I am experiencing a technical problem in the ReadingPreferences; I enabled the
Wikipedia:Tools/Navigation popups feature on the "Gadgets" to test it, but after I disabled the feature (as for me it wasn't better than the "page preview" option) & re-enabled/checked the page preview option, it's still not giving me previews of any articles.
There's a line beneath the "Enable page previews" that says "If you experience problems please review your gadgets (which I already did) and user scripts, including global ones" ; here I am having some difficulties about understanding what does it mean, and if that's (the "user scripts") has got the problem or not.
I would really appreciate if someone help me out. Thank you!
ERA (
talk) 06:52, 30 May 2024 (UTC)reply
The legislation for Parish councils UK is out of date
Wrac (
talk) 14:11, 30 May 2024 (UTC)reply
Your question is unclear. If you wish to suggest a specific improvement to a specific article, the place to do so is the talk page of that article. Remember to cite a
reliable source for your assertion.
Shantavira|
feed me 14:23, 30 May 2024 (UTC)reply
I need help submitting a wiki page
I am trying to create a page for Dr. Karida Brown but I have been denied, can someone assist with this?
BIGDAWGRJ (
talk) 15:35, 30 May 2024 (UTC)reply
Thank you for your response Shantavira. Do you know of any companies or individuals that I assist with this?
BIGDAWGRJ (
talk) 15:42, 30 May 2024 (UTC)reply
@
BIGDAWGRJ: Beware of scammers. Disreptuable companies and individuals offer this service but cannot actual guarantee that an article will remain on Wikipedia. See
WP:SCAM. -
Arch dude (
talk) 15:56, 30 May 2024 (UTC)reply
BIGDAWGRJ Wikipedia
has no deadlines; what is the source of your desperation? Please do not offer to pay other editors here.
331dot (
talk) 16:35, 30 May 2024 (UTC)reply
You must want this article to be created really badly. But in the end it comes down to whether the article meets the
general notability guideline, and you would not have full control over the article once it was created, as other people could edit it within Wikipedia guidelines.--♦IanMacM♦(talk to me) 16:38, 30 May 2024 (UTC)reply
I do, ive been following Dr. Karida Brown for sometime now and she is well overdue for a page so many others like myself can educate themselves about her work.
BIGDAWGRJ (
talk) 16:45, 30 May 2024 (UTC)reply
It sounds like you've done pretty well doing that without a Wikipedia article abour her.
331dot (
talk) 20:02, 30 May 2024 (UTC)reply
@
331dot I am trying to create a page for Dr. Karida Brown but the page is not accepted. I added citations from credible sources but no approval.
Thank you for the heads up!
BIGDAWGRJ (
talk) 16:43, 30 May 2024 (UTC)reply
@
Ianmacm I have not been asked to this but this is a project I am working on to make her researchable
BIGDAWGRJ (
talk) 22:13, 30 May 2024 (UTC)reply
BIGDAWGRJ Please see your user talk page. Your self made claim of desperation suggests you are more than a mere interested person.
331dot (
talk) 20:01, 30 May 2024 (UTC)reply
@
331dot you are correct. I am the project manager for her husband Charly Palmer and as a gift to her he wants to create a wikipedia page for her before her new book releases October 2024.
BIGDAWGRJ (
talk) 22:15, 30 May 2024 (UTC)reply
BIGDAWGRJ You should have said this from the beginning. You must formally declare this, see your user talk page for instructions. Wikipedia is not concerned with outside events and will not accommodate your schedule. Wikipedia articles are not gifts or ways of honoring someone.
331dot (
talk) 22:33, 30 May 2024 (UTC)reply
@
331dot your being really tough and all I asked for was help. If it is not clear I have no idea what im doing here but im trying my best to navigate through these channels. You keep referencing a talk page and I dont know what that is. Im not trying to trick anyone here I just want the best possible route to getting this Wiki page published. If it takes me some time to complete so be it. Just me knowing that it will be completed is good enough for me. Im going to stop responding from here because it seems this is not the way for me to get help. Thank you and everyone here for your time to this manner.
Karida L. Brown (born August 9th, 1982) is an American sociologist, author, professor, and public intellectual who serves as Professor of Sociology at
Emory University. She served as the inaugural Director of Racial Equity & Action at the
Los Angeles Lakers from 2020 to 2022. She is recognized for her scholarship on Black history and culture. Her research also examines the history and function of racial colonial capitalism. She has published widely on a broad array of topics, migration, education, collective memory, and social theory.
