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January 30

Changing the photo for Eddie Van Halen

Hi,

I would like to update the photo of Eddie Van Halen to a more recent, better looking photo of him at the smithsonian institute in 2015.

Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vanhalenfan123 (talk • contribs) 03:33, 30 January 2016 (UTC)

@Vanhalenfan123: That needs to be discussed on article's talk page. Do you own the rights to the image you would like to use ? or is it freely licensed ? Mlpearc (open channel) 03:41, 30 January 2016 (UTC)

Connect with http instead of https?

Is there a way to connect to the Wikipedia web page with http instead of https? I ask because earlier today when I tried to use https, the connection failed. I tried http instead and it connected, but redirected me to https, which then produced an error. And of course, I could not report the error, because I couldn't get to the help desk or WP:VPT or anything. It's working now, but hoping there is a fallback plan for next time there's a problem. RudolfRed (talk) 04:13, 30 January 2016 (UTC)

@RudolfRed: WMF decided to go HTTPS only, and I believe the transition was completed a while ago. It certainly looks, from a very quick check, like HTTP access is no longer available, even for anonymous (not logged in) access. HTTP Strict Transport Security is now enabled, and means that recent browsers should actually refuse to even attempt to connect via HTTP (automatically rewriting URLs into HTTPS before connecting), after the first successful connection via HTTPS. The HTTP servers on port 80 seem to do nothing other than serve redirects over to HTTPS now. Murph9000 (talk) 05:54, 30 January 2016 (UTC)

References

Thanks for the reply and the info. RudolfRed (talk) 19:40, 30 January 2016 (UTC)

Referencing errors on Bob Power

Reference help requested. I'm not sure how to determine which errors have been made. Could you point me towards an article to help me understand how to read the page on which I am to make the edit to?

- Chris Thanks, Chriscjamison (talk) 05:48, 30 January 2016 (UTC)

The error message on the version to which you refer said: "Text " Biography" ignored (help)", and the word help was in blue to indicate that it was a wikilink, in this case to Help:CS1 errors#Text "????" ignored which explains how to solve it. The problem was solved by another editor a few months later in this edit. --David Biddulph (talk) 06:01, 30 January 2016 (UTC)

Logo upload

Hi,

I am trying to edit a page for a school project.

The page is 'Sula Vineyards' and I am currently struggling with understanding how to upload images as well as the logo in the infobox.

I also made the mistake of uploading the previous images thorugh Wiki Commons.

Could anyone guide me through this or upload the logo for me in the infobox?

Thanks in advance!

Finivino1000 (talk) 06:09, 30 January 2016 (UTC)

See WP:Teahouse/Questions/Archive_441#Inserting a logo into the Infobox. - David Biddulph (talk) 06:20, 30 January 2016 (UTC)

And see also the answers to your previous questions at Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions/Archive_442#Uploading logos and images to wikipedia and Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions#Image and logo uploading. Cordless Larry (talk) 08:55, 30 January 2016 (UTC)

I see that you have recently uploaded File:Sula vineyards sun.jpg and declared that you are the copyright holder. In view of previous copyright problems on that article, you might need to explain how the copyright belongs to you, rather than to the photographer www.kedarbhat.com. --David Biddulph (talk) 11:59, 30 January 2016 (UTC)

Introduction

Header added by ColinFine (talk) 10:22, 30 January 2016 (UTC)

Hello, I am new to wikipedia. I started my user page, and wished to introduce myself at the Tea House. I wrote a short message, uploaded a picture. However: I cannot find my message or name in the guest book to check if I was successful. How should I proceed? Thanks for your help! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wagfermwp (talk • contribs) 10:12, 30 January 2016 (UTC)

Hello, Wagfermwp. Your introduction is at Wikipedia:Teahouse/Guests/Left_column#Wagfermwp. You can always find your contributions by picking "Contributions" at the top right hand corner of any page. Please use a section header (between == and ==) when you create a new section on this or a talk page; and please sign it with ~~~~ (four tildes). --ColinFine (talk) 10:26, 30 January 2016 (UTC)

Laird

Ref number 19 on this page is a youtube ref. I don't think it has been done correctly. Please fix up.101.182.136.195 (talk) 11:04, 30 January 2016 (UTC) Thanks

Have you read WP:YOUTUBE and convinced yourself that it isn't a breach of the BBC's copyright? --David Biddulph (talk) 12:04, 30 January 2016 (UTC)

