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Infobox Map

I notice some pages automatically generate a map on infoboxes like this. I wonder how I can do this on pages like this one. When checking the source, there seems to be no other codes/templates added except for the coordinates, which I already did. Anything else I can do to reflect a map on pages?Verbosmithie (talk) 05:47, 26 May 2019 (UTC)

@Verbosmithie: I've added (here) a map showing the location of the building in the Philippines—admittedly of little use, since we don't appear to have a location map of Cebu City itself. The reason that a more focused map appears in Cebu Provincial Capitol is that there's a Wikidata entry for the building, which contains its coordinates and automatically generates the map on the basis of OpenStreetMap data. Deor (talk) 16:10, 26 May 2019 (UTC)
@Deor: Thank you. So now my question is can I create a wikidata or is that something done by users with special permission? And how can I create the map that you just did? Any helpful resource would be much appreciated. Cheers. Verbosmithie (talk) 03:22, 28 May 2019 (UTC)
@Verbosmithie: I believe that anyone is free to edit Wikidata, just as anyone is free to edit Wikipedia. I've even done so myself on occasion, though I haven't, I think, created any new "entities" there. (I would advise reading the instructions on Wikidata, since some aspects of the user interface are rather counterintuitive.) My displaying of the map in the Rizal Library article—as the diff in my original reply shows—involved nothing more than adding the word "Philippines" (the name of a relevant location map) in the |map_type= field of the infobox, following the guidelines in the documentation of Template:Infobox building. Deor (talk) 13:26, 28 May 2019 (UTC)
Deor Thank you very much. You've been very kind and helpful. CheersVerbosmithie (talk) 01:48, 29 May 2019 (UTC)

Hmm...

Why does the name sound like a house of tea?!? ≈_≈ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Numberblock99 (talk • contribs) 00:37, 29 May 2019 (UTC)

@Numberblock99: Hello and welcome to the Teahouse. The name sounds like a house of tea because the term comes from houses dedicated to serving term. See Teahouse for more --DannyS712 (talk) 02:43, 29 May 2019 (UTC)

How do I start a page for a political figure?

I drafted something and thought I had created a page, but I had not. I have a photo and draft copy, what did I do wrong? Or am I not allowed to create a page until I have edited a number of other entries? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Milavskb (talk • contribs) 02:29, 29 May 2019 (UTC)

@Milavskb: Hello and welcome to the Teahouse. You appear to have created a draft at User:Milavskb/sandbox - if this is the page you are referring to, you can submit your draft by following the guidance at Wikipedia:Articles for creation. Thanks, --DannyS712 (talk) 02:44, 29 May 2019 (UTC)

iLexExchange

Looking for anyone who can write an article about iLexExchange. A Trading Platform that will be released again this June/July 2019. Can someone help so iLexExchange wiki results will appear when searched?

Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ralph.Salita (talk • contribs) 02:36, 29 May 2019 (UTC)

@Ralph.Salita: Hello and welcome to the Teahouse. To request that a page be created, please see Wikipedia:Requested articles. Thanks, --DannyS712 (talk) 02:42, 29 May 2019 (UTC)
@Ralph.Salita: You need to be aware that Wikipedia is an encyclopaedia, not a publicity medium. An organisation can have an article only when it has been written about in independent WP:Reliable sources. It might be WP:TOOSOON for a platform that is not yet released. If iLexExchange has already been written about then you can help the article process by providing links to the sources. Dbfirs 06:02, 29 May 2019 (UTC)

Trouble with roster template

Hey, I am trying to make a roster template for a soccer team that I work for. But every time I insert the template, it completely gets messed up and includes the rest of the page and that is not what I want. Can someone please help me? — Preceding unsigned comment added by DoingIt4Kicks (talk • contribs) 05:45, 29 May 2019 (UTC)

@DoingIt4Kicks: Hello and welcome to the Teahouse. Can you link to the template or page in question? Thanks, --DannyS712 (talk) 05:47, 29 May 2019 (UTC)
@DoingIt4Kicks: I see that on Orange County FC you discovered that you need to close {{Fs start}} with {{Fs end}}. —teb728 t c 06:33, 29 May 2019 (UTC)

Somehow my IP Address has been vandalising Wikipedia

I always edit on my Wikipedia account (though I used my IP address before I created the account), so it is very surprising that somehow my family’s IP was used for vandalism. I got a notification from CLCStudent through my IP address (45.251.35.6) that I had vandalised the Wikipedia page on M. Muthaiah. Besides, this happened 4 weeks ago, but the notification came to me just now. I am the only one in my family who actually edits Wikipedia, so what is going on?? Has someone hacked my family’s internet? RedBulbBlueBlood9911 (talk) 07:14, 29 May 2019 (UTC)

Quick links: 45.251.35.6 User contributions and User talk:45.251.35.6 OkayKenG (talk) 08:08, 29 May 2019 (UTC)
Hi RedBulbBlueBlood9911. The box at the bottom of User talk:45.251.35.6 says: "Many IP addresses change periodically, and are often shared by several users." Somebody else probably had the IP address at the time. You got the notification today because it's the first time you viewed a Wikipedia page with that IP address since the message was posted 4 weeks ago. PrimeHunter (talk) 08:43, 29 May 2019 (UTC)
Yes, this is not something that you need worry about. Anyone checking the history of edits will realise that the vandalism wasn't done by you. The whole block of IP addresses from 45.251.32.0 to 45.251.35.255 is owned by K Net Solutions Pvt Ltd, and they allocate them to different people from time to time. If you switch off your router for a few minutes, you will probably be allocated a different IP address in the range when you reconnect. Dbfirs 09:18, 29 May 2019 (UTC)

Is pointing to flaws in intersectionalism allowed?

