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Changing the instruction in line1

Been trying to help someone who wants the page under his name not to automatically redirect to his company. LINE1 has hash REDIRECT Company name All attempts to amend get cleared shortly after ? what is the solution please

REDIRECT Columbia Games Grant Dalgliesh is the name — Preceding unsigned comment added by Urospin (talk • contribs) 10:19, 4 December 2019 (UTC)

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Grant_Dalgliesh&redirect=no — Preceding unsigned comment added by Urospin (talk • contribs) 11:06, 4 December 2019 (UTC)

Hello @Urospin: and welcome to the Teahouse. The title Grant Dalgliesh redirects to Columbia Games because when the article about the person was created, there was no indication of how he was notable according to Wikipedia's definition of notability. Your attempt to remove the redirect was reverted for the same reason – the only information there was that Dalgleish is the son of Tom Dalgliesh, the founder of Columbia games, and a game designer. All that information is in the article about Columbia games, so it makes sense to have the title redirect there. --bonadea contributions talk 11:24, 4 December 2019 (UTC)

Another issue here is the fact that you say that you are "trying to help" Dalgleish, which means that you have a conflict of interest. I have added some information to your user talk page about things you should be aware of, and policies you need to follow, in that situation. --bonadea contributions talk 11:27, 4 December 2019 (UTC)

Many thanks for pointing out COI I can't see any exists but I heard his exasperation about not being able to edit what is under his own name. I have no interest other than thinking there must be a solution. Does Grant (or I) have to present fully formatted text that adds significantly in matters beyond what is in the Columbia Games entry? My connection to Grant is slight in the least and can't waste too much more time on this myself but would to know the solution now I have strayed into this. As I understand it he has tried unsuccessfully for some time and never been able to get any editing he has done not be wiped clean immediately. Many thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Urospin (talk • contribs)

@Urospin: You should direct him to Wikipedia's guideline on autobiographies, and the essays "Wikipedia is not about YOU" and "An article about yourself isn't necessarily a good thing", so that he understands why we highly discourage people from writing about themselves. If after that he still genuinely believes himself to be notable per the policy on biographies of living persons, he could attempt to create a draft article with the WP:Article wizard. He will need to demonstrate that he is independently notable by showing evidence of significant coverage in multiple reliable third-party sources. Nothing based on his unpublished personal knowledge or experience will be accepted. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 15:07, 4 December 2019 (UTC)

(edit conflict) One way to have Grant Dalgliesh no longer redirect to the company article would be to have someone, pereferably not Dalgliesh himself, create a valid article in its place. This could only happen if he is notable. If he is, the 2016 attempt at an article was a long way from demonstrating it. There would need to be multiple independent published reliable sources that discuss Dalgliesh or his creative work in some detail. See our guideline for notability of individuals and our guideline for the notability of artists, authors, and other creative people as well as the general notability guideline. Note that merely working for a notable company, working on notable games, or being the son of a notable person are not relevant to a person's own notability. Creating a valid Wikipedia articel requires significant effort and time.

The other way would be to ptopose that the redirect page be deleted by starting a discussion at Redirects for Discussion (RFD), but I see no obvious basis for it to be deleted.

Merely trying to help someone does not establish a confliuct of interest but we do get a lot of p[eople trying to edit "on behalf" of friends, famnily, and buisness associates where there is in fact a conflict. You can understand why Bonadea raised the issue, I trust. If you want further assitance on this matter, you can respond here. Or Dalgliesh can use his existing account to post here, if he so chooses. If there is private information involed, you (or anyone) may use the "email this user" to contact me -- I am an admin on Wikipedia and have access to deleted content. But pelase respond on the site unless there is confidential information involved. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 15:18, 4 December 2019 (UTC)

@Urospin: DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 15:55, 4 December 2019 (UTC)

Urospin If someone is going to seriously work on an article about Dalgliesh it would be possible to have the existing text moved to draft spacve as a startiong point, but I won't do that unless there is a specific request that nindicates a serious intention to work on this and soem understandign of what would be needed to create a valid article. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 16:00, 4 December 2019 (UTC)

"his exasperation about not being able to edit what is under his own name" Does he feel the same way about seeing his name in newspapers? Or being mentioned on television or radio? Or in books? Why would he expect to have control here, and not in those situations? This isn't his personal or professional website. --Khajidha (talk) 13:28, 6 December 2019 (UTC)

Question for how to get help on articles.

My question is where exactly do I post articles needing help in general. Not like specific question help (As the Teahouse covers that), but a place to ask other editors to help expand the article. If this is the correct place, here is the article. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_French_Pension_Reform_Plan_Strike

-Thanks in Advance (Also the article is a current Event, so once expanded, it needs to be added to the "In the News" section of the Main Page and the "Current Events" page.)Elijahandskip (talk) 16:16, 6 December 2019 (UTC)

Elijahandskip, you can ask for help at the relevant Wikiprojects talkpages, see Talk:2019 French Pension Reform Plan Strike. It may not result in quick action, but asking is cheap. On the other thing, see WP:ITN. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 16:24, 6 December 2019 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Hello Elijahandskip. All articles are works in progress, and many of them need help. any General Wikipedia:Articles needing attention would mahve millions of enttries an be useless. The thing to do is to identify the particualr problem and notify the appropriate sub group of editors who attempt to deal with that specific problem. Note that most (I think mall) of the maintenance tags place aerticels they are used on into categories which editoirs tryign nto find and fix a particular category of problem can and do use to find and deal with such issues. If there is an appropriate tag, start by using it -- unless you can fix the problem yourself, of course. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 16:30, 6 December 2019 (UTC)

Registered Mark Question

I have a question. A few days ago, an editor asked to have a draft (since deleted as G11) reviewed, and User:John from Idegon said, among other things: "First, lose the registered mark symbols. We do not use them." As a reviewer at Articles for Creation, I occasionally review a draft that has registered mark symbols, and I have always said to get rid of them, because their use is promotional. So John and I are in agreement that the symbol should be deleted. However, I have not seen a guideline that explicitly says not to use them. Is there such a guideline, so that I can point to it the next time that I encounter a draft that uses them? (I'm not surprised that the draft got deleted, but that isn't the issue.) Robert McClenon (talk) 00:12, 5 December 2019 (UTC)

@Robert McClenon: MOS:TMRULES. Specifically, fifth bullet point: "Do not use the ™ and ® symbols, or similar, in either article text or citations, unless unavoidably necessary for context." AddWittyNameHere 00:29, 5 December 2019 (UTC)

Thank you, User:AddWittyNameHere. Actually, I think that most of the times that I have encountered those symbols, the whole draft has been promotional, and I tagged it for G11. Robert McClenon (talk) 00:49, 5 December 2019 (UTC)

You're welcome. And yeah, I'd bet promotional drafts and straight copyvios of the subject's site account for the great majority of cases using them. AddWittyNameHere 00:59, 5 December 2019 (UTC)

Yes, User:AddWittyNameHere, you reminded me that sometimes it is a good idea, on encountering a promotional draft, to check whether it was copied from the company's web site, which would be G12. I have seen editors who then ignorantly ask about using copyright permission to post the copyrighted material, because they don't realize that the permission that Wikipedia is asking for is permission to all in the world to reuse with attribution. You reminded me that maybe I should check copyright more often. Robert McClenon (talk) 16:35, 6 December 2019 (UTC)

Creating an entry

Can I create an entry? Or am i only allowed to edit them? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ahines13 (talk • contribs) 18:34, 6 December 2019 (UTC)

Ahines13 Hello and welcome to the Teahouse. At this time, you cannot directly create a new article- but you may use Articles for Creation to create and submit a draft for review. I would recommend doing that even if you make autoconfirmed status(account is four days old with 10 edits) as creating an article is more difficult than most people think it is. I would also recommend that you use the new user tutorial first, and edit some existing articles to get a feel for how Wikipedia operates. 331dot (talk) 18:52, 6 December 2019 (UTC)

Check for notability

Hi, just wanted to check whether the subject I am beginning to write about (PrEP+) is a notable topic for an AfC. Thanks, Thatone~~weird~~wikier Say hi 17:26, 6 December 2019 (UTC)

Thatoneweirdwikier, Can you please link to the article you are writing about? Interstellarity (talk) 18:11, 6 December 2019 (UTC)

If this is about Frank Ocean's event, it does fulfill the general notability guidelines, but the coverage seems to only have lasted for a few days. Possibly it would be better to add a short mention of this to Frank Ocean's article instead. – Thjarkur (talk) 19:07, 6 December 2019 (UTC)

If you mean PrEP as anti-viral drugs meant to reduce risk of HIV, that is already an article. Ocean's event was named after the drug concept. David notMD (talk) 20:33, 6 December 2019 (UTC)

What is the rule to adding an disambiguation hatnote?

I was editing the Goal (website) page and noticed that this did not have an disambiguation hatnote even though an disambiguation page exists! Why? Maccore Henni _{Mii! Pictochat Mii!} 22:14, 5 December 2019 (UTC)

Presumably, because no-one has thought of adding it. I would encourage you to add it. Maproom (talk) 22:31, 5 December 2019 (UTC)

It does, indeed, have a hatnote that refers to the dab page. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 05:58, 6 December 2019 (UTC)

Hi Mac Henni. Please ignore the above answers. Maybe they thought you were referring to Goal. The title of Goal (website) shows the article is about a website. We only have one article about a website called Goal so no hatnote is needed. Hatnotes are for cases where the full title including a part in parentheses may be confused with other topics. See also Wikipedia:Hatnote#Disambiguating article names that are not ambiguous. PrimeHunter (talk) 10:12, 6 December 2019 (UTC)

@PrimeHunter: So basically: you're saying if the topic has one possible permutation, you don't need a hatnote? Maccore Henni _{Mii! Pictochat Mii!} 19:03, 6 December 2019 (UTC)

@Mac Henni: Yes, basically. Wikipedia:Hatnote is the official guideline. We do make some exceptions when readers are likely to be unsure whether they are on the right page. Wikipedia:Hatnote#Disambiguating article names that are not ambiguous mentions the numerous treaties at Treaty of Paris. Treaty of Paris (1320) can only refer to the 1320 treaty but do readers really know whether they want that year or the treaty from 1303, 1323, 1355, or another year? Readers who get to Goal (website) know whether they are looking for a website, and probably clicked the link because they are. Some editors (not me) have argued that "X (something)" should always have a hatnote to "X" or "X (disambiguation)" but there is no consensus for that. PrimeHunter (talk) 22:14, 6 December 2019 (UTC)

And @AlanM1:, not trying to not start a flame here, but if you did notice that I put a clarification as to which site I want, the 'website' named Goal. I apologize for the confusion. :) Maccore Henni _{Mii! Pictochat Mii!} 19:07, 6 December 2019 (UTC)

@Mac Henni: My fault. I must have just gone to the Goal page manually instead of following your link. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 02:04, 7 December 2019 (UTC)

A.S.N 1ST

PLEASE DON'T DO THIS PLEASE,I WAN'T TO SEE MY TEAM INTO ALL PEOPLES I SEE THAT THEY KNOWS THAT A.S.N 1ST IS A WORLDS 1ST TEAM THAT SHOWING ON WIKIPEDIA I HAVE A REQUEST PLEASE DON'T DELETE — Preceding unsigned comment added by A.S.N 1ST (talk • contribs) 02:36, 7 December 2019 (UTC)

A.S.N 1ST, sorry, but Wikipedia is not a webhost, and material like that is not appropriate here. Please consider a website set up for your team, social media, or a wiki farm. Seraphimblade ^{Talk to me} 02:39, 7 December 2019 (UTC)

Zero errors but my draft cant be pablished

Article content

Martin Grof was born on April 17, 1982 Bratislava, Czechoslovakia. In 1998 he shot his first student film Illusions at High School in Vienna, Austria, which was also screened at a local movie theater.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Aktuality |first1=sk |title=film Illusions |url=https://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/14.chaela-jacksona |website=Ringier Axel Springer}}</ref> While studying at the High School, he got a job in the national Slovak TV, STV, and became a professional cameraman at 20 years old. He then directed music videos for popular artists in Czech and Slovak Republic, such as Iveta Bartošová<ref>{{cite web |last1=SME |first1=Sports |title=Sports SME |url=https://sport.sme.sk/c/6478665/strelcov-v-londyne-sleduju-slovenski-kameramani-su-svetovou-spickou.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=zoznam |first1=Hudba |title=Zoznam.sk |url=https://hudba.zoznam.sk/spravy/18-...p-zivotne-cesty/}}</ref> and Peter Cmorik which gained him success and got an offer to direct live television shows at STV at the age of 24. He is best known for his first feature film Excursion (2018)<ref>{{cite web |last1=tude |first1=y |title=youtube |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j949lGps4i4}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=etrend |first1=mid |title=medialne |url=https://medialne.etrend.sk/}}</ref> which was written and produced within only 7 months and immediately won the Grand Jury & Audience award at the film festival in PA, USA at the day of its world premiere. Beside that Grof gained for the thriller many other awards and nominations including best director, best picture and best producer.<ref>{{cite web |last1=den |first1=ty |title=tyden |url=https://www.tyden.cz/errorpage.php}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=stranka |first1=k |title=musicsever |url=https://musicserver.cz/clanek/4582...k-zivotne-cesty/}}</ref> He is big in his country. He made many music videos for big musicians there. See the links below.

@Md arman aziz: Your draft was declined because the subject doesn’t show WP:Notability. For a subject to be notable, there must be multipleWP:Reliable sources about the subject. For information about the criteria for a person to be notable, see WP:NBIO. LPS and MLP Fan (Littlest Pet Shop) (My Little Pony) 03:37, 7 December 2019 (UTC)

Changing the color of the changes on a diff

Weird question, and I don't know how I can ask this clearly but...is there a way I can change the color of the changes on a diff? Like [1] for example. My eyesight is not that great and does not do well with light colors on a white background. Sub |_HMU 12:19, 6 December 2019 (UTC)

Hola Subwaymuncher, You can change the color of the diffs to yellow and green by going to your Preferences at the top right, click Gadgets, and check the box under Appearance that says Display diffs with the old yellow-and-green colors and design. You can also have a black background by checking Use a black background with green text. I hope that helps you at least a little bit. Let me know how you get on. Interstellarity (talk) 12:43, 6 December 2019 (UTC)

Perfect! Thanks Interstellarity!

@Subwaymuncher: If you're feeling adventurous, you can customize the colors by creating your own custom CSS stylesheet at User:Subwaymuncher/common.css with the following lines in it:

.diffchange-inline {
	background-color: #FCC !important;
	color:inherit !important;
}

The #XXX (or #XXXXXX or a color name) is the color for the background ("highlight") that you can adjust to your liking. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 04:46, 7 December 2019 (UTC)

(Note: The original version of the above was incorrect, so I've edited it because striking it out resulted in a confusing mess. Mea culpa.) —[AlanM1(talk)]— 10:46, 7 December 2019 (UTC)

Biographies

I would like to create a biography page about a poet. How do I do that? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Houranik (talk • contribs) 10:55, 7 December 2019 (UTC)

Houranik Hello and welcome to the Teahouse. Thanks for wanting to help out and contribute to this project. I will caution you that successfully creating a new article- not just "page"; a subtle but important distinction- is the hardest task on Wikipedia. It takes much time and practice. New users are much more successful when they first get some experience editing existing articles in areas that interest them under their belt, to get a feel for how Wikipedia operates and what is being looked for in article content. Users that dive right in to creating an article without doing so often end up disappointed and with hurt feelings- which I do not want to happen to you at all. Because of that I would suggest that you first edit existing articles, perhaps about other poets if you are interested in poetry, before attempting to write an article.

