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November 30

Please Help!! my wikipedia page is not live (expired)!!

Hi,

Hope you are doing well.

I have created a page i.e. Salequick in "https://en.wikipedia.org" on date 19-Nov-2015. I have also optimize it (according to your wiki guidelines) by adding required information and add unique (informative) content on this page. At that time my wiki page was live and opening properly but today i am not found and my login details are also not working.

I want to see my page in wikipedia. So, Kindly assist me on this, So that i can optimize the page as per your guidelines.

I am looking for your prompt action on this.

Have a graet day ahead.

Regard's

Keshaw — Preceding unsigned comment added by Keshaw1992 (talk • contribs) 01:45, 30 November 2015‎ (UTC)

Wikipedia is not for advertising ones own production, and the article at that location has been deleted as advertising twice within the last two weeks. Please see WP:NOTADVERTISING. If you feel your company meets the guidelines in Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies), you can request that someone write the article from secondary sources at Wikipedia:Requested articles.Naraht (talk) 05:54, 30 November 2015 (UTC)

DailyMail as a source

Hi, Can the Daily Mail be used as a source?, I'm convinced I read somewhere it shouldn't be used as such and rather annoyingly I've followed that for the last 2-3 years... and it now turns out I could be completely wrong?!, Anyway thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 02:13, 30 November 2015 (UTC)

The Daily Mail is listed at Wikipedia:Potentially unreliable sources.--Shantavira|^{feed me} 09:56, 30 November 2015 (UTC)

Thanks Shantavira. –Davey2010^Talk 23:12, 30 November 2015 (UTC)

Help:Cite errors/Cite error ref too many keys

I believe we should add a production code on the Teen Titans Go! page 99.120.110.199 (talk) 02:32, 30 November 2015 (UTC) Rickey Claiborne

The reason that the error was flagged was that you had put the "Production Code" parameter in the middle of a reference, hence breaking the reference. Your edit has therefore been reverted by a bot. Note also that in {{Episode list}} the name of the parameter is "ProdCode". --David Biddulph (talk) 10:04, 30 November 2015 (UTC)

how to correct "{{#coordinates:}}: cannot have more than one primary tag per page" (two sets of coordinates in the same article)

In Vare-Washington School I have two NRHP infoboxes since this school occupied two different buildings. I get a "{{#coordinates:}}: cannot have more than one primary tag per page" error as a result. What should I do to fix it? WhisperToMe (talk) 05:22, 30 November 2015 (UTC)

Fixed with this edit (removed title from second infobox). --Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 07:45, 30 November 2015 (UTC)

Thank you! WhisperToMe (talk) 10:37, 30 November 2015 (UTC)

How to change page title

I want to change page title. Right now the page title is User:Anshuranisingh/sandbox, i want to replace it with Tulsi Tanti. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anshuranisingh (talk • contribs) 06:58, 30 November 2015‎ (UTC)

@Anshuranisingh: I would advise against doing so. As the reviewer stated , the content is not ready for main space and if you move it there without addressing the concerns it will be headed for deletion. BUT if you are determined, there is a tab at the top of the page that says "move" and instructions here WP:MOVE. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 12:32, 30 November 2015 (UTC)

Cannot edit in VE

Hi,

I have a difficulties with editing via VE. When I click on Edit, nothing happens. Somoene told me it might be an interaction with a Gadget, but I havent found out which Gadget may cause it. Any idea? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Juandev (talk • contribs) 09:07, 30 November 2015‎ (UTC)

@Juandev: Special:Contributions/Juandev shows two VE edits three minutes before posting here. How did you make them? If your problem is at another wiki or a specific page then please name it. Also name your browser. Does it work when you are logged out? If there is no VE edit link for logged out users then click the source edit link and manually change action=edit to veaction=edit in the url. When you say nothing happens, do you mean the url in the browser address bar doesn't change and there are no signs the browser is trying to load something? PrimeHunter (talk) 13:50, 30 November 2015 (UTC)

Change name for the pages

Hi We will like to request the page title change for zh:Radio 1003 to UFM100.3 and if you are able to include the information box on the right hand side to the page as well and request the page title change for UFM 1003 to UFM100.3.