A post of mine was recently deleted from the talk page on the Progressive stack, so I wanted to ask whether criticism of intersectionalism is allowed. Nikolaneberemed (talk) 23:24, 28 May 2019 (UTC)

Convenience links: Progressive stack, Intersectionality.   Maproom (talk) 23:36, 28 May 2019 (UTC)
See also Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Nikolaneberemed --DannyS712 (talk) 23:37, 28 May 2019 (UTC)
Hello, Nikolaneberemed. Talk pages are for discussing how to improve the article, not for discussions about the subject of the article; in particular, "Article talk pages should not be used by editors as platforms for their personal views on a subject" (Talk page guidelines). I don't believe that Toddst1 was justified in removing your comment (see WP:TPO, further down the same page), but I agree with them that it was not on topic, so I don't think anything would be gained by restoring it. However, if you present your point as a proposal for editing the article, that would be acceptable. --ColinFine (talk) 23:40, 28 May 2019 (UTC)
Thanks for the wise advice. I will add that proposals should ideally be short and cite sources, because those sources are what articles must summarize. —PaleoNeonate – 10:31, 29 May 2019 (UTC)

Article not accepted

Could someone help me on what notable references to be added to the Draft:Aaruush. The references we have added are from one of notable, verified and top media houses in the country. The username account is Qaprcsi — Preceding unsigned comment added by Qaprcsi (talk • contribs) 11:28, 29 May 2019 (UTC)

Not so much the quality of the references used, as very, very large parts of the content have no references. David notMD (talk) 12:57, 29 May 2019 (UTC)

How to control disambiguation?

I've created a page Ray_Cooper_(singer-songwriter) but when anyone searches for Ray Cooper they are taken directly to Ray_Cooper who is only one of four people of that name with pages. There is a disambiguation page for the name Ray Cooper which lists the four entries.

If I search for Ray Wilson then I get taken directly to the disambiguation page for the name Ray Wilson.

How can we have a search for Ray Cooper go direct to the disambiguation page for Ray Cooper?

I think it may require renaming the page for Ray_Cooper as Ray_Cooper_(Percussionist) but I'm not sure how to rename another page.

Could someone help or advise please?

Tomp-uk (talk) 10:35, 29 May 2019 (UTC)

Hi, Tomp-uk. It depends on whether or not there is a primary topic, i.e. that it is most likely that anybody searching for the name would mean that one. In that case, the article about that topic should have the name, with a hatnote (as is currently the case for Ray Cooper). If not, then the primary title should be for the DAB page (or redirect to it), and all the individual articles should have a distinguishing phrase in their titles.
Whether or not there is a primary topic is an editorial question: sometimes it's obvious; sometimes there can be lengthy discussion. I suggest opening the question on Talk:Ray Cooper, but mentioning it on Talk:Ray Cooper (disambiguation) (which hasn't yet been created), with a wikilink to the main discussion.
The general reference for this is WP:Disambiguation. --ColinFine (talk) 13:13, 29 May 2019 (UTC)

I'm going to talk about this article as an example: 2013 UEFA European Under-17 Championship . Regarding the Match Officials section, should the names that currently don't have a link on purpose, be red linked or leaved as they are? Which would be the more correct way? The same, talking about the Goalscorers section. Thanks! --LV1000 (talk) 11:01, 29 May 2019 (UTC)
I understand that this has something to do with the notability criteries but there are no special criteries for math officials. Based on the overall criteries, it seems as they shouldn't be linked. Is that right? --LV1000 (talk) 11:57, 29 May 2019 (UTC)

Hello, LV1000. You are right. You should only ever wikilink subjects which have or could have articles written about them - which means, subjects that are notable. The special criteria for notability of different kinds of subjects are extra: the basic criterion (in GNG) is that several people, wholly unconnected with the subject, have chosen to write at some length about the subject, and been published in reliable places. Unless that criterion is met, or seems likely to be met, don't create a redlink. --ColinFine (talk) 13:16, 29 May 2019 (UTC)

Delete an account

By mistake we have to accounts. One in England and one in Sweden. We only need the one in Sweden How do we proceed — Preceding unsigned comment added by Oliviareutersward (talk • contribs) 12:10, 29 May 2019 (UTC)

@Oliviareutersward: Hello and welcome. Accounts cannot be deleted; simply stop using whichever account you don't want to use. As you seem to realize, you only need one account regardless of which language version of Wikipedia you use. Please also note that accounts cannot be shared and must be operated by a single individual(you use "we" above). 331dot (talk) 12:13, 29 May 2019 (UTC)
@Oliviareutersward: I'm afraid you misunderstood the nature of Wikipedia – it is an encyclopedia, not an advertising site. Same applies to Wikipedia in Swedish (I mean sv:User:Oliviareutersward vs. sv:Wikipedia:Vad Wikipedia inte är#Inget propaganda- eller reklammedium.) --CiaPan (talk) 13:28, 29 May 2019 (UTC)

German Wikipedia community insists on keeping racist blackface photo on page

Hey all, I have a problem and I don't know who to ask for help. I recently came across this page on the German Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Knopf_und_Lukas_der_Lokomotivführer It's about the children's book Jim Button. The title image is of a boy in blackface, portraying the titular character. I find it disturbing that an image like that could be a title image on a wikipedia page in 2019. If you know German, you'll find this discussion illuminating: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diskussion:Jim_Knopf_und_Lukas_der_Lokomotivführer#Blackface_im_ersten_Bild There's a debate about whether or not blackface is acceptable and apparently the consensus of the community is that it is. I obviously couldn't disagree more and I think the image should be taken down immediately. I edited the page three times and each time the edit was reversed. I raised this issue on Twitter and asked other people to edit the page so it becomes clear to the community that this is unacceptable. Some did follow my request but now the page is locked to prevent 'vandalism'. This racist image has to be taken down. If possible, please help. Best, Zitronia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Zitronia)

