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On 26 July 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Viriditoxin, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that viriditoxin may be able to inhibit cancer growth? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Viriditoxin. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Viriditoxin), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Aoidh (talk) 00:02, 26 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hello Michael,

How can we go about correcting misinformation on the West Ranch High School Page?

I tried to correct it myself and did not do it correctly. I now understand why I was banned from editing on Wikipedia and I apologize. Can you make this change, or direct my how to request that it be made?

West Ranch High School Stevenson Ranch California

This information is incorrect: Since the high school did not have a mascot at the time, the class of 2008 chose the wildcat to represent the school and because the movie High School Musical, which had come out 2 years prior to West Ranch’s first graduating class.

How can we change it to this? The school mascot and colors were selected by a steering committee of student leaders in the spring of 2004, prior to the opening of the school.

Thank you so much,

Robert Vincent --Principaltill2014 (talk) 19:07, 29 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Robert Most of the relevant details are now on your own Talk Page. Let me try to explain, as an uninvolved editor here. First, it would help you to change your mindset from "West Ranch High School's Page" (implying ownership, as if a school's website) to "a Wikipedia article about the school, written entirely based on sources like these".: please read the linked items. Once you've read those, you should understand why your edits to West Ranch High School were reverted by experienced editors: they came across too much like promoting the school rather than neutrally stating some facts, with references. To many people's surprise, Wikipedia isn't interested just in truth but gives more weight to its core policy of verifiability. Hence what you "know", or I "know" is irrelevant - articles here are based on what's been published in reliable sources.

So, what can you do to add to the article? As someone with a conflict of interest, you should not edit it directly but instead make any suggestions you have at Talk:West Ranch High School, stating in a simple way what you think should be added/removed or reworded. To draw attention to your suggestion(s) there is a template you can use to be found at the link ((edit COI)). If you click on that link, you'll see how exactly to structure the request. Make sure you provide references for any new material: the school's own website is fine for some types of information (see this guidance). You should find that your request is handled within a few days. By all means come back to me in this thread if you have more questions. I would also advise that you place a COI template on your own User Page - currently the redlink User:Principaltill2014, which you create by clicking on that redlink and adding something. I suggest, at minimum, placing ((UserboxCOI|1=West Ranch High School)) there. Mike Turnbull (talk) 12:09, 30 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hello, Michael D. Turnbull. Thank you for your work on 3-(Difluoromethyl)-1-methyl-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxylic acid. User:SunDawn, while examining this page as a part of our page curation process, had the following comments:

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✠ SunDawn ✠ (contact) 21:26, 30 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks, @SunDawn. DYK is the next step, along the lines of "DYK ....that six agricultural fungicides are amides of a specific pyrazole carboxylic acid (shown)? Mike Turnbull (talk) 10:02, 31 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi Yarvell Acquanetta Cheatum I 'm star artist actor with my voice my mic on both side of my face area and stomach one on my upper tigth on right side of the leg; I need to add my information to my page Companies is looking for my information with my net worth KESHIA is my nickname and it's spelled all kind of ways need help with finishing my page Yarvell is my real name. My marriage show up on some of my information Yarvell Scott I'm DIVORCED 12/09/2014 Kimberly Michelle Pate is on my information need to looking this one ASAP --KeshiaYarvell (talk) 17:27, 5 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@KeshiaYarvell If you are this person you can forget about having an article about you in Wikipedia. There simply are not enough sources meeting these criteria that are published about you. Wikipedia is not to be used for promotion. Stick to social media for that. Mike Turnbull (talk) 17:36, 5 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Dear mentor,

I just translated a page from English to Chinese. When I tried to link my translated page

https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%80%8C%E6%A6%AE%E8%80%80%E8%97%9D%E8%A1%93%E3%80%8D%E6%96%87%E5%8C%96%E5%8B%B3%E7%AB%A0%E7%8D%8E%E7%AB%A0

to its original page

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medal_for_Merit_to_Culture_%E2%80%93_Gloria_Artis

, the page says I have no authority to do so, or the page has limit edit. I am looking for help or advice. Thank you so much.