Thanks:) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Xiaowei87~enwiki (talk • contribs) 10:20, 30 November 2015‎ (UTC)

Hellom, Xiaowei87~enwiki. Chinese Wikipedia is a quite separate project from English Wikipedia, and very few people here have any familiarity with it. If it works the same way as English Wikipedia, you should be able to MOVE the page to a new title. See zh:Help:页面重命名. --ColinFine (talk) 17:38, 30 November 2015 (UTC)

Barry Dufour

I have contacted you recently. But nothing has changed. I am concerned that the wikipedia entry on me- my biography - still says at then top that the article has multiple issues. It does not - because the people who write this for me have addressed Wikipedia's concerns. Retaining the statement at them top - this article has multiple issues - makes me look bad and causes reputation damage. Can you please get one of your editors to modify this. Please note I am a big fan of wikipedia and have previously donated money - so I do expect a good service!

Barry Dufour

The wikipedia page is: Barry Dufour — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.1.52.11 (talk • contribs)

I don't see that the issues flagged had been in any way addressed - and I see many other issues that had not been previously flagged, so I have added those banners.

And "people who write this for you" need to declare their conflict of interest. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 11:37, 30 November 2015 (UTC)

Thank you for your financial contribution. But please note, that was a charitable donation to support Wikipedia in its goal to be a free encyclopedia. Not a payment for a listing in a directory. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 11:41, 30 November 2015 (UTC)

A quick view leads me to believe this might be a case of WP:TNT where the current advertorial is essentially unsalvageable but we can possibly replace it with a short stub that does meet the appropriate standards WP:GNG / WP:NPOV particularly under WP:AUTHOR if it is the same Barry Dufour who wrote both The World of Pop and Rock and edited New Movements in the Social Sciences and Humanities. I will try to have a look at this later. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 12:48, 30 November 2015 (UTC)

@TheRedPenOfDoom: Most probably this is the same person — the two books you mention above are listed in Barry Dufour#Principal books as the second and third position. --CiaPan (talk) 13:18, 30 November 2015 (UTC)

Draft:This_Week_Newspaper | Mouseover Reference Numbers

Hi everyone!

I'm an editing newbie working on the draft at Draft:This Week Newspaper

Try as I might and despite web research, I've failed to nail the Wiki markup needed for reference number mouseovers. There appear to be different methods but I'm not familiar enough with code to determine a good practice standard. I've turned to the Open Data Institute who are all about coding standards and provided the example below:

The mouseover code they use for '[4]" in the sentence 'There are currently 13 nodes acting as catalysts for open data business development and training." can be seen at Open Data Institute

Any advice would be welcome. I just need pointing in the right direction. :)

Best wishes, Terry — Preceding unsigned comment added by Caerhys (talk • contribs) 13:45, 30 November 2015‎ (UTC)

It looks like reference popups do not work in the draft namespace. Unknown technical bug. In Wikipedia:Sandbox the popups in your draft work well. This means it will work when the draft gets published. Read also WP:SIGNATURE. --Lüboslóv Yęzýkin (talk) 14:46, 30 November 2015 (UTC)

Hey! That's great news. Thanks. I shall press on regardless.

