mikä on ilves tanskaksi — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.204.244.161 (talk) 18:54, 6 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, the Teahouse is only for Wikipedia-related questions. Please use Google Translate or a similar tool. GermanJoe (talk) 03:58, 7 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to the Teahouse. I suggest using https://translate.google.com/ Cheers! Bobherry Talk Edits 13:55, 9 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! I'm writing about an academic from Sweden. My article has been rejected several times and now I think that it should be accepted. But I'm wondering if someone could take a look at it and give som feedback on what I can change to make the article better. Nimbo.lo (talk) 14:59, 8 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Nimbo.lo Oh for god's sake people need to read WP:NPROF (to clarify I'm talking to the reviewers, not you). He is clearly notable - you've done a excellent job that I can see, with a nicely cited article; I've accepted it. (also, you can move articles yourself, no need to move it back) Galobtter (pingó mió) 15:18, 8 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Galobtter Thank you so much! I've also wondered why they said he wasn't notable, since in my opinion he is. Thank you again! :) Nimbo.lo (talk) 15:27, 8 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Also, one more question. I'm trying to get the authority control to work. I've typed it but it doesn't link to the wikidata information. Why is that? Nimbo.lo (talk) 16:36, 8 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello @Nimbo.lo:, I am not 100% sure about all technical details, but as far as I know the authority control template can only draw data from an already-existing and linked Wikidata page, otherwise the template will stay invisible and inactive. See Template:Authority control for more info. Thankfully a Wikidata page already existed (sv-Wiki has an analogous article), so I just had to link it via the "Languages" tab in the toolbar. GermanJoe (talk) 00:53, 9 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, I saw that it's working now, thank you! Nimbo.lo (talk) 11:20, 9 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Teahouse,

I am a new Wikipedia user and have recently had two articles about artists living in Oregon deleted. I've reposted the draft articles for both, and am having trouble figuring out how to continue after the deletion.

Is this something you could take a look into?

Thank you for your assistance, KaitlynCK (talk) 00:00, 9 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello KaitlynCK. Weclome to our friendly Teahouse. Firstly, I should point out to you that if an article is deleted, it is not an acceptable practice to recreate and repost the same content again. It will simply be deleted again, as appears to have happened. My best advice to you is to workup the article in your own sandbox (every user has one - see link at top of page), or create a draft that you can work on via Articles for Creation. You can keep an article in your sandbox for a very long time whislt working on it, or as a formal Draft article for up to six months with no editing. Only once it is moved to the main part of Wikipedia will other users be able to view it. You will receive feedback from the folks at Articles for Creation if your draft does not currently come up to our standards of notability, based on reliable, third-party sources that are in-depth and independent of the subject being written about. Should you have any connection to any subject you are writing about, you should read and act on our policies here: Conflict of Interest & Declaring paid editing. You might also like to read Your First Article, which gives helpful advice on ensuring how to prepare an acceptable article. Be aware that there are 6 billion people on this planet - not all of them are ever liable to be regarded as notable, and thus are ineligible to have a page accepted about them here. I hope this gives you the sort of steer you were looking for. Regards from the UK, Nick Moyes (talk) 00:42, 9 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Template:KaitlynCK, and welcome. Both articles were deleted, one twice, the other three times, as being promotional by Deb. I see that you have created Draft:Julie L. Green and Draft:Clay Lohmann. On a very quick look these do not seem to me to be blatantly promotional, but I am not sure if they provide sufficient citations of independent sources to establish the notability of the subjects. Please read our guideline on the notability of artists.

What was written above Only once it is moved to the main part of Wikipedia will other users be able to view it. is not quite correct. Any page on Wikipedia that has not been deleted can be seen by any user at any time, and any deleted page can be seen by any admin. However userspace pages such as sandboxes, and draft pages are not indexed by search engines such as google and do not show up on the default searches used internally on Wikipedia. A user must take a bit more effort to find such pages. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 00:53, 9 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Dear two,

Thank you for your quick response! I will continue working on the Draft pages for these two articles. The Julie L. Green however was already up and running with multiple edits and eyes before Deb's deletion. As admins, could you kindly take a closer look into this one to identify the reason for its removal?

Thanks for your help, KaitlynCK (talk) 01:16, 9 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

KaitlynCK The first time Julie L. Green was deleted by Deb the logged reason was (G12: Unambiguous copyright infringement: blatant COI; links previously removed have been re-added). Then Deb restored the page, then deleted it again with the logged reason (G11: Unambiguous advertising or promotion: blatant COI; links previously removed have been re-added), all within 1 minute. I suppose the restore and re-delete were to correct a mis-click giving the reason as G12 (copyright) when it should have been G11 (advertising). I don't know what the bit about "links previously removed have been re-added" referred to -- that is not one of the standard Speedy deletion criteria. Some 20 revisions were deleted, which is not at all unusual for speedy deletion.

You should be aware that Wikipedia style is always to refer to the subject by last name only after the first mention, except when multiple people of the same last name are being discussed. You should also be aware that if there is an external link to a subject' personal or professional web site, there will usually not be addition links to social media such as Twitter, Instagram, Facebook or LinkedIn. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 02:17, 9 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

An admin has moved the Green article from Draft to article. I shortened the article to match what I consider Wikipedia style. Also left a comment at Talk, as I did not see that the provided references substantiated the list of publications about Green. David notMD (talk) 02:37, 9 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

You're quite correct, DES, there was a mis-click. I see that User:MatthewVanitas has now moved the Julie Green draft back to main page, complete with the inappropriate external links that I had previously removed and which she had then restored (to Instagram and to galleries selling the artist's work). What's more, the contributor has already declared that she is being paid for her edits on three articles and therefore any of them that survive should be tagged accordingly with a COI template. I notice that User:KaitlynCK is still editing the article even though I warned her not to. I would like to hear Matthew's reasoning for approving it. Deb (talk) 08:01, 9 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

As a non-artist bystander, I deleted content that was not supported by citations, and changed Class to Stub. IMO what remains is a valid article about a notable artist. David notMD (talk) 11:06, 9 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@David notMD: I appreciate your efforts. It's always difficult to evaluate an article written by someone who declares up front that she's been paid to write it. But to my mind, coming here to "ask the other parent" after she'd been told not to edit it any more was the action of someone who is here for one specific purpose, i.e. to promote the work of her friends/employers. It might be worth noting that the article on Anna Fidler was previously deleted after she was warned about copyright infringement - a warning she has deleted from her talk page for reasons unknown. Deb (talk) 11:22, 9 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

As a person married to and father of artists, I have a feeling for the types of milestones that signify notability. IMO, Julie qualifies, but not Clay nor Anna (TOOSOON). One hopes the author of these efforts is now farther along on the learning curve. And I 100% agree the COI notices are appropriate. David notMD (talk) 12:03, 9 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Dear David notMD and MatthewVanitas, thank you for your assistance in resolving the issues on pageJulie L. Green. Deb, thank you for your continued attention on the accidental "click". I appreciate the advice brought to light by this post. Wikipedia is a weird and wild place.KaitlynCK (talk) 14:28, 9 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Deb I had not seen the statement that this was paid editing. The proper declaration as specified by WP:PAID must be made, of course, and KaitlynCK is strongly advised not to edit the article directly in future, but to make suggestions on the article talk page. I discussed the external links above. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 16:23, 9 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Make an article about BErt — Preceding unsigned comment added by JBERTOFFICIAL (talk • contribs) 01:25, 9 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@JBERTOFFICIAL: Cite multiple professionally-published mainstream academic or journalistic sources that are specifically about him but not affiliated with or connected to him. Ian.thomson (talk) 01:38, 9 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

JBERTOFFICIAL. You have come her and rudely instructed (not politely asked) the volunteers who write and edit Wikipedia to create a certain article. Do you see why people might not be willing to comply? --ColinFine (talk) 11:54, 9 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I have a question regarding Meade here. If anyone would like to reply there feel free to do so. —LovelyGirl7 talk 05:17, 9 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

What I want to do: There is an article on Wikipedia - List_of_pies,_tarts_and_flans. Assume that I want to get from that article only table that contain list of pies. I want to get only it data (only facts, only copying "words" from the "name", "origin" and "type" columns, but not from "description" column ), without pictures. Let's assume that I want to create pies database using data from this table. And than I want to build some website, in which user can get "list of random pies". This "random pies" will, of course, be gotten from that database. At one time, user will get only some limited amount of such pies. For example - generating list of 10 pies - by one pressing of button "generate random pies".

Another example: Using of 2005_in_film article ( that big tables, below the words "2005 Wide-release films"), or similar "***_in_film" articles, for creating database of films. And use this database for creating, maybe, "random movies" website. Where one can get random movie generator.

So I need help with next: Is this tables are under license CC-BY-SA as part of an article, and their use is controlled by this the same license? Or use of this tables fall under the Sui_generis_database_right? In any case, how can I organize correct using of this and similar tables, of their data, for purpose mentioned above? What articles do I need to look on.

What I already know: Already I got some answer on my personal Talk page. Where was said, that this tables may be fall under CC-BY-SA license, because of presence "sentence alike" text on it (this is only mine interpretation of answer that I got). But, problem is that, that I am interested only in that parts of tables that contains only some formal data, that may be can fall into Sui_generis_database_right. In list of pies, I am interested only in all columns except "description" column. And if, will be used 2005_in_film, than all its columns "Opening", "Title", "Studio" and "Cast and crew", and other are not like sentences.

Revlos (talk) 08:51, 9 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• @Revlos: No one on Wikipedia will or should give you any legal advice of any form (see Wikipedia:Legal disclaimer).

This being said, I am fairly sure you are allowed to use those articles within the terms of the CC-BY-SA license. I am no lawyer, but from my understanding, database sui generis means that a collection of data can be under copyright even if each single data entry is below the threshold of originality. That is exactly parallel to the fact that books can be copyrighted, even if they are "only" a succession of words, each of which is not copyrighted. As such, Wikipedia:Copyrights covers you when it says Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify Wikipedia's text under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Tigraan^{Click here to contact me} 12:31, 9 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Tigraan: Thanks, and yes no legal advice. So, like I understand, that tables can be or on CC-BY-SA or on sui generis. But, as you said, if they on sui generis, that only means that that tables, that collection of data, can be on some copyright. And in our case, they fall under - general Wikipedia copyrights. So again fall under CC-BY-SA. - am I understood correctly? And even if not correct, I understand that you say, that this tables most likely can be used by CC-BY-SA.

Also, even if I can use that tables under CC-BY-SA, another problem arise. This problem is described in details on question-about-using-wikipedia-content - written by me. Can you please look on that question, and say me something about its "So, here is my question:" and "What I think about that" parts. Only about obligations. And please reply here.

And, of course, all that you will write, will be used only on mine responsibility, and only on my discretion. I just need some thought to work on.

Revlos (talk) 14:05, 9 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Revlos. With only a very few exceptions (mostly images like company logos and cover art from books and recordings added under a "fair use" exception), all material on Wikipedia is licensed under a CC by SA copyleft license. That means it can be reused anywhere by anyone for any purpose. The only requirement is attribution, which can be accomplished by adding a note that the material came from the Wikipedia article on "whatever article it was copied from". John from Idegon (talk) 17:14, 9 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

So, how was your day? — Preceding unsigned comment added by ThunderHenry (talk • contribs) 13:47, 9 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello @ThunderHenry: Welcome to the Teahouse. Wikipedia is not a social forum. If you have any questions we will be glad to answer them. I have posted some information on your talkpage. Cheers! Bobherry Talk Edits 13:58, 9 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello ThunderHenry Thanks for asking - my day was good; I hope your was too. Thank you for your small but very helpful edit to the page on Setganga. This is a great way to start editing, and I hope you make many more. By starting small and slowly doing more and more you can, over time, become a really valuable contributor here. It takes a while to get to know how things work around here, so feel free to pop back with any questions or concerns you might have. Please don't be disappointed or upset if you receive a formal note from another editor to say what you've done isn't quite right. This can happen rather a lot at first until you settle in, but no harm is meant by any editor's terseness. Later on you might even get praise in the form of a Barnstar from another editor to thank you for something you've done. By the way, you might like to check out The Wikipedia Adventure which is a fun interactive game for getting to know the basics of Wikipedia. There are fifteen separate badges to be gained, which automatically get added to your userpage if you complete each mission. Regards from the UK, Nick Moyes (talk) 02:13, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! I'm creating the wiki page for a company and I don't understand how to upload the logo and specify that it has the trademark. Can you please explain to me how to do it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Frameucci96 (talk • contribs) 14:42, 9 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Frameucci96: Hello and welcome to the Teahouse. I will let someone else answer your question about the logo, but I wanted to give you some other information. First, Wikipedia is a place to write articles about subjects like companies, not a place to write a "wiki page for a company". Article subjects do not own or control the articles that may exist about them.

