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March 11

Is there anything I should do about this?

I've lately seen a few editing summaries on BLPs stating that the user making the edit is either the subject of the BLP or a relative. Is there anything I should do about this? If so, what? InterstateFive (talk) - just another roadgeek 03:02, 11 March 2022 (UTC)

@InterstateFive: Hi there! You could share WP:COI with them, encourage them to declare their COI on their user page, and encourage them to submit suggestions to the article talk page in the future. You could also add {{Connected contributor}} to the article talk page. GoingBatty (talk) 03:29, 11 March 2022 (UTC)

@GoingBatty My real concern was what if they aren't who they state? What should I do then? InterstateFive (talk) - just another roadgeek 03:32, 11 March 2022 (UTC)

@InterstateFive: If they state they are a BLP or relative, then they shouldn't edit the article. If they're not who they claim they are, maybe they'll own up to it when you tell them they can't edit the article. Any changes they make to the article should be supported by reliable published sources - claiming to be the subject or a relative isn't good enough. If sources aren't provided, then consider reverting the changes. GoingBatty (talk) 03:41, 11 March 2022 (UTC)

When I put up a "connected contributor" notice, I mention in the edit summary what the situation is; e.g., "claims to be subject"; "claims to be grandchild of subject"; "claims to be SEO/IT director of subject". --Orange Mike | Talk 03:58, 11 March 2022 (UTC)

When I add a "connected contributor" notice, I use the otherlinks parameter to link to the diff where they made their declaration claim. GoingBatty (talk) 04:39, 11 March 2022 (UTC)

Karen Joy Fowler

User:BruceODeming Special:Contributions/BruceODeming sloppy 2015-08-13 edits of Karen Joy Fowler still remain. It could use tags, hatnotes, etc. ... 0mtwb9gd5wx (talk) 06:06, 11 March 2022 (UTC)

That editor has not edited since 2015. If you have suggestions regarding that article, the place for them is Talk:Karen Joy Fowler, or you can, of course, make the improvements yourself. --David Biddulph (talk) 09:35, 11 March 2022 (UTC)

John Young

MY NAME IS JOHN YOUNG AND I WAS THE FIRST PERSON IN 1962 TO RUN FROM WELLINGTON TO AUCKLAND IN 1964 I WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO RUN FROM BLUFF TO CAPE REINGA. I AM SO DISAPPOINTED TO READ THAT MY NAME IS NOT HONOURED FOR MY EFFORTS AS A LONG-DISTANCE RUNNER. I WAS A MEMBER OF THE OWAIRAKA ATHLETIC CLUB AND WAS COACHED BY ARTHUR LYDIARD. I RAN ALONGSIDE MANY OF THE WONDERFUL ATHLETES THAT WERE EVER REPRESENTATIVES OF NEW ZEALAND. I FEEL REALLY SAD THAT I AM UNDEREXPOSED AS ONE OF NEW ZEALAND'S FIRST LONG-DISTANCE RUNNERS. I HOPE THAT YOUR COMPANY WILL LOOK INTO THE REQUEST I AM ASKING FOR. THE NEW ZEALAND HERALD HAS WRITTEN REPORTS ON MY ATHLETIC PERFORMANCES FROM 1962 1964 1968. KINDEST REGARDS DR. JOHN YOUNG — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.58.19.201 (talk) 09:15, 11 March 2022 (UTC)

I have added a new section heading, as I assume that your question is not about Karen Joy Fowler. If you have a question about a particular article the place to ask is on that article's talk page. If you want to write an article about yourself, you need to read the advice against autobiography, and in particular you need to understand Wikipedia's definition of notability, and in particular WP:Notability (sports). After that you can read the advice at WP:Your first article. And please don't SHOUT; it is regarded as impolite and makes your message more difficult to read. --David Biddulph ([[User tal--Gronk Oz (talk) 13:45, 11 March 2022 (UTC)k:David Biddulph|talk]]) 09:27, 11 March 2022 (UTC)

John, Wikipedia is written by volunteers - nobody assigns writing assignments. I have passed on your request to WikiProject Athletics in the hope that somebody there might be interested in writing the article.--Gronk Oz (talk) 13:45, 11 March 2022 (UTC)

harvnb

Hi - I have noticed probably thousands of incomplete (unverifiable) citations in Wikipedia attributed to harvnb - typically, the syntax is {{harvnb|name|date}} - is this a bot or someone who is systematically under citing? It is hard to clean up entries when there are so many of these in a single article but if they are legitimate, then I am missing something probably pretty basic here in my wiki-education (my default position).Geneus01 (talk) 10:00, 11 March 2022 (UTC)

I have added nowiki tags to your question so that readers can see the syntax to which you refer. Have you read Template:harvnb? Could you give an example of a page which you believe is inappropriately referenced in this way? It isn't a form of referencing which I use, but if you give us an example, editors who use it regularly will be able to give you an answer. --David Biddulph (talk) 10:34, 11 March 2022 (UTC)

Hi Geneus01. {{harvnb}} and the similar {{sfn}} are valid ways of creating a citation. In general they have three part name, year, and page. As an example <ref>{{harvnb|Brown|2009|p=146}}</ref> or {{sfn|Brown|2009|p=146}}, note that the {{sfn}} type don't use <ref> tags. There is another part to these, there should be a cite somewhere in the article to a book, website, Journal or such that matches the details given. So in the example given {{cite book |last=Brown |first=Paul |year=2009 |title=the meaning of life}} would be a valid reference, and the harvnb and sfn examples would link to it. If you have a specific article I can be more specific. These are valid though, and shouldn't be removed. LCU ActivelyDisinterested ∆transmission∆ °co-ords° 10:49, 11 March 2022 (UTC)

I have mocked up an example in my sandbox, to show how it all links up. LCU ActivelyDisinterested ∆transmission∆ °co-ords° 11:00, 11 March 2022 (UTC)

Nominating Draft:Plugg (music) to become a real article

My men, please help me nominate that draft to get it moved into article space. I have no idea how to do that. I've started it in late January, I was seriously expanding it until early Feb and now I am seeing interest from other wikipedians who also started to contribute to it. The draft has a great deal of sources and it is de facto a real article now as others began contributing to it but still residing in draft space. Thanks PDDisPDDat (talk) 10:39, 11 March 2022 (UTC)

@PDDisPDDat: It seems you (or someone else) has already submitted it for review. All you can do now is wait and continue editing it in the meantime. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 13:51, 11 March 2022 (UTC)

Yes, I've found WP:Drafts page and found a solution there PDDisPDDat (talk) 14:13, 11 March 2022 (UTC)

Unable to find my article on google search.

I updated an article about Martieon Watson a football player on 9 March 2022. But I am unable to find it in google search or Wikipedia search. I want to know why this is happening. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nexgem Sports (talk • contribs) 13:15, 11 March 2022 (UTC)

User:Nexgem Sports/sandbox isn't publised. You would need to submit it for WP:AFC. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 13:21, 11 March 2022 (UTC)

@Nexgem Sports: The item as drafted, to date, is unlikely to be accepted. The criteria at the football notability guidelines and WP:NSPORTS generally have undergone a lot of changes recently many of which have yet to be fully resolved. The former guidelines required that he had played in a fully professional league or as a top-level international. However, the guidelines now are more slanted toward the general notability critieria. This means that Wikipedia will require in-depth coverage of the player in multiple reliable sources which *must* be independent of the subject. The only source is to what looks like your own website and therefore may not be considered usable on Wikipedia. Your username cannot imply shared or corporate use and a change should be requested via WP:UNC. If you have a connection to the subject you will need to read WP:PAID and WP:COI and make the necessary declarations.

