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Error In Article

Sir/Madam, I found an error in an article. Where I need to report about this? The article is related to "First assamese magazine". In that article it is said that First assamese magazine is "Arunodoy". But it is not correct. First assamese magazine is "Jonaki". "Arunodoy" is first assamese newspaper & "Dainik batori" is first assamese daily newspaper.

Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 223.179.221.73 (talk) 17:55, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

You don’t need to ask someone to correct the error for you, unless the page is protected. You can correct the error yourself. Remember to be bold when editing. LPS and MLP Fan (LittlestPetShop) (MyLittlePony) 18:04, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

Please remember to provide a reliable source though, when you change or add substantial content on Wikipedia. If you don't want to edit the article yourself, you can also leave a message with your suggestion at the article's talkpage (at Talk:article title). Just adding a few convenience links, if anyone else wants to look into the question in more detail: History of Assamese literature, Orunodoi and Jonaki (magazine). GermanJoe (talk) 18:47, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

Nick Fuentes

is he notable enough to have an article written about him ? Could he be included in other articles ? General Nathan Bedford Forrest (talk) 18:21, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

Per WP:BIO, “A person is presumed to be notable if he or she has received significant coverage in reliable secondary sources that are independent of the subject.” So, you should look up the person you want to write about and use sites that are reliable, not WP:UGC, not WP:QUESTIONABLE, and not self-published. Make sure that the person you are writing about fits this criteria, and you should be good to go. LPS and MLP Fan (LittlestPetShop) (MyLittlePony) 19:14, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

Adding pictures to your articles

I want to know how to add pictures in my articles. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mr.Kngs (talk • contribs) 19:46, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

Hi Mr.Kngs and welcome to the Teahouse. In general, images must either be provably free of all copyright, or taken by yourself, then you can upload them to Wikipedia Commons and link to the upload in the article. See WP:Upload for details. There are rare copyright exceptions when WP:Fair use might apply, and in this case the image must be uploaded direct to Wikipedia, not Commons. Dbfirs 19:53, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

Uploading a photo to a profile

Hi,

I am a new user and have been asked to upload a photo to an article by the individual (Ian Budge - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Budge) about whom the article is written. I have created an account so am now able to log in but would appreciate guidance on how to go about adding the photo please. If anyone can provide me with the step by step process by which to do this I shall be very grateful!

Many thanks

Steve — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.234.255.25 (talk) 17:22, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

Hello. Use the file upload wizard to upload the picture you want. In the file upload wizard, you will be asked questions (some required) about the file's copyright status, and stuff like that. When you have answered all the required questions, your file will be on Wikipedia. Hope this helps. --LPS and MLP Fan (LittlestPetShop) (MyLittlePony) 17:38, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

That's not quite true. Your image will be on Wikipedia Commons, and you must then link to it in the article for it to appear there. If you took the photograph, then you can release it with the appropriate licence, but if you were not the photographer then you might run into copyright problems. Dbfirs 18:35, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

One further point, Steve. You say you have been asked to upload a photo. That suggests you may have a connection wtih Budge. If that is the case, then you need to read about how Wikipedia handles conflict of interest. You are not forbidden to edit the article if you know him - and adding a properly licensed picture is almost certainly acceptable - but you need to be careful. The article is not a "profile" by the way: that suggests a piece that is at least approved by the subject. The approval of the subject of a Wikipedia is neither asked for nor required. --ColinFine (talk) 20:08, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

Trouble finding my article

I have recently published an article about the rugby player Tapiwa Tsomondo and whenever I search for my article I can't find it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mr.Kngs (talk • contribs) 19:59, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

That's because your article is still in your sandbox, and this will never be indexed by Google. At present, your sandbox doesn't look at all like an article, and contains not a single reference, so don't submit it for review yet. It needs a lot more work. I suggest that you find independent WP:Reliable sources in which Tapiwa Tsomondo has been discussed at length, then summarise in your own words what these sources say. You might like to look at articles on other footballers to get an idea of what an article should look like. You might also like to read WP:Referencing for beginners. Dbfirs 20:06, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

Please note that all of your recent edits to articles have been reverted, many of them because you removed references. Please do not do this unless you replace them with better references. You might like to try The Wikipedia Adventure to get some practice in editing. Dbfirs 20:12, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

How do I publish an article

I have written an article about the rugby player player Cammeron Dawson,and would like to know how to publish it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mr.Kngs (talk • contribs) 20:30, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

As for your last attempt, you first need to find WP:Reliable sources and summarise those in your own words, using in-line references. Have you read WP:Referencing for beginners and WP:Your first article. Have you looked at articles already published to see what is required? Dbfirs 21:01, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

Publishing my wikipedia page

I am trying to create my personal Wikipedia page, having trouble.

Why can I not see my Wikipedia page when I google it, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Avivah_Wittenberg-Cox

Thanks for your help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Avivah Wittenberg-Cox (talk • contribs)

Hi Avivah_Wittenberg-Cox and welcome to the Teahouse. Sorry to disappoint you but your Wikipedia page should not be used for an article about yourself. See WP:User pages. It is for you to tell other editors a bit about yourself in the context of your editing of Wikipedia, but it will be deleted if it looks like a fake article. Wikipedia does not have personal pages because it is an encyclopaedia, not a social media platform. It has articles about notable people, but they are not under the control of the subject. You might also like to read WP:Autobiography. Dbfirs 18:30, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

Now deleted. David notMD (talk) 21:54, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

Artist Information

Can I write an article of an artist in our locale? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 197.183.67.243 (talk) 22:28, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

This artist would need to meet Wikipedia's special definition of a notable artist, written at WP:NARTIST, and they would need to have significant coverage in independent reliable sources that goes beyond routine coverage(press releases, routine announcements). Without knowing who it is, it's hard to say, but just local coverage might not be enough. 331dot (talk) 22:33, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

