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June 2

Username Retrieval via Gmail

Hey there, I'll keep this as brief as possible, but I am unable to recover my wikimedia foundation username, I saw in https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Logging_in a referencing of username retrieval from previously recieved e-mails. Since I was a one time donor of wikipedia I do in fact have a total of five of these e-mails, however, I was unable to find my username in any of them. The gmail account I used to register is still in use, I just need guidance locating the username, the password shouldn't be a problem either. Thank you in advance.

Best wishes, Wikipedia user — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.54.78.134 (talk) 01:16, 2 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

You don't have to be a registered user or give a user name when you donate. It's separate processes and email systems. You can enter your email address at Special:PasswordReset but it only works of you have given that address in the user account. It's optional to give an email address and many users don't. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:23, 2 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Using twinkle for AfD

I used to use twinkle to create AfD discussions, before I had to create a new user. Now I don't see that option. Is that because I don't have enough edits as my new user or is there another way? It used to be easy using twinkle. Sandals2 (talk) 02:40, 2 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Sandals2: Do you have a "Twinkle" option at Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-gadgets? If so, have you enabled it? If so, do you have a "TW" tab on articles? If so, does clicking it show an "XFD" link? That's what you need. You became autoconfirmed 26 May unless you have special circumstances. That should give the Twinkle option in preferences. PrimeHunter (talk) 03:16, 2 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I had not enabled twinkle. I must have done that as my old user because I was using it. That option now comes up when I click on an article. Thank you for your help. 17:09, 2 June 2022 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sandals2 (talk • contribs)

re: XManager page for the Three X Sisters site

Hello, I've been trying to make some edits on the Three X Sisters site page and their has been a Partial block on my IP address, until June 7 by Drkay. I'm not sure why there is a block? Is there something that I can answer for you?

Thank you, XManager — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2603:7080:5002:3F00:F5DD:7A1F:3FD0:1A8B (talk) 05:29, 2 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

From the notice, a block of IPs including yours was blocked (in 2 separate actions) a few days ago for the reasons given – click the "View full log" link for details of the infractions and blocks.

Some ISP's assign Dynamic IPs to users that change from time to time within a given block of numbers, so Wikipedia has to block a range of numbers rather than just one. Assuming it wasn't yourself who committed the infractions, it may even have been someone else who your current ISP before it was reassigned to you.

The Project page Wikipedia:Blocking policy (also linked from the notice), explains this in much more detail, and includes information on how to request that you be unblocked. Hard luck on getting caught up, and good luck in getting yourself extracated! {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 90.209.235.54 (talk) 06:28, 2 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The article I submitted for review is not showing up anywhere!

Hi, someone please please help me!

The article I submitted for review is not showing up anywhere! It isn't in my contributions, I didnt get a confirmation email, and when I search articles submitted for review on the day I submitted it, it does not exist!

What can I do?? Please help! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ruby Stillman (talk • contribs) 08:07, 2 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Ruby Stillman Your draft was deleted as a copyright violation and promotional, which if you click on a link to the draft, Draft:Eastern Mediterranean International School, it will tell you. We cannot accept materials copied from elsewhere. From your text, I gather that you are associated with the school- please read WP:COI and WP:PAID for information on required formal disclosures. A Wikipedia article about this school must summarize what independent reliable sources with significant coverage have chosen on their own to say about it, showing how it meets the special Wikipedia definition of a notable organization. Writing new articles is the hardest thing to do on Wikipedia- you may find the new user tutorial helpful. 331dot (talk) 08:11, 2 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Are there other accounts you've edited with @Ruby Stillman? Several of you seem very focused on this apparently non-notable school having an article. Star Mississippi 17:23, 3 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Star Mississippi It sounds like you are addressing someone other than Ruby Stillnan, but it looks like they are the OP. 73.127.147.187 (talk) 05:07, 5 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Hi IP73. I am very much addressing @Ruby Stillman who is one of several accounts re-creating this article. Unclear whether it's colleagues, or the same person with multiple accounts, which I'd appreciate her making clear. Sorry for the confusion Star Mississippi 13:18, 5 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much. Is there any way to get back to the draft and edit it how it was? All of the work I did does not show up with the link you sent. Thank you again so much. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ruby Stillman (talk • contribs) 08:16, 2 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Ruby Stillman A copyright violation cannot be restored; the only purpose of the link was to show you the deletion log that appears. Wikipedia is not interested in what an article subject says about itself(like "mission" and "vision" or anything else), only in what others completely unconnected with the school(independent reliable sources) choose to say about it. 331dot (talk) 08:19, 2 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Need help vetting non-English sources

Is there an easy way to attract editors who speak a specific language to an article's Talk page? I have someone proposing a bunch of French-language sources, but as I don't speak French, I cannot evaluate whether they satisfy WP:RS or not. Is there a template or notice board where I can ask for people fluent in the language to pop in and offer their opinion? — The Hand That Feeds You:^Bite 10:53, 2 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@HandThatFeeds: I think WP:EMBASSY aimed to provide that kind of thing, but it’s largely dead. The relevant WikiProject might help (depending on your case, that could be WP:FRANCE, WP:QUEBEC, WP:SENEGAL etc.), as editors from such WikiProjects are likely to be familiar with the language of the country in question. Finally, Category:Wikipedians_by_language lists people who have filled out their Babel userbox and presumably are OK with being contacted for quick translation queries etc.

