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Improving a wiki article

On the top of my article, it has a message that says "this article has multiple issues. Please help improve it" What does this mean?

How do make a content box with the headings and dividers?

Here's a link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Efrem_Smith Dawsonvj (talk) 18:18, 29 April 2015 (UTC)

Dawsonvj as the box goes onto say the article is a dead end. it doesn't contain any links to other Wikipedia articles and no other articles like to it. You should try and find appropriate links to place so that these issues are resolved.
A table of contents will be automatically added after there are at least three section headings are added to the article. Nthep (talk) 18:51, 29 April 2015 (UTC)
So I find links to other wiki pages and put it under what part? I submitted the article with bold headings and there are four headingsDawsonvj (talk) 18:57, 29 April 2015 (UTC)
Dawsonvj welcome back. W.carter has taken care of the problems in your article. Whether other articles now link to Efrem Smith I don't know.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 21:15, 29 April 2015 (UTC)
Vchimpanzee: Yep, there are now. Taken care of too. :) w.carter-Talk 21:17, 29 April 2015 (UTC)
(ec)And I remembered how to check, but thanks.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 21:22, 29 April 2015 (UTC)

This page needs help https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario_Nature

Hello,

Please help edit this page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario_Nature.

It has several flags and needs the eye of an experienced Wikipedia editor.

Thanks, John

Onjohn (talk) 22:32, 27 April 2015 (UTC)

Onjohn hello and welcome to The Teahouse. I'm not sure what I could actually do, but the article definitely needs more sources. There are paragraphs that do not have any references. And some of the information is shown in a list format, when it would be better as sentences. The article could use some more details about how the organization began.
And one source should be formatted. The link doesn't work, but it is apparently a newspaper and all we need is the name of the paper, the title, when the article appeared, and the author if there is one.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 22:00, 29 April 2015 (UTC)

references

Hi, is there a tool or a way that I can press a button and have references formatted properly for me? 3gg5amp1e (talk) 18:05, 29 April 2015 (UTC)

Please see User:Zhaofeng Li/reFill for details. I see it as a link in the left hand margin under "Tools" Fiddle Faddle 18:15, 29 April 2015 (UTC)

Page not conforming to guidelines?

Hi, I created my first page ([[1]]) and this was my first contribution. I received a message saying that the article may not be retained due to not meeting certain guideleins, but it didn't specify what exactly was the problem. Could anyone tell me what it is? Thanks for any help! Dreeter2 (talk) 03:46, 30 April 2015 (UTC)

Hi, @Dreeter2:, and welcome to the Teahouse. The problem is that the building does not appear to be "notable" (in the special Wikipedia sense of the word). At the top of the article (Harding Band Building) is the notice about the proposed deletion, and it includes a link to the discussion here. According to that link, the article was proposed because the subject is a "non notable building on a college campus". In other words, that building itself does not meet the criteria for being notable (see WP:GNG for an explanation of those criteria). Individual buildings on campus mostly do not warrant their own stand-alone articles, and the proposal goes on to suggest that the information in this article could be incorporated into the article about the school. If you can find extensive coverage of this building in independent, reliable sources then by all means describe them at the deletion discussion; otherwise, the best approach would be to merge it into University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.--Gronk Oz (talk) 06:52, 30 April 2015 (UTC)

Add new company

Hello, I'm new on wiki. Want to add company page. Anyone please guide me and the process . It's web hosting company like namecheap . Turborx15 (talk) 14:38, 29 April 2015 (UTC)

Hello, Turborx15. If the company is notable - which means that there are several substantial articles about the company in reliable sources like major newspapers that are written by people completely unconnected with the company - then Wikipedia can have an article on it. This article must be entirely based on published information, nearly all based on information published by sources unconnected with the company, and written as a neutral summary of the information which has been published by these sources. It should not look even a little bit like a promotional piece for the company, and should contain no evaluative language at all, unless this is directly taken from a published source unconnected with the company. If there are reliable sources critical of the company, the article should summarise these as well.
If there are such sources as I have mentioned, you are welcome to try writing the article. If you have any connection with the company, you should declare your conflict of interest, and expect your work to be reviewed very carefully. I advise you to start by reading your first article, and if you want to go ahead, to use the article wizard to create your draft. --ColinFine (talk) 16:57, 29 April 2015 (UTC)
Thank you for your messages and advice. The number of pictures has been reduced and the wording edited. I will be grateful for any other tips. Thanks in advance. Aknel3ova (talk) 07:57, 30 April 2015 (UTC)

Could anyone please check my article?

Hello, could anyone please help and check the draft of an article on the interactive exhibitions project Orbis Pictus Play? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Orbis_Pictus_Play A lot of work has been done, but I would appreciate if someone else could check it before re-submitting the article to the editor. Thank you! Aknel3ova (talk) 13:13, 29 April 2015 (UTC)

Aknel3ova hello and welcome to The Teahouse. I do still see some problems with the wording. I just took a quick look and "the editor" (that could be anyone) might see more wrong. Unless you are directly quoting a reliable source, don't use "bring them to life, set them in motion and make them ring out" and "one’s creativity and invention come to the fore".— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 21:43, 29 April 2015 (UTC)
Hello Aknel3ova, wow you really are a good photographer! Howevever, the pictures you uploaded for the article at the Commons had no categories and there are simply too many of them in the article. There should be a balance between pictures and text. Now, I have created a new category for the exhibition at the Commons and gathered the pictures there. You need to select three pictures that are to be displayed in the article itself, the rest will be available to the reader via the clickable link at the bottom of the page to that category in the Commons. Check it out. Cheers, w.carter-Talk 22:19, 29 April 2015 (UTC)
Thank you for your messages and advice. The number of pictures in the article has been reduced and the wording edited. I will be grateful for any other comments and tips. Thanks in advance. Aknel3ova (talk) 07:59, 30 April 2015 (UTC)

how to write a page about a company

how do i create a page for a new companyJoseph wambugu (talk) 09:39, 30 April 2015 (UTC)

