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Article Submission Permission on Wikipedia

I just want to know when will I get the permission to submit an article on Wikipedia as I am eagerly waiting to submit articles on it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yaarann (talk • contribs) 06:58, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

@Yaarann: Welcome to the Teahouse. You don't need permission. I believe your account will just have reached the 'autoconfirmed' status about one hour after you posted here - i.e. it should now have reached that point. However, any user can at any time draft an article and submit it for review and feedback at Articles for Creation. This is often better than trying to create an article direct to the main encyclopaedia, which will lead to immediate deletion if it fails to meet the basic criteria of a properly referenced, notable topic. You might wish to read Wikipedia:Your First Article and try the interactive tour at The Wikipedia Adventure. Editors who start of slowly and learn how to edit one small step at a time find this far less exasperating than trying to run in and create a new page right away. There is no rush. Just ask if you need further help. Please also sign every post by typing four keyboard tilde characters right at the end (like this: ~~~~). This will add your username and a timestamp to each message you post. Regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 08:05, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

@Yaarann: Just one follow-up piece of advice for you: avoid relying on other wikis for information as we do not accept user-edited website as being Reliable Sources. I see you've started work in your sandbox, writing about Gurdwara Koohni Sahib, and have used another wiki as a source. Do please try to stick to officially published sources to support your writing. Good luck. Nick Moyes (talk)

Alok Verma profile

How to get approval on "living individual" article ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aalokverma21 (talk • contribs) 05:46, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

See WP:BASIC. It may be impossible depending on the person. If you are trying to create an article about yourself, see WP:Conflict of interest. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 07:45, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

I may have misunderstood your question, Alok Verma already exists. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 07:50, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

@Aalokverma21: Please be aware Wikipedia is not a social networking service, there are no ‘profiles’ for anybody here (please see WP:NOTSOCIALMEDIA). Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, it has neutral and verifiable articles about notable (in a strict, Wikipedia-defined sense) subjects (please see respective definitions at WP:Neutral point of view, WP:Verifiability & WP:Notability). --CiaPan (talk) 08:37, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

You can add information about yourself on your user page or within your own userspace though. Sincerely, Masum Reza^☎ 09:34, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

Help on an article

I recently came across an article, Guinea Town, New York that I can't make heads or tails of! I began editing a bit to include headlines, but the way it's written is incredibly confusing (a town that has "connections between slavery, Downtown Brooklyn, and ice hockey", wtf) and the sources cited haven't added any clarity and may not be reliable. Perhaps this should be nominated for AfD, but want to assume good faith. Any help welcome! Thanks, 9H48F (talk) 02:05, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

Yup, that's a hot mess. 9H48F, there is a message on the article's talk page stating it is about two separate places. Perhaps you could contact that editor and collaborate on it? Possibly contact Wikiproject New York for some assistance? A good starting point would be to look to GNIS for anything they have on either or both places. John from Idegon (talk) 02:57, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

I concur the article is a writer's nightmare. I tried to improve the content but did not attempt to review the references. Undue weight to the brou-ha-ha about the Bard researcher making off with artifacts. And, I have made things worse. I deleted mention of Guinea Town being on Long Island, as the article is adamant about it being in Hyde Park, on the Hudson River, BUT, it appears there was also a "Guinea Town" on Long Island! And the LI one may have been the one associated with the Hicks family. I leave this to someone else to puzzle out. David notMD (talk) 03:02, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for looking at it @John from Idegon and @David notMD! I'll contact the editor for help, glad to see I'm not the only one confused by this one! :) 9H48F (talk) 10:42, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

words to work on

why is my post has not been posted — Preceding unsigned comment added by Emmanuelgzleh (talk • contribs) 11:50, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

What are you trying to contribute to Wikipedia? Your sandbox draft contained nothing relevant. --David Biddulph (talk) 12:00, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

Change my username

Hello dear Admin Please i need help in my account to change my username please , I hope if reply me soon . Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nasreden (talk • contribs) 12:10, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

Pinging an admin with global renamer right. @TonyBallioni: Could you help him? Sincerely, Masum Reza^☎ 12:25, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

You may request a username change at WP:CHUS. TonyBallioni (talk) 12:26, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

Question

In previous time, I had given draft where i had given following link as reference:https://www.zaubacorp.com/company/CRAVE-EATABLES-PRIVATE-LIMITED/U15122MH2012PTC235346 and my draft was declined, and its okay but in Haldirams following link is given: https://companycheck.co.uk/company/03522846/HALDIRAMS-FOODS-LIMITED/companies-house-data which is similiar and is taken as normal reference, so should I think that my reference is okay too?? And if yes, should I try giving draft one more time including this reference? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Krutika Samnani (talk • contribs) 11:49, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

Hello, [{U|Krutika Samnani}}. That reference is probably a reliable reference. But it only establishes that the company exists. It cannot contribute to its notability.

The question you need to ask yourself is this. Is it the case that several people who have absolutely no connection with Crave Eatables have chosen (with no prompting or input from Crave) to write at some length - say, at least half a page - about the company, and been published in a place with a reputation for editorial control and fact checking, such as a major newspaper, or a book from a reputable publisher. If the answer is yes, then those are what you need to cite, and in fact 99% of the article should be based only on what those sources say. If the answer is no, then your company is not notable (in Wikipedia's sense) and No amount of editing can overcome a lack of notability, so you should give up and stop trying to use Wikipedia to promote your company.

I've said this strongly because the amount of feedback on Draft:Crave Eatables and your user talk page lead me to think that it is almost certainly not notable, and what you are doing is wasting your own time and that of the other editors who are dealing with you.

