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December 19

Surname on new page Daniel_vuletic is not capitalized... please help

I also added a first reference, hope it works. Most references are in italian, I'll work on them, still I think the article has now the reference needed to erase the red note... Correct? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tquerel (talk • contribs) 00:51, 19 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It appears it has already been corrected to Daniel Vuletic unless you are suggesting it should be lowercase. Tiggerjay (talk) 01:54, 19 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict) Hello, Tquerel. GB fan has moved the page to the correct title, Daniel Vuletic. He has also removed the 'PROD', as there is now a reference. However, the article still has not even one reference to a substantial independent source about Vuletic: it therefore fails to establish that he is notable (in Wikipedia's special sense), and the article may very well be nominated for deletion. References in Italian are perfectly acceptable if there are no suitable ones in English; but they must meet the criteria of being independent of Vuletic and his associates; published in a reliable place; and containing substantial material about him (not just a listing as the Allmusic reference does). --ColinFine (talk) 01:58, 19 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Mikhail Markhasev

I would like to create a biographical article about Mikhail Markhasev, the killer of Bill Cosby's son, Ennis. I noticed that in Wikipedia that there is a redirect already named "Mikhail Markhasev" and it links to the article, Murder of Ennis Cosby. How do I create the article? Hitcher vs. Candyman (talk) 02:08, 19 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Hitcher vs. Candyman: The relevant notability guideline would be WP:CRIMINAL, which says that biographical details should go in the article about the crime. Once the details on the perpetrator become too long, it can be spun off into its own article. At that time, you can overwrite the redirect with the merged contents from the article on the crime. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 06:44, 19 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

RE: Riot V biography

You guys completely left out an important, critical part of the rock band Riots' history - the San Antonio Connection to the band. I know this because I was somewhat involved, although indirectly. here's the deal:

In 1976, there was a disc jockey named Joe Anthony in San Antonio, TX who used to play a lot of off-the-beaten-path music that was not being played by mainstream stations, and KISS-FM radio was the station he worked at. I know this because my father used to handle the finances of the owner, a man named Howard Davis I think who was an eccentric millionaire who supposedly owned the KMAC(am) and KISS(fm) radio stations as some kind of a tax shelter. Anyhow, Joe Anthony and another guy who was my fathers' client Lou Roney ran the station and basically played any music they wanted to. As a result, bands like Judas Priest, Sammy Hagar, Montrose, Kiss, and many others, including Riot got airtime where other stations would not give them the time of day. joe and Lou used to own an Italian restuarant, the Villa that was out by UTSA in San Antonio, and it was a well known fact that after concerts in San Antonio, the bands had a standing invitation to the villa for drinks and a photo. There were literally hundreds of those photos all over the restuarant with all of the popular bands of the era (1976-1982)....

At Any rate, I was a neighbor of Mark Reale when he was dating a girl who lived in Universal City, TX back in 1982-1984. The Bass player in the band, Kip Leming dated one of my high school classmates for a few years. I used to see Mark and jog with him regularly, as he was somehwta of a health nut. I would find out later on in the coming months that he suffered from crone's disease, which the complications of which eventually killed him in 2012. He was a really nice guy and later on I befriended Peter Bitelli the original drummer for the band in the late 1980s. I think he is a stock broker in New York now, and his grandmother used to live in San Antonio. Both Mark and Peter told me on separate occasions that their very first plane ride anywhere was when Joe and Lou (representing 99.5 KISS radio) bought plane tickets for the band to come to San Antonio and play a show at Randy's Rodeo, and old venue that no longer exists. This is important because that was really how the band got their start, after that came the albums and the fame. I certainly hope this information makes it into a future revision of your Wiki biography of what was a great band, that was never recognized for their contributions to hard rock.......Please feel free to contact me anytime.....

Thanks,

Miles — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:30A:2C66:AF0:492E:7313:716B:1D60 (talk) 04:42, 19 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

There's a lot of useful information included in this post, and you should consider copying it to Talk:Riot V. Thanks for providing so much detail about this. The best way to get something added to Wikipedia, though, is to provide a source, such as a newspaper or magazine article. You've provided enough detail here that someone else can probably locate a source for it, but the article's talk page is the best place to alert interested people. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 07:51, 19 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

How to create article on Wikipedia for business with notability guidelines?

Please help me in creating a company page on wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 116.203.72.19 (talk) 09:49, 19 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

There is no such thing as a "company page" on Wikipedia, but there are pages about companies, preferably written by editors who have no connection with the company and containing only information published outside the company. You might like to read Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies) and Wikipedia:Conflict of interest and Wikipedia:Your first article. Dbfirs 10:47, 19 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

... (later) ... Your article is likely to be deleted because you have given no indication that the company is Wikipedia:notable (see link above). Show us where reliable independent sources have written about it. Dbfirs 23:12, 19 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Help:Cite errors/Cite error included ref

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 5.69.25.170 (talk) 12:14, 19 December 2015‎ (UTC)[reply]

