November 25

hello, I recently made edits to my draft of the entry for Agnieszka Kurant and I don't see anywhere i can add this for review? Here is the article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Agnieszka_Kurant — Preceding unsigned comment added by Avantgaertner (talk • contribs) 04:56, 25 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, if you consider that the page is ready for mainspace and that it complies with all the requirements of WP:NOTABILITY and WP:MOS then you can add ((subst:submit)) at the top of the page, which submit it for review. If you have not done so, please read WP:REFB in respect of correctly adding references and WP:CITET for templates and parameters used. Please sign your posts on talk pages by typing four tildes (~~~~). Thank you and good luck. Eagleash (talk) 05:14, 25 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Im making a draft for a copyrighted unreleased game titled return of the Obra Dinn. I downloaded the title screen and wish to put that as the image however it isn't my own work and I am unsure how to go about this YuriGagrin12 (talk) 16:51, 25 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

May be suitable as a non-free media? Since Wolfenstein 3D have in-game screenshot. However, seem it is a matter of "why it is require to have that image uploaded" in order to fill the template parameter. Matthew_hk tc 17:03, 25 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Matthew hk: But I want to put some images down because it is from the creator of 2 very popular video games and I want to use this to demonstrate its use of 1-bit display. But where do I upload the title screen? YuriGagrin12 (talk) 17:42, 25 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

If Return of the Obra Dinn did not have its article and unreleased, make sure you are not promoting the product. Matthew_hk tc 17:44, 25 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Matthew hk: Promoting it? How? I found it notable because the creator has made 2 other very popular games which both have their own articles, I want to upload some pictures because the game uses a 1-bit display and by uploading the pictures the potential article could demonstrate that. But where(if its okay) can I upload the picture? YuriGagrin12 (talk) 17:50, 25 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Since the game did not have an article. It seem no place for any image from the game appeared in wikipedia. Please read also WP:Non-free media. Matthew_hk tc 17:56, 25 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, you had uploaded as File:ReturnoftheObraDinntite.gif. Matthew_hk tc 18:15, 25 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there,

There has been a very nice external resourse to create incoming links. http://edwardbetts.com/find_link/

Unfortunately, it seems to be off-line forever.

Is there any other way for me to do so? I initiate many new articles and want to create incoming links to them from other pages, so my articles are well-incorporated into the whole ecosystem. I have looked through help pages and tutorials but failed to find any clues.

Cheers! Lamro (talk) 18:37, 25 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Lamru. Just to understand your query properly, are you wanting to promote your Wikipedia articles on external internet sites, so that your articles get more views? If that's the case, then I would say Wikipedia would not promote such attempts. In the same way as we are against external link spamming and have a policy against using Wikipedia for promotion, we would perhaps not desire our editors to do just that on other websites using our links. Having said that, please do liberally correct me if my initial understanding of your query is mistaken. Thanks, Lourdes 19:52, 25 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I think the question relates to find link which appears not to be working. Eagleash (talk) 19:58, 25 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I don't want to promote my articles. My problem is different. When I create new articles, I want to search Wikipedia to find mentions in other Wikipedia articles and create incoming links to my new articles. There has been a good resource to do so, but it is no longer active. Is there any other way for me to do so? Lamro (talk) 06:42, 26 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Eagleash. Lamro, I don't know if this is what you're looking for, but have you tried the linksto function in the search box? For example, if I type "Millie Bobby Brown" -linksto:"Millie Bobby Brown" in the search box, it would give me a list of articles that contain the term "Millie Bobby Brown" without a link to the actual article. But yes, you'll have to edit each article and insert the said link manually (unless you would be comfortable using AWB to block process the same). Do tell if this works for you. Thanks, Lourdes 17:00, 26 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• Lamro, hello again. For your benefit, I've created a script that you can install for quick support. The script would add a link titled "What doesn't link here" to the left-menu toolbar. Clicking on the link searches out articles where possible backlinks may be created for the current page. Hope it helps. Thanks, Lourdes 14:49, 27 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
• Just a quick update Lamro. Post some quick feedback I've obtained from MB, I've changed the script name and the script legend. Would request you to delete the old script from User:Lamro/common.js and add the new script as described at User:Lourdes/Backlinks. Thanks again and please feel free to ask me for any help. Warmly, Lourdes 02:47, 28 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I have changed the script. Now I need some time to get familiar with it. But it seems to work properly. Thanks for your help! I guess the tool that you have written should be available for everybody as it adds real value. Lamro (talk) 06:56, 28 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I've added the script to Wikipedia:User scripts/List and as an additional tool at Help:What links here. I guess anyone interested will reach the script to install it. Thanks, Lourdes 08:06, 28 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

should i delete dead links or should i just mark them thanks if it says permanent dead links should these stay or not — Preceding unsigned comment added by Actinoide (talk • contribs) 21:18, 25 November 2017 (UTC) (modified by Actinoide 25 November 2017 21:31)[reply]