Yours sincerely, Eleni --EleniXDD (talk) 10:31, 30 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@EleniXDD Nice to have a question at the limits of my competence! I'm not sure how much of this stuff you know already, so I'll work through it slowly. Links between the multiple language versions of Wikipedia are handled in Wikidata, so the page you need to edit is this one for Q1702885. That page is protected to prevent vandalism and can only be edited by accounts with >10 edits and over 4 days old. You may not have passed that threshold when you tried to do the edit but as far as I can tell, you should be fine now. But there is an oddity in Wikidata I don't understand. When I navigate to a Wikidata page such as this one for a list article I created recently I see "edit" icons all over the place, including top right where I could add another language link if a foreign-language version of my list was available. On Q1702885 I can see no such "edit" options, despite the fact I can readily edit other standard semi-protected pages and I already have 31 edits to Wikidata! My conclusion is that semi-protection in Wikidata limits editing much more than it does elsewhere. I think that your best bet is to contact Wikidata editors at Wikidata:Wikidata:Project_chat, summarising what we've said here. I'll be interested to know what they say.... Mike Turnbull (talk) 11:12, 30 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Dear Mike,

Thank you so much for your detailed explanation and advice XD. I have concluded the scenario and submitted it as a bug in the Project_chat. Hopefully, there will be a solution to the problem, and I will update you on that. Have a nice day!

Regards,

Eleni EleniXDD (talk) 15:07, 30 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Wow, they have replied and edited the source for me. The reply is as follows, "That item was is protected and you are not autoconfirmed at wikidata. I've done that for you." I have double checked the criteria for autoconfirmed users --- at least 4 days of age and at least 50 edits (90 days and 100 edits if editing through a Tor node) EleniXDD (talk) 15:14, 30 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@EleniXDD That's interesting. Semi-protected locks here on Wikipedia (see my link above) allow people with 10+ edits and 4+ day-old accounts to edit. Wikidata seems not only to require 50+ edits but these must be edits at Wikidata itself: which even I don't have and I've been editing Wikipedia for 5+ years! Mike Turnbull (talk) 15:21, 30 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I have further added a comment, asking for the edit requirement for that specific page. Looking forward to the reply. I am also curious about the exact requirement as well. I will update you when they reply me XD EleniXDD (talk) 15:40, 30 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The reply is as follows "Wikidata has a 50 edits requirement to be autoconfirmed, not 10. Each site calculate edit counts and account age separately, not added. You can check your account age and edit count on each site at here"

I guess they mean the requirement is 50 edit, which I didn't meet. EleniXDD (talk) 03:09, 31 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

50 edits in wikidata*

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth?target

This is the website they gave me to check all my edits in each site. EleniXDD (talk) 06:20, 31 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

You can also check this one:[1] Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 14:12, 31 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Gråbergs Gråa Sång The bit that's still mystifying me is where Eleni actually asked and was answered at Wikidata: their contribution history shows nothing and I can't find any relevant stuff on the chat page.... Mike Turnbull (talk) 14:27, 31 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

...logged out edits? Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 14:31, 31 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

You might suppose so but I still can't see any relevant discussion at Wikidata:Wikidata:Project chat nor in the edit history of the editor there who made the link to zh wikipedia on Q1702885, assuming that they were the same person. Mike Turnbull (talk) 14:37, 31 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

hahahaha, actually I asked in the bug report page of the project_chat. Here it goes.

https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T345264

It is just now I realised in the link you sent me earlier, down below there is a discussion section. I kind of ignored it at first, and went to the bug report. EleniXDD (talk) 03:25, 1 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Gråbergs Gråa Sång Interesting! Phabricator edits are not shown in the global contributions at the xtools link. Mike Turnbull (talk) 11:37, 1 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hah! I have 70, but then again, I'm at 10+ years, so my account is older than, for example, Wikidata. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 14:07, 31 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

send you the talk : @Theroadislong Thanks. As Turnbull commented, really speaking, actually I want to update my Article:Ramakrishna Mission Brahmananda College of Education. But I have some doubts and so I ask him few questions at the Teahouse Platform. Supriyomj16022008 (talk) 17:00, 31 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Supriyomj16022008 Please don't continue in this section of my Talk Page. I've made another comment in the Teahouse thread and you can ask more questions there if necessary. Mike Turnbull (talk) 17:18, 31 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Dear Mike,

   There is another problem that I want to seek advice from you. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liu_Duan_Duan This is an article page I created yesterday, usually when article has been created, if you search key word + wiki in google, it can be shown.

     However, when I try to search this article in google or other browser, it never shows up. It can only be shown if I search it internally in Wiki. I wonder if it is because I accidentally made it as "Draft" in the beginning. 

