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July 25

Burly

I just wanted to say burly is a word, though it's not in your dictionary. Look it up in a real dictionary. It means sturdy, corpulent.02:38, 25 July 2017 (UTC)02:38, 25 July 2017 (UTC)~~

Hello IP 75.154.116.253. You used too many tildes, which is why your signature didn't work. Four is the magic number.

It isn't clear what you mean by "your dictionary". Wikipedia doesn't have a dictionary. Maybe you mean Wiktionary, which is a separate project, but burly definitely has an entry there (which is unsurprising because it is a real dictionary). Rivertorch^FIRE _WATER 06:01, 25 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

It is possible that the IP is referring to the fact that WikiP does not have an article titled Burly. That is not surprising since, as Rivertorch points out, this project is not a dictionary. MarnetteD|Talk 13:12, 25 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, good point. I never thought of that. Rivertorch^FIRE _WATER 14:21, 25 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I do not have permission to create any pages.

When I try to create a page of any title, I see the following image. I have not vandalized or been restricted to my knowledge... Galactikapedia 02:55, 25 July 2017 (UTC)

UPDATE: The problem has been resolved. Nonetheless, does anyone have any idea what happened? Galactikapedia 02:59, 25 July 2017 (UTC)

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Galactikapedia (talk • contribs) 02:59, 25 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Galactikapedia, It didn't say that you have been restricted, but that the proposed article title had been. This is often done when an article has been repeat4edly recreated against consensus, and for other reasons. it is known as "salting". DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 03:04, 25 July 2017 (UTC) @Galactikapedia: DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 03:04, 25 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

It was a problem with MediaWiki:Titleblacklist, which prevents people from creating pages with titles that meet certain patterns. At 2:41, an administrator meant to remove a line entirely, but he accidentally left a metacharacter there, and the way the blacklist works, this metacharacter qualifies as an indefinite number of actual characters. If you have nothing but this character, literally everything is blocked, so until the mistake was resolved, it was absolutely impossible for anyone (except admins, to whom the blacklist doesn't apply) to create any page whatsoever. Nyttend (talk) 03:20, 25 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Galactikapedia, it seems that you have been creating lots of pages, all redirects. over 500 of them in the last day or so. Would you care to explain what you are doing? DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 03:08, 25 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@DESiegel: Just looking at the last 10 or so redirects, they look fine to me - net (albeit small) positives. If you have noticed a pattern of policy-violating redirects, surely a discussion/warning is needed, but otherwise, I do not see that Galactikapedia really has to justify why they chose to work in this area. My $0.02 would be that they want to lower the number in the {{User article count ranking}} template on their userpage, but I do not see that as a problem if the end result is improving the encyclopedia. Tigraan^{Click here to contact me} 11:29, 25 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't say that s/he had to justify it, Tigraan, I merely asked. However WP:MASSCREATION does suggest that such rapid semi-automated page creations need advanced approval. If you will look at User talk:DESiegel#Follow-up to message on help desk you will see an argument being made that such redirects are in fact unhelpful, and another that circular redirects are disfavored. Galactikapedia, I would ask that you discuss this a bit further before continuing with this pattern of editing. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 12:22, 25 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

aditing of an existing page

I edited twice the page antidepressant discontinutaion syndrome but the creator of the page deleted both times my editing. The last time I also received an email from wikipedia saying that I uploaded material covered by copyright (while the paper I quoted are open source) and I used primary sources, however this is not the case since I used secondary sources and I modified the source before uploading it. In particular, apparently the creator of the page does not want to have the paragraph "diagnosis" which, according to me, is important since it represents a step forward the knowledge of the syndrome and is an issue which has been described in the scientific literature via a review article. Please let me know what to do. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Papilio2017 (talk • contribs) 03:34, 25 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Papilio2017 "Open source" does not mean "public domain". Open source papers are generally covered by copyright, and may be under a license not compatible with Wikipedia's. Besides, even public domain text must be properly attributed and cited.