Mark them. They may be recoverable, especially through Internet archive. See WP:Linkrot 7&6=thirteen (☎) 21:20, 25 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Mark them. That there was link rot doesn't change the fact that they were references before. Read WP:AGF. Respect the work of prior editors. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 7&6=thirteen (talk • contribs) 25 November 2017 21:40 (UTC)

@Actinoide: I have removed the dead link and refilled in 1 bare reference at Clearwell Caves for you. SA 13 Bro (talk) 21:57, 25 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Actinoide (talk • contribs) 22:01, 25 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hi,

Just a quick question: are we allowed to have social media in the external links of a biographical article?and a blog?

--Railfan01 (talk) 22:39, 25 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Railfan01: Read WP:LINKSTOAVOID and WP:ELBLP, Facebook social networking sites normally are avoided, except for an official page of the article's subject. SA 13 Bro (talk) 23:16, 25 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

November 26

I am extremely anxious to see what happens here. But, there's little participation since thew last two re-listings. Can you help by taking a look and participating? Aditya^{(talk • contribs)} 01:14, 26 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

This must be an accsident User:Isac16/sandbox displayed in the page "Category:Plants ecology". Linkkerpar (talk) 07:02, 26 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Linkkerpar: Fixed. Thank you for bringing this up. --NeilN ^{talk to me} 07:12, 26 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The song "Tracks and Lines" is by Eric Clapton and appeared in the movie "Rush" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:281:C700:8B99:5853:91E2:516F:C44D (talk) 07:34, 26 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Yes it did. That's the 1991 movie, not the 2013 James Hunt vs Niki Lauda Formula One film. What is your question please? Eagleash (talk) 11:55, 26 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I was planning on using a reference relating to a magazine, but the magazine reference number which is "74470 12797" with two 0's between the number with 1 0 at the top. Can someone please tell me what's going wrong? The barcode on the front cover of American Cinematographer; but where is the number Im looking for? Can someone please construct a template in which I can use? Many thanks --Bartallen2 (talk) 11:19, 26 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Which parameter in the template you want to use? barcode is not equal to ISSN. Matthew_hk tc 11:22, 26 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note Previously asked at Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2017 November 9#Help on Template:Cite magazine. Eagleash (talk) 12:29, 26 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

If you cannot supply all the information just use the parameters you can. As long as you have the magazine name, issue date, title and page No. that should suffice. The ISSN is useful but not absolutely essential per WP:ISSNs. Eagleash (talk) 12:29, 26 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Unless there is a namesake of American Cinematographer (or export version/ online ver. have different issn), may be just c&p the issn value in the wiki article, and fill |work=, |date=, |issue= |page= from the front cover and which page the article was located. With the latter parameters, even without |issn= is sufficient. Matthew_hk tc 12:47, 26 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Well I'm planning on using the American Cinematographer October 1, 2017 magazine references from Pages 46-55; so can I use an individual reference link for each page on an article? But I'm just curious which template I may use, can someone please give me an example? Many thanks to everyone!--Bartallen2 (talk) 14:56, 26 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

((cite magazine|title=[]|pages=46-55|date=[]|issue=[]|work=American Cinematographer|publisher=[])) Matthew_hk tc 15:18, 26 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

and using Template:rp Matthew_hk tc 15:39, 26 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I would like to register with Wikipedia I keep putting my username and password but Wikipedia won’t accept it .what is the problem please — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.152.87.127 (talk) 11:47, 26 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

There could be several different reasons. In order to answer your question, you'll need to let us know what message you receive when you try to create a new account with your proposed username. Deli nk (talk) 11:54, 26 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hello,

I'm working on an infobox for a scientist in the Irish Language version of Wikipedia and I'm having some problems with bullets. I'd like to make sure they work, but at the moment I'm getting a funny formatting glitch where the first point is a * and the subsequent points are normal bullets. I'd like to make them all consistent and whilst I could drill down into the html to sort it out, I wondered if anyone had any ideas how to make it work better using the source editor? An example of the issue is here: https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ir%C3%A8ne_Joliot-Curie.

