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1 year

It's been 1 year since i have edited wikipedia, i've always been very antisocial even in the internet so i couldn't really ask questions, but this year i will probably ask questions here, have a great day and thanks for reading this : ) --FromFrank✎Talk♬

@FromFrank: Welcome to the Teahouse. Feel free to ask any questions about editing here. Have a good day. Sincerely, Masum Reza^☎ 07:49, 7 May 2019 (UTC)

@FromFrank:I understand where you are coming from. Usually, I like to do things on my own as well and could be productive doing so. But I am glad you plan to engage with others because I found that it can also make your work easier, particularly benefiting from the knowledge and experience of other users (many here are eager to help). Also, since you have been with the community for a year, you can also share your thoughts and help others. Regards Darwin Naz (talk) 23:52, 9 May 2019 (UTC)

@Darwin Naz: Haha, thanks but i am still a beginner i just do gnome edits and the more shy type of editing but i am learning some new things along the way, maybe in 10 years i can understand half of what's going on here in wikipedia :p --FromFrank✎Talk♬ 04:49, 10 May 2019 (UTC)

@FromFrank: If you are trying to be more active on Wikipedia and would like to become a more experienced editor, feel free to take the The Wikipedia Adventure, which is a fun basic tutorial on the groundwork of editing. Eclipsefc (talk) 02:32, 12 May 2019 (UTC)

@Eclipsefc: Sorry but i only use my phone to edit on here so i can't really play it, its kinda more of a hobby for me and not as serious as wasting all my free time on editing here but who knows maybe in the future, maybe in the future. --FromFrank✎Talk♬ 05:22, 12 May 2019 (UTC)

How to have a popup image?

I uploaded a picture to Wikimedia Commons because it will help me to demonstrate a point in a text that I have posted in one of the articles.

I do not wish the image to appear as a thumb on the page. However, I would like that if I hover over a specific word in the text, the image will come up, much like compass.Yaronhad (talk) 15:20, 9 May 2019 (UTC)

Yaronhad, is the feature you're referring to Page previews? Eman235/talk 19:16, 9 May 2019 (UTC)

Hello Eman235, the effect that I would like to achieve is the same as Page previews, but the image that I uploaded to Wikimedia Commons is in a file form. Is there a way to bring it up just by pointing at my text?Yaronhad (talk) 20:08, 9 May 2019 (UTC)

@Yaronhad: AFAIK page previews display the first image of a wikilinked article, and that's it. What word would you link? (If it can be wikilinked, I fail to see why you would want to show anything else than what the page preview gives anyway). Tigraan^{Click here to contact me} 16:36, 10 May 2019 (UTC)

Hi Tigraan, What if the image that you wish to preview is not on a page but a file in Wikimedia Commons? From my search, this option is not available but it would be nice to have. Anyway, I linked it to the text as a workaround.Yaronhad (talk) 17:50, 10 May 2019 (UTC)

Update: I added a link to the image.Yaronhad (talk) 16:19, 10 May 2019 (UTC)

Disneyprince: Is this so we can ask and talk with other publishers— Preceding unsigned comment added by Disneyprince (talk • contribs) 22:28, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

What actually is the notable source meant to be?

I've tried really hard to understand what is meant by a notable source but just don't get it. Does it have to be a footnote, a link to a website or do I have to write something like "Sourced from [insert website here]" Also, does it have to be a source from a big company like a newspaper or can it just be anything not by me? Please help as I'm very confused and Thank you so much in advance :)

‘’’Edit:’’’ Thank you for explaining so clearly and politely! And yes I was confusing notability and reliability so that’s cleared it up. Again, Thnakyou!

— Preceding unsigned comment added by APerson2019 (talk • contribs) 19:27, 9 May 2019 (UTC)

Hello, APerson2019. I think you are confusing two things. A source does not have to be notable - it has to be reliable (see the link for more information). Reliable sources are how you establish that a topic is notable. If I've not answered your question, please come back and ask further. --ColinFine (talk) 19:45, 9 May 2019 (UTC)

[Edit Conflict] You are conflating two different, though linked, concepts whose names have meanings specific to Wikipedia in addition to their more common meanings, so you have every excuse for being confused :).

The first concept is Wikipedia:Notability, which on Wikipedia means "sufficient material about this subject has been published in Reliable sources [see below] independent of the subject to allow an article based entirely on that material to be written about him/her/it" (Please read the linked policy, which gives much more detail.)

The second concept is Wikipedia:Reliable Source, which means (briefly) a source that has been published (so anyone can in theory refer to it, however difficult that might be), does not contain user or reader-generated material (which may be unreliable due to genuine misconceptions or deliberate falsehoods – so Wikipedia itself is not a Reliable source), and has been checked and edited by people competent to do so – the linked policy document goes into far more details. Note that even if published in a Reliable source, like the New York Times, material based on interviews with subjects, or publicity material released by or for them, is not independent of them and is not therefore considered Reliable.

These are linked because the notability of any subject has to be demonstrated by citations to extended material (not just passing mentions or listings) in several different Reliable sources. That last link will explain to you how we create footnoted citations in an article.

Note that sources which only briefly mention an article's subject, and sources not independent of him/her/it, can sometimes be used to confirm trivial facts like full name, date of Company's founding, etc., but cannot support notability.

Note also that sources do not have to be linkable online, though if they are it's easier for readers to check them. Even if only one copy of a published book still exists, say in the British Library, and someone would have to take a plane trip from another continent to consult it, that counts as published and the relevant citation template can be used to give all the necessary details of Publisher, Date, Author, Title, page number etc.

Hope this helps. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 2.122.2.132 (talk) 19:54, 9 May 2019 (UTC)

Also, if your concerns include the correct format (footnote, a link to a website or "Sourced from [insert website here]), I recommend that you take a look at the existing reference list of the article you are editing. It is best to follow it for consistency. To give you an idea, you can check the References section of this page and the Notes section of this page. Darwin Naz (talk) 23:25, 12 May 2019 (UTC)

Nintendo System Photographing

Is it allowed on Wikipedia for anyone to take a picture of a Nintendo system they own and use it as the photo on its wikiLBDCOM12 (talk) 19:58, 10 May 2019 (UTC) page?

@LBDCOM12: yes. SSSB (talk) 20:16, 10 May 2019 (UTC)

@LBDCOM12:. I'm going to differ from what SSSB posted and say "maybe" because proper image use on Wikipedia is often quite complicated. There may be copyright issues involved when it comes to taking a photo of something created by someone else and physically owning the object (even if you purchased it) doesn't necessarily mean that you own the copyright on it. For example, purchasing a Nintendo game cartridge gives you ownership over the actual plastic cartridge itself, but not ownership over the intellectual or creative content of the game; for example, you don't own the in-game imagery or computer code which makes it a game, or the imagery that appears on the cartridge's packaging. There are actually some countries (the United States is one) where things such as as toys or product packaging are considered to be eligible for copyright protection.

Wikipedia's and Wikimedia Common's licensing requirements pretty much require that any image files uploaded for use in articles be 100% freely licensed without any restrictions (see Wikipedia:Copyrights#Guidelines for images and other media files and c:Commons:Licensing for more on this), but basically you cannot upload someone else's copyrighted content without their explicit consent to do so. Wikipedia does, unlike Wikimedia Commons, allow copyrighted content to be uploaded as non-free content, but there are lots of restrictions placed on how it can be used.