I'm sorry, Zitronia, but each language Wikipedia is a separate project, and en-wiki has precisely zero authority over de-wiki. Irrespective of the merits of the issue, this is not on topic here. --ColinFine (talk) 14:36, 29 May 2019 (UTC)
Please be aware that Wikipedia is not censored, so the inclusion of racist images is not on its own problematic. There are images of blackface in our English article about blackface, for example. The issue is whether it is appropriate or not in this particular case. I happen to agree with you that the image in the German article is a gratuitous use of blackface. However, the way to effect change on Wikipedia is to discuss differences of opinion and try to reach consensus. Soliciting other people on Twitter (or elsewhere) to edit war in favor of your preferred version of the article, as you have done, is about the worst way to attempt to get what you want. Peacock (talk) 14:53, 29 May 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for your response. The German wiki community is notoriously dismissive of concerns like this, that is why I reached out to people on Twitter. At the very least the discussion has now been resurrected and continues. Best, Zitronia -- Zitronia 15:36, 29 May 2019 (UTC)

Identifying reliable sources

Hello all. I am familiar with the policy in general but there are still questions that I can't find the answers on the related pages. I have noticed that some sources/contents are removed from the pages with the edit summaries like "predatory publishing", "not a peer-reviewed study", etc. But how can we find out whether a source/study is predatory or peer-reviewed? Puduḫepa (talk) 08:55, 29 May 2019 (UTC)

@Puduḫepa: That is a complex issue, which does not have a clear-cut answer. Even experienced editors can disagree. If you want to get opinions about a specific situation, you could try asking at Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard.--Gronk Oz (talk) 09:54, 29 May 2019 (UTC)
Thank you Gronk Oz. But there should be a general rule, IMO. Puduḫepa (talk) 11:24, 29 May 2019 (UTC)
There is more information at identifying reliable sources, Puduḫepa. But "general rules" don't work very well in Wikipedia: we need them as guidelines, but individual cases are decided by consensus. --ColinFine (talk) 12:34, 29 May 2019 (UTC)
There are various lists of journals that use Predatory publishing. It's probably a good idea to check sources against something like Beall's List or Cabell's blacklist. ~ ONUnicorn(Talk|Contribs)problem solving 14:54, 29 May 2019 (UTC)
Thank you, ONUnicorn. These lists will help a lot. Puduḫepa (talk) 16:33, 29 May 2019 (UTC)

What should I do about a page which meets the criteria for speedy deletion?

I found a page (User:Welcome96) which meets the criteria for speedy deletion. What do I do next? Merlin04 (talk) 16:36, 29 May 2019 (UTC)

Merlin04, which criterion do you think it meets? ~ GB fan 16:41, 29 May 2019 (UTC)
Either G1 or U5. Merlin04 (talk) 16:43, 29 May 2019 (UTC)
Merlin04, WP:G1 does not apply. The criterion specifies that it does not apply to pages in userspace. To me it looks like test edits which are an acceptable use of userpace so WP:U5 wouldn't apply. If you think it is a problem, maybe ask them what they are doing. If you think WP:U5 applies you can add {{Db-u5}} to the top of the page. ~ GB fan 16:51, 29 May 2019 (UTC)
Ok, thanks for the help. Merlin04 (talk) 17:59, 29 May 2019 (UTC)

Why do some of the photos I want to add to an article get declined?

Some of the pictures I wanted to add to an article were declined with a message saying that they have to be taken from a camera on a device (all of the pictures are) or they do not follow the regulations. My question is what are the regulations, or why does this keep happening (none of the content I edit violates copyright law. Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by BodyaF (talk • contribs) 18:15, 29 May 2019 (UTC)

None of the additions which you have made (listed at Special:Contributions/BodyaF) have been declined. The only comment which I would make is that your edits do not satisfy the criteria to be defined as minor edits. --David Biddulph (talk) 18:20, 29 May 2019 (UTC)
BodyaF, I see six files that you have uploaded to Wikimedia Commons; none of them seem to be "declined" in any way. Could you be more specific (what image, what article) about the problem you're having? Eman235/talk 19:27, 29 May 2019 (UTC)
I see that some of the images you added like this one were removed, while some like this were not removed from the articles you added them to, you can see the rationales on the articles' history pages. Anyone can revert anyone else's edits on Wikipedia, so the best you can do is try to follow the guidelines at WP:IMAGES and WP:IMAGEPOL. The guidelines are subjective -- if your image was removed and you're sure that it meets those guidelines, you can try to explain why you think it meets the guidelines on the article's talk page, and if you've been around long enough to be confident about all the wiki policies you can try to add it back yourself. --Habst (talk) 19:29, 29 May 2019 (UTC)
When editing an article and I want to add a picture, I am unable to do so, since it says "You should use photos taken from a camera" ven though I did. This isn't a problem of a person deleting my pictures, but that when editing, some pictures can't be inserted. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by BodyaF (talk • contribs) 19:47, 29 May 2019 (UTC)
Can you be more specific? Like quote the error message and where you saw it? I'm not familiar with that message but maybe if I had more context I could figure out why you're getting it. --Habst (talk) 20:13, 29 May 2019 (UTC)

Overall problem with "Materialism"

Hi I looked up Materialism and was very disappointed, far too much shortcomings to try and start some talk on it. Apart from the fact that I lack the time and expertise to recreate the article. Looking at the talk page, it looks like the few who saw this too have given up. If I can come into contact with someone who could recreate the page I could be of some help. --Victor50 (talk) 17:02, 29 May 2019 (UTC)

@Victor50: Hello and welcome to the Teahouse. What specific issues do you see with the article? The page can be tagged with maintenance templates to identify such issues, which would help other users interested in such issues to find the article and work on it. Thanks, --DannyS712 (talk) 20:59, 29 May 2019 (UTC)

Article genre

What kind of articles are best suited to publish in Wikipedia? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2401:4900:36A6:2E6D:8B29:5206:588:8D80 (talk) 20:26, 29 May 2019 (UTC)