Whether one reference is similar to one reference for Haldiram's is beside the point: that article appears (on the face of it - I haven't checked the sources) to have several sources such as I have described above. --ColinFine (talk) 15:49, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

Creare pagina.

Ho tentato di creare una pagina riguardanre un programma tv ma è impossibile poiché ruisulta cancellata ma non ho mai scritta prima. Cosa fare? Grazie, un saluto. — Preceding unsigned comment added by GiovanniTurco (talk • contribs) 15:37, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

Hello GiovanniTurco welcome to the Teahouse. This is English Wikpedia, where we are happy to answer questions about page creation in English, but not in Italian. You may find it.wiki a better place to work if your English is not very good. Regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 15:59, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

Specifically, it:Aiuto:Sportello informazioni, GiovanniTurco. --ColinFine (talk) 16:02, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

Unavailable image

Hello! I was trying to add an image to the wiki article 'Emerald (mango)' but I cannot find a picture of an Emerald Mango on wikimedia commons. Is there any way I can request for a picture of the emerald mango to be added to commons?Ajesmond3 (talk) 15:33, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

@Ajesmond3: Please make a request at Files for Upload with required informations or upload it yourself. Sincerely, Masum Reza^☎ 15:58, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for the advice! User:Masumrezarock100 Ajesmond3 (talk) 16:21, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

[Edit conflict] @Ajesmond3: There are probably various places on Wikipedia (in addition to here where you've done so and the page mentioned by Masumrezarock100 above) or on Commons (a separate though related project) where you could ask, but as everyone working on both projects is a volunteer, the chances of one of them being both able and willing to help are not high.

Such a picture would have to (i) be either already available on the internet with a suitable free licence, or (ii) be taken by someone as a response to your request and donated to Commons with such a licence, or (iii) be already taken (but not online) by a photographer willing to contribute it thusly.

In the first case, you are probably as capable as anyone, and more motivated that anybody else, of finding such an image. In the second, the chances of anybody else being both interested and able to identify the correct subject, photograph it, and upload the picture are, as a combination, quite low. In the third, one would have to be able to identify and contact potential contributors.

Is there any chance that you yourself might be able to take, etc., such a photo, or presuming you have some personal interest in the topic (for example, being a reader of US horticultural magazines) be able to track down such a photographer? Have you already tried contacting the Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden, whose website is the (sole) cited reference for the article in question? (You obviously already understand that the relevant pictures on that website are copyright and cannot simply be copied into Commons, but the organisation might be willing to donate one if you approached it, although the procedure of formally granting a suitable free licence can be offputting to some.) {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 2.122.2.132 (talk) 16:21, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

Food for thought, thank you 2.122.2.132 !Ajesmond3 (talk) 16:23, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

Sandbox article

Hi Masters,

How to confirm our sandbox article is perfect for live submission. Is there any anyone to review and approve sandbox articles? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jinuelsythomas (talk • contribs) 16:26, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

Jinuelsythomas, please place {{subst:submit}} at the top of the draft. --MrClog (talk) 16:32, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

With all due respect to MrClog, please don't. It would be a waste of time to submit a draft without any references to published reliable sources to demonstrate the notability of the subject. You also need to remove the boiler-plate content not specific to your subject. If the draft is an attempt at an autobiography, please read the advice at WP:Autobiography, and in any case please read the advice at WP:Your first article. --David Biddulph (talk) 16:41, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

You refer to "our sandbox article"; please note that Wikipedia accounts may not be shared. Your account must belong to one individual. --David Biddulph (talk) 16:43, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

There are no references to suggest this person meets Wikipedia's criteria for notability. David notMD (talk) 16:55, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

need help with page - jordan york

Hello

I kindly need some help on the page i made, it got declined said it's to much like an advertisement so i was wondering if anyone has any tips or can help me edit it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Jordan_York — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sarliz88 (talk • contribs) 16:37, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

In the feedback on the draft, and on your user talk page, the words in blue are wikilinks to detailed help on the relevant aspects. You need to read the feedback comments and those links, and take account of those. --David Biddulph (talk) 16:47, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

i'm not sure what you mean by take account of those. I made sure that the links are relevant wiki pages or link to the correct source. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sarliz88 (talk • contribs) 17:54, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

For one, you have several hyperlinks in the draft: Pittsburgh Song Hyperlinking not allowed! The correct way is to create a reference for websites. There are guidelines for how to create references. Also, your 'references' 1-3 do not mention you, and 5 is you doing a song. None of that counts. David notMD (talk) 17:00, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

@Sarliz88: Cutting out every unsupported (unreferenced) statement and all the unwarranted hyperbole would be a good idea, too. Nick Moyes (talk) 18:19, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

moving suggested page from Sandbox to publish

Here is the page I am suggesting in my Sandbox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:SouthernBiographer/sandbox It is on USAFI, the United States Armed Services Institute; I interviewed and have the school records for a former serviceman who was enrolled in USAFI, thus have first-hand information, plus my research. It is my first article for Wiki so need help please. Just want to publish it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by SouthernBiographer (talk • contribs) 13:28, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

Welcome to the Teahouse, SouthernBiographer. Before submitting your draft for review, I think you need to work on the referencing, as all of the citations appear at the end of the article rather than immediately following the material that they support. For guidance on this, please see Help:Referencing for beginners. Please also note that you can't include information in the article that hasn't already been published in reliable sources. When you write that you have conducted an interview, has that interview been published anywhere? If it hasn't, unfortunately it can't be used as a source for Wikipedia. Please see Wikipedia:Reliable sources for the types of sources that are accepted. Cordless Larry (talk) 15:34, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

