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Semi protected page editing

<how i can edit semi protected pages> Punjabier (talk) 09:08, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

Hello Punjabier, you can use Edit Requests. Usedtobecool ^TALK ✨ 09:33, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

Edit requests for semi protected pages

how i can make edit requests for semi protected pages kindle give the formats — Preceding unsigned comment added by Punjabier (talk • contribs) 09:42, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

Did you read WP:Edit Requests and the links from there? What specifically did you not understand? --David Biddulph (talk) 09:53, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

(edit conflict) :Use the {{SPER}} template on the talk page of the article. Dbfirs 09:55, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

Edit requests does not accepted by admin

several persons already made edit requests but admin or user registered is inactive any other alternative i had mafe 11 edits and account is confirmed still i am not able to edit in semi protected pages one day old account — Preceding unsigned comment added by Punjabier (talk • contribs) 10:03, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

Please don't keep generating new sections. When discussing an existing topic, keep the edits in the same section. You can't edit semi-protected pages untilyour account is autoconfirmed. --David Biddulph (talk) 10:14, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

Means 10 or more edits AND four days. David notMD (talk) 10:23, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

I should add that an edit that's not accepted by others is likely to be reverted even if you could make it yourself. The solution is to make your proposed edit policy-compliant. Please make your requests clear and concise, and supported by reliable sources.

I am guessing the query is about the edit requests at Talk:Saini. An editor experienced in this area should probably help clean up requests there, as Punjabeer has created multiple requests there, including blank ones. The issue itself seems to be a long-standing one, expert needed. Usedtobecool ^TALK ✨ 10:50, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

Account autoconfirmed

after how many days my account will be autoconfirmed — Preceding unsigned comment added by Punjabier (talk • contribs) 12:05, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

If you had either followed the link which you were provided to WP:autoconfirmed, or taken the trouble to read the answer which you were given above, you would have known the answer. --David Biddulph (talk) 12:12, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

Edit article

request you air, can you edit one artical only one word in that artical that hurt us alot someone disgrace our images by publishing wrong information — Preceding unsigned comment added by Punjabier (talk • contribs) 12:17, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

Courtesy: The dispute is about "(Mali)" in the sentence before the Lead in the Saini article "This article is about the Saini (Mali) community of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Chandigarh and Delhi. For the Mali community who were not recorded as Saini prior to 1937 see Mali caste and Rajput Mali the Bhagrathi or Gola community of Western Uttar Pradesh Bhagirathi Mali." Punjabier has submitted an edit request on the Talk page of the article. David notMD (talk) 12:31, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

Batch additions to Watchlist

Hi friends. I wish to add all pages in a particular categories to my watchlist (specifically: Category:Ophthalmology_drugs, Category:Human_eye_anatomy, Category:Visual_system, Category:Eye. Is there a way to do it quickly and easily? Is there a way to subsequently Undo it if it becomes too much to handle?! lol

Thank you, Vitreology talk 03:01, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

This appears to be the only unanswered question in the Tea House at the moment.

So sad. So lonely. :(

(it's honestly not a super important question anyway, don't feel obligated to respond)

Vitreology talk 13:35, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

Hi Vitreology. I saw your question, but didn't know a good way to answer it. Perhaps others felt the same. You might have better luck find out about this type of thing at WP:VP/T since that a good place to ask technical questions about how the software runs. There's probably a way to do what you want to do, but I think most people just manually add pages to their watchlists. -- Marchjuly (talk) 13:40, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

No dramas. I'll have a look. Thanks Marchjuly, Vitreology talk 13:41, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

Change an article name.

I've just created a new article page, and I've realized that there's an error in its name. How can I correct it?-— Preceding unsigned comment added by Petrandreev13 (talk • contribs) 6:25 pm, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

Is this Draft:Brent Hinkley? If so, then don't worry, it can be renamed when it is accepted. More important is that the draft does not have a single WP:Reliable source to establish WP:Notability. IMDB doesn't count. Anyone can put anything there. Dbfirs 14:20, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

I want to create One Page and redirect it to another

Please tell me how can I do this. I want to create Fly Pro (Airline) and Fly Pro Moldova and Redirect it to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fly_Pro.

Thanks in advance for your help — Preceding unsigned comment added by Achint2182 (talk • contribs) 04:48, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

Hi Achint2182. Please take a look at Wikipedia:Redirect for some general information about redirecting pages. -- Marchjuly (talk) 04:52, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

Thanks Marchjuly — Preceding unsigned comment added by Achint2182 (talk • contribs) 05:21, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

Hello, Achint2182. Please do not create "Fly Pro (airline)" as a redirect. Wikipedia only uses a term in brackets like that to distinguish different topics of the same name. I am also dubious about creating "Fly Pro Moldova" as a redirect: it seems very unlikely to me that anybody would search for "Fly Pro Moldova" and not "Fly Pro". I suspect that you are wanting these not to aid people in finding the article, but for SEO reasons: anything to do with SEO is necessarily promotional, and so fundamentally inconsistent with the purposes of Wikipedia. --ColinFine (talk) 09:16, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

Hi ColinFine , thanks for the advice, my purpose is not for promotion, I will delete all other variants I created. Thanks for valuable advice. Achint2182 (talk) 09:37, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

Hi, ColinFine I want to delete https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fly_Pro_Airline please suggest process Achint2182 (talk) 13:27, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

