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December 8

St. Michael church

St. Michael church in Brooklyn as per the corner stone on the church, was built in 1903 not 1905, I grow up going to St. Michael's in the 1950's. If you go to their web page and go through the pic's you will se the corner stone with the date 1903 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.115.140.204 (talk) 00:32, 8 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

St. Michael's Church (Brooklyn, New York) says it was completed in 1905. The cornerstone is the first stone, not the last. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:57, 8 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia entry "Yang yanbao"

It is really an embarrassing mistake for Wikipedia to have this entry with the subject's name wrong - both Chinese and English! 杨廷宝 is a well-known founder and master of early modern Chinese architecture and architectural education in China. This entry got his Chinese name wrong, and consequently, got his "English" name wrong as well; It should be Yang Tingbao. Now by the entry's title "Yang Yanbao", Nobody would even know who this really is referring to!

I had made the corrections, and someone from Wikipedia, who apparently does not possess appropriate knowledge on the subject, rejected my edit and saying he thinks "it was not constructive". — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dr. MMZ (talk • contribs) 05:14, 8 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Dr. MMZ, and welcome to the Helpdesk! You were reverted by Oshwah [1]. You did not add any cite that supported your namechange, and though non-english cites/sources are allowed on en-WP, the drawback is that people like me can't read them. However, I did get interesting hits on g-books for "your" spelling [2][3], so you may be right about that, the topic is new to me. Consider improving the article with english sources if you can find them (see Help:Referencing for beginners) and/or start a discussion with Oshwah (and anyone interested) at Talk:Yang Yanbao. Oshwah was right about "travelled", though. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 06:36, 8 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Help:Cite errors/Cite error included ref

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Sarvasuddi Bandi Raju (talk • contribs) 09:45, 8 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed: Seems to relate to File:VEGAM POSTER.jpg. I have removed thr stray ref tags, but the file has previously been deleted from commons for lack of licensing info. Eagleash (talk) 10:04, 8 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

No subject

hello how i can post my article what is your criteria and guideline for publishing a article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yogesh singh bisht199 (talk • contribs) 10:37, 8 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Yogesh singh bisht199 the requirement for articles is summarized here, and see also WP:YFA; more important here though - do you have any relationship to Innovative Publications, which is clearly what you want to write about? Please see the conflict of interest guidelines. Galobtter (pingó mió) 10:52, 8 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

How to show hindi details

How to show hindi details — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2401:4900:3610:26B3:1:2:6FC:CCD3 (talk) 10:54, 8 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

This is the English Wikipedia, so entries should be written in English, but it is permissible to show, for example, the Hindi version of a name. If you wish to write in Hindi, then please do so at the Hindi Wikipedia. Is this what you were asking about? Dbfirs 11:47, 8 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Infobox in English Wikipedia

Hi, Can you tell me how to insert an infobox under a picture in a new article (Jean-Louis Martinoty) ? I will write informations (birth, etc..). Thank you very much.

Joisy78 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Joisy78 (talk • contribs) 20:16, 8 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Joisy78, use {{infobox person}}. Click on that link for documentation of the available parameters. —teb728 t c 21:23, 8 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Karfagen (band) page translation

Hi there I would like to add a translation in English for this page: https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karfagen The translation instrument shows an error "you don't have permission to create a new pages" What can I do with that? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Garfunkel90124 (talk • contribs) 20:58, 8 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Garfunkel90124: According to WP:TRANSLATE that tool is not available to new editors. You will need to translate it by hand or wait until you have at least 500 edits. RudolfRed (talk) 21:54, 8 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

But since the Ukrainian page appears to have no references at all, Garfunkel90124, a translation of the page as it stands into English will not be accepted here. If you want to create an English page on Karfagen, I strongly advise you to treat this as a new article (see your first article. You might choose to base portions of it on translations from the Ukrainian article, but the problem is that an article in en.wikipedia should be based almost entirely on what reliably published sources say about the subject (English-language sources if possible, but if not, other sources are acceptable as long as they are reliably published). --ColinFine (talk) 22:24, 8 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Article changed to draft

Good afternoon, I have been working on my Wikipedia article "The Power of Patient Stories" and it was deleted. I was wondering if I would be able to know what issues to fix and if I could complete them so that they could be re-checked. I am confused on the steps I have to take since I was told by my professor that there were changes that needed to be made so that it can be published. Thank you and have a great afternoon. Lvazq064 (talk) 22:50, 8 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Lvazq064: You should link pages you are asking about. For reference, this is about Draft:The_Power_of_Patient_Stories. The article was moved to draft by @Animalparty: with the comment that the article reads like an essay. You can ask on their user page for what reasons and if they have any advice. You should also read WP:YFA which provides guidance on how to create an article. RudolfRed (talk) 22:59, 8 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Lvazq064. Your draft article does not even make it clear in the opening sentence that The Power of Patient Stories is a book. Please familiarize yourself with our notability guideline for books. Most notable books are notable because they have been reviewed by several professional book reviewers in independent, reliable sources, and those reviews should be cited. None of your references are independent. Another Wikipedia article is never acceptable as a reference. Please format your references properly. See Referencing for beginners. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 23:54, 8 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Pictures

I would like to post a picture of my grandfather on his wikipage. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krishnaswami_Ramiah The photos I have are from his field trips or conferences in the 1940's, !950's or 1960's. We are not too sure about the exact source of these photographs. They are a part of family album. Please let me know how to cite and post these pictures, so as to not violate any copyrights. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.167.43.184 (talk) 23:15, 8 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

If you are unsure of the source of the photos, then they cannot be used on Wikipedia. The unknown photographers (or their estates) are the copyright holders, and only those people can freely licensed the photos. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 23:45, 8 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Since your grandfather is dead, you may be able to use the photos under a claim of fair use. See WP:NFCC for the requirements. RudolfRed (talk) 23:49, 8 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

RudolfRed, that policy requires "Identification of the source of the original copyrighted material" and it should be obvious that "We are not too sure about the exact source of these photographs" does not meet that standard. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 00:02, 9 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Cullen328: I missed that part of the policy. Thanks for the clarification RudolfRed (talk) 00:16, 9 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]