Equestrian/ Horse Racing

I would like to know how to become more active and help edit any Equestrian or horse racing related content. I notice that you do not currently have anyone for this or am I wrong? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Exactaman (talk • contribs) 22:30, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

@Exactaman: Hello and welcome to the Teahouse, and thanks for being willing to contribute. You could try going to Wikipedia:WikiProject Horse racing to see what might need to be done in that area and if other editors there can offer suggestions. 331dot (talk) 22:35, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

"LENI WYLLIAMS" re-write blind-siding

inked here is the LENI WYLLIAMS article on which I've been working and incorporating ongoing revisions: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Paynethymaya/sandbox . I've now developed a version which divides the material into sections - Qualities / Career / Murder / Wylliams/Henry Danse Theatre - which I'd intended to edit into the linked Sandbox page. However I'm not being allowed to edited within the "graphic" format as seen in the link. It seems I'm not able to utilize all that's come before - the relatively extensive footnoting, internal/external linking, typographic-styling, etc., etc. Otherwise, all prior input, all that's come before seems to have been lost, and presents a major obstacle/setback. Below is my revised text [without footnoting, linking, styling, etc.]

Extended content

Leni Wylliams [1][2][3] [4] (born in Denver, January 15, 1961 – September 13, 1996) was an African-American modern dancer / master teacher / choreographer. Qualities Fellow-artistic-director Mary Pat Henry described Williams as having “one the most articulate bodies” in which one “could see every muscle and every move of the dance as it moved through him”.[10] Wylliams was lauded by Kansas City Star classical-music-editor Scott Cantrell as having danced with “the quality of radium” and moving “with power and fine-tuned precision, but also with a riveting ecstasy”. After being witness to a solo danced by Wylliams, Katherine Dunham told Wyllaims “you are pure poetry”. [5] The November 1983 performance by Wylliams as "Profit Jones" in Eleo Pomare’s Radiance of the Dark during Eleo Pomare Dance Company’s 25th anniversary season was reported in a New York Times’ review as being “show stopping”. [6] May 1985’s New York Times review of dances presented by Jose Limon Dance Company’s Clay Taliaferro cited “the impressive Leni Wylliams”.[8] At the Fred Benjamin Dance Company's twentieth year celebration during September 1989, Wylliams danced the solo Illuminations, which Benjamin remarked "just about stopped the show!" [10] Gordon Parks recalled that one of his most challenging projects was Martin and that the one who had kept him together was Wylliams. [6] While creating choreography, Wylliams was seen being “almost trance-like” as though “he had a channel to The Devine” with material pouring out “fast and so furiously” generating “beautiful ballets in a short period of time”.[5] As an instructor, Wyllliams was praised as having the incredible ability to inspire dancers to believe In themselves – to believe the impossible was possible. If they worked hard, they could achieve whatever in dance they wanted. Dancers adored Wylliams and trusted him so implicitly they would give him their all. [5] If a class was stuck, Wylliams would sing Summertime and tell the students to start moving to it. At question-and-answer sessions following end-of-residencies performances during which Wylliams “wowed” student audiences, he was oftentimes begged to sing Summertime as he had so often done while he taught. [10] Career Wylliams began to pursue dance training at the Denver-based school of Cleo Parker Robinson during his early teens and subsequently advanced to performing in her company – Cleo Parker Dance Ensemble – until 1982 when at the invitation of Eleo Pomare, he moved to New York City to appear with Eleo Pomare Dance Company. [5] Ultimately, Pomare set all of his solos on Wylliams - entrusting Wylliams to dance all of the roles he - Pomare - had created and performed for himself. Wylliams, too, danced in the companies of Jose Limon, Pina Bausch, Paul Sanasardo, Donald Byrd, Fred Benjamin, Rod Rodgers, as well as with Netherlands Danse Theatre and Forces of Nature Dance Theatre Company.[7] Wylliams choreographed for ballet and modern dance companies around the world.[11] He taught in Russia, East Germany, Asia, and throughout the United States. Williams, too, was a visiting professor of dance at the University of Missouri-Kansas City’s Conservatory of Music.[7] In Boston during the late-1980s-into-very-early-1990s, Wylliams was interim-artistic-director of the Danny Sloan Dance Company; was founding artistic director of Wyll/Danse Theatre; collaborated with multi-Emmy-Award-winning-television-producer Barbara Barrow-Murray; appeared with Sarah Caldwell’s -Opera Company of Boston [OCB]; was assistant choreographer to renown-Broadway-choreographer Patricia Birch for the OCB’s staging of Leonard Bernstein’s "Mass”, as well as for an OCB engagement at the Bolshoi in Moscow. [10] Wylliams was assistant choreographer for Martin, a ballet tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr. with music and libretto by Gordon Parks which premiered in Washington, D.C. during 1989 and was screened on national television on King's birthday in 1990. Wylliams, too, assisted Carmen de Lavallade in choreographing the Metropolitan Opera’s 1990 staging of Porgy and Bess .[10] Wylliams met Mary Pat Henry while both were guest artists at a festival in Vancouver, BC, Canada. It was there that they both became aware of their remarkably-similar visions of dance and its history.[12] Soon after, Henry relocated to the University of Missouri / Kansas City to teach at its Conservatory of Music and then beckoned Wylliams to move there too.[13] During 1991, the two of them founded Wylliams/Henry Danse Theatre [WHDT] and were its co-artistic-directors. In 1992, Wylliams choreographed what was to become his signature solo - Sweet In The Morning - with vocals by Bobby McFerrin. [14] Wylliams performed his Sweet In The Morning during “Masters Night” on Wednesday, July 3 at the 1996 National Black Arts Festival [NBAF] in Atlanta, GA. That signature solo danced by Wylliams was shown along with a select array of presentations by other NBAF performance artists in a televised documentary of the festival - Ark of the Spirit with Avery Brooks - produced by. Turner Broadcasting System[15] Just over two months later, the life and career of Wylliams came to a gruesome end. Murder During the morning of Friday, September 13, 1996, Wylliams was found slain – bludgeoned, doused with a flammable, and set on fire – inside the bedroom of his Kansas City home. The Jackson County medical examiner’s office determined Wylliams had died of blunt trauma and smoke inhalation. [2] On September 17, 1996, suspect Timothy O. Evans - 26 years old - turned himself in to face charges of first-degree murder and armed criminal action. Evans’ fingerprints had been found on Wylliams’ car, on the front door of his home, and on the 10-pound steel dumbbell used in the bludgeoning. Wylliams’ blood was found on shoes and clothing belonging to Evans. Prior to his encounter with Wylliams, Evans had told acquaintances he was going out to “jack” [rob] someone.[2] December 11, 1997, Evans was found guilty of first-degree murder, first-degree arson and armed criminal action. On January 30, 1998, he was given a life sentence in the beating death, a life sentence for armed criminal action, plus 15 years for first-degree arson.[2] Wylliams was survived by his mother Allice Ollie; his stepfather Esau Ollie; his sisters Kimberly M., Dana Y. and Rebecca D. Williams - all of Denver, CO; as well as by his father Harold Williams Jr. of Harrisburg, PA and his paternal-grandmother Mattie L. Faulkner of Coraopolis, PA. [7] Wylliams/Henry Danse Theatre The company built by co-artistic-directors Leni Wyllaims and Mary Pat Henry changed the face of dance in the Midwest.[12] Wylliams/Henry Danse Theatre - now known as Wylliams/Henry Contemporary Dance Company - continues to present with a range of more than 100 works that is as broad as any company in America.[12] It’s known for its beautiful, athletic style[9] and its presentation of powerful, uplifting works from a rich archive of American modern dance. The company’s repertory - ranging from the lyric to the avant garde - contains not only their own works, but dances by an array of internationally-acclaimed choreographers. [13] . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . .. . . .. . .. . .. .. .. . .. .. . . .. .. ... . . . . .. ... .. .. . .... ... . ... . . .. . . .. . .. . .. .. .... . . . .