In addition, even if the draft is accepted, it will not be indexed by search engine for 90 days or until it is reviewed, whichever comes soonest. (Please remember to sign your posts on talk pages by typing four keyboard tildes like this: ~~~~.) Thank you. Eagleash (talk) 14:35, 11 March 2022 (UTC)

Oroks wiki page

This is less of a question and more of a request. I've never edited on Wikipedia before but on the wiki page there is a part that acknowledges these people would prefer to be referred to as ul'ta or uilta and that orok is a derogatory term. Would it be possible to change this like out of respect? 209.94.47.105 (talk) 15:31, 11 March 2022 (UTC)

On the English Wikipedia, article titles are determined by the subject's common name as used by reliable sources. If it can be demonstrated that the majority of English reliable sources uses Uilta over Orok, then this could be considered; otherwise, Wikipedia is not censored. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 15:39, 11 March 2022 (UTC)

If you can find additional reliable sources that show that the people themselves consider the term to be derogatory, then this should be moved from the "etymology" section into the article's lead section. We are not censored, but we do try to be sensitive to this sort of thing. As of now, we only have claims from an associated Japanese organization referring to the larger group of which the Russian group is a subset. If you prefer not to edit the Oroks page yourself, then discuss this on it's talk page: talk:Oroks. -Arch dude (talk) 17:45, 11 March 2022 (UTC)

How do I insert a PDF file into a question that I want to ask at the Reference Desks?

How do I insert a PDF file into a question that I want to ask at the Reference Desks? What do I need to do, exactly? I have never "downloaded" a file onto Wikipedia ... and don't even know if it's possible (as part of a Reference / Help Desk question) ... ? Please advise. Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 17:08, 11 March 2022 (UTC)

Or ... a WORD or Excel file, for that matter ... ? Or a photo file ... ? Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 17:08, 11 March 2022 (UTC)

@Joseph A. Spadaro: In general, you don't. You can put it somewhere else on the web and provide a link. To add it to Wikipedia, you upload it like any other file, but it is subject to all of the copyright and/or fair use rules that apply to any other uploaded file, such as an image file. Such a file is in one of two separate file repositories and not "in" the reference desk question. To add the image to your question, you would use the same syntax that you use to add an image to an article or add an image here at the help desk. -Arch dude (talk) 17:55, 11 March 2022 (UTC)

Thanks. Sorry, but I did not understand a word that you said. Sorry about that. I have never “downloaded” – if that’s the correct word – any files to Wikipedia. And I don’t know how to do so. Also, I have never “downloaded” any files directly to the internet / world-wide-web … and I would not even know how to do so. Also, I can’t imagine that I would actually need to do so. (But, who knows?) So … let me re-phrase my original question. I want to post a question to (one of) the Wikipedia Reference Desks. The question would – in essence – say, “Please look at this document … I have a question about it”. And I would like the responders (Wikipedia editors) to be able to see the document, and its contents, in order to answer my question about that document. At this exact moment … I am not sure – yet – if my file is a Word, Excel, PDF, or photo file, or whatever … ? So, how can I post a question at a Wikipedia Reference Desk … for which the responding party (Wikipedia editor) would need to take a look at the specific file that I have a question about? Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 18:57, 11 March 2022 (UTC)

Also, to be clear ... this is simply a document that I created myself. Not the work of any other party. I can format it in Word, or Excel, or as a PDF, or as a photo or a screen shot. Or whatever. Whichever is easiest for these purposes. Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 18:58, 11 March 2022 (UTC)

@Joseph A. Spadaro: The word you're looking for is upload. Easiest way would be to host it from an external site, but the file upload wizard should hopefully be able to walk you through the steps required. Since you say it's your own work, you shouldn't run into too many hurdles. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 19:10, 11 March 2022 (UTC)

Some terminology:: when you upload something, you copy it from your computer to somewhere on the internet. When you download something, you copy it from somewhere on the internet to your computer — think of the internet as being up in the clouds. When you read a Wikipedia page, its content, including images and stuff, gets downloaded to your computer. You've never worried about how this happens because your browser manages the downloading for you. Maproom (talk) 20:12, 11 March 2022 (UTC)

Thanks, all ... for all of the help above. It seems I managed to upload the file, after all ... due to your help. Thanks again. If anyone wants to see the file/question ... see here: Wikipedia:Reference desk/Language#How to read / format a document. Thanks again! Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 18:13, 12 March 2022 (UTC)

Resolved

Reference assistance

Can someone help me with the references for this page, please? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Ribose-seq Also if someone could have a look at getting it published ASAP, I'd greatly appreciate it! It's for a grad school project and our profs wanted it finalized and published by today. Thank you! Kmjohns (talk) 18:14, 11 March 2022 (UTC)

@Kmjohns: Unfortunately, because Wikipedia is a volunteer project, AfC reviewers pick and choose drafts they want to review, so there is no guarantee of having a draft reviewed by a certain date. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 18:23, 11 March 2022 (UTC)

Do I need to fix the references at the bottom before it can be approved? Kmjohns (talk) 18:31, 11 March 2022 (UTC)

I won't do your homework for you but the obvious ref things that jump out at me are |author= which in most (all?) cases should be |vauthors= because the format of the assigned values follows the Vancouver System. doi values do not belong in |pmid= so for those use |doi= (if not already present in the citation template). Do not put external link urls (http://...) in |title=.

—Trappist the monk (talk) 18:26, 11 March 2022 (UTC)

For what it's worth, the assignment is graded on content not reference formatting. I'm brand new to this and I have zero coding experience so I'm not entirely sure what you mean. If it's a quick fix could you have a go at it for me, please? Kmjohns (talk) 18:33, 11 March 2022 (UTC)

Okay I think I fixed it, thank you for your help. Kmjohns (talk) 19:07, 11 March 2022 (UTC)

@Kmjohns: I sympathize, but we are volunteers and we explicitly do not have a deadline (WP:DEADLINE), and especially not one created by your professors. You should find a diplomatic way to let you professors know that this sort of thing can antagonize at least some of us. -Arch dude (talk) 01:49, 12 March 2022 (UTC)

'Read' replaced by 'Kenkan' in British English?

Hi, since yesterday I've noticed that after I'm logged in, the word 'Read' near the top of the page of an article etc., beside the words 'Edit source' and 'View history', changes to 'Kenkan'. My language setting is British English; when I change it to simply English or Canadian English it says 'Read'; only in the British English setting does it say 'Kenkan' (which makes no sense to me). Why is this? JACKINTHEBOX • ^TALK 18:58, 11 March 2022 (UTC)

@JackintheBox: This is already being discussed at the Teahouse. It appears it's a bad translation that's been fixed, so the changes should appear sometime.