Thank you very much! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eolaíocht (talk • contribs) 12:59, 26 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Eolaíocht: An asterisk must normally be at the start of a line in the generated wikitext to start a bulleted list. It's not enough that it's at the start of a line in a template call if the template doesn't return it at the start of a line. But there is an exception mentioned at the first bullet at Help:Template#Problems and workarounds. You could use this and for example replace (({réimsí))} by ((#if:1|(({réimsí))))}, where #if is an arbitrarily chosen parser function to get the mentioned exception. It must be repeated for each parameter potentially being bulleted. It's not elegant but the best I could come up with. It would be simpler to insert a newline before (({réimsí))} in the template but then the value moves down a little in the infobox if it's not bulleted. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:04, 26 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Eolaiocht. The first thing to say is that each language Wikipedia is entirely separate, not only in its rules, governance etc, but also in its templates (and sometimes, in the particular extensions to the software that those templates may use). So, you are not in fact using ((infobox scientist)), but ga:Teimpléad:Bosca Sonraí Eolaí, which might happen to have been created as a translation of the enwiki template, but might be a completely independent creation, with different arguments and implementation. So asking on the English Help Desk may not get any useful replies. I don't know where to direct you, since there don't seem to be any help pages on gawiki. Maybe ga:Plé úsáideora:Guliolopez, the talk page of the editor who made most of the edits to that template?

However, in general, I'm not entirely surprised that you have this problem, because I have seen other problems where special characters used in templates get treated as the first characater on a line when they shouldn't, or vice versa (which is what has happened here). Do you have a reason to expect that the 'réimsí' argument of that template will accept a bulleted list? Have you seen it used elsewhere? Sorry I can't help more. --ColinFine (talk) 16:06, 26 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hello PrimeHunter and ColinFine. Thank you both for your very helpful responses.

ColinFine - I would expect that réimsí could accept a bulleted list or at least multiple answers as it means 'Fields' as in fields of research etc. I do appreciate that asking on the English help desk was a long shot, I just thought it would be worth a stry. The Irish version of wikipedia needs a lot more work but I want to make my contributions of a high quality and to be consistent in formatting. Great suggestion to ask ga:Plé úsáideora:Guliolopez, thank you. I'll head over to their talk page.

PrimeHunter I've had a play with (({réimsí))} and I don't think I'm using it correctly but the workaround using the line breaks is really helpful (see https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosalind_Franklin for example).

So the following works:

|réimsí=

• Cheimic Fhisiceach
• Criostalagrafaíocht

But variations on

|(({réimsí))}

• Cheimic Fhisiceach
• Criostalagrafaíocht

don't work? I'm sure I'm missing something obvious!

Thanks so much again both.Eolaíocht (talk) 17:24, 26 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Eolaíocht: I mean you should change the code in the template itself so callers don't have to worry about what to do. Change the exact code I posted: (({réimsí))}. It occurs once in the template. PrimeHunter (talk) 17:40, 26 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Alas Islands seems to have a ((unreferenced)) box on it that says “This article does not cite any sources.” But looking at the article source, I don't see where this box comes from. I want to remove it. I have checked the other templates it uses to see if one of them was including it, but if they were, I couldn't see how. Similarly, the article is in Category:Articles needing sources, which I suppose comes from the same place. Can someone please explain what is going on here? —Mark Dominus (talk) 14:50, 26 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

It was using template:unreferenced instead of template:reflist. Fixed.MB 14:57, 26 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

At the time the question was asked it was using ((references)), which in turn redirects to ((unreferenced)). --David Biddulph (talk) 01:36, 27 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hello

How we can report a change on an article form a non-logged in user?

They keep adding inacurate information on a Bio.