Is there any way for me to regain editing capabilities within my Sandbox document [linked at the beginning of this talk] in the exact same format as it was previously functioning ? Paynethymaya (talk) 23:57, 12 August 2019 (UTC)Paynethymaya

inked here is the LENI WYLLIAMS article on which I've been working and incorporating ongoing revisions: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Paynethymaya/sandbox . I've now developed a version which divides the material into sections - Qualities / Career / Murder / Wylliams/Henry Danse Theatre - which I'd intended to edit into the linked Sandbox page. However I'm not being allowed to edited within the "graphic" format as seen in the link. It seems I'm not able to utilize all that's come before - the relatively extensive footnoting, internal/external linking, typographic-styling, etc., etc. Otherwise, all prior input, all that's come before seems to have been lost, and presents a major obstacle/setback. Below is my revised text [without footnoting, linking, styling, etc.]

Extended content

Leni Wylliams [1][2][3] [4] (born in Denver, January 15, 1961 – September 13, 1996) was an African-American modern dancer / master teacher / choreographer. Qualities Fellow-artistic-director Mary Pat Henry described Williams as having “one the most articulate bodies” in which one “could see every muscle and every move of the dance as it moved through him”.[10] Wylliams was lauded by Kansas City Star classical-music-editor Scott Cantrell as having danced with “the quality of radium” and moving “with power and fine-tuned precision, but also with a riveting ecstasy”. After being witness to a solo danced by Wylliams, Katherine Dunham told Wyllaims “you are pure poetry”. [5] The November 1983 performance by Wylliams as "Profit Jones" in Eleo Pomare’s Radiance of the Dark during Eleo Pomare Dance Company’s 25th anniversary season was reported in a New York Times’ review as being “show stopping”. [6] May 1985’s New York Times review of dances presented by Jose Limon Dance Company’s Clay Taliaferro cited “the impressive Leni Wylliams”.[8] At the Fred Benjamin Dance Company's twentieth year celebration during September 1989, Wylliams danced the solo Illuminations, which Benjamin remarked "just about stopped the show!" [10] Gordon Parks recalled that one of his most challenging projects was Martin and that the one who had kept him together was Wylliams. [6] While creating choreography, Wylliams was seen being “almost trance-like” as though “he had a channel to The Devine” with material pouring out “fast and so furiously” generating “beautiful ballets in a short period of time”.[5] As an instructor, Wyllliams was praised as having the incredible ability to inspire dancers to believe In themselves – to believe the impossible was possible. If they worked hard, they could achieve whatever in dance they wanted. Dancers adored Wylliams and trusted him so implicitly they would give him their all. [5] If a class was stuck, Wylliams would sing Summertime and tell the students to start moving to it. At question-and-answer sessions following end-of-residencies performances during which Wylliams “wowed” student audiences, he was oftentimes begged to sing Summertime as he had so often done while he taught. [10] Career Wylliams began to pursue dance training at the Denver-based school of Cleo Parker Robinson during his early teens and subsequently advanced to performing in her company – Cleo Parker Dance Ensemble – until 1982 when at the invitation of Eleo Pomare, he moved to New York City to appear with Eleo Pomare Dance Company. [5] Ultimately, Pomare set all of his solos on Wylliams - entrusting Wylliams to dance all of the roles he - Pomare - had created and performed for himself. Wylliams, too, danced in the companies of Jose Limon, Pina Bausch, Paul Sanasardo, Donald Byrd, Fred Benjamin, Rod Rodgers, as well as with Netherlands Danse Theatre and Forces of Nature Dance Theatre Company.[7] Wylliams choreographed for ballet and modern dance companies around the world.[11] He taught in Russia, East Germany, Asia, and throughout the United States. Williams, too, was a visiting professor of dance at the University of Missouri-Kansas City’s Conservatory of Music.[7] In Boston during the late-1980s-into-very-early-1990s, Wylliams was interim-artistic-director of the Danny Sloan Dance Company; was founding artistic director of Wyll/Danse Theatre; collaborated with multi-Emmy-Award-winning-television-producer Barbara Barrow-Murray; appeared with Sarah Caldwell’s -Opera Company of Boston [OCB]; was assistant choreographer to renown-Broadway-choreographer Patricia Birch for the OCB’s staging of Leonard Bernstein’s "Mass”, as well as for an OCB engagement at the Bolshoi in Moscow. [10] Wylliams was assistant choreographer for Martin, a ballet tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr. with music and libretto by Gordon Parks which premiered in Washington, D.C. during 1989 and was screened on national television on King's birthday in 1990. Wylliams, too, assisted Carmen de Lavallade in choreographing the Metropolitan Opera’s 1990 staging of Porgy and Bess .