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September 4

Can my business create a Wikipedia page?

Hello, Just wondering if I'm allowed to create a Wikipedia page for my business, which is a marketing agency.

If not, are we able to create a page that focuses on a specific type of branding style/approach we've created and use with our clients?

Thank you, Jeff — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jjcarter1 (talk • contribs) 00:07, 4 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for asking. Please don't. Please read Wikipedia:Plain and simple conflict of interest guide. If the agency or its style/approach is notable, then sooner or later people entirely unrelated to the agency will want to create an article about it. -- Hoary (talk) 00:15, 4 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete or report picture?

how can I delete a picture from wikipedia/report it? how does the tagging work? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 43.251.253.70 (talk) 01:40, 4 September 2020 (UTC) [reply]

Since anyone can edit Wikipedia, you may delete a picture from an article yourself. However, you must explain why you are deleting it. Other editors may disagree and restore it, in which case you and those other editors must reach a consensus by discussion. See WP:BRD. It is often better to start with the discussion. Do this on the article's talk page. Since you say "report", I think you should read WP:NOTCENSORED before proceeding. -Arch dude (talk) 02:02, 4 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Sophie, Countess of Wessex

Ref number 9 - I tried to do the name of the publication in italics which we have often done - but no good today.... Please fix. I cannot and I am sorry to trouble you. 175.32.253.19 (talk) 01:59, 4 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Please see "Public Schools Club" and the threads immediately below it for formatting matters, for how experienced editors (such as you) should ask for help for specific articles, and for the benefits of editing under the username that you assuredly possess. -- Hoary (talk) 02:23, 4 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

There were three things wrong, fixed by MB and DrKay:

|publisher=''UK Daily Express'': The name of the publication doesn't go in that parm; it goes in |work=.
You don't put italic markup (sets of two apostrophes) around |work=''UK Daily Express'' – the cite template does that automatically, just like all the other cites you've done (and we've fixed), and gives a clearly-worded red error message when you tried.
There were duplicate |title= parms.

It would be nice to know you've seen and understood the changes, which you did while logged in as Srbernadette, despite not logging in to post this request. —[AlanM1 (talk)]— 10:14, 4 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The Daily Express is, according to WP:RS/Perennial sources, "a tabloid with a number of similarities to the Daily Mail. It is considered generally unreliable." -- Hoary (talk) 11:50, 4 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Possibility of offsite redirection

Hello, I was wondering whether it's against ToS or not to redirect someone from a page on here, to an offsite link. Case in point, I came across the redirect term Tenno. While yes it can refer to the Japanese Monarchy, it also refers to the race in the game Warframe, hence my question. I searched through the reference desk, FAQ, I could not find anything. — Preceding unsigned comment added by FyreFox13 (talk • contribs) 03:11, 4 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

FyreFox13, the question is is the term notable enough for Wikipedia standards? If it meets the standards then a separate article could be created for disambiguation. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 03:19, 4 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@FyreFox13: The term "redirect" has a specific technical meaning on Wikipedia. No you cannot create a redirect to an off-wiki site. I have reverted your food-faith effort at Tenno. Note that Tenno redirects to Emperor of Japan, which has a "hatnote" pointing to the disambiguation page tenno (disambiguation). The dab page does indeed have a link to Warframe. -Arch dude (talk) 04:59, 4 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Japanese Wikipedia

Not a matter for either en:WP or the WMF. The OP (indefinitely blocked on ja:WP) simply has to persuade ja:WP that they are not a sockpuppet of Aso789 (indefinitely blocked). The method by which they can attempt this is explained on their talk page in ja:WP.

The following discussion has been closed. Please do not modify it.

Wikipedia in Japanese, editors and so on who engaged in long-term, often block or change article written by one, without enough reason. So, Japanese Wikipedia isn't be able to call Wikipedia. It needs change.

This is the help desk for the English Wikipedia. Each language Wikipedia is a separate project with separate rules and administrators. We cannot help you with your issues with the Japanese Wikipedia. You will need to escalate to the Wikimedia Foundation. -Arch dude (talk) 05:14, 4 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Using a template on another language project

How do I use a template such as {{COVID-19 pandemic in Nepal}} meant for the English Wikipedia on a non-English Wikipedia? Of course, one approach is to create a copy of the template on that language project, but it would then require having to tediously update multiple templates across different language projects. Help me get around this problem.

