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July 5

I believe this page is being Racist and predisposition against white south Africans in general https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Annual_per_capita_personal_income_by_race_group_in_South_Africa_relative_to_white_levels.svg&lang=en

This page is Racist and provocative against white people in general, where we have been in a democracy since 1994 "so called" but have implemented laws sutch as Affirmative Action that Promotes Braud based Black economic empowerment where it makes it extremely difficult for white people in South Africa to get a Job that pays a salary, we have Black ministers in Parlement that earn 3-5million per annum and white people are generalized like krooks Wikipedia is So Racist and provocative it discusses me — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.114.37.9 (talk) 02:49, 5 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

That Graph is used in two articles on the English Wikipedia: Apartheid and South Africa. The graph takes data from a reliable source. If you would like to discuss the graph and its use in those articles, you may do so on the articles' talk pages. Vague accusations of "racism" without references to reliable sources are unlikely to be productive. -Arch dude (talk) 03:53, 5 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

In my opinion this is not racism. I think that this has an overgeneralization. And especially after so many years of Apartheid, there is a clear difference. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Knittedpanda (talk • contribs) 19:21, 7 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Would you help Japanese Wikipedia about articles sock puppets of Smile Lee made?

Hello, everyone. I'm one of users who have contributed to mainly Japanese Wikipedia. Today, I need your advice about some articles on Japanese Wikipedia made by User:Smile_Lee who is blocked in English Wikipedia.(See also Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Smile Lee/Archive)

His sock puppets made articles about Heaven Sent Gaming for advertising in Japanese Wikipedia, as well as here. Just of late, I noticed the existence of these articles and his sock puppets, so I requested for deletion of the article of Heaven Sent Gaming in Japanese Wikipedia(ja:Wikipedia:削除依頼/ヘヴン・セント・ゲーミング). However, a user named カナダカナダ (lit.CanadaCanada), maybe another sock puppet of Smile Lee, argued "keep" presenting some sources on Heaven Sent Gaming(see below).

We can say it is perfectly unknown in Japan, but in US, we can't with assurance. Would you tell me whether Heaven Sent Gaming passes notability test or not?

sources presented

Please help us. --おいしい豚肉 (talk) 04:33, 5 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I am not sure we can help you. Every Wikipedia has its own standards for notability and other guidelines for if an article is acceptable or not. I suggest asking on the Japanese Wikipedia help desk for assistance. RudolfRed (talk) 05:01, 5 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@おいしい豚肉: I do not believe we would consider the subject notable based on just these two sources. The sources are themselves reliable by our definition, but they are basically reporting local news in a city of moderate size. You will need to evaluate notability yourself based on the criteria of the Japanese project. -Arch dude (talk) 05:17, 5 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks to おいしい豚肉 for addressing this. There was way, way too much time wasted on Heaven Sent Gaming on English Wikipedia. Deletion discussions, deletion reviews, and also vanity articles for him and his friends (Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:Heaven Sent Gaming, as just one example) and probably others I'm forgetting. He also added his website as spam to many unrelated articles. Smile Lee has been hunting for any source he can find to prop-up notability. These socks tried to cite Wikinews and Wikidata entries (both of which he almost certainly created himself), and it looks like that's happening again with カナダカナダ. Grayfell (talk) 06:28, 5 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I see that, at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:Heaven Sent Gaming, there was a vote "Strong Delete and Transwiki" by Salvidrim!. Maybe he could help. Maproom (talk) 08:26, 5 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

To clarify, that !vote was from SmileLee (or a sock thereof), I simply copied it into the MfD. And I also added context. But I think the AfD, MfD, DRV all demonstrate that the community heavily leans towards this article subject not passing English Wikipedia's threshold for notability. Ben · Salvidrim! ✉ 09:37, 5 July 2020 (UTC)☺[reply]

delete my uploaded images

i like to delete me uplaoded images instantly? How do i do that? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:UFC251poster.png Kent Bargo (talk) 06:02, 5 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Kent Bargo, only administrators can delete pages or files. In some circumstances, you may be able to add {{Db-author}} to the page to request it be deleted, but this only applies where you were the only contributor, and where there is no strong reason to keep the page anyway, especially with images. ~~ Alex Noble/1-2/TRB 10:36, 5 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: Page was deleted at 06:12 (UTC). Seemingly author request, G7. Eagleash (talk) 10:42, 5 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