It looks familiar, somehow.
Karida L. Brown (born August 9th, 1982) is an American sociologist, author, professor, and public intellectual who serves as Professor of Sociology at
Emory University and Director of Racial Equity & Action at the
Los Angeles Lakers. She is recognized for her work writing back into history the lives, stories, and experiences of Black people worldwide. Her research also focuses on the history and functions of systemic racism. She has published widely on a broad array of topics, including migration, education, collective memory, and social theory.
BIGDAWGRJ, are you Wipekah? Or what's going on here? --
Hoary (
talk) 21:51, 30 May 2024 (UTC)reply
@
Hoary Im not Wipekah or do I know what that is. Im just a guy who is trying to create a Wikipedia Page for my employer wife for a surprise towards her new book. Im just looking help to get her page approved.
When I first attempted to create a document for Karida Brown I accidentally replaced someone else's Wiki Page hence the deleted page. This is my first time creating a page on Wikipedia and just looking for assistance
BIGDAWGRJ (
talk) 22:19, 30 May 2024 (UTC)reply
Yes,
BIGDAWGRJ,
this edit of yours was most unfortunate. But it seems to have been an honest mistake. If you're unacquainted with Wipekah, then how come your draft and Wipekah's are so uncannily similar? --
Hoary (
talk) 23:29, 30 May 2024 (UTC)reply
A new article was created at
Women's Elite Rugby with all of the references/citations using the quote parameter in the citations, along side this the
Harvard citation no brackets was also used. I went through the article removing the quote parameters (as almost all articles don't use them and in my opinion they were excessive) In doing this I also removed the
Harvard citation no brackets and replaced them with {{
Cite web}} for consistency. My original reasoning was "Remove quote parameter from citations to reduce redundancy and keep the references concise" and "improve sourcing/citations" the article creator questioned me and i mentioned my reasoning but would just like to make sure I have done nothing wrong. I also would like clarification on the use of the quote parameter.
SimplyLouis27 (
talk) 23:30, 30 May 2024 (UTC)reply
There is such a thing as
WP:CITEVAR, which see. That being said, I think that quotations should be only be used when the wikitext is controversial and the source is protected by a paywall. In general, heavy reliance on quotations suggests that editors have not given enough thought to summarizing their sources. When quotations are necessary to the understanding of the article topic, those (few) quotations should be made part of the article body and properly cited. Quotations require citations; citations do not require quotations.
Noted, thank you. I have let the other editor know about this response.
SimplyLouis27 (
talk) 00:05, 31 May 2024 (UTC)reply
May 31 Information
Comment
Hi, I asked
User talk:Prikryl a question and he gave received a reply to me that was snarky and rude. It's not what he said, it was how he said it, like he had no respect for me. This is not the first time he has done this as back in February, he made a comment on the
Talk:2024 Women's U-19 World Floorball Championships page which had the same level of disrespect again, calling what I said completely irrelevant.
I feel that some people treat me with no respect on the site and I'm very sensitive and I feel I get these responses too often when I try to be civil with people and they just make hurtful responses and don't care about being civil. It's not the spirit of Wikipedia.
ILoveSport2006 (
talk) 10:05, 31 May 2024 (UTC)reply
@
ILoveSport2006 The comments you received from @
User:Prikryl appear quite reasonable to me. I suggest you take their suggestions on board. This is a collaborative project and editors here expect feedback. If constructive criticism upsets you, perhaps this is not the place for you.
Shantavira|
feed me 10:45, 31 May 2024 (UTC)reply
@
Shantavira Calling my opinion irrelevant and saying (something you hardly ever do) is not constructive. Did you even read mine and his response? I receive this snarkiness from other people too. Just give me the constructive criticism and move on. Don't make snarky comments. How can you say what all he was saying was constructive.
ILoveSport2006 (
talk) 11:02, 31 May 2024 (UTC)reply
@
Shantavira The help desk is supposed to help me, not make me feel worst. Can you not say If constructive criticism upsets you, perhaps this is not the place for you. Do you want me to feel worst?