 Main discussion: Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)#Edit tab says siesie —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 19:14, 11 March 2022 (UTC)

Removing tag

Can somebody please explain how paid editing tags can be removed? Ecars98 (talk) 21:13, 11 March 2022 (UTC)

@Ecars98: It depends on the situation. In general, a paid editing flagged article has to be reviewed to make sure there are no problematic edits. The editor should also have disclosed their paid status, either on their user page or on the article talk page. Personally I prefer the talk page, to save hunting. Here's the disclosure info explaining what to do: Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure. There's also information at the template page: Template:Paid contributions. Which article is it? TimTempleton ^{(talk) (cont)} 21:21, 11 March 2022 (UTC)

I'm guessing Razmig Hovaghimian. --Orange Mike | Talk 02:04, 12 March 2022 (UTC)

March 12

Do edit filter triggering edits get rejected completely, or do they get logged somewhere?

There is a template for warning users about triggering edit filters: {{uw-attempt}}. If an edit is rejected by an edit filter, does it get logged somewhere for others to see? I.hate.spam.mail.here (talk | contributions) 02:33, 12 March 2022 (UTC)

@I.hate.spam.mail.here: Yes they do! They get logged in the abuse filter log. So for example, your abuse filter log is at Special:AbuseFilter/I.hate.spam.mail.here. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 02:35, 12 March 2022 (UTC)

HOwever do note that sometimes an edit will trigger a private filter which means only abuse filter managers and helper (and probably also admins) can view the contents of the edit caught. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 02:37, 12 March 2022 (UTC)

The correct link is https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:AbuseLog&wpSearchUser=I.hate.spam.mail.here on "filter log" at top of Special:Contributions/I.hate.spam.mail.here. PrimeHunter (talk) 03:55, 12 March 2022 (UTC)

@PrimeHunter: Woops. I figured that it worked since the link turned blue. Looks like there isn't a way to link to it with brackets. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 04:07, 12 March 2022 (UTC)

Log of my AfD nominations

Sorry - another dumb question from me.

I have found where there are logs of articles I have nominated for deletion via CSD or PROD. Is there something equivalent for AfD nominations?--Gronk Oz (talk) 06:45, 12 March 2022 (UTC)

@Gronk Oz: There's https://afdstats.toolforge.org/, it additionally shows your !votes too, but you can check "show nominations only". ––FormalDude talk 07:11, 12 March 2022 (UTC)

(edit conflict)If you have it enabled, Twinkle keeps an XfD log at /XfD log in userspace. Since User:Gronk Oz/XfD log doesn't exist, that option is off. Hovever, there are other tools that can show the AfD's you participated in, such as this one (frequently used during RfA). Victor Schmidt (talk) 07:13, 12 March 2022 (UTC)

Thank you both! I do use Twinkle, and I see that is what created the CSD and PROD logs, so I will look into that option. But honestly, the AFDSTATS is just what I was after for the moment. --Gronk Oz (talk) 07:23, 12 March 2022 (UTC)

Copyright

are all additions deleted that fast when part of text is copyrighted? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Morefactswiki (talk • contribs) 14:40, 12 March 2022 (UTC)

how fast are copyright deleted? was in the middle of editing and someone changed everything — Preceding unsigned comment added by Morefactswiki (talk • contribs) 14:41, 12 March 2022 (UTC)

they didn't even only delete the copyright part, they deleted everything — Preceding unsigned comment added by Morefactswiki (talk • contribs) 14:42, 12 March 2022 (UTC)

Wikipedia is very strict on copyright infringement. You should not add copyrighted works to this site. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 14:44, 12 March 2022 (UTC)

the question was how fast are copyrighted text deleted?

i don't it was copyrighted since copyright is usually about the entire piece, not one piece of a text Morefactswiki (talk) 14:50, 12 March 2022 (UTC)

No, copyright is not about the whole works, it effects portions of it. Things on Wikipedia are changed when the users that edit change them. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 14:58, 12 March 2022 (UTC)

> it effects portions of it

ok fine where can i see it specifically said on the rules or legal stuff on some wikipedia site Morefactswiki (talk) 15:02, 12 March 2022 (UTC)

Please see Wikipedia:Copyrights and Wikipedia:Copyright violations. DanCherek (talk) 15:07, 12 March 2022 (UTC)

which part exactly, im looking for the part that specifically says it can be any part of the text, and that it doesnt have to be the whole, im looking for that part Morefactswiki (talk) 15:13, 12 March 2022 (UTC)

someone said wikipedia cant have anything at all thats copyrighted

so i guess how to get someone to delete the page history then?

see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Firefly#? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Morefactswiki (talk • contribs) 14:48, 12 March 2022 (UTC)

I shall revision delete this. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 14:58, 12 March 2022 (UTC)

sure, this link is too technical and says 'grossly improper' - its copyright, it should just say 'info that is against the rules' or something like that

where can i get that fixed, i cant edit that page Morefactswiki (talk) 15:07, 12 March 2022 (UTC)

To answer your question above about how quickly copyvios are removed, the answer is that they're deleted as soon as they're discovered. No grace period is provided to allow you to amend the text - as soon as it's found, it's removed. If you want to copy stuff in order to rework it, do that offline before posting here, and bear in mind the guidance at WP:CLOSEPARAPHRASING.

Do not attempt to edit policy pages - only very experienced editors with a solid understanding of those policies should attempt that, and even they would be expected to get consensus for any significant changes in advance. Girth Summit _(blether) 15:13, 12 March 2022 (UTC)

ok this is way too much work, even the article was too much work

at this point i just want to know how anyone can even copy stuff to revise/rework it since remixing is not even allowing apparently due to 'copyright' so i want to get this whole copyright thing (on wikipedia) crystal clear

since its unclear if you can remix or if you cannot

ill check in the future this was way too much trouble just updating 1 article, theres so many outdated articles on here Morefactswiki (talk) 15:17, 12 March 2022 (UTC)

Courtesy note: user is now blocked. — {{u|Bsoyka}} ^talk 15:42, 12 March 2022 (UTC)

Share alike

this seems to be copyright of any text or anythihng on wikipedia including text on here

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_3.0_Unported_License

where to see which is the copyright where you cant share or remix or anything at all?

if you cant remix, how in the world can anyone get test-based info from anywhere since that counts as remixing — Preceding unsigned comment added by Morefactswiki (talk • contribs) 15:12, 12 March 2022 (UTC)

I don't understand what you are asking. Are you sure you have the English-language skills to be editing here? What do you mean by 'test-based info'? Girth Summit _(blether) 15:15, 12 March 2022 (UTC)

> Are you sure

that is very rude, if you dont know the answer then why are you replying rudely to my question, whats wrong with you ppl, ppl are trying to make things better and then there's ppl like u Morefactswiki (talk) 15:19, 12 March 2022 (UTC)

It's not intended to be rude, it's a genuine question. I expect I do know the answer to the question you're asking, but I literally can't understand what you're asking. There are versions of Wikipedia in lots of different languages - it might be easier for you to contribute to your own language version of the project. Girth Summit _(blether) 15:31, 12 March 2022 (UTC)

This is quickly becoming a time sink. This user can find something else to do. Blocked. Jauerback^dude?/_dude. 15:40, 12 March 2022 (UTC)

Is linking to book sales website considered as ADVERTISEMENT?