[10] Wylliams met Mary Pat Henry while both were guest artists at a festival in Vancouver, BC, Canada. It was there that they both became aware of their remarkably-similar visions of dance and its history.[12] Soon after, Henry relocated to the University of Missouri / Kansas City to teach at its Conservatory of Music and then beckoned Wylliams to move there too.[13] During 1991, the two of them founded Wylliams/Henry Danse Theatre [WHDT] and were its co-artistic-directors. In 1992, Wylliams choreographed what was to become his signature solo - Sweet In The Morning - with vocals by Bobby McFerrin. [14] Wylliams performed his Sweet In The Morning during “Masters Night” on Wednesday, July 3 at the 1996 National Black Arts Festival [NBAF] in Atlanta, GA. That signature solo danced by Wylliams was shown along with a select array of presentations by other NBAF performance artists in a televised documentary of the festival - Ark of the Spirit with Avery Brooks - produced by. Turner Broadcasting System[15] Just over two months later, the life and career of Wylliams came to a gruesome end. Murder During the morning of Friday, September 13, 1996, Wylliams was found slain – bludgeoned, doused with a flammable, and set on fire – inside the bedroom of his Kansas City home. The Jackson County medical examiner’s office determined Wylliams had died of blunt trauma and smoke inhalation. [2] On September 17, 1996, suspect Timothy O. Evans - 26 years old - turned himself in to face charges of first-degree murder and armed criminal action. Evans’ fingerprints had been found on Wylliams’ car, on the front door of his home, and on the 10-pound steel dumbbell used in the bludgeoning. Wylliams’ blood was found on shoes and clothing belonging to Evans. Prior to his encounter with Wylliams, Evans had told acquaintances he was going out to “jack” [rob] someone.[2] December 11, 1997, Evans was found guilty of first-degree murder, first-degree arson and armed criminal action. On January 30, 1998, he was given a life sentence in the beating death, a life sentence for armed criminal action, plus 15 years for first-degree arson.[2] Wylliams was survived by his mother Allice Ollie; his stepfather Esau Ollie; his sisters Kimberly M., Dana Y. and Rebecca D. Williams - all of Denver, CO; as well as by his father Harold Williams Jr. of Harrisburg, PA and his paternal-grandmother Mattie L. Faulkner of Coraopolis, PA. [7] Wylliams/Henry Danse Theatre The company built by co-artistic-directors Leni Wyllaims and Mary Pat Henry changed the face of dance in the Midwest.[12] Wylliams/Henry Danse Theatre - now known as Wylliams/Henry Contemporary Dance Company - continues to present with a range of more than 100 works that is as broad as any company in America.[12] It’s known for its beautiful, athletic style[9] and its presentation of powerful, uplifting works from a rich archive of American modern dance. The company’s repertory - ranging from the lyric to the avant garde - contains not only their own works, but dances by an array of internationally-acclaimed choreographers. [13] . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . .. . . .. . .. . .. .. .. . .. .. . . .. .. ... . . . . .. ... .. .. . .... ... . ... . . .. . . .. . .. . .. .. .... . . . .

Is there any way for me to regain editing capabilities within my Sandbox document [linked at the beginning of this talk] in the exact same format as it was previously functioning ? Paynethymaya (talk) 23:59, 12 August 2019 (UTC)Paynethymaya

Hello Paynethymaya and welcome to the Teahouse. Your text was a bit long for this help forum, so I've just 'collapsed' it for clarity, though anyone can expand it by clicking 'Expand' in the top bar. I'm not sure if this fully answers your question, but if you go to the 'View History' tab, you see dated entries for when you made and saved any edits to your sandbox. Just click one of the dates and you will see how the page looked after that edit was published. That should help you find content that you have since changed. (One thing in passing: Your writing style above comes across as rather anecdotal. If you keep in mind that this is an encyclopaedia, not a chatty biography site, you should be able to clear out all promotional or flowery words and keep purely to factual statements based upon published, Reliable Sources. Regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 01:51, 13 August 2019 (UTC)  

How do I update an existing logo image?

My organization, the American Society of Nephrology, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Society_of_Nephrology, recently updated their logo. I am trying to update the image file here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:American_Society_of_Nephrology_Logo.png, but I don't see a mechanism to do so, and the page itself says, "you cannot overwrite this file". Is there a way to edit this logo, or do I need to create a brand new upload? The data organization part of my brain would certainly prefer the former, as having two versions floating around just bugs me.

