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March 23[edit]

Fixing image copyright status in file[edit]

Hey all,

One of the students involved in a Genetics course using Wikipedia, User:Alfuller18, recently uploaded an image for the article subject they were assigned. That image is over at Robertabondar.jpg and is for the article Roberta Bondar. A bot recently tagged it for deletion due to not having the right copyright and licensing status listed on it.

Based on the Flickr permissions, it looks like it should be usable, as it's from a NASA astronaut's account and is listed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial license. Can someone help in fixing up the image file so it has the right permissions listed for that? I'm not sure how to go about that for an already uploaded file, I usually just follow the format given when uploading image files myself and don't change it after that. Silver seren^C 01:03, 23 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Silver seren: That is actually not usable. The license must allow reuse for any purpose. Restrictions such as non-commercial use only are not allowed. RudolfRed (talk) 01:14, 23 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Silver seren. Just want to add to what Rudolfred posted in that you can find out what types of Creative Commons licenses are accepted by Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons at c:COM:CC; basically, any CC license that places restrictions on commercial or derivative use is not accepted. Some types of copyrighted content, however, can be uploaded for use on Wikipedia only as non-free content. Such use needs to comply with Wikipedia's non-free content use policy, which is quite restrictive. Since there are already multiple freely available images of Bondar being already used in the article about here, it's probably going to be quite difficult to justify the use of any non-free images of her for the reasons given in WP:FREER and WP:NFC#CS. So, unless you or someone else is able to somehow convince the Flickr account holder to relicense the image under a CC license that the Wikimedia Foundation accepts, I think it's not going to be possible to upload and use this particular photo in the article. -- Marchjuly (talk) 01:34, 23 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Pandemic COVID-19[edit]

Hello, It would be useful to create a portal PANDEMIc COVID-19 which summarises epidemiological data by geographical area (cf. WHO) and indicates the responses provided in terms of health by country, region by region. (For example: containment, wearing of masks, organisation of logistics, treatment of patients, deaths...).

One could also graphically show curves based on the daily rate of increase, so that everyone can see which practices seem to be effective.

The WHO data are explosive. I have started using the data from the WHO daily report : https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/situation-reports/ in the following file https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1uSPqDyMHkLTfFJI8rZ5qokSPE1r3F5Uxox1iAAd-sxg/edit?usp=sharing But the work is very incomplete (it would also be necessary to resume the data by indicating when the transmissions are local and to count from that date).

Unfortunately I have no experience in creating articles and even less in creating portals.

Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)

Qui pourrait aider?

--Charlotte-Jaxa (discuter) 23 mars 2020 à 08:13 (CET) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Charlotte-Jaxa (talk • contribs) 07:23, 23 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

You may make this or a similar suggestion in Talk:2019–20 coronavirus pandemic; but before you do so, please examine Category:2019–20 coronavirus pandemic by location. -- Hoary (talk) 07:49, 23 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Charlotte-Jaxa: The portal at Portal:Coronavirus disease 2019 may be what you are looking for. -- John of Reading (talk) 12:28, 23 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

From DRAFT version to PUBLISH version?[edit]

Can anyone let me know what should I do to make publis this version ? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:GEO-SAFE_project

Which are the steps? Please, it is urgent! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Safeguardforests (talk • contribs) 09:22, 23 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Safeguardforests What is the urgency? Wikipedia has no deadlines. If you are editing as part of your job duties or other association with the subject, you must read and comply with the conflict of interest and paid editing policies. Your draft is not acceptable at this time, as it lacks independent reliable sources to support its content. Wikipedia articles should only summarize what independent reliable sources with significant coverage state about a subject showing how it meets Wikipedia's special definition of notability. The article should not merely tell about the project. If you have independent sources with significant coverage, you need to rewrite the article so it only summarizes what they say. If you are able to do that, you can then submit your draft using Articles for Creation; if you were to submit it as it stands now, it would be rejected quickly. 331dot (talk) 09:27, 23 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Merging of sockpuppet investigations[edit]

I was split on whether this or the administrators' noticeboard was the right place to post this. Decided on this due to the need over there for issues concerning all administrators or "urgent" or "intractable" behaviour issues.

