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Required status column for Telaga caste. Mark as Forward caste

Telaga caste history and correct current status (Forward or Other Caste) needs to be added to the page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:45:480:DF62:5B4:C169:CE56:2B6F (talk) 10:33, 7 December 2018 (UTC) Follow the URL (very reliable source recently published) - http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/127160/16/16_chapter%208.pdf — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:45:480:DF62:5B4:C169:CE56:2B6F (talk) 11:39, 7 December 2018 (UTC) Excellent reliable source - https://www.ripublication.com/ijhss18/ijhssv8n1_03.pdf — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:45:480:DF62:5B4:C169:CE56:2B6F (talk) 11:41, 7 December 2018 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:45:480:DF62:30E2:3A56:D087:DFFA (talk)

Well, no. As has been described at Talk:Telaga, the article requires reliable sources to justify such a claim. Thanks, Lourdes 05:26, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

Submit ArticleKyoho (talk) 00:37, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

Hello - I've got a draft of a new article in my sandbox. I think it's ready to go. Sorry, it's been a long time since I wrote my last one so I can't remember what I need to do next. Thanks for your help, Kyoho (talk) 00:37, 16 December 2018 (UTC)Cheryl CrowleyKyoho (talk) 00:37, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

@Kyoho: Hello, I have undertaken some tidying of the page: if you consider that it is ready for mainspace you can place {{subst:submit}} at the top of the page, which will submit it for AFC review. Or, as I believe your account has sufficient longevity and number of edits, you can move the page to article space yourself via the 'more' tab at the top of the page. Select 'Article' from the very top of the dropdown and remember to change the new title to the subject's name: check that there are not other pages with the same name. If so add a disambiguation (in brackets) e.g. 'diplomat' (small 'd'). Good luck. Eagleash (talk) 05:06, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

Thank you! Kyoho (talk) 16:10, 16 December 2018 (UTC)Cheryl

December 16

Wikiquote

• Hello. Question about English Wikipedia laws. In English Wikipedia, I can make redirect from English article in Russian Wikiquote? If English Wikiquote don't have article on English language. I.G.I.cool (talk) 00:53, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

I.G.I.cool You can link to Russian Wikiquote by prefixing the page name with :ru:q: For example the main page there is :ru:q:. Is that what you want? —teb728 t c 02:21, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

teb728 In article White Oleander (film), i can make redirect in Russian Wikiquote? English Wikiquote don't have article about that movie. I.G.I.cool (talk) 02:37, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

teb728 thank I.G.I.cool (talk) 04:38, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

Indexation of my article on google search

hi can you index my article on google search, as I am unable to do so. URL of my article :https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amit_Rawal thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lumoscoco (talk • contribs) 05:47, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

@Lumoscoco: New pages are not indexed by search engines for 90 days or until they have been reviewed, whichever is the shorter period. Please remember to sign your posts on talk pages by typing four tildes (~~~~). Thank you. Eagleash (talk) 06:14, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

Contact Wiki Dubai

Good Morning,

I am contacting you from the royal family private office in the UAE. I would like to be redirected to someone from your office in the UAE, regarding publishing a page of a person from the royal family.

Kindly update me with an email or contact number ASAP.

Best regards, Kaltham — Preceding unsigned comment added by M8Mansoor (talk • contribs) 09:56, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

M8Mansoor If your issue involves just creating an article, there is no central authority or office to contact; this project is run by volunteers from around the world. Feel free to discuss it here; you may want to read about conflict of interest and paid editing (click those links) first. 331dot (talk) 10:00, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

Hello, Kaltham. As 331dot explained, Wikipedia is not organised like that: everything is done by volunteers who choose what they wish to work on, including writing and editing articles. But please note that if at some point Wikipedia has an article about that royal person, its status will be exactly the same as all other articles: it should be based almost entirely on what independent writers have chosen to write about the person in reliably published sources; and they and their associates will have no control over the content of the article: their involvement should be limited to making suggestions for improvements. --ColinFine (talk) 12:13, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

Hi M8Mansoor, if this is about the article you are working on in your sandbox, then you need to read WP:Referencing for beginners, and move the references to in-line citations before submitting the article for review. Dbfirs 09:14, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

... later ... You were correct to add the "Reflist" tag, but the actual references go in the main text immediately after the statement that each one supports. The system then automatically lists the references under that heading. Dbfirs 21:07, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

References / External links

Hi, I need some advice. I'm making a page about a football player and I have put a reference on a site with profile of that player. Since it could be put as external link, should I put it as reference, external link or both? — SimplyFreddie (talk) 12:24, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

@SimplyFreddie: As a general principle, if the source is used to support a statement in the article content, it should be placed inline at the point in the text where it applies. Once used as a reference the same source should not usually be included as an external link as well. Eagleash (talk) 13:08, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

Adding filming location citations

Last year, I tried to add some information and citations for filming locations that I catalog on my website, www.Set-Jetter.com. At the time, there were issues as they felt I was self-promoting or advertising my website. (FYI, it is an informational only website, there or no ads or other revenue generating items.)

