Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions/Archive 1127

Hello! I'm not sure if there is a better place to ask, but I'm trying to figure out how I could add an image to the Draft:Willie Wiredhand article, about a corporate mascot. His rival Reddy Kilowatt appears to have a fair use image, but I think Reddy Kilowatt is no longer actively being used whereas Willie Wiredhand is. I think an image like the one here would add a lot to the article. Is there a fair use rationale I can use? Or, can I contact the copyright holder (the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association) and ask them to give some kind of relevant image permission? What should I ask them for? I'd appreciate any advice, or pointers to better places to ask! Thanks! ~ L 🌸 (talk) 22:42, 10 October 2021 (UTC)

@LEvalyn: Welcome to the Teahouse! You could ask them to follow Wikipedia:Donate copyrighted materials, or upload yourself if you can make the claim for fair use per Wikipedia:Non-free content criteria. GoingBatty (talk) 22:48, 10 October 2021 (UTC)

Hello, LEvalyn. By policy, non-free images cannot be used in drafts, but only in main space encyclopedia articles. So, for now, concentrate on the text and the references. Once it becomes an encyclopedia article, you can modify the rationale that you can see at File:Reddy Kilowatt with wall outlet pose.jpg. But only then. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 23:11, 10 October 2021 (UTC)

Thank you to both of you! That clarifies what I need to do. I'll finish the article, and then once it's in mainspace I'll use the Wikipedia file upload wizard to add a fair use image. Part of what was throwing me off was knowing I couldn't upload a fair use image to Wikimedia Commons, but looking at how the Reddy image was added, this makes sense! ~ L 🌸 (talk) 23:36, 10 October 2021 (UTC)

We generally recommend that people looking to upload an image for a draft instead focus their efforts on writing the draft instead, since even if there is an image that could be used for the draft, it won't help the draft in any way regardless. The reviewers are looking at the text and the sources, not the image. —A little blue Bori v^_^v ^{Jéské Couriano} 20:09, 11 October 2021 (UTC)

Why are references to the Kyla Titus/Chica Boswell Mannerly book, The Boswell Legacy, considered to be unreliable? That's the only biography that actually quotes from letters and diaries, and from first hand interviews from Vet Boswell while she was alive. The book was approved by the Vet Boswell Family Collection, LLC. I get that there is a prejudice against "vanity" publishing services; however, the content of this book has held up to scrutiny/review. I see this as a self-publishing effort rather than mere vanity. Pherank (talk) 21:13, 11 October 2021 (UTC)

Hello, Pherank. As you probably know, that book was written and self-published by the daughter and granddaughter of one of The Boswell Sisters and is currently used as a reference in that article. WP:SELFPUBLISHED is the link to the relevant policy. Unless these authors are musicologists or historians, their self published book should almost certainly not be used. You can discuss the matter with the two editors who reverted you at Emmett Hardy, which is a very sad story. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 21:37, 11 October 2021 (UTC)

 Feniles (talk) 20:53, 11 October 2021 (UTC) hello sir You asked why I made changes to chavda dynasty? sir you made a mistake by saying that Thier gurjar origin is disputed how you can say that? they ruled over Gujart The land Of Gurjars and cahvda chaprana is a clan Of Gurjars only found In Gurjar Hindus and Muslims. Even Chavda Gurjar had good relations with the south Indian chalukiya Gurjars after Chaprana only chalukiya Gurjar took the throne in Gujarat and they referred as chalukiya of Gujarat & solanki

 Feniles (talk) 20:55, 11 October 2021 (UTC)

@Feniles: If this is about the content of an article, please discuss it on that article's talk page. RudolfRed (talk) 20:57, 11 October 2021 (UTC)

If you want to discuss the content of the article Samthar State, Feniles, then do so in Talk:Samthar State. If it's about Chavda dynasty, then do so in Talk:Chavda dynasty. If it's about a matter that's problematic in two or more articles, then bring it up in Wikipedia talk:Noticeboard for India-related topics. -- Hoary (talk) 22:41, 11 October 2021 (UTC)

Hi, im just wondering how do i join a wikiproject group because im interested in joining the wikiproject disney group Kaleeb18 (talk) 00:05, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

Hello,Kaleeb18. Just go to Wikipedia:WikiProject Disney/Members and add your signature to the list. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 00:11, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

Thank you Cullen328 i am now a member — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kaleeb18 (talk • contribs) 00:35, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

Hello yes I know this is the 3rd question I've asked today but I need clarification on this one! So on all the articles on the Pokemon games, the short description is very general (for example, on Pokemon Sword and Shield the short description is 2019 video games) and I thought that short descriptions were supposed to be short but still accurately describe the article. Looking at WP:SHORTDESC doesn't help as it doesn't really say whether or not a slightly longer (a little over 40 characters but not too over) but accurate description is preferred over a short (≥40 characters) but very general short description. So I have to know, is a short description that is short but very general preferred over one that might be slightly longer than the recommended limit but isn't very general. ― Blaze The Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 19:44, 11 October 2021 (UTC)

You could have a look at Wikidata:Help:Description, which describes a very similar concept. Keep in mind that an important function of the description is disambiguation. Is there another topic that is similar to Pokemon Sword and Shield that could be mistaken for the 2019 video games? If there is, then you'd want a more comprehensive description. If it is enough to distinguish the similar articles, then a concise description suffices. Vexations (talk) 20:04, 11 October 2021 (UTC)

I mean.. basically any video game made in 2019 could be mistaken for Pokemon Sword and Shield with its current description. ― Blaze The Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 20:09, 11 October 2021 (UTC)

@Blaze The Wolf: You could amend the short description to 2019 Pokémon video games, which shouldn't go over 40 characters. Masters EX was also released in 2019, but I don't think that specific of a distinction needs to be made. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 20:24, 11 October 2021 (UTC)

I would say that year Pokemon video games would be a good short description for all the Pokemon game articles because none of the years only had a Pokemon game release (as far as I'm aware). ― Blaze The Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 20:56, 11 October 2021 (UTC)

Blaze The Wolf, numerous editors have already put a great amount of effort into augmenting the articles about Pokemon. No doubt further augmentations and improvements are possible, but I suspect that those readers who are interested in the details are well served elsewhere (by fan sites and so on). Meanwhile, few articles about cities are informative, well-developed, up to date, and free of more or less subtle advertising. Now you know where to find stuff about urban history, why not leave Pokemon coverage for younger editors and get stuck into something that's more important? -- Hoary (talk) 22:32, 11 October 2021 (UTC)

@Hoary: Why can't I choose what I want to edit? I honestly don't appreciate being told that i shouldn't be editing in a certain category just because I could be doing something better. I like editing in my areas of interest which mostly include video games and some other things. I also don't really see how this answers my question. ― Blaze The Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 23:04, 11 October 2021 (UTC)

Blaze The Wolf, you are of course entirely welcome to edit where you want to edit; but very recently you gave the impression that this was, or that one such area was, urban history. If you're going to tackle urban history, then doing so will take time and concentration. -- Hoary (talk) 23:14, 11 October 2021 (UTC)

@Hoary: Honestly, that's something that I struggle with. I tend to jump around on what I'm wanting to do a lot, also I don't only edit in one specific area. As I said I edit in areas of interest and urban history is one of those. However and admittedly I probably shouldn't do this I tend to work on multiple projects at once, although I tend to just keep piling them on until I decide that I want to actually work on one of them. I'm not meaning to sound rude here or anything but, as you can tell from my userpage, I'm autistic and autism generally has symptoms of ADHD/ADD (although symptoms will vary from person to person) so I tend to have a short attention span (relatively speaking). This is kinda why I jump from topic to topic. I'm interested in one topic one moment and the next I'm interested in another. It's just kinda who I am and how I work. I understand that all people work differently and how I work on Wikipedia is that I work on multiple things at once, doing them little by little until I finish them. ....As I'm reading this it got way longer than I expected. Kinda shows how I jump from one thing to another. ― Blaze The Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 23:24, 11 October 2021 (UTC)

Ah. I hadn't seen (or had forgotten having seen) your user page. Well, please do what you feel like doing. (As for me, I tend to have tunnel concentration: When I get stuck into some subject, I hardly notice anything else.) -- Hoary (talk) 23:57, 11 October 2021 (UTC)

@Hoary: Honestly, sometimes I do get tunnel vision on one thing. I'm kind all over the place. ― Blaze The Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 00:54, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

"2019 video games" sounds fine. One of the examples at Wikipedia:Short description#Inclusion of dates is "1981 arcade game". The description is not supposed to uniquely define the subject, and it's displayed together with the title so it doesn't need to repeat "Pokémon". If you want more detail then I suggest "2019 role-playing video games". PrimeHunter (talk) 23:50, 11 October 2021 (UTC)

Ah ok! That's good to know. I thought that a short description was supposed to be short but also was supposed to accurately define the subject. ― Blaze The Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 00:55, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

Why is User talk:AmandaNP semi-protected for (expect User talk:AmandaNP/IP, is not protected)? 2001:44B8:41C6:F700:51E7:CFA0:7310:4F18 (talk) 01:10, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

As noted on AmandaNP's IP talk page, "Because of vandals and illegitimate users posting messages to my talkpage, my talkpage has been protected and redirects you to post your message on the IP subpage. If you are a legitimate IP user attempting to contact me, my apologies, and I will be as prompt as I can in responding to your messages." 331dot (talk) 01:14, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

For a similar reason, my user page is protected. I believe all user pages should be semi-protected by default. And I will protect anyone's user page by request of the owner, at a lesser protection level than the user's current editing rights (although one user asked me to protect his page so only administrators can edit it because he wanted his username to appear red and didn't want to edit his own page accidentally). ~Anachronist (talk) 01:28, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

I have recently found that Vehicle identification number has 2 standards, ISO 3779 and ISO 4030, which had been stated in the article. As I am an IP user, I cannot create new pages. I hope someone could help me to do this. Thank you. 14.0.180.66 (talk) 03:25, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

 Done! GoingBatty (talk) 03:26, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

My recent edit to CodeSignal was wrongly removed by RainbowLover334148 for not being constructive, but it's necessary because it fixes the link to Hired. 128.252.48.28 (talk) 03:44, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

I reverted my edit. Thanks for alerting me! RainbowLover334148 (talk) 03:49, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

But Teahouse is for messages about article creation, editing and more. If you want to notify me when I made a mistake, please let me know on my talk page instead. RainbowLover334148 (talk) 03:52, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

Hi. I want to make an alternative account of mine for legitimate use. Can anyone give me suggestions? Thanks.  ||  Orbit Wharf  ^💬 05:22, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

Yes: Give it a name such as "Orbit Wharf (perturbed)" or "Orbit a Different Wharf" and then have each user page link to the other. -- Hoary (talk) 05:58, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

Hi. I saw a WP:COI article, Larry Fondren, edited by COI/paid editor User:Momer313 ​which fails our guidelines. Can anyone here may please nominate it with their own rationale or use mine, "WP:COI article recently edited by COI editor User:Momer313, clearly fails WP:SIGCOV. No real coverage was found about them in my WP:BEFORE". Thanks. 86.133.75.114 (talk) 05:46, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

Not me, because I'd feel obliged to read the damn thing and then do a bit of googling; and neither is attractive. All you need do is get a username and log in under that username; then you can do the whole process yourself. -- Hoary (talk) 06:00, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

Wikipedia told me that one of my edits was rejected, but I never made that edit! In fact, I saw that there are several other edits from me in the past, which I have no idea of! What is happening?

Is it possible for somebody else to have the same IP address as me? Is it possible that my internet security has been compromised? 122.161.48.85 (talk) 05:10, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

Hi! Great question - thanks for bringing it to the Teahouse. :) IP addresses are often dynamic, which means that the Internet Service Provider you are using will give the same IP address to different people at different times. So right now you are on your current address, but tomorrow or next week you may be on a different IP. While it is assigned to you no one else can use it, but it may not stay assigned to you for long, and someone else may be given it next.

This makes the warnings we give a bit obsolete, as quite often the person we are warning never sees it, and instead the next person to use the IP address sees a warning for something they didn't do. (Which seems to be what happened to you). But don't worry - administrators know this is happening, so they are very unlikely to presume that you are the same person who was originally warned. - Bilby (talk) 05:26, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

Welcome to the Teahouse. Building off of the above response, the easiest way to make sure you're not the one receiving the warnings is to create your own account and stay logged in. You are not obliged to contribute to the encyclopedia, but you won't get warnings unless they're specifically directed to you. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 06:32, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

I'm using Twinkle and I don't know what is AGF I tested them and end up saying good faith even if it's bad faith so please delete my recent revision to avoid confusion. It's urgent! RainbowLover334148 (talk) 06:25, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

@RainbowLover334148: Welcome to the Teahouse. Once an edit's been made, the edit summary generally stays there unless it's egregiously bad (like personal attacks and the such, which can be suppressed from an article's history). You could just make a dummy edit stating that the previous edit of yours wasn't a reversion made in good faith if it really bothers you. Alternatively, you can also undo your revert and use that edit summary to clarify what happened. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 06:35, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

Is it legitimate to add footnotes to pictures? I see this in Byeonhan_confederacy but it is a little unorthodox for research papers or textbooks to do that. MGetudiant (talk) 04:49, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

MGetudiant, when I read your question, I thought it was about appending footnote links to pictures – which might be a reasonable thing to do. But I see it's about using footnotes which are pictures (from Commons). Yes, that is weird. I've no idea whether there's a relevant Wikipedia policy. Maproom (talk) 07:32, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

Hello! So I'm currently trying to establish a consensus for a list criteria on a list and i"m wondering what I can do to try and get more input outside of just posting it on the talk page and hoping someone notices it. ― Blaze The Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 18:53, 11 October 2021 (UTC)

@Blaze The Wolf: You could post a request on the appropriate WikiProject talk pages inviting them to participate in the article talk page discussion. GoingBatty (talk) 19:11, 11 October 2021 (UTC)

@GoingBatty: Alright, how exactly would i post said request? Is there a special template I should use? ― Blaze The Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 19:18, 11 October 2021 (UTC)

@Blaze The Wolf: Presuming you're referring to Talk:List of Nintendo video game series, you could create a new section on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Video games with something like "Hello! I'm looking for some guidance on list criteria for List of Nintendo video game series. Could you please share your thoughts at Talk:List of Nintendo video game series#Talk criteria? Thanks!" (There might be a template, but sometimes writing a few sentences is faster than going template hunting.) Good luck! GoingBatty (talk) 19:57, 11 October 2021 (UTC)

@GoingBatty: Alright thanks! ― Blaze The Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 19:59, 11 October 2021 (UTC)

@Blaze The Wolf See WP:APPNOTE i you haven't. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 07:44, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

I wanna write an article about a Bangladeshi cricket umpire. Can you please tell me where I can practice first? RidoanMac2 (talk) 13:06, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

RidoanMac2 Hello and welcome to the Teahouse. Creating a new article is one of the most difficult tasks to attempt to perform on Wikipedia. Diving right into it without experience and knowledge can result in frustration and hurt feelings as things that are not understood happen to something that hours were spent on. I would suggest first using the new user tutorial and spending much time editing existing articles in areas that interest you, to get a feel for how Wikipedia operates and what is expected of article content.

That said, if you still wish to proceed, you should review Your First Article and gather at least three independent reliable sources with significant coverage of this umpire, showing how they meet the special Wikipedia definition of a notable cricket figure(I assume you refer to a cricket umpire). If you have that, you may create and submit a draft using Articles for Creation. 331dot (talk) 13:07, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

If you wish to practice before creating your draft at Articles for Creation, you have a personal sandbox, User:RidoanMac2/sandbox. 331dot (talk) 13:08, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

I think this would be an important article to have due to some people having a lack of understanding how these work. Sometimes a video on these just wont cut it. If you agree with me feel free to make some, my time is rather limited in light of a new year of schooling so I likely will have trouble making more than 2 in my free time. 50.228.134.2 (talk) 14:44, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

Hello and welcome to the Teahouse. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a how-to guide on using various products like software. 331dot (talk) 14:46, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

I think you might be getting Wikipedia confused with a similarly named (although completely different and unrelated) website called Wikihow, which is a website dedicated to creating how-to guides for things, unlike Wikipedia. ― Blaze The Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 14:49, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

hi there, im just wandering how the Draft:Pecos Bill Tall Tale Inn and Cafe is looking so far and what looks good and what i need to change. Kaleeb18 (talk) 01:24, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

@Kaleeb18: Please look at Wikipedia:Golden rule. Your draft doesn't meet any of the criteria. The only review is a blog, you're citing another wiki, and the rest of the citations are either just directory listings or the establishment's own website. You have demonstrated only that the establishment exists, not that it is notable. ~Anachronist (talk) 01:31, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

Can you help me find good references please Kaleeb18 (talk) 01:44, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

I've tried, and found nothing. Maproom (talk) 07:18, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

@Kaleeb18: I don't believe there are good references for Pecos Bill Tall Tale Inn and Cafe. I searched newspapers.com and found several articles about visiting Magic Kingdom, with brief mentions of eating at the cafe; then I went to Google Books and found a couple of mentions of the cafe being in the theme park. I could find no references for when the cafe was built, no description of its appearance, and no true restaurant review stating the merits of eating there, as opposed to going to any of the other eating establishments at the park.