Thanks for any guidance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Halnesbitt (talk • contribs) 23:09, 10 August 2019 (UTC)

I updated it. The older version will be deleted soon. – Ammarpad (talk) 15:20, 11 August 2019 (UTC)

Thank you so much, Ammarpad! I really appreciate the help, and the quick response. However, the logo that is in place now, is the alternate version, with white text, which you can't really see on the page. Is there any chance I can get you to update it to the regular version, located here: https://www.asn-online.org/images/pages/logos/asn.png. Or if there is a way for me to do it, please let me know. Thanks again. Halnesbitt (talk) 01:56, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

New guidance on copyright

I notice that the template to upload graphics now has a new section on copyright, which indicates that graphics originally published in the U.S. without a copyright notice (before a certain date) can now be freely added to Wikipedia. Can anybody here refer me to the WP:Discussion which led to this addition? I am certainly not opposed to it, but I wonder how and where the decision was made to change a previous long-held guideline. Thanks. BeenAroundAWhile (talk) 18:43, 10 August 2019 (UTC)

BeenAroundAWhile, I am guessing the template has a talk page where questions like yours are rightfully asked, and answered. If the change is as big as you imply, the relevant edit summary might point to the discussion as well, one can certainly hope. It seems not many who know about the issue usually pass through the Teahouse. Usedtobecool ^✉ ✨ 20:57, 11 August 2019 (UTC)

Thanks. There was no discussion on that template's talk page. I guess you're right about the Teahouse; I was trying for a quick answer instead of poking around to find it myself, which I shall do right now. Not cool of me, even though I've BeenAroundAWhile (talk) 06:59, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

How to add links

I want to know how to add links in my article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mr.Kngs (talk • contribs) 05:34, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Have you read WP:Referencing for beginners as advised above? Let is know which parts you don't understand. Dbfirs 06:54, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Also, at the end of each comment here at Teahouse or on the Talk page of an article, 'sign' you comments by typing four of ~. That way other editors know who has a query or comment. David notMD (talk) 09:13, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Display Title

I still not find a way How to add Article Title in proper way.? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Attique Chishti (talk • contribs) 11:00, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

@Attique Chishti: If the draft is accepted, the reviewer can worry about the title. 331dot (talk) 11:09, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Sorry still not get it

@Attique Chishti: If you are asking about how your draft can have a proper title, don't worry about this, as the reviewer that accepts your draft will move the page to the proper title. However, as I note below, you are a long way from having your draft accepted. By the way, pings do not work unless you sign your post with ~~~~(or click the Signature button that looks like a scribble on the screen). 331dot (talk) 11:18, Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Attique Chishti (talk • contribs) 11:20, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Hindi translation

How can I write Hindi version of any article ?? If Hindi version of that article isn't already written.

Help me with this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bhojpuri baby (talk • contribs) 07:24, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

You'll find advice at WP:Translate us. - David Biddulph (talk) 07:28, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Hello Bhojpuri baby, and welcome to the Teahouse. You write it on the Hindi Wikipedia, according to their policies and guidelines. You'll have to find out there what they are. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 07:29, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

You are welcome to write a translation of a Hindi article to the English Wikipedia. Make sure to include all of the references. Also, please read your first article and WP:TRANSLATE for helpful information. I hope you like it around here, please feel free to return to the Teahouse. Please sign your posts by typing four tildes (~~~~) or clicking the signature button above the edit box which looks like this: , but do not sign in articles. Regards, Willbb234^Talk (please {{ping}} me in replies) 07:31, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

@Willbb234: The question was about translating from English to Hindi, not vice versa. --David Biddulph (talk) 07:43, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

BTW, the article Hindi Wikipedia needs some translation-help. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 07:47, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Vandalism reverted. Usedtobecool ^✉ ✨ 11:33, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Regarding submission of references

We have news paper references dated The Hindu April 2006, Daily Thanthi April 2007, Indian Express April 2006, Trinity Mirror January 2014. We are unable to get the links of these paper references but we have the original paper cuttings with us. How can i upload these details in the reference box. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sundarajaa (talk • contribs) 14:04, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

@Sundarajaa: Hello and welcome to the Teahouse. I would first ask you who "we" is? Accounts cannot be shared. To answer your question, sources do not need to be online as long as you have the necessary information to cite them. Please read this page for information on referencing for beginners. 331dot (talk) 14:09, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Infobox and wikidata

Hi. I have a bunch of biographies I'm planning to create/improve. Many of the subjects are already in wikidata. I recall at one point finding an infobox that pulls its information from wikidata, but I can't find it (the template, or an example of its use), can anyone help? Further to that, it seems to me that avoiding entering the same information in an infobox that is already stored in wikidata is a good idea, but are there any reasons why this would not be a good idea? I don't see the template used anywhere that I look, but is it just because it is new or because its use is debatable or people don't know about it? DrThneed (talk) 22:34, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

Hi DrThneed. See Template:Infobox person/Wikidata. However its use is somewhat controversial here. Vandalism at Wikidata is often undetected here (and often not detected there either since there are fewer editors to patrol) and has led to some highly visible problems. StarryGrandma (talk) 23:02, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

Thanks StarryGrandma. I'll hold off on using wikidata infoboxes until the community sorts some of these issues out. For others reading this, I found a useful discussion of some of the issues here Wikipedia:Wikidata/2018_Infobox_RfC#How_is_Wikidata_information_included_in_Wikipedia? DrThneed (talk) 23:36, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

Bear in mind, DrThneed, that infoboxes, like images, are the icing on the cake: something that may be added to an article to make it look prettier. Neither of them is a substitute for the important part of an article, which is citing and summarising the reliable sources. --ColinFine (talk) 15:13, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Article title change

Hello,

Does anyone know how to change an article title? My article is "Australian World War II poetry", but it should read "Australian World War I poetry". It is an article about World War One, not World War Two. I don't know why this was posted this way. Can I change it?