If you still want to try, however, I can recommend some things. You should first use the new user tutorial(a good idea either way, really) and then read Your First Article. You can then use Articles for Creation to create and submit a draft for review before it is formally placed in the encyclopedia. This way you get feedback on it while it is a draft, instead of when it is an article at which point it would be treated more critically. You may also want to review the Wikipedia definition of a notable poet to see if the person you want to write about meets that definition, and then gather as many independent reliable sources with significant coverage of this poet that you can find(not just press releases, book listings, interviews, etc.) 331dot (talk) 11:22, 7 December 2019 (UTC)

Need help with a redirect

Hello everyone! I've written an article in a draft and accidentally moved to the mainspace the talk page instead of a article itself. Then I made a redirect back to the draft- and now I can't make a new correct redirect. Can someone please help - why does it happen, what am i dong wrong? I've done these types of redirects before, this time was a mess( Thanks in advance.--Less Unless (talk) 00:13, 7 December 2019 (UTC)

Less Unless, I deleted the accidentally created redirect. If you try now it should work. You might consider whether it's ready for prime time, though—that referencing is slim, to put it mildly. Seraphimblade ^{Talk to me} 02:09, 7 December 2019 (UTC)

Seraphimblade Thank you for your help. It worked. I know there are not many refs, but it's everything there is on this artist. There are 2 library records, I hope it'll be enough.--Less Unless (talk) 13:21, 7 December 2019 (UTC)

Image policy

Please guys I got an image from Facebook and uploaded it on Wikipedia. How do I put a copyright tag Which type of tag would I put? Taymeedeeray (talk) 12:43, 7 December 2019 (UTC)

Taymeedeeray, How do you know the image can be used on Wikipedia? You can't just upload any image on the web to Wikipedia. Please read our image use policy so you know which images are allowed on Wikipedia. Interstellarity (talk) 13:05, 7 December 2019 (UTC)

The image is allowed . My question is which copyright tag does a Facebook sourced image require ..... Taymeedeeray (talk) 13:08, 7 December 2019 (UTC)

Taymeedeeray, Can you please link to the source where you got the image from so that I can verify the image can be used on Wikipedia? Interstellarity (talk) 13:34, 7 December 2019 (UTC)

Taymeedeeray, 99% of the images you will find on Facebook do not have a compatible, free license - you therefore cannot upload them here unless they qualify as one of the limited exceptions at WP:NFC for non-free use. There are a few exceptions such as photographs provably first published before 1924, photographs created by an employee of the US federal government in the course of their duties, personal photographs explicitly released under a Creative Commons license without restrictions such as NC (but you would need to be able to link to that release). In short, the answer is probably no, you can't use it, unless it meets one of those criteria. The best place to ask, to be certain, is WP:MCQ. -- Begoon 13:54, 7 December 2019 (UTC)

I am getting messages in my talk box I don't under stand

They are about this article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randi_Matushevitz — Preceding unsigned comment added by Empress-of-angels (talk • contribs) 13:58, 7 December 2019 (UTC)

I'm guessing it was a mistake, since the sender reverted it two minutes later. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 14:10, 7 December 2019 (UTC)

WP:RULES help

I've been looking at some of the articles that are a part of Template:University debating, and I noticed that some of the debate society page infoboxes include basically the entire leadership of these organizations. This means president, treasurer, vice president, secretary, outreach chair, historian, etc. This can be seen in Harvard Speech and Parliamentary Debate Society, Jefferson Society, and Washington Society. I feel like this is a violation of #7 of WP:YELLOW, but I'm not sure. Is it? It definitely feels wrong to include that information in the article. Not even big companies such as ExxonMobil include ALL of their leadership positions like CFO, COO, CTO, etc. Also, next time I see something that I feel is most likely a violation of WP:! but I'm not sure, should I still remove it? Or should I try to get clarification from somewhere like here first? Bait30 ^Talk? 08:47, 7 December 2019 (UTC)

Bait30, Wikipedia advises WP:BOLD editing. You can boldly make changes that you think are an improvement provided you provide a good edit summary, and in case of substantial changes, leave a talk page message with your thoughts. You just have to be very open to being reverted by others. When that happens, ask them why they reverted you. Sometimes, it's a personal disagreement which you'll have to settle between yourselves to arrive at the best option for the article. Other times, it will be that there are some policies/guidelines which your edits might violate or that the issue would have been discussed extensively at the talk page already. In case of the latter, it would have been best had you read the applicable editing policies/guidelines, searched the article's talk page archives for previous discussions on the issue or asked at the talk page before making your edits, but no harm done if you are okay with getting reverted. Bold editing without precautionary steps (those steps being, asking at the article's talk page, talk page of one of the WikiProjects of the article (for example: WT: WikiProject Medicine is the best place to ask about things you think are wrong but aren't sure about, in case of health-related articles) or talk page of related policy/editing guideline page), I would not advise for templates which are used by many articles, articles currently featured on the mainpage, high-traffic high-quality articles or highly-controversial articles which see active discussions at the article's talk page every day. Please read WP:BLP and WP:COPYRIGHT for policies that are taken very seriously, and you should not be breaking in your bold edits. Usedtobecool ^TALK ✨ 14:26, 7 December 2019 (UTC)

page not getting approved

Hi, My query is about the page Ritam Banerjee that i had created with the citations as mentioned in your guidelines but the page is still not approved it says:

"his submission's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article—that is, they do not show significant coverage (not just passing mentions) about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject (see the guidelines on the notability of people). Before any resubmission, additional references meeting these criteria should be added (see technical help and learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue). If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia."

please let me know why is the page not approved the photographer has many accomplishments which adhere to Articles for creation and Biographies of living persons guidelines.

Other than passing mentions some of the published articles citations are also there which clearly show significant coverage of the subject.

Thankyou. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Swapnil021994 (talk • contribs) 09:13, 7 December 2019 (UTC)

Which of the references in Draft:Ritam Banerjee do you believe are to independent sources with in-depth discussion of Banerjee, as needed to attest to his notability? I've checked the first five, and none of them discusses him at all. Maproom (talk) 09:44, 7 December 2019 (UTC)

I have reduced the length of the draft by half. Naming magazines his work has appeared, naming celebrities and movie stars he has photographed, naming companies he has done photography work for - none of that adds to has notability. David notMD (talk) 14:38, 7 December 2019 (UTC)

notability publishers

hi, dear people, i stumbled across a "Karrie Ross" which is a Do-it-yourself publisher and she also designs books and makes art... i have some urls of her, but i just cannot figure out whether she would be relevant in the terms of wikipedia.

http: //www.karrieross.com
http: //www.karrierossart.com
http: //www.bookcoverdesigner.com
http: //www.bebuddies.com
http: //www.artistartandstory.com

I found some articles on her as

http: //lapostexaminer.com/karrie-ross-balances-energy-flow-through-experiental-art-residency/2017/03/03
https: //ocweekly.com/coastline-art-gallerys-awkwardly-titled-kitsch-in-sync-art-and-its-opposite-is-all-over-the-place
http: //diversionsla.com/magical-pairing-at-fred-tieken-gallery-karrie-ross-and-sabine-meyer-zu-reckendorf/

She also received some awards on her books:

2008 The American Book Fest: Finalist: Engaging the Textured Parent! Within: Becoming a Consciously Connected Parent by Kareen Ross (she changed her name twice, which doesn't make it easier to find relevant articles on her!) Be It Now! Books 978-09723366-6-6

The most interesting subject for me seems to be the books she published, but i don't know if this makes her relevant enough, as she is a Do-it-yourself-book-publisher:

https: //www.amazon.de/s?k=Karrie+Ross&link_code=qs&sourceid=Mozilla-search&tag=firefox-de-21

I would very much appreciate your opinion, as for me this is not so obvious to decide. Thank you in advance, Gyanda. PS. I would really love if there was a general wikipedia-forum, where one could put questions on the notability of what so ever person, institution etc. - it helps so much to get the opinions of others! Kind regards, --Gyanda (talk) 14:04, 7 December 2019 (UTC)

Hi Gyanda. The relevant Wikipedia notability guideline here is Wikipedia:Notability (people), more specifically Wikipedia:Notability (people)#Creative professionals. Generally, anyone can self-publish a book so simply doing that is not (I believe) going to be considered in and of itself sufficient to establish Wikipedia notability. Same goes for selling books on Amazon or having your own websites. If you can establish, however, that she or her books have received WP:SIGCOV in multiple WP:SECONDARY sources or has some of the major awards given to writers, then there's a good chance that an article can be written about her. You might want to ask about this at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Women writers because if an article can be written about Ross, then someone there would probably be willing to do so or at least help do so. -- Marchjuly (talk) 14:14, 7 December 2019 (UTC)

Thank you very much, Marchjuly, i will have a look at all your links at once. I can understand the issue with the Do-it-yourself-publishing. I will try to find out, whether there have been mentionings on her books! And also thank you for the link on Women writers. Kind regards, --Gyanda (talk) 16:08, 7 December 2019 (UTC)

My apology to Wikipedia.com

I am SO SORRY for the mistake i made with the list of Dora episodes! (season 8) I had NO intentions of messing it up or vandalizing it in any way, shape, or form! I was only trying to fix a typo, and it got out of hand. I tried to restore it back to the way it is now, but nothing worked. I am very sorry, and I will only make simple edits to fix a typo or add to a plot. That's all I edit for anyway. I'll make you a deal: If I "vandalize" a page again, you can delete my account and ban me from EVER logging into the site again. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vincentmacefe (talk • contribs) 18:07, 7 December 2019 (UTC)

@Vincentmacefe: thank you for the apology but there’s really no need. If it was an honest mistake then that’s fine - it looks as if the change has been reverted so you don’t need to do anything further, and hopefully you’ll be a little more careful in future. Don’t forget you can preview edits before you submit them. You’re most unlikely to get blocked immediately for a single piece of vandalism or a mistake, though of course I urge you not to vandalise and, so far as anyone can, not to make mistakes. If you edit in good faith, listen to advice, and ask for help when you need it, I’m sure you’ll do fine. Hug^syrup 18:25, 7 December 2019 (UTC)

Incidentally, it looks to me as if this was your first warning for any editing issues, so I am not sure why Magitroopa gave you such an abrupt warning. Normally the first warning is a lot more friendly. Sorry about that. Hug^syrup 18:29, 7 December 2019 (UTC)

Contesting speedy deletion of Nathan Yau page I created and requesting your review

Hello everyone, as a young editor I would appreciate your help. ZaaraTE who is hardly more experienced as a Wikipedia editor than I am has put a speedy deletion nomination for A7 on the Nathan Yau page I recently created. I contested it immediately on the Talk:Nathan_Yau page since this person indeed looks important and notable among data science and visualization pros, and I informed ZaaraTE about that on their user talk page as well as on my user talk page. Can somebody of experienced Wikipedia editors or administrators help me understand if I have done everything correctly and if I am right that the article does not fall under deletion criteria? I am trying to progress and will be happy to know if I am doing everything right or how I can improve my contribution to Wikipedia. Thank you. Avbgok (talk) 13:34, 7 December 2019 (UTC)

Hello Avbgok and welcome to the Teahouse. I have removed the A7 tag because I believe the article does not meet A7. I also believe you did the right thing by contacting the editor on their talk page and I will leave a note that I declined the speedy deletion. Interstellarity (talk) 13:39, 7 December 2019 (UTC)

Avbgok, I also recommending reading our guidance on young editors as well since you state you are a young editor. Interstellarity (talk) 13:41, 7 December 2019 (UTC)

Interstellarity, thank you very much for your involvement, helping me figure it all out, and the link to this guide which I did not see before - I have just read it all and some points in it indeed are very helpful. All the best. Avbgok (talk) 14:45, 7 December 2019 (UTC)

Avbgok I would recommend that you take a look at this information – having twelve references for the fact that the person authors a blog is overkill. A very quick look through the first twelve sources suggests that all except the first two of those should be removed, as they are primary sources, trivial mentions of the person's name in articles about some other subject, or listings of various blogs on the same subject, including this person's blog. --bonadea contributions talk 19:12, 7 December 2019 (UTC)

Please help me understand the Advert tag or maybe it was added by mistake

Hi, a user tagged the Segment article with the Advert tag, but I do not really understand exactly what is missing or wrong. The notice says: "Please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links, and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view." First, I do not see what content might be considered promotional. Second, there are no external links at all (and references are all notable sources). Third, I do not see where this article is written not from a neutral point of view. I asked the user on their talk page about what is meant precisely as I would like to make it look appropriate, but the user is not responding and according to their contribution history is unlikely to be a frequent visitor to Wikipedia. Actually, I assume this template might have been added by mistake and then I guess it should be removed. As a young editor I would be glad to know the opinion of more experienced editors to understand what it means and keep progressing as an editor. Thank you. Avbgok (talk) 15:40, 7 December 2019 (UTC)

Avbgok Hello and welcome to the Teahouse. The article was likely tagged as promotional because it does little more than state that the company exists. Wikipedia is not just for telling about a subject; Wikipedia articles must do more. They must show with significant coverage in independent reliable sources how the subject meets Wikipedia's special definition of notability(in this case, the definition of a notable company). Briefly looking at the references you have, that might be the case for this company- though sources that are just press releases, routine announcements, staff interviews, or other similar sources would not be acceptable for establishing notability. I'd suggest reading Your First Article and some of the other pages I have linked to here for more information.

I'll add that if you work for this company in any way, you will need to read and comply with the conflict of interest and paid editing policies. 331dot (talk) 15:50, 7 December 2019 (UTC)

331dot So thankful that you responded. No, I do not work for this company and am not paid for this work by any means. I have learned that this company exists only today. My sole purpose is to become a good contributor to Wikipedia and I am trying to be helpful. Can you help me make this short article look better then or understand exactly what is bad, please? Because then I do not know how to work on such subjects on Wikipedia... Honestly, I see this article not like stating the fact of existence only (also keeping in mind that somebody will help extend this article in the future or I will do it and getting a huge article from the very beginning is not necessary as I understand), but also that it is valued at over $1 billion which is not a simple startup but a rarely big, notable company, and then it has a lot of clients worldwide. There are sources that are independent, reliable, and secondary, there are multiple of them, and coverage in them is significant. For example, there are article from VentureBeat, ZDnet, Bloomberg (those are all articles about that company, not like listing profiles), and so on. Can you please take a look and help me understand? How would you change it? Really interested and need to know although I read those articles, and notability criteria, and some other guides here. The company is obviously notable and I believe the references already used in the article prove it at least they show it to me, so the problem is only with proper wording, citations, maybe adding or removing something specifically... I do not care about this particular company, only from the point of view that since it is likely to be notable then it should be present on Wikipedia, but especially I want to see how it works on this example so I can do it right in next articles. Avbgok (talk) 16:16, 7 December 2019 (UTC)

I see that you asked the editor who placed the tag about it, that's a good first step. I think expanding on the text would help. You have one line cited to seven sources; that should either be expanded or unneeded sources removed. I'm not certain you need to list investors in the company unless the sources go into detail about the investment. Those are just some initial things I saw; I'm sure others here will have excellent advice and I always feel that it is good to get other opinions. 331dot (talk) 16:26, 7 December 2019 (UTC)

Thanks, well I expanded the text a bit to provide a brief understanding of what the company's solution does so it can hint at why it is valued at 1.5 billion US dollars. On investors - I added that these are notable investors (I guess this information should stay as meaningful exactly because the names of those who valued the company and gave it financing are notable). On the number of sources, well, they are required to be multiple, that's why I kept them multiple, but honestly don't know... Thanks anyway for your attention. If you have something else to say, also in view of my new edits, please tell me. And yes, that will be great to hear other opinions and maybe someone else can be also kind to help me understand how this works when it comes to companies. Thank you. Avbgok (talk) 17:02, 7 December 2019 (UTC)

One suggestion: look at articles from similar companies for ideas on language, layout, etc. They can be found listed in Category:Data management software. To me, the 'Advert' tag is unwarranted; there is some "buzzword" language, however (e.g. "The core solution of Segment is..."}. 107.15.157.44 (talk) 20:35, 7 December 2019 (UTC)

Thank you, your comments are very helpful. I checked some articles from there, read about buzzwords, then edited the article, and I agree it looks better now. Will work on a layout later though this should hardly relate to the 'Advert' tag which I also do not see needed. If you come up with more ideas, please tell me. Thanks again.Avbgok (talk) 21:28, 7 December 2019 (UTC)

How do I edit the title of a draft page I'm working on?