Hello IP editor, Wikipedia should have articles that can be supported by reliable sources. If there are no reliable sources for a given topic, Wikipedia should not have an article on it. Check out WP:NOTABILITY to see what qualifies for a Wikipedia article. Interstellarity T 🌟 22:57, 29 May 2019 (UTC)

Question

How do I add a hyperlink to Carl Worthington on the Pearl Street Mall Boulder Colorado wiki page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kikinordy (talk • contribs) 21:59, 29 May 2019 (UTC)

Hi Kikinordy, to add a hyperlink, on the editing toolbar above, you will see a button with two chains. Click on it and type the Wikipedia article you want to link and you're done. Interstellarity T 🌟 23:00, 29 May 2019 (UTC)
@Kikinordy: You should only link to an entity that already has a Wikipedia article, or to one which should have an article but which hasn't been written yet. I looked up the architect Carl A. Worthington after reading Pearl Street Mall and Denver Technological Center, the two articles that mention him, and based on the media coverage I could find, it's unlikely that an article about him would be accepted, so linking isn't recommended. Here's some general info about linking. Wiki#Editing TimTempleton (talk) (cont) 23:03, 29 May 2019 (UTC)

How do I make infoboxes?

I am very new to Wikipedia and have started work on an article. It is not like any other article on Wikipedia, and I need to create an infobox for it without a specific template. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tkefan29 (talk • contribs) 21:11, 29 May 2019 (UTC)

Hi Tkefan29, this may be what you are looking for: MOS:INFOBOX. Interstellarity T 🌟 22:54, 29 May 2019 (UTC)
@Tkefan29: You're better off adding more info about the 330A to the Schindler Elevator Corporation article, without an infobox. It's unlikely you'll find enough sourcing for a standalone article. TimTempleton (talk) (cont) 23:14, 29 May 2019 (UTC)

WARNING: Newbie Question! ;)

Hello! This might be a newbie question, but do you use periods in Captions? (The small text sometimes under a picture.) Hope I explained this well. Thanks!

From, Username Goes Here 062805. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Username Goes Here 062805 (talk • contribs) 23:25, 29 May 2019 (UTC)

@Username Goes Here 062805: no, unless it includes a full sentence. You can read more about it (and anything you can think of in terms of style issues) at the Manual of Style: Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Captions#Formatting and punctuation. – Finnusertop (talk ⋅ contribs) 23:45, 29 May 2019 (UTC)

My Article not getting published.

I created a new account because i don't have an account earlier. After that i created an article. But its not getting published. I can watch my created article through watchlist. So Please help how to get my article published?! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Michael Handler Ruby (talk • contribs) 06:10, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

Are you referring to this article? Dusti*Let's talk!* 06:18, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
Something's fishy here. Based on the poor English, the person typing the request above isn't the same person who wrote this article. Looking at the editing history, and putting two and two together, I'm going to guess it's a shared account based in India. Nonetheless, the subject was a tech editor for the WSJ, and his wedding was covered in the NY Times, so may be notable. More eyes needed though. TimTempleton (talk) (cont) 07:03, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

Copying source references from another article

Since referencing other Wikipedia articles is discouraged (WP:WPNOTRS and WP:CIRCULAR), does this also imply that reusing sources cited by another Wikipedia article - without having verified these sources by yourself - is considered bad practice ?

Context: I'm compiling a list of cardinals of the 1124 papal election (in my sandbox), but there is some supplementary (and contradictory) information available on the articles of the 1118, 1119 and 1130 papal elections. Since I do not have access to the sources referenced by those pages, I'm not sure what to do with some notes I'd like to take over/point towards. -- Kwakeroni (talk) 08:47, 29 May 2019 (UTC)

Hi, Kwakeroni. Reusing the sources of other Wikipedia articles is certainly encouraged, but as you thought SAYWHEREYOUREADIT indicates that you shouldn't cite sources that you haven't consulted yourself. I'm not sure the best way to proceed on this one. You could try asking at the talk page of the article you want to take the reference from; or as WP:REX. --ColinFine (talk) 10:23, 29 May 2019 (UTC)
Thanks, ColinFine. I overlooked SAYWHEREYOUREADIT and wasn't aware of WP:REX, so that's very useful information. I'll try something, maybe the secondhand source idiom, and see what feedback the draft review brings. -- Kwakeroni (talk) 07:40, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

WIKIPEDIA article on The Aerodrome, a former music hall in Schenectady, New York

Is it possible to add some information to Aerodrome entry as described above?...our band (a hard Rock trio named "BOO", from the Albany/Schenectady area, was the only band the Aerodrome hired as a house band. We played there six weeks. We were very popular with the local crowd, and as a result had a very large local following. We closed out our gig the week before Zep came to town. I could provide more specificity and a longer or shorter recounting. Is there anyone this might reach that can say yes or no to someone like me wanting to add info to a WIKIPEDIA entry. 18:14, 29 May 2019 (UTC)2604:6000:FF93:3B00:7DC6:C0AD:1DF4:3994 (talk)

Hi, IP editor. The material you wish to add to the Aerodrome article needs to be from a Reliable "secondary" or even "tertiary" source. You and your bandmates, manager, friends, booking agent, PR person, website, Facebook, Youtube etc. are "primary" sources, and, by definition, not WP:Reliable sources. If you have material to add which is not of a promotional nature, you may add it ONLY if it comes from Reliable sources. See: WP:Referencing for beginners. Good luck!--Quisqualis (talk) 07:48, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

Naming a suspect

Hi! I am afraid of violating a rule of Wikipedia, on recent events I named a suspect of committing an abhorrent act of crime. Name released by Police. Yet he's not convicted. Should he be named? Thanks and best wishes. --LLcentury (talk) 19:50, 29 May 2019 (UTC)

@LLcentury: You should not name them unless they are convicted of the crime, unless they are well known. See WP:BLPCRIME for the guideline. RudolfRed (talk) 19:59, 29 May 2019 (UTC)

@RudolfRed:, Hi! Nice to meet you!, OK, but he was the Head of Immunology of the most renowned Children's Hospital in Argentina. Does that make him "known"? --LLcentury (talk) 20:08, 29 May 2019 (UTC)

LLcentury, were there many reliable sources before he allegedly committed the crime. If not, the no. --MrClog (talk) 20:35, 29 May 2019 (UTC)

MrClog, Hi friend!, Clarín is the most reliable newspaper in Argentina along with La Nación, and he was as I said Head of Immunology of the most renowned Children's Hospital of the nation. You can't imagine the uproar here in the media and at the Hospital which released a press release.