In your exact case, ping me / give me a link and I will take a quick look. (I speak French natively and am somewhat familiar with reliable sources in metropolitan France.) Tigraan^{Click here for my talk page ("private" contact)} 12:05, 2 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Tigraan: Thanks for the help! In this case, the relevant discussion is at Talk:R/place#The Great Pixel War. Main issue is that we've had a lot of blogs, wikis, and other unreliable sources suggested, so I need to evaluate the sources in this discussion before we can even get into their contents. — The Hand That Feeds You:^Bite 13:41, 2 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Response to deleted Wikipedia propaganda rant

(edit conflict) Wikipedia only intends to summarize what reliable sources say about different subjects. If you feel any of the articles are incorrect, you’re welcome to discuss them on the talk pages. This is just a help desk, and we don’t have anything to do with the donations. (Please remember to sign your posts on talk pages by typing four keyboard tildes like this: ~~~~. Or, you can use the [ reply ] button, which automatically signs posts.) TimTempleton ^(talk) ^(cont) 13:25, 2 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Part of a page is hidden

On the article for Pueblo County, Colorado, there is a section called Politics and a subsection within it called Presidential election results. In the subsection, if "show" is selected, the rest of the page's content is hidden, not just the content in the subsection. I can't figure out how to fix this. Jeffrey Beall (talk) 16:02, 2 June 2022 (UTC).[reply]

Hello, Jeffrey. There was a {{Hidden begin}} without its matching {{Hidden end}}, so it swallowed the rest of the page. I tried adding the {{Hidden end}}, but then realised that the content of the hidden section was a table with its own Hidden feature, so I removed both {{Hidden begin}} and {{Hidden end}}. ColinFine (talk) 16:12, 2 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks very much indeed. Jeffrey Beall (talk) 18:03, 2 June 2022 (UTC).[reply]

Page redirect

How newly made article gets redirect with the subsequently similar page or page of the subject? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Brakshit23 (talk • contribs) 16:36, 2 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Brakshit23, is this about Diamonds Are Forever, So Are Morals? TSventon (talk) 16:41, 2 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Yes its a Autobiography. I have made separate article for the said title. But i am not sure how it have happened or got redirected Brakshit23 (talk) 16:43, 2 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

It seems that Govind Dholakia is protected, having been deleted several times and now Govind Laljibhai Dholakia is protected too. Diamonds Are Forever, So Are Morals was deleted as a redirect to a deleted page. TSventon (talk) 19:07, 2 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Disable "updated since your last visit" in history

Where is the setting to disable it on the history view page? Thanks — DaxServer (t · m · c) 16:40, 2 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@DaxServer: You can add this to your CSS:

.updatedmarker {display: none}

PrimeHunter (talk) 17:31, 2 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! — DaxServer (t · m · c) 18:32, 2 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

You could also consider "Subtle update marker" at Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-gadgets. PrimeHunter (talk) 17:59, 2 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Adding The Wizard of Oz Museum in Cape Canaveral, Florida

I tried to add an entry about The Wizard of Oz Museum in Cape Canaveral, Florida. It was rejected.

Would I have a better chance if I put it as an entry under the pre-existing Cape Canaveral, Florida wiki or did I just need more sources?

Thanks.

Ron Baxley, Jr. — Preceding unsigned comment added by RonBaxleyJr (talk • contribs) 16:44, 2 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Courtesy link: Draft:The Wizard of Oz Museum in Cape Canaveral, Florida @RonBaxleyJr: It was declined, not rejected. If the museum gets more coverage, you can expand the draft and try to resubmit later. But since you are connected, you have a conflict of interest. See Wikipedia:Conflict of interest#How to disclose a COI. You can certainly request to add a short section to the Cape Canaveral article with your source. Just trim the excessive museum detail, which would be out of place in the Cape Canaveral article. Two sentences tops. See Wikipedia:Simple conflict of interest edit request for how to make the request. (Please remember to sign your posts on talk pages by typing four keyboard tildes like this: ~~~~. Or, you can use the [ reply ] button, which automatically signs posts.) TimTempleton ^(talk) ^(cont) 21:48, 2 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