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eliasjansen (talk • contribs) 14:59, 26 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note This appears to relate to Mihalis Safras. Eagleash (talk) 15:21, 26 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Eliasjansen: This appears to be mainly a content dispute, although that added by the other editor is markedly POV and not reliably sourced. Please do not continue to edit war over it as this could well land you in difficulty irrespective of the merits of the edits. You should attempt to engage the other editor at the article talk page or his own talk page. He has not been sufficiently warned as to his behaviour as yet, but the situation has gone past the point where warnings are likely to deter him. Your comment as to non-logged-in user seems a little odd, most of the changes seem to have been made by a registered account. For future reference you can report ongoing vandalism at WP:AIV or serious issues which require admin attention at WP:ANI. Please sign your posts at talk pages by typing four tildes (~~~~). Thank you. Eagleash (talk) 15:21, 26 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Eagleash Thanks a lot for the reply. BUt I see only an IP 62.74.9.43 that reverts the edits on teh article. The sources providedPOV are poor and not every single poorly proven article can be credited on Wikipedia. SO how can an unregistered user be warned? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eliasjansen (talk • contribs) 16:08, 26 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I've warned the user about this. Normally you would probably be warned as well, Eliasjansen, since we find edit-warring very problematic. Discussion is always the preferred means of dispute resolution. However, per WP:3RRNO, I (as an administrator) would be inclined to avoid sanctioning you, as the content is 1) potentially libellous, and 2) poorly sourced. This edit, for instance, where the subject includes a quote that the subject "is considered to be one of the most high-profiled rip-off artists and the most productive techno plagerism producer on the planet" I find very problematic. Not only do I not see that quote in the reference listed, I would question the validity of residentadvisor.net as a source. Is it reputable? Mainstream? Is it just a blog? The other user has also used this as a reference, which I think is problematic as well, because interviews are considered primary sources, and we typically don't rely on primary sources for contentious content. If a mainstream publication were analyzing the claims on their own, that might be a different story, and then editors might be able to incorporate some of of the interview into the article, but right now this looks like a "one guy is accusing the subject of plagiarism" situation, and Wikipedia doesn't need to get involved in that. I've asked PeterSorin to open a discussion on the article's talk page. Please participate in the discussion if he does open one. Thanks, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 16:25, 26 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Eliasjansen: As noted by Cyphoid, the majority of edits have been made by PeterSorin... several of which have been reverted by you. You can check who has edited the page and when, by clicking on the 'view history' tab at the top of the page. An anonymous (IP) editor can be warned in the same way as any other contributor, by leaving messages or templated warnings at their talk page. See WP:WARN for more information in respect of the latter. It is not good practice to leave templated warnings at the page of a regular editor (or one with an account). Eagleash (talk) 17:29, 26 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hello you helpful bunch, I was under the impression that if we were to use pull quotes (See Vijay (actor)#Filmography), the quote has to already appear in some intuitive spot elsewhere in the article. Is there a guideline on this? I can't for the life of me find it. Thanks for your sleuthing, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 15:41, 26 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I think you mean Vijay (actor)#Philanthropy, Cyphoidbomb. I can't find any guideline at all about the use of pull quotes (which I had to look up to find out what you were talking about). My first thought was that they have no place in Wikipedia at all; but then I realised that the example you point to is very much like including a photo. --ColinFine (talk) 16:21, 26 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Whoops, yes, wrong link on my part. Thanks. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 16:27, 26 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

MOS:BLOCKQUOTE and ((cquote)).

—Trappist the monk (talk) 16:44, 26 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Neither of those says anything about pull quotes, Trappist the monk: they are about formatting, and some do's and don'ts. --ColinFine (talk) 19:15, 26 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Was mentioned at MOS:BLOCKQUOTE until this edit. The RFC redlink in the edit summary should have linked here.

I think by definition, a pull quote 'pulls' from the main text. The quotes in Vijay don't appear to meet that definition – they are simply block quotes of stuff someone said or wrote and so their use is governed by MOS:BLOCKQUOTE.

—Trappist the monk (talk) 19:46, 26 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Not a major malfuntion or anything, but is it possible to change the colour of the highight for text found with ctrl+F? Atm it's a slightly dull light green; something brighter would be cool. Happy Sunday all! — fortunavelut luna^{Rarely receiving (many) pings. Bizarre.} 17:29, 26 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