SouthernBiographer, you cannot use a transcript to show that this subject meets the applicable notability standard, WP:NORG, as it is a primary source. It does not display for me, but I do not need to see it to know you cannot use it to show notability. It's doubtful you could verify any fact to it either, other than the particular individual attended the school. Outside of that, all you have is one short mention in a single book on another subject. Unless you can find at least 3 reliable secondary sources that are completely independent of the subject, and that discuss the subject in far more detail than the one you've provided, I'm sorry but you do not have an appropriate subject for an article. You may not realize this but every single word you add to Wikipedia must have been paraphrased from reliable sources. What you know, or what you've induced, deduced or surmised from reading primary sources, cannot be used. See WP:V. I'd strongly suggest you read WP:My first article. John from Idegon (talk) 21:31, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

Editing

I’d like to edit a page on Wiki, but it is protected. How can I add to the page? Heribertovelazqueziii (talk) 21:37, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

Hello, Heribertovelazqueziii. You can submit an edit request on the article's talk page, or you can wait three more days to become autoconfirmed. Eman 235/talk 21:45, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

Infoboxes

Some infoboxes for the Linux Distribution has the term "Unix-like" mentioned and then for the kernel type "Monolithic" but next to it with brackets mentions Linux an example of this is on the Zorin OS article. Is there anything wrong updating the info box so that the term Unix-like becomes Linux in the OS family section and then remove the Linux term next to the kernel type monolithic. Would anyone complain if I do this for some of the more recent Linux articles? Or shall I not do it.... ImpWarfare (talk) 15:14, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

Hi, ImpWarfare. This is not the best place for this sort of discussion, because there is no reason to expect people here to have any interest or knowledge about the subject. I see that somebody (presumably you?) has brought it up on Talk:Zorin OS; but it seems to me that you are really talking about the Infobox. Template:Infobox OS says of the "kernel" parameter: "Type of kernel of operating system. Possible values include 'Monolithic' or 'Microkernel'. Note: for Linux distributions, this should be 'Monolithic (Linux)'", so you shouldn't go against that without getting at least the documentation of the Infobox changed. I suggest discussing it at Template Talk:Infobox OS, and you might drop a note at WT:WikiProject Linux as well to draw people's attention to the discussion. --ColinFine (talk) 15:59, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

If that's the case then why is the modification allowed on Ubuntu? If not for Zorin OS? ImpWarfare (talk) 16:57, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

I repeat, ImpWarfare, this is not the right place to continue this discussion. I have told you what it says in the Template documentation. There is no point in asking me further questions about it. --ColinFine (talk) 19:58, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

ImpWarfare, you've stumbled onto what is likely the most misunderstood thing about editing Wikipedia. Article content is not decided by fixed inviolable rules. It is decided article by article, by consensus of interested editors, on the article talk page. Guidelines and policies simply serve to guide the consensus discussion. Here at Teahouse we give you advice on how to edit Wikipedia. The only possible advice we can give in this situation is to discuss it civilly with your fellow editors on the articles' talk pages. I will add a warning though. For some reason that is frankly unfathomable to me, having or not having an infobox is highly contentious on some articles. There are special behavioral rules in place regarding the discussion of infoboxes. I'd suggest looking through the talk pages involved (including any archives, which are linked near the top) to see if this has been discussed before. If it has, I'd strongly suggest just moving on. John from Idegon (talk) 21:47, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

Draft:Wichita Falls Motor Company refererences formal issues NEED HELP !

‎‎COULD NOT resolve formal issues with translating refererences templates imported from de:Wichita Falls Motor Company

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:BibRecord used there need translate into unknown EN equivalent... --Justy66 (talk) 20:58, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

The references in the German article apparently use a system with relies on the existence not only of the template de:Vorlage:BibISBN but also of a specific record for each ISBN used, as listed at de:Spezial:Präfixindex/Vorlage:BibISBN/. In enwiki you would cite your references using the template {{cite book}}, filling in the relevant parameters as available, including the ISBN. --David Biddulph (talk) 22:15, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

"Only show edits that are latest revisions" in reverse?

Hi, I like the checkmark on my contributions page that lets me see only latest revisions. I want to know if there is a way to do the opposite, that is, ONLY show pages that are NOT the latest revisions. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mike Winowicz (talk • contribs) 21:08, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

At the moment, that is not an option. --MrClog (talk) 22:18, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

No longer able to move categories

I was trying to move the page Category:Asian horror to Category:Asian horror fiction to comply with its parent and sibling categories (Category:Horror fiction by continent, Category:Horror fiction, Category:European horror fiction and Category:South American horror fiction for example), but I don't seem to be able to like I used to. I can still move articles and other stuff. Has something happened?★Trekker (talk) 22:42, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

Hi *Treker. You now have to be an administrator or page mover. See Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)#move categories. PrimeHunter (talk) 22:47, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

Aw man that sucks. I really wish Wikipedia would stop taking away abilities from non-admins.★Trekker (talk) 22:52, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

@*Treker: You can tag it for speedy rename, if it fits the criteria at WP:CFDS RudolfRed (talk) 23:00, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

How do you vote in RFA? Or is there no voting?