I think the confusion was because I was not considered a verifiable expert in the field. However, I see some of my peers are allowed to post. If you need to verify more background information on me, I am a writer for HorrorHound magazine, write articles for Horror's Hallowed Grounds, and also produce some filming location videos for blurays, most recently, The Incredible Shrinking Woman, Silent Night Deadly Night, and Silent Night Deadly Night Part 2.

Thank you in advance and let me know how I can share these filming locations information on wikipedia. (EDIT: If you need proof of my authorship, please let me know and I can provide.)

Robert Patterson — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rmpatterson (talk • contribs) 19:14, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

Rmpatterson, Wikipedia does not rely on the knowledge of its contributors. Whether you are an expert in the field, verifiable or not, is irrelevant. Rather, Wikipedia relies on what has been published in reliable independent sources. If you cite such sources, the information you provide on filming locations is likely to be accepted. Maproom (talk) 20:57, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

December 17

How can I change the title of a wikipedia page?

I am trying to change the page entitled "He Hymn of Death" to The Hymn of Death. Please tell me how to do this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cgwm (talk • contribs) 00:04, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

@Cgwm: The title is changed by 'moving' to a new location. This is done via the 'more' tab at the top of the page. It might be an idea to make a note on the article talk page with any sources that are available to support the correct title. Eagleash (talk) 00:59, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

The page He Hymn of Death has been moved to Hymn of Death. --Orange Mike | Talk 05:01, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

Book Author

Helllo. How does an Author get added to the author list. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ig-oliver (talk • contribs) 15:22, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

Do you mean one of our List of English writers articles? As you can see, all the links in those lists are blue, which means that they lead to an existing article about that person. That's the standard for our list articles. To get an article, an author must be notable. That is they must have been written about extensively in reliable, independent publications. Rojomoke (talk) 15:54, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

ADDRESS

What is the address of WIKIPEDIA? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:98A:303:D1E0:95F2:4C3B:2D24:7890 (talk) 17:00, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

Which address are you looking for? 331dot (talk) 17:06, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

If you're trying to send a donation, the address can be found here. †dismas†|^(talk) 21:26, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

donation

I'd be glad to donate to Wikipedia, but I don't put my credit card info online, where can I send a personal check? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.193.47.27 (talk) 18:00, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

An address to mail a check to can be found here. Note that as an unregistered user, you will likely keep getting automatic notices requesting donations as that system does not know if you have donated or not. If you register an account you can turn the notices off. 331dot (talk) 18:25, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

Photo image rights, syntax, for (English) article Yisroel Zev Gustman

It is used in the Hebrew article, and the photo can load in my browser as https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%91%D7%A5:Gustman.jpg.

The uploader says he is MeVaTayr, means waves, ... LirShus HaRaBim, to the public, BeChoL HaO-Lam, worldwide.

The file is https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/he/4/47/Gustman.jpg

• Can this photo be used in the English article; I've seen photos in (English) articles with non-English text in the photo's page, such as for some IBM mainframes, so my inclination is that the answer is yes.
• Since "File:" for Gustman.jpg doesn't seem to work, and the Hebrew article uses a prefix that transliterates to KoVaytz (Colon) followed by (in English) Gustman.jpg
  • What is the syntax to use @ Infobox person's "image=" Pi314m (talk) 18:32, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

Hello, Pi314m. As you say, the uploading user has explicitly waived all rights in the image. However, it is not technically possible to use a file that is in another Wikipedia. But the second box on the File description page says that it is a candidate for transferring to Wikimedia Commons (he:wiki:ויקישיתוף). Once it has been transferred, then it can be used in any Wikipedia (in fact, any Wikimedia project). I believe any user can do this transfer, though I've never done it myself. See Moving files to Commons for how to do it from enwiki: I presume it is the same from hewiki.

Once the file is in Commons, it can be used with the "File:" prefix like any other file. Note that the documentation for {{infobox person}} says of the "image =" parameter: " filename only, no "File:" or "Image:" prefix, and no enclosing brackets ". --ColinFine (talk) 20:52, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

Request for deletion hanging fire

I nominated Character matrix printer for deletion. Nobody seems to have noticed: it doesn't appear on the list of discussions, nobody's voted on it, and no administrator has acted on it after 2 weeks. Am I doing something wrong? Isaac Rabinovitch (talk) 18:40, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

@Isaac Rabinovitch: Some of the steps at WP:AFDHOW had not been completed. There were missing headings at the deletion discussion and I don't think it had been added to the log per step III. I have fixed that now (I hope!) and I expect the 'time' starts again from now. Cheers. Eagleash (talk) 19:41, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

Even if you never use it for anything else, Twinkle makes these deletion nominations delightfully simple: Noyster (talk), 20:13, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

