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December 20[edit]

Religious attacks against editors[edit]

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

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

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

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

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

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

My Editing was deleted[edit]

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

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

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

Is there a way to suppress cite errors?[edit]

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

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

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

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

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

Awesome, thanks Trappist. @MilborneOne: Agreed and

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

starting article[edit]

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

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

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

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

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

PULI . VIKRAM KUMAR (DALITH RATNA)[edit]

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

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

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

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

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

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

Zulu war[edit]

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

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

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