The error message says: "Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page)." The word "help" is in blue, indicating that it is a wikilink, in this case to Help:Cite errors/Cite error included ref. --David Biddulph (talk) 18:30, 19 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Merger discussion

I've already posted this on wikiproject business:

Talk:Stock-taking#Merger_proposal

Talk:Logistics_management#Merger_proposal

Since nobody manifested, I am asking here for help. Lbertolotti (talk) 13:15, 19 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Archiving

Hi, I was doing some archiving of links on Udim anonymously, and my edit wasn't saved. The site assumed archiving as spam. Is there is a way to fix it? Many thanks.--184.97.149.210 (talk) 18:13, 19 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure quite what you mean by "archiving of links" - if you could explain what you were trying to do, we might be able to help - Arjayay (talk) 18:41, 19 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Arjayay: The filter log shows, I think, that the editor was trying to add archiveurl parameters to citations. -- John of Reading (talk) 18:52, 19 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I'm glad you said "I think" John of Reading - I struggle trying to understand Abuse filter logs - which is why I asked what the editor was trying to do - Arjayay (talk) 19:23, 19 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

John of Reading is right. That was exactly what I was trying to do.--184.97.149.210 (talk) 22:30, 19 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

And now I have the same issue with Steve Tomac... Just added an archiveurl and the thing wont take it! If refs are dead they need to be archived aren't they?--184.97.149.210 (talk) 17:44, 20 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, adding archiveurl links to archive.org is a good idea, and it's a pity that the edit filter isn't clever enough to distinguish this from spamming of unhelpful links. I think your best course here is to register an account. Once you've made ten edits with the account, and have been registered for four days, the edit filter won't bother you again. -- John of Reading (talk) 22:13, 20 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Italics within citations

Is it permissable to use italics within a citation?

I added some italics to the publisher parameter within the Jim Draper article and had the edits reverted...see talk page.

I have seen it done in other articles....

Could I please have some guidance? ThanksGomach (talk) 18:18, 19 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Gomach: Only work, newspaper, and journal parameters are self italicized. Others don't need to be. That's why it was reverted.--184.97.149.210 (talk) 18:20, 19 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Is it optional...can one choose to italicise the publisher? What are the exact rules?Gomach (talk) 19:47, 19 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It is not optional. The value supplied to many of the {{cite web}} parameters is made part of the citation's metadata. The metadata are read by various tools that are external to Wikipedia so should be clean. Adding wikimarkup corrupts the metadata. |publisher= is one of the parameters that is included in the metadata. All of this is documented in the {{cite web}} and other cs1|2 templates. See Template:Cite_web#COinS.

Formatting of the elements that makeup a rendered cs1|2 citation is the purpose and purview of the templates. Long-standing consensus has established that certain parameters are rendered the way they are. This styling usually follows one or more of the standard published style guides like APA style, The Chicago Manual of Style, etc.

—Trappist the monk (talk) 20:07, 19 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Deleting User Account

Can someone please tell me how to delete the 'user log-in' I created today? Obviously, I have no privacy rights here, no option to remove info about myself that I would rather not have posted so publicly. (my birth name and place, and my husband's name). So there is no need to 'have an account' as I have no interest in posting articles on this site. If someone could please inform me how to delete my 'account' I would be very appreciative. Thank you, Sue-Ellen Welfonder — Preceding unsigned comment added by Welfonder (talk • contribs) 20:37, 19 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Because Wikipedia content is licensed under the GFDL and the CC-BY-SA, all edits must be kept for attribution purposes, and so your account cannot be deleted. You do, however, have the right to vanish, which you can exercise by (1) requesting your user page (found at Special:Mypage) and subpages be deleted, by adding the {{db-userreq}} template to them; (2) requesting to change your username to something that is unconnected with you (possibly a random collection of letters and numbers); (3) never logging in to your account again. The "right to vanish" does not mean anyone has the right to a fresh start under a new identity. Anyone who wants to continue editing should request a change of username instead so edits can be reattributed.Template:Z41 --Stabila711 (talk) 20:49, 19 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict) User accounts can't be deleted, the database needs them to keep track of who made which edit. But your user account Welfonder reveals nothing personal about you.

