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June 1

GA

Hello. I am currently working on the 2022 GA nominations backlog drive, and I just finished an article, that passed. Will someone else end up looking at it or will it just be passed? The article is Noah Syndergaard. Cherrell410 (talk) 02:15, 1 June 2022 (UTC)

@Cherrell410 It's the first article I've noticed that has both Category:Short description matches Wikidata AND Category:Short description is different from Wikidata. I don't understand how both of these can be correct. GoingBatty (talk) 02:24, 1 June 2022 (UTC)

I have no idea what that means Cherrell410 (talk) 02:50, 1 June 2022 (UTC)

Does the infobox in that article transclude a SD? Even then I would think the :d check wouldn't check the overridden sd. Happy Editing--IAmChaos 05:22, 1 June 2022 (UTC)

@IAmChaos You're absolutely correct! Therefore I started a discussion at Template talk:Infobox baseball biography#Short description issue. Thanks! GoingBatty (talk) 00:55, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

Multiple images template

Hello! I attempted to add two images to the Sauk City page using the 'Multiple Images' template, but I'm getting markup text above the images and I don't know why. I would greatly appreciate any help! To be clear, I am attempting to insert two images side-by-side with a shared footer. Thanks!

EDIT: The images I have inserted are the pictures of the original Culver's location, in the economy section toward the bottom of the page. --Stephanos100 (talk) 05:59, 1 June 2022 (UTC) Stephanos100

@Stephanos100: According to {{Multiple image}} you should give only the file name and not use the [[File: ]] tags. RudolfRed (talk) 06:32, 1 June 2022 (UTC)

You know, I read that, and I swear I tried it too. This time it worked so I guess I misinterpreted what I was supposed to write instead. Thank you! Stephanos100 (talk) 06:46, 1 June 2022 (UTC)

User Archive Talk Page Deletion

How do I request deletion for an empty archive Talk subpage that's ruining my archivebox? Nythar (talk) 09:41, 1 June 2022 (UTC)

You can tag it with {{Db-userreq}}. David Biddulph (talk) 12:23, 1 June 2022 (UTC)

Extension:TemplateWizard - how to install ?

https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:TemplateWizard#Installation

has incomplete instructions

.... 0mtwb9gd5wx (talk) 15:09, 1 June 2022 (UTC)

Those instructions are for installing the extension in the Wiki server: it's already installed in English Wikipedia, and you don't have access to install it if it weren't. See mw:Help:Extension:TemplateWizard for how to actually use it. ColinFine (talk) 16:32, 1 June 2022 (UTC)

Adding the original references to a translated article

Hi! I am translating to english an article about a portuguese painter. You can see it on my usuary page if you want it is public. I have almost finished the tranlsation but I can´t add the references they had on the original portuguese page. How can I add them? Thanks in advance for any help you can give me, Remuslupin1513 (talk) 17:18, 1 June 2022 (UTC)

@Remuslupin1513: the English Wikipedia does not require that references are in English, so you can just use the Portuguese references. You will need to "translate" from the templates used on the Portuguese Wikipedia to our templates. You do not even need to use templates if it's too hard (although it's preferable): you can just put the proper information in "by hand". As a separate issue, please by sure to attribute the Portuguese article from which you translated your article: see WP:TFOLWP. -Arch dude (talk) 17:45, 1 June 2022 (UTC)

Subject as source

My boss has requested I update his Wikipedia page which currently contains outdated information. How do I update his page when he is the source of information? Does all information on a living person's page need to have been previously published? — Preceding unsigned comment added by IsabellaZingray (talk • contribs) 22:20, 1 June 2022 (UTC)

IsabellaZingray First, it is not your boss' "Wikipedia page", but a Wikipedia article about your boss. A Wikipedia article summarizes what independent reliable sources say about a person, not what they say about themselves. Primary sources are only acceptable in certain circumstances. You must make a formal paid editing declaration as you are editing for your boss. 331dot (talk) 22:27, 1 June 2022 (UTC)

... and we do need a published source for everything you add. Maproom (talk) 22:33, 1 June 2022 (UTC)

Hi IsabellaZingray. You and your boss should probably take a close look at this and this before trying to proceed any further. As pointed out above, Wikipedia articles may be written about subjects, but they aren't owned by subjects; this means that any edits made to them are going to need to be done in accordance with relevant Wikipedia policies and guidelines. The best thing for you and your boss to do in a case like this would be for you to make sure you declare your conflict of interest and then follow the guidance given here by seeking the assistance of others via the article's talk page regardng any changes you or your boss think need to be made. If you try to do this on your own, you're likely going to run into lots of problems. It's truly unfortunate if your boss is placing you in a difficult posistion by asking you edit on his behalf, but changes are going to need to be made in accordance with relevant Wikipedia policies and guidelines and not your boss's wishes. -- Marchjuly (talk) 22:37, 1 June 2022 (UTC)

How can I submit information?

How can I submit information about the former gay ballroom (all Latino) House Of Mystique and the Freestyle Dance Music radio show: The Freestyle Universe Radio Show? I have lots of information about both and I want it added to Wikipedia. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Swinsfontenelle (talk • contribs) 22:34, 1 June 2022 (UTC)

Hi, Swinsfontenelle! You might try adding it, where suitable, to the article Freestyle music, but remember that all information in Wikipedia has to be cited to one or more reliable sources that are already published.

