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is my article good enough now to publish?

Hello!!! Could someone take a look at my work in progress page on Nourhane, famous singer from the 1940s, 1950s, 1960s in Egypt, Lebanon, Syria - and who suddenly quit. You can find the page here. I have tried added inline citations and references that have varied sources. I will continue working on it, adding more links / photos, etc... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Nourhane

awaiting your comments. thank you in advance. Sincerely, May Kassem MayKassem (talk) 15:52, 12 April 2022 (UTC)

Hello @MayKassem! Apart from the citation issues mentioned in the comment on the draft by User:DoubleGrazing, there were issues with formatting (like instead of an infobox, you added an image over a table and using individual images instead of a gallery) and WP:NPOV (for instance, there's a line that says "she was sent to a boarding school where she was seen as a natural leader due to her wit, intelligence, and fearless nature" which is not neutral). So, for these, you can look at other articles about a similar topic and see how they are made, maybe check what templates are used in them. Excellenc1 (talk) 17:35, 12 April 2022 (UTC)

@MayKassem, the article has a bunch of formatting issues, which Excellenc1 and I have been addressing. The good news, though, is that the topic clearly passes the notability requirement for singers, largely due to the press surrounding your film. It'd help if you'd format them properly, though—read WP:REFB, fix all the press references in the bibliography section, and then place them throughout the article to support specific facts.

Another issue is that the images in the article will be deleted unless you fix the licenses. You claimed that File:Nourhane Blue paint.jpg was your own work when you uploaded it; unless you personally took it, that's false. For a non-living person, you can upload an image under fair use, but you need to answer the prompts in the wizard correctly. For the press images, they might be out of copyright, but that can be very difficult to prove, so they'll likely be deleted unless you go into the rabbit hole of copyright law in the relevant countries. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 18:00, 12 April 2022 (UTC)

@Sdkb, @MayKassem, yes, that photo's description says "by Photo Akl- Beirut". I suspect that company owns the copyright. 73.127.147.187 (talk) 04:19, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

I put that information in. Photo Akl is the Photo Studio that took the initial photograph and painted it by hand. A took a photograph of the large photograph, this is therefore a fragment. At any rate, the photograph in its entirety is the property of Nourhane and her family of which I am a part of. This is to reply to @Sdkb- let me know if it's okay with this clarification. MayKassem (talk) 09:36, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

@MayKassem, copyright law is unfortunately a lot stricter than it might seem, so unfortunately that's probably still not sufficient. If a photo studio took the photo, even if it's of you/your family, they own the license to it unless they legally transferred it to you. What you should probably do is upload it through the file upload wizard, choosing "non-free but fair use" and the option for a historic portrait of a person no longer alive. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 18:15, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

will do. another question on copyright of this image: I think she actually paid for the portrait. how does this affect the status? 94.187.0.165 (talk) 18:54, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

It unfortunately doesn't, unless the agreement included something about intellectual property. Many people are often surprised to find out that they don't own things like their own wedding photos. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 19:02, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

so, I can't actually modify the licensing right? I have to wait until it's deleted and then upload again following the steps/options you mentioned. Right?

and thanks a million!!! MayKassem (talk) 16:38, 14 April 2022 (UTC)

@MayKassem I would just upload a new photo and give it a slightly different name. I'm not sure if that's 100% the correct photo, but it's simplist by far. Cheers, {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 18:32, 14 April 2022 (UTC)

thank you again @Sdkb - will read through the WP:REFB and revise. MayKassem (talk) 09:39, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

@Sdkb &@Excellenc1 - Thank you so much for reworking the formatting and phrasing of the article.

I will read all the pages you advise me to and reformat, create a photo gallery, and put in more supporting documentation. Thanks again. Have a lovely day. MayKassem (talk) 09:58, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

thank you @Excellenc1 very helpful comments MayKassem (talk) 09:37, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

Flags in Wikipedia logo

I noticed that in the Ukrainian version of pages, the Wikipedia logo has the colors of the Ukrainian flag. I think that is a great idea. Would it be possible to extend that idea to the pages in all the other languages? I realize that there is a potential issue with the fact that some languages are spoken in many countries while others are spoken mostly in a region or province of a country. I am sure some kind of protocol can be devised for these cases. 67.186.48.166 (talk) 04:51, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

hi ip user! each language Wikipedia is a different project with different standards and different members, so I believe you would have to raise this proposal in each individual wiki language. happy reading! 💜  melecie  talk - 07:06, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

Before the war, that wasn't there probably. It's only there now because of the war. Cool guy (talk • contribs) • he/they 18:13, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

Moving image to Commons... from other language Wikipedia

Hello. I am trying to move a Wikipedia free image file that should be suitable for Wikimedia Commons. I have read the Wikipedia:Moving files to Commons guideline. However, this file is from the Japanese language Wikipedia. Can anyone help perform this export from the Japanese Wikipedia to Commons? The image link in question is: https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AB:NW-A900.JPG Morita Akio (talk) 10:43, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

Morita Akio, I've never moved a file to Commons, because I've never wanted to. But a quick look at commons:Commons:Moving files to Commons doesn't suggest that there's anything about the process that varies according to which Wikipedia you're moving from. If you tried following the instructions there but got stuck, where was the sticking point? -- Hoary (talk) 00:35, 14 April 2022 (UTC)

Properly formatting userboxes

Hi, a few days ago I added several userboxes to my userpage, and as you can tell by my aforementioned userpage, I have not been able to find a way to properly format them into neat rows and columns. How would you go about in organzing these userboxes properly? Maerenneburg (talk) 12:35, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

@Maerenneburg Welcome to the Teahouse. I've added a {{userboxtop}} {{userboxbottom}} and a {{clear}} template to help sort things out for you. A good tip is to find another user who's userpage you like, and copy the relevant source code you see there to arrange your content like theirs. Hope this helps, Nick Moyes (talk) 12:56, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

Editing suggestions

Hello,

As a new participant to Wikipedia, I have had a list of editing suggestions provided to me. That list is no longer visible. Is this correct?

Thank you in advance.