RonBaxleyJr, this was declined with the comment "This is just blatant advertising and no evidence to suggest it passes WP:NORG". Simply inserting it within an existing article would do nothing to remedy the problem that it is -- and yes, I second this characterization -- just blatant advertising. (Were I to see it within another article, I'd delete it.) Remember that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a mere PR conduit. -- Hoary (talk) 21:43, 2 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict) If the info is trimmed, as I suggested, it could work. TimTempleton ^(talk) ^(cont) 21:49, 2 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

[Edit Conflicts] Hello, Ron. Draft:The Wizard of Oz Museum in Cape Canaveral, Florida has not been rejected, which in Wikiparlance means "this subject has no realistic hope of qualifying for an article, please give up;" it has been declined, which means "the draft needs improvements before it can be accepted as an article."

The "Submission declined" notice that KylieTastic has put at the head of the draft explains (using a standard template) the primary reason for the declination, and Theroadislong has added a succinct and frank appraisal.

I am not a reviewer, but what strikes me is that the single reference you have cited is rather promotional of its author, whose connection with the museum likely also creates a conflict of interest, makes the piece promotional of the subject, and renders it not independent of the subject: it therefore probably cannot support the subject's WP:Notability, although it can be used as a citation for specific facts. You need to find at least two good sources (as described in the "Submission declined" template) that do demonstrate the museum's notability, and base the article mostly on what they say.

Moreover, you need to append inline citations to corroborate each of the statements in the text, showing which sources supports which statements. (A particular source can of course be cited multiple times through the piece.)

Another question is the draft's prose style; it needs to be purged of all "peacock prose" and subjective judgements like "most entertaining" and " entertains with its whimsical visuals". An encyclopedia entry needs to be dry, factual and neutral in tone. I suggest you study some Wikipedia articles about other museums, preferably ones rated "Good article", and study their style. Hope all this helps!

[Edited to add} I hadn't previously noticed that you were yourself the author of the Augusta Press article. This exacerbates the conflict of interest and promotional aspects, and also means that your use of the article flirts with being Original research, which Wikipedia does not, ever, knowingly host. However, if we assume that the AP is a Reliable source that exercises editorial diligence, it would be acceptable for someone else to use the article as a factual source. Wikipedia prefers that contributors do not directly cite their own works, but it's acceptable for them to post links and other bibliographic details in an article (or draft's) Talk page so that others may decide whether or not to use such material. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 90.209.235.54 (talk) 21:56, 2 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Added Cape Canaveral#Nearby attractions to spare Ron the hassle. If anyone doesn't like it and thinks it's out of place, they can delete it. TimTempleton ^(talk) ^(cont) 22:07, 2 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

How to link commons image in infobox where is a local image with same name on wikipedia

I want to use the commons image commons:File:Prahlada.jpg on wikipedia infobox of Prahlada; however unable to use it in the infobox. Using "image=Prahlada.jpg" links to local image File:Prahlada.jpg, how do we link to the commons article.--Redtigerxyz ^Talk 16:54, 2 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Redtigerxyz: That is not possible. The local file is from 2014 and you uploaded the Commons file today so I suggest to request a rename at Commons to a longer name. See commons:Commons:File renaming. PrimeHunter (talk) 17:23, 2 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Trump

What, exactly, should one do when they see something such as "The 2020 election was won by trump?" 𝕸𝖗 𝕽𝖊𝖆𝖉𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝕿𝖚𝖗𝖙𝖑𝖊|🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦|☎️|📄 𝕸𝖗 𝕽𝖊𝖆𝖉𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝕿𝖚𝖗𝖙𝖑𝖊|🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦|☎️|📄 18:41, 2 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Mr Reading Turtle. If it is a one time thing added to an article, revert it and ignore it. If there is an ongoing pattern, warn the editor. If they persist, file a report at WP:ANI. Cullen328 (talk) 20:34, 2 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Erwin Böhme

Hello,

I have an error in my cites for the above article, and cannot spot the mistake. A fresh eye will probably pick it up; I've looked until my eyes have crossed.Georgejdorner (talk) 19:34, 2 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

|pp=78. This one is missing a year. And Jackson 1998 missing a target.

—Trappist the monk (talk) 20:01, 2 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I fixed the one causing the giant red ERROR messages, but the monastic brother above beat me to the explanation. 199.208.172.35 (talk) 20:10, 2 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Generating a list of articles

Is there any way to generate a list of all articles that have titles that disambiguate to tennis, meaning articles that end in (tennis), whether it be tournaments like US Open (tennis) or people like Dan Evans (tennis)? Adamtt9 (talk) 23:27, 2 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Adamtt9 You can use regular expressions in the search box to look for titles matching certain patterns, e.g. Special:Search/intitle:/\(tennis\)/. Have a look at Help:Searching for all the different options. 192.76.8.78 (talk) 04:47, 3 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]