Any information that is merely "what you know", or is recorded in documents, etc. that have not been published in such sources, is not suitable for Wikipedia: see also No original research.

If you have enough material published by Reliable sources to satisfy the requirements of Notability (in the special Wikipedia sense detailed in that linked Project page), you could start new Articles on those two subjects, using the instructions at Your First Article, remembering that you need to have at least two (preferably more) sources independent of the subjects (e.g. not written by anyone connected with the venue or the show) and of each other, that are as described previously and that treat the subjects at some length (say, several paragraphs), not just listing or mentioning them in passing. Good luck! {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 90.209.235.54 (talk) 00:00, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

June 2

Username Retrieval via Gmail

Hey there, I'll keep this as brief as possible, but I am unable to recover my wikimedia foundation username, I saw in https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Logging_in a referencing of username retrieval from previously recieved e-mails. Since I was a one time donor of wikipedia I do in fact have a total of five of these e-mails, however, I was unable to find my username in any of them. The gmail account I used to register is still in use, I just need guidance locating the username, the password shouldn't be a problem either. Thank you in advance.

Best wishes, Wikipedia user — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.54.78.134 (talk) 01:16, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

You don't have to be a registered user or give a user name when you donate. It's separate processes and email systems. You can enter your email address at Special:PasswordReset but it only works of you have given that address in the user account. It's optional to give an email address and many users don't. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:23, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

Using twinkle for AfD

I used to use twinkle to create AfD discussions, before I had to create a new user. Now I don't see that option. Is that because I don't have enough edits as my new user or is there another way? It used to be easy using twinkle. Sandals2 (talk) 02:40, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

@Sandals2: Do you have a "Twinkle" option at Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-gadgets? If so, have you enabled it? If so, do you have a "TW" tab on articles? If so, does clicking it show an "XFD" link? That's what you need. You became autoconfirmed 26 May unless you have special circumstances. That should give the Twinkle option in preferences. PrimeHunter (talk) 03:16, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

I had not enabled twinkle. I must have done that as my old user because I was using it. That option now comes up when I click on an article. Thank you for your help. 17:09, 2 June 2022 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sandals2 (talk • contribs)

re: XManager page for the Three X Sisters site

Hello, I've been trying to make some edits on the Three X Sisters site page and their has been a Partial block on my IP address, until June 7 by Drkay. I'm not sure why there is a block? Is there something that I can answer for you?

Thank you, XManager — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2603:7080:5002:3F00:F5DD:7A1F:3FD0:1A8B (talk) 05:29, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

From the notice, a block of IPs including yours was blocked (in 2 separate actions) a few days ago for the reasons given – click the "View full log" link for details of the infractions and blocks.

Some ISP's assign Dynamic IPs to users that change from time to time within a given block of numbers, so Wikipedia has to block a range of numbers rather than just one. Assuming it wasn't yourself who committed the infractions, it may even have been someone else who your current ISP before it was reassigned to you.

The Project page Wikipedia:Blocking policy (also linked from the notice), explains this in much more detail, and includes information on how to request that you be unblocked. Hard luck on getting caught up, and good luck in getting yourself extracated! {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 90.209.235.54 (talk) 06:28, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

The article I submitted for review is not showing up anywhere!

Hi, someone please please help me!

The article I submitted for review is not showing up anywhere! It isn't in my contributions, I didnt get a confirmation email, and when I search articles submitted for review on the day I submitted it, it does not exist!

What can I do?? Please help! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ruby Stillman (talk • contribs) 08:07, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

Ruby Stillman Your draft was deleted as a copyright violation and promotional, which if you click on a link to the draft, Draft:Eastern Mediterranean International School, it will tell you. We cannot accept materials copied from elsewhere. From your text, I gather that you are associated with the school- please read WP:COI and WP:PAID for information on required formal disclosures. A Wikipedia article about this school must summarize what independent reliable sources with significant coverage have chosen on their own to say about it, showing how it meets the special Wikipedia definition of a notable organization. Writing new articles is the hardest thing to do on Wikipedia- you may find the new user tutorial helpful. 331dot (talk) 08:11, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

• Are there other accounts you've edited with @Ruby Stillman? Several of you seem very focused on this apparently non-notable school having an article. Star Mississippi 17:23, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

Thank you so much. Is there any way to get back to the draft and edit it how it was? All of the work I did does not show up with the link you sent. Thank you again so much. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ruby Stillman (talk • contribs) 08:16, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

Ruby Stillman A copyright violation cannot be restored; the only purpose of the link was to show you the deletion log that appears. Wikipedia is not interested in what an article subject says about itself(like "mission" and "vision" or anything else), only in what others completely unconnected with the school(independent reliable sources) choose to say about it. 331dot (talk) 08:19, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

Need help vetting non-English sources

Is there an easy way to attract editors who speak a specific language to an article's Talk page? I have someone proposing a bunch of French-language sources, but as I don't speak French, I cannot evaluate whether they satisfy WP:RS or not. Is there a template or notice board where I can ask for people fluent in the language to pop in and offer their opinion? — The Hand That Feeds You:^Bite 10:53, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

• @HandThatFeeds: I think WP:EMBASSY aimed to provide that kind of thing, but it’s largely dead. The relevant WikiProject might help (depending on your case, that could be WP:FRANCE, WP:QUEBEC, WP:SENEGAL etc.), as editors from such WikiProjects are likely to be familiar with the language of the country in question. Finally, Category:Wikipedians_by_language lists people who have filled out their Babel userbox and presumably are OK with being contacted for quick translation queries etc.

