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Thanks, Jbschev (talk) 02:04, 5 March 2014 (UTC)
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value, just as noted on the linked help page. -- Gadget850 talk 02:12, 5 March 2014 (UTC)Hi. I want to add our non-profit organization to wikipedia. Basically just with the address/map (googlemaps, maybe?) and contact info. I have no idea how to do this. Help! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Primitivepursuitsithaca (talk • contribs) 03:27, 5 March 2014 (UTC)
I'm not sure what I just did, but I know this is a very stupid question!
I just submitted an awards page for an actor, but the title was incomplete when I submitted it (an accident). However, it was approved anyway. I just went to "move/rename" the article to the complete title, but in doing so I selected the format to be "Wikipedia." This is now at the start of my title, and I don't know if I just changed the format of my article. Can I un-do this move or change something where it doesn't have "Wikipedia" at the start? I'd like to keep my new title, but without the 'wikipedia' domain. — Preceding unsigned comment added by RichWatt (talk • contribs) 05:58, 5 March 2014 (UTC)
Thank you, this is PERFECT! I was able to transfer my new information to the existing page(List of awards and nominations received by Jeremy Renner), & it looks great, title and all. Thank you again! — Preceding unsigned comment added by RichWatt (talk • contribs) 06:29, 5 March 2014 (UTC)
@Anon--I agree, the information from the existing article is definitely not replaced, just reformatted--all the info (date, what prize, category, etc.) that was there before is still there, but it should be much more updated now and hopefully easier to read than before. I hope this is alright — Preceding unsigned comment added by RichWatt (talk • contribs) 06:51, 5 March 2014 (UTC) --RichWatt (talk) 06:56, 5 March 2014 (UTC)
Hi,
I work for an organisation with operations in different countries? Is it valid to create a Wikipedia company profile for each major country of operation? Pls advise. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Asbbb (talk • contribs) 06:03, 5 March 2014 (UTC)
Hi,
Thank you for the clarification. I went through Wikipedia's guidelines for Organizations, and there is this guideline, which says:
"You can also submit a draft through the Wikipedia:Article wizard, if you feel strongly that you can meet the requirements of neutrality and sourcing. However, be aware that even in a user subpage or through the article wizard, advertising is forbidden, so you should not create a draft unless you are reasonably certain you can do so within Wikipedia's expectations. Do not be surprised if such a draft ends up deleted as advertising, and be willing to adjust your approach.
If you have little or no experience with editing on Wikipedia, please realize that starting new articles that are not soon removed can be very difficult for new users. Wikipedia has a lot of policies and guidelines that are not very obvious and may trip up new users who start from a blank page. The result is that we delete many articles from Wikipedia every day; see Why was my page deleted? A gentler introduction to Wikipedia is to begin by making small edits to existing articles, to gain experience and understanding before adding new articles, and to demonstrate a good faith interest in helping the Wikipedia project and not just your own organization. See our Cleanup and Maintenance pages for lists of articles that need work. You may also request adoption by an experienced user who will help you learn to edit productively here. If you can find a similar organization that already has an article about it, then examine its style and tone and its wikisource and use that as a model for building your article. Take your time and build your article in a page under your own userpage. When you are ready, have an experienced editor review it and then deploy it by copying it into as a regular article with an appropriate article title."
So, according to this guideline, it seems organisations are allowed to have their own article provided they adhere to Wikipedia guidelines. Pls clarify.
I also see individual Wikipedia article pages for companies such as Microsoft and HP for their countries of operation (e.g. Microsoft India, Microsoft, etc.). So, is it not possible to create such Wikipedia articles for our company too? Pls clarify. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Asbbb (talk • contribs) 08:08, 5 March 2014 (UTC)
hi Our Company profile (Arab Banking Corporation) page is out of date, and we have posted a modification but they are still under review for a long time. link
Our Corporate Communications department wants to have the ability to update this page instantly because they are the most appropriate entity that can provide up to date information.