Hello!

I'm very new to contributing here, and have never started a page from scratch before. I have started a draft but would like to make a small edit to the title of the page, but I can't work out how to do this. Any help much appreciated! — Preceding unsigned comment added by FuchsiaHart (talk • contribs) 12:56, 5 December 2019 (UTC)

FuchisaHart Hello and welcome to the Teahouse. I assume that you have not yet saved your draft, as your edit history does not have any contributions to a draft. If you haven't saved it, I would just copy and paste the text into a new draft with the proper title. The other thing you could do is just save it and once you submit your draft for review using Articles for Creation, you can make a note on the associated talk page that you want the reviewer to alter the draft's title if they accept it for formal placement in the encyclopedia. 331dot (talk) 13:01, 5 December 2019 (UTC)

Thank you, that's really helpful. Also, do you recommend that I should be building the draft in my sandbox? I just started using the article wizard, but I'm not sure if that's the best thing to do. And, one more question, if that's ok - is it best to publish it early and then continue editing, or to submit it when it is as near completion as possible? Many thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by FuchsiaHart (talk • contribs) 13:07, 5 December 2019 (UTC)

FuchisaHart I also assume that you are writing about the subject for which you have declared a conflict of interest(depending on the nature of your conflict of interest, you may also need to declare as a paid editor). You should use the article wizard as that will allow you to submit the draft for an independent review, a must if you have a conflict of interest. You should submit it when you believe it is suitable for placement in the encyclopedia. If you haven't already, you should read Your First Article. Keep in mind that Wikipedia articles must summarize what independent reliable sources unconnected with the subject say about it, showing how it meets Wikipedia's special definition of a notable person(in this case). That doesn't include press releases, interviews with the subject, or anything connected to the subject. 331dot (talk) 13:13, 5 December 2019 (UTC)

331dot: her name is "Fuchsia", not "Fuchisa". You've got it wrong twice now, hence the redlinks. Maproom (talk) 13:57, 5 December 2019 (UTC)

Thank you! I don't know how I managed to do that, but I don't think I do have a conflict of interest. I am writing about a historical figure who I am researching as part of my PhD. I think I have managed to remove my declaration. Thanks again! FuchsiaHart (talk) 13:16, 5 December 2019 (UTC)

FuchsiaHart, you asked about the difference between creating a draft in a user sandbox (which could have a name like User:FuchsiaHart/Whatever) and creating it as a regular draft (with a name like Draft:Whatever). The main difference is that other users will generally regard your own sandboxes as private to you, while they may try to help improve a draft – something you may or may not welcome. And you should submit what you create for acceptance as an article once you are confident that it meets Wikipedia's standards, particularly regarding notability. Maproom (talk) 14:10, 5 December 2019 (UTC)

Maproom thank you that explanation - much clearer now. FuchsiaHart (talk) 14:48, 5 December 2019 (UTC)

FuchsiaHart, I see that you created a draft, and it has already been moved to article space by a very experienced editor. Congratulations! Maproom (talk) 22:47, 7 December 2019 (UTC)

Help Please

Where do I go wrong with this? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:John_De%27Mathew — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wangaih (talk • contribs) 22:21, 7 December 2019 (UTC)

I don't think you've gone far wrong. I'm not a reviewer myself, but if I were, I'd have accepted your draft. I suggest you discuss the decision with the editor who declined it, Taewangkorea. (Often, on this page, I try to explain why a draft has been declined as failing to establish the notability of its subject. It's rare for me to take the side of the submitter.) Maproom (talk) 22:36, 7 December 2019 (UTC)

Washgaih Sorry for that. I should have elaborated more on the decline rationale. I think that the subject is notable, but the draft contained a list of references, but no inline citations. In accordance with WP:V, inline citations are required for material likely to be challenged. If you could add the inline citations and resubmit it, I will review it again (and probably accept it as it is notable). Best, Taewangkorea (talk) 23:44, 7 December 2019 (UTC)

Child's Play (2019 remake)

Can you please check the Child's Play remake and see if there aren't too many characters? I've checked twice, and I think i miscounted. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vincentmacefe (talk • contribs) 19:17, 7 December 2019 (UTC)

Courtesy: Child's Play (2019 film) David notMD (talk) 20:49, 7 December 2019 (UTC)

@Vincentmacef: The suggested maximum prose size is 100 kilobytes of text, and your article right now is at 11 kb, so it is not over the limit. (The limit also is not strict policy, many articles are over the limit). Best, Taewangkorea (talk) 23:47, 7 December 2019 (UTC)

Help

Hey, I was wondering how to get into wikipedia pages that need to be worked on or report it to others, AwesomeJedi (talk) 01:57, 8 December 2019 (UTC)

AwesomeJedi, Howdy hello! Welcome to the teahouse. Not quite sure I understand your question, I'll be honest. Perhaps that's just me being a daft old sea farer :) "Getting into pages that need to be worked on" - I assume you just mean problem pages in general? If you see something wrong, be bold! and fix it yourself. That's the whole spirit of Wikipedia! If you are asking how to edit pages that are protected, depends on the protection level. Do you have a specific page in mind? Captain Eek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!}⚓ 02:33, 8 December 2019 (UTC)

Referencing Tweets by People in "Key People" List who aren't Verified on Twitter

I'm trying to edit the TSLAQ page to include evidence for a twitter block list multiple prominent members of the twitter group use. However, these members (which are listed in the key people list in the article) do not have the verified check on twitter. Another member in the Talk page has claimed that unless the person being referenced has the verified check on twitter, their tweets cannot be used as evidence of anything on Wikipedia, even if the tweet is being used to cite information about the person sending the tweet. I think that it should be OK to use a tweet in this scenario as it is a reference to a key person's statements about their activities. Either that, or they should not be on the key person list. Phyronian (talk) 00:54, 8 December 2019 (UTC)

Phyronian, Ahoy, and welcome to the Teahouse! The relevant policy here is WP:TWITTER. In short, accounts don't necessarily have to have the little verified check (although it helps). But you can only use tweets in very, very specific circumstances. In fact, I would almost always advise against using a tweet as a source. I took a look at the article in question, and the talk page. My recommendation here would be that any questionable sources should be sent to the reliable sources noticeboard for discussion. Captain Eek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!}⚓ 02:43, 8 December 2019 (UTC)

CaptainEek Thanks for responding. To give more clarity, what I was trying to add was a short section about how some well-known members of the group subscribe to a block list, and I was referencing tweets by the individuals saying that they were on the block list. Would this be an acceptable form of reference? I'm referencing statements made by the individuals themselves who are regarded as notable by evidence of their twitter followings to support statements about their actions. Phyronian (talk) 03:02, 8 December 2019 (UTC)

Phyronian, Oh gosh, I'm not really sure. I think that is something that would be better mediated on the sources noticeboard, or by using dispute resolution. Captain Eek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!}⚓ 03:13, 8 December 2019 (UTC)

Recommendations for article titles when the name of organisation has changed over the years

To create a new article for an organisation that has had a number of name changes - I think in the first case it is better to create one article that can lead people to all the names - rather than separate articles. It is a performing arts venue and production company in New Zealand.

Should I put all the names in the article title? Is there a way to create an article title that helps a Wikipedia search on any of these names?

There are five names since the early 1980's: 1. The Depot 2. The New Depot 3. Taki Rua / The Depot 4. Taki Rua Theatre 5. Taki Rua Productions

Many thanks, Pakoire (talk) 04:24, 8 December 2019 (UTC)

Welcome to the Teahouse, Pakoire. Please start by reading Wikipedia:Article titles, which offers advice about selecting the best title for an article. In general, we should use the title that is used by the preponderance of sources that devote significant coverage to the topic. Some editors are inclined to use the most recent title, but if an organization received significantly more coverage under a previous name, then that should be the title. A problem with this specific case is that "The Depot" could describe many topics. "Taki Rua" seems to be specific to this theatre company, so I would be I inclined, at least initially, to use that title. The various other titles can be dealt with through mention in the body of the article, and by redirects and disambiguation. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 05:09, 8 December 2019 (UTC)

Checking Notability

Hello, I am about to write an article on Contopia (Container Utopia). Few sources on this topic are: https://www.eft.com/technology/loginno-reveals-details-long-life-smart-container-device https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/navis-and-loginno-collaborate-to-explore-impact-of-smart-containers-on-the-future-of-container-operations-and-container-movement-visibility/ https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/blue-ocean-contopia-shachar-tal/

I would like to know if I should drop an article on Contopia? — Preceding unsigned comment added by HarshiChopra (talk • contribs) 07:22, 8 December 2019 (UTC)

HarshiChopra, Howdy hello and welcome to the Teahouse! Making a new article is one of the hardest things you can do on Wikipedia. The requirements are very exacting and generally unforgiving. Taking a look at the articles, I would say that the topic you propose is probably not notable, i.e. we probably shouldn't have an article on it. Its interesting, but not especially encyclopedic as topics go, and would be very hard to cover neutrally, as all the sources you have right now are quite promotional. I reccomend you don't create this page, and instead edit existing pages that interest you. If you still would like to, you can start a draft by using the Article Wizard. Thanks for checking in with us first, very few editors actually think to check if a topic is notable before actually writing about it. Smooth sailing, Captain Eek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!}⚓ 08:57, 8 December 2019 (UTC)

Submitting a request for a new article

Hello I am wondering if anyone can help me. I am currently editing and adding to a draft article that someone else submitted which got rejected for not having enough source material. I think the addition of the article would be really good but I do have a conflict of interest which I have stated on my editor page and have read all the guidelines on conflicts of interest - I know the person that the article is about. I would really appreciate it if someone could check for any bias on my part and also before submitting it tell me the likelihood of it being accepted- I would hate to be banned from Wikipedia as an editor and so I am trying to be as transparent as possible. The draft article is called Lady Kitt. Thank you ≈ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Slikitty (talk • contribs) 18:12, 6 December 2019 (UTC)

Hello Slikitty, it is recommended that you do not create or edit articles that you have a conflict of interest with. You can ask someone to create the article for you if you wish. Also, if you are being paid to edit Wikipedia, you are required by the Wikimedia Terms of Use to disclose your employer, client and affiliation. Does this help? Interstellarity (talk) 18:16, 6 December 2019 (UTC)

Hello Interstellarity thank you for responding. When I read the guidelines for writing an article about someone you know it said it was recommended that you did not do this but that if you did it was best practice to ask for help from other editors to check for bias and that it is a notable article. I have already edited quite a lot of the draft and was just wondering if someone could check it over to remove any of my bias and to check if it can be submitted? Does that make sense?Slikitty (talk) 18:30, 6 December 2019 (UTC)

Slikitty, I don't have the time to look over your draft for you since I am not an AFC reviewer. I recommend that you submit your draft and someone else will review it for you. Interstellarity (talk) 18:54, 6 December 2019 (UTC)

Given that you have declared a COI on your user page, I don't foresee a problem in you submitting Draft:Lady Kitt to AfC. David notMD (talk) 20:35, 6 December 2019 (UTC)

Courtesy link: Draft:Lady Kitt.

Slikitty: I don't see any bias, but I'm not sure you have established the subject's notability by citing enough references to reliable independent sources that discuss the subject. Ref. 1 is to the site of a gallery showing the subject's work, and so not independent. 2 is to the subject's own web site, ditto. 3 reports what the subject said, ditto. 4 and 5 were written by the subject, ditto. 6 seems to me a good reference, helping to establish that the subject is notable. But 7-16 also do very little to establish notability, some of them don't even mention the subject. I'd encourage you to find and cite more sources like ref. 6 (and probably drop many of the others). If you submit it now, maybe it will be accepted, maybe it will be declined (it won't be rejected). Either way, here's no risk of your being banned, that's reserved for editors who repeatedly violate Wikipedia's rules, despite being warned. Maproom (talk) 21:19, 6 December 2019 (UTC)

Hello Maproom David notMD and Interstellarity thank you all for your input, I really appreciate it. I will look more into some of the suggestions you have all made and thank you for clarifying some points for me as well. Slikitty (talk) 11:23, 8 December 2019 (UTC)

Create Wikipeadia Page

Hello, I was wondering what roles or permissions I need to create a page without the process of staff having to look over it. Thanks, Owen — Preceding unsigned comment added by AwesomeJedi (talk • contribs) 23:34, 7 December 2019 (UTC)

@AwesomeJedi: You do not need a user right to make a page. You can do it! I recommend using the WP:Article wizard. Before making one though, read the advice at WP:Your first article. --LPS and MLP Fan (Littlest Pet Shop) (My Little Pony) 23:45, 7 December 2019 (UTC)

@AwesomeJedi: When you become auto confirmed (your account is 4 days old with 10 edits) you can directly create articles on the main space. However, I strongly recommend you use the article wizard as the reviewers there will make sure your article is ready for the main space and give you help. Best, Taewangkorea (talk) 23:51, 7 December 2019 (UTC)

@Taewangkorea: Thanks for the help, AwesomeJedi (talk 23:59, 7 December 2019 (UTC)

Hello, AwesomeJedi. There are no staff who look over articles: everything is done by volunteers like you and me. Once your account is four days old (it is about 13 hours old at present) you will be allowed to create a new article directly in mainspace. I would very strongly advise you not to do this, as you are likely to have a very frustrating time. Creating new encyclopaedia articles (not just "pages") that don't get deleted is much more difficult than most people realise. I wonder why you don't want "staff having to look over it"? I'm guessing that you are bothered about how long that may take: it is disappointing that it can take a long time for a draft to get reviewed; but we are a volunteer organisation, and people work on what they choose to work on. It is great that you want to contribute to Wikipedia; but I believe that a new editor can contribute hundreds of times as much value to Wikipedia by choosing some of our six million articles and making little improvements to them than by trying to create a new article before they have understood how Wikipedia works. If you are concerned with getting something up quickly because of some external deadline, then I wonder if you might be trying to use Wikipedia for promotion, which is not permitted. Please see there is no deadline. --ColinFine (talk) 11:33, 8 December 2019 (UTC)

Page submission not accepted because it is deemed to be more of an advertisement.

Hi,

I submitted a page, made it factual (at lest I thought so) and referenced it to authoritative webpages. However it was rejected because it was deemed more of an advertorial, which is not the intention. No suggestion was made as to what needs to be changed, which I am more than happy to do so.