NorthWu (talk) 15:12, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

@NorthWu: Welcome to the Teahouse. Do you happen to have a new user homepage? If you do, you can click on your username by the top-right corner of the screen, then click on the "Homepage" link by the top-left corner. I believe that may be where you saw editing suggestions. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 15:19, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

Thank you for your quick reply. I do have a new user page and that is where the editing suggestions appeared...until now. NorthWu (talk) 15:27, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

@NorthWu: So you're saying that when you're on the homepage, the suggested edits don't appear on the left-hand side? —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 15:47, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

That's correct, the left-hand side only has the standard Wikipedia menu. The editing suggestion were in the center of the page, more or less, and now that is empty. NorthWu (talk) 15:54, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

@NorthWu: I see a list of suggestions on your talk page. 108.52.196.8 (talk) 16:00, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

Yes, that just arrived as a result of my post here at the Teahouse. Thanks very much for your time. NorthWu (talk) 16:02, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

Mentor

Sometimes at the bottom right of a page is a question mark, which when clicked on says "Ask your mentor for help" "Liamyangyll, 1571 edits, active 2 days ago" what is this and how did this person become my mentor? Sandyway us (talk) 15:50, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

Ah, good question, @Sandyway us! This is a part of our new Growth Team Features (GTF), which specializes in making Wikipedia more approachable to new users. You should have noticed the Newcomer Homepage by now, which is given to 100% of new users. One of these new GTF is the Mentorship program, where new users are assigned an experienced editor; the new users can ask this mentor questions at any time if they feel stuck about something. Currently, 10% of new users are given this feature, and you have fallen in this percentage.

In short, you can hit that button at any time and ask Liamyangyll any questions, who is experienced enough to hopefully have answers. This isn't necessary a "personal" interaction and you do not need to use this feature if you aren't interested. Panini! • 🥪 16:07, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

Google link

I want to use the following for a citation: https://www.gooogle.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwihwMCOpJH3AhU1NX0KHf6qC0o4PBAWegQIEhAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.elebase.io%2F48f2d2e2-227a-4dfc-b2d3-d99715fd23cd%2F547964aa-00c3-40d5-b3b1-f693ce29237d-wat18e890956d9c1c889.pdf%3Fdl%3Dtrue&usg=AOvVaw2IwUkunZ9OXCTF3jhXRZJu How do I convert it to a non-google link? (I've added an extra "o" to google for this edit to be accepted here) DMBanks1 (talk) 18:04, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

https://cdn.elebase.io/48f2d2e2-227a-4dfc-b2d3-d99715fd23cd/547964aa-00c3-40d5-b3b1-f693ce29237d-wat18e890956d9c1c889.pdf I believe that's right. Although is there not a more direct link you could use? - LCU ActivelyDisinterested ∆transmissions∆ °co-ords° 18:18, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

@DMBanks1, well, that was my risky click of the day haha. It looks like you're trying to cite a Google redirect URL to a PDF, so just go with the direct URL ActivelyDisinterested provided above. Cheers, {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 18:19, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

(edit conflict) @DMBanks1: Any reason you wouldn't just use [1], which is where that link redirects? Is the site blacklisted? TimTempleton ^{(talk) (cont)} 18:20, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

I think he was asking how to convert the mess he had into the URL it redirects too. - LCU ActivelyDisinterested ∆transmissions∆ °co-ords° 18:37, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

@DMBanks1 Welcome to the Teahouse. My approach was to take the documents title and Google it. That gives you a single search result which you can click to download the document. Just copy the link at the search result point, then use that as the url when you add a citation with the editing tool "Cite" button. It will automatically detect it as a pdf. I pass no judgement on the source website or the legitimacy of the source. It looks OK, but it's hard to tell at a quick read through. Is there likely to be anything contentious about it? Nick Moyes (talk) 18:26, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

Content reads as sound. Many thanks to all. DMBanks1 (talk) 19:14, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

Test edits on your own talk page?

Are you "allowed" to make any number of test edits on your own talk page? So long as you are not "gaming" the system or trying to do so simply as a result of editcountitis? Thank you. ♥Th78blue (talk)♥ 18:31, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

@Th78blue, if you want to make test edits, I'd suggest using your sandbox instead. Cheers, {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 18:39, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

Is there a WP policy against doing so in a specific area of your talk page? Just wondering. Thanks! ♥Th78blue (talk)♥ 18:59, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

@Th78blue, the purpose of talk pages is to facilitate communication with others, so it might be frowned upon by any talk page watchers to use it as a test space instead. There's no ironclad rule against it I'm aware of, but why do you want so much to use it for a different than it was intended for? You'll have lots of need for testing as you become more experienced, so I'd recommend just creating your sandbox as a dedicated space for it. Cheers, {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 19:07, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

I was curious if this has any precedent in the WP policy is all. Thank you. ♥Th78blue (talk)♥ 19:11, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

@Th78blue: Some relevant policy/guideline for User pages is given at WP:UPYES and H:SANDBOX. These suggest you can create as many subpages as you like to act as alternatives/additions to your main User Page and sandbox, for example to allow you to do experimentation or hold specialist templates readily accessible longer-term. Some editors even create subpages of advice/essays which they point new users to! IMO, using your Talk Page for test edits would be less sensible for the reasons given by Sdkb. Mike Turnbull (talk) 14:49, 14 April 2022 (UTC)

Struggling with block quote

Hello everyone! I'm struggling with a block quote. I translated one of my articles from the german wikipedia where I am using a block quote as a means of design/organization of the article as it matches the two galleries so nicely. Now I'm not sure wether I should translate it or not. Quote in the original language, which is german? It would be good to have an english translation of it as well. But there's no parameter for the translation in the template. Just write it in brackets? Here's the wikitext:

{{Quote
 |text=Dem Hamburg-Wien-Tagebuch inhärent sind die unablässigen Bewegungen des Suchens, Probierens, der Orientierung einer Studentin. ... Das trifft sich mit Choi-ahois außergewöhnlicher und unbedingter Neugier (curiositas) als Wille zum Wissen, als ‚Lust der Augen‘ (Augustinus), die mit dem Staunen beginnt, um dann mittels künstlerischer, schreibender Handlungen transformiert und angeeignet zu werden.
 |author=Michael Glasmeier
 |source=Afterword. In: Von Hamburg nach Wien und zurück (From Hamburg to Vienna and back)
 |ref=<ref>{{citation|surname1=Michael Glasmeier|editor-surname1= Michael Glasmeier|periodical=Von Hamburg nach Wien und zurück: Tag.Buch.Zeichnung 1999 und 2000|title=Nachwort|at=p. 199|date=2020|language=German</ref>
|translation=Inherent in the Hamburg-Vienna diary are the incessant movements of searching, trying, and orientation of a student. ... This coincides with Choi-ahoi's extraordinary and unconditional curiosity (curiositas) as a will to know, as a 'pleasure of the eyes' (Augustinus), which begins with amazement and is then transformed and appropriated through artistic, writing actions.
}}
}}

