough independent, reliable sources, sure. Club On a Sub 20 (talk) 18:36, 5 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@108.168.93.43 - Club On A Sub has hit the nail on the head. The bar is WP:GNG, which says nothing about the qualities of the subject, but says a lot about whether they have been written about at significant length in independent, secondary, reliable sources - or, in more simple terms, if they have been noticed by reliable sources, i.e., they are notable. If you want to create an article, I highly recommend creating an account and then going through the process described at Your first article. You also might have a hard time convincing people that the subject is notable - WP:THREE is an essay that I largely agree with, stating that it's easiest to convince people by providing the three "best" (i.e. most reliable and most in-depth) sources for an article. casualdejekyll 18:52, 5 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Wisconsin Winery/ Distillery/ Brewery[edit]

Hello

I was wondering how Duck Creek Vineyard and Winery can get added to Wikipedia?

<shameless advertisement redacted> Jim Ploetz <contact & spamlink redacted> 76.4.15.28 (talk) 18:27, 5 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

You seem to have mistaken Wikipedia for a provider of free advertising space. It isn't. AndyTheGrump (talk) 18:29, 5 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

To expand on Andy's reply: if your winery has been written about enough by people wholly unconnected with you (and not fed information on your behalf), and published in reliable sources, to establish that it meets Wikipedia's criteria for notability, then there could be an article about it, preferably written by somebody wholly unconnected with the business. The article would not belong to you, would not be controlled by you, would not be for your benefit (except incidentally), should be based almost entirely on what those independent people had said about the business (whether you like what they said or not), and should definitely not contain anything remotely resembling promotion. ColinFine (talk) 19:31, 5 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

making your own page[edit]

can you help me make a new page Charlieb1211 (talk) 18:53, 5 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Charlieb1211 We prefer the term "article" and not the more general "page". This is an important distinction. Creating a new article is one of the most difficult tasks to perform on Wikipedia. It is usually recommended to first spend time editing existing articles(of which there is over 6 million), so that you gain knowledge and experience about how Wikipedia operates and what is expected of article content. However, if you still wish to attempt to create a new article now, please first use the new user tutorial, read Your First Article, then visit Articles for Creation to create and submit a draft. What topic do you want to create an article about? 331dot (talk) 19:18, 5 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

the flash from netflix Charlieb1211 (talk) 20:09, 5 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The Flash (2014 TV series) already has an article. If you wish to improve it, you should do so at that title. casualdejekyll 20:16, 5 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I see that your edits thus far have not been very constructive. You will want to educate yourself carefully here. 331dot (talk) 19:19, 5 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Question About The Page I Created[edit]

I have created a page and published it and I do not see on Wiki and I have not received any info or notifications about it at all.

Can some one get back to me to let me know if I missed anything or what it is that i need to do to publish this page that I created. Sedgwickx (talk) 19:24, 5 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Sedgwickx You edited your sandbox; typically drafts are created via Articles for Creation which provides the means to submit them. I will add this information to your sandbox so you can submit it. If you were to submit it now, however, it would be rejected quickly, as it is filled with promotional language, and cites other Wikipedia articles(which is not permitted). An article should neutrally summarize what independent reliable sources state about the topic, showing how it meets the special Wikipedia definition of (in this case) a notable person. Please read Your First Article. 331dot (talk) 19:28, 5 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Sedgwickx You are not required to tell us your real name, but I find it odd that you wrote on your userpage (I'll leave the full names out in case you later decide not to post it/them publicly): "My name is Txxxxxx and I am the Creative Services Director at The David Bieber Archives and Motherload International". Then you (or someone) deleted that and wrote "My name is Cxxxx Wxxxx I am a new editor to wikipedia".

Just to be clear, a Wikipedia account is for use by one person. Is this account being used by only one person, who I hope knows his or her name? Thanks. David10244 (talk) 11:32, 7 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Please Remove Template Message[edit]

Please remove the Template Message from the top of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Federation_of_Republican_Women. This Template Message dates back to March 2008. The issue with secondary and tertiary sources was resolved many years ago. Lisaziriax (talk) 20:35, 5 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

There are two independent references - which might be enough, if they are substantial (I haven't got access to the books to check). The rest of the references are not independent. If the past presidents cannot be sourced from independent sources, why do they belong in the article? ColinFine (talk) 21:07, 5 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The American Dad Wiki Seasons is in the wrong order[edit]