ctrl+F search is a browser function and not a Wikipedia function, unless you mean in some editing tool which hijacks ctrl+F. Try asking at Wikipedia:Reference desk/Computing and remember to say which browser you use. A browser solution would change it all websites. If you for some reason only want to change it at Wikipedia then I don't know whether it's possible. PrimeHunter (talk) 17:51, 26 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks PrimeHunter; just to clarify, I don't want to change ctrl+F, just the colour the results are shown in. I thought maybe a script if not in preferences. Much the same as administrators can be shown in blue and wikimarkup in mauve, as I currently see in my open edit screen; it's rather colourful actually  :) Thanks for the help though, — fortunavelut luna^{Rarely receiving (many) pings. Bizarre.} 18:05, 26 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia does not see your CTRL-F, does not know that you are searching, and doesn't highlight anything. It's entirely the browser, Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi. --ColinFine (talk) 19:21, 26 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Ah! Ok then. So it's my browser that allocates a colour to highlight with? Thanks both, as I said not that important, but would help my failing sight :) — fortunavelut luna^{Rarely receiving (many) pings. Bizarre.} 19:32, 26 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know what browser you use, Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi, but here is a discussion about changing this on Firefox. It's not something that is readily made available to users to change, but you can do so if you wish. --ColinFine (talk) 00:25, 27 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Jat is a warrior race of central asia. Jat is a dominating farmer community of Indian sub continental and found in mainly three regions such as Hindhu, Sikh, and Muslim. Jats are blessed with good height and physics and they are considered first grade armyman, sports man and agricultural community of india. Jat is offspring of great ancient warrior race the massagetae which was ruler of scythia ( modren day russia). Jat is known by many names_ jats, jatt, jutt, getae. Jat is ethnic community not caste of hindhu religion like barhamins, Rajputs and some lowest castes of india. According to some Historians and genetic experts, jat is a 3000 years old mixed race of massagetae, medes, white huns and Turks. DNA of Jat community had been originated in central asia and jats were first rulers of united punjab as they had conquered big lands from scythia to mathura of Uattar pradesh 2500 years ago. Jats produced some world famous emperors such as chandergupt, Great ashoka, shailaindra Harshvardhan from bains clan of jats. Emperors monga was first ruler of Indo/scythian empire of jats. There is no mention of the verna of jats in hindhu manuscript in which castes had been registered as barhamin, kshatriya, vaisha, shudra and dalits as jat was not product of hindhu society. There is a mention of jats in the Hindhu holy book Dev Samhita written by great barhamin scholar Pundit gourkh kumar in which jats had been regarded as devta, kshatriya, savior and prime rulers of the central asia. Jats never accepted verna and remained outside the orbit of verna system as a pure warrior race. Two great jat emperors_Maharaja Surajmal singh and Maharaja Ranjit singh of united punjab decimated the military influence of mugals and british kingdom in united Great INDIA. Great Bhagat singh and King Mahinder partap singh, World's two greatest revolutionaries, were the proud member of jat community. Jat big land lords( zamindar / Jagirdar) waged wars against Invaders, mugals and British and lost lives of 50000 brave jats. Some anti jats and biased writers tried to distort great jat history but failed to achieve the desired results. No other community above the jats in terms of bravery and martial skills. Jats have earned goodwill in politics, sports, science, social reforms, military and agriculture. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Veer of ranthambore (talk • contribs) 20:18, 26 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia has an article Jat people. Maproom (talk) 20:27, 26 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know about the Jat community being the pinnacle of bravery and martial skill, but I do know that "The people of Bagh are brave, courageous and skilled, especially the artificers in the field of bakery & confectionery." So, try to swallow that pill... Cyphoidbomb (talk) 04:27, 27 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

What actually you want to ask, @Veer of ranthambore:? Matthew_hk tc 18:43, 27 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

To add to the above, Veer of ranthambore, I've had to revert your original research additions to Haryana. Please read up on Wikipedia's core content policies before resuming editing on Wikipedia. Feel free to ask for any further assistance, but do please go through the reading material I've linked to first. Thanks, Lourdes 03:17, 28 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

If a photographer gives permission to use his photo with no limitations as to its use on the internet, what category should be used when uploading? Creative Commons? Thank you, Barry Raphael — Preceding unsigned comment added by Barryraphael (talk • contribs) 20:49, 26 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Barryraphael: Hello, you will find information on licensing here (assuming that is what you are asking about). If it is still not clear, then you could go to the link to 'Village Pump' at the left of that page where regular Commons editors should be able to help you. There is also a link at the left to upload the file and the upload wizard should help you through the licensing procedure. It is preferable, but not essential, that files are uploaded to Commons. Please sign your posts on talk pages by typing four tildes (~~~~). Thank you. Eagleash (talk) 10:56, 27 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

How do I merge my current article to the article that existed on this topic? Also, It says I have a URL value error, how do I fix that error? — Preceding unsigned comment added by JoeNathan94 (talk • contribs) 20:49, 26 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Probably related to this Teahouse thread. Maproom (talk) 21:44, 26 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

November 27

As a member of the staff at Caroline Charles, I request for this page to be deleted.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline_Charles — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A00:23C4:5003:B00:C451:F145:C54F:A819 (talk) 00:01, 27 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hello IP, The person who the page is about or yourself can't request a page be deleted just because they don't want it. Wikipedia articles are based upon what has been written about the subject in independent reliable sources (any unsourced material is likely to be deleted). An article would only be deleted if certain criteria are fulfilled. I see a request was made for deletion but was reverted as reason given was same as you have requested here. However, any unsourced or poorly sourced information in an article on a living person can be removed by anyone, including you, immediately. NZFC^(talk) 01:38, 27 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