@Eagleash: That does look like a very useful tool, thanks for mentioning it. And for fixing my submission. Though I wish procedures on WP weren't so ****ing complicated. Isaac Rabinovitch (talk) 21:17, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

It was actually Noyster who mentioned it; ...I tend to shy away from such 'witchcraft'! Eagleash (talk) 01:34, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

Page for an athlete

Hello I am sports agent in Charlotte NC and I am trying to create a page for an athlete — Preceding unsigned comment added by GolfFan1 (talk • contribs) 20:37, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

As an agent, you probably have a WP:Conflict of interest, and might need to comply with the policy on WP:Paid status. You could request an article at WP:Requested articles. Dbfirs 21:02, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Hello, GolfFan1. Creating a new article is one of the more difficult tasks on Wikipedia; but any user is entitled to try it: see your first article for lots of information about this.

Your wording gives me reason to think that it might be even harder for you to do this than usual case, because you probably have a conflict of interest, you may very well be considered at doing paid editing, and you are probably at risk of including promotional material. Please understand that Wikipedia is an encyclopaedia, not a business directory or showcase; and that an article about your athlete will not be necessarily contribute usefully to their online presence (see WP:PRIDE) It should be based almost entirely what people who have no connection with them have previously chosen to publish about them, and neither the athlete nor their associates will have any control whatever over the contents of the article. If you are satisfied that the athlete is notable in the special sense that Wikipedia uses the word (if not, it will be a waste of your time even trying any further), then please read all the pages carefully that I have linked to before you proceed any further. --ColinFine (talk) 21:06, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

Is the text formatted properly?

An editor changed subsection headings ("Domestic" and "Foreign") from using equal signs (=) to using a semicolon in the wikicode. I was wondering if that is appropriate and if you could provide a link with the guidance. Thanks. Thinker78 (talk) 22:10, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

@Thinker78: I believe the equal signs should be restored. Help:Wikitext#Lists mentions that semicolons are used for descriptions lists, which does not seem to be the case here. Further, the page states Do not use a semicolon (;) simply to bold a line without defining a value using a colon (:). This usage renders invalid HTML5 and creates issues with screen readers. Hope this helps! –FlyingAce^✈hello 00:35, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

I agree. One minor point to take care with: at the same time, that editor also added a reference to the "Foreign" heading. When you change it back to a proper heading (with = signs) that ref will have to be moved out of the heading, to some text. --Gronk Oz (talk) 08:00, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

Peer review process

Hi, I'm interested in editing the wiki article about my workplace. I understand that this potentially raises a COI issue, but I am not sure how to start the peer review process? Do I need to contact specific editors? The particular editor who raised this issue initially and deleted all of my previous contributions to the article is now actually blocked by Wikipedia, so I am not sure if I can contact them. Thank you! Irenepark89 (talk) 22:38, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

Good form would be that on the talk page of the article, you may suggest the changes you want to be made to the article. Then wait for response from the community; if no one objects for a reasonable time, include those changes. Lourdes 02:51, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

@Irenepark89: as Lourdes says, add your suggested edits in section on the article's talk page. Place the magic incantation {{request edit}} (with the curly brackets) in the section. This will attract the attention of an editor. That editor will make the changes if the editor thinks they are appropriate. Declare your COI on your user page. If your job can be thought of even broadly to include publicizing your company, then you are a paid editor (WP:PAID), not just an editor with a COI. This is not a problem, just a fact, and you must declare this (e.g., on your user page) to comply with our terms of service. Don't be put off by all this, your contributions are likely to be valuable, but we do want a second set of eyes on them to mitigate any unconscious bias. -Arch dude (talk) 03:47, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

List of wedding guests of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle

I have accidently wiped a bit off - sorry Srbernadette (talk) 23:09, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

Restored. You can do this yourself. General Ization ^Talk 23:16, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

Pity you didn't get all of it. Britmax (talk) 23:22, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

Submission of article drafts

Hello. I have a draft article for submission pending. You nay find it here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Fully_Feathered_Baskets . Since I've posted this, I've written two more articles and have another I am working on. They are currently in a Word document, not in my sandbox. How do I get these drafts submitted while I've may sandbox occupied by one which is pending? I look forward to hearing from someone.174.50.180.236 (talk) 23:24, 17 December 2018 (UTC)Sorry, just realized I was not logged in.Hu Nhu (talk) 23:28, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

Hi Hu Nhu Welcome to Help desk. Your draft article Draft:Fully Feathered Baskets in NOT in your sandbox but in the pool of drafts waiting in review. You could go to Article_wizard - see HERE to get your new article set up. Once you deemed is good for review just click the submit button. For any question on Article of Creation (AfC), you could go to AfC help desk for assistance - see Wikipedia:WikiProject Articles for creation/Help desk. Thank you. CASSIOPEIA^(talk) 04:36, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