Hello, Achint2182. I'm not sure it's worth deleting a redirect that has already been created, but if you want to, the place to go is WP:RFD. --ColinFine (talk) 15:05, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

Two tables side by side

Hello! I added this information [1] to Campus sexual assault but the one thing I don't know how to do is get the two tables showing side by side. Could someone demonstrate how that's done? 6YearsTillRetirement (talk) 15:54, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

Welcome to the Teahouse, 6YearsTillRetirement. You might find this section of Help:Tables of some use. Hope you find this helpful. Nick Moyes (talk) 16:46, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

@Nick Moyes: Thank you, that's closer. Is there a way to rename the table headings so it doesn't just say "Table 1" and "Table 2"? 6YearsTillRetirement (talk) 16:56, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

Had you tried changing the lines that say |+Table 1 and |+Table 2? --David Biddulph (talk) 17:01, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

@David Biddulph: No I hadn't, I had assumed that would be a modifier like the style= modifier in the section @Nick Moyes:linked me to. Unfortunately getting them to lay out centered or evenly spaced I am still working with if someone has advice? 6YearsTillRetirement (talk) 17:07, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

automatic acquiring certain information

Can you direct me to a place where Wikipedia would acquire some information automatically from another site? For example, the version and release-number of a program ....

Take a look Wikipedia:Wikidata RudolfRed (talk) 18:17, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

Is BehindTheVoiceActors a legitimate source?

I'd like to add data for voice actors on media entries, and i'd like to use it as a source? Is it acceptable for me to use the site? They've a rigorous sourcing process which only allows in-work credits or sources from the production, rather than from IMDb or here directly. Starbeam2 (talk) 17:02, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

Welcome to the Teahouse, Starbeam2. This website was discussed at Reliable sources noticeboard in 2013, and there was agreement at that time that the site is reliable when referencing a profile with a green check mark, which indicates that particular listing has been vetted. I am not familiar with the website myself. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 18:59, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

Sandy Hook

Why is the perpetrator's motivation "inconclusive" when many articles cite that he was constantly threatened by his mother about hospitalization and feared that? Source — Preceding unsigned comment added by 181.27.178.170 (talk) 18:48, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

Hello and welcome to the Teahouse. This page is a place for new users to ask questions about using Wikipedia. If you have a question or concern about a specific article, you should address it to that article's talk page. When you view the article, there should be a tab at the top that says "talk". Click that to access the talk page. 331dot (talk) 18:52, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

Yes, the proper place to discuss this is Talk:Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 18:54, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

The issue of why a motive is not given is addressed in the "frequently asked questions" section of Talk:Sandy_Hook_Elementary_School_shooting. Fabrickator (talk) 19:07, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

Translating a page from Russian to English

Hello,I'm a librarian and received a question from a faculty member in the Russian language department. This faculty person is interested in creating a Wikipedia article about Maxim Amelin (sometimes spelled Maksim Amelin). She attempted to create an article in the past, but it was deleted because the topic was not considered notable enough. There are multiple wikipedia pages about Maxim Amelin in other languages, and so she said she would also be willing to translate an existing page into English. We have read through some of the translation information pages, but they are a little confusing. Is there someone who would be willing to put the next steps into layman's terms? Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by ZoeannaMayhook (talk • contribs) 20:00, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

The first step is to address the question of notability. The fact that articles exist in other languages doesn't necessarily mean that the subject would satisfy the notability requirements in the English Wikipedia (as each language's Wikipedia is independent and self-governing), but it is obviously worth looking at the sources used in other languages to see whether they would be suitable for the English version. The basic advice is at WP:Translation. --David Biddulph (talk) 20:13, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

It would obviously be interesting to see any previous discussion about his notability here on enwiki, but on a quick search I can't see any evidence of such an article having existed and being deleted. Can you give us a link? --David Biddulph (talk) 20:20, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

I now see that a draft exists at Draft:Maxim Albertovich Amelin. It hasn't been deleted, but was declined at AFC review. It would obviously make sense to address the points raised during that review. --David Biddulph (talk) 20:25, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

Thank you all so much for the information! I'm happy to see that the draft still exists. We were concerned that it was deleted. We will look into the review comments, and see if we can improve the article. - ZoeannaMayhook

Sandbox

I developed my first article (page) in my UsedID:Sandbox. When I finished drafting and editing, and was ready for publishing on Wikipedia, I then moved it into the Wikipedia drafts area. Since then, the moderators have approved the article, and it is now “live”.

I have two questions:

1. All I have in my UserId:Sandbox is

REDIRECT Anne Puckridge

From a page move: This is a redirect from a page that has been moved (renamed). This page was kept as a redirect to avoid breaking links, both internal and external, that may have been made to the old page name.

I now want to develop a new article (page). Do I delete the redirect statement, now the article is live?

2. Can I develop more than one page at a time in my UserId:Sandbox?

Thank you!

What a great encyclopedia..

