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Is my future article topic notable enough for wikipedia?

Hello, I would like to know if a Wikipedia article about Prof. Dr. Luca Regli is considered notable enough? He is the son of Franco Regli (https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco_Regli) and has a memorable path in the neurosurgical field and is closely related and friends with Robert Spetzler (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_F._Spetzler). He is currently Chairman of the neurosurgery department at the University Hospital of Zürich, Switzerland, and has many publications.

I invite you to google his name and let me know if you think it is worth for me to write a Wikipedia entry about him. Additionally, he has received an offer from an experienced Wikipedia editor and mod named Tina Roberts to have his profile added on a Wikipedia article.

I look forward to hearing back from you. Kind regards — Preceding unsigned comment added by Coralieregli (talk • contribs) 2019-05-01T16:07:43 (UTC)

Hello, Coralieregli, and welcome to the Teahouse. I am not going to look for sources myself: this link might help you to look:Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL. (Note that books, newspapers, and scholar are more likely to produce relevant sources than general Google; and that nothing at all written or published by Regli himself can contribute to his notability.) --ColinFine (talk) 16:48, 1 May 2019 (UTC)
I would caution you on a couple of matters. First, the German article on his father de:Franco Regli does not have adequate sources to establish notability by the standards of en-wiki. That does not say anything about whether or not his son is notable, but you will need better (independent, reliable, and substantial) sources to ground any article on Luca Regli. Secondly, I don't know whether you have reproduced Tina Roberts' words faithfully, but from what you have said, I would advise being cautious. Wikipedia does not have profiles (it has articles), it does not have mods (it has admins, but they have no special role in creating articles), and anybody who would "offer" somebody an article about them does not appear to understand the workings or purposes of Wikipedia: articles are for the benefit of Wikipedia, not for the benefit of the subject of the article. Finally, judging from your username, you may be related to Regli. If so, please read about conflict of interest before you try creating an article about him. --ColinFine (talk) 16:48, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

Kevin McDonald

The article about Kevin McDonald strikes me as unduly biased. While he is a controversial figure, many reviews have been positive. The current article tends to set aside objective analysis by charging him with anti-Semitism. That charge may or may not be true, but cannot, by itself, be grounds for dissing his scholarship. Pinker, for example, dismisses McDonald while admitting he has not read McDonald's works. The article would be difficult to edit since a number of changes would be required. Thanks for your attention. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1702:3C90:4640:2966:66BA:D78E:A4BE (talk • contribs)

Courtesy link (I assume): Kevin MacDonald (evolutionary psychologist) Nick Moyes (talk) 17:25, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

Question

There is a page that is lacking in references and context. I made several edits to the page adding references, updated photographs, and additional information; however, that page was reverted back to original by an editor. How to I request to have those specific edits reviewed by piers?

Thanks in advance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Southern Indiana History (talk • contribs)

Courtesy link: Greenville, Indiana Nick Moyes (talk) 18:55, 1 May 2019 (UTC)
@Southern Indiana History: welcome to the Teahouse. (Please remember to add a topic heading and to sign all your posts with four tildes in future (like this: ~~~~), please). I can see you are clearly wanting to improve the article on what I assume is your home town. Your edits don't look too bad to me, but clearly other editors have repeatedly reverted major edits that you any maybe others have made under different usernames in the last year or so. We work by consensus, and I'm afraid we don't really do peer review of individual edits. The reverting editors (two admins, and latterly John from Idegon) are all experienced editors, and will have had their reasons for feeling your edits did not improve the article. I am sorry about that, as you thought they were for the best, so it must be demoralising for you. In these situations the thing to do is to either communicate with the reverting editor(s) to gain further understanding of what they did not like, or ask on the talk page of the article and ping the involved editors. You are obviously editing in good faith, and others will also see that, so they may wish to advise and guide you as to why your major changes to page layout and content were not felt to be in the best interests of the article. Regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 19:31, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

Chief Sleepy Eye last direct decendants

The only direct decendants are the Adams' living in Sisseton ,SD. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Adams-Romero (talk • contribs)

Adams-Romero Hello and welcome to the Teahouse. I'm not clear on what it is you are asking. If you comment concerns an article, you may want to bring it to the attention of interested editors by posting to the talk page of the relevant article. 331dot (talk) 15:54, 1 May 2019 (UTC)
Ishtakhaba is the article about a person also known as "Chief Sleepy Eye." Reference #5 states that in 2011, Karyn Douglas Cissell was the last living descendant. If you have new information, it will need to be referenced. David notMD (talk) 19:34, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

Searching in ALL of the various language Wikipedias, at one time?

Is there a way to search for a somewhat unusual word, in English-alphabet text, in ALL of the various language Wikipedias at one time?

I can see how this might be done if one were to navigate the search page (in many tongues) of the many Wikipedias...but that'd be hard since few read more than a few languages.

Thanks for thinking about this problem with me. N2e (talk) 17:31, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

I don't think so, N2e. There has been some discussion: see WP:Village pump (proposals)/Archive_83#Multilingual_search_results_for_registered_Wikipedians and T3837. --ColinFine (talk) 18:12, 1 May 2019 (UTC)
N2e, Use Google with the site:Wikipedia.org parameter. Adam9007 (talk) 18:22, 1 May 2019 (UTC)
Thanks very much Colin and Adam! N2e (talk) 20:57, 1 May 2019 (UTC)
N2e, I should probably have pointed out that I think Google only works for articles. I don't think the other namespaces are indexed. Adam9007 (talk) 21:12, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

Follow-up to Translation of an English Language Page into Spanish

Thanks, Teahouse! I am clambering up the learning curve and need to ask two more questions. 1. Do I have a right as a neophyte, i.e. one who has not made 10 edits and is not sure how to acquire 10 edit experience...so I guess my question is, can I post a translation in Spanish of Idries Shah's English-language Wikipedia page (Reflections: Sufi Literature) in Spanish, i.e. finding how to post even though I don't have the 10-edit requirement fulfilled...sorry so verbose!