I recently identified a sockpuppet investigation that incorrectly identified the user at the centre as a sockpuppetteer, when in fact the accounts were all sockpuppets of a much larger investigation, ongoing since 2007 (see link). I tried to add this to the larger investigation's page, and also notified the smaller investigation's creator on their talk page, but my request to merge the investigations was declined and removed; seemingly, the checkuser who closed it hadn't read the investigation, as they closed it solely based on the account being "stale".

I want to ask, what is the procedure for this, and how do you get two sockpuppet investigations merged? Thank you. · • SUM1 • · (talk) 12:24, 23 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@SUM1: You requested that a CheckUser investigates whether the accounts are all sockpuppets of MusicLover650. Unfortunately, CUs can only access CU data from the last 31 days. Because they accounts have not edited in the last 31 days, the CU has no data on the accounts to be able to confirm the suspicion. However, if you feel that the behavioural evidence is enough to proof that Thiyojs is part of the larger MusicLover650 investigation, I would advise you to contact the administrator that closed the investigation, TonyBallioni. --MrClog (talk) 12:30, 23 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Change headline and logo of a Wiki page[edit]

Hi,

I am trying to change the headline and logo of the Wiki page of the agency I work in. I contacted the person who owns the page, however, they no longer have access to the email or password they used to create this page.

Is there a way to change the owner of a page or get access to updating the headline and logo of a page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eva Zelaya (talk • contribs) 14:30, 23 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Eva Zelaya: are you talking about Wikipedia or are you talking about a private Wiki? If you talk about the former, please be advised that Wikipedia articles aren't owned by there subject. Further, you will need to comply with WP:COI and WP:PAID (The latter is a Terms of Use requirement). Changing the title of a page would need to WP:MOVE the page, but be advised that Wikipedia doesn't uses "official" names, but rather the most popular name. The logo can be changed by editing the page and changing the file link, but please be advised that the image policy of Wikipedia is rather stringent and it is not recommended to change the logo without discussing it first on the article's talkpage. Victor Schmidt (talk) 14:51, 23 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict)Eva Zelaya There is no "owner" of any Wikipedia article. All articles in Wikipedia are community-developed and open for editing by any member of the community unless protected (usually due to vandalism). However, since you work for the company in question, you have a conflict of interest and should not edit that article. Please see our guidelines on paid editing for best practices and mandatory disclosures you should follow in your attempts to get the article updated. In the meantime, please let us know here what article it is and, on the article's talk page, what changes need to be made. ~ ONUnicorn^{(Talk|Contribs)}problem solving 14:54, 23 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

resubmission[edit]

Hi there I resubmitted a complete edit for FuseFX. I have no idea if its being reviewed or in the queue? How do I do that?

Thank you.

Oscarstisch (talk) 17:51, 23 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

You haven't resubmitted Draft:FuseFX. In [1] you removed the box with the "Resubmit" button. I have restored it. PrimeHunter (talk) 18:00, 23 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Oscarstisch: You still have to click the button to resubmit. PrimeHunter (talk) 18:01, 23 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@PrimeHunter, I don't see a resubmit button? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Oscarstisch (talk • contribs) 18:10, 23 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Oscarstisch: I don't get involved in AFC discussions, but you really need to carefully read Wikipedia:Common sourcing mistakes (notability).-Arch dude (talk) 18:21, 23 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Info page question[edit]

How do I create a info page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by StickmanBoss (talk • contribs) 18:47, 23 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@StickmanBoss: If you're referring to a user page, you already created it with a short phrase. (Please remember to sign your posts on talk pages by typing four keyboard tildes like this: ~~~~. Or, you can use the [ reply ] button, which automatically signs posts.) TimTempleton ^(talk) ^(cont) 19:52, 23 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

If you'd like to create an article, please read Help:Your first article. -- Hoary (talk) 00:34, 24 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

help with format on F-8 crusader page[edit]

Hello, this is Avedis Ghazarian and I was attempting to perform a minor edit and now it is messed up since I am rather new to editing. May you please help me? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vought_F-8_Crusader — Preceding unsigned comment added by Avocado92 (talk • contribs) 20:40, 23 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I assume that you were not signed in when you made the edits, and were then at the IP address 47.156.229.204. I have reverted both edits; you are free to make them again. If I'm wrong, I owe 47 an apology. Maproom (talk) 21:44, 23 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Adding images of anime posters to my profile[edit]