And here's the section in the article in my sandbox: Kyung-hwa Choi-ahoi: Artist Books

Thanks for helping out!! Grizma Grizma (talk) 18:53, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

@Grizma, Wikipedia doesn't tend to use many block quotes, so the question to ask yourself is whether it's truly necessary to have the extended quote in order to write an encyclopedic summary overview of the topic. If yes, I'd just translate it to English and then note that in the source field. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 19:04, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

Ok, thanks, I'll just insert the translation then. Yes, it's necessary, because I want it. And I rarely ever use block quotes in my articles, so this is an exception anyway. ;D — Preceding unsigned comment added by Grizma (talk • contribs)

@Grizma: I don't feel that "it's necessary, because I want it." is any sort of justification! Do beware attributing things to people or making statements that are not substantiated in the source. In one place you wrote "Choi-ahoi proves her "invaluable talent for.... I see no use of the word "proves" in the source, so that sounds like your own opinion or interpretation. Do try and avoid that, and keep your quotations very short. I'm not convinced that the long English translation is relevant as it seems rather like "art-waffle" to me that one single reviewer wrote, rather than anything intrinsically encyclopaedic or informative about the subject or her work. (Please remember to sign your posts on talk pages by typing four keyboard tildes like this: ~~~~. Or, you could click the [ reply ] link to use the new reply tool and never have to sign a post manually again!) Nick Moyes (talk) 19:30, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

Collapsing personal dispute. We're all here to help each other build an encyclopedia.

Oh, lovely. Ever so good to be paternalized every now and then after 13 years in the WP. Keeps one humble. Grizma (talk) 19:46, 13 April 2022 (UTC) Hey, I'm just giving you some feedback and suggestions. I can't help it if you don't like it, or don't want it. And, anyway, I make it 5 years and just 473 edits with this account on English Wikipedia. Nick Moyes (talk) 22:08, 13 April 2022 (UTC) You were mansplaining and the advice was unasked for, as I was looking for a specific solution. And it does not matter that I may "just" have 473 edits (which is not just a handful as well) in the en WP as the topic you are addressing deals a) with the content and is b) a universal topic in all the Wikipedias worldwide. The article was featured on the german WP start page and none of the thousands of readers at that time, longterm users included, has felt compelled to complain about artsy fartsiedness and inediquacy of the blockquote. Grizma (talk) 14:28, 14 April 2022 (UTC)

@Grizma, many parts of Wikikpedia do use block quotes with {{blockquote}}. See Template:Blockquote/doc#Examples where the multiline parameter is used to provide a quote with both the original and the translation. The example gives

Ceci n'est pas une pipe.

This is Not a Pipe.

— René Magritte, The Treachery of Images

StarryGrandma (talk) 19:22, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

Perfect, StarryGrandma, that's the instruction page I was looking for, thanks! :D

Reliable Sources

I am working on a page, and wondering if subsidiaries of Fox/ABC count as reliable sources for Wikipedia. For example—an article in Fox47, the Lansing and Jackson station for Fox. All help would be greatly appreciated, thanks! Matriarch-info (talk) 19:16, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

@Matriarch-info, per this footnote, I'd say treat it on a case-by-case basis. For relatively uncontroversial information, they're probably fine, but I wouldn't say they're the most reliable sources. If they're challenged, you can ask at WP:RSN. Cheers, {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 19:21, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

@Matriarch-info, the local affiliates of Fox and ABC, as well as the local affiliates of CBS and NBC, are absolutely a reliable source for Wikipedia. Local affiliates have high journalistic standards and often produce important local stories not seen anywhere else. Esolo5002 (talk) 12:26, 14 April 2022 (UTC)

Why is my divided column not working

Can someone help fix (and explain to me, so that I am taught to fish, not just fed a fish) this divided column. I want it divided, but it is not dividing, I did the <nowiki>

stuff</no wiki> to no avail. Thanks!

Here is the link: Example here. ♥Th78blue (talk)♥ 19:51, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

Th78blue, this might make you laugh, but you've done everything right. The reason why it's not splitting into two columns is because the infobox is taking up too much space and the division would get in the way, so the template didn't run. For now, or until there's expansion on the article, one row will suffice. Panini! • 🥪 20:03, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

@Th78blue: It looks OK to me, breaking the list into two columns. What do you think is wrong with it? RudolfRed (talk) 20:04, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

typo. fixing the ping @Th78blue: RudolfRed (talk) 20:05, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

I didn't see it break into two? Is it doing it and I'm just not seeing it? ♥Th78blue (talk)♥ 20:06, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

based on the other reply it seems it may depend on the browser or window size or something. RudolfRed (talk) 20:06, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

@Th78blue: Yes, for me (using Chrome) it is showing as two columns RudolfRed (talk) 20:07, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

I use Brave, which is Chrome based and should render in the same way, and it (currently) is not. ♥Th78blue (talk)♥ 20:17, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

@Th78blue, I depends on which skin you are using. Vector (2022) has a fixed maximum width which is too narrow for there to be two columns next to the infobox. The default skin, Vector legacy (2010), gives two columns when the window is wide enough. StarryGrandma (talk) 20:36, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

I've made divided columns plenty of times with whatever "skin" I am using though with no issues until now. Here is an example that is working just fine for me: Example with Div Col working. The other one just wasn't visually rendering for me correctly and I wasn't quite sure why. Though the Panini above has a theory, but I'm not sure how to fix that. ♥Th78blue (talk)♥ 20:48, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

Hello Th78blue! I believe this is down to browser window size, two columns only display if you have a wide enough window. For example both columns you mentioned (here & here) show as single columns for me unless I maximize my browser, at which point they reshuffle to display as two columns. Screen resolution used will also have an affect, wider resolutions will allow more screen acreage to display columns. Text size in browser will also cause variation on people's display devices, I use a fairly large size font so get less room. Added to this both examples have either an infobox or gallery images alongside them taking up some of the window further reducing the area they can spread. Hope this is of some use! LooksGreatInATurtleNeck (talk) 11:17, 14 April 2022 (UTC)

Interesting. I didn't realize that things can render differently for different people. Obviously the exception I was aware of was mobile devices, but I figured that on a computer, regardless of browser, we all see the same thing! ♥Th78blue (talk)♥ 16:57, 14 April 2022 (UTC)

User name and display name.

