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February 1

How do I remove user/sandbox information?

— Preceding unsigned comment added by DeafCulture (talk • contribs) 03:56, 1 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The {{help}} template is used only on your user talk page, and I have removed it. If you can edit this section and describe your question or problem in more detail, we should be able to help. ―Mandruss ☎ 03:59, 1 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, DeafCulture. I'm going to take a wild guess that you have created a draft in a user sandbox (not apparently under the user DeafCulture, which has no edits apart from this one) and you want the article to appear under its proper name, without "User:xxxxx/sandbox" appearing at the top. The answer is that the name of a page says where it is in Wikipedia, and you change the name by moving it. Normally you will have a down-arrow among the tabs at the top of the page, and under that is "Move"; but I think your account is too new to have this yet: you will need to wait four days and make ten edits before Wikipedia decides you are here to help rather than hinder and lets you do this. :-)

However, moving an article from a sandbox to main space is effectively publishing it; and for an inexperienced user I would very strongly advise that you ask for the article to be reviewed first: if it is accepted, the reviewer will move it to the right place. You can request review by editing it to insert {{subst:submit}} at the top of the article (review can take a few weeks, as there is a big backlog).

Alternatively, if I've misunderstood your intent, please clarify what you're asking. --ColinFine (talk) 10:56, 1 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Use of someone else's photo of myself on my userpage

Apologies in advance if this comes off as gloating at all because it's not meant to be. Anyway, I outed myself a while back, and I've seen on some peoples' userpages that it's all right to upload a photo of yourself to put on your Wikipedia userpage. I want to use a really nice photo of me that was taken by Eric H. Cline and was apparently nice enough to be the January/February cover of Biblical Archaeology Review. How would I go about using this photo in accordance with Wikipedia guidelines? Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie | ^{Say Shalom!} 12 Shevat 5775 04:43, 1 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. You would need to ask Eric or whoever now owns the copyright if they would be happy about releasing his photo under the conditions outlined in Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials. I urge you to read that page carefully, because it provides information on what to do if he agrees. --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 05:09, 1 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

All righty, thanks. I might give it a bit of a wait in that case! Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie | ^{Say Shalom!} 13 Shevat 5775 02:05, 2 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

First article

Good day, please I need someone to help me edit my new Wikipedia profile, it's about my professional football player. I want to help him create a good professional Wikipedia. Can someone help me out. I will provide all details needed. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dunamis71 (talk • contribs) 15:36, 1 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I assume that this refers to Nworah David Ifeanyi? There are a number of useful links on your user talk page; start with WP:Your first article. David Biddulph (talk) 15:56, 1 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Dunamis71. I'm afraid you are mistaken about what Wikipedia is. It does not contain profiles, and it is not for promoting anybody or anything, or creating anybody a professional presence. If your football player has already been written about, at length, in published reliable sources unconnected with him, then Wikipedia may have an encyclopaedia article about him. This article should be based almost entirely on what people unconnected with him have written about him - which could include material critical of him, if such has been published. It should not contain any unpublished information. He and his associates will have no control whatever over the article, though they may suggest alterations to it, if there are reliable sources for any information they wish to add. Please see what Wikipedia is not and conflict of interest. --ColinFine (talk) 19:26, 1 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]