Can anyone help on this?

page in question: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Sal_Jobe

Kind regards

Luis — Preceding unsigned comment added by Echezuria (talk • contribs) 13:22, 4 December 2019 (UTC)

@Echezuria: Unfortunately page reviewers and, generally speaking, commenters at the teahouse don't have the time to provide detailed advice and feedback on pages. The onus is really on an editor who wants to publish an article to read our policies, understand them, and write the article in a way that complies. We'll happily point you towards policies and advice, as the comment on your draft did, but that's probably all you can reasonably expect. To give you a bit more help here, just from reading through the first couple of paragraphs of your article, it's written in a way that comes across as more promotional than encyclopedic, for example phrases such as: "he turned his talent to acting", "Having a good understating of the sport, a sport he played from primary school," and "Miller was given the opportunity of his career" do not sound like language I would expect in an encyclopedia. The inclusion of unsourced information about his company is also likely to have flagged up to the reviewer as being potentially promotional. Hug^syrup 13:37, 4 December 2019 (UTC)

Thank you syrup - I did read and follow the policies (so I thought) :-(( Will take your valuable comments into account and re-draft. I do however think that if an article is rejected, highlighting why it was rejected does help, rather than being too generic in the response. Once again, thank you for your valuable help. Echezuria (talk) 21:48, 4 December 2019 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Echezuria (talk • contribs) 13:58, 4 December 2019 (UTC)

@Echezuria: You're very welcome. And I understand what you're saying - it's a common complaint, but you have to appreciate that right now the backlog of unreviewed articles for creation stands at 3,449. If reviewers (all of whom are volunteers, remember) had to give detailed feedback on each article, we would not have a hope of ever keeping up with demand let alone reducing that backlog. We give general reasons for declining articles, along with links to policies and essays that have lots of helpful information, and we then rely on editors to do the work themselves in making changes and improvements. Hug^syrup 14:06, 4 December 2019 (UTC)

Echezuria Note that the IMDB is usually not considered a relaible source (with a few limited exceptions) because users can change its content with limited oversight, and should not be cited as a source in Wikipedia articles or drafts. Note also that interveiws with the subject of an article are not independent sources. They can be cited, but do not help much if at all in establishing the notability of the subject. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 16:08, 4 December 2019 (UTC)

Thank you DES. Will look for different sources. Having said that, the information is factual, nonetheless will look for another source. Still, I am very surprised as IMDB is an Amazon company. Echezuria (talk) 21:48, 4 December 2019 (UTC)

Hello, Echezuria. Wikipedia's policies often seem strange to people who are not used to them. A central one is verifiability, not truth: what is crucial is that a reader should be able to the sources and verify everything in an article. This is necessary because Wikipedia, like iMDB, can be edited by anybody.(Unfortunately, many older articles do not meet this standard, but new ones do not get accepted unless they do). One approach to looking at your draft is to ask, for every single claim made in the draft, "Which reliable published source backs up this claim?" If you can't find one, you need to remove the claim from the article, even if you personally know it is true, or have unpublished documents relating to it. Furthermore, if the only published source for it is a source close to the subject - the subject's own website, for example, or an interview they gave, or a statement from their press office - then you need to take it out unless it is uncontroversial factual data, like places and dates.

Another way of looking at this is to say that Wikipedia has basically no interest in what the subject or their associates say or want said: it is only interested in what people unconnected with the subject have chosen to publish about them.

Finally, about iMDB: as I indicated above, Wikipedia (in fact, almost all wikis} is also not regarded as reliable, because anybody may edit it. This has nothing to do with who owns it. --ColinFine (talk) 22:32, 6 December 2019 (UTC)

(talk) First of all, thank you for your assistance. I have removed and have employed an experienced writer to redraft the text, specially to remove all the puffery wordings as was advised. Therefore, the claims that you believe that should be removed, can you let me know which ones I should remove, and I will remove them. His acting career performance and reference to the iMDB are all factually correct, I am at a loss as to why that is not accepted, as it is the industry's reference, but again, I will remove that reference, all of the information there however are all factually correct. To that end, in relation to the actor's career what other prove can I send you to satisfy that requirement?

(talk) - I have just noticed that you made your comments after I have made the changes as advised on the previous comments. The only one I am struggling with is the iMDB listing, which are all factual and correct. I am looking for other, more reliable sources other than iMDB, but cannot find one that is more reliable than iMDB at present. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Echezuria (talk • contribs) 11:51, 8 December 2019 (UTC)

Flatbread article vandalism

The article on Flatbread has a problem with it under type it has written "PIZZA IS FROM ITALY =", just thought you should know. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:8003:B10C:2600:88D1:8ED4:B7D6:404B (talk) 12:06, 8 December 2019 (UTC)

Thank you for the heads-up! It has been reverted. --bonadea contributions talk 12:19, 8 December 2019 (UTC)

i need an advice for Draft:Martin Fayomi

I would be glad if someone guide me through my article Draft:Martin Fayomi This article is about Notability People

--Goldie19 (talk) 06:18, 7 December 2019 (UTC)

Hello Goldie19, you were asked to clarify exactly what makes the subject notable. You need to provide at least three WP:Reliable sources with WP:Significant coverage on the subject to claim that the subject meets the general notability criteria for people. Failing that, you need to show, supported by reliable sources, the subject meets one of the criteria of the relevant subject-specific notability guideline. For example: winning a national level music competition or a national level music award would be sufficient proof of notability for a singer. Currently, it's not clear to me what exactly the person does, and so exactly which specific criteria the person might meet. The reviewer linked WP:NMUSIC, one of the criteria of which the person might need to meet, in order to deserve an article on Wikipedia. Regards! Usedtobecool ^TALK ✨ 14:44, 7 December 2019 (UTC)

Thank you for the clarification. I would make necessary changes --Goldie19 (talk) 17:24, 8 December 2019 (UTC)

The Cerise Moth

Need wiki to post info on The Cerise Moth — Preceding unsigned comment added by Panthra79 (talk • contribs) 18:34, 8 December 2019 (UTC)

Panthra79, Howdy hello, and welcome to the Teahouse! Do you have some sources that discuss the moth? What exactly would you like to add? Do you have the scientific name of the moth perhaps? Captain Eek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!}⚓ 18:57, 8 December 2019 (UTC)

Welcome to the Teahouse, Panthra79. Are you thinking of Dryocampa rubicunda? If not, tell us more about this other moth. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 18:59, 8 December 2019 (UTC)

I suspect Panthra79 might be thinking of the one that was recently doing the rounds on facebook, which isn't an actual existing moth but an artist's creation. Alternatively, Dryocampa rubicunda (the rosy maple moth), Deilephila elpenor (elephant hawk moth) and Deilephila porcellus (small elephant hawk moth) occasionally get mislabelled as the "cerise moth", "cherry moth" or "pink moth" on various social media. AddWittyNameHere 19:19, 8 December 2019 (UTC)

Roman Goronok

Hello My article was recently declined. The main reason was in the references to Wikipeadia and Facebook. So I have corrected the issue and resubmitted the article. So I am wondering you could take a look at the article once again) Thank you DaniDani Ivanov (talk) 10:30, 8 December 2019 (UTC)

Courtesy: Draft:Roman Goronok David notMD (talk) 12:30, 8 December 2019 (UTC)

As it says in the brown box on your draft: "Review waiting, please be patient. This may take 4 months or more, since drafts are reviewed in no specific order. There are 3,504 pending submissions waiting for review." --David Biddulph (talk) 19:08, 8 December 2019 (UTC)

Dani Ivanov, you might want to revise it further. It contains unsourced claims of excellence and importance, which are never permissible, especially in a biographical article. There's also considerable other material there for which no source is given--biographies of living people require such sources. DGG ( talk ) 19:27, 8 December 2019 (UTC)

Is a NoDerivs License Allowed on WikiPedia?

I have access to some images from the State of Maryland that are licensed as follows: Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported (CC BY-ND 3.0). This license would not allow the images to be uploaded to Commons because of the noderivs clause. (I think. Please correct me if that is not the case.) If I wanted to use the image in a specific Wikipedia article, would it be acceptable to upload the image to Wikipedia?

FWIW, it's a high-quality image of the Maryland State House during the legislative session. I can go and photograph the State House when it is not in session but I don't think members of the public are allowed to take pictures when it is in session. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MarylandGeoffrey (talk • contribs) 23:32, 8 December 2019 (UTC)

Hello, MarylandGeoffrey. I'm pretty sure you're right that Commons won't accept that licence. The conditions under which you can upload non-free material to Wikipedia are set out in NFCC, and they must all be met. I think it's very unlikely you could use that picture, because, as you point out, it would be easy for you to get a free version by taking it yourself (criterion 1). You suggest that that is not the case for a picture of the congress in session; but then you would have to argue that this had contextual significance (criterion 8): you might be able to make that argument, but I rather doubt it. --ColinFine (talk) 23:52, 8 December 2019 (UTC)

I Read This Risible Request

Never thought that I would ever be posting anything ever again on a Wikipedia page, but I am choosing to respond to this request for a monetary donation.

REALLY?!

Even if I DID have the money to spare (and I don't) I would not donate for two reasons:

1. Wikipedia allows anonymous accounts; and anonymous accounts are a (possibly "THE") reason that allow internet/web trolls to exist. Personally, I think that www.quora.com has a better policy regarding this issue than Wikipedia does.

2. Dunno if this is STILL the case, but when I stopped expending energy and effort to contribute (non-financially, of course) to Wikipedia there were rules in place that resulted in a de facto prohibition on people with knowledge/expertise in any given area from editing articles that they had knowledge/expertise in.

Anyway, this rant is moot because I don't have any money to give in the 1st place. Gotta say, though, I was quite surprised that I still have my L/i|P/w still stored on my computer; I'm also surprised that I STILL actually care enough to type up this rant, because I know that nothing will change. It's been years since I last posted anything (I haven't even looked at my own user page or the affiliated "Talk" page).

C'est la vie.

"And so it goes." -- Linda Ellerbee

<br. />—NBahn (talk) 00:30, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

NBahn This is not the place to post rants; you are free to work to change the above concerns you have. There is no prohibition against expert editors; there is a prohibition against any user posting their personal knowledge, as Wikipedia exists to summarize what independent reliable sources state. 331dot (talk) 00:43, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Hi Nbahn. The Teahouse is really a place to ask questions about editing Wikipedia; it's not really set up to respond to posts like yours or address complaints about Wikipedia. If you'd like to comment on a particular policy or guideline, then you can do so at the corresponding talk page for that policy or guideline. If you'd like to just express some general concerns you have about Wikipedia, then you can trying taking a look at Wikipedia:Contact us or maybe asking at one of the noticeboards listed here. For example, your concerns about allowing unregistered user to edit has been something which (I believe) has come up many times before and the consensus always seems to be that restricting the ability to edit to only registered accounts would be contrary to the spirit of the goals of Wikipedia as explained in Wikipedia:Perennial proposals#Prohibit anonymous users from editing; moreover, an IP account is actually less anonymous so to speak than a registered account because the IP is visible for anyone looking at a page to see and can be geolocated where as the IP of a registered account is only visible to administrators or others who have special user rights. In addition, while it's true that IP accounts are used for vandalism or other types of disruption, such as trolling, such problems are not limited to only IP accounts as explained in Wikipedia:IPs are human too. There seems to be no shortage of people trying to doing such things who actually register for an account to specifically do them, perhaps because they feel they will be less likely to be noticed by others.

As for your comment Wikipedia there were rules in place that resulted in a de facto prohibition on people with knowledge/expertise in any given area from editing articles that they had knowledge/expertise in, you might want to take a look at Wikipedia:Expert editors. Wikipedia doesn't have a ban against those with knowledge or expertise editing articles in their respective fields or areas of specialty, it just asks that such editors do so in accordance with the same rules and guidelines that apply to all editors and not expect to be be given special treatment or deferred to simply because they do possess such knowledge or expertise. It's unfortunate if something happened during the course of your editing that soured you on Wikipedia, but unless you your willing to provide more specific on such things, it's going to be hard for anyone here at the Teahouse to help you. -- Marchjuly (talk) 00:59, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

Albums

≪<ref><ref><ref>{{WikiProject Albums|B-Class-6=}}</ref></ref></ref> — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.199.213.107 (talk • contribs) 23:38, 8 December 2019 (UTC)

I am sorry, IP editor, it is not at all cleat what your question is. Did you want to do something with Project Albums? DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 05:11, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 8 December 2019

Illegal... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.72.130.145 (talk) 01:56, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

Did you have a question about how to edit Wikipedia, or how to make an edit request? DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 05:15, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

Notability

Hello, my article on kitchenshaming was rejected "because it is not sufficiently notable". As a social scientist I believe that it is notable. An articles on a practice of "eye-rolling" is on Wikipedia, I do not see why kitchenshaming is any worse. Please help, I would really love to positively contribute to Wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alieneggs (talk • contribs) 13:31, 8 December 2019 (UTC)

Hello Alieneggs,

For anything to have an article here, it needs significant coverage in reliable sources. This isn't a judgement on article topics, just that it would impossible to verify the contents of our articles without this coverage to check it against.

In your case, you haven't demonstrated this level of coverage in the article - we can't cite ourselves, and social media sites aren't reliable sources. The article that is left is more of an opinion piece that significant coverage. ~~ OxonAlex - talk 14:13, 8 December 2019 (UTC)

Welcome to the Teahouse, Alieneggs. You cannot use various Wikipedia articles as references in another Wikipedia article. You may use those articles to find possible reliable sources. Please read WP:CIRCULAR for more information. You cannot use random hashtag searches on Twitter and Instagram as references in Wikipedia articles, because a large majority of posts on Twitter and Instagram are not reliable. Any such article must summarize significant coverage of "kitchenshaming" in reliable sources. I suggest that you read and study Your first article. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 18:48, 8 December 2019 (UTC)

Bug

I think there is some kind of bug that is hindering the episodes data to be not shown under the heading "Episodes" on the page MasterChef India (season 6). Kindly Check! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 182.77.13.234 (talk) 07:08, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

I think the table is displaying correctly, but currently has ten blank rows. My guess is that one of the editors who've been working on it recently plans to add more data. Maproom (talk) 07:49, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

Looking at this diff I could see the error. But now it appears to be fixed. OkayKenji ^{(talk page)} 07:54, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

creating a new article

hello i'm Alex and i'm new to Wikipedia. i'm just wondering if it is worth writing an article about someone named Deborah Gail stone who was the first staff member to die at a Disney park and i'm just wondering if she is notable enough to make one of her — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dernoncourt8 (talk • contribs) 08:42, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

Hi Alex, welcome to the Teahouse. We have a policy here about people notable for only one event, which generally discourages creating articles for people who are only known for a single event, and to focus on covering the event rather than the person. Although this guideline leaves plenty of leeway, it's fairly well-established on Wikipedia that when someone receives press coverage only because of them dying in an unusual, tragic or otherwise newsworthy way, they usually don't need a standalone article. The event itself might get an article if it is especially noteworthy (i.e. 'death of Deborah Gail Stone') but even then, we are not a news website and not every newsworthy event needs an article. In this case, I think the event is better covered at other articles, and indeed it seems to be well-covered here America_Sings#Deborah_Gail_Stone_Incident. That is about the right balance in my opinion, and I would discourage creation of additional articles. There is also already a redirect from Deborah Gail Stone to America_Sings#Deborah_Gail_Stone_Incident, which is entirely appropriate. I hope that helps. Hug^syrup 09:32, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

Follow-up to Identifying independent sources

A new article on this artist has emerged. Can I request verification on this? https://asai.co.za/self-as-ghost-lizza-littlewort/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Simbasounds (talk • contribs) 10:57, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

I've only skimmed it, Simbasounds, but that looks like a good source to me. It covers her in depth, and as far as I can see, it is indpendent and the source reliable. The only question that came to my mind is whether Littlewort is closely involved with ASAI: I have no reason to suppose she is, but if she is, that might compromise the independence. --ColinFine (talk) 11:21, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

Follow-up to How do I responding to an editor threatening to block

David notMD I have been told by David notMD that the below insertion I made into Elhaik's page cannot be inserted because it is 'opinionated':

'The paper by Das et al employs his so called 'Geographic Population Structure' (GPS) algorithm which, like much of the quantitative methodology used by Elhaik, has now been statistically refuted and transparently shown to be completely flawed by Flegontov et al.'

