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January 28[edit]

Trial of Mahmoud ahmadinejad[edit]

Tehran's Criminal court summons Mahmoud Ahmadinejad( former Iranian President ). Iran's Parliament voted to take President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to court for "illegally" declaring himself oil minister. there are some lawsuits against Ahmadinejad. Please see these relievable sources ( Iranian and European sources):

Criminal court summons Ahmadinejad Iranian PressTV
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad summoned to criminal court Theguardian
Ahmadinejad sued on charges of exploitation Iranian Mehr News agency
Iran court summons Ahmadinejad, ups pressure on outgoing leader
Iran's Ahmadinejad dodges court date Theguardian
Ahmadinejad’s legal case still open, says Iran judiciary al monitor

According to Wikipedia's policy about living people, Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons , Can I write an article about Trial of Mahmoud ahmadinejad ?

Zeddefesad (talk) 08:20, 28 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

only if there is so much information about the trial that covering it in the article about the person would give the trial WP:UNDUE weight. It does not appear to rise to that level of coverage and detail. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 11:08, 28 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

And if there is excessive coverage, it seems like that coverage would most likely fall within the existing Controversies surrounding Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in that the trial itself is not notable as a trial, but only as it plays within the perceptions of MA. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 11:13, 28 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Problem with Wiki software[edit]

When searching for the term "model financial", I get a results page, and right under "search results", this appeared:

You have a new message (last change).

Being curious, I clicked on the link, and found myself on http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:80.117.121.44&redirect=no

That user talk is totally unrelated to me, so there is apparently a little problem with the Wiki software itself. Maybe my IP matches one that was used by somebody else. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.117.121.44 (talk) 08:57, 28 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

No, it is not our software producing that - you have a Dynamic IP address somewhere in or near Rome - so the number is constantly being reallocated - only 3 edits have been made from that IP the other two were in 2008 - your best solution is to Create an account - Arjayay (talk) 09:11, 28 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

See my comments above. IP addresses sometimes change, typically in the last part of a four-part IPv4 address, or in the last two parts of a six-part IPv6 address. In the US, an assignment of an IP by a telephone company is for a few days, and then the address changes; I don't know about Italian IP addresses. Because IP addresses change, the human behind an IP address does not have a stable contribution history. As Arjayay says, that is one of the reasons why Wikipedia urges unregistered editors to register and create accounts. Robert McClenon (talk) 14:06, 28 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

There is a software issue, in that these messages from 2008 are being identified today as "new" messages. There is a request outstanding that would change this: Disable "You have new messages" for anonymous users after 30 days (as IPs often are dynamic). This seems a good idea to me. -- John of Reading (talk) 14:11, 28 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I would hope that your IP user talk page shows the message laid out at MediaWiki:Anontalkpagetext. There should also be a message saying:

"If this is a shared IP address, and you didn't make the edit, consider creating an account for yourself so you can avoid further irrelevant notices."

Additionally, each of the warning messages is time-tagged from 2008, and after at least one of them is the message:

"If this is a shared IP address, and you didn't make the edit, please ignore this notice."

--David Biddulph (talk) 14:34, 28 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

How to fix a massive amount of wikilinks?[edit]

I recently moved Dosh to Dosh (musician) because the move request I made was accepted. Now I found out there are about 110 pages linking to Dosh meaning the musician, not the disambiguation page. Is there an easy way to fix the wikilinks on all of them or will I have to go through every one by hand? JIP | Talk 19:33, 28 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@JIP: Go to WP:AWB/Tasks and explain what needs doing. - X201 (talk) 19:53, 28 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism[edit]

Hi, someone keeps vandalizing a wikipedia article on Danny Blum... someone help please. If anyone visits the page he can ultimately understand the problem. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Albatalad (talk • contribs) 19:42, 28 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I have warned the IP editor about adding defamatory statements to BLP articles. When I looked at the IP's edit history I also discovered a personal attack against you on your Talk page, I reverted it and gave the IP a Final Warning. Hope this helps. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 19:58, 28 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Uploading IMAGES in the Article Miss Universe[edit]

I am trying to upload an Image of the Recent Miss Universe 2014 and all the pictures that ive tried have been removed. Please let me know why, and also these images are from the press all over google. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Socal78 (talk • contribs) 21:15, 28 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You have been adding images in which someone else holds the copyright. They are likely soon to be be deleted: see e.g. the warning message here. When a newspaper published an image (or anything else) it does not release the copyright. Maproom (talk) 21:38, 28 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

As stated, one of the images you mentioned was previously deleted under CSD Criteria F7, which relates to Wikipedia's Non-Free Content Criteria. Please review that information and ensure your submissions comply with those rules. This said, there is also a large collection of other changes to related Miss Universe articles by you including content removal without a reason given. As such, could you please provide specifics such as which articles and diffs you are referring to? See here for further instructions. RegistryKey^(RegEdit) 21:49, 28 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

AEROANDTECH[edit]

I am the owner and designer of AEROANDTECH project. The Wikipedia page is not correct, how can I change definitely them?....every time that I update the wrong information I find then the day after again them. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.18.124.73 (talk) 23:09, 28 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

This is the only edit by your current IP address and Wikipedia has no mention of "AEROANDTECH" but after some searching I guess you refer to Aero & Tech Nexth. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:47, 28 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

This was also asked at the Science desk, and the answer is the same: It's a content dispute, and should be discussed on the article talk page. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 02:14, 29 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

What's to discuss in article talk? It's clear promotional and COI. You point to the applicable policy, which can be done here (I suspect the folks here are better versed in such areas), and the editor should accept it. If they don't it's disruptive editing, not content dispute. ―Mandruss ☎ 02:30, 29 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Good point. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 04:26, 29 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The infobox was not properly sourced to begin with, and it still isn't. I removed the challenged information. Talk:Aero_&_Tech_Nexth is the proper place to make the case about what should or should not be included on the page. Thanks, all! GeorgeLouis (talk) 08:34, 29 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I had this confused with another case, a new article that was a wall of promotion. This case is less clear on promotion, but still COI as per OP (and unsourced). ―Mandruss ☎ 08:44, 29 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

request edit for Kimberley, British Columbia[edit]

We have a new mayor as of November 15, 2014: Don McCormick our population is only 6,700 not 7,600

link for Kimberley Independent School is http://www.kimindschool.com/

Thanks, Patti — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.251.64.162 (talk) 23:11, 28 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You can edit this article yourself. If you don't know how to do the citations and references, just put the source or sources directly in the article and somebody will come along and set it right for you. Regards, GeorgeLouis (talk) 08:40, 29 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]