The Retiree — Preceding unsigned comment added by The Retiree (talk • contribs) 17:02, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

1 Yes, you can remove the redirect from your sandbox, and/or replace it by anything else.

2 You can have as many user subpages as you like; you can create User:The Retiree/sandbox2, User:The Retiree/whatever new title you like, or whatever. --David Biddulph (talk) 17:11, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

Thank you so much for such a quick response - very helpful — Preceding unsigned comment added by The Retiree (talk • contribs) 17:28, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

Just for clarification, it isn't quite true that you moved your sandbox into the draft area and that the "moderators" have approved the article, and it is now "live". You moved the sandbox version yourself mistakenly to Wikipedia project space at Wikipedia:The Retiree/sandbox, and from there another editor (seeing that it didn't belong there) moved it to mainspace. In parallel you copied a separate version to draft space (at Draft:Anne Puckridge) and submitted it for AFC review. I assume that when a reviewer gets round to looking at it they will say that the mainspace article already exists, so they will decline the review of the draft. --David Biddulph (talk) 21:39, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

Whats WP:EEML ???

what is that I saw some one bring that Up? I don't under stand itJack90s15 (talk) 21:51, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

As you'll see if you put WP:EEML into the Wikipedia search box, WP:EEML is a redirect to Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Eastern European mailing list. --David Biddulph (talk) 21:55, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

(ec)add Welcome to the Teahouse, Jack90s15. That acronym refers to a ten year old controversy about coordinated editing related to Eastern Europe, which led to special restrictions called discretionary sanctions being imposed on that topic area. See Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Eastern European mailing list for the whole mess. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 21:58, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

Response to "Notability requirement" (16 September 2019)

I was able to find a number of sources for writer and minster, Albert Capwell Wyckoff. Perhaps the original poster, Gr8fultom, might find these of use in creating a basic article on the topic.

Online Sources

Morality in Literature—The Legacy of Columbia Author Albert Capwell Wyckoff, by Peder Johnson, Columbia Magazine, http://www.columbiamagazine.com/index.php?sid=10730

Albert Capwell Wyckoff, by Ed Waggener, Columbia Magazine, http://www.columbiamagazine.com/index.php?sid=10040

Capell Wyckoff's Mystery Hunters, by Frank W. Quillen, Newsboy, Volume 34, July-August 2001, Pages 13—20, The Horatio Alger Society, http://www.horatioalgersociety.net/newsboys/newsboys2000-2009/nb2001-07jul-aug.pdf [PDF]

Capwell Wyckoff (1903-1953), by Terence E. Hanley, Tellers of Weird Tales, 10 September 2011, https://tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.com/2011/09/capwell-wyckoff.html

Offline Sources

Obituary, The Lebanon Enterprise, 16 January 1953, (This obituary was reprinted at Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55733383/albert-capwell-wyckoff As Find A Grave is not a WP Reliable Source, someone with access to Newspapers.com archives would need to pull up the original to confirm.)

Libraries/University Libraries/Historical Assocations (according to WorldCat)

Wyckoff's Stories of Adventure, by Fred Woodworth, The Mystery and Adventure Series Review, Summer 1982

Reminiscences of Albert Capwell Wyckoff, by D. Cambell Wyckoff, The Wyckoff House and Association Bulletin, 5.29, 841-34

I hope this is of use to the person who wanted to create the article. Carl Henderson (talk) 22:29, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

I've moved your message from the top of the page to the bottom where it belongs. It is always useful to provide a wikilink to a previous thread where relevant; in this case presumably WP:Teahouse/Questions/Archive 1015#Notability requirement? --David Biddulph (talk) 22:38, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

I apologize for the misplacement of my post. I would swear that the text said "top" of page. I remember thinking at the time that that sounded kind of strange as the default is bottom of page for most stuff in WP. I guess I should not post when my AC is not working and it is Texas. Do you think it would also be appropriate to post this to the userpage of the person who asked the original question? Carl Henderson (talk) 04:21, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

Hi Carl Henderson. New questions used to be posted at the top of the page, but this was changed not too long ago to bring the Teahouse more in step with the way other talk pages/noticeboards work.

As for your question, if the article they are intended to be used in already exists, then you can add them as citations yourself if you think they meet WP:RS and WP:RSCONTEXT; if not, then maybe they could be added as part of a WP:FURTHERREADING or WP:EL section. You can also add them to the article's talk page using Template:Refideas. If the article doesn't already exist but is a draft, then you can pretty much do the same but you might want to just let the draft's creator know first as a courtesy. If there's no article and no draft, then perhaps simply listing the sources on the other person's user talk page should be fine. -- Marchjuly (talk) 05:03, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

It is an article that Gr8fultom wanted to see (I am not sure if he meant to create it). He was told there were no decent sources on Teahouse but my Google Fu is strong and I found some. Thank you. Carl Henderson (talk) 05:52, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

Live Wikipedia Page

This page went live today, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Puckridge

but now it is showing this message:

This article is an orphan, as no other articles link to it. Please introduce links to this page from related articles; try the Find link tool for suggestions. (September 2019)

What has happened, and how can i fix it?