Good Day,
Came across this Edit here: 1 on the wiki article Baji Rao I
The External link directs to an online retailer of Books. I am not sure if this falls foul of the NO ADVERTs clause. I am aware that AMAZON links in External Links is frowned upon. Would like some advice on if this link should be kept or removed. STC1 _talk 16:54, 12 March 2022 (UTC)

@SierraTangoCharlie1: I cannot off-hand recall where we state this, but links to a specific bookseller are deprecated. Instead, use the ISBN (see WP:ISBN) which will take you to a page that provides links for finding the book. -Arch dude (talk) 17:31, 12 March 2022 (UTC)

WP:ELNO #15 sort of says it. But WP:ELPOINTS #1... For me, in cs1|2 citation templates, I delete, on sight, book-seller-urls that don't link to a copy of the source that I can read. Even were I able to read Marathi (or Hindi – google translate suggested both), I would have deleted that url because the source, देवयोद्धा, is not available for me to read and it doesn't match |title=Devyoddha – I don't know if that is supposed to be a translation or romanization of देवयोद्धा.

—Trappist the monk (talk) 17:50, 12 March 2022 (UTC)

@Arch dude: ISBN 978-81-9382-933-2 just doesn't show any result either on google books or goodreads or worldcat STC1 _talk 18:15, 12 March 2022 (UTC)

@Trappist the monk: the book's ISBN doesn't show up on either google books, goodreads or worldcat : ISBN 978-81-9382-933-2.
yes, Devyoddha is देवयोद्धा as written in English.
I should also continue to delete external links which point to book sellers?? STC1 _talk 18:23, 12 March 2022 (UTC)

@SierraTangoCharlie1: Yes, that makes this specific case a tough call for me. I think I would change the title to देवयोद्धा with a translation into English and leave the link in, with an inline comment for other editors, UNLESS that particular bookseller begins to show up as WP:BOOKSPAM in other articles. In the general case, a agree with @Trappist the monk:.-Arch dude (talk) 18:30, 12 March 2022 (UTC)

@Arch dude: ok. I understand. Thank You. STC1 _talk 18:33, 12 March 2022 (UTC)

Misinformation

Hello. I was wondering how to change some misinformation one of your partisan editors wrote about somebody on their Wikipedia page. He was called a conspiracy theorist numerous times on his page but no sources or information was provided explaining how anything he has said was conspiratorial.

If you want to be taken seriously by anyone, you should get rid of all the editors who are paid by Klous Schwab — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2605:8D80:60B:2C9F:3DD9:8E38:2CC9:1447 (talk) 19:03, 12 March 2022 (UTC)

Where is the evidence that Klaus Schwab is paying Wikipedia editors? Cullen328 (talk) 19:09, 12 March 2022 (UTC)

The IP claimed in an article that Canada has a communist dictator. I wouldn't take anything they say seriously so I'm not even asking which page the post is about. PrimeHunter (talk) 19:48, 12 March 2022 (UTC)

New language

How to add sinhala (සිංහල ) language — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ven. Pothuwila (talk • contribs) 19:18, 12 March 2022 (UTC)

@Ven. Pothuwila: Add it where? There is a Sinhala language Wikipedia at https://si.wikipedia.org. PrimeHunter (talk) 19:50, 12 March 2022 (UTC)

You might also be interested in {{lang-si}} (producing "Sinhala: සිංහල", for instance) or {{lang|si}} (producing "සිංහල", for instance) if you wish to have Sinhala-language text on Wikipedia. Umimmak (talk) 20:29, 12 March 2022 (UTC)

If you are asking how to add a Sinhala version of a particular article, you can find advice at WP:Translate us. ColinFine (talk) 12:47, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

Using journalist's own writings to verify facts

I'm trying to fix the article on Ben Judah which originally had no independent sources. I'm not sure what to do about statements like (paraphrasing) "He interviewed Emmanuel Macron..." that is sourced to his interview with Macron. Most of the "Career" section saying what topics he has covered is sourced to his own articles. To me this reads like WP:OR - but is this usage ok? Thanks, Lamona (talk) 21:18, 12 March 2022 (UTC)

I think that what you are doing is fine, Lamona. The Times is a reliable source (as there is careful editorial control) and the citation shows that, as a fact, someone called Ben Judah did interview Macron (the byline confirms this). So, we have a WP:PRIMARY source to allow this to be in the article, assuming that we as editors here are convinced this is the correct Judah. It would be great to have a WP:SECONDARY source along the lines of "X said he was impressed how good a journalist Judah was by getting Macron to reveal....". WP:OR prohibits any of us writing the article to conclude something we can't back up with sources. So it is not allowed to say "Judah is a great journalist because he got Macron to reveal...". That statement in Wikipedia's voice would be inappropriate, even though the primary source confirms the interview took place. Mike Turnbull (talk) 14:12, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

How can I remove a photograph that is not of the person the article is about?

I am that person's literary executor. I am not being allowed to use another photo widely used. There is no copyright information on the other photograph, but I inherited it and it has been used elsewhere. — Preceding unsigned comment added by WBMresearcher (talk • contribs) 21:27, 12 March 2022 (UTC)

@WBMresearcher: What article is it and what is the wrong photo? RudolfRed (talk) 21:56, 12 March 2022 (UTC)

Walter B. Miller, anthropologist and gang researcher. The photo is of a different person of the same name. I just checked, and the false photo has been removed from Wikipedia, but not the Wikipedia that shows when you look it up on Google. I tried putting up a photo of him that I inherited and has been used elsewhere, but I have no idea if anyone had a copyright to it, I highly doubt that. It was taken about 1970. I'd like to put that up if you can tell me how. My attempts have been foiled because of the copyright issue. WBMresearcher (talk) 22:13, 12 March 2022 (UTC)

In terms of Google search results you will need to contact Google(there should be a feedback link). 331dot (talk) 22:16, 12 March 2022 (UTC)

Thanks! WBMresearcher (talk) 00:44, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

Google sometimes take a while to catch up with changes here. Please be patient. Britmax (talk) 22:16, 12 March 2022 (UTC)

Google knowledge graph doesn't necessarily use images from Wikipedia. We don't have any dealings with that system. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 22:41, 12 March 2022 (UTC)

That should redirect to: Google Knowledge Graph. 2603:6081:1C00:1187:B105:198:D408:6E7D (talk) 23:18, 12 March 2022 (UTC)

Now it does. Girth Summit _(blether) 23:40, 12 March 2022 (UTC)

Thanks! WBMresearcher (talk) 00:45, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

Thanks! WBMresearcher (talk) 00:45, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

Hello, WBMresearcher. The lack of copyright information unfortunately means that we must assume that the photo is copyright, and cannot ordinarily be used on Wikipedia. However, for an article about a deceased subject, it is often possible to meet all the requirements of the non-free content criteria - specifically #1: Non-free content is used only where no free equivalent is available, or could be created, that would serve the same encyclopedic purpose. If so, it is possible to upload it to Wikipedia directly (not to Commons) giving a detailed justification of using it as non-free material.

However, as his literary executor, you have a conflict of interest, and should not edit the article Walter B. Miller directly.

