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October 29

Inflammatory Entry

The page for Functional Medicine (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functional_medicine) was populated with misinformation by an opponent David Gorski. Is it possible to fix this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.67.102.194 (talk) 01:16, 29 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

You can contribute to the discussion on the article's talk page. RudolfRed (talk) 01:49, 29 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

See WP:LUNATICS, WP:MEDRS and WP:FRINGE/PS. Tgeorgescu (talk) 12:18, 29 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Navbox not collapsing

Hello, does anyone know why |state=collapsed is not working on the navbox on Ichi-F? Opencooper (talk) 05:42, 29 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Opencooper: Fixed with this edit to the navbox. -- John of Reading (talk) 07:15, 29 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@John of Reading: Thank you! Opencooper (talk) 07:17, 29 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Draft page Arts of Manipur

Why was the page Arts of Manipur being deleted, when there was adequate references, citations, and no criteria for deletion? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Goutamkumar Oinam (talk • contribs) 05:42, 29 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Are you thinking of Art forms of Manipur? Maproom (talk) 06:43, 29 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

It has not been deleted. It was moved to Draft:Arts of Manipur as it was in an unacceptable condition for an article (it cited only one source, a site which promotes tourism). You then moved it to Art forms of Manipur, without improving the referencing. If it remains there without improvement, it is likely to be deleted. Maproom (talk) 07:00, 29 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

... mathematical ... or ...

Why would I not helping Wikipedia little. Joking...

Entering to Subject, Would you suggest recomendable, or ... not, mathematical article?

122.197.12.190 (talk) 06:53, 29 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Howdy hello! Not quite sure what you're getting at, but I assume you're asking if you should edit an article on math. If you're looking for a math related article to help out on, why not check out Wikipedia:WikiProject Mathematics. Captain Eek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!}⚓ 07:56, 29 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Constanze Mozart

May need an admin to step in here, please. As you can see: Constanze Mozart History there is a problem with a persistent removal of a complete section by The Great Corrector without proper discussion on the Talk Page. I do believe WP:3RR has been reached, and consensus by reversion by separate editors overrules the one. Any help here? Thanks. Maineartists (talk) 11:34, 29 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

This isn't the place to contact an admin. When applicable, WP:AN3 is the place, but if you are claiming violation of WP:3RR you need to remember that strictly 3RR refers to more that 3 reversions in a 24 hour period, which hasn't occurred in this case. There has obviously been slow edit-warring, but it appears that nobody has yet raised this on the user's talk page, nor on the article talk page. Those are the steps to take before seeking admin help. --David Biddulph (talk) 12:33, 29 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

This appears to be a slow edit war, but it does not violate WP:3RR, as the reverts have all been more than 24 hours apart. Try to open a discussion with the editor on the talk page. If that doesn't enable you to come to an agreement, try other forms of dispute resolution. Danski454 (talk) 12:38, 29 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the informative direction! Headed there now. Thanks again. Maineartists (talk) 12:43, 29 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

How to post information on a notable person

I want to know whether I can post the information myself on their behalf or whether we can hire the services of a professional wikipedia editor to do it and the cost for it. Your early response will be much appreciated. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Geeta1360 (talk • contribs) 13:11, 29 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Geeta1360: If you have a relationship with the notable person, please do not add the information yourself, instead make a conflict of interest edit request. I would suggest that you do not hire a paid editor, but if you do, make sure they follow our paid editor policy. Danski454 (talk) 13:20, 29 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Geeta1360. If you are editing (or contemplating editing) Wikipedia on behalf of anybody or anything other than Wikipedia itself, then you have misunderstood Wikipedia. Wikipedia is an encyclopaedia, which contains neutral, sourced articles about notable subjects: it may not be used for promotion of any kind. An article about your notable person does not belong to that person, and they (and their associates) do not have control of its contents. If you choose to pay somebody to edit, they cannot guarantee any particular outcome. In particular, if your notable person does not meet Wikipedia's criteria for notability, then no article about them is possible. --ColinFine (talk) 14:43, 29 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Information onto Wikipedia