    I am looking forward to your advice. Thanks

Regards, Eleni --EleniXDD (talk) 07:57, 1 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@EleniXDD This is entirely normal on the English Wikipedia. Editors like you (or me) can directly create articles in the main encyclopaedia without going through the review that drafts get if the WP:AfC process is used. However, such articles are marked as "no-index" to search engines until they have been reviewed and approved by a group of experienced editors called the new pages patrol. Articles will by default be indexed 6 months after their creation in the unlikely event the NPP miss them. Some editors (not me or you yet) ask to have the "autopatrolled" right: if granted, that means the articles they create get indexed immediately. Looking at Liu Duan Duan, I'm afraid that you may find that the NPP have a harsh opinion and may WP:DRAFTIFY it. As it stands currently, it is poorly sourced: normally articles need at least three separate citations that meet these criteria. So I suggest you quickly try to improved it to that standard. Mike Turnbull (talk) 09:49, 1 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Dear Mike,

Thank you for your insightful feedback, I will definitely go and modify the page.

There leads to another problem --- I rename the page, so now there's two. Although before the action, it is stated that when pressed the old one, it will be redirected to the new one, unfortunately this doesn't work all the time. Sometimes article involve the name Liu Duan Duan directs to the old page, Do you think I should work on both pages or I just leave the old one alone. Or should I propose to delete the old page? Thanks a lot XD

old one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liu_Duanduan

new one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liu_Duan_Duan EleniXDD (talk) 11:14, 1 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@EleniXDD I see that you have tagged Liu Duanduan for speedy deletion, which is fine. The alternative would have been to convert that page to a WP:Redirect, which would have been reasonable if this was a likely search term that readers might accidentally or deliberately type. Mike Turnbull (talk) 11:31, 1 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thank you for all the constructive advice XDD I have really learnt a lot. I am so lucky to have a mentor like you :)) EleniXDD (talk) 14:39, 1 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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TheLonelyPather (talk) 14:45, 6 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Waxworker said I haven't bring any reliable sources when I "Dollface" in "The Tom and Jerry Show (2014 TV series)" page and probably won't allows me to undo her removal. Dollface is actual character in "The Tom and Jerry Show (2014)" voiced by Julie Wittner. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:The_Tom_and_Jerry_Show_(2014_TV_series)#c-Waxworker-20230908222200-ElectricStormFire86-20230908221800 Can you talk to her? Because Dollface is an actual character in the Tom and Jerry franchise, not some kind of a fan made character. ElectricStormFire86 (talk) 22:34, 8 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@ElectricStormFire86 It is pointless going to the Talk Pages of editors at the Teahouse who have been trying to help you. We are generalists, giving advice based on our knowledge of Wikipedia's procedures, not the specifics. As Colin has said, we advised you how to take this forward. We have no knowledge or interest in Tom and Jerry characters. If you can't achieve consensus with Waxworker, then dispute resolution tells you how to pursue this. The relevant Wikipedia policy is this one: you cannot add information you personally know to be true unless you can back that up with a published, reliable source you cite. If you can't find such a source, then regrettably the information cannot be included. It may surprise you to know that Wikipedia focuses on verifiability, not truth. Mike Turnbull (talk) 12:09, 10 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi! I came across your reply at the Teahouse where you mention that the contribution history of the IP editor has no draft associated with it - you can often find contributions that appear missing for an editor contributing from an IPv6 address by adding /64 to the end of the URL to their contributions page. For this particular editor, that would be Special:Contributions/2601:5C0:C380:4980:BD25:9843:27D3:B53C/64, which does list a draft. The /64 IP range is the typical size assigned to a single network, and because ISPs typically assign IP addresses dynamically, a single user is likely to contribute from many IPs in the range over time. Tollens (talk) 01:06, 9 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Tollens Thanks, I was vaguely aware of that but I'll now put a reminder on my UserPage. The draft in question Draft:Carol A. Mullen has a rather chequered history and I've commented on it several times before. It is currently being made worse, not better! Mike Turnbull (talk) 10:13, 9 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Did you got my message last night about Waxworker's unruly and seemingly unfair behavior saying that I had provided unreliable sources? ElectricStormFire86 (talk) 23:05, 9 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Yes. However, no editor here is obliged to reply within a given time period, or even at all. We are in the main volunteers with lives outside of Wikipedia. On Talk Pages, reply times of up to a week are common, even for active editors like myself. That's why the best venues for seeking assistance are those like the Teahouse, which many experienced editors watch, so that general and accurate advice can be given quickly in almost all cases. Mike Turnbull (talk) 12:13, 10 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi Mike