Now, even if there are no copyright issues which need to be dealt with, there still may be contextual or editorial issues which need to be resolved. So, whether the photo should then be added to a Wikipedia article is a different question which might be unrelated to its copyright status. For example, there may already be a sufficient number of photos used in the article and other editors might think that adding another one is not an improvement; moreover, if you remove an existing photo just to add your photo, then that might unintentionally lead to the deletion of the other image. So, like adding textual content, trying to add images to articles can lead to disagreements over content and you may need to establish a consensus to make such an addition per Wikipedia:Dispute resolution. -- Marchjuly (talk) 22:02, 10 May 2019 (UTC)

I wanted to just change the picture on the New Nintendo 2ds Xl's page, because the current one is poor quality. Would that be allowed?LBDCOM12 (talk) 15:18, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

Inclusion guidelines for items on organization templates

Hi - my turn to ask a question. Are there any guidelines that say every entry on the template has to have an article, like the guidelines for inclusion on DAB pages? I saw this one Template:Gimlet Media and before deleting the unlinked entries thought I'd check. TimTempleton ^{(talk) (cont)} 21:55, 10 May 2019 (UTC)

@Timtempleton: The guideline is at WP:EXISTING – Finnusertop (talk ⋅ contribs) 22:05, 10 May 2019 (UTC)

And one rationale not mentioned on WP:EXISTING is Special:WantedPages, navboxes with red links would inflate the numbers. –84.46.52.77 (talk) 23:06, 10 May 2019 (UTC)

Thanks Finnusertop and 84.46.52.77 (can't figure out how to reply with a blue link for you) - I posed the question earlier on Category_talk:United_States_media_company_templates, not realizing it was more commonly called a navigation box. With your help, not only did I find another similar discussion on the WP:EXISTING talk page Wikipedia_talk:Navigation_template#Redlinks_in_templates, there was even more info on the Red link page Wikipedia:Red_link#Avoiding_creation_of_certain_types_of_red_links. There seems to be some gray area by about putting in all the members of the set, without red-linking, ie just leaving them unlinked, as I saw with Template:Gimlet Media. It seems like leaving the unlinked items won't create any unintended problems like on Special:WantedPages. I'm going to continue this discussion at Wikipedia_talk:Navigation_template#Redlinks_in_templates. TimTempleton ^{(talk) (cont)} 00:03, 11 May 2019 (UTC)

TimTempleton links are red when the link target doesn't exist (but only for local links, external links or interwikilinks always render blue). Jannik Schwaß (talk) 14:05, 11 May 2019 (UTC)

Jannik Schwaß I couldn’t figure out how to make the IP address blue like it is in the signature above. TimTempleton ^{(talk) (cont)} 15:21, 12 May 2019 (UTC)

Copying charts and graphs on Wikipedia draft page

Dear Wikipedians, We are creating on the public budget of a country and we need to copy original charts and graphs from the government's official version of the budget. How can we do this as the draft page is not able to display charts and graphs? — Preceding unsigned comment added by MMMS2019 (talk • contribs)

Please visit the Wikipedia:File Upload Wizard to add charts and graphs --DannyS712 (talk) 00:13, 14 May 2019 (UTC)

I see that Dhvani Bhanushali has Instagram as External Link

Can we add in external link section social media profiles?

Because I read that only officials are allowed (Websites/Blogs/IMDb/Bollywood Hungama) kinds.. WikiLover97 (talk) 13:43, 11 May 2019 (UTC)

Who is "we"? Wikipedia Accounts must not ued by more than one person. Jannik Schwaß (talk) 13:54, 11 May 2019 (UTC)

Jannik Schwaß, I think you could interpret that as "we editors of Wikipedia." --valereee (talk) 14:17, 11 May 2019 (UTC)

WikiLover97, I read WP:ELMINOFFICIAL to say that it can be ok to use a social media as the "official website" if there's nothing "better", but not a bunch of them. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 15:07, 11 May 2019 (UTC)

Jannik Schwaß seriously I asked we (of course editors), Anyways thank you for the policy information I believe that is very important on Wikipedia to understand and act upon Policies. Can I get important policy links to read before I write my first article? --WikiLover97 (talk) 20:01, 11 May 2019 (UTC)

WikiLover97, I've posted several to your talk page! --valereee (talk) 00:10, 12 May 2019 (UTC)

what is the submission code for the article?

I am trying to submit my article to the AFC but I have forgotten the code you include to submit the article.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Dhaim (talk • contribs)

@Dhaim: Hello and welcome to the Teahouse. Since the last decline of the submission unequivocally states that the subject is not sufficiently notable for Wikipedia, I don't believe the code to resubmit is made available. Keep in mind that no amount of editing can make a subject notable. The only sources you have offered are routine announcements or press release type articles, which are not appropriate for establishing that this company meets the notability guidelines for companies written at WP:ORG. Please review them if you have not already. What is needed to establish notability are independent reliable sources that offer in depth coverage of the company, where the source has chosen on their own to write in depth about it. Press releases are not independent(even if printed in independent sources) as they just tell what the company wants to tell. Notices of awards also have little meaning, as any organization can give any 'award' they wish. Not every company merits an article here, even within the same field.

I see that this is the only subject you have edited about. If you work for this company, you must declare that per the conflict of interest policy and the paid editing policy. 331dot (talk) 15:39, 11 May 2019 (UTC)

Versions of this draft declined four times in 2018 when submitted by User:Jemowkd and now rejected when submitted by User:Dhaim. Also, Jemowkd has the entire draft on User page. David notMD (talk) 21:37, 11 May 2019 (UTC)

Disambiguating article name

I wrote an article about Shirley Gordon, a writer. There is already an article about Shirley Gordon, an athlete. 1. Did I disambiguate right? If not, can someone show/tell me how to fix it? 2. Should the athlete Shirley Gordon be distinguished now that there are two articles with that title? Thank you. --DiamondRemley39 (talk) 16:23, 11 May 2019 (UTC)

Hi DiamondRemley39 - and welcome to the Teahouse. Yes, you added the dab correctly. And yes, in my opinion, there is no primary target, and so the other article should also have a dab, and a disambiguation created pointing to both articles.Onel5969 ^{TT me} 18:20, 11 May 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for setting up the disambiguation page, Onel5969. I did a search and saw that Shirley Gordon is now known as Shirley Gordon Olafsson. I added the name to her article. Should the article be renamed?--DiamondRemley39 (talk) 20:53, 11 May 2019 (UTC)

Hi DiamondRemley39 - That depends on whether or not she is more widely known with the Olafsson (married name?) appendage. WP:COMMONNAME is the guideline which should be followed. If indeed she is more well known by Olafsson, than yes, the page should be moved. If indeed she is more commonly known with Olafsson, simply move the page. Regarding the below comment by the below ip, it's not exactly accurate. If there are only 2 alternatives, like in this case, where neither is clearly the primary topic, WP:2DABS is the defining guideline, which then leads to WP:NOPRIMARY, which says "If there are multiple topics (even just two) to which a given title might refer, but per the criteria at Is there a primary topic? there is no primary topic, then the base name should lead the reader to the disambiguation page for the term."

[Edit Conflict] Where there are articles on three or more people of the same name it's best to add a parenthesised description (as you have done to the writer) to each of them and set up a Disambiguation page to which searches on the bare name will point. When there are only two it's common to choose the more well-known one and add a Hatnote to that article with a wikilink to the other subject along the lines of "This is the article about the athlete, for the writer see X X (writer)" (where the text here italicised is the wikilink). {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 2.122.2.132 (talk) 18:30, 11 May 2019 (UTC)

Yang 2020 presidential campaign

Hey, everybody, I am new to Wikipedia, I am a Ph.D. student that loves this website. I am here to contribute to the vast knowledge Wikipedia has to offer. I recently tried to edit the above article to include Kamala Harris in the section regarding Asian-Americans running. Considering she is Indian I think she should be included some way in the section talking about Asain-Americans running. What do you guys think? Snakebite21 (talk) 16:52, 11 May 2019 (UTC)SnakeBite21

Speaking as a Briton rather than an American, I have observed that while British people refer to those from the Indian sub-continent and its neighborhood as 'Asians', in the USA the term more often refers to those from Japan, China and their general regions (although 'officially' it also encompasses the sub-continent). Consequently, in the context of a USA-centred article, an Indian person might not be considered 'Asian.' The linked article goes into details about what the term means in various parts of the world.

