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July 1[edit]

How to add a famous painter Alicia Czerniak to Wikipedia?[edit]

Dear Sirs,

I am wondering if you provide me some important details How to add a famous artist Alicia Czerniak to Wikipedia?

I would be glad if you can help.

Kind Regards, Klaudia Alicia1002022 (talk) 07:56, 1 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Alicia1002022. The operation you are describing as "Adding ... to Wikipedia" is more accurately described as "writing an encyclopaedia article about ...". This is not an easy task, especially for somebody with little experience of editing Wikipedia. Nonetheless, you are permitted to try if you wish: see Your first article for more information - but as IanMacM says, if you have a connection with Czerniak, you need to be aware of the policies around editing with a conflict of interest. But I would alsways advise a new editor to spend a few months making small improvements to existing articles first, while they learn about how Wikipedia works.

You might find that an appeal at WT:WikiProject Arts (or indeed WT:WIR) would find somebody willing to work with you on this; but there are no guarantees. In any event, again as Ian says, unless Czerniak meets Wikipedia's criteria for notabaility (which are mostly about how much independent writing there is about her, not based what she or her associates have said or done), there will be no point in anybody spending any time on this, as no article will be accepted. ColinFine (talk) 11:05, 1 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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There is a lack of secondary reliable sources so I doubt if she would be suitable for an article. Also, if you are related to the person involved, there would be a conflict of interest.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 08:22, 1 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Donation selection link (hidden in plain sight)[edit]

Just a point of information: Admittedly, I can be slow, plus the rush to locate items can be problemmatic at times. I had diffculty locating the Donate selection link in the left pane navigation list. It took me almost more time than it took to make the donation. I was about to abandon the effort, until ultimately it can into view. Thanks. Cosmicresearch (talk) 11:17, 1 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

technoblade wikipedia page[edit]

someone has posted pornographic material 79.69.180.226 (talk) 12:55, 1 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like this has already been fixed. Joseph2302 (talk) 12:57, 1 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, sorry didn't know where to report 87.236.135.164 (talk) 13:00, 1 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The page has been extended confirmed protected after a thread at ANI involving the same pornographic material. And also, if you want to request protection of a page because of vandalism or other reasons, go here. weeklyd3 (message me | my contributions) 01:36, 2 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

An Article which is not shown in Google search[edit]

The article of Shaligram Yadav is not shown in Google searches, we have to open with the link or access with Wikipedia search button. What would be the reason for this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Abhi8711 (talk • contribs) 13:19, 1 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Abhi8711: New articles don't get indexed (or appear) on search engines until 90 days have passed or a new pages patroller reviews it, whichever comes first. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 14:21, 1 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Abhi8711 Note that WP:NPPSORT states "13024 unreviewed articles as of 1 July 2022", so please be patient. While you're waiting, you could add more independent reliable sources, and pick one date format for the entire article (either MDY or DMY, but not both). Happy editing! GoingBatty (talk) 01:15, 2 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

How do I create a new page?[edit]

This message came from: Kosburrat (talk) 19:34, 1 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Kosburrat: Start by picking a subject that is notable by our definition: see WP:N. If the subject does not meet our notability criteria, it cannot have a Wikipedia article and we will delete it if you try to create it, wasting you time and ours. Really. I mean it. Don't skip this step. If you satisfy yourself that we will consider it notable, then proceed to WP:YFA, and we can help you develop your article. -Arch dude (talk) 19:59, 1 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Kosburrat (ec) Wikipedia has articles, not pages. Writing a new article is probably the most difficult task to perform on Wikipedia. It is highly recommended that you first gain experience by editing existing articles in areas that interest you, to get a feel for how Wikipedia works and what is expected of article content. Using the new username tutorial is a good idea too.

If you still want to dive in and create a new article now, please read Your first article, and go to Articles for creation to create a draft. You will want to gather independent reliable sources to summarize and check to see if the topic meet Wikipedia's special definition of notability. 331dot (talk) 20:00, 1 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

New section pop-up box[edit]

Hi, is there a way to change the new "new section" pop-up box on talk pages so editing a new sections looks more like it used to? You know, where it just opened on a new page instead of toggling down to where the section will appear and opening a pop-up box. I much prefer the old style new edit section so hope someone can help. Thanks in advance. This is Paul (talk) 20:32, 1 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@This is Paul: This is a new Discussion Tools feature, which you should be able to toggle off at Preferences → Editing → Discussion pages →

Enable quick topic adding. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 21:08, 1 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I've just turned it off. This is Paul (talk) 22:29, 1 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Deleting a redirect[edit]

Loring Park should be moved to Loring Park, Minneapolis so that separate pages can be made for the neighborhood and the park. Since this is uncontroversial, I would guess, is there an easy way to get the redirect deleted for page move, or do I need to go through the actual process of renaming and moving? CTF83! 20:59, 1 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@CTF83! Alt:, that page would meet the criteria for speedy deletion under {{Db-g6}}. --VersaceSpace 🌃 21:03, 1 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! CTF83! 04:28, 2 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]