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June 5

Change email account

I have an older account which I made a lot of updates but haven't used in several years. Now that email connected to it was Yahoo and is now not usable. Can I assign my new email address to my existing account. Username is toneron2 Thank you for your time 134.65.175.36 (talk) 01:53, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

not sure how someone would contact me if I don't have my email address on here 134.65.175.36 (talk) 01:55, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm pretty sure you'd need to be able to log into your account in order to update the email. Otherwise, you're just a random IP asking that the email address tied to a user account be changed. DonIago (talk) 02:01, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Although email is an option, the normal way to contact editors is on their talk page, such as User talk:Toneron2. You can update your email by logging into your account and changing it in preferences. If you cannot remember your account password and your email is not accessable, then there is no way to recover your account. You can create a new account and mention on your user page that you previously edited under the old name. RudolfRed (talk) 03:49, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

File Replacing

How do you replace a file? I asked this a bit ago but i dont know where my question has gone. 7s3s (talk) 04:39, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@7s3s: Questions are archived periodically to keep the page size from becoming too large. Your question is here. To upload a new version of the file I think you can use the upload wizard c:Special:UploadWizard. If that doesn't work or you have more questions about how to upload files at commons, the help desk there is a better place to ask: c:Commons:Help_desk RudolfRed (talk) 04:48, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@7s3s: Note that you need to have autopatrol right in Commons in order to overwrite an existing file (this is a recent change starting from late last year). MKFI (talk) 07:18, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Link to template is missing in category page

I notice that for most redirect categories, there is a link to the template itself ("Template:R from...") under the section "Pages in category..." before the alphabetical listing of entries. See "Category:Redirects from short names". But "Category:Redirects from incomplete names" doesn't have it. I'm happy to do it but I see that category pages can't be edited, per se.

PS: I've unlinked the Wikilinks to the categories, because it wasn't working for some reason. Can you not Wikilink to a category page? — TARDIS builder^✉ ★ 09:54, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@TARDIS Builder: Those template links at the start of a category are actually part of the alphabetical listing like other category members but they are sorted under a space to appear first with no heading. See WP:SORTKEY. In this case an editor had applied a WP:SORTKEY rule for templates inappropriately and sorted the template under τ where almost nobody will see it in a large category.[1] I have reverted it.[2] You can wikilink categories and files by placing a colon in front. [[:Category:Redirects from incomplete names]] produces Category:Redirects from incomplete names where the template is now listed first. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:01, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@PrimeHunter: Oh, DUH. Of course that would just add this page to the category rather than displaying. I've seen so many category links by now, yet I just blanked on that.

Thank you for your help, I didn't realize the template links were actually part of the sorting via a space. Clever! — TARDIS builder^✉ ★ 12:18, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Help: cannot update article due to error

Hello,

I have been editing the page of CE Constància on the Wikipedia in English for the last two hours and wanted to publish the changes, but then the error message "No stashed content found for 0/2053e283-2322-11ef-adac-bb09748fe902" keeps popping up. There seems no way around it. Is there any way to publish the changes anyhow?

Kind regards,

Liam Liamb723 (talk) 11:21, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed! Liamb723 (talk) 11:40, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Editnotices/Page/Maldives

The page Maldives needs a British English edit notice on Template:Editnotices/Page/Maldives Thanks. MAL MALDIVE (talk) 12:14, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Why? I suggest you raise this at Talk:Maldives. Shantavira|^{feed me} 15:33, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@MAL MALDIVE: Edit notices are a distraction and we usually only make them to prevent existing problems. {{British English editnotice}} is only used in around 270 edit notices. Has there been significant problems on that article? PrimeHunter (talk) 17:32, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Submitting a page for publication

Hi there,

I have created a page for a Dr Jamie Lachman ( Draft:Jamie Lachman) can you tell me where the publish button is for this so I can have the page reviewed for publication.

many thanks Julietm276 (talk) 12:33, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I think your question is best asked here - Wikipedia:Teahouse but this is just my opinion.

There is not really a "publish" button at all. You can move the page from Draft to article if you think it follows the English Wikipedia article guidelines of notability.

To do this, follow the steps below:

1. Click on Tools

2. From the dropdown menu, click on "Move". You be redirected to another webpage to Move the article.

3. On the redirect webpage, click on "Draft" then from the dropdown menu, click on "(Article)"

4. Then you press the "Move page" button that is in blue.

Here are guidelines for helping creating your first article:

Help:Your first article

Though you should submit it because I think it should be submitted from my point of view based on the below article.

Wikipedia:Article wizard/version1/Ready for submission Soafy234 (talk) 12:45, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Julietm276. There isn't a Publish button because the article has already been published and is in Mainspace. If you edit it, you will be given the option to publish your edits.--Shantavira|^{feed me} 15:36, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Julietm276, if you submit it for review, it will not be accepted, as the body of the draft is entrirely unreferenced. The list of publications has references, but as these are to the subject's own works, they do nothing to establish notability. There are also references to the list of awards he has received; but none of these awards is itself notable. Maproom (talk) 15:41, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

They've already moved it to mainspace. It's in a rather poor state at the moment. 57.140.16.48 (talk) 17:06, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: Draft has been moved back to draftspace. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 17:45, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Blocked

I am not sure whether you can assist or point me in the right direction.

I have created the following page Jamie Lachman

I am trying to edit as somehow it has come up as his being a social worker - he is not, he is a senior researcher at University of Oxford. However, my IP/log-in has been blocked but I have not been informed why. It is also coming up as having a close connection - again not true. Do you know the right person to speak to regarding this.

Many thanks Julietm276 (talk) 16:22, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There's no editorial board on Wikipedia, just volunteer editors like you and me.

Your comment makes no sense. Where do you see he's a social worker? If it's in a Google search, then you need to contact Google about that. Wikipedia has nothing to do with it.

