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April 8[edit]

Improving my biography draft[edit]

Hello I just created a draft of a biography on a Nigerian filmmaker Dare Olaitan, but I'm not sure if the citations I added are enough and are all reliable. Please I would appreciate some help on a quick review to see if the citations are okay. Aivrie (talk) 01:44, 8 April 2024 (UTC)Aivrie Aivrie (talk) 01:43, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The way to get a review is to submit the draft for review, which you have done. Please be patient. ColinFine (talk) 12:07, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Aivrie You should remove any information cited to BellaNaija, which is not considered a reliable source. Mike Turnbull (talk) 14:20, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, I'll make the necessary changes @Michael D. Turnbull Aivrie (talk) 13:49, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Looking for a specific policy[edit]

Wasn't there a policy saying "Don't make articles for praise" or something, WP:PRAISE is not about this btw. - Dents (talk2me 🖂) he/him btw!!! 03:32, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Advocacy? Snowmanonahoe (talk · contribs · typos) 03:39, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thats the one. - Dents (talk2me 🖂) he/him btw!!! 03:53, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This could also fall under WP:COI (even though you don't perceive that you're receiving any benefit) and WP:NPOV. These objections don't need to be mutually exclusive. Fabrickator (talk) 04:06, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Disambiguation for surname[edit]

appears thread has run its course

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

I entered the surname "Bellringer" trying to find a biography for a person whose given name I was unsure of. What pops up is the article about the occupation of "Bell-ringer" with no DAB page. (There are at least two biographies for people with that surname: Charles Bellringer and Amber Bellringer.) I think we do need a surname DAB page here, but I'm not sure of the best way to implement that. Muzilon (talk) 04:20, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Bellringer is currently a redirect to Bell-ringer. So you could edit that redirect-page to create a real DAB page there. Zev Bellringer is another potential entry. DMacks (talk) 04:54, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like someone else has already beaten me to it. :) Muzilon (talk) 09:11, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Login password "reset"[edit]

I'm trying to login but get "Incorrect username or password entered. Please try again." I'm using a password manager and even copy/paste my password typed my password and even username. I've even tried reset password, but I never received a temporary password in my email, I've even checked my junk folder. The username I had was AlphaDragon; should my account be deactivated I'd like to know so I can delete this saved username/password in my password manager. 47.147.251.158 (talk) 05:04, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Accounts on this site do not get deleted or deactivated or anything like that (except in cases of extreme abuse). There probably was just a mistake at some point of the ten years since you last edited. The account, having 38 edits, is not of much value anyway, and you are free to make a new one (and later, usurp the old username). Snowmanonahoe (talk · contribs · typos) 05:09, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

AlohaDragon: just a thought. Your account was created in October 2007 and as mentioned, only had 38 edits. One possibility is that your username in your password manager doesn't have the correct case now: you have to use AlphaDragon for logon, not Alphadragon, for example. I assume that after over 16 years you won't be using the same device and browser as you were then and maybe the username is not stored properly after so long. Mike Turnbull (talk) 14:08, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I just had an idea. I used Wikipedia's email system to send an email to the address associated with your account. See if you got that. Snowmanonahoe (talk · contribs · typos) 14:20, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I need help updating this route map.[edit]

I don't know how to edit railway route maps. I need to fix this template. The horizontal red line next to "Former Xuancheng–Hangzhou railway crossing" should be changed to light red to indicate that it is an abandoned line. Could someone please do it for me? Thanks! Félix An (talk) 09:42, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I changed it as requested. The files associated with this change can be found in Category:BSicon/railway/continuation and Category:BSicon/railway/set_mixed/tunnel/crossing. Tutwakhamoe (talk) 14:37, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

How do I request changes to an existing Page ?[edit]

Lila Ibrahim Page

Hi, this is Jessica from Google DeepMind. As per Wikipedia’s policies, I recognize that I have a conflict of interest, so I would like to ask that the community review and consider a few minor changes to this page. My reason for requesting this is to highlight some factual inaccuracies and out-of-date information that I would suggest should now be edited for accuracy and to ensure this page remains up to date.

Please consider making the following edits:

Please check the consistency of the use of ‘Google DeepMind’ instead of ‘DeepMind” throughout the article.

If possible, remove personal information - name of husband and reference to twin daughters.

Image:

Please change image to this one: https://www.flickr.com/photos/itupictures/53026900965 - it is far more recent and available for use under Creative Commons license.

In introductory section:

Remove ‘and a member of the UK AI Council’. Lila is no longer a member. Source: AI Council - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk )

Add ‘President and Chief Operations Officer at Coursera.’ Source: Welcoming Lila Ibrahim to Coursera - Coursera Blog

In Early Life and education section:

Lila is no longer on the board of advisors at Purdue University. Please replace the word ‘remains’ with ‘served’.