I get the feeling that this is amounting to censorship, howvever, I will rephrase and insert this sentence instead;

'The paper by Das et al employs a so called 'Geographic Population Structure' (GPS) algorithm which was statistically refuted by Flegontov et al 2016 in their section 'GPS is not Suitable for Inferring Ancestry'.^[1]'

Anyone: Does this achieve the 'objectivity' evidently required by Wikeipedia rules?

Elbeavo — Preceding unsigned comment added by Elbeavo (talk • contribs) 10:26, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

References

^ https://academic.oup.com/gbe/article/8/7/2259/2467022

Courtesy link: Eran Elhaik.

@Elbeavo: While not quite as flagrantly point-of-view as the first version, your new proposed text is also not neutral and not appropriate for an encyclopedia. As another editor mentioned, last time you posted about this at the Teahouse, a better place to discuss the subject would be Talk:Eran Elhaik. Regards, --bonadea contributions talk 10:37, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

(edit conflict)@Elbeavo: Requiring a neutral point of view and writing articles in a balanced way is not the same as censorship. Your new proposed line is still not balanced. The two biggest issues I see, without knowing anything about the topic or the sources are:

use of a term like 'so-called' is deliberately inserting your own viewpoint, and is not impartial.
Linking the two papers in a single sentence and stating that the first 'was statistically refuted' by the second is also potentially not impartial, as this appears to be you putting your interpretation on the two papers and is a type of subtle synthesis. Does the second paper explicitly claim to refute the first? Or does another reliable source state that the second paper refutes the first? If so, just say that. If not, you as an editor should not make that claim, no matter how obvious it might seem to you.

I hope this helps. Hug^syrup 10:39, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

Hello, Elbeavo. EDITORIALIZING may also be helpful. --ColinFine (talk) 11:15, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

The issue, raised by other editors in August and September, was that the content you want to add or amend in the article Eran Elhaik is worded in a way that it is read as original research and opinion. All I did was point out that persisting to make the changes when being reverted by other editors is considered 'edit warring,' and can lead to a temporary block of editing rights. I am not an administrator and do not have that power. The best path forward is to work at the Talk page of the article to reach consensus with the editors who disagree with what you want to write. David notMD (talk) 13:46, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

Linking to a photo?

Just like you can do an internal "Wikilink" to enable the reader to jump from text to a related article or section of an article, is it possible to link text directly to an image, either within a Wikipedia article or as it's found on Wikimedia Commons? I'm envisioning something like a photo that pops up as the reader hovers over text. What would be the markup for that? If this feature exists, I would appreciated being directed to an example. Thank you. – Kekki1978 talk 13:46, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

Kekki1978, if you put a colon before the image name - like this [[:File:Breaded Cat.jpg]], it produces File:Breaded Cat.jpg. Is this what you are thinking of? ~~ OxonAlex - talk 14:16, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

Although using that in an actual article isn't done. It would cause big problems for people using disability access tools like screen readers etc. - X201 (talk) 14:24, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

Struck on the DOB format on the BLP article

It's a small error but a major issues on the BLP article. Please assist and guide me on rectifying the Date of birth on the article Heli Daruwala as birth year is not available on the Web. Hope to get the assistance and thanks for helping new editor. FascinateGuy (talk) 13:41, 8 December 2019 (UTC)

Hi FascinateGuy, thanks for your question. In this case, it is worth asking whether we need to include Heli Daruwala's full date of birth on Wikipedia. Part of our BLP policy (WP:DOB) suggests that, in light of privacy concerns, it is not always necessary to include a person's date of birth if the individual has not publicised it themselves. As far as I can see, we have a reliable source for Daruwala's birthday (ie. month & year) but not birth year - we might infer that she is happy to publicise her birthday but not the year. You have two options here - you could include just the day and month in the article (using the {{birth-date}} template), or you could just remove the DOB entirely, unless and until you unearth more reliable sources. Does that help? WJ94 (talk) 17:36, 8 December 2019 (UTC)

Hi WJ94, thanks for your assistance. It really helped me to contribute and make Wikipedia grows. FascinateGuy (talk) 16:31, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

Copyright violations

I have come across a few instances where there have been copyright violations and I have removed them. Do I then need to contact an admin to revdel the diffs where the copyright violations still occur? LampGenie01 (talk) 15:21, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

LampGenie01, Yes, there is a template to do this - Template:Copyvio-revdel, and a very useful script which fills out the parameters - User:Enterprisey/cv-revdel ~~ OxonAlex - talk 15:44, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

Superb. I'll add that to my toolbox. LampGenie01 (talk) 15:47, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

Thank you for taking that on, LampGenie01 and for pointing to the template, OxonAlex But I want to remind you both to double check. Not infrequently what at first seems to be a copyright infringement turns out to be "backwards" copying. That is, the other site copied from Wikipedia, not Wikipedia from the other site. This is not always easy to determine. One way is to look at the hsitory. if the content that matches the other site came in all in a single edit, that suggests a copyvio on our part. it it was developed piece by piece, especially over a period of months or years, that suggests backwards copying. Also, if the other site has a publication or copyright date listed, and the content was in Wikipedia well before that, it is very likely to be a backwards copy If it is the othe way around, not so much. If the othe site has no listed date, you can sometimes use the Internet archive's Wayback Machine to find an approximate date. If you are convinced that backwards copying has occurred add {{backwardscopy}} to the article's talk page with an explanation of your reasoning and evidence. This will save others from incorrectly flaging the page as a copyright issue. If you are unsure whether there is a copyright violatiuon present, list the article (or draft) at Wikipedia:Copyright problems, frollowing the instructions on that page, which are extensive and detailed. Again, thank you both. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 17:45, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

Not a problem, DESiegel, happy to help. Thanks to you for mentioning backwards copying (truth be told, I had never thought about it, so I appreciate you bringing it up. I'll be sure to be vigilant about that going forward. LampGenie01 (talk) 18:13, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

Contesting speedy deletion of AnyChart page I created as it looks like vandalism

Hi everybody, please help me as I have just faced vandalism or at least huge unjustified mistake from someone. I created the AnyChart article and User:Jaclar0529 taggeed it with the G11 based speedy deletion nomination and in just a few moments or minutes this article was deleted by User:RHaworth and I did not even have time to finish my claim contesting that speedy deletion nomination according to the rules. I created this article just recently (among several other articles I created about JS libaries and other subjects these days) as and consider it to be a legitimate article which cannot be subject to speedy deletion in particular on the basis of G11. The article cannot be considered exclusively promotional, for example, and moreover, it definitely describes the subject from a neutral point of view (I do not have another point of view here as in any other article that I have created so far, only neutral, and I believe I managed to implement this neutral point of view when describing this javascript library) and, in particular, G11 says that "Any article that describes its subject from a neutral point of view does not qualify for this criterion." So User:RHaworth and User:Jaclar0529 (by the way, Jaclar0529 have multiple warnings and vandalism claims oh their talk page) did not even let me even contest the speedy deletion nomination. I am close to considering the deletion of AnyChart vandalism or error (Update: I am terribly sorry, did not mean it is vandalism, just was afraid it could be, but I am not thinking even like that anymore thanks to additional research, thinking, and kind explanations from other editors. Please accept my apologies if that hurt somebody of you guys.Avbgok (talk) 19:19, 9 December 2019 (UTC)). Please help with restoring the article as the nomination for speedy deletion and deletion itself are unwarranted. If you guys or someone else feel any edits are needed, let's work on improving it together, because that is what Wikipedia is all about as I understand it. I put efforts in this article, and the subject is notable, and the article was written from the neutral point of view, and we can improve it, of course, then. Thanks. Avbgok (talk) 11:53, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

I am sorry to disturb you everyone here but I am upset and hope someone can explain and help. For your information, the user who initially placed the G11 tag on the AnyChart article has just replied on my talk page: "The article has already been deleted. I suggest you talk to the deleting administrator, which in this case is RHaworth, as I cannot assist you further. -jaclar0529 (talk) 11:50, 9 December 2019 (UTC)" - could you please look into this issue with deleting the AnyChart article and restore it? That user jaclar0529 even has been warned with "Final warning" on vandalizing Wikipedia on their talk page, so the nomination is likely to be just another vandalism attempt from them. I left messages on RHaworth's talk page but see no replies. Am I doing something wrong? I really want to do things right. Please help me understand the situation right and solve the issue. Thanks. Avbgok (talk) 12:20, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

Hello there. Volunteers may take a while to get back to you; so I would say be patient. Just because you've left a message on someone's Talk page, does not mean they are likely to respond to it immediately. It's good that you've left a message to ask for feedback, but only some users (admins, I believe? I can't remember) have permissions to view deleted pages, so unfortunately I cannot give feedback on exactly where you went wrong.

However, based on what you've said, I'd say your issue was undeclared Conflict of Interest editing, and that what you consider to be an implemented "neutral point of view" likely wasn't. Again, I can't actually view the deleted article, so I couldn't say for sure, but "I created this article just recently (among several other articles I created about JS libaries" speaks to me that you potentially have personal involvement in these subjects. You need to declare this on your userpage if so. --12:45, 9 December 2019 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ineffablebookkeeper (talk • contribs)

Hello and thank you, but no, I do not have any conflict of interest here. I do not understand how my words can mean anything like that allegedly I have one with some subject at all. I heard about JavaScript libraries and what they are, of course, but I just recently learned about the existence of AnyChart, Highcharts, Chart.js and some other similar subject I worked on these days just recently. And you can see in my contributions I also made articles about other completely different subjects and not only from the software field, come on. I have no personal involvement in these subjects, sorry. I am trying to become a good contributor to Wikipedia as I like it and I am just trying to be helpful. Sadly it appears to be quite nervous to write something which then gets deleted for nothing and then get accused of conflict of interests or anything else like that when I need to try to convince someone I am just trying to be helpful to Wikipedia... Well, I hope other editors and admins can help. At least I am ready to learn. But I just see no reason in deleting that page by that or basically any other reason. Improving - well, maybe, but like everything else on Wikipedia, of course, that was only a draft, not a finished article by any means... And yes, I understand no instant response should be demanded, but who knows, if one user tagged it (wrong) and then immediately another user deleted it (wrong), can't they be connected somehow, I don't know, or what if they do not reply at all... Thanks. Avbgok (talk) 13:06, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

Are you seriously suggesting that I'm connected to RHaworth? -jaclar0529 (talk) 13:16, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

Sorry, no, I mean I said I don't know. Well, I had this idea come to my mind when I realized your actions happened just one after another, in an instant, while I was writing a contesting claim, and then I noticed your user page had been deleted by RHaworth by your request... But I do not insist, sorry if that is wrong or if that offended you somehow else. Honestly, I just think you were wrong with the nomination and deleting the page was also wrong because the subject has notability, the point of view is neutral (well, let's correct if you feel anything is not, but I was doing my best as a young editor to do it neutral, of course), and I do not have any conflict of interests with any of the subjects I write or edit articles on here (Ineffablebookkeeper asked me above), so I hope for the community's help in figuring out the situation. Thanks. Avbgok (talk) 13:26, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

Can I suggest that this discussion probably isn't going anywhere very useful right now. @Avbgok: you have done the right thing by approaching RHaworth and you now need to be patient and wait for a reply. When that happens, RHaworth may be able to tell you more about why your page was deleted or, in the unlikely event they have made a mistake, they may undelete it. More likely, they may be willing to convert it to a draft so you can work on it and improve it before releasing it to mainspace. In the meantime, a different admin may come along here who can view the deleted page and give a better idea of what was wrong with it. Until one of those things happen, no one currently contributing to this thread has much else they can do to help, so continuing to argue the point is a little futile. Hug^syrup 13:32, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

Thanks, understood, waiting for undelete and maybe tagging it where clarifications are needed if that is the case or other things mentioned. Just if it was not deleted so fast, I am quite sure everyone including RHaworth would agree that deletion is not the way to go. Or if it is the case, then all other articles I created on different subjects need to be deleted along with edits I made to other articles as they are made in the same form... Well, waiting, right, thanks.Avbgok (talk) 13:43, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

Hello, Avbgok. Admins who deal with speedy deletions, such as myself, and even more often such as RHaworth, tend to go through all the pages currently tagged (or as many as the admin has time for) one after another in close succession, taking just enough time to review one and then on to the next. Some, such as user requests and blatant advertising, take only seconds to review and delete. Other take longer. So having two pages deleted in quick succession by RHaworth means nothing at all. Note that "advertising" here on Wikipedia does not mean just commercial advertising, any page that seems primarily designed to promote the subject qualifies for a G11 speedy deletion. I just looked at the deleted article, and text such as AnyChart supports more than 90 chart types including variations of basic charts, Gantt charts, stock graphs and maps, flexible custom drawing, and multiple options to work with data. With developers claiming it to be a "one-size-fits-all" tool, it works with all major languages, frameworks and databases. is characteristic of the promotional attempts at articels we often get here. Souring the same sentence to 6 different citations is also something of a red flag, it suggests that the author is overly eager to seem to have sources, and often that no one of the sources is strong. of course, sometimes it is just a new editor trying hard to comply with Wikipedia policy. Also, in future, avoid he use of blogs as sources. Still several of the sources look very reliable. I think this deletion might be reconsidered. Please wait for RHaworth who tends to be a bit irascible but usually reasonable in such matters. If he disagrees theere are other options, his need not be the final word, but it must be the next word. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 18:08, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

Oh and this is clearly not vandalism. The tagging was reasonable, and the deletion not outrageous in my view. RHaworth has long and prolific history of contributing here, and is clearly attempting nto improve the project. I ahve disagreed with RHaworth at times, mostly on deletion issues, but I have no slightest doubt of good faith on that part of this editor. I don't know Jaclar0529 (it is a big project) but I see nothing here that even suggests vandalism. In future please be cautious in using that term. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 18:12, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

Hello DESiegel, thanks for explaining this and expressing your opinion. I am the creator of that article and I actually am a freshman here who joined just last month out of my long-standing interest to Wikipedia, now trying to understand better how it all works and to improve myself as an editor. I was not going (and am not going) to promote this subject or any other subject of any other articles I created so far. I am here for contributions, not advertising or promotion of anything in any form. That is why those accusations I saw quite touched me, but I understand a few people here know me yet.

As far as the number of citations for the same sentence is concerned - I just sincerely thought it would help to show multiple sources, because sources for notable subjects are required to be multiple. But yes, I have already received similar signals from other editors regarding my other articles (I acted the same way everywhere, to be honest), and now I seem to understand it clearly that multiple independent reliable sources providing significant coverage for the subject indeed must be present as such out there so the subject can be considered notable but there is is no need to cite all or multiple of them in the articles in support of one or another particular point. So I merely was confused with properly understanding this, and thank you for making me realize this, finally. I agree there are some very good sources anyway. I also understoot you about blogs. Well, good learning, and I just hope for your understanding and thank you for giving me this deeper understanding.

As far as the number of chart types is concerned - when creating Chart.js, for example, I found out that that library has 8 chart types available and when creating AnyChart I noticed that that library has so many chart types and thought it should be mentioned as an important thing. Other features were added to not make the article show that this library only exists but instead to add some more about what it actually is since it is notable as such. If that is excessive, can you please help me understand what to do in such cases? Or how to change it so it sounds better from the point of view of a Wikipedia article?

I understand that I need to wait for RHaworth's decision, yes.