I would ask you if you are associated with the company you are writing about. Aside from your post on this page, there are no edits in your edit history, so I don't know which page you are attempting to create(if you are doing so here on Wikipedia, please link to it) but if you are associated with the company, you will need to review the conflict of interest policy at WP:COI and possibly the paid editing policy at WP:PAID. 331dot (talk) 15:38, 9 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• @Frameucci96: Please make sure you have read the above advice. For our policy about using logos, see this link. You will need first to upload the logo on Wikipedia, assuming the logo is copyrighted (which is almost certain): go to Special:Upload and select "non-free / fair use -> logo" in the "licensing" form. Afterwards, see the here for how to include the picture inside an article. Do not hesitate to come back if you have further questions. Tigraan^{Click here to contact me} 17:57, 9 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Frameucci96: if you're writing your article as a Draft first, be advised that non-free images can't be added to Drafts, they can only be added once a page becomes a full article. So if you're Drafting, focus on the text first and only worry about the image if/when it's accepted. MatthewVanitas (talk) 23:58, 9 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Can anyone create a page of his own. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Noorain Jawaid (talk • contribs) 14:46, 9 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Anyone can write a bit about themselves on their own user page, as you have already done, but this must not look like a Wikipedia article, so use first person (I) rather than third person (he). Editors are discouraged from writing their own WP:Autobiographies, even if they can find sufficient WP:Reliable sources to establish WP:Notability. Anyone can request an article at WP:Requested articles. Dbfirs 15:32, 9 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict) Hello Noorain Jawaid, welcome to our Teahouse. In addition to the answer given to you above, I would comment that any user is able to create a userpage to reflect their interests in editing Wikipedia. However they may not use it to promote themselves, a company, or use it as social media. Nor should they (as you have done) give away a lot of personal details about yourself. This is not a good idea, which is why most people here use a pseudonym, and avoid giving away too much private information that others could potentially utilise for inappropriate purposes - even online bullying. You might like to read Wikipedia:User pages for more advice. Of course, if you meant to ask whether anyone can create a Wikipedia page on this encyclopaedia about anyone they like, then the answer is a definite NO!. All pages (other than userpages) must be about topics or people which we regard as "notable". This means they must have been written about, in some detail, by independent sources who have therefore "taken note" of them. So you, your teacher, your friend who thinks he can play an instrument, or some minor local political candidate are very unlikely to meet those criteria. For more information on this, please read Wikipedia:Notability and WP:NBIO. I hope this gives you the answer you seek, and do please delete the personal details from your userpage. Because even deleted information can be read by anyone (unless a special request has been made to have it completely removed), you might even wish to consider starting again with a new, more anonymous username entirely, though then only ever edit from that new account. Regards from the UK, Nick Moyes (talk) 15:48, 9 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I would like to move my user talk page to here because I have been renamed. However, i can't do that because it says the page already exists. How do i move it if the page already exists? PorkchopGMX2 16:05, 9 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I'm confused Porkchop. PorkshopGMX was renamed to PorkchopGMX872, and now you want move the talk page for PorkchopGMX2 to PorkshopGMX? Is PorkshopGMX even an account anymore? GMG^talk 17:38, 9 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I forgot to say this but, PorkchopGMX872 was my former account, it used to be named PorkchopGMX. I wanted to rename PorkchopGMX to PorkchopGMX872 because i didn't use it anymore. When that happened, a redirect was placed on User talk:PorkchopGMX to PorkchopGMX872 because the user talk page moved too. PorkchopGMX2 was my other account for when i would use wikipedia at school. I then wanted to rename PorkchopGMX2 to PorkchopGMX because i didn't use PorkchopGMX872 anymore and used PorkchopGMX2. When that happened, the user talk page didn't move. I wanted to move my user talk page to User talk:PorkchopGMX because i got my account renamed but i couldn't because User talk:PorkchopGMX was a redirect to the PorkchopGMX872 user talk page. Which led me to here. That is what is going on. I apologize for my lengthy message. PorkchopGMX2 17:54, 9 April 2018 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by PorkchopGMX (talk • contribs) [reply]

Got it. Should be fixed now. The talk for GMX2 is now at GMX, and GMX2 now redirects to GMX rather than to GMX872. Is that right? GMG^talk 18:04, 9 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, that's right. Thanks! PorkchopGMX2 18:09, 9 April 2018 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by PorkchopGMX (talk • contribs) [reply]

Greetings, Teahouse! I am relatively new to Wikipedia editing and appreciate this forum for getting advice. Beyond making improvements to existing articles, I've been working on a stub article about a company I co-founded, Boundless. I realize I am in a conflict of interest while doing this and have declared this COI on my user page. I've had several helpful discussions with editors who have different views about the sourcing of the stub, one of whom suggested I post my questions at the Teahouse.

Here is the key question: What quantity and quality of media coverage for a company is necessary to meet the notability standard?

Here is a link to the article in draft space: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Boundless_(technology_company).

You'll find the sources I have included so far to support the content of the article. (There are more sources out there, but I pared them back under the advice of an editor who warned against citation overkill.)

Many thanks in advance for this community's guidance! Messier6 (talk) 17:24, 9 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Messier6: Welcome to Wikiepdia, and thanks for disclosing your conflict. Check out WP:NCORP for the notability requirements, including what sources and coverage is required. RudolfRed (talk) 17:40, 9 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, RudolfRed! I just gave WP:NCORP another read, to make sure that I have a full understanding of the notability requirements for companies. The seven sources currently cited in Draft:Boundless (technology company) seem to unambiguously satisfy 4 out of the 5 primary criteria (independent, multiple, reliable, secondary).

I next went back and checked to see if each source also satisfies the “significant coverage” criterion (“provid[ing] an overview, description, commentary, survey, study, discussion, analysis, or evaluation of the product, company, or organization. Such coverage provides an organization with a level of attention that extends well beyond brief mentions and routine announcements”). Here is a summary of each source:

(1) Roose, Kevin (December 27, 2017). "Some things about tech were good in 2017". New York Times.: Three-sentence overview and description of what the company does, framed within a broader commentary on the needs of immigrants and the prior year’s technology news.

(2) Stewart, Ashley (April 28, 2017). "After Amazon, Xiao Wang strives for a clearer path to citizenship". Puget Sound Business Journal.: Article dedicated to an overview and description of the company, as well as a discussion of one founder’s relevant personal story and motivations, plus commentary about how the company’s product is relevant to current events.

(3) Nickelsburg, Monica (September 19, 2017). "Immigration startup Boundless launches tools to streamline applying for marriage-based green card". GeekWire.: Article dedicated to an overview and description of the company, as well as a discussion of one founder’s relevant personal story and motivations, evaluation of the need for the product, and commentary about how that product is relevant to current events.

(4) Lerman, Rachel (April 27, 2017). "Seattle startup Boundless helping immigrants visa complexities". Seattle Times.: Article dedicated to an overview and description of the company, as well as a discussion of two founders’ relevant personal stories and motivations, evaluation of the need for the product, commentary about how that product is relevant to current events, and analysis of the company’s relevance within the local technology community.

(5) Grant, Nico (July 24, 2017). "Immigrating to the US? These tech services say they can help". Bloomberg.: Four-paragraph overview and description of what the company does, framed within a broader commentary on the role of technology in solving a timely social problem.

(6) Nickelsburg, Monica (October 3, 2017). "Plot twist: How this startup founder went from writing plays to reshaping U.S. immigration policy". GeekWire.: Article dedicated to an overview and description of the company, as well as a discussion of a third founder’s relevant personal story and motivations, evaluation of the need for the product, and commentary about how that product is relevant to current events.

(7) Butcher, Mike (September 19, 2017). "Boundless helps you navigate the US immigration labyrinth". TechCrunch.: Article dedicated to an overview and description of the company, evaluation of the need for the product, and commentary about how that product is relevant to current events.

As far as I can tell, none of these sources fall under the “examples of trivial coverage” I reviewed in WP:NCORP, and they appear to meet the standard for significant coverage.

I appreciate this community’s continued feedback and look forward to your advice! Messier6 (talk) 18:15, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Why do you need to be autoconfirmed to move a page? Why can't new users move pages? C2216 (talk) 19:26, 9 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I would guess that it is advisable for new users to gain some practice in basic editing before they start moving pages. If you think there is a page that needs moving, just mention it here and if you make a good case for the move, someone will move it for you. Dbfirs 20:22, 9 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, C2216 and welcome to the Teahouse. What Dbfirs said above is correct, but also we used to have a fair number of new users who would immediately on registration vandalize Wikipedia by making nonsense page moves. These can be a major pain to clean up, particularly when a page is moved multiple times. Requiring autoconfirmation seems to drastically reduce the incidence of this sort of mischief. I am not for a moment saying that you would do such a thing, nor would most new users. But it only takes a small fraction of a percent to spoil things -- it is much easier to break things than to build them.

Keep editing productively and you will be autoconfirmd quite quickly. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 22:40, 9 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I found that an article doesn't exist in the English wiki, but it IS in the German wiki. I'd like to create this article in the English wiki, and it would save a lot of time if I just used most of the content and sources from the German wiki. Is this against the rules or otherwise frowned upon? Thx! Mr. Daniel Plainview (talk) 20:11, 9 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Mr. Daniel Plainview: It is allowed as long as you provide the required attribution. See WP:TRANSLATE. RudolfRed (talk) 20:23, 9 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Understood, thank you for the information. Mr. Daniel Plainview (talk) 20:32, 9 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Mr. Daniel Plainview: May I just add to the helpful answer that RudolfRed has given you by pointing out that each language's Wikipedia projects do have their own individual policies and criteria for things like 'notability'? So what is deemed OK in meeting notability criteria in one Wikipedia is not necessarily met on another. You might wish to look at this page for a summary of what 'notability' entails here, although there are lots of subsets of criteria for different topics, like artists, academics, sportsmen etc. It's always best to work on a draft before trying to put an article into the main part of our encyclopedia. You'd be most welcome to come back and ask us to take a look if you wish. Whilst non-English citations are quite acceptable, I think it really helps if you can also provide additional ones in the English language - but this isn't a rule. Google translate is a wonderful thing! Oh, and well done for getting all 15 badges in The Wikipedia Adventure - I hope you enjoyed doing it. Regards from the UK, Nick Moyes (talk) 22:51, 9 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Mr. Daniel Plainview and Nick Moyes: I must warn you both that while using a machine translation (e.g. Google Translate) can help for a first pass, WP:MACHINETRANSLATION is fairly clear that you should proofread the result. When translating, you need to be comfortable enough in the target language to reasonably proofread the result and in the original language and/or subject to detect blatant translation mistakes. Tigraan^{Click here to contact me} 16:01, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Absolutely. That utterly goes without saying,
...though I probably should have said it! (Machine translation: Absolut. Das versteht sich von selbst, obwohl ich es wahrscheinlich hätte sagen sollen!) Nick Moyes (talk) 16:10, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you @Nick Moyes and Tigraan:, I will take your advice and work up a draft. I am planning to use Google Translate and using that as a working translation and kind of try to clean it up and fix the grammar. It's obviously helpful to have a German speaker take a look too. And thanks! I've been lurking on Wikipedia for years so the "boot camp" adventure thing was helpful to actually try my hand at editing and get my hands dirty. Mr. Daniel Plainview (talk) 15:10, 12 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I'm glad you enjoyed the 'boot camp' as you called it! Out of interest, can you link us to the German article? Personally, I'd do a Google translate and pop the result into MS Word, then create a draft/sandbox page and paste in all the reference urls from German Wikipedia. Then I'd work through each reference in Google Chrome (which has the inbuilt translation filter) and write in my own words what those references say about the subject, and just using the text in MS Word as a guide to ensure I'd covered key elements and referenced each fact. It's always worth looking yourself for sources, too. But we all work in different ways, I suspect. Good luck! Nick Moyes (talk) 15:20, 12 April 2018 (UTC)  [reply]

Am I allowed to use fullwidth characters in my signature? Or is this not allowed? SemiHypercube (talk) 20:33, 9 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, SemiHypercube, and welcome to the Teahouse. As you can read in Wikipedia:Signatures#Non-Latin usernames]], non-latin charcters, including multi-byte characters, may be used in a signature. However, as the guideline says, . However, non-Latin scripts, such as Arabic, Armenian, Chinese, Cyrillic, Greek, Hebrew, Indic scripts, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Thai and others, are illegible to most other contributors of the English Wikipedia. Not everyone uses a keyboard that has immediate access to non-Latin characters, and names that cannot be pronounced cannot be retained in memory. As a courtesy to the rest of the contributors, users with such usernames are encouraged to sign their posts (at least in part) with Latin characters. For an example refer to User:Παράδειγμα, who signs his posts as Παράδειγμα/Paradigma. Please keep this in mind when choosing a signature. Please also note that the same guideline page says (in the section "Customizing how everyone sees your signature") A customised signature should make it easy to identify the username, to visit the user's talk-page, and preferably user page. and A distracting, confusing, or otherwise unsuitable signature may adversely affect other users. Please be restrained in signature formation. Thank you. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 22:55, 9 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I am not a confirmed editor and we need to change the image for the wikipedia page for Abi Ann (singer with current image brown hair/red outfit). This needs to be changed to her facebook artist page image.

Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tally.bevis (talk • contribs) 21:06, 9 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Tally.bevis: We can only use freely licensd photos on pages of living persons. If the photo you want to use is freely licensed (usable for any purpose, not just Wikipedia), then it can be uploaded to commons [1] and used in the article. Otherwise, not. RudolfRed (talk) 21:12, 9 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Tally.bevis: I'm puzzled by your phrase "we need to change". Who are "we", and what is the "need"? Wikipedia is not part of any publicity promotion. I note that you have not declared any conflict of interest or paid editing. Dbfirs 21:54, 9 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I added no information and just added random sentences and information that doesn't make sense on the Cheeseburger page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MrMan24698 (talk • contribs) 22:13, 9 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello MrMan24698, welcome to our Teahouse. Many new editors make silly mistakes when they start off trying to contribute to the world's greatest encyclopaedia. The trick is to learn from them and not to repeat them, especially when changes you've added get reverted as not being in the best interests of the project. Of course, if you actually want to be blocked (not banned) from editing, then the best way is to continue making edits that don't make sense, or are not supported by references or are generally unconstructive. And pretty soon that will be your fate. The choice really is yours. I'll drop by your user talk page and leave a few helpful links for you so you get the idea of what's expected from every editor, whether new or long-established. Oh, and you might want to delete that comment on your userpage, as that'll not be taken as a constructive or appropriate use of a userpage. Please sign all future posts with four tildes so that it gets automatically added. i.e. like this: ~~~~ Regards from the UK, Nick Moyes (talk) 22:34, 9 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I think this user was testing if Wikipedia blocks people who do bad stuff perhaps? Emir of Wikipedia (talk) 22:38, 9 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, well, the answer to that is simple: Yes! And it applies to any other account they might then try to open, too. Nick Moyes (talk) 22:40, 9 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

After a review of MrMan24698's edits, I have blocked the account temporarily for vandalism on several articles. I have asked them to stop vandalizing and invited them to edit constructively once the block ends. We will see how that goes. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 02:30, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi again what are the minimum requirements to request or be a administrator, my other question do you always have to have a or alot of source or reference to edit start an article or keeping it from being deletedDashDog01 (talk) 23:24, 9 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, DashDog01. I don't mean to be rude, but I hardly need to answer that question, as you stand no chance right now. So far you have made 98 edits to Wikipedia, 96 of which have been to your user page, and two to the Teahouse. Administrators are only given that role via a call for supporting 'votes' from the wider community of editors in whom they place their trust to help run the place smoothly. It can be a gruelling process, as the community will delve into every aspect of an editor's past activities here over many years. Whilst there are no formal criteria or standards to be met to becoming an administrator here, I would suggest that most editors would expect a huge amount of experience in article creation, dealing with vandalism, answering questions from users, understanding and applying policies and guidelines to difficult situations, dealing with articles for deletion or creation, peer review, and, of course, being respectful to all comers is needed. There's no fixed number, but generally anyone with fewer then five to ten thousand mainspace edits is unlikely to stand much chance of being 'given the mop' (as becoming an administrator here is lovingly called). If you would like to read more, try Wikipedia:Advice for RfA candidates, but please don't waste anyone's time by applying. Giove it three or four years, maybe. But I hope once you start editing constructively you might be set on the path to becoming a great contributor and a great admin one day, too. We all have to start somewhere! The answer to your other question is Yes, - you need good references to start an article. They are essential to establish both 'verifiability' and 'notability'. For more information on these, do please look at the links I gave you in the welcome message left on your talk page yesterday. Regards from the UK, Nick Moyes (talk) 23:49, 9 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

What is the minimum requirements of edits or contributions to get like a higher rank/higher status, barnstars ,awards etc that kind of stuffDashDog01 (talk) 23:41, 9 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Good question! Barnstars, WikiLove, etc templates are granted by other editors just on a personal basis, so you could get one for just one really constructive edit, or you could do a hundred solid edits and just nobody happens to give you an award for it. Barnstars are best thought of as just fun or collegial handshakes, not as a be-all/end-all.

If you just want something cool to add to your userpage, check out Wikipedia:Service awards for a tiered list of awards you're allowed to grant yourself depending on how many edits you have (you can click your Contributions button at the top right of your screen to get your count). Again it's not anything vitally important, but it can be kinda fun.

You can also add to your Userpage any badges identifying you as a member of a WikiProject. All you do is just go to a WikiProject for a given interest (like WikiProject Architecture or WikiProject Albania) and sign yourself up, and the main page should have the code for a little badge saying you're a member.

If you want to see some examples, check out my page User:MatthewVanitas. I stick to serious-ish badges, but there are tons of "just for fun" badges that folks use, like "this user likes cupcakes" but I'm not sure where there's a central repository of such badges.

Long story short, there are a ton of little markers to put on your page, and they don't really matter big-picture but can be a fun way to dress up your Userpage and let people know more about you and what you're interested in on Wikipedia. MatthewVanitas (talk) 00:05, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict)Hi, again DashDog01. We are a community of volunteers here. So, if one editors sees another editor making a great contribution in one area or another, it is totally at their discretion to award that editor a Barnstar. It's effectively a 'pat on the back' which we all appreciate when given genuinely. Nobody here has a higher rank than anyone else, not even adminstrators. However, there are various 'permissions' which editors may gain, once trusted. You can read more on these at Wikipedia:User access levels. Gaining these permissions is not a 'badge-collecting' process, but one of gradually contributing to building this encyclopedia, and doing so with various abilities that we are given if we are trusted to use them wisely. As for Wikipedia:Awards, well just follow that link for more details. My advice for you now is to actually start editing and contributing, rather than worrying about hypothetical possibilities. Regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 00:09, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Is there anywhere I can go to request a improvement of an article sentence wise? For example, I would like to see a few sections in K2-155d be improved. Anywhere I can request that an article gets improved sentence wise? Thanks! —LovelyGirl7 talk 04:38, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello again LovelyGirl7 and welcome back to the Teahouse.

I suggest that you look at Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors to see if that looks like an avenue to satisfy your request. — jmcgnh^{(talk) (contribs)} 05:09, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

You might also like to try asking at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Astronomy, where the astronomical experts hang out. Try to be clear about what you would like to see improved in the article.--Gronk Oz (talk) 13:03, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Please suggest how to attach image on wikipedia .  — Preceding unsigned comment added by G9H (talk • contribs) 05:37, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Where is the image you want to use? Maproom (talk) 06:56, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello everyone! I am new to Wikipedia and would like to contribute here. Kindly help me by letting me know in what ways I can contribute. Thank you! ReeceMay (talk) 06:52, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to the Teahouse, ReeceMay. Please take a look at Wikipedia:Community portal which will give you lists of various tasks that need to be done. Please also check out Help:Contents, which is a directory to many help pages. And feel free to ask questions here at the Teahouse any time. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 07:05, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Greetings Cullen328! Thank you for the information and the links you provided. I look forward to help the community. Once again your help is appreciated. ReeceMay (talk) 08:06, 12 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Everyone.

This is unitingwalls. I have just contributed to the article Jovita Efehi Obadolagbonyi's Autobiography. I need some assistance to add photos and a round up editing on this subject. Your various contributions will be highly appreciated. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Unitingwalls (talk • contribs) 07:07, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello @Unitingwalls: what you have is not yet an article, it is a Draft. I have moved it to Draft:Jovita Efehi Obadolagbonyi's Autobiography for your convenience. You say "autobiography"; do you mean you are writing an article about yourself? If so, that is a very bad idea, see WP:Autobio for why you don't want to do this.

Next, you need to understand how to write an article. You do not simply "write what you know" and then add a few links. Your article needs to be entirely based upon your sources. Also your sources cannot be simply listed at the bottom, they must be cited as footnotes; see WP:REFB for how to do this.

Please confirm if this is an article about your own self so we can help advise you on that. And if it is not, you still need to properly source it; you cannot include anything in the article that you cannot source, no matter how true you know it to be. MatthewVanitas (talk) 09:20, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I just came across an article that has a direct link through to a Youtube video. The article is Veerey Ki Wedding which is a Bollywood film that came out in March of this year. In the cast list there is a link through to an online streaming of the full film which rang alarm bells with me. Is this against Wikipedia policy? Rodney Baggins (talk) 07:36, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Unless the film is posted on the production company's official YouTube channel, then it falls under WP:COPYVIO and you should definitely remove the link. Good eye! MatthewVanitas (talk) 09:15, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

OK, thank you. I thought it was worth checking before I did anything about it. Rodney Baggins (talk) 14:54, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
→ I've now removed the video link from the Veerey Ki Wedding article. If anyone objects or tries to add it back in again I might ask for you to intervene at some point. Thanks. Rodney Baggins (talk) 07:36, 11 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello everyone, its good to finally join the Wikipedia team. I have been reading Wikipedia articles since around 2006 but joined as an editor this year in 2018. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Marked Man 808 (talk • contribs) 07:44, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

My comments on talk pages appear as "preceding unsigned comments by..."

I added a picture i took from TV, but it matched with some existing pictures and was deleted from the article. how can I stop that and get my picture to stay, some pictures even though you took them on your own will match with existing pictures, so how to get over that? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Marked Man 808 (talk • contribs) 07:42, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Marked Man 808, welcome to our friendly Teahouse. We love to see new editors who have used Wikipedia for years and who then decide to start contributing. Don't worry about making little mistakes at first - someone will always be keen to point them out to help you improve. To answer the first part of your question: you signature and date get automatically added by the act of you typing four 'tildes' at the end of you post. Like this: ~~~~. You do this on every post on a talk page, but never in an actual article.

To attempt to answer your second point about images, would you name or list the article concerned, please? I can't easily find the problem page (via my mobile). But if, as you say, you tried to add an image taken from the TV, yes, I would expect this to be very swiftly deleted. You may only add images to which you own the copyright, or which other people have released under an appropriate 'Creative Commons' licence. Only those images shiuld be on Wikimedia. Hope this helps. Regards from the UK, Nick Moyes (talk) 09:10, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict) @Marked Man 808: when you say "I added a picture i took from TV" that's the problem right there. The image from TV is copyright, and you taking an image of it does not constitute a new work that you own, it's still under their copyright. So the simple answer is you can't add copyrighted material except under certain very specific exemptions outlined in WP:Fair use. MatthewVanitas (talk) 09:23, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you both Nick Moyes and MatthewVanitas. I promise to do my best to contribute to Wikipedia in a good away. cheers to both of you.Marked Man 808 (talk) 12:04, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Good morning a user has removed a section from my page which is 100% correct and includes references etc .

I have placed it back - it's the following section:

Williams-Thomas was the reporter and investigator for ITV's crime series The Investigator: A British Crime Story, produced by Simon Cowell's Syco.^[1] The series re-examined a 30 year old previously 'closed' murder case, the murder of Carole Packman, whose body has never been found. The series was broadcast over four consecutive weeks on ITV, from 14 July 2016.^[2] Dorset Police subsequently confirmed that the case remained open and that they would be examining new evidence presented by Williams-Thomas.^[3] A second series of The Investigator is planned for 2017.^[1]

Ho can they be stopped from removing it again ?

Thanks

— Preceding unsigned comment added by MWT579 (talk • contribs) 08:03, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Courtesy link: The page in question is Mark Williams-Thomas

I suspect this isn't the answer you wanted, but you need to receive it. First, terminology, it is not your page, it is Wikipedia's article on Mark Williams-Thomas. The whole point of Wikipedia is that no single editor owns or controls the content of an article. The user who edited the article had a disagreement with the content and removed it, they also left an edit summary. They could have been clearer about why they removed the content, but they haven't done anything wrong in that edit. You disagree and restored it, so the next stage is for both of you to discuss it on the article talk page (See WP:BRD).

But. More important than that is the fact that this article is about Mark Williams-Thomas, your username is MWT and you referred to the article as "my page", that sets off the Conflict of Interest alarm. If you are Mark Williams-Thomas you have a conflict of interest and are discouraged from editing the article. Please read WP:COI as soon as possible. - X201 (talk) 08:40, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I have removed more content none of which was properly sourced. Articles on Wikipedia must be adequately supported by reliable sources so that information can be verified. We only summarise what reliable, independent published sources have to say about a subject. Theroadislong (talk) 08:56, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi again - apologies for pestering the teahouse 3 times in close succession

A user I'm in discussion with stated that a person's article William Mason (Director General) didn't have any notability separate from his current and former occupations. This seemed odd - I mean, surely lots of person articles gained their notability from occupying, or having occupied, a significant position and doing significant actions while there, even with Notability not being inferred. I'm not sure why, but Mark Carney came to mind as an example.