2. I also ran into an obstacle in trying to post (in my sandbox, which I wanted to save...or publish I guess) a picture of the front cover of that title, though I got it from the English-language Wikipedia that I've been asked (by the Idries Shah Foundation) to translate and post.

I SOOO appreciate your kindly disregard of my abject ignorance...! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ewirkala (talk • contribs) 2019-05-01T20:45:32 (UTC)

Hello, Ewirkala. If you are creating a Spanish-language article, whatever its source, you should work in the Spanish Wikipedia, not the English one. Each Wikipedia has its own rules, so I cannot tell you what requirements there may be to be able to create or translate an article in es-wiki. Try es:Wikipedia:Café/Archivo/Ayuda/Actual.
As for images: images that are held in Wikimedia Commons can be directly inserted into any Wikimedia project, including any language Wikipedia; but Commons accepts only images licensed so that they can be freely reused, and book covers do not usually get licensed in that way. English Wikipedia allows non-free images to be uploaded in certain circumstances, and book covers are often uploaded to en-wiki according to those criteria. I don't know whether or not es-wiki allows non-free images: if it does in this case (it will be your responsibility to determine this), then you can download the image from en-wiki, and upload it to es-wiki. If it does not, then you can't.
Two more points: if you have been asked by the Idries Shah Foundation to work on this project, then you probably have a Conflict of interest, and need to be aware of the consequences of that (see the link); if you are in any way paid to do this (eg if you are employed by the Foundation) then you must make the declarations specified in WP:PAID. Finally, please sign any posts you make on discussion pages like this one, with four tildes (~~~~). --ColinFine (talk) 23:05, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

Changing an article

Hello there,

I work for Babylon Software LTD. Our company purchased the translation software from Babylon LTD.

The article in wikipedia for our software should be updated from top to bottom, to include our information, the information about the current product version and more. I was told that I am not allowed to edit it myself as I work for the company.

How can I find someone else to re-write the article with the information I will provide them with?

Regards, Ran Eyal VP of Sales and Marketing Babylon Software LTD. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ran-babylon (talk • contribs) 03:56, 2 May 2019 (UTC)}

You need to read your user talk page. You have received advice there about how to deal with conflict of interest, and about the mandatory declaration of paid editing. --David Biddulph (talk) 04:08, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

Linking to a Youtube Video

I do understand the cautions recommended when referencing youtube videos. With that out of the way, I need to reference a web link "url1" which has an embedded youtube video (a news blog, read tabloid, which uploads their video content to youtube only). "url1" is dead, so I linked to archive-url "archive.org/../url1" but the video is still up at the original youtube location it was embedded from in the dead url, but is unavailable from the archive. The AV media template gives entry for youtube title but I don't see one for youtube link. Did I miss something? How do I link the youtube video, since that is the one I really want the reference to be to. It's a video interview with the subject of the article. Since its straight from the horse's mouth, I assume the credibility of the source of the video is irrelevant. TIA. Usedtobecool (talk) 05:13, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

Edit 1: I meant the "quote= Youtube Title:" thing. I have opted to use the interview template instead for the case mentioned. Advice appreciated. Usedtobecool (talk) 05:47, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

Get notification when a page gets referred to?

Is it possible to get a notification if a particular page gets referred to/ linked to? For example, can I set up a notification to my editor page every time the "Ronald McDonald" page gets referred to?

And is it possible to get a list of every page that mentions/links to "Ronald McDonald"? UPDATE: I think this is done by the "What Links Here" link that appears on every page in the left hand column of info, correct? And if so, is it possible to set up a notification that gets triggered whenever there is a change to the list that appears on the "What Links Here"?

Thanks Cabrils (talk) 04:29, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

Cabrils, there is an option in Preferences → Notifications, which notifies you when someone links a page that you created. I'm not aware of a feature that works for any page, though. Eman235/talk 06:11, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

Draft:Boiling_Steel

Hi! Could I ask opinion of experienced Wikipedia user about my first page - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Boiling_Steel Hope for your help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Communna (talk • contribs)

​ Welcome to the Teahouse. I have finished reading the article. I say the article is improperly cited. You need to add more inline citation. Also the article isn't written in encyclopedic tone. So you need to work with that. Hope this helps. Sincerely, Masum Reza☎ 00:27, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
I see that the draft is about a game that has not yet been released. I would advise you wait until it has been released and reviewed – you will then be able to cite the reviews, making it easier to write an acceptable article. Maproom (talk) 06:57, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

Need help with a wording issue

I have added the death toll of EOKA's action at the article EOKA, 10 days ago, but a user reverted my edit (15:59, 22 April 2019‎ edit summary: organizations don't have "death tolls" - conflicts do). I have taken it to Talk Page, yet the editor that reverted my edit did not show up. So, as I am afraid that re-adding the text might initiate an edit war, can anyone help me re-word the sentence and add the info at the article? Thanks. Section at Talk Page: #Death toll Cinadon36 (talk) 07:38, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

What is a adjective to Wikipedia

Can you tell me that WIkipedia explains how does adjective mean? --Humanist920 (talk) 08:08, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

Adjective? Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 08:30, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

Submission not adequately supported by reliable sources

Thank you in advance for your time.

