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July 2[edit]

New colloquial saying[edit]

Hi First long time fan and donator to Wikipedia

How can I place a new saying on Wikipedia?

It is "Ripped up" I came up with and use, what the meaning and the use of is; That's ripped up! Is for a Situation that is completely unusual, or very funny

Also extremely offensive, but not demeaning

Donald Trump winning the 2016 election was "Ripped-up" because it was unexpected and a surprising result

Many uses to the saying, but better than swearing like saying, "that was/is f***ed

Regards

Chris— Preceding unsigned comment added by Intuitive~physics (talk • contribs)

Intuitive~physics Wikipedia is not for things that were made up one day. Per WP:NEOLOGISM, a new term must be in widespread use and written about in independent reliable sources to merit an article. 331dot (talk) 01:50, 2 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Even if that were worth noting, then it would be worth noting as a lexical item. These go in dictionaries, and Wikipedia, a mere encyclopedia, doesn't purport to be a dictionary. Perhaps try Wiktionary. -- Hoary (talk) 01:54, 2 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Typed in wrong username[edit]

Hello I accidentally typed in a typical username I use but now, ten minutes after opening y account I realize I would like to use my real name, Rory Lewis - not a username. Can you change minedice to rorylewis or something like my name?

Sincerely

Rory — Preceding unsigned comment added by Minedice (talk • contribs) 05:08, 2 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

This question is the only thing you've used this login for. The simplest thing to do is to just abandon it and create User:rorylewis instead. By the way, please remember to sign to this and other talk and discussion pages with four tildes (~) Rojomoke (talk) 05:42, 2 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Keep in mind that you don't have to use rorylewis. Wikipedia has no problem with spaces or capital letters, so you can create Rory Lewis as your username if that's what you want to do. --Guy Macon (talk) 05:54, 2 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Also note that the first character is automatically capitalized so rorylewis becomes Rorylewis which is already taken. Rory Lewis is available. PrimeHunter (talk) 07:47, 2 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

New Page[edit]

I created a page using my username for an actor I manage but after publishing it still doesn't come up in the search.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Starz&FXmgmt (talk • contribs) 2 July 2020 05:59 (UTC)

@Starz&FXmgmt: Hello, what you have created is a draft in your sandbox at User:Starz&FXmgmt/sandbox. There are a number of issues with this draft, which if submitted via WP:AFC would be declined. The formatting issues can be resolved but you *must* read WP:COI and WP:PAID (the latter page is mandatory under the terms of use) and make the necessary decalarations. Content in praise of the subject should also be removed. You are also not permitted a username which implies shared or corporate use. A change can be requested via WP:UNC. You should also study the guide to article creation and the manual of style together with links which will be left at your talk page. For future reference the 'publish' button equates to 'save' but was renamed for some not very clear reason to do with copyright. When you consider the draft ready for mainspace, you can place {{subst:submit}} at the top of the source which will submit it for review via AFC. It will not be indexed by search engines for 90 days after creation in mainspsce or until it has been patrolled, whichever is the shorter period. Eagleash (talk) 06:22, 2 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: Blocked (username). Eagleash (talk) 06:26, 2 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It's too bad, because what the world is calling for right now is more feel good info about about people with a unique singing voice, muscular physique, and eclectic personality! ;-) TimTempleton ^(talk) ^(cont) 20:05, 2 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge[edit]

Ref 229 is all wrong. Please do not get angry - it is from a publication. I tried very hard. Please leave in quote. Sorry thanks Srbernadette (talk) 08:15, 2 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

You had given the date as "1848 - ", which was not accepted as valid. I have corrected it to "1848". Maproom (talk) 09:05, 2 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Srbernadette: Nobody is angry here. Curious perhaps, but not angry. TimTempleton ^(talk) ^(cont) 20:03, 2 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Adding an article[edit]

I was trying to add information about Oliver C Morse III who was the person for whom the morse nunataks were named.

This was done for the benefit of his widow. Oliver passed away last year.

When I went back it was removed with a rather nasty comment by "Premeditated Chaos".

Is it possible to just add an article about Oliver C Morse III that contains a brief bio and references the Morse Nunataks article? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morse_Nunataks

Thank you for your time.

D

Davidkyee (talk) 08:58, 2 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Davidkyee. I agree that Premeditated Chaos's edit comment was inappropriate, and would like to remind them of WP:CIVIL and WP:DBTN. But having said that, I think they were right to remove that material from that article.

It is certainly possible that an article could be written about Morse, provided the independent sources exist to establish that he meets Wikipedia's criteria for notability. Note that Wikipedia is basically not interested in what the subject of an article did, said, or published, but what people unconnected with them published about them: the material you added did not contain a single independent reference, and so does not really belong in any Wikipedia article.

Unfortunately, creating a new article is one of the hardest tasks in editing Wikipedia, and I never recommend that new editors try it straight away; but you may if you wish: see your first article to get started. You might ask at a suitable WikiProject if you can find one - perhaps one of the subprojects of WP:WikiProject Science. --ColinFine (talk) 17:27, 2 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Davidkyee: With a simple Google search of Morse, I'm not seeing enough for a standalone article, but you could add info about his work with lighting to lighting related articles, if it's indeed groundbreaking. TimTempleton ^(talk) ^(cont) 20:01, 2 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Religion[edit]

Who is the prohet of doom? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 105.230.177.61 (talk) 08:58, 2 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

You're better off asking at the Reference desk. This is more for editing questions. TimTempleton ^(talk) ^(cont) 19:53, 2 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Changes Susant singh rajput cause of death[edit]

Hi Sir, It's my request you to please edit Indian talented actor late Susant singh rajput cause of death portion in his wikipedia page. Police still investigating his reason behind death and it's not seem suicide so far. Police trying to pretend it suicide but Susant's death not seems like that it can be murder also. So please edit that portion from his page.

Thank and refards, Manas Halder — Preceding unsigned comment added by 223.31.230.39 (talk) 10:09, 2 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Relates to Sushant Singh Rajput; Please see the multiple discussions and requests at the article talk page. Please make requests for edits at that talk page. Thank you. Eagleash (talk) 10:37, 2 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

... that talk page being Talk:Sushant Singh Rajput. —[AlanM1 (talk)]— 00:22, 3 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Fort Hood Army post name change petition[edit]

On July 1, a petition was started in an effort to get the army to change the name of the based named after a Confederate General John Bell Hood to PFC Vanessa Guillen in honor of her service to this country and help spread the message of eliminating sexual harassment and sexual assault within the Army. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Voiceforthepeople (talk • contribs) 10:32, 2 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Voiceforthepeople, at the top of this page, you read: "This