I see that Disneyland's Golden Horseshoe Saloon article has had a template since 2009 stating it needs additional citations, but it's not wise to try to follow the lead of unsourced articles. If no one has been able to improve that article in the past 11 years it would appear that Disney theme park restaurants just don't get enough coverage in articles and books to become notable enough for a proper Wikipedia article. Karenthewriter (talk) 13:58, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

Well thank you for looking @karenthewriter Kaleeb18 (talk) 15:19, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

Can you give us more info about becoming a host of Wikipedia:Teahouse? 2001:44B8:41C6:F700:51E7:CFA0:7310:4F18 (talk) 09:51, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

Hi and welcome to the Teahouse! Anyone can become a host at this page, although it has a few requirements - understanding how Wikipedia and the Teahouse works, and having a registered account that's 30 days old with 500 edits. Thank you for your question! Vukky ^talk•_edits 10:18, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

From the "Become a Host" box at the top of Teahouse: Are you...

• An editor who understands how Wikipedia works?
• Helpful to new people, with a clear and friendly manner?
• Familiar with the Teahouse project?
• Someone who has been here for at least 30 days and has made around 500 mainspace edits?
• Happy to follow our simple 'host expectations'?

I will add: Have near-infinite patience when answering the same beginners' questions over and over again. David notMD (talk) 10:26, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

David notMD, can you review my draft? Panini!^🥪 14:54, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

@Panini!: This would've been a bit more appropriate to ask on David's talk page. ― Blaze The Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 15:09, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

Blaze The Wolf I'm just pulling some legs. New users ask the Teahouse to review their drafts a lot. Panini!^🥪 15:26, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

Oh, alright. I thought you were legitimately asking them to review your draft. ― Blaze The Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 15:28, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

Curious to know about this. We do have a criteria for academics that is distinct from GNG. How do we decide for journals? Nomadicghumakkad (talk) 01:38, 9 October 2021 (UTC)

@Nomadicghumakkad: there's this old essay on the topic: WP:NJOURNALS - Astrophobe (talk) 01:46, 9 October 2021 (UTC)

I should have said though that in terms of hard policy, and certainly in actual practice, what's used in my (limited) experience is GNG. - Astrophobe (talk) 01:48, 9 October 2021 (UTC)

:: Hey, thanks for sharing Astrophobe. Sounds like WP:NMEDIA. Pretty vague but still something! WP:GNG is of course overarching. Was wondering if there is something additional. Nomadicghumakkad (talk) 01:49, 9 October 2021 (UTC)

Yeah I don't think it offers anything above WP:NMEDIA :) - Astrophobe (talk) 01:55, 9 October 2021 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Notability (academics) presents a set of eight criteria, Nomadicghumakkad. If any one criterion among them is met, the person is notable. I suspect that attempting to create something more or less similar for academic journals would additionally bring in factors discussed in Wikipedia:Notability (books), and all in all become a monstrous time-sink and bore. Why would anyone want to embark on this: is WP:GNG inadequate? -- Hoary (talk) 01:51, 9 October 2021 (UTC)

That looks a lot like the edit history of WP:NJOURNALS! - Astrophobe (talk) 01:55, 9 October 2021 (UTC)

Hey Hoary, this is a new area I am thinking to explore. What's happening is this: for my own research papers and academic writing, I am diving deep these days and whenever I see a journal, I start to wonder if I should cite it or not (Wiki reliability and notability policies have started to dictate how I approach my research now!!!). And hence, I started wondering if there was some focus on this in past. Wiki project is so full of surprises. You think of something and mostly, it has already been thought of and is present. So yes, sort of went with that. WP:GNG - well, I would think same way one would think of academics. Why would typical news write about academic journals (unless there is a scandal maybe?!). Sorry for long convoluted answer. Nomadicghumakkad (talk) 01:58, 9 October 2021 (UTC)

@Nomadicghumakkad: Maybe I misunderstand you, but a journal does not need to be notable in order for you to cite it. It only needs to be notable if you want to create an article about that journal. RudolfRed (talk) 02:11, 9 October 2021 (UTC)

You are right RudolfRed! I know that; but because of Wiki, my mind is attuned to sort of pick only 'high quality' journals. Need to get over my wiki syndrome outside wikipedia. Nomadicghumakkad (talk) 02:20, 9 October 2021 (UTC)

Nomadicghumakkad, the article Journal ranking may help you. -- Hoary (talk) 04:15, 9 October 2021 (UTC)

Thanks Hoary; I think this is what I have been looking for! Nomadicghumakkad (talk) 22:12, 10 October 2021 (UTC)

@Nomadicghumakkad: One more small point. While there are certainly infinite criteria (if you're considering, well, EVERYTHING), there is no such thing as "a" criteria. There is certainly "a criteriON." Uporządnicki (talk) 15:46, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

Hello, so I am looking to add to the listing mentioned in the Subject field above. Thing is, I don't know what makes a particular publisher reputable or not. I don't think it would make sense for me to use a local school's newspaper as a source. Any advice on what to consider when evaluating a source's credibility? Hero Mask (talk) 15:24, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

Hello, Hero Mask! I assume you're referring to List of video games considered the best? If so, some of the users of this site created and maintain a list of news sites and all the alike that are considered the most reliable and high quality ones out there. You can view that list here. It also covers what makes sources reliable and unreliable. Hope this helps what you're looking for! Panini!^🥪 16:33, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

I am curious about the prospective completion date of Wikipedia, as I very much look forward to its publication as a collection of printed volumes.

Is there any guidance as to when this can be expected?

Thanks 88.109.141.241 (talk) 23:00, 11 October 2021 (UTC)

There is indeed. -- Hoary (talk) 23:17, 11 October 2021 (UTC)

Print Wikipedia is worth reading. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 23:25, 11 October 2021 (UTC)

@IP user. You may be interested in downloading the whole of Wikipedia to create your own collection of printed volumes (or for any other purpose). The instructions are to be found at WP:Dump. Mike Turnbull (talk) 09:53, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

You will need a LOT of memory storage. David notMD (talk) 10:15, 12 October 2021 (UTC)Pretty much never :/

Well, I guess at the very least, we will have to wait until the very last person ever to have an article about him or her in Wikipedia--now or in the future--dies. Or when there's nothing left to discover in any field of learning-and it's all in Wikipedia, to boot. Uporządnicki (talk) 15:36, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

All that we giant brains have to do after completing our Infosphere is to destroy the rest of the universe so that no new, unrecorded knowledge can arise. Deor (talk) 17:23, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

In short Wikipedia will never be completed as long as time continues (or at least, until Wikipedia is forced to shut down or just dies out). As long as there is new information that can be added to Wikipedia, it will continue to grow and grow. ― Blaze The Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 15:50, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

The Meena tribe of Rajasthan ruled the whole of Rajasthan. Rulers of the tribes of Meena tribe like: - Alan Singh Meena on Jaipur and Bunda Meena on Bundi etc. Still, why our attention is not focused on the tribes of Meenas like:- Chanda, Sera, and Narla etc. I am slowly bringing to the fore the history of all the tribes of the Meena tribe of Rajasthan. So that they can also be discussed in Wikipedia. The Meenas founded Amer city and Bundi city etc. Karsan Chanda (talk) 02:05, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

@Karsan Chanda: Welcome to the Teahouse! Every editor is free to edit the articles they choose. I wish you much success in your efforts to expand Wikipedia. Do you have a specific question we can help you with? GoingBatty (talk) 02:43, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

FYI

 – Combined sections. GoingBatty (talk) 17:28, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

Create this category and add it to Wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Karsan Chanda (talk • contribs) 04:40, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

@Karsan Chanda: Uhm, is that an order? Uporządnicki (talk) 15:59, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

@Karsan Chanda: Welcome to the Teahouse! The proper place to request new categories is Wikipedia:Articles for creation/Redirects and categories. Happy editing! GoingBatty (talk) 17:27, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

Need help to update an image file currently on wikipedia, not uploaded by me. Bpay1264 (talk) 17:20, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

@Bpay1264, Hello! Depends very much on the context, can you be more specific? For example, we can almost never use random pics from the internet, because copyright. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 17:57, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia! Can you please provide the link to the image? Lightbluerain❄ (Talk | contribs) 17:58, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

The template {{pp-move}} does not show a topicon despite being intended to, such as on Ivory Coast. This might just be a rendering issue on my chromebook, though. dudhhr_Contribs 14:41, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

@Dudhhr: The template doesn't display anything on Ivory Coast because Ivory Coast isn't protected - the template checks if the page has any protection applied then picks the correct icon. 192.76.8.78 (talk) 18:06, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

Weird, since the move option doesn't show up on the More tab like it usually does. dudhhr_Contribs 18:09, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

I checked the prot log and it's indefinitely move-protected. dudhhr_Contribs 18:13, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Hang on, it's me being thick, it is move protected, it was just the edit protection that was set to expire. Sorry. 192.76.8.78 (talk) 18:14, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

I was about to say the same. RedWarn doesn't recognize the indefinite move protection, however Twinkle does so it is definitely move protected. ― Blaze The Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 18:15, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

In case you're still wondering, not displaying an icon for move protection is intentional, a decision made a very long time ago to reduce the clutter of icons - since it really doesn't matter to most readers or editors. -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 18:17, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

This discussion? Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2020 October_25#Template:Pp-move 192.76.8.78 (talk) 18:19, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

Hello, I'd like some input from more experienced editors. I came across an article talk page, where other people in the past posted a link to an external site (forum), which doesn't meet verifiability or reliable source criteria, but it was shared as an informative resource about what was discussed at the article talk page. The linked material is no longer accessible through the originally provided link, but a Google cache snapshot of it can be accessed through the Wayback Machine. I want to follow up on the talk page to provide a link to the archive, so that editors can see what has been discussed, and I want to make sure that doing so wouldn't be violating some policy or guidelines. Could I please get an independent insight on that? Thanks! 89.176.230.207 (talk) 06:23, 11 October 2021 (UTC)

I have never heard of the Wayback Machine archiving Google caches. I think you're referring to Wayback's copies of regular web pages (without Google as an intermediary). In talk pages, the majority of pages may be linked to. Two kinds that may not are described in WP:ELNEVER. If a page, when still "live", would at a given time have belonged to the acceptable majority, then the Wayback copy of it would also belong to the acceptable majority. (Note that "WP:ELNEVER" is not exhaustive. So for example somebody linking to a "shock sites", or to the Wayback copy of a shock site, can expect to get clobbered for disruptive editing.) -- Hoary (talk) 08:22, 11 October 2021 (UTC)

The external link posted by this IP was to an anonymous discussion board that they tried to use as a source in article space. When told they couldn't use it they got combative. The link they posted is no longer accessible because the discussion forum changed their security settings, which this user is now trying to circumvent by grabbing a copy from the wayback machine. So, technically possible, but questionable ethically. And for something that was never usable or appropriate. This IP, under multiple IPs and a named account, tried to use these anonymous message board comments to try and counter RS sourced content in article space. Trying to keep this inappropriate content connected to the article by violating those forum members' privacy is inappropriate and disruptive. - CorbieVreccan ^☊ ☼ 19:14, 11 October 2021 (UTC)

I have no desire to try and resolve this dispute here (I also didn't bring it up here - I merely wanted to go to extra lengths to make sure that I wasn't inadvertently violating some policy that I wasn't aware about), but I feel like I need to correct personal claims about me that aren't true, and frankly, that I don't believe belong here at all. I didn't get combative; I admit I reacted inappropriately once at my talk page, but I admitted that was a mistake, and I apologized for that. But regarding the edit itself, I never edit-varred, and when I got reverted, I tried to talk and discuss. I don't think explaining my justifications for why I think my edit is valid can possibly be qualified as being combative.

The claim that I used multiple IPs, and a named account, to edit anything, is completely false, and I have absolutely no idea why CorbieVreccan now spreads this falsehood. I never used any other IP than this one, or any named account, to make any edit to the article, its talk page, or to interact with CorbieVreccan in any way. I would like to ask CorbieVreccan to stop making personal attacks and false accusations against me. I am ready and willing to talk to justify my edits, explain why I made them in good faith, why I still think the talk page edit is appropriate, but I don't think any of this dispute belongs here, and I ask CorbieVreccan to stop bringing this here, and to continue this on appropriate talk pages. 89.176.230.207 (talk) 09:06, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

For the record, as IP is forum-shopping: On an IP with only a few edits, the user blanked a welcome message with the edit summary: 'I have been editing Wikipedia for years and I am not interested in your "welcome"', and inserted text into an ongoing discussion to preserve an edit added by an IP in the same region. That IP had edited a comment made by the named account that first added the link this IP added the wayback version of. - CorbieVreccan ^☊ ☼ 18:21, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

I am going to publish a piece of biography of a guy who is active in the field of Visual Effect (VFX), for which I wanna cite some reliable sources, but wikipedia did not permit me to do so, you are kindly requested to help me in this regard AmirhDanesh (talk) 19:15, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

First, the draft Draft:Farid Nazerfasihi has been declined five times. The decline notices must stay with the draft. Only after the fourth decline did you add refs into the body of the draft. Of the refs, IMDb is not allowed, and of the others, the few I looked were only mentions of his name, i.e., not having several paragraphs about him. David notMD (talk) 19:40, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

Would I be allowed to upload my own photos to Commons or Wikipedia? Cerambycidfreak (talk) 20:00, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

@Cerambycidfreak: That is basically what Commons is for, as long as the photos have use on Wikipedia. Only the copyright holder of a photo can grant permission for the Wikimedia Foundation to use it under an acceptable free license (or declare it public domain). Note that a photo of you is likely not owned by you. The photographer owns the copyright, not the subject. ~Anachronist (talk) 20:02, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

How do people do the "conservation status" thing in the taxobox? Is there a specific coding? Cerambycidfreak (talk) 20:18, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

Have you read Template:Taxobox#Conservation status? --David Biddulph (talk) 20:28, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

May I create these templates? Faster than Thunder (talk) 19:33, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

What type of redirects will they correspond to? Ruslik_Zero 20:14, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

My guess would be redirects that came from a page move to correct spelling or grammar in the article title. ― Blaze The Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 20:17, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

@Blaze The Wolf: If spelling, we have Template:R from misspelling. --David Biddulph (talk) 20:31, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

Hi, I'm typing this in order to ask, how I can go by creating a page for a cultural center here in Quebec, I'm not very familiar with the rules that Wikipedia uses, as well as how to go about navigating the website in order to create the page. KabirCentre (talk) 17:11, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

Hello, KabirCentre. Creating a new article is quite challenging. Please read and study Your first article. Your username is also a problem since it seems to be the name of the center in question. Usernames representing a group or organization are not permitted so you should change your name. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 17:25, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

Hello @KabirCentre and welcome to Wikipedia. While theoretically possible, it may not be in practice. Thanks for asking first, it can save you time and effort.

Start with looking at WP:An article about yourself isn't necessarily a good thing, WP:GNG and WP:NORG. And WP:COI.

Still want to spend time on this? Then we have a rule that says you must change your username (WP:ORGNAME), you can have a username like "Kim at KabirCentre" if you want the orgname in there. Just abandon your account and make a new one.

Next, move on to WP:YFA. This should get you started. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 17:35, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

At risk of piling on KabirCentre, I will point out that if you (or anyone) manage to create an article about (rather than a "page for") the center, the article will not belong to the center, will not be controlled by the center, will not necessarily say what the center wants it to say, and should be based almost entirely on what people unconnected with the center have chosen to publish about it. Wikipedia is not interested in what the subject of an article says or wants to say about themselves, or what their associates say about them. Wikipedia is only interested in what people who have no connection with the subject, and who have not been prompted or fed information on behalf of the subject, have chosen to publish about the subject in reliable sources. I also always advise new editors to spend several months "learning the trade" by improving some of our six million existing articles before they try something as difficult as creating a new one. --ColinFine (talk) 20:37, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

Hello! It has been awhile since I've added a page from scratch. Just now I created a page for the artist Judith Roode, but when I started the page I accidentally left her last name lower case. Is there a way to fix this? When I try to edit the page, I am able to edit the content body, but not the header at the very top of the page.