It seems that even though I add references and citations, my submission is not supported adequately. Is there something else I could do since I have already followed the walkthrough page, but the results are the same?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Vyron_Vasileiadis

Nicholas

I doubt there's anything else you can do. If you haven't been able to find evidence that the subject is notable, in Wikipedia's sense, probably no-one can. Maproom (talk) 07:06, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
I edited a bit, but tend to agree that this is TOO SOON for Vasileiadis to be considered Wikipedia-notable. David notMD (talk) 08:57, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

Rejected new article

Hello TeaHouse,

I need your assistance on getting my newly create page approve. The page is about David J. Maloney, and it's the second time that the page was rejected, the first time the editorial board cited no reference source & citation, which I've corrected but the second time nothing give for the rejection. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Webplanet12345 (talk • contribs)

Deleted use of Wikipedia articles as references. I 100% agree that this draft (autobiography) does not meet Wikipedia criteria for notability. David notMD (talk) 09:18, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

picture

dear sir

how i add my picture to my profile page — Preceding unsigned comment added by ABDUSSALAM MATTATH (talk • contribs)

Hi there, welcome to Teahouse. Wikipedia is not a social media. We are all here to build an encyclopedia. We don't have user profiles in Wikipedia unlike a social media site. Happy editing. Sincerely, Masum Reza☎ 10:54, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

Improving tone on first article Elizabeth Waterhouse

Hello, I have submitted my first article about dancer and scientist Elizabeth Waterhouse. It has been rejected because it "read more like an advertisement than an entry in an encyclopedia. Encyclopedia articles need to be written from a neutral point of view, and should refer to a range of independent, reliable, published sources, not just to materials produced by the creator of the subject being discussed. This is important so that the article can meet Wikipedia's verifiability policy and the notability of the subject can be established." — I took this as inspiration and rewrote the complete article and gave it new structure. I have removed all dependent sources and added independent reliable published sources (I even found new ones I have overlooked before) such as an Interview with Institute of Physics (2016), an Archived Review at the Boston Globe from 2004 as well as many new references in published work. So the information is now verifiable. Regarding tone, I am not sure — so I like to reach out here at the Teahouse. I read the available information on neutrality — and I think the article meets the criteria. Could you give me some advice on this?

Article: Elizabeth Waterhouse

Thank you! Harald Geisler (talk) 18:51, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

Hello, Harald Geisler. On a quick look, Draft:Elizabeth Waterhouse looks fine to me (though the material in the "See Also" section should be somewhere else, as that section should only contain Wikilinks to other articles). But I am not a regular reviewer, and I haven't looked in depth. I suggest you simply resubmit it, and see what happens. As long as you are clearly working in good faith to improve the draft, nobody should complain if you have to resubmit more than once; but as I say, my suspicion is that it will get through as it is. --ColinFine (talk) 22:50, 1 May 2019 (UTC)
Thank you ColinFine …I will do so. Harald Geisler (talk) 11:06, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

Moving a page, should I just do it?

I'm looking at the Error hiding entry to see what I can do to improve it, and my conclusion is that this is really an article about Exception swallowing. Exception swallowing is the action described there, error hiding is a side-effect of it (and error hiding is not a common term in the tech world imho). I think fixing this article includes renaming the page. Should I just move it, or should I open a discussion about it in the Talk page first?

Also, how do I know if I can move a page? Is there a place to check my permissions?

Thanks! Shana (talk) 12:22, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

@Shana: Hello and welcome to the Teahouse. You should be able to move an article, unless there is already an article or redirect located where you want to move the article to that requires deletion(which only administrators can do) While you can do it, if you think it will be disputed or controversial, you should discuss it first and be ready with any independent reliable sources you have to support your position(your own opinion would not necessarily be enough). You might also want to look over the existing article's sources first, to see if 'error hiding' is the terminology used, as Wikipedia uses the terminology that sources use. 331dot (talk) 12:40, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
@331dot: Thanks for the info! The article in question doesn't have any sources, which is another problem. In its current format, it's an opinion piece on the quality (or lack thereof) of software errors shown to users, which I think is the reason why it has the title that it has. There's no articles on exception swallowing, and google returns Error hiding as the top result when I search for exception swallowing (because that's really what it's about, in the end). Lots of things to fix there... Shana (talk) 13:08, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
@Shana: Hi there it is better to start a move discussion if you don't know what to do and are new to this process. Sincerely, Masum Reza☎ 13:11, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

Deleted Article: FAO Robert McClenon

@RobertMcClenon Hi Robert,

You recently removed my first article written for Wiki. As a freelance writer, I felt it would be beneficial to me to get some experience writing articles for this platform. The reasons for the refusal was apparently because the article was of a promotional nature. Could you please elaborate on what elements you felt were of an advertising nature. I based the article on facts that I took from their own web page as well as reputable sources such as Bitcoin and Forbes Magazines.

I would still like to see my first addition to Wikipedia published, but am unaware of what changes need to be made in order to meet the guidelines. Any help you could offer would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

Christopher Roper — Preceding unsigned comment added by ChristopherRoper (talk • contribs)

ChristopherRoper Hello and welcome to the Teahouse. The best place to address a user directly is their user talk page; or you can ping them by making a post with {{u|Username here}} and signing it with ~~~~(without the "nowiki" tags visible in the edit window). Robert might see it here eventually, but they will see it faster if you communicate with them directly. 331dot (talk) 12:58, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
ChristopherRoper: This must be about Draft:Global Hotelier, which was deleted as "Unambiguous advertising or promotion". Now that it's been deleted, ordinary editors cannot see it. But I see that several helpful messages have been left on your talk page, one of them requiring a response. Please read them. Maproom (talk) 13:09, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
I had a look at the deleted draft; this was indeed a straightforward G11. Lectonar (talk) 13:11, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

How Can I Add Link To My Wiki User Page With Html? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Loudmyblog (talk • contribs)

@Loudmyblog: Hi there and Welcome to the Teahouse. Wikipedia markup isn't like HTML markup. If you want to link to an external websites then add one bracket at the start of the URL and one bracket to the end. You can also give the link a name by just adding a space and a name between the end of URL and the bracket. For example a link to Google would be like [http://google.com Google]. You might want to check Help:Wikitext for further details. Also please read our policies about external links. Hope this helps. Sincerely, Masum Reza☎ 14:01, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
@Loudmyblog: However, you shouldn't WP:SPAM links to your blog on Wikipedia. If that is your only purpose here, then your account will be blocked for promotional editing. shoy (reactions) 14:26, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

Updating member rolls

I'm working on tagging retired, vahished (blanked user page), and otherwise inactive members over at WikiProject Userboxes. I have noticed that this is quite repetitive and that has left we with a couple questions.