@Caerhys: Just for your information, how discussions work: You type a text in a discussion, then after you've typed, you sign with four tildes, thus: Your text.--~~~~ (there is a button on the edit toolbar above).--Lüboslóv Yęzýkin (talk) 13:37, 1 December 2015 (UTC)

Cite error within template

== Help:Cite errors/Cite error references no key ==

I have no idea what I've broken [1]. Everything looks correct. Please, help.--Lüboslóv Yęzýkin (talk) 14:00, 30 November 2015 (UTC)

It's because you have references within the notelist template. I don't know how you want to deal with that but you will probably have to remove them to fix the error. Sarah-Jane (talk) 14:22, 30 November 2015 (UTC)

Yes, I noticed that, the reference 14 in the text does not work, while the reference 14 in the reference list returns to the reference 15. But the reference 13 works well anyway inside of the template. There is some paradox.--Lüboslóv Yęzýkin (talk) 14:51, 30 November 2015 (UTC)

OK, I've corrected it with another template. Nevertheless, I'd like to hear a technical explanation of the problem, because it was very strange.--Lüboslóv Yęzýkin (talk) 15:08, 30 November 2015 (UTC)

Help:Cite errors/Cite error refs without references

Hi guys. I have added a reference from a national newspaper, but I am getting a no ref message? Richard Murray Irish Politician. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Leprechaunxwwwx (talk • contribs)

@Leprechaunxwwwx: Fixed the error [2] but nominated the article for deletion. --NeilN ^{talk to me} 15:29, 30 November 2015 (UTC)

Claire Harman (writer)

will Dear Wikipedia, I would very much like help with malicious content being repeatedly added to the page Claire Harman (writer), which violates my privacy and is maliciously intended. If it is possible to remove the whole page, I would be very grateful. Otherwise, I'd be very grateful for any help in arresting this distressing, aggressive behaviour. Yours, Claire Harman. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Col2950 (talk • contribs)

I have semi-protected the article for a week. That will stop the IPs from readding the info. -- GB fan 17:12, 30 November 2015 (UTC)

If those BLP-violations are re-added later, longer protection can be requested at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection (was just filing the request, but GB fan beat me to it - thanks). GermanJoe (talk) 17:19, 30 November 2015 (UTC)

The OP said: "If it is possible to remove the whole page, I would be very grateful. Otherwise, I'd be very grateful for any help in arresting this distressing, aggressive behaviour." I will call the OP's attention to Wikipedia:Deletion process#Deletion requested by subject, which has to do with article deletion requested by the subject. What the OP can do is to nominate the article for deletion via Articles for Deletion. This appears to be a special case, request for deletion of article by not-very-well-known subject, where No Consensus results in Delete rather than in Keep. Robert McClenon (talk) 01:30, 1 December 2015 (UTC)

Where to Report Malicious BLP Violations

This raises a question that isn't obvious to me as an experienced editor. What is the best forum for reporting repeated BLP violations? In particular, can repeated BLP violations be reported at the anti-vandalism noticeboard, or are they a case of misconduct that is not vandalism? Robert McClenon (talk) 01:37, 1 December 2015 (UTC)

Depends on the violation, really. If it's questionable or contentious, BLPN. Petty vandalism like blanking, obscene slurs, or intentionally adding obviously false information should be reported to AIV. For disruption that is not outright vandalism, including harassment or defamation, I'd suggest ANI or a passing admin's talk page. For "holy crap!"-level events, such as someone who has been doxed, post a {{Uw-biog4im}} and contact an oversighter. You might also contact a passing admin to revdel it while waiting for oversight. Don't report something that needs to be oversighted at ANI, as it's too public. For certain kinds of violations, you can also go to AE after you've posted the appropriate discretionary sanctions alert. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 07:52, 1 December 2015 (UTC)

Copyright question

I'm writing an article about a notable person who has given me his biography and he wishes to have this as the main content of his article. However, he has also given this biography to several other event pages and websites, but he still is the original owner. I have obtained letters saying that he has the right to use it, but my article continues to be flagged as copyright infringement. What is the procedure of submitting these letters so his article can be published? — Preceding unsigned comment added by German Gonzalez G (talk • contribs)

In general, see Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials for the procedure. But it might be a waste of effort, for autobiographies are almost never suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia. If you linked to the article we might be able to give you better advice. —teb728 t c 20:22, 30 November 2015 (UTC)

Indeed, German Gonzalez G, Wikipedia has approximately zero interest in what a subject says (or wants said) about themselves: it is only interested in what people unconnected with the the subject have said about them. --ColinFine (talk) 23:52, 30 November 2015 (UTC)

This is the article: http://www.fireflourandfork.com/german-gonzalez/

I changed it however, and took out the promotional language. I just used the basic facts as a building block, so it was less autobiographical. There are a few other distillers and brewers who have made advancements in their fields that have articles written about them as well, so I'm not sure how this differs/if it it does in terms of it being promotional.