Hi Joseph. The answer is, you probably don't - new companies very rarely meet Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, as they haven't been around long enough to develop the depth of coverage needed for an article here. Wikipedia is not, despite what SEO"experts" might tell you, a business directory, and we emphatically don't include articles about any and every company. If you can locate enough sources to prove that the company you want to write about does in fact meet the guidelines, then I would suggest you use the article wizard to get started, but bear in mind that an article without sufficient evidence of notability will be deleted fairly quickly. Yunshui 雲水 09:54, 30 April 2015 (UTC)

inline citation

hello i am a new user. I put up an article called SHEROES.in and i got a warning saying the links to articles lack inline citations. Can someone please help me go about this problem before the page gets deleted? As the links and information are from rather reliable sources, helping me cite them could solve the problem. Littlegliff (talk) 10:31, 30 April 2015 (UTC)

Hi Littlegliff. I wrote this essay for people in exactly your situation; hopefully it will help. Yunshui 雲水 10:35, 30 April 2015 (UTC)

Notability

Is a song used in advertisement of World Cup-2015 (WDL by Bob's Beat) notable?
aGastya  ✉ Dicere Aliquid :) 07:15, 30 April 2015 (UTC)

From what I can see, the artist doesn't appear to have a Wikipedia article. Is there significant, independent reliable sources showing that this song was important? I did a search, and apart from links to the Youtube video or lyrics, I only found 1 newspaper article about it, here.
To other users, by World Cup, they mean the 2015 Cricket World Cup (many sports have World Cups this year). Joseph2302 (talk) 10:36, 30 April 2015 (UTC)
@Joseph2302: yes it is for Cricket world cup. So is it notable?
aGastya  ✉ Dicere Aliquid :) 10:56, 30 April 2015 (UTC)
1 and 2 These two (of which second one is a newspaper) have the article.
aGastya  ✉ Dicere Aliquid :) 11:03, 30 April 2015 (UTC)

Create a new Wiki Article

Greetings! I'm wondering how to about transferring work from my sandbox to a blank page with a proposed title to make a new Wikipedia article. Thanks!Chsumusic (talk) 16:49, 30 April 2015 (UTC)

Hello, the page you are looking for is Help:Moving pages, don't worry though, I've already moved it into draft space for you so you can submit it to WP:AfC. IF you have any questions feel free to ask. Winner 42 Talk to me! 17:14, 30 April 2015 (UTC)
The original poster has also created BOP Studios, an article that appears to be about the same subject as Draft:Bophuthatswana Recording Studios.--ukexpat (talk) 17:29, 30 April 2015 (UTC)

How to edit my username?

How to edit username? Or how to change the username? Is there any facility to get any username? Please help! Avani  ❝ Want to say something? Go On!❞ 21:31, 30 April 2015 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Changing username/Simple- you can change it to anything that isn't taken, or too similar to an existing username. Joseph2302 (talk) 21:34, 30 April 2015 (UTC)

I want to change it to Avani22. I wanted it when I created the account. But it seems to be taken. What to do? Avani  ❝ Want to say something? Go On!❞ 21:48, 30 April 2015 (UTC)

If you go to Wikipedia:Changing username/Usurpations, then you can request usurpation of their name (i.e. you take that username, and they get a new username)- not really sure of the process though. Joseph2302 (talk) 21:55, 30 April 2015 (UTC)
According to this, they haven't made any edits, so I'm pretty sure you can try a usurpation. Joseph2302 (talk) 21:56, 30 April 2015 (UTC)

Citations for Valeri Larko article

I have been asking for assistance in the Talk section about the current banner appearing at the head of my Valeri Larko article, but have not gotten any response. The banner requests additional verifiable citations for the article, which I have provided. The article is very well sourced, and now contains 23 footnoted citations, far more than similar articles on Wikipedia about living artists. I am a professor of Art and Art History at a college in New York, experienced in academic and encyclopedic writing and the inportance of citations, so having this banner appear above the article puzzles me. How can I have the banner removed? Thanks for any assistance. Ann1aptAnn1apt (talk) 14:54, 30 April 2015 (UTC)

I have removed the tag and made a few clean up edits.--ukexpat (talk) 15:23, 30 April 2015 (UTC)
Welcome to the Teahouse, Ann1apt. When you edit any article that has a maintenance tag, and you correct the underlying issue, then you should simply remove the wikicode that generated the tag. If the tag is at the top of the article, the wikicode for the tag will be at the top of the code. You do not need to ask for permission from anyone. Just do it yourself. Thanks for helping to improve Wikipedia. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 00:10, 1 May 2015 (UTC)

Nigeria different President

Please, change the name of the President of Nigeria because he is the other one — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.28.187.253 (talk) 19:08, 30 April 2015 (UTC)

On Nigeria, it says that Muhammadu Buhari is the President-Elect, which is correct. According to sources, such as [2], [3], [4], Buhari will be sworn in on 29 May- that's when he officially becomes President. Until then, Goodluck Jonathan is still President according to sources. Joseph2302 (talk) 19:13, 30 April 2015 (UTC)

Actually when going to the Nigerian page everything seems to be as you would want. Both Buhari and Goodluck Jonathan are mentioned in their respective positions

Rthakker (talk) 02:18, 1 May 2015 (UTC)

government created photos

I thought that I read somewhere that photographs from a government are free use, but maybe that is just from the US government and I cannot find the reference again. I am trying to find photos from Hacienda Chichén. There are tons of photos on the archeological site, but I cannot find ones for the hacienda except on the web site for the hotel and on a government web site created by the State of Yucatán. Does anyone know if the government use is for any government? SusunW (talk) 05:11, 1 May 2015 (UTC)