  1. Is there a bot or user tool that will let me do this quickly/automatically?
  2. Can/May I write a script to help automate the process?
  • I already have a rough idea as to the code needed to do it, but I don't know the syntax to use, or if I'm allowed to use one.
  • I am actually interested in coding a bot which can be manually included on WikiProject pages (or their "members" subpage), and I am surprised that we don't already have such a bot.

Thoughts/suggestions/advice? ElectroChip123 (talk) 15:27, 30 April 2019 (UTC)

ElectroChip123, would the information at Wikipedia:Bot policy be helpful at all? --valereee (talk) 19:20, 30 April 2019 (UTC)
@Valereee: I looked through that page, however I didn't see anything that indicated one way or the other, so I came here to ask about it. I also looked through the list of already approved bots, but I didn't come across one with anything close to the function and purpose I have in mind. We don't even have a bot that automates the alphabetization and/or sorting of member rolls. Since my proposal wouldn't add/remove people from a category (except, perhaps, removing indef-banned users from the list) it won't violate the guidelines for categorizing people. I appreciate the advice, however I'm still not sure what to do. Should I go ahead and type up a bot request?ElectroChip123 (talk) 15:20, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

first new page - help

Hi, I'm trying to figure out the rules about how to sort the right way my new page (in the sandbox). link to my sandbox what I'm planning to do is switch between the paragraph "brand safety" and the first "adverif.ai" paragraph. "brand safety" is important intro the reader need to acknowledge before the explanation about AdVerif.ai, but I'm afraid wiki would delete my page if it starts with another explanation but the value itself... any suggestions/opinions are welcome — Preceding unsigned comment added by Netanelshlomi (talk • contribs) 15:33, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

Netanelshlomi I think you could consider creating "brand safety" as a separate article. I did a quick superficial Google search which turned up what looks to me like sufficient good sources to sustain a separate article. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 18:26, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
Dodger67 Thanks for the quick answer, say I'm separating the "brand safety" to another article - how should I open the "adverifai" page? (like an opening line or a paragraph if you can give an example) Netanel
@Netanelshlomi: Hello! If you would like some help or advice on your article, just ask, and I would be more than happy to help you revise. Happy editing! WIKIrestrict (talk)

Pictures

How do you add pictures to articles or talk pages? Thanks. Star (talk) 20:19, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

Stardreamer1310, This should help Help:Pictures S Philbrick(Talk) 00:43, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
Thanks, Sphilbrick. Star (talk) 18:39, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

Special:Nuke

What is the purpose of Special:Nuke?  ⠀—‌‌  Glosome‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌  💬

It allows admins to delete multiple pages at once, see Wikipedia:Nuke ~ RhinosF1(chat - live)/(contribs) 20:02, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

Help Me Review An Article

Hello Wikipedia Teahouse,

If there are any administrators reading this, 3 days ago I created a draft article and clicked the 'submit for review' button for it to be reviewed to be published but there was an issue and sadly only today the draft article went into Article for Submission pagas in 0 days. So if there is any administrators out there, please help me review my article because if there is anything wrong or not right in it, please do tell me so that I can edit it as soon as possible so that we can get the article on Wikipedia. The article draft is Draft:Finalist of the Intel ISEF

Patience is advised. Your submitted article was declined. You have made some changes and resubmitted. Given number of submissions awaiting review, it may take months before it is reviewed again. Meanwhile, you can continue working on improving the article, and also improving existing articles. P.S. Don't use "we." David notMD (talk) 09:04, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
Just declined for third time. Either follow advice of reviewers or give up. David notMD (talk) 21:16, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

Restore deleted text

Someone removed 220,000 bytes of text from Crimean-Nogai Raids and then did more edits which made the undo button inoperable. Is there some way to get to the lost text and restore it without spending several hours editing by hand? Thanks. Benjamin Trovato (talk) 21:18, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

@Benjamin Trovato: It looks like it already been reverted back and forth at least twice. Do not engage in an edit war. Discuss at the article's talk page and if needed follow WP:DR steps. RudolfRed (talk) 21:32, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
See deletion 02may 15:30. 2. This is not my edit war, but I will probably have to undo the damage. Benjamin Trovato (talk) 22:00, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

Native Americans in the Western hemisphere

Why only native Indians from USA should be considered the only native Americans?! If native Indians from North, central, and South America are also native Americans. The term America wasn't named after USA — Preceding unsigned comment added by AlverichA (talk • contribs)

Hello AlverichA and thanks for dropping by the Teahouse. This question is unsuitable for this forum. The best place to ask is at the ref desk. Click the link to go there. Interstellarity (talk) 22:08, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

Trans Dance Artist Seeking Writer for Article

Hello! I'm a transgender dance artist based in New York, and I'm seeking a writer for an article. How do I go about this? Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ashleyyergens (talk • contribs)