I have relisted Nonmetal at WP:FAC, if you have time to comment. Thank you, Sandbh (talk) 06:49, 24 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

How do I up load images --Imtiaz Hendrix (talk) 20:21, 30 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Imtiaz Hendrix Most of the images used in Wikipedia are hosted at the sister Project, Wikimedia Commons, which has an upload wizard at this link: commons:Special:UploadWizard. The main mistake which new users make is to claim that they are uploading their "own work", when in fact they don't own the copyright to the image: copyright is usually owned by the person who took the photograph or drew the diagram, etc. You may not under any circumstances upload to Commons some random picture you found on the Internet. There are some very limited circumstances where images or logos are uploaded to the English Wikipedia for use only here: see WP:NONFREE for the (complicated!) rules. Do you want to upload something you took with your own camera? That's the simplest case. You might like also to tell me what you intend to do with your image, so I can give further advice. Mike Turnbull (talk) 12:57, 1 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 08:04, 16 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi, thanks for the suggestion about the map of the Province of Canada that you gave me earlier this month. It's better than the existing one I found on the Commons. Have now uploaded it: File:Province of Canada.JamesWyld.ca1842.jpg Appreciate your help! Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk) 18:54, 21 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Mr Serjeant Buzfuz Happy to have helped! Was there any reason you uploaded such a low-resolution version? The file at the archive source here can be expanded to full-screen (via green arrow) and then zoomed to show incredible detail and it would be nice to have one of the high-resolution versions on Commons. Mike Turnbull (talk) 20:44, 21 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The reason is that I'm a techno-peasant! I'm barely able to upload stuff. What did I do wrong? Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk) 20:57, 21 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Plus, the uploaded version now has a grey bar along the bottom of it. I have no idea why, or how to crop it? Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk) 04:19, 22 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Mr Serjeant Buzfuz I can upload a higher-resolution version in about 10 days: at present I'm on holiday with limited internet access! There is a good crop tool in Commons but I suggest you don't worry about that at present. If you go ahead and incorporate your current map in whichever article you had in mind, it will automatically update when I upload the better version. Mike Turnbull (talk) 07:17, 22 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

That would be great, thanks. No rush. I’m working on a draft article, which is the only place I’m using the map so far. Not sure when I’ll upload the draft to article space. Have a good vacation! Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk) 10:49, 22 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi Michael, the other editor that I asked about it has already fixed it: User:WikiPedant, who has been helpful in the past as well. Thanks for pointing me to the Wyly map; it's now uploaded without the bars. Hope your holiday goes well. Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk) 21:42, 27 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Hello Michael, I am absolutely new to Wikipedia , I would highly appreciate if you could help me get started on posting my article related to spirituality. I am unable to load the images as well?

Thanks , Peace & Blessings --Spiritualsoul1969 (talk) 11:55, 8 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi Spiritualsoul1969 and welcome to Wikipedia. Your edit here is the only one I can see in your account's history. As a new editor I would recommend you use the articles for creation process to create a draft article (click that link for details). However wholly new editors who jump straight in to create articles often regret doing so. It is much more difficult than it may appear and my strong advice would be to start by helping to improve existing articles on topics that interest you e.g. spirituality or one of the articles in the Category:Spirituality: there are lots to choose from! In a moment, I'll add some useful links to your Talk Page but if you have further questions please post them here. Uploading images is for a later time: it won't influence whether or not any draft article is accepted, as that entirely depends on the notability of the subject as defined by Wikipedia. Mike Turnbull (talk) 13:11, 8 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

.... I see that someone else has added a number of links to your Talk Page, so there's no need for me to do so. Mike Turnbull (talk) 13:25, 8 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