If there already exists an article on this person, news reports of his alleged crime may be used as sources of material on the case to be added to the existing article, but it is WP:TOOSOON to have an article on the case, no matter how sensational it may seem. Rules on Spanish Wikipedia may differ. They are not under the control of the English Wikipedia.--Quisqualis (talk) 08:35, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Oshwah#Some_Important_tasks_for_you. Please continue the discussion from the 1st/2nd message. I (kindly) ask that good faith be assumned towards me for the entire thread and if possible, no messages are posted on my talk page about this question being answered or the thread archived. Thank you.211.26.200.179 (talk) 11:43, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

I'm asking to continue this as Oshwah hasn't replied for some weeks.211.26.200.179 (talk) 11:43, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
I've banned Muninnbot already.211.26.200.179 (talk) 11:45, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
Oshwah appears to be on a Wikibreak. Masum Reza📞 12:07, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
He was an easy choice to ask this question but really anyone who tries to help previously unconstructive editors become constructive would be OK to step in. Thank you.211.26.200.179 (talk) 12:09, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

Are organizations allowed to have user accounts and edit?

I couldn't find a policy on this.

I suspect Special:Contributions/Anation1! is not a person whose first name is August and last name is Nation. deisenbe (talk) 12:32, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

One of their first edits was to put this in as a reference. And it seems like most of their edits are to putting in links to that website. Curdle (talk) 12:48, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

Since fanciful names are allowed I'll suppose this is OK unless someone says otherwise. 2601:58C:C200:1A90:A595:2093:243E:306A (talk) 13:13, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

@Curdle: Promotional usernames implying they are for a particular group, company, organization, etc. aren't allowed per WP:ORGNAME. Organizations per se aren't allowed to have accounts per WP:SHAREDACCOUNT, but individual members of an organization may create individual accounts as long as only one person uses the account.
Please don't post the personal contact information of others on Wikipedia, even if someone posts it on another Wikipedia page per WP:BLPPRIVACY. -- Marchjuly (talk) 13:22, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

Anyone interested in mentoring me?

Reviewing other Romance author pages, I've tried to follow the same format/writing style. I'd like to find a mentor to help guide me in the correct way of writing articles in Wikipedia. --azure 19:46, 25 May 2019 (UTC)

Hi azure. Perhaps you've already found someone, but try Wikipedia:Adopt-a-user/Adoptee's Area just in case you haven't. -- Marchjuly (talk) 01:17, 29 May 2019 (UTC)
Hi, I tried to find the edit responsible for the above, but that was not me. Likely it’s another user who shortened their handle. azure talk × contribs 09:44, 29 May 2019 (UTC)
Looks like it was Azurerae. See also this Teahouse post and this one (which is probably related to their referring to "other Romance author pages"). Azurerae, please make sure that your signature contains a link to your user page and/or your user talk page - more information here. Thanks! --bonadea contributions talk 09:56, 29 May 2019 (UTC)
@Azure: My apologies for the ping. I didn't notice the signature issue. -- Marchjuly (talk) 13:26, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

Daddy Maxfield

I had posted an article "Daddy Maxfield" several years ago, it was recently marked or Speedy Deletion" copyright infringement! The copyright infringement doesn't exist, as it was a band name, as well as song title that was sighted. If the artist wrote the song title, how is that copyright infringement, "G12? There are copies of the song available online, from Amazon to eBay. Perhaps an editor was carried away (Justlettersandnumbers). It's not a peacock article, as the song has been playing for twenty years in the Northern Soul Dance Movement, U.K. Sweden, etc. There several Platium albums for work on Joan Jett's recordings, The Monkees, as well as songwriting credit with Brian Wilson, etc. "It's Going To Be A Punk Rock Christmas" receives Radio, etc. every year since it's release, Christmas '77 (the song is uploaded at YouTube from various Countries, World Wide). GuitarStudio100 (talk) 02:58, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

Daddy Maxfield wasn't deleted for copyright infringements. There's a message on your talk page alleging copyright infringement (from an IP editor) which is confusing, because it's the same day of deletion, but that's not the deletion reason given. If you follow the (red) link to the deleted article page you'll find: "Expired PROD, concern was: Orphaned since 2011, presumably uncited since then, obvious peacock article, and covers a band which appears to fail WP:N".

Basically that means that someone proposed it for deletion (WP:PROD) because they felt the article did not meet our notability guidelines at WP:N, lacked citations (WP:CITE), and was promotional in nature, and nobody objected to the deletion. It doesn't appear you were notified of the WP:PROD.