However, I see that you have repeatedly removed information from the article Sue-Ellen Welfonder, and other editors have restored it. Wikipedia has strict rules about what information can be presented in articles about living persons, see WP:BLP. In particular, nothing defamatory should appear without good references to support it. But personal information, such as birth name and place, name of spouse, and name of children, should also be respected as private. I am far from an expert in understanding and applying the policies stated at WP:BLP, but it seems to me that the personal information at Sue-Ellen Welfonder should be removed. I shall remove it now, and tell the people who have been restoring it why I have done so. If I am wrong, likely a more experienced editor will read this and correct me. Maproom (talk) 21:02, 19 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I think that's fair. Sue-Ellen doesn't give her birth name, or her husband's name, on her own website, so she deserves that privacy. We would need to obtain the assistance of an administrator to hide the edit history. Dbfirs 23:04, 19 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I understand the authors concern for privacy, however in general that information isn't typically considered sensitive or private (see WP:BLPPRIVACY). This desire is rather moot since it is found in multiple places both online ([1] [2] [3] and [4]) and in print ([5] [6]). I'm not against it being removed, but it is just a form of security theater - in that while removing it from here will look good, it will not necessarily give her the privacy she is looking for since the information is available in multiple other places. Tiggerjay (talk) 23:54, 19 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, the collection of information can be pieced together from the various interviews, but it is not all given in one place. I agree that the privacy issue is borderline, but the advice says: "Consider whether the inclusion of names of living private individuals who are not directly involved in an article's topic adds significant value.
The presumption in favor of privacy is strong in the case of family members of articles' subjects and other loosely involved, otherwise low-profile persons. The names of any immediate, ex, or significant family members or any significant relationship of the subject of a BLP may be part of an article, if reliably sourced, subject to editorial discretion that such information is relevant to a reader's complete understanding of the subject. However, names of family members who are not also notable public figures must be removed from an article if they are not properly sourced". In view of the facts that the subject describes herself as "a very private person" and that she has had an upsetting internet experience in the past, I think we should give her the benefit of the doubt. Dbfirs 00:33, 20 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Absolutely, as stated, I'm not against it's removal. Just that the author should be aware the information is widely available in places beyond Wikipedia. Tiggerjay (talk) 22:31, 20 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, agreed. She was, perhaps, just rather too relaxed in some interviews. Dbfirs 07:48, 21 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Editing weblinks in the references.

Looked all over trying to find out how to alter a web link in the references, but no luck.

Page is Andrew Paterson photographer, and three references (8-15-22) now have a wrong link since the cited page has moved.

Needs redirecting/editing to read:

8. "THE PATERSON TECHNIQUE," Paterson's Inverness Portraits, July 2013, pp38-39, http://content.yudu.com/Library/A3y933/PatersonsInvernessPo/resources/

15. "PATERSON - ARTIST-PHOTOGRAPHER," Paterson's Inverness Portraits, July 2013, pp8-9, http://content.yudu.com/Library/A3y933/PatersonsInvernessPo/resources/

22. "CAMERONS' COMFORTS FUND," Paterson's Inverness Portraits, July 2013, p11, http://content.yudu.com/Library/A3y933/PatersonsInvernessPo/resources/

Can anyone provide me with the procedure to do this?

cheers Adrian (talk) 20:56, 19 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Done. The article is Andrew Paterson (photographer). It was easier to do than to describe. Thank you for providing the new URLs. Maproom (talk) 21:13, 19 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Adrian: References are usually written and edited where they are used in the article text and not where they are displayed in a references section. See more at Help:Referencing for beginners. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:15, 19 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for doing that and for the leads to guides. Unfortunately the new link for Ref: 22 was missed and Ref:21 was altered instead, which will need to be returned to original source credit as well.

Adrian (talk) 00:31, 20 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, Adrian, for noticing this. I have now (I hope) put it right. Maproom (talk) 08:54, 20 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Cheers Maproom. Adrian (talk) 19:01, 20 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Most recent edit

When did the bold text next to the most recent edit to a page in the user contributions change from "(top)" to "(current)"? GeoffreyT2000 (talk) 22:41, 19 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/GeoffreyT2000?uselang=qqx says "(uctop)" in that position so the text is from MediaWiki:uctop. There is currently no page there at the English Wikipedia so the MediaWiki default is used. We had a deleted page which changed from "(top)" to "(current)" 24 February 2013 (admin-only diff). gerrit:58049 shows the MediaWiki default made the same change in June 2013, so there was no change when we deleted our page in April 2014. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:10, 19 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Looking for editing information

I am assisting in the teaching of a graduate course where we have asked students to create and edit wikipedia entries. I am looking for the editing information for each student such as where a student made revisions. I am unable to find the revision history for user 570wdw in any articles. 570lem (talk) 23:38, 19 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Click the "User contributions" link in the left pane of a user page like your own User:570lem to see the edits of the user. For 570wdw it gives Special:Contributions/570wdw. There are many edits to Tolerable weekly intake and one to Tebufenpyrad. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:24, 20 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

December 20

Religious attacks against editors

Is there a policy against mocking editors for their religious beliefs? If there is, can you point me at it? If not, can Muslim and Newish editors be openly mocked with no fear of consiquences? Legacypac (talk) 02:29, 20 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I am guessing that you mean to be asking about mocking Jewish and Muslim editors because of their religion. As noted below, mocking editors because of their religion is a personal attack. As noted, occasionally an editor's religion may be relevant if it has to do with bias. Robert McClenon (talk) 05:47, 22 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Legacypac, non-constructive negative comments directed against someone else, including for their religious beliefs, would be a violation of Wikipedia:No personal attacks. Discussing a religion is not in violation. Mocking a group of editors for their religion, is in violation. Sincerely, Taketa (talk) 02:36, 20 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

So saying someone's opinion should be dismissed because they beleive Mohammod was a prophet would be an issue, or that they believe in the Bible or Torah would be quite offensive. Legacypac (talk) 05:24, 20 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