Welcome to the Teahouse, SusunW. Photos taken by employees of the U.S. Federal government are made available entirely copyright free, but each government agency including U.S. states and municipalities makes its own decisions about copyright status, based on legislation or regulations. The same applies to other countries and their states and provinces. You need to check with the State of Yucatan about the copyright status of the photos on their website. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 05:24, 1 May 2015 (UTC)
Thanks. SusunW (talk) 05:27, 1 May 2015 (UTC)

My article is not visible

Hi, I was working with an organization called as Total Environment and I wish to make a wiki page about the founder of the organization. I was in touch with a wiki host and as suggested by the host I have submitted the article using the wizard. What should I do next as I need support from Wikipedia as I am on a tight schedule. The host had told me that the references that I have put are good. Please help Te-mktg (talk) 04:27, 1 May 2015 (UTC)

Welcome to the Teahouse, Te-mktg. Your "tight schedule" is of no concern to us here on Wikipedia, because we are a volunteer project with no deadlines. I am waiting and hoping patiently for a review right now of an article I have been working on for four years. When I look at your edit history, all I see is two edits to the Teahouse. So please give us a link to your draft article, and maybe a Teahouse host will take a look. If we so choose, that is, and not because of your impatience. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 04:38, 1 May 2015 (UTC)

Okay first my apologies. I am not impatient but I get what you are trying to say. The concern is that I don't know how to give you the link for my draft article. Please suggest where do I find it. I was chatting with a wiki host and he gave me fantastic help but after taking his help and submitting my article I have not understood what would happen next. Please tell me where do I search for what you need from me.

Hello Te-mktg. If you are referring to Kamal Sagar then that article appears to be a copyright violation. Anything you submit here must be original writing in your own words. Brief cited quotes in quotation marks are allowed but must be a small percentage of the content. Do not submit copied content again, please. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 05:39, 1 May 2015 (UTC)

Using an Interview

Hi, I am writing a Wikipedia article on a significant female architect in Australia as an assignment for university. It is to help disseminate the histories of female architects, which is often overlook due to gender equity issues within the profession. For this exact reason information on her personal life, not her different projects, is for the most part non existent from 3rd party sources. We (myself and partners) have interviewed said architect and would like to use this information from the interview in the article. However after reading through Wikipedia NOR policy and about questionable and self-publishes sources I am curious on whether I will be able to use the information. How would I be able to make it verifiable? For example all the sources we do have, such as newspaper articles, don't have information such as her date of birth ect. She has told us her date of birth in the interview though.PythagorasJohnson (talk) 03:05, 1 May 2015 (UTC)

Welcome to the Teahouse, PythagorasJohnson. Your unpublished interview is original research which can't be used in a Wikipedia article. The solution is straightforward: write an article based on your interview and submit it to a respected architectural journal. Once published, that article can be cited in the Wikipedia biography. Uncontroversial information such as date of birth can be cited to the architect's own website, but not any assessments such as "Australia's best woman architect" or anything like that. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 05:49, 1 May 2015 (UTC)

Deletion

Why has my page been nominated for deletion? Is it because it is unreferenced? IllogicMink (talk) 07:36, 1 May 2015 (UTC)

Hello, IllogicMink. If you mean Red stapler effect, the answer is no, not directly. The speedy deletion nomination is because it is "a recently created article with no relevant page history that does not expand upon, detail, or improve information within the existing article(s) on the subject, Office Space". In other words, the nominator, Roches, thinks that the article does not provide anything that is not (or should not be) already within the existing article. If you disagree, you may click the "Contest this speedy deletion" button, and make your argument why this should be a separate article. That is where the question of referencing will come in: in order to justify having a separate article, the article will need to show that the subject "the red stapler effect" is notable - that is, that multiple reliable sources, referenced in the article, have written about it at length. Given the specific grounds for deletion that may not be enough - the consensus might be that it still does not merit a separate article - but it will certainly be required. --ColinFine (talk) 08:00, 1 May 2015 (UTC)
Agh. Delete it please. If you're not an admin, get an admin to delete it. Next time I will look at the existing criteria to find out. IllogicMink (talk) 08:07, 1 May 2015 (UTC)

A well known canadian company needs to put up its profile on wiki

Hello,

This is for a Canadian firm who wants its own Wikipedia profile page. I have recently joined as an editor and am having the following trouble:

I have edited two articles so far and a month is over and I am still to be auto confirmed. Therefore, I am having trouble uploading the logo image of the company that I have mentioned in my subject.

I also want you to take a look at my submission of the company profile here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Urbashi_Chatterjee/sandbox and let me know if this is gonna work for wiki.

I look forward to reeceiving help from you.

Thanks

Urbashi Chatterjee (talk) 12:23, 30 April 2015 (UTC)UrbashiUrbashi Chatterjee (talk) 12:23, 30 April 2015 (UTC)

@Urbashi Chatterjee: Do you work for this company? Or are you being paid to create this article? Also, companies don't have profile pages, they have encyclopedic articles about them, if and only if they meet WP:GNG and WP:CORP- and their definition of "need a page" may not comply with Wikipedia's notability definitions. Joseph2302 (talk) 12:38, 30 April 2015 (UTC)
@Joseph2302: Neither do I work for this company nor am I getting paid for the job. I am an aspiring wiki editor myself and therefore was asked if I could help in this matter. This company meets all the requirements as you have mentioned: WP:GNG and WP:CORP- and is a very recognized retailer in the Canadian market.