This entire matter should be discussed on Talk:Antidepressant discontinuation syndrome, which does not seem to have been done, yet. Please do not reintroduce the text deleted as a copyright violation without discussing it there and with Hut 8.5, the deleting admin. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 07:52, 25 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

How can I contribute to Wikipedia with small contributions?

I am looking for a routine to apply daily to contribute to Wikipedia. Something small, easy and simple. Translating an entire article, for instance is too much for me. Similarly creating an article from scratch. What are small things I can do daily to help Wikipedia? --orschiro (talk) 10:03, 25 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Orschiro, during my early days here, I found the pages Wikipedia:Basic copyediting and Wikipedia:Contributing to Wikipedia quite helpful in understanding how to contribute to Wikipedia in bits and pieces. You could try them out too. Thanks. Lourdes 10:34, 25 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Helpful, thanks! :-)orschiro (talk) 11:44, 25 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Look for one of the maintenance categories. They list articles that have flaws and errors in them. Just pick an article and see if you can fix it. - X201 (talk) 11:33, 25 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

This one? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_maintenance orschiro (talk) 11:44, 25 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, what about Wikipedia:WikiProject Germany? (Sorry, I was looking at your user page...) Alex Shih ^Talk 12:00, 25 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Alex! I will get in touch with them. :-) --orschiro (talk) 12:46, 25 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Eldridge Cleaver

— Preceding unsigned comment added by S.t.setorp (talk • contribs) 10:23, 25 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

This appears to relate to Eldridge Cleaver. The OP added content which was unsourced and contained 'stray' ref tags. Edit has since been reverted. Eagleash (talk) 10:38, 25 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

User:S.t.setorp, since you appear to be fairly new, you may want to consider taking our interactive tutorial at The Wikipedia Adventure, which will help explain a great deal about the way things on Wikipedia generally work, and will help you better contribute in the future. TimothyJosephWood 14:26, 25 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Submit article for review

I have completed drafting an article and want to submit it for review. I don't know how to do that. Please advise on next step. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jkfell (talk • contribs) 18:32, 25 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

add {{subst:submit}} to the top. Ppp ery 18:40, 25 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Appeal to correct erroneous information in the entry for the movie PET https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pet_(film)

This edit request by an editor with a conflict of interest was declined. This is because the same request was made at the article's talk page, where the request is still open.

Dear Editor:

I am writing to seek a correction on a claim in the entry for the 2016 movie Pet (film).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pet_(film)

Issue #1: The Wikipedia page currently states: Pet “is the lowest-growing theatrical release of 2016 with a total gross of $70 and is the second lowest grossing film ever released.” The source linked to is Box Office Mojo, which is the leading online box office reporting service. However, this link does not support the claims made in the entry. In fact, a search of 2016 films on Box Office Mojo, shows that Pet had a total gross of $8,004 AND was ranked 663 out of 736 in terms of gross box office earnings of films released in that year alone.

<source> http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=pet2016.htm

Issue #2: The entry goes on to state: “However, the $70 figure has been disputed by the director, Carless Torrens.” As noted above, both the $70 figure and the “second lowest grossing film ever released” claim are both clearly and demonstrably inaccurate. To simply repeat the errors and note the director’s objections is misleading. Additionally, this sentence misspells the director’s first name. We appreciate your prompt attention to this issue. Please do not hesitate to reach out to us if you have additional questions or we can be of any further assistance in clarifying this matter.

Sincerely, Carles Torrens— Preceding unsigned comment added by Carles Torrens (talk • contribs) 22:57, 25 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Carles Torrens, you've already made this request at the article's talk page. The template you've used, {{request edit}} means that it is put in a special category, which other editors can look at and make the edit for you, so you don't need to ask again here. This is why I've changed the template above. As you've used the {{request edit}} template, which is for editors with COIs, I've left a message on your talk page about conflicts of interest. Seagull123 Φ 23:30, 25 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]