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An editor keeps using primary sources like trademark applications and corporate databases to edit in the legal names of performers who are known by a stage name. Reliable secondary sources do not identify their real-life identities, but do say they "lead private personal lives". I’m not sure what to do, but this feels like an inappropriate use of primary sources, but I’m not sure if anything needs to actually be redacted. Umimmak (talk) 06:33, 20 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
update, I figured I should be cautious and report to oversight just in case; hopefully that’s okay. I’m not really sure when it’s being too cautious as I’ve never done that before. Umimmak (talk) 07:10, 20 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
How to Write Content in Wikipedia & Edits in Wikipedia?
I am Bhaskar Upadhyay
I was recently Creating account on wikipedia. Because I am new at wikipedia. I don't have any experience in Wikipedia. So, Please give a support to me for creating page, Edits & Links on Wikipedia. Assurmedpharma (talk) 09:03, 20 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
The issue I’m trying to solve is that the Learning Company brand has been passedaroundsomuch that a user searching for “The Learning Company” may be looking for any of five (and maybe more) companies depending on who owned/was using the brand at a given time. I do believe it is an issue that’s worth addressing because I’ve seen editors putting information on the wrong articles since sources tend to just refer to the Learning Company name/brand without always specifying the parent company.
trying to make a donation (yeh a small one). I use a vpn saying I am based in Glasgow. No matter how many times I turn the vpn off , restart or whatever else I try, your site insists I pay in pounds. I am actually in Australia, if you can offer a suggestion how I can pay in that currency, then I will donate. 2001:8003:AC60:3200:400E:C970:B62D:644D (talk) 11:56, 20 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Please direct inquires about donations to the email address donate (at) wikimedia dot org. We editors have nothing to do with the donation process. 331dot (talk) 11:58, 20 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
i see wiki users with when you click on their talk they have something like has edited this many is part of the reverting edits group how do i add that
@DMPenguin: when you see something interesting on a page (user, article, or other), you can look at the wikisource of the page by clicking the "edit" button to see how the page was constructed. To avoid actually editing the page, do not hit the "publish" button after looking at the source: just leave the page. -Arch dude (talk) 16:44, 20 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I was reading the Israel Shahak article in the Wikipedia app on my phone, when I noticed some problems in the last para of the Biography section. For example, the Wikipedia app on my phone displays the following text:
traitor, and enemy of the people.[g] traitor, enemy of the people.
Looking at the same article in Safari on a Mac, I see instead:
traitor, and enemy of the people.[g]
I opened the article for editing (in Safari), hoping to fix it.
When using Visual Editing, some of the missing text which shows up in the Wikipedia phone app appeared.
I went into Source Editing to try to understand what is happening, but don't understand various bits of syntax being used there.
Please could someone help with this particular article.
Please could someone also bring this to the notice of the appropriate person or group as it seems to indicate inconsistent handling of (possibly erroneous) wiki syntax by different tools.
(Hmm, now I don't seem to be able to get into the visual editor, so am responding using the source editor.)
Thanks, that fixed the incompatible display between the devices for this particular instance of erroneous syntax.
Now what about the other issue, namely the fact that this incompatibility arose here, so may have arisen elsewhere too, and may arise somewhere in the future? It would be good if there were to be an automated process for detecting and fixing such errors and/or if the mobile Wikipedia app displayed wiki markup in the same way as browsers do (assuming that Safari is representative of browsers, which it may not be).
If you maintain cookies in your browser, this may help prevent the notices from repeating, but it may not work for all. The surest way to stop seeing them is to create an account and turn them off in the account preferences. It's also more anonymous to use an account. 331dot (talk) 18:22, 20 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
It's not "our" spam, but messages from the Wikimedia Foundation. Feel free to contact them via email at donate (at) Wikimedia dot org. 331dot (talk) 18:25, 20 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Our Wikipedia page. Applied Minds, was deleted and I've tried to find out why by checking the deletion logs to no avail--it has just disappeared. I'd like some insight as to why and who deleted it. We are currently working on updating it but didn't expect it to be deleted.
Thank you,
Tracy Dulle
Applied Minds 72.109.115.187 (talk) 19:59, 20 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
If you are wanting to work on it I could restore it to draft space to be worked on. There are some issues with it. First of all, all the sources cited are just dumped in the references section at the end instead of using inline cites. Second, they all use bare URLs instead of providing full citation information. The first thing that needs to happen is that someone needs to figure out which references support which content in the article and match them up. Next, the references need to be examined in light of the notability requirements to see if the company is notable. Then update any outdated information, citing appropriate sources for that.