Thanks

Nigel — Preceding unsigned comment added by The Retiree (talk • contribs) 21:17, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

@The Retiree: Hello and welcome to the Teahouse. Nothing has "happened" other than the fact that no other articles link to the article you created. This makes the article an "orphan". If you add links to the article you made where they seem pertinent in other articles, the Orphan tag can be removed. 331dot (talk) 21:20, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

@331dot: Would you mind looking at Draft:Anne Puckridge? I'm not sure why a draft for the article was created, particularly since the article already existed when the draft was created. -- Marchjuly (talk) 21:37, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

Please remove the draft - I moved my article from Sandbox to draft, thinking that was what I was supposed to doThe Retiree (talk) 23:21, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

The blue words in the notice are wikilinks to further information. In particular, you will find an explanation at WP:orphan. --David Biddulph (talk) 21:23, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

Perfect - thank you so much - I have linked the article, and the message has gone away....isn't technology wonderful... — Preceding unsigned comment added by The Retiree (talk • contribs) 21:33, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

@The Retiree: Perhaps you can clarify why you created a draft for this subject after you had already created the article about this subject? Usually, things are done the other way around. It's not going to break Wikipedia, but I don't think a "draft" is needed at this point. If you want to work on improvements to the article, you can use your user sandbox instead for practice or simply edit the article directly. -- Marchjuly (talk) 21:37, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

@The Retiree: The message hasn't "gone away". You deleted the orphan tag although the article is still an orphan. I have restored the tag. --David Biddulph (talk) 21:43, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

Now I am getting really confused, because the page now has multiple issues:

This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these template messages)

This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. (September 2019)

This article is an orphan, as no other articles link to it. Please introduce links to this page from related articles; try the Find link tool for suggestions. (September 2019) — Preceding unsigned comment added by The Retiree (talk • contribs) 21:49, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

I have linked the article frozen state pension with the page Anne Puckridge, and I am guessing this is where you want the The Retiree (talk) 22:03, 19 September 2019 (UTC)?

Hi again The Retiree. The article you created has lots of sources (though perhaps too many as explained in WP:BOMBARD; for example, you don't really need 16 sources to support the fact that she was interviewed by media outlets in the UK and Canada.), but all of them are related to the "pension" matter, and there are none for the biographical information in the previous section. If you're going to add content about her background, education, etc. then you need to provide sources for them as well per WP:BLPSOURCES; otherwise, the unsourced content can be removed at anytime. Even if you know the content is true, citations are still needed for verification purposes. Also, you might want to read WP:COISELF and WP:BLPCOI as well as Wikipedia:Ownership of content. While I'm sure your intentions were noble in creating this article, if you're connected to Puckridge in some kind of personal or professional way, then you would be considered to have a Wikipedia:Conflict of interest and need to understand that the article shouldn't be used to promote her or her cause(s). Neither she nor anyone else associated with her has any final editorial control over the article's content; so, anything not in accordance with relevant Wikipedia policies and guidelines has a good chance of being removed.

Finally, you should check the file you uploaded to Wikimedia Commons because it has been tagged for speedy deletion. Please read c:Commons:OTRS for more information on what you need to do to resolve that problem. For reference, Commons and Wikipedia are separate projects which means you will need to resolve the file issues over at Commons. -- Marchjuly (talk) 22:08, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

@The Retiree: A possible way for you to WP:DE-ORPHAN the Puckridge article might be to add relevant sourced content about her and her challenge to Frozen pension#Challenges. Perhaps a short paragraph describing her case, the outcome, etc. would work as long as it's supported by citation to reliable sources. -- Marchjuly (talk) 22:19, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

I see that The Retiree has created both Anne Puckridge and Draft:Anne Puckridge, and the presence of two versions is creating confusion, particularly for The Retiree themself. I have often seen inexperienced editors create two or more versions of the same article, and it usually creates confusion, for the person responsible, for reviewers, for editors who nominate one of the versions for deletion, and for editors who improve one of the versions. Maproom (talk) 22:10, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

I developed the page Anne Puckridge in my Sandbox, When I was happy with it, I moved it to Wikipedia Drafts, and from there I thought that the moderators then moved it to what I call "live" (is this called Mainspace?}. When I moved it, there was a Redirect placed in my Sandbox. Is this not the correct procedure?

The Retiree (talk) 22:20, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

The redirect was created automatically, just in case you forgot where you had moved the article to. You can safely delete it now. Just click on the "redirected from" link, then edit the sandbox to delete the contents so that you can start again. Dbfirs 06:33, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

as i am new here

hi to the seniors over here, i have a question that i am new here so if i make an article directly from article wizard after getting autoconfirmed will it be deleted cuz i am new ?Ganeshayanamaha (talk) 06:12, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

Hi Ganeshayanamaha and welcome to the Teahouse. Writing a new article from scratch is one of the most difficult tasks here, so it is not surprising that many new articles get deleted. If this happens, it is not because the editor is new but because they do not understand what is required for a Wikipedia article. We usually advise that new editors gain some practice at editing existing articles, as you have already started doing. Try adding a reference because this is one of the trickier tasks. You might like to try WP:The Wikipedia Adventure to get some practice, and make sure that you have understood WP:Your first article and WP:Referencing for beginners before starting on an article. Dbfirs 06:28, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Hello, Ganeshayanamaha, and welcome to the Teahouse. If you make an article using the Article Wizard, it will be a draft, which you can submit for review when it is ready. It will not be deleted or declined because you are new; but writing an acceptable article is one of the hardest tasks on Wikipedia, and people who try it before they have some experience of editing other articles often find it a frustrating experience. Have you read your first article?

