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November 22

username

Show me an example to follow — Preceding unsigned comment added by 105.53.201.226 (talk) 05:11, 22 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

This page has comments signed by a variety of usernames. -- Hoary (talk) 05:26, 22 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there! If you haven't done so already, you may wish to review Wikipedia:Username policy. Hope this helps, and happy editing! GoingBatty (talk) 06:57, 24 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Search Engine Optimization

I was adding an external link to SEO page but i cant, could you please help me out. Enx77 (talk) 05:58, 22 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

From your edit history, it appears that you are trying to add a spam link to a course offering 'SEO Training in Jabalpur'. We certainly aren't going to help with that, since Wikipedia isn't a platform for free advertising. AndyTheGrump (talk) 06:21, 22 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

How do I publish a Draft

I have created an English-language version of a Russian-language article about a person.

Russian-language article - https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%B2,_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%9B%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87 English-language article - [[1]]

In the URL of the article, I have the Draft: mark

Question:Italic text how to remove the word Draft: from the URL and publish the article?

Thanks for the help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Seorbm (talk • contribs) 07:51, 22 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Seorbm: Looks as though you found out how to move the draft yourself...(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.) Thank you. Eagleash (talk) 11:17, 22 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

To move pages, you need to have an autoconfirmed account (4 days old and 10 edits). Looks like your post above was the 10th edit, which was why you were then able to move the page. Joseph2302 (talk) 17:18, 22 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Citation of a PDF

On Ben Porat Yosef’s page, I needed to cite a pdf file. I uplaoaded it to Google Drive and used its url, however I’m guessing that this is not a permanent solution. A. Rosenberg (talk) 15:02, 22 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

A .pdf file uploaded somewhere is not a reliable source. We need information derived from published, reliable sources such as books, magazines and newspapers. --Orange Mike | Talk 15:08, 22 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Help Removing Link

Hi there,

I'd very much appreciate some assistance in removing a link (that no longer works) from a Wikipedia page. Any help on the best way to resolve this link is welcome. Happy to provide more details!

Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Justisbw (talk • contribs) 17:16, 22 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Assuming the original link was a reliable source, removing dead links is not advised; see WP:LINKROT for details. 2603:6081:1C00:1187:39A9:9DEA:414D:A03 (talk) 17:36, 22 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Editing publication print circulation data?

Hello, how can I update the Circulation number that is in the right side column on my publication's page? It currently links to an old reference from 2013.

Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bhorvath1 (talk • contribs) 18:29, 22 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Bhorvath1. First you need to read about paid editing, to understand why you should not edit the article directly; and you must make the formal declarations specified there. Then you can place an edit request on the talk page of the article in question, specifying exactly what change you are requesting to the text, and citing a reliable published source unconnected with the publication. --ColinFine (talk) 18:48, 22 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Updating a birthday

I'm trying to update a birthday on a wiki page, and it keeps not accepting it. I have a photo of the persons drivers license. but am unsure how to go about getting it changed as the wrong info is cited online. Any help would be appreciated. 173.252.17.63 (talk) 19:38, 22 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

We wouldn't accept a driver's licence as a source anyway (and Commons will not accept media that includes personally-identifying information). —A little blue Bori v^_^v ^{Jéské Couriano} 19:50, 22 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

If the birthdate in the article is cited, but incorrect, you may need to speak to whomever published the incorrect date to get them to issue a correction. At a minimum, you will need a published independent reliable source with the information. You should bring this up on the article talk page. If you have access to identity documents (which you should never post in a public forum) I assume that you have a conflict of interest, please review that policy. 331dot (talk) 19:56, 22 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

A lot of the time we can simply remove the DOB if it's a living person which I guess it is. A lot of mentions of dates of birth don't comply with WP:BLPDOB relying on one or two crappy sources which even if they are reliable sources are barely reliable and definitely do not establish that the date is widely published. Nil Einne (talk) 05:19, 23 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia tools for key word searching, within wikipedia.org, for potentially archived talk pages, AN/I and Arbitration Committee findings

I am wondering what Wikipedia tools I should use for key word searching, within wikipedia.org, through potentially archived talk pages, AN/I and Arbitration Committee findings and the like. Deicas (talk) 23:33, 22 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Deicas: https://wikipedia.org is the common domain for all Wikipedia languages. Is that really what you mean or do you want to search the English Wikipedia at https://en.wikipedia.org? PrimeHunter (talk) 05:42, 23 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(EC) AFAIK, wikipedia.org only exists as a redirect to www.wikipedia.org. www.wikipedia.org only exists as a tool to redirect you to the language specific subsites and also with a search bar with I think possibly only one page and it's managed via meta. Do you mean you want to search all wikipedia.org sub-sites? If so Global Search on Tool Forge which can search all Wikimedia sites. I've never used it but I guess it might allow you to search only wikipedia.org sites. I suspect it can be slow in any case.

But is there any particular reason you want to search all wikipedia.org sites? What happens on other sites rarely concerns us here on en.wikipedia and many do not have arbitration committees, the may have even have something as specific as ANI. Even stuff on simple.wikipedia is generally only of limited interest. In so much as it matters, stuff on commons.wikimedia and on meta, as well as on other sites can generally be just as much of relevance as other wikipedia.org sites. Most sites don't use English so a lot of keywords aren't going to find anything anyway on most of them.

If you want to search en.wikipedia or any specific site, Special:Search on that site can search it. It's available a search bar on the top right of every page on the default desktop skin, although you may need to adjust the settings to ensure it searches the namespace of interest to you. For further help on using the search function, try Help:Searching.

You will be taken to the Special:Search page for the result after searching if you forget how to get there provided there isn't a clear title match (there are options in your preferences which affect matching). If there's a clear title match, you will be taken directly to the page. You can avoid this by selecting containing in the drop down list when searching. Of course you can also type something random to ensure there is no match, e.g. "I want to search all pages" is not a current title match I expect with any settings. The alternative will be to remember or book mark Special:Search.

Nil Einne (talk) 05:51, 23 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Nil Einne & @PrimeHunter — You are correct that my interest should be in en.wikipedia.org, not wikipedia.org. I will give the search tools that you suggest a try. Thank you for your response.

——Deicas (talk) 06:02, 23 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Deicas: Note "Search in" at Special:Search where you can choose which namespaces to search, e.g. Talk and Wikipedia. For a single namespace you can also write the namespace and a colon in front of a search in the normal search box, e.g. wp: (using an alias for Wikipedia) . PrimeHunter (talk) 06:12, 23 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@PrimeHunter: Thanks! I'll give it a try.

--Deicas (talk) 07:22, 23 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]