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Nick Bosustow[edit]

Nick Bosustow was an Oscar wining animation produce, and son of Stephen Bosustow.Born in Los Angeles March 28 1940 Married to Julie Jonas April 1971 and had 2 daughters Nicole 1972 and Jennifer 1977. Graduated from Menlo College in 196. In 1969 joined his dad to form Stephen Bosustow Productions in which they produced over 48 animated children's films. Most notably Oscar winner Is It Always Right To Be Right? narrated by Orson Wells and a nominee for The Legend of John Henery sung by Roberta Flack. After 30 years in the industry Nick and his wife Julie joined Peace Corps Guatemala for 2 yeras and in 2004 Nick joined Peace Corps again on staff as the Deputy Country Director Suriname and returned to the States as a senior Peace Corps Recruiter for te Northern California Region. 2010 Julie and Nick retired to Eugene Oregon. 1971 Academy award winner 'Is it Always Right to be right, 1975 Academy Award nominee Legend of John Henry 1984 Producer of TV Emmy wining children's special staring Dick Van Dyke Wrong Way Kid. 1984 Producer 13 episodes Transformers 1986 Producer 13 episodes of Hayley Mills Story Book series — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:1C0:C500:56FA:5020:B769:E4A6:D817 (talk) 00:54, 20 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hello and welcome to Wikipedia. You are currently at the help desk for help editing Wikipedia articles. This is not the place to request new information be placed in an article, nor is it the place to request a new article. If you are looking to create a new article please read your first article. You will have to go through the articles for creation process as only registered users can create pages directly. If you have any questions regarding how to do this, or how to edit Wikipedia, please feel free to ask. --Stabila711 (talk) 06:52, 20 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Create the page of my village Pinjarwadi (Ajhadnager) | village[edit]

Hi,

I would like to create details history of my village.

Kindly let me now how I should create.

Moin — Preceding unsigned comment added by Moinkhan31 (talk • contribs) 01:39, 20 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Moinkhan31: Please read your first article. In addition you might want to go through articles for creation. This will allow another editor to go over your article and ensure that it follows all the policies and expectations for Wikipedia articles. Other pages you should read are the general guidelines for all articles, and the general notability guidelines. --Stabila711 (talk) 06:34, 20 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

New business List[edit]

How about creating a list of Businesses needing Loans, I sure I can use one. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.206.93.251 (talk) 05:00, 20 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your suggestion, however Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information. Lists require some form of notability for them to be included here. Random fact lists like the one you suggest would not be appropriate for an article. In addition, Wikipedia is not for promotion. If you have any further questions please feel free to ask. --Stabila711 (talk) 06:42, 20 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

A List of largest corporate loans or List of largest leveraged buyouts might prove interesting and notable topics, but we are certainly not here to function as a Gofundme for people seeking money for their business. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 20:39, 20 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Help with changing company logo on a Wikipedia page[edit]

Hello, I represent a company that has a Wikipedia page: Australian Rail Track Corporation

We recently had our logo rebranded, and someone has changed the logo, but it has been uploaded incorrectly. I've been trying to work out how to either upload the correct version, or find out who uploaded it and ask them to amend it. As a new user of Wikipedia, I'm unsure how to proceed, however I did create an account and attempt to send a message to the person who appears to be the last person to make the changes.

I'm not having much luck, and would appreciate any help available to get the logo updated. Preferably I would like to do it myself through the use of this account that I have set up, so that other staff within my department can represent any company changes through this account for tracking and auditing purposes.