ILoveSport2006 (
talk) 11:09, 31 May 2024 (UTC)reply
Prikryl says nothing rude either in
his talk page or in
Talk:2024 Women's U-19 World Floorball Championships. And if you want specifics, "And what 'looks aesthetically better' is imo completely irrelevant" is fine too. (If, making a design or other editing decision, I were to appeal to some criterion that you found irrelevant to the concerns of Wikipedia's goals, guidelines, policies, etc, then you'd be welcome to call it "irrelevant". You could use "immaterial" or "inconsequential" instead; if you wanted to be ambitious, you could even try something like "nugatory". I'm not saying I'd agree with you: I might disagree. But I wouldn't complain that you hurt my feelings -- primarily because you wouldn't hurt my feelings.) And so I second
Shantavira's suggestion above. --
Hoary (
talk) 11:42, 31 May 2024 (UTC)reply
@
Hoary @
Shantavira Even though I understand your points (although, personally, I disagree), you need to understand that in the past, I have received actual personal comments from people that have upset me. So I probably have a lot of paranoia. I probably do take comments the wrong way because I assume they re going for the you're an idiot tone.
ILoveSport2006 (
talk) 12:08, 31 May 2024 (UTC)reply
@
ILoveSport2006 It's really hard to understand tone in online written communications, and as we're a global project there is a myriad of communication styles, some of which may come across as brusk or rude. In the gentlest possible way, I think it's important to have some thick skin and not to take things personally when faced with that.
Wikipedia is not a project that is worth getting upset, paranoid, or anxious over. Qcne(talk) 12:21, 31 May 2024 (UTC)reply
@
Qcne True. It is sad my brain works like that. I have to stop that. Thanks for the advice.
ILoveSport2006 (
talk) 12:29, 31 May 2024 (UTC)reply
Page Title
Hi, I was looking to make a page for the web development software Framer, however since the page 'Framer' is taken I know I will have to append something in parenthesis to the title, and I'm not sure what to put. Thanks! -
LostInInfinity (
contribs •
talk) 13:52, 31 May 2024 (UTC)reply
Not sure how that newline appeared, I deleted it while editing. Apparently the Wikimedia mobile editor is still broken. -
LostInInfinity (
contribs •
talk) 19:01, 31 May 2024 (UTC)reply
@
LostInInfinity: Please do not proceed until you are very sure that Framer is notable by the Wikipedia definition of the term, and that other editors will agree with you. See
WP:NCORP. If it's not notable, it cannot have a Wikipedia article, no matter what else you do, and you will be wasting your time ans ours. See
WP:AMOUNT. -
Arch dude (
talk) 16:46, 31 May 2024 (UTC)reply
@
LostInInfinity: TechCrunch is slightly problematical: see
WP:RSP. Tech.eu is not listed there either way, so you might want to go to
WP:RSN and ask. Both of these pieces look to me like the kind of reportage my marketing guy got published in the trade press for my company, and if so they are not "independent". I'm just one editor and I would not vote for deletion of your article, but I would really prefer a stronger source. -
Arch dude (
talk) 19:33, 31 May 2024 (UTC)reply
Is it possible to upload a different version of a file (or revert it to an older version)?
The page File:Stjepan_Vuk%C4%8Di%C4%87_CoA_element.png has a flag which should have a transparent part in it. Is there a way to do this and make it transparent?
7s3s (
talk) 19:49, 31 May 2024 (UTC)reply
@
7s3s As with almost any file you find on Common (this one is
File:Stjepan Vukčić CoA element.png), you are free to modify it and re-upload it. In this particular case the best solution might be to redraw as an
.svg file with transparent background where required. If you can't do that yourself, you can request it be done for you. See
WP:LABMike Turnbull (
talk) 19:58, 31 May 2024 (UTC)reply
Edit request help
This edit request I made was declined twice by @
Pppery with no explanation about why it was declined except stating that it was a waste of time. However, the request I made was clearly outlined in
this guideline page. Why was it declined? 2003LN6 20:12, 31 May 2024 (UTC)reply
Why do you care so much whether a redirect has a blank line? Drop the stick.
* Pppery *it has begun... 20:14, 31 May 2024 (UTC)reply
@
Pppery: I know it does not matter much, however I am opposed to non-guideline conforming instances where a minor fix would be extremely easy to perform. 2003LN6 21:07, 31 May 2024 (UTC)reply
I'm opposed to you creating makework for others by obsessing over trivial issues.
* Pppery *it has begun... 21:10, 31 May 2024 (UTC)reply
I mean it can work either way.