In your exact case, ping me / give me a link and I will take a quick look. (I speak French natively and am somewhat familiar with reliable sources in metropolitan France.) Tigraan^{Click here for my talk page ("private" contact)} 12:05, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

@Tigraan: Thanks for the help! In this case, the relevant discussion is at Talk:R/place#The Great Pixel War. Main issue is that we've had a lot of blogs, wikis, and other unreliable sources suggested, so I need to evaluate the sources in this discussion before we can even get into their contents. — The Hand That Feeds You:^Bite 13:41, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

Response to deleted Wikipedia propaganda rant

(edit conflict) Wikipedia only intends to summarize what reliable sources say about different subjects. If you feel any of the articles are incorrect, you’re welcome to discuss them on the talk pages. This is just a help desk, and we don’t have anything to do with the donations. (Please remember to sign your posts on talk pages by typing four keyboard tildes like this: ~~~~. Or, you can use the [ reply ] button, which automatically signs posts.) TimTempleton ^{(talk) (cont)} 13:25, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

Part of a page is hidden

On the article for Pueblo County, Colorado, there is a section called Politics and a subsection within it called Presidential election results. In the subsection, if "show" is selected, the rest of the page's content is hidden, not just the content in the subsection. I can't figure out how to fix this. Jeffrey Beall (talk) 16:02, 2 June 2022 (UTC).

Hello, Jeffrey. There was a {{Hidden begin}} without its matching {{Hidden end}}, so it swallowed the rest of the page. I tried adding the {{Hidden end}}, but then realised that the content of the hidden section was a table with its own Hidden feature, so I removed both {{Hidden begin}} and {{Hidden end}}. ColinFine (talk) 16:12, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

Thanks very much indeed. Jeffrey Beall (talk) 18:03, 2 June 2022 (UTC).

Page redirect

How newly made article gets redirect with the subsequently similar page or page of the subject? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Brakshit23 (talk • contribs) 16:36, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

Brakshit23, is this about Diamonds Are Forever, So Are Morals? TSventon (talk) 16:41, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

Yes its a Autobiography. I have made separate article for the said title. But i am not sure how it have happened or got redirected Brakshit23 (talk) 16:43, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

It seems that Govind Dholakia is protected, having been deleted several times and now Govind Laljibhai Dholakia is protected too. Diamonds Are Forever, So Are Morals was deleted as a redirect to a deleted page. TSventon (talk) 19:07, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

Disable "updated since your last visit" in history

Where is the setting to disable it on the history view page? Thanks — DaxServer (t · m · c) 16:40, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

@DaxServer: You can add this to your CSS:

.updatedmarker {display: none}

PrimeHunter (talk) 17:31, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

Thanks! — DaxServer (t · m · c) 18:32, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

You could also consider "Subtle update marker" at Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-gadgets. PrimeHunter (talk) 17:59, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

Adding The Wizard of Oz Museum in Cape Canaveral, Florida

I tried to add an entry about The Wizard of Oz Museum in Cape Canaveral, Florida. It was rejected.

Would I have a better chance if I put it as an entry under the pre-existing Cape Canaveral, Florida wiki or did I just need more sources?

Thanks.

Ron Baxley, Jr. — Preceding unsigned comment added by RonBaxleyJr (talk • contribs) 16:44, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

 Courtesy link: Draft:The Wizard of Oz Museum in Cape Canaveral, Florida @RonBaxleyJr: It was declined, not rejected. If the museum gets more coverage, you can expand the draft and try to resubmit later. But since you are connected, you have a conflict of interest. See Wikipedia:Conflict of interest#How to disclose a COI. You can certainly request to add a short section to the Cape Canaveral article with your source. Just trim the excessive museum detail, which would be out of place in the Cape Canaveral article. Two sentences tops. See Wikipedia:Simple conflict of interest edit request for how to make the request. (Please remember to sign your posts on talk pages by typing four keyboard tildes like this: ~~~~. Or, you can use the [ reply ] button, which automatically signs posts.) TimTempleton ^{(talk) (cont)} 21:48, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

RonBaxleyJr, this was declined with the comment "This is just blatant advertising and no evidence to suggest it passes WP:NORG". Simply inserting it within an existing article would do nothing to remedy the problem that it is -- and yes, I second this characterization -- just blatant advertising. (Were I to see it within another article, I'd delete it.) Remember that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a mere PR conduit. -- Hoary (talk) 21:43, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

(edit conflict) If the info is trimmed, as I suggested, it could work. TimTempleton ^{(talk) (cont)} 21:49, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

[Edit Conflicts] Hello, Ron. Draft:The Wizard of Oz Museum in Cape Canaveral, Florida has not been rejected, which in Wikiparlance means "this subject has no realistic hope of qualifying for an article, please give up;" it has been declined, which means "the draft needs improvements before it can be accepted as an article."

The "Submission declined" notice that KylieTastic has put at the head of the draft explains (using a standard template) the primary reason for the declination, and Theroadislong has added a succinct and frank appraisal.

I am not a reviewer, but what strikes me is that the single reference you have cited is rather promotional of its author, whose connection with the museum likely also creates a conflict of interest, makes the piece promotional of the subject, and renders it not independent of the subject: it therefore probably cannot support the subject's WP:Notability, although it can be used as a citation for specific facts. You need to find at least two good sources (as described in the "Submission declined" template) that do demonstrate the museum's notability, and base the article mostly on what they say.