I'm interesting in voting in a RFA, (if there is voting) i'm new to Wikipedia so I don't know how things work. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stardreamer1310 (talk • contribs) 00:17, 30 April 2019 (UTC)

I assume you are talking about requests for adminship? If you're a new user, I would discourage you from voting, as it is not clear that you would have the experience necessary to pass judgement on a candidate. Nonetheless, here's more info Wikipedia:Requests for adminship. And please sign your posts with four tildes (~~~~) so we know who you are. TimTempleton ^(talk) ^(cont) 00:24, 30 April 2019 (UTC)

Why did you erase my edit ?

Hello,

Could you tell me the reason you decided to delet my contribution please?

Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stexuperyfred (talk • contribs) 00:21, 30 April 2019 (UTC)

@Stexuperyfred: You have to read the edit summary for List of best-selling books to see what the reason was. In this case, the editor left "The two sources that were linked just state the number 500 million "500 million readers" with no source for sales". And please sign your posts with four tildes (~~~~) so we know who you are. TimTempleton ^(talk) ^(cont) 00:29, 30 April 2019 (UTC)

Regarding my article I created on Kamini Dube

Hey Editors,

How are you all?

I hope fine, I am here to ask you guys regarding a mistake done by me, as I was drafting the article about Kamini Dube, by mistake I have submitted two drafts for the same name, and now I wanna remove one of them. but I cannot find any link or button which can take me there to my drafts.

for details I wanna mention that, I had created one draft from wiki article wizard and another one in my sandbox, and I had sent both for review,

and as robert mclenon suggested me I came to know this. please help me out with this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Callmesiddie (talk • contribs) 23:36, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

@Callmesiddie: I see the rejected draft Draft:Kamini Dube and a reference to another draft, but can't find it. And please sign your posts with four tildes (~~~~) so we know who you are. TimTempleton ^(talk) ^(cont) 00:32, 30 April 2019 (UTC)

@Timtempleton: If you look at the logs and the history for the draft, you will see that one version was deleted, and then the user's sandbox draft was moved over in place of the deleted version. --David Biddulph (talk) 00:42, 30 April 2019 (UTC)

Need to edit Wikidata, solved

Just want to thank PrimeHunter for the advice they gave me on my (now-archived) question Need to edit Wikidata. I have just done so successfully, and added an Esperanto version as well. --Thnidu (talk) 04:53, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

Hi Thnidu. Regarding swastika (Q45513), see wikidata:Help:Description#Length. PrimeHunter (talk) 09:20, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

@PrimeHunter: Thanks. I just saw this and will attend to it later. I wasn't aware of the length restriction until I started getting error messages that it was too long, and I certainly didn't know about this guideline. And from the previous version, I don't think the other editor did either.--Thnidu (talk) 17:40, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

@PrimeHunter: Done. The Wikidata short description now reads

geometrical design resembling a plus sign with arms bent at right angles

which is just twelve words long. The Esperanto short description is about the same length. The examples in wikidata:Help:Description#Length are generally only 2, maybe 3 words long, but I couldn't see "geometrical design" as adequate, if I could get some description into it within the limits...and I think I succeeded.

By the way, stating recommended length in terms of number of lines is really obsolete. It's so 1990! Before smartphones, before tablets, as if every screen were the same width. I'm composing and posting this comment on my phone, and on its screen the lines of this paragraph range from four to eight words long, averaging 5.7.

Regards --Thnidu (talk) 03:10, 30 April 2019 (UTC)

RFA Sir Galahad (1966)

Rather offensive edit summary on the latest revision to this article. Is there a way to get it hidden? Lyndaship (talk) 06:45, 30 April 2019 (UTC)

You can make a request here. --MrClog (talk) 09:04, 30 April 2019 (UTC)

Done Lectonar (talk) 09:05, 30 April 2019 (UTC)

vishwabrahmin not vishwakarma

sir I found vishwakarma as a cast in Wikipedia. actually the cast name is vishwabramin who worship the God name by vishwakarma.kindly change main heading to vishwabramin from vishwakarma. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2401:4900:2783:ed85:f490:4f38:33f3:705a (talk) 10:04, 30 April 2019 (UTC)

This is about Vishwakarma (caste). David notMD (talk) 10:28, 30 April 2019 (UTC)

The place to suggest the change is on the article's talk page, but you need to supply a reference to a published reliable source to support your proposed change. --David Biddulph (talk) 11:14, 30 April 2019 (UTC)

Help in creating a biography

Hello, about nine months ago I entered details to create a biography for Michael Lawrence, Chief Executive of Asia House and the former global editor of Reuters. I included public sources, mainly media, as references. However, nothing seems to have happened with the page and it is not live yet. It is quite possible that I have made a mistake somewhere along the process, but could you please advise?

I have tried to follow the correct procedure and have disclosed a conflict of interest (I work for the organisation that Michael leads). However, as a public figure I think he qualifies for a biography.