hello 👋

I'm Chloe Ashley Butac ❤️

Student and MAY I ask if how I can put an picture in this wikipedia --Chloe Ashley Butac (talk) 12:17, 16 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi @Chloe and welcome to Wikipedia. There are two parts to adding pictures to articles. The first is to find a suitable image in the extensive collection held in Wikimedia Commons. You can use your Wikipedia account to upload your own pictures there if you can't find something suitable but it must be something you have taken with your own camera or drawn yourself because of copyright: most images you might find on the internet are not suitably licensed. Commons has lots of Help Pages about this. My own contributions are at this link to Commons. The second step is to edit the article to include the code that specifies which existing picture is to be used. There are very full instructions for this at Help:Pictures. As you have not made any other edits from your account yet, I suggest you start getting used to how things work in general by beginning the tutorial at Help:Introduction. I'll also place some introductory links on your Talk Page. By all means come back here to ask me about anty details you are unsure of. Mike Turnbull (talk) 12:41, 16 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Hi Mike, I was wondering if I could pick your brains about organophosphate pesticides. The current organophosphate article is largely devoted to the dangers of thee things, but as far as I can tell most of them seem to have been regulated out of common use. Bensulide and Acephate still seem to be important, but parathion looks to be long gone. Do you still keep track of this area? Does that assessment ring true to you? Project Osprey (talk) 14:49, 1 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I don't follow most pesticides closely, only those where I've created or extensively edited their articles (see my UserPage for many examples). The simplest source of information on actual usage is for the US at this URL, which is a list linking to pesticide usage maps (latest=2018/9), several of which I've placed on Commons and update from time to time. I can see immediately that, for example, tribufos (no WP article) is still used at millions of pounds per year on cotton. In general, I stay clear of upper-level articles like organophosphate or pesticide as I don't want to get into pointless arguments with the anti-pesticide lobby who only see costs and not benefits. I prefer to edit articles on individual chemicals and recently created the list of insecticides and list of herbicides after noting that we have long had one on fungicides but were missing the others. So, yes, I can point you to sources but I don't have current info in my head. Mike Turnbull (talk) 18:33, 1 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

That's ok, I only asked because your bio gave me the impression that you might have worked in this area at some point. Thanks for the link, it's a lot of info to try and make sense of but hopefully useful, at list I have a complete list. The whole area is a mess, pesticides seem to stretch the terminology to it's limit - phosphoramidothioates like Acephate are generalised to organophosphate. The page will have to explain that. I edit top level pages with some reluctance, they often have gatekeepers and I tend to burn the pages down and start again, which causes much anxiety. Also, it takes ages to do, I've been working on a rebuild for months, and likely still will be into next year. Hopefully worth it though. --Project Osprey (talk) 11:08, 2 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Project Osprey To be clear, yes, I did work on agrochemicals for my whole career but never specifically on organophosphates: pyrethroids were the up-and-coming topic when I started out. I think that the reason acephate gets lumped in with organophosphates is owing to its mode-of-action, which is of course cholinesterase inhibition. Mike Turnbull (talk) 11:31, 2 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Well I've redone much of the page, (more to come later). Time will tell if this amounts to kicking over an ant hill... --Project Osprey (talk) 00:52, 8 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi Michael :) I'm looking to interview people here. Feel free to pass if you're not interested. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 19:06, 1 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Just signed up and saw that I get you as a mentor! Such a cool way of doing that! No specific quesitons rn but I love that Wiki did this! :) --Mrhutch83 (talk) 00:01, 3 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

User:RJFF/Thita Manitkul The user who reverse his biography is the same person who had hidden his daughter biography.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:MobileDiff/1188421338

This should be the version that collect ? His education reform brought many awards to Thailand .How could UNESCO sources is unreliable? ทีมกฎหมาย (talk) 14:18, 6 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@ทีมกฎหมาย You should take up the issue on the article's Talk Page: Talk:Sukavich Rangsitpol to reach a WP:CONSENSUS about content. User:RJFF has been following our normal bold, revert, discuss process. I think that their concern was that your large addition of details about the Golden Triangle has little to do with the biography, and is WP:UNDUE in this context. Mike Turnbull (talk) 14:39, 6 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Then he should delete only my edit but This politician was our education reformer .He delete everything.ทีมกฎหมาย (talk) 14:50, 6 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@ทีมกฎหมาย The edit summary was "Revert back to NPOV, reliably sourced, concise, well-formated version in intelligible English" so RJFF clearly thought that the article as it then stood was deficient in many ways. The way forward is still to use its Talk Page. Mike Turnbull (talk) 14:54, 6 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Do you think the following is not reliable sources? If is not well formatted version in intelligible,he could correct the formatted but he deleted the information and reverse to deformation version.