My personal take is that, for most new editors, they can contribute much much much much much more value to the encyclopaedia by improving some of our six million articles (many of which are in dire need of improvement) than plunging straight into the often frustrating project of creating a new article from scratch. --ColinFine (talk) 06:33, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

Banglan

I tried to create a page for art director and national film award winner Vinesh Banglan. But it is rejected and removed by wikipedia. Already a page in malayalam language is there. How I can create a page for Banglan in English language. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Banglan (talk • contribs) 10:14, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

Your user page was removed because that isn't the place for an article, see WP:user pages and WP:U5. The fact that there is an article in malayam doesn't necessarily mean that there should be an article in English, as each language's Wikipedia has its own rules. Please read about notability, and then read the advice at WP:Your first article. --David Biddulph (talk) 10:24, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

WYZZ-TV

The box summary on the right side of the page incorrectly identifies channel 43.2 as GET-TV. The correct answer should show 43.2 as cool TV and channel 43.3 as GET-TV. Although 43.2 is actually not on the air because cool TV is bankrupt? I have tried to contact WYZZ for clarification, but have gotten no answer. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 45.18.138.62 (talk) 18:58, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

Hello there! The actual channel has nothing to do with the wikipedia article which is maintained by volunteer editors like me, and you. We update the article based on what is published on reliable sources. Although I haven't checked the sources in this one, I changed it to 43.3 as you suggested because that's also what it says in the article body, and the infobox is supposed to be a summary of the article. Let's wait and see if the regular contributors to the article thank us or revert it back. Usedtobecool ^TALK ✨ 10:34, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

Wikipedia Accounts

Excuse me, but is there a way to change your Wikipedia account user name, please? I would really like to change mine. Thank you. Tsarina Alexandra Hesse (talk) 10:44, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

See WP:Changing username. --David Biddulph (talk) 10:51, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

Thank you Mr. David Biddulph. Tsarina Alexandra Hesse (talk) 10:55, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

Watchlists

Excuse me, but how do i access my Watchlist, please? I would like to access it. Thank you. Tsarina Alexandra Hesse (talk) 10:50, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

At the top of the page is a "Watchlist" link. If you are in mobile view rather than desktop view then you would probably need to use the top left-hand menu. For more information on your watchlist, see Help:Watchlist. --David Biddulph (talk) 10:55, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

Thank you Mr. David Biddulph. Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse) (talk) 11:45, 20 September 2019 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tsarina Alexandra Hesse (talk • contribs)

Need Help with Rejected Draft of Notable Person

Hello,

I am looking for more information about how I could have the following article accepted:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Antonios_Karatzis

I would like to ask:

1) Some sources in the said article are from materials produced by the creator (eg Reference number 2, which is the official site of the Karatzis Group of Companies, and referes to the company itself). Is this a red flag, and must be avoided at all costs? Or for cases, like the one I mentioned, it's ok to include said References?

2) In some Reference cases, like Reference number 20-25, the References are only in Online form, and from public sites (not owned by the creator though). Cases like these are included because there are no written sources available to ascertain these facts, aside from local newspapers and magazines which do not have online forms available to reference, since they refer to local events not covered in major media. Ar these references a red flag in the publishment of drafts? Shall I remove them altogether?

3) Could you give me some hints on which parts of my draft I should focus my attention on?

Any help will be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance, -George Antonakakis

Courtesy: The draft has been rejected six times. However, Antonakakis has only been editing after the fifth rejected. Question to Antonakakis: What is your connection to Karatzis? Asked because this is the only article you have edited, so need to know if your connection is paid or in some way a personal connection to Karatzis. David notMD (talk) 14:44, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

@David notMD: I think that you and the OP may have intended to say "declined", rather than "rejected"; the latter, if I understand it, is an action which has been introduced relatively recently and which has a degree of finality to it. --David Biddulph (talk) 14:52, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

Yes, "Declined." I would still like a response from Antonakakis as to and WP:PAID or WP:COI related to becoming an editor on this draft. David notMD (talk) 15:33, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

Hello again, and thank you for your responses. Yes, I am WP:COI related, as I know Mr. Karatzis Antonis. I am sorry I failed to mention it, I am new to wikipedia. And yes, I meant declined, not rejected. @David notMD thank you for your help with the edit! I will wait a bit before resubmitting, in case another helpful editor chimes in with more suggestions, since it takes a long time between submissions. Thank you very much nevertheless! George Antonakakis (talk) 13:06, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

Draft Josip Zovko

I will take care of this. Vanjagenije (talk) 14:10, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

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.

Hello, you had informed me that the source information (IMDd) is not accepted. Although I have spotted this as a source (even as the only source) for many artists. This was accepted as such. Although I have deposited many and also good sources, you tell me that you do not accept them. I should translate the sources in English. I did that. However, you refuse to review my post and activate it. This is a contribution by an artist who has worked in Croatia in film, TV and theater. Thus, he has contributed much to the culture and development. The artist died in April 2019. Their behavior discriminates against the described person. Especially as they accept other artists with the specified sources of ONLY IMDd. Please consider whether this is objectivity.Moj Galeb (talk) 15:58, 18 September 2019 (UTC)

@Moj Galeb: IMDB is user generated content - I could create a filmography for you there that is entirely fictional and try to create a Wikipedia article about you, but it would be blocked. If there are other poorly sourced articles that were written before the standards started being enforced, using just IMDB, that means they haven't been noticed and corrected yet, not that they are OK. Please see WP:OTHERSTUFF. You need to focus on finding reliable third party sources - see also WP:RS. TimTempleton ^(talk) ^(cont) 18:34, 18 September 2019 (UTC)

