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March 24

Translated pages ?

My father Herbert Kline has a German Wiki Page. I had it translated and now I am not sure if I submit the translation to Wiki or have to make another English page. Any advice welcome. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Elissakline57! (talk • contribs) 16:46, 24 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Elissakline57. General advice is at Translation. My advice it to treat it the translation as a new article in en-wiki, using articles for creation to create a draft, and getting it reviewed. (Remember to credit the source when you create the draft). This is not obligatory - you could create it directly as an article in en-wiki - but unless you are confident that the translated text and the referencing meet en-wiki's standards, I would suggest not. (Different language wikipedias have different rules about some things, so it's possible for things to be acceptable in one but a direct translation not acceptable in another. My impression is that de-wiki is at least as strict as en-wiki, but I don't know for sure). --ColinFine (talk) 17:23, 24 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Alysongeller (talk) 17:07, 24 March 2019 (UTC)How do I officially publish entry after I've tested it in Sandbox?

Hi,

How do I officially publish entry after I've tested it in Sandbox?

Thanks for your guidance.

Aly--Alysongeller (talk) 17:07, 24 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

On the top right of your screen you'll find the buttons:Read Edit New section & View history. Next to them there is a button called More, wich shows the option Move. try that. Oxygene7-13 (talk) 17:15, 24 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Alysongeller, and welcome to the Teahouse. While Oxygene7-13's answer is technically correct, I would advise against simply moving it to main space, and rather advise you to submit it for review by pasting {{subst:submit}} at the top.

I have two reasons for this. One is that in my opinion the article is far too detailed, and needs ruthless editing. The other is that it appears to be an autobiography. These are strongly discouraged in Wikipedia, and should always be submitted for review. Certainly, the text as it stands is far from neutral. Please also review WP:COI before you go any further. --ColinFine (talk) 17:29, 24 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed, half the article would do the trick... Terminology as: groundbreaking, most influential, powerful and so on are also not done on Wikipedia. Oxygene7-13 (talk) 17:39, 24 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Who will make a decision regarding deleted content

I uploaded some figures, which were then deleted-

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Deletion_requests/Files_uploaded_by_User:AWCzarnik

The artwork I posted is Public Domain and would benefit the article. I'm looking for advice as to who could make the decision whether or not to sustain the delete, and if not who has the authority to put the artwork back on the article. AWCzarnik (talk) 22:33, 24 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Since that discussion is on Commons, you need to deal with it there. Though closely related to Wikipedia, it is a separate project with its own policies/procedures/etc. 331dot (talk) 22:37, 24 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks.AWCzarnik (talk) 22:37, 24 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Non constructive comment

What do you mean by "non constructive comment"? It was copied from Wikipedia!!!!!! is there any censure in this site when comments are true but not in favor of the concerned person??? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Moryyan (talk • contribs) 22:46, 24 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Moryyan: This is the English Wikipedia; therefore, all content added to articles must be in English (not, for example, French). Thank you. --MrClog (talk) 23:02, 24 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Located an email address and phone number in an article talk page

I was on an article and went to the talk page and found the only post on it is someone trying to sell something related to the topic, featuring their email address and phone number, history says it was posted in 2008.
I'm pretty sure we:

A. Aren't supposed have 'sales ads' in talk pages.
B. Phone numbers and emails on talk pages.

How should this be handled?
(The entry has zero to do with the topic in a editing context, and was from an IP address that has made no further edits. I haven't posted a link here to avoid drawing attention to it. (Also, if there's a page that has the policy for how to handle this, what is it, so I can bookmark it for the future.)--The Navigators (talk)-May British Rail Rest in Peace. 23:53, 24 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Tag with {{db-g11}} and an admin will come around and delete it. WP:CSD has more information. Nyttend (talk) 23:58, 24 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Suggested template has been applied to the page. Resolved.--The Navigators (talk)-May British Rail Rest in Peace. 01:40, 25 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Extra dot on file

The map at the top of Christian state, reproduced here, marks countries with official religions, with Christianity being a dark blue or purple. For some reason, there's a random dot in continental Nunavut (although it's absent from File:Map of state religions.svg, so it's not a map error), and I can't figure out how to get rid of it. Sometimes misplaced bullets can appear on top of images, but that's not the case; I've previewed the page with all content removed except the file (code [[File:Map of state religions.svg|border|right|thumb|300px]]), and it's still there. Can anyone suggest a fix? I've added it to this Help Desk request, and in pre-posting preview mode it's present. Nyttend (talk) 23:56, 24 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I see the Nunavut (in Northern Canada) dot in https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Map_of_state_religions.svg/300px-Map_of_state_religions.svg.png but not https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Map_of_state_religions.svg/450px-Map_of_state_religions.svg.png. Both images are actually in the html as a srcset to give the browser a choice between png versions at different sizes. Here I see the 450px image with no dot at default zoom but the 300px image if I zoom out. SVG images have code to describe geometric shapes. I don't know whether there is a code problem in the original SVG file Media:Map of state religions.svg or only the MediaWiki conversion to different png sizes. File:Map of state religions.svg does actually not display the original but a large png version. I don't see the dot in the original svg but that does not guarantee that the problem does not originate there. I also see the dot in some of the thumbnails for old versions at File:Map of state religions.svg#filehistory. I don't know much about the SVG format and don't have software to analyze it. |340px makes a srcset with https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Map_of_state_religions.svg/340px-Map_of_state_religions.svg.png and https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Map_of_state_religions.svg/510px-Map_of_state_religions.svg.png. I don't see the dot in either so that could be a crude solution for all viewers of this article but the image is used in many articles. It may require help at Wikipedia:Graphics Lab/Map workshop or commons:Commons:Graphic Lab/Map workshop. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:40, 25 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]