SKRANJEET

— Preceding unsigned comment added by SKRANJEET (talk • contribs) 07:43, 5 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, SKRANJEET. I'm not sure why you are telling us this information, or what you want anybody to do with it. This page is for help in editing Wikipedia: is there some help you want? I have put a message with some links on your user talk page. --ColinFine (talk) 09:59, 5 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Change text

Hello,

I would like to edit my article CHALK Salon. How can I do it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Galawesh (talk • contribs) 07:55, 5 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Galawesh Unfortunately, your draft(it wasn't an article yet) was a copyright violation and blatant advertisement, so it had to be deleted. It was also sourced to nothing other than a press release, which is not acceptable for establishing that the salon meets Wikipedia's special definition of a notable business. Please read Your First Article for more information. If you work for this salon, you must read and comply with WP:PAID and WP:COI. 331dot (talk) 08:00, 5 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

U.S. politics

Hello,

I have been doing some editing at Social media in the 2020 United States presidential election. I have used the articles on the 2016 and 2012 elections as reference to maintain a reasonable degree of consistency. They both have dedicated sections on the major party (Democratic and Republican) candidates, but the 2020 one only has a section on the Republican candidate (Donald Trump). Can I add a section for Joe Biden as the Democratic nominee and clarify that he is presumptive, or should I wait until the convention to confirm the he will be the Democrat's candidate for the election and then add him in?

TL;DR: There is a section about Trump on a 2020 presidential election, can I add info about Biden even though he isn't officially the nominee?

Thanks, Giraffer (munch) 11:09, 5 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Giraffer. It seems to me that, as usual on Wikipedia, you should go by the sources. If there are substantial, solid, secondary sources that discuss how Biden's candidacy is appearing on social media, then it should go in the article - but not if there are only primary sources. Similarly for Kanye West. --ColinFine (talk) 11:14, 5 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

ColinFine Ok thanks. Will do. Regards, Giraffer (munch) 11:16, 5 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Need help with Wikitable

I've been struggling to right-align the numbers in the fourth column of this table. Also, how do I position the table itself to the left? Regards, Inimesh (talk) 11:33, 5 July 2020 (UTC).[reply]

Inimesh, The mentioned table uses custom css file, which is configured with various settings to use for {{COVID-19 pandemic data}}. Your table doesn't seem to need those configurations. Try creating a plain table. H:TABLE might help you.- Timbaaa -> ping me 11:59, 5 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

scamming

hi Michael, my name is linda. i have recently been on a dating site. i am here as a friend to say to you your name is being used on the site as looking for some one, and they are using your photo, and your profile. of what you are. dont think im a scam im not, just an ordinary  woman that has been scammed befor

please get intouch if you dont beleave me i have nothing t hide

regards linda — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:C7D:86B:F00:150C:16F5:2D97:95D2 (talk) 11:34, 5 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! This page is for asking questions about editing Wikipedia, are you in the right place? I suppose if WP were to date anyone, it would have to be online. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 12:32, 5 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Gråbergs Gråa Sång: It probably would have been better to just revert it as being way out of scope. —[AlanM1 (talk)]— 18:19, 5 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 18:21, 5 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Ogg Vorbis Audio

Quick Question: how / where to upload Ogg Vorbis Audio files on WP? Thanks Maineartists (talk) 18:21, 5 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Maineartists: Welcome to Wikipedia. See WP:UPLOAD. RudolfRed (talk) 18:24, 5 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict) @Maineartists: If the sound file is your own work or uses a licence compatible with Wikimedia Commons, then upload it there. Otherwise, you can upload it here, provided it complies with our non-free content guideline. Danski454 (talk) 18:27, 5 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Danski454! Maineartists (talk) 18:31, 5 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]