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December 24

When a user has triggered an edit filter what does it mean?

As above. -- StarryNightSky11 ☎ 🎄 02:40, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

User:StarryNightSky11, have you perused WP:EF? That goes over what edit filters are. It means some content of an edit matches a pattern someone has decided to track or disable, like spam sites for one example. There are ways to report problems with the system. Was there anything more specific? Folly Mox (talk) 02:49, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

Folly Mox Just that really, about what causes a triggered edit filter. Thanks for your help. -- StarryNightSky11 ☎ 🎄 03:32, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

@StarryNightSky11: Hello! I've just taken a look at the filter logs: you made an edit on 22 December on the 2023 Prague shooting article which triggered filter 1249 and filter 1204. Basically, these filters monitor edits related to biographies and crimes, because many vandalism edits are in these sections. The 1204 filter tags your edit, so people who patrol recent changes would take a closer look at your edit, and the 1249 filter is a reminder (you should get a message from this filter when it gets triggered). Deltaspace⁴² (talk • contribs) 13:47, 25 December 2023 (UTC)

Ethics in science / Science ethics

We have an extensive article Medical ethics. Science ethics redirects to a small subjection about research ethics. Other than that, I am unable to find an article about ethics in science. It's such a large topic, including university courses, books, journals, laws, etc.. am I missing something? --GreenC 04:28, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

Clicking on Science ethics takes you, GreenC, to a section of an article, a section that points you to the article Research ethics. Is this what you're after? -- Hoary (talk) 10:06, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

I have retargeted the redirect to Research ethics. That article includes links to other articles about science ethics. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:24, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

See also Category:Ethics of science and technology. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:37, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

Request articles for expansion

There is an article which lacks information and is currently a “stub.” I do not have enough information on the topic to expand it accurately however. Is there a way to request an articles expansion? Sorry if I’m missing something obvious. Random IP User (talk) 12:27, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

Not really a centralised place (mainly because there are millions of stubs), but if you go to the WP:Wikiproject that the article belongs to you might find people who have suitable sourcing/expertise to expand it. Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 12:32, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

Random IP User, you could search in reliable sources for information, gather it, read it, digest it, and summarize it and thereby augment the article. -- Hoary (talk) 12:51, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

Thank you for the information! 70.142.220.149 (talk) 14:01, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

@Random IP User: If you haven't done so already, you could add the appropriate stub template to the bottom of the article. GoingBatty (talk) 16:20, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

Merge two different articles

Hi, Is there a feature available to merge two distinct articles covering the same topic? Thank you in advance. Marinafawzy (talk) 14:56, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

Please see WP:merging. Unless it's really uncontroversial that they are the same topic, you should discuss it on one of the talk pages first. ColinFine (talk) 15:07, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

Marinafawzy, when you discuss it in the talk page of one of the two, you should, in the talk page of the other, point to that discussion. -- Hoary (talk) 22:19, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

Yasin malik JAMU Kashmir libration fron chairman

He is very good person and he is not a criminal plz correct on wikipedia he is freedom fighter he want freedom peacefully 2001:8F8:172B:454F:50D0:6F6E:5284:A60E (talk) 19:38, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

Hi there! Reliable sources reported that Yasin Malik pleaded guilty to charges. If you have any suggestions on how to improve the article, you may post an edit request on Talk:Yasin Malik along with published reliable sources. GoingBatty (talk) 20:01, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

Can the absence of evidence be used as a source?

For example if something is novel and isn't studied is it fair to put into the article (possibly with an as of [date]) that there is no studies on the subject/issue? Traumnovelle (talk) 20:01, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

@Traumnovelle: Hi there! Just because you cannot find any sources doesn't mean there aren't any studies, and would be original research. You would need to cite a reliable published source that states that there are no studies on the subject/issue. GoingBatty (talk) 20:04, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

If a subject is so novel that there are no studies found on the subject/issue, is it even notable yet? Or is it too soon to create an article? --Orange Mike | Talk 21:23, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

My question is specifically in regards to novel animal breeds. They may be recognised by a major registry but lack any proper studies on their health. Traumnovelle (talk) 22:27, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

If you have no sources about a specific aspect of a topic, then the article should not address the specific aspect. There are lots of things that haven't been studied yet but probably will be. It's not Wikipedia's business to record that. Kindly, Folly Mox (talk) 22:48, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

@Traumnovelle: If it is "recognized by a major registry", then that recognition is itself a (potentially) reliable source that can be cited. Wikipedia is not in the business of vetting the "major registry", so lack of corroboration is beyond our purview. You may choose to discuss the reliability of the source at WP:RSN if you are unsure. -Arch dude (talk) 03:13, 25 December 2023 (UTC)

Breed registries don't do studies on breed health typically and the only information they provide is life expectancy which may often be just purely fabricated and far off. (UK Kennel Club provides 10+ for A French Bulldog whilst studies of the UK population put it at less than 5 years).

The issue I'm talking about is when breeds are quite novel and while have recognition lack any proper studies or sources on their health and wellbeing besides poorly written blog-esque sites like Pets101.com for a made up example. Traumnovelle (talk) 07:10, 25 December 2023 (UTC)

I think I may have made an error

I believe that I downloaded content that didn't belong to me by mistake. Honestly I'm still learning and I've got opensource technology. 2601:249:8400:8630:CEE:2B99:D454:8510 (talk) 22:47, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

Almost all of Wikipedia content may be used by anyone. What content are you concerned with? RudolfRed (talk) 23:20, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

I'm guessing that you mean you uploaded maerial (to Wikipedia) that didn't belong to you?

What is that content? Just because it doesn't belong to you doesn't necessarily mean that you can't submit it to Wikipedia: if it in legally in the public domain, or if it has been released under a suitable licence such as CC-BY-SA, then you can do so (though you need to attribute the source in the latter case).

But if it is copyright material (as it will be, by default) that doesn't belong to you, that's more of a problem. If it's text that you added, you can simply revert your edit (ideally, an admin would come along and remove it from the history as a copyright violation as well: see WP:COPYVIO).

But I'm guessing that it's an image. In that case, you can request its deletion. If you uploaded it to Wikipedia itself, go to Files for discussion. If you uploaded it to Wikimedia Commons, then go to its information page on commons, and pick "Nominate for deletion" from the sidebar.

Does this answer your query, or have I made a wrong assumption? ColinFine (talk) 14:45, 25 December 2023 (UTC)