Any help is greatly appreciated! Thank you!

JS Craftlibrarian (talk) 03:59, 11 October 2021 (UTC)

@Craftlibrarian: Welcome to the Teahouse! I have moved the article from Judith roode to Judith Roode for you. Happy editing! GoingBatty (talk) 04:04, 11 October 2021 (UTC)

@GoingBatty: Thank you so much for your help! I really appreciate it. :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Craftlibrarian (talk • contribs) 21:32, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

I want to create a WikiProject about Science, Nature and Eco-Life. Anyone interested in working with me please? FireToWater (Let's Talk!) 18:21, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

@FireToWater: Welcome to the Teahouse! The folks at WP:WikiProject Science, WP:WikiProject Nature, and WP:WikiProject Ecology might be interested in learning more about your new WikiProject. Happy editing! GoingBatty (talk) 19:00, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

@GoingBatty: Thanks, I will ask about my Project there. Happy editing ("redirected" from same to you)! FireToWater (Let's Talk!) 21:34, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

Content Suggestions from non Wikipedians I have registered to edit, however after doing so I learned that my content contributions could be a COI issue. There are categories and content that belong in the pickleball page, and rather than becoming an experienced editor for a subject that I should not post under due to my COI, I'm hoping to find a simple way of passing along content for evaluation by existing pickleball page editors. Can I do that through email, or posting to an external page and sharing the link? Please help me to find the appropriate person/people and a simple way I can pass info along to let the professionals determine what belongs. Thanks! InformationPower (talk) 21:19, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

@InformationPower: Post your suggested changes at Talk:Pickleball along with {{edit request}}. RudolfRed (talk) 21:37, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

Please could someone tell me whether it is possible to adapt a basic Infobox in order to include some elements not normally included? Sir Edward is a special case - hanged and beheaded for a crime he did not commit. His page is here: Sir Edward Crosbie, 5th Baronet and the items I would like to include are emboldened here: User:Arbil44/sandbox#Infobox information copied from the CA page (because those elements were critical in his death sentence). Anne (talk) 18:02, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

@Arbil44, As I understand it, we can only use the parameters at Template:Infobox person, unless the template itself is changed, which requires discussion at Template talk:Infobox person. Religion seems specifically forbidden: Wikipedia:Village_pump_(policy)/Archive_126#RfC:_Religion_in_biographical_infoboxes. Template:Infobox military person has the allegience parameter, but I don't think that helps. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 18:53, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

Hmm, there may be something called a "custom parameter", but I have no idea how that works. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 18:56, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

Gråbergs Gråa Sång, many thanks for your advice. I will take my question to Template talk:Infobox person in the hope that some exceptions may be possible in special cases! Anne (talk) 22:23, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

I just updated this page: Mary Roseanne Katzke, and none of the links I added work. I read about how to do it and it seemed to work during the edit but....no. How can I fix them? WriterMouse (talk) 01:17, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

WriterMouse If you mean wiki links, I think a few of them are going to be faulty due to how you've used the wiki markup. Anything just within square brackets (like [[this]]) is going to be treated as the title of an article, so if you include things like double-apostrophes in order to display as italics, they have to be outside the brackets (like ''[[this]]'', not [[''this'']]). The same is true of possessives, so add any 's after the brackets rather than inside them. 𝄠ʀᴀᴘᴘʟᴇ ꭗ 01:41, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

Is there a way to tell whether I'm autoconfirmed? Is there a notification or something I should be getting? Martystlouis21 (talk) 02:46, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

Martystlouis21 The quickest way to check is under your preferences (Special:Preferences), where you should see a list of all usergroups you're a member of. 𝄠ʀᴀᴘᴘʟᴇ ꭗ 02:55, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

I edited a page that was wrong and simply corrected it. Fellow editors agreed with me more. How to deal with issues like this that come up? Alchemist757 (talk) 00:07, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

Alchemist757 If there are any disagreements over changes to articles, the best place for discussion is on the talk page of that article. The basic principle of making changes here is what we call BRD—which means that if you make a change, and someone reverts it, the next step is to discuss your change in order to propose it again. If it's for one article, use that article's page; if it's something affecting several related articles then perhaps a wikiproject might be the best avenue, and those can be found by the looking at the talk pages of the articles too. 𝄠ʀᴀᴘᴘʟᴇ ꭗ 00:17, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

You edited six articles about Norse mythology and all of your edits were Reverted. David notMD (talk) 01:29, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

@Alchemist757: Since all of your edits have been reverted, and your initial question above suggests English may not be your first language (you said the opposite of what you meant), I recommend that for the time being, you suggest edits on the article talk pages and discuss them there first. You will find that other editors are friendly if they think you are trying to contribute, and not create more work to maintain the articles. TimTempleton ^{(talk) (cont)} 04:47, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

Hi. I've made a request for changing my username. How I delete the request. Is there any way? Thanks.  ||  Orbit Wharf  ^💬 16:56, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

@Orbit Wharf: What do you mean by delete? If you wish to withdraw it just leave a comment there asking for it to be withdrawn. If you mean that the request has been acted on then it'll be archived automatically, you don't need to do anything. Be aware that renames are publicly logged, it is basically impossible to hide previous account names. 192.76.8.78 (talk) 17:47, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

@192.76.8.78: Yeah. I want to withdraw the request. Thank you so much!  ||  Orbit Wharf  ^💬 04:51, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

Hello Every Editor or seniors, please suggest or guide me for how to move my draft Draft:Kumbharacha Ganpati to article. Thank You Rajmama (talk) 09:44, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

Rajmama Hello and welcome to the Teahouse. You have submitted your draft for review and it is pending. If accepted, it will be moved into the encyclopedia by the reviewer. This may take time, so patience is required. 331dot (talk) 09:48, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

Hello @Rajmama. IMDb and YouTube are not reliable sources so your draft will likely get denied. You should add independent reliable sources to prove the notability of this film, see WP:NFILM. Eevee01^(talk) 10:25, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

Hello. I would like to ask you for this thing:

As the situation of my editing of pages in the Chinese-language Wikipedia is indeed too different from other-language Wikipedia, could you please never let the Chinese-language Wikipedia block me, and please bring me to the question part of the Chinese-language Wikipedia?

Thank you. 548asiaslavia (talk) 14:40, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

548asiaslavia As explained to you above, issues with other language versions of wikipedia need to be brought up there; if you have blocking concerns on the Chinese-language wikipedia then you must raise them on the Chinese-language wikipedia. Only issues with the English-language wikipedia can be addressed here. 𝄠ʀᴀᴘᴘʟᴇ ꭗ 14:43, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

Can you please bring me to the question part in the Chinese-language Wikipedia? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 548asiaslavia (talk • contribs)

I'm not familiar with any Chinese language enough to find such a page, but I would suggest that if you also are unfamiliar enough to find it then perhaps a Chinese-language site is not advisable for editing. 𝄠ʀᴀᴘᴘʟᴇ ꭗ 14:51, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

Both the Teahouse and the Help Desk have links to Chinese versions of those pages under their 'Languages' sections (here and here). What's actually at the other end of those links, I have no idea. Whether you can post there if your account is blocked, I also don't know. Wikignome Wintergreen^talk 15:04, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

I have found a page where episodes descriptions are too long. I would like to add a warning saying it should be trimmed down but don't know where to find it. Thanks in advance. The article is question is American Epic (film series). Gandalf the Groovy (talk) 14:09, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

Welcome to the Teahouse. You could probably use this tag. Pyrrho the Skeptic (talk) 16:28, 13 October 2021 (UTC) 14:12, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

Gandalf the Groovy—{{Long plot}} is probably the best one to use, but also don't be afraid to make any changes you feel are necessary too. 𝄠ʀᴀᴘᴘʟᴇ ꭗ 14:14, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

@𝄠ʀᴀᴘᴘʟᴇ Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gandalf the Groovy (talk • contribs) 14:15, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

Is it possible to change an article image if a better picture becomes available on Wikimedia commons? What are the rules around changing a picture as the old one is still valid, just not as good. Naturally its subjective but I'd like to know the guidelines. Occasionalpedestrian (talk) 16:50, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

@Occastionalpedestria: See Wikipedia:Be bold. Go right ahead if there is a better image. If the previous image is still useful, find somewhere else in the article to put it. ~Anachronist (talk) 16:54, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

This is a simple question, do they show up on your profile? I want to try the sandbox page out but I am worried what I put in my sandbox page is shown to the entire public when I don't really want to share my sandbox page with others. AlexEditsWikipedia (talk) 16:54, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

Hello, AlexEditsWikipedia. Every edit you make shows up in your edit history, and no page on Wikipedia is private. This is an open, collaborative project. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 17:00, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

@AlexEditsWikipedia: If you wish to use your sandbox to practice editing, you can do that and use the "preview" button to see how the edits will look when rendered from the Wiki markup. You don't need to ever hit the "publish" button (which saves the page) and can instead copy out the raw text to save in an offline program such as notepad. That way, no-one will ever see your work until your choose to do so. You can set Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-editing to Prompt me when entering a blank edit summary (or the default undo summary) and thus make it unlikely that you could accidentally publish something you don't want to. Mike Turnbull (talk) 17:12, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

Hello, AlexEditsWikipedia. As Cullen says, everything in Wikipedia is public (including in most cases all its history). But only articles are indexed by external search engines, so what is in your sandbox should not turn up in any searches unless the person is using Wikipedia's internal search mechanism and they tell it to search user space. --ColinFine (talk) 17:18, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Choo_Mandhirakaali The page was declined by Krishnavilasom Bhageerathan Pilla & he mentioned that there was not enough reliable references, So I have added more than 10 reliable references. But still the page is not live. Looks like Krishnavilasom Bhageerathan Pilla is blocked now. Please guide me on publishing the page Annam Medias (talk) 17:03, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

@Annammedias: Welcome to the Teahouse! Even though the first reviewer has been blocked, another user will review your draft. While you are waiting, you can keep working on the draft (e.g. ensuring each reference has a valid |title=, |work= or |publisher=, and |language=/|trans-title= for non-English sources). Happy editing! GoingBatty (talk) 17:13, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

Hello, Annammedias. I see you have made a paid editing declaration with respect to Annam Medias; but you refer to "my movie", and you have not made such a declaration in respect of Draft:Choo Mandirakaali. You also need to change your user name (or abandon that account and create a new one), as usernames that imply that they are representing an organisation are not permitted. Note also that if the article is accepted it will not be your article, will not be under your control, and will not necessarily say what you want it to say. While your draft is not egregiously promotional, it does tend that way. In particular, you cite a review (the Times of India one) without mentioning any of its criticisms (though one of them is there in the title). That is not what we require in a neutral encyclopaedia article. --ColinFine (talk) 17:50, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

I started in August and some type of robot gave a warm welcoming message. But that was the robot. The actual interactions I have had with established users have been less than welcoming, less than knowledgeable, and often uninformed on their part. In particular the article review process. I started an article on Museums of Florence, not knowing about the "underconstruction flag" because that is how it is done in the Italian Wikipedia. Articles are started and then gradually improved. After move to draft space, it soon became clear that the reviewers were just typing policy names, not knowing what the policies were. I had to explain what WP:WIKIVOICE, WP:NOTESSAY etc. are. I am not kidding, the reviewers did not object to my explanations that they were quoting incorrect policies. They just quoted other incorrect policies! The reality is that Wikipedia is under assault by people who want to build pages for themselves, their dog or their cousin. So the page review process is a boxing match, with reviewers who are fed up, tired and careless. So to be realistic, you people need to tone down the robot and instead warn people that English Wikipedia is a type of fight, with angry page reviewers who have had to fight about pages about pets, cousins and dogs. The tea house robot message was far from real, for all I have seen. Ode+Joy (talk) 17:07, 12 October 2021 (UTC) Ode+Joy

@Ode+Joy: Reviewers aren't citing the correct policies? If that's true then how on Earth did they become reveiwers? Also, English Wikipedia isn't a fight. It's a team project. I agree that bots welcoming users instead of humans isn't all that great as you can't ask bots questions about things because, well, they're bots. If you'd like help you can ask me on my talk page as I'd be more than willing to help you. ― Blaze The Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 18:34, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

@Blaze The Wolf: That is it right: "how on Earth did they become reviewers?" On your talk page, I will give exact, I mean exact examples of how they quoted incorrect policies. Ode+Joy (talk) 19:22, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

@Ode+Joy: Alright, make sure to provide diffs. ― Blaze The Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 19:25, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

@Ode+Joy: "Articles are started and then gradually improved." I too thought the same.

Wikipedia is under assault by people who want to build pages for themselves, their dog or their cousin. I have reviewed many drafts, Ode+Joy, perhaps not always as conscientiously as I should, but I haven't yet encountered any that was about anybody's pet. Otherwise, yes, true. Please add "their esteemed fathers and grandfathers" (yes, there's a considerable gender bias) and "the obscure creators of paintings they've somehow inherited and might be persuaded to sell", and much else. But reviewing drafts seldom if ever makes me angry. (Of course, somebody might claim that I'm in denial about my anger.) Yes, Wikipedia is awful in various ways, but we all knew that already. ¶ Blaze The Wolf: Reviewers aren't citing the correct policies? If that's true then how on Earth did they become reveiwers? I became a draft reviewer by eyeballing this, deciding that I qualified, and possibly skimreading chapter 1 of Wikipedia Reviewing for Dummies. Nobody tested me on my knowledge of policies. I haven't made any systematic review of others' reviews, but I get the impression that I warmly agree with perhaps 70% and disagree with perhaps 10%. -- Hoary (talk) 22:45, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

@Hoary: What so you can just sign up to become a draft reviewer? I thought you actually had to go through a review process as you needed specific tools to do so. ― Blaze The Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 23:19, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

Blaze The Wolf, please see Wikipedia:WikiProject Articles for creation/Participants. -- Hoary (talk) 02:03, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

@Hoary: I agree with the " Wikipedia is awful in various ways" part. But anyway, the entire mess has made me decide to quit. I will not be drinking tea here, due to the behavior of JBchrch who started the mess, Salimfadhley (The Man Who Knew Too Little) and specially Timtrent whose Afd statement was far from intelligent. The process is awful, as you said, and I do not get anything out of it. The is no reason to edit here. Good bye. Ode+Joy (talk) 01:56, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

Well, Ode+Joy, one reason might be to improve the article on the museums of Florence. The enjoyment thus derived might even outweigh the (awful) awfulness. -- Hoary (talk) 02:03, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

Salimfadhley and Timtrent see above FYI in case this escalates to WP:ANI or wherever. JBchrch talk 12:49, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

This has absolutely nothing to do with me. Thanks for the pointer @JBchrch Salimfadhley (talk) 13:57, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

@JBchrch Interesting. It will go where it will go. Thank you for the heads up Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 18:00, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

Hello. As I have been not editing any pages in the Ukrainian-language Wikipedia for more than a month, and the Bulgarian-language Wikipedia recently blocked upon me, I would like to seek you for this thing:

As I gonna begin editing the page Хадіс Кудсі (Hadith Qudsi) in the Ukrainian-language Wikipedia soon, could you discuss with the Ukrainian-language Wikipedia to unblock me, so that I can begin with the pages such as Хадіс Кудсі and Нела Мала Репортерка (Nela the Little Reporter)? I have been not editing any in the Ukrainian-language Wikipedia for more than a month. And even, I would like to create pages in various languages especially on Nela the Little Reporter. So, could you please discuss with the Ukrainian-language Wikipedia to unblock me and my account so that I can begin with that?