Notability is one of the areas that has so many, occasionally contradictory, policies that fully understanding seems an impossible task for me, but I'm hoping someone can give an easy explanation of the (if any) fundamental difference (beyond quality and number of references, obviously) Nosebagbear (talk) 09:31, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

IMO, not notable in the Wikipedia sense of the word. The first two citations are to announcements of his being appointed to the job. The third is an interview with WM. None of these qualify as significant, independent content. Basically, Mason is a well-educated, well-trained person doing a job he is qualified to do. Being competent is not the same as notable. David notMD (talk) 11:57, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Respected Wikipedians in Teahouse, I created some templates for userpages (user templates). How can I bring the template to other users?--PATH SLOPU ^(Talk) 10:04, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Good afternoon, Path slopu, and welcome to our Teahouse. You've made some interesting-looking userboxes and templates. And you seem to have done the right thing by mentioning the templates at the relevant WikiProject talk pages. Like the usebox for {{User Peg Solitaire}}, you could list these by finding the relevant subpage and page section at Wikipedia:Userboxes/Galleries. I seem to remember when I made a couple of userboxes some while back that best practice is to create a sub-page for them under your own username, and then add them to the appropriate gallery (e.g. User:Nick Moyes/Userboxes/Flora) - but I would have to re-read the guidelines to be able to give confident advice now. Either way, well done on creating them, and I hope someone likes and uses them. (You can always click "what links here" to see if anyone else has transcluded (i.e. made use of them). Hope this advice is OK - I'm sure other hosts will add their comments if I'm wrong. Regards from a damp and dreary UK, Nick Moyes (talk) 11:11, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi this is sridhar from tamil wikipedia my user id is Dsesringp .I am writing 2018 IPL in tamil. but i cannot copy the League match match summary report. how can i copy that. please help me anyone — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dsesringp (talk • contribs) 11:44, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Dsesringp, welcome to the Teahouse. I am sorry you've had to wait a long time for a reply. For myself, I was not sure what exactly you were asking. I now see that you want to use the article on 2018 Indian Premier League, and copy over this table into the Tamil Wikipedia page on that topic. Is that correct? If you do, you may copy what we call the 'wikimarkup' for that table and pasting it into the Tamil version, providing you use an edit summary on the Tamil page which attributes (explains where it came from). That would be enough to give credit to those on en.wiki who created it. If there are references that support the data in that table, you should link to that too, of course, in the ta.wiki itself. My advice would be to experiment in your sandbox whilst converting from one language to another, rather than trying to do it on the live Tamil wikipedia page. You should not be using the Visual Editor tool whilst you copy the table - you need to click "Edit source" to view what we call the markup (it looks a bit like html code). Hold on! I see now why you say you cannot copy it. It's because the table is inserted into the 2018IPL page by means of a template. You will need to visit this template page where you can copy the markup code. Do please remember to attribute (give credit) by linking to the url of the page you have copied from. Does this give you the answer you seek, or have I completely misunderstood what you are asking? If so, please accept my apologies, and come back and explain your needs again. Regards from the UK, Nick Moyes (talk) 17:53, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thankyou so much sir. Now i understood . Thanks for your help. Would you don't mind please explain , how to use the semi protected images to the tamil article. Some images are in english article but i can't use it for the tamil articles. So please help me--Dsesringp (talk) 01:49, 11 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi my article got declined. Can you please help me on how to edit it so it gets a submission as an article. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by PKJ21 (talk • contribs) 11:58, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Convenience link User:PKJ21/sandbox. Theroadislong (talk) 12:01, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, PKJ21. there are several blue links in the notice added to your draft which will help you understand. But I'll give you a bit of feedback. From the very first words in your draft, "Arcgate.com is a 2000+ people strong business process outsourcing (BPO) leader" is mostly advertising puff. An encyclopaedic version of this might be something like "Arcgate is a company working in business process outsourcing (BPO)". Everything else is hype. No Wikipedia article should ever use an evaluative term like "leader" unless it is directly quoting a reliable published source wholly unconnected with the entity being described. "Breakthrough products" unless it is an established term of art defined and used in reliable published sources, is wholly meaningless advertising puff.

The next sentence is nearly all right: "Dun & Bradstreet, the world's leading provider of business information and insight, rated Arcgate as the Best Small & Medium Enterprise in the IT & ITES sector in India". You don't need to tell the reader who Dun & Bradstreet are, especially if you wikilink to the Wikipedia article about them; but it is fine to report the fact that they made such an evaluation - except for the fact that it is not true. The link you gave below said D&B awarded Arcgage "Best Regional SME - North", which is not what your draft claimed. In any case, the supporting reference should come inline immediately after the claim: see WP:referencing for beginners for how to do this.

What you need to do (once you have studied your first article, is:

• Find several places where people who have no connection whatever with Arcgate have chosen to write in depth about it and been published in a reliable place. I don't believe any of the sources you link to meets these criteria: they are either not independent, or not in depth.
• If you cannot find several such sources, give up. This will mean that Arcgate is not currently notable (in the special way that Wikipedia uses this word).
• When you have found several such sources, forget everything you know or think about the company, and write an article based solely on what the independent sources say.
• When you have done this, you can add in some uncontroversial factual information (places, dates etc) from sources which are not independent.

One last point: do you have some connection with Arcgate? If you do, you have what we call a conflict of interest, and you are discouraged from editing an article about it. Furthermore, if you are in any way paid to edit (either directly, or because it is part of your employment to do so) then you must declare the fact according to the policy in Paid editing. --ColinFine (talk) 15:52, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I am Siddhartha Mondal an education expert, tried to create a page for techno group of Institutions in Lucknow but today I have notified that you have turned down my effort to make techno wiki page live. Please guide me how would i create wiki page for Educational Institutions as i have found many good institutions is not having wiki page.However, it's my sole effort to bring educational institutes name in front of students therein they can get all details before taking admission.Also, i have tried to enlist techno group of institutions under management college & universities in Lucknow but still it is under progress stage. I want help from your end, here i am leaving my contact details, please you can contact if you want.

Thanks Siddhartha Mondal — Preceding unsigned comment added by Siddharthscience (talk • contribs) 12:15, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Siddharthscience and welcome to the Teahouse. Your article Draft:Techno Group of Institutions was not accepted because, although your references proved the existence of the subject, they did not establish WP:Notability. You need to find independent WP:Reliable sources in which the subject has been written about at length, not just mentions. The subject's own website is not independent, but may be used for some facts once you have established notability in the Wikipedia sense. Can you find some newspaper articles about the subject? Dbfirs 15:41, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Siddharthscience. I am afraid that, like many people, you have misunderstood what Wikipedia is, and what it is for. "Bringing educational institutes name in front of students" is an example of Promotion, which is forbidden in Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not for telling people about yourself, your company, your band, your school, your charity, your town, however wonderful it may be. Wikipedia is for summarising information which has already been published about subjects. (Note in this connection that nobody and nothing "has" a Wikipedia article - not even Jimmy Wales. Wikipedia "has" articles about subjects). Please follow Dbfirs' advice. --ColinFine (talk) 15:58, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I have another question. Hopefully this will be my last one. I was editing my userpage and something weird happened. I was trying to put a section onto my userpage, but it doesn't display properly. How do i fix this? PorkchopGMX 13:38, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@PorkchopGMX: Is it like you want now? The headings on that page were "level 1 headings" (i.e. one equal sign on each end), which is not allowed. Effectively, the article title is the level 1 title - any headings on that page should be level 2 or below. I fixed them and it looks okay to me, but I'm not sure what result you were after.--Gronk Oz (talk) 15:05, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Gronk Oz: If you revert my edit (clear template) you'll see the problem. The bottom heading doesn't show and there is a small amount of text on the far right of the page. Looks like it's the coding of one of the badge templates causing it. - X201 (talk) 15:45, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I haven't found documentation for it but I think you are always supposed to make a {{clear}} or something similar if you want to display user page code after Wikipedia Adventure badges. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:07, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello PorkchopGMX and welcome to the Teahouse.

I've run into this issue before, but never quite figured it out until now. Here's what I think is happening. Templates for the badges specify a style parameter of float:left and a width of 33%. These parameters have the effect of causing the browser to render the badges as 3 columns. Note that 3 times 33% is only 99%, so there is still space for a 1%-width column for the next unsuspecting div that comes along without specifying a width parameter. That's the reason one needs to do a {{clear}} after the badges. — jmcgnh^{(talk) (contribs)} 16:49, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

That explains it. Good work Sherlock. - X201 (talk) 09:16, 11 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! There is currently at least one link pointing to Mark Cross (retail chain) from the Georgetown Park entry. I wanted to submit an article for the overarching Mark Cross brand - should I create it under that retail chain entry, or create a new entry? Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Danieljflowers (talk • contribs) 15:22, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Danieljflowers. Welcome to our Teahouse. You ask an eminently sensible question. I will try to match it with an answer that at least makes a little sense! Firstly, the link from Georgetown Park to Mark Cross (retail chain) is a red link, meaning that the page does not yet exist on Wikipedia. So you have two options for page creation. My suggestion is that to hep you decide which, if anything is the best option, you spend some time to investigate online or in books to see what sources you can find that show either the retail chain or the Mark Cross brand (whatever that actually means) has been covered most effectively by independent, reliable sources, and in depth, too. Go with that one. It will be your use of these references that will allow other editors here to judge whether or not either of these two related topics meets our criteria for organisations. Ignore whatever the company says about itself, or which has the swankiest-looking website (I can almost smell the leather!) - just look for unrelated sources that talk about one or the other in detail, and in a non-promotional manner. Once you've got past the hurdle of creating a new article on either topic, you can go back to the Georgetown Park page and modify the redlink accordingly. Does this make sense? Regards from the UK, Nick Moyes (talk) 18:51, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

An eminently helpful response, Nick Moyes! I'll look into the overall brand, then - much more ink has been spilled on that topic than on the actual physical storefront, I imagine. Thank you so much for being so helpful! Danieljflowers (talk) 21:02, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

are my articles safe? Still pending for review. sources given. hope for acceptance — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ponjit1234 (talk • contribs)

It would help if you signed your post (e.g. with four tildes "~~~~" as instructed at the top of this page) so we have a clue as to who you are. Additionally it would help if you provided links to your (presumably draft) articles so, once we know who you are, we don't have to follow a trail of breadcrumbs through your userpages or contributions to figure out which articles you're talking about and where they are. As things currently stand I know of no way to help you. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 2.218.14.51 (talk) 17:00, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Just out of interest, 2.218.14.51, where exactly on this page does it tell newcomers to sign their posts with four tildes? I've looked and I can't find it myself. (This is one of many suggestions for improvements to the Teahouse which I recently suggested on this post on our Teahouse Talk page. You might like to add your views, as I think it would help newcomers if we better guided them to help us to help them (if you follow my logic)). Nick Moyes (talk) 18:10, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Nick Moyes, {{Welcome}} and other welcome templates do mentions signing such posts. However, it realty isn't much trouble to follow the history and the user contributions, so the IP editor's asperity is in my view a bit overdone. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 23:40, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, my bad. I'm so used to seeing the signing instructions on other pages that I just assumed they were on this one too. And I was feeling a bit harried and tetchy last night and allowed that to seep into the tone of my response (which was made before the system added the OP's identity). I am also aware that it is possible, though irksome, to track through the OP's digital trails, but was responding to the apparent assumption that the OP's identifying both their username and the articles in question was unnecessary. Apologies to the OP and to yourselves for the error and the attitude. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 2.218.14.51 (talk) 16:43, 11 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

If Draft:Jalukbari Police Division is one of the articles that you are asking about, then you need to read WP:Referencing for beginners, WP:Notability, and the comments from the two previous reviews before you submit it again. The article is almost certain to be rejected in its present form. Dbfirs 17:32, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Ponjit1234: Your draft article is safe from deletion, and you may - and indeed should - work to improve it before submitting again if you wish. Any draft article not edited for six months is liable to be deleted as we assume by then that the creator has given up on the task. Nick Moyes (talk) 18:10, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Jovita Efehi Obadolagbonyi's biography Hello Everyone.

This is unitingwalls. I have just contributed to the article Jovita Efehi Obadolagbonyi's biography. I need some assistance to add photos and a round up editing on this subject. Your various contributions will be highly appreciated. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Unitingwalls (talk • contribs) 17:06, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Unitingwalls, please stop what you are doing. Your User page is not an appropriate place to try and create an article, about you or anybody else: it is for sharing some information about you as a Wikipedia editor only. Please see WP:UP. And you have already been told that you are strongly advised against writing about yourself on Wikipedia. If you are here to help us improve the encyclopaedia, you are very welcome. If you are only here to promote yourself, then you are not. Please see your first article. --ColinFine (talk) 17:25, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note that the draft has now been deleted as promotional. Dbfirs 17:40, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

how i add a new wiki page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 103.240.237.166 (talk) 18:04, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello and welcome to the Teahouse. Creating a new Wikipedia article(which is different than "wiki page") is actually very difficult to do. It takes much time and practice to learn what is being looked for. As an IP user, you would need to submit a draft through Articles for Creation. Before you do that, I would strongly advise you to take the Wikipedia Adventure, which is a tutorial structured as a game of sorts, and maybe take some time to edit existing articles so you get a feel for what is being looked for. You should also read Your First Article and learn about notability before attempting to create an article. If you take some time to work your way up to article creation, you will have a much better experience. 331dot (talk) 18:13, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict) Hello anonymous IP user. Welcome to our Teahouse, and thank you for your question about how you create a new wikipedia page. Just to add to what was said above, I have just left you a welcome message, which includes a range of useful links for you. In essence, you will only be successful in creating a new page which is acceptable here if all the following criteria are met:

• the topic does not already have a page here
• the topic meets our criteria for notability (i.e. that other people have noticed and written about the topic in depth) See this page for more details on what that means in reality
• the new page includes references to prove whatever factual statements you make in the article. (see this page for more on what that actually means.)
• the sources used for refeences are independent of the topic, and that the topic has been covered in depth
• the page you create is neutral in tone (like any encyclopaedia should be) and is not intended to promote the topic in any way
• the page you create follows the basic style we require all articles to follow. (I could link to lots more guidance, but just looking at other pages here to see how they appear should be enough to start with)

There are other important things I haven't mentioned, but these are the key ones. It's great you want to contribute here - thank you. But as a brand new user, I advise you to learn about how Wikipedia works by first making small edits to existing pages, because creating a new page is THE hardest task you can perform here. (it was a year before I dared to try creating my first page!) You will be quickly disappointed if you wade in and try to write something that does not look like a page from an encyclopaedia. After all - that's what we're all here for. This is said not to put you off, but to make you aware of the challenges of adding new articles to an encyclopaedia which already contains over 5.5 million articles.