Ultimately, you would do best to raise this question on the article's Talk page and see what consensus emerges. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 2.122.2.132 (talk) 18:14, 11 May 2019 (UTC)

Tags in the Headers

I wanted to ask about headers on the articles talk pages, for example these project tags were added to Judith Schwarz and Susan Hudson by the AfC reviewers (I think). I started a new page for draft:Linda Craddock 'Women in Red' artist project and wondered if its okay to add this project and/or other projects to the header of the talk page now rather later? Thank you! LorriBrown (talk) 23:57, 11 May 2019 (UTC)

Hi LorrieBrown. I don't think there's anything wrong so to speak with adding WikiProject banners to the talk pages of drafts. I think many WikiProject banner tempates have been set up so that the template recognizes that the "article" is actually still a draft and automatically specifies it is a such as well as adds the boilerplate text "This page does not require a rating on the project's quality scale." to the banner's description. So, you should be fine. Another option might be to add the WikiProject banner syntax to the page, and then hide it until the draft has been approved as an article. Once it has been approved, you or the person removing it can unhide the syntax so that the banners are now visible on the talk page. -- Marchjuly (talk) 00:04, 12 May 2019 (UTC)

Many wikiproject banners actually allow the "class=draft" parameter, thus explicitly notifying the project that it is a draft within their purview. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 06:09, 12 May 2019 (UTC)

Relation of Kumar Sanu with Nepali Music

Dear Wikipedians, I went through the article about Kumar Sanu: an indian singer Kumar Sanu . It nowhere mentions about his contributions in Nepali music. But he has sung many famous evergreen songs in Nepali Language. Please help in adding more about kumar sanu;s journey in Nepali music. Kumar Sanu Nepali Songs Kumar Sanus Nepali Song — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sashil Chalise (talk • contribs) 20:40, 11 May 2019 (UTC)

Hello, Sashil Chalise. Your request will be seen by a greater number of interested editors if it appears on the Talk page of Kumar Sanu, to which I have copied your request. Please note that the article Kumar Sanu discography and filmography also exists, in case you see a need to edit there.--Quisqualis (talk) 04:06, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

Contributions before registering and how to add them to your current profile?

Hello, sorry if this is the wrong section, I am kinda overwhelmed with the site's features.

I want to add the contributions I've done (before registering) to my account. I know that Wikia records the IP left after a Contribution so I guess it wouldn't be impossible. Is it possible for my contributions from my IP and my profile to be synchronized? Is it a feature?

Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bruck8 (talk • contribs) 20:51, 11 May 2019 (UTC)

Bruck8, I'm fairly certain this is not possible—but you can definitely say on your user page what IP you edited under, and link to that contributions page. Eman235/talk 21:23, 11 May 2019 (UTC)

Eman235, That's my understanding as well. S Philbrick(Talk) 22:17, 11 May 2019 (UTC)

Bruck8, you can create your user page by clicking here: User:Bruck8 and then at the top of the page, click Create. --valereee (talk) 15:54, 12 May 2019 (UTC)

Welcoming new contributors

So what's the concensus on welcoming new contributors to Wikipedia, anyway? Do they deserve a personal touch, or do we just slap 'em with a template and call it a day? (Guilty as charged.) Also, I just realised that I was never welcomed to Wikipedia :'(. Granted, most of my edits are not in mainspace. Regards, Guywan (talk) 21:17, 11 May 2019 (UTC)

Hi Guywan. I don't think there's a consensus one way or another. There are many templates in Category:Welcome templates (a easy-to-understand list can be found at Wikipedia:Welcoming committee/Welcome templates) for different types of welcomes, and these are fairly easy to use and often contain lots of links to other pages which a new editor might find helpful. Using templates can save time, but they might seem a little impersonal to some people who prefer to write their own "welcomes". There's also a page like Wikipedia:Welcoming committee/Welcome to Wikipedia which can be added as a link to a new editor's user talk pages. I think some members of Wikipedia:Welcoming committee might've even created a bot or two which will added welcome templates when the editor makes a certain type of edit, but not sure about that. I think the only (quasi-)consensus I've come across is related to not using welcoming templates with respect to new editors who seem to be intentionally trying to create problems and disrupt Wikipedia; many seem to go straight to user warnings in such cases. -- Marchjuly (talk) 21:58, 11 May 2019 (UTC)

I sometimes use {{subst:welcome|newuser=y}} (which omits "thank you for your contributions") for somewhat problematic users. Eman235/talk 22:05, 11 May 2019 (UTC)

@Guywan: Welcome. You have our wish - I have left you a belated welcome. I actually think a heartfelt welcome and a bit of support is better than a three second template, but these are all I can offer you right now. Regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 22:29, 11 May 2019 (UTC)

Asbury Park, NJ 1930's History

My Father had a Beauty School in AP during the 1930's. He was a pretty famous Hairdresser, Barber, and Wig maker (Postasure). He later had a shop on Royal Palm Way in Palm Beach, Fla, where he did many millionaires hair including Meriwether Post. He also made hairpeices for the famous singer John McCormack and many other famous people. Learning his trade in a apprenticeship in Berlin during the 1890's, He migrated to the US and Canada in 1904 where he sold hairpieces in NW Canada from a Motorcycle. He passed away @ 98 1/2 in 1986 in Columbia, Md. During his latter years He made wigs for the VA. He was Straight Pool Champion of Pittsburg, PA for a number of years with a run of over 60 shots.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Paul Micheel Jr (talk • contribs) 22:18, 11 May 2019 (UTC)

Should I post this???? Paul Micheel JR— Preceding unsigned comment added by Paul Micheel Jr (talk • contribs) 22:23, 11 May 2019 (UTC)‎

Hey, Paul Micheel Jr, welcome to the Teahouse. It sounds like your father had a pretty amazing life and business. If your father has been written about in detail and in depth by a number of reliable, independent sources (i.e. books, newspapers, magazines etc) then he might meet Wikipedia's Notability criteria. But there are millions and millions of amazing people in the world just like your father, but our test of whether or not they merit an entry in this encyclopedia rests purely and simply on whether the world at large has taken note of them. Only then would they merit a page here. Does that answer your question? Thanks for posting. Nick Moyes (talk) 22:38, 11 May 2019 (UTC)

Mexico City Policy article is plagerized!!!

The article Mexico City Policy is plagiarized off this website:https://www.kff.org/global-health-policy/fact-sheet/mexico-city-policy-explainer/Goaliepowers (talk) 23:22, 11 May 2019 (UTC)

Perhaps it is the other way around? The Wikipedia article got its start in 2003. The website you are pointing out was just published recently. David notMD (talk) 01:20, 12 May 2019 (UTC)

(edit conflict) @Goaliepowers: Welcome to the Teahouse. You have already raised this exact same point on the article's talk page - which is the right place to do that, rather than here. I have answered you there, and actually questioned whether your assertion is correct. Regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 01:23, 12 May 2019 (UTC)

Why my editing was deleted?