Deleted PRODS can be restored if you ask at WP:REFUND, but if it is restored, and those problems do exist, it is quite possible it will be nominated for deletion again - so you might want to consider working on it in draft space and submitting it through the WP:Articles for Creation process unless you are confident those issues and the alleged copyright infringement of https://picclick.com/Daddy-Maxfield-ive-Always-Been-In-Love-With-333086805355.html do not apply. -- Begoon 04:21, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

I'll also ping Justlettersandnumbers, the deleting admin, who may be able to shed more light on any confusion here. -- Begoon 04:43, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
GuitarStudio100, Begoon has already said most of what's to be said here – thank you, Begoon! The PROD was placed by Gimubrc, for the reasons given above. The page can be restored on request, just say the word! However – since it was pretty promotional in tone and entirely without references – it is likely to be either moved to draft space or nominated for deletion. A good first step would be for you to clarify whether you have any personal or professional connection to the topic. The G12 speedy nomination was (correctly) declined before the page was deleted and copyvio from that source is not a concern. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 10:34, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
I'd also like to echo Begoon's point above: if we are to recreate the page, it should be edited in draft space to add references and remove promotional language, and submitted through AfC for approval by an experienced editor. Gimubrc (talk) 13:35, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

This article needs attention from an expert

OK, it was actually the page Corrosion Engineering that first brought my attention to this "issue" but I have seen other instances. Not sure what can be done or how it can be rephrased. I have come to realize on Wikipedia that we need to chill, grow a thick skin and not take things personally but sometimes it is not easy. Corrosion engineering article start was written by a friend of mine who has a masters degree from a world class university on the subject. In the early days the article had the template " Needs attention from an expert". Rightly on the talk page he called it harsh. I have had similar comments on some of my articles. I think there is a difference between expert on the subject matter and expert on Wikipedia formatting and styles etc. Sorry for rambling - needed to say something and not sure anything can be done anyway. GRALISTAIR (talk) 13:38, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

I agree that frequently, experts on content come to Wikipedia to right great wrongs (myself included) and are rebuffed because they have no concept of Wikipedia rules. Some adapt. Others leave in disgust. See Dog training for recent example. More careful wording of article tagging might help a bit, but there will still be those people who are so sure they are right that they are deaf to this-is-how-we-do-it responses. David notMD (talk) 14:23, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

Feedback

I would like to know how I am doing overall as a Wikipedia editor since January. If you find anything that I need to work on and needs to be addressed, please let me know. If you think I'm doing great, let me know. I appreciate your feedback. Interstellarity T 🌟 15:24, 29 May 2019 (UTC)

@Nick Moyes, David notMD, 331dot, David Biddulph, Cullen328, ColinFine, Marchjuly, PrimeHunter, Jmcgnh, and DESiegel: Is anyone here? The questions below me were answered a lot quicker than this one. Interstellarity T 🌟 10:47, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
I'm sorry but I haven't had the time to sit down and conduct an analysis of your Wikipedia editing history- though seeking feedback is certainly a good thing to do. 331dot (talk) 10:51, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
Me neither. Am currently away on holiday. Nick Moyes (talk) 11:39, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
@331dot and Nick Moyes: Where is the best place to find editors that have the time to review my editing history and answer this question. Interstellarity T 🌟 13:01, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
You could try the Help Desk, a more general place to seek help. 331dot (talk) 13:07, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
You have made hundreds of edits since being allowed back after your multi-year block, so whatever you are doing now is not horribly wrong. So far. David notMD (talk) 13:37, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
I already asked this at the help desk. Interstellarity T 🌟 14:05, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
Teahouse questions aren’t necessarily answered in the order they’re asked; sometimes it takes time for someone to come along and decide to take a crack at answering a particular one. Your question wasn’t really a question per se, but more like a request for a personal evaluation. Sometimes the best indication of how well you’re editing is WP:SILENCE; if other editors are not filling up you user talk page with warnings or other notifications, then you’re probably doing fine. If your edits aren’t being reverted in mass, then again your probably doing fine. While it’s nice to be told you’re doing a good job every now and then, not receiving any complaints about your edits is just as good. FWIW, apparently there used to be Wikipedia:Editor review, but no longer. Perhaps the closest thing is WP:ORCP because if there are any problems with your editing at all, someone’s sure to point them out if someday you decide to try to become an administrator. — Marchjuly (talk) 14:32, 30 May 2019 (UTC); [Post edited by Marchjuly to add missing word (underlined for reference) per discussion at User talk:Marchjuly#Your Teahouse response, WP:REDACT and WP:IAR. -- 00:01, 29 September 2019 (UTC)]

How to add a title?

Hi! How do you add a title in the sandbox? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Serena1996 (talk • contribs) 14:58, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

Serena1996, what sort of title do you want to create? If you mean a heading, you can add headings by using equals signs, like this: === This is a heading === which generates:

This is a heading

You could also use only two equals signs on either side to get a higher level heading. StudiesWorld (talk) 15:03, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
The title is generated by the location of the article e.g. User:Mh4011/sandbox is the title of you sandbox article because that is where it it located. Its in your user space. So when your draft is ready and is moved to article space, it will probably have the title Demographics of the Middle East and North Africa - X201 (talk) 15:05, 30 May 2019 (UTC)


Thank you :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Serena1996 (talk • contribs) 15:47, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

Is FriendWithA notable enough to create an article?

Is the business FriendWithA notable enough to warrant creating an article about? It has one press mention (TameBay) and is mentioned on various other sites as well. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Digastoof (talk • contribs) 05:30, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

@Digastoof: I don't see very much media coverage for FriendWithA, so I would say no. (Please remember to sign your posts on talk pages by typing four keyboard tildes like this: ~~~~. Or, you can use the [ reply ] button, which automatically signs posts.) TimTempleton (talk) (cont) 18:17, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

Is This a valid source

https://www.troikatalent.com/antonia-clarke

Page intented to be Used on:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonia_Clarke — Preceding unsigned comment added by 6equj5 2444 (talk • contribs) 14:03, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

You're better off asking reliability questions here, but I'm going to say no - it looks like a user supplied directory. (Please remember to sign your posts on talk pages by typing four keyboard tildes like this: ~~~~. Or, you can use the [ reply ] button, which automatically signs posts.) TimTempleton (talk) (cont) 18:19, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

Working to publish an article for a new piece of technology

Hi All! I am working on publishing an article about a new piece of technology. I am struggling to understand what would be considered credible sources to include within my article. I am considering using the technologies Product Hunt profile which was created by someone outside of the technologies company as well, and would also like to use Washington Business Journal articles that have been published about the product too. Are these considered valuable sources — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ndevito (talk • contribs) 14:31, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

@Ndevito: You might find this page useful Wikipedia:Reliable sources (Please remember to sign your posts on talk pages by typing four keyboard tildes like this: ~~~~. Or, you can use the [ reply ] button, which automatically signs posts.). TimTempleton (talk) (cont) 18:20, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

Hey

Hey, It's me CaptinSuperKitten! I was just wondering if I could insert an image about cats. And I was wondering if I could just insert images that go along with my pages. Is that okay?