Regarding vandalism - I did not state that (Update: I have just striked those words at all to not raise any confusion anymore.Avbgok (talk) 19:22, 9 December 2019 (UTC)) I guess I wrote that I was close to thinking it was either vandalism or error. I am terribly sorry, I did not want to hurt anyone with any statement like this or even create such a feeling on anyone's side. I respect and appreciate Wikipedia and the community. Maybe I was too hasty and did not formulate myself clearly. I do not know personally neither the person who made the nomination nor the person who actually deleted, so I cannot judge, of course. Sorry again, I really did not want to hurt anybody and I promise to be more careful with words like these. Avbgok (talk) 19:10, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

My article was not accepted by the reviewer from different reasons (including the policy against NEOLOGISMS)

Why the Wikipedia is reticent with neologisms?! It is a mistake! This why: if I am looking for the word „oak” I find it anywhere, I don't need an encyclopedia for that. So, if Wikipedia provides the definition for „oak”, its grade of utility is close to zero. But if Wikipedia provides a definition of a neologism such „Picture Performance Index”, then its utility is maximum because nobody else provides a definition for this expression and if a user wants to know about this expression he will be very happy to find an article related to this expression, especially in Wikipedia, the first place where he will look for. Avoiding neologisms is like avoiding utility. Everybody will praise Wikipedia if the encyclopedia is able to spare few hours from the user's time dedicated for Google search about an obscure term, is it? Am I right or what? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cristi Lavin (talk • contribs) 21:22, 8 December 2019 (UTC)

Cristi Lavin, Howdy hello, and welcome to the Teahouse! Wikipedia does not cover everything. We have standards for inclusion, which are what we call notability. Neologisms generally have a high bar, as many are not widely used, and thus poorly defined. Draft:Picture Performance Index would need sources that show widespread use. If we allowed just any neologism, we would have a very large bank of very short articles that could not possibly be expanded further. Your article could yet be approved, if you improve it. You will need to find more sources that cover it. You will also need to write in a formal encyclopedic style, as the current style is overly casual. Captain Eek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!}⚓ 21:52, 8 December 2019 (UTC)

@Cristi Lavin: In addition to the above, if we take your example, the article oak is not a short stub "oaks are trees with wobbly leaves", but it contains lots of other information, for example that certain oak species are deciduous and other evergreen (and many other things). The utility of an encyclopedia entry is not in giving the definition of a term, but in giving details, context, history etc. of a concept. The problem with neologisms in that regard is that usually they lack such backstory and the associated sources that we require (partly because once it starts to accumulate some history, it stops being a neologism anymore). Tigraan^{Click here to contact me} 07:17, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

Cristi Lavin, nobody comes to Wikipedia for a dictionary definition of "oak", but rather for our encyclopedia article Oak which provides a comprehensive overview of approximately 600 species of oak, supported by 60 references for more in-depth study. We set a high bar for articles on neologisms, because they come and they go, and they are far too often the subject of promotional editing by people who coined a term or are actively engaged in promoting it. If the term is truly notable, then it will be discussed in detail as a concept by independent reliable sources. If so, then an article is appropriate. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 07:39, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

@CaptainEek: High bar means smaller content. Of course, we should keep in mind that quality is more important than quantity, but if you include all neologisms you don't consume paper, so don't be afraid to put more than necessary. The web page supports everything, including junk-words. Nobody is God of linguistic to decide which word has a future and which one doesn't. You must give a chance of life to each one. For a word to be very well defined is a process, not a status. A word which is now „poorly defined”, as you accuse, could be tomorrow in a different position, a better one. I used a casual style because I am NOT so familiarized with TV field (or with advanced English). Somebody with more experience should perform a better job with my article, if it is too rudimentary. Cristi Lavin
Cristi Lavin Wikipedia follows the sources, it does not lead them. It does not try to predict which words might become well defined, it notes words which have already become both well defined, and notable in that they are widely used by independent reliable sources. Neologisms which are not yet notable have their chance of life in the wider marketplace of ideas -- if generally adopted Wikipedia will pick them up in time. And no articles here should use an overly casual style. A notable topic is one which should have a permanent article here, which ephemeral topics should not. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 08:26, 9 December 2019 (UTC)
@DESiegel: Wikipedia (and, on another side, Wikileaks) leads the world, so don't tell me Wikipedia does not lead the sources! And about your point that my neologism (which, by the way, is not mine) has its chance only in the wider marketplace of ideas but not in an encyclopedy... well, nobody has time to search marketplaces, that why you should take out this from the discussion. It is here or nowhere. But in spite of „poorly defined” status, my article has a big utility... I will try to elucidate that once for all. Somebody from here told me: „If the term is used only by three companies, and defined differently by each of them, it's not a standard; so who cares?” My reply to him: Yes, it is a problem of standard, but not just that. Something is more annoying. It is a chaos among TV manufacturing companies, but it is also a chaos in linguistic field, since we don't have the same definition for the same expression. So, from Wikipedia point of view, linguistic point of view should be more important than technical one. After we establish the absence of one and common definition for the expression, which makes communication impossible, we should wonder why is still useful to skip the theoretical requirement and proceed to publish my article. I tell you why. Because when a company says about its TV that has 5100 PPI you think automatically it is about Pixel Per Inch. But 5100 Pixel Per Inch means a TV which wasn't yet invented, something very good. But if you found out (from Wikipedia) that PPI may refer to something else, not at Pixel Per Inch, you suddenly realize you are not close to buy a very good TV, but an ordinary one. So, it is not important what „Picture Performance Index” means, but what doesn't mean.Cristi Lavin
No, we follow the sources (or at least try to). See WP:NOTABILITY, among others (which was already linked earlier in the discussion). You are right that other sources copy us, and that's actually a serious threat to our way of doing things (see those known incidents where entire facts were made up because of it). As for the argument that without a Wikipedia mention the term will not become widespread, that is actually cited as a reason to delete articles in the first sentence of WP:NEOLOGISM. Please read those links before you keep arguing how things are (as opposed to how they should be).

There are ways to argue for the rules to be changed (Wikipedia:Policies_and_guidelines#Proposals), but to be honest following rather than leading the sources is such a fundamental principle of Wikipedia that I do not think you have the slightest chance of having it changed. Tigraan^{Click here to contact me} 14:40, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

(Oh, and Wikileaks has nothing to do with Wikipedia whatsoever, by the way. Tigraan^{Click here to contact me} 14:41, 9 December 2019 (UTC))

Pixels per inch exists as redirect to Pixel density, no WP:OR or WP:NEO required here (let alone allowed). I needed that info some years ago to grok "pels per meter" vs. Dots per inch in the BMP file format. –84.46.53.211 (talk) 19:24, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

Merging

How should I deal with articles for which I am unsure what title to use? Should I tag it with a move template, list it under "possibly controversial moves", both, or neither? For instance, I have no idea whether this article should be titled "Vighnaharta Ganesha" or "Vighnaharta Ganesh"; the title uses one spelling and the article uses another. ωικιωαrrιorᑫᑫ1ᑫ 17:02, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

WikiWarrior9919, Well usually we use the name that reliable sources use. But this article has a mere two sources, which are of poor quality. Can you try to find some more sources that more firmly establish the title? Translation may complicate the issue. Captain Eek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!}⚓ 18:43, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

For movies I'd use the English IMDb title (without reference, IMDb is no reliable source) if the references offer no clearer title: {{IMDb title|tt8240188}} can go to an "external links" section for Vighnaharta Ganesha at IMDb. –84.46.53.211 (talk) 19:56, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

Trying to create an article

Header inserted by ColinFine (talk) 19:11, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

Hi! I'm creating a new page for the dean of our school, but when I create a new article, it shows me as my username as the title. I'm wondering how to create a biography page? Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sayuri91 (talk • contribs) 19:05, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

Hello, Sayuri91, and welcome to the Teahouse. Your account has no contributions in its history other than this question here; did you try to create that page logged in as a different user?

Thank you for wanting to help us improve Wikipedia. Creating a new article is one the most difficult tasks in Wikipedia, and takes a lot of care and knowledge about Wikipedia's standards and policies. Editors who try to create a new one before they have learnt these often have a very frustrating time: I would urge you to spend a few weeks improving some of our six million existing articles (many of which desperately need some work!) before you plunge into this. But please read your first article to see how the process goes.

As for your specific questio: it sounds as if you were trying to create an article in your (or somebody's) User page. That is not what User pages are for: your user page is for you to share information about you and your activities as a Wikipedia editor, if you choose to. --ColinFine (talk) 19:18, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

Sayuri91 You cannot directly create new articles until you have autoconfirmed status(the account is four days old and has at least 10 edits); you can create your userpage, which may be where you are confused. However, even once you gain that status, it is still a good idea to not directly create an article at first, as it is more challenging than it seems. It is a good idea to use Articles for Creation to create and submit a draft for an independent review by another editor, so you get feedback on the draft before it is formally placed in the encyclopedia, instead of afterwards when it will be treated more critically. 331dot (talk) 20:09, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

@ColinFine, Thank you for your quick response. I have to create a biography page for the dean of our school as it's the top priority, and a part of my job. What are different ways I can get started with having a biography page for someone.Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sayuri91 (talk • contribs) 20:03, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

Hello, Sayuri91. In that case, your Conflict of interest makes it even harder for you to write an article about them, because once you have located the reliably published sources, wholly independent of the dean and the school, which talk at some length about the dean, (these are an absolute requirement for writing an article), you will need to forget everything you know about the dean, and write a neutral article based alsmot entirely on the independent sources. And before you do any of that you will need to make the mandatory declaration of your status as a paid editor.

If this sounds discouraging, well, I'm afraid it is meant to be, a little. Wikipedia is not for promotion of any kind. Wikipedia doesn't care whether your dean wants an article about them or not (and it certainly doesn't care about getting it done quickly: see there is no deadline). If your dean meets the criteria of notability, then Wikipedia would certainly like to have a well-sourced neutral article about them - but it would prefer that it be written by somebody unconnected with the dean. If the dean does not meet those criteria, then no article about them will be accepted, however written, and if you try you will be wasting not only your own time but that of anybody who has to review your draft.

Having said all that, if you make the required declaration, then you may attempt to create the article (remember, it is an encyclopaedia article not a social media 'page'). I strongly advise you to use the articles for creation process to create a draft and eventually submit it for review. --ColinFine (talk) 20:37, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

ColinFine Yes, the way you have explained me does sound discouraging, perhaps does not support the Teahouse Goal 2. I do believe in ethical writing and I use it meticulously.

Sayuri91 If you are doing this as part of your job, that counts as paid editing and you absolutely must disclose that fact on your user page, normally using {{paid}}. Please follow those links and read the procedure. Doing paid editing without the proper disclosure is grounds for having your account blocked from all editing, possibly permanently. Disclosure is a requirement of wikipedia's terms of use. Then you will need to use the article wizard and the articles for creation process, although review may easily involve several months of delay, as there are thousands of drafts in the review pool. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 20:26, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

Here are some steps which are often effective in creating a new article about a person:

First, review our guideline on notability, our policy on Verifiability, and our specific guideline on the notability of people. Consider whether your subject clearly meets the standards listed there. Also, check if the topic is already covered, perhaps under a different spelling or in a section of an article about a wider topic. You will waste a lot of time, if you create a new article, and then find that the encyclopedia already has an article about that.
Second, read how to create Your First Article and referencing for beginners and again consider if you want to go ahead.
Third, disclose your connection with the subject in accordance with the Paid-contribution disclosure. This is absolutely required; omitting it can result in you being blocked from further editing.
Fourth, gather sources. You want independent, professionally published, reliable sources with each discussing the subject in some detail. If you can't find several such sources, stop; an article will not be created! Sources do NOT need to be online, or in English, although it is helpful if at least some are. The "independent" part is vital. Wikipedia does not consider as independent sources such as press releases, or news stories based on press releases, or anything published by the subject itself or an affiliate of the subject. Strictly local coverage is also not preferred. Regional or national newspapers or magazines, books published by mainstream publishers (not self-published), or scholarly journals are usually good. So are online equivalents of these. (Additional sources may verify particular statements but not discuss the subject in detail. But those significant detailed sources are needed first.)
Fifth, use the article wizard to create a draft under the articles for creation project. This is always a good idea for an inexperienced editor, but in the case of an editor with a conflict of interest it is essential.
Sixth, use the sources gathered before (and other sources you may find along the way) to write the article. Cite all significant statements to sources. Do not express opinions or judgements, unless they are explicitly attributed to named people or entities, preferably in a direct quotation, and cited to a source. Do not use puffery or marketing-speak. Provide page numbers, dates, authors and titles for sources to the extent these are available. A title is always needed. Submit the draaft when you thimnk it is ready for reviewq. Be prepared to wait a while for a review (several weeks or more).
Seventh, when (well perhaps if) your draft is declined, pay attention to the comments of the reviewer, and correct the draft and resubmit it. During this whole process, if you face any unresolvable editing hurdles, or cannot comprehend any editing issue, feel free to post a request at the Teahouse or the help desk and ask the regulars. Repeat this until the draft passes review.

Congratulations, you have now created a valid Wikipedia article. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 20:26, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

Different Language Citations

Lets say I'm editing a page about a foreign thing or product. Like bon ice. And on that page there are no citations, but the only sources about bon ice are in Spanish. Can I cite those sources? Btw im Honduran so i know spanish. YeeeeeeeEemumomoawaWimoweh (talk) 20:32, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

English sources are preferred, but it is OK use foreign-language sources. RudolfRed (talk) 20:34, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

If you are using citation templates for your citaitons, you should use the |language= parameter to indicate the language of the source. You may use the |trans-title= parameter to provide an english language translation of the source title. See also WP:NONENG. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 20:53, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

@YeeeeeeeEemumomoawaWimoweh: DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 20:54, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

inquiry draft article epidata

Hello friends, I'm a rookie in wiki and have made modest contributions in order to learn and collaborate. A few months ago I wrote this article (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Epidata) that still awaits approval. I need to validate with you if the article is well meets the standards of the community to be published or needs improvements. Thank you very much.

--Nlepanto (talk) 21:11, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

Hello, Nlepanto and welcome to the Teahouse. I cannot asses the non-English sources, which are more than half of the cited sources, and so i will not formally review the draft. But the English-language sources currently citred would not support an article. The two Crunchbase sources are merely directory entries and contribute nothing to notability. The Nearshore Americas quotes one of the people behind the company extensively, but says nothing about Epidata. It should be removed from the draft, it contributes nothing at all.

Please be sure that all the non-english cites use |language= tpo indicate the source language. Please understand that the |website = parameter is for the Name of the site, not its domain, and definitely not its complete URL, Please be sure to provide an access-date for all website sources.

Frankly, unless the non-English sources are significantly better than the English-language ones, or additional and better sources get added, this will not be approved. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 21:29, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

Independent article on ADRC technology

Dear Sir, I would like you opinion on whether the ADRC Internet of Things technology created by Xped Limited is notable. I have done some internet searches and found more than 3 independent sources.

Best regards, Chris Wood — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alanticx (talk • contribs) 21:16, 8 December 2019 (UTC)

Alanticx, Howdy hello and welcome to the Teahouse! Could you perhaps link the sources? And no need to say sir, we aren't all men and we need no such formality :) We're just average folks looking to help. Captain Eek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!}⚓ 21:59, 8 December 2019 (UTC)

Hi, here are some links:

https://www.iotaustralia.org.au/2017/01/12/iotnewanz/home-gateway-maker-arcadyan-incorporate-xped-smart-home-technology/

https://www.iotaustralia.org.au/2016/07/09/iotnewanz/xped-goes-disability-iot-market/

https://www.afr.com/technology/iot-home-device-control-company-xped-to-backdoor-list-on-asx-20151027-gkj79n

https://www.wise-owl.com/stock-analysis/is-xped-ready-to-serve-the-internet-of-things-market

Regards, Chris — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alanticx (talk • contribs) 22:36, 8 December 2019 (UTC)

Alanticx, If you would like, you could try creating a draft article using the WP:Article Wizard. But I caution that I find the notability to be marginal at best. I personally would not write an article about that subject, as it is too narrow. Instead I suggest you add a section about it on Xped, an existing page about the company. Captain Eek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!}⚓ 16:52, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

Captain Eek Thanks for the advice. I will do just that. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:8003:A002:D100:2C42:E886:9457:2CE0 (talk) 21:31, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

Politicians arrested in Turkey

Hi there, could anyone help me out? I created the category Politicans (instead of Politicians) arrested in Turkey. I'd like it to change the name to Category:Politicians arrested in Turkey but I can't move the page... Thank you.

