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March 17[edit]

Article for deletion[edit]

I'm a bit confused about this article: Genie_(programming_language)

It had an original Article for Deletion, which was relisted to generate more comments, but whose result was Delete back on 27 July 2019: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Genie_(programming_language)

And then a second nomination, which seems like one that was trying to make a point, but was unrelated to the first nomination: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Genie_(programming_language)_(2nd_nomination)

How come the first nomination didn't result in a deletion? What should happen now (I have searched and can't find any new information on the topic). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Peterl (talk • contribs) 22:16, 16 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

You need to read the AFD again. It did result in a deletion, but it was 27 July 2009, not 2019. A new version of the article was created later that year. --David Biddulph (talk) 22:21, 16 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Oh I see! Thanks for your help. peterl (talk) 22:40, 16 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Are examples of use acceptable sources to demonstrate that something is used a lot?[edit]

Tried to fit this question into the constraints of Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard, but it didn't seem to belong, so I've brought it here. Sorry if that's wrong. A few times lately I've seen claims made in articles that a particular word or expression is frequently or commonly used to describe something, and the sourcing for it is several examples of it being used. This doesn't seem right to me. The most recent case in point is 2019–20 Australian bushfire season, where an editor has written "The term black summer has become a common term for the 2019–20 bushfire season". The sourcing for that claim is three separate examples of it being used that way. An ideal source, to me, would be one that actually says pretty what I put in quotes there. Three examples doesn't prove something is a common term. So, are examples good enough to be sources in situations like this. HiLo48 (talk) 01:48, 17 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that it's not appropriate to use examples of a term to verify that it is commonly used. This practice could qualify as original research if no source explicitly says the term is "common". However, the examples might serve as suitable verification for a sentence along the lines of Some newspapers have employed the term black summer to describe the 2019–20 bushfire season, subject to the due weight policy, which could serve as a suitable compromise. – Teratix ₵ 07:14, 17 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2020 coronavirus pandemic in the United States will not accept navbox[edit]

Do you know why article 2020 coronavirus pandemic in the United States will not accept {{2019–20 coronavirus pandemic}} at the bottom of the page? Please {{ping}} me when you respond. --Jax 0677 (talk) 06:11, 17 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Jax 0677, see WP:PEIS. Looks like the page has too many citations/is too big and is increasing the template size too much. Galobtter (pingó mió) 06:30, 17 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Seems like Template:2019–20_coronavirus_pandemic_data/United_States_medical_cases is the main problem, accounting for half the references in the page and of the limit. I think the daily references would need to be axed since it is not sustainable (or at least substed). Galobtter (pingó mió) 06:41, 17 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Jax 0677: See also Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)#Page-size data. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:34, 17 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Quarantine the Coronavirus[edit]

Majority of companies in the world are locking down to certain extent to work from homes even providing leaves due to new COVID-19 (coronavirus) in order to reduce the impact of spreading the new coronavirus. thus in order to reduce the impact of covid-19 countries need to impose policies to lockdown for certain time to mitigate the effect. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 110.225.202.165 (talk) 07:31, 17 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

What was your question? JIP | Talk 08:07, 17 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

This is a help desk for editing Wikipedia, not for general questions/observations. Joseph2302 (talk) 19:12, 17 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Biography[edit]

I need assistance in creating an acceptable biography for Wikipedia, thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by KENNEDYMBA (talk • contribs) 09:08, 17 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

What assistance do you need? -- Hoary (talk) 12:32, 17 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Try Help:Your first article and WP:BLP. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 13:32, 17 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@KENNEDYMBA:But first, know that Wikipedia wants to have an article on every notable subject, but we delete any article on a subject that is not notable. Really. We delete about 200 articles per day. Please read WP:AUTOBIOGRAPHY if applicable, WP:AMOUNT, and Wikipedia:Common sourcing mistakes (notability) before you start on your article, to save yourself (and us) from unnecessary effort. Don't get discouraged: if your subject is indeed notable, we will welcome your contribution. -Arch dude (talk) 17:15, 17 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Long term storage of personal favorite searches[edit]

I don't see the as an clickable option anywhere in your tools/or access pages. I would like to store my favorite author searches by some means. If you don't have that ability within Wikipedia should I just create a google sheet for this?

Thanks John Sherman Nashville TN — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shermanjohn (talk • contribs) 15:58, 17 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Shermanjohn: Nothing in Wikipedia that I am aware of. You could bookmark it in your browser. RudolfRed (talk) 16:16, 17 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Lützow's Wild Hunt[edit]

This article should be split in two. Queryzo (talk) 19:41, 17 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Done. The poem is now at Lützow's Wild Hunt (poem). JIP | Talk 20:40, 17 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Reporting Spam[edit]

Hey Guys

There is a user that owns ecosecretariat.org/ that has built an affiliate marketing/make money online blog and has a TON (hundreds) of backlinks from Wikipedia on Pakistan, the middle east etc - 100% NON-relevant for his website now.

I'm guessing he aquired the domain once it expired, and re-built it to take advantage of the backlinks from Wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jlenney (talk • contribs) 19:50, 17 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Jlenney: Not exactly a ton (25 occurrences). I'm investigating. —[AlanM1 (talk)]— 02:04, 18 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Done @Jlenney: I recovered and correctly marked the cites and ELs in 24 articles as usurped. Only one was unrecoverable (at Gyorgy Busztin), which I marked dead. I also reported it at Wikipedia:Link rot/URL change requests/Archives/2020/March#ECOSecretariat.org usurped. Where did you see "hundreds" of links? —[AlanM1 (talk)]— 21:27, 18 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]