Moreover, you need to append inline citations to corroborate each of the statements in the text, showing which sources supports which statements. (A particular source can of course be cited multiple times through the piece.)

Another question is the draft's prose style; it needs to be purged of all "peacock prose" and subjective judgements like "most entertaining" and " entertains with its whimsical visuals". An encyclopedia entry needs to be dry, factual and neutral in tone. I suggest you study some Wikipedia articles about other museums, preferably ones rated "Good article", and study their style. Hope all this helps!

[Edited to add} I hadn't previously noticed that you were yourself the author of the Augusta Press article. This exacerbates the conflict of interest and promotional aspects, and also means that your use of the article flirts with being Original research, which Wikipedia does not, ever, knowingly host. However, if we assume that the AP is a Reliable source that exercises editorial diligence, it would be acceptable for someone else to use the article as a factual source. Wikipedia prefers that contributors do not directly cite their own works, but it's acceptable for them to post links and other bibliographic details in an article (or draft's) Talk page so that others may decide whether or not to use such material. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 90.209.235.54 (talk) 21:56, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

Added Cape Canaveral#Nearby attractions to spare Ron the hassle. If anyone doesn't like it and thinks it's out of place, they can delete it. TimTempleton ^{(talk) (cont)} 22:07, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

How to link commons image in infobox where is a local image with same name on wikipedia

I want to use the commons image commons:File:Prahlada.jpg on wikipedia infobox of Prahlada; however unable to use it in the infobox. Using "image=Prahlada.jpg" links to local image File:Prahlada.jpg, how do we link to the commons article.--Redtigerxyz ^Talk 16:54, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

@Redtigerxyz: That is not possible. The local file is from 2014 and you uploaded the Commons file today so I suggest to request a rename at Commons to a longer name. See commons:Commons:File renaming. PrimeHunter (talk) 17:23, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

Trump

What, exactly, should one do when they see something such as "The 2020 election was won by trump?" 𝕸𝖗 𝕽𝖊𝖆𝖉𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝕿𝖚𝖗𝖙𝖑𝖊|🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦|☎️|📄 𝕸𝖗 𝕽𝖊𝖆𝖉𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝕿𝖚𝖗𝖙𝖑𝖊|🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦|☎️|📄 18:41, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

Hello, Mr Reading Turtle. If it is a one time thing added to an article, revert it and ignore it. If there is an ongoing pattern, warn the editor. If they persist, file a report at WP:ANI. Cullen328 (talk) 20:34, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

Erwin Böhme

Hello,

I have an error in my cites for the above article, and cannot spot the mistake. A fresh eye will probably pick it up; I've looked until my eyes have crossed.Georgejdorner (talk) 19:34, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

|pp=78. This one is missing a year. And Jackson 1998 missing a target.

—Trappist the monk (talk) 20:01, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

I fixed the one causing the giant red ERROR messages, but the monastic brother above beat me to the explanation. 199.208.172.35 (talk) 20:10, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

Generating a list of articles

Is there any way to generate a list of all articles that have titles that disambiguate to tennis, meaning articles that end in (tennis), whether it be tournaments like US Open (tennis) or people like Dan Evans (tennis)? Adamtt9 (talk) 23:27, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

@Adamtt9 You can use regular expressions in the search box to look for titles matching certain patterns, e.g. Special:Search/intitle:/\(tennis\)/. Have a look at Help:Searching for all the different options. 192.76.8.78 (talk) 04:47, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

June 3

How to prevent this?

I recently implemented a praise template of mine into Twinkle's warn feature, so "warning" people for making "exceptional vandalism reverts" is easier to do. However there was an undesired side effect: see this diff. The message added at the end and my signature is now in a box with monospace font. This does not look good, and this does not happen for all the other warnings. How do I fix this? interstatefive  (talk) - just another roadgeek 00:02, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

@Interstatefive: There's a space before your second paragraph, which causes it to render as monospace font. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 01:15, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

Let's see if putting that space in <noinclude> tags will work. interstatefive  (talk) - just another roadgeek 15:28, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

It did! Thanks. interstatefive  (talk) - just another roadgeek 15:34, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

Enable 2FA/MFA for login

Hello,

Can you please enable 2FA/MFA for login?

Thanks, Demetrius Pinder — Preceding unsigned comment added by Madmeech (talk • contribs) 03:01, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

The 2FA setup that is in place has been repeatedly described as "not fit for purpose" for several reasons, which is why it is intentionally an opt-in affair. Efforts to make it mandatory for admins have gone nowhere until the implementation is fixed. —Jéské Couriano v^_^v ^{a little blue Bori} 03:24, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

@Madmeech To request 2FA go to meta:Steward requests/Global permissions#Requests for 2 Factor Auth tester permissions and fill in the form. As alluded to by the name 2FA is in a testing state and is not a finished feature. 192.76.8.78 (talk) 05:03, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

Hi

Does this work? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2603:8081:3700:573:E4:9C82:CD04:D192 (talk) 04:06, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

Welcome. Did you have a question about using or editing Wikipedia? RudolfRed (talk) 04:46, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

Picture of yearbook cover in article about school

Hi, can I take a picture of the cover of a school yearbook, and add it to the article on the school? Greg Lovern (talk) 05:10, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

There would be various WP:NFCC issues if it contained a photo that was copyrighted etc.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 06:57, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