Thank you CASSIOPEIA (I hope this—CASSIOPEIA—)is the correct and effective manner in which to alert you.) I am grateful for your assistance and attention. I will look at the information you provided me. I've not a published article and have read somewhat about the matter. I also do much to look at featured articles and mimic their editing patterns. What you gave will be of much further hope. I do believe my articles are good and meet Wikipedia standards. I did try an article on German Wikipedia as an exercise for my German, college class. I thought it lacked and the rejection confirmed this. Nevertheless, it was interesting, especially noodling through the German Wikipedia site. My English articles are far more sophisticated. I appreciate your efforts.Hu Nhu (talk) 16:39, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

Hu Nhu You are welcome. Since you have not had an article published and not sure you have read WP:Your First Article, if not, do check it out. Do pop by my talk page if anything I would help. Cheers. CASSIOPEIA^(talk) 17:54, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

December 18

Family of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge

Please don't get angry - I have added a citation which is from a college magazine so the publisher is hard to ascertain. Please fix Ref number 99 on this page. Thanks Srbernadette (talk) 03:16, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

The publisher of a college or school magazine can be assumed to be the college or school, in this case Roedean School. General Ization ^Talk 03:27, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

Serge Lazareff Page

Good morning, I created a page talking about the person Serge Lazareff. I'm working for NATO and we have a directive to institutionalize a "Serge Lazareff Prize", which is for the persons who did something good for legal services. This prize was authorized by a directive from our Chief of Staff (4 stars general). Now I received the information than I cannot talk about persons, I cannot promote persons. This person already died, and is our Patron, for our Legal Office at NATO. I would like to publish a page with Serge Lazareff photo and writing about his life, also explain what the prize means. Please I will wait for help in this matter. Have a nice day

Kind regards — Preceding unsigned comment added by OLA NATO (talk • contribs) 08:36, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

Wikipedia does not publish promotional material. You have a WP:Conflict of interest and probably WP:Paid status, so you are not the best person to create such articles. If you can find independent WP:Reliable sources in which the subject is written about at length, then an article which summarises these sources would be permitted. Wikipedia has no interest in any directives from NATO or from generals, however many stars. It just reports what has already been published elsewhere. You may request articles at WP:Requested articles, but any such article will not be under your control. Dbfirs 09:10, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

How to you comment on the revision section of a page if you are undoing an edit?

Hi there, I undid an edit by pressing undo but don't know how to comment on the revision I made. I need to add an explanation to the revision page.Epicforest (talk) 10:20, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

The place to explain your edit is in the edit summary. If a longer explanation is needed, use the article's talk page. --David Biddulph (talk) 11:14, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

Activating structured discussions on my talk page

On Wikidata I can enable "Structured Discussions on user talk", how do I do that here on enwiki?--Micru (talk) 10:58, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

@Micru: Wikipedia:Flow says: "Flow was uninstalled from English Wikipedia in November 2016, by request from the community. You might encounter it on other Wikimedia wikis however. There are currently no plans for it to return to English Wikipedia." PrimeHunter (talk) 22:31, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

Use of "via" and "free access" symbol in Newspapers.com citations

I was under the impression that WP encourages editors to include the source note "via=Newspapers.com" and the "free access" logo when adding "Clippings" to citations, as per the example given on Wikipedia:Newspapers.com. However, these items were deleted by another editor when I added clippings to the biography of John Le Mesurier, which happens to be a Featured Article. So, is including this information recommended or not?--Muzilon (talk) 10:59, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

Your first course of action for cases like this should be to take up the issue with the other editor at either the article's talk page or the editor's talk page. I cannot see where you have done this.

|via= is used to provide the name of the source deliverer when that name is different from the publisher. {{free access}} is intended to identify a source that is free-to-read. In cs1|2 templates like {{cite news}}, |title= linked to a source by |url= is presumed to be free-to-read – this is the norm and cs1|2 does not highlight the norm. This is why |url-access=free is not a valid parameter/value pair.

Prior to this edit, Wikipedia:Newspapers.com had this:

• Make sure to include the {{Open access}} template in citations of clippings: we want our readers to know that they can access these articles.

That 'requirement' (if it was a requirement) was removed and has not been disputed or restored ({{open access}}, clearly inappropriate, was replaced with {{free access}} at a later edit).

For what it is worth, it is my opinion that for the two cs1|2 templates at John Le Mesurier, |via=Newspapers.com is appropriate; {{free access}} is not.