Wikiblame errors

Wikiblame is returning some wildly incorrect results - 3 searches for "Dandelion Wine" in Fahrenheit 451 have given the same result "Insertion found between 00:55, 7 June 2012 and 03:17, 7 June 2012" - whereas, having searched manually, it was actually made on 19 November 2015 - 3.5 years later. Is this a known problem? - Arjayay (talk) 17:58, 30 November 2015 (UTC)

@Arjayay: Try it again with "Force searching of wikitext" ticked. With that unticked, the software is looking at the page as the reader sees it, after template expansion. It correctly found the 2012 edit that added the {{Ray Bradbury}} navbox, which contains the text "Dandelion Wine". With the box ticked it finds the 19 November edit. -- John of Reading (talk) 18:29, 30 November 2015 (UTC)

Thanks John of Reading - I didn't understand that the tick box did that - (note to self RTFM} - Arjayay (talk) 19:14, 30 November 2015 (UTC)

adding a name to list of artists

good day

I added an article about Terrance Plowright last year, which was accepted. I am now trying to add his name here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Australian_artists

but have completely forgotten what to do! I have included his name under the P's but I can't remember how to add a reference (or if this is necessary). I tried adding this: : but it shows up on the list of artists page so I assume I'm doing something wrong.

Please help regards - helen Helen7274 (talk) 19:57, 30 November 2015 (UTC)

List articles don't normally need references, just valid links (IOW, the most common criteria for list articles is just that the entry have a Wikipedia article). But you signed the addition, which you should not do in the article itself. I removed that. Rwessel (talk) 20:04, 30 November 2015 (UTC)

References

@Rwessel, Helen7274: While adding an entry to a stand alone list may not always invoke one of the four types of material that absolutely require an inline citation, that statement is painting with a very broad brush. List articles are subject to the same content policies and guidelines applicable to other articles, such as citing sources and verifiability (including WP:BURDEN) and list topics must be notable (though notability for lists is a special case, calling to the list set rather than each individual entry).

Yes, Helen, it is always good to add an inline citation, even where one is not absolutely mandated to appear—though we never cite other Wikipedia articles as references. Some of the mechanics of citing a reliable source are explained at Help:Referencing for beginners. We make links by placing doubled brackets around an entry. For example if you save: "[[Wikipedia]]" that will format as Wikipedia. Best regards--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 23:49, 30 November 2015 (UTC)

Easily finding parts where citations are needed

Hi, I am interested in doing research for articles that need citations and was wondering two things:

1. Is it possible to go into an article and quickly find out if there are any citations that are needed?

2. Is there any way to find articles that have a high amount of citations needed requests?

Many thanks

Does this help? Category:All articles with unsourced statements Rwessel (talk) 20:20, 30 November 2015 (UTC)

Also, possibly Wikipedia:Maintenance might help? CaptRik (talk) 21:24, 30 November 2015 (UTC)

Use of inline citations in Johnny Mathis (album)

I added a section to this album page that listed the recording dates and personnel at each session. The source for the players was the original album jacket, but the dates came from the CD reissue. I thought the best way to cite the two sources was in the section title as "Recording dates[1] and personnel[2]", but someone changed it so that they were together on the next line with no indication of which citation goes with what information. Is there something wrong with having citations next to section titles? Danaphile (talk) 21:49, 30 November 2015 (UTC)

MOS:HEAD includes the following: "Citations should not be placed within or on the same line as section and subsection headings." --David Biddulph (talk) 10:39, 1 December 2015 (UTC)