Somehow my display turned out as 1st letter capital. How can I change it to have proper Case?

Thanks! Dhavalpawar (talk) 22:24, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

MediaWiki automatically capitalises the first letter of every username. This is a technical limitation. —Jéské Couriano v^_^v ^{a little blue Bori} 22:26, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

• Dhavalpawar, hello and welcome to the Teahouse, what Jéské Couriano is apt, the first letter is indeed always automatically made to be capitalized, we are sorry if this makes you feel bad, but this is beyond our control. Celestina007 (talk) 22:34, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

Hello, Dhavalpawar. You can create a custom signature that displays your username in all lower case if you want. Please see Wikipedia:Signatures#Customizing your signature for details. Cullen328 (talk) 00:52, 14 April 2022 (UTC)

You can also use the DISPLAYNAME magic word. This is what I do on my user page. As for usernames, that's not possible. Cool guy (talk • contribs) • he/they 18:19, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

how to disambiguate?

I just created my first business page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Riveter

and had this comment come up - can anyone tell me how to add this or update this page to comply with this?:

• Comment:
  The title of this draft either has been disambiguated or will need to be disambiguated for acceptance.
  If this draft is accepted, an entry will need to be added to the disambiguation page for the primary name.
  The disambiguation page for the primary name is Rivet (disambiguation). Robert McClenon (talk) 01:54, 14 April 2022 (UTC)

Weavingowl (talk) 03:24, 14 April 2022 (UTC)

Hello, Weavingowl. You do not need to worry about disambiguation and that note on your draft is not directed at you. Any experienced editor who (possibly) accepts your draft will take care of the disambiguation. Far more important is for you to improve the draft to establish that thus business meets the notability guideline Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies). When I look at the current version of your draft, I see no evidence that this company is notable. Cullen328 (talk) 03:37, 14 April 2022 (UTC)

Hello, Weavingowl, and welcome to the Teahouse. Your use of the phrase "business page" suggests to me that, like many people, you have a fundamental misunderstanding of Wikipedia. What Wikipedia consists of is not "business pages", but encyclopaedia articles about notable subjects, including businesses. A Wikipedia article about Riveter will not belong to Riveter, will not be controlled by Riveter, will not be for the benefit of Riveter (except incidentally) and may end up containing material that Riveter does not want there. Wikipedia is not interested in what the subject of an article says or wants to say about themselves, or what their associates say about them. Wikipedia is only interested in what people who have no connection with the subject, and who have not been prompted or fed information on behalf of the subject, have chosen to publish about the subject in reliable sources.

Also, I must ask: do you have a connection with the business? If so, you need to read about editing with a conflict of interest, and if you are in any way employed or compensated by them, you need to declare yourself as a paid editor. (If you do not have any connection with them, I advise you to state this fact clearly on your user page, so that suspicious people like me will stop asking you!) ColinFine (talk) 09:11, 14 April 2022 (UTC)

Making content

I'm from a small country called Burma, and i would like to add some leaders that have contributed to our country. None of their name are being listed in wikipedia. i would like to make a content for those people.[10:40:10 PM] <VioletNarwhal37> i have talked to a few of these leaders on their background, history, family, schools, the things they have done for our country, is this possible? Chinkasi (talk) 03:42, 14 April 2022 (UTC)

Chinkasi, I don't know what you mean by "[10:40:10 PM] <VioletNarwhal37>". Burma is large; it's only the Mercator projection that makes it look small. So, your question: Wikipedia articles must be based on what is written in reliable, disinterested, published sources. Unpublished discussions aren't usable. (Even published interviews are rarely usable.) -- Hoary (talk) 04:08, 14 April 2022 (UTC)

Hello, Chinkasi, and welcome to the Teahouse. I'm sure that leaders in places like Burma are under-represented in English Wikipedia, and we would be glad if somebody wrote high-quality articles about some of them. Unfortunately, creating a new article is a very difficult task, and it starts with finding material about them that has been published by a reliable organ and is independent of them - the information does not come from an interview or press release. The information does not have to be in English, or online, but it does have to be from a reputable publisher.

To find out about creating new articles, please see your first article; but again, I would warn that it is difficult, and I always advise new editors to spend some time making small improvements to existing articles and learning how Wikipedia works.

I suggest you look at WP:BURMA, where you can find other editors to work with who are interested in subjects related to Burma. ColinFine (talk) 09:17, 14 April 2022 (UTC)

Zedned article

Would it be possible if you could make us, ZEDNED an article as we are an upcoming comedy, duo band that make music. We recently debuted onto Spotify, and we also have many records on Soundcloud ZEDNED (talk) 08:55, 14 April 2022 (UTC)

Hello, ZEDNED, and welcome to the Teahouse. I'm afraid that, like many people, you are mistaking Wikipedia for a social media site. Promotion of any kind is forbidden anywhere on Wikipedia. If/when you meet Wikipedia's criteria for notability (which is mostly about what people have published about you, not on what you have done), somebody could write an article about you: that article will not belong to you, will not be for your benefit, will not be under your control, and should mostly be based on what other people have said about you in reliable published sources, not on what you say or want to say. But at present it is almost certainly TOOSOON for an article about you. ColinFine (talk) 09:21, 14 April 2022 (UTC)

ZEDNED Hello and welcome to the Teahouse. IF "ZEDNED" is the name of your group, you will need to change your username, as usernames must represent individuals only(your real name is not required, just something unique to you, the person sitting at the computer). You may change your username at Special:GlobalRenameRequest or WP:CHUS.

