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September 7

Adding email address user account post creation

I was wondering how to register my email after I've created an account. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fourthcube (talk • contribs) 03:16, 7 September 2018 (UTC)

Click on the Preferences link at the top of any Wikipedia page (while you're logged in), or go to Special:Preferences. At the bottom of the User Profile tab there should be a place to set your address. HTH Rojomoke (talk) 05:04, 7 September 2018 (UTC)

Why dose my content has a draft status?

I have created a page here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Choi_Young-Jae_(South_Korean_singer) and it has draft status right after I published. Where did I do something wrong, Can you give me a detail about it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Araya0209 (talk • contribs) 06:35, 7 September 2018 (UTC)

@Araya0209:. There is nothing wrong in writing articles in drafts, it is even encouraged because it gives you more room to better develop your article without risk of deletion. I have submitted it for review on your behalf and it will soon be reviewed and moved to mainspace if found reasonably ready. –Ammarpad (talk) 08:10, 7 September 2018 (UTC)

Laird

Accidentally removed top part of page on our phone. Please fix. Sorry 1.136.110.148 (talk)

 Fixed - X201 (talk) 07:44, 7 September 2018 (UTC)

Lupton family

I have tried to make the file of the coat of arms at the top of the page bigger in size - but I have failed sorry. Please fix if one of you editors or helpers is able Srbernadette (talk) 07:29, 7 September 2018 (UTC)

Have restored it to what it used to be. To be honest, it looks large enough as it is. You need to remember that image size can differ for everyone, what looks like a postage stamp on your screen could take up most of the page for someone else with different settings. - X201 (talk) 07:40, 7 September 2018 (UTC)

Concern about anon edits

Greetings! An anon editor Special:Contributions/175.136.86.24 added a similar contribution to four articles almost simultaneously back in February, and has made no other edits before or since. The added article may be solid reference, but at least as used seems promotional. The changes have stood mostly as is for these many months. However, in Urban Agriculture I (a few hours ago) moved and edited it from the intro to a topic. It still leaves me with a bad taste and I may just delete it.

The UA artcle is its own mess that I will work on -- this is only one problem I'm tackling, next is a talk update. Can you find someone else to look further into the subtle vandalism of the other articles? They all fall under Agriculture -- maybe (instead or in addition) you can submit this concern to an Ag section administrator. Many thanks --GeeBee60 (talk) 13:27, 7 September 2018 (UTC)

Hello @GeeBee60:, having spotchecked most of these edits they look like obvious cite spam to promote the publication and recent research from this author(s). Some common features of this kind of spamming include: 1) undue emphasis on the own work and 2) usage for secondary or tangential details without providing substantial facts of central relevance for the topic. 3) Bloated and vague phrasing to cover up the lack of substance from point 2. Most of the checked edits meet all 3 criteria. I'd suggest to remove most of them - maybe leave but shorten 1-2, if you feel they add something substantial of value to the article. GermanJoe (talk) 13:56, 7 September 2018 (UTC)

Checking for more incidents there are also a few more IPs and one account with similar questionable edits. I'll help clean up (but will leave unclear cases behind for topic experts) - and done (nothing essential to salvage). GermanJoe (talk) 14:14, 7 September 2018 (UTC)

Thanks @GermanJoe:. I might keep a diluted reference to the article in Urban Ag, if it proves credible, justifiable. The other articles I'm not touching. It bugs me that the entries stood untouched this many months but oh well. GeeBee60 (talk) 15:45, 7 September 2018 (UTC)

Add link to a reference

On the Personalized Medicine page, a manuscript in Biotechnology Journal is cited but there is not link to article or PDF. How do I add that? — Preceding unsigned comment added by RSnyderman (talk • contribs) 13:58, 7 September 2018 (UTC)

Presumably you mean Personalized medicine, not Personalized Medicine (journal)? Probably easiest to use {{cite journal}}, filling in relevant parameters where available. --David Biddulph (talk) 14:21, 7 September 2018 (UTC)

Help:Cite errors/Cite error references duplicate key

Hello, I have tried to post my articles on Jack Beeson on your site but encountered difficulty. The two articles are: Master of the Opera, in Rochester Review Spring Summer 2003 Vol. 65 No. 3 and Jack Beeson, Columbia Magazine, Spring 2002. Thank you so much for your help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:18a:c680:aa0f:c9f8:4308:23aa:dc91 (talk) 16:25, 7 September 2018‎ (UTC)

Your additions were reverted because they were in the wrong places. Wikipedia uses references to support individual facts in the article. See WP:Referencing for beginners for details. Our article is not the place to advertise your publications, but possibly they can be used to support some statement? Dbfirs 17:01, 7 September 2018 (UTC)

Question

How do you add a picture to the main landing page — Preceding unsigned comment added by Abby laverr7 (talk • contribs) 17:11, 7 September 2018 (UTC)

• If you mean the Main Page that you see when first coming to Wikipedia, you don't add pictures there. Any picture appearing there undergoes a somewhat thorough vetting process to make sure it is appropriate. Crow^Caw 17:15, 7 September 2018 (UTC)

Do you mean by "main landing page" the article that you've been working on, Jenny Wilson (politician)? If so, see here. †dismas†|^(talk) 18:19, 7 September 2018 (UTC)

what about internal contradictions?

i have encountered several instances of Wikipedia articles contradicting other entries on Wikipedia. what can editors do in these situations? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mlcred (talk • contribs) 17:40, 7 September 2018 (UTC)

If they are unsourced, they could be removed. The better course would be to correct them, if necessary, and cite your sources for the corrections. And if it can't be nailed down either way, state that and again source it. †dismas†|^(talk) 18:16, 7 September 2018 (UTC)

See also {{Contradicts other}}. PrimeHunter (talk) 19:14, 7 September 2018 (UTC)

Wikipedia Page Exists but Link is Red

I'm new here. I was reading the page on simple wikipedia page about the White House Press Secretary and noticed that the link to Dee Dee Myers is red, indicating it doesn't exist. However, an article actually DOES exist. I went to try to edit the link, but it looks like it's already syntactically correct. How can I help fix this link to point to the existing Wikipedia page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by MissNebulosity (talk • contribs) 20:31, 7 September 2018 (UTC)

@MissNebulosity: The English Wikipedia has an article on Dee Dee Myers. The Simple English Wikipedia (which you linked), does not. They are separate projects. A page would need to be written on the Simple English Wikipedia. Ian.thomson (talk) 20:41, 7 September 2018 (UTC)

Help adding a specific picture to my draft page

I have uploaded a picture for common use on Wikipedia. It is categorised under Writers by Country. It is Colin Reginald Bennett.

I completed the uploading process with all the copyright information and data about the picture.

But now, how do I add that picture specifically to my entry on Colin Reginald Bennett that is awaiting approval?

I can only see on my "Edit source" page, under "Tools", the Upload picture command - and that only offers me the chance to upload ANOTHER picture, I think. It does not bring me into any search system where I can find the earlier picture I uploaded, and select it now for inclusion on the page.

Thank you very much. — Preceding unsigned comment added by PPh1lomena (talk • contribs) 21:49, 7 September 2018 (UTC)

@PPhilomena: Go to the commons page, there you will find a formatted link (by the Wikipedia logo 'use this file') which you can copy and paste into your page. If using in an infobox use just the file name without 'file' or any square brackets etc. I.e. xxxx.jpg. Please remember to sign your posts on talk pages by typing four tildes (~~~~). Thank you. Eagleash (talk) 22:08, 7 September 2018 (UTC)