Paradise Chronicle (talk) 22:48, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

@Paradise Chronicle: it looks fine to me now. TimTempleton ^(talk) ^(cont) 23:59, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

Lost my review? review of John Rennie Short

I have been editing/rewriting my Wikipedia article all day according to the recommendations of the Wiki editors. I uploaded it for review according to directions, but I think I lost it. Can anyone help or perhaps retrieve it?

Kathryn Kramer Ahjazzer (talk) 23:52, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

@Ahjazzer: I see your draft here, but not your recent edits. They may be lost if you didn't save (publish) them and can't click back on your browser. TimTempleton ^(talk) ^(cont) 23:57, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for the response, User:Tintempleton. So, can I retrieve my defective draft? I thought I could submit it as a draft in order to get help on it. If I complete it but it is still problematic, will it get rejected and "disappeared" again? Whom can I send it too for help with the correct format? Teahouse? Oye.

User:Ahjazzer — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ahjazzer (talk • contribs) 00:50, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

Hello Ahjazzer, and welcome to the Teahouse. I am sorry you seem to have had a problem with editing today. You can see the total list of edits that you made and saved at Special:Contributions/Ahjazzer and it doesn't include any to Draft:John Rennie Short since 5 November 2019‎. Nor did anyone edit that draft today, so it wasn't you editing logged out. Nor was the draft ever deleted or hidden in any way, according to all the logs, and as an Admin i cna see pretty much all article logs. I can only guess that you did not click the save button, which is labeled 'publish changes' some people find this confusing, thinking it moves a draft to the main article space. It doesn't. It is only called that because anything saved to any Wikipedia page is publicly visible to anyone (aside from deletion and suppression).

In any case the draft is present, and you are free to edit it. Drafts may be declined for lack of content, but help on any formatting issues should be available -- in fact I have given lots of such help myself. Note that a decline says "This isn't ready yet, but you are free to try again", while a "rejection" says that the reviewer doesn't think there is any chance of a valid article.

Please do feel free to continue working on the draft, and I advise you to click the "publish changes" button after each small change. Ther is no downside to saving often -- I usually work that way.

Do impolement the suggestiosn of DGG who revieweds the draft -- i agree with all of them. Do try to make the tone neutral and factual. Read Referencing for Beginners on how to format citations, but if you dind that a problem, ohers can and should help, including myself. Do not cite Wikipedia articles as sources, and do find relaible and independent sources that discuss short in some detail. I hope this helps. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 01:31, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

Music vs. spoken word albums

I was wondering if there is a guideline to differentiating between music albums and spoken word albums in Wikipedia discographies. I was under the impression that if an artist, for example a poet and songwriter, releases both music albums and spoken word albums that they should be placed within different tables/lists. Some argue that the distinction is unnecessary. Is there a Wikipedia consensus on this question? — Preceding unsigned comment added by YouCanDoBetter (talk • contribs) 03:37, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

@YouCanDoBetter: You might ask at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Discographies. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 04:58, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

Confusing about editting and warnings.

Because I've never edited anything on Wikipedia in my life, and this IP address is mine and mine alone, so getting WARNING and FINAL WARNING is a bit odd to see when I've never done anything to begin with so what's the big deal? I don't very much appreciate being threatened for things I did not do, and would like an explanation. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:387:6:807:0:0:0:72 (talk) 08:17, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

IP addresses get reassigned from time to time, some more often than others. You happen to have currently been assigned an IP address that was previously assigned to someone who used it to vandalize Wikipedia. Those warnings thus aren't meant for you, but for the previous user(s) of that IP address. AddWittyNameHere 08:26, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

Also note that you can remove the warnings from your own talk page yourself, if you wish. See WP:OWNTALK. ~~ OxonAlex - talk 08:40, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

If you don't wish to get warnings meant for what other people did, you should create an account. 331dot (talk) 10:53, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

We want to Appearing in Wikipedia

We are a US cargo airline ; 21 AIR LLC , we would like to appear in the Wikipedia , just as other airline Atlas , Air , Cathay Pacific , etc etc How do we achieve this ? Do we create a page and send it , do we send the info and you put it in the template? I much appreciate if you can give me a hand on this , directing me to the right person , application or Wikipedia area. Best regards Rodrigo De Narvaez 21 AIR LLC www.21air.us — Preceding unsigned comment added by 104.5.213.242 (talk) 14:50, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

Hello and welcome to the Teahouse. Wikipedia is not a business directory where any and all businesses can be listed. This is an encyclopedia; as an encyclopedia, Wikipedia summarizes what independent reliable sources with significant coverage say about businesses that meet Wikipedia's special definition of a notable business. Wikipedia is not interested in what a business wants to say about itself, or in enhancing search results for your business. Other businesses meriting articles does not automatically mean your business does too, even if in the same field. You have what we call a conflict of interest and are a paid editor; please review and comply with those policies(the latter is mandatory). 331dot (talk) 14:55, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

Editing Taxonomy Section (Scientific Classification)

Hello, I would like to know if you could please provide the steps for me to edit the scientific classification of a plant I am working on. I found a reliable source for the Phylum and Class for the plant species. I am not able to edit it directly, it is saying that the access for editing is denied. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Djenki12 (talk • contribs) 03:55, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

You appear to be successful in editing Annona aurantiaca. Is your problem with a different article? David notMD (talk) 05:04, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

(ec) @Djenki12: It seems unusual for a plant article to be protected, but the normal process is to present your suggested edit at the article's talk page. It's best, when asking a question on a talk page, to be as specific as possible; i.e., which article is this about? Also, when posting to a talk page (like this one, or any page with "talk:" in the title), please add a space and four tildes ( ~~~~), which will be translated into your linked username and a timestamp. Thanks. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 05:06, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

Djenki12: I suspect that what you wish to update is the green "box" on the side of the article? If the article involved is Annona aurantiaca as linked above, that one uses a {{Speciesbox}} template (part of the WP:Automated taxobox system, which is somewhat complex to handle for new editors. @Plantdrew: Any chance you could guide this editor in how to handle the automatic taxobox system? I would do so, but you're much better on the plant taxonomy side of things than I am. AddWittyNameHere 05:26, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

I believe that the taxobox draws the information from Wikidata, Djenkil2. If you pick "Wikidata" item from the sidebar, you can edit that: you'll see that one of its properties is "parent taxon", and you can follow that up the tree to the place you want to change. If it is a matter of reassignment to a different existing taxon, you just edit the property; but if you need to add a taxon which isn't already in Wikidata, it's a bit more complicated, and I advise asking for help at d:WD:CHAT. --ColinFine (talk) 10:42, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

@Djenki12:, Wikipedia's classification of flowering plants follows the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group. The APG classification doesn't recognize any Classes or Phyla; there are instead several clades that are not assigned a taxonomic rank. The classification in Annona auriantiaca doesn't need to be changed.

However, if there were something that should be changed, you would click on the red pencil icon to the right of the line "Scientific classification" in the Taxobox, which would take you to the templates used to build the taxobox. Templates at higher positions in the taxonomic hierarchy may be protected, with new users not be permitted to edit them. Plantdrew (talk) 16:50, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

Thanks, Plantdrew, I didn't know anything about that. I have struck out my answer above. --ColinFine (talk) 17:03, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

article deletion

Why my article Ganeshwadi Mangalwedha is deleted?Sianka (talk) 14:37, 10 December 2019 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sianka (talk • contribs) 14:22, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

Sianka The article you created was redirected to an existing article about the same subject. 331dot (talk) 14:32, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

why article Ganeshwadi,Mangalwedha redirected? Sianka (talk) 14:46, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

Sianka Please ask follow up questions by editing this section, instead of creating a new section. Your article was made a redirect because it duplicated the already existing article. You are welcome to edit the existing article to add anything you feel is missing that you have a reliable source to support. 331dot (talk) 14:58, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

Ganeshwadi appears to be one of the more than forty villages listed as being in the town of Mangalwedha. Unless there is published content specifically about Ganeshwadi, it does not qualify as being the topic of a separate article. David notMD (talk) 17:05, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

List of Christmas Movies

could someone please add 'Kristin's Christmas Past', a Lifetime movie from 2013, to the list? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:6C60:4180:1851:A9BF:EDE1:FD8D:5A36 (talk) 17:02, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

Hello, unregistered editor, and welcome to the Teahouse. You can make such an edit yourself. If you don't want to, the best place to sugest such changes would be on the list talk page, in this case Talk:List of Christmas films. As thre is an articel about Kristin's Christmas Past, and it does seem to fit the list, there shouldn't be any problem. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 17:20, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

New Submission - The Mansfield Rule

Hi, I began this submission a couple of years ago but then tabled it. I am not revisiting. I would like to invite my friend Erin Hichman to take over writing the content. Her username is erinhichman. Can you kindly tell me how she can find what's been done so far? Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sbenegal (talk • contribs) 12:19, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

@Sbenegal: Anyone can work on an a draft, by simply going to the draft page and working on it. You don't have any drafts in your edit history, so did you edit another another account name? RudolfRed (talk) 17:40, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Hello Sbenegal,

As a draft not edited for six months, the draft was hidden from view.

I've requested its restoration, after which it should be located at Draft:The Mansfield Rule to be edited. ~~ OxonAlex - talk 17:42, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

Drafts that haven't been edited for six months are hidden, as they have typically been abandoned. However, any draft hidden under G13 can be restored by request at Wikipedia:Requests for undeletion, which will nearly always be granted. In this case, I've made the request for you. ~~ OxonAlex - talk 17:48, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

Done. I have restored the draft, and it is open to any editor. @Sbenegal and OxonAlex: DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 18:00, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

Noting COI on my user page

Would someone mind checking my user page to confirm that I've correctly noted my COI with the correct template and at the right location? Thank you! Kgberg (talk) 15:36, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

Kgberg, The paid template looks good to me. I would also put the UserboxCOI template on your user page was well. Here is a link: Template:UserboxCOI. Interstellarity (talk) 15:59, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

Interstellarity, Thank you, I will do.Kgberg (talk) 16:08, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

Kgberg, No problem. I'm really glad that I helped you. If you ever need help using Wikipedia, please check out our help page where you find some of the most common questions asked here. You can also use the search box in the center of the page to find a help page that has the info you need. If you need additional help, the Teahouse is always open to you whenever you feel you have any questions using or editing Wikipedia. I wish you best on your Wikipedia adventure. Cheers, Interstellarity (talk) 16:59, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

Interstellarity Great advice. I'll nose around in the help page, and always (to a fault) rely on the Teahouse.216.165.95.143 (talk) 18:58, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

Primary Sources - Acceptable Use?

I’m a new user here and I have a question about the use of primary sources. I’d like to use an example to clarify my question:

The wiki page that I have started to help edit is Mullvad. (Mullvad is a virtual private network (VPN) service.)

The following maintenance template message appears at the top of the page:

Indeed, of the 17 references in the article (as of this writing), it seems to me that 9 of the 17 could be considered to be primary.

However, the page Wikipedia:Identifying and using primary sources notes that primary references are not automatically "bad" or unacceptable. In that page's section "Primary sources should be used carefully", the paragraph “An article about a business" states:

"The organization's own website is an acceptable (although possibly incomplete) primary‡ source for information about what the company says about itself and for most basic facts about its history, products, employees, finances, and facilities."

Applying that criterion to the 9 primary references in the Mullvad article would seem to indicate that 8 of the 9 primary references are acceptable and one primary reference is questionable, i.e. the reference for this sentence in the “Privacy" section:

"Mullvad emphasises (sic) on its website that 'privacy is a universal right”\' and claims that their VPN service allows users to keep their 'online activity, identity, and location private.'"

Please help me in interpreting the guidelines for primary sources relative to the Mullvad article and the relevancy of the template message at the top of this article about too much reliance on references to primary sources.

Thanks! Jimmac05 (talk) 05:19, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

Welcome to the Teahouse, Jimmac05. I am not an expert on software notability but I know a lot about the "red flags" that often pop up in articles about fairly new tech companies. In my opinion, primary sources should be used only for utterly uncontroversial information about a company, such as its founding date, the name of its current CEO, and its headquarters city. Any claim that hints or implies that "this company is really good" must be cited to an independent, secondary source.

In this case, primary sources are used for a claim of a "partnership" between this company and Mozilla. Since Mozilla is a better known brand name (although I thought it had faded away long ago), that is a promotional and evaluative claim that should be cited to an independent, secondary source unconnected with either Mozilla or Mullvad. Who says this partnership is important? Mullvad saying so is not acceptable. We need an independent secondary source to say so in a Wikipedia article. The same standard should apply to all the evaluative content now cited to primary sources. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 06:25, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

I agree with Cullen328, Jimmac05. Yes, it's OK from the point of view of reliability to say that '"Mullvad emphasises on its website that 'privacy is a universal right”\' and claims that their VPN service allows users to keep their 'online activity, identity, and location private.'", but every VPN service is going to say that or something very like it. It is simply not encyclopaedic for that reason; and therefore, putting it in the article makes it look promotional. By the way, "emphasises" is a perfectly normal spelling in British English, and doesn't require "sic" (see ENGVAR). --ColinFine (talk) 10:48, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

I appreciate the comments of Cullen³²⁸ and ColinFine and I believe I understand the reasoning behind their notes regarding the parts of the Mullvad article that they discussed.

I'd appreciate some further comment on the use of primary sources. E.g., in the Mullvad article's "Service" section, the sentence:

"In December 2019, Mullvad's server list showed details for 463 server locations across 36 countries."

has a reference to the Mullvad website as a primary source.

As I interpret the directives in PRIMARYCARE, this would be an appropriate use of a primary source because this is a basic fact about a product of the company. This bit of information cannot be resonably expected to be verified by a third party because verification of all the servers that Mullvad states that it offers would be a massive undertaking. Thus, that verification likely does not exist. However, this server information would be important to a potential user of Mullvad. Since there is no other source of independantly verified Mullvad server information, use of the primary source in this article is well-justified and appropriate.

Again, further comment on my thoughts about this use of a primary source would be appreciated. Jimmac05 (talk) 18:55, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for the appreciation, Jimmac05. The problem is that the number of servers is exactly the kind of information which an unscrupulous or careless company may inflate in their publicity. It is, at least potentially, not an uncontroversial fact, but a piece of marketing hype, and should therefore not be sourced only to the company's publications. --ColinFine (talk) 19:25, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

World Igbo Congress

Attention: Darwin Naz. I am referencing our previous chat on 7 November 2019 regarding the creation of a new page on "World Igbo Congress." I am delighted to hear that you found it "notable" and that you have some practical help to offer. A family emergency had kept me away but I am back and ready to complete the project. Please let me know what books you found. I have finished the draft so I am ready to submit it for review. Many thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Obie Njoku (talk • contribs) 19:17, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

@Darwin Naz: My "payback time" for a Teahouse lesson about the wonders of WP:PING earlier this year. –84.46.53.211 (talk) 20:11, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

Hi. Obie Njoku. The following references include entries about the World Igbo Congress (I have included the pages for your convenience):

Albert Okechukwu Ikpenwa: Economic Emancipation: The Crisis of a Christian Value System and the Alienation of the Human Person in a Globalized Economy : Global and Nigerian Perspectives (ISBN: 978-3-643-90132-3), p. 89-90
Kalu Ogbaa: The Nigerian Americans (ISBN: 0-313-31964-2), p. 96
Nnamdi Ijeaku: The Igbo and Their Niger Delta Neighbors: We Are No Second Fools (ISBN: 978-1-4415-2546-8), p. 9

A cursory search in Google's News Category also lists relevant coverage. Later, once you set up the draft or published the article, I could check if I could contribute content. Good luck. Darwin Naz (talk) 22:38, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

Obie Njoku. As was explained by —[AlanM1(talk)]— in the new topic you created, you can use this thread for your other related concerns. If you would like to write a new article, you can create your draft using the Article Wizard. Darwin Naz (talk) 05:25, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

@Darwin Naz, I have uploaded my draft to the sandbox. Can't wait to have you go over it. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Obie Njoku (talk • contribs) 20:44, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

Figuring out what to do with this article

Hi there! I'm new, and have been using the Random Article button to find interesting articles to read/improve. I came across this page (Jeff Stilwell) and had a few instincts I'd like to ask a more experienced group about:

-The page reads as pretty self-promotional, or at the very least it makes some claims that would be hard to verify... I'm inclined to trim quite a bit of it out, but I'm a bit wary of using the delete key for so much content. -The sources have suffered quite a bit of link-rot... if I can't find an alternative, should I remove the now unverified material from the article?