Urbashi Chatterjee (talk) 13:11, 30 April 2015 (UTC)UrbashiUrbashi Chatterjee (talk) 13:11, 30 April 2015 (UTC)

Okay that's good that's you're not an involved editor- I like to check, since quite a few people are, and it can make them harder to work with. Looking at the sources, most of them seem good, there's quite a few reliable sources. I'm going to give a longer reply on your sandbox talkpage, User talk:Urbashi Chatterjee/sandbox. Joseph2302 (talk) 13:20, 30 April 2015 (UTC)
@Urbashi Chatterjee: It would not be acceptable if it is just for pure advertising purposes. Please restate your reason.TeacherWikipedia (talk) 08:46, 1 May 2015 (UTC)

a page for a visual art exhibition

i want to create a page on Wikipedia for a visual art exhibition that opened in Cairo Nov 2014 and went to Helsinki in march 2015..it is an on going project..is that acceptable here on Wikipedia? and there will be no major references to it maybe some online articles written on it and pictures.... EgyptianWomenArtist (talk) 17:32, 30 April 2015 (UTC)

If it passes WP:GNG it has a place here. To prove it we use references. We require references from significant coverage about the topic of the article, and independent of it, and in WP:RS please. See WP:42. Without references of this nature, however pleasant the exhibition is, we cannot accept it. Fiddle Faddle 18:13, 30 April 2015 (UTC)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GNG - Please listen to what Fiddle Faddle said. Most new articles apply to this rule.TeacherWikipedia (talk) 08:48, 1 May 2015 (UTC)

Song Licks.

I would like to be able to play the 'licks' or 'splashes' in the Smokie song Living Next Door To Alice. Can someone show me the chords please. I use a capo on the 3rd fret, and play in the key of 'C'. I can do the run up to the 'lick' but I can't find out how to make those catchy little 'splashes'. Thanks so much.Bernard Tyrone Jewell (talk) 09:31, 1 May 2015 (UTC)

Hello, Bernard Tyrone Jewell. I'm afraid you're asking in the wrong place: this page is for help with editing Wikipedia. You might find somebody who can help you at the Entertainment section of the Wikipedia Reference Desk, but I think you'll probably do better finding a forum for guitar players. --ColinFine (talk) 10:33, 1 May 2015 (UTC)

is notability issues only for the references or for the content as well?

Hello,

Can someone help me improve my article so it get published?

This is the link to my article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:RIAS_insurance The article has been declined twice due to notability issues however I am not sure if the content is correct and the only issue are my references. Also can I reference a source that you need to subscribe to view?

Thank you very much!80.0.219.171 (talk) 10:02, 1 May 2015 (UTC)

Hello, 80.0.219.171. The problem is not whether the information is correct: it is whether the subject is notable (in Wikipedia's sense), which means that people unconnected with the subject have thought it worth writing at length about the subject, and had their writing published in reliable places. You could include a hundred and fifty impeccable sources that show that the company exists, is registered with various bodies, and has advertised certain products: none of these would establish that it is notable.
Another way to think about this is that every single assertion in a Wikipedia article should be drawn directly from a reliable published source; and apart from uncontroversial factual data like dates and names, it should come from sources unconnected with the subject. If don't have such independent sources, or they say no more than the very basic facts, then there is literary nothing that you can put in the article! --ColinFine (talk) 10:41, 1 May 2015 (UTC)
Also, yes you can use sources that require a subscription/payment to view, or sources in foreign languages. Joseph2302 (talk) 10:49, 1 May 2015 (UTC)

Any Specific reason?

Messi's article has the portals listed on the article page. But The Tower House does not?
aGastya  ✉ Dicere Aliquid :) 07:17, 1 May 2015 (UTC)

@Acagastya:: No, there is no reason. Remember that Wikipedia has no central authority making decisions. Every single article was created by random people from the world who just showed up and started making contributions in their own way. Where you see that one particular article has some difference from another article, that's because those two articles were created by entirely different sets of people. If you'd like to make it your job to institute some uniformity where you think it may be needed (for example, adding portals to the Tower House article), then feel free to. If no one objects, it's a fine thing to do. If someone does object, invite them into a discussion, listen to what they have to say, and arrive at a consensus on how to proceed. That's all how Wikipedia works. No one is in charge of making decisions for the entire encyclopedia, you don't need permission from anybody to make an article better as you see fit, and if someone disagrees with something you did, stop and talk it out with them. That's pretty much Wikipedia in a nutshell. --Jayron32 14:19, 1 May 2015 (UTC)

finding out what happened to my section

I added a section to the Wikipedia article on mold that talked about the use of mold by artists in art works. Now the section appears to be gone. Can I find out if it was deliberately deleted by a person?69.230.179.120 (talk) 15:20, 1 May 2015 (UTC)

@69.230.179.120: You can look through the history of the article Mold by clicking the "View history" tab to find out who removed your text, and then ask them on their User Talk page. I did a brief search myself, and I can find no evidence of the section you are talking about. But if you know when you added it, you can work out when it was removed by using the "View history" tab. --Jayron32 15:24, 1 May 2015 (UTC)
It looks like the section was removed by Dr.K. with this edit on 26 December 2014. As Jayron suggests, the best course is to ask them why they did it. The comment at the time was "not notable", and it may have to do with the complete lack of references to support the section.--Gronk Oz (talk) 16:05, 1 May 2015 (UTC)
Hello, 69.230.179.120. I agree with Gronk Oz about the possible cause. A good rule of thumb is to remember that every single claim in a Wikipedia article should be individually referenced to a published reliable source - and I mean "every". It is true that there is a lot of material in Wikipedia that doesn't meet that standard, but it's mostly been there a long time: we tend to be much more careful now with newly-introduced material. --ColinFine (talk)

Sandbox

Hi! Sorry, but what is a sandbox?Megaraptor12345 (talk) 16:52, 1 May 2015 (UTC)

Hello, Megaraptor12345. "Sandbox" is a fairly common term in the programming world for "a more or less private area where somebody can try things out". In Wikipedia, it refers to a page in your user space, where you can for example create a draft of an article. Your sandbox would be User:Megaraptor12345/sandbox (which is a red link, because that does not yet exist). Or you can have a named sandbox, so if you wanted to create an article about somebody called Joe Bloggs, one way of doing it would be to create it initially in User:Megaraptor12345/Joe Bloggs. These would not be strictly private - anybody can see them, and edit them - but the convention is that unless you did something seriously bad like a copyright violation or an attack on somebody, nobody else would edit your sandbox without permission. You can find more about this in Help: My sandbox. --ColinFine (talk) 17:05, 1 May 2015 (UTC)
Thank you so much!Megaraptor12345 (talk) 17:16, 1 May 2015 (UTC)

Is there a pdf where I can download the page and its rules subpages?