I have told you that I have used reputable sources. As you can see in my given sources are none of IMDd. I understood and changed this approach. My sources are from reputable third parties. I have used renowned reports from HRT. This is the Croatian first television. In addition, renowned newspapers such as Slobodna Dalmacija, Vecernji List, 24 Sata. These are one of the most famous Croatian newspapers. I also translated these sources and added the author with date. Therefore, I have established an objectivity about the artist.In addition, I am the author of the article in German and Croatian language. This is not plagiarism. These are facts.Moj Galeb (talk) 19:26, 18 September 2019 (UTC)

As you can see, I uploaded licenses to the pictures. These can be viewed on Wikipedia Commons. Wikipedia Commons is the international platform for images and data. The pictures show the artist staging various world-famous acts. These images are vertified and confirm the genuineness of the artist. Several times I have convinced the authenticity and verification of the article and pictures. In addition, I wrote a German Wikipedia administrator who can verify my reports. He can also understand English and Croatian. It is up to you to contribute to credibility. I would like to honor with my contribution a killed man. With your passive and subjective opinions and behavior you do not make any positive contribution to objectivity. Wikipedia is actually a platform of participation, not segregation. I would therefore ask for your support and unlock the article. Moj Galeb (talk) 10:38, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

@Timtempleton::@Vanjagenije::@Praxidicae: I contacted the German administrator de:User:Aspiriniks(diskussion). He had checked my article in German and released. He gave me the hint that the English administrator en:User:Vanjagenije can read the Serbo-Croatian language. I wrote to en:User:Vanjagenije on her talk page and asked for help. The German administrator Aspiriniks can also be contacted and asked after my article if this corresponds to the truth. Moj Galeb (talk) 13:41, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

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Speedy deletion nomination (Help me)

A tag has been placed on User:Chai Bisket, requesting that it be deleted from Wikipedia

Can someone help me why its rejected? i created page for my company — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chandumx (talk • contribs)

Hi Chandumx. The page was deleted by an administrator named Fastily per speedy deletion criterion U2. Apparently, you took the content you were working on at Draft:Sandbox and mistakenly added it to the user page of a non-existent account. That's not really the way to go about creating an article. You can either start a draft or a userspace draft and then work on creating an article.

Before you do that, however, please carefully read through Wikipedia:Conflict of interest, Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure, Wikipedia:Ownership of content, Wikipedia:The answer to life, the universe, and everything, Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies) and Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not#Wikipedia is not a soapbox or means of promotion. There's a lot of information contained on those pages for sure, but it reading through might actually save you time in the end. Unless you're able to establish that your company is Wikipedia notable enough for an article to be written, you're unlikely going to ever have much luck getting such an article improved; moreover, even if you're successful in creating an article, you'll pretty much have no editorial control over it's content and won't be able to use it to promote your company in anyway. -- Marchjuly (talk) 08:21, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

Content currently at User:Chandumx/sandbox.

Was at. David notMD (talk) 14:28, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

wanted to know

hello, I wanted to know if a deserving article be recreated which was deleted because it was created earlier by a banned user? Thanks.Worldnpeace (talk) 11:12, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

Which specific article do you mean? There is no response to this question that will cover all situations. --bonadea contributions talk 11:31, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

Bonadea, the answer ought to be an unequivocal "yes" since the question is about "deserving" articles? Usedtobecool ^TALK ✨ 14:11, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

No, not at all. "Deserving" means nothing in the context of Wikipedia. And it is unfair to a completely new user (including all those who may be reading the discussion) to tell them things that might be strictly correct in theory, but impossible for them to judge the applicability of in practice. But if you want a general answer, it would be "probably not but maybe depending on the context". --bonadea contributions talk 14:43, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

How do you create a user talk page?

I noticed that some edit summary’s show what’s called “talk” how do you make the title called “User talk: “persons username” without making the title called “talk”? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Japan Airlines Flight 123 (talk • contribs) 00:20, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

You already have a user talk page and instead of worrying about how to remove the word "talk" from it, you probably should be more concerned about whether your choice of username is appropriate per WP:IU. Japan Airlines Flight 123 was a horrible tragedy (which I'm assuming you know and which might be why you choose that as your username), and your choice to use it as your username might be seen by some as disruptive or offensive. -- Marchjuly (talk) 05:22, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

Posts to user talk pages will have "User talk:" in the edit summary because they are edits to talk pages in the user space. Posts that show as "Talk:" are those made to talk pages in article space. --Khajidha (talk) 15:25, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

My article was declined

Hello, my name is bill cage. a few weeks ago, i starting writing an article about mordecai, a character from the cartoon network series regular show. i wrote an early draft, which was rejected by a user named dan something. i would simply like to know why my draft was rejected, was it because of my writing, or did have something to do with the subject matter? please let me now before the six month time limit is over. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bill cage (talk • contribs) 15:38, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

Your draft was "declined", not "rejected"; there is a difference, as rejected has an air of finality about it. There is feedback both in the draft and on your user talk page. In each case there are many useful wikilinks (words in blue) to further advice. You gave so little information in your draft that it was difficult to tell whether the subject is notable or not. --David Biddulph (talk) 15:48, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

Additionally, we already have content about that character, which can be found at List of Regular Show characters#Mordecai. For a standalone article about a fictional character, we usually expect to have some information about that character's out of universe importance. —Kusma (t·c) 15:56, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