Wikipedia is not for "up and coming" anything, be it businesses or bands or comedy acts. Wikipedia is for established and lasting topics, that receive sigificant coverage in independent reliable sources wholly unconnected with the topic. As frankly anyone can put music online, the presence of music online does not merit someone a Wikipedia article. Please review the notability criteria for bands. If your band truly meets the criteria, an independent editor will take note of your band and choose to write about it. Trying to force the issue yourself is not usually successful in these situations. 331dot (talk) 09:27, 14 April 2022 (UTC)

Poliespo

I think that there should be a separate Poliespo article. It has a lot of information of it out there, but is still lumped in with the Billy Ray Waldon article. Another way that Wikipedia could add more information about Poliespo is by expanding the already existing Poliespo section. If there is another way more information about Poliespo could be added or if my ideas aren't possible, please reply. JanKeso (talk) 16:37, 14 April 2022 (UTC)

From the available refernces in that article, I see no evidence that Poliespo exists other than Waldon said it does. If there is published content about Poliespo other than by Waldon, you could create and submit a draft. If not, not. David notMD (talk) 21:35, 14 April 2022 (UTC)

Draft:Way.com

Can someone take a look at this draft https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Way.com? They've been flagged for notability issues; however, there are very few companies that can claim they've made the Top 100 Marketplace list https://future.a16z.com/marketplace-100/. Seems to me they meet notability guidelines. 2600:1700:442:2810:C0B7:CFE1:EADD:22B8 (talk) 17:05, 14 April 2022 (UTC)

As already replied elsewhere, there is nothing inherently notable about that? Theroadislong (talk) 17:08, 14 April 2022 (UTC)

Please read Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies). "Examples of trivial coverage that do not count toward meeting the significant coverage requirement: …inclusion in lists of similar organizations, particularly in "best of", "top 100", "fastest growing" or similar lists(If the list itself is notable, such as the Fortune 500 and the Michelin Guide, the inclusion counts like any other reliable source, but it does not exempt the article from the normal value of providing evidence that independent sources discuss the subject.)" Dege31 (talk) 17:14, 14 April 2022 (UTC)

This kind of makes sense - however the notability of the Marketplace 100 is a reliable 3rd party source, independent from all companies on the list. There is a Wikipedia page for the group https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andreessen_Horowitz. Way has also has been featured in Inc, Benzinga and Tech Company News - independent third party publications companies can't buy their way into. If this does not suffice, can someone provide more examples (outside of Fortune 500 and Michelin Guide) of what would qualify? 2600:1700:442:2810:C0B7:CFE1:EADD:22B8 (talk) 17:26, 14 April 2022 (UTC)

Additionally, the lead is buzzword filled and unsupported by the article and the product overview is unsourced. Purely promotional article that attempts to use routine business announcements/press releases to establish notability.Slywriter (talk) 12:22, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

About create new page and how to save also history check

Respected sir, I need a help from you about how to create a new page and also how to check history work done on Wikipedia. Thanks Imranafzalchauhan (talk) 18:31, 14 April 2022 (UTC)

Imranafzalchauhan, hello and welcome to the Teahouse, please never put your email address anywhere on Wikipedia, to answer your question, in order to create a new article, and not (Page) please read WP:YFA. The last part of your message is nebulous, how about re-asking with more specific wording and perhaps we can be of help. Celestina007 (talk) 19:31, 14 April 2022 (UTC)

Content (history and other) at Wikipedia is supported by references. In most instances, you can access the reference and see for yourself if the content at Wikipedia accurately presented the facts. David notMD (talk) 21:37, 14 April 2022 (UTC)

Editing Track Layouts

Hello. In the Wikipedia page for Anand Vihar metro station of Delhi Metro, I would like to edit the section on track layout because it is completely wrong (the station has 4 tracks, not 2). Can anyone please help me get started with this? Thank you in advance.

Kool Nerd 123, Hello and welcome to the Teahouse, we are glad to have you, you see Wikipedia is about verifiability, so if you have reliable sources that corroborates your claim then you are at liberty to edit the article and introduce the "correct" statement via reliable sources. Celestina007 (talk) 19:26, 14 April 2022 (UTC)

Thank you for your prompt reply User:Celestina007. Yes, I definitely have a reliable source for my claim, which is the official website of the Delhi Metro. Here[2] is a link to the relevant page. Now, I would like to know where I can learn how to edit track layouts, so if anyone can help me with that, I would be really grateful. Thanking you in advance. Kool Nerd 123 (talk) 19:52, 14 April 2022 (UTC)

Hello, Kool Nerd 123. Please see the documentation at Template:Routemap. Cullen328 (talk) 00:04, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

Thank you for your help User:Cullen328. You posted exactly what I wanted. Kool Nerd 123 (talk) 15:41, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

Should an article have a link on it that redirects to another section of that same article?

For example, if there's an article about something someone did and there's a link at the beginning that links to a page about them and that page is a section of that same article about them, should it be there? ClydeFranklin (talk) 19:39, 14 April 2022 (UTC)

According to Help:Self_link such links are permissible. Ruslik_Zero 20:04, 14 April 2022 (UTC)

• @ClydeFranklin: There are varying schools of thought about this, but my view is that outside of rare exceptions, self-links should be avoided. Readers expect links to go to new pages, so it's confusing when they just jump around on the same page instead. Best, {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 20:27, 14 April 2022 (UTC)
  • ClydeFranklin, no, it is very much discouraged, please listen to Sdkb. Celestina007 (talk) 20:44, 14 April 2022 (UTC)
    • Can you link to an official source for this discouragement? I'm sure I've seen links within articles, saying "see below", "see History section", or the like (which shouldn't confuse anyone). Maproom (talk) 21:14, 14 April 2022 (UTC)

      Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Self-references to avoid might have some relevant info. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 21:50, 14 April 2022 (UTC)

    • Newer examples among the articles that I consider mine are bristling with page-internal links, yet I don't remember anyone having complained. They certainly had opportunities to do so, as the articles in question were submitted to DYK. Some other editors who frequent that area of WP are very picky about departures from approved orthodoxy; but if I infringed certain norms then this didn't seem to worry them. (I confess that there are very few such articles; I really should produce more, even if that means spending less of my time ... for example, here.) -- Hoary (talk) 00:40, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

How can I find, or see a list of, the sandboxes I have created.