If such a remark is not relevant in any other way, then yes. Dismissing someone's input solely on the basis that they have an unrelated believe is a personal attack. You can (kindly) tell the person you do not appreciate it and that you see it as a personal attack. Explain your view. If they continue, you can ask an admin for advice and they will have a look and decide on a course to take. This can range from nothing, to talking to the person, to admin intervention. Admins can be reached at WP:ANI. Sincerely, Taketa (talk) 06:42, 20 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Without knowing the context, there are instances where it is valid bringing up an editors religious believes as it relates to WP:BIAS. Personal attacks (such as mocking) are not appropriate as Taketa stated. However if you were involved in editing an article where religious bias played a role, then sometimes disclosing or discussing an editors bias is appropriate. Context is key... Tiggerjay (talk) 22:35, 20 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

My Editing was deleted

I created account and then contribute the relevant images to the page but after one night ,all of them were deleted and i was really angry.I would like to ask why all of the pictures i upload were deleted? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bqn1996 (talk • contribs) 11:59, 20 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

From the looks of your talk page over on Wiki Commons, where you uploaded these images, it looks like they were deleted as they appeared to be violating copyright law. If you're certain that the images meet the licensing requirements, you can follow the instructions for an undeletion request as listed on your Commons talk page. Cannolis (talk) 12:09, 20 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Bqn1996, your images that you uploaded were deleted as they were copyright violations. Wikimedia Commons can only accept work that is free content. The images you uploaded was copyrighted and presumed to be not yours. In the future, please do not upload images that you found on the internet onto Wikipedia or Wikimedia Commons. If the images are in fact yours, you will have to state on the webpages they are hosted on that you release the images into the public domain, before uploading them again. Please see File:Licensing tutorial en.svg for more information. Thanks. Darylgolden^(talk) Ping when replying 12:14, 20 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Is there a way to suppress cite errors?

I occasionally come across cite errors that I don't think ought to be fixed. For example, Check date values in: |date= appears in reference 70 of this version of Nuclear weapon. The problem is a date field that contains "September/October 2013", which I think is fine, as it's the actual date provided by the source. Is there anything I can add to the reference or elsewhere that will suppress the error message? Alternatively, is there some better way to handle this? Adrian J. Hunter^{(talk•contribs)} 13:27, 20 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Use |date=September–October 2013 which comports with WP:DATERANGE.

If you wish to hide error messages so that you can't see them (other editors still can), see Controlling error message display.

—Trappist the monk (talk) 13:39, 20 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Just to say that Template:cite journal would actually be more appropriate for this citation as it is clearly not web content. MilborneOne (talk) 13:40, 20 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Awesome, thanks Trappist. @MilborneOne: Agreed and

Fixed. Adrian J. Hunter^{(talk•contribs)} 02:31, 21 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

starting article

Hi I am trying to start an article on a record company i work for.. i have several sources here so far and more to come... what do u suggest as far as how i can get started? http://www.newsadvance.com/the_burg/music/front_row/r-b-veterans-the-delfonics-bringing-philadelphia-sound-to-phase/article_8aba7f7a-2e2a-11e4-b0ff-001a4bcf6878.html

http://www.phillytrib.com/entertainment/unsung-chronicles-life-music-of-the-delfonics/article_91fd2399-1886-5366-ad21-68272212e097.html

http://www.stonesthrow.com/messageboard/index.php?showtopic=24207

SteveK15 (talk) 14:33, 20 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@SteveK15: This question is asked quite often here. Please see the answer above. Our answer to you will be much the same. Dismas|^(talk) 14:40, 20 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

PULI . VIKRAM KUMAR (DALITH RATNA)

BORN ON 4TH JANUARY 1936 AND WAS FOUNDER OF MALA MITRA KALYANA PARCHAYA VEDIKA ON 6TH DECEMBER 2006. HE WAS A FOLLOWER OF THE GREAT DR B.R AMBEDKAR AND HE USE TO FOLLOW HIS PRINCIPLES.HE WAS AWARDED ″THE DALITH RATNA AWARD″ .HE WORKED AS RAILWAY EMPLOYEE AND EXPIRED ON 9TH DECEMBER 2015 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Amit ka Sai (talk • contribs) 15:41, 20 December 2015 (UTC) [reply]

Please don't WP:SHOUT. - David Biddulph (talk) 15:51, 20 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

This page is for asking questions about how to use Wikipedia - do you have such a question?
If you are talking about Vikram Kumar please raise this at Talk:Vikram Kumar and cite reliable sources that support your claims about his award, death etc. - Arjayay (talk) 18:42, 20 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

U S military enlisted ranks ( ARMY) during WWII 1942- 1948. The U S ARMY Enlisted Ranks.

From 1942-1948 the U S armed forces, the branch of the army had no E9 rank the rank of as a Command Sergeant Major! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.197.242.171 (talk) 20:28, 20 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. Thank you for the suggestion. It would help greatly if you told us which article contains the error of which you write. Dismas|^(talk) 22:07, 20 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Zulu war

On your Victoria Cross pages you have the following errors Fred Hitch and Robert Jones down as Indian Mutiny the are not that are Zulu War Rorkes Drift — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.10.196.136 (talk) 20:29, 20 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Well spotted! I've corrected the campaign entry to Anglo-Zulu War. It looks like those entries have been wrong for at least a couple of years.