Best,
Inimesh (talk) 09:18, 4 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Inimesh:There is no such way. You always have to have the templates locally, with the exception of your meta.wikimedia.org Userpage, which may be transcluded including templates to other prjects. Victor Schmidt mobil (talk) 10:16, 4 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Victor Schmidt mobil: Thank you for the response. Inimesh (talk) 11:06, 4 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Inimesh: That's how you do it, AFAIK. You copy the template and all the templates it uses and the ones that they use, etc. to the other wiki, giving attribution to the source. You'll probably need to do some tweaking for the different manuals of style, deal with existing templates under those names already present at the wiki or ones that perform the desired function already present under a different name, etc. It can be easy or hard, depending on how many levels of templates deep it is. This assumes that the wiki has all the required options enabled, too. —[AlanM1 (talk)]— 10:23, 4 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@AlanM1: Thank you. It really seems like a lot of work, both initially and regularly. I think I will have to resort to updating the Wikidata entry d:Q83873573, whose properties and values seem to be retrievable across the various language projects. Inimesh (talk) 11:05, 4 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Can I edit my page title?

Hi Guys -

I've just written my first wikipedia article. It was beautifully simple to do - thank you. However, I hadn't appreciated that my username would become the title of my page. Is it possible to edit that? If necessary I'm quite happy for the page to be deleted and I'll start again.

My username: ToryWhiteFeathers Title I wanted: The White Feather Project URL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:ToryWhiteFeathers

Many thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by ToryWhiteFeathers (talk • contribs) 09:29, 4 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

ToryWhiteFeathers You've edited your user page, which is not article space or space to draft an article, but a place for you to tell the community about yourself in the context of your Wikipedia use. You have a personal Sandbox where you can draft article or otherwise experiment with editing(User:ToryWhiteFeathers/sandbox). You cannot directly create articles until you are autoconfirmed(your account is four days old with ten edits or more). You may submit your draft using Articles for Creation(even if you are autoconfirmed, this is a very good idea to do until you gain much experience in creating articles).

Please review conflict of interest and paid editing as you could have some required disclosures to make. 331dot (talk) 09:33, 4 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I moved the draft you created on your userpage to Draft:White Feather Project. It seems unlikely that this will ever be acceptable as an article, as it lacks the mandatory sourcing and neutral point of view. --Orange Mike | Talk 18:05, 4 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

unofficial discogs.com links added to wiki pages

Hi, where can I leave comments on wiki pages where discogs.com has been linked as external link? This is just one of them: Paloma Faith RedAms69 (talk) 11:26, 4 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

RedAms69 Comments regarding article content should be made on the article talk page. If this issue is a widespread issue across many articles, the Village Pump might be a better place than multiple discussions. 331dot (talk) 11:34, 4 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict)@RedAms69: Although discogs is not typically accepted as a source, (I.e. to demonstrate notability) I'm not sure that there is a barrier to its inclusion in the external links section in a similar way that IMDb is not accepted for referencing but is frequently included in an EL section.

Having said that, improvements to articles are usually best discussed at their talk pages. (Link at top left of the article page). Eagleash (talk) 11:40, 4 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Y-chromosome Adam - Recent African origin of modern humans

Can someone please add information about "Y-chromosome Adam" theory to the Genetics section of this page below? References to the mitochondrial-DNA Eve theory are mentioned, but the "Y-chromosome Adam" theory was also developed at about the same time. I was working at Yale in the mid-1990s when I heard about both in their university newsletter. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recent_African_origin_of_modern_humans — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:6C65:7E7F:E8A1:10C3:16D1:FC40:95DF (talk) 11:50, 4 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Please make your suggestion on Talk:Recent African origin of modern humans, where it's much more likely to be read by people who are familiar with the subject. -- Hoary (talk) 12:00, 4 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Our article on the subject is Y-chromosomal Adam. -Arch dude (talk) 14:53, 5 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Adding Y-chromosomal Adam to Recent African origin of modern humans is beyond my competence. It would require a reliable source that links the two. The first article does not appear to mention Africa, and the second article does not appear to mention Y-chromosomes. -Arch dude (talk) 16:03, 5 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I'm stealing the appropriate paragraph from Y-chromosomal Adam, slightly modifying it, and adding it to Recent African origin of modern humans. -Arch dude (talk) 16:20, 5 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Please review. -Arch dude (talk) 16:43, 5 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Latest user contribution

I was wondering if there's a template or a script to display when was a user's last contrib. The purpose is to indetify WikiProject users that are inactive. ~ Elias Z. (talkallam) 11:57, 4 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

There are a bunch of scripts capable of rendering such information. Wikipedia:Navigation popups are capable of rendering this information, for example. Templates can't infer this information. Victor Schmidt (talk) 13:10, 4 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Found a file with a similar one on Commons

This file is very similar to this file on Wikimedia Commons, should one be deleted and replaced or should the one on Wikipedia be moved to Commons? The file on Commons survived deletion twice. (Oinkers42) (talk) 14:39, 4 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