Welcome to the Teahouse, Ashleyyergens If you are genuinely notable in Wikipedia terms, have patience someone will write an article about you, but be aware that this is not always a good thing. Theroadislong (talk) 16:15, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
The article Modern dance lists many dancers who have careers that meet Wikipedia's criteria for notability. Are you as well-known, i.e., written about in dance literature, as these people? David notMD (talk) 17:39, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
Theroadislong "... but be aware that this is not always a good thing." That's an odd choice of words, wouldn't you say? Maineartists (talk) 17:42, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
Not sure why you consider it odd? I was referring to Wikipedia:An article about yourself isn't necessarily a good thing. Theroadislong (talk) 17:46, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
I do see that you are getting some write-up in dance press, especially in NYC, but it may be too soon. Hopefully, one day one of your fans will submit an article. Keep dancing (it's how I and my significant other met). David notMD (talk) 17:49, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
Theroadislong Then maybe you should have linked that ... it reads different from (I'm sure) your intention. To a newbie, it comes across judgmental on their character (Trans Dance Artist) - at least, that's how I read it. David notMD You are the reason I believe in WP!!! Maineartists (talk) 21:46, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
Maineartists My sincere apologies if my comment was misinterpreted, I was certainly not being judgemental in any way, shape or form and am mortified that you would read it this way! Theroadislong (talk) 22:17, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

Wiki

I created Ayden Eckert and the Time Travellers. It is my band and band name. I would like to have a wiki page for my band. I do not know how to make the references lead to me. Everything in the wiki is in my words. Please message me back so we can talk about it and so I can explain it more. ACanWiki

Hello, AcanWiki, and welcome to the Teahouse. I'm afraid you have fundamentally misunderstood the purpose of Wikipedia. It is not for promotion. If it ever has an article about your band, it will not be your article, you will have no control over it, and it will not be based on your words: it will be based almost entirely on what people who have no connection with you have chosen to publish about the band. It follows that we can have an article about your band only if there has already been substantial material published about your band with no input or prompting from you or the band: the Wikipedia jargon for this condition is if the band is notable or not. Sorry. --ColinFine (talk) 22:29, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

Contested deletion

Good morning, everyone.

I am been said that an article that I have wroten is not accepted because "This submission does not appear to be written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article". I would appreciate if someone helps me giving some practical advises of how improving my article.

This is the link to the article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Jaime_Brunet_International_Prize

Thank you very much, Fermín Arrosadia — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fermín Arrosadia (talk • contribs) 12:31, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

I have left a message for you on your talk page. Please go through our guidelines and policies. Sincerely, Masum Reza☎ 12:35, 29 April 2019 (UTC)
First, there are no references for the draft's content about Jaime Brunet or the Foundation. Second, there is too much written about Jaime Brunet. David notMD (talk) 16:48, 29 April 2019 (UTC)
You edited some (and I edited some), but there are still no references for the text sections of the draft. David notMD (talk) 14:20, 30 April 2019 (UTC)
Regarding the entry on Jaime Burnet, you might want to incorporate it under a History section. You can take some insights from the Nobel Prize article, particularly the part that talked about Alfred Nobel. Of course, there is the issue of referencing. I did a quick research and there are online sources you could use. Darwin Naz (talk) 23:10, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

Issue with an infobox

Hello! I've been on Wikipedia for about a month now, but I seem to be stumped about transclusion on article pages, especially relating to infoboxes. I've written an article called MV Kaye E. Barker and created a ship infobox for it based on the one in the article USS Chiwawa. The problem is, however, that I cannot seem to move the infobox up so that it is visible at the top of the page and stretches down the length of page. Instead, the infobox seems determined to stay at the farthest bottom point of the page, underneath the references. I've tried to figure this out myself, but to no avail. Maybe it is because I made the infobox first? I would appreciate any guidance on this subject. Thanks! --LiamUJ (talk) 21:08, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

@LiamUJ:  Fixed It was an issue with the closing brackets. TimTempleton (talk) (cont) 23:17, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
Thanks so much! --LiamUJ (talk) 23:52, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

a strange bug is making a REDIRECT not work

I can't figure out why this redirect to the USAF military satellite USA-99 is not, actually, redirecting. The syntax for the redirect appears sound: #REDIRECT [[USA-99]]

There is a week-long RfD discussion going on; but I don't understand why the REDIR is not working in the mean time. Any help with this strange syntax bug will be appreciated. Cheers. N2e (talk) 01:12, 3 May 2019 (UTC)

It is not a bug. It is deliberate that Template:Rfd-NPF is displayed, and in that template it says: "'Click on the link below to go to the current destination page." The template is working as designed. --David Biddulph (talk) 01:19, 3 May 2019 (UTC)
(edit conflict) Hi N2e. The redirect is disabled on purpose by placing the box about the discussion before the redirect code. This means users of the redirect can discover the discussion. Redirect code only works at the start of a page. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:23, 3 May 2019 (UTC)
Wikimedia is by far the most bug free software I've ever used. With most everyday functions there's never a problem. Some more advanced functions get weird from time to time, but the developers usually get right on it. John from Idegon (talk) 01:56, 3 May 2019 (UTC)
That is super helpful everyone. Did not know that. And I agree on how bug free I find Wikipedia software as a 15 year heavy user. Really quite amazing. N2e (talk) 02:13, 3 May 2019 (UTC)

First article on english wikipedia

hello, i've made a little article about Alton Mason, a model... it's a draft, can you see it please ? Thanks Datsofelija (talk) 14:28, 3 May 2019 (UTC)

As you only have two references,(and one source does not look like a reliable one) I'm sorry, but the article is not likely to get very far. I have found couple of others to add to the article, but it may be a case of WP:TOO SOON- I'm not sure the subject is notable enough yet. Curdle (talk) 15:26, 3 May 2019 (UTC)

CAMELOT BROADWAY MUSICAL

I don't know much about Wikipedia--this is a help comment, not a question, I lived in the D.C. area back in the 60's and I took a date to the National Theatre in Wash. D.C. for the Camelot Musical with Yvonne De Carlo and Arthur Treacher. After the Camelot Broadway production ended, the sets were transported to the National Theatre in D.C.--it was a wonderful production--not sure of the date we attended the production/play, but noticed on the Camelot entries the National Theatre production wasn't mentioned---so maybe you can contact the person who edited that wikipidea/camelot musical site and maybe add the National Theatre production. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.146.206.3 (talk)