WP:BROKE may explain your opinion here. I just believe that a simple fix would be good to maintain style. You can choose to decline, but I would still like a reason for declining the offer instead of accusing me of makework. I am only attempting to systematically revise and improve the redirect according to the guideline and mean no harm to anyone. Please check
my contributions around late May 29 and you will see that I was formatting many redirects and wanted to keep a uniform style. Thank you! 2003LN6 01:39, 1 June 2024 (UTC)reply
I'm not an admin, but Pppery's refusal seems reasonable to me. For those who don't feel like clicking through, the guideline's guidance reads Use of a blank line between the redirect target link and all rcats and category links promotes readability of the code. There's not even a "should" or "recommended" in there. The presence or absence of a blank line amidst *checks notes* four lines of code, which makes no difference to the rendered page, which is only visible if people click through the "redirected from" link: this is truly a triviality, like reordering citation template parameters or capitalising the first letter of template calls.
2003 LN6, focusing on deeply unimportant matters such as this is unlikely to win you much social capital on this project. You seem to do a lot of good work in antivandalism, so thank you for that. The issue here is not worth pursuing further. Kindly,
Folly Mox (
talk) 01:40, 1 June 2024 (UTC)reply
I see, so there are many different acceptable formats for redirect categorization? 2003LN6 01:49, 1 June 2024 (UTC)reply
Any guidance of type "guideline" describes one of multiple acceptable practices. Rigid adherence to the letter of every recommendation made in projectspace is both impossible due to internal contradictions and additionally not the vibe.
Folly Mox (
talk) 03:19, 1 June 2024 (UTC)reply
@
Folly Mox: Thank you! I will not pursue the subject further. 2003LN6 04:23, 1 June 2024 (UTC)reply
As per
Wikipedia:Edit requests, you can start a discussion on the article's talk page to seek other editors' opinions and hopefully form a consensus. If not enough participation was received, consider starting a
Request for comment. Help desk isn't a great place for such discussion, as the whole discussion would be archived 4 days later, so better hold a discussion on the talk page of the intended article.
Tutwakhamoe (
talk) 01:42, 1 June 2024 (UTC)reply
Vincent Longo contribution (bio)
Howdy--My article was accepted! (Yay--and thanks to spinster300 for editorial assistance!). However, I've noticed other bios of famous make-up artists include lists of their famous clients, which we had in a late draft and which featured citations name by name, but that content was removed by the editor before the draft was published presumably because it was deemed inappropriate/irrelevant --something about fame by association. Of course, when you're a famous make-up artist, your client list is your resume and the reason you get to judge Miss USA or appear regularly as "the" expert on Regis & Kelli, et. al. Their fame--is partly the creation of the makeup artist since he/she is the one who provides their "looks" on red carpets, magazines, awards shows, editorial spreads, etc. Also, my subject, is known for his philanthropy, in particular, for a star-studded, "party of the year" event he he co-hosted in Cannes in 2002 that was reported on in major gossip/celebrity/society publications around the world, and which I cited extensively. I want to bulk up the section on his philanthropy (which is linked to his work as a celebrity make-up artist and the owner/founder of a revered cosmetics brand) but worry that such content will be deemed inappropriate. I also don't want to "rat out" any wikipedia bios that do the things I was told I couldn't do. I merely want to include such related and well-documented content too! (LOL). Help?
Flgreene13 (
talk) 22:19, 31 May 2024 (UTC)reply
Flgreene13, thank you for disclosing on your user page that you "have been paid by Frederick L Greene- Copywriting on behalf of Vincent Longo for their contributions to
Vincent Longo." Simply make your edit requests on
Talk:Vincent Longo. Please do "rat out" any Wikipedia bios that are promotional. --
Hoary (
talk) 23:14, 31 May 2024 (UTC)reply
Thanks, Hoary! I'll take your advice!
Flgreene13 (
talk) 01:27, 1 June 2024 (UTC)reply
Using Wikipedia for collective visioning
Hello. I am working with others to collectively envision realistic "storylines" of our future based on current and anticipated events and technologies. Would this use case be allowed on Wikipedia given its current policies. I can provide more details if needed, but perhaps this is enough. Thanks!
130.51.143.37 (
talk) 23:54, 31 May 2024 (UTC)reply
Too bad. Are you aware of any Wiki-like platforms that might be open to this use case? Thanks for your help.
130.51.143.37 (
talk) 00:23, 1 June 2024 (UTC)reply
Google for "free wiki host". You are of course free to link from your wiki's pages to articles hare on Wikipedia. If you are adventurous, you can implement a mediawiki wiki on a virtual server on the Internet instead of using an already-implemented wiki host. -
Arch dude (
talk) 00:39, 1 June 2024 (UTC)reply
June 1 Information
Wisconsin Geography
This was incorrectly placed on the Wisconsin geography page
could you please give me permission to use a picture of the castle in my academic paper.