Mimsa International Airport

Mimsa International Airport (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Found this while patrolling new pages. It could just be careless editing or similar, combined with a very stubby article, but I can't convince myself that it actually exists. It is using Miami's IATA code (MIA), and I'm just not finding it convincingly when searching Google, or looking at the Airports Authority of India site. The official URL takes you to an airport with a quite different name. I'm getting a distinct whiff of hoax about it, either that or an unbuilt project that would fail WP:CRYSTAL. I can't entirely decide though, so throwing it out there for others to look at. Murph9000 (talk) 13:41, 30 January 2016 (UTC)

We already have an article for Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport at the same co-ordinates, so I suggest that we either delete the Mimsa article or redirect to the Sri Guru one. Dbfirs 13:52, 30 January 2016 (UTC)

That article has no sources. I've nominated it for Articles for Deletion. If anyone wants to propose redirection, that is a valid comment at AFD. If anyone wants to replace it with brilliant accurate well-sourced propose in seven days, that is encouraged but unlikely. Robert McClenon (talk) 13:55, 30 January 2016 (UTC)

I can't find any evidence that the airport is commonly called Mimsa, so I support the deletion. There can't be two different airports at the same co-ordinates, so there's no point in anyone researching for a better article. Also, the second airport in the small village of Dhuri (Rajomajra Airport) was deleted as a hoax last October. The village has a grain market and a train station, but two airports? Dbfirs 14:03, 30 January 2016 (UTC)

The photo is actually of Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport and seemingly a copyvio. The article seems a sufficiently clear hoax that I would suggest speedy deletion as such. _└ ^UkPaolo/_talk^┐ 14:38, 30 January 2016 (UTC)

Resolved

 – Thanks. I just needed some additional eyes and opinions to confirm it for me. Murph9000 (talk) 14:07, 30 January 2016 (UTC)

General Requests Lab?

I am familiar with the Wikipedia:Graphics Lab, and I have used it on numerous occasions with much delight. Is there another such offering, but for more general requests? For example, I am slowly working on updating the Petzl page and I would like to add Petzl's logo to the company infobox, but I am not yet entirely comfortable with my knowledge of Wikipedia's policies regarding logos and other non-free content. This question is directed more towards finding a Graphics Lab alternative as opposed to determining whether or not it would be acceptable to upload Petzl's logo. Evan.oltmanns (talk) 14:51, 30 January 2016 (UTC)

It looks like you've figured this out, Evan.oltmanns. Dismas|^(talk) 16:15, 30 January 2016 (UTC)

The logo happened to be already uploaded and was being used on another language page. If it hadn't been, however, where would the best place have been to ask someone to do it for me (again, because I am unfamiliar with the policies)? Evan.oltmanns (talk) 17:07, 30 January 2016 (UTC)

@Evan.oltmanns: I see. Well, to get back to your question, in general it depends on the situation. Here at the Help Desk, people answer lots of questions about copyright, uploading images, inserting tables, etc. For your Petzl issue, you could have started by looking at Wikipedia:Copyright assistance. About three quarters of the way down the page, it has a link to Wikipedia:Media copyright questions.

Just so you know, I didn't have that answer before starting to reply. Most often, I find things but just going to the search box, typing "Wikipedia:", and then following it with a keyword. This time, I typed "Wikipedia:Copyright" and it suggested about a half dozen possible things. Copyright Assistance was one of them. It's best to keep the keyword broad at first, such as Images or Tables. Check the suggested results, and then start poking around.

Nobody here has every help page and guideline memorized. We just have our ways of finding what we need most of the time. And some of us keep a list of guidelines that have come in helpful on our user pages. See, for instance, the bottom of my own user page. Dismas|^(talk) 17:38, 30 January 2016 (UTC)

WP is a namespace alias for Wikipedia so WP:or wp: makes the same search of the Wikipedia namespace as Wikipedia:. PrimeHunter (talk) 18:39, 30 January 2016 (UTC)

Undoing move of Hospitaller colonization of the Americas to Territorial possessions of the Knights Hospitaller

Another user moved the article Hospitaller colonization of the Americas to Territorial possessions of the Knights Hospitaller and converted it from a Good Article to a list, without discussion. On User:Chicbyaccident's page, they and I agreed to split the current page: restore Hospitaller colonization of the Americas to its earlier state as a GA, and keep the list content at Territorial possessions of the Knights Hospitaller. But it has been a long time since I messed around with page moves and I don't know how to proceed without losing the talk page content and page history. Fishal (talk) 19:49, 30 January 2016 (UTC)