User talk:DebbieOrigami

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I would like to translate several Hebrew articles into English and, though I've read various help items, I don't know how to get started.

DebbieOrigami (talk) 15:12, 27 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It's probably easiest to use the Article Wizard to create new drafts and to add a note at the drafts' talk pages that they are translated from the Hebrew; you can use the {{translated page}} template for that purpose. Please keep in mind that both the different Wikipedias' standards and the qualities of articles within the Hebrew Wikipedia differ; not every Hebrew Wikipedia article would, if translated, make a good English Wikipedia article. Huon (talk) 15:41, 27 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

(e/c) Hey Debbie. Are the Hebrew articles sourced – that is, do they contain significant citations to reliable, secondary, independent sources (in any language)? If not, do such sources exist and can you add them? The reason I ask is that we require that the content of articles be verifiable, and that the topics of articles be notable. It would not be good to waste your time on translating articles that do not meet the English Wikipedia's core policies and guidelines. Assuming that the answer is yes, you would create these articles in the same way other articles are created here, but you MUST provide copyright attribution to the Hebrew Wikipedia article that you are translating from. It's not all that difficult, just provide attribution in the edit summary upon the first edit, including an interlanguage link. The attribution edit summary should be in a form similar to:

Content in this edit is translated from the existing Hebrew Wikipedia article at [[:he:Exact name of Hebrew article]]; see its history for attribution.

You need to decide where you will work on it. Unless you're going to do a rather complete translation offline, and not post here until done, you probably want to start this as a draft—either a userspace draft, or in the draft namespace (as opposed to starting these directly in the article mainspace). In either case, it would probably be good to submit this through the articles for creation process. Here's my attempt at a step-by-step guide:

Check that the content is verifiable and the topic notable and don't bother if it's not;
Decide on the name you think the article would likely be at here (see WP:AT);
Create as a draft in your userspace or in the draft namespace, using the name you expect it would properly be at if in the mainspace. Since that's not at all self-explanatory, an example is in order. Say the name you think it should be is "Golda Meir Botany Center". You would Create it as a draft either at User:DebbieOrigami/Golda Meir Botany Center (i.e., a draft in your user space) or Draft:Golda Meir Botany Center (i.e., a draft in the draft namespace);
When you create that page, either copy and paste there the content you will be translating, or the content in state of translation you have already done offline, but don't save the page until you have placed the copyright attribution message in the edit summary, as I've explained above;
Work on it until you think it's ready for review, keeping in mind that the inclusion of reliable and transparent sourcing is what gives you the keys to the Wikipedia kingdom;
Submit it for review by placing at the top of the page this code, which will submit it to the articles for creation process: {{subst:submit}} (some time thereafter an experienced user will review it, and if accepted, move it to the article mainspace);
And just to add some common "DONT'S": do not include any non-free images in it while it is a draft; do not include any categories either (or at least they should not be "live" categories – there are ways to add them without them being live but I don't want to go too far afield); keep in mind that articles should be written in a neutral manner, and content that reads as promotional will not be accepted. Oh, and see also Wikipedia:Translation.

I hope this helps. If you need help with any aspect of this, please feel free to drop me a direct message at my talk page, which is linked in my signature. Best regards--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 16:25, 27 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Want to suggest a revision without actually revising[edit]

Example - (from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_war) "Roughly stated: are conflicts caused by who people are, whether that be defined in terms of ethnicity, religion or other social affiliation, or do conflicts begin because it is in the economic best interests of individuals and groups to start them?"

This seems not to be a sentence- perhaps several words are missing??? I would like someone to look at it, but I do not want to make any changes myself.

This is both a specific question about this particular sentence, but is a general question- Want to suggest a revision without actually revising

DebbieOrigami (talk) 11:22, 6 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Saul Kaplun moved to draftspace[edit]

An article you recently created, Saul Kaplun, does not have enough sources and citations as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. Celestina007 (talk) 21:07, 9 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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