Thanks in advance, Lynne Senior Administration Officer, Corporate Affairs ARTC — Preceding unsigned comment added by Artc1001 (talk • contribs) 05:21, 20 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Artc1001: Your question to the user who uploaded the logo (Mqst north) was responded to on their talk page. They are willing to help you upload the correct version. Please continue the discussion on their talk page. Thank you. --Stabila711 (talk) 06:49, 20 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright[edit]

124.182.83.228 (talk) 06:28, 20 October 2015 (UTC)hi,[reply]

I need to contact contributers to ensure I do not breach the copyright laws. For example I wish to use maps and photos for commercial purposes of Ambon and Banda Islands. The only information I have is that Lencer is the author but I am having great difficulty in contacting Lencer. Please can you help

Harry Couper <redacted>

Lencer last contributed to English Wikipedia in June. He is however active on German Wikipedia. I suggest you try to contact him oh his talk page there. He understands English. Maproom (talk) 08:00, 20 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Can I copy and paste text from this source from 1875?[edit]

I want to copy and paste information from this source: [1]. It's published in New York so it's definitely in PD. Can I do this? Étienne Dolet (talk) 06:51, 20 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@EtienneDolet: It wouldn't be a copyright violation but it would be plagiarism if you don't attribute where you got it from. If it is a short quote a simple reference should do. If it is a large block of text, copy and pasting is not advised. --Stabila711 (talk) 07:00, 20 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Stabila711 Okay, but I would like to attribute it. How can I do it? Étienne Dolet (talk) 07:03, 20 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You can use the {{cite book}} template. --Stabila711 (talk) 07:06, 20 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Stabila711 It's not working. See here. Étienne Dolet (talk) 07:10, 20 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Use the following <ref>{{cite book | title=The American Cyclopaedia A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge | last=Ripley | first=George | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9dW7LlAjQggC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false | page=INSERT PAGE HERE | year=1875}}</ref>

The only thing you have to replace is the page number where you got the quote from. --Stabila711 (talk) 07:15, 20 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Stabila711 So all I have to do it that and I can copy and paste the info? Étienne Dolet (talk) 07:19, 20 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Put that line after the quote you want to reference. The software will format the reference and include it in the references section automatically. --Stabila711 (talk) 07:23, 20 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I don't want to quote. I want to copy and paste an entire encyclopedic entry. Since it's PD, I though I can do that and save a lot of time. Étienne Dolet (talk) 07:26, 20 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You can. As long as you attribute it. Put it in and I will take a look. --Stabila711 (talk) 07:32, 20 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I already did. The second paragraph in the Life and work section is mostly copy and pasted from the source. Étienne Dolet (talk) 07:34, 20 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Looks good. Just to cover all of your bases and avoid any possible problems I added a secondary attribution tag explicitly stating that the work in question is in the public domain. --Stabila711 (talk) 07:40, 20 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Referencing errors on File:Tatiana Shamratova age 15.jpg[edit]

Reference help requested. Dear Sir/Mrs, Could I ask you please how could I upload new profile photo from my MAC instead of existing one , please ? Thanks, SW35QX (talk) 10:34, 20 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The File namespace is not for the creation of articles. In addition, the recreation of an article that was deleted after an articles for deletion discussion is subject to being speedy deleted. As such, I have marked the page for deletion. In the future I recommend going through the articles for creation process. Please also read the general notability guidelines and specifically the guidelines on models. We also require reliable sources that are completely independent from the article's subject. --Stabila711 (talk) 11:09, 20 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism in Spencer Dale article[edit]

A month ago, some vandalism was added to the article for BP's group chief economist, Spencer Dale. Can an editor here remove this?

His children Ella and Tom, long to live up to the high economist example that Spence sets.

I am the representative for BP on Wikipedia, so I refrain from making any edits to related articles such as this one. I am asking here as the page does not seem to be watched by any editors, and I know from experience it can take a long time for request edits to be reviewed, meanwhile this is clearly vandalism that just needs to be deleted. Would someone be willing to make this edit? Thanks. Arturo at BP (talk) 18:44, 20 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Arturo at BP: Are you asking for it to be removed from the history records? Since it has already been reverted in the article. If so, I am assuming it is for privacy concerns. If that is the case please see WP:OVERSIGHT and follow the instructions. If it is for some other reason could you please specify. Thanks. --Stabila711 (talk) 18:50, 20 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I have removed it based on this post and you beat me to posting here. It is not eligible for oversight. -- GB fan 18:52, 20 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@GB fan: Just for my own personal curiosity, if it was for privacy reasons wouldn't it be eligible for oversight? Especially since his children could be minors? Wouldn't that fall under non-public personal information? --Stabila711 (talk) 18:58, 20 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I guess it could be eligible, but since the person who was asking for the removal repeated the content here, I don't believe that is a concern. -- GB fan 19:15, 20 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, GB fan, for your quick action. Removing it from the live article is fine. There is no need to worry about it in the edit history. Thanks. Arturo at BP (talk) 20:36, 20 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