Thank you. 548asiaslavia (talk) 12:35, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

548asiaslavia Unblock requests should be made on the wikipedia for which the block is active; admins on one wikipedia may not have the same abilities elsewhere and so cannot action these requests. If you wish to be unblocked on the Ukrainian-language wikipedia then that is where you need to make your request. 𝄠ʀᴀᴘᴘʟᴇ ꭗ 12:54, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

Just me, or does this have echoes of a previously indef blocked editor with a new account? I just looked, but could not find the earlier Teahouse exchanges or AIN. David notMD (talk) 13:32, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

I had the same thought, David notMD. I think the relevant SPI is here. Wikignome Wintergreen^talk 14:16, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

I agree. Left a note at the editor who had completed the SPI. David notMD (talk) 18:12, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

Hello, I was wondering how to add a comment in the talk page of an article. Could you tell me how to do this? Thanks for your time. Aythya affinis (talk) 19:11, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

Aythya affinis The good news is that it's as simple as making this question was. On the article's talk page, just click the "edit" button and add your comment wherever it is relevant. If it's a new topic you want to add, rather than a reply to one already there, just add a heading to the top of it by using some equals signs, like ==this== and that's about it. Good luck editing. 𝄠ʀᴀᴘᴘʟᴇ ꭗ 19:14, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

Thank you @Grapple X . Aythya affinis (talk) 19:18, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

Hello guys, can anyone please tell me how to unprotect a page. There is two pages named Dance Plus (season 6) and Dance Plus have been semi-protected by an editor.This article gets vandalized repeatedly by the same IPv6 range and I believe this would be good to stop that. the protection prevents the page from being updated with relevant and important information. Most of the frequent editors are non-extended editors confirmed users so this page has been neglected and is Missing lot of up-to-date information since the protection is increased — Preceding unsigned comment added by SparksMania (talk • contribs) 10:22, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

@SparksMania, the articles were protected for one month on October 11 because "Persistent sock puppetry". You can request the protection to be lifted at WP:RFPP. Editors who are affected by the protection can suggest changes at the article talkpage. Or wait until they are WP:AUTOCONFIRMed. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 10:48, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

I had a feeling. Oh well. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 19:45, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

This page cites no sources and I can't find any notable coverage. However, since it is a composer from Germany in the 19th century, I wasn't sure what the rules are for notability. Would this be one to nominate for deletion? Thank you! FiddleheadLady (talk) 19:28, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

FiddleheadLady A quick search over Google Books seems to exclusively pull up directory-style entries rather than anything dedicated solely to him in any depth; likewise his German and Hungarian-language pages are just as spartan as ours. As there seems to be a page for his father, perhaps a merge might be in order if he's perhaps more notable, but I think AFD would be justifiable. Additionally, asking at Wikipedia:WikiProject Composers might bring up someone with more specialist knowledge on finding or judging sources in that field. 𝄠ʀᴀᴘᴘʟᴇ ꭗ 19:37, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

Thank you! I have published to the group's discussion page and will nominate it now. FiddleheadLady (talk) 19:48, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

How would I create a template? Cerambycidfreak (talk) 20:03, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

Like any other page. Please, see Help:A quick guide to templates for details. Ruslik_Zero 20:25, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

@Cerambycidfreak: If you let us know what kind of template you would like to create, we might be able to give you more detailed information (or maybe even point you to an existing template). Thanks! GoingBatty (talk) 20:43, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

One of those "stub" templates, like, say, "This Vespoidea-related article is a stub...", but I want to make them even more specific, like, say, "This Genus Anoplius related article is a stub..." or "This tribe Clytini (a subgroup of Clytinae) related article so on and so on". Cerambycidfreak (talk) 20:48, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

The best thing to do is to identify the template you want to emulate, look at the code for it, and see where to make the changes you need—so in your example, find a stub template similar to what you want, and you can see where to change the taxonomic names to match what your intended output is. I would suggest having a look at how many pages you think such a template might be useful for first too; it would obviously save you a lot of work if you found out before making anything that it might only go on a small handful of pages. {{Vespoidea-stub}} looks like a very simple template that already uses an existing template and should be easy to adapt to new uses as well, so good luck getting started. 𝄠ʀᴀᴘᴘʟᴇ ꭗ 20:54, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

@𝄠ʀᴀᴘᴘʟᴇ: I disagree with your reply. Stub category pages such as Category:Vespoidea stubs state: "Please propose new stub templates and categories here before creation."

@Cerambycidfreak: Before creating a new stub template, you should follow the instructions at Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Proposals. Happy editing! GoingBatty (talk) 21:00, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

My mistake, I had never really worked with stub sorting before and assumed being bold was the norm. 𝄠ʀᴀᴘᴘʟᴇ ꭗ 21:03, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

In the graphic in the species box under the NZ Threat Classification System [status_system = NZTCS] there is no graphic for 'Data Deficient'. This is an important classification, especially for species that are likely critically endangered but haven't been researched.

Can 'Data Deficient' be added to the NZTCS graphic? Apburns (talk) 00:55, 5 October 2021 (UTC)

Hello, Apburns, and welcome to the Teahouse. The best place to ask this is in the Talk page Template talk:Speciesbox, or perhaps at the talk page of a more specific template that that calls. --ColinFine (talk) 10:46, 5 October 2021 (UTC)

@Apburns I'm not really sure that there is an argument for adding an extra DD category to either the IUCN or the NZ threat classifications graphics. Your edit seems to have successfully added DD in a grey circle under status2, whilst retaining the CR status from the main IUCN status categorisation. So what is it that you want that's different?

As Data Deficient isn't a category in its own right (more a lack of any categorisation through lack of information, and thus no evaluation), I doubt it would help adding DD into the NZ scale at any given point between Extinct to Not Threatened. To me, the IUCN Classification of CR along the threat scale, followed by New Zealand's DD circular graphic on its own seems to work to communicate the current uncertainty quite effectively. But maybe I'm missing something you could explain? I'll happily ping a NZ editor I know who does a tremendous amount with species on both wikidata and wikipedia if you care to explain a little further first. Regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 12:37, 5 October 2021 (UTC)

@Nick Moyes Thank you, that answers my question. I was wondering if this was something that needed to be added but I think you're right - if there is a grey circle there that says 'data deficient' it conveys the information that a conservation status has been assessed (and it has been decided that there is not enough information) and not that the status is just missing from the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Apburns (talk • contribs) 21:45, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

Hi there! How do I add an image that already exists on one article to another article? LivingInTwilight (talk) 22:46, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

@LivingInTwilight: First, you would click on the image to determine if the licensing will allow you use the image on another article. If so, click "Edit source" on the first article, find the image code, copy it, and paste it into the second article. If you share the name of the two articles and describe the image, we can give more details. Thanks! GoingBatty (talk) 22:55, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

@GoingBatty: Thanks for your response! The two articles are Pyotr Demichev and List of heads of state of the Soviet Union. There is only one image on the Pyotr Demichev page and I would like to copy it in the table in the section “List of vice heads of state”, where his name is. Can this be done? LivingInTwilight (talk) 23:21, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

@LivingInTwilight: I added another {{Non-free use rationale}} to File:Pyotr Demichev.jpg, and then added the image to List of heads of state of the Soviet Union in this edit. Happy editing! GoingBatty (talk) 00:03, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

This template should be used in the Redirect Category Shell of a redirect. It redirects from the sounding of a title to the actual title. For example, Kyrgyztan becomes Kyrgyzstan. Faster than Thunder (talk) 23:42, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

@Faster than Thunder: Welcome to the Teahouse! I would use {{R from misspelling}} instead, to encourage people to correct any article with the misspelled link. GoingBatty (talk) 00:05, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

How should I handle an article about a mobile app that is defunct (not in the App Store any more and its website is gone)? Is there a tag I should use or specific wordings I should add to the article? Aithus (talk) 02:25, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

@Aithus: You could add a sentence to the article that says the app is no longer available, along with a citation to a source. No need to tag the article. RudolfRed (talk) 03:54, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

@RudolfRed: Thanks for your clear and concise guidance. Aithus (talk) 05:34, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

What is the official channel for irc chat for media wiki? 106.211.131.9 (talk) 06:34, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

Hello! The main IRC channel for MediaWiki is #mediawiki on libera.chat. There are guidelines and lists of the official channels for MediaWiki and all of Wikimedia. ClaudineChionh (talk) 07:08, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

Two reviewers reviewed Draft:Christopher Desloge and declined it. I declined it both for questions of notability and for tone reasons, because it was written to praise its subject. User:Wikidesloge, who probably is the subject of the draft, has posted a lengthy statement on my talk page explaining why the article meets notability: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Robert_McClenon#Christopher_Desloge,_author,_historian_article

It is not entirely clear whether they are writing about a draft on a person or a draft about a book; but the draft is about the person. I would appreciate any comments from other experienced editors. In particular, if the subject is biographically notable, should a neutral editor rework this puff piece into something encyclopedic? I personally think that it is clear that the author needs to leave it alone. Either they are notable, but they can't write neutrally about themselves; or they are not notable. Thank you for any comments by other experienced editors. Robert McClenon (talk) 20:05, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

The article creator posted the same lengthy (!) justification as a comment on the draft page and on the Talk page of the article. Likely does not understand that you as a Declining reviewer are one-and-done with the draft. I am of the opinion that if this is a draft about a person (and I agree, very likely autobiographical), then there is far too much detail on the books he has authored. Also, what are apparently efforts by him and others to preserve a hospital building named after his ancestors does not convey notability to him. David notMD (talk) 22:28, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

I will add that the creating editor, after your Declined, added content with refs that do not meet W's definition of reliable sources, to wit, a laudatory quotation in a private letter from an academic to the editor. I assume this will be submitted again, and declined again. Not your problem. David notMD (talk) 22:35, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

I will add also that the Desloge history books appear to have been self-published, and that much of the description in the draft of the first book is word-for-word match to the book description at Amazon (ref #2). David notMD (talk) 22:44, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

The draft has already been resubmitted. Someone will probably decline it a third time. Robert McClenon (talk) 23:25, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

It has been declined. The criticism is correct and warranted. TimTempleton ^{(talk) (cont)} 23:47, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

Yes, I declined it. That was an easy decision, though the thought of rejecting it did occur to me. A further submission that shows no significant improvement (in term's of WP's criteria) could I think be taken to mean that the subject-matter isn't conducive to an article, and therefore to rejection. Incidentally, I warmly agree with part of Anachronist's comment there, but warmly disagree with Anachronist's "Notability claims about books are irrelevant in a biography article, which is about a person." The notability of a writer (or anyway a writer who has no other occupation and is not a "personality") derives from the notability (as evidenced from reliable, independent, published sources, of course) of their books. Or so I believed when for example augmenting the article Morris Bishop. Nothing writer-specific about this, I think: I imagine that the notability of a footballer derives from the notability (as evidenced blah blah) of the football they (have) played; so a footballer (let's say) may be notable despite a lack of (reliably sourced!) product "endorsements", political misadventures, tweet-storms, sartorial disasters, weight fluctuations, DUI convictions, ill-advised trysts with teenagers, etc etc. -- Hoary (talk) 01:23, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

@Hoary: As far as I know, books don't work like albums. Wikipedia cannot have an article about a record album without having an article about the artist first. Not so with books. A book can get a lot of reviews while the author gets none. This happened in a draft I submitted about a book author once; the reviewer suggested I recast it about one of his books (which was a best-seller) because absolutely no coverage could be found about the author. It is possible for a book to be notable while the author remains obscure (which is more likely for book authors than music artists, if the writer is a recluse, as some writers are). The notability of a writer derives in part from the notability of his works, but that isn't the whole picture. ~Anachronist (talk) 06:39, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

That sounds pretty reasonable, Anachronist, but I still think that the snippet by you that I quoted a little earlier overdoes it. Where is the notability of, say, Bishop, other than in his books? Well, he once employed a ceremonial mace as an unceremonial mace, thereby appalling some people and thrilling others, and this is widely written up -- but it's feeble material for a whole article. No doubt the Bishop article could be improved, but I like to think that it's not too bad as it is, and certainly that it demonstrates notability. Meanwhile, record albums always strike me as an anomalous area within en:WP. Kevin Ayers, for example, made undeniably noteworthy albums that certainly merit articles (e.g. Shooting at the Moon), but also forgettable stuff (e.g. Diamond Jack and the Queen of Pain) that get articles, I suppose just because they're by Ayers, and whose lack of references (i) is entirely normal (WP:AFATBERGOFOTHERCRAPEXISTS) and (ii) seems not to worry anyone. -- Hoary (talk) 07:27, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

Once you upload an image to a page and it made the main page image how do you center it I keep upload images and it make too small and doesn’t center it for instance go to the page for Frederick VI of Denmark and you’ll see what I’m talking about with image not being centered. Orson1234 (talk) 03:57, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

Hi Orson1234. The images used in an WP:INFOBOX generally will be automatically formatted and sized by the software to what's considered to be most appropriate for most Wikipedia readers. What you've tried to do is use a WP:THUMB markup for the image which is generally not a good thing to do as explained here. If you simply add the name of the file to the |image= parameter of the infobox, it should be automatically sized and centered. Now, I have some questions for you. Why did you replace the infobox image in Frederick VI of Denmark? Was there something wrong with the file File:Frederik6coronation.jpg that was being used? Perhaps the infobox image should be changed, but that might require establishing a consensus to do so at Talk:Frederick VI of Denmark per WP:CAUTIOUS. What's really not clear is why you uploaded File:Frederick VI of Denmark.jpg when the same file already exists as File:Christoph Wilhelm Wohlien - Portræt af Frederik VI.jpg and was being used in the article. If you wanted to replace the infobox image, then why not use the already existing file. Now, the same image is being used twice in the article which is not a good thing at all. -- Marchjuly (talk) 04:55, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

Note::Merged the section Eevee01^(talk) 06:15, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

Hello, I just wanted to apologize I am quite new to editing and I kind of had brain fart by not seeing that the image I uploaded was already in the page. I changed back to the original. History is just a really big passion of mine and I thought it would be fun to improve some of the pages that I read every day. I’ll do more research about editing Wikipedia so that this situation will not happen again. Thanks, Orson1234 Orson1234 (talk) 06:00, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

@Orson1234: thank you for uploading the images. I have marked File:Frederick VI of Denmark.jpg you uploaded as duplicate of File:Christoph Wilhelm Wohlien - Portræt af Frederik VI.jpg and File:Christian VIII of Denmark.jpg as duplicate of File:Christianviiidenmark.jpg. Also File:King Christian IX of Denmark.jpg had also been previously uploaded as File:Christian IX af Henrik Olrik.jpg (but not used in the article); since the older version has a higher resolution I have changed that to the article and marked your image as duplicate.

On many articles you can find a sidebar link "In other projects" -> "Wikimedia Commons" where you can find images related to the subject so you can check if the image has already been uploaded. MKFI (talk) 07:50, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

I have been recent changes patrolling and like that a lot, but now I’m looking for new areas on wiki to contribute. I would love to get some recommendations. Thanks in advance. GustavByte (talk) 08:05, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

@GustavByte: Check if anything interests you at Wikipedia:Task Center! ◢  Ganbaruby!  (talk) 08:25, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

Why promotional content leaves in wikipedia references? Why my content doesn't have many promotional constituents but remove by reviewers?

Take those examples:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II

Reference 10

https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BD,_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4_%D0%A0%D1%83%D1%8D%D0%BB

Reference 38

https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Pau_II

Reference 7 Cherryblossomcici (talk) 02:28, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

Your question is impossible to understand. You list as examples John Paul II and mention ref #10, then a non-English article and ref #38, and then a non-English article and ref #7. How are these examples? Of what? If instead looking at your edits, your three edits to date were reverted. Is your question about that?

Hi Cherryblossomcici. I don't know how the articles about Pope John Paul II apply to your situation, but it looks like you've tried to add some citations to yourself to the articles about Zongzi and Mooncake? Is that what you're trying to do? If it is, then please take a look at Wikipedia:Reliable sources#Self-published sources (online and paper), Wikipedia:Reliable sources#User-generated content and Wikipedia:Conflict of interest#Citing yourself. It's not impossible to do such a thing, but it's usually only considered acceptable when you are considered to be a recognized and established authority on the subject matter. In almost all other cases, it's going to be seen as a form of self-promotion by the Wikipedia community absent any reason to believe otherwise. Are you considered to be an recognized authority on zongzi and mooncakes? -- Marchjuly (talk) 03:08, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

In fact, I found many site who is the shop published a product page and put them in wikipedia. I have not seen any of you delete them. Here you mentioned that are you considered to be a recognized authority on zongzi and mooncakes? Here if I publish content on high authority site or news site, then the content can be cited on wikipedia not promotional. Here I are very curious that what kind of content I can be submitted on wikipedia. Even if I submit a content with unique view of point and have not done any promotional elements, wikipedia still reverts my references. Whether every piece of content published on wallstreetjournal.com or cnn.com have the qualification to submit references to wikipedia. Other news site does not have the authority.