The one I have in mind does not have a photograph. It has a line drawing of the school's sheild/emblem. The artist is uncredited in the yearbook and I have no idea who drew it. Greg Lovern (talk) 09:15, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

I'm not sure what you mean by line drawing, but perhaps you mean something like this. It could depend uplon the copyright status of the shield/emblem itself. If it's something that is considered to be protected by copyright, then the representation of it on the yearbook's cover might also be considered protected. Which school are you referring to? (Are you, by chance, referring to Riverside Christian School?) When was the yearbook first published? Is there already another image of the school's shield/emblem being used in the article? -- Marchjuly (talk) 10:07, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

Yes, that's an example of what I mean by line drawing. Yes, Riverside Christian School in Yakima, in its previous incarnation as West Side Christian School. It's the 78-79 yearbook. There's no sheild/emblem in the article, and the school is now using a very different one. Greg Lovern (talk) 14:22, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

The shield and R combination logo currently visible on the school's official wesbite seems too simple per c:Commons:Threshold of originality#United States to be eligible for copyright protection. So, you could probably upload that to Wikimedia Commons under the license c:Template:PD-logo by just following the instructions given at c:Commons:Upload wizard. Once the file has been uploaded, you just need to add it to the |image= parameter in the main infobox. If the older shield imagery is more complex than that (see Wikipedia:Copyright on emblems), then it would likely be still protected by copyright per c:Commons:CB#Coats of arms or c:COM:CB#Drawings based on photographs (just replace the word "photograph" with "shield/emblem"). In such a case, any photograph taken of it would be considered a WP:Derivative work, which means that the copyright status of the shield imagery itself would need to considered separately from the copyright status of the photo you take. -- Marchjuly (talk) 14:56, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

Wikipedia Skin Problem

Hello! I have a problem with Wikipedia recently. Every-time I log on into my Wikipedia account, the entire Wikipedia page changed to the old skin (pre 2010 i suppose). I need the normal Wikipedia skin back. Please help me. Thanks! TheConservativeDemocracy (talk) 07:35, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

@TheConservativeDemocracy Go to the appearances settings here Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-rendering and in the "skins" tab change the selected skin to "vector". 192.76.8.78 (talk) 07:39, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

OMG. Thank you so much! You are a livesaver! I even thinking of delete this account and start a new one. Thank you so much kind stranger! TheConservativeDemocracy (talk) 07:42, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

How to add a bibliographical reference on a page which is semi protected, ie blockchain

Hello,

I would like to add in the 'Blockchain' page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockchain) the following bibliographical reference to the following sentence 'based on work by Stuart Haber, W. Scott Stornetta, and Dave Bayer.[3][6]' because it has a chapter actually describing the history of how Dr Stornetta and Dr Haber have discovered the blockchain technology based on a direct interview of Dr Stornetta.

The reference is: Vartavan, C. (de) Blockchain Impact! Pages 13-21. Projectis Publishing. London, 2021.

Please advise how to do this as I cannot find anyway to do this even when I login.

Thanks,

Lionel — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lionelcp (talk • contribs) 09:00, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

Lionelcp Blockchain/cryptocurrencies is a contentious area, and many articles related to it are protected from editing by new/IP users to prevent disruption. You may make an edit request(click for instructions) on the article talk page, that details the edit you wish to see made.

Editing about blockchain has special rules, I will notify you of these on your user talk page. 331dot (talk) 09:04, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

Anybody can request an edit to a protected or semi-protected article by raising an edit request (see the link for the details) on that article's talk page. ColinFine (talk) 09:07, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

How to align numbers

I know there is a template to align different digits numbers, such as 55, 100. It is something with {0|55} or such... Can someone please help me out?

Also why can I not find this under MOS:NUMERAL?

Thanks Wikiinger (talk) 10:21, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

@Wikiinger I'm not quite sure what you mean by align, but does {{Round}} do what you want? 192.76.8.78 (talk) 10:40, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

@Wikiinger Or is it {{0}}? 192.76.8.78 (talk) 10:44, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

Yes, this is what I was looking for. By align, I meant align in a table (one below another). Thank you. Wikiinger (talk) 11:15, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

Username Inquiry

Recently updated username, is it possible to have all past contributions and edits updated to reflect username change? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tboz (talk • contribs) 10:58, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

Tboz Renaming your account transfers the edit history from your old name to your new name. 331dot (talk) 11:06, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

ADIPEC Exhibition on Wikipedia

Hi There,

I'm Omar Aref, the Digital Marketing Manager for the ADIPEC Exhibition. I've created a new account so I could have ADIPEC on wikipedia. Are there any restrictions when posting own content on my account?! The content that I will be posting in the future will be from our own brochures that we have LIVE on our website.

Thanks, Omar — Preceding unsigned comment added by ADIPEC Exhibition (talk • contribs) 10:59, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

ADIPEC Exhibition Accounts are for individuals, not organizations. Please read WP:COI and WP:PAID. Wikipedia is not a place for organizations to tell about themselves and what they do, it is a place to summarize what independent reliable sources say about topics that Wikipedia deems notable. 331dot (talk) 11:03, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

Also please note that if Wikipedia ever does have an article about you, it will not belong to you, will not be controlled by you, and may end up saying things that you would prefer it didn't say. Please see an article about yourself isn't necessarily a good thing. ColinFine (talk) 15:09, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

Help with new categories

I recently created a couple of new categories. Since I'm new to this, I wonder if someone could have a look at them to see if anything else needs doing to them. They're both book related, so I used other similar categories as guides.