Sociologist2015 (
talk) 03:30, 1 June 2024 (UTC)reply
@
Sociologist2015: Permission is already given by the license, which is
[1] In short, you can use the image for any purpose as long as you give attribution and release any modifications under the same license, but read the license for all the details.
RudolfRed (
talk) 03:53, 1 June 2024 (UTC)reply
Uploading image: not registered editor
A friend, not at all keen on IT though uses email, has taken a photo which would improve an article I have edited. She is not a registered editor and is not interested in editing. As far as I can see, the upload process, whether to Commons or to en.wiki, requires her to be registered. Her reaction is "I really don’t want to have to set up a Wikipaedia account", though I've told her how simple it is to do so. So:
Is there any way for her to upload her photo without registering? or
Is there any document I can show her which promises that registering an account will not mean that she gets emails from Wikipedia, which I guess is her fear? or
Any other ideas on how I can get her photo into the article?
PamD 05:45, 1 June 2024 (UTC)reply
PamD, I don't get email from Wikipedia, from Wikimedia Commons, from the WMF, etc. Other than occasionally, when somebody clicks on my "Email this user", after I opted to accept such mail. Same for you? If so, just tell her not to opt to receive email. Done. (And Wikimedia Commons, not Wikipedia, is where to upload.) --
Hoary (
talk) 06:51, 1 June 2024 (UTC)reply
@
Hoary I don't get wikipedia junkmail either, but it would be nice to be able to point her to a statement saying "Registering an account will not mean that you start getting emails from Wikipedia"! Do we have a page pointing out the advantages of registering and spelling out that there are no disadvantages to doing so?
PamD 07:21, 1 June 2024 (UTC)reply
@
PamD You are not even required to enter an email address to register; it is optional. There are many advantages to creating an account and I suggest you read
Wikipedia:Why create an account?Shantavira|
feed me 09:44, 1 June 2024 (UTC)reply
PamD, another option might be the
VRT process, where your friend would send a release statement by email, allowing you to upload the file in her stead. That'd still reveal her email address to VRT, though.
Rummskartoffel 10:49, 1 June 2024 (UTC)reply
@
Rummskartoffel Thanks, that might work - I'll see whether she'd be happy with that, as she's quite keen to improve the article by offering the photo, just very wary of signing up to anything!
PamD 11:20, 1 June 2024 (UTC)reply
Jason Miller
Jason Miller was a playwright; but he was also an Academy-award nominated actor... Why does his page say ONLY Playwright in parentheses, that's very silly and misleading... especially since he's more known as an actor.
The title (currently
Jason Miller (playwright)) (i) should distinguish the man among
the various Jason Millers and (ii) shouldn't be misleading. The current title doesn't deny that he was an actor. If you believe that he's more notable as an actor than as a playwright, you're welcome to argue that the article should be moved to (i.e. renamed)
Jason Miller (actor). Please read
Wikipedia:Requested moves#CM on how to go about this. --
Hoary (
talk) 07:05, 1 June 2024 (UTC)reply
Additional Image
If it is indeed legal to use the cover of "The Resurrection of Pigboy Crabshaw" by The Butterfield Blues Band I think it would be great to include the other side. Excellent portrait photograph of the band as well as track listings and lack of copyright year as it was legal to exclude back then. Unfortunately my copy is in less than perfect condition, but I would submit it if there were no other options (which I doubt; fantastic album!). Inner sleeve is just the standard Elektra pattern.
Glizhnegrobichan (
talk) 06:20, 1 June 2024 (UTC)reply
I don't think that would qualify as
fair use. Lack of "copyright year" is irrelevant.
Shantavira|
feed me 06:37, 1 June 2024 (UTC)reply
I need to appropriately source an image that I created myself on a page I have authored and can't figure out how to do it right.
Rudard (
talk) 08:47, 1 June 2024 (UTC)reply
Rudard, please could you link the page and the image and say what information you are trying to add?
TSventon (
talk) 09:38, 1 June 2024 (UTC)reply
I'm received a notice that I had not appropriately sourced the top image on the page, which is a photo I took myself of the subject. (David2024.jpg]
2601:47:4C81:47F0:8918:3FD0:A57:92DE (
talk) 09:51, 1 June 2024 (UTC)reply
The message says add {{own}} to the file on Commons, which you have done. However Commons is a separate project so you might get a more knowledgeable answer at their helpdesk
Commons:Commons:Help desk.