The Jamie Lachman article is not protected so there's no reason why you shouldn't be able to edit it. It might help if you pasted the error message you're seeing. ~Anachronist (talk) 17:20, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Anachronist, I believe they're referring to the large amount of unsourced content added by an IP here. I have since reverted it. 57.140.16.48 (talk) 17:23, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I see, thanks.

In any case, @Julietm276: I have moved the article back to Draft:Jamie Lachman. It violates the WP:BLP policy, therefore it isn't ready for publication in article space. You should have taken the advice in the section above to submit it for review. In its current state, it would be declined. Please don't move it back to article space until you submit it for review and a reviewer has reviewed it. ~Anachronist (talk) 17:26, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There was a different heading saying he was a social worker but I did manage to change this by removing my VPN, as I think this was blocking me. Can you tell me where I can submit for review as I have tried now for over a month and not able to see a way to do this

thanks Julietm276 (talk) 17:34, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There is a button on the Draft:Jamie Lachman that says "Submit the draft for review!" in blue. However, please review the information below before submitting it for review. Soafy234 (talk) 18:09, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Julitm276. I'm afraid that the experience you are having is pretty common when new editors try the challenging task of creating a new article without first spending a few weeks or months learning how Wikipedia works by making improvements to existing articles.

Nothing written, published, commissioned, or based on the words of, the subject or their associates, counts towards establishing that they meet Wikipedia's criteria for notability: on a quick look, your draft does not have a single source that meets the triple criteria of reliability, indepedence, and substantial coverage: see WP:42. ColinFine (talk) 19:34, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Julietm276: It would be helpful for you to read WP:AMOUNT to have a clearer idea about Wikipedia's established policies on article creation. — TARDIS builder^✉ ★ 20:10, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

removing improper or irrelevant links

I often find articles in which a link, using a word that could possibly be relevant to the article, actually heads to an almost completely irrelevant article under the same name. If I can't find a way to correct the link, should I just remove it (and keep the original word without it being a link)? Rowellcf (talk) 16:58, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Rowellcf Yes, delinking is a valid action. RJFJR (talk) 17:10, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Rowellcf: A link to an irrelevant subject with the same name should not be kept. Delinking is an option but there is often relevant information somewhere which can be linked, e.g. with a piped link like [[John Doe (musician)|John Doe]] to make John Doe, or a section link like [[X (American band)#Band members|John Doe]] to make John Doe if he doesn't have his own article. If a subject looks notable and may get an article in the future then also consider a red link like [[John Doe (actor)|John Doe]] to make John Doe, especially if the term is in a context where all similar subjects are linked. If the subject has an article in another Wikipedia language then {{Interlanguage link}} could be used. This is mainly helpful when the subject is closely tied to a language or an area where it's spoken. PrimeHunter (talk) 17:23, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Rowellcf: Depending on the nature of what you're linking, you should also consider an interlanguage link (a.k.a. {{ill}}. This is mostly applicable for proper nouns, e.g. names of people, movies, businesses, etc.) Yes, the linked page(s) will not be on English Wikipedia, but nobody's forcing the reader to use the foreign language link, you're just letting them know it's available, and with machine translation, they can still get relevant information. Frequently, there will be links in several languages. Fabrickator (talk) 21:00, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Date format

Why articles of days are in format like June 5, and not 5 June? And why the calendar in Portal:Current events uses Sunday as the first day of week and does not use ISO 8601 week numbers? I mean that the calendar currently looks like this (the upper calendar):

but I think that it would be better if that calendar looked like this (the lower calendar):

Wk	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
	November
44					01	02	03
45	04	05	06	07	08	09	10
46	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
47	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
48	25	26	27	28	29	30
2024

Why this is chosen? --40bus (talk) 17:58, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

What are week numbers good for? —Tamfang (talk) 19:09, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Several different formats are acceptable. See MOS:DATE. ColinFine (talk) 19:36, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

A 2016 reply at Template talk:Calendar#Starting weeks with Monday mentions discussion at Talk:Common year starting on Monday. PrimeHunter (talk) 20:10, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

To comment using another example, some articles are written in American English, and some in British English. In some cases, the article subject is UK-related, so it was written in British English. Same for North American topics.

But if it isn't broken, it shouldn't be "fixed" just for the sake of it. See MOS:DATETIES and MOS:DATEVAR for established guidelines. — TARDIS builder^✉ ★ 20:25, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm Isaiah Zorn and I'm wondering if My name should be on here..?

I was Told that I'm Related to Wolfgang Mozart, and Bach... So I know that I'm related to a lot of people that some of you would know.... Just email your answers please :p also add "Gizo, Cuscus, William, Reynolds, The Prophet of Isaiah" ZeroBeatz4201 (talk) 20:36, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Read Wikipedia:Notability (people). AndyTheGrump (talk) 20:40, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@ZeroBeatz4201: If someone decides to write an article on you demonstrating that you are wikinotable, then your name might be on here someday. Otherwise, if you're thinking of writing about yourself, you are strongly discouraged from doing so. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 20:40, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for that, I'll just have to wait and see you know ZeroBeatz4201 (talk) 20:45, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question about potential COI disclosure

I've been invited to spend a week at Constellation (an organization devoted to improving AI safety) as a "Visiting Fellow," and while I'm there, I plan to add help the researchers/scientists improve coverage of their field(s) on Wikipedia. While I won't be paid directly for my time, Constellation will pay for housing and transportation while I'm there. How should I (if at all) best disclose this while editing? Is there anything I specifically shouldn't or should do? Yitz (talk) 21:50, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Yitzilitt: just place this exact information that you posted here on your user page. -Arch dude (talk) 22:39, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks :) Yitz (talk) 02:32, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]