They are Category:Peter Grant (book series) and Category:Works by Becky Chambers. I used 'works' for the Becky Chambers one as she's written novels, novellas and short stories.

Thanks in advance KaraLG84 (talk) 11:52, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

KaraLG84, they both look fine. I removed the sort key " Novel" from the Peter Grant (book series) category. TSventon (talk) 12:55, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

@TSventon: Fantastic. Yeah I didn't realise that sort key was there. I was probably using a category link's syntax as a guide and forgot to delete it. KaraLG84 (talk) 13:02, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

@KaraLG84:, sort keys are a very minor issue, but it is probably worth selecting edit to see if there is any code which looks wrong. More minor points, Becky Chambers didn't need to be in italics and Becky Chambers doesn't belong in Category:Works by Becky Chambers. TSventon (talk) 22:18, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

Person uses WP:PROD for suggesting edits.

Hi, what do I do when someone nominates a BLP article twice for WP:PROD.
The article is not a WP:BLPPROD violation
Also the reason they give in the second time is that the article needs expansion of a certain section. They also state that the article focuses too much on a particular aspect of the person. Is this standard use of the WP:PROD or shall I report this user to ANI or some other place? >>> Extorc.talk 13:09, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

An article can only be WP:PRODded for deletion once; it's not eligible to be re-prodded once it has been WP:DEPRODded, even if deprodded in bad faith. WP:BLPPROD only applies to BLPs which are completely unsourced (e.g. without any references or external links); as soon as a reference is added, the article is no longer eligible for BLPPROD. If you've deprodded the article already, there's no need to do anything more. If someone still feels the article needs to be deleted, they will need to start a discussion about it at WP:AFD. There's really no need to report anyone for prodding or deprodding an article. You only need to report them if their editing becomes disruptive or otherwise problematic. -- Marchjuly (talk) 15:08, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

@Marchjuly:Start by engaging with the user on the user's talk page or the article's talk page. politely explaining your understanding of the intended usage for PROD state that teh use seems to be trying to use it differently. Do not escalate unless this fails. You have just as much right and responsibility to do this as any other editor including admins. Arch dude (talk) 15:42, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

Why did you address your reply to me Arch dude? I didn't post the original question. Perhaps you meant to respond to Extorc instead? -- Marchjuly (talk) 15:44, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

Sure. Thanks for the advice. >>> Extorc.talk 15:46, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

Feeling uncertain about the WP:GAN criteria.

I've written a good handful of articles, and I've promoted Mount Eerie (album) to GA status. But, I've been thinking about another album article I wrote, Coin Coin Chapter Three: River Run Thee, recently. The article is a bit short, and going off other GAs, GAs are usually much longer. But I believe the article (mostly) passes the criteria. But it got me thinking— if an article has a certain amount of sources, and they are all used up and written into prose, but the article is still not broad or long enough, will that article never be able to be a GA? Are there an amount of articles–most articles even—that will never be able to become GAs?

My question is, would someone mind assessing Coin Coin Chapter Three: River Run Thee for how close it is to GA status, and if it will ever be close enough? — PerfectSoundWhatever (t; c) 13:22, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

You'd be much better placed asking at WT:GAN Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 16:27, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

Alright, thank you. — PerfectSoundWhatever (t; c) 01:53, 4 June 2022 (UTC)

Bo Hopkins

Bo Hopkins Long time American Actor Died May 28 Not Posted. But you Did Post a Drug Lords death... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2603:9000:7F0F:CB6F:D9B:420C:7381:D955 (talk) 13:24, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

If you are referring to the Recent Deaths box on the main page, postings there are the result of nominations made at WP:ITNC. ITNC can only consider what is nominated. 331dot (talk) 13:29, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

...and scores of "notable people" die every day. Shantavira|^{feed me} 13:50, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

Bo Hopkins would not be acceptable to post on the main page because it is orange tagged as not compliant with the neutrality policy. If you can help revise it to be more neutral, then it can be nominated for recent deaths. ~ ONUnicorn^{(Talk|Contribs)}problem solving 14:11, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

Deaths are also listed at Recent deaths and in the sidebar of Portal:Current_events. He is currently listed in both these locations. Rmhermen (talk) 17:39, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

Changing a bunch of protected templates

I'm trying to figure out what to do about this thread at VPT. The solution seems to be replacing {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}} (and all its variations) in numerous unblock-related templates with {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}. The problems for me are that 1) They all seem to be protected at some level, so I'd have to make requests on the individual talk pages, and 2) As best I could figure out via search, there are a hundred or more templates with that particular string of code. Yikes. Is there a place where I could make a single request for such a mass change? 199.208.172.35 (talk) 14:12, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

Try Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Templates perhaps? Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 16:04, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

Is there a bot that will do it? See WP:Bot requests. (And by the way, the two strings you've quoted above are the same apart from the italic. Looking at the thread on VPT, I think you meant to move the twiddles outside the braces). ColinFine (talk) 16:05, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

@ColinFine, the difference is the embedded template link in the first example, which is what causes problems with Visual Editor. I'm not sure how to word a bot request - some templates use variations, like unblock-un, so it's not straight search-and-replace. I'll try the suggested talk page above, couldn't hurt. 199.208.172.35 (talk) 16:28, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

The templates have been changed, with assistance from several experts. Thank you help desk! 199.208.172.35 (talk) 22:01, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

Locked out of Company Wikipedia Page

Hi there, A person at our company created a page ([[1]]) years ago and the information is now out of date. The admin on the Wikipedia page, has left the company and her login credentials are lost because her email was disabled. Is there anyway to turn over admin access to this page to myself so that I may have the page updated with factual information?

