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May 22

Delete my account

I want to delete my wikipedia account permanently. Username : Eagle Ojo... Reason : I have another wikipedia account on the same email address. So, I don't need this account Eagle Ojo (talk) 10:21, 22 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Eagle Ojo It is not possible for technical and legal reasons to delete an account. If you no longer wish to use it, just abandon it. You may also be able to request a vanishing of it. The email address used is not relevant. 331dot (talk) 10:31, 22 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

About editing Wikipedia.

I had been trying many times but not succeeding, every time I try am told that I am not logged in how can I log in?😑 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2C0F:FE38:224A:7E3D:1:0:4471:4B33 (talk) 12:35, 22 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Is there a particular article you are trying to edit? (Some articles are protected from editing by new accounts and IP users to prevent vandalism or disruption) If you cannot edit the article itself, you may edit its talk page, detailing the change you would like to see. If you would like to create an account, you may do so. If you are on a computer, there should be a link in the upper right corner. You may also request an account at WP:ACC. 331dot (talk) 12:38, 22 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Account vurnishing

Hello, I want to vurnish my old account. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2C0F:FE38:224A:7E3D:1:0:4471:4B33 (talk) 13:42, 22 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

If you want to vanish your account, go to WP:VANISH. 331dot (talk) 13:46, 22 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Not to put too fine a gloss on it. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 90.205.224.154 (talk) 00:08, 23 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

No, it's a matte finish. 73.127.147.187 (talk) 02:30, 25 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Moving user contribution history

I used to edit as user Sandals1 but I've forgotten my password. I just created a Sandals2 account. I created a user page stating this fact. Is there a way to move my contribution history to the new account? Should I also move my talk page history? Sandals2 (talk) 14:50, 22 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

No. contributions cannot be re-attributed. The best you can do is to put a message on each User page (and on the talk pages too, if you wish) explaining that the two accounts are used sequentially by the same person. ColinFine (talk) 15:16, 22 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Files i upload getting deleted

Hi,

I started using Wikipedia only recently, the files i upload using Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International getting deleted for copyright violation, whereas, the copyright rules says its fair to share by giving proper links to the source. Can someone guide me on this please ? AvRam (talk) 15:57, 22 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Please read through the guidelines on non-free content. It's not impossible to upload copyrighted images to Wikipedia, but it should be done sparingly and in a way that complies with these guidelines.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 16:11, 22 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The files I think you are referring to were deleted from Commons, so you need to ask there. I see you have asked for clarification on you Commons User talk page C:User talk:ஆனந்த் ராம், but it unlikely that the users who performed the deletion wiil see that. Please go to c:COM:VP/C. --ColinFine (talk) 18:53, 22 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Changing topic name

Anyway I can edit the topic name? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jeffp56 (talk • contribs) 16:10, 22 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Jeffp56 I think you are asking if you can change an article title; the answer is yes, an article title can be changed, but should it be changed? This you should discuss with other editors on the article talk page. I'd also be familiar with policies like WP:COMMONNAME. 331dot (talk) 16:12, 22 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, as 331dot says. But what you may absolutely not do is hijack an existing article about something of the same name. The existing article Sartor is about a fish, and editing it to refer to something else is disruptive editing. If the company of that name meets Wikipedia's criteria for notability, then somebody could write an article about it; and if such an article were accepted, it would be necessary to sort out the disambiguation between the two different subjects of the same name: we have standard ways of handling this.

If you wish to have a go at the difficult task of writing an article about the company, please read your first article carefully. ColinFine (talk) 19:03, 22 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Question about citing papers as links

Yes, how do you cite, but you keep it in a link format? For example, Buchholz (1789), but with the link giving a citation. Hope that should clear a little. - TomEpsilon (talk) 16:11, 22 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi TomEpsilon. The article Buchholz hydra doesn't use conventional inline citations, which is why there is a comment at the top. For example, you added today an entry/link Buchholz (1987) which, when clicked, takes readers directly to the source reference at the DOI you specified. This is against the policy (see WP:EL for what external links should be in the body text of articles). Instead, inline citations should be in the form "Bucholz's publication in 1987 was thought...."^[1]

References

^ Buchholz, Wilfried (1987). "An independence result for (Π11 - CA)+BI". Annals of Pure and Applied Logic. 33: 131–155. doi:10.1016/0168-0072(87)90078-9.

.... and all that article should really cite from its sources that way so that readers know and can verify which source supports which claim in the article. Note that journal articles with DOI don't need access dates, as their URL are supposed to be stable. All this is summarised in WP:REFBEGIN, which will give you the full details of how that article might be cleaned up. Good luck. Mike Turnbull (talk) 16:35, 22 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much. - TomEpsilon (talk) 16:59, 22 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Are NTD and vision times legit source?

I really want to know if news media such as NTD (New Tang Dynasty) and Vision Times are legit source or not? I heard they are run by falun gong practitioners and often known for their baised anti-China news. Though NTD claim itself a quality source in its website and abt Vision times there are not much info available on google. Can they be trusted as far as entertainment is concerned? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Arorapriyansh333 (talk • contribs) 17:29, 22 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

You might want to discuss this at the reliable sources noticeboard. 331dot (talk) 17:32, 22 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Extended confirmed user

Hi Is the "extended confirmed user" a qualification that is contingent upon a particular country or language rather than global? I made over 500 edits mainly in one country and found out I am not an extended confirmed user in another (with another language). Sincerely, VW — Preceding unsigned comment added by VanWagn (talk • contribs) 19:06, 22 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Extended confirmed is given per Wikipedia. If you have additional edits on a different project (such as de.wikipedia), then it doesn't count towards one here, for example. Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 19:15, 22 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Looking at your account, you don't have 500 edits on any projects, but nearly do on the French Wikipedia. You will need 500 on the English Wikipedia to get extended confirmed for this site. Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 19:16, 22 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, it seems to be. I am extended confirmed on the English Wikipedia but not on any other wikis. I.hate.spam.mail.here (message me | my contributions) 05:19, 24 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Every Language version of wikipedia is, for the most part, independent. Each project gets to set its own policies and guidelines, so information you read here won't apply to other projects. Additionally each project gets to customise it's own version of mediawiki to some extent, meaning that some user groups or features which exist here won't exist elsewhere (and vice versa). Only your edits on the English wikipedia count towards getting automatic user rights here, a lot of projects don't even have an extended confirmed user group. 192.76.8.78 (talk) 20:51, 24 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Jessica Harper article

Courtesy link: Jessica Harper

I tried to correct the references in this article by removing the (incorrect) references to the 1978 TV miniseries "Little Women", in which Jessica Harper did not appear, to the follow-up 1979 pilot for a failed TV series, in which she starred.

Reference: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11112452/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_38

Note that Wikipedia has an article for the miniseries... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Women_(1978_miniseries)

...but not for the TV pilot in which Harper starred.

However, I probably used some incompatible terms (and possibly mark-ups) in my description of the TV show pilot episode. If a Wikipedia editor could check that over and make edits as needed, I'd appreciate it.

Lensman03 (talk) 23:03, 22 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

[1] Buchholz, Wilfried (1987). "An independence result for (Π11 - CA)+BI". Annals of Pure and Applied Logic. 33: 131–155. doi:10.1016/0168-0072(87)90078-9.

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