TSventon (
talk) 10:08, 1 June 2024 (UTC)reply
(
edit conflict) @
Rudard: The files you uploaded for use in
David Fair were uploaded to Wikimedia Commons, not Wikipedia. Wikimedia Commons is a sister site of Wikipedia and it has it's own policies and guidelines; so, you will need to resolve the issues with the files on Wikimedia Commons. You can try asking for assistance at
c:Commons:Help desk, but before you do you might want to take a look at
c:Commons:Licensing,
c:Commons:Essential information,
c:Commons:Project scope/Evidence,
c:Commons:FAQ and
c:Commons:Own work for reference since those page might contain the information you're looking for. Finally (and this part is related to Wikipedia), if you're somehow connected to Fair either personally or professionally, you probably should take a look at
Wikipedia:Conflict of interest for reference as well. That particular page provides guidance as to what the Wikipedia community expects from those you are connected to the subjects they're editing or creating content about when there connection is something more than a casual one. --
Marchjuly (
talk) 10:15, 1 June 2024 (UTC)reply
not an writer but wanted be.
So if I'm not a writer, or an editor should I just delete my account. I was under the impression that we could express ourselves and maybe connect with our our personal experiences. Just delete the account.
Swordfish19694647 (
talk) 13:15, 1 June 2024 (UTC)reply
@
Swordfish19694647: For technical reasons accounts can't be deleted. Just abandon the account and never use it again. —
Tenryuu 🐲 (
💬 •
📝 ) 14:02, 1 June 2024 (UTC)reply
No, you don't have to be a writer or editor in real life to edit Wikipedia, but you seem to have used your user talk page for self promotional purpose, which is the reason for you getting a warning. As long as you make constructive changes to articles or other contents on this site, you can still edit.
Tutwakhamoe (
talk) 15:38, 1 June 2024 (UTC)reply
Hi - I was just looking at the recent changes page and
found an anon user who has been making a lot of changes to lots of articles to change "Donald Trump" to "Donald J. Trump" over the course of several hours.
I've asked them to stop and to get a consensus before continuing, and they seem to have stopped (for now, anyway). I don't know much about antivandal tools, and they appear to have been doing it in good faith (haven't seen any really disruptive edits from them) - just wondering if anyone with the know-how could revert all these changes at once?
Talk:Donald Trump has made consensus that the middle initial shouldn't be included when referring to him (see consensus point #12).
BugGhost🪲👻 14:19, 1 June 2024 (UTC)reply
The edits do appear to have been in good faith, but were non-constructive in my opinion so I reverted them en-masse using
Ultraviolet. I've left what I hope is a friendly enough message encouraging them to continue to contribute to Wikipedia but to pay attention to our policies and guidelines. I think an admin could have mass reverted all of the changes, but I did check all of the edits as I was doing the reverts. They all either changed "Donald Trump" to "Donald J. Trump" or changed the image used for Trump, which I felt should also have consensus.
AdamBlacktalk •
contribs 15:20, 1 June 2024 (UTC)reply
Will take a look at Ultraviolet, thanks for the info - and thanks again for taking care of the reversions
BugGhost🪲👻 15:28, 1 June 2024 (UTC)reply
question about publishing a page
I am creating a page for my childhood neighbor who was a genius scientist at Princeton University, I created the page, but I want to make it his page, not mine and it won't let me add any more photos. here is a link to the current page. what can I do? many thanks, I appreciate your help. Betsy Finston
User:BfinstonBfinston (
talk) 14:41, 1 June 2024 (UTC)reply
First of all, you shouldn't be the one to write this article, as your relationship with the subject counts as a
conflict of interest. What you should do is gathering enough indepth, reliable and independent sources about the scientist in question, make sure that these sources prove that he passes
WP:GNG or
WP:PROF. Once the notability criteria is met, make a request in the
Scientists and people in science section. If you really want to write it yourself, use
Article wizard to create a draft, and wait for other editors to edit the draft until it is ready for review and publication. Once you made the draft, you should also put
Template:User COI on your user page to declare your conflict of interest.
Tutwakhamoe (
talk) 15:25, 1 June 2024 (UTC)reply
User:Bfinston, that's good advice. As it stands, it's a text dump with no in-line references, no wikilinks, a promotional tone with your opinions when we just want facts, and non-standard formatting
Jimfbleak -
talk to me? 15:47, 1 June 2024 (UTC)reply
It is a compilation of sources from princeton university and his family, with many links out in the reference section. I am unclear why it is appearing otherwise. Its not just a text dump. I put external links in there, perhaps they aren't showing up, and there is not a promotional intent of any kind, hence it is hard to understand why you are reading that tone into it.