My suggestion would be that you

1. read the pages I have linked to about non-free content and conflict of interest
2. upload the picture using the upload wizard, choosing the non-free option
3. Post an edit request (see that link for details) on Talk:Walter B. Miller, giving the name of the file you have just uploaded, and asking for it to be added to the article. ColinFine (talk) 12:56, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

March 13

How to reply on talk pages using reply box

Can you ask me how to reply using many talk pages using reply box (for example: [reply])? 2001:44B8:41C6:F700:5C17:7652:27D9:A01F (talk) 04:10, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

You'll find more information at WP:REPLYTOOL. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 07:15, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

I'm testing the "reply" tool. I wonder if it'll get the indentation right. Maproom (talk) 08:19, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

It works well! It got the indentation right, and added my sig for me. To use it, you click on "reply", type into the box that appears, and click the blue "Reply" button. It indents and signs your reply for you. Maproom (talk) 08:24, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

It might work for logged out editors if you append ?dtenable=1 to the url. ― Qwerfjkltalk 12:07, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

Standard of life for me

I don’t want it to be a joke I know what I need to do for the future and I’ll be happy to help you out with this one I don’t want it in my account with the name of the company that I got from the other day I was in a hurry to get back to my house so I don’t know how much I will have to do. I have been working on here for a long time and I will see if I could help you get some stuff done before I leave here for a better place — Preceding unsigned comment added by Roundnutz14 (talk • contribs) 09:14, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

Welcome to the Helpdesk. Do you have a question on about how to use or edit Wikipedia? If you want to help out see Wikipedia:To-do list.--Shantavira|^{feed me} 09:26, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

Read Tab name is changed BUT only when I am logged in

Hi I see the normal 'read' tab when I am mot logged in. BUT When logged in I see what appears to be a slur rather than "Read".

(Checked on Windows 11 with both Edge (vanilla), and Chrome(extensions), and Windows defender) I assume that I have some sort of malware and will check it out

• <a href="/wiki/Longwarry,_Victoria">Kenkan</a>
• <a href="/w/index.php?title=Longwarry,_Victoria&veaction=edit" title="Edit this page [v]" accesskey="v">Edit</a>
• <a href="/w/index.php?title=Longwarry,_Victoria&action=edit" title="Edit this page [e]" accesskey="e">Edit source</a>
• <a href="/w/index.php?title=Longwarry,_Victoria&action=history" title="Past revisions of this page [h]" accesskey="h">View history</a>
• <a href="/w/index.php?title=Longwarry,_Victoria&action=watch" data-mw="interface" title="Add this page to your watchlist [w]" accesskey="w">Watch</a>

Wakelamp d[@-@]b (talk) 10:29, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

Try setting your interface language to en in preferences. ― Qwerfjkltalk 12:06, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

@Wakelamp: See 'Read' replaced by 'Kenkan' in British English? above. ― Qwerfjkltalk 12:09, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

Template:trim not trimming

{{subst:trim|{{subst:Get QID/sandbox|Douglas Adams}}}}
produces
<!-- If the template is called with a non-empty non-named argument: -->Q42<!-- Get the qid from the title --><!-- Otherwize: Get the qid of the redirect destination. --> ― Qwerfjkltalk 12:11, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

Template:trim says: "This template trims leading and trailing (but not interior) whitespace from a string." There is no leading and trailing whitespace in your example so there is nothing to trim. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:28, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

Is there a more appropriate template? ― Qwerfjkltalk 12:34, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

A more appropriate template to do what? 73.127.147.187 (talk) 06:27, 14 March 2022 (UTC)

Making sure the ping is there for Qwerfjkl. 73.127.147.187 (talk) 06:30, 14 March 2022 (UTC)

It's fine, I found {{plain text}}. ― Qwerfjkltalk 07:03, 14 March 2022 (UTC)

Delete my today's edits

Can anyone delete my today's edits? Not good for my mental health as I don't want to get into debates that are political in nature. Refer this. Thank you.Krish | Talk To Me 14:27, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

As you probably know, Krish! you can go to the "View History" tab of any article you have edited and click the "undo" button alongside any row, including rows that refer to your own earlier edits. Leave an edit summary that says "removed own edit as inappropriate" or similar. Alternatively, just stop editing the article(s) in question and let other editors decide what it is sensible to leave and what to remove. Above all, don't stress and don't WP:editwar. Mike Turnbull (talk) 14:37, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

Sadly, I don't think any of your edits would be suitable for REVDEL. I suggest just self reverting and walking away. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 14:39, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

Can I remove my edits from talk pages of articles, Mike Turnbull and Lee Vilenski. I have come back from a long break here and I think I need some time to recall the rules especially about removing own edits from talk pages?Krish | Talk To Me 14:41, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

If nobody has replied, you can remove something you've written. Once it's been responded to, however, you shouldn't remove it or change it at all. If you don't want to get into a debate, however, you could just post that you don't want to discuss it any further and you're happy to drop the matter? Girth Summit _(blether) 14:53, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

On talk pages, it is not good practice to remove your contributions but it is perfectly acceptable to write something then later strike it out if you want to retract the contribution, either because you see that someone else's argument is valid or just because you've changed your mind. See WP:REDACT for the details Mike Turnbull (talk) 16:21, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

One article was probably deleted in bad faith

I have discovered that the article about Big Baby Tape was deleted from English Wikipedia by AfD. In AfD discussion what struck me was that one of the users (who mentioned he speaks Russian natively on his user page) stressed that the article needs to be deleted because the article didn't have any sources to back it.

I can't help but suspect bad faith here. Big baby tape even was on the front page of NYT once link, he, albeit in a strange way, made appearance in The Moscow Times link (that's his song and this awful article is talking about a parody to it), a special about him and other notable russian rappers at northeastern.edu is available, among other English sources, and numerous notable sources in Russian, like Afisha Daily and others.

He was so heavily promoted in Russia by Warner Music and Sony Music that the "no sources" reply struck me as bad faith. Living in Russia it was barely possible to escape the hype about Big Baby Tape since 2018. Worth mentioning that his 2018 album and 2021 albums were, respectively, the most talked-about albums in Russian rap around those years ("Dragonborn" in 2018 and "Bandana" in 2021).

The other thing is that he was despised by so many Russians cause they despised his lyrics as trashy and unintelligent. Many, as I know, got on the fence religiously while trying to dismiss him.

And that's the reason why I suspect the bad faith. I think that user was one of the so called haters. Because if you know Russian it takes a split second googling and finding the sources, if you even never heard about that rapper. Moreof, as far as I remember the article did have numerous sources, in Russian though, and his comment was about the lack of English sources.

The article wasn't bad, if I recall correctly, and AfD flew under radar for god knows what reason.

Now I have found the article about Face, who is another great rapper from Russia from the same era. I skimmed through the sources on his page and I have found that the sources are more or less on par notability-wise with sources about Big Baby Tape, again, as far as I remember the previously deleted article about him.

The question is what is the procedure to restore the page about Big Baby Tape?