Do please take the interactive The Wikipedia Adventure, which is actually quite fun to do. After learning about the basics of editing, you might wish to read Wikipedia:Your first article, and follow the links to start creating a draft page that you can work on until it's ready to be submitted to the main part of Wikipedia for all to see. If you struggle with writing in English, do remember that there are over 200 other language Wikipedias that you can also contribute to. Hoping some of this helps, and do sign all posts to talk pages with four tildes, like this: ~~~~. This will then automatically add your IP adderss or username and a timestamp. Regards from the UK, Nick Moyes (talk) 18:33, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there, After submitting a page for review, I am curious as to why it has not been made public despite having numerous external sources. How long is the wait usually? Any help would be much appreciated. Many thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by AnnieM94 (talk • contribs) 20:04, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@AnnieM94: Hello and welcome to the Teahouse. It appears that your draft was reviewed and declined, then you made some changes and removed(I assume inadvertently) the template to allow you to resubmit it. I have restored the template so you can resubmit it for review. If you haven't already, please make sure that you have read the comments you were left. Once you resubmit it, please be patient, as reviews are conducted by volunteers and it will take some time. I believe the current wait is 6-8 weeks. 331dot (talk) 20:12, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your help! — Preceding unsigned comment added by AnnieM94 (talk • contribs)

AnnieM94 I would ask, are you associated with the film you are writing about? 331dot (talk) 20:14, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

No, just a fan of the film given that it was filmed in my home town. — Preceding unsigned comment added by AnnieM94 (talk • contribs) 20:18, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi AnnieM94 you have not yet resubmitted Draft:Scott and Sid (2018) since it was reviewed and declined on 12 March 2018. If you believe it is ready for another review simply hit the blue Resubmit button in the pink template at the top of the page and follow the instructions from there. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 20:14, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello @AnnieM94: I have accepted your article and made a few formatting tweaks. There is a formatting issue you need to fix though (that I've tagged at top) in that you have a lot of WP:Inline external links. If for example there's no page for actor Jay Q. Smith, you need to either wikilink it anyway (a "redlink") if you expect there might be a page about him someday, or just leave it unlinked. What you can't do is EL it to his IMDB page or something. So either wikilink the name (whether it be red or blue) or leave it unlinked. And you have a couple places that you have links that should be footnotes but you've left them as ELs. That's not egregious enough to hold the article back though, so I've Published it and just marked it so you can fix it (and remove the EL tag once you've fixed things). MatthewVanitas (talk) 06:24, 12 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Goodday everyone can you or anyone assist me I finally fix my user page the way I want to be permanently But I want fix the over lap of user boxes that goes to bottom page border in the middle and can you create a table to keep the user boxes fixed in, thats all DashDog01 (talk) 20:10, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Goodness, DashDog01, I don't know if there's a prize for the worst-looking userpage on Wikipedia, but to my eye all that flashing colour and huge text means you'd deserve it! Sorry, it's not to my taste at all. For guidance on userbox grouping, try this page. You know, I really am looking forward to seeing you do some actual editing on this encyclopaedia sometime soon. 131 edits to date, and not one to a mainspace article yet! In one sense it is an ironic and somewhat refreshing change from those editors who come to Wikipedia in order to create a new article with their first few edits. Regards Nick Moyes (talk) 20:43, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Just for the record, I visited, and it gave me a headache.--Quisqualis (talk) 21:19, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Well actually I am using my android smart phone to edit so I would be so judgey I have a love for using my phone and tablet to editDashDog01 (talk) 20:53, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Uh ----- how about actually getting to work reversing damage done by vandalism rather than all this effort on your User page? Also, a bad idea to provide a link on your User page to your Sandbox. The main point of Sandbox is to have a private place to create drafts of work you intend to insert into articles. Or as articles. Lastly, you have duplicate Userboxes. And because the Signator box is slightly taller than the others, the gap between rows. If you move Signator to last, the gap should disappear. David notMD (talk) 21:17, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Photo incorrectly reveals picture of Gul Damar, Garak's 'Cardassian enemy'. Garak, once part of the Obsidian Order (and, not so simple tailor, on DS-9), would never "sport" (i.e. wear) a military "Gul"-uniform; as clearly depicted in that representative photo [BIO sidebar box]. Please make appropriate change for those of us, whom are...diehard "Trekkies". Thank You. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:304:AA7C:E1E9:C580:5F35:B816:AFB6 (talk) 20:24, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, anonymous IP user. Not being a major Star Trek fan, all you just said made no sense whatsoever to me! That said, I'm afraid this Teahouse is here to assist people with problems and in the mechanism of how to edit Wikipedia in general, not to make changes to articles for them. I reckon you should go to Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - or whichever page is most relevant to this issue - and click its Talk Page and put your concerns there. Those who understand this topic will no doubt assist you in making those changes. Sorry we can't do this for you ourselves...unless, of course, we have seem keen Trekkies amongst the Teahouse Hosts here? Live long and edit. Regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 20:49, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The article in question is Elim Garak. As far as I can tell, the photo is of the correct character, contrary to what the OP says. Admittedly it's not the best photo. Several images marked as "fair use" exist on the Memory Alpha wiki, but I'm not sure they would pass our image use policy. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 21:47, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Not sure, I asked at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Star_Trek#Elim_Garak. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 06:49, 11 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Most people find it impossible to edit by smart phone but I am have experience with it DashDog01 (talk) 21:00, 10 April 2018 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by DashDog01 (talk • contribs) 20:59, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

See User:Cullen328/Smartphone editing Thegooduser Let's Chat 21:34, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Well actually I saw it already I use wikipedia more that watch TV and play video games etc I read a lot of article mostly on video and movies , anime etc so I am not entirely new than you might think so intimatating is nearly impossible DashDog01 (talk) 21:57, 10 April 2018 (UTC)— Preceding unsigned comment added by DashDog01 (talk • contribs) 21:55, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, DashDog01. Yes, I am a very active editor and an administrator, and I do over 95% of my editing using my Android smartphone, Chrome and Wikipedia's desktop site. It works just fine. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 22:00, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Just to add, DashDog01, that I have no problem editing with a small iPhone5, and a larger Android tablet, preferring always to use desktop mode. So what problems are you actually having editing, apart from the obvious? (oh, and thanks for getting rid of those flashy whatnots, mate. I'm a happy chap now!) Nick Moyes (talk) 22:57, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

There's a user whose intent I am trying to decipher. I'm watching their Talk page, but I'd like to have an update when they make an edit. Is it possible to be updated via email?--Quisqualis (talk) 21:15, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Quisqualis. Off the top of my head, there is no way to receive an email notification when another user makes an edit. I took a quick look in the notification and gadgets tabs in Special:Preferences but didn't see anything that does what you want. Maybe your best bet would be to save a bookmark to the user's contributions page, e.g. Special:Contributions/Quisqualis, and to check it periodically. --kewlgrapes (talk) 21:23, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you.--Quisqualis (talk) 22:31, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

To my shock I have found through you that someone has used my material and claimed copyright. We are the owners of the Park Hotel and wrote a detailed history that they have stolen for their page. Advice please.

Anthony — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anthony Straeger (talk • contribs) 22:05, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

This appears to be about Park Hotel @Anthony Straeger: Follow the instructions at [2] RudolfRed (talk) 22:12, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Anthony Straeger: Please clarify the situation. Today your account created Draft:The Park Hotel, Morecambe. It was deleted for having the same text as http://gb.placedigger.com/the-park-hotel-experience1287644979.html. Are you saying that you are the original author of the text and published it somewhere outside Wikipedia, then gb.placedigger.com copied it from you, and today you published your own version again in Wikipedia? If so then where did you first publish it, and did you specify a license for it? PrimeHunter (talk) 22:36, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

That is correct. I have sent an email to wiki permission and also sent them a take down. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anthony Straeger (talk • contribs) 22:42, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Anthony Straeger, we don't need a take down. We will happily take it down and very quickly. We just need to know the exact article and the website it was copied from. GMG^talk 23:03, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia is not affiliated with gb.placedigger.com and cannot take down content there. Is there content at wikipedia.org which should be taken down? PrimeHunter (talk) 23:08, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

http://gb.placedigger.com/the-park-hotel-experience1287644979.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anthony Straeger (talk • contribs) 23:06, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The article was put on facebook for anyone to use. They just didn't expect someone to put it up and copyright it. The article has been used in part by several ghost hunting and paranormal investigation companies. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anthony Straeger (talk • contribs) 23:11, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

This article is nothing to do with wiki, but wiki have rejected the page The Park Hotel because the article is the same as the copy and they have claimed copyright - the dirty sods! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anthony Straeger (talk • contribs) 19:13, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Anthony Straeger, if the content is previously posted elsewhere online, then we have to presume it is copyrighted, unless we have evidence that it is appropriately licensed for public use. GMG^talk 23:24, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Please link the Facebook page and confirm it was the first place it was published. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:39, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I made a Baan Gaan article that wasn't fit to be published and now I can't find it.--Jtarvin (talk) 18:27, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Jtarvin, and welcome to the Teahouse. You can see all your contributions to Wikipedia that have not been deleted at Special:Contributions/Jtarvin. The particular one you refer to seems to be at Draft:Saint of Braves Baan Gaan. It has not been edited since 23 December 2017. after 6 months with no edits, a draft can be deleted. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 23:32, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict) Hello, Jtarvin. Welcome to our Teahouse. Might I ask you in future to ask a proper question underneath the header, and also sign your name with four tildes, like this~~~~. It took me an age to work out we'd overlooked a question and to find who it was from. In the meantime you did add the question and DESiegel has succinctly answered it. But here's my longer explanation which you might wish to refer to if you ever need to find stuff again: There are two ways to find an article you have worked on or created (providing it hasn't already been deleted). Assuming you can't remember its exact title, just check your own User Contributions when at your User or Talk page - the link is on the far left side of those pages. That will take you here. You can either browse through it chronologically, or go to the bottom of the page where there are a set of other links in the centre of the page footer. For a user who has made innumerable edits and can't remember when they worked on any given article, here they have another quite elegant way of finding new pages and drafts. In that line of links in the footer, click "Edit count" which takes you to this scary-looking summary of all your contributions But don't panic - on the left side right towards the top there's an entry entitled "Pages created". You've created three. Click that hyperlinked number, which takes you here, and lower down the page you'll see a list of everything you've created. There it's quite easy to see Draft:Saint of Braves Baan Gaan - at the time an unreferenced and possibly non-notable subject which was turned down for mainspace three times back around last Christmastime. If there were other pages that have subsequently been deleted, I'm afraid as a non-admin I have no way of seeing what they might be. Another shortcut to find links to pages you submitted to Articles for Creation is to check any rejection messages on your own Talk Page in case they're linked to there. In your case it is! I hope some of this helps. Regards from the UK, Nick Moyes (talk) 23:39, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Is there any special place or activites to upload or share for eg : Wikipedia remixes , cool picture that kind of stuff other than Wikipedia commonsDashDog01 (talk) 23:41, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Not that I'm aware of, DashDog01. Only freely released images, pdfs and videos, released under an appropriate Creative Commons licence are normally available. I was rooting around recently for any pre-existing talks on the subject of Wikipedia, and found some Powerpoint lectures on Slideshare. But these are all off-wiki, uncontrolled by the Wikimedia Foundation. I'm sure there's tons of sites out there which host such content, but none could be used here unless they had been released under a proper CC licence. Maybe other editors can contribute ideas on this. Regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 23:50, 10 April 2018 (UTC) [reply]

(edit conflict)Hello, DashDog01, welcome to the Teahouse and to Wikipedia. I am afraid the prime purpose of all activity here should be to build and improve the encyclopedia. remixes , cool picture that kind of stuff if not intended for use in an article eventually are mostly not appropriate. As one becomes a more experienced contributor, there is a bit more leeway on this -- some people do have a few pictures or texts on their user page, see the guideline for an indication of what would be appropriate. But since you currently have no contributions to any article, such slack for you is rather minimal. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 23:52, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The guideline says: Generally, you should avoid substantial content on your user page that is unrelated to Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not a general hosting service, so your user page is not a personal website. Your user page is about you as a Wikipedian, and pages in your user space should be used as part of your efforts to contribute to the project. Please follow it. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 23:52, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! I am just wondering if I can write an article about published books that aren't very well known or popular. The one I have in mind is a book called The Tapper Twins but it barely any sources covering it. Can I still write about it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by ThunderHenry (talk • contribs) 01:59, 11 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I gave this its own section title, as it had nothing do to with DD's Q&A. David notMD (talk) 02:25, 11 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, ThunderHenry and welcome to the Teahouse. I'm afraid the answer is "probably not". Unless the subject is notable, there can't be an article about it on Wikipedia. Please read the general notability guideline and our guideline on the notability of books. A book mthat has barely any sources covering it is probably not notable. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 04:11, 11 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Dear telltale, Hello my name is <redacted>. When TWD season one came put I immediately fell in love with lee. He was like my father when my parents weren't around to watch me like i would play this game and think "wow when i grow up i want my personality to be just like Lee's" or "I love Lee he thinks about everyone except himself". I was like 9 or 8 when this game came out when me and my father (who looks exactly like Lee) were browsing gamestop and decided to get the game! Yes i know the question im about to ask you is very late because you guys are working on other projects now like "The Wolf Among Us" (i love that game too) or Minecraft. But i would like to know know if you can make a season of Lee's background and find out how he became the man he was. I know this is a big question for a fan to be asking but im curious i love lee like blood nobody else has a connection to him like me and i would like to know more about his childhood if its not to much to ask thanks!74.70.88.186 (talk) 03:01, 11 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, 74.70.88.186, and welcome to the Teahouse. This is Wikipedia, not a television network, production studio, or game design company. We only write about things that exist, we don't create new things. We can't help you with this here. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 04:07, 11 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I Just created a Wikipedia account.

