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Question from Thembu101 (14:28, 1 November 2024)

How do I stop an untruthful,unverified,misleading article spreading lies about a nation of people from being restored after I have deleted it and explained why? --Thembu101 (talk) 14:28, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. I am confused as to what you mean by delete the article. Only administrators can delete articles. Could you explain further, as well as link the page? GrayStorm^{(Complaints Dept.|My Contribs.)} 18:11, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Question from Baby crashout (14:04, 5 November 2024)

Edit my stuff for me how ever u think would look good --Baby crashout (talk) 14:04, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Question from ProcessControlEng (20:22, 8 November 2024)

GrayStorm. First of all thank you for being my mentor. I have written my first article in my sandbox page. I am having a few problems. I have a graph that I need to add to the article, but I keep getting and error message when I try to add it about the page being protected. Otherwise though I have been able to edit. Do you know what I can do ?

Also there is not option to move my article from the sandbox to the main Wikipedia from the tools menu. Do you know what I can do to move the article to from my sandbox to the main Wikipedia ?

Also seem to be having some problems with a few references that I do not understand.

Thank you in advance for your help with my first article. --ProcessControlEng (talk) 20:22, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@ProcessControlEng: Hello. I don't have time to look through everything right now, but I can answer your question about moving it. You need to have an account that is 4 or more days old and has at least 10 edits to move articles. If you meet this criteria but still can't move it, please let me know. Could you give me more specifics on how you're trying to add a graph, and the problems you're having with citations? Happy editing! GrayStorm^{(Complaints Dept.|My Contribs.)} 20:40, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

GrayStorm, thank you for your reply. For the graph I made a graph in excel and pasted it into a word document. I tried to paste that into the article. Below is the message I got the last time I tried. When I click on the links in the error message is just goes to the first page of Wikipedia.

"We could not determine whether this file is suitable for Wikimedia Commons. Please only upload photos that you took yourself with your camera, or see what else is acceptable. See the guide to make sure the file is acceptable and learn how to upload it on Wikimedia Commons."

This is different from another message I had on another try where it said something about the page being protected. Not sure what I did differently this time. ProcessControlEng (talk) 00:30, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I fixed a few of the references, but can't figure this one out. I looked at the help, but still stumped.

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Nolan, Tom (2019, July). "Automate Operating Discipline and Dynamic Alarm Management with State-Based Control". Chemical Engineering Progress (Vol 115 no. 7): 48–53. {{cite journal}}: |issue= has extra text (help); Check date values in: |date= (help)

This reference is used twice on this page." ProcessControlEng (talk) 00:45, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]