Disclaimer: I am not related to Big Baby Tape and neither I am the author of that deleted article RuskiyRepVybralMenya (talk) 14:53, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

I just looked at the AfD discussion, and at the deleted article. The deleted article was entirely devoid of reliable sources. Aside from the nominator, three editors in good standing !voted delete because they were unable to find good sources. I don't see any reason to assume bad faith, and I think that you should retract that accusation. If you have been able to identify some reliable sources, there is nothing preventing you from creating a new article about this subject; I'd advise you to create a draft for review through the WP:AfC process. Best Girth Summit _(blether) 15:01, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

The only references were [1] and [2]. PrimeHunter (talk) 15:20, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

If this was the case then indeed these are rather poor sources. Where can I see the text of it? RuskiyRepVybralMenya (talk) 15:24, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

The user in question is the nominator of that AfD. I firmly stand my ground as of now. Maybe the nominator himself (@User:Corwin_of_Amber) may explain that nomination? How was it possible to not know about Big Baby Tape? I can understand that the article could be badly written and thus not worthy of presense in Wikipedia, but he went on to claim that the topic had "no indication of notability". How's that? I ask Corwin of Amber to explain his position, as I am seeing right now that he is still active on Wikipedia. I could understand other voters on AfD, as it seems to me they genuinely didn't know about the topic in question, which is understandable, as they seem to not speak Russian, but I can't at all understand the position of Corwin of Amber, if it was not for bad faith. If I recall correctly, the deleted article was translated straight from Russian Wikipedia, and so a speaker of Russian could visit (and probably should have visited) that page to see what it is all about before AfD'ing it. If he takes his minute to explain how this was possible it would be great, "I am not trying to attack, I am trying to understand".

Moreof, @User:Girth Summit, now that the article is deleted I have no idea how to restore its text, so if you could take your minute to help me do it I would definitely try to re-instate it, I would appreciate that. I would plainly and simply add sources to it then and call it a day. Writing it from scratch is time-consuming and hard especially knowing that it was there before RuskiyRepVybralMenya (talk) 15:22, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

This forum is not the appropriate location to make accusations of bad faith editing. If you want to go down that path, the correct location is WP:ANI. I warn you, however, that an accusation that someone has acted in back faith that is not supported by evidence is considered a personal attack.

I am not willing to restore an article that was lacking in sources, and which was deleted by consensus at AfD. Again - if you have good sources, there is nothing preventing you from writing a new article from scratch and putting it through WP:AfC. Girth Summit _(blether) 15:30, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

I wasn't asking for a restoration, I was asking for text. But as you wish, I think I can restore the text myself RuskiyRepVybralMenya (talk) 15:34, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

Be sure to familiarise yourself with WP:BLP first. It looks like the previous author wasn't aware of that policy, I see serious violations in the deleted article. Girth Summit _(blether) 15:47, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

Thank you RuskiyRepVybralMenya (talk) 17:11, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

I'm, by the way, right now got swamped into re-creating that article (it feels bad to do that while not being paid for that, feels miserable, like if I'm doing a free PR for that rapper). I am in the middle of it and if you want, you can read it and criticize all you want, all criticism is welcome RuskiyRepVybralMenya (talk) 17:14, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

RuskyRepVybralMenya, if you "feel like you're doing free PR for that rapper" then you have misunderstood what Wikipedia is. Promotion of any kind is forbidden on Wikipedia. If you or anybody else succeeds in creating an article about Big Baby Tape, the article will not belong to him or to you, will not be controlled by him or by you, will not be for his benefit except incidentally, will not necessarily say what he would like it to say, and should be based almost entirely on what people who have no connection with him have chosen to publish about him. The great majority of Wikipedia articles are not written by or on behalf of the subject, and are not written by paid editors. ColinFine (talk) 23:43, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

Well, I think I am retracting my ground as the behavior of Corwin is not my concern, my primary concern is how to restore that article. If Corwin takes time to explain, then it would be great, if not, well, that's not my concern RuskiyRepVybralMenya (talk) 15:28, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

No other editor has to respond to you. If you think the deletion discussion was closed wrongly WP:DRV is the place. ANI if it's for a person inappropriately editing. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 17:18, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

Close peer review

Hello Help desk editors. I kindly request assistance in closing the peer review for Timeline of Francis Drake's circumnavigation. It is a two step process, and I believe I have correctly completed the first step. However, I am hopelessly confused how to complete the second step. If someone could do this for me or perhaps direct me to exactly where the proper template should be added, please do so. Most kind regards, Hu Nhu (talk) 15:17, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

@Hu Nhu:  Done – see Special:Diff/1076905837. DanCherek (talk) 15:20, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

Thank you for your attention to this, DanCherek. Kind regards,Hu Nhu (talk) 01:15, 14 March 2022 (UTC)

Gene Vincent

You have two different years and dates for his death. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.173.70.191 (talk) 15:26, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

OK, had a look at Gene Vincent. The infobox and article text are consistent on this (b February 11, 1935 – d October 12, 1971), can you be more specific about the problem?--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 15:33, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

Where to send complaints about front page?

The "Did You Know?" section of the front page today contains information about torture, and a potentially upsetting image (racialized torture) is on the front page. I don't know if this is supposed to happen or not, but I'd like to record a complaint so removing such displays can be considered in the future. Where should I direct this complaint? Thank you. -Etoile ✩ (talk) 17:14, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

WP:ERRORS Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 17:19, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

Getting help with a personal page

Hello,

I would like to have a Wikipedia page. I think I have had a significant career in music that would warrant inclusion. I don't have the time to make my own page (still working) and I don't want to pay a service for this. I have a "my life in music" document that I've created over the years that has most of the relevant information. Do Wikipedia volunteers ever construct pages for people, with their support? If so, how might I put such a request out. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by SavMus (talk • contribs) 19:07, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

SavMus Wikipedia has articles, not pages. Wikipedia articles summarize what independent reliable sources with significant coverage have chosen on their own to say about (in this case) a musician, showing how they meet the special Wikipedia definition of a notable musician- not what people say about themselves. If you are truly notable, it is best to allow independent editors to take note of your career in sources and choose on their own to write about you. Trying to force the issue is not always successful.

Be advised that a Wikipedia article about yourself is not necessarily a good thing. There are good reasons to not want one. 331dot (talk) 19:17, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

@SavMus: We would need to see evidence in online or offline sources (such as newspapers, news magazines, music magazines, or scholarly books) that you've been written about to some extent or have achieved some sort of milestone, in in-depth, non-routine, independent articles/books that have identifiable authors and have been fact-checked for accuracy. That "my life in music" document would not be usable in this regard (not independent). —Jéské Couriano v^_^v ^{a little blue Bori} 19:20, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

@SavMus: Please be very careful if you decide to "pay a service". No service has any special relationship to Wikipedia, nor does a service have any editing privileges beyond those of volunteers. In fact, a service is a "paid editor" whose contributions are more restricted than those of an uninvolved volunteer: see WP:PAID. Furthermore, there are quirte a few "services" that are less than ethical. A service might write an article for you, but no service can guarantee that such an article will remain on Wikipedia. -Arch dude (talk) 19:27, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

Thank you. Here's my website. There are a lot of postings about my work on the Internet. www.stevesavage.net Please advise. — Preceding unsigned comment added by SavMus (talk • contribs) 19:30, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

My advice is to, as I said above, allow independent editors to take notice of you in independent sources and choose on their own to write about you. Anything else is not likely to succeed. You could make a request at requested articles, but the backlog there is so severe as to make it useless. 331dot (talk) 19:35, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