Lastly, the article doesn't interest me much (not intended as a statement about the subject). I would be most interested in tagging it for someone who might be and moving on to another one. The most appropriate tag seems to be the NPOV or verifiability. Am I completely off base? PedanticLlama (talk) 17:51, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

PedanticLlama, You seem pretty on point, actually. This article does in fact seem very self promotional. My personal action would also be to trim it a bit, but this much i'm not sure about either. MoonyTheDwarf (Braden N.) (talk) 17:58, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

PedanticLlama, with regards to link rot, if there is no archived version - check archive.org and archive.is, then you can tag the claim with {{dead link}}. It is policy not to delete a URL just because it has been tagged for a long time - see WP:KDL. If you can find an alternative reference that verifies the same information as a dead one, you can replace it though. ~~ OxonAlex - talk 18:20, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

(edit conflict) When a source has suffered from link rot, PedanticLlama please do not just delete the content, unless you think it should not be in the article even if sourced (promotional, say, or trivial) or you are pretty sure it was never correct (source looks unreliable, and other sources contradict it, say). Instead you can use |url-status= (if it is a templated citation) to mark it as "dead" or "usurped", or use {{Dead link}} to mark the link as non-working. Then you or someone else can try to find an archived copy of the original source as described at WP:DEADLINK. (See also WP:DEADREF.) Or a new source to support the statement can often be found. You can also add {{cn}} to indicate that a citation is needed, but unless the statements are controversial or seriously challenged, please give some time for others to find sources if you do not care to search. If you have searched and are confident that the statement cannot be supported, remove it, but it is often a good idea to place a copy of the removed text on the articel talk page with a note about the reason for removal, in case some other editor is able to find a source, perhaps offline. None of this is required, but i think it good practice. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 18:25, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

Thank you! That's really helpful. I'm not sure why it's easier to understand something like this when other people explain it to me rather than on the various policy pages, but it is. I appreciate the time you took to condense all of that information for me. PedanticLlama (talk) 21:33, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

That article is averaging one viewing per day. And who knows - maybe that is just Jeff checking in! My suggestion is rather than hitting the Random button, look for articles on topics that interest you and also have an audience. You efforts on improving these will have a greater impact on the reading population. Not necessarily 'Dog," which averages >7,000 views per day, but still. David notMD (talk) 20:36, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

...Wow. Wow! Thank you for this suggestion. It's a completely different way to think about it, and denies the premise of the "problem" in the first place. You really put into perspective for me that I get to choose what I work on here, and there really is no need to sweat the small stuff. PedanticLlama (talk) 21:33, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

Playing With Fire plot needs corrected

Can someone please fix the plot for Playing With Fire (2019)? It doesn't have the correct punctuations and there are many typos. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vincentmacefe (talk • contribs) 23:11, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

Hello Vincentmacefe and welcome to the Teahouse. If you wish, you are welcome to correct the issues yourself. If you don't wish to do so yourself, that's okay too, but you may want to make a note at the talk page of the article (Talk:Playing with Fire (2019 film)) so that editors that follow that article can see your concerns. 331dot (talk) 23:14, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

I would suggest rewriting the plot summary from scratch. I'd do it myself but I've never seen the film. Maproom (talk) 23:51, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

I want to edit something, but can't

I should be able to edit, but can't. Do you know anything I would be able to try? Ejajh077 (talk) 19:23, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

Which page are you trying to edit, and what are the symptoms? You are obviously able to edit this page. --David Biddulph (talk) 19:26, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

Hi, Ejajh077 and welcome to the Teahouse! It's hard to tell why you can't edit a specific page without knowing the page that you are trying to edit, but it's possible that it might be because it is currently protected. If that is the case, feel free to suggest the changes that you would like to make on the talk page of the article. I hope my answer was helpful, but if you need any clarification or would like to ask another question, feel free to come back to the Teahouse. Clovermoss (talk) 00:05, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

I wonder if Ejajh077 has been trying to edit a protected page? Ejajh077, can you tell us the name of the page you want to edit? Maproom (talk) 00:02, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

Adding articles

Subject: Ezelle Poule

My aunt Ezelle moved to Hollywood from Ola, Arkansas, changed her name and worked in film and television from the 30s through the 60s.

She played a photographer in the original "A Star is Born" with Judy Garland.

She was on The Twilight Zone and did skits with Jonathan Winters and was on several other shows.

Internet Movie Database: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0693587/

Does Wikipedia create articles or do I have to submit one myself? —Thomas Lynn Pool — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thomas Lynn Pool (talk • contribs) 10:52, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

Hello, Thomas Lynn Pool. Welcome to the Teahouse, and thank you for wanting to help us improve Wikipedia. All Wikipedia content is written by volunteers like you and me: you are welcome to try and write an article on your aunt;

But, writing a new article is one of the hardest tasks on Wikipedia, and people who try it before they have spent time editing existing articles and learning how Wikipedia works often have a frustrating experience. Moreover, if you work on an article about your relative, Wikipedia will regard you as having a conflict of interest, which makes it even harder.

The problem is that this is an encyclopaedia, and all articles should be based in their entirety on reliable published sources, so that a reader is able to go and verify anything in the article. Unpublished information is not acceptable; nor is information from user-edited sites such as iMDB, or Wikipedia itself. To write an article on Poule you will need to find several places where people who had no connection with her chose to write at some length about her, and were published in reliable sources such as major newspapers, or books from reputable publishers. Then, having collected the sources, you would need to forget everything you knew about your aunt, and write your draft article wholly based on these sources. Then you would submit your draft for review. (It's not compulsory to do so, but it's advisable for new editors, and strongly recommended for COI editors).

My advice would be to give up on your aunt for the time being, and get familiar with editing Wikipedia. Then if you still want to, and you can find suitable independent sources about her, read Your first article and get started. --ColinFine (talk) 11:41, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

@Thomas Lynn Pool: Looking at her IMDb page (assuming it is accurate), it seems that most of her work was (sadly) uncredited, so I'm assuming it was edited by someone associated with her, who had personal knowledge of the roles. That's great, and I'm glad it appears somewhere, as actors deserve credit for their work. As Colin said, for a Wikipedia article though, it will be necessary to have reliable sources that discuss her work to establish notability; the specific guideline for actors is at WP:NACTOR.

I did a search on Newspapers.com. There are 80 hits, which I reviewed. A lot of them are duplicative passing mentions of her from the TV schedule for an appearance she made on The Steve Allen Show and as a cast member of a couple of the movies for which she is credited, and so are not useful (other than citing those appearances in a potential filmog). There is one article about her particular talent for screaming^[1] and another that mentions she was sometimes cast as a double for the silent film actress ZaSu Pitts because of her similar appearance.^[2] Note they are both repeated in many other syndicated publications. Based on this, unless you have some other clippings and the like, or maybe books that discuss her work, you may have a hard time establishing notability. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 00:34, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

References

^ "She Screams for a Living". Oakland Tribune. Vol. CLIV, no. 126. Parade. May 6, 1951. pp. 82–83 (Parade insert pages 8–9). Retrieved December 10, 2019.
^ Mann, May (September 17, 1939). "May Sees Trouble as Stars' Doubles Act in Own Right". The Ogden Standard-Examiner. Vol. 70, no. 84. p. 12. Retrieved December 10, 2019.

Daniel Carberry - Filmmaker Draft not Accepted

Hi, my article was recently rejected by Seraphimblade. He left a helpful note that this was the place to come to seek help as a new editor. I have loads of references, articles and mentions, but as my subject is starting out and hasn't had many interviews for the moment he only has mentions in articles and the like. I was wondering if a more experienced editor could help me re-edit the page for better or more Wikipedia-worthy content on this director. Thank you in advance! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Daniel_Dennis_Carberry — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dara.Rosenthal (talk • contribs) 00:44, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

Hello, Dara.Rosenthal, and welcome to the Teahouse. The major requirement of Draft:Daniel Dennis Carberry is better sources. The first thing to do is to remove brief mentions such as the VideoStatic cite and all the IMDB cites. Then look for published independent reliable sources that cover Carberry and/or his work in some depth. Each such source should have at least 3-4 paragraphs devoted to Carberry or his work. Solid reviews of his work can count, as per WP:NARTIST. If three are several of those, a "critical response" section can be added for them. (Note they must be reviews of his contributions to the works, not just general reviews of the films.) Interviews have little value -- only any introductions or extended discussion by the reporter are at all independent. If he is discussed in an independant book that was reliably published, that would be good. Simple announcements that a film is playing or has been released have essentially no value. If you can find the sources, people here can help with the wording and formatting. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 01:28, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

Oh nogte that the draft was declined not rejected. A declien says "This isn't a valid articel yet, but perhaps it will be with more work. Feel free to try again." a rejection says "There is no chance for this, please don't waste your time." DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 01:28, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

Hahaha - In that event I'm quite glad to have avoided rejection. Thank you for taking the time - I'll look for the sources you recommended. One question, how do I/can I mention and link his newest work if there are only articles that announce his work but doesn't actually interview or feature him explicitly?

How to move Draft into Review/Main?

Hi there, I'm having issues trying to edit and post my first Wiki Entry, I am trying to edit a previously created draft by another user https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Matt_Tarrant and am having issues when it comes to moving this article or finding the Talk Page to post any commentary.

Am I missing something, or making a mistake? I believe as it's my first article I may need to wait a few days, but I wanted to see if that is all that I'm missing.

Thanks, Reed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Reedandwrite (talk • contribs) 01:43, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

Hi Reedandwrite. Draft's don't automatically become articles, but need to be WP:MOVED from the draft namespace to the article namespace. This can be done by anyone per se, but in some cases it might be better to submit the draft to Wikipedia:Articles for creation (AfC) for review. Once something is added to the article namespace, it is for better or worse there for anyone to edit, which includes even tagging or nominating for deletion if some feels that the subject doesn't meet one of Wikipedia's various notability guidelines. Since this is your first attempt at creating and article and since this actually was an article which was moved back to the draft namespace by an administrator back in 2018 that had actually ended up deleted a few months later by another administrator only to be just recently restored per a request at WP:REFUND, I think it would be wise for you to submit the draft to AfC so that some experienced editors can look it over and see if it's actually article worthy. If it is, they will take care of moving the page, creating an article talk page, and all of the other things associated with a page move. If it's not, they will most likely explain why and suggest ways for you to improve it. I've added a template to the top of the draft and all you need to do is click on the "Submit your draft for review button!" when you think it's ready.

You of course can move the page yourself, but doing so can sometimes be tricky and you will need to wait a little bit until your account is WP:AUTOCONFIRMED. There is also a risk involved in doing so in given that previous attempts to try and create this article were either deemed too promotional or in violation of some other relevant Wikipedia policy and guideline, another attempt to move the draft without it undergoing a proper review might lead to it not only being deleted again, but locked to prevent it from being further created without an administrator review. I'm assuming in good faith that you're not connected to any of the previous problems or accounts associated with the draft, but you should be aware that any new article about this person, particularly created by a new editor with no real track record of editing, might be more highly scrutinized by others because it did have such problems. So, once again, it would be better to submit it for an AfC review to give other editors a chance to look it over. -- Marchjuly (talk) 02:38, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

How to add to Wikipedia

1. I do not know how to add or contribute various comments to Wikipedia. Does the link below mean to erase or to add to it? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Bgstock https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mastic_(plant_resin)&oldid=930138708

2. If I have information or letters to add about a page in Wikepedia how do I go about it.

3. I am using MacOS, Firefox or Chrome

Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bgstock (talk • contribs) 02:59, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

hello, Bgstock and welcoem to the Teahouse. I have plaved some useful links on your talk page.

The links in your question are to edits (changes) you have already made, shoing the chnages for a single edi in one case, and the overall list of edits in the other.
If you have information that is supported by a published reliable source you can just add it to the relvant article, or if you are unsure, ask on the article's talk page. However, any unpublished letters are not acceptable sources, and should not be used. Neither is information from your personal knowledge or experience, not supported by a published source. Read Referencing for Beginners to learn how to format source citations.
Your OS and Browser should not matter for normal editing, althoguh the appearance of Wikipedia pages may differ a bit, more if you use the mobile version. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 03:24, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

Please in future sign all edits to talk and discussion pages (such as this one), but never to the text of an article, with four tildes (~~~~). DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 03:24, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

New article under user page

Hi, just would like to know how I can make a new article under my user name like the sandbox is. Thanks All hail Armok (talk) 03:42, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

Hello, All hail Armok, and welcome to the Teahouse. You do that by creating a page with a name such as User:All hail Armok/New Topic. Note that these will not be articles, but userspace drafts for articles. To create a new page with a specified name, put the desired name into the "Search Wikipedia" box near the top of any Wikipedia page. Press enter or click the search icon and you will get a p[age showing possible targets, and telling you that the exzct page spoecified does not exist, and inviting you to create it. Follow that link, and edit and save normally. The actual page name can be whatever you wish (within reason). DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 04:27, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for the help DESiegel :)

What policy relates to "if this information is not notable enough to be discussed by any sources, it should not be included in an article"?

Such as mentioning that a subject has become an Internet meme. For example: 1. I cited WP:NOTEVERYTHING but reading it again it doesn't really apply. Thanks, userdude 04:56, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

UserDude, does WP:BALASP work? Usedtobecool ^TALK ✨ 05:46, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

Thanks, that's great. But it seems like that is broader than what I'm looking for; it states "discussion [] may be verifiable [] but still disproportionate." Is there something specifically for information that is not notable enough to be covered by any secondary source? Here's a better example of what I'm referring to. userdude 05:53, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

Hello, UserDude In fact there is no such policy. WP:N specifically says that notability applies to the existance of an article, and not to what content may be included. If a fact is completely unsourced and unsorcable, it of course falls afoul of WP:V. If a statement is trivial, parts of WP:NOT may apply. But even a passing mention of a fact that supports a statement is enough for inclusion if editors think it relevant to the topic. Discussion or significant coverage in sources is not required. @Usedtobecool: DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 05:59, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

Thanks. It probably doesn't matter but to resolve any confusion I meant to link this as an example, not Sanbu District. userdude 06:13, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

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[OT-19510506-2] "She Screams for a Living". Oakland Tribune. Vol. CLIV, no. 126. Parade. May 6, 1951. pp. 82–83 (Parade insert pages 8–9). Retrieved December 10, 2019.

[SE-19390917-3] Mann, May (September 17, 1939). "May Sees Trouble as Stars' Doubles Act in Own Right". The Ogden Standard-Examiner. Vol. 70, no. 84. p. 12. Retrieved December 10, 2019.

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