What do I have to do, or avoid doing, in order to post information upon a Wikipedia subject ? Regards, Steve Gordon. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.7.175.85 (talk) 17:47, 29 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Howdy hello! Anytime you edit, make sure that the information you're adding comes from a reliable source. Think news sites, newspapers, magazines, books, and scientific journals. If you'd like to make an article from scratch, you can use the WP:Article Wizard to make a draft version, which will then be reviewed by experienced editors to make sure it meets our policies. If you'd like a fun way to learn about all our core policies, why not check out The Wikipedia Adeventure. You may also wish to read Wikipedia:Tutorial. Wikipedia has a lot of policies, and it can sure be confusing, so don't be afraid to ask for more specific help! Captain Eek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!}⚓ 18:00, 29 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

HIERARCHICAL PROCESSING

Why is there almost 6 million pages in the english wikipedia, and not one of them is about hierarchical proessing — Preceding unsigned comment added by 162.211.35.40 (talk) 18:42, 29 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

If you think an article is missing, please go ahead and create it. We are all volunteers. See WP:YFA for how to get started. RudolfRed (talk) 18:46, 29 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

If it exists under a synonym (have you looked?), then a redirect ought to be made. —Tamfang (talk) 06:56, 1 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Making edits to a page

Hello! The organization I work for recently went through a rebrand and when I tried to edit our wikipedia page, all of the content I put up was taken down and I had to deal with a really rude contributor who told me to "sit this one out hun" because I was bias. I want to know how to go about making the necessary updates to our page seeing as the information there currently is incorrect. I would also like to know how I should go about suggesting edits in the future seeing as I am incapable of making necessary edits without being bias.

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

^^ This is the page that needs editing. All of the products have been rebranded and changed so the products that are currently listed are incorrect. Below are our updated products:

- IMO Core – A clinical interface terminology (CIT) solution that includes a suite of tools to enhance problem list management in the EHR. It improves workflows and ensures accurate documentation so clinicians can focus on care, not coding and reimbursements.

- IMO Core Procedure – A medical procedure terminology solution that enables clinicians and healthcare IT professionals to select relevant and familiar procedure terms while mapping them to appropriate billing and reference codes. A team of credentialed HIM and laboratory professionals meticulously map codes to enhance the quality of procedure documentation in the HER, providing clinicians with peace of mind, knowing that their clinical intent is not only captured, but also preserved, throughout the system.

- IMO Core Periop – An OR optimization solution that does the heavy lifting of standardizing, coding and maintaining the procedures in your surgical dictionary by leveraging the perioperative nursing expertise of AORN (Association of perioperative Registered Nurses) and our industry-leading clinical terminology. IMO Core Periop allows you to customize your dictionary from our menu of over 50,000 base procedure names, as well as refine it by exposing duplicate terms.

- IMO Precision Sets – A robust value set solution that continuously defines the inclusion or exclusion of specific patient cohorts to help healthcare providers inform quality reporting, support better clinical decision making and understand patient populations. Continuously curated and maintained by a dedicated team of clinical terminologists, IMO Precision Sets leverages our industry-leading clinical interface terminology offering (IMO Core) and proprietary tooling that far exceeds the capabilities of typical spreadsheet-generated solutions.

In addition, our CEO, Ann Barnes, is currently linked to pop singer which is inaccurate. We would like our key people to show: - Ann Barnes, CEO - Frank Naeymi-Rad, Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board

Thank you.

104.8.225.57 (talk) 19:35, 29 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

There is a policy called Wikipedia:Conflict of Interest that explains why your edits are removed. If your edits show that you have a close connection to the subject, then you must not make edits to the article unless if they are clear violations of the living persons policy. If you would like to propose other edits, then use the template {{edit request}} on the talk page of the article, followed by the request you would like to make. Awesome Aasim 20:22, 29 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Assuming, based ont he page history, that the IP is/was User:Megbrennan, this was already explained to them, in detail, twice. Beeblebrox (talk) 22:24, 29 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Response on Suggested Edits

Hi there! I suggested edits to a page a few weeks ago because some numbers were out of date, and have not had an editor respond. Can you provide me with some additional info how I can get the ball rolling on this? Linking to the page here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charity:_Water Thanks in advance for your time and feedback! For full disclosure, I work with a public relations firm that represents the brand. --Saurilia (talk) 19:59, 29 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Saurilia:Thank you for following the rules for paid editors, and for carefully adding your references: we appreciate it. In the future, when you request an edit like that, please add the magic incantation {{request edit}}. That puts it on the list that volunteers who do that stuff look at. I will add the edit request for you now. -Arch dude (talk) 20:27, 29 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much for your help! --Saurilia (talk) 20:29, 29 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Unarchiving material?

