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I hope this is the right place for general wikimarkup questions, sorry if it isn't- I used to edit other wikis a lot and I swear there was a way to take the self-updating list of all the pages in a category that you'd actually find on the relevant Category: page, and include (transclude?) it in another main-namespace page as a template or similar. I can't figure out at all how to do it, though. Am I remembering wrong? -Skaramuche (talk) 00:43, 9 February 2016 (UTC)
In the course of reviewing articles for AFC, I have added a very large number of pages to my watchlist, most of which I have no continuing need for, such as users who submitted drafts and the drafts themselves. I spent considerable time marking pages on the watchlist for unwatching, and then unwatched them. However, what I would really like is a way to mark all of the pages of a given type (e.g., user pages), and then unmark only those that I want to unmark and so keep. Is there a way that I can mark all user pages or all draft pages, and then unmark them selectively, rather than marking them selectively? Robert McClenon (talk) 01:03, 9 February 2016 (UTC)
Related to the above question is a question about drafts in general and draft redirects in particular. Some of the large number of drafts were redlinks, and some were in italics. I know that the drafts listed in italics are redirects, typically to the article after it was promoted to article space, or possibly to a different name. Am I correct that these redirects will stay in Wikipedia indefinitely unless the article creator tags the draft redirect for speedy deletion, although that a bot fixes double redirects? Also, some of the drafts were redlinked. Presumably the draft existed when I (without a conscious action) watchlisted it, possibly by moving it or adding a decline template to it. Am I correct that draft redlinks have had either of two fates? Either the draft has since been deleted (whether speedily or by MFD), or the draft has been promoted to article space and its creator requested speedy deletion of the redirect from draft space to mainspace? It does appear that many drafts last a very long time and are commonly abandoned, and may be tagged as abandoned drafts, but I also see that a few editors have rescued abandoned drafts from speedy deletion by a third-party removal of the speedy template. (I guess some editors think that drafts should be preserved just in case.) Robert McClenon (talk)
Please see this link to the article: Rola (model) The details of the problems that I list below can be found in the link above.
According to Wikipedia’s policy of biographies of living persons, the paragraph addressing Rola’s Father’s Arrest violates the policy above and “must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page” for the following reasons:
1. It includes “contentious material about living persons” 2. The information is “potentially libelous” 3. The sources and citations for numbers 13, 14 and 17 are invalid. The link to the webpages do not work. 4. It does not adhere to the policy of “Biographies of living persons must be written conservatively and with regard for the subject's privacy.” 5. I would also like to raise the point that this information has the “possibility of being harm(ful) to (living subjects) (and this) must (always) be considered when exercising editorial judgment.” 6. Because Rola is a public figure, there is a lot of information out there to include about her, but this incident about her father’s arrest is not relevant to her career and/or to her celebrity persona. In fact, her father’s arrest has nothing to do with her talent or what she is famous for.
This material about Rola’s Father’s Arrest has been repeatedly inserted back in, after numerous efforts of trying to delete the information, resulting in the page becoming semi-protected and unable to edit. Therefore, I have no choice but to report the issue. Please help to permanently remove this information from Wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Libera2016 (talk • contribs) 07:01, 9 February 2016 (UTC)
Hi, good day, I am trying to create a Biography from scratch and the formatting I am having difficulty in. Here is an example of what I am trying to achieve, for the bio I want to create, Bruce Lee The old code I was using is ((subst:Member Bio Template)) and it was not working. Please guide me as soonest and thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kezel3 (talk • contribs) 12:25, 9 February 2016 (UTC)
Does anyone know the template on German Wikipedia for ((CN))? Please ping me when you respond. --Jax 0677 (talk) 14:27, 9 February 2016 (UTC)
Hello. Although I am familiar to editing Wikipedia, I am not an administrator. However, recently I have come across a few biographies of living persons in a certain category (while editing another biography) that seriously raised a red flag as to their inclusion on Wikipedia. I have stated my reasons on the subject's talk page and placed a deletion tag for discussion at the head of the article itself. Wondering if another editor in an administrative capacity could take a look at the notability of the subjects: [2] and [3]. Neither meet the requirements for Notable people under the entertainment (music) guidelines on musicians, composers, groups, etc. The occupation on one does not even coincide with the subject. Thank you. maineartists(talk to me) 10:22, 9 February 2016 (UTC)
How do I clear this error message and add two products?
Hello-
I am currently working on a Virtual Reality report and would like to use this image: Six degrees of freedom for the note.
Could I please have written permission for this?
Thank you,
Reagan
Hi, Reagan. There is no need for permission to use an image that you know is in the public domain. However, you are apparently writing a report, so you should do two things:
You can do both at once with a brief footnote like this:
*Image six degrees of freedom. This work has been released into the public domain by its author, Horia Ionescu at English Wikipedia. retrieved from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:6DOF_en.jpg .
I'm not sure whether this is the right place to ask, but I couldn't find any help desk on Wikidata so far.
I have found that when I click on "Edit links" in the "Languages" section on the left menu of a Wikipedia article and am taken into Wikidata, clicking the "Edit" button on the "Wikipedia" section doesn't provide me with a helpful interface that automatically completes entries for me as I type. Rather, I am expected to know the arcane Wikidata syntax from memory. Usually, when I go back to the Wikidata page and refresh the page in my browser, I get the helpful automatic interface.
Is this a problem with Wikidata or my browser? How am I supposed to edit Wikidata without the helpful automatic interface anyway? Is anyone else having this problem?
And is there any help desk on Wikidata itself I could ask this question in? JIP | Talk 19:58, 9 February 2016 (UTC)
Hello. I have an issue when I try to sent e-mails through my wikipedia e-mail. The message that I get is: «Your registered email address ***@***.com has been unsubscribed due to multiple message delivery failures. You can verify your email address again.» Unfortunately the technicians in el.wikipedia.org don' t help me. I can receive e-mails but I can't sent e-mails. Even when I confirm my e-mail address, the problem isn't solved even temperately. I've changed my e-mail address but nothing happened. Could you please help me? Thank you --Ανώνυμος Βικιπαιδιστής 20:12, 9 February 2016 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ανώνυμος Βικιπαιδιστής (talk • contribs) 20:12, 9 February 2016 (UTC)
Thank you David Biddulph for your answer. I have problem with both, Greek and English Wikipedia. --Ανώνυμος Βικιπαιδιστής (talk) 07:44, 10 February 2016 (UTC)
I have prepared an article in my sandbox for review and hopefully posting, but I have not been able to upload the photos and graphics to accompany the article. I am logged in and have had my account for a number of months. However I get an error message when I've filled out the necessary fields in the Media upload dialog box. Please advise.
William O'Daly (Wodaly) Wodaly (talk) 21:30, 9 February 2016 (UTC)
I have just been shown this article on Facebook and was just a little upset, I am an ex soldier, served my country and crown and would have given life doing so if it had needed be. What I do find very 'Racist' and very upsetting and disturbing is that your article 'White Pride' implies that being white and proud to be white is to be racist, now even though I was brought up in a semi strict religious background does NOT make me religious, being baptised as a baby and not having a choice does NOT make me religious so being born white to white parents does 100% NOT make me a racist or a white supremacist, I would like this article to either be removed or reworded so that it does not imply that being white makes you racist or a supremacist in any way or form. Thank you, Stephen [details removed] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.106.95.241 (talk) 23:16, 9 February 2016