Is there a way I can get a PDF file for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_policies_and_guidelines , and its sub pages?HondaS2200fan (talk) 16:35, 1 May 2015 (UTC)

Hi HondaS2200fan you can download each of the pages separately using the "download as pdf" option in the menu in the left margin, or you can create a "Book" in which you first collect all the pages you want and then download them as a single pdf file, also in the left margin menu. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 17:20, 1 May 2015 (UTC)
Thanks from doorknob747 — Preceding unsigned comment added by HondaS2200fan (talk • contribs) 17:21, 1 May 2015 (UTC)

Programming Language

I have been part of wikipedia for over a month and until now have exclusively used The visual editor however after taking everything into account i want to expand my abilities by being able to write article by editing the source code rather than using however i have to recognise which programming language Wikipedia uses as this is unlike HTML so can any assist me by helping get acquainted with this language pleaseCreator Xavier (talk) 11:02, 1 May 2015 (UTC)

Hi Xavier. Wikipedia, whilst it will recognise many HTML commands, is written in wikimarkup, which is dead easy to learn - many editors, myself included, use nothing else for editing. The cheatsheet will show you most of the major commands. Have a go in the sandbox, and see what you make of it. Yunshui 雲水 11:18, 1 May 2015 (UTC)
I find wikimarkup so easy (except for tables!) that I often wish my word processor could parse it! It just takes some practice and a lot of looking at how it has been done on existing pages. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 17:27, 1 May 2015 (UTC)
Personally, I now have to restrain myself from using double single quotes to italicize something and from using ~~~~ to sign my posts elsewhere on the Internet. Deor (talk) 19:21, 1 May 2015 (UTC)

IP article creation

I happened upon an article created by an IP in 2004. Is this something that is currently possible? Can IP editors create new articles? If not, does anyone know about when this stopped?Mark Miller (talk) 20:30, 1 May 2015 (UTC)

They can definitely create articles via the articles for creation process. Joseph2302 (talk) 20:33, 1 May 2015 (UTC)
The ability of unregistered users to create articles was removed after this, if I recall correctly. That was sometime in 2005, so I assume there are quite a few of these still around. §FreeRangeFrogcroak 20:43, 1 May 2015 (UTC)

1 made entry then realised I hadn't logged in - help; 2 where do I find answers to previous questions?

Hi all,

1. I just did a couple of edits then realised I'd not logged in. Grrr. How do I alter the user details on the entry so they read my profile not my details?

2. I made the very same mistake a few weeks back and posted about it - somewhere in the talk section. So I thought I'd go and find that answer, look it up and sort the problem myself. But I can't find it. Where do I look - or do replies like this get deleted after a small amount of time?

Thanks in advance. Alterations (talk) 20:01, 1 May 2015 (UTC)

Hey Alterations. You can edit the page and make a minor change (like adding an extra space between two words, which will have no affect on the display in "read mode"), and leave an edit summary explaining the issue, like "the last two edits to this article (at 19:45 and 08:56, May 1, 2015‎) were by me while not logged in". This is called a dummy edit. Alternatively, if you want we can revdelete them, if you feel your IP address information is a sensitive matter of personal information. Requests for revdeletion can be made by following the instructions here, although just posting that you'd prefer this, here, should do the trick. For extraordinarily sensitive material, we also have oversight. Best regards--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 21:30, 1 May 2015 (UTC)
Welcome back Alterations. Your previous question is here. The page gets very long and from time to time it gets archived. There is a box below the table of contents in the upper right corner where you can type what you want to search for.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 21:56, 1 May 2015 (UTC)

How to create my company page in wikipedia?

How to create my company page in wikipedia?(Diaspark123 (talk) 07:15, 1 May 2015 (UTC)

Don't. You have a conflict of interest when editing Wikipedia on the subject of a company that you own or work for, and if you don't already know your way around Wikipedia, creating such an article will probably result in:
  • the article being deleted
  • your account being blocked
I'm sorry to be so blunt, but that tends to be the way things work here. Wikipedia isn't a business directory: not every company meets the inclusion requirements. You might want to read the FAQs for businesses as well.
However, there is nothing to stop you editing Wikipedia on other subjects. Spend six months working on other articles, and you will probably amass enough wiki-experience to know whether or not you can legitimately create an article about your company. If you have no other purpose on Wikipedia, though, you need to reconsider - try an alternative outlet, instead. Yunshui 雲水 07:22, 1 May 2015 (UTC)
Diaspark123 hello and welcome to The Teahouse. You can also request that the article be created. WP:RA tells you how to do this. Be sure to supply independent reliable sources that have written extensively about the company with a neutral point of view, if you can. If you cannot, we can't have an article on the company. If you can, the article wizard is another option, but Yunshui gives good advice if you want to do it yourself.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 22:19, 1 May 2015 (UTC)

deleting of article

Hi, Someone deleted my article about SRAD claiming it was advertisement. I do not agree with that is quite stupid. The article was only informing what it and what is the functions of the device!! I never used any names of the company in the article. Can I report person who deleted article and ask him to repost it again Pannamigotka86 (talk) 19:38, 29 April 2015 (UTC)