—Trappist the monk (talk) 11:44, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

This was (or so I thought) really a general question about the standard procedure (if any) for citing Newspapers.com rather than a problem specifically relating to the article I gave as an example. That is why I asked here rather than on the John Le Mesurier talk page (much less bothering the other editor at this point). Thanks for the reply in any case. --Muzilon (talk) 12:19, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

template fix request

please fix {{iso2language|lij}} with link to Ligurian (Romance language). thanks!!! --2001:B07:6442:8903:8D3C:C5DA:57A1:9F2F (talk) 14:53, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

Well, that was an adventure. {{iso2language}} invokes {{ISO 639 name}}, which is protected, so you must first find it, then view source to get a "submit edit request" button. This lets you add your request to that template's talk page in a structured way. I have done this. It's not clear how a mere mortal is supposed to figure this out. -Arch dude (talk) 16:13, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

This is also discussed at Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)#template fix request. Please only ask a question in one place. PrimeHunter (talk) 17:58, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

Cannot Edit My Own Wikipedia Page

Zac Brewer (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Hi there! My name is Zac Brewer and I've tried to correct info on my page, but keep getting warnings that my changes have been reverted due to being vandalism...? How do I correct my own info so the public knows the truth about me? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.206.223.230 (talk) 15:56, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

Hi, Zac. Please do not edit that article directly: see WP:AUTOBIOGRAPHY. (Exception: you, or anyone, may remove incorrect, unsourced information). If there are errors, please make suggexted changes, with sources, on the article's talk page, and add the magic incantation {{edit request}} (with the curly brackets) to your suggestion. An editor without your unavoidable conflict of interest will come along and fix the article for you. On behalf of our readership, we have no interest in what a subject has to say about himself, only in what reliable sources say about him. Please think about this in terms of what rules you would want us to apply to some subject you do not know about and for which you would like to get reliable, unbiased information. But please do make those suggestions if you think they improve the article. Thanks! -Arch dude (talk) 16:33, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

Irish speaker required

I've been working on a page for the Irish folk song "Carraig Aonair" known in English as "The Lone Rock". I need help from an Irish speaker to correctly syllablise the original Irish words to the music. Please go to User:Martin of Sheffield/sandbox if you can help. If you are not used to Lilypond syntax don't worry, we can work on things together. Thanks, Martin of Sheffield (talk) 16:44, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

List of users who speak Irish , the -# indicates the proficiency they claim. Find one that is active and sounds good to you, and ask them. WelpThatWorked (talk) 20:06, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

Excellent idea. Thanks, Martin of Sheffield (talk) 21:00, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

Update Achronix Logo

Hello,

I need to update Achronix's logo as they have a new one: https://www.embedded-vision.com/sites/default/files/logos/ACHRONIX_full_logo_tagline_black_and_green_2018.jpg.

This is their Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achronix. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.108.82.46 (talk) 17:41, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

Logo updated. Have fun! WelpThatWorked (talk) 19:55, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

Link in Riceland Foods

A previous editor attempted to place the piped link [[biodegradation|bio-degradable]] in the intro of Riceland Foods, but, for whatever reason, the link was unsuccessful. I tried to correct the issue by re-inserting the link, but I was unsuccessful. An attempt to use the link in the sandbox was successful, however. Why is it not working in the article then? - Presidentman talk · contribs (Talkback) 20:27, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

There was a spurious <nowiki> tag in the wikitext, which caused the normal wiki markup not to be recognised: Noyster (talk), 20:42, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

How can Wikipedia justify deleting the profile of Scottish GP Dr Malcolm Kendrick?

Dr Kendrick is a hugely respected and highly scrupulous scientist who deals only in scientific facts.

His deletion is a travesty.

His profile should be restored and an apology made. — Preceding unsigned comment added by BobCrabtree (talk • contribs) 20:28, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

Articles require independent sources with in depth coverage of the subject. If those sources are supplied there will be no trouble keeping the article. Stuartyeates (talk) 20:30, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

This is in regards to Malcolm Kendrick which was deleted after a lengthy deletion dicussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Malcolm Kendrick. It looks like the subject of the article directed his supporters to try to influence the outcome; however, deletion discussions are not a vote and it looks very suspicious when a flood of new accounts comes to comment on a discussion. shoy (reactions) 20:41, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

Read Wikipedia:Notability (people) and Wikipedia:Your first article carefully and start working. If there's sources that show he is notable in the WP-sense, you can succeed. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 21:11, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

According to the comments on Kendrick's blog, apparently the article was deleted because of "vegans" and the "agents of Big Pharma" [1]. Jimmy Wales is also apparently involved. Back in reality, of course, the truth is far more prosaic - not enough third-party coverage to pass the general notability guidelines. Black Kite (talk) 22:53, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

To be fair, Jimmy Wales has stepped in on this on twitter and he is debating these conspiracy theorists [2]. Predictively they ended up just personally attacking him. There is no conspiracy to remove low-carb authors from Wikipedia. Malcolm Kendrick was deleted from Wikipedia because of lack of reliable sources. I submitted his article for deletion for this reason, nothing else. MatthewManchester1994 (talk) 18:03, 19 December 2018 (UTC)

His article was deleted because no reliable sources mention him. It is simple as that. Wikipedia articles cannot exist without reliable sources. MatthewManchester1994 (talk) 23:16, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

Well, there are reliable sources that mention him.[3] Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 09:22, 19 December 2018 (UTC)

"If a topic has received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject, it is presumed to be suitable for a stand-alone article or list. "Significant coverage" addresses the topic directly and in detail, so that no original research is needed to extract the content. Significant coverage is more than a trivial mention, but it does not need to be the main topic of the source material." --WP:SIGCOV.