Thank you, 2001:1970:55E8:4700:ECA4:CEC5:FBB5:A81D (talk) 16:07, 3 June 2022 (UTC) Rebecca Shore

There is no such thing as admin access for an article - no one editor owns an article and as someone who is affiliated with the subject, you need to read WP:PAID and WP:COI. PRAXIDICAE💕 16:08, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

To expand on what Praxidicae said, Rebecca: your employee should not have been editing Wikipedia's article on your company in the first place. You (and anybody else from your company who intends to work on the article) should:

1. Create an account (an individual one for each person). You may call it something like "Rebecca at CASPer" if you like, or your name (as I do), or a pseudonym, but not "CASPer" or anything else which suggests you are editing for an organisation.
2. Make the formal declaration of yourself as a paid editor (see the link from Praxidicae)
3. For each change you would like to see to the article, make an edit request (see that link for details) on the article's talk page, and an uninvolved editor will eventually review your request, and decide what to do with it. Remember that Wikipedia is not interested in what you say or want to say about your company, but only in what people who have no connection with it have chosen to publish about it in reliable sources, so you will improve the chances of your suggestion being implemented by citing such an independent source. ColinFine (talk) 17:11, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

That page is in need of a BuzzCut^TM. I'm going to try to bring it up to standard. If you don't like it, tough - you and your staff agreed to this sort of thing whenever you made edits. —Jéské Couriano v^_^v ^{a little blue Bori} 20:21, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

How do I Stop contributions for every month??

I NO LONGER WANT TO GIVE THIS ORGANIZATION MONEY. How do I stop it??? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:2C3:C800:7D80:651D:33C3:2B7B:EAB5 (talk) 16:10, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

Contact donate@wikimedia.org for help. RudolfRed (talk) 16:32, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

See also donate:Cancel or change recurring giving. PrimeHunter (talk) 17:58, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

Question About Automated AFD Correction

I started an AFD nomination with Twinkle. (I started several of them. This question is about one of them.) A comment was then entered in the AFD, saying: This AFD was not correctly transcluded to the log (step 3). I have transcluded it to (the daily log) - robotic signature . My question is whether I did something wrong. What I am inferring is that something that should have been automated was skipped, and another automated process did what should have been done. Is my assessment correct, in which case I should do nothing other than watch the AFD? Robert McClenon (talk) 18:12, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

@Robert McClenon: Since you were using Twinkle to transclude the Nomination, you yourself most likely did nothing wrong yourself. Looking at the version difference from the log, it seems like Twinkle accidentially lost a $ character during the transclusion of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hamza Abo$$ (Artist), which caused the AFD to not be transcluded at all, which was sort of fixed by Cyberbot I by inserting a correct transclusion. The incorrect transclusion was later removed by Explicit Spiderone. In this case it seems as Twinkle seemed to not properly deal with the "$"-Character. Another case where the log transclusion can be skipped if one closes or navigates the tab with the Twinkle AFD window before Twinkle is able to send the log transclusion API call. Victor Schmidt (talk) 18:45, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

Edit: Correction, the incorrect transclusion was removed by Spiderone. Victor Schmidt (talk) 18:48, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

Hmmm. Should complications of the use of the '$' sign in titles be mentioned in WP:Technical limitations? Robert McClenon (talk) 19:32, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

Thank you, User:Victor Schmidt, User:Spiderone - I see that there is a bug in the handling of a double dollar sign in a title, and that the bot is doing what it is paid to do, and that putting special characters into article titles can cause 'special' things to happen. Should a bug report be written? I realize that this is a low-priority matter, both because this sort of special characters in a title will not often be encountered, and because the bot did insert the correct transclusion. Robert McClenon (talk) 19:43, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

Really odd. Do we know why one of the $ did transclude successfully but not the other? If it had a problem with '$' entirely then it would come out as 'Hamza Abo (Artist)' - strange that it omits one '$' but not the other. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 19:49, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

I looked at it again. The error is in MediaWiki:Gadget-twinklexfd.js#L-1212. According to [2], the character sequence "$$" (and several other) are special sequences when passed as the second argument to String.replace and result (in this case) in a single "$" in the output string. This means that when the original page title contains any of these special values, unexpected results are the consequence. fixing this error is actually quite simple, you have to check wether the original page title contains "$", and if so, you have to double all occurences of it, thereby escaping them to result in a single "$" when the replacement is made. Victor Schmidt (talk) 21:30, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

Getting Aricle Created

I've been asked by my employer to create a Wikipedia page for the company, Zeevou. I have asked on my talk page and was "strongly advised" not to create the article myself, as there would be paid conflict of interest. I've tried to go through a process on requesting the article to be created, however was confused at the section where it asked me to choose a general topic. The company I work for it a hospitality, more specifically a community for hospitality businesses to help grow, as well as a management software.

My question is what is the easiest way to get this page created? I can provide multiple sources of non-biased information about the company, how do I request its creation?