Apparently it was deleted by @Smartse: deleted it, so you need to speak to them. Also, just because you disagree with someone doesn't make them wrong- admins are experienced editors, so it's unlikely their decision was "stupid". Joseph2302 (talk) 19:41, 29 April 2015 (UTC)
You might not have mentioned any company names in the text but the only references were to the crowdfunder page for a company and the company's own website as well as external links to a YouTube posting by the company and their Facebook page. That's the promotional element. Nthep (talk) 19:51, 29 April 2015 (UTC)
I would like to speak with him but I can't find the option how. I am new on the wiki.

hypothetically if company created/discovered a new device and got full patent rights to produce it and introduce on the market, we can't use it in Wikipedia?? Do we need to write whole book about it to be able to sources ?Pannamigotka86 (talk) 20:01, 29 April 2015 (UTC)

No, we need other people not related to the company to write about it to produce what can be used as independent, reliable sources that establish the notability of the company and/or the product that is being written about. Nthep (talk) 20:17, 29 April 2015 (UTC)
So in other words the other peoples need need to write a book about it and publish. And by the why someone assuming that I am related to this particular company. Pannamigotka86 (talk) 20:26, 29 April 2015 (UTC)
Pannamigotka86 hello and welcome to The Teahouse. A book would likely be a good source, but more likely a reputable newspaper or magazine. If Smartse does not repsond here, you can post on User talk:Smartse. Click on "new section" at the top.
It is common that people writing articles that appear to be promotional are writing about a company they are connected to. This is not always the case. No one accused you, however, but we require sources ot connected with the company in order to be sure of a neutral point of view.
To get a copy of the article that you can improve in your user space, go to WP:REFUND.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 21:07, 29 April 2015 (UTC)
@Vchimpanzee: Please note that at WP:REFUND we generally turn away all requests to undelete pages deleted under G11, as overturning such deletions is controversial, and the page is only for uncontroversial requests (they're also usually blatant and 3/4 are also undiscovered copyvios). One part of this is also that, while the page is also for requests to userfy, almost no one actually makes that type of request, even though it is far more likely that responders there would userfy an A7 or G11, as opposed to straight undeletion. So if you tell people the above, you might want to say something about asking specifically for userfication or the request is unlikely to be accepted.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 22:24, 29 April 2015 (UTC)
If I would found, what you call "independent sources" would I be able to publish the article again? And how to establish, according to Wikipedia standards, if the source is independent? Pannamigotka86 (talk) 08:07, 30 April 2015 (UTC)
It's obvious that Pannamigotka86 is an disclosed paid editor e.g. at Catherine Ajike and as such, I considered an article about a new product with essentially zero sources to meet G11. I've had another look at it and am still happy I made the right decision. It's not suitable for userification IMO, but if you want to ask at WP:REFUND please do. SmartSE (talk) 09:51, 30 April 2015 (UTC)
Fuhghettaboutit thank you. I'll try to remember what has been said here when I suggest WP:REFUND.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 22:23, 1 May 2015 (UTC)
Probably worth noting that Pannamigotka86 has been indefinitely blocked for "advertising or self-promoting in violation of the conflict of interest and notability guidelines". Joseph2302 (talk) 22:27, 1 May 2015 (UTC)

Can't find text for References

When I click on [edit] next to References here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Malaysia_Airlines_Flight_370#References

I am only seeing a small part of the list. How do I find the rest of it?

ZermattMan (talk) 06:41, 1 May 2015 (UTC)

Hi ZermattMan and welcome to the Teahouse. For many articles, you typically only see the template {{reflist}} when you click on "Edit" next to the "References" section. That template just tells the software to list all the references cited throughout the article in the "References" section. To see an individual reference, just go to its footnote marker (i.e., the location where it is used in the article) and click on that section's edit button. If you want to see all of the references being used in the article, just go to the top of the page and click on "Edit". Scroll down through the editing window looking for the syntax <ref>....</ref>. That syntax marks all of the references being cited in the article. You can get more detailed information at Help:Footnotes or Wikipedia:Inline citation. Hope that helps. - Marchjuly (talk) 07:39, 1 May 2015 (UTC)
Thank you for that info.

I see I was looking for something that does not exist! The text version of the "complete reference list".

Thanks again for your speedy response.

ZermattMan (talk) 23:02, 1 May 2015 (UTC)

free press

Hi I have entered the query "free press", but "There were no results matching the query".

Please tell me Wikipedia policies to protect the content of its articles. There are many countries around the world with limited press freedom. The use of corrupted articles as source will corrupt the contents of wikipedia as well. Should I give any examples?

Thank you Melaniapomante (talk) 16:11, 1 May 2015 (UTC)

Hello, Melaniapomante. Pages about how Wikipedia itself works are generally held in a different place from "Article space", and have names starting with "Wikipedia:" or "WP:". So, for example WP:Reliability will answer some of your questions.
But there isn't an article in Wikipedia space about "free press", because that is not really a concept which is relevant to Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not the press: it is not journalism, and it is not (much) about the news. Since most articles can be edited by anybody in the world, they are susceptible to being compromised by organisations, publicity machines, governments, zealots for a cause, and vandals. The main protection against this is all the people who are watching them, and particularly those who watch the latest changes; but sometimes distortions (whether vandalism or deliberate spin) get through and survive, sometimes for a long time. This leads to the other kind of protection, which is WP:Verifiability. In principle, every single claim in a Wikipedia article should be individually referenced to a reliable published source; if it is important to the reader, for any reason, to be sure that the article is accurate, they can consult the source. In practice, unfortunately there is much in Wikipedia that is not referenced, mostly because it was added before we were so careful about sources. So Wikipedia is imperfect.
Your use of the phrase "free press" suggests to me that you are mostly concerned about organised censorship or misinformation from governments or other powerful organisations: we cannot prove that this is not happening, and in some contentious articles it is clear that there are groups of editors with a view to promote, who may or may not be organised. But in most cases, the mechanisms I have discussed above let us keep the articles factual and neutral. --ColinFine (talk) 16:56, 1 May 2015 (UTC)
We do have an article on freedom of the press.--ukexpat (talk) 17:15, 1 May 2015 (UTC)
Wikipedia also has a disambiguation page titled free press, so I am not sure what error the OP is having, because we have a page at that title. --Jayron32 23:16, 1 May 2015 (UTC)

