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October 11

Personal listicle in draftspace

Could you please tell me the proper action to take when I come across a draft like Draft:Songs i like? Aithus (talk) 06:21, 11 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I would nominate it for speedy deletion per WP:U5. Shantavira|^{feed me} 08:14, 11 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

U5 wouldn't apply as it's not in the User namespace. WP:MFD would probably be a slam dunk though. Madeline (part of me) 10:31, 11 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Website to be white listed

Hello There,

I don't know how and when did my website MarketsandMarkets.com is being blacklisted on Wikipedia. Can you please help me in identifying the issue and resolving this at earliest and make the website whitelist on Wikipedia and I would also like to add my company page on Wikipedia. Any suggestion in resolving this, would be of great help. Thanks Rraj07 (talk) 10:22, 11 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Rraj07 Wikipedia does not have "company pages", not a single one. What Wikipedia does have is articles about certain companies that meet the special Wikipedia definition of a notable company. Mere existence does not merit a company an article, it depends on significant coverage in independent reliable sources; significant coverage goes beyond press releases, staff interviews, annoucements of routine activities, and the like- it goes into detail about why the company is important or influential as the source sees it(not the company itself).

Please read conflict of interest and paid editing for information on required formal disclosures(paid editing includes mere employment, and declaring it is a Terms of Use requirement and mandatory). 331dot (talk) 10:28, 11 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Apparently it was blacklisted back in 2015. If it wasn't your website, you could apply here to have it removed from the list, but as that page says, Requests from site owners or anyone with a conflict of interest will be declined. 199.208.172.35 (talk) 14:57, 11 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

How can I get regular news

How can I get regular news updates by email? 92.22.127.41 (talk) 11:42, 11 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

This page is for asking questions related to using Wikipedia only, it is not a general question asking forum, sorry. 331dot (talk) 11:45, 11 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

IP editor. If you look at the Main page, you'll see a couple of places where you can set up automatic emails for "Featured articles" and "On this day". Mike Turnbull (talk) 12:55, 11 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Since Wikipedia is not a news website, I assume you want news about Wikipedia itself, in which case you can subscribe to our newsletter. Shantavira|^{feed me} 15:04, 11 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Original lead singer for AC/DC

Wikipedia says the original singer for AC/DC was Bon Scott. Actually the original lead was Dave Evans from 1973-1974 before Bon Scott. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.52.131.243 (talk) 13:14, 11 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Please direct any concerns about the AC/DC article to its talk page, Talk:AC/DC. 331dot (talk) 13:20, 11 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi IP editor. The very first line in the history section says exactly that. Mike Turnbull (talk) 13:28, 11 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Also, there's this: "AC/DC underwent several line-up changes before releasing their first album, 1975's High Voltage. Membership subsequently stabilised around the Young brothers, singer Bon Scott, drummer Phil Rudd, and bassist Mark Evans." That also does not say that Bon Scott was the original singer. David10244 (talk) 05:49, 13 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

What's the template for requesting an image to be cropped?

I came across it recently, but I just cannot find it now (have spent 10-15 minutes hunting around, I should have asked here first). (And why are things so hard to find sometimes?) A bit iffy (talk) 19:40, 11 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@A bit iffy, {{Remove border}}? 199.208.172.35 (talk) 20:01, 11 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, that's not the sort of cropping I'm thinking of (should have been clearer). I want to request someone to crop irrelevant people out of a group photo so as to show just one person. A bit iffy (talk) 20:14, 11 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

You could post on Wikipedia:Graphics Lab, or c:Commons:Graphic Lab if the file is hosted on Commons. Madeline (part of me) 21:00, 11 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

{{Cleanup image}} with an appropriate explanation would work; I can't find any others specifically about cropping. 199.208.172.35 (talk) 21:04, 11 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Instead of cropping an image, you can just display a region of it. I've put some examples at User:Maproom/cropping. Maproom (talk) 21:15, 11 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I don't want to crop anything myself, I want others to do it, hence my request for that elusive template. I'm sure I saw it.--A bit iffy (talk) 18:03, 12 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@A bit iffy {{CSS image crop}}? -- AxG / ✉ 21:30, 11 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I don't want to crop anything myself, I want others to do it, hence my request for that elusive template. I'm sure I saw it.--A bit iffy (talk) 18:03, 12 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@A bit iffy It may be appropriate to do what you want via a method I explained earlier today at the Teahouse. See WP:Teahouse#Help_with_cropping_CC_image_and_adding_to_infobox_of_BLP. Mike Turnbull (talk) 15:58, 12 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I don't want to crop anything myself, I want others to do it, hence my request for that elusive template. I'm sure I saw it.--A bit iffy (talk) 18:03, 12 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I would assume you're referring to a template similar to the template to request an image be converted to an SVG over on commons. I'll dig through templates and categories and see what I might be able to find. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 18:08, 12 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Angela Lansbury Movie Credits

You guys have a fairly comprehensive listing of her movies, but I never did see Blue Hawaii where she played a leading role in 1961? 47.220.155.3 (talk) 20:08, 11 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Her role is mentioned in both Blue Hawaii and Angela Lansbury. If you have suggestions to improve the articles, you can start a discussion on that article's talk page. RudolfRed (talk) 20:33, 11 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

How to unblock talk page after revoked by admin

If a user talk page was revoked by administrator due to inappropriate use, how to restore the talk page for unblock appeal. There is seem to be difficult to request even if banned by UTRS. 197.156.95.54 (talk) 21:30, 11 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Which account are you talking about? Cullen328 (talk) 21:37, 11 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I think they've had their account blocked, TPA'd and banned from UTRS and are asking what to do. Madeline (part of me) 07:23, 12 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

A blocked account with indefinite expiry. 197.156.95.62 (talk) 07:12, 12 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The account you're referring to is not your own correct? If it is then you are committing block evasion. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 18:09, 12 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Article in Draft and Mainspace

I initally placed this article List of geolocation-based video games into draft then the editor did some more work and moved it back to the mainspace and I redrafted it. Since then the editor has brought it up to scratch but then cut and paste the text into the mainspace. (I then had a grump on there talk page). Anyway, now both the article and draft exist but more work has been done on the article in the mainspace. Since then the editor who created the article has done some sort of further creative editing of the draft in an effort to remove it. Can you delete the draft and merge the histories? Regards. Hughesdarren (talk) 21:43, 11 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Hughesdarren:, please see WP:HISTMERGE#Instructions for tagging a page for history merging. Mathglot (talk) 10:26, 13 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Mathglot: someone else tagged the page but it was declined for the reason "decline histmerge; single editor, no attribution issues", another user has redirected the draft. Cheers anyway. Regard. Hughesdarren (talk) 10:42, 13 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]