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December 3

Page was removed

Hello, I wrote an article and upload a photo that apparently was under copyrights. Is there a way to get back the article and remove that photo? Thisisausernameforwiki (talk) 00:49, 3 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The "article" Sara Sabry was so promotional that it was converted to a redirect. If you click the link to her name, and trace the history, you will find the original promotional content, which I would advise you NOT to try to re-use. --Orange Mike | Talk 01:33, 3 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

And the file C:File:NS22-L0-BNB 4683.jpg has already been deleted from Commons as a copyright violation. There is a message to that effect on your User talk page in Commons c:User talk:Thisisausernameforwiki (which is separate from your user talk page in English Wikipedia). ColinFine (talk) 11:39, 3 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

URL: Wikipedia:Dogelon Mars (Requesting for back-up)

URL: Wikipedia:Dogelon Mars Komorijuno (talk) 04:15, 3 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

No idea what you are asking for, but the Wikipedia:Dogelon Mars isn't appropriate content for the 'Wikipedia' namespace. It appears to be some sort of article draft, and frankly I doubt it would be approved as an article. AndyTheGrump (talk) 04:37, 3 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I moved it out of project space back to Draft space. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 04:43, 3 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Komorijuno: You were trying to move the article to "mainspace", but you instead moved it to "project space". All namespaces except mainspace are indicated by a prefix word with a colon. The names of articles in Mainspace (i.e., where the actual Wikipedia articles live) do not have a namespace prefix at all. Therefore, you should have moved your article to Dogelon Mars instead of Wikipedia:Dogelon Mars. HOWEVER: you are lucky you made the mistake, because the article is not yet ready for mainspace and it would have been deleted. Now that it is in Draft space again, you can keep working on it and the submit it for review rather than attempting to force it into mainspace. -Arch dude (talk) 15:20, 3 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Request review of a draft

Can I actively request the review/evaluation of an article that I wrote in draft? How do I do that? This is the article: Draft:Sandra Mae Frank

Bernhard.rulla (talk) 14:40, 3 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Bernhard.rulla Through the course of editing, the submission information was removed. I've restored it so you can resubmit it. 331dot (talk) 14:44, 3 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Draft copied to "wikita"

I created a draft article on wikipedia, which was rejected due to lack of sources. I have now found an exact copy of my draft on "wikita". I am of course unable to edit it. Who has access to article drafts, and how can this happen when my article was not published? Thanks! 158.36.94.12 (talk) 16:28, 3 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft was "published" in that you saved it to Wikipedia's servers, but it was not "published" in that it was part of the encyclopedia. Many websites, including wikitia, archive drafts and/or other pages. This is allowed as long as they provide attribution. You agree to this every time you click "publish changes"(including here), as it says above the button, "By publishing changes, you agree to the Terms of Use, and you irrevocably agree to release your contribution under the CC BY-SA 3.0 License and the GFDL. You agree that a hyperlink or URL is sufficient attribution under the Creative Commons license." 331dot (talk) 16:31, 3 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note that Wikipedia is not affiliated with Wikitia. David10244 (talk) 10:28, 5 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

repeated asking for donation

It is really annoying. I give monthly, not loads, but recurring and what i can afford, but still constantly get asked to donate. How can I turn this off, because if this isn't, I will stop donating all together and promise not to use Wikipedia again. 2A02:C7C:8902:3500:4978:B672:D709:2212 (talk) 18:56, 3 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

See WP:NOBANNER. However, this works only for logged in users. I'm not sure if there is a method for IP users.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 19:00, 3 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

If you have no account, Wikipedia has no way to know that the person sitting at your computer/holding your device on your IP address has seen a donation request or actually donated; there is no way to connect donation records to IP addresses(or even accounts). If you create an account, you can disable the donation requests in your account preferences. 331dot (talk) 19:09, 3 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome and thank you for your question about donations! To hide the fundraising banners, you can create an account and uncheck Preferences → Banners →

Fundraising. The Wikimedia Foundation does not track the identity of IP addresses, so it doesn't know your age, income level or whether you donated in the past.
None of the Wikipedia volunteer editors here who add and improve content in articles receive any financial benefit. We all simply contribute our time because we care about building a great encyclopedia for you and innumerable others around the world to use.
If you cannot afford it, no one wants you to donate. Wikipedia is not at risk of shutting down, and the Wikimedia Foundation, which hosts the Wikipedia platform and is asking for these donations, is richer than ever.
We are led to believe that users who allow cookies are less likely to see these banners on repeat visits (further information is available here), and you are welcome to communicate directly with the donor-relations team by emailing donate@wikimedia.org. Thank you! —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 21:30, 3 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

HTTP 400 Error

Greetings,

I am wondering if there is anyone else that is getting HTTP 400 error while trying to submit changes to articles. I have tried numerous times to submit my edit on one of the articles on Serbian Wikipedia and it has not worked. I've tried both Mozzila and Edge and same error.

Please, assist.

Боки ✉ 22:24, 3 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I'm afraid that it's unlikely that anybody here can help you. The Serbian Wikipedia and the English Wikipedia are entirely separate projects. They're probably hosted on the same servers, but that's in the domain of Mediawiki, not the individual Wikipedias. I've just been onto sr:Главна_страна with no problem. If you can do that, then I suggest you ask at sr:Википедија:Трг/Техника. If you can't then it's probably your end. ColinFine (talk) 22:56, 3 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@ColinFine There was an issue with certain paragraph (not sure what happened) but it works now! Thanks ! Боки ✉ 21:09, 4 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]