How to correct a Missing or Empty | title

When I click on the EDIT link for the References, in order to correct the Missing or Empty | title by inserting the title (which was easily found), I get a box that says References but does not have the already present references. What am I doing wrong? The page in question is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Mateo_County_Board_of_Supervisors . Thanks. RitaBook (talk) 18:20, 30 April 2015 (UTC)

  • Hi RitaBook, the references section just contains the place-holder for the reference list {{reflist}}, the actual references are incline as <ref>..</ref> entries. If you click the hat/caret/up arrow next to the number of the reference it takes you to the location, you then have to edit that location to fix. I've fixed it for you here so look at what I did if it does not make sense. Cheers KylieTastic (talk) 18:58, 30 April 2015 (UTC)

Thank you for doing the fix, KylieTastic, but at first blush that looked like the fish, broiled and plated, instead of a lesson on how to bait the hook! My problem - which I didn't explain clearly in the first round - was that I couldn't find a way to EDIT the top paragraph that contained the superscript 1 which in turn had the Missing or Empty tag. Other paragraphs in the article had the word EDIT next to the headings but not the top paragraph. Finally (yes, the word "duh" comes to mind) I noticed that above the name of the article, on the right, is an edit tab. I clicked on that and now am able to enjoy your delicious fish. I'm explaining all this in case some other newbie wants to edit a first footnote and is as stumped as I was. In any event: many, many thanks! RitaBook (talk)

Hello, RitaBook. Yes, editing the first section is a puzzle to a lot of people. There are two answers. Either you can pick Edit tab at the top, and edit the whole article in one go; or else you can turn on a gadget for your account that will give you an edit link before the first section: Pick "Preferences", then "Gadgets", and the section "Appearance". I think this is a hold-over from long ago, when editing the whole page was the only possibility: when editing individual sections was introduced, it was not available for the first section, perhaps so as not to be confused with the 'Edit' tab. I think this gadget should be on by default now, but as far as I know it isn't. --ColinFine (talk) 21:49, 30 April 2015 (UTC)
Thanks, ColinFine. I will turn on that gadget!RitaBook (talk) 14:11, 1 May 2015 (UTC)
I'm not sure if it is dependant on the aforementioned gadget, but I have an option on the pull down menu labeled "page" called "edit top" that also gets you there. John from Idegon (talk) 00:08, 2 May 2015 (UTC)

if i use main topic name used in wiki database/article...?

I create one article name Songs Type... in which i used genres like hip-hop,rock,jazz etc. which are main topic name and their content are different from wiki database... but when i submitted that article then its told me "Thank you for your submission, but the subject of this article already exists in Wikipedia. You can find it and improve it at 'Genres of music' instead.". but i used only main topic name not all content... so i am confused , i can't used any universal name like jazz,hip-hop in my article..?Havan123 (talk) 10:39, 1 May 2015 (UTC)

Hi Havan. What the reviewer is saying is that we already have an article discussing different types of song, at Genres of music. It would be silly for Wikipedia to have two separate articles which cover virtually the same topic, and so your draft is never likley to be turned into an actual article. They are suggesting that you edit the Genres of music page instead. For information on how to edit pages, please see the tutorial. Yunshui 雲水 10:45, 1 May 2015 (UTC)
The "notability" is specifically about whether a stand alone article should exist. However the concept "undue weight" is the similar concept for article content. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 00:46, 2 May 2015 (UTC)

User Profile Help

Hello,

I've only recently joined the community and I'm not really sure how to go about creating a good user profile. Are there certain things that must be included? Can it be as brief or detailed as possible and is it just text you write?

Thank you, Hadley Hadley-hodgson (talk) 09:20, 1 May 2015 (UTC)

It is up to you how you want the info should be displayed. Your userpage can have limited autobiographical and personal content if you desire. You can leave it blank. Some users don't even create it. Some redirect it to their talk page.
This is all that you can have at your user page. BUT Userspace is not a free web host and should not be used to indefinitely host pages that look like articles. Just don't violate any copyright. And don't use any non-free content.
  • Significant editing disclosures.
  • Notes related to your Wikipedia work and activities.
  • Work in progress or material that you may come back to in future (usually on subpages).
  • Useful links, tools, and scripts.
  • User space archives.
  • Matters that are long enough, or active enough, to allocate them a page of their own.
  • Personal writings suitable within the Wikipedia community.
  • Experimentation (usually on subpages).
  • Limited autobiographical content.


And A small and proportionate amount of suitable unrelated material!
Have a look at the guidelines at WP:USER.
aGastya  ✉ Dicere Aliquid :) 09:29, 1 May 2015 (UTC)

Howdy Hadley-hodgson. Click on a few usernames that you see on this page to see what others have done. If you want to get fancy, there is a User page design center to help you make yours fancy, if that's your desire. Have fun, DocTree (ʞlɐʇ·ʇuoɔ) WER 01:42, 2 May 2015 (UTC)

Reverting vandalism

How should I do it? What tools should I use? IllogicMink (talk) 08:39, 1 May 2015 (UTC)

You can use the 'undo' button to the right of the vandal's edit in the 'History' section of the article, which you can access from the article by clicking 'View History' in the upper right corner when you are on the article. This will revert this particular edit. Mattsnow81 (Talk) 17:43, 1 May 2015 (UTC)
See more at Help:Reverting and Wikipedia:Vandalism. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:43, 2 May 2015 (UTC)

Kilograms vs Pounds

Greetings!