"External link in |work=" error that did not occur previously[edit]

I now see a "External link in |work=" error that did not occur previously. I can understand errors with external links in "|title=" conflicting with "|url=" & in "|chapter=" with "|chapter-url=", but with what does "|work=" conflict? I did not see any information about this at Wikipedia:COinS. Can some please explain what the problem or conflict is with an external link being in "|work="? Peaceray (talk) 19:06, 20 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Peaceray: What article are we talking about? --Stabila711 (talk) 19:10, 20 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
- @Stabila711: Native Hawaiians#References, #'s 11, 12, & 19. Peaceray (talk) 19:15, 20 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  - Ah, according to Help:CS1 errors#param has ext link, the use of an external link there corrupts the metadata of the citation so it is not allowed. --Stabila711 (talk) 19:21, 20 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    - @Stabila711:Yes, I saw that earlier. However, this was a change from how it operated before, & there is no full explanation why. With external links in "|title=" & in "|chapter=" this is obvious, as they conflict with "|url=" & "|chapter-url=" respectively. However, there is nothing like a "|work-url=" for "|work=" to conflict with. I would like to correspond with someone who put this change in place, as the Help documentation contains no information aside from "that's just the way it is". I have been in for 25 years & spent a lot of that coding, so I am not afraid about getting into the nitty-gritty about this. Would you please put me in touch with someone who is knowledgeable about why this error was created? I have put a lot of external links into the "|work=" parameter over the years, & just want to get a reasonable answer to why this was done. Peaceray (talk) 20:20, 20 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
      - @Peaceray: It seems like this was already discussed here. According to that discussion the general use {{citation}} template can be used to get around this. --Stabila711 (talk) 20:24, 20 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
        OK, thanks, I am taking a look at that now. Peaceray (talk) 20:44, 20 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Edit reverted[edit]

Yesterday 10-19-15 I edited a page - [[2]] to correct mistakes and add content. At the bottom of the page it says last edit was on that date, but none of my edits are there. The article is as it was before I edited. I saved. What happened? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Earwormeo (talk • contribs) 20:59, 20 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Earwormeo: You tried to put in an external link that is on our link blacklist. Your edit was automatically reverted by a bot whose job it is to look for these and remove them. The revision can be seen here. --Stabila711 (talk) 21:05, 20 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

thank you stabila711 for your quick response. If I remove the offending link, can my revisions re reinstated or do I need to start over? it appears that all of my revisions were rejected due to one link. btw, I am a member of this band and an historian and my information is the most accurate. I do not know who established this page, but it has errors I would like to correct. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Earwormeo (talk • contribs) 21:55, 20 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Just go to the history and hit "undo" next to the bot's edit, and just remove the link before re-saving it. Include an appropriate edit summary so it's obvious you not just reverting the bot. OTOH, if you're a member of the band, you have a conflict of interest, and probably shouldn't be editing the page directly - rather, add requests for changes on the talk page. Rwessel (talk) 22:25, 20 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Religious purification[edit]

Your article misses all reference to the LDS Churches purification both in the baptismal and those done specifically in the temple. You should contact someone that contributes from the church to add to the article.21:49, 20 October 2015 (UTC)21:49, 20 October 2015 (UTC)21:49, 20 October 2015 (UTC)~Steve W Nichols — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.53.97.154 (talk)

I'm afraid that's not how Wikipedia works. Nobody will contact anybody: all material should be based on reliable published sources. If you see something wrong in a Wikipedia article, you are welcome to correct it, provided you have a reliable published sources for anything you add. Alternatively, you can start a discussion on the talk page of the relevant article, and try to enrol other editors into making the change you recommend. --ColinFine (talk) 23:13, 20 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]