Thanks Template:Unsigned — Preceding unsigned comment added by MercadierDCFC (talk • contribs)

MercadierDCFC Please take a look at WP:BLP. Also read our policies and guidelines I am going to leave on your talk page. Sincerely, Masum Reza^☎ 11:09, 30 April 2019 (UTC)

What MercadierDCFC did was submit content at Requested Articles in September 2018: "Michael Lawrence, Chief Executive of Asia House - Chief Executive of Asia House and the former Global Editor of Thomson Reuters. As Chief Executive of Asia House, Michael Lawrence is a commentator on trade, investment and public policy in Asia. He is a former journalist and senior figure in global media, having served as Global Editor of Thomson Reuters. On global trade shifts impacting on Middle East [375] On participating in major trade dialogues and economic forums [376] On aviation links between UK and Asia [377] Role in investigating death of Reuters journalist in Iraq [378][379][380] On Reuters appointment [381] On promoting mindfulness and removing stigma around mental health." The problem with Requested Articles is that very, very few are ever taken up as projects by other editors. Is there another path open for MercadierDCFC, given paid by organization led by the person who is topic of the proposed biography? David notMD (talk) 11:20, 30 April 2019 (UTC)

@David notMD: I think he should have requested about it directly to other editor's to create the article. Most of the editors including myself like helping out newcomers but doesn't really check requested articles. I can do it too if he provides me sources(references) and some resources. Sincerely, Masum Reza^☎ 11:41, 30 April 2019 (UTC)

Help with switching edit mode

I accidentally switched my edit mode from source code to visual. How do I change it back to source? ARZ100 (talk) 02:56, 30 April 2019 (UTC)

ARZ100, on the toolbar above the edit window there should be a pencil icon (next to "Publish changes"). Click it and there will be a menu where you can choose. Eman 235/talk 05:08, 30 April 2019 (UTC)

@ARZ100: But if you already have started editing you need to discard them first. Sincerely, Masum Reza^☎ 05:24, 30 April 2019 (UTC)

Ok, thanks! ARZ100 (talk) 13:09, 30 April 2019 (UTC)

Template:Episode list/sublist ShortSummary not displaying in all episodes

Go to this link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aikatsu_Friends!_(season_2) No summary is showing below the title even though there is a shortsummary

It was working last week ago the shortsummary was there and it did it to all aikatsu series episodes so there is no more short summary in any aikatsu series — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ckng9000 (talk • contribs) 20:43, 27 April 2019 (UTC)

@above, that was because of a "page move" and next you would fix it to; this similar edit? Right now it has; |list of Aikatsu Friends! (season 2)= But if you change it to; Aikatsu Friends! (season 2). That will fix the display error. Because from WP:TVSEASON, if you see "list of X show (season one)" that is partly wrong and has to be; X show (season one). Then the sublist has to changed too to its new named title. Tainted-wingsz (talk) 15:35, 30 April 2019 (UTC)

Pictures

I have been trying to upload a picture for a wikipedia page that I edited (Brendan Hines-Ike) and I keep having another user says its screenshot even though it was taken with my iphone. I even contacted Brendan Hines-Ike Personally and asked him to send me a photo. How do I fix that? or can anyone else post a picture for me or do I just keep trying posting pictures?

Thoughts/suggestions/advice? Soccerfiend11 (talk)

Soccerfiend11 you can discuss at the deletion discussion --valereee (talk) 15:53, 30 April 2019 (UTC)

page

how to make page in wikipedia — Preceding unsigned comment added by COLDPANZER (talk • contribs) 2019-04-30T17:49:50 (UTC)

Hello, COLDPANZER. Please see my reply to ForestGamer141 ~~just above~~ here. --ColinFine (talk) 17:11, 30 April 2019 (UTC) Archived.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 20:05, 20 August 2019 (UTC)

My article re vancover the stallion

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Kwpn_stallion_Vancouver_Ireland

Hi I asked question earlier re adding links to the article is this aloud or can any of the pros take a look thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Heathfield1991 (talk • contribs) 2019-04-30T17:11:49 (UTC)

Hello, Heathfield1991. Most links should be formatted inside references, rather than being bare links: please see Referencing for beginners. Note that links to social media such as Facebook are hardly ever appropriate: we need references to reliable, edited sources.

A couple of bits of Teahouse etiquette: If you have already started a discussion here, and want to continue on the same subject, it's best to edit the existing section, and add new comments or questions to it. And please sign your posts on discussion pages such as this one, with four tildes (~~~~). --ColinFine (talk) 17:18, 30 April 2019 (UTC)

Regarding my article I created on Kamini Dube

Hey Editors,

Hope you all doing good, I just made the corrections as guided by wikipedia terms and have re submitted the article. Its been under review process. I just wanted to understand how long shall it would take for my article to get reviewed? or is there any mean through which I could get it done as early as possible?

please have a look and revert.

Thanks User : Callmesiddie Callmesiddie (talk) 14:01, 30 April 2019 (UTC)

Note to readers: Draft:Kamini Dube has been declined three times and eventually rejected, all since yesterday. --ColinFine (talk) 17:23, 30 April 2019 (UTC)

Hi Callmesiddie and welcome to the Teahouse. The article might not be suitable for Wikipedia in its present form. If you still think that the subject is WP:Notable then you need to find independent WP:Reliable sources in which the subject has been written about at length. These sources must not be interviews or publicity material. You should then summarise what these sources say, and remove all your other unsourced content. Dbfirs 18:35, 30 April 2019 (UTC)

Problems submitting article

I have finished editing and previewing my wiki. I press the button "submit your draft for review" and nothing happens but a blank sandbox appears with this in it: (removed) My article is not in it, and I see no need to press "Publish changes". Help!— Preceding unsigned comment added by Eenberg1 (talk • contribs)

@Eenberg1: Hello and welcome. I had to remove what you copied here, as it would make this page seem like an article submission. You should know that "Publish changes" is simply equivalent to "save changes". It does not "publish" anything to Wikipedia, it simply saves your changes. 331dot (talk) 19:03, 30 April 2019 (UTC)

Your sandbox is still there at User:Eenberg1/sandbox. Dbfirs 19:30, 30 April 2019 (UTC)

@Eenberg1: The button works. You are not supposed to see the draft when you press it. Just press the button and press "Publish changes" as instructed. This adds the submission to the bottom of the draft without changing what was already there. You can see both draft and submission after pressing "Publish changes". PrimeHunter (talk) 19:45, 30 April 2019 (UTC)

Can you help me to improve my article?