Bill cage, they did leave a reason. Please click on the linked words/phrases in their declination message as well as the added comment. Without sources, there isn't a way to know if the subject matter is notable enough to be accepted. The page WP:YFA explains this well, please give it a read as well, or better yet, please start with this one. Good luck! Usedtobecool ^TALK ✨ 16:02, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

title edits

hello

the title of an article is misspelled how do i change it — Preceding unsigned comment added by Baba pajero pvp (talk • contribs) 12:42, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

Which article? Britmax (talk) 13:16, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

Baba pajero pvp, the title of an article is changed by WP:MOVE-ing it. Usedtobecool ^TALK ✨ 14:14, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

thanks for the response, the article is called dalecarlian languag — Preceding unsigned comment added by Baba pajero pvp (talk • contribs) 15:26, 20 September 2019 (UTC) Baba pajero pvp (talk) 16:21, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

Baba pajero pvp, you can link articles in source mode by putting the article's title between double square brackets, like so: [[dalecarlian languag]]. Usedtobecool ^TALK ✨ 15:48, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

The title should of course be Dalecarlian language instead of Dalecarlian languag, but we mere mortals can't move it. A speedy deletion request is in place to get the existing redirect at Dalecarlian language deleted to make space for the article to be moved. --David Biddulph (talk) 16:26, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

Screwed up my wiki page

Hello, I somehow created an error in my wiki page. I was trying to add the AAPOR Award URL down in the references section. Can you help? THANKS!! \- Nancy Bates, US Census Bureau, Bates005 username. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bates005 (talk • contribs) 16:38, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

Bates005 Hello and welcome to the Teahouse. Please review the autobiography policy; you should avoid directly editing the article about you(it is not "your wiki page"); instead, you may make edit requests on the article talk page. You should also confirm your identity with Wikipedia by following the instructions at WP:REALNAME. 331dot (talk) 16:50, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

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Who are you and where you live — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.154.105.183 (talk) 16:47, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

Please do not ask other users to reveal their personal information. 331dot (talk) 16:51, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

I am confused

hi. i am a little confused about articles regarding television shows and films. iv'e that shows such as the simpsons, south park, star trek, among others, have articles created for every single episode, i'd like to know why this is done for those shows and not for others. i would also like to why certain fictional characters have articles and others don't. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bill cage (talk • contribs) 16:34, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

Bill cage Hello and welcome to the Teahouse. Most likely, it has not been done simply because no one has actually gone and done it. This is a volunteer project where people do what they can when they can, based in their own reasons for doing it. In the case of Star Trek, it has a large fan base around the world, which likely means many people are interested in writing articles about it. A less popular franchise or show might have fewer fans and as such fewer people interested in writing about it. In other cases, it may be the case that not every episode of a particular series is notable enough to merit a standalone article. 331dot (talk) 17:30, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bill cage (talk • contribs) 20:01, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

Cities missing from Los Angeles County

Hi - I'm no programmer and I don't want to mess things up but I found a few cities missing from the list of cities that make up LA County. They are Panorama City, San Pedro and Van Nuys for certain. I don't know if others are missing but those are the ones I came across. Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tmb8000 (talk • contribs) 21:31, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

Hi Tmb8000. It's possible they're "missing" for a good reason. For example, Panorama City, San Pedro, Los Angeles and Van Nuys are listed as communities/neighborhoods in their respective articles which means they might not meet the definition of "city" being applied to List of cities in Los Angeles County, California. The best place to discuss this would be at Talk:List of cities in Los Angeles County, California. -- Marchjuly (talk) 21:59, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

Tmb8000 They aren't listed as cities because they are parts of cities; they don't have independent, incorporated governments. 331dot (talk) 22:04, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

Article

When will my article publish ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Omarneal52 (talk • contribs) 22:44, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

@Omarneal52: Hello and welcome to the Teahouse. What you have done is edit your user page, which is not article space. It is a place to introduce yourself to the Wikipedia community. You do have a sandbox where you can draft articles(User:Omarneal52/sandbox) and then submit them using Articles for Creation. However, your draft is completely unsourced; as a biography of a living person, all information in the draft must be sourced to an independent reliable source. Please see the policy in this area, WP:BLP, for more information. In addition, I'm not certain he meets Wikipedia's special definition of a notable football player, written at WP:NGRIDIRON. He would need to have appeared in at least one regular season or playoff game in the NFL or other professional league to merit an article. Successfully writing a new article is the hardest task on Wikipedia; I suggest that you read Your First Article and use the new user tutorial to learn more about the process. 331dot (talk) 22:52, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

(edit conflict) You haven't written an article. All of your contributions prior to this question were to your user page, but the content there does not satisfy the purpose of a user page, so it is liable to be deleted from there under criterion WP:U5. If it is intended to be a draft article you should move the content to User:Omarneal52/sandbox or to Draft:Jonathan Dorsey. It wouldn't yet be suitable as an article as it has no references to published WP:reliable sources. You can read the advice at WP:Your first article, but particularly the definition of notability and specifically WP:Notability (sports)#American football/Arena football/Canadian football. --David Biddulph (talk) 22:54, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

I moved it to Draft:Jonathan Dorsey. Would someone please apply the appropriate submission template? And Omarneal52, you should not submit this draft until it is adequately sourced. You will also have to show that this individual meets either WP:NGRIDIRON, WP:NCOLLATH, or WP:ANYBIO. John from Idegon (talk) 23:01, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

If he has not played pro yet the draft does not meet notability. David notMD (talk) 23:02, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

Discussion of draft rejection

Is there a streamlined way to open a dialogue with the people who have reviewed your draft and rejected it? I have some questions that I would like answered before resubmitting and have not heard from the WikiProject Articles for creation Help desk since I commented there on September 13th. I have since posted that Help desk post to the draft's talk page, and did not think it would belong on the Teahouse. If my understanding is mistaken, please let me know and I will be happy to move the post onto here! The draft I am talking about is "Action Teaching". Thanks for the help.