Helped

When is it appropriate to unarchive discussions? For example, there was a slow discussion that was not quite finished that was automatically archived about a month ago. Awesome Aasim 20:19, 29 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Awesome Aasim I don't think you can unarchive a discussion. See Help:Archiving_a_talk_page#Continuing_discussions. What you do is start a new discussion and link to the archive. Consider using an RFC to get more participation. TimTempleton ^(talk) ^(cont) 21:16, 29 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Okay thanks. Awesome Aasim 21:18, 29 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Help:Cite errors/Cite error ref no input

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

Cite error: There are <ref> tags on this page without content in them (see the help page). ==United States==

I added Target Zero 1955 to the list and now got this message on the board. Help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1700:45C0:6430:7C30:26AC:73BD:7A8B (talk) 21:42, 29 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I fixed it. You had stray ref codes that needed to be removed. You can always preview your work, and if for some reason you accidentally save a typo, you can undo your edit in the revision history. TimTempleton ^(talk) ^(cont) 22:00, 29 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Checking number of watchers for a page.

Is it possible to check the number of people who have a page in their watchlist?

--MoonyTheDwarf (Braden N.) (talk) 21:44, 29 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@MoonyTheDwarf: This will help you. Help:Watchlist#Number_of_watchers TimTempleton ^(talk) ^(cont) 22:02, 29 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Request for mediation

Not an issue for Help desk/Archives. Referred elsewhere.

I'm having certain issues with other users about 2019 FIFA Club World Cup logo.

On 19 October, Flix11 uploads File:2019 FIFA Club World Cup emblem.png.
On 22 October, I noticed certain inaccuracies with that file: sponsorship is not part of the logo and the colours looks brighter than they should be, so I uploaded File:2019 FIFA Club World Cup.png to fix those issues, therefore replacing reference in infobox.
On 24 October, Flix11 crops its file, uploads it under the old name and reverts my edit to the infobox. Note that the colours still look brighter than they should as per this file
On 25 October, I upload File:2019 FIFA Club World Cup.svg, a pure vector file.
On 27 October, Flix11 uploads File:2019 FIFA Club World Cup emblem.svg, a PNG image embedded into an SVG file. Less than an hour later, Yogwi21 overwrites this file with the SVG that I uploaded, but altering text color to a wrong maroon (it uses #A20D36 , but should be #8A1538 like my file, as per FIFA website CSS).
Several hours later, I realize that I made some mistakes in my upload, so I fixed them and overwrite my file. Biggest mistake was misplacing second F letter's border (mistake reproduced by Yogwi when reuploaded it under another name). Tired of this nonsense, I left a message in the talk page.
On 28 October, Flix11 reverts my edit with a rude edit summary.
On 29 October, a bot notifies me my SVG file will be deleted if no pages liks to it.

I don't want to engage a reversions war. I just want to improve Wikipedia uploading better files every time. The only thing I demand is the credit for the final file, which has a lot of work. I managed to down its size from original 33,6 MB to 204 KB first, and to 88 KB in my last attempt. --Genericool (talk) 22:17, 29 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, the purpose of the help desk is to help with problems with editing, not dispute resolution. I would suggest WP:DRN as a more appropriate venue for this. Beeblebrox (talk) 22:19, 29 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks a lot for your guide. Moving it to where it should be. --Genericool (talk) 22:25, 29 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Is this article written fully in British English?

Hello! English isn't my native language and I attempted to write an article using British English. You know how it is common in Wikipedia to write an article in either British or American English. Well, I'm not sure whether this is written fully in British English (I've tried to). If someone could fix possible errors, I'd appreciate it a LOT. Thanks. The article in question: Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate. –Sullay (Let's talk about it) 23:06, 29 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Handicapping Data

Hello Friend I hope this isn't a stupit question but here it goes.

Is it possible for this site so you can upload data to handicapp horseracing? I use a company named Brisnet.com their you can buy data to pich out the winner of a race, is this a place where you can read the data? Any thing you can tell me will be appreciated, be nice

Thanks Chris — Preceding unsigned comment added by Buyreds1 (talk • contribs) 23:07, 29 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Buyreds1: Thanks for asking before posting. No, this is not the place for that. This is an encyclopedia, not a web host. See WP:NOT. RudolfRed (talk) 23:48, 29 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]