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January 10[edit]

Work-related Change Requests to an Article[edit]

Hi there--I'm hoping to get an article updated, and I am writing to ask for help in making some corrections and making some edits for clarity. I don't want to make these changes myself since the request is work related. I've asked a few other editors more closely tied to the page to take a look, but unfortunately, it's been a couple of weeks now since my original request, and no one has been able to review the suggestions. My full request is on the Blinken discussion page here. Thanks for your consideration. (Bgluckman (talk) 01:03, 10 January 2015 (UTC))[reply]

Bgluckman requested several changes, and two of us have implemented all but one of them; the exception is something that needs a little better sourcing before it can go live. Everyone else — consider pointing to this request as an ideal type of PR-firm request. Bgluckman publicly stated his COI, made clear requests at talk, followed the most efficient course possible, and did everything else in textbook fashion. Nyttend (talk) 01:55, 10 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

article request[edit]

Can you provide names and email add of any Indian who can create biography in wikipeida thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Prem.malaysia (talk • contribs) 11:14, 10 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

you can place a request for an article at WP:RA or you can start working on it yourself via WP:AFC. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 11:47, 10 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You can check here first for the basic requirements for a stand alone article to see if the subject is likely to qualify. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 11:48, 10 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

A group of headdress-wearing people run through, shouting war whoops :-) Prem.malaysia, you can look at Category:Indian Wikipedians and Category:Wikipedians in India for usernames of Wikipedia editors who are from India (although many of them aren't active at Wikipedia anymore), or you can talk to the active ones at Wikipedia talk:Noticeboard for India-related topics. In most cases, anyone can write an article, regardless of nationality, so it's likely that you don't need to find an Indian to accomplish the task. Nyttend (talk) 15:26, 10 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

How to successfully upload an image[edit]

Hi all, I'd be pleased if someone could explain how to properly upload an image, respectively where I did make a mistake:

I started with the upload wizzard - https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:File_Upload_Wizard&%3FwithJS=MediaWiki%3AFileUploadWizard.js - which led me to a form.
Having completed the form, I clicked a button at the bottom of the page - and had been kind of redirected to this page ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Files_for_upload ) and finally to this ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Files_for_upload/Wizard ).
From there on I kind of ended in a continous loop, where obviously no factual upload was possible?

If anyone please could tell me where the mistake was, or even better how to make it properly, I would be really grateful! Thanks in advance! --Matchtime (talk) 14:21, 10 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

What was the form you used? Was it the one you get when selecting "Click here to start the Upload Wizard"? The wizard's complexity is part of the reason that I always go directly to Special:Upload (in particular, to Commons:Special:Upload) when uploading images. I can help you with that if you'd like to skip the forms. Nyttend (talk) 14:48, 10 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The form I reached via this link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Help_desk#article_request - and I'm not sure at all how exactly I did reach it. Thus I'd appreciate any help regardless a form (or no form), since my only intention actually was to simply enhance an article I created ... without making a MS-degree in picture design for that ;-). So thank you very much for your offer and the "special:upload-link" you provided; I'll try this one and will provide a note here, how I proceed. --Matchtime (talk) 19:32, 10 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Old Tappan, New Jersey[edit]

My Name is Assemblyman Robert Auth. I am the newly elected New Jersey Assemblyman that represents Old Tappan one of 23 municipalities in New Jersey Legislative District 39. I was sworn into office January 2014. http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/members/BIO.asp?Leg=366 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.196.136.162 (talk) 14:42, 10 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I think Auth is asking that we update the article's section on legislative representation, which provides the name of a predecessor. Nyttend (talk) 14:48, 10 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Updated article as requested (note: I couldn't find exact township details to add in parentheses. Please add that info, if necessary). GermanJoe (talk) 15:38, 10 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Infobox problem[edit]

Hi.

I'm trying to insert an infobox using the following at https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=San_Carlos_Apache_Indian_Reservation&action=submit#editform

But it is not appearing correctly. What am I missing:

{{Infobox ethnic group | group = San Carlos Apache Nation
Apache, Nnee | poptime = 15,393 | popplace = United States (Arizona) | rels = Traditional Tribal Religions, Christianity | langs = [[Southern Athabaskan], English |related = Apache peoples }}

(I added a header to this question.) You need a second closing square bracket after "Southern Athabaskan". That will fix it; hope that helps. Hassocks5489 (Floreat Hova!) 17:31, 10 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Change title of wiki page[edit]

Hi,

I helped my Chineese friends of Unirule Institute of Economics to update their page on wikipedia : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unirule_institute_of_china But I cannot change the title of the page which should be "Unirule Institute of Economics", and not "Unirule Institute of China.

How can I do that ?

Thank you for your time,

Emmanuel Martin Director, The Institute for Economic Studies-Europe [email protected] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A01:E35:8AC0:AAE0:E8FB:B6:6A4E:A1E1 (talk) 17:54, 10 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I have moved the page, but it needs references showing extensive coverage in reliable independent sources to be added. Please see Help:Referencing for beginners for how to do that.
I will now go back and remove the unacceptable External links, and references based on Wikipedia, from the article. - Arjayay (talk) 18:04, 10 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Emily's Army[edit]

Can somebody like a admin create a redirect to when you type in Emily's Army, it redirects to Swimmers (band) — Preceding unsigned comment added by PacoDaKing14Sportz (talk • contribs) 18:06, 10 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@PacoDaKing14Sportz: Just as an FYI, that doesn't require an admin. Any editor that has been autoconfirmed can create a redirect. And you are autoconfirmed. Dismas|^(talk) 19:49, 10 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Dismas: actually that page is protected against recreation, so it does need an admin. I have requested admin assistance. Sincerely, Taketa (talk) 19:55, 10 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I hadn't looked into it far enough, I guess. Dismas|^(talk) 20:13, 10 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Done by admin Dragonfly 67. Nyttend (talk) 01:23, 11 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Finding A Question[edit]

I asked a question then closed my browser. How do I locate the previously asked question?75.171.82.75 (talk) 19:52, 10 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You can click on your IP address in this question here (the blue link) and it will take you to your wikipedia contributions. In this case, Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Science#Butterfly_Flight is a link to the question you asked. (You could also, possibly, press ctrl+H in your web browser to view your own web history and locate it that way. CaptRik (talk) 20:00, 10 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

How to find a non-biased newspaper[edit]

I am trying to find a newspaper like they use to have. Honest non-biased and not owned by a "corporation", such as Gannett. Or are there no such media such as this anymore. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.132.181.16 (talk) 22:06, 10 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

This page is only for questions about how to use or edit Wikipedia (see top of page). For general knowledge questions, please try Wikipedia:Reference desk; note, however, "we don't answer requests for opinions, predictions or debate". ~Regards ~E:71.20.250.51 (talk) 22:25, 10 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]