My editing in sita has been deleted. Scientific meaning of sita is ultraviolet rays. I known this meaning from a dictionary in Gaya divisional library— Preceding unsigned comment added by Sumitgaya (talk • contribs) 02:29, 12 May 2019 (UTC)

Sita is the consort of Lord Rama. There is nothing in that article that relates to ultraviolet rays. Your changes have been reverted twice. If you think you can make an argument for your proposed changes, the right place is the Talk page of the article. David notMD (talk) 02:43, 12 May 2019 (UTC)

Someone is WikiBullying me

How do I officially report a "WikiBully"? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Danfloyd1 (talk • contribs) 02:48, 12 May 2019 (UTC)

This pertains to Lincoln-Way East High School and and image the user has uploaded without valid license information https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Griffin.gif

I am not bullying you, it's not a "conspiracy to believe vandalism",[1] I am not admin, and I am not abusing you.[2] I am simply asking you to prove to Wikipedia that the img you uploaded is indeed something that we are allowed to use, and I am asking you to discuss on the article's talkpage whether the image you have uploaded is appropriate for the use you have put it to. It may be useful to show as part of the school's logo, but I would prefer to see an actual picture of the school's mascot rather than a heraldic style drawing if the editor is going to claim it is an image of the school's mascot. Meters (talk) 03:12, 12 May 2019 (UTC)

Danfloyd1, you probably want to use OTRS to help verify that the author has indeed released the image under CC0. Eman235/talk 03:17, 12 May 2019 (UTC)

Hi Danfloyd1. Wikimedia Commons and English Wikipedia are part of the same family so to speak, but they each have their own separate policies and guidelines specifically geared to the role each is intended to perform. Since Commons deals primarily with image files, the relevant policy is c:Commons:Licensing. Basically, Commons will only accept files when it can be verified to a fairly high degree of certainty that the uploader is the original copyright holder over what has ever been uploaded or that the original copyright holder has given their explicit consent for their work to be uploaded to Commons. After looking at the file, I think Meters is correct in stating that some kind of formal copyright ownership is needed. There are a couple of ways to do this: if you are the original copyright holder of the image, please follow c:Commons:OTRS#Licensing images: when do I contact OTRS?; if not, please follow c:Commons:OTRS#If you are NOT the copyright holder. Once the intent of the original copyright holder has been verified, an OTRS volunteer will add a template (Template:OTRS permission) to the file's page to indicate that the licensing has been verified. One other thing to consider is whether the file you uploaded is an official file created by the school or a derivative work based upon the mascot created by someone else as explained in c:Commons:Derivative works. Derivative works often involve multiple copyrights and can be trickier sort out.

As I mentioned above, Commons just deals with how files are licensed; Wikipedia, on the other hand, deals not only with how files are licensed, but also how they are used in articles. So, even though the licensing of the file might eventually be sorted out, there are still other issues related to context and encyclopedic value which may need to be resolved through discussion on the article's talk page. The best way to add images may be something which editors disagree upon, and when that happens the person wanting to add the image is going to be expected to establish a consensus to do so per Wikipedia:Dispute resolution just as they would be expected to do if the disagreement had to to do with adding textual content.

Finally, you're a new editor who tried to be WP:BOLD in improving an article; there's nothing wrong with that and that's what Wikipedia wants us to do. However, when we are making changes that another editor disagrees with, we need to try and understand why. The fact that someone disagrees with us doesn't make them a bully and them pointing out or flagging our edits as potential problems is also part of being here to improve Wikipedia. Having your edits undone can be frustrating for sure, but you need to be very careful when accusing others of wrongdoing because the Wikipedia community takes such accusations quite seriously; so they should not be made lightly. -- Marchjuly (talk) 03:52, 12 May 2019 (UTC)

question to user Sudiani

If you have a question for another editor, please ask on that editor's talk page, not here. This isn't a bulletin board. John from Idegon (talk) 05:17, 12 May 2019 (UTC)

Hi, you helped me to ask a question to user Sudiani about a Hollywood Reporter page 1 article from December 28, 1978 and he answered: I don't have a copy of the article/edition. The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts have the daily editions of The Hollywood Reporter for that period which is where I saw the information. If you are just interested in the Jaws II record, possibly Variety reported similar information when Superman came out and their back issues are available online. I would like to answer thst and ask another question : Thanks for your attention Sudiani. I actually want to know about Superman movie Christmas 1978 box office and Hollywood Reporter from December 27 and 28 ,1978 has such info ( I am a Variety subscriber and unfortunately it doesn't have this information from Hollywood Reporter that you saw.) As I live in Brazil, I would like a favor: one day,if you go again to The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts , can you please copy the text or photo the 'Superman' takes $3.2 mil one day December 28th 1978 article for me?? And see if the December 27 edition has more info? I would be so grateful... Regards. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Starmarco2014 (talk • contribs) 05:07, 12 May 2019 (UTC)

Citations - government websites

Hi, my question is about citation protocols for factual content about places. I am wondering if it is acceptable to use town, government organization, and/or other websites with factual info about the topic even if those citations are not arms' length? The specific content I'm exploring building right now is information about provincial parks, and nearly all data on this topic that is available on the internet is on the government website associated with these parks. Obtaining multiple arms' length sources is going to be a big stretch. It's (so far) apolitical material so I'm curious where the line is drawn on these things for appropriate citation standards. Thanks! McDoggo (talk) 05:58, 12 May 2019 (UTC)

@McDoggo: Hello and welcome to the Teahouse. It depends on what you are trying to cite. The relevant guidelines is probably WP:PRIMARY; "A primary source may only be used on Wikipedia to make straightforward, descriptive statements of facts that can be verified by any educated person with access to the primary source but without further, specialized knowledge." If you are just citing purely indisputable factual information, like the features of a park, number of visitors, etc., information from the administering government agency should be fine. The key is that the source cannot offer an interpretation of the information 331dot (talk) 10:15, 12 May 2019 (UTC)

Thanks! Ok, I should be covered then, this is helpful. Thank you! McDoggo (talk) 12:59, 12 May 2019 (UTC)

What principle of science is a creationist obligated to reject?

I am a new editor who got into a discussion with more experienced editors about a source used in my edits that had been reverted. In response to a puzzling statement, I asked three questions, the title for this section being the first one. The response was even more puzzling, but the tone of the discussion changed dramatically when one of the participants suggested that I come here for answers, expecting "a much more positive experience." So here I am. If anyone here cares to comment or maybe even pick up the discussion where we left off, please go here for context, search for the question in the title, and check out both hits to zero in. ThomasJamesGodfrey (talk) 11:48, 12 May 2019 (UTC)

Hello, ThomasJamesGodfrey. I'm afraid I'm a bit confused why Guy Macon should have told you at Talk:Book of Joshua to bring your questions here. It is true (I hope) that Teahouse hosts are focused on welcoming new users, but to my mind this is not a place for questions about specific articles, and even less about the philosophy of science or anything else. I'm sorry that you seem to be getting sent from one place to another, but I doubt if anybody is going to be willing to address that question here.

I'm not sure where else to send you. If it were a dispute about the content of the article, I would point you at the dispute resolution process. But for the more philosophical question you are asking, perhaps there is an active Wikiproject that is relevant; or else to the Village Pump. --ColinFine (talk) 13:08, 12 May 2019 (UTC)

I was hoping that ThomasJamesGodfrey could get some general (not specific) advice on how to contribute to the encyclopedia in ways other that introducing fringe theories into religion pages (which he says that he understands will not fly and has stopped doing). He appears to be a new user who isn't quite clicking on what kind of edits are helpful and what kind of edits are pretty much certain to get immediate push-back from other editors. --Guy Macon (talk) 13:41, 12 May 2019 (UTC)

@ColinFine: Thanks for explaining. I see that Guy Macon has also explained why he suggested that I come here. He evidently thought I was looking for answers to more general questions only and didn't really care about the questions I had asked him. I thought he meant that I might get answers to my questions for him in a less hostile, more welcoming environment. The environment here seems fine to me, but I should have realized that it would be hard to find anyone willing to take up his side in our discussion. Oh, well. At least the confusion has been cleared up. If I just made a mess here, feel free to get rid of this section. No problem. Best regards. ThomasJamesGodfrey (talk) 19:10, 12 May 2019 (UTC)

wiki code mystery

Hi, Just wondering why in this version the April articles are missing while they appear in the current version. I couldn't find what made the articles disappear or reappear. Thanks --Golan's mom (talk) 14:02, 12 May 2019 (UTC)

I'm not certain, Golan's mom, but I think it's probably the pipe character ("|") omitted from the end of the "columns" line. --ColinFine (talk) 16:21, 12 May 2019 (UTC)

Have two versions of the same article, can you delete one of them?