--Guy Macon (talk) 10:47, 19 December 2018 (UTC)

The other thing to remember on this subject, aside from the fact that he fails GNG, is that he's wrong! -Roxy, the dog. wooF 10:53, 19 December 2018 (UTC)

That's not necessarily bad for notability: Veracity of statements by Donald Trump. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 11:12, 19 December 2018 (UTC)

Reading this gives me the idea that Kendrick was looking for a bigger platform to spread his ideas. But Wikipedia is not for advertising or promotion. The Banner talk 23:50, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

Ok that is very disturbing, I had not seen that. Unfortunately, Malcolm Kendrick and his followers have doxxed me and have posted my real name, and I am receiving a lot of off-wiki harassment about this and it could potentially ruin my career in biology. I did change my username once the other day, but it is not of help now. I have decided to close my account tomorrow. There is too much false information and conspiracy theories being spread about me on social media by Kendrick and the low-carb community. I am not sure why they are making this personal. I submitted his Wikipedia article for deletion per policy (lack of reliable sources), I have nothing against the man personally and now these people want to try and ruin my life by posting personal details about me. MatthewManchester1994 (talk) 18:15, 19 December 2018 (UTC)

If they go that low, you better move this to AN/I or the legal department of the Foundation. The Banner talk 19:11, 19 December 2018 (UTC)

December 19

How to add an article to Wikipedia? how can i change the display title of my article and to put on the company logo?

Hi, I would like to change the display title and put on the company logo but somehow I can't because it said the logo was invalid and I couldn't change my article title because "Warning: Display title "Squline" was ignored since it is not equivalent to the page's actual title."

Does anyone know what should I do? and I'm still new in this area so it would be lovely to learn the things here. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sekarwid (talk • contribs) 02:51, 19 December 2018 (UTC)

Hi Sekarwid. I've put a "welcome" message on your talk page, which contains a few links to guidance you may find useful. In particular, please read Your first article, and be aware of requirements on "notability" and the need to cite independent sources for information in an article. {{DISPLAYTITLE}} only changes the format of the title; it doesn't change the title to a different word, which you can do using the "Move" tab at the top of the page. Lastly, many company logos are protected by copyright regulations - please see Logos on this. Please ask here or at the Teahouse if you need any further assistance: Noyster (talk), 08:28, 19 December 2018 (UTC)

How do I get help on the coords template?

I tried searching for all combinations of "coords", "coordinates", "tag" and "template". None of these returned anything about how to use this tag. Clicking on the tag takes you to a page that also appears to have no way to get help on its use. Maury Markowitz (talk) 13:09, 19 December 2018 (UTC)

Hi Maury. {{Coord}} (without parameters) brings up a "Quick guide" below which are full descriptions of the features. Hope that's what you are looking for: Noyster (talk), 13:22, 19 December 2018 (UTC)

That is very strange behaviour. But it is what I was looking for. Maury Markowitz (talk) 14:03, 19 December 2018 (UTC)

Noyster posted the code {{tlx|Coord}} which calls Template:tlx with Coord as parameter. The template makes a link to the template page given by the parameter and displays curly brackets around it: {{Coord}}. It's not a MediaWiki feature but just a template made at the English Wikipedia and many other wikis. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:13, 19 December 2018 (UTC)

The search box only searches articles by default. Prefix with a namespace to search there, or select the namespace in the search results page. Template documentation is at the template page. Template:coords redirects to Template:Coord which has documentation. If you want something else then please clarify. Where are you clicking on it? PrimeHunter (talk) 13:24, 19 December 2018 (UTC)

When I search for a term where there is an article, it just goes right to the article so I don't get a chance to select the namespace. And typing the namespace into the search is not something I think the average user is aware of. We need links in mainspace. Maury Markowitz (talk) 14:06, 19 December 2018 (UTC)

The search box and mainspace pages are mainly for readers and not editors so most things for editors are deliberately kept out of there. See Wikipedia:Cross-namespace redirects. Help:Searching shows ways to search without going directly to an exact title match, e.g. including a tilde character ~. It still only searches mainspace by default. At Special:Search you can choose other namespaces and select "Remember selection for future searches". PrimeHunter (talk) 16:13, 19 December 2018 (UTC)

We have Wikipedia:How to add geocodes to articles, and I've made Help:Coordinates as a redirect to this. Wikipedia:Coordinates redirects to a corner of the Manual of Style with similar advice on use of the template: Noyster (talk), 17:00, 19 December 2018 (UTC)

I added a hatnote from the mainspace geo coords article, which is where people will end up in most cases. Maury Markowitz (talk) 23:24, 19 December 2018 (UTC)

Wang Hai biography page

I am trying to edit details on the Wang Hai biography page. He is my grandfather and I'd like to add more details. I've tried but it keeps getting removed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Hai — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.164.225.69 (talk) 14:47, 19 December 2018 (UTC)