I have content ready for creating a page for the philosopher.

I have no idea of where to add content as per Wikipedia guidances — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gccampus (talk • contribs) 07:38, 11 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Gccampus, and welcome to the Teahouse. Start by taking the time to read Wikipedia:Your first article carefully. If you then conclude that your article is likely to "stick" on WP, go ahead and create it, or even better, create it as a Help:Userspace draft and work on it there until it's ready. Otherwise it will likely be deleted. Creating an acceptable WP-article without any experience in what WP expects is hard, but it can be done. Be aware though, we already have an article about The Philosopher ;-) Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 07:53, 11 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Everyone,

I wrote an article named Kelvin Institute of Technology in the year 2014. The logo of the college is my original work and I uploaded it. But in 2018, it was removed from wikicommons stating that it is violating copyright terms. How to make the system know it is my authorized work and successfully upload it. Thanks in advance. Priyanka Berry 07:49, 11 April 2018 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by PriyankaBerry18 (talk • contribs)

Courtesy link: Kelvin Institute of Technology (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Hello, PriyankaBerry18 and welcome to the Teahouse. If you are the creator and copyright holder of the logo, you would need to follow the procedure described at Donating Copyrighted Materials. Please do understand that this would release the logo for anyone in the world to use in any way, including to create modified versions. If you signed over rihts to the College, then you cannot do this. Usually logos are copyrighted and not released freely, and are uploaded to Wikipedia (not Commons) under a claim of Fair use. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 09:21, 11 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@PriyankaBerry18: logos are almost always trademarked so you definitely wouldn't want to accidentally try to donate them by submitting to Wikimedia Commons. Instead look at the left side of your screen right now, below the Wikipedia Globe emblem, and about 15 lines down there is an "Upload file" link. Click that, and it will take you to an upload tool, and you select "Copyright but Fair Use" options, click the option for "Logo", type in that you're using it at the article specifically about the company the logo is of, etc. It takes a few minutes to figure out the form, but once you're used to it it takes like 3 minutes. Before uploading the file make sure it's no bigger than 300x300 and is not high resolution; that's because under Fair Use it needs to be just good enough to look non-crappy in the article, but not so good someone could copy it and use it elsewhere like a website or a t-shirt.

Hope that helps! MatthewVanitas (talk) 05:19, 12 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi PriyankaBerry18. Just to add that the file you uploaded was deleted by a Commons administrator named c:User:Christian Ferrer. File's which are deleted from Commons or Wikipedia are not gone forever, but rather only hidden from public view. Such files can be restored which whatever issues that led to their deletion have been resolved. So, if you'd like to know whether the file you uploaded can be restored and what things you need to do to have it restored if it can, post a message at c:User talk:Christian Ferrer and ask Christian for help. He will explain what you need to do. You need to realize that Commons only accepts files which comply with c:COM:L; so, if for some reason you are unwilling or unable to to do that for this particular file, then you only remaining option may be to upload the file as non-free content as mentioned above by MathhewVanitas. You need to be sure, however, that the each use of the file complies with Wikipedia's non-free content use policy. -- Marchjuly (talk) 07:38, 12 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Teahouse
Today, our Teahouse is located in the wonderful Botanic Gardens in Guwahati! Click the coordinates below to see a detailed map.
Coordinates: 26°09′10″N 91°39′40″E / 26.1527071°N 91.6611459°E / 26.1527071; 91.6611459

How a map can be added to an article? Ponjit1234 (talk) 09:19, 11 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello,Ponjit1234, and welcome to the Teahouse. I'm really sorry you have had a long wait for an answer from us. Firstly, may I just say I am pleased to see you are now either creating articles within your sandbox, or as Drafts - rather than on your userpage. I know you didn't understand this at first, and it must have been confusing to be repeatedly told you were doing something wrong when you weren't sure what to do. (I'm afraid with such a huge encyclopaedia to manage, we do need to have rules that need following, though to a newcomer these can sometimes seem very hidden and mysterious at first. I'm sure you'll soon get the hang of it. (The trick is to listen to others and not repeat an action you've been asked not to do, but you can always politely ask for an explanation. It's also very easy for use more experienced editors to assume everyone else already know of these rules, when they probably don't.)

Now, you ask about inserting maps...These should only go in articles about geographic places. I see that so far you've been trying to draft articles about Indian police forces. I don't think we want maps in those sorts of articles as they could be found via the links you include to the appropriate towns, city or region they are in. That being said, maps are best added to articles about places using the Infobox at the very top of the page.

I confess that I am no expert on the intricacies of Infoboxes but, basically, you will need to add three things to the appropriate Infobox:

• the coordinates of the place (in the right format, of course!)
• the name of an appropriate background map you want to use (I usually look at an existing article of a nearby place and use the map name that that one uses!)
• a caption

If you edit the source for Guwahati, you will see that the very commonly used {{Infobox settlement}} is deployed. (There are alternatives at Wikipedia:List_of_infoboxes#Geography_and_place). It requires the following parameters:

| coordinates = 26°11′N 91°44′E / 26.183°N 91.733°E / 26.183; 91.733

| pushpin_map = India Assam#India

| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Guwahati in Assam

Be aware that other Infoboxes may use parameters labelled: |map=   and |map_caption= -but the effect is the same.

There are various ways to get coordinates for the place you're writing about. One common one is to use Google maps and click on the relevant place and copy down the coordinates that appear on screen - or drop in a pushpin on Google maps and copy/paste the coordinates from in the browser url box. If you notice the pair of two squiggly brackets in the coordinates parameter, this is actually calling up another special template to handle the coordinates. You can see the documentation for this at {{Coord}}. I'm afraid it's not the easiest thing to understand if you're not familiar with GPS coordinates, and the diffferent formats they can come in. But, again, simply looking at how pages on nearby places have handled coordinates can assist. In the demo shown here I simply copy/pasted the url from the browser, replace the comma between the Lat/Long figures with a | character, and it worked perfectly. Our Teahouse is now in a lovely part of the city of Guwahati in India. I hope this may have been of some help - come back if you get stuck. (Addendum: A new support page on Infoboxes has just been set up today. You might wish to ask at WP:IBASSIST if you feel you need further or better technical advice!)

I now have two questions for my fellow hosts to answer: a) I there a really good and clear Help page or section on this topic anywhere? b) Is there a single hierarchical List of map background areas available for reference anywhere? Found it at Template:Location map/List. Regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 00:30, 12 April 2018 (UTC)  [reply]

Hi. Please can you review the article created in my sandbox? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jehanlatief/sandbox Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jehanlatief (talk • contribs) 10:45, 11 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

hello, Jehanlatief, and welcome to the Teahouse. You haven't formally submitted User:Jehanlatief/sandbox for review as a draft article, but if you had I would decline it. It is way too promotional -- practically every line is marketing speak. Phrases such as specialises in marketing and project management, centres on developing entrepreneurial marketing and business solutions, Striving to harness maximum socioeconomic impact, to grow the economy and facilitate the integration of these particular sectors, and partnering with major brands across sectors are all classic promotional marketing-speak. Wikipedia articles must be neutral and factual. I havent even checked out your sources cited -- at this stage there is no point, although i hope that they are independent. Franky the best way forward is to start over using your sources, and discarding this text.

Are you by any chance affiliated with this firm, or under contract to them? I ask because this is so classic a piece of marketing. Do read our conflict of interest guideline and our policy on paid editing, please DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 11:08, 11 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Oh I see on your user page that you have properly declared a Conflict of interest. Thank you for doing so, Jehanlatief. But that means that adhering to [[WP:NPOV is even more important for you than for other editors. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 11:12, 11 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Some steps to follow:

• First, review our guideline on notability, our policy on Verifiability, and our specific guideline on the notability of businesses. Consider whether your subject clearly meets the standards listed there.
• Second, read how to create Your First Article and referencing for beginners and again consider if you want to go ahead.
• Third, disclose your connection with the subject in accordance with the Paid-contribution disclosure. This is absolutely required; omitting it can result in you being blocked from further editing.
• Fourth, gather sources. You want independent, professionally published, reliable sources with each discussing the subject in some detail. If you can't find several such sources, stop; an article will not be created! Sources do NOT need to be online, or in English, although it is helpful if at least some are. The "independent" part is vital. Wikipedia does not consider as independent sources such as press releases, or news stories based on press releases, or anything published by the subject itself or an affiliate of the subject. Strictly local coverage is also not preferred. Regional or national newspapers or magazines, books published by mainstream publishers (not self-published), or scholarly journals are usually good. So are online equivalents of these. (Additional sources may verify particular statements but not discuss the subject in detail. But those significant detailed sources are needed first.)
• Fifth, use the article wizard to create a draft under the articles for creation project. This is always a good idea for an inexperienced editor, but in the case of an editor with a conflict of interest it is essential.
• Sixth, use the sources gathered before (and other sources you may find along the way) to write the article. Cite all significant statements to sources. Do not express opinions or judgements, unless they are explicitly attributed to named people or entities, preferably in a direct quotation, and cited to a source. Do not use puffery or marketing-speak. Provide page numbers, dates, authors and titles for sources to the extent these are available. A title is always needed.
• Seventh, when (well perhaps if) your draft is declined, pay attention to the comments of the reviewer, and correct the draft and resubmit it. During this whole process, if you face any unresolvable editing hurdles, or cannot comprehend any editing issue, feel free to post a request here or at the help desk and ask the regulars. Repeat this until the draft passes review.

Congratulations, you have now created a valid Wikipedia article. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 11:14, 11 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the comprehensive feedback. Will give it another go now. --Jehanlatief (talk) 12:45, 11 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Just a heads up that I have updated the article. Hope it's okay for publishing? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jehanlatief/sandbox — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jehanlatief (talk • contribs) 13:14, 11 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there, I have written this article and am new to editing on Wikipedia. Please can you review and let me know if it is ready to be moved to the main space. Feel free to do so if you deem it ready. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Lindsay_Clare/Arch_for_Arch

Thanks! Lindsay Clare (talk) 12:00, 11 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Unintentionally, you created it in main space. As such, the name User:Lindsay Clare/Arch for Arch will need to be changed. David notMD (talk) 14:01, 11 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

No, User:Lindsay Clare/Arch for Arch is a valid subpage of the user page User:Lindsay Clare. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:09, 11 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, I am more used to seeing draft articles as Draft: or in a user's Sandbox. I leave to others whether it is ready for main space, either directly or AfC (Articles for Creation). David notMD (talk) 14:24, 11 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

hi — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.214.17.86 (talk) 14:48, 11 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Can I create a list of all movies of a TV channel ? There is an Indian kids channel which has shown a lot of movies. But it could not take place in the movies section as those are onced shown in that channel (though those have some repeatations). So I want to create a page listing all movies of the channel together. But I had not seen such page never in wiki. So would it be write to create such page?

User:AnkurHow (talk) 3:43 PM, 11 April 2018

Hi AnkurHow. If there was one particular movie which the channel aired for which it received significant coverage in independent reliable sources (maybe showing the movie was controversial in some way), then that might be worthy of mention, but otherwise, I would say no. Just going by the information you've provided above, it seems that such a "list of movies" would not be acceptable per WP:NOTTVGUIDE and WP:NOTEVERYTHING. While it might be a fact that these movies were shown on this channel, such content sounds a bit trivial and not really something worthy of inclusion. -- Marchjuly (talk) 07:28, 12 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Teahouse! I wonder if you might be able to help me with my Draft:BlackEnergy Malware page. I thought I did a fair job summarizing and presenting objective, informative information. Unfortunately I've gotten the dreaded "read too much like an essay" declination. Please help me change my ways so I can present a useful article. Direction and insight is much appreciated. J n johan (talk) 15:47, 11 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I made a very minor edit to your posting here, J n johan, only wikilinking the title of your draft. I did a bit of gnome work on your draft too, without changing any content. I cannot really assess your draft as I'm currently using a device that won't open PDF files (I know...lame). I'd suggest you look to other articles listed in Category:Malware for some style hints. And keep in mind, the target audience for your potential article is normal everyday educated people, not computer professionals. Remember, in an encyclopedia, we do not write about the subject, we write about what has been written about the subject. At a glance, it appears you need more and better sources. You should also emphasize the history more and the technical stuff less. John from Idegon (talk) 16:38, 11 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, How to I change a birthday. Someone has created a page on me, but they have my wrong birthday (month and day). How can I change this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Scorchestra (talk • contribs) 15:58, 11 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Scorchestra. You can find advice relevant to your situation at WP:BIOSELF. In summary:

• Normally you are discouraged from directly editing articles about yourself, and should rather make suggestions on the article's talk page.
• But if information in an article about a living person is unsourced, then anybody may remove it, even yourself. (Do explain what you are doing in the edit summary).
• If the information is cited to an apparently reliable source, this is more problematic. Wikipedia works on WP:verifiability, not truth, and won't change reliably sourced information because somebody says it is wrong. However, personal data like date of birth is generally felt not to be appropriate in an article about a living person unless it has been widely reported (see DOB); so it might be that it should be removed from the article in any case. It might help if you told us which article. --ColinFine (talk) 16:48, 11 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