Take this for example:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batter_(cooking)

2, what'sthe Difference Between Batter and Dough?". thespruce.com.

Why this piece can be submitted on wikipedia? This is the recognized authority? However, this is a content site. Not wallstreetjournal or bbc.

And lululemon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lululemon_Athletica

"Women's Accessories". lululemon.
"lululemon Partners with APL to Offer Athletic Shoes In-Store". lululemon Athletica.
The two references are about their promotional site. People click the site and see the products directly. It is the commercial intention.

I don't ask you must approve my mooncake and zongzi article. I just confused why wikipedia forbids ppl to promote themselves. Why wikipedia always permits those commercial sites to promote themselves or add references for their own sites? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cherryblossomcici (talk • contribs) 07:57, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

• OK, let’s take that in order.

You tried twice to add what I assume is a cooking website to Zongzi. You also tried to add a ref to Mooncake in this edit but the reference template was filled improperly (no URL, to start with). All those edits were reverted by Rastinition, with edit summaries invoking WP:RSP, but that page does not say anything about "greenlemonkitchens.com", so that is not really informative; maybe they care to comment?

Now, the general rules: we want to write what reliable sources have to say about a subject. A cooking blog or user recipes is not a reliable source (unless it is extremely influential and reputed - usually that means the blog itself has an article on Wikipedia at least). Many newspapers both print or online are considered a reliable source for most statements; it can be tough to know if a given newspaper is reliable or not since journalism on the internet runs from serious investigative journalism to full-blown public relations pieces outlets or political propaganda with a lot of variations.

You ask about some particular references, which I will analyse below. Notice however that decisions about one article do not directly impact decisions about another article, and even if 99% of articles were guilty of spam links it would not give you license to spam-link the remaining 1%.

1. (link to archive) in Pope John Paul II. This is a bad link. Presumably, the information in the lead is cited the book, but the link goes to a shop page. I am 99% sure there is a guideline that tells you to cite the book and not the bookshop but I cannot find it right now (though Wikipedia:Citing_sources#Books implies it). I will try to correct the cite. Also, the book blurb says it will tell you "How [JP II] had conversations with the Virgin Mary", something which the book author is unlikely to have known by a reliable process, so that might impact the reliability of the book for other statements.
2. (redirect to ) in Batter (cooking). In the context of the article, it is not really needed to support the statement it is cited to, but the website looks ok-ish. I will ask at WP:RSN since there are quite a few links to that website in articles.
3. in Lululemon Athletica. It is allowed to use a source from company X to support the assertion that company X sells products Y and Z, per WP:PRIMARY as an uncontroversial statements about themselves. Of course you should not go overboard (e.g. linking to every possibly subsection of the shop page).

Finally, Cherryblossomcici, your posts are very hard to read and understand. If English is not your first language, you might more easily contribute to the Wikipedia in your native language which almost surely exists. Tigraan^{Click here for my talk page ("private" contact)} 09:13, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

I think the product introduction cannot be used as news, so I claim that it is not a reliable source, at least I think WP:RSP is related to this, but I may also be mistaken, maybe it is not related to WP:RSP but related to WP:RS.But if I don’t roll back, it might make someone think that is news, that’s all.By the way,A cooking blog or user recipes is not a reliable source is great.--Rastinition (talk) 11:20, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

Almost forgot, because of his editing, == References == can't work.Rastinition (talk) 11:24, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

I remember that I left him a message on September 28, maybe he didn't understand it?That may be my fault, I once thought he wanted to sell Zongzi.--Rastinition (talk) 11:46, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

 KoteshwaraRaopower (talk) 11:41, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

 Courtesy link: Draft:Power koteshwara rao and User:KoteshwaraRaopower/sandbox. --Jack Frost (talk) 11:45, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

KoteshwaraRaopower I have added the submission tag to allow you to submit the draft for review, but if you were to submit it now, it would be rejected quickly as it is highly promotional. Wikipedia is not a place for people to tell the world about themselves, please review the autobiography policy. A Wikipedia article about you would need to summarize independent reliable sources with significant coverage of you, showing how you meet the special Wikipedia definition of a notable person. We are interested in what others say about you, not what you want to say about yourself. 331dot (talk) 11:45, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

KoteshwaraRaopower, I see that there are two versions of this proposed article, as linked to by Jack Frost above. It's not against any rule or policy to maintain two (or more) versions of the same intended article, but it's a really bad idea. There are several ways it can cause trouble: someone helping you to improve it can find that they've been working on the "wrong" version; it can get rejected by a reviewer because "another version already exists"; the maintainer can themself get confused about which is their preferred version. I recommend deleting, or blanking, one of them. Maproom (talk) 12:20, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

There is also a third, earlier, draft, at Draft:Power koteshwara rao (PKR). --David Biddulph (talk) 12:23, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

How do you show that an edit request has been completed? Occasionalpedestrian (talk) 11:28, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

Hi Occasionalpedestrian, you can do so by changing the "Answered=" parameter in the edit request template from "no" to "yes". For example:
{{edit semi-protected|pagetitle|answered=no}} to {{edit semi-protected|pagetitle|answered=yes}}. Hope that helps, --Jack Frost (talk) 11:36, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

Got it. Thanks! Occasionalpedestrian (talk) 12:27, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

I experimented by editing my home page, talk page and draft. But only the edits in the talk page was registered, is there a way to know my cumulative edit count including all of the above. Or is it not appearing due to the page being slow or smthing? LostCitrationHunter (talk) 11:37, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

LostCitrationHunter I'm not familiar with what the xtools count does or doesn't include, but Special:Preferences should show your edit count including user, draft, and other namespace edits. Are the two counts different for you? 𝄠ʀᴀᴘᴘʟᴇ ꭗ 13:36, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

Grapple X Thanks I looked up, they were the same. But after some more random editings, I realised it was just xtools being massively slower to register the edits compared to the Special:Preferences--LostCitrationHunter (talk) 13:44, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

Can anyone help me improve this draft, this draft seemed lack of reliable references, please help me improve it, Thanks a lot! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Judith_Azrael Henry Groht (talk) 01:58, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

Note: moved to separate section   melecie   t 02:13, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

from what I have seen of this article, there seems to be no coverage of her in reliable sources that are independent of her, making her non-notable in Wikipedia standards. I believe searching and adding those should be your next step for the article.   melecie   t 02:17, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

Can anyone help me find the reliable sources of the writer, the reliable sources about the writer is hard to find, please help me improve this draft, hope your guys can helping me editing this draft and make it to a good article, I've feel very grateful about your help! Thank you! ;Henry Groht (talk) 05:25, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

I did not find references that would support her notability. David notMD (talk) 09:22, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

Can someone help me find the references to support her notability, I need your help guys,Thank you! Henry Groht (talk) 01:04, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

I checked newspapers.com and the only time she was mentioned in Baltimore newspapers is in her mother's obituary. She didn't even get a notice that she'll be signing books at a local bookstore, and there are no mentions of her outside of Baltimore.

I have several friends who have published four or more books but, though they are notable in my personal life, I would never expect them to be notable enough for a Wikipedia article. Their books were not bestsellers, and no famous person became fans of their work. Alas, having books published does not mean that an author becomes famous or important in the eyes of the world. Karenthewriter (talk) 14:21, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

Hello,

I'd like to create a page for the wearable-tech company Whoop (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/09/style/self-care/whoop-fitness-tracker-men.html), but it seems that I can't, since Whoop redirects to Woops.

I tried visiting the URL, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Whoop&action=edit, but this adds "#REDIRECT Whoops" at the top of the text I'm writing.

How should I proceed?

Thank you. FishAndChips36 (talk) 15:03, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

FishAndChips36 The best option would be to use a disambiguated title; Whoop (company) or something similar. You can then add a hatnote (such as {{redirect}}) to the Woops page to point to the new page. 𝄠ʀᴀᴘᴘʟᴇ ꭗ 15:11, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

But if you use the articles for creation process to create a draft, (which I very very strongly advise any inexperienced editor to do anyway), you won't need to worry about the disambiguation, FishAndChips36, because the accepting reviewer will sort that out when they move the draft to mainspace --ColinFine (talk) 16:23, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

Advice on writing articles in Wikipedia. Tushar Dey (UU) (talk) 09:05, 14 October 2021 (UTC) What information can I include in the article I write here and is it ok if some part the information already exists in Wikipedia? Can I include research paper findings here?

Copying content from one Wikipedia article to another is allowed as long as the Edit summary specifies where the content came from. Research published in reputable science journals can be described and referenced. Unpublished work cannot be used. Your User page expresses an interest in "Veterinary Epidemiology and Disease Informatics." Do you have any questions specific to veterinary research? David notMD (talk) 09:44, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

Good question! Research papers are a bit of a funny one. Yes, they can be used as sources, but it's important to remember the difference between WP and a traditional literature review. Traditionally, literature reviews in journals, which are the sort of thing a working scientist might have written, are secondary, and their author is not only summarising a lot of primary literature, but they're allowed to synthesise what it might all mean together, and express their own professional opinion about which methods have been most reliable, which results are now in doubt. WP is a tertiary source, and our job isn't to synthesise or have an opinion; we leave that to the secondary-source authors. In an ideal world, when we give results, we would refer to a secondary (review) article that itself summarises the results as published by individual labs in primary papers (the secondary source's author lends weight to the validity of the result, and gives a better overview). But primary source research papers seem more acceptable than other primary sources, presumably because they've been subject to a peer review, so they're not just an unvetted personal opinion of one researcher. Where it's definitely appropriate to cite a primary research paper (I think!) is where a lot of other people have said that something was seminal and vital, or a lot of people have used a method that was first published somewhere, and we want to tell our readers where they can find the original, seminal discovery or presentation of a new method. Elemimele (talk) 17:00, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

Hi,

Please excuse my ignorance :) I uploaded some photos today but can only view them if logged in. Is this because they are pending approval? They may appear to be repetitive but the reason for publishing them is to show the current, neglected state of the site.

Thanks, LP195 LP195 (talk) 16:58, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

The uploads seem to be fine, but they're hosted on wikimedia commons rather than locally at wikipedia; you can still use them here freely but they're hosted on commons as free files. 𝄠ʀᴀᴘᴘʟᴇ ꭗ 17:01, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

Hello,

I’m trying to add a caption to Maximilian, Hereditary Prince of Saxony but the page doesn’t even have the option to put a caption on the image.

Thanks,

Orson1234 Orson1234 (talk) 16:57, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

FYI

 – combined sections. GoingBatty (talk) 17:26, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

Oh never mind it work.

Thanks, Orson1234 (talk) 16:58, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

You seem to have fixed this yourself, Orson1234 by adding the |caption= parameter. Sometimes editors remove part or all of the possible parameters in Infoboxes but the ones the templates support (see template documentation) can always be added back. Happy editing! Mike Turnbull (talk) 17:19, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

rece!-- This post will be automatically signed, but ADD FOUR TILDES IN FOLLOWUP COMMENTS, and DO NOT CHANGE ANYTHING BELOW THIS LINE --> 2600:1700:7F63:1C00:5DA:A26B:6E4:AE4E (talk) 17:08, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

I recently submitted information on the high school football career of Elijah Mitchell was subsequently removed on October 11, 2021. The information that was shown on Elijah's high career is incorrect and reflect football stats from Elijah's junior football season NOT senior year. I am the Erath sports historian which can be verified by contacting school officials. While Elijah attended UL Lafayette, I attempted to correct this info and provide the correct info to the University's Athletic Department. University officials never responded to correction requests. I was hoping by editing the correct statistics on Wikipedia, I could provide the correct info. I am glad to cooperate in ay manner to right this wrong. If you were to contact Erath High School, sources at the school would verify my resources?

Welcome to the Teahouse! Thank you for attempting to improve the Elijah Mitchell. The editor that reverted your edit explained their rationale by using an edit summary of "unsourced". Every editor needs to provide a published reliable source when adding information to a Wikipedia article. See Help:Referencing for beginners for more information. If you have a conflict of interest, you need to disclose it on your user page, and may ask for another editor to update the article with the {{request edit}} template (or simply use the Wikipedia:Edit Request Wizard). Thanks, and happy editing! GoingBatty (talk) 17:34, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

I hit "publish" accidentally while trying out my first article in sandbox. How to remove it until it's actually ready?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:LithWriter/sandbox LithWriter (talk) 17:04, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

Drafts you're working on in your sandbox can be edited piecemeal for as long as you like--if you don't feel it's ready yet you can simply keep editing it at your own pace without the need to remove it. If you want it deleted, however, you can replace the content with {{Db-u1}}, but that decision is up to you. 𝄠ʀᴀᴘᴘʟᴇ ꭗ 17:09, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

I think what is confusing LithWriter is that the "Publish changes" button is really just a "Save" button. It doesn't mean "Publish to Article mainspace." It used to say "Save", but was changed on legal advice, to remind everybody that all material saved on Wikipedia is visible to everyone on the internet, if they know where to look, so is "published" in that sense. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 90.193.128.151 (talk) 18:13, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

Please be aware that Wikipedia is NOT for merely providing information. A Wikipedia article about an organisation must summarize what independent reliable sources with significant coverage have chosen on their own to say about them, showing how it meets Wikipedia's special definition of a notable organisation. Wikipedia has no interest in what you want to say about it only in what others unaffiliated with the business choose to say about it. Theroadislong (talk) 18:20, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

To reinforce what Theroadislong has said:

The (relatively) easy way to create a Wikipedia article is to find some (at least three, many more if you like) reliable published independent sources that discuss your chosen subject, read them all, and then summarise what they say, citing them.

A much more difficult method, which unfortunately is generally preferred by inexperienced contributors, is to write what you know, or what the subject told you; and then go to a great deal of trouble trying to find reliable published independent sources to support everything you have written. Maproom (talk) 21:16, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

I appreciate all users helping my editing.칼빈500 (talk) 15:39, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

@칼빈500: If you want to increase the chances that the people who helped you see that you are thanking them, you can go to the article history by clicking on its view history tab, and then at the end of the time and date stamp of the edit that helped you, you can click on "thank", then "thank" again. TimTempleton ^{(talk) (cont)} 22:30, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

Thank you for your mention. 칼빈500 (talk) 23:51, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

Unban me Derpxd (talk) 15:37, 14 October 2021 (UTC) hi i am sorry for the things i did i didn't understand what you guysś rejects and other things like that meant i do now so please let me edit again i know now what i did u probably get these a lot but i actually didn't understand what the sharalike things and others were i just try to help please truly consider allowing me to edit again soon please sincerely derpxd

You aren't currently blocked and your block log shows no entries, what ban is it that you're referring to? 𝄠ʀᴀᴘᴘʟᴇ ꭗ 15:40, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

Derpxd's reference to "the sharealike things" made me think they might be blocked at Commons, which indeed they are. @Derpxd:, if you want to be unblocked at Commons, you need to ask there – it is a separate project. There's information on your user talk page at Commons, telling you how to request an unblock. --bonadea contributions talk 15:43, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

edit request Derpxd (talk) 16:06, 14 October 2021 (UTC) can i please be able to re edit i dont know or understand why i got the un edit thing

Your question has been answered above, Derpxd. While I have your attention, could you explain why you created a userpage for another editor at User:Gorden 2211? Cordless Larry (talk) 16:11, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

It might be because I declined his AfC draft Draft:List of WWE podcasts Gorden 2211 (talk) 21:28, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

sorry Derpxd (talk) 16:15, 14 October 2021 (UTC) i thought it was mine i didnt mean to can you forgive me i didnt think it wasnt mine

Derpxd You don't have to create a new section every time you reply to someone, you can just add your response below their comment like this. 𝄠ʀᴀᴘᴘʟᴇ ꭗ 16:17, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

i dont and can u add something to the carmelo hayes and putt it in the name birth date birth name gae thing its a image i just made for it — Preceding unsigned comment added by Derpxd (talk • contribs) 16:24, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

Derpxd now indef blocked David notMD (talk) 00:14, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

FYI

 – Added section header. GoingBatty (talk) 17:28, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

 184.15.53.78 (talk) 17:21, 14 October 2021 (UTC) Why was my Jenny Day page delted, here on Wikipedia, Teahouse?