Camelot (musical) states "The show ran on Broadway for 873 performances, followed by two years on the road in the US..." The reference supports this, but does not detail what cities that tour included. A reference would be needed if the National Theatre (and other theaters) were to be named in the article. Treacher was in role of Pellinore. David notMD (talk) 16:13, 3 May 2019 (UTC)

my page was removed

hi I wrote one page but they removed it I don't know why.... Please help me out why they have removed my page under section G11 article I think — Preceding unsigned comment added by Maqeelk84 (talk • contribs)

@Maqeelk84: Hello and welcome to the Teahouse. Your draft was deleted as being promotional(what "G11" means). It read as a blatant advertisement for the Shaikhani Group and was not sourced to any independent reliable sources. It also did not indicate how the group meets the notability guidelines for organizations written at WP:ORG(please review). Since you state you are editing for the group, you must review the conflict of interest policy and the paid editing policy for important information about declarations you must make.
Please note that Wikipedia is not for merely telling about something; articles must indicate how the subject meets our notability guidelines(as I state above) and only be based on what independent sources state. Such sources do not include company website, staff interviews, routine business announcements, or any other primary source. Please read Your First Article for more information. 331dot (talk) 11:12, 3 May 2019 (UTC)
In the messages on your user talk page, the words in blue are wikilinks to more detailed advice. Your second attempt at the draft resulted in another speedy deletion. - David Biddulph (talk) 11:52, 3 May 2019 (UTC)
Now declined or removed four times. No references. Not in compliance with COI or PAID. Promotional. Please do not submit again. David notMD (talk) 16:05, 3 May 2019 (UTC)
Draft deleted for the third time and OP indefinitely blocked. --David Biddulph (talk) 16:17, 3 May 2019 (UTC)

My artical about Vancouver

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Kwpn_stallion_Vancouver_Ireland

Hi I’m trying to build a page about the stallion Vancouver have you guys any tips I’m copying and pasting as much info as possible from reliable sources

Welcome to the Teahouse. Please do NOT copy and paste anything! Wikipedia cannot accept any copyrighted content, it all needs to be written in your own words. Theroadislong (talk) 14:56, 30 April 2019 (UTC)

Triple-check your spelling. The Editor will give you some direction in regards to that, but it won't catch everything. You've spelled Vancouver a few different ways so far. Also, explain everything like an encyclopedia would, not like an expert. I don't know if kwpn is an acronym or a Polish word or what, but it just looks like a jumble of letters to me. Gorramship (talk) 16:36, 3 May 2019 (UTC)

Oxford professor

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Could somebody explain at User talk:Shasla1 why Wikipedia does not second guess an Oxford professor? My explanations do not seem to get through. Tgeorgescu (talk) 19:59, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

You threatening someone with being blocked when you have no authority to do so, ditto claiming correctness because of your academic position, reflect badly on your being a Wikipedia editor. You and Shasla1 should continue your discussion at the Talk page of Protochronism. David notMD (talk) 21:43, 1 May 2019 (UTC)
@David notMD: I am not an admin, so I cannot block him anyway. But if he persists that the quote from the Oxford professor's book would be "unproven" he will get in hot water. I mean, he did not even figure out that he has to quote WP:RS, that would be a step in the right direction. He merely claims that the professor would be wrong simply because Shasla1 feels so. Tgeorgescu (talk) 21:51, 1 May 2019 (UTC)
Where exactly did the user make the legal threat that you warned them for? --MrClog (talk) 22:20, 1 May 2019 (UTC)
Reference to local laws: And we are in a university. Sorts of. Wikipedia can only post valid information, yes? You must know the local laws better then me. And what is valid information? Information that was proven. Were the words about russian anachronism proven? No. Thus, they are invalid. That in the context of "anti-russian lies", see [1]. Tgeorgescu (talk) 22:32, 1 May 2019 (UTC)
So I think I made the mistake of WP:AGF and trying to coach him become a productive editor, till he stated And yes, you can't just go an scare me with blocks and bans. I registered here only to point out to the fact that the article contained blatant anti-russian lies, not to continue being a part of the wikipedia community. So I give absolutely zero things about those bans. So, he is not interested in editing Wikipedia, but only as an WP:ACTIVIST for exposing blatant anti-russian lies. Tgeorgescu (talk) 22:42, 1 May 2019 (UTC)
I apologize for conflating a quote of an Oxford professor with thinking you were 'pulling rank' by claiming to be an Oxford professor. David notMD (talk) 00:52, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

I am interested in editing wikipedia on the topic of making the article about anachronism- corresponding to actual facts, instead of unproven statements. Also, If somebody considers my words, quoted here- rude, and the person is interested in this discussion- look at my personal page. Tgeorgescu was the one who started going personal, with calling my words "phony", and threatening me with a ban. And he is the one who is an "WP ACTIVIST" as it is he who creates dozens of posts in different places, about a single minor edit I did several days ago. I, on the other hand, am very much "WP UNACTIVE". Or INACTIVE, dunno what's the correct word. [User: Shasla 1]

@Shasla1: I am willing and do play by the WP:RULES of the game. You are not even interested in knowing our way of doing things (namely that we simply summarize WP:RS), but you complain that exposing the lies of the Soviet propaganda would be akin to smearing the Russian Federation and all Russians everywhere. What evidence have you WP:CITEd till now? None. You simply demand from us an unrealistic high standard of evidence. For us, if the Oxford professor wrote it in a WP:RS suffices. That's what WP:VER is all about. Tgeorgescu (talk) 14:37, 3 May 2019 (UTC)

