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June 7

Page For Artist

Hello I am an Iranian rapper and I wanted to create a personal page (artist) for myself But I received this message from Wikipedia administrators. http://uupload.ir/files/t4jn_screenshot_2020-06-07_user_talk_ziohey_-_wikipedia.png They told me I was not allowed to have a personal page But I have a verified account on YouTube and Spotify that they recognize me http://uupload.ir/files/n0a1_untitled2323.png In the photo above, you can see that there is a tick artist next to my name link youtube my channel : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCunP7vYw1xzoQmeWt69TpQA?view_as=subscriber And also in my Spotify account http://uupload.ir/files/v2hg_untitled3223324451332.png link Spotify my Acoount : https://open.spotify.com/artist/6JTBVRo1ENvimRJoo4ttWx Can't I have a page on Wikipedia? Should someone else create a page for me? I created the page before, you can help me load my page?

Not done Wikipedia is not MySpace, LiveJournal, Facebook or Twitter. You cannot create a "profile" or "page" about anything. We publish articles about subjects, including people, which are notable enough to justify an article about them in a global encyclopedia. If you ever become a notable performer, not merely one who exists, somebody else will be moved to create an article about you. Right now, it's clearly too soon to even think about such a thing. --Orange Mike | Talk 01:36, 7 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Subtitles

Hi I was just wondering how to create subtitles for audio. There is a file on the article United Socialist Party of Venezuela about the party anthem called "La hora del pueblo". I was going to add English subtitles, but I don't know how. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Libertad1776 (talk • contribs) 04:04, 7 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Libertad1776: The anthem is stored at File:La Hora del Pueblo.ogg. This file is in ogg vorbis format. You will need to download that file to your computer and then edit it using an appropriate program to add the subtitles, and then upload your modified file (come back here for help with that step). Selecting and using such a program is beyond the scope of the Wikipedia help desk. The guys over on the computing reference desk (Wikipedia:Reference desk/Computing) may be able to help you. The free best-in-class Audacity (audio editor) will probably work. For audio files, the technical term is "closed captioning", not "subtitles", and apparently this distinction is important, since much of this software can be used for video also, and video uses subtitles. -Arch dude (talk) 16:34, 7 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Please fix bad red link in article hatnote

At the very top of this article (Gary Kinder (author)), there is an introductory note that says: This article is about the American author and writer. For Gary Kinder, see Gary Kinder (author) (disambiguation). However, the red link (in the introductory note) is not working correctly. It should link to Gary Kinder, the American Olympic athlete. I tried to fix it, but I was not successful. Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 04:05, 7 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Joseph A. Spadaro:

Fixed! See the documentation at Template:About. GoingBatty (talk) 04:28, 7 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@GoingBatty: Great. Thanks! I couldn't figure out the problem. Thank you. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 16:16, 7 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved

Advice and Help

Hi Good Morning I need your help and advice on on the page I tried to create in 2012-13 . I tried to create a page on Muzafafr Hanfi (my father ) in 2012 . As far as I recall it was waiting for an approval for many month . After few month I did not follow up and left it as my circumstances were changed moved house etc . I used my old email Pmuz@..... to enter the details but now that email is no longer in use and I am using Pmuzaffar........... As I am not good on computer so i asked my nephew to have a look and try to creat a page on my father Muzaffar Hanfi who is awriter of urdu and has writtennearly 100 book . My nephew has informed me that modretor will allow him because page has already been created by me . Can I please request to delete the page created by me so my nephew Faizan Qudsi can create the page . [personal information removed]

Kind Regards Parvez Muzaffar — Preceding unsigned comment added by Parvez1965 (talk • contribs) 10:13, 7 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The page you created was deleted eight years ago, because it was promotional. Here's how it started:

Urdu Poet and Critic Prof. Muzaffar Hanfi

Posted By:bhatkallys On 3/2/2007

PROMINENT URDU WRITER CRITIC AND WELL KNOWN POET PROFESSOR MUZAFFAR HANFI

That it was promotional is not surprising, because its subject was your father. You are now asking your nephew to continue this work. Please read WP:COI for why neither you nor he should persist in this. If your father was as eminent as you say, then others who are unrelated to him will want to use independent, reliable sources to create a neutral, informative, non-promotional article about him. -- Hoary (talk) 11:40, 7 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

"Tap to display image" why?

Recently images have not been included with the page. E. G. "supermarine spitfire" page has an initial photo but all other images were grayed out. How to get images to display without tapping? I'm using a 2015 huawei handset (please don't laugh) running some version of Android. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:C7F:96CD:3F00:8C7D:5B64:721F:CA91 (talk) 12:23, 7 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

You don't say which browser you're using. When I use Firefox (version 68.9) on my own 2015 Android phone (a model so unremarkable even when new that the phone company was tossing them in free when one paid for the two-year contract), the photos in Supermarine Spitfire all display well, with no need for tapping. -- Hoary (talk) 12:40, 7 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

There are settings on phones that exist that prevent certain sized images from displaying to avoid excessive data usage. Might be worth taking a look at your settings. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 12:42, 7 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

+1 I’m having this issue on every page on my iPad Safari browser. Jkatzen (talk) 21:32, 10 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Jkatzen See, "Same Issue: Mobile View Greying Out Images" under my response to Celestina007 below. Best wishes. Quaerens-veritatem (talk) 06:22, 28 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

"Tap to display image" why? cont.