OK. thank you. there's been a lot of press about me recently since my nonprofit music school just celebrated it's 50th anniversary. I suppose someone Wikipedia volunteer might notice. SavMus (talk) 19:37, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

@SavMus: I have to ask, exactly which of the criteria in WP:MUSICBIO do you feel that you meet? ~Anachronist (talk) 19:40, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

Hi I think I would meet most any criteria for record producer. Savage has recorded and/or mixed over 50 commercially released CDs in a wide range of genres including Grammy nominated CDs for Robert Cray, John Hammond, The Gospel Hummingbirds and Elvin Bishop (2009, 2017 and 2018). Also for author with two books published by Oxford University Press. SavMus (talk) 19:57, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

We don't have criteria for record producers other than the general or biographical guidelines. In fact, we don't have specific notability criteria for most forms of "backstage" personnel, which is a shame since sourcing for them is rarer than hen's teeth. They say the lead singer's hot but the group is not, and all that. —Jéské Couriano v^_^v ^{a little blue Bori} 20:03, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

I see many of my colleagues and less "notable" folks in my field with Wikipedia articles. The recognition is kind of nice - but it's not critical. I'm not going to hire someone to do it. Maybe it will happen, maybe it won't. Thanks. SavMus (talk) 20:14, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

@SavMus I took a look at your website, your publications might justify an article about you as an author or perhaps even as an academic. I hope this helps. (ping @Jéské Couriano) Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 06:21, 14 March 2022 (UTC)

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My id moje dediye muje maf kardo sorry — Preceding unsigned comment added by 106.0.54.126 (talk) 21:37, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

Welcome to English Wikipedia. Please post your question in English. RudolfRed (talk) 21:48, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

"state" usage inside template

I was trying to understand some of the code inside Template:Unicode blocks and I don't grok what's up with this code:

{{{state|stuff}}}

The context is below, which I take to be constructing a CSS class name to be used for a wikitable.

{|class="wikitable sortable collapsible {{{state|{{template other|uncollapsed|autocollapse}}}}}"

I don't understand just what "state" is and what it does. As far as I can tell, it is not a template, so I would guess it is some type of predefined function at some level. Thanks for whatever enlightenment you can give me. -- R. S. Shaw (talk) 21:43, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

{{{state|stuff}}} refers to the parameter |state=. When |state= is omitted, the template uses the value in stuff.

The default rendering for {{unicode blocks}} outside of template space (when |state= is omitted) is collapsed. That is the function of the {{template other|uncollapsed|autocollapse}} call. It detects the namespace and when in template namespace, returns uncollapsed but in all other namespaces, returns autocollapse.

You can override that default by setting |state=autocollapse ({{unicode blocks|state=autocollapse}} in template namespace) or |state=uncollapsed ({{unicode blocks|state=uncollapsed}} all other namespaces).

Note that {{unicode blocks|state=}} is different from {{unicode blocks}}; in the former, |state= evaluates to an empty string which is not the same as omitted.

—Trappist the monk (talk) 22:21, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

See Help:Template#Handling parameters. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:40, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

Re categoriesby country & year

Re categories by country/year the template {{YYYY awards in the United States category header}} seems to work, as does {{YYYY awards in Bangladesh category header}} but not for Canada using {{YYYY awards in Canada category header}}

See Category:2016 awards in Canada. Likewise perhaps the decades template {{YYY0 awards in Canada category header}}.

Compare: using template Category:2017 awards in Bangladesh, Category:2017 awards in the United States

Compare: not using template Category:2017 awards in Canada, Category:2017 awards in the United Kingdom some without decades eg "2010s awards in the United Kingdom")

Hugo999 (talk) 21:44, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

@Hugo999: Every template has to be created separately. We often have more content for the US than other countries. Special:PrefixIndex/Template:YYYY awards and Special:PrefixIndex/Template:YYY0s awards show these awards templates have only been made for the US and Bangladesh. A Bangladeshi editor made versions for Bangladesh based on the US version. Special:PrefixIndex/Template:YYYY in nationality shows some topics have a more general template with nationality as a parameter or automatically read from the category name, but there is no such template for awards. However, other years like Category:2021 awards in Canada have an even more general template {{Navseasoncats}} which can read both year and country from the category name. You can just add it to Category:2016 awards in Canada. When creating a category, I suggest you always look for the code used in similar categories. For Category:2016 awards in Canada this can both be another country like Category:2016 awards in the United States, another year like Category:2021 awards in Canada, and another topic like Category:2016 crimes in Canada. For year categories it's usually best to look for another year. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:06, 14 March 2022 (UTC)

Well I have used {{Navseasoncats}} but I thought at least Category:2016 awards in the United Kingdom etc would have nearly as much content as that for the United States. but they are already created back to 1970 anyway. Generally for events by country and month the United States and the United Kingdom are tops, followed by Australia and Canada, then perhaps India (all big and largely English-speaking!) Hugo999 (talk) 06:06, 14 March 2022 (UTC)

March 14

Rename a page

Hello, I am trying to edit the page of my company, which has been created a few years back. We have just changed name and I wanted to edit the page title, but I don't have the option listed. Could you please let me know how to do so? — Preceding unsigned comment added by SaharaConservation (talk • contribs) 09:04, 14 March 2022 (UTC)

SaharaConservation Before we get into the name of the article about your company(not a "page"), you will need to change your username, please see your user talk page for information on how to do that. You also have policies that you need to comply with, please read about paid editing and conflict of interest.

Renaming an article requires a page move; this may be requested at requested moves. Note that Wikipedia does not necessarily use official or legal names, but uses whatever a topic is commonly called in reliable sources. In your case, a rename is probably all right, though. 331dot (talk) 09:19, 14 March 2022 (UTC)

The organisation's own website still refers to itself as "The Sahara Conservation Fund", so perhaps a move would be premature. AndrewWTaylor (talk) 09:44, 14 March 2022 (UTC)

Accounts with lost passwords

User:Qian6666 is my first registered account. It was created in October 2019, but the password was lost in December 2019. Please edit the main page of this account to the following, then block it indefinitely to prevent it from becoming a SpamBot.

{{User Alternate Acct|Seele2021}} — Preceding unsigned comment added by Seele2021 (talk • contribs)

@Seele2021: Special:Contributions/Qian6666 shows no edits since November 2019. We don't block ordinary accounts when there are no signs of abuse or unauthorized access. Spammers can just create their own accounts anyway. You can place the code yourself so the page history confirms it was you. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:53, 14 March 2022 (UTC)

Can I make a page for a musician here

Is it possible for me as a privat person (and wife to the artist) to make a wikipedia page for Danny Lee (Troubadour)? And would others be able to find information to fill in information about his days as a young singer? He started of singing and learned the guitar in adult life. How do I do this? Do I need to make a user for him spesifically or can I use my own user for this?