BTW, this is in List of Victoria Cross recipients (G–M). Rojomoke (talk) 21:44, 20 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

December 21

Citing a Translator

I am citing an author of a book which was written in Croatian language. The book was translated by another person into English and his name appears in the title page with the Author. My question is, where do I insert the translator's name when I fill out the citing form?Valjean1969 (talk) 03:18, 21 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Valjean1969: Some of the many possible parameters are omitted from the form but can be seen on the documentation page for the template and inserted manually afterwards. See the translator parameters at Template:Cite book#Authors. PrimeHunter (talk) 03:37, 21 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you (talk) for the quick response.Valjean1969 (talk) 04:08, 21 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Valjean1969: I watch this page but if you want to ping a user then you must link their user page like PrimeHunter and not their talk page. I see it was for Draft:Diminići where you also work on coordinates. Your parameter names are meant for {{Infobox settlement}} (which has loads of other possible parameters). This would work:

{{Infobox settlement
|coordinates_display=inline,title
|latd = 44 | latm = 59| lats = 7| latNS = N
|longd = 14 | longm = 10| longs = 24| longEW = E
}}

I replaced latm = 99 by latm = 59 because minutes must be below 60 to avoid an error message. I haven't examined where the place actually is. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:15, 21 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Editing organisation page

HI, I've made some edit's to York College (York) page. I do work at York College and because this gives a potential conflict the page has been marked as requiring cleanup.

My only edits have been to correct incorrect information, the information has no bias and I have removed sections which no longer are valid. Could this be marked as OK please?

Many thanks

Michael Carter (I did the edits as a new account I created with username: yorkcollege) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yorkcollege (talk • contribs) 16:07, 21 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately, the user name that you created contravenes Wikipedia rules about names of organisations. York College Marketing Department are not allowed to edit Wikipedia. You are welcome to create an individual account, then declare any Wikipedia:conflict of interest on your user page. Dbfirs 16:47, 21 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Your account was blocked for violating the username policy. If you happen to find this help message, please do go an create a new account using an acceptable username. Then, as Dbfirs mentioned, see the WP:COI policy to learn how best to contribute to this article. In general, making edit requests on the article's talk page, instead of to the page itself is best. Tiggerjay (talk) 01:11, 22 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Uploading files to Wikipedia

I have decided that I no longer wish to contribute media to Wikimedia Commons, as that website seems to casually accept illegal content. I still have images useful for illustrating Wikipedia articles, but would like to know how I can prevent people from copying them to commons at all. Obviously, I know that I cannot legally forbid anyone from doing so, but is there any way that I can ask people to not move my images there a a courtesy? {{Do not move to Commons}} seemed to be what I wanted, but it produced "Expression error: Unrecognized word "i".Expression error: Unexpected < operatorCategory:Out of copyright in Expression error: Unrecognized word "i"." on the description page. And {{Keep local}} does not even ask people not to move it to Commons. Any suggestions, aside from not uploading any images at all? --Jakob (talk) aka Jakec 16:07, 21 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Jakec: {{Do not move to Commons}} works correctly. I see you tried to use it with a reason as an unnamed parameter in File:Gordon, Pennsylvania.JPG. The documentation shows you must write {{Do not move to Commons|reason=...}} An unnamed parameter is interpreted as an expiry which must be a year. I don't know how others will react to a request of this form. Commons has 30 million files and does delete a huge number of files for wrong or insufficient copyright information. commons:Special:Log/delete has around 1500 entries (total for all reasons and namespaces) in the last day alone. But many files with wrong claims do slip through. Are you thinking of files that haven't been nominated for deletion or files where you disagree with a decision to keep them? PrimeHunter (talk) 16:38, 21 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@PrimeHunter: Thanks for the tip! Commons is actually pretty good at dealing with copyright violations (I think), but terrible at dealing with files that don't belong for other reasons, such as classified government documents, which shouldn't even be public at all. --Jakob (talk) aka Jakec 17:38, 21 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Reason for deletion

Hello, I would like to understand why the wiki page I created was deleted? I spent many hours developing it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seratis 14:22, 21 December 2015 Sphilbrick (talk | contribs) deleted page Seratis (R2: Cross-namespace redirect from mainspace) What is most frustrating is, that a clear reason was not provided. Or may be I don't know how to look at the above sentence and interpret what that means.