Welcome to the Teahouse! Your page was not deleted - it still exists at Draft:Jenny Day. The boxes at the top of the draft explain why it was declined, and then rejected. You have no references to published reliable sources. Instead of creating a new article, you may want to add a sentence to the Mikey Day article with a reliable source, or ask for assistance on Talk:Mikey Day. Thanks, and happy editing! GoingBatty (talk) 17:39, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

Her being the daughter of Mikey Day does not make her notable. David notMD (talk) 00:22, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

Hi. The majority of the page “List of the oldest living people,” ie, the list itself, is full of displayed code, instead of that code being hidden and normally acting to format text. This follows the comment “<The template Row numbers is being considered for deletion.>”

I’ve not come across this before, so I doubt it’s any account setting of mine. I’ve been around for years, but mainly just make minor edits. Perhaps it’s some tiny code formatting error that makes a lot of difference, but I don’t know what to look for

When you see this, please fix the page & let me know, or share this with someone who can.

Thank you. Emo Elli (talk) 02:21, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

 Courtesy link: List of the oldest living people   melecie   t 02:24, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

Emo Elli, when I view that article, it displays just fine for me. You can check the edit history to see how any error was corrected. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 02:45, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

If you are interessted in calling a wikipedian and ask questions, please find Wikipedia:Call a Wikipedian. Regards, Conny (talk) 16:28, 14 October 2021 (UTC).

@Conny: Interesting - I didn't know this existed. I hope it doesn't turn into a robocaller database. TimTempleton ^{(talk) (cont)} 22:32, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

@Timtempleton: Do you think we should publish number only, if there is technically option to block robocalls? Regards, Conny (talk) 08:37, 15 October 2021 (UTC).

What is a red link do for? 2001:44B8:41C6:F700:1CBE:6292:C3F8:5BFA (talk) 09:39, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

See WP:red link. --David Biddulph (talk) 09:43, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

I have left a message on the Talk pages of the articles William of Nassau-Hilchenbach and Henry II, Count of Nassau-Siegen as they have the incorrect titles. As there was no reaction, I tried to move the pages myself, but that went wrong. Who can move the articles correctly? Roelof Hendrickx (talk) 08:05, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

Neither of the articles has any references. If you can find published reliable sources which discuss the subjects, those sources will hopefully support your proposed moves. If no sources are available, the articles should, of course, be deleted. --David Biddulph (talk) 08:18, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

See the corresponding articles on the Dutch Wikipedia for the sources I have used. All the information in those articles have the necessary references. Roelof Hendrickx (talk) 09:33, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

I've moved the first article as you request. The second seems less clear: the corresponding de:WP article is titled "Heinrich Graf von Nassau-Siegen". Maproom (talk) 08:38, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

If he had been a reigning count on the German Wikipedia the article would have the title Heinrich (Nassau-Siegen). Roelof Hendrickx (talk) 09:34, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

... which indeed it does have. The phrase "Heinrich Graf von Nassau-Siegen" is used in the start of the lede. --David Biddulph (talk) 09:42, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

Then the German Wikipedia is wrong as well. In the dispute about the county of Nassau-Siegen after the death of count John VII, the younger sons from the second marriage were content with modest appanages with the exception of John Maurice and George Frederick. See Michel Huberty, et al., l’Allemagne Dynastique. Tome III: Brunswick-Nassau-Schwarzbourg, Alain Giraud, Le Perreux (1981), p. 251-252 and Christian Spielmann, Geschichte von Nassau (Land und Haus) von den ältesten Zeiten bis zur Gegenwart. Teil 1. Politische Geschichten, P. Plauen, Wiesbaden (1909), p. 217. Roelof Hendrickx (talk) 09:51, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

I would suggest that the rejection of this proposed article based on lack of notable support is not fully accurate. There are, in fact, notable examples of relevance, and I have attempted to provide a few of them as references within the article. There is ample online (and other) evidence of growing critical recognition and relevance in the form of non-trivial reviews, discographies, and articles, not only to do with four decades' involvement in the Biota (band) that already exists on Wikipedia, but the Sorry For Laughing project that includes artists who have existing Wikipedia pages, and which has its own "story" of interest for as long as Biota involvement. This is an opportunity to expand such discussion around new breakthroughs of audience recognition. The subject also meets the criteria (both with Sorry For Laughing and with Biota) of having two or more albums associated with independent labels with a history of more than a few years, and with a roster of performers, many of whom are independently notable. 5.32.40.122 (talk) 08:54, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

 Courtesy link: Draft:Gordon H. Whitlow   melecie   t 10:28, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

Presenting your arguments at the Teahouse is not likely to have much effect: most Teahouse hosts are not reviewers. Nor is "there is ample online evidence". The two things you need to do are 1) add the sources and 2) engage with the reviewers, either at their talk pages or (preferably) on the talk page of your draft, WP:pinging the reviewers. You say you've added some references to the article: good, that's the right way to go. But strong references speak for themselves, and don't need to be justified. --ColinFine (talk) 10:35, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

Declined (twice), not Rejected. Refs #1 and #2 are to Wikipedia articles. Not allowed. Refs #3-5 confirm that Whitlow makes music that has been released as tape, CDs, but has no referenced content about Whitlow. David notMD (talk) 10:41, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

I am guessing you created this article as IP 5.32.29.46 and have subsequently been editing it as User:Gwhitlow. Please use only one account. Editing an article signed in and not signed in is a form of sockpuppetry that can lead to you being blocked. Likewise, at Biota (band), which is woefully under-referenced, appears you have been editing as IPs 5.32.29.46 and 5.32.40.122. Last, but important, Wikipedia advises against attempts at autobiography. See WP:AUTO. David notMD (talk) 10:54, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

Hello, I am writing a page on a favourite author of mine and there is very little information on him online. The majority of information given is found within his autobiographies, and all of the information cited in my article can be corroborated from external and reliable websites. Should I cite the book as a resource alongside the websites for corroborating the information? Switchboard05 (talk) 11:50, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

Switchboard05 Hello and welcome to the Teahouse. Sources do not need to be online, but they do need to be independent of the subject; a Wikipedia article about an author must summarize what independent reliable sources with significant coverage have chosen on their own to say about an author, showing how they meet the special Wikipedia defintion of a notable author. Autobiographies or interviews with the author are not independent sources, but a primary source, which does not establish notability. 331dot (talk) 11:57, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

I'm very intrigued to know why every hamlet village town city district borough unitary authority county article on UK must include a look at ethnicity and religion.

When I read American Canadian Australian etc articles there is no mention of the ethnicity of each place in the lead but instead in a demographic article. But the UK articles seem to need to quote them twice in both the infobox and the demographic or ethnicity tabs of an article.

Why is this the case with UK? Looking at Manchester for example the infobox has the ethnicity but further down is a pie chart a table and a lot of paragraphs. So I'm curious why it can't be simplified to just a table and a brief mention then needing a lot of percentages and mentioning. Same really for Bradford Leeds York Derby Leicester Nottingham Sheffield etc...

DragonofBatley (talk) 13:45, 15 October 2021 (UTC) DragonofBatley (talk) 13:45, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

Presumably these articles are being written and edited by different people, who will have different approaches to building an article. It may also be that as they're different countries with different infrastructures, the census information used for this kind of thing is different and might be better suited to discussing demographics in one country versus another. Largely speaking, articles only really need to be internally consistent with themselves, not with other articles, and although sometimes a parent wikiproject will have a good idea of how they want their articles to look, each article is really only shaped by the consensus of those involved with it. 𝄠ʀᴀᴘᴘʟᴇ ꭗ 13:51, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

Perhaps its to help Fox News pundits not make idiots of themselves on worldwide TV? - X201 (talk) 14:24, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

I am trying to get a page approved for Georgia Storm FC. There seems to be two pages of notability requirements:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Football/Notability - According to this one they meet the Club Notability due to the "national cup" part.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_(sports) - This is the one that gets cited to me but this only seems to cover players.

North Alabama SC and Appalachian FC are teams on our same level and they had their pages approved but I can't find what I am missing to get approval.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Georgia_Storm Kevinw33 (talk) 15:52, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

Kevinw44 Hello and welcome. You said "our same level". If you work for or are otherwise associated with this team, please review conflict of interest and paid editing for information on required formal disclosures. 331dot (talk) 15:54, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

331dot I am not affiliated with the team. The fan in me made me use the "our" word. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kevinw33 (talk • contribs) 15:59, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

Hello, Kevinw33. Those two places you refer to do not have the same weight. WP:NSPORT says This page documents an English Wikipedia notability guideline, whereas WP:FOOTYN saysThis is an essay on notability. It contains the advice and/or opinions of one or more WikiProjects on how notability may be interpreted within their area of interest. This information is not a formal Wikipedia policy or guideline, as it has not been thoroughly vetted by the community. You might want to discuss this at the talk page of the latter. --ColinFine (talk) 16:15, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

Ok thanks, ColinFine. I am still confused what Appalachian FC and North Alabama SC used to be approved when they are in the same league and level as my draft. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kevinw33 (talk • contribs) 16:30, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

@Kevinw33: - Please see WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS. If those clubs don't meet Wikipedia's criteria for notability, you may nominate the articles for deletion. Happy editing! (Please remember to sign your posts on talk pages by typing four keyboard tildes like this: ~~~~. Or, you can use the [ reply ] button, which automatically signs posts.) GoingBatty (talk) 17:08, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

@GoingBatty: Not quite the same. I don't think their articles should be deleted, the teams are a large part of the community and have tie-ins to the domestic cup which passes notability, and include players who are former professionals with their own pages. I believe the reason my page is not being approved is from an error on my part which I am trying to locate. Kevinw33 (talk) 17:16, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

Hello ColinFine I have checked the one you said is more important but like the OP mentioned, it only gives guidelines about Football Athletes and not teams. As for Teams and clubs, it says "This guideline does not provide any general criteria for the presumed notability of sports teams and clubs. Some sports have specific criteria. Otherwise, teams and clubs are expected to demonstrate notability by the general notability guideline." Therefore our only guidelines for teams should be the second one and not the first. I think this page deserves to be given the green-light as it satisfies general notibility (And to @Kevinw33:, you have mentioned your team has a large fanbase/Ultras/fan club, right? I would add that also as a notibility factor).--LostCitrationHunter (talk) 14:56, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

Hi! I found out that before the release on the US radio this song was sent on Russian contemporary hit radio as single on september 11 2017. Should I change the release date to September 11? MemberDecember (talk) 14:26, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

@MemberDecember: Welcome to the Teahouse! I suggest you discuss this on the article's talk page: Talk:...Ready for It?, and provide a reliable source for the information. Thanks, and happy editing! GoingBatty (talk) 14:56, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

Hello, while I was reading this article, I noticed that the tv series' page has been deleted from Fox's website. This made me think if it's possible to put a web archive link in the official website template. Bloomingbyungchan (talk) 14:17, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

@Bloomingbyungchan I know no reason why you shouldn't. It may be a good idea to put "(archived)" after it. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 14:51, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

@Bloomingbyungchan: Welcome to the Teahouse! I would replace {{official website}} with {{web archive}}. GoingBatty (talk) 14:53, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

@Gråbergs Gråa Sång @GoingBatty Thank you so much for your answers! Bloomingbyungchan (talk) 15:09, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

I want to publish about my company and websites I wish to be included in Wikipedia, I have no wish to spam, is it allowed? I want to publish about my company and websites. looking for the best guides for this situation. RegardsNyama Problemi (talk) 15:19, 15 October 2021 (UTC) Nyama Problemi (talk) 15:19, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

Hello, Nyama Problemi. Thank you for asking, rather than just plunging in. Frankly, Wikipedia does not care whether or not you want to be included. If your company meets Wikipedia's criteria for notability, then there could be an article about your company. The article will not belong to you, will not be controlled by you, will not be for your benefit, will not necessarily say what you want it to say, and should be based almost entirely on what people unconnected with you have chosen to publish about your company, not on what you say or want to say. Given all this, you are not forbidden from trying to write the article, but I advise against it. If you choose to go ahead, you need also to study paid editing, promotion, neutral point of view and your first article. Be aware that creating a new article is much much much more difficult than it looks, and even more difficult when you have a conflict of interest, as you have.

My suggestion is that you give up this idea entirely. If you are excited by the idea of an encyclopaedia that anybody can edit, and would like to contribute, then you are very welcome. If your only purpose is to get on another website, then please choose somewhere else. --ColinFine (talk) 15:31, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

In addition to the above, "I have no wish to spam" is as empty as those Youtube video descriptions disclaimers that "no copyright violation is intended" - what you secretly want is not relevant to what objectively happens, and publishing unwanted content would be spam even if you had the best intentions. Tigraan^{Click here for my talk page ("private" contact)} 15:50, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

Hello! I recently made a move request on the page Melbourne city centre. Since then, the discussion has elapsed its 7 day timeline, with two others leaving comments in support of the move. As a result, I think it's safe to say that consensus has been reached. However, after some researching of Wikipedia's rules, I'm not sure how to actually get the page to move. I know I'm not supposed to move it myself as I'm an involved editor, and I also know I'm not supposed to request an administrator to do it as that's reserved for contentious discussions. Is the only way to close the discussion to simply wait for someone to stumble along and do it themselves? RoadSmasher420 (talk) 03:45, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

Hello, RoadSmasher420. Requested moves are actually patrolled by certain editors, so it is not a matter of somebody stumbling upon it. This is a volunteer project, and my grandmother used to say, "patience is a virtue". Wait a while. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 06:59, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

The requested move is supported by three editors, opposed by none, and looks reasonable to me, so I will soon close the request. In the future, RoadSmasher420, you may consider boldy moving the page yourself, and opening a discussion afterwards if someone disagrees and/or reverts your move. Tigraan^{Click here for my talk page ("private" contact)} 16:01, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

Nevermind, I now see that the page could not be moved because the target redirect has some (trivial) history. I closed the discussion and listed it at Wikipedia:Requested moves/Technical requests. Tigraan^{Click here for my talk page ("private" contact)} 16:23, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

I think there is intimidation and abuse going on towards me on the Norwich and Talk:Norwich pages. All over a collage with two editors calling it "Depressing" and "Mediocre at most". Also one editor got my Username wrong and are picking issues over a bunch of photos which quite frankly in the previous collage were badly zoomed in and badly edited ratioed. But of course I'm in the wrong not them I guess. DragonofBatley (talk) 20:58, 13 October 2021 (UTC) DragonofBatley (talk) 20:58, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

Goldengnomee has commented in the edit summary "the old collage was so much better, i'm not even from norwich, but i was suprised to see it got and replaced by something so depressing". And an anon commented something similar. Not just that but also on the talk pages I have seen the following comments.

@Menacinghat: commented

" I think the old photos used on the other language Wikipedia pages for Norwich are better and the new photos uploaded by Dragonofbaitley are grey and mediocre-looking. The old photos were bright and close-up which meant you didn't have to open the image, while the new ones are zoomed out and largely taken in poor weather.

Thoughts?

The collage made by Deu is far superior."

So they basically are saying Superior as in better and yours DragonofBaitley which they called me is crap.

So these editors and anon have issues whereas at least one editor on there is decent enough to disagree in a professional manor.

These two cannot it seems one can't even get my username right.

DragonofBatley (talk) 21:03, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

@DragonofBatley: I'm sorry that the discussion has left you feeling this way. For what it's worth, I don't find the photos depressing at all. They're nice. But the Talk Page is a place for all editors to share their thoughts about how to best represent a subject, so I'm sure the users meant only to express their opinion, and not to insult. I hope you don't get too discouraged. Pyrrho the Skeptic (talk) 21:25, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

@Pyrrho the Skeptic: thank you for that I appreciate it. I'm not discouraged just feel it's insulting calling them as the terms used above show. To me WP:Intimidate is in use by the anon and Goldengnomee especially. And also Menacinghat. Thanks though I appreciate those who actually can be constructive. At the end of the day. It's photos not written statements etc. To me seems to be a case of pickiness DragonofBatley (talk) 21:34, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

Welcome to WP:PICKYPEDIA. Aww that's not a thing? It should be. Pyrrho the Skeptic (talk) 22:27, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

• @DragonofBatley: Those comments were entirely appropriate in my view. You might disagree with their assessment, but at least they gave you some actionable feedback (photos from too far away, taking with poor weather/lighting) instead of "eh, I feel the old one is better".

How should have those editors written that feedback to you? Can you write yourself a post with the same substance ("disagree with that photo because of X and Y"), but would not have caused you to come here for a complaint? If no, then the problem is your perception; if yes, I would very much be interested by reading it and understanding the difference with the original.

Finally, you can legitimately complain about someone misspelling your name, you can sort-of complain about pickiness, but complaining about both simultaneously is not the best look.