2603:7000:473D:3774:A87B:316A:9658:138D (
talk) 16:08, 1 June 2024 (UTC)reply
Do not cite information from his family. We want to hear what trustworthy and independent sources said about the subject. Family members are incentivized to present the subject in a more favorable light, which runs counter to the purpose of Wikipedia.
Tutwakhamoe (
talk) 17:39, 1 June 2024 (UTC)reply
To enlarge on what others have said: many people misunderstanding the purpose and foundation of Wikipedia. An article should be a summary of what indepedent reliable published sources have said about a subject, little more (the "little more" can be a summary of what non-independent reliable sources have said).
What you know or believe about the subject, or what the subject has told you about themselves, do not belong anywhere in an article, unless they are also to be found in reliable published sources. And your opinions (like my opinions, and anybody other random person's opinions on the internet) on the subject do not belong in the article at all.
ColinFine (
talk) 16:02, 1 June 2024 (UTC)reply
A web search suggests that there may be enough sourcing for an article if it is written properly. But the current version is more like a personal reflection than an encyclopedia article.--♦IanMacM♦(talk to me) 16:09, 1 June 2024 (UTC)reply
I believe I've designed an article about myself and my work. How do I get it approved to move from the "sandbox" to a posted and available Wikipedia page?
I believe I've designed an article about myself and my work. How do I get it approved to move from the "sandbox" to a posted and available Wikipedia page?
Fcoffman (
talk) 17:37, 1 June 2024 (UTC)reply
Don't write a Wikipedia article about yourself, as it is very difficult to stay neutral and objective when the subject of the article is yourself. Find some sources that covers about the subject (in this case, yourself), make sure that they are 1) Indepth, not just some passing mention or entry in a list; 2) Reliable, no online blogs or others sites with user-generated contents; 3) Independent of the subject, so no sources from people you personally know or organizaions you headed; 4) Non-routine, so sources like being appointed to certain positions do not contribute to notability. Once you are confident that the sources pass
WP:GNG or
WP:NBIO, make a request at appropriate section of
Wikipedia:Requested articles.
Tutwakhamoe (
talk) 17:49, 1 June 2024 (UTC)reply
@
Fcoffman: That sort of thing doesn't belong on your user page. Your user page should be about you in the context of what you do on Wikipedia. See
Wikipedia:User pages for guidance.
I have moved your draft to
Draft:Frank Coffman. As it is now, it would not be acceptable for publication in article space. See
Wikipedia:Golden rule. If you abide by that, then the article could be accepted. ~
Anachronist (
talk) 17:59, 1 June 2024 (UTC)reply
Oh, the draft has sources, but they're all inline external links, so they don't appear in a reference list. ~
Anachronist (
talk) 18:16, 1 June 2024 (UTC)reply
According to the Chinese Wikipedia, Beijing is where he is born, while Shaanxi is his
Ancestral home.
Tutwakhamoe (
talk) 17:55, 1 June 2024 (UTC)reply
How can I request a template to have its name changed?
An infobox, in this case — Yours Truly,⚑ AtikaAtikawa 17:51, 1 June 2024 (UTC)reply
Which infobox? Are you referring to the actual template name, or the name displayed when the template is in an article? ~
Anachronist (
talk) 18:19, 1 June 2024 (UTC)reply
You might need to start a discussion to see if there's any consensus for the renaming. Make a
Requested Move at the template's talk page.
Tutwakhamoe (
talk) 18:42, 1 June 2024 (UTC)reply
Do I have the right to do so as a non-EC? — Yours Truly,⚑ AtikaAtikawa 18:47, 1 June 2024 (UTC)reply
Technically you can just rename the template by move it, but with template it is recommended to be cautious and get a consensus first. Do you mind to explain what you want to rename the template to and the reasob for it?
Tutwakhamoe (
talk) 18:59, 1 June 2024 (UTC)reply
I want to rename it into "infobox malware" considering that this template been used for worms, ransomwares, trojan horses which are not viruses afaik.
If I fail to get consensus due to people not even interacting with the suggestion how should I proceed? (this is unrelated and more of a general question) — Yours Truly,⚑ AtikaAtikawa 21:13, 1 June 2024 (UTC)reply
Good Evening, this is now the second time the Institute for Legislative Analysis page has been deleted. I am both requesting both its un-deletion and a review by admin into the past deletion actions on the basis of WP:COI.