I see many articles where the weight of something (or someone) is expressed only in the imperial measurement of pounds. As someone raised with the metric system I am constantly needing to lookup the conversion rates. Since most of the world uses the metric system, is it acceptable to amend those pages to include kgs perhaps in brackets immediately afterwards? For example, change something to, "It was believed to have weighed 320 pounds (145 kgs)."

Many thanx. 120.29.44.178 (talk) 00:32, 2 May 2015 (UTC)

Welcome to the Teahouse, IP editor. Imperial measurements such as pounds, feet, miles, acres and so on are still standard in the United States, with variations described at United States customary units. So, if the topic of the article is specific to the US, the article should be based on those units of measurement. If the topic is specific to any country using the metric system, then use millimeters, meters, kilograms, hectares and so on. Historical articles are an exception and may use units of measurement that were common in the past. If an article is of worldwide applicability, then we have templates which convert from one unit of measurement to another, displaying both in the article for the convenience of the widest range of readers. Please see Template:Convert for complete details. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 01:03, 2 May 2015 (UTC)
Hi and welcome to the Teahouse. The ideal way to handle this is to use Template:Convert. Using your example, the template would be {{convert}}. Filled in as {{convert|320|lb|kg}} produces 320 pounds (150 kg). There are lots of possible conversions and lots of options such as suppressing abbreviations or adding multiple results (such as square kilometers to acres, hectares and square miles). You can specify the precision and rounding off, whether to use British metre or US meter and so on. WikiFaries frequently add these types of templates to articles. BE BOLD. Add a convert template when it's appropriate and have fun, DocTree (ʞlɐʇ·ʇuoɔ) WER 01:18, 2 May 2015 (UTC)
Many thanks for the replies. The Template:Convert thingy is exactly what I need so I can now use 1 pound (0.45 kg) to make it much more friendly. Appreciate the help.27.33.21.224 (talk) 02:59, 2 May 2015 (UTC)

In-line links to related articles - when and when not to put one?

Hello, In the article for Drogue parachute, I read that escape pods are actually a thing in aircraft and that there is an article about them. When I was about to edit to add the link I realised that my only motivation was "Hey, I totally have to read up on that, too" and that going just by that motivation I would have to linkify pretty much every single even remotely technical term in the article, too, such as the 'supersonic aircraft' that was mentioned just a few words later. So my questions are: 1. How many in-line links are too much? 2. Would I have been fine with the addition above? (Go ahead, check the article in question.) 3. Is there a rule of thumb for situations like these? Thank you! Andersenman (talk) 07:31, 2 May 2015 (UTC)

Hi Andersenman, you basic motivation is good, but what you don't want to do is link really common concepts, nobody who is capable of understanding the article needs to be taken to a long explanation for what an aircraft or water is. Do not link the same thing repeatedly, so link "parachute" or whatever only the first time it is mentioned. That's the WP:WIKILINK guide in a nutshell. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 07:41, 2 May 2015 (UTC)

How can I get this published in Wikipedia?

I have updated the draft for Florence Morse Kingsley located at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Florence_Morse_Kingsley#Professional_life

Much of her work is still available even though it was written a century ago. Not sure if it meets Wikipedia's standards. Let me know. Regards, Sfo1980 Sfo1980 (talk) 14:46, 1 May 2015 (UTC)

@Sfo1980: I have chosen to interpret your words as your desire to submit the draft for review, and have done so for you. Please continue to improve the draft while awaiting the forts review. This is an iterative process, and may well push the draft back for further attention before any acceptance. Fiddle Faddle 15:27, 1 May 2015 (UTC)
@Sfo1980: Reviewed and accepted, congratulations, it's a very nice article. So what would you like to do next? Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 07:47, 2 May 2015 (UTC)

image editing

how can i edit a new image to the wikipedia , for example : in Sir Karl Wolf's wiki , i want to add a new, latest photo of him Rumit Walia (Rony Wart) (talk) 08:52, 2 May 2015 (UTC)

Hi Rony. Is it a photo you snapped yourself, with your camera? Is it, by contrast, an image you found somewhere on the Internet? I ask because a main issue we think about first for images here is their copyright status. The goal is to have all free content – for media uploads, this means we want images that are in the public domain or which bear a free copyright license compatible with the free license our main content is under. We assume all artistic expression is fully non-free copyrighted unless we have affirmative, verifiable evidence to the contrary. We can only use non-free content if it meets certain strict standards, required to be shown to meet the fair use legal doctrine exception to normal copyright treatment (i.e, that any use is forbidden without permission of the owner). To distill some rules of thumb that flow from this: Any image you find on the internet is non-free unless we know otherwise, like its owner posted a free license with it. If we have a free image already available to us, we cannot replace it with another under a claim of fair use, even if it's a better image. Also, images of living persons generally cannot be claimed as fair use at all. Since this article is about a living person, we cannot use a non-free image. And since it already has a free image, even if it were not an article on a living person, we could not replace the free image with another unless it was also free. Best regards--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 13:44, 2 May 2015 (UTC)

Impolite talk

Somebody has been rather impolite to me on my user talk. They are telling me to get a job when I am in fact a college student. Rubbish computer (talk) 21:54, 2 May 2015 (UTC)

Removed it and warned the user. Joseph2302 (talk) 21:57, 2 May 2015 (UTC)

Thank you. Rubbish computer (talk) 22:03, 2 May 2015 (UTC)

The best approach to rudeness is, initially, as Joseph2302 did, to caution the user. Persistent personal attacks may be reported at WP:ANI with diffs and may result in the offender being blocked, but first be sure that you have been civil yourself. Robert McClenon (talk) 22:05, 2 May 2015 (UTC)
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