(https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zeevou&action=edit&redlink=1)

Thanks. GBZeevou (talk) 20:32, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

Based on a Google search I just did (string:zeevou) the answer is "you can't" - Even if you requested it, the sources just don't exist to justify an article on the company. —Jéské Couriano v^_^v ^{a little blue Bori} 20:41, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

@GBZeevou: Wikipedia is an encyclopedia and we want an article on every subject that is notable by our definition. We do not want (and will delete) any article on a subject that is not notable by our definition. See WP:N and specifically WP:NCORP. Unless you are certain that your company is notable by our definition, do not waste any of your time or ours on this effort. -Arch dude (talk) 22:37, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

Help Please!

So i found out you can print Wikipedia. So when i print it doesn’t show the Wikipedia logo. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.192.173.177 (talk) 22:14, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

That's how printable versions of web pages generally work - it just prints the main text of the page, and none of the logos or links. —Jéské Couriano v^_^v ^{a little blue Bori} 22:16, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

Citations

Can you cite an online music streaming platform/service in an article? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Catsandgurdies (talk • contribs) 22:58, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

Hi Catsandgurdies. If the site meets Wikipedia's definition for a reliable source and is used in the proper context, then it should be OK to cite. -- Marchjuly (talk) 00:23, 4 June 2022 (UTC)

Adding Images

Can you add an image to a Wikipedia page that is from a social media platform? Also, how do you add an image to a page separately from the infobox? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Catsandgurdies (talk • contribs) 23:01, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

@Catsandgurdies: Almost all images on social media are copyrighted. You may not use an image on Wikipedia unless its copyright explicitly licensed under an acceptable license such as CC-BY-SA. If you cannot find the image's license, then you must assume the image is restricted by copyright and we cannot use it. To use an image, upload it using the upload wizard :Wikipedia:File Upload Wizard. To use the image in an article, use the "File:" syntax (I usually just look at the source of any example page to get a worked example). -Arch dude (talk) 00:08, 4 June 2022 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Hi Catsandgurdies. Whether the image can be uploaded and used largely depends on whether it's protected by copyright. You can find a very a general guide at Wikipedia:Image use policy, but it best to assume an image is copyrighted unless it otherwise clearly says it isn't. You might also want to take a look at this, this and this for further information. The general licensing for most social media sites is too restrictive for Wikipedia's purposes, and being freely viewable online (or even freely downloadable) isn't the same thing as being free from copyright protection. You also need to be careful in that many persons upload files to their social media accounts that they don't own the copyright on and in some cases may even try to claim ownership over it as explained here. So, when in doubt, it's probably best to seek assistance at either WP:MCQ or c:COM:VPC before uploading files.

As for the second part of your question, it's fairly easy to add an image to an infobox. You can find out how to do that here. -- Marchjuly (talk) 00:19, 4 June 2022 (UTC)

Using Wikipedia Articles for Podcasts

A producer I know is planning to use verbatim Wikipedia articles as the texts of various podcast series, which he will then sell. Is this legal? What disclaimers or citations should he include? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:547:500:B600:C064:79AB:CD44:863F (talk) 23:37, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Copyrights. Anyone can reuse and adapt any Wikipedia text and most Wikipedia images for any purpose as long as the resulting work attributes Wikipedia. The exact form of the attribution is flexible, but it must tell the viewer or user of the resulting work exactly where within Wikipedia the materiel can be found: "I got this from Wikipedia" is not sufficient). The producer must be careful with any images that are used since Wikipedia uses some images under a "fair use" rationale: check each image separately. The fact that Wikipedia asserts "fair use" does not mean that the same image would be "fair use" in a different context. -Arch dude (talk) 23:55, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

Just going clarify that Wikipedia non-free files have "non-free use rationales", not "fair use" rationales. Wikipedia's non-free content use policy is much stricter that the concept of fair use under US copyright law, but different countries may also follow a different concept than the US. The important thing to remember is that Wikipedia's general licensing really only applies to text content; for images, you will need to check them separately as explained above, at WP:REUSE#Images and other media, or at c:COM:Reusing content outside Wikimedia. -- Marchjuly (talk) 00:07, 4 June 2022 (UTC)

June 4

Clearing COI edit backlog by addressing the oldest requests first

Does anyone know why the "Tagged since" column entries on Category:Wikipedia conflict of interest edit requests are different (usually more recent) than the date the edit request was made? I want to address the oldest requests to help clear the backlog. As an example, Alfa Laval's request was posted in December 2021, yet it says "Tagged since May 15 2022". Indeed, most of the Tagged since dates say May 15 2022, despite the requests not being all date stamped with that date. Perhaps the system updated them accidentally? I can also ask at the pump if this is too technical. And when this is cleared up, I'm going to see if I can get some of the COI detectives to help with the backlog, since that will encourage company employees and others with a COI to use this process. TimTempleton ^{(talk) (cont)} 00:33, 4 June 2022 (UTC)

What happened on May 15 2022 was that the category was renamed from Category:Wikipedia edit requests to Category:Wikipedia conflict of interest edit requests per Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2022 April 9#Category:Wikipedia requested edits, which apparently reset the timestamps of everything. The oldest requests as of May 15, 2022 (before the rename) can be seen here. I'm honestly surprised, as the person who did most of the technical work implementing that decision, that nobody has yelled about this until now. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 00:38, 4 June 2022 (UTC)

@Pppery: Thanks for clarifying. I’m also surprised that the people who spend time trying to root out connected editing don’t spend more time preventing it by clearing this backlog. TimTempleton ^{(talk) (cont)} 02:58, 4 June 2022 (UTC)