Hello!

I am working on an article "Jamie Meyer" (in my sandbox). Now I have learned that I have two versions of the same article (one copy). I s it possible for any of you to delete one of them, so I have only one left to work with? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Uppsalaelle (talk • contribs) 14:26, 12 May 2019 (UTC)

Uppsalaelle Looks like one is at User:Uppsalaelle/sandbox and the other at Draft:Jamie Meyer. Which one are you wanting to keep? If you put this at the top of the page you don't want, someone will delete it: {{Db-g7}} --valereee (talk) 14:53, 12 May 2019 (UTC)

Hi Valeree! Thanks for the help! I need to try to understand what you mean. I'm not technical. I dont know how I manage to create two articles. It does not matter which one is deleted, the text is quite similar. Huge thanks anyway! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Uppsalaelle (talk • contribs) 15:20, 12 May 2019 (UTC)

Hi @Uppsalaelle: (and may I say what a lovely name that is :D ) you did not do anything wrong - another editor moved the article from User:Uppsalaelle/sandbox to Draft:Jamie Meyer because the latter is a better location for an article that is under development. Unfortunately, it looks like they forgot to tell you about it, and so when you went back to your original title, User:Uppsalaelle/sandbox, you created a new draft there. Nothing to worry about though, it's just a matter of deleting the copy and making sure that you know which version to work on! Shall I tag User:Uppsalaelle/sandbox with the deletion template for you, or do you prefer to do it yourself? It's just a matter of pasting the code that Valereee supplied at the top of the page. --bonadea contributions talk 15:33, 12 May 2019 (UTC)

Thanks, bonadea, and sorry, Uppsalaelle for providing confusing instructions! :) I try to remember how very overwhelming this whole process can be for new users! --valereee (talk) 15:48, 12 May 2019 (UTC)

bonadea Hi Bonadea! Huge Thanks!!! Can you send the tag for deletion? And then I try to find the draft instead. I only see the sandbox now. Wikipedia is quite complicated :)

@Uppsalaelle: OK, it's tagged! The draft is at Draft:Jamie Meyer - just click that link and it will take you to the draft. --bonadea contributions talk 16:27, 12 May 2019 (UTC)

About references for notability

Hey! My recently published article Abhijeet Srivastava has a tag about its notability. The subject is a bollywood singer and has sung for songs under two old and reliable music labels. I've cited two online platforms like Gaana.com and iTunes, which are not considered credible enough by editors. Please suggest me some platforms which could be used as reference. Is IMDb profile good enough to be used? Please suggest me. Abhayoct13th (talk) 15:28, 12 May 2019 (UTC)

@Abhayoct13th: please see Wikipedia:Reliable sources. In this case, I'd imagine those would be newspapers, music or film magazines, and books. If you can't find any reliable sources like that that discuss Srivastava in detail, then the topic is not notable. – Finnusertop (talk ⋅ contribs) 15:50, 12 May 2019 (UTC)

Thankyou Finnusertop for the information. I'll keep in mind the points you mentioned.

Abhayoct13th (talk) 15:59, 12 May 2019 (UTC)

Anote Tong's assessment

Hi! Nice to meet you! Hope you're having a nice day!. Well, I am working hard on Anote Tong's article, former President of Kiribati, and I would need (if someone can do it) assess an importance level (Low - Mid - High - Top), to the "Kiribati Project" template. Could anybody be available and able to do that? I would be very thankful!!. -- --LLcentury (talk) 18:31, 12 May 2019 (UTC)

Since he was a president, the importance is top. Ruslik_Zero 20:13, 12 May 2019 (UTC)

inexperience with at Templates at baffling issue at Talk:Tom Elliott (radio personality)

I am confused as how to move forward at Talk:Tom Elliott (radio personality) as a variety of issues appear to be arising. X1\ (talk) 19:52, 12 May 2019 (UTC)

X1\, that article provides little evidence that its subject is notable. It has four references: one is to an article he wrote himself, two give "404" messages, and one gives a "DNS failure" message. Unless someone can provide better sources to establish that he's notable, the article is likely to be deleted, making that rather incoherent talk page discussion irrelevant. Maproom (talk) 22:19, 12 May 2019 (UTC)

@X1\: I agree with Maproom. I've just spent 15 minutes chasing round the internet to replace one dead link in a rather poor citation about his early life, half of which isn't supported by anything written within the source. If you then can't take enough care to add new sources to further content you want to either add or reinstate about his opinions (which I think Onetwothreeip removed) by supplying links that actually work, I'm not sure we can help you move anything forward. Fix those first. It does look like you've now received a third opinion. Further views on the article as a whole could then be offered if someone wants to put it forward for a Deletion discussion. I'm not sure it merits retention unless you can significantly improve the page with better content and better inline citations to independent sources to demonstrate that he meets WP:NBIO. It seems his claim to fame is as a minor presenter on a small commercial radio station in Melbourne, based upon one story in the city newspaper which originally created that radio station. Nick Moyes (talk) 22:48, 12 May 2019 (UTC)  

@Maproom and Nick Moyes: Well this has never happened to me on Wikipedia before and this is seriously concerning. I was in an editing dispute with X1\ at Timeline of Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections and found to my surprise that after I had removed some not notable opinions from Tom Elliott (radio personality), X1\ had somehow found themselves on this completely unrelated article provoking another editing dispute with me. I certainly thought that was odd, especially since this would not normally be an issue of any great contention, but then X1\ sought a "third opinion" on the matter and this was provided by none other than the editor who shares the same views with X1\ on the Russian interference article and who had likewise been reverting my edits there as well, My very best wishes. Unsurprisingly, they agreed with them and disagreed with me.

It would be fairly straightforward to provide diffs for this but this is very clear, and certainly worrying. Is this something that should be taken to WP:ANI? This has simply never happened to me before so I don't know what to do here. Onetwothreeip (talk) 00:12, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

@Nick Moyes and Maproom: Thank you both for your efforts. It would appear you both agree is there little evidence that its subject is notable, as I have questioned [3][4]. I will consider applying the Template:Article for deletion and attempting that process. Hopefully it goes better than the Template:Third opinion attempt. If it gets deleted then the "incoherent talk page discussion irrelevant"ness would be welcome. A suggestion on the articles Talk page that opinions are often directly requested in the "Active disagreements" section on the Wikipedia:Third opinion page maybe be a better route, if I remember that process. Also, I will consider the WP:RfC process.

@Maproom: regarding the "If you then can't take enough care..." comment, I was attempting to improve the Herald Sun item [5] when it was deleted [6]. I attempted to continue to improve it [7], but for the 3AW item I didn't get to the followup [8] to determine its viability, along with others [9] before the kerfuffle.

@Nick Moyes: the Wayback Machine sounds cool, and I'd like to learn more about its uses.

Well, thank you both again for the input; I'll continue on at the article. X1\ (talk) 00:22, 14 May 2019 (UTC)

Change username

Hello

I was wanting to know how to change my username, I am currently using my first letter and last name, what would be a better one to make it?