No idea which browser, sorry for not being clear, it's the one that came with the phone. To the best of my knowledge I have not changed any settings on my phone. Previously all pages on Wikipedia had images included, although sometimes there was a delay in showing them on my phone. Now all images on every page have all images except the first grayed out with "tap to display image" What do I need to do to get the images automatically without tapping? I don't mind the slight delay. This problem began suddenly a day or two ago. From what I have read, other people are having the same problem. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:C7F:96CD:3F00:8C7D:5B64:721F:CA91 (talk) 13:41, 7 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

See, "Same Issue: Mobile View Greying Out Images" below. Quaerens-veritatem (talk) 06:03, 28 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Same Issue: Mobile View Greying Out Images

Hello. Have same issue. iPad Mini4 w/Safari, using Google as search engine. Have the same settings have used for years to view & edit; however, pictures came back when disabled Javascript! Don’t want to keep Javascript disabled for the usual reasons and have had Javascript enabled, also, for years. Programming change? Help? Quaerens-veritatem (talk) 05:08, 8 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

This page is not useful for questions about how the software works, IP users: try asking at WP:VPT. --ColinFine (talk) 08:41, 8 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

For those using Safari for iOS, the solution is to enable Intersection Observer in “Experimental Features” in the Safari configuration menu. I had the same problem and only solved it by toggling all features to test if any worked. It should provide a solution for anyone having this issue. 190.218.1.93 (talk) 18:16, 16 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Quaerens-veritatem, got the same problem & unfortunately for me I don’t see the “Intersection Observer” stated by the user 190.218.1.93 in my own experimental features in my safari configuration menu & like you I have been using the same settings for 4 years now. It’s just annoying but hopefully it corrects itself overtime. Reminds me of the time the pen-like image disappeared from mobile editing & by itself reappeared. Celestina007 (talk) 21:29, 27 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Celestina007. I went ahead and contacted Apple and after multiple attempts by the first representative with no result, I was put in touch with the next level representative who, after some more fix attempts without result, she finally concluded it was a software problem so we saved my iPad Mini's latest contents to iCloud, erased everything-all content and settings, software, etc. then reinstalled. It was a pain, it took some time, but it corrected the graying out of the Wikipedia images; had to reorganize the apps on the home screen, reenter passwords, new Touch ID, etc., etc. As it happens, after the reinstall, in "Safari"->"Advanced"->"Experimental Features" about half way down the list, with the other "I's", "Intersection Observer" showed up and it was enabled (toggled to green). Anyway, all I can advise is check you have iPadOS 13.5.1, again make sure "Intersection Observer" is not there, and contact Apple telling the representative you need to talk to the next level representative and telling the next representative of my experience. As, obviously, this is an Apple problem, not Wikipedia's, I would make sure there is no charge as in my case. Best wishes, Quaerens-veritatem (talk) 05:51, 28 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

If you couldn't get an Apple fix for the software glitch, I understand the upcoming iPadOS 14 software update will let you set the default browser from Safari to Google Chrome (and other browsers) that doesn't gray out Wikipedia images. See, https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/22/21299342/apple-ipados14-default-apps-email-browser-choice-features-wwdc-2020. Best wishes Quaerens-veritatem (talk) 03:00, 4 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. @Quaerens-veritatem Does anyone know what to do in iOS versions which don’t have “Intersection Observer”? I have iOS 12 and have the same issue, but there is no intersection observer in this version of iOS. Any help would be appreciated.@Johnnytest5 1 August 2020 (UTC)

using an image from another wikipedia

Hi, what's the correct syntax to be able to use this image in an infobox here on enwiki? Thanks for your help! Dr. Vogel (talk) 21:01, 7 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think that's possible. If you want an image to be displayed on multiple Wikimedia sites, you should upload it to Wikimedia Commons. Note however that Commons has stricter rules about image licences than individual Wikipedia sites have. This allows individual Wikipedia sites to set their own rules about image licences without disrupting others. JIP | Talk 21:36, 7 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

(ec) You can direct link to it as: gl:Ficheiro:Igrexa de Anos.jpg. Crow^Caw 21:37, 7 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

That links to the image, does not display it. JIP | Talk 21:54, 7 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@DrVogel: that image appears to be CC-BY-SA and therefore can and should be moved or copied to Commons. I don't read Galego(?) so I cannot be sure, but the image has the correct creative commons icons. I also do not know what process could be used on at gl.wikipedia.org or at Commons to cause a move to occur. Legally, a copy (download, then upload) would be acceptable, but surely there is a better way. Maybe ask at the Commons help desk. -Arch dude (talk) 21:49, 7 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@DrVogel: Take a look at Wikipedia:Moving files to Commons. I think you can just directly run the "fileinfo" app by clicking on its name in the table, but you will first need to read the licensing description (in Galego or after translating it somehow) and then working through the decision tree to be certain the file really is a candidate fro Commons. -Arch dude (talk) 22:18, 7 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, thanks a lot for your advice. I read the "moving files to commons" page as you suggested. I followed the flowchart and the answer is yes to everything, so the outcome is "OK for commons". So then I went on to try to use the tools given on that same page. I tried the top 3 tools and all of them either crash or throw errors or don't work at all. Dr. Vogel (talk) 00:04, 8 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@DrVogel: The maintainer for Fileinfo is listed as Magog the Ogre. Perhaps you can ask on that editor's talk page? I think I've reached the utter limits of my knowledge on this.-Arch dude (talk) 00:17, 8 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. I could just download the file and upload it myself at commons, but that feels wrong. Surely it should be possible to just move it? Dr. Vogel (talk) 02:35, 8 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The other reason why I'm a bit apprehensive about doing this is, why is the tool failing to do the job? Is there anything particular about this file that we need to be aware of? Dr. Vogel (talk) 18:57, 9 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]