The American Dad wiki seasons is out of order and someone needs to fix it. Its off by one season like what is said to be the 7th season is really the 6th season and whats said to be the 8th season is really the 7th, my proof is the fact on Adult Swim, Hulu and TBS which the show was renewed the for two more seasons by the latter, has all the episodes in order on their respective streaming apps, if you have Hulu or TBS its a easy search up on either one of these apps. Spider-Neo (talk) 20:38, 5 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Have you read List of American Dad! episodes or American Dad!#Season number discrepancies? You might want to. DonIago (talk) 20:40, 5 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

ADA standard on Wikipedia[edit]

Hi everyone,

As interface administrator on Serbian Wikipedia, I wanted to ask something that has been brought up to my attention on our Wikipedia. Question came up where members are wondering if and when is Wikipedia going to be setting up to follow ADA standards ? From what I was able to find "The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires certain businesses to make accommodations for people with disabilities. Web content should be accessible to blind users, deaf users and those who must navigate by voice, screen readers or other assistive technologies."

Please, advise of what is happening in regards to this matter so I can "report" it to Serbian community.

Thanks !

Боки ✉ 21:24, 5 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Боки - This seems more like a matter for the meta-wiki and the Wikimedia Foundation. The most I could find in a quick search was m:Friendly space policies. casualdejekyll 22:04, 5 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Casualdejekyll, thank you for replying !

The only thing I could see on the page you referred is that we should "take it into consideration" but nothing specific about what to do.

I will follow your advice and ask on meta-wiki on this, in my opinion, very important matter.

Thanks!

Боки ✉ 22:25, 5 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

What about Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Accessibility?

—Trappist the monk (talk) 22:56, 5 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Trappist the monk That does not answer it. What I am referring to is ie. having whole article with audio in case if someone is blind or has hard time hearing. Боки ✉ 23:20, 5 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Then I guess I don't understand what it is that you are looking for. Many blind readers use screen reader software to read an article. The software does that by reading the article's html. Creating correct html aids the screen reader software. Whatever is in WP:ACCESS will help your editors at sr.wiki to write correct wikitext so that MediaWiki can translate that wikitext into correct html. I think that I have seen articles at en.wiki that have a recorded reading (presumably stored at commons) but that is something different from creating accessible articles.

—Trappist the monk (talk) 23:33, 5 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Trappist the monk I cannot commercialize other pages but what I mean is on some website there is button at the bottom of the page where you choose ADA tools that you can use in order to navigate page better. Боки ✉ 23:36, 5 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Боки: Wikipedia (whether in English, Serbian, or any of the sister projects) is not a business and to my knowledge is not bound by accessibility rules. Even if it was, going to the Serbian Wikipedia community with the hammer of bureaucracy / law might not be the wisest opening move, when you could try to convince them on merits first.

Maybe sr-Wikipedia could be convinced to adopt a version of WP:ACCESS. Note that this is a guideline of things that should be done, and you can correct things in accordance to it, but 99% of editors do not know it exists, so it is no guarantee that any article will follow it at any point in time. The basics of it are to pick colorblind-compatible color schemes whenever possible, and use markup in a way to help screen readers.

On en-Wikipedia there is a Wikiproject dedicated to recording spoken versions of articles. Note that recording an article is tons of work, requires a native speaker (or someone with near-native language ability), and does not easily allow updates of content (the spoken version is "fixed" to whatever date it was recorded on). Also, based on Wikipedia:Spoken articles, it started in 2005, at a time when screen readers were much less efficient than today, and the number of recorded articles per year has decreased since then. I doubt such a project can thrive without a very large contributor base (I do not doubt the editors of sr-Wikipedia community are very motivated, but they simply are much fewer than the en-Wikipedia crowd). Tigraan^{Click here for my talk page ("private" contact)} 10:12, 7 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Боки As the other editors say here, Wikipedia's content is accessible to blind users, if they use screen readers. The ADA section you quoted mentions screen readers OR other assistive technologies. Wikipedia tries to accommodate those technologies. And you might have "mis-typed", but "having whole article with audio in case if someone is blind or has hard time hearing" is weird because audio won't help the hard-of-hearing.

If some Web sites have ways to select which assistive technologies are used, that's a bonus, and good for those sites. ... but Wikipedia doesn't do that. I hope all this info helps. David10244 (talk) 11:45, 7 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

how to get confermed when all the ones i can help you need to be confermed[edit]

i am having trobles editing things cause i have to be confermed and the ones i can help i need to be confermed Charlieb1211 (talk) 21:26, 5 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Charlieb1211 If you want to edit an article and cannot due to page protection, please make an edit request(click for instructions) on the article talk page. 331dot (talk) 21:38, 5 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]