What are the rules for adding photos and captions and how do I do this? Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wolverinestudent12 (talk • contribs) 16:08, 11 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to the Teahouse, Wolverinestudent12. Adding photos is a complex area of editing. The most important thing to know is that a large majority of photos you find online are not acceptable because of copyright limitations. On the other hand, there are millions of freely licensed photos on Wikimedia Commons which can be used for any reason. You can donate your own photos there. Wikipedia:Images is a good overview with links to various other helpful pages. If you have a more specific question, feel free to ask it here. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 16:59, 11 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I work in the tech space and really want to update some of the advancements and applications of my (technical) areas of interests! But I'm nervous because a lot of my reading is from startup/innovation blogs and when I look for more reputable sources for my info, the larger publications tend to lag behind. I've found a mid-way option, where I can write something saying 'Google is doing this cool thing [source] and startups are trying too [no source]. What do you think? Should I add commentary without any source? Or should I wait to add until a big news publication (or the like) as written on the subject? Please help, I 100% don't want to be mistaken for being linked to any of these VCs, accelerators or startups in any way, just want to update what I think is kinda outdated content on my industry... — Preceding unsigned comment added by ElPao2 (talk • contribs) 16:22, 11 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi ElPao2, the answer is in two parts. Firstly, nothing you can do will break Wikipedia, any edit can be reversed. We have the Bold, Revert, Discuss rule which means you are invited to be bold in editing an article, if your edit is reverted, you have a standing invitation to discuss the matter with the editor who did the reverting. Secondly, keep in mind that Wikipedia is not news, we do not report on topics that have not already recieved in-depth attention from mainstream sources. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 16:36, 11 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Dodger67, okay gotcha, thanks! So to confirm, if something is informative, rather than just a news update, I am encouraged to update Wikipedia with it? What is your advice on sourcing - should I try and put the best-possible source, or is it best to put no source if it links to a company's own announcement or blog (and thus could be construed as marketing)? ElPao2 (talk) 18:24, 11 April 2018 (GMT)

Hello, ElPao2. My advice is:

• Never put any information in any article that you have not found in a reliable published source (and since you have found the source, you might as well cite it; that is not strictly required unless it is controversial, but it is helpful to readers if you do so).
• If possible, use sources independent of the subject. Non-independent sources (such as the subject's own website) are acceptable for some kinds of information - uncontroversial factual data such as dates and locations; but not for anything which might be contentious, or which is in any way evaluative. See PRIMARY for more on this. --ColinFine (talk) 18:53, 11 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, could somebody help me with the references on the page Agrothereutes abbreviatus? I moved a long list out of a taxobox template into the article text and the references were messed up. How can I fix this in the simplest way? Thank you, Zelomorpha (talk) 16:50, 11 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Zelomorpha: -  Done. Stormy clouds (talk) 19:40, 11 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! I'm pretty new to Wikipedia, and while editing political articles I noticed that Political positions of Cory Booker needs to be merged with Cory Booker's biography, according to the notice at the top of the former page (dates back to March 2017). Can this be done by anyone? Thanks! JKen (talk) 16:51, 11 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, JKen, and welcome to the Teahouse. Yes, anyone can perform the merge, and I'm sure your efforts would be appreciated if you did it. Step-by-step instructions are available at WP:MERGETEXT. Cordless Larry (talk) 06:15, 12 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, Cordless Larry! I'll give it a whirl. JKen (talk) 11:19, 12 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Good evening. Thank you for the invitation, although it was auto-generated so I don't know who to address personally. I've made a few edits, mostly corrections but a couple are enhancements. I'm a little intrigued by the referencing methods used as there does not appear to be a sitewide standard. Can I request some pointers, please? In Violin Concerto No. 1 (Bruch), I've borrowed a style already present in the article and I'd appreciate feedback on my edits there. Thank you. Fiery Billy (talk) 19:02, 11 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Fiery Billy, and welcome to the Teahouse. You're right and you're right, there is no sitewide standard, but it is prefered that an article is consistent (we have a similar rule for type of english, WP:ENGVAR). Help:Referencing for beginners may have something helpful. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 19:17, 11 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, that's fine. I'll work with what's there till I get up to speed and can see what's best. Thank you. Fiery Billy (talk) 23:00, 11 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

How do I block people for vandalism? WestVirginiaMountineer (talk) 19:28, 11 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Blocking should be the very last resort, but there is a process to follow if it comes to that. Check out WP:AIV for policies and procedures on this topic. - NsTaGaTr ^(Talk) 19:41, 11 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@WestVirginiaMountineer: - you don't. Unless you are an admin, you lack the power to block or ban other editors. If the contributions of a certain editor are particularly egregious, drop a note at WP:AIV regarding their conduct, and it will be investigated. If a block is merited, the user will be blocked. However, beware the boomerang when making such reports. If they can, they will assist you. Hope this helps, Stormy clouds (talk) 19:44, 11 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@WestVirginiaMountineer: If you see vandalism, please revert it, and warn the user. See Wikipedia:Vandalism#Warnings for how to warn a user to stop vandalizing. RudolfRed (talk) 19:52, 11 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi - I just recently added another Wikipedia page in different language as reference but was told this was not a valid reference, any reason for that rule? Just so I understand moving forward. — Preceding unsigned comment added by EgyptianSnow (talk • contribs) 21:55, 11 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@EgyptianSnow: User generated sources are not considered reliable. This includes Wikipedia regardless of whatever language, especially because that can lead to circular sourcing. Ian.thomson (talk) 22:02, 11 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi EgyptianSnow. As pointed out above and at WP:WPNOTRS and WP:UGC, Wikipedia articles are not considered to be a reliable source for any purpose. This makes sense because I can basically go to any Wikipedia article in any language and add, remove, revise content without any real effort .This means that the latest version of the article being cited as a source may not be the same as the one actually intended to be cited as a source; moreover, there's no guarantee that any content added by any editor to any Wikipedia article is not simply WP:OR. Now having said all that, it is perfectly acceptable to cite non-English sources in support of article content found in English Wikipedia articles per WP:NONENG as long as the source meets English Wikipedia's definition of a reliable source. This means it might be possible to use the source cited in these other language Wikipedia articles as sources on English Wikipedia. You have to be careful a bit careful though because not all Wikipedia projects are as rigorous as English Wikipedia when it comes to determining whether a source is reliable; so, a source which is considered OK by another language Wikipedia might not be considered OK here. -- Marchjuly (talk) 07:06, 12 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I've recently started using the vandalism detection tool STiki and tonight it presented me with an interesting little puzzle. There's an article called Greyhaven, which up until a few hours ago was about a progressive rock/metal band from Eugene in Oregon, who formed in 1996. They made one album, the self-titled Greyhaven, and then disbanded in 2000. This evening someone appears to have completely overwritten the existing Greyhaven article with brand new information, changing pretty much every conceivable detail! I can only deduce from this that there is another band called Greyhaven, from Louisville in Kentucky, who formed in 2014, and they happen to have used the same name as the other band. The editor, rather than creating a new page for this band, has chosen to just overwrite the earlier band and pretend they never existed, which I'm sure is totally not cool. It looks as if we maybe need two separate articles to be split off, with disambiguated names of some sort. Mind you, that might be tricky because they are both progressive rock bands so the title "Greyhaven (progressive rock band)" would apply to both of them too! Any advice please? Rodney Baggins (talk) 22:10, 11 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Just so you know, I've taken it upon myself to contact the editor on their Talk page. I hope I have read the situation correctly. Rodney Baggins (talk) 22:24, 11 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Rodney Baggins, I reverted the article back to its prior state. Thanks for catching that. I too have added a note on the IPs talk page. John from Idegon (talk) 22:35, 11 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. I hadn't thought about the possibility of a copyright infringement but yes you're probably right there. As I picked this up via STiki, I now have to classify the edit one way or the other to move it out of my STiki watchlist. As it's been dealt with as a separate issue, I'll just mark it as Innocent so that STiki doesn't muddy the waters with any further notifications, even though the edit wasn't entirely innocent and probably warranted a Good Faith revert if nothing else, but that's already been implemented outside STiki. Thanks again for your help. Rodney Baggins (talk) 07:54, 12 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there! I had a question about an article being undeleted. The initial deletion discussion led to the article for Michelle McNamara being deleted and redirected to her husband's page Patton Oswalt. I put in a request for a "deletion reconsideration" for the article and was told to go back to the user who originally deleted the page. I wrote on their talk page back at the end of March. It was not responded to and the user has since retired and added a self-block. User_talk:Coffee#Michelle_McNamara_deletion_and_redirection_reconsideration. What would the next step be? Thanks for any help :) Mvocab (talk) 23:13, 11 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Mvocab:I think the process is to resubmit your request and mention that the deleting admin has retired. RudolfRed (talk) 23:42, 11 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to the Teahouse, Mvocab. Yes, the administrator Coffee has recently retired in a "blaze of glory", so will not assist you. The article in question was deleted properly as the result of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michelle McNamara. I am familiar with the topic as I heard her husband interviewed at length on the radio a month or two ago. You can write a new policy-compliant biography and replace the redirect with that new content. An alternative is to write an article about her book I'll be Gone in the Dark, which is probably notable, especially since it is being made into a film. In either case, I recommend a "fresh start" instead of trying to restore the article deleted two years ago. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 01:03, 12 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Mvocab: I haven't seen the original, but for anything deleted "fresh start" is usually the best way. I'd suggest using WP:Article wizard and writing it as a Draft so you can get feedback on it. I would strongly advise you take a look at WP:Notability is not inherited so you can avoid any mistake of writing about her as "Patton Oswalt's wife". I mean it's good to mention that she is, but you can't solely focus on how she's famous for being his wife (since we have an article about him himself) so you need to focus on what makes her famous, including any news articles about her (which can include her untimely death), her book, etc. And/or you could write an article about her book, various ways to approach it. MatthewVanitas (talk) 05:12, 12 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Everybody.

I am beginning to make corrections and additions to the 158th Infantry Regiment page.

How do I edit the box on the upper right hand side of the page? I would like to make some additions to the list of notable commanders and add the unit's official patch.

Thanks, — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cuidado158th (talk • contribs) Courtesy link: 158th Infantry Regiment (United States)

@Cuidado158th: when you see a box on the margin like that, it's called a WP:Infobox. In this case, look for "Infobox military unit" and there will be a series of rows there that you fill out to display in the box. MatthewVanitas (talk) 05:09, 12 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Some users have really cool profile pages and I was wondering how do I make mine look like that? — Preceding unsigned comment added by TrlSlasher (talk • contribs) 01:20, 12 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to the Teahouse, TrlSlasher. Please be aware that Wikpedia is not a social media site, and therefore, we do not have "profiles". Instead, we have encyclopedia articles and a variety of "behind the scenes" pages such as user pages. These user pages should not be seen as profiles but rather as descriptions of the person as a Wikipedia editor. Please read Wikipedia:User pages for a description of what is appropriate and what isn't. There are plenty of links that will help you build a user page.

All that being said, you have not yet made any edits to improve encyclopedia articles. That is the purpose of this project. I suggest that you contribute productively to the project for a while before trying to create a really "cool" user page. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 01:36, 12 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I want to start by getting rid of vandalism but i don’t know how or where to find it. Can someone point me in the right direction? - TrlSlasher — Preceding unsigned comment added by TrlSlasher (talk • contribs) 02:04, 12 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello there. You can look in the "Recent Changes" Section under the Wikipedia Logo to your left. Thegooduser Let's Chat 02:13, 12 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@TrlSlasher: Welcome to Wikipedia, and thanks for wanting to make it better. Check out WP:VANDAL for guidance and tips for spotting and fighting vandalism. RudolfRed (talk) 02:14, 12 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, TrlSlasher. In addition to what was said above, I highly recommend the Twinkle and navigation popup tools. They make finding and reverting vandalism, and also warning users, much easier. Please let us know if you have any additional questions. Good luck out there! -- kewlgrapes (talk, contribs) 02:33, 12 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Where do I go to get Twinkle? - TrlSlasher — Preceding unsigned comment added by TrlSlasher (talk • contribs) 02:42, 12 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

As mentioned on the Twinkle page, you enable it by turning it on in the gadgets page in your preferences. Here is a link: Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-gadgets. -- kewlgrapes (talk, contribs) 02:50, 12 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I don’t see it in gadget preferences. Do I need to upgrade to get access? - TrlSlasher — Preceding unsigned comment added by TrlSlasher (talk • contribs) 03:07, 12 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm, not that I'm aware of. You should see it in the "Browsing" section, six boxes from the bottom of that section. By the way, you can sign your posts with ~~~~ to automatically create a link to your user and talk pages. It's a little more useful and faster than just typing out your name on each post. :) -- kewlgrapes (talk, contribs) 04:39, 12 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

No it’s not there. TrlSlasher (talk) 04:45, 12 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@TrlSlasher:, I have left you a note at Talk:Philip Percival, I suggest you just slow down a little and review some of Wikipedia's policies, particularly WP:3RR. Kind regards, Cavalryman V31 (talk) 06:52, 12 April 2018 (UTC).[reply]