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by TakeMeTo (talk • contribs) 16:26, 21 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

In the deletion log for Seratis, the R2 is in blue, indicating that it is a wikilink, in this case to Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion#R2. --David Biddulph (talk) 16:35, 21 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

There was an article earlier. At the time of deletion it was a redirect to Draft:Seratis which currently has nearly the same content as the former article. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:47, 21 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It was not appropriate to create that page until you have addressed the notability issues in your draft of the article. Once you get the draft right, it will be moved to article space for you. Are you sure that the subject is Wikipedia:notable and that you do not have a Wikipedia:conflict of interest? Dbfirs 16:42, 21 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

According to the article, it's about a "team transparency platform" (whatever that means) that is now undergoing pilot testing. It's therefore most unlikely that there's enough coverage in reliable independent sources to establish its notability. This isn't your fault, and there's nothing you can do about it. In a few years, if the product finds widespread acceptance, maybe an article will be justifiable. Maproom (talk) 17:19, 21 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@TakeMeTo: It also might help if you look at WP:CORP to see what makes a company notable in the Wikipedia sense of notability. Seratis doesn't seem to right now. Dismas|^(talk) 18:06, 21 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

multiple issue lable

Please be kind as to advice me how to change the content my this article of a living person https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Baldwin_(director) in order not to have the announed at the beginning problems: "This article has multiple issues" and "This article or section may have been copied and pasted from http://chrisbaldwin.eu (DupDet · CopyVios), possibly in violation of Wikipedia's copyright policy" - I tried to remedy these putting link in Wiki but I need an advise of efficiency. Thank you in advance.Ginakafedjian (talk) 18:32, 21 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Ginakafedjian See the article's talk page. I'll be leaving a detailed comment in a minute. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 19:27, 21 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Changes to ChannelAdviosr company description and senior leadership

This note is in regards to the ChannelAdvisor Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ChannelAdvisor

In the ChannelAdvisor company description, Walmart.com is listed as a site that ChannelAdvisor connects its retail customers with to reach new and existing sources of demand. This is inaccurate and we could not find this information in the source provided.

Also, the article references John Baule as ChannelAdvisor's CFO, which is no longer the case. Mark Cook was named the company's CFO: http://www.newsobserver.com/news/business/article29976204.html

Additionally, the article references that Suzanne Miglucci is the company's CMO, but she is no longer with the company: http://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/blog/techflash/2015/11/charles-colvard-miglucci-ceo-channeladvisor-cmo.html 12.216.74.218 (talk) 19:38, 21 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Done as requested. Tiggerjay (talk) 01:07, 22 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Non-free images

Hello, dear wikieditors. how many non-free images can a article contain? and are there exceptions.?--El-ßäbrega (talk) 19:54, 21 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@El-ßäbrega: Usually 0, sometimes 1, rarely more. It depends on the content of the article. See Wikipedia:Non-free content and come back if you have a question about a specific article and image. PrimeHunter (talk) 20:48, 21 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

PrimeHunter, and what is these? (Aang, Tom and Jerry, Lucario, Kitty Foiled, Mucho Mouse, Down Beat Bear, Heavenly Puss, List of Winx Club characters, Jynx, Cars 2, and more...]]--El-ßäbrega (talk) 11:46, 22 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

There is no maximum number, but each must significantly increase reader understanding (not just illustrate a mention of something). I visited Tom and Jerry, and it looks like someone got carried away with illustration. The first figure is acceptable because it identifies the subject; most of the others will probably be deleted; so PrimeHunter is right about sometimes 1. I nominated one photo for deletion, but it's time now to quit for the night. —teb728 t c 12:23, 22 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

We have five million articles. Animated characters are only a small part of them. There will usually be no possibility of a free image. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:20, 22 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Trouble getting my image to display in my User:Bartonellison Draft article Frederick William Lock

I am unable to get my image to post into my User:Bartonellison/Frederick William Lock page using the 'Edit source' text:

File:The Artist's Possessions, by F. W. Lock, 1848, Montreal, Canada.jpg

The Artist's Possessions, by F. W. Lock, 1848, Montreal, Canada

(or alternatively:

File:The Artist's Possessions, by F. W. Lock, 1848, Montreal, Canada.jpg

The Artist's Possessions, by F. W. Lock, 1848, Montreal, Canada

.

I have had no problem getting two other images to post onto my User page using that same 'Edit source' code format. Is there an unresolved issue with my source image or file name that I need to correct to achieve the desired result; and if so, what must I do to allow that image to appear in my article (still in Draft, not yet Submitted to Wilipedia). Barton Ellison 20:29, 21 December 2015 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bartonellison (talk • contribs)

@Bartonellison: commons:Special:Contributions/Bartonellison shows the file name is File:The Artist's Possessions, F.W. Lock, Montreal, 1848.jpg. You made several changes when you tried to display it. If you want to get a file or page name right then use the copy-paste feature of your browser. PrimeHunter (talk) 20:41, 21 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

December 22

Clarification about the box office report of Indian Cinema.

Dear Team,

Sub : Clarification about the box office report of Indian Cinema.

Myself Antony Allwin. Iam from Kerala. I had read your wikipedia of box office collection reports of Indian cinema.

in that wikipedia you categorised film as language wise. it is good . but

i would like to bring your attention to the tamil film box office collection report. in that report you said only 9 films as scored above 100 crores and the list includes the latest film 'Vedalam' also with 117 crores.