First of all, as the person above said, we better continue this discussion on my discussion page/on the anachronism page. I actually answered you in both places, but you ignored my answers. Now, as to you words here. "you are not even interested in knowing our way"- 1) You started the discussion not only about the way of the wikipedia, but about yout personal opinion of USSR and the West. You stated that the soviets "lie like dogs", and that all oxford professors always tell the truth and know smth about freedom of speech. Is this a purely "rules of wikipedia" type of discussion? No. 2) As I said in our discussion on my talk page, if Wikipedia just quotes any source that has academic credentials, it might as well quote the soviet sources. E.e. Wikipedia should quote that the light bulb, radio, and other russian inventions that are, allegedly to the professor, not russian, but are stated to be russian- should be quoted as being russian on Wikipedia. And if they are quoted as russian on the Wikipedia- the part of the article that states that russian claims for those inventions are false and are anachronism/lies- mustn't be a statement, but must be in the lines of "an Oxford professor THINKS that they russian lies". Just because you claim that the soviets/russians "lie like dogs" (your words on my page), doesn't make the soviet academic credentials, that support the Soviet Encyclopedia, have less authority than a single oxford professor. You stated on my page, that "all western professors tell only the truth, know about freedom of speech, etc", but it is just your claim, that, just like the claim that compares soviets to dogs- isn't supported by any proof from your side. You just make statements supported by nothing- and then you just ignore my requests for proofs, and just change the course of the discussion to the "you don't know about WP SMTH" topic or the "you will be banned" topic instead. And again, you make a statement- and ignore any requests for proofs and validations. Just look at our discussion. I give 100+ word texts full of logical and factual explanations and arguments, and you give short 20+ word accusations and caustic remarks. "exposing the lies of the Soviet propaganda"- you didn't expose anything. You just claimed that they all lie. A claim without arguments and proofs is nothing. "would be akin"- yes. If you say "all soviets lie like dogs"- it's the same as If I said that all 20th century romanians are impoverished drunkards, or smth like this. And how you started going personal with the "your words are phony"? You are just unable to keep a discussion you started- civil. You, a wikipedia member who takes pride in being here for what..16 years or smth, are much less civil than me, an alleged "WP ACTIVIST" and a newbie here. Also, your quotations of the local rules are flawed, as you accused me of "real-life threats" and threatened me by a ban- but I didn't give any threats, so, either you don't know the rules you quote, or you try to twist the rules in a way that serves your agenda. "For us, if the Oxford professor wrote it in a WP:RS suffices."- as I said two times before, If a word of an Oxford professor is all Wikipedia needs- the word of a Soviet professor should be also considered valid. Just because you claim otherwise-well, I explained it in this post already. Also, the "we". As I said before (when you claimed that "we" know that the soviets "lie like dogs"), please, don't use the "we". You are alone in this discussion against me. Trying to appeal to a crowd isn't a civil way of waging a discussion. Shasla1

@Shasla1: Also, you just insulted all those living and all those dead soviet history scientists and soviet media/propaganda workers. ... So, by insulting USSR you insult Russia, [2] — that's highfalutin rubbish from a WP:TROLL. Would someone close this thread? Tgeorgescu (talk) 16:44, 3 May 2019 (UTC)

"that's highfalutin rubbish from a WP TROLL"- what do you mean? You claim that I'm a troll, because I said that your words 'soviets lie like dogs' are insults? Or do you mean that your words about dogs don't belong to you, and that some troll wrote it while using your credentials? Shasla1

What I have said was And no, we don't consider Soviet propaganda as reliable fact-based knowledge. More like something between wishful thinking and lying like a dog. Btw, I don't know why you find this offensive: the Soviet regime is gone, it has been dethroned, therefore it no longer has any real power. Tgeorgescu (talk) 17:11, 3 May 2019 (UTC)
Shasla1 has been indeffed as WP:NOTHERE. Tgeorgescu (talk) 17:24, 3 May 2019 (UTC)
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News article citations

I had a citation deleted from an article by NBC so I'm curious as to why that was deleted and someone was able to bring back an article from local residents news board that has since been deleted? — Preceding unsigned comment added by HeroEsoper‎ (talk • contribs) 15:58, 3 May 2019 (UTC)

@HeroEsoper: It's hard to answer that in the abstract - please let us know which specific article you are talking about.--Gronk Oz (talk) 16:36, 3 May 2019 (UTC)
Hello, HeroEsoper. Assuming you mean the material you added to Green Dot Corporation, it was removed by Viewmont Viking with the edit summary "Spam link and promotional". If you disagree with them, please discuss it with them at Talk:Green Dot Corporation. I haven't looked at the material in any detail, but I would observe that if the only source for information is the subject's own website, then it usually doesn't belong in the article. --ColinFine (talk) 17:39, 3 May 2019 (UTC)

How can i upload game/app/company logos (fair use) on Wikipedia? — Preceding unsigned comment added by CptViraj (talk • contribs) 11:13, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

For information on logos, see WP:logos. --David Biddulph (talk) 12:40, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
David Biddulph Where is upload page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by CptViraj (talk • contribs) 08:38, 3 May 2019 (UTC)
The easiest way is to use Wikipedia:File Upload Wizard. Eman235/talk 02:24, 4 May 2019 (UTC)
@Eman235: Okay Thanks! - CptViraj (talk) 05:38, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

How to delete redirect page?

How can i delete redirect page? I know when to delete and when to not. But how can i delete page? I mean where is option to delete redirect page? - CptViraj (talk) 07:09, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

Hello CptViraj, and welcome to the Teahouse. A redirect page, like any WP page, can only be deleted by admins. You can suggest it though, see WP:R#CRD. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 08:45, 4 May 2019 (UTC)
@Gråbergs Gråa Sång: Thanks! - CptViraj (talk) 09:19, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

What can I do when I give correct content and itz not getting published but they are thinking I am hijacking the article??