... but if you are a member of staff you need to make a paid-contribution disclosure before you make any further edits. --David Biddulph (talk) 02:39, 27 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2A00, "we" sometimes agree to delete a biography on request per something called WP:BIODEL, but that applies to "relatively unknown, non-public figures", and per my reading of the article, that is not the case here. She released a memoir, and The Guardian wrote about it. That´s "public". The article seems ok to me, perhaps a little WP:PROMOTIONAL but not glaringly so, and at a glance the sourcing is decent. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 09:00, 27 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I started the article on Maryn McKenna. When I first started the article I was very new to wikipedia guidelines. So I naively posted a biopic to the article without knowing I had to get permission. However, I am DMing Maryn McKenna personally for permission to add a biopic. How do I prove this so I can add a biopic to the article? Book Portal & Talk 16:52, 17 March 2016 (UTC) 05:12, 27 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

BookPortal, basically, the person who owns the copyright (usually the photographer) has to "give" it to us themselves, which means they´re also giving it to almost everybody else. This is why so many of our articles on actors have fan-pics from Comicon etc. Hopefully Wikipedia:Donating_copyrighted_materials#Donating_your_photographs can get you started. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 08:18, 27 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

She's going to give me a picture to use this afternoon. So after she gives me the picture she wants to use, do I upload the picture and then a screenshot of her permission? Book Portal & Talk 16:52, 17 March 2016 (UTC) 14:37, 27 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The way to do this, is get the photographer to email in a OTRS to us. It is simple. A template is here: E-mail template for release of rights to a file. Get the photographer to send this off and then upload the image stating that an OTRS has been submitted. Just submitting and image supplied by Maryn McKenna will most likely get deleted very quickly. You also need to declare on your talk page, your connections with Maryn McKenna. After all, you could be anyone and spouting nonsense and end up getting a ban unless we know your credentials. Hope this helps to clarify the right way to go about this. Aspro (talk) 17:46, 27 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Where's the recent large discussion where some people proposed to delete the whole Wikipedia:Reference desk? Thanks. --Daniel Carrero (talk) 10:54, 27 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)/RfC: Should the Reference Desks be closed Nanonic (talk) 11:40, 27 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hello I have been away for some time and now I'm back with more recent information about the artist could you please help guide me through the process of editing the draft? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hardsylelovers (talk • contribs) 11:11, 27 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• Note seems to relate to Draft:Dj Diamstat.

@Hardsylelovers: Hello, I have left a welcome message which includes some useful links at your talk page. Please study all those links carefully and also WP:REFB, WP:YFA, WP:MOS and WP:GNG. You should also find articles about similar subjects and see how they are laid out etc. Please return here if you have any specific problems which you need help with. Thank you. Eagleash (talk) 13:54, 27 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Hardsylelovers: Also, see WP:IB for a list of infoboxes. Eagleash (talk) 14:32, 27 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Dear friends, I'm Essa Zahir (actor, artist, author) I created my own page from 2009, re-editing it when needed since. My page always appeared on google Search right at the top. But about two years ago, it just vanished overnight not even appearing on further pages on google (2,3,4 etc).

Please can you tell me how this has happened?

And, how can I get it to re-appear on google?

Many thanks- ESSA ZAHIR. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Essa Zahir (talk • contribs) 15:39, 27 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Essa Zahir: Hello, all of your edits seem to be to User:Essa Zahir. This is not a Wikipedia article and has far as I can see has not been one. It is a page in your userspace and as such will not be indexed by Google. It could be a basis for a Wikipedia draft, but would need a considerable amount of work before it could be accepted into the encyclopedia. You should also read WP:COI and WP:AUTOBIOGRAPHY if you wish to continue the page as a draft as well as WP:YFA, WP:GNG and WP:REFB together with WP:UP in respect of what you can have on your userpage. On another note it would not be 'your' page, but Wikipedia's page about you which is constructed around what has been written about you in independent reliable sources. Wikipedia has little if any, interest in what a subject has to say about itself and you would be required to suggest edits to the page rather than editing it yourself. Sorry, not to be more encouraging. Please sign your posts on talk pages by typing four tildes (~~~~). Thank you. Eagleash (talk) 16:46, 27 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Userspace pages got the noindex tag by default in 2015 after discussion at Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)/Archive 126#Userpage drafts shown in search engines. That's why it vanished from Google and we don't want to change that. PrimeHunter (talk) 17:30, 27 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Essa Zahir. I think you are making the (unfortunately very common) mistake of thinking that Wikipedia is in any way connected with your online presence or promoting yourself. It is not, and may not be. If we ever have an article about you, it will not be your article, it will preferably not be written by you, and it will be based almost entirely on what people who are unconnected with you have chosen to publish about you. Please read the links Eagleash has provided to understand better what Wikipedia is and how it works. --ColinFine (talk) 17:38, 27 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

You should also note that a user page should not pretend to be an article. The page can tell other editors something about yourself (in the first person), and about how you intend to improve the encyclopaedia. Google should never have indexed your user page. You can't get it to appear on Google. Dbfirs 18:39, 27 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note The userpage has been deleted as speedy U5 not webhost. Eagleash (talk) 02:58, 28 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Good Evening, I have got a few questions:

• Can a biographical article with sources can be nominated for deletion for a lack of sources(WP:BLPPROD?)?
• What can I do if an article is nominated for deletion in an unwarranted manner?
• How to remedy to this problem?
• Can it be considered as Vandalism?

Thank You for you answers,

--Les Yeux Noirs (talk) 16:55, 27 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

This seems to relate to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Marina Osman where the only rationale for deletion is given as "BLP/PROD" which does not apply if an article has just one ref. in support of one statement. @Les Yeux Noirs: At this point you should just make your point (as you have done) at the deletion discussion. The disc. will be reviewed by an Admin. before closure. Eagleash (talk) 17:07, 27 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thank You very much --Les Yeux Noirs (talk) 17:14, 27 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Marina Osman is a WP:AFD nomination and not a WP:BLPPROD nomination. The nominator mentioned WP:BLPPROD and probably shouldn't have but WP:AFD is a different process where any article can be nominated. A WP:BLPPROD nomination doesn't have a page to discuss the nomination but just places a tag on the article. The common standard an article should satisfy at AFD is Wikipedia:Notability or a subject-specific guideline like Wikipedia:Notability (people) or Wikipedia:Notability (music). Do not strike the comments of others like you did in [1]. People can strike their own comments if they retract them but there is no sign of that here. PrimeHunter (talk) 17:22, 27 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, can you help me please. How do i create a citation-note, based on a online-available official pdf-document (wich is in german-language)? --Tonialsa (talk) 17:32, 27 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Tonialsa, Help:Referencing for beginners has some quick tips that you can use. Thanks, Lourdes 17:36, 27 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, I will read there. Best Regards, --Tonialsa (talk) 17:39, 27 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Tonialsa! I think your question is a bit more specific, in that it might need a follow-up question rather than a simple link to Help:Referencing for beginners; which unfortunately provides no assistance with your particular situation (unless I'm missing something - and I read it all, too). Did you find what you were looking for? What WP article are you trying to create your citation-note; and what link references your online PDF document?Maineartists (talk) 17:56, 27 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately i didn´t find there, what i´m looking for. I seek a template, wich allow me to use the URL, the Page-format (PDF), the Date, the Page where the information is to find, and the autor, the date. In deWP look this like that: <ref>((Internetquelle|url=http://www.statistik.rlp.de/fileadmin/dokumente/berichte/A/1033/A1033_201522_hj_G.pdf|titel=Bevölkerung der Gemeinden am 31.Dezember 2015 - A1033_201522_hj_G.pdf|werk=statistik.rlp.de|seiten=15|datum=2015-12-31|zugriff=2017-11-27|sprache=de|format=pdf))</ref>. Because I rarely write anything here, its important for me, to use the right remplate, i didnt want to make mistakes here, in enWP. --Tonialsa (talk) 18:06, 27 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

If you look at the interlanguage links from de:Vorlage:Internetquelle you'll see that it links to Template:Internetquelle, which has parameter names in German, whereas the equivalent with parameter names in English is Template:Cite web. --David Biddulph (talk) 18:13, 27 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

WOW! So easy?! I think that is, what i was looking for! I didnt know that, many thanks to all of you! --Tonialsa (talk) 18:21, 27 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I understand that country-specific articles should use the currency of that country, but in an article about India should I use 'Rs 15 crore', like the newspaper articles use? Or should I translate it to Rs 150,000,000? Leschnei (talk) 18:46, 27 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Relevant MOS is Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Numbers_as_figures_or_words. You can use the words lakh and crore, but in the first instance of use link the term and provide a conversion. It is suggested to provide a conversion for all uses if it is not overwhelming. If you do not use the words, you should always write "150,000,000" instead of "15,00,00,000". Xenon54 (talk) 18:54, 27 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Great, thanks User:Xenon54

Hello, i want you to look at the source-code of Worms, Germany. Can anyone here explain me, why the old citation:

"Gemeinden in Deutschland mit Bevölkerung am 31. Dezember 2015" (PDF). Statistisches Bundesamt (in German). 2016."

is still in the article? I didnt find it in the source-code.

Regards, --Tonialsa (talk) 19:00, 27 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

It's coming from the template ((Metadata Population DE-RP)), which is included by ((Population Germany)), which is included by ((Infobox German location)). Bruto (talk) 19:53, 27 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, ok, seems pretty difficult to me. --Tonialsa (talk) 20:01, 27 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

how do i sighn up — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.218.149.225 (talk) 21:08, 27 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, there is no 'membership' as such, anyone can edit Wikipedia within it's conventions etc. If you are asking how to become a registered editor, then you should see a link at the top of any page you view as an anonymous editor "create account", click that and sign up. It's very easy and makes your editing easier and communication with others easier too. Eagleash (talk) 21:13, 27 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I have tried to add a file in the Ancestry section of Lord Hussey - it has not worked. please fix if you can. Thanks Srbernadette (talk) 22:06, 27 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Srbernadette: I have added the file. You may wish to alter the layout (don't 'squeeze' the text between images). For future reference if you go to the file at Commons (where you uploaded it) you will find a ready made correctly formatted link to use to add the file to a Wiki. page. Eagleash (talk) 22:35, 27 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Other editors have already altered your really good presentation. I preferred yours! Please check ref 1 which I have not done. It looks to be in "red:. Thanks 203.132.68.1 (talk) 22:51, 27 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Yes I have been in discussion with another editor. The images are now in a gallery which is a bit neater and does not stack the images. The first ref has just not been defined...someone has just added it as a ref name. I will remove it and add a citation needed tag for now...it refers to her period of activity as an actress, which I believe she announced recently was to end...specifically in her role in Suits Eagleash (talk) 23:06, 27 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

It's been fixed in the meantime. Eagleash (talk) 23:08, 27 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

November 28

Is the page Draft: Valley Water Mill Lake published yet and if so why does it still say draft? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Valley_Water_Mill_Lake ThanksSWMO Fishin (talk) 01:06, 28 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@SWMO Fishin: The page is not 'published'. If you consider it is ready for mainspace, you can place ((subst:submit)) at the top of the page which will submit it for review. (I have done some minor tidying). Eagleash (talk) 02:37, 28 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I need to create a bio for Sean Connolly, candidate for CT gubernatorial election. There is already a Sean Connolly in Wikipedia, but it is not the same individual. Is it still possible to create this page? CTDem2018 (talk) 01:38, 28 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@CTDem2018: Please read WP:YFA on how to create an article, and then use the article wizard there to create a draft for review. The person you seek to create an article for must be Notable. If you have any connection to the candidate, or are being paid for this work, you will need to disclose that. RudolfRed (talk) 01:45, 28 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I have added a file (photo of Hampton, New Hampshire beach) and it has failed. Please help. Sorry 203.132.68.1 (talk) 02:37, 28 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

It looks as if you copied that from an infobox somewhere (including the parameter name and formatting) which is why it didn't work. If you did, please read WP:CWW and check whether you need to make an appropriate edit summary. It is not OK to copy from other Wiki pages without attribution. Eagleash (talk) 02:54, 28 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Disambiguation problem! Please add a warning at the top of both of these pages that there is ANOTHER Wikipedia page titled Christopher Hussey. Maybe the page titled Christopher Hussey (died 1686) should be re-titled and called Captain Christopher Hussey. Thanks 203.132.68.1 (talk) 04:10, 28 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

There's a rather more serious problem than disambiguation. You've modified the article to suggest that Meghan Markle has a great-great-great granddaughter, which I must say seems somewhat unlikely. When you've fixed that, please see WP:DLINKS for disambiguation templates. Try them first in the sandbox. If they're giving you fits, feel free to come back to the help desk. Rivertorch^FIRE_WATER 04:27, 28 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict) Dates of death (or more usually, birth) are commonly used as disambiguation. You could add a hatnote to each if desired. Please see WP:HN for how to do this. Eagleash (talk) 04:31, 28 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I am struggling with hat note. I will try to understand hatnote. I have fixed up the genealogical mistake. Please help with hatnote if you have time. I will go to bed now. Thanks 203.132.68.1 (talk) 04:49, 28 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Her name is Cristina_Vee. It talks about her ancestry in her personal life section. I added categories for instance American actresses of Mexican descent to her page. Why was it deleted? I also added a reference for actor Ray_Santiago saying her is of Latin American descent in his personal section. Could someone add the date of the article in the reference please? I'm not very good computer savy. Thank you. 2001:569:7671:F100:707F:2D10:916:B2CC (talk) 05:45, 28 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]