Jbegle (talk) 20:56, 12 May 2019 (UTC)

Hello Jbegle and welcome to the Teahouse. You can request a username change by following the instructions at Wikipedia:Changing username, or you could take note of the advice there for users with very few edits, and simply abandon your current account, never ever use it again, and simply create a brand new one. Either way, the choice of username is up to you - albeit with a few limitations described at Wikipedia:Username_policy#Inappropriate_usernames. Looking at your userboxes and past edits, you could choose something like User:IndianaJones or User:IndianaJosei - it really is totally up to you. Nick Moyes (talk) 22:06, 12 May 2019 (UTC)

That sounds like a good username I think I will use the IndianaJones one it sounds awesome, and thanks for your help — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jbegle (talk • contribs) 23:12, 12 May 2019 (UTC)

IndianaJones sounds too good to not be taken. We have a unified login system with other Wikimedia wikis so you have to use Special:CentralAuth to see whether a username is taken. Special:CentralAuth/IndianaJones shows it is. ru:Special:Contributions/IndianaJones shows three edits in 2006. Jbegle chose User:Indianajosi instead. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:58, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

Probably eligible for usurpation at meta:Steward_requests/Username_changes#Requests_involving_merges,_usurps_or_other_complications, though, if there are any takers... Tigraan^{Click here to contact me} 15:38, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

Reviewing articles

Hi Everyone, I wonder why it takes more than 2 months to review articles? Thank you in advance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yafimpico (talk • contribs) 23:24, 12 May 2019 (UTC)

Because there's a shortage of reviewers. And no wonder. Reviewing articles is an unpleasant and thankless task. (I had a look at Draft:Daniel Kapler, which has been submitted for the third time. The first reference is to IMDB, which is not a reliable source; the second is in Hebrew, a language few reviewers can read; the third and fourth do not mention the subject. A conscientious reviewer will have to work through all 20 references, looking for evidence that the subject is notable.) I don't regret my decision not to become a reviewer. Maproom (talk) 06:57, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

Gonzales or Gonzalez???

Main article: Wally Gonzales

I have been trying to figure out if it is Wally Gonzales or Wally Gonzalez, some news sources call him Gonzalez but very few call him Wally Gonzales. And if it is actually Wally Gonzalez can someone teach me how to change it thank you. --FromFrank✎Talk♬ 23:40, 12 May 2019 (UTC)

Hello FromFrank, and welcome to the Teahouse. Interesting. There seems to be at least two musicians with a variation of the name, "your's" and this guy, so don't confuse the two. This [10] seems to be him, but this album [11] uses the other spelling, maybe it has changed over time. I say be WP:BOLD, go with your best judgement. If someone disagrees you can discuss it then.

Normally you should be able to WP:MOVE it without problem, but in this case there's a redirect in the way, so I think it would need an admin, is that correct PrimeHunter? Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 08:04, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

Non-admins can move it in this case per Wikipedia:Moving a page#Moving over a redirect. Both names are common but the official sources I found say Gonzalez, e.g. [12][13]. PrimeHunter (talk) 09:36, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

Thanks, and for whatever reason I misread the album I linked, Gonzalez it is. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 10:05, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

What's a "deleted edit"?

I requested a username usurpation, and the bot added this information: "Requesting user has 247 undeleted edits and 65 deleted edits, for a total of 312 edits."

What's a deleted edit? I've never heard of one before. Merlin04atschool (talk) 00:17, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

@Merlin04atschool: Deleted edits are typically edits to articles that have been deleted; for instance, if you edited article XYZ to add a reference, but a month later it was deleted as, say, non-notable (unknown to you when you edited it), then that adding a reference would be counted as a deleted edit. There is also revision-deletion, in which the article was not removed entirely but a portion of it was. Copyright violation is one of the more common reasons for that (if a copyright violation is detected, every revision that contained the violation must be deleted, even if there are many intermediate edits that had nothing to do with it) but other reasons include doxxing and real nasty comments about people. Thanks for asking, and happy editing! -A lad insane (Channel 2) 00:50, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

It's odd. AnomieBOT did say "Requesting user has 247 undeleted edits and 65 deleted edits, for a total of 312 edits."[14] Special:Contributions/Merlin04atschool shows 312 edits at the time, none of them currently deleted. It could happen if pages you had edited were deleted at the time and undeleted now but I have found no such pages. As an administrator I can currently see no deleted edits by you. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:13, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

Merlin04atschool. you could try Wikipedia:Village pump (technical). Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 07:08, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

Creating locator maps.

Recently I began to create articles on former villages in the Galanchozh District of Chechnya. So far I wrote / re-wrote 3 articles (Galanchozh, Yalkhoroy and Khaibakh), but I want to know how to create a locator map for the villages. I think that it will help a lot with the pages.

Thanks

- Sail 95 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sail 95 (talk • contribs) 00:26, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

Welcome to the Teahouse, Sail 95. I'm not an expert at adding maps to articles, but it seems to me that the template you're looking for is Template:Location map. These "pushpin" maps can also be integrated into infoboxes, as described at Template:Infobox settlement#Maps, coordinates. If you need any help understanding those guidelines, do ask here. Cordless Larry (talk) 09:16, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for these links Larry, I looked and I saw one of these in the past trying to make a locator map for one of the articles but, the problem is that I can't figure how to add them. I also can't figure how to add an infobox which would probably help a lot more.

Thanks

- Sail 95

Piping

If I want to post the link as another word but wanna use brackets ([]), how do I do that? RandomManScreamingChandelier (talk) 01:32, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

@RandomManScreamingChandelier: Thanks for asking! First, though, I must ask you to sign all of your comments on non-articles (such as this) with four tildes (these things --> ~). On to the question, though! It's really quite simple. Use two left brackets and the name of the linked article, then type a pipe --> | <-- like so (on an American keyboard it's up above "enter"), whatever you want the link to show up as, then two right brackets. An example would be this: Olivia Newton-John. Now, I don't recommend using it that way (for misleading links), but there certainly are legitimate purposes. Thanks for asking and happy editing! -A lad insane (Channel 2) 00:59, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

Thank you very much! RandomManScreamingChandelier (talk) 01:32, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

Capitalization

There are 2 articles on proper capitalization on Wikipedia and they say opposite things. One is here and the other is here. Which is correct and who is supposed to keep it consistent? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zimm82 (talk • contribs)

Hi Zimm82, welcome to the Teahouse. In which way are they opposite? Are you trying to apply them to a specific case? Note that the first is about titles of external works mentioned by Wikipedia, e.g. books and films, while the other is about titles of Wikipedia articles. The rules are deliberately different for some things. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:21, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

I see you moved Criticism of United States foreign policy to Criticism of United States Foreign Policy. The sentence case rule for articles titles applies here so I have reverted the move. If the article had been about a specific book called "Criticism of United States Foreign Policy" then your move would have been correct. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:35, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

Need help on improving

Hi Team,

Hope you are well. I needed some help on improving my page and some tips to overcome the challenge we are facing.

Much appreciated.

Kind regards, brightLET — Preceding unsigned comment added by Brightlet (talk • contribs) 01:10, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

Your draft "BrightLET" has been deleted as advertising/promotional. Also, your account is blocked until you change your User name from Brightlet to something else. Apologizing is not enough. See User talk:Brightlet for explanation. David notMD (talk) 02:26, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

Can I highlight text on a talk page?

I know how to make something bold, italic, bold italic, or larger, but is there any way to highlight text with a background color like green or yellow? This would be for text on a talk page only. ThomasJamesGodfrey (talk) 01:49, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

ThomasJamesGodfrey, I think you want {{Background color}} or {{Highlight}} (they're slightly different, read the docs for details). Eman235/talk 02:54, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

@Eman235: Thanks. I went with this method for highlighting. Worked like a charm. ThomasJamesGodfrey (talk) 19:12, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

Trying to de-orphan iVideosongs by creating a link with Erik Mongrain

Hello!

I like solving Orphan articles issue but i failed to de-orphan iVideosongs article. While i'm trying to add link for in this page "Erik Mongrain" i receive message that page doesn't exist. Please can you help?