I have been trying to give Wikipedia something that is correct and they are trying to stop me I have giving the correct information about the person and Sidharth Sharma is not born on October he is born on May but due to this they are not letting me to publish my content please allow me to publish it each time I try it lugna or something like that try to edit my connect again with the wrong connect — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ayshazeba22 (talk • contribs) 09:10, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

The situation with you trying to hijack an existing article to refer to a totally different subject has been explained to you in crystal-clear terms on your user talk page. Please read what you have been told there. --David Biddulph (talk) 09:19, 4 May 2019 (UTC)
@Ayshazeba22: You did a lot more than just changing the date of birth. The existing article, Sidharth Sharma, is about the cricket player. But you added material about a different person, who is an actor. There are several actors of that name (see [3]) and none of them has anything to do with this article.--Gronk Oz (talk) 09:39, 4 May 2019 (UTC)
If you want an article about Sidharth Sharma (actor), create a new article. Leave the article about Sidharth Sharma, cricket player, alone. David notMD (talk) 10:55, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

Inquiry about Article Publication

Hello,

I have recently drafted an article on Apollo Clinic, Bora Service, but I am in a dilemma whether my article has been published or not as there is no any communication from the teams of Wikipedia.

Hence, request you to kindly provide adequate information on whether my article has been published or not or do I have to make changes, etc.

Thanks & Regards Almeswar Hajong — Preceding unsigned comment added by Almeswar Hajong (talk • contribs) 05:17, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

Hello, Almeswar Hajong. You made a small mistake when drafting your article, namely, writing it in Draft:Sandbox, which is just for experiments and is blanked by a bot periodically. I have copied your material to User:Almeswar Hajong/sandbox, and added a template with a button ("Submit your draft for review") which will submit it for review if you press it. Eman235/talk 05:28, 4 May 2019 (UTC)
Thank you very much, Eman for your help and I really appreciate it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Almeswar Hajong (talk • contribs) 05:50, 4 May 2019 (UTC)
Needs more references. Hyperlinks should not be used in the article. Instead, turn those into references. Wikipedia articles cannot be used as references. Awards by Apollo Lifestyle to Apollo Clinic, its own subsidiary, should not be included. David notMD (talk) 12:05, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

Edits Won't Save

I'm trying to make an edit to the song, I Can't Get Enough by adding a sourced genre. For some reason every time I try to publish it goes back to the "How did you improve this page?" and says "Error, edit not saved." I have made edits before so I don’t know why this one isn’t working.  Done Never mind I figured it out. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Electricwater (talk • contribs)

Hi, Electricwater. I'm glad you sorted out your problem. But looking at your reference, you could probably have made your life easier - and your citation better - had you taken advantage of the 'cite' tool, available in either editing tool - just look at the editing toolbar to find it. In our source editor, you can manually enter the relevant fields, or in Visual editor you can use the automatic lookup tool which attempts to create a reference for you, based upon either an article url or an ISBN book number. Although a great way of quickly adding a reference, it often misses out key elements, so I then simply added the fields of source date and author by hand afterwards. I think I'd been editing for over a year before I discovered I didn't need to manually write each reference field by field, but that there were drop-down tools to assist me. Thus, your reference code would end up looking like this: <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/amp/articles/columns/latin/8506234/best-spanglish-collaborations-2019-so-far|title=Selena Gomez & J Balvin, James Blake & Rosalia, Plus More Spanglish Collabs in 2019 (So Far)|last=Roiz|first=Jessica|date=8 April 2019|website=www.billboard.com|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2019-05-04}}</ref> Hope this helps, Nick Moyes (talk) 13:34, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

How do I remove my contribution history and discussion threads only on English Wikipedia?

I did a very huge mistake. My behaviour on the English Wikipedia was inappropriate. How do I delete my existence on English Wikipedia? — Preceding unsigned comment added by JoshuaReen (talk • contribs)

@JoshuaReen: Welcome to the Teahouse. We all make mistakes at first here and we all live with that. Your contributions history is nothing to be ashamed about. It indicates that how much you've improved yourself since you made a mistake. But some of your edits can be suppressed if they raise privacy concerns. They can be suppressed by Oversighters. The policy of oversight can be found here. You can email them from here. Sincerely, Masum Reza☎ 00:19, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
@JoshuaReen: If you want to stop editing Wikipedia, you may be able to request a courtesy vanishing which, while it doesn't delete your account(which is not possible), it randomizes your username. However, as stated by Masum Reza, everyone makes mistakes and as long as you learn from them, you're okay as far as others are concerned. 331dot (talk) 14:06, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

donations ceasing

good day,

I would like to stop sending donation via my credit card. please advise how I can stop sending Wikipedia and your affiliation companies my money. I have been trying to locate the correct information to do this myself, but I cannot see it on wiki once I login.

thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by FFragala (talk • contribs) 2019-05-04T16:12:26 (UTC)

Hello, FFragala. You can find instructions here --ColinFine (talk) 15:29, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

Changing wiki article title

How to do this, please? The article is mine as regards origination. In the years since I started it, what it's about has changed title, so the article should match.

I asked this question over a year ago and every time I open the article I see a message saying there's an answer - but I've never found out how to access answers!

Now I'm trying the Teahouse in the hope that questioners have less trouble accessing any answers to their questions!!!

So - please tell me, someone, how to edit a wiki article's title. Thanks in advance Eric Deeson (talk) 17:58, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

Currently, Patients and public involvement (PPI) David notMD (talk) 18:38, 4 May 2019 (UTC)
Hello, Eric Deeson. You change the name of an article by moving the article. --ColinFine (talk) 18:57, 4 May 2019 (UTC)
I've moved the article so that the title matches the content. I hope this is OK. Dbfirs 20:46, 4 May 2019 (UTC)
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