(Dominic Sheridan (talk) 11:59, 13 August 2019 (UTC))

Dominic Sheridan, you can! See WP:MOVE. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 12:32, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

While a solution to the immediate problem, this means that Australian World War II poetry is now a redirect to Australian World War I poetry. Since "Australian World War II poetry" would surely be a perfectly valid article, and something that people might well want to search for, I foresee confusion.

This could be resolved by someone with the requisite background knowledge, perhaps even Dominic Sheridan, converting the redirect page to an article and (he or someone else – Gråbergs Gråa Sång?) disentangling the page histories and Talk pages.

However, I also notice that the existing article is badly under-referenced: although later sections that comprise almost entirely lists of names have the names referenced, the Lede and first two Sections are entirely unreferenced and contain a great many as-yet unsupported assertions and subjective judgements, rather than plain facts. If these cannot be cited to Reliable sources they will need to be removed or extensively modified. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 2.123.24.56 (talk) 13:45, 13 August 2019 (UTC).

PrimeHunter, could you or any passing admin please delete Australian World War II poetry in the correct way per above reasons?

2.123., I agree with everything you say, but give it some time. The article can be improved, merged to War poet or deleted, we'll see what happens. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 14:52, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

I have deleted the redirect at Australian World War II poetry. @Dominic Sheridan: You submitted it with "World War Two" in the opening line. You fixed it later [1] but it had already been moved to a draft title with "World War II" at that time. Many people probably don't know that "The Great War" is an old name for World War I before the even greater World War II. PrimeHunter (talk) 15:18, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

When you want something done, you call the Danish Inquisition. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 15:22, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

i think an article is WP:TOOSOON but not sure how to get other editors involved for feedback.

article in question is The Norman Fucking Rockwell Tour. its an article that exists for a short tour in support of an album that hasnt even been released yet. i would try the talk page but i dont think that will get much involvement from others to discuss, plus im not sure if thats the best way to do it?Melodies1917 (talk) 15:32, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

@Melodies1917: If you believe the subject is not notable on its own, just be bold and merge it (back) to the album's article. If someone challenges your merge, you have found someone to discuss it with, which you can do using the talk page and/or the process outlined at Wikipedia:Proposed mergers. You can also always request feedback at the WikiProjects under which the article falls (same as the artist usually). Regards SoWhy 15:43, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Creating a new article. Help understanding the process

Hi, I have tried to create an article following the guide here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Your_first_article . Can someone check I haven't done something wrong? Getting the bio template was a bit confusing. Last but not least how do I check the status of the article from draft to published? Does it just happen one day? Thanks. Here is the article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Kevin_Rolland_Thompson — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vasilis Theofylaktopoulos (talk • contribs) 12:56, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

@Vasilis Theofylaktopoulos: Hello and welcome to the Teahouse. You have not yet formally submitted your draft for review; I will shortly add the appropriate information to allow you to do so. Once you submit it, it will likely take several weeks, if not longer, for it to be reviewed. This is because reviews are conducted by volunteers in no particular order. 331dot (talk) 12:59, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Also note that the entire web address is not necessary for a link to another Wikipedia page; simply place the title in double brackets like this: [[Page title here]] (without the nowiki tags you see in the edit window) 331dot (talk) 13:00, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Before you submit the draft for review you ought to remove the misplaced external links from within the article text. - David Biddulph (talk) 13:11, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

@331dot: Thanks! How did you add that to the article? Also, do you have any input concerning the conversation in the teahouse "Using copyrighted pictures" The person I wrote about is deceased and there are a few pictures of him online. Is it ok to download one and then upload it?

Just FYI pings(the "replyto") do not work unless you sign your post with ~~~~(or click the Signature button on the screen, it looks like a scribble). I am familiar with the proper template to add. I think it comes up on its own if you use Articles for Creation. The copyright of a photo usually belongs to the photographer, not the person in the image. 331dot (talk) 13:14, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Re the pictures, Vasilis Theofylaktopoulos, the answer is probably not, because in the absence of any information to the contrary, pictures of unknown provenance are regarded as copyright. However, if the subject is deceased, it is possible that Criterion 1 ("No free equivalent") of the non-free content criteria is met. If you can show that all those criteria are met, then you may upload the image to Wikipedia (not to Wikimedia Commons) without permission: you will be required to declare that it meets all the criteria. One of the criteria (9) says that the image may be used only in an article, not a draft; and another (7) that it must be used in at least one article . So you will not be alble do upload it or add it to the article until your draft has been accepted and moved into article space. --ColinFine (talk) 15:44, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Baldis Basics in Education and learning

Why is there no Baldi's Basics page on Wikipedia? I feel like someone has to have made one by now, right? Why, there are even figures out now! Porygon-Z (talk) 05:22, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

The simple answer is that either no one has created one, or someone has tried and it has been rejected or deleted. Plenty of notable topics do not have articles yet. Hug^syrup 07:33, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

And even if this topic doesn't currently meet WP:GNG, there are other wikis. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 07:37, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

While I do understand that, there are some problems. There are Pokemon Wikis but there are Pokemon pages here. So there should be a Baldi's page to....even though I don't know how to create pages. And besides, what's the Baldi wiki name anyway,Baldipedia? Porygon-Z (talk) 14:50, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

No, Porygon-Z474, I disagree. There is no subject in the universe that should have a page. (Actually, there is no subject in the universe that has a page, but that's a different point). There are many subjects which Wikipedia may have an article about - subjects which are notable in Wikipedia's sense - and Wikipedia has articles on some of them. There are many other subjects which Wikipedia should not have an article about: those which are not notable (Wikipedia has articles on some of them, which ought to be deleted).