Thanks. Rhea Nawar (talk) 02:19, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

Hi Rhea Nawar. I don't see any record of you making any edits to Erik Mongrain; so, it's hard to tell what the problem is. Anyway, it looks like the problem has to do with the capitalization of the "s" in iVideosongs. The title of the article doesn't capitalize the "s", but the mention in the Mongrain article does; in other words, iVideosongs exists, but iVideoSongs doesn't. There are a few ways to fix this: (1) change the text in the Mongrain article; (2) WP:PIPE the link you add to the Morgain article; (3) create a WP:REDIRECT from "iVideoSongs" to "iVideosongs"; or (4) WP:MOVE "iVideosongs" to "iVideoSongs". The first option is the simplest, but being simple might not mean being the best. The last option is the hardest since it involves WP:COMMONNAME and WP:NCCAPS depending upon how the company actually spells its name and how reliable sources refer to the company. -- Marchjuly (talk) 02:36, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

@Rhea Nawar: All official sources I have found and the large majority of other sources say iVideosongs so I have linked that.[15] The article's source also said iVideosongs when it existed.[16] PrimeHunter (talk) 12:46, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

Hi @Marchjuly: and @PrimeHunter:. The problem was the capitalization of the "s". Just realize that case sensitive. Thanks for your support. Rhea Nawar (talk) 18:33, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

Picture Violation

Hi, I have added few pictures in my sandbox page yesterday, it got deleted today due to violation but i don't know what is the problem since some of the pictures are still there,why? — Preceding unsigned comment added by World Youth Forum (talk • contribs)

@World Youth Forum: The page User:World Youth Forum/sandbox was deleted after your post here and I see you are now blocked. Some of your uploads to Wikimedia Commons were deleted as apparent copyright violations. The red file links at commons:Special:Log/upload/World Youth Forum means deletion. commons:User talk:World Youth Forum gives reasons. Commons is a different wiki and I cannot see deleted pages there. You can seek help there. I see you already posted to commons:Commons:Help desk#Deletion of photos i have added. PrimeHunter (talk) 09:54, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

Approval timeframe....4 months? Am I doing something wrong?

I added a page in January, submitted it for review and it shows four months later in a draft state. Did I miss a step? Can anyone advise? Thanks in advance.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:David_Gadis — Preceding unsigned comment added by DCWOMAC (talk • contribs)

Hello DCWOMAC and welcome to the Teahouse. The problem was that you didn't submitted the draft for review by placing {{subst:submit}}. Anyway I have submitted the article for review. This may take more than two months since drafts are reviewed in no specific order. Sincerely, Masum Reza^☎ 12:32, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

While you are waiting for the review, DCWOMAC, I would suggest that you work on the draft to ensure that every sentence is supported by a citation to a reliable source and that any opinions (e.g. "earned him a reputation among city and municipal leadership as an innovative leader and a trusted partner who truly understands their challenges and desired goals") that aren't attributed clearly to a source are removed. Cordless Larry (talk) 12:42, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

@DCWOMAC: Please also note that trusted partner who truly understands their challenges and desired goals is unacceptable to state in Wikipedia's voice (no matter how well-sourced), as it paints the subject in a flattering light without providing any objective information. Tigraan^{Click here to contact me} 14:38, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

It seems that the draft was a copyright violation of this, and it has therefore been deleted. Cordless Larry (talk) 14:10, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

Urgent -- please remove offensive content

Doris Day passed away today. Someone placed an offensive and obscene photo at the top of her Wikipedia page. Can someone PLEASE remove this, and perhaps prevent the person who made that addition from editing any more Wikipedia pages. Thank you!— Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.73.32.83 (talk)

It appears the vandalism is being addressed, thank you for the information. Unfortunately this can happen, especially with high profile pages or subjects that are in the news. For future reference, vandalism can be reported to Administrator intervention against vandalism. 331dot (talk) 13:42, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.73.32.83 (talk) 13:51, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

Why was I blocked too many times?

Why was I blocked too many times before I first logged in? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sportsfanrob (talk • contribs) 14:08, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

@Sportsfanrob: I can't be sure, as I am not a CheckUser (and even if I was, I would not be permitted to look in this case), but it sounds like you were subject to IP blocks. This does not indicate any wrongdoing on your part- the thing is, oftentimes IP addresses are shared by multiple people, and if one particular address is causing a lot of issues, sometimes an administrator will block the IP, risking collateral damage as the price of getting rid of the issues. Unfortunately, I think you were caught up in that collateral. Thanks for asking! -A lad insane (Channel 2) 14:25, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

New

Hi everyone, what are some articles that I can edit or create to get started? I'm new here, and I want to help. Piedypied (talk) 14:39, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

for experimenting go to your sandboxThe 2nd Red Guy (talk) 20:29, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

Start with topics you know a lot about. On your Talk page, an automated program ('bot) made suggestions, but you are not limited to those. David notMD (talk) 15:03, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

alma mater

I was recently editing Jim Chapman's infobox, but can't seem to place the alma mater correctly. Can anyone help fix this? Thank you! – DarkGlow (talk) 14:47, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

@DarkGlow: it looks fine to me - where did you want it to be? Its currently at the bottom of the infobox. --DannyS712 (talk) 00:10, 14 May 2019 (UTC)

@DannyS712: I thought that alma maters were supposed to go in the personal info section? I was taken aback when it suddenly moved to the bottom, as it looks quite odd. – DarkGlow (talk) 07:37, 14 May 2019 (UTC)

@DarkGlow: Oh - in that case, I have moved it there --DannyS712 (talk) 07:42, 14 May 2019 (UTC)

@DannyS712: I seem to be having the same issue with this article; except in this case spouse, parter and children are at the bottom. If it isn’t too much trouble, do you know how to fix this? – DarkGlow (talk) 07:55, 14 May 2019 (UTC)

@DarkGlow:  Done --DannyS712 (talk) 07:57, 14 May 2019 (UTC)

Wikpedia article Sahjanwa railway station moved to draft by cassopedia...

hello i want to ask that why and who have moved my article to draft about Indian Railways i want to inform cassopedia that please move it back to www.wikipedia.com and i will tried to include some required citations and sources about that but please move it back to wikipedia article because there was the article has been open to all so any one who have some liable sources are able to add them so i requesting you to please move it again to wikipedia article because nothing of the information given in that article are not wrong and all information of that article was totally correct and genuine. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ner railway zone gorakhpur (talk • contribs)

Hello Ner railway zone gorakhpur and welcome to the TeaHouse. The page you created has been moved to draft space so you can work on it there until it is ready for mainspace. Wikipedia articles need to include citations to sources and these sources must be trusted as being accurate. These sources are needed so we can easily verify an article is accurate. You can also talk to a user directly by going to their user talk at [[User talk:Example]]. Thanks, Rubbish computer (Talk: Contribs) 17:13, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

Need Help on creating an article.