My concerns is that where is the movie 'KATHI', with knowledge Kathi is the blockbuster hit of 2014. and the movie was collected more than 130 crores,but it is not mentioned in your report.

if you read the wikipedia of the movie KATHI, you can see the box office collection of 130 crores.

The, how can you say the collection amount of said film is differently in different wikipedia.

kindly let me know the reason for that. If i am wrong, please let me know the actual box office collection of the film KATHI — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.239.248.130 (talk) 05:57, 22 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

For the benefit of other editors, the article referred to is List of highest-grossing Indian films#Highest grossing Tamil films. The OP's point is that Kaththi is not included in that list, despite having a box office of 131 crores. The answer is almost certainly that it should be in the list, but no-one has added it yet. To the OP: if there is an error or something missing from any Wikipedia article, you can always correct it yourself. --Viennese Waltz 14:07, 22 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

PD text templates

Hi. I'm looking for the template we add to the bottom of articles when we've added verbatim PD text. Thanks. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 06:25, 22 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Anna Frodesiak: Try {{PD-notice}} or one of the specialised templates in Category:Attribution templates. -- John of Reading (talk) 07:32, 22 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you John. Odd template. I couldn't figure out how to make the link at the words "this source" so I just did this. Hmmmmmm. Now what? :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 07:43, 22 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, Mandala Airlines Flight 091 now has it right at the bottom. And yes, you've figured it out. I am cerebrally challenged. (My R-complex is still functioning as far as I know, so that's good.)

Anna Frodesiak (talk) 07:53, 22 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Anna Frodesiak: Hmm, yes, {{PD-notice}} is hard to use and has no documentation. I've changed the article to use {{Source-attribution}} instead. -- John of Reading (talk) 08:10, 22 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks again, John. Okay, ref section, not at the bottom. I'll use the source-attrib one you suggest from now on too. Many thanks. :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 08:42, 22 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Company's logo needs updating — Singularity University

Hello, I would like to update my company's wiki page. Any help/guidance would be appreciated. Thank you, Jonathan — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jonthn523 (talk • contribs) 07:02, 22 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hello @Jonthn523:, please make sure to read WP:COI for editors with a possible "conflict of interest". The new logo File:SU Logo Vert Color.jpg has some problems. Its color scheme is different (slightly brighter) than the current logo at https://singularityu.org/ - the article should use the most common, "official", logo design and colors. Also, most logos are not "own work" (unless you designed the logo's layout yourself), but should be tagged as "non-free" - see the current logo as example. You can't release another person's copyrighted design even if you redraw the logo yourself later. If you have further questions, please feel free to ask me on my talkpage. GermanJoe (talk) 08:21, 22 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Jorge_Otero_Barreto

I found the profile of Jorge_Otero_Barreto. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorge_Otero_Barreto)

I served with Sgt. Otero for 6 months in Vietnam as his platoon leader with the 101st Airborne Div. in 1969. We spent our time out in the field on tactical combat operations.

I believe there are two inaccuracies in the biography.

First it states that the Air Medal is awarded after 5 missions. The correct number is 50. I was awarded the Air Medal. We had to document our own air assaults then have them verified by our headquarters. I stopped counting my first 50 when I thought I was coming out of the field. But I stayed in the field for another few months and could have received a second Air Medal.

Second it shows the award of the Combat Assault Badge. This badge did not come into existence until after Vietnam.

He should be shown as receiving the Combat Infantryman Badge, the appropriate award during Vietnam.

Additionally he was known as "Sgt. Rock" while we served in the 101st.

I have reference to Sgt. Otero with comments and a photo on my Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100010856979364

I have other images of our unit and Sgt. Otero but I cannot understand out how to upload them.

Any information on how I can add to the existing information would be appreciated.

Dick Nolte Our website: toledovietnamvets.com

Dicknolte (talk) 08:44, 22 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Make your comments at the article talk page, Talk: Jorge_Otero_Barreto. They will need to be supported by reliable sources. Facebook is not a reliable source. If the photograph on Facebook is yours and you release the copyright under a CC-BY-SA license, you can upload it. Someone else at this Help Desk may be able to answer questions that you have about uploading, which is sometimes not as easy as it should be. Robert McClenon (talk) 14:21, 22 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

RailTopoModel: Internal link is not being processed

Hi everybody,
In RailTopoModel#History I tried to set a link to International Railway Standard, but for some reason, the brackets don't get processed, but are displayed, like this: [[International Railway Standard]].
Can anybody tell me the reason?
Thank you in advance.
Yours, Ciciban (talk) 09:56, 22 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You had a line break part way through the text. Another editor has corrected it for you. - David Biddulph (talk) 10:09, 22 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks to Trappist the monk
Yours, Ciciban (talk) 10:12, 22 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

What does Google index?