== Awards and recognition ==

1. 1995 Thailand Education Reform
2. 1996 "During his trip to the Philippines, H.E. Mr. Sukavich Rangsitpol was conferred an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Education by the Philippine Normal University. His will to reform education and strong leadership in educational management were highly commended."^[1][2][3]
3. 1997 ACEID awards for excellence in education^[4]
4. 1998 Educational innovation and information^[5] ทีมกฎหมาย (talk) 15:05, 6 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

ทีมกฎหมาย (talk) 15:05, 6 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Golden Triangle (Southeast Asia)

The United Nations (VIENNA) announced that “South East Asian and Chinese Ministers Step up Joint Efforts To Fight Drug Production, Trafficking, Abuse Cambodia, China, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam Endorse UN Initiatives “^[1] The Golden Triangle was one of the world's two largest opium producing areas in 1995. Line 117: Because of his education reform for all Thai children,he have journeyed tens of thousands of kilometers, visited thousands of schools and talked to tens of thousands of students teachers and school administrators. While he was in the northern Thailand he learned that the UNDCP, the subregion has been experiencing a recent upsurge in abuse of heroin and synthetic stimulants. After he help Them updated their drug control action plan to better reflect the current abuse, production and trafficking patterns in the region as well as recent developments in national and regional drug control policies mandated by the earlier plan.The earlier plan was adopted at a ministerial meeting held in Beijing in 1995. The UNDCP ‘s 11 projects in the areas of demand reduction, crop reduction and law enforcement. Was cooperating by the six countries since 1995.^[2] The delegation also suggested that investments in infrastructure and hotels would be better choice in the globalization world .^[3] There had been reported that the Golden Triangle (Southeast Asia) ‘s poppy cultivation decreased more than 80 percent from 1998.^[4][5]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:MobileDiff/1188421338 ทีมกฎหมาย (talk) 15:11, 6 December 2023 (UTC) ทีมกฎหมาย (talk) 15:11, 6 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@ทีมกฎหมาย Please do not post article content on my Talk Page. I can read the contents of your edit perfectly well in the history of Sukavich Rangsitpol. I have added ((talkref)) templates to your edits here so that the references will stay with the content they refer to. I have no knowledge of, or interest in, the subject of the article and you must discuss that solely on its Talk Page, not here. Mike Turnbull (talk) 16:08, 6 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hello Michael, Wiki shows the Nov 7, 1916 football score between Mississippi Normal College (now Southern Miss) and Mississippi College (MC) as MC 75, Southern Miss 0. However, MC records show MC 90, MS Normal (USM) 0. I'm highly certain MC's record is the correct one. Further, the game was stopped at the end of the 3rd quarter with MC leading 90-0. --MissCollegeFootball (talk) 16:58, 7 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi @MissCollegeFootball and welcome to Wikipedia. The edit here is the only one you have made, so I can't tell which article where you saw that information which you believe is incorrect. We discuss such issues on the Talk Page of the article in question, or alternatively you can edit the article to change the information to what you think is correct: provided you also add a reliable source for it (a process described here). Note that your own knowledge isn't enough, as sources we cite have to be published. In a moment, I'll add some links to your Talk Page which will help as an introduction to Wikipedia. Mike Turnbull (talk) 18:12, 7 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@MissCollegeFootball I've now tracked down the source for the score in our article 1916 Mississippi Normal Normalites football team. I'm afraid it confirms the 75-0 score. If that's wrong, you need to take that up with the website. Wikipedia relies on verifiabity, not truth. Mike Turnbull (talk) 22:03, 8 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

How do i create my own article about a person --Esthersilburn (talk) 18:16, 6 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Esthersilburn Welcome to Wikipedia! Apologies for the delay in replying: I'm on holiday with limited internet access. You'll get all you need to know by reading the advice at WP:YFA. For biographies of living people you also need to be aware of the policy here. To be honest, I would strongly advise you not to start learning how to edit Wikipedia by drafting a new article: it is much more difficult than it may appear and you would be better to try to improve several existing articles first to get an idea about how things work. If you are determined to try, please read this advice and start looking at the page for the teahouse, where inexperienced editors can quickly get help from others. In a moment, I'll add a message on your Talk Page where I'll place a few more useful links. Mike Turnbull (talk) 12:12, 8 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hey I don’t need help for now if that’s ok --Wizardmagic69 (talk) 20:11, 11 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Wizardmagic69 Welcome! Using me as a mentor is entirely optional, so I won't be offended if you ignore me. You'll find that any questions you have will be speedily answered at the Teahouse. Mike Turnbull (talk) 10:02, 12 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hey there! I ran across a article for which the note box on the top no longer seemed relevant, so I removed that box so that future editors wouldn't think their was still work to be done. Are there any particular guidelines on when to remove on of those boxes? when can I consider the issue to be 'fixed?' --Lotustheblooming (talk) 00:20, 13 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