Hello IP user. I'm guessing you are also Lavenderheart. The information you twice added to Wang Hai was removed (by two different editors) because it was unreferenced. All information in Wikipedia is required to be derived from reliable published sources, because otherwise there is no way for a reader to check its validit: personal knowledge is not acceptable, however insightful or rewarding it might be to those who know it. Please see Verifiability. Also please note that reapplying an edit that somebody else has reverted is called edit warring, and is regarded as disruptive behaviour. If somebody reverts your edit, you should either leave the matter, or start a discussion with that editor on the article's talk page. See WP:BRD. --ColinFine (talk) 15:55, 19 December 2018 (UTC)

Bernards Township, New Jersey

Fix the pronunciation for me please. I'm new here. When you do please infrm me on my talk page

The Giants 0 (talk) 16:22, 19 December 2018 (UTC)

I believe I've fixed it ,The Giants 0, but as I'm not from your side of the pond, I've had to guess the vowel. [not replying on your talk page, because this ping should notify you]. --ColinFine (talk) 16:37, 19 December 2018 (UTC)

FYI - user has been blocked indefinitely for unrelated shenanigans. TimTempleton ^{(talk) (cont)} 00:29, 20 December 2018 (UTC)

2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season article

I Think there is one template and reference to become a article but is it enough to be a full article but if you add 3 more templates I Think it's Enough to be an article. I Hope it's a full article now can you help me move it to the main article space now. 68.103.78.155 (talk) 19:39, 19 December 2018 (UTC)

Why Didn't You Answer Me.68.103.78.155 (talk) 00:21, 20 December 2018 (UTC)

I just reviewed Draft:2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season and it looks exactly like an unfinished draft. I wouldn't expect it to go live until it's in better shape. TimTempleton ^{(talk) (cont)} 04:14, 20 December 2018 (UTC)

Editor inserts additional unwanted newlines

Whenever I insert a newline in the editor in unformatted text, an extra unwanted newline gets silently inserted when I press the "Publish" or "Preview" buttons. For example, if I type

FOO
BAR

in the editor, then type "Preview", it immediately changes to:

FOO

BAR

I don't see this behavior in other Mediawiki projects such as Wikisource. Is there any way to disable this unwanted behavior? Thanks! Grover cleveland (talk) 22:37, 19 December 2018 (UTC)

EDIT: To clarify, I guess what I really want is for the classic editing interface to go back to being a completely "dumb" plain text field, and to disable all "smart" editing features. Does anyone know if that's possible? Thanks! Grover cleveland (talk) 22:52, 19 December 2018 (UTC)

Answering my own question: I can get the behavior I desire by unchecking the "use wikiEd instead of classic text area" tool button, which I never realized existed until now. Woohoo! I'm so happy! Grover cleveland (talk) 22:57, 19 December 2018 (UTC)

@Grover cleveland: There are several editing interfaces and features. I don't know what you used but here are ways to disable some features you may have enabled: Disable "wikEd" at Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-gadgets. Disable "New wikitext mode" and "Automatically enable all new beta features" at Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-betafeatures. Enable "Temporarily disable the visual editor while it is in beta" at Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-editing. If you have a highlighter marker button to the left of "Advanced" in a toolbar above the edit area and the icon has a background indicating enabled then click it to disable it. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:27, 19 December 2018 (UTC)

December 20

How to suppress the auto generated contents table

When ever a page has multiple headings a table of contents is produced in a gray box, is there any way to suppress the generation of that table of contents box? If so how? On a side note, the Help Desk and Teahouse seem like their primarily meant for new users, and this point I don't think I really fit into that category, unless being a new user is just having occasional questions, in which case I'll probably always be a "new user" :). If, my assertion the both the Teahouse and the Help Desk are meant to help new users, and I don't fit that category, is there a place for non-new users to ask questions? —The Editor's Apprentice (Talk•Edits) 00:23, 20 December 2018 (UTC)

You want the NOTOC command (no table of contents). Just type NOTOC in the search box and my redirect will take you to the relevant section. TimTempleton ^{(talk) (cont)} 00:27, 20 December 2018 (UTC)

(ec)@The Editor's Apprentice: This is the place for everyone to ask how to questions. WP:TOC describes the magic words that control the table of contents. There would need to be a good reason to suppress the ToC. Johnuniq (talk) 00:30, 20 December 2018 (UTC)

Thanks to both of you. I hope the maintaining the aesthetic quality of my short userpage is a good enough reason, albeit a not very important one. —The Editor's Apprentice (Talk•Edits) 05:22, 20 December 2018 (UTC)

Updating someone's name on their Wiki page

I'm a talent manager and am trying to edit the Wiki page of one of my clients -- Amber Frank.