The point of which is that if you think Wikipedia would be improved by having an article on Baldi's Basics (whatever that is), the best thing you could do to make it happen is to look for those reliable independent sources. If you can find them, then you have done a major step in writing the article, and either you can try it yourself, or you might be able to entice somebody else to do so. On the other hand, if you cannot find sufficient sources to establish that it is notable in Wikipedia's sense, you will know that no article is possible, and you can stop spending time on it. --ColinFine (talk) 15:28, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Well I do have to agree, but as you just made an example of, people like you that don't know what it is can read the article about it and get a reasonable sense of what it is (By the way, Baldi's Basics is a 1999 styled horror video game that involves solving math. Ever heard of "Welcome to my Schoolhouse!"?)Porygon-Z (talk) 18:42, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

How can I become a Wikipedia volunteer/editor

I am a librarian (medical librarian) and I have been working in the library field for 10 years. I have always been interested in joining as a Wikipedia volunteer. Please let me know the process and the why's, how's, etc.

Many thanks, Brian S. McFerron — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.232.137.226 (talk) 14:22, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Merely by posting here, you have essentially already become a Wikipedia volunteer. If you wish to have an account, which provides certain benefits, you can create one. There should be a link to do so in the upper right corner of the screen(if you are using a computer). You may find it helpful to (once you create an account) use the new user tutorial to learn more about Wikipedia and what you can do. Thanks for being willing to participate. 331dot (talk) 14:25, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Hello Brian, as a librarian you are in an excellent position to access reliable sources to help improve or create new articles. I do hope you stick around. It can take a little while to grasp the intricacies of editing Wikipedia, so starting off with small edits to improve spelling, grammar or content. We do have an interactive tour called The Wikipedia Adventure which shows you the basics of how things work. We also have numerous "WikiProjects" - groups of editors who focus on various subject areas. You might like to check out WP:GLAM - a scheme to bring Wikipedia and "Galleries, Libraries, Archives & Museums" closer together to mobilise their information resources. Then we also have WikiProject Medicine and, in closing, I'd mention that medical articles have, as you might expect, a higher requirement for Reliable Sources than most other topics. I'm sure you could make a valuable contribution. We're here if you ever hit problems. Regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 19:50, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Creating Page for my company

Hi, I need help in creating a Wikipedia page for my company. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Selva2508 (talk • contribs) 05:48, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Hello Selva2508, and welcome to the Teahouse. You probably won't be successful, but take the time to read Wikipedia:Conflict of interest and Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies). If you still want to try, move on to Help:Your first article. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 07:24, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Hello, Selva2508 and welcome to the Teahouse. Wikipedia does not have "pages for" companies or anything else. It has articles about some companies and other subjects. These articles are not controlled by the subject, and generally contain almost nothing that the subject or its associates say or want to say: the contents should be almost entirely base on what people who have no connection with the subject have chosen to publish about it. --ColinFine (talk) 15:31, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Given that your recent editing activities have consisted solely of stripping the wikimarkup from other articles, you may find writing an article for Wikipedia somewhat difficult.--Quisqualis (talk) 20:16, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

How to add boxes in my Userpage

Hello! I haven't actively been editing on Wikipedia for very long. After viewing a few people's userpages, I've noticed that there is a common feature on userpages, that being the boxes in userpages that usually start with 'did you know that this user...'. Sorry if there's a very simple answer to this that I just couldn't find, but how do you make a box like this in source editing mode? Perhaps it's an issue with the fact that I'm on a mobile device.

Entity137 (talk) 13:45, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Welcome to the Teahouse. The boxes you have been seeing on other people’s user pages are called Userboxes. They are used to tell others information about themselves. For an example, you should check out my user page in the section called “Userboxes”. To put in a Userbox, you can copy and paste the template in the wiki markup and put it in your user page. LPS and MLP Fan (LittlestPetShop) (MyLittlePony) 14:13, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Entity137 The information on creating userboxes is at WP:CREATEUBX. This page has a detailed instruction on creating your own userbox, lists users who are willing to create one for you upon request and also links to a tool that helps you get started, called Help:Userbox Maker. If you need a more straightforward instruction: I offer the following:

I created one of my own userboxes at User:Usedtobecool/Nepal-cricket-team. I did this by copying the code for another userbox and modifying the details. If you go to that page and click source edit, you can see the code for it. You can copy the code into your own userbox subpage and modify it into your custom userbox.

If, however, all you want is to add userboxes that you like to your own userpage, you can simply copy them from the page that you find the userbox in. There is also a library of available userboxes indexed at UBX:GAL. Good luck! Usedtobecool ^✉ ✨ 20:17, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

BTW! if you are having difficulty identifying the code for the userbox you want from the userpages you find them in, the UBX:GAL neatly lists the codes to add to your userpage to get the userboxes that you are looking for. Usedtobecool ^✉ ✨ 20:24, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Mercia Deane Johns

I wrote a detailed entry for Australian actress Mercia Deane Johns and added an image under fair use as there are no images of her in Wikimedia Commons. I added a second image which is available for public use in the National Library of Australia. I was very disappointed that the first image was deleted and that the second image may be deleted too. Can you help? Novak123Novak123 (talk) 00:16, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

Hi Novak123. Wikipedia's non-free content use policy pretty much never allows a non-free image of still living person to be used for primary identification purposes per WP:NFCC#1 and WP:FREER; occasionally, you might find an exception made per item 1 of WP:NFC#UUI, but most of the time it's considered reasonable to expect that a free image can either be found or created by someone somewhere sometime even if such an image doesn't currently exist on Commons.