AHParsons — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ann Helen Parsons (talk • contribs) 14:08, 14 March 2022 (UTC)

Ann Helen Parsons Creating a new article(not a "page") is the hardest thing to attempt on Wikipedia, and it is even harder with what we call a conflict of interest. Wikipedia is not a place to just tell about someone and what they do- this is an encyclopedia with criteria for inclusion. For musicians, that criteria is written at WP:BAND. Any article about your husband must summarize what independent reliable sources with significant coverage have chosen on their own to say about(and not prompted by or based on materials by him) him, showing how he meets that definition of a notable musician. This is usually hard for people with a conflict of interest, as in essence you need to set aside everything you know about him and only write based on what others unconnected with him have decided to say about him. If you truly feel that you can do that, you may create and submit a draft at Articles for Creation.

Be advised that an article about your husband is not necessarily a good thing for him. There are good reasons to not want one. 331dot (talk) 14:12, 14 March 2022 (UTC)

@Ann Helen Parsons For an article to "stick", it doesn't have to be "complete" but it has to be good enough per WP:BASIC. What are the 3-5 best sources you know, that are at the same time reliably published (WP:RS), independent of Danny Lee and about him in some detail? This excludes blogs, wikis, his own websites/social media etc etc. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 17:32, 14 March 2022 (UTC)

Ann Helen Parsons Aside from the "usuals" above, a couple of other things might be said in response to your inquiry.

First, probably the overwhelming majority of contributors--even the most successful and valuable ones--are "private persons." We might have--probably do have--various areas of expertise, but the best of us are writing for the love of the project. That said ...

You asked if you "need to make a user for him." I presume you meant a User Page. The answer is not only do you not need to, but you absolutely should NOT make a User Page for anybody but yourself. Contributions to Wikipedia are on record as being from this or that User (not necessarily one with an ID). Making contributions that are attributed to someone else could be very problematic. Given everything above--and no disparagement intended in any way--probably the third least appropriate person to be writing a Wikipedia article about someone would be that someone's spouse. The second least would be that person him- or herself. And I guess the least appropriate would be someone writing under a User account that he or she set up FOR the person being written about. Uporządnicki (talk) 18:48, 14 March 2022 (UTC)

Uploading images

Hello, I am attempting to upload images to a Wikipedia site I am editing...I have permission to use the images but can't seem to be successful with it. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I am a novice at this and need some guidance. Thank you in advance — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dalter1 (talk • contribs) 14:51, 14 March 2022 (UTC)

Go to Commons:Special:UploadWizard and follow the instructions. At the end there should be something that says "to add this image in a article copy this", you then copy the aforementioned text, and place it in the given article. If you need any more help, or have questions, please feel free to ask! Sea Cow (talk) 14:54, 14 March 2022 (UTC)

What exactly do you mean by "I have permission to use the images"? Copyright is a complicated and unsatisfactory business, but I'm afraid the upshot is that "permission to use an image in Wikipedia" is almost always completely useless. In most cases, the only way that an image can be used in Wikipedia is if the copyright owner (who is usually the photographer, not the subject of the photo) must have explicitly licensed the image in such a way that anybody may copy or reuse it for any purpose (commercial or not) without requiring permission. If the owner is willing to license it in that way, they must either do so publicly (usually by publishing it on a website with a suitable licence) or directly to Wikimedia by uploading it themselves, or by sending a mail in a specified format - see donating copyright materials. Please see WP:image use policy for more information.

You have also not made explicit what the problem is that you are having. "I can't seem to be successful with it" is like telling a mechanic "my car won't go" and expecting them to be able to tell you the problem. ColinFine (talk) 15:29, 14 March 2022 (UTC)

You might want to consider, also, does whoever gave you "permission" to upload an image--presumably the creator of the image--fully understand the implications of allowing an image to which they own copyright to be uploaded to Wikipedia. I don't know all the details, but basically, they're granting a general license to use that image. Uporządnicki (talk) 18:54, 14 March 2022 (UTC)

Extract encoded SVG

I am attempting many and many times to extract the svg logo from https://www.bofrost.it/index.aspx but is encoded inside the html code. How can I extract logo? Many, many and many thanks in advance for all you can do!!! --2001:B07:6442:8903:B950:1D4:DFED:2D7F (talk) 15:12, 14 March 2022 (UTC)

SVG images are encoded as text. The one you refer to is coded as <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 259.5 62.2" xml:space="preserve"><path d="m232.8 31.4 5.3 1.1 4.9-7.8 4.9 7.8 5.3-1.1 2.7-4.7-5.9-7.1 8.9-2.3.6-5.4-3.6-4-8.5 3.4.6-9.2-5-2.1-5 2.2.6 9.2-8.5-3.4-3.6 4 .6 5.4 8.9 2.3-5.9 7.1 2.7 4.6zM199.9 6.6h10.2v10.8h8.4v8.3h-8.4v10.7c0 3.4 1.8 4.6 5.2 4.6h3.2v8.8h-4.2c-9.6 0-14.5-3.3-14.5-12.2l.1-31zm-27.2 32.6c3.1 1.8 6.6 3.2 9.5 3.2 1.9 0 3-.6 3-1.9 0-4.7-15.6-1.7-15.6-13 0-6.5 5.1-10.8 12.8-10.8 4.4 0 8.2 1.5 11.8 3.4l-3.6 7.3c-2.5-1.5-5.2-2.3-8.2-2.5-1.9 0-3.2.7-3.2 1.9 0 4.4 15.6 1.7 15.6 13.3 0 6.5-4.5 10.5-12.7 10.5-2.4 0-4.7-.4-6.9-1.1-2.3-.7-4.4-1.6-6.4-2.8l3.9-7.5zm-25.4 2.6c4.3 0 7.9-3.1 7.9-8s-3.6-8.2-7.9-8.2-7.9 3.3-7.9 8.2 3.5 8 7.9 8zm-.1-25.1c10.3 0 18.6 6.8 18.6 17.1s-8.2 16.9-18.5 16.9-18.4-6.7-18.4-16.9 8.1-17.1 18.3-17.1zm-40.2.7h9.3v7.9c.7-5.2 4.6-8.5 9.5-8.5h1.2v10.1h-.4c-7 0-9.4 2.5-9.4 9.2v13.8H107V17.4zm-26.8 0h4.5v-2.1c0-8.2 5.1-13.1 14.1-13.1h4.2V11h-3.5c-2.6 0-3.8 1.3-3.8 3.9v2.4h7.4v8.2h-7.4v36.6H84.6V25.6h-4.5l.1-8.2zM59.3 41.8c4.3 0 8-3.1 8-8.1s-3.6-8.1-8-8.1-8 3.1-8 8.1c0 4.9 3.7 8.1 8 8.1zm0-25.1c10.2 0 18.4 6.8 18.4 17s-8.2 17-18.4 17-18.4-6.8-18.4-17 8.2-17 18.4-17zm-41 25.1c4.3 0 8-3.1 8-8.1s-3.6-8.1-8-8.1c-4.3 0-8 3.1-8 8.1.1 4.9 3.7 8.1 8 8.1zM10.1 46v3.8H0V2.2h10.9v18.1c2.1-2.2 5.5-3.6 9.9-3.6 9.2 0 16 6.8 16 17s-6.7 17-16 17c-4.3-.1-7.9-1.4-10.7-4.7z" fill="#0d194d"></path></svg>. Paste that into a text editor (such as Notepad) and save it as an .svg file. You will then have the copy you need. If you are going to use it, then remember it is likely copyrighted. Bazza (talk) 15:34, 14 March 2022 (UTC)