Listen, I think I understand where you come from. In real life, I am a big whiner. I complain about the smallest things, because I like to complain, it makes me feel better, and by mixing in some humour the people around me seem to find it entertaining. But that only works in real life, with people I know, who appreciate or tolerate my character, and I read their body language to stop when they get bored. Whining on Wikipedia has a much lower rate of "success". Tigraan^{Click here for my talk page ("private" contact)} 16:49, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

Moved from Wikipedia talk:Teahouse § Question about canvassing

 – —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 16:15, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

Hi, I'm still trying to get my head around what does and does not constitute canvassing, so I would like to put the question of the following example to more experienced users than myself: A user has commented on three separate AfD discussion pages here, here and here not to make a point, but simply to copy in another user. In each case, the premise for the AfD discussion is notability based on sourcing and general notability: in my opinion, it does not require specialist expertise, but this editor is not commenting themselves, but instead deferring to another user. It seems like quite atypical behaviour. Iskandar323 (talk) 16:13, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

It's certainly strange behavior, but the fact that the user is tagging an administrator implies that they may be seeking neutral input. In the examples of canvassing I've seen, editors are seeking out other editors with clear inclinations towards a particular viewpoint. More info would be needed to know if this admin had a particular POV that the editor was seeking. Pyrrho the Skeptic (talk) 16:37, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

Is there any reason that neither of you pinged either the possibly-canvassing user or the possibly-canvassed admin here? I mean, they might explain what is going on... Tigraan^{Click here for my talk page ("private" contact)} 17:04, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

I prefer to let the editor who brought this up be the one to do that, in case they're hoping to avoid a direct confrontation. Pyrrho the Skeptic (talk) 17:11, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

There seems to be kind of a mentorship relationship between the two. It's kinda canvassing, but also a bit too open for it to be canvassing. 78.26 will, in all likelihood, either ignore the requests, or tell the editor that that's not appropriate. I would just wait. If something like this happens, and the summoned actually !votes, then you may bring it up with the editors involved. Editors who are aware of WP:CANVASS and need to ping others to discussions usually explain at the time of pinging what the basis for it is and why it does not constitute canvassing. Judging CANVASSing is mostly about reading the guideline and applying common sense over the spirit of it. If you can't tell which side the editor is on, and which side the editor/s being pinged is/are on, and you have no more light to shed on what they've been doing apart from what's perfectly clear to everyone who reads the discussion, there is little problem. What you can see and take into account, the closer will too. Regards! Usedtobecool ☎️ 17:08, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

I think I'm being pinged because I have some expertise in the topic area (Seventh-Day Adventism). I'm pretty sure at least two of them are notable. For instance, it's hard to overstate the influence William C. White had on the history and culture of the Seventh-Day Adventist church because of his control over his mother's estate. You'd never know that by the state the article is currently in, or by the references given. Catfurball in no way directed me which way to !vote, so this is appropriate per WP:CANVASS. That said, I won't have time to delve deeply into this for awhile, and a better notification would be WikiProject Christianity or WikiProject Seventh-day Adventist Church. 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 17:17, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

Since you self-identify as a Seventh-Day Adventist on your User Page, one might suspect that you are in fact being pinged as a believer in that faith, and not a neutral administrator. And I don't think WP:CANVASS requires being told to vote one way, only that they are contacted based on how they assumption that they will vote a certain way, based on my interpretation, anyway. Pyrrho the Skeptic (talk) 17:24, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

My name is Subhash Sharma. I want to add our "world tour on motorcycle 1971-1972". Four friends on 2 motorcycles started on 29th of January 1971 from Jamshedpur, India and ended on 10th of July 1972 in Jamshedpur, India. We traveled 108000KM, went through 62 countries and we were the FIRST Indians to cross Central Sahara in Africa on Motorcycles. Trip included Asia, Africa, Europe and North America.

Many articles about this trip are available on the internet.

Thanks S C Sharma Therider74 (talk) 17:22, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

@Therider74: Welcome to the Teahouse! Writing an autobiography on Wikipedia is an example of conflict of interest editing and is strongly discouraged. If you can find enough independent and reliable sources to meet the criteria at Wikipedia:Notability (events), you could follow the directions at Help:Your first article. However, creating a new article is one of the hardest things for a newcomer to do on Wikipedia, especially for those with a conflict of interest (which you would have to disclose on your user page). Hope this helps! GoingBatty (talk) 17:57, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

I've been working on creating a page that shows the Top 100 NFL Players of 2021. This list is the 11th in the NFL Top 100 series. It's based on NFL Network's annual countdown of the Top 100 Players list. The program finished broadcasting back in August. I've done everything I can, and gotten all the necessary information that I could to make this a legitimate Wikipedia article, yet it still hasn't been accepted. Every time I go to submit the Article for consideration, I keep getting the message that it has not been accepted. I mean, I've done everything that I could. Why has it not been accepted? Will it ever be accepted? MichaelEhlenbeck (talk) 19:04, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

 Courtesy link: Draft:NFL Top 100 Players of 2021.   Maproom (talk) 19:24, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

@MichaelEhlenbeck: Welcome to the Teahouse. Did you read the comments below the templated decline messages? Reviewers would like to see the Reception section expanded now that the broadcast is finished so that it satisfies television notability guidelines. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 19:57, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

I DID read the comments below the templated decline messages. I've done everything I could think of to make this a reasonable Wikipedia article, yet it doesn't get accepted. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MichaelEhlenbeck (talk • contribs) 20:08, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

Hi Tea Room, I’m Natalie, and I’m new to Wiki.

i’m seeking assistance because I contributed a CONTROVERSY section to the “Our Lady of Fatima” page and it was deleted under the tag “personal opinion.”

I have since reworked the controversy section to eliminate all opinions, and yet trying to post a new version will result in it being deleted under the tag “removed my edit.”

So if anyone can help moderate, that would be very helpful, because Fatima certainly warrants a controvery section. Ghost apparitions (religious or otherwise) are inherently controversial.

The absence of a controversy section altogether on the Fatima page after so many years is bizarre and almost suspicious—especially since this vision of Mary promoted violence towards children. This is a particularly questionable, potentially very dangeorus “miracle.”

Spyrazzle (talk) 20:29, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

@Spyrazzle: Welcome to the Teahouse! Thank you for your desire to improve Wikipedia, specifically the Our Lady of Fatima article. Per the Wikipedia:BOLD, revert, discuss cycle, the best place to have this conversation is at the article's talk page Talk:Our Lady of Fatima, so you can build consensus with the other interested editors. Thanks, and happy editing! GoingBatty (talk) 21:24, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

After watching the squid game series on Netflix, I was excited to find the name of the song that commonly appears throughout the show. After finding it, listening too many different Renditions of it, and enjoying it very much, I decided to check to see if the showroom was already noted on Wikipedia to be a part of the show. After finding that it was not, I edited it in. After not doing so correctly with the proper citation, it was deleted, and then I re-added it in to be included at once again, with the proper citation, it was accepted. The individual user who had first identified it for deletion, and then saw that it had been reacted with the proper citation, decided to check out my profile of my individual user, and see what else I've been working on around the website. Finding that I was editing the page to help launch its initial publication on Wikipedia, cited it for removal and how to delete it. I clearly believe that had I not edited that song on the other page, and then proved it accurate with the source after having a deleted, this user would not have gone through my work 2 then filed a report thusly. I understand if it is a tremendous benefit of Wikipedia that all users carry the responsibility and access to grow and evolve our understanding of young every topic on the planet. I also just see it as trolling. I wanted to ask since username=Liz was supportive and really helpful and giving me advice and setting me to work to really do things properly and correctly, fully, though I am also interested in once other people are involved with my page if then I can remove my COI inclusion notification, though it does look pretty cool on my profile and I do like it's listing as such, I just did them never seen it used popularly or noticeably anywhere to a once I get anyone else involved, and they're making edits if then I can remove my listing, as they would be the professional?

My only real question now though was whether anybody would at least admit that it's plausible that this user was trolling me?

HenryMaxG (talk) 21:05, 15 October 2021 (UTC) HenryMaxG (talk) 21:05, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

@HenryMaxG: Welcome to the Teahouse! It's possible that your edits to The Blue Danube article led JalenFolf to review Draft:ReJews, but I agree with the nice message that Liz left on your user page that the activity wasn't "trolling". Creating a new article is one of the hardest things to do on Wikipedia, especially when you have a conflict of interest (COI). I recommend you keep learning by editing other articles where you don't have a COI. Your best bet for the draft is continue finding independent reliable sources that provide significant coverage of ReJews, and summarizing what they report. Hope this helps, and happy editing! GoingBatty (talk) 21:38, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

What happened at Blue Danube is a bit complicated, and may also explain why things went a bit wrong between you and JalenFolf. At first, you inserted a comment that the Blue Danube had been used in a Netflix series, without giving any reference. JalenFolf reverted this on the grounds that it must be referenced (so far so good). You put it back and JalenFolf reverted again, which is now not so good because the two of you were effectively edit-waring. You then realised that a citation was necessary and put it back with a citation, but this time JalenFolf reverted with a link to the manual of style, MOS:POPCULT, and if you read this, you'll find it's got some text explaining that just because a piece of music has been used in a popular setting, that doesn't mean we should necessarily include this popular setting in the article on the piece of music. There's quite a lot of fuzzy stuff in the manual of style on this, but it comes down to a general feeling that the use of the music must be given considerable weight in at least one reliable source - it must be important within the source, and not just exist. I suspect JalenFolf's argument in their 3rd reversion had changed from "no citation" to "not important enough to be included", but you'd have to ask them. In your case, the reference you cite is specifically about the music used in the SquidGame, so I think you have a case. But I suspect because you'd already got into an edit-war and included text with no reference twice, JalenFolf was in revert-mode and already biased against the edit you were trying to make (and in fairness with some grounds: WP has far too much unreferenced addition of popular material). You (and JalenFolf) did the right thing in ending the edit-war at that stage; any further, and both of you would have been risking getting blocked. The right thing is probably to discuss directly with JalenFolf, on a talk page (theirs or the article's) whether the use of Blue Danube in SquidGame is so notable that it's worthy of a mention in the Blue Danube's article, and whether your reference is sufficient. Please don't be put off. Nothing in WP is down to a single editor, and we all have disagreements. The good thing about WP is that things happen by consensus, not by individual action, so you need never fear one person disagreeing with you. Happy editing! Elemimele (talk) 21:52, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

The "List of Volcanos" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_volcanoes_in_the_United_States) has a link for "Double Glacier" that is linked to "Double Glacier" a glacier (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Glacier), that should be linked to "Double Glacier Volcano" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_glacier_volcano). I do not understand how links work, are they automated, name based, or is code added to "list of Volcanos" or to the destination ie "Double Glacier" or "Double Glacier Volcano"? Sunbelt alaska (talk) 19:14, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

I've corrected the wikilink. Maproom (talk) 19:33, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

@Sunbelt alaska: Welcome to the Teahouse! For information on how links work, see H:WIKILINK. Happy editing! GoingBatty (talk) 21:14, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

Thank you fixing and I appreciate the link, these should be more than enough to answer my questions.Sunbelt alaska (talk) 22:06, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

Hello there, the page Renato Aragão has been vandalized by some users who think it's funny to include language to say he's senile because of jokes he made, etc. This is non-encyclopedic, in my opinion. Is it possible for anyone to remove the last sentence of the first paragraph and lock the page for autoconfirmed users only maybe for 48-72h? Thank you!

It's text that says "In his later years, Didi has grown increasingly senile, going as far as suggesting that the American rapper P. Diddy was named after himself."

Plurabilities (talk) 21:40, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

WP:RPP is the best place to ask for protection on a page; if it's an ongoing concern then it should be a simple request. 𝄠ʀᴀᴘᴘʟᴇ ꭗ 21:46, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

Thank you, Grapple X!

Plurabilities (talk) 22:05, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

Same vandalism added (and deleted) in January, early September and mid-October. Too infrequent/stale (so far) to warrant protection. David notMD (talk) 22:27, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

My changes were just reverted three times by the same guy who's on Twitter making jokes about this. I understand if that's the policy but closing it to autoconfirmed users would break the momentum, I believe. Thanks for considering!

Plurabilities (talk) 00:03, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

Yes, now it has become persistent vandalism by IP addresses. IP 2804:d49:151c:3579::ab2f:3cd9 has submitted a protection request. David notMD (talk) 01:51, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

I have three articles. They are very short, and contain no more (and no less) than one citation each. I think they should be accepted, but they only have one citation. The species I wrote about are not well studied, and have barely anything about them online or on books. How do I tell the person who will inevitably decline them this? Cerambycidfreak (talk) 00:28, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

Cerambycidfreak Hello and welcome to the Teahouse. A topic must receive significant coverage in independent reliable sources to merit an article. If no sources cover a topic, it will be difficult for it to merit an article. 331dot (talk) 00:37, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

They are covered in significant, reliable sources. My only source for each is the Kaufman Field Guide to Insects of North America, by one of NA's leading entomologists (and wasp specialists). Cerambycidfreak (talk) 00:40, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

@Cerambycidfreak: Hi there! Note that WP:GNG defines notability as having received significant coverages in reliable sources (plural - more than one). Hopefully Kaufman is not the only person to have ever written about these species. Happy editing! GoingBatty (talk) 02:36, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

Cerambycidfreak What I would suggest in this case is perhaps consolidating these drafts together. I'm no scientist but looking at the ones you're working on they all seem to be members of one taxonomic family; the information may be better suited at Pompilidae until the individual species are studied more precisely and more references can be found. Sometimes it's best to keep information at a larger article until it warrants being split off, so the work is still useful and available to someone even if an individual draft may not be accepted. 𝄠ʀᴀᴘᴘʟᴇ ꭗ 00:43, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

Can one change their username? Cerambycidfreak (talk) 01:15, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

You can indeed; Wikipedia:Changing username is the place to go. 𝄠ʀᴀᴘᴘʟᴇ ꭗ 01:21, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

How do I archive my talk page? Can I also just use edit and erase it? Cwater1 (talk) 02:44, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

@Cwater1: Welcome to the Teahouse! You may be interested in Help:Archiving a talk page. You can also remove discussions from your user talk page without archiving, which editors will consider confirmation that you read the discussions. Hope this helps, and happy editing! GoingBatty (talk) 02:48, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

FYI

 – Added section header. Wikignome Wintergreen^talk 15:12, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

I have made 43 good faith edits to Wikipedia. I am also a newcomer and my account is 6 days old. However, I was accused of vandalism by a vandal patrol, for my edits to Kingdom of Yugoslavia and Virus. Only WP:NORESVAND made me feel better. So how do I stop getting messages on my talk page like this??? Old!!man1234561234 (talk) 15:04, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

• @Old!!man1234561234: Vandalism is an intentional act to worsen the quality of Wikipedia. On your talk page, you were (at first) accused of disruptive editing, which can occur even if you mean well. I do agree the later accusation of vandalism is unwarranted, but I believe it is due to the warning templates not differentiating between vandalism/disruptive editing.

Turkey/Greece/the Balkans is an area filled to the brim by nationalistic editors, so a new person appearing out of nowhere to change some flags is sure to bring suspicion. Furthermore, adding the text "Nazi Serbian stratocracy" is definitely not an improvement of the kingdom of Yugoslavia article (unless it is the actual, official name of the political entity, which I somehow doubt).