As for the other file (File:Mercia Deane-Johns in the TV series Vietnam.jpg), there's no way Wikipedia is going to be able to keep this unless you can show that the copyright holder has given their explicit consent for it to be uploaded under a free license that Wikipedia accepts. See c:Commons:Licensing for more details, but basically the copyright needs to agree to release a version of the photo that will allow anyone anywhere in the world to download it at anytime and use it for any purpose (including commercial and derivative use). If you can get the copyright holder to agree to this, then the file can be kept; if not, then there's not much that can be done to stop it from being deleted since it doesn't seem like a suitable candidate for conversion to non-free use per Wikipedia's non-free content use policy. -- Marchjuly (talk) 00:53, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

@Novak123: Welcome to Wikipedia, and thanks for wanting to make it better. If the person is still alive (and it seems she is), then fair use images are not allowed. The second image you uploaded does not allow for reuse for any purpose, which is the required permission needed. RudolfRed (talk) 00:55, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

Publication of article

Hello. I have created the following article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Karaikudi_S._Subramanian, but got it declined. I have now refined it much more with references from various sources. I have also added his publications and productions. Can you please accept this for publication? If not, can you tell me what to do to make it verifiable? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mathuriga1 (talk • contribs) 22:27, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

According to your contribution history you created a page in August 2018 that was declined. You blanked that, and yesterday started over. Your draft has not yet been submitted. I will note that your formatting of references is not correct, and will lead to this draft being declined for that reason, if not for others, too. David notMD (talk) 00:52, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

@Mathuriga1: To expand on David's point about references, Wikipedia uses footnote citations - meaning that each reference should be in the article text body, right after the fact that the reference is supporting. I cannot do it for you, as I must do other things, but if you are editing on a desktop (which I think you are) in the top of the editing window there is a button labeled "Cite". Click that, and you will be given a screen with fields to fill in things like author's last name, publication date, so on. Use that. Once all the references are in the main body of text, you can delete the list below, as it is extraneous. Good luck! -A lad insane (Channel 2) 01:19, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

Rock bottom?

Good evening. I was just wondering if it was possible within Wikipedia’s limits. Thanks! WPK21 (talk) 08:51, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

@WPK21: Can you be more specific? —[AlanM1(talk)]— 09:54, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

If it's aboiut the category you created, I can't say. I have no idea what the new army is, or why I should care if there are Wikipedians in it. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 11:09, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

Courtesy: WPK21 has created a category and put self in it Category:Wikipedians in The New Army. It is up for Speedy deletion. There is no separate article for The New Army. David notMD (talk) 12:04, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

I have fixed a link to the category in the above note. --CiaPan (talk) 12:39, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

Oh, I forgot to add the code snippet! It looked like this:

__NEWSECTIONLINK__

WPK21 (talk) 17:47, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

Two editors now claim to be in "The New Army" but there is no information on what that is. WPK21 claims " I am referring to the group of editors who emerged late 2017." Still looks like a prank to me. David notMD (talk) 21:51, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

One account of “the group of editors who emerged late 2017” has been created on 6 April 2019 (T2Bean), the other one on 5 August 2019 (WPK21). The latter one started their activity on Wikipedia from creating a brand new userbox, and the same day they took part in AFD (vote). Very unusual I'd say... It smells like a sock-farm to me. --CiaPan (talk) 07:26, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Yup —[AlanM1(talk)]— 05:11, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

Improving my article

Hi! So I have made this page a few days ago, using quite reliable articles from the established website, (I am a music journalist) but the first Submission declined.. Could you please advice me? This is my first contribution to wikipedia and I just can't figure out the best way to improve the article.

All the best,

Andre — Preceding unsigned comment added by AndreAzevedo1976 (talk • contribs) 20:15, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Hello there! Welcome to Wikipedia. We have guidelines on Notability here, meaning an article cannot simply be created about anyone or anything. Notability can be measured on its coverage by multiple, independent, reliable, secondary sources. Your draft, I'm afraid, doesn't have these sources. Yes, it does have sources, just not enough of them sufficiently talking about Grimm Grimm to judge the notability. You might want to read WP:YFA for more information on how you can improve the article. I would try searching in depth for more sources to see what you can find. Remember, take your time, and ensure it is written well and follows the Manual of Style. Regards, Willbb234^Talk (please {{ping}} me in replies) 20:53, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

@AndreAzevedo1976: Do also take note of the music-specific notability guidelines at WP:NMUSIC. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 08:41, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

Article Review

I still not find a way How to Request for review after Completing Article..? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Attique Chishti (talk • contribs) 11:02, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

@Attique Chishti: Hello and welcome to the Teahouse. In looking at your draft, it would not be accepted at this time as you have no independent reliable sources in the draft to support its content. As an encyclopedia, Wikipedia summarizes what independent sources with significant coverage state about potential article subjects. Merely being a "YouTuber", even with many followers, does not merit someone an article. Independent sources like the news must have chosen on their own to write about them. Successfully writing a new article is probably the hardest task on Wikipedia, so don't feel bad about this. I would suggest that you read Your First Article and use the new user tutorial to get an idea of what is being looked for. 331dot (talk) 11:09, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

@Attique Chishti: Sorry to pile on, but if you are referring to the current contents of your sandbox, that presents other problems in addition to notability:

• You should not write an article about yourself, per WP:AUTOBIO. If you're notable, someone will write about you in due time. Please take note of WP:PROMO among the other things that Wikipedia is not.
• Wikipedia articles require proper English grammar, punctuation, capitalization, etc. The article would need significant work in this area.

Thanks for understanding. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 09:04, 14 August 2019 (UTC)