I know that I have created and saved 2 sandboxes but I can't find one of them. I gave it a title like sandbox 2 but I didn't pay attention to the exact title. Brucet8585 (talk) 23:09, 14 April 2022 (UTC)

@Brucet8585—Hello, and welcome to the Teahouse! You can find them all at Special:PrefixIndex, where you type in the root page name and the namespace. In this case, you should be looking for Special:PrefixIndex/User:Brucet8585. Hopefully this helps! — 3PPYB6 — TALK — CONTRIBS — 23:13, 14 April 2022 (UTC)

Brilliant! Got it - thank you! Brucet8585 (talk) 23:26, 14 April 2022 (UTC)

@Brucet8585: you might also want to add the link to your second sandbox somewhere over at your userpage or first sandbox to more easily get to it. happy editing! 💜  melecie  talk - 01:30, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

@Brucet8585: It seems that even many experienced editors don't know this, but in a box at the bottom of your contributions page is a link named "Subpages" that leads to a list of all the subpages of your user page, including sandboxes. Deor (talk) 02:03, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

Good idea. I've done that now. Thanks for the suggestion! Brucet8585 (talk) 03:03, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

Thanks! I've done that now. Brucet8585 (talk) 03:06, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

Sandbox draft deletion

Hi, I've been playing in my sandbox and now I want to clean things up. Is there are way to delete drafts from my sandbox?

Delta30061972 (talk) 03:46, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

@Delta30061972: Yes, you may place {{Db-userreq}} on the page and an admin will delete it for you. RudolfRed (talk) 03:55, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

Ah, thank you so much! Delta30061972 (talk) 03:58, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

@Delta30061972: You probably don't need to have the sandbox itself deleted. Instead, all you might need to do is simply blank the page. Bascially, you just remove all of the content from the sanbox and then click "Publish changes". The content will still be there in the page history of your sandbox if you want to retrieve it someday, but the sandbox will be empty and you use it again for something else. -- Marchjuly (talk) 06:34, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for the info. In this instance, I wanted to remove the history. I was experimenting and working on other articles all in one box so the history was a mess. I'll know in the future now to keep my work sorted into different sub-pages. Delta30061972 (talk) 06:50, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

Search history includes internet searches

My nephew did some searching he should not have done online, and much to my dismay, it seems to be permanently stored in my Wikipedia search history. Can anyone help me delete the search history on Wikipedia? I would be most grateful. Navyvet1963 (talk) 06:09, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

Hello,

Have you tried clearing your cookies and cache? Do keep in mind that this does log you out of most sites. Cheers, Heart ^(talk) 06:13, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

Hello, Navyvet1963. Did you allow your nephew to log in under your account? If so, you made a major error because accounts are for one person only, cannot be shared, and each account holder is responsible to use secure passwords. I have been married for over 40 years and my wife knows my passwords to many websites. But she has no idea of my Wikipedia password. As for the notion of a "search history", that does not exist on Wikipedia although it may exist on your browser. Wikipedia keeps track of every edit that an account makes. It does not keep track of the articles that anybody searches for and reads. Cullen328 (talk) 06:22, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Hi Navyvet1963. I don't think the situation you're describing is possible since I don't think there's any connection to your what you search for on Wikipedia and what you search for using external search engines. Perhaps, you mean that your nephew somehow gained access to your Wikipedia account and used it to make some (inappropriate) edits? If that's the case, then that is certainly a serious problem which might lead to your account being blocked indefinitely. Account passwords aren't supposed to be shared among different people and it's the responsibility of the user who creates the account to make sure that doesn't happen. There's really no way to delete an account's contributions history since such a record is required for Wikipedia's licensing purposes; so, unfortunately the best that you can do is to do your uptmost to make sure that your nephew doesn't gain access to your account again. The only edit you've made so far with this "Navyvet1963" account has been your post here at the Teahouse; so, I guess this account would be considered "clean" so to speak. Assuming it was another Wikipedia account that your nephew accessed, you may have no choice other than to abandon that account and either stick with this one or create another account to use for your Wikipedia editing. The account your nephew was using (if that's what happened) could most likely be locked by an adminsitrator so that nobody can use it. You could then add a link to your old account to the user page of your new account so that other can see the edits you made with the abandoned account. I'm not an administrator, but there are many Teahouse hosts who are and perhaps one of them will be better explain what your options in a case like this. -- Marchjuly (talk) 06:31, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

I think what Navyvet1963 may be referring to are the items that appear in the dropdown when one clicks in the Wikipedia search box. These are stored in your browser, so deleting your cookies should get rid of them. (You will then need to log in again.) It's good practice to delete your cookies from time to time.--Shantavira|^{feed me} 08:08, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Georgios_Mikellides

How to submit this for publication? Ieromaxos (talk) 10:23, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

Ieromaxos Draft:Georgios Mikellides has been submitted to AfC for review. There is a backlog of drafts submitted. The system is not a queue, so a Reviewer could select your draft in the coming days, weeks, or months. David notMD (talk) 11:04, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

In looking at the history of the draft, it has been declined several times in the past. These Declined notifications must remain with the draft. I have restored those. The continuing reason for the draft being declined is that the great majority of the text and referencing is about his publications, presentations, panel discussions, etc. What is missing is what people not connected to him have published about him. David notMD (talk) 11:18, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

The draft appears to be a translation from an existing article at Greek Wikipedia. Each country's Wikipedia has different standards for tone and referencing, so what is accepted in Greek does not necessarrily apply to English. David notMD (talk) 11:28, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

If it's a translation, it must be marked as such (see Help:Translation). This is not only a matter of good manners and good sourcing; it's a matter of conforming with WP's own copyright, that text can be used freely but must be attributed. Ieromaxos, please check the help on translation linked above, and make sure that you're conforming with requirements. Good luck with the article. Elemimele (talk) 12:59, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

thank you, for this actually , it was written in English first and the English text was used as a basis to be translated in Greek, so the original version is in English, in the texts which has been referenced a lot is what the media used as information coming from dr mikellides, so in a way, see reference number 2 for e.g is what the cyprus mail reporter has said about him Ieromaxos (talk) 14:11, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

For a start, delete all mention and referencing to talks he has given, interviews, conference he has spoken at, panel discussions, etc., etc. All that is inconsequential. David notMD (talk) 14:38, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

Article rejected - how can it be accepted.