Here's the link to her page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amber_Montana

She used to go by the stage name "Amber Montana" but now she goes by "Amber Frank". She is registered with the Screen Actors Guild as Amber Frank, and all of her recent film and tv credits over the past few years have her billed as Amber Frank. I'm trying to change her wiki page so that the title of the page says "Amber Frank" instead of "Amber Montanta" as well as change all mentions of "Montana" in the body of her wiki page to "Frank." When I try and make the changes to her name myself I get an error message from the site. What is the best way to make these changes? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kevaldez (talk • contribs) 00:46, 20 December 2018 (UTC)

I assume that you were the unregistered user who had their edits reverted on that article. Before you do anything else, you will need to review and comply with the conflict of interest policy and the paid editing policy(the latter is a Wikipedia Terms of Use requirement for those in your situation). I will also post this to your user talk page so you have a copy yourself.(update, someone beat me to it) Your edits were reverted because they just appeared to be someone changing the name for no reason. Since you have a conflict of interest, you should not edit the article about your client directly, but you are permitted to go to the article talk page(in this case, Talk:Amber Montana) and make a formal edit request(click that link to review how) explaining what you would like done. 331dot (talk) 00:58, 20 December 2018 (UTC)

Tip: be sure to include a source; for all anybody knows, you could be just some random person on the internet. —107.15.157.44 (talk) 02:22, 20 December 2018 (UTC)

I want to NGO operating in pakistan

I see this page is missing one of the NGO's operating in pakistan. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_non-governmental_organizations_in_Pakistan#K It does not show me any options to edit this page .

kindly guide me how can i add missing NGO in this list — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ayousafm (talk • contribs) 06:34, 20 December 2018 (UTC)

@Ayousafm: Does Wikipedia have an article for the NGO. The list shows only NGO's with articles. —teb728 t c 09:07, 20 December 2018 (UTC)

Jaydogg1994

Is my old account, I lost my password and had to start a new one, How do i move my old stuff to the new account. Jaydoggmarco (talk) 07:35, 20 December 2018 (UTC)

@Jaydoggmarco: I don't believe it is possible to change the attribution of the old stuff. But you can create a user page at User:Jaydogg1994 saying that you are the same user. —teb728 t c 09:19, 20 December 2018 (UTC)

@Jaydoggmarco: If you lost your password and could not recover it, there is nothing that can be done to rename your account(i.e. moving your "old" edits). To rename your account you have to be logged in to it to make the request. The only thing that you can do is as teb728 suggests- identify your new account as a successor to the old one. 331dot (talk) 10:08, 20 December 2018 (UTC)

Making an article

Hi, Plenty of people have asked me about the history of my place. The article is incomplete if i try to help them out with the link. The article is about a place called bhatkal. Please help by filling in the full information about the place and community.

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 103.100.221.59 (talk) 09:35, 20 December 2018 (UTC)

It's good that you are pointing people to Wikipedia to find information! You are welcome to add to our article about Bhatkal provided that what you add is based on published information and does not just come from your own knowledge. I've put some links on your talk page for you to find out more about editing Wikipedia if you're interested: Noyster (talk), 10:49, 20 December 2018 (UTC)

HOW TO ENTRY IN STARJALSHA PARIVAR AWARD

SIR My name is jagannath dash. i am 21 years old . i request you give me chance. contact me . mail id Redacted per anti spamming precautions. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 201887SS (talk • contribs) 12:43, 20 December 2018 (UTC)

Probably start with a career in acting and a part on Indian television, as that is what you seem to need to enter per Star Jalsha awards. Britmax (talk) 12:59, 20 December 2018 (UTC)

@201887SS and Britmax: Possibly OP started the career already and now wants to have a mention about it in Wikipedia... --CiaPan (talk) 13:08, 20 December 2018 (UTC)

Yup. Britmax (talk) 13:20, 20 December 2018 (UTC)

I think it more likely that this is not a question about Wikipedia at all, and that Jagannath Dash wants to know what steps to take to be considered for the award. In this case we cannot help, and Jagannath Dash should contact the Star Jalsha offices direct: Noyster (talk), 15:00, 20 December 2018 (UTC)

Bad behavior

While Recent Changes Patrolling, I've seen certain incidences where users have flipped between accounts and IP addresses, to avoid scruntiny. Is there a technical term for this, and how do I report it? Anon. U. 14:14, 20 December 2018 (UTC)

Nevermind, found it, it's WP:SPI — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anonymuss User (talk • contribs) 14:36, 20 December 2018 (UTC)

There is no article about web shell on Wikipedia so i created a draft regarding web shell.

I am surprised that there isn't already one. And I talked to another Editor who was also surprised. I am here to ask for help to improve that article and I do believe that some of you will certainly help.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Web_shell

I have copied the most of the draft from a US government website https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA15-314A I know that United States copyright law does permit re-use. But my problem is that it addresses the reader and offers opinions and advice. Can any willing editor help me to fix it ?

The above section is copied from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Computer_science#There_is_no_article_about_web_shell_on_Wikipedia_so_i_created_a_draft_regarding_web_shell.

Eatcha (talk) 14:36, 20 December 2018 (UTC)