Plus, if that was all not enough, I learned a couple of days ago that the ILA is closely followed by Members of Congress. In fact, over two dozen U.S. Representatives posted about a recent ILA report in the last 48 hours alone. Upon reviewing a couple lawmaker posts, I learned that the ILA is actually an entity of the Conservative Partnership Institute – the most powerful MAGA org tied to President Trump and Mark Meadows. Therefore, I thought I could finally without a doubt put the entire debate to rest - there are countless articles that demonstrate the notability of CPI, including an extensive one from the New York Times. This solved every possible concern those seeking to delete ILA could have. I was in the process of adding additional documentation to the ILA page (such as financial disclosures on CPI and ILA with same address, members of Congress acknowledgement, etc.). However, before I could make the updates to the ILA page, it was deleted for yet the 2nd time.
Since the ILA is one of the top players in conservative politics I could not understand why the page was coming under such attack for deletion. Therefore, I started looking at the profiles of those seeking its deletion. Interestingly, they appear to be philosophically progressive. While I am unsure if there is a political motivation behind their advocacy to delete the page, I think it is fair to say they probably do not have much understanding of conservative politics, especially compared to someone myself who closely follows conservative non-profits.
But perhaps even more interesting, when doing additional research into ILA’s financials, I found out that the American Conservative Union has filed a lawsuit against the ILA claiming multiple counts of “unfair competition in the marketplace”. Apparently, both of the orgs produce scorecards. And it just so happens that these deletion flags came around the same time as the filing of the lawsuit.
Thank you for your help in this matter and work to uphold the integrity of Wikipedia.
Politicalorganizationjunkie (
talk) 04:55, 2 June 2024 (UTC)reply
This isn't the forum for either one of your purposes. Undeletion is requested at
this page, and requesting the review of an administrator action is done at
WP:AARV.
331dot (
talk) 06:37, 2 June 2024 (UTC)reply
Hi. I'm working on {{Nominee table}} and couldn't find a module that would handle color of text on different colored backgrounds. Is one avilable? Thanks. '''[[
User:CanonNi]]''' (
talk •
contribs) 06:57, 2 June 2024 (UTC)reply
Fixing mistakes and adding our contribution x
Hello! I represent the Canadian hip hop group Conspirituality from Vancouver B.C. We formed the Group in 2007 and are still active in 2024. In 2011 two academics took our name, wrote an academic journal called the Emergence of Conspirituality. In the journal we are cited as the inventors of the Word Conspirituality. We first used the word in 2003. And our Wikipedia page was taken over and rewritten with out mentioning us. In 2018 adding insult to injury a podcast also took our name, briefly citing us on their website home page as the creators of the word. No one has ever contacted us. I’m not looking to cause issues. I just wanted to contact you guys because I want to correct some things properly and be added to the wiki page. We deserve to be part of the conversation, we have more than enough evidence and receipts and there’s mistakes and lies on the page as we speak. I was hoping that someone who reads this might be able to help me with some advice and some guidance on how to do, everything properly
Thank you
Gemineye (Conspirituality)
Therealconspirituality (
talk) 11:02, 2 June 2024 (UTC)reply
The article wasn't taken over by the current content. The current content was first written in 2020. The article about your group was deleted in 2011 following a discussion,
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Conspirituality.
– robertsky (
talk) 11:50, 2 June 2024 (UTC)reply
Thank you for sharing that, I appreciate knowing that. We didn’t create the page and did not know at the time, that it was not made properly. This is the exact reason I wanted to contact someone on here, to find out the situation Does this mean 14 years later, we are not allowed to try again? We are cited in an academic journal of Contemporary religion as the creators of the word Conspirituality (certainly we should be at least mentioned now in the conversation for our contribution) ????? The page now states that the writers of the journal created the term ( Which is not true, we are mentioned in the first note of the journal, we have also been written about in two published books, we have an IMDb page, and movie credits for a documentary we are featured in. Thank you for taking the time to inform me, it is greatly appreciated
142.183.237.254 (
talk) 12:12, 2 June 2024 (UTC)reply
Wikipedia doesn't really want you to write about yourself. If you are a notable group (see
WP:N and/or
WP:GNG) then someone will write an article about you. Lee Vilenski(
talk •
contribs) 13:42, 2 June 2024 (UTC)reply
The best course of action would be to gather indepth coverage of your organization from reliable and independent sources, then post the request at appropriate section of
Wikipedia:Requested articles.
Tutwakhamoe (
talk) 14:58, 2 June 2024 (UTC)reply