Hello. My username is Marthature. I have received an email that my proposed article on musician Bobby Black "Articles for creation: Bobby Black (musician)"Draft:Bobby Black (musician) has been rejected by Wikipedia. The reason given is that the article does not cite sufficient reliable sources and seem to be promotional. The sources cited are published articles in reputable magazines, recognized Halls of Fame, etc. Please tell me what is wanted that can make the article acceptable. It would be helpful to me to know what is lacking in citing, for example, the Steel Guitar Hall of Fame, the California Western Swing Society Hall of Fame, the California Country Music Association, the Arhoolie Foundation, the Grand Ole Opry, etc. I might add that Wikipedia cites the Steel Guitar Hall of Fame, for example, in articles about other steel guitar players, and there are Wikipedia articles on virtually every one of the entities listed. Thank you. I'd like a reply to either mobile view or to VisualEditor. Marthature (talk) 12:13, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

Marthature Hello. Just noting that your draft was only declined, not rejected. Rejected has a specific meaning here, that it could not be resubmitted. Declined means resubmission is possible. 331dot (talk) 12:16, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

Thank you. That's nice to know. I would like to know how to make this article acceptable, please. Thank you. Marthature (talk) 12:20, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

Marthature Also noting that you will be able to see replies irrespective of if editors make them via traditional editing or the Visual Editor. I have looked at your draft, and this musician does appear to meet the definition of a notable musician so you are partway there. The issue is that the sources do not show that. It is not enough to just document that he was inducted into various Halls of Fame. There must be significant coverage of this musician personally in independent reliable sources, for an article to summarize, in order for him to merit an article. Much of the prose in the draft is unsourced, and must be as all substantive facts about a living person must be sourced, see WP:BLP. 331dot (talk) 12:26, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

I think I see. If I understand matters, what's wanted is some number of published mentions of the subject, Bobby Black, in news and trade publications. I am comparing to the Wikipedia article about Buddy Emmons, another famous pedal steel guitar player. Buddy Emmons. The narrative style appears to be the same as this piece on Bobby Black. Am I understanding this correctly, that Wikipedia needs more articles about Bobby Black to be used as references? Thank you for your help. Marthature (talk) 12:36, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

On sourcing, there is only one useable source that actually discusses the subject of the draft and contributes to notability. At least 3 of the sources have zero mention of the subject, 2 are forum posts and several others are blog postings, list of award recipients. None of these contribute to notability and tje ones not mentioning the subject at all should be removed. Need more sources like vintageguitar.Slywriter (talk) 12:32, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

@Marthature your second paragraph reads: "As one of the first generation of pedal steel guitar players, Bobby Black is a major contributor to the musical styles of the instrument and one of its primary innovators, expanding the traditional Hawaiian and Western genres in which pedal steel was used to include jazz and rock and roll. During the years he spent playing with Asleep At The Wheel, Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen, and New Riders of the Purple Sage, he introduced the steel guitar to countless young music audiences in the 1960’s and `70’s." and your only reference is a Variety article about the death of George Frayne. I skimmed through that Variety article, and if Bobby Black's name was mentioned I didn't see it.

That article showed that George Frayne had a music career, but it didn't prove anything about the Bobby Black paragraph you wrote. You need to find articles about Bobby Black. Not ones about people he may have worked with, but about Bobby Black. I didn't look at the other references, but I was disappointed in the one I skimmed through. Every fact that you write down needs a reference that tells Wikipedia readers that fact is true. Best wishes on finding those references. Karenthewriter (talk) 12:44, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

You have hyperlinks in the body of the article (not allowed, either delete or make those into references), and references are just URLs. See Help:Referencing for beginners on ref formatting. As already pointed out, you have a LOT of text not verified by references. Either remove the text or add references. That includes stuff such as Early life and Personal life, which is probably true, but not referenced. David notMD (talk) 14:46, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

Marthature, as for Buddy Emmons, the references in that article are vastly better than your references, plus they are formatted correctly. You only have one really good reference, and that is the article in Vintage Guitar. You need more references like that, and you need to eliminate the references that don't mention Black. They are of no value and just tend to irritate the reviewers. Cullen328 (talk) 18:01, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

I would like to emphasize that Black meets the notability guideline for musicians that says a musician who has been a reasonably prominent member of two or more independently notable ensembles is presumed notable. Our articles Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen, Asleep at the Wheel and New Riders of the Purple Sage say that he is a past member of all three bands. Cullen328 (talk) 18:25, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

Showing old image

I have uploaded a new version of the logo of Exynos available at the Exynos page, but it's still showing old logo. Why? Logo Editor (talk) 15:08, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

Hi Logo Editor and welcome to the Teahouse. It's showing fine for me so it's likely you have a local browser problem. Try to bypass your cache. Mike Turnbull (talk) 15:47, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

essay

Anyone know how to submit a humouros essay you want to be an internal wiki article like Wikipedia:My little brother did it, Wikipedia:Go ahead, vandalize, Wikipedia:Please be a giant dick, so we can ban you, etc? MoyaiViper (talk) 16:13, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

Hi MoyaiViper and welcome to the Teahouse. I think you'll find all you need at WP:ENUT and WP:WES plus pages linked from there. Good luck with the writing! Mike Turnbull (talk) 16:20, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

looked around but couldn't find how to actually submit them. MoyaiViper (talk) 16:26, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

thanks anyway tho MoyaiViper (talk) 16:26, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

I think we had an edit conflict when you were replying and I added WP:WES to my earlier answer. That's the page that covers the "how to submit" part, MoyaiViper Mike Turnbull (talk) 16:29, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

ah i didnt see that, excuse me MoyaiViper (talk) 16:32, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

So i looked some more and couldnt find how to submit. I did find out how to create it well though. thanks for that. Do yu know of anyone who would be able to make it an internal article? MoyaiViper (talk) 18:14, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

@MoyaiViper:. You have the draft in your sandbox and in principle it just has to be moved into the correct namespace (i.e. prefix "WP"). However, I would strongly suggest you don't do so. The experienced editor Theroadislong was clearly not impressed when reviewing it, and I have to agree that it's not particularly amusing or useful in its present state. Note that WP:TOOMANYESSAYS points out that you should not repeat ideas/advice that are covered elsewhere, in this case about edit warring. Maybe you would be better trying to improve an existing essay on that. Mike Turnbull (talk) 19:01, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

What defines 'constructive'?