How do i create a page for a wildlife photographer and being accepted to publish.I have created the user name in his name.Please let me know,the info i added are 100 percent genuine.This guy works with Foundations too. — Preceding unsigned comment added by EarthEjazkhan (talk • contribs) 16:29, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

Dear EarthEjazkhan, Please read the reasons why Draft:Ejaz Khan was declined. You are going to need to establish the notability of this person through reliable sources that are independent of the subject. For information about how to add sources to the article, please read Help:Referencing for beginners and Wikipedia:Citing sources. Regards, Zingarese talk · contribs 17:01, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

Not angry, just a curiosity

Hi! Nice to meet you!, I want to express my curiosity on why on the article Gaza–Israel clashes (May 2019), on the International response section are only included the U.S. and EU. Don't the other countries matter too? Just a curiosity. Thanks! --LLcentury (talk) 16:48, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

I'm guessing: It could be connected to WP:PROPORTION and WP:NOTNEWS. If you include reactions from many many countries, half the article will be about that, and it shouldn't. As time passes, more and better sources will be available and the article will change shape (probably). Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 17:22, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

removal of content question

hi there i have a question about adding an external link to a wikipedia entry. i have been trying to add simonmartinartist.blogspot to the Simon Martin artist page. this has been taken down twice. it is the legitimate site of the artist. why is being taken down? how do i get it to stay on the page? any help would be gratefully received. https://simonmartinartist.blogspot.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Martin_(artist) — Preceding unsigned comment added by TX8SM (talk • contribs) 17:13, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

@TX8SM: If other editors disagree with your inclusion of the link, I suggest discussing it at Talk:Simon Martin (artist) --DannyS712 (talk) 00:09, 14 May 2019 (UTC)

I want to talk with others and develop articles

Hi everyone, it's nice to be on this site. I'm new to wikipedia and I'm wondering how I can get started on editing articles and communicate with others. Thanks! Piedypied (talk) 20:01, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

Hi, Piedypied! The best way to get started is to search for topics you're interested in and give them a read to see if you might be able to improve them. Improving them can involve copyediting for grammar, typos, etc., improving sourcing, or expanding the content. What kinds of topic are you most interested in? --valereee (talk) 20:48, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

Hi everyone! Also like piedypied, I am new to this site and would like to know if I could publish my own article instead of just editing others. [Disneyprince]— Preceding unsigned comment added by Disneyprince (talk • contribs) 22:30, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

Disneyprince I would very strongly suggest editing current articles first as a way to learn how to contribute. Once you've figured out the basics, then you can create an article from scratch. It's a complicated process. --valereee (talk)

Articles

On the Special:Statistics page it says there are 5.8 million "content pages" on the English Wikipedia, which also claims to have 5.8 million articles, so my question is are "Content pages" and "Articles" the same exact thing?

97.90.47.253 (talk) 21:56, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

It varies how the terms are used but in the count of 5.8 million, the terms are used about the same: All mainspace pages excluding redirects. The name "Content pages" at Special:Statistics is determined by MediaWiki:Statistics-articles with an explanation at translatewiki:MediaWiki:Statistics-articles/qqq. Note it's different at some wikis. In normal jargon at the English Wikipedia, the around 300,000 article disambiguation pages are not included in "articles". PrimeHunter (talk) 22:30, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

Publishing your own article

Hi everyone! I am new to this and I would like to know if I can add my own articles to https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Teahouse&action=edit&section=new and also how the site works thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Disneyprince (talk • contribs) 22:33, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

Disneyprince, don't post articles here; put them in your sandbox or in the draft namespace. I have left a welcome message on your talk page with links to more information. Eman235/talk 22:52, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

A question about a Living Person Biography

I've been working on an article and discovered the artist has used more than one name during their career. The article has an artist information template but does not have line for that. I also am not certain which name may be the birth name and which might be a name taken through marriage. I am not sure if it is important to note as most of the references that I have found are for the one name, only one reference is for the other name. Thank you!LorriBrown (talk) 02:21, 14 May 2019 (UTC)

LorriBrown, if it is a WP:BLP subject and you have information but no reliable sources, you cannot use it. Every fact about a living person must have a solid reliable source. John from Idegon (talk) 02:30, 14 May 2019 (UTC)

John from Idegon Thank you for your reply. I think my question was to vague... Here is some more specific information regarding my question. The article is draft: Linda Craddock. The reference is #6. I got the information from the artist website on their CV page. Plus when I read about the person's background it matches hers so make sense to me that she had a different name at point in time. So do I list the other name as I have in the artist info box or is it necessary? As you can see the article for the gallerieswest is for the name of Linda Brock. Thank youLorriBrown (talk) 02:48, 14 May 2019 (UTC)

LorriBrown, this is one of the issues we have with sourcing women: their names change, which makes research difficult. It means we often have to research very carefully. A name change isn't necessarily a contentious assertion, but it does need to be researched. You believe Linda Brock and Linda Craddock are the same artist? I'm trying to follow, what exact specific info is pointing us to that conclusion? Apologies that it probably seems clear to you that you've shown that, I've had a glass of wine or two. --valereee (talk) 03:11, 14 May 2019 (UTC)

Valereee and John from Idegon Okay, fair enough. I believe these are the same person because, the artist Linda Craddock's CV notes under Biography - Journals, Magazines, Books - 2003 – “Artists Portraits” Galleries West. Vol. 2 No. 2 Summer. When I looked for the article in gallerieswest online magazine I didn't find an article for Linda Craddock with that description but did find one for for Linda Brock. The #6 reference which I have listed for draft: Linda Craddock is the same article. In the body of the article the writer Shannon Heth describes Linda Brock to be a painter, born in Vegreville, Alberta living at the time on Pender Island having graduated from Alberta College of Art & Design and receiving an MFA from the University of Calgary. If you look at #5 reference and click the 'read more' you can read that Craddock was born in Vegreville, Alberta graduated from the Alberta College of Art and received her BFA and MFA from the University of Calgary. She left Calgary moved to Vancouver Island then moved to a small gulf island (Pender Island is a Gulf Island) for several years before returning to Calgary. I know it may seem more obvious to me because I have gotten somewhat familiar with this person but doesn't that seem reasonable for me to believe that? If not I think I may need some of your wine. :- ) If so, then how am I suppose to address that in her article? Thank you! LorriBrown (talk) 05:39, 14 May 2019 (UTC)

LorriBrown, in my opinion, you have carried out sufficient due diligence to say in a Wikipedia article that these two names refer to the same person. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 08:40, 14 May 2019 (UTC)

I agree, it seems pretty clear it's the same person. If it turns out against all odds there are two women named Linda with those exact details, it'll be discovered. ETA: Oh, sorry, your original question. I'd use as the title the name under which she is currently/most recently working, but when discussing the portions of her career where she was working under another name, I'd just say something like, "Craddock, then working under the name Linda Brock..."--valereee (talk) 10:40, 14 May 2019 (UTC)

Follow-up to Coordinate_footnotes

I saw in some village pages fallingrain.com for coordinates. Is it a reliable source for coordinates?--Vin09 (talk) 02:50, 14 May 2019 (UTC)

@Vin09: I'm going to say no, because while the site is extensive, there's no indication (that I could easily find) of who puts the numbers there, and what their source is. There are also some pretty basic English language typos on the home page that make me question the site's attention to detail. TimTempleton ^{(talk) (cont)} 05:58, 14 May 2019 (UTC)

So, which one to use as a reliable source?--Vin09 (talk) 06:03, 14 May 2019 (UTC)

@Vin09: Providing when you click the coordinates and are taken to the page which allows you to select Google maps - and providing the village correctly displays there, you probably don't need to worry about a coordinate footnote. If you use Google maps to extract a coordinate to the centre of a village, you could, of course, cite Google maps as the source. I think a source is really needed for coordinates for smaller features which can't be proven by a quick click to an online map. Thus a small summit peak's which doesn't show up in online mapping might need to be cited to a local walking guide or paper map. I suspect one of our experienced editors, Maproom, might be able to add to this. Nick Moyes (talk) 09:48, 14 May 2019 (UTC)

@Nick Moyes: Thanks for the info.--Vin09 (talk) 10:01, 14 May 2019 (UTC)

Query on Maintenance Template

Hi This is in reference to this maintenance template message that I have come across on the Purkazi page.

"This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Purkazi" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (May 2019)"

Kindly elaborate on how can I improve the content. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikicon07 (talk • contribs) 05:36, 14 May 2019 (UTC)

For interested readers, this is for Purkazi. There's a lot of info there that is unsourced - simply find reliable sources that discuss the unsourced items, or which can be used to add additional significant information, and add them to the article. (Please sign your posts on talk pages by using four tildes like this: ~~~~.) TimTempleton ^{(talk) (cont)} 05:49, 14 May 2019 (UTC)