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January 8

Judge Merrick Garland voice - possible Cancer

I have NOT been able to find a contact number for Judge Merrick Garland - the future Attorney General after hearing his brief Television comments about being selected by Press-elect Joe Biden, I have noted he has a coarseness to his voice and being a physician and having heard this before, I felt it was incumbent upon me to indicate to Judge Garland that he needs to have laryngoscopy to view his vocal cords for a nodule or even a possible cancer. These are easy to treat if caught early enough though I have not been able to find a way to contact him so that he could seek medical care. It is possible he has already been evaluated for this but maybe not.

Please reach out to him with my concerns. Thank you.00:37, 8 January 2021 (UTC)

(Redacted)— Preceding unsigned comment added by Dr.PhilMD (talk • contribs) 00:37, 8 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Dr.PhilMD This is not a general help desk, we cannot help you with contacting Judge Garland. 331dot (talk) 00:40, 8 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

JAN 6, 3021

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_6

WHY ARE THEY CALLED TRUMP SUPPORTERS AND NOT DOMESTIC TERRORISTS? Insurgents? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Olympusman2004 (talk • contribs) 05:05, 8 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Because Joe Biden called rioters Domestic terrorists. Source Rizosome (talk) 05:24, 8 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The designations aren't mutually exclusive. Clarityfiend (talk) 05:56, 8 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

How to make Sample redirect to different page?

How to make Sample redirect to different page? In this section we can see automorphic representation redirected to automorphic form article. How is that possible? Rizosome (talk) 05:28, 8 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Sample is a disambiguation page. It should not be redirected. But perhaps you mean "How does one make an article title redirect elsewhere?" If so, it's simple. If a title that we'll call X should redirect to an article that we'll call Y, then you edit the article (?) "X" so that it says ~~REDIRECT #[[Y]]~~ #REDIRECT [[Y]], and you save the result. -- Hoary (talk) 06:42, 8 January 2021 (UTC) stupid mistake corrected Hoary (talk) 08:47, 8 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Procedual note, the code for redirecting is #REDIRECT [[Y]]. The other one yust produces a link to Y (yes, I tested that) Victor Schmidt (talk) 08:01, 8 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Oopsie! Thank you, Victor Schmidt. -- Hoary (talk) 08:47, 8 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Rizosome: See Help:Redirect#Creating and editing redirects if you want to change the target of an existing redirect. PrimeHunter (talk) 09:06, 8 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

How to advanced search the deleted tweets in web archive?

I really love how wiki use this feature for reference links in the articles. Best example: Recently deleted Trump tweet. Rizosome (talk) 05:37, 8 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Publishing wikipedia page

Hello

It has been 3 weeks since the page below was requested to be published but this has yet to be done.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Babs102020/sandbox

Appreciate it if this can be attended to soon. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Babs102020 (talk • contribs) 10:16, 8 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Babs102020 You have not actually submitted the draft for review, I will shortly add the appropriate information so your can do so. If you have a connection with this person, please review conflict of interest and paid editing for information on required disclosures. 331dot (talk) 10:18, 8 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Babs102020 Note that "Publish changes" should be understood to simply mean "save changes"; it does not mean "publish this to the encyclopedia". Also, it's better to think of the text as an article, not just a "page", which has a broader meaning. 331dot (talk) 10:22, 8 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Resubmit After a Rejection

My article was rejected. I feel I have applied all recommended changes and would like to re-submit the article. How do I do that? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tgambesc (talk • contribs) 13:22, 8 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Tgambesc. Since Draft:Joseph Marion Gambescia Sr. was rejected (not just declined) by I dream of horses, I think you need to persuade that editor that you have suitable sources, since rejecting a draft means that the editor has searched for sources and has not found sufficient. I have pinged that editor in this reply, so they should see it. --ColinFine (talk) 14:07, 8 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Tgambesc: The only way to salvage an article whose subject's notability has been questioned is to find and add sources that demonstrate notability by our definition: see WP:N. No notability, no article. Please see WP:AMOUNT. Do not put any further effort into the article until you have established notability. We can and will help you fix any other problems later. -Arch dude (talk) 02:54, 9 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Tgambesc, It appears to me that you have neither applied the necessary changes nor have you found any notability. Please do not ignore the comments of reviewers. We review drafts because we want to accept them. It's far less effort to accept them and accepting a good draft improves Wikipedia. Fiddle Faddle 23:50, 9 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Timtrent Sorry for confusion. I was simply asking how to re-submit. Based on our earlier conversation I think understand what needs to be done now. I have several changes mapped out and am tracking down additional primary sources. We have a lot of sources. None of it is easily accessible for citing. Once I get that information organized I will get the page updated. It may be a few more weeks before I get it all together. I also may ask a 3rd party to help out as well. Thanks again for the quick responses. I do appreciate the help and all the time you spent doing the review. --Tgambesc (talk) 01:04, 10 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Tgambesc, I am concerned about "we". Wikipedia has a rule that a single account is operated by a single person.

I am also concerned about your potential use of "a 3rd party". If this party is paid both you and they need to read and comply with WP:PAID Fiddle Faddle 08:54, 10 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Timtrent We = people in position of artifacts that I would like to cite. 3rd Party = volunteers have offered to proof read the final article. I do not plan on paying any one.

Tgambesc Primary sources do nothing to establish notability, and in fact must be used carefully: see WP:PRIMARY. Do not proceed until you have established notability. You establish notability by citing at least three suitable sources. This is easy to mess up: see Wikipedia:Common sourcing mistakes (notability). Please do not waste any more of your time or ours until you have established notability. -Arch dude (talk) 16:57, 10 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Arch dude Will do, thanks.--Tgambesc (talk) 17:18, 10 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Finding the reason for a blacklisting

Dear Help desk,

A site I was thinking about linking from appears to be blocked but I cannot find it in the blacklist logs etc. which I struggle to navigate. Can anyone help me find the discussion around its blacklisting?