(Oinkers42), Logic suggests that the non free version on WP can be replaced easily enough, so fails the criteria for retention. The Commons one appears correctly licenced and is obviously preferable Fiddle Faddle 14:43, 4 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@(Oinkers42): tough one. If the Commons one has a valid license, yes the en-wp version should be deleted and replaced. However, are we really sure the deletion request (commons:Commons:Deletion requests/File:The Legend of Zelda - Golden Catridge.jpg) was decided correctly? The shield might be commons:Commons:De_minimis#Guidelines #4 or #5, but is the cartridge design itself copyright-free? Tigraan^{Click here to contact me} 14:49, 4 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I made a change on Wikipedia that got reverted without a good explanation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blinding_Lights

Hi,

I recently made a change on Wikipedia (Blinding Lights by The Weeknd), wherein which I clarified that the song is written in the F dorian and not the C minor scale. This change got reverted by Materialscientists, who stated that it wasn't "constructive". The edit hasn't got anything to do with constructive criticism; it's merely a fact that the song is written in F dorian; that's why the lead note is F and follows C-minor scale.

How do I explain this?— Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.54.151.108 (talk • contribs) 4 September 2020 17:47 (UTC)

Hello, it seems most likely that your edit was reverted as you did not provide a reliable source. Verification is a core Wikipedia policy and the encyclopedia xan only contain information that can be confirmed by the reader. You have to say where the information came from. WP:REFB has guidelines on adding citations.Eagleash (talk) 18:01, 4 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Political slander

I viewed your semi protected first listings under the “Proud Boys”. It’s important to know that you left me steamers 10 and will be sued for slander. That is not the organization is about at all it’s completely misleading and the fact that is protected so that it cannot be added in the factual information put out there just shows your left-wing bias. Do the right thing allowed to be added it so that the actual core values of the problem boys can be listed there. Factual history can be writtenWithout bias — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:387:0:902:0:0:0:46 (talk) 18:10, 4 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Blocked for the legal threat. 331dot (talk) 18:18, 4 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@331dot: Uninvolved, but which part is a threat? Sometimes people could misword their sentences... Regards, Jeromi Mikhael ^(marhata) 14:12, 5 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

"... and will be sued for slander" is unambiguous, so the block was inevitable. --David Biddulph (talk) 14:23, 5 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Uploading images

I need to help for uploading images to an existing page East Hampton Center for Contemporary Art — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hamptonsartist (talk • contribs) 19:28, 4 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hamptonsartist You can't upload images to Wikipedia directly until you are autoconfirmed(your account is four days old with 10 edits or more). You can, depending on the image, upload it to Commons, see WP:UPIMAGE, or you may visit Files for Upload for assistance in doing it here. 331dot (talk) 19:31, 4 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

How do I submit a new very-short article ?

Courtesy link: User:For7thGen/Identity-surname

The title of my new very-short article is Identity-surname.

And I can't figure out how to submit it. For7thGen (talk) 20:16, 4 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

For7thGen, I strongly suggest you read the page on creating your first article, as it is one of the hardest things you can do on Wikipedia. It appears someone just happened to decline your draft, which suggests that it needs more work. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 20:22, 4 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

For7thGen (edit conflict) It appears that you already submitted your draft for review and it was declined, because it has no reliable sources to support its content. A topic must receive significant coverage in independent reliable sources, showing how it meets Wikipedia's special definition of notability. Please read Your first article for more information, and if you have reliable sources, please add them before resubmitting. 331dot (talk) 20:23, 4 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Also, we already have an article on Surnames. It would probably be better if you were to expand that one with additional reliably sourced content. ~ ONUnicorn^{(Talk|Contribs)}problem solving 20:58, 4 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Merging modules

I would like to know the place where I can put merger requests for merging 2 modules. Adithyak1997 (talk) 20:28, 4 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

WP:TFD

—Trappist the monk (talk) 20:39, 4 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Nathan Larson

This man runs a website for child pornography. Why can’t his page be edited to show this. He does not advocate for woman, he actively sexually assaults them! The websites name was called “Rapey.” It was just taken down, however, this should be mentioned on his page. This man IS NOT a politician. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2606:5580:300:7F85:186C:306F:4EE:48B5 (talk) 23:23, 4 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

IP editor, the page Talk:Nathan Larson (politician) exists and is a place where you may suggest edits to the article. Please make sure to specify a WP:Reliable source for material you wish to add to the article.--Quisqualis (talk) 23:47, 4 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

IP editor: The article presents the crimes and other things that have been reliably documented about him. He has been on the ballot and received votes in two elections – he is, indeed, a politician. The website he has been involved with are also mentioned. Did you read the article? —[AlanM1 (talk)]— 02:03, 5 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]