I want to add images of the anime posters that I own to my profile, as I want to make a collection. However, I don't know a good way to do this. I don't want to tick the "This is my own work" box in the image uploader tool, as I am not sure if I should. Yes, the images were taken by me, but I did not make the content, hence my question. I would likely violate copyright laws if I uploaded those images to my profile. --Эрик (トークページ) 22:26, 23 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I'm afraid you're right, Kingerikthesecond: unless the posters have been released under a compatible licence, you may not upload photos of them, except possibly if your use meets all the criteria of the WP:NFCC - which would not include using them on a user page. (I presume your user page is what you mean by your "profile"). --ColinFine (talk) 22:58, 23 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, thank you. I do mean "user page" when I say "profile". I am just used to the latter word more. --Эрик (トークページ) 23:00, 23 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

No problem, Эрик. People often come here talking about their "profile" when they mean "an article about me". So I wasn't sure. A user page is a bit more like a profile: it is created by and for the person in question, though only a limited amount of information not related to Wikipedia is allowed. But people who refer to Wikipedia articles as "profiles" usually have a fundamental misunderstanding of what Wikipedia is. --ColinFine (talk) 13:48, 24 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Associating foreign language articles[edit]

Hi, I'd like to have Geistliches Lied im englischen Kulturraum in the de:wikipedia linked to the following two: Anglican church music Música na Igreja Anglicana

so it will show up on the left hand side of the screen.

However, when I go to the Wikidata page, there is an error that comes up and it won't add the German article to the other two. I tried it multiple times. Can you get it to work? Thanks.Epiphyllumlover (talk) 23:53, 23 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The Wikidata page is Q1499058. This has a single title: "Church songs in English speaking countries". (It doesn't require a title in either German or Spanish; I'm merely pointing out that it doesn't have one.) To me, a native speaker of English who admittedly knows little about the subject, this sounds slightly odd. Still, I understand it (or I think I do). I don't see why it should be limited to the Anglican. (For example, Ireland is an English-speaking country, but only a minority of its churches are Anglican.) I think that oratorios (or some of them) can be classed as "Anglican church music" (a WP article that you say you want to link); however, they're not songs. Now, if you have a mismatch between the area covered by the Wikidata title and that covered by the Wikipedia title, things are going to get confused; and the more languages you bring into the mix, the more the confusion will grow. So I suggest that you pause and decide what you want for whichever language you're most fluent in, and regularize the titles. Once that's done, you can add links to articles in other languages, when appropriate. (You have to be logged in to Wikidata in order to do this.) -- Hoary (talk) 00:50, 24 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I tried to save it, and it said, "Could not save due to an error. The save has failed." This is the same error I get when I try to link the pages from Q4763552. The German title literally means, "Spiritual songs [Hymns] in the Anglosphere." (It excludes American hymns, which are covered in their own article. Ireland is not covered in the German page at all. I am not surprised as virtually no hymnody was permitted in the Catholic Church during the bulk of the historical period covered in the article) I suppose one would need to merge the wikidata entries? Is there someone who can do this for me?--Epiphyllumlover (talk) 01:01, 24 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The English and the Spanish pages are already linked from Q4763552, so I don't know why you're trying to link these pages from it. (Unless you've only just now linked them. I didn't look at the history.) Judging from your description of the German page, it's mistitled. Title and content should match. When its content and title match (and not before), consider whether its scope matches that of the English and Spanish pages. (I'd guess that Wikidata is set up to prevent a single Wikipedia page -- in this case, the German one -- from appearing in more than one place.) ¶ If you continue to have problems with Wikidata, then Wikidata would be the place to ask about them; however, I strongly recommend that you first ensure that the title of each article matches its content, and then look clear-headedly at which articles should be linked via Wikidata as the equivalents of which others, and which should not. -- Hoary (talk) 01:49, 24 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, Hoary and Epiphyllumlover, there's a frequent problem where articles on different Wikipedia don't match in scope, so more than one article in language A correspond to a single article in language B. Wikidata can't cope with this, because a Wikipedia article can be linked to only one Wikidata item. It ws being hotly discussed on Wikidata when I was active there soon after it started, but I don't know where that's got to. One way round it is to use the old (non-Wikidata) method for WP:interlanguage links#Local links. --ColinFine (talk) 13:54, 24 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. I'll add the interlanguage link for the German page on the English and Portuguese pages.--Epiphyllumlover (talk) 03:21, 25 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]