Thanks, Jontel (talk) 14:25, 8 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Jontel: Please post the url inside <nowiki>...</nowiki> to display it without linking it. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:26, 8 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@PrimeHunter: Wow, that was quick. Thank you. https://gilad.online/writings/2017/11/11/balfour-declaration-history-and-concealment-a-talk-by-gilad-atzmon Jontel (talk) 17:09, 8 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Jontel: It's caught by .*\.(ga|cf|ml|gq|online|site)/.*?\d{4,5}[-/]\d{1,2}[-/]\d{1,2}.* at MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. It's apparently a wide net to stop spam mentioned at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Isla Riordan/Archive. Your link pattern with online was first included in [1] by MER-C. It's the site of Gilad Atzmon so you could post a request at MediaWiki talk:Spam-whitelist to whitelist all links to gilad.online. MER-C is still active and edited an hour ago so you can also wait to see if he replies here. PrimeHunter (talk) 18:05, 8 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The spam whitelist is your best bet. MER-C 18:11, 8 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@PrimeHunter: @MER-C: Thanks to you both for your help. Jontel (talk) 19:40, 8 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Name correction

My name is spelled like this Prinny Moni Is there anyway you could get some help to get it changed because I have really been struggling and I do not feel comfortable starting the bio before iknow my name can be corrected. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Prinnymoni (talk • contribs) 14:50, 8 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Prinnymoni. You can ask for your username to be changed at CHU, but since you haven't made any other edits from this account, the easiest thing to do is to abandon that account and create a new one with the name you want.

However, you talk about "starting the bio", and about the name, and that suggests to me that you intend to write about yourself on Wikipedia. If that is indeed your intention, then please don't: find somewhere else to write about yourself. Autobiography is strongly discouraged on Wikipedia, and if you try, you are likely to have a frustrating and uncomfortable time, and very very unlikely to end up with something you want. If you are talking about a biography of somebody else, that is not quite so difficult, but it is still very very difficult for an experienced user to create a new article on Wikipedia, and I always advise new editors to spend a few weeks or months improving existing articles before they even try it. I will put some helpful links on your user talk page. -ColinFine (talk) 15:15, 8 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

No 'more' option is showing in my Wikipedia sandbox page.

When the move option isn't there...

As shown in the uploaded picture, there is a missing option from the menu. That is, I could not find 'more' option to move my draft article or page. Can you please help for it. Thank you.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Zo Phualva (talk • contribs)

@Zo Phualva: if the "more" option isn't there, that likely means that there is simply no action to show in the associated dropdown. I assume you were looking for the move button, Only accounts that are 4 days old and have made at least 10 edits are able to move pages. Until then, the move option won't show. That being said, I am not so sure if it would be wise to move User:Zo Phualva/sandbox into article space due to all the facebook links. Facebook is usally not a reliable source, so it might be unwise. Victor Schmidt (talk) 15:34, 8 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much for your kind rapid response @Victor Schmidt. Your commands on my draft article have been helpful to me. Hope you also kindly reviewed other references (not Facebook links) and those are reliable. If the references of the draft article do not meet reliable to move to live space at all, I will try to upgrade it within the coming days. Thank you very much. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zo Phualva (talk • contribs) 16:10, 8 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Please somebody add KGF chapter 2 teaser to here

This video generated 70M+ views within first 24 hour. See the YouTube view count below. I am requesting because it has gained so many views within 24 hoursRizosome (talk) 17:15, 8 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Rizosome: If you have a suggestion to improve an article, start a discussion on that article's talk page. Remember to include citations to reliable sources. RudolfRed (talk) 17:17, 8 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

It's a trailer so it needs 112 million to make the list. The article doesn't say it directly but the first table excludes trailers. PrimeHunter (talk) 19:47, 8 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved

JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH

Judas and the Black Messiah

i am co-composer on this film and saw my name was not there so corrected it and i come back a month later and my name was not there how can we correct this and keep it permanent — Preceding unsigned comment added by ELECACU (talk • contribs) 22:10, 8 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

ELECACU, are there any reliable, independent sources that can support your claim? —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 22:21, 8 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I looked at the history of the article and found people adding Craig Harris as co-composer. Variety does support the claim here and there are a number of less reliable or non-independent sources making the same claim this. Valenciano (talk) 22:27, 8 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Craig, if a factoid in the infobox conflicts with a sourced statement in the main text, then people are going to rightly keep on removing it. I have updated (click that link to see the changes) the prose using the Variety source that Valenciano found (thanks, V). Also, you accidentally unlinked Mark's name from his article, so I fixed that. Pelagic ( messages ) – (08:58 Sun 10, AEDT) 21:58, 9 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Also, peeking at your edit history, I guess this is the same Craig Harris? Pelagic ( messages ) – (09:07 Sun 10, AEDT) 22:07, 9 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

reference OK

Is my reference OK? From interview...

Please advise. I personally knew most of artists i am editing about thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Taipanusa (talk • contribs) 23:54, 8 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Has your interview been published in any reliable source? Where can someone access the interview?~ ONUnicorn^{(Talk|Contribs)}problem solving 00:02, 9 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Taipanusa. An interview (or anything else) which has not been reliably published is original research and is never acceptable as a source. An interview with the subject which has been published may be used as a source, but only in the limited ways that primary sources may be used, and does not contribute to notability. --ColinFine (talk) 00:42, 9 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]