CaptinSuperKitten (talk) 15:08, 30 May 2019 (UTC) CaptinSuperKitten

@CaptinSuperKitten: Every photo and every article are different, so it depends on the context. Until you get a sense of what works and what doesn't, you should post this question on the talk page for each article you are looking to add an image to. Usually if an image is appropriate, particularly with cat articles, there would be one already, but you can always try. Here's general info about uploading the images first Wikipedia:Uploading images. TimTempleton (talk) (cont) 18:23, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

I want to create a Wikipedia page for Licypriya Kangujam

Hello,

I want to create a Wikipedia page for Licypriya Kangujam but the article with references i submitted was declines. I am a new user.

Please guide me how to create it successfully.

Thank you.

Regards, — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wpcdw (talk • contribs) 17:03, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

@Wpcdw: Possible hoax - see my discussion at Draft talk:Licypriya Kangujam#Possible hoax. (Please remember to sign your posts on talk pages by typing four keyboard tildes like this: ~~~~. Or, you can use the [ reply ] button, which automatically signs posts.)TimTempleton (talk) (cont) 18:28, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

How long till admin action?

On this article, some IP put an entire paragraph of text that I'm confident fails Wikipedia's copyright policies. As per WP:COPYVIO, I removed it and put Template:copyvio-revdel on the article. This was several hours ago - I expected some action to be taken already. Are admins not alerted automatically by the template? Did I miss a step?--LaukkuTheGreit (Talk•Contribs) 17:15, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

@LaukkuTheGreit: My area of expertise isn't Copyvio, but Wikipedia:Copyright problems suggests that some unaddressed violations go back as far as July 2018. I suggest you give it at least a few days. TimTempleton (talk) (cont) 18:38, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

( US MILITARY ) SPRINGFIELD ARMORY.............THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE ABSORBED THE ARMORY APPX 1970 AND THE NAME ( SPRINGFIELD ARMORY )

SIRS:

REGARDING: YOUR ARCHIVE DEPT.

PRE WAR AND WAR...1945' WW11...THE (US MILITARY) SPRINGFIELD ARMORY HOUSED GUNS USED AT WAR TIME...AS WELL AS PRE-WAR....

I'M INTERESTED IN THE COMPANY- COLT FIREARMS - MANY GUNS WERE SENT TO THE ARMORY TO BE DISTRIBUTED TO OUR MILITARY.....

I'M LOOKING FOR THE ARCHIVAL SERIAL NUMBERS ON THIS COLT 1911A1,,, 747,850 ........

AS OF APPX. 1970'.....THE SPRINGFIELD ARMORY ( US MILITARY )... WAS ABSORBED BY OUR NATIONAL PARKS SERVICE... AND THE NAME SPRINGFIELD ARMORY

WAS THEN SOLD TO A PRIVATE GUN RETAILER KNOWN AS THE SPRINGFIELD ARMORY....... HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE WAR AND PRE WAR SPRINGFIELD ARMORY ( US ).

I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHO I CAN CONTACT THERE WHO MIGHT HAVE THIS INFORMATION REGARDING THIS COLT 1911A1 SERIAL NUMBER -- (Redacted) .....

THANK YOU, RON CHICK

(Redacted) — Preceding unsigned comment added by RASCAL44512 (talk • contribs) 16:59, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

@RASCAL44512: This is a place for asking questions about Wikipedia. You'd be better off posting at the Wikipedia:Reference desk. (Please remember to sign your posts on talk pages by typing four keyboard tildes like this: ~~~~. Or, you can use the [ reply ] button, which automatically signs posts.). TimTempleton (talk) (cont) 18:34, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
Also, please shut the caps lock off. Typing in all caps is equivalent to shouting and considered very rude. Seraphimblade Talk to me 19:03, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
Yeah. But he did use Sir to address us. Masum Reza📞 19:55, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
If there was a "WW11" I'm even more behind the times than I thought. Deor (talk) 20:29, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

Joining

May i join the teahouse it would be a big accomplishment for me please get back to me by tommorow. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Macy Quip Madison (talk • contribs) 21:02, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

Hello, Macy Quip Madison, by posting here, you have joined the many new and also more experienced editors who ask for help at the Teahouse with editing Wikipedia. Making those very first edits here seems like a big step. But, in reality, this encyclopaedia can be edited by anyone. To understand better how things works, you might like to undertake our interactive tour, called The Wikipedia Adventure. Do pop back if you need help or guidance at any time in your own, personal Wikipedia adventure! Regards from the UK, Nick Moyes (talk) 21:39, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
I think this user is asking about joining the Teahouse in particular. 331dot (talk) 21:45, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
Macy Quip Madison, anyone is welcome to answer questions here, but please take it slow. Almost 50% of our answers here for new editors include a caution to remember to sign your messages by typing four tildes, advice you need also. Please read more than you write for quite a while. This isn't simple. If you don't know, don't try to answer. Teaching people is a great way to learn. Take it slow. Thanks. John from Idegon (talk) 22:00, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