I am not sure if this is the right place to post this but I need help with my article which has been rejected twice. It is the first time I am writing a Wikipedia article. Here is the link:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Multi-fidelity_Surrogates

Any suggestions? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mariagisellefernandez (talk • contribs)

Hello, Mariagisellefernandez - welcome to the Teahouse. Before I can help you, could you tell me in no more than, say, three sentences what Multi-fidelity Surrogates are? Could you then tell me how the term or technique developed, and when (again in no more than three sentences)? I'd then like you to list in bullet point form three or four applications where MFS is really significant, and then select and link to only those of your sources which actually explain in some depth what MFS is. I'm not interested in source and research papers (such as your own PhD thesis?) which simply deploy the approach within its studies. Finally, can you explain to me how what you would like to write an encyclopaedia article about differs significantly from content already given within Multifidelity simulation? Why can't that article be expanded somewhat?

The problem, I suspect, is that you are too close to your subject and already too familiar with the technicalities. Think of an average-intelligence 17 to 18 year old, coming to your research institution; how would you introduce and explain this subject to them? If you can answer my questions above, I'd suggest starting from scratch and not overwhelming the reader with your enthusiasm and knowledge for what is clearly a very technical topic. Nick Moyes (talk) 21:27, 30 April 2019 (UTC)

Link to Wikipedia article in different language?

Is it permissible to create a link in an article in the English Wikipedia to an article in another, other-language Wikipedia? Specifically, I'm looking to link to https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jezioro_Blanki Mike Winowicz (talk) 18:21, 30 April 2019 (UTC)

Mike Winowicz: see Help:Interwiki linking. In this case you would use [[:pl:Jezioro Blanki|Jezioro Blanki]] to produce Jezioro Blanki. Eman 235/talk 18:25, 30 April 2019 (UTC)

Thank you! Mike Winowicz (talk) 18:26, 30 April 2019 (UTC)

@Mike Winowicz: Or, better still, use the interlanguage link template {{ill}} to add a red link to the name on English wikipedia, followed by a blue (live) wikilink in brackets to clearly indicate which language wiki you are proposing to send the reader to - in this instance, Polish wikipedia. By having a visible red link on en-wiki, you clearly indicate the absence of an article here which might prompt someone to create it. Thus, Jezioro Blanki [pl], is created by this simple code: {{ill|Jezioro Blanki|pl|Jezioro Blanki}}. What do you think? Nick Moyes (talk) 21:45, 30 April 2019 (UTC)

Need help with making pages

Well, I wanted to make some Wikipedia pages because i was looking for some info, but it wasn't there. I want to know how to make professional pages like the ones already made. Come here User:ForestGamer141

Hello, ForestGamer141, and welcome to the Teahouse. If you want to get involved in the difficult business of writing new articles for Wikipedia, please start by reading your first article. Among other things, that will tell you how to create drafts using the articles for creation process. --ColinFine (talk) 17:07, 30

April 2019 (UTC)

Ok thank you @forestgamer141

Four of your attempts at creating articles went through Speedy deletion. I recommend that you put in some time working on improving existing articles before again attempting to create a new article. P.S. 'Sign' your comments by typing four of ~ at the end. David notMD (talk) 23:01, 30 April 2019 (UTC)

How long does period of time at summarising done Wikimedia Foundation?

Who has taken over authority when it answered succeed correctly. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hocheecherngmaster (talk • contribs) 12:25, 30 April 2019 (UTC)

The Teahouse is for questions in English. --David Biddulph (talk) 13:00, 30 April 2019 (UTC)

Hocheecherngmaster, I'm not understanding your question. Can you possibly reword it? "when it answered succeed correctly" is the part we're not understanding. --valereee (talk) 13:16, 30 April 2019 (UTC)

@Valereee: Based on this, I'm not too hopeful we will get clarity here. No edits by this user in any other language wikis, either. Nick Moyes (talk) 22:00, 30 April 2019 (UTC)

Nick Moyes, oh, quite sure you're right lol --valereee (talk) 00:02, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

How do I make my page and article so others can read?

Hello, how do I make a page into an article for others to read? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikinuggets22 (talk • contribs) 23:48, 30 April 2019 (UTC)

Hello, Wikinuggets22, and welcome to Wikipedia. First of all, you should draft articles in only one place—your sandbox is good, but please don't use your user page for this (it's for telling other editors a bit about yourself). Second, the normal process for new users' articles is Articles for creation, where experienced users review drafts before they are moved to the mainspace (i.e., where normally searchable articles reside). In this case, though, I can tell you already that your article probably won't be approved, since it appears to be some kind of personal essay, which is not what Wikipedia is for. Eman 235/talk 00:05, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

Article was deleted

Hi guys!

I need help! My article was deleted. And I don't even understand whether it was taken down by Wikipedia admins/editors or someone else. Since there was no explanation provided.

Here is the page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashton_College

I know it's hard to understand why it was taken down without seeing the text itself, but it wasn't a new submission. It was created a couple of years ago, and I've been just editing it lately. This was just a basic college profile - where it is located, what educational programs it has, what types of learning are there, etc.

I now have only first sentence left. And the list of references. I see the comments above the article about the additional inline citations, however, is that a valid reason to delete the content completely? Also, is there a way to find out who deleted the content? So, that I could probably contact that editor directly.

Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by AshtonFan (talk • contribs) 23:32, 30 April 2019 (UTC)

AshtonFan: Your edits to Ashton College were removed (not deleted; they're still accessible in the edit history of the article) by Praxidicae in this edit, with the summary "stub, de-puff". Perhaps she can elaborate further? Eman 235/talk 23:53, 30 April 2019 (UTC)

Much of the deleted content either had no references or the reference was the college website. What is needed is independent sources that are about the college. I think the deleting editor would respond same. Also, you declared a COI for Ashton Testing Services, would COI also apply for Ashton College? Is this just COI, or is it PAID? David notMD (talk) 00:13, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

How to upload photo

I'm trying to upload photo but it didn't so please I'm listening for you urgent response — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mustaphajajjage (talk • contribs) 00:33, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

Mustaphajajjage, what exactly happened? You might find Wikipedia:Uploading images helpful. Eman 235/talk 00:43, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

after reviewing your chronological list of UFO sightings and the first sighting of triangular shaped sightings. the former shows nothing of the latter. can you suggest an alternative.

Not sure if this is working...[REDACTED - Oshwah] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.0.4.47 (talk) 01:45, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

If I had any idea of who you were or what you wanted, I'd be glad to help. I removed your email. It's not wise to post such things in the open on the net. If you come back, explain your issue and maybe tell us what article it concerns perhaps we could answer you here. Please sign any talk post you make by typing four tildes at the end. Thanks. John from Idegon (talk) 02:06, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

If you're talking about comparing the List of reported UFO sightings to Black triangle (UFO), they both say the first reported black triangle was the 1561 Nuremberg Celestial Phenomenon. To reinforce the comment above - please tell us which particular articles you are looking at, and specifically what the problem is.--Gronk Oz (talk) 06:44, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

Editor with COI uploading photo?

Hello folks,

I work for a federal agency in Canada. One of our senior people has a Wikipedia entry and I wish to add a CC-BY-licensed photo from our Flickr account to it.

After reading through the COI information on Wikipedia I believe this is acceptable? I understand I should clearly declare my COI relationship to the article (as an employee) on the talk page, is that correct?

Any advice much appreciated.

FromCanada (talk) 22:07, 30 April 2019 (UTC)

Welcome to the Teahouse, FromCanada. Uploading relevant high quality, freely licensed images is perfectly acceptable for an editor with a disclosed COI. Please read our policy on paid editing. You should upload the photo to Wikimedia Commons so it can be used in the French Wikipedia and other languages and projects as well. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 05:11, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

A bit more on this, FromCanada. Just having a CC-BY license is not sufficient. It must be compatible with our license, CC BY-SA 3.0. One of the differences between various copyleft licenses is the conditions under which it is freely distributable. I do not know, but suspect, that an official photo might have a commercial use restriction, which would render it unusable here. John from Idegon (talk) 07:48, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

"see also" section's criteria?

Hi, I just wanted to ask you something. If you look at the Wikipedia article, there is a section called "see also". Is the article to be entered here by a person or by a machine? And is there a criterion for determining the article to be included in "see also"?

Hi and welcome to the teahouse, first things first please sign your posts with ~~~~ otherwise we don't know who you are!! and secondly I'm not quite sure what you mean so ill ping @Cullen328: (another teahouse host) and see what they think!! hope this helps! - JJBullet (Talk) 07:59, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

The guidelines for "See also" sections are found at WP:SEEALSO. They are not machine made any more than any other parts of an article. The purpose is to provide a place for wikilinks that will help the reader understand the subject of the article more completely that are not already included elsewhere in the article. John from Idegon (talk) 10:02, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

Newbie. How to find the talk page of an article?

I am cleaning up an article and would like to clarify an issue with the mod. How do I go about? Thanks MonashGreen (talk) 08:28, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

@MonashGreen: If you edit from PC then go to an article and click "Talk" link above the article title. Or you can just add Talk: in the URL in the address bar of your browser just before the article title. For example if a article's name is Wikipedia, then it's talk page would be at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikipedia . Hope this helps. Sincerely, Masum Reza^☎ 09:02, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

Thanks Masum Reza! It worked! Appreciate it, mate!MonashGreen (talk) 11:12, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

You bet. I'm always happy to help. Sincerely, Masum Reza^☎ 12:25, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

How To Get This Article Approved?

Hello,

I am writing an article for a friend who is an actor, director, and music producer. Link - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymann_Rayy The article for some reason goes for deletion. Can you please help me?

Thanks in advance — Preceding unsigned comment added by Drashtimehta03 (talk • contribs)

@Drashtimehta03: Hello and welcome to the Teahouse. Since you state you are editing for a friend, you must review the conflict of interest policy. If your friend is compensating you for your time and/or effort, you must also review the paid editing policy. Regarding why the page has been nominated for deletion, as mentioned in the deletion discussion linked to in the article, your work is sourced only to YouTube and other unreliable sources- what is needed are independent reliable sources, sources not associated with your friend in any way, that have chosen on their own to give them extensive coverage. If you have that, you should offer them in the deletion discussion.