Tleclair96 (talk) 01:49, 21 September 2019 (UTC)

Hi Tleclair96 and welcome to the Teahouse. As one of the reviewers who turned down the article for lack of independent sources I've put a long explanation on the draft talk page at Draft talk:Action Teaching. StarryGrandma (talk) 03:36, 21 September 2019 (UTC)

New Article Created Fly Pro

Dear Wiki Experts, please someone review this article and let me know if there is anything/content in this article which is not supposed to be in Wikipedia. This new is my first article and I am totally new.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fly_Pro — Preceding unsigned comment added by Achint2182 (talk • contribs) 04:56, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

@Achint2182: the only big mistake you've made is to cite wikipedia as a source (currently ref #8). You can wikilink within the article, but never use it as a reliable source. The article has got through New Page Patrol and you've done a nice, succinct job there. Well done. Very minor niggles include occasional use of capital letters on nouns which are not proper names ( e.g. Cargo aircraft) and a couple of places where 'the' was ommitted. But these are nothing to worry about. The one inconsistency I noted was the formatting of the name. Is it FlyPro, Fly-Pro, Fly Pro, or something else? Regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 08:03, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

Thanks Nick Moyes, I have removed citation of wikipedia page and changed name to Fly Pro everywhere. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Achint2182 (talk • contribs) 08:19, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

@Achint2182: Thanks. One other little thing: (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.) Nick Moyes (talk) 10:19, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

Yes Nick Moyes (talk), now I know how to sign off :) thanks Achint2182 (talk) 10:57, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

Hi Everyone, I have made some changes as suggested by Nick Moyes. Please review now and suggest to make it better, this is my first article. Achint2182 (talk) 05:26, 21 September 2019 (UTC)

How to clear the flag issues

Hi, There are some flag issues shows such as errors for notability, citation and errors Although there are none.. Can you please help how to improve page and get submitted — Preceding unsigned comment added by Themediatalk (talk • contribs) 18:39, 18 September 2019 (UTC)

Courtesy link for other editors - this appears to be about Draft:Haelyn Shastri, which may have been previously deleted. The tags are appropriate. (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) 19:03, 18 September 2019 (UTC)

(edit conflict):Hi Themediatalk and welcome to the Teahouse. If this is about the draft and the article Haelyn Shastri then there are lots of issues. You might like to start by reading WP:Referencing for beginners. I expect an admin can delete the article, then you can work on the draft. The only correctly-formatted in-line reference seems to be about Hinal Bambhania. This needs explaining. Dbfirs 19:04, 18 September 2019 (UTC)

... later note ... The version in mainspace has now been improved, using some of the refs from the draft so all is well. Dbfirs 06:35, 21 September 2019 (UTC)

How to revert an article?

Can I revert an article?

Hi Anarulkhaled786 and welcome to the Teahouse. If your question is about Sahil Khan, then other editors have contributed to the article so it can't just be deleted at your request, but it might fail because of lack of notability. You can revert your own edits just by looking at the history and clicking "undo" for your last edit, or comparing selected versions and clicking "undo". Your addition was a mixture of good content and opinion. Maybe I've guessed wrongly and you are asking about another article? Dbfirs 06:51, 21 September 2019 (UTC)

Can we use Social Media posts for Citation

Dear Seniors, Please advise if I can use twitter/facebook posts as citation for some references in the article. One such post is https://twitter.com/UNICEF_Yemen/status/885686645558738944 Achint2182 (talk) 06:09, 21 September 2019 (UTC)

@Achint2182: WP:USERG and WP:SELFPUB would be the most immediately relevant guidelines, but the policy WP:No original research can be relevant as well.

For that specific post, what article and what context would it be used for? Ian.thomson (talk) 06:56, 21 September 2019 (UTC)

(edit conflict):Hi Achint2182 and welcome to the Teahouse. Anyone can put any rubbish on Facebook and Twitter, and often do! I haven't looked at your link, so I am not making a judgement here. In general, Wikipedia does not regard Twitter and Facebook as WP:Reliable sources so they can not be used as references except in certain circumstances. Official Facebook and Twitter accounts might be one exception. Perhaps a discussion on the talk page of the article would be appropriate? Dbfirs 06:59, 21 September 2019 (UTC)

Thanks User:Dbfirs and Ian.thomson, I will start this topic on Talk Page of Article. Achint2182 (talk) 07:03, 21 September 2019 (UTC)

Create a Page for Banglan - art director

Created user page is deleted. How to create an article successfully? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Banglan (talk • contribs) 05:36, 21 September 2019 (UTC)

Banglan, your user page is not the place to be writing Wikipedia articles. Additionally, writing about yourself is strongly discouraged. _signed,Rosguill ^talk 05:43, 21 September 2019 (UTC)

Did you read the reply which you received at #Banglan above? --David Biddulph (talk) 07:25, 21 September 2019 (UTC)