(by talk reader) @Lotustheblooming: Thanks for asking! I reverted your edit to Plastic Disclosure Project (for example) because the article still reads like scummy ad copy. Typically, it's appropriate to remove a maintenance template when the issue has been resolved but the edit you made did not accomplish that. I, more than some, have doubts about environmental extortion rackets and their corporate greenwashing so that particular article needs work, which will be difficult because of the slant of extant source material. Deleting that article might make more sense. Problems like promotional tone are subjective so you might steer clear of those and stick to objective problems like orphaned articles, unsourced articles, etc. I am glad that you came to ask, as we're always glad to help new editors learn the ropes. Chris Troutman (talk) 01:07, 13 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Understood! It seemed like it had improved a lot from when that template was added, but not enough. Thank you for your response! Lotustheblooming (talk) 01:10, 13 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Lotustheblooming Apologies for the delay: I have been on holiday with limited internet access. I see that your question has been answered by Chris in the meantime. If you need rapid answers in the future, you could try posting at the Teahouse but don't hesitate to add more questions here on my Talk Page if you prefer. I usually reply within a day or so. Good luck with your editing! Mike Turnbull (talk) 13:47, 15 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

hi how do i make my own wikipedia page, ideally about me --Ongitsmikey (talk) 20:43, 19 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi @Ongitsmikey and welcome to Wikipedia editing. All editors are allowed to create what are called User Pages, where you can tell people a little about yourself, your interests, and what you intend to contribute to the encyclopaedia. To do that, just click on the currently redlink to your name and type in what you want to say, following the full content guideline here. Note that what you type is not part of the main encyclopaedia and won't be found by search engines. The word "page" is used here to mean a webpage: Wikipedians use the more restricted word "article" to refer to the biographies and other content that readers are mainly interested in. Autobiographies are strongly discouraged, for reasons explained at this essay and this one. Please read those carefully before you attempt to draft any attempt at an article about yourself: you are unlikely to pass the threshold for what we call notability, and if you did it would be better for some volunteer other than yourself to create it based entirely on already-published sources meeting these criteria.

Note that you are currently trying to edit without understanding Wikipedia policies and guidelines. I have already reverted one of your edits. The stuff you removed was not "random" but an important aid to readers who may have reached the Gemba article when they were seeking something related but different that could be found elsewhere. In a moment, I'll add some general links that you may find helpful onto your Talk Page. Regards. Mike Turnbull (talk) 14:04, 20 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Is it possible to make a page? --Rainingflowers (talk) 01:01, 22 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Rainingflowers Well, of course it is possible if by "make a page" you mean "create an article in the encyclopaedia about something": the English Wikipedia already has 6,774,564 of them! However, I would strongly advise against you jumping in to create a new article until you understand some of our policies and guidelines. It is more difficult than it may appear and newcomers who, for example, try to create an autobiography nearly always fail. In a moment. I'll place a few useful links on your Talk Page that will guide you to more advice. Let me know here in this thread if you then have further questions about any aspect of being an editor. Good luck. Mike Turnbull (talk) 12:11, 22 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

How to add image already exist in Wikipedia --Khalid Al-Saud1 (talk) 09:14, 23 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi @Khalid Al-Saud1 and welcome to Wikipedia. I see that you have already made some additions to the article Rashed Al-Khuzai and I assume that you want to add or change an image for one held on Wikimedia Commons, for example one held in Commons:Category:Rashed Al-Khuzai. The image in the infobox is changed just by replacing the image name where it currently says |image = Prince Rashed Al-Khuzai.jpg. For images in the text of the article, you need to wikilink the file name and put in various other parameters, as explained very fully at H:PICTURES. Most editors here find that making this sort of change is easiest using the source editor rather than the visual editor although the edit can be made in either. This page gives step-by-step instructions on using each editor. In a moment, I'll add some other useful links to your Talk Page, so you'll have them for future use. Good luck. Mike Turnbull (talk) 11:42, 23 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thank you so much for the advice I really appreciate it Khalid Al-Saud1 (talk) 21:01, 23 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]