Kukolo Utca Odorhei

I am 67. Been trying for 25 yrs to find my brother in Szeben Sibiu town. Ovidiu Ticusean in Sibiu. Please tell me how I can find him. Thank you.Liz or Doina TicusTicusean — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.169.242.56 (talk) 23:12, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

Hello. This forum is solely for the purpose of discussing how to edit Wikipedia. We are not able to find missing persons.--Quisqualis (talk) 23:42, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

Idk how to describe this

When you search a page on the link option, it gives you in smaller text the category of the thing. An example is My Hero Academia. It gives you anime ans manga series. I made an article, but i cant add digital card game. how do i add it. Swiggity Swooty Swag (talk) 16:37, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

@Swig swoot: You'll have to be more clear - I'm not following what you are asking. TimTempleton (talk) (cont) 18:29, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
Hello, Swig swoot. If you mean what I think you mean, it comes from the Wikidata entry associated with the article, if there is one; but it can be set explicitly in English Wikipedia by using the {{short description}} template. --ColinFine (talk) 23:50, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

Brown University literature notables: author Daniel Altieri

Hi fellow Teahousers: I am looking for a volunteer --I am Dan altieri a novellist whose fame began in the Orient with Court of the Lion and proceeded : look up - Amazon author daniel Altieri books-- or thereabouts and lots of celelbrated works in many languages will turn up.I graduated with a degree from Brown in 1971 (yes i am that old) and my written work went on to reach international bestselling status in 52 editions around the globe..But alas, I cannot stay on the literature list as my computer skills are limited. Any lovely helper who can get the brief article about me that will "blue" my name on the Brown literature list. Please contact me--seems everyone else on these lists know how to do it, but not moi. Andd if they did why did they leave me off..? In anycase after the first big book The Court of the Lion came out to superb world reviews four of my Professors contacted me after years to congratulate me and praise the work... it is not that my ego is so big but that Iam constantly humiliated and I cannot stay on a list that I well deserve.. Help and i will name you with thanks in my next work...I have all the work and the references in a bio file that could be used..well referenced..

--->URL en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Brown_University_People/ 1.6 Literature — Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.254.113.154 (talk) 20:26, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

Not going to happen. While you have authored books, there does not appear to be enough written about you (not the books) to justify a Wikipedia article. Only if such an article existed would you qualify to be listed among notable Brown alumni. David notMD (talk) 01:06, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

moving a portion of an article from my userspace to an article

I'm sorry if this has been asked before but is there something special I need to do when moving a draft from my userspace to the actual article. I found an article I wanted to improve but I didn't want to have the article being edited for long periods w/ incremental, incomplete updates. So, I've been putting it together in my userspace. Now I've got a section completed and I want to know if I should just copy everything into the the article, or is there some better way to do it that preserves the history of its creation on my end? Sorry if this doesn't make sense! Let me know if I need to rephrase anything.

Dkallen78 (talk) 01:57, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

Hi Dkallen78. I think you might find WP:RUU and WP:PATT helpful. Wikipedia content is licensed in such a way that generally only proper attribution is required when copying content from one page to another; this sorts preserves a record of what came from where and when just in case anyone questions it source later on.
  1. If the content you created in your sandbox is 100% original, then you can probably move it without anything other than an edit summary explaining why you're making the edit.
  2. If the content you're going to copy-and-paste back into the article only came from that particular article, then extra attribution is not really needed since your edit will appear to be just like any other edit made to the article and attribution will be preserved.
  3. If the content includes content originally created by others for some other article, you should add an attribution to that other article to your edit summary.
Whenever you copy entire articles or parts of articles which you did not create into to your user sandbox to work on, you're supposed to provide proper attribution to the source of the content; if you didn't do that this time around, you can make a dummy edit to your sanbox if you want just by adding a link to the article and the version you copied into your sandbox. -- Marchjuly (talk) 02:25, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

Thank you for the reply Marchjuly! Dkallen78 (talk) 02:40, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

Typos

My child is a typo, do you know any good abortion clinics? Please answer soon, my parents don't know I'm pregnant — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dabby12 (talk • contribs) 02:41, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

We at Wikipedia cannot refer you to medical help. Eman235/talk 03:06, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

Ring-tailed Cat map showing where the animal is found

How do I get permission to use the map shown on the ringtail cat page?

Ring-tailed Cat area.png — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.199.19.87 (talk) 03:21, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

While we can't give you legal advice here in the Teahouse, I can say that since that image was licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license, you can probably be safe using it by just crediting the person or organazation who made it somewhere on the webpage / book you want to use it in; in this case you would credit it as a map by the " IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, species assessors and the authors of the spatial data". Probably a good practice to say its licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license somewhere on the page / book, too. TheAwesomeHwyh (talk) 03:26, 31 May 2019 (UTC)
Oh! And you have to have a link to the license- the link being "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode". TheAwesomeHwyh (talk) 03:28, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

Deleting my account.

Can you please tell me how to delete my account? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kevin Moffitt (talk • contribs) 04:33, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

Kevin Moffitt, you can't, but you can just stop using it: see Wikipedia:FAQ#How do I change my username/delete my account? Eman235/talk 04:39, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

Draft Article Rejection

Hello,

My name is Caitlin Cox and I am a student at the University of Sydney and I am currently doing a subject about writing for Wikipedia. I submitted a draft article for review and it got rejected based on the grounds that it sounded too much like an essay (which I can easily fix) and that the page already existed. However I chose this topic from a list of Wikipedia requested articles and I checked and this page doesn't exist. I don't know how to change it to make it more original. I really want to move it into the main space. Thanks so much, Caitlin

Caitlin.cox1999 (talk) 03:03, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

@Caitlin.cox1999: If you fix the essay part, which you say you can do easily, I think that Draft:Memory and Retention in Learning can have its own article --DannyS712 (talk) 04:44, 31 May 2019 (UTC)
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