In Career section:

Remove “She was a keynote speaker at the 2016 Pioneer Summit, and the 2017 South by Southwest conference in Austin” - we are requesting this change because, while factual, it feels outdated given that Lila has spoken at numerous prestigious events and conferences since Bops184 (talk) 12:51, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I fixed your post somewhat; we don't need the whole url when linking to another Wikipedia article or page.

You should review conflict of interest and make the needed disclosure. If your conflict of interest involves any form of compensation, the Terms of Use require disclosure, see WP:PAID.

This request is best made on the article talk page, in the form of an edit request(click for instructions). 331dot (talk) 13:00, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Bops184: I have fixed the "Google DeepMind" issues. The image you suggest cannot be used, because the licence is not "open" - it has an "NC" (no commercial reuse) restriction. Wikipedia:A picture of you explains how you may provide an alternative. Please also refer to our FAQ for article subjects and their representatives. Thank you for abiding by our policies for COI issues. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 15:30, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Does this meet the threshold of originality?[edit]

File: File:Curious George logo.png I want to know because it just looks like text to me, but maybe I'm missing something. It has a rationale and everything AuroraANovaUma (talk) 14:32, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

AuroraANovaUma, the image is allowed on en Wikipedia due to a fair use claim. You could ask at Commons:Commons:Help desk whether it is suitable for Commons. Another possible venue is Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. TSventon (talk) 14:46, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@AuroraANovaUma The logo is fine for Commons as it is just text + a specific typeface. See WP:LOGO. Mike Turnbull (talk) 15:15, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

ok AuroraANovaUma (talk) 15:57, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The file is now on the commons for you to use. ww2censor (talk) 21:33, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Updating infobox template to link to correct article.[edit]

Hi, I'm not quite sure if a am in the correct place to ask this, but I hope you can help. Template:Infobox national rugby team has a | type = women Parameter which modifies links in the infobox from male specific articles to women specific articles. Currently when the | type = women is used the | World Rugby Rank = directs to World Rugby Rankings#Women's rankings instead of World Rugby Women's World Rankings which has existed for a while. A user mentioned this on the template talk page Here, but nothing has yet to be done. Please provide help if able or direct me to the correct place. LouisOrr27 (talk) 21:51, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@LouisOrr27: Done.[1] PrimeHunter (talk) 22:30, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. LouisOrr27 (talk) 22:53, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

printing URLs[edit]

I feel pretty dumb but I don't know how to proceed. The "hidden" URLs in hyperlinks (web links) are printing, enclosed in parentheses, right next to the hyperlinks. I prefer not to altho I'm sure there are good reasons either way. But how do I make this stop? How do I print hotlinks just as they appear on screen, without their hidden URLs? Many many thanks. Valuenyc (talk) 21:58, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Valuenyc. Looking at your sandbox, I think you solved this, yes? You put URLs in single brackets, with the display text after a space.

You do know that you shouldn't put external links in article text, don't you? WP:EL. ColinFine (talk) 22:47, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Valuenyc means that if you print [https://www.statearchives.gv.at/ Austrian State Archives] on paper then it renders as "Austrian State Archives (https://www.statearchives.gv.at/)". The idea is that it's not clickable on paper but you should still be able to look it up on a computer. It appears from Help:Printing#Personal customization that printing of the url in external links can only be avoided if the link is made with a citation template. In that case the url is automatically omitted in print. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:38, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your time and attention, PrimeHunter. It's very kind of you to go take a look at the sandbox. My web links are all in footnotes using {{reflist}} and a section listing external links (just text). Mostly this is not a huge problem, but some URLs are monsters (in my third footnote, for example). No, I did not solve the problem with single brackets and a space before the display text. But I see that the one footnote that behaves as I prefer is the one made with {{Cite Web}} (the second). So thanks for pointing that out to me.

So that resolves my question as an author/editor. But as a user reading the articles of others, I'm kinda stuck. I also wanted to print something in draft space. It has a big billboard from the wiki system (Review waiting, please be patient) which contains multiple expandable sections (show/hide). Expanded but without URLs, this probably would take most of a page. But with the many, many very long URLs, it takes more like 2-1/2 pages and parts of it are practically unreadable. The only way to get a useful printout of that page is with a series of screen shots or some combination of screen shots and printouts. Or so it seems to me.

Sincerest thanks again. Valuenyc (talk) 02:31, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Does it work to save this in your CSS:

@media print {.external.text:after {display: none;}}

PrimeHunter (talk) 09:34, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]