Unfortunately you have found out the hard way that successfully writing a new article is the hardest task to do on Wikipedia. It's even harder if you have a conflict of interest. I would urge you to review Your First Article and perhaps use the new user tutorial to better understand the process. If you decide to write other articles, you may want to use Articles for Creation, so you can get feedback before your article is in the encyclopedia, instead of afterwards. 331dot (talk) 19:09, 30 April 2019 (UTC)

You should discuss your article and offer counter arguments against its deletion on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Raymann Rayy. Ruslik_Zero 19:12, 30 April 2019 (UTC)

I would further add that it seems that your friend does not meet Wikipedia's special definition of notability for musicians, written at WP:BAND, or that of creative professionals at WP:CREATIVE. 331dot (talk) 19:15, 30 April 2019 (UTC)

It seems like this is WP:Promotion as it is linked to Google play and Amazon. Sincerely, Masum Reza^☎ 12:32, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

I would like to create a page for my father, he was a famous Rhodesian rugby player

Please could I get some help in creating a Biography page like Ray Mordts page to honor my father who was a famous Rhodesian rugby player. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Robert Andrew Stewart (talk • contribs)

Hi, Robert Andrew Stewart, and welcome to Wikipedia. In general, we discourage people from creating articles for which they have a WP:Conflict of interest. However, you can start creating the article as a draft and submit it for creation by following the instructions at Wikipedia:Your first article, and another editor will check it to make sure it complies with policy. Make sure you disclose your conflict of interest on your user page. --valereee (talk) 12:15, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

Just make sure to read our policies and guidelines for people with conflict of interest which I left for you on your talk page. Sincerely, Masum Reza^☎ 12:23, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

Also, Robert Andrew Stewart, please note that "to honour" anybody or anything is not at all what Wikipedia is for, and in some cases will be contrary to what Wikipedia is about. See An article about yourself isn't necessarily a good thing for why I say this. --ColinFine (talk) 14:43, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

That's not what he was talking about. Sincerely, Masum Reza^☎ 14:53, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

TemplateData not working

I've been adding niqqud to many articles about Israel and Israelis. I tried adding TemplateData to {{Template:Lang-he-n}} to make it easier for me to use this needed template for niqqud in visual editor, but it's not working (the fields don't appear). Can someone help me fix it? Psiĥedelisto (talk) 10:01, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

@Psiĥedelisto: The visual editor doesn't support adding tags as a source code. Therefore you have to use source editor for this kind of edits from now on. Sincerely, Masum Reza^☎ 14:59, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

Publishing Wikipedia Article

To whom it may concern,

I have finished my article over Glen Crest Middle School in my sandbox and am ready to publish. I have been trying to publish the article by searching "Glen Crest Middle School" in the Wikipedia search so it would give me the option to create a new page. However, when I search the school I am brought to the Glen Ellyn page and am unable to create a new page for Glen Crest Middle School. What would be my next step so I am able to publish or work around this issue? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Santaman29 (talk • contribs)

@Santaman29: Hello and welcome to the Teahouse. It sounds like you are describing a redirect- the page you are trying to go to is a redirect to the page you are arriving at. This redirect was probably created because most lower-level schools do not merit articles of their own per general notability or organization notability guidelines- even Sandy Hook Elementary School, the site of a mass shooting, does not have an article of its own(though the shooting itself does), it redirects to the school district article. Your draft essentially just tells about the school; if it somehow meets the notability guidelines and you have more sources to support it, you can submit the draft using Articles for Creation and let the accepting reviewer deal with removing the redirect. 331dot (talk) 16:00, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

page creation

Yo how do I upload or create a page— Preceding unsigned comment added by Azaziwa (talk • contribs)

@Azaziwa: Hello and welcome to the Teahouse. Please understand that successfully creating a new article(not just "page") is probably the hardest task on Wikipedia. New users are much more successful when they start out editing existing articles, to get a feel for what is looked for in articles and to learn the technical aspects of the process. New users who dive right in to creating articles often end up disappointed and with hurt feelings as their work is mercilessly edited and deleted. I don't want that to happen to you, so I would suggest that you find existing article in topic areas that interest you and make any needed fixes or changes you see. You may also find using the new user tutorial helpful.

If you still want to attempt to create an article, you should first read Your First Article, then use Articles for Creation to submit a draft for review by an independent editor, who will give you feedback on it. 331dot (talk) 16:04, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

Where to report an error?

Spotted an internal inconsistency in an existing article. Can't figure out how to report it. The only mechanism I can see is "Edit", which clearly isn't suitable because my comments would be visible to everyone reading the article. Where do I report this kind of stuff? --Dallas97338 (talk) 16:58, 30 April 2019 (UTC)

Hello, Dallas97338, and welcome to the Teahouse. Every article has a Talk page for just that purpose: there is a tab labelled "Talk" (or sometimes "Discussion" IIRC) at the top left. It's possible that nobody has yet created the talk page for the particular article, but you're welcome to do so. --ColinFine (talk) 17:13, 30 April 2019 (UTC)

@ColinFine and Dallas97338: That's in the full, desktop view of Wikipedia. In the mobile view, at least on my Android, there's no tab or other link at the top of the page; you have to scroll to the bottom of the page and there tap "Talk". --Thnidu (talk) 16:32, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

Awards won by someone who changed their name?

I am working on updating an awards page to enter all the nominees and winners. One of the nominees went by the name of Rebeccah when they were nominated but I discovered they have since changed their name/gender. Do I enter the name that was nominated or do I put the name they now go by? Apathyash (talk) 16:11, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

@Apathyash: Hello and welcome to the Teahouse. The relevant guidelines here would be MOS:GENDERID and MOS:MULTIPLENAMES. As I understand it, you would refer to the identity that they consider themselves at this time within the article, although if they received awards under a different name, that name could be offered in the lead. You may want to discuss this on the article talk page before making that change, though. 331dot (talk) 16:33, 1 May 2019 (UTC)