What if I edit an article and the original article editor gets angry or upset also , adding images to articles does multiple editors have the right to remove or revert my edits on an existing articles talk to me more thisDashDog01 (talk) 02:22, 12 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello @DashDog01: can you please link us to the article where you're having trouble? That way we can look at the issue and offer more specific advice. MatthewVanitas (talk) 06:13, 12 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

DashDog has made hundreds of edits to own User page and Talk page, and several queries here at Teahouse, but has yet to make a single edit to any article. As a direct answer to the question, DD should look at an article's View history to get an idea of the cumulative effects of many editors adding to or subtracting from articles. It's not about any original article editor. No one "owns" an article. All editors are able to revert edits that they believe are wrong or do not add to the value of the article. Each editor is supposed to write their reasons for each edit in the Edit summary, at the bottom of the editing page. View history lists these explanations. In addition to what editors do, there are bots (automated programs) that search for and revert vandalism. David notMD (talk) 10:20, 12 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi I edited this article https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SwordigoDashDog01 (talk) 12:48, 12 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I've noticed that the notability guidelines favor print sources and independent sources, which I generally think is a wonderful thing. What concerns me is how the notability of YouTube personalities is to be determined and measured. Seeing as print publications don't typically write about them, and how personalities may be known online without articles being written about them, how is notability fairly determined? At what point do they become notable enough for an article to be written about them? Coherbia (talk) 03:22, 12 April 2018 (UTC)Coherbia[reply]

• This is a good point, but ultimately WP:BIO still applies to YouTubers just like it does to anyone else. This means that reliable independent sources need to discuss them in detail. Sure, as you said, many famous ones don't get much media attention at all, but this just means that they aren't notable enough for Wikipedia, even if thousands or even millions of people watch their videos. It probably seems weird, but that's how WP works; reliable sources are the only things that matter for notability. Every morning (there's a halo...) 03:38, 12 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Alright, thanks! That does help clear things up a bit. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Coherbia (talk • contribs) 03:39, 12 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, IV started a new initiative WP:IBASSIST. Any guidance, help, contribution will be appreciated. Thanks Capankajsmilyo (talk) 05:40, 12 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Capankajsmilyo: your link just redirects to Wikipedia:WikiProject Infoboxes/assistance. Can you please let us know exactly what it is you're trying to do so we can help figure it out? MatthewVanitas (talk) 06:12, 12 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I am impressed with WP:GOCE and its success rates. The idea of letting newbies seek assistance of experts is awesome. I want to replicate similar thing in infobox arena. VPTech exist, but that is too general. So I created this page to let anyone/everyone post infobox template related queries/requests and any tech volunteer can help the person resolve it.Capankajsmilyo (talk) 06:16, 12 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Nice idea, Capankajsmilyo. I've just added a shortcut template to that page for you. Perhaps a post to the Teahouse Talk page would ensure that more hosts see this information and for longer- especially once you've got it bedded in? It's never great to pass a newcomer on to another page if we can answer it here, but it's good to know specialist editors like you are able to offer support with the more technical questions on Infoboxes. Maybe you might wish to offer to help out as a Teahouse host here yourself? I sometimes suggest to a user that we continue a discussion on my own talk page for a more detailed or ongoing discussion on a help query. You might wish to consider working in that way with WP:IBASSIST, too.

To kick you off, I invite you check out my (amateurish) reply last night to this question on inserting maps for anything I might have said incorrectly, and especially answer my first question to fellow hosts at the bottom, to which I do not know the answer. Perhaps I will ask it at WP:IBASSIST myself. Regards from the UK, Nick Moyes (talk) 12:15, 12 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Naver is one of the biggest search engines in Korea.

Also, it has many service pages and one of the pages is the encyclopedia.

Recently I did many edits, that information from Naver's encyclopedia.

There was much useful information that is not on Wikipedia.

I know that the Naver as 'Search engine' is not allowed in the Wikipedia, but I strongly believe that links from 'Naver's encyclopedia' have reliability.

I hope that users stop deleting my edits, for the reason 'Naver is a search engine'.

--218.235.241.136 (talk) 05:59, 12 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@218.235.241.136: Is Naver's encyclopedia user-submitted like Wikipedia? If so we definitely can't use it, since we need sourcing to specific writers and publishers, not a crowdsourced group of people. And even if it is written by experts, another encyclopedia is a WP:Tertiary source and we need citations to WP:Secondary sources. MatthewVanitas (talk) 06:11, 12 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The general results of an inquiry to a search engine can never be considered a reliable source. Some individual hits may be reliable but only if evaluated properly. The fact that these hits came from a search engine is of no significance in evaluating their reliability. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 06:37, 12 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

This is the only edit by your IP address and we have five million articles so we don't know what your edits actually said. Naver#Naver Encyclopedia sounds like the reliability may depend on where Naver got the information if they say that. PrimeHunter (talk) 10:24, 12 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I am the writer and director of '54' and '54: The Director's Cut'. Your page has so many inaccuracies that it's hard to know where to start, but I just attempt to correct some of them. I can provide press and physical production logs to prove the truth. This is frustrating that this has been wrong for so long and that your page will not allow accurate reporting. I always thought it was the far reach of Harvey Weinstein that kept the page like this, but now that he has been exposed for this type of behavior I'm surprised that I'm not able to correct this. What you have right now looks a lot like fake news to me. Let's fix this asap. — Preceding unsigned comment added by VincentIowa (talk • contribs) 06:57, 12 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@VincentIowa: Hello and welcome to the Teahouse. I'm sorry you are disappointed with your experience. If you are Mark Christopher, you may need to confirm your identity with Wikipedia by emailing the address at the end of the paragraph here. You should also review the conflict of interest policy and formally declare the fact you were involved with making the film on your user page. If anything in any article is incorrect, please post your concerns on the article talk page(click "Talk" at the top of the article page to access). Please understand that Primary sources such as materials from the film can only be used in certain circumstances. Wikipedia is most interested in what independent reliable sources state about a subject. I noticed that you attempted to remove information about the film being given Razzies; that is valid article content. Articles can contain any information found in independent sources, good or bad. We are interested in hearing about anything that needs to be corrected, but it needs to be done in the correct manner.

You may also want to consider changing your username, as your current one suggests you represent the town of Vincent, Iowa. You can change your username at WP:CHU. 331dot (talk) 08:22, 12 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

331dot, do we really consider (possible, it's rather ambiguous) placenames Wikipedia:Username_policy#Usernames_implying_shared_use? Companies and orgs, sure, but places? We have users called Stockholm and London. And Earth. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 08:43, 12 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Gråbergs Gråa Sång I have seen cases where such a name was a government official or even just a chamber of commerce official representing a certain area. That doesn't seem to be the case here, so I see no need to take any action other than suggesting they consider changing it. There is currently no government official (or even government) that claims to represent the Earth. 331dot (talk) 08:49, 12 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Well, there's Earthgov... ;-) Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 08:54, 12 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I have published an article but it has two problems:

1) The title is incorrect

2) It is in English, but it is published on the French Wiki channel

I have looked for how to change these things, but cannot find the information. Can someone direct me to the right pages? Here, by the way, is the page: https://fr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Utilisateur:Dickturner/Brouillon Thank you, D Turner — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dickturner (talk • contribs) 09:21, 12 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

This seems a proper link: fr:Utilisateur:Dickturner/Brouillon. --CiaPan (talk) 09:47, 12 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

It is published as a user subpage so it's not a huge problem. You can indicate your desire to have the page deleted by simply blanking the page and letting the process run its course, if you would like. If I may interject very quickly, before you attempt publishing the article here, please come to understand editors with a conflict of interest regarding specific topics and also what constitutes original research as well. It is quite probable that you will find some difficulty publishing your article because of your connection to the topic and the possible inability to include independent verification that I fear will befall you. Best regards.--John Cline (talk) 10:00, 12 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi how do I create a subpageDashDog01 (talk) 12:50, 12 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hey DashDog01. You can create a user sub page by adding a "/" and the page name to your user page. So for example if you wanted to create a user sub page entitled awesome sauce, you would create it as User:DashDog01/Awesome sauce. GMG^talk 12:55, 12 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I post about article I edited please review https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SwordigoDashDog01 (talk) 13:03, 12 April 2018 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by DashDog01 (talk • contribs) 13:01, 12 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Well, what can I say, DashDog01? After 220 edits to your user page and talk page you've finally made four to an actual encyclopaedia article! Well done - that must be a record, my friend. We don't normally review small changes to articles but, as you ask, I think the flow of your English could be a little better in the two captions, and the paragraph you added on gameplay has a few typos (e.g. "the player as the ability.."). One sentence is overly long, too, I feel. I wonder, is the gameplay based on your personal experience or on a referenced source? If the latter, do please cite that source. Finally, I'm not totally convinced you've correctly licenced your screenshots on Commons, but I'm sure others can advise on uploading commercial software screenshots. You've definitely allocated the wrong category to the two images - the top tier category should be empty of all files. Hope you enjoy productive article editing from now on. Regards from the UK. Nick Moyes (talk) 13:59, 12 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, and please don't link to articles with full external urls - especially to mobile versions. This is a pain for everyone. Just use: Swordigo, i.e. use two square brackets either side of the page title. If you're on a mobile you'll still view it in that format, whereas others won't have to. NickM.

I edited from personal experience I haven't used sources and took the screenshots my self I don't do the copyright image thing I like being originalDashDog01 (talk) 14:04, 12 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Well, that's patently untrue, isn't it? I'm really disappointed. What you've actually done is copied and paste, word-for-word, the text of this YouTube description of the game. This is not acceptable, and you should remove it immediately before someone else does. You may, of course, rewrite it in your own words, without closely paraphrasing the original text. And whilst we don't like YouTube as a reference source, for plot matters it's preferable than none whatsoever.

Well, in so far as you're writing about the plot of a game, no references may be acceptable, if kept short. See MOS:PLOT. But for all other content, users must be able to trace back what you have added to published sources to be sure that you have been accurate, but not simply copied what they've written. So do beware of not adding anything to this encyclopaedia from your own personal experiences, as no-one cares about those - only what other independent sources have written about the subject. If in doubt, leave it out. You might like to wander through this policy page on Wikipedia:Verifiability and Copyright Violation. We all have access to tools for checking for copyright infringements, so do please fix this as soon as possible and be extra careful from now on, please. Be aware that you taking a photograph of copyrighted software doesn't give you the right to claim that image as your own. We do have a thing here called 'fair use' but I'm a little unsure right now how this applies to gameplay images. Regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 14:30, 12 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Update: After waiting a while for the editor to do it, I have now deleted the copyrighted section from Swordigo, leaving an explanation in the Edit Summary, linking to the copyrighted source. Nick Moyes (talk) 15:23, 12 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I swear on my life I didn't not copy and paste anything I dont know wrong with you people always making such assumptionDashDog01 (talk) 15:30, 12 April 2018 And also I hardly ever use YouTube I have use in weeks now so where did you get the idea I would actually copy YouTube text and paste on wikipedia I think it because you don't have much faith in me😡DashDog01 (talk) 15:43, 12 April 2018 (UTC) Don't be silly. No assumptions have been made - my deletion was based on the evidence. I simply compared the YouTube text description and what you added. Identical! I'm always happy to apologise if I make a mistake, but I can't see one here. Nick Moyes (talk) 15:51, 12 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Although there are several sources for samsung galaxy j1 and samsung galaxy j2 too in the internet Wikipedia has an article only for samsung galaxy j5 but not for samsung galaxy j2 and j1 why ? —Big Hero 13:27, 12 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

There is an articles about the Samsung Galaxy J1. Samsung Galaxy J2 redirects to the main Samsung Galaxy article. You can find information on it at Samsung Galaxy J series. --Jayron32 14:30, 12 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Would someone be able to tell me why this article - which I wrote yesterday - has been flagged as an orphan article? Especially seeing as their are multiple links in the article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arch_for_Arch

Thanks!Lindsay Clare (talk) 14:23, 12 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

An orphan article means there are no incoming links from other articles. As you can see here, there's only one other article in Wikipedia that links to it. If you can fix that, you can remove the flag. --Jayron32 14:27, 12 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

So, you'll need to consider adding a mention, a wikilink and a reference from the article on Desmond Tutu who, I seem to remember the page was about when I viewed your draft yesterday. Nick Moyes (talk) 14:33, 12 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Teahouse,

Recently an editor made a derogatory comment on a BLP talkpage.

Is it permissible to remove comments from a talkpage? Would this qualify as a warning? This editor has made persistent negative edits to a few talkpages including this one, but they recently blanked their own talkpage so as to remove edit warnings.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Tracy_Grimshaw

Thank you for your time! SunnyBoi (talk) 14:37, 12 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The editor has been blocked indefinitely for using a username impersonating that of a well-known celebrity. They may, of course, return under another guise - so vigilance on these articles may still be necessary. Note that it is acceptable to remove unsupported/derogatory comments left on talk pages, and also that blanking a user talk page doesn't remove their past contributions. These can still be viewed by anyone in 'View History'. Nick Moyes (talk) 15:01, 12 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Nick Moyes (talk) for updating me, I'm glad to learn about this! That makes sense about the edit warnings still being in the history.

Also thank you to Theroadislong (talk) for doing a rollback on the talkpage, and to Yunshui ^雲_水 for addressing the editor in question.

I appreciate all your help in having resolved this! SunnyBoi (talk) 15:05, 12 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]