I thought that Wikipedia was set up so as to instruct Google and other search engines to spider and index articles, but not drafts, user pages, and other stuff. But today it took me to a subpage of my user page. I guess I don't mind, and if I did mind I could put something there to keep the spiders away. But is this the way it's meant to be? Maproom (talk) 10:19, 22 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Controlling search engine indexing says that user namespace should be excluded but yes, your user subpages (and mine) seem to be found by Google. I wonder whether there's a bug in the Wikimedia software settings? --David Biddulph (talk) 10:50, 22 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Mine too, including vector.js pages and commons pages. Eagleash (talk) 10:53, 22 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Userspace at the English Wikipedia was noindexed by default a month ago at phab:T104797. Many pages haven't been visited by Google since then and still appear in their index. On their search results pages you can often click a triangle to the right of the url and then "Cached" to see when they cached a page. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Eagleash/vector.js was 14 October 2015. The html source of the page currently says <meta name="robots" content="noindex,follow" />, so our software works. Some userspace pages use {{INDEX}} or __INDEX__ to request search engine indexing and override the new default. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:36, 22 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I see there's a thread about it at the Village pump (technical), and a proposal there that user pages should not be indexed, which was accepted. Maproom (talk) 14:48, 22 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

when can i see my changes ?

Hello, Just today morning , I made a small addition to the page of Princess Niloufer of Hyderabad. I added her burial place as Bobigny Cemetery - Paris. I wish to know when I can see the changes on this page . Also , will I get to see my own name as some kind of credits for this change. Thanx in advance . Supriya ARCOT . — Preceding unsigned comment added by Supriya ARCOT (talk • contribs) 11:10, 22 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see any edits to Princess Niloufer article from you, maybe you didn't save the changes. If you save the changes, you can see the changes immediately. Yes, you will get credits for your edits. - Blasher (talk) 11:17, 22 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict) :If you mean this page there have been no edits to it since 18 October. Did you click 'save page' below the edit window? You would normally see your edits immediately and your contribution would be recorded in the page history, which can be seen by clicking the tab at the top of the page. If it was a different page, please provide a link. Please also sign your posts on talk-pages by typing 4 tildes (~~~~) or clicking the sign icon at the top of the edit window. Thanks. Eagleash (talk) 11:23, 22 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

There have been no edits to that page since October, and you have made no edits yet to any article under your user name. I suggest that you try again, and remember to click "Save changes". Dbfirs 12:55, 22 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

How does one change the title on a WP article that he created?

My question is how can I change the title on a WP page that I created?Davidbena (talk) 16:03, 22 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You can't change the title per se, but you can move the page, which I think will meet your needs. DonIago (talk) 16:13, 22 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I did according to your suggestion.Davidbena (talk) 20:36, 22 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Downloading all images in the Image history

Greetings,

I wanted to make a gif of all previous versions of https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Syrian,_Iraqi,_and_Lebanese_insurgencies.png but am really to lazy to click the approx. 200 Images one by one to download and was hoping there was an easier way to get this. So far I have only found tools to download all of wikipedia, articles, categories and texts of wikis. But none of these seem to have what I need. I'm sorry in advance for your spent time if I overlooked something obvious.

Best regards

Peter Apel — Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.6.20.170 (talk) 17:36, 22 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You could use a web archiver. I use HTTrack. PrimeHunter (talk) 20:45, 22 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Down load as PDF

Found the article that I wanted. "List of floppy disk formats" When I tried to 'download as PDF' in the Print/export menu I got what looked like a bibliography at the end of a book, NOT the list I saw. When I tried to download the file to my computer after the rendering finished, I still did not get the list, I got the 'bibliography'. I have been using Wikipedia for years and never had this problem. Either I did something wrong or their is something wrong with the rendering process. How do I down load this article and get the list in PDF format in my computer? Thanks. Also, how do I get help for this issue without submitting an 'article'? This is crazy. I have spent hours trying to download this article and trying to get some help with this issue and there is no way to submit my request for help? Are you kidding? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dwliberty49 (talk • contribs) 20:23, 22 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Well, it worked fine for me. Try a different web browser, or something. And I don't understand your second point. This is the correct place to submit a request for help, and you've submitted it. --Viennese Waltz 20:26, 22 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, on closer inspection it didn't render the full page. This is because tables are not rendered in pdf's, see Help:Download as PDF#Issues. This is a known bug which has been registered for almost a year. --Viennese Waltz 20:31, 22 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The ropes

Are there any editors who are willing to show new people the ropes? I've been reading lots of policy, but I'm not certain I have the notability stuff down enough to create new articles. Are there any editors in particular that I should talk to, or do I just keep asking questions here until I get the answers I need? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kirk Leonard (talk • contribs) 21:22, 22 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Mitchell Hamline School of Law

We just had two law schools combine into one. I work at what was William Mitchell College of Law and is now Mitchell Hamline School of Law. Would you be able to make changes on these pages:

-- On the William Mitchell College of Law page: change existing: The school will be merging with its longtime rival, the Hamline University School of Law, as of fall 2015.[5] to: The school combined with Hamline University School of Law in December 2015, creating Mitchell Hamline School of Law, mitchellhamline.edu

-- On the Hamline University School of Law page: change existing: The school will be merging with its longtime rival, the William Mitchell College of Law, as of fall 2015.[3] to: The school combined with William Mitchell College of Law in December 2015, creating Mitchell Hamline School of Law, mitchellhamline.edu

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