My edits to the Mark Crispin Miller page were undone because they were said to not be 'constructive'? Says who? And why? All I did was remove the word 'disgraced' from a description of Andy Wakefield. I know Andy and the word disgraced doesn't describe how he feels about the incidents described in the article about Miller. 2600:1700:D470:C940:FD23:3295:1148:CDF4 (talk) 16:47, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

Constructive: is it useful to our readers? If not, it's probably not constructive. CUPIDICAE💕 16:50, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

We can't base edits on your personal knowledge, as that is impossible to verify. Edits must be supported with published independent reliable sources. 331dot (talk) 16:52, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

COI issues aside, the word "disgraced" is a bit too subjective for my taste. Pyrrho the Skipper (talk) 17:05, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

Perhaps "discredited" would be a better word, which is the word used in the lead of Andrew Wakefield. Wakefield's personal feelings about the matter are not relevant. What matters is what reliable, independent sources say about Wakefield, and they overwhelmingly describe him as discredited and disgraced. Cullen328 (talk) 17:13, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

That's a smart alternative word choice, in my opinion. Pyrrho the Skipper (talk) 17:22, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

The main reason I reverted the edits was because of the removal of sourced content. See the diff >>> Ingenuity.talk(); 17:31, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

Settings

Hi,

Where have the settings gone? 92.40.200.2 (talk) 17:53, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

Hello IP user, as far as i know, they haven’t gone anywhere if they aren’t being displayed on your device can you switch to a different device? Celestina007 (talk) 18:11, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

Bola Ahmed Tinubu Update

Hello I want to make an update to the Bola Ahmed Tinubu Wikipedia Profile, I noticed an anomaly in the Place of Birth. In the Early life section the state is Osun but in the personal details section. the state is Lagos(which is most plausible). Should i make the change SchrodingersC (talk) 19:56, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

Unfortunately, I don't see that either place has an associated citation to allow readers to verify the information. This is against policy for biographies of living people. You would be best to raise the issue at Talk:Bola Tinubu and/or try to find a reliable source for his birth place. Note that this article has been repeatedly vandalised regarding his birthdate/age, so beware that this may also be true for his birth place. Thanks for trying to improve the article, SchrodingersC. Mike Turnbull (talk) 20:05, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

@Michael D. Turnbull I will do just that thanks. The birth date age argument is ridiculous by the way... it is more of a political propaganda in Nigeria SchrodingersC (talk) 20:11, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

@SchrodingersC: Looking at the the associated Wikidata item, it says he was born in the Benin Republic but that has a "this statement has potential issues" tag. It would be great if you could sort it all out properly with sources. Mike Turnbull (talk) 20:36, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

New Wikipedia Entry

What is required to write a new wikipedia page SchrodingersC (talk) 20:01, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

@SchrodingersC for information on writing your first article, please read Help:Your first article. For other information on general Wikipedia editing, Help:Introduction is a good guide. Welcome to Wikipedia :) — Berrely • ^Talk∕_Contribs 20:04, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

@Berrely thanks SchrodingersC (talk) 20:05, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

How to make a minor edit?

Hello!How do you make a minor edit? When I go to the edit summary box, it doesn't have a checkbox for "Minor edit". TeddyBearRocker123 ^chat _contribs 20:17, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

Hello TeddyBearRocker123! Were you definitely signed in when you were trying to make the minor edit? Because you cannot tag an edit as minor if you are not signed in, probably intended to cut down fly by night vandals trying to sneak an edit in under the minor flag. If you are signed in, under "Edit summary" there should be written "This is a minor edit" with a tick box. Hope this is of help! LooksGreatInATurtleNeck (talk) 21:33, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

But be aware that "minor" here has a special meaning. It means something that cannot possibly in any way be construed to be controversial, something that even the most extreme of editors would see as obviously sensible (for example the correction of an obvious typo). It doesn't just mean "small". I made that mistake several times when I first started editing, and still feel guilty! If in doubt, don't declare the edit to be minor. Elemimele (talk) 21:48, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

@LooksGreatInATurtleNeck: I don't see the box under the edit summary. It might be something to do with my preferences though, so I'm going to try that. @Elemimele: Thanks for the advice! I will make sure to apply it in the future.

TeddyBearRocker123 ^chat _contribs 01:20, 16 April 2022 (UTC)

Vector 2022 on mobile

Do you know how to use Vector 2022 on mobile but it gets optimize on my screen so the letters aren't small. THE Pizzaplayer!^{TALK TO MEE!!} _contribs 20:22, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

Editing Ukraine invasion page

On the page 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the article description has been removed and the introduction has been replaced with a source. I tried to revert it back to normal, but the page has been fully protected. Is this just me who is viewing the page like this or is everyone viewing it without the description and intro? Because no one seems to be noticing on the page. Vamsi20 (talk) 23:06, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

Thank you for mentioning this, Vamsi20. Fixed. (Previously, Karma1998 had indeed replaced shortdesc with a source, which I presume was unintentional.) -- Hoary (talk) 23:20, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

ed wynn page

just looked up ed wynn because i wanted to know when the mad hatter voice died and the page has the wrong birth date on this being after his death, i don't know when the actor was born, so can someone with a source fix this maybe 146.200.191.164 (talk) 23:29, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

Hello IP editor. I'm really sorry, but I don't see the error you are referring to. Could you clarify the issue you're seeing, please?

It's usually best if you post suggestions or concerns at the article's talk page, rather than here, We do sometimes see vandalism affecting articles, but I don't see that having happened at this page. Regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 23:39, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

I'm not sure what error you are seeing. Ed_Wynn says born November 1886, died June 1966. There are citations for both dates. If you think this is not correct, you can start a discussion on the article's talk page. RudolfRed (talk) 23:41, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

Why

What does contributing That guy in the corner of the room (talk) 01:18, 16 April 2022 (UTC)