Finally, you found WP:NORESVAND and know how to use the pipe escape template {{!}}, so you already know quite a bit more about the inner workings of Wikipedia than the average week-old editor. Tigraan^{Click here for my talk page ("private" contact)} 15:47, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

I do agree the later accusation of vandalism is unwarranted, but I believe it is due to the warning templates not differentiating between vandalism/disruptive editing.
@Tigraan: Actually, there's a separate template from {{uw-vandalism4}} for disruptive editing: {{uw-disruptive4}}, which redirects to {{uw-generic4}}. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 16:25, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

@Tenryuu: I stand corrected. I would still note that Twinkle proposes the uw-disruptive1, uw-disruptive2 and uw-disruptive3 templates, but not uw-disruptive4, and it is not clear from the Twinkle description that uw-generic4 is more appropriate than uw-vandalism4. While using Twinkle is no excuse for incorrect templating, it certainly makes mistakes easier. Tigraan^{Click here for my talk page ("private" contact)} 17:01, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

@Tigraan: Huh I didn't know that. Might be worth talking to whoever redirected disruptive4 to generic4, then. I'll see if there's been any discussion over the template change. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 17:41, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

Looking at all of your contributions, you have a very high revert rate, by at least seven different editors. Presuming you are editing in good faith, i.e., making changes you know or believe to be true, you are running afoul of Wikipedia rules about verification vi references. I suggest you pause, take a deep breath, and turn to the Talk pages of the articles to ask why what you believe to be valid improvements are being reverted. Wikipedia has patience for new editors, but not infinite. David notMD (talk) 19:14, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

Thanks all for the advice! I will try to stop adding "Nazi Serbian stratocracy" (that one I could understand) and improve on actually hunting for badly written and uncited articles. I do agree with reverting the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes, but I was only surprised that I cited 1 factoid and that got reverted. Thx anyway Old!!man1234561234^{Click here for trouble} — Preceding undated comment added 03:19, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

Somebody just removed reviews and content from Boyz (Jesy Nelson song), calling it 'vandalism'. Gatekeeping the reviews and commentary that he/she approves. 132.251.2.122 (talk) 04:11, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

Welcome to the Teahouse! Per the Wikipedia:BOLD, revert, discuss cycle, the best place to discuss the reasons you think the reviews and content improve the article is the article's talk page: Talk:Boyz (Jesy Nelson song). Be sure to {{ping}} the user so they can respond to your concerns. Thanks, and happy editing! GoingBatty (talk) 04:21, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

Removing Incorrect COI Tag I got tagged for COI on an article where I am totally unequivocally NOT in a conflict of interest, and the article was moved to draft as a result, and is now dragging on several months, totally unnecessarily through the review process. I could not get the person to respond when I explained that I am not in a COI, so I just went along with the draft method, figuring no big deal, it will get approved that way, and why get into an argument. Well, I am not at the point where I want that COI removed, and realize I should have taken further action at the time - just wasn't sure how. The article is Draft:United_Way_East_Ottawa. Iamthekanadian (talk) 20:22, 15 October 2021 (UTC) Iamthekanadian (talk) 20:22, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

@Iamthekanadian: Welcome to the Teahouse! I don't see any COI tag on Draft:United_Way_East_Ottawa, so that won't impact the next reviewer of your draft. You may continue working on the draft while you're waiting for it to be reviewed again. Happy editing! GoingBatty (talk) 21:20, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

Thanks GoingBatty to be clear, when I first published the article, this is what happened as per https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Iamthekanadian#United_Way_East_Ottawa_moved_to_draftspace "This was moved to draft so that it can go through AFC. It is plain that this is another article where you have a conflict of interest. PER WP:COI, please do not push articles to mainspace where you have a conflict of interest. Run them through AFC if you have a COI. I have submitted the article to AFC for you. --- Possibly ☎ 07:14, 18 July 2021 (UTC)." I am NOT in COI, there is nothing "plain" about it because it is totally false, I feel bullied and persecuted by this action, and There is nothing wrong with the article - it never should have been in draftspace and forced to go through AFC in the first place, which is my main reason for being here at this time - the annoyance that it has unnecessarily delayed the article for months is secondary to the arbitrary and rather punitive action and tone take to falsely label me COI, and I have been reluctant to continue writing anything because I feel that I am going to be stalked and labeled COI, so why bother? Somehow it seems every charitable organization in Canada must have me on their payroll. Who knew my jack of all trades job with a grassroots charity would be so disqualifying as a Wikipedia contributor? Iamthekanadian (talk) 21:55, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

@Iamthekanadian: I am sorry that you were wrongly accused of COI in this case. You said "I could not get the person to respond when I explained that I am not in a COI", but I don't see where you asked Possibly to respond. You did ask "maybe you could just prepare me a list of topics that are going to be deemed conflicts of interest for me as I actually don't want to be involved in writing them", which wasn't very civil. Since there wasn't a COI tag on the draft itself, I hope the three reviewers judged it solely on its merits. The draft is much better than it was when you started, and I hope you're encouraged by the five editors who have helped improve the draft. Keep up the good work, and happy editing! GoingBatty (talk) 02:31, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

I am only going to respond once here. User Iamthekanadian has wasted enormous amounts of editor time in the past hiding the fact that they are the paid PR person for the first article they wrote, and refusing to abide by COI guidelines until a number of admins told them pointedly to. The article in question here, on the United Way Ottawa East, is something they clearly have a COI for. Based on their past disclosures, the connection is obvious. They have already confirmed their identity on wiki, and it's easy to find the COI from that. Regarding the draft, which is the proper place for COI editors to develop articles, two reviewers have rejected it, one for it being similar to an advertisement, and the other for lack of sourcing. --- Possibly ☎ 02:37, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

@Possibly: It appears three reviewers have declined Draft:United Way East Ottawa, and none have rejected it. GoingBatty (talk) 04:15, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

@GoingBatty: correct you are. Thanks. --- Possibly ☎ 05:18, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

Possibly your persecutorial response simply proves my point. I never hid anything. As a newbie, I identified as COI and did not understand that just because I worked for the charity I was writing about, I should also identify as a "paid editor" as I am NOT "paid" to do anything here. But this is very old news and obviously you continue to dish out payback for your personal views about it, which is a clear violation of Wikipedia:Assume_good_faith. That was my first article, and yes, a lot of time was wasted on attacking me for those misunderstandings instead of focusing on the the writing. Now it is happening again. I do NOT have a COI for United Way East Ottawa. I do not work for them, have never worked for them, and currently have no formal relationship at all - I once volunteered for them, which as far as I know, is not a COI offense. Being "connected" to something we write about is NOT a COI. You seem to have a COI when it comes to me, as you are stalking my articles and tagging me COI without even having a discussion about it, and now referencing back to my first article - that was resolved. I learned and did everything I Was supposed to do. Your continued attacks and persecution is totally inappropriate but I appreciate you are not hiding that you have made this a personal vendetta, including persisting in a lie that I am COI with United Way East Ottawa. Would you like to be in on a joint email with me to them to prove it? That seems far beyond the scope of what should be required for me to contribute an article, but if it will put an end to your bullying, let's do it. I want to continue writing here, and if you are going to be stalking me and labelling me COI for every Ottawa-based organization for the rest of time, that's not going to work for me, as like most people, I would like to contribute about topics I actually know something about. That's not COI. As for the rejections "similar to an advertisement" is another of those annoyingly subjective pronouncements - I didn't copy any of the information from anywhere, and it is simple language accurately stating the work of the organization, with appropriate sources. But I should not have to be debating this as it should not have been falsely forced into draft because you have decided to punish me for your ongoing issues with my first article. You are clearly emotionally compromised and I kindly ask that your stalking and false claims about me end here. I am not ashamed of working for a charitable organization and writing about other charitable organizations, it is an area of Wikipedia that needs help - this is supposed to be an encouraging space, not a place for personal vendettas, especially when you not only state falsehoods, but use your power here to punish me. Not THAT is shameful. Iamthekanadian (talk) 03:40, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

GoingBatty it's not civil to unilaterally declare another user as COI without even talking to them about it, and moving their article to draft, is it? I would say that is a clear abuse of power that does not respect Wikipedia:Assume_good_faith and so while you mayjudge my response to not be "civil" you don't seem very concerned about the abuse of power that elicited my response, and I guess the message is "too bad so sad" is that right? There's nothing I can do about being falsely accused? Telling me that the article has improved etc. is a distraction from the help I am seeking - I don't want to be persecuted in this way, not now, and not going forward. So my request for "give me a list of topics where you are going to label me COI" might seem uncivil, but I am serious - I don't want to waste me time writing articles that are going to get labeled COI every time because one editor has decided I am a plague to Wikipedia for trying to contribute an article about one of the biggest charities in Canada, which should certainly be on Wikipedia. I understand they apparently took the issues I experienced with my first article very personally and continue to seek revenge, but perhaps it might be appropriate to give them some advice as well? Like, maybe offer your "help" to users that you don't make your blood boil and where you are clearly incapable of objectivity? I am sorry if my civility wasn't top grade, but it's not like I went out seeking a dispute, I simply wrote an article, and then found myself dealing with this abuse of power and act of vengeance. Iamthekanadian (talk) 03:55, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

• Since one denies COI and the other says it's plain COI with offline evidence backing it up, it needs discussion somewhere to break the tie. WP:COIN seems to fit the bill. Either there needs to be a discussion to establish consensus that Kanadian has a COI and should use AFC, or they should be allowed to bypass AFC if they want. I recommend procedural accept and procedural AFD. Regards! Usedtobecool ☎️ 04:07, 16 October 2021 (UTC)
• This draft seems to violate WP:BRANCH to me and the vehemence of the objections by Iamthekanadian seems to be a strong indication of a likely conflict of interest despite their denials. We already have an article United Way which could certainly be expanded and improved, but why the heck should we have an article about one of the 1800 chapters of this organization unless there is something really remarkable about this particular chapter? There doesn't seem to be anything distinctive according to the content of the draft that Iamthekanadian is so passionate about for some reason, although they deny a COI. Iamthekanadian, are you aware how strange your behavior looks to uninvolved editors? Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 04:23, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

Usedtobecool Really, the resolution I am looking for (it's fine if my simple article takes a year to get published, I'm not actually a dark hat operator getting paid to write it, so it won't impact on my mortgage payments) is not to be harassed in future. It might have sounded sarcastic, but I really mean it - quite literally, what is the list of topics where I will be labelled COI? Then I just won't write about them. I am fine with that. Iamthekanadian (talk) 04:26, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

Iamthekanadian, if the agency you work for gets funding from this Ottawa branch of the United Way, then you have a conflict of interest about this funding agency and every other organization that receives funding from this agency. The disclosure on your user page is argumentative and provides evidence that you neither fully understand nor fully accept the COI policy. On a personal note, I am sympathetic to your cause because I am the father of a young man with a genetic developmental disability compounded by associated mental health issues. I have dealt with these challenges pretty much every single day for over 31 years. Because I know how deep my conflict of interest is regarding these topics, I mostly steer clear of editing related articles, and when I do contribute a bit in these areas, I do so cautiously and always defer to uninvolved editors, and am never aggressive about my edits. I recommend a similar course of action to you. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 04:53, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

Cullen328 Perhaps I wrote it in the wrong place, but I already explained, it is NOT a BRANCH (or chapter) - in fact, UWEO is an independent organization about 3x the size of United Way Canada, which is a much smaller organization - they don't have any control over UWEO whatsoever, in fact, it is more the other way around - United Way Canada exists because the independent United Way local or regional organizations contribute to have a national office to help with convening and national affairs. This is verifiable and has been sourced in the article. If United Way Canada closed tomorrow, it wouldn't change a thing about the other organizations (and yes, UWEO is one of the most significant, as explained in the article). I don't really understand your accusations - I see a lot of passion here - I mean, other users taking the time to label me COI over a past grievance is pretty passionate - it just isn't very productive in terms of Wikipedia. Maybe it's just not something people can understand that I am passionate about my areas of knowledge the same way that a knowledgeable soccer fan might be? That being edited by people who don't know the structures of the sector is just as annoying to me as someone who doesn't know the rules of soccer editing a soccer article? Anyway, you win - I don't care anymore. This clearly isn't a place to get help, it's a place for false accusations, such as evidence of a COI being based on the "vehemence of objections" to the false accusation. Good grief. Do what you want. After all, I Am sitting pretty, what with all my COI and paid editor work, I can hop on my private jet, and then take my helicopter to my yacht, even without getting my big payout for a United Way East Ontario article. Iamthekanadian (talk) 04:48, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

Iamthekanadian, thank you for proving my point. You are incapable of editing neutrally in this topic area. Expect sanctions to be imposed if you do not desist. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 04:58, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

Cullen328 Oh good grief. Because we got $20,000 in emergency COVID-19 funding last year? And someone actually went and looked that up? I didn't even think of it. That's desperately silly. Have you seen the article? Is it not suitably bland and suitably sourced? Do what you want, I am done with the pettiness. I am very familiar with this type of nonsense, I am a certified governance trainer and this is exactly like when a board of directors has gone wrong and they are busy accusing each other and using rules of order as power plays to settle personal disputes. I have no interest in writing articles about topics that aren't actually interesting to me. And if I am going to be stalked by vengeful people who will be scouring the internet with every article I right hoping to slap on a COI label because I once bought a ticket to a gala, no thanks! Iamthekanadian (talk) 05:01, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

Iamthekanadian, thank you for providing additional incontrovertible evidence of your deep and profound conflict of interest about this topic area. As an administrator, I advise you in the strongest terms to stop editing in this topic area until you are fully capable of true neutrality. It is glaringly obvious that you are incapable of neutral editing at this time. Consider this a formal warning. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 05:09, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

Cullen328 Oh wow, now I am to be sanctioned. Will you be going after my offshore bank accounts, accumulated from all the charities that paid me off for writing articles? Thanks for completely ignoring the facts I provided and continuing the personal vendetta. I await the sanctions. Will the United Nations be involved, and will this result in some sort of badge of shame being forced on to my user page? Can't wait. Congratulations on your valuable contributions to making Wikipedia better today, you are a true champion for justice. Iamthekanadian (talk) 05:07, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

Iamthekanadian, that is BS. Please desist. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 05:11, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

Cullen328 You do realize you inserted yourself into this conversation, right? If the article I wrote is some sort of passion-filled subjective mess, why not apply all this energy to fixing it, instead of attacking me? If you don't think it's an interesting topic worthy of your efforts, fine, move along. Why are YOU so passionate about this to the point of threatening to pursue sanctions? Please give that some thought and I hope you can find some peace with whatever it is that is motivating you to engage in this way. You are posting in MY request for help thread. Telling me to "desist" is outrageously ironic. Iamthekanadian (talk) 05:16, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

Because Iamthekanadian disregarded several warnings to desist from disruptive COI editing, they have been blocked from editing for 72 hours. If the disruption resumes at the end of this block, the next block will be much longer. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 05:31, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

How to find URLs to cite? I don't know what to cite. Can you help? TylerMagee (talk) 09:45, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

The consideration is usually who or what organization is behind the source cited. The primary guideline is at Wikipedia:Reliable sources. – Anon423 (talk) 10:07, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

@TylerMagee In general, not blogs, wikis, social media, online bookstores, selfpublished stuff etc. There is a list of sources that has been repetedly discussed/questioned at WP:RSP, that may give you an idea. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 10:20, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

Is it ok to use this method:

*123

instead of this:

* 123

The difference is the space between the asterisk and the number. Ctrlwiki (talk) 06:25, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

As a note, it appears your {{Markup}} templates are broken. Did you mean...

More information Markup, Renders as ...

No space

Markup	Renders as
*lorem *ipsum	lorem ipsum

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vs.

More information Markup, Renders as ...

With space

Markup	Renders as
* lorem * ipsum	lorem ipsum

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But anyhow, it appears that the space makes no difference to the rendered page, so it doesn't really hurt anything. There seems to be no proscription against it, but I personally have a preference for the space as seen on Help:List and MOS:BULLETLIST, which I would follow just for the sake of consistency. – Anon423 (talk) 10:33, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

Hallo , I wish to edit my Heading, how do i go about it? ChabbieCee (talk) 11:55, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

@ChabbieCee If you mean the title of an article, see WP:MOVE. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 12:15, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

One of the anonymous editors made a test edit that adds the page to category and remove from category on Wildlife of Karnataka and reverted it back but they accidentally left the word "January" lowercase "january". I removed it from "Use dmy dates from january 2020" but I don't know how to add a page to a category. The category I want the page to be added to is "Use dmy dates from January 2020". RainbowLover334148 (talk) 12:00, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

You should be able to add an article to a category just by adding [[Category:...]] to the bottom of the article – see H:CAT.

Sorry, in this case you should use the template {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}}.

ClaudineChionh (talk) 12:06, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

But I changed from "january 2020" to "January 2020", it doesn't add it back to the category called "Use dmy dates from January 2020. RainbowLover334148 (talk) 12:52, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

The dmy/mdy-usage templates add the article to a hidden category, e.g. Category:Use_dmy_dates_from_January_2020. These are intentionally not shown to you in the article, unless you decide to switch on "Show hidden categories" in your preferences. – NJD-DE (talk) 12:59, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

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Hello, Ivan The Great Monster Beats, and welcome to the Teahouse. If you have something you wish to add to our article Tupac Shakur, it's best to post on the talk page Talk:Tupac Shakur, specifying exactly what change you are suggesting. Note that unless you can cite an independent reliable source - one with a reputation for fact-checking and editorial control - for the information you want to add, your suggestion is unlikely to be taken up. A citation to an article written by you is not enough - Wikipedia does not publish original research. --ColinFine (talk) 15:26, 16 October 2021 (UTC)