Regards — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mohdbh (talk • contribs) 09:32, 5 March 2014 (UTC)
Please, how can i list our organization on Wikipedia directory`````` — Preceding unsigned comment added by Goodmarriage (talk • contribs) 09:40, 5 March 2014 (UTC)
You can also see WP:NPOV,WP:! and WP:YFA. Signed -- Yutah Andrei Marzan Ogawa123|UPage|☺★ (talk) 11:32, 5 March 2014 (UTC)
HELP!, the book I created is gone, now lets get serious, I created a book and I put many article/pages in it, then after leaving it for many days (or maybe a few months, 2 or 3 maybe, don't really know what time) When I opened up book creator, the book was essentially gone, can someone help me, I put my work and time in to it, and to realize it is lost is disappointing, moreso if it is lost forever to history. (:-( ☹ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Andrei Marzan (talk • contribs) 11:25, 5 March 2014 (UTC)
How can I TOTALLY delete a page so it is unsearchable on Google? My page 'Paul Rooney artist' was deleted but still appears in Google searches, which is confusing as I have submitted an undeleted article entitled 'Paul Rooney (artist)' which does not appear in searches! Please help. Many thanks, Onfadingout. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Onfadingout (talk • contribs) 13:11, 5 March 2014 (UTC)
Sometimes when I see something like [[Page Name]] in the edit window it is a clickable link to the page. Other times it is not. Does anyone know why this is and how I can make all such links clickable? --Guy Macon (talk) 14:16, 5 March 2014 (UTC)
Gentlemen: Your post card photo and information about the Altoona Tribune newspaper offices states that it was located on 11th Street at 12th Avenue. This is erroneous. The Tribune Office Building was located on 12th Street, between 11th and 12th Avenue on Green Avenue (alley). From 11th Street to 12th Street, Green Avenue narrowed down into an alley. Herman Nagle — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.140.112.78 (talk) 14:40, 5 March 2014 (UTC)
Hi. I'm having technical problems clicking the lower "markup" bar in edit mode ('insert, wiki markup, symbols etc...). For example, clicking [[Category:]]
it appears [[Category:[[Category:]]]]
, clicking ((Reflist))
the result is ((Reflist))((Reflist))
, for <noinclude></noinclude>
the result is <noinclude><noinclude></noinclude></noinclude>
, and so on... This double result does not appears in other WP, Commons, Species etc (I checked) and the upper bar ("redirect, signature, gallery"...) has no problems. Thanks for the attention. --Dэя-Бøяg 16:45, 5 March 2014 (UTC)
Hi, I found two articles about the same individual: Shekou Touray and Shekou Momodou Touray. Not sure how to go about nominating them to be merged? Thanks --Flaming Ferrari (talk) 18:13, 5 March 2014 (UTC)
Hi I had contributed to one particular WikiPedia Article. The article was about the place in India, where certain interesting historic events(Battle) had taken place. This contribution had come from the years of my research about the place. I am not from India. I was in UK when I did that research as a part of my Doctorate thesis. Anyone can imagine how much it took me to thread the pieces of the history. It costed me so much time, money and connections.
I thought I have done with that Article, so did not pay much attention in 2013. But when I visited that Article to pull some references, I saw that someone replaced the total article. It seems that there is another place with similar name. Someone has scrapped the whole article and replaced with the information about that another place. I could not find in the history who and when it was done. Now the article history does not have any of the references for the changes done for the original place. When searched for the place, it goes to this new article. I also had provided the Link to this place in all the articles where this battle was mentioned. Now those links are pointing to this new wrong place.
How do I revert the article back? I am afraid, that even if I do it, the author of other article will do the same and revert my changes.
I have Wikipedea code for the original article.
Ez darren (talk) 22:33, 5 March 2014 (UTC)EzDarren
←This seems to be a recurring issue with this page (second time a history merge has been required between the two articles), there must be some conflict in the name of the article, and people are copy/pasting over the redirect. The article you are looking for is located at Argaon, it has all the same information, just a different title. --kelapstick(bainuu) 23:15, 5 March 2014 (UTC)
I would like to upload a Youtube video to an existing page. How do I? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ronmor47 (talk • contribs) 23:10, 5 March 2014 (UTC)
I'm a regular editor at the Spanish Wikipedia and only come around here every now and then. Today I noticed I had been thanked for an edit I didn't make. Can anyone help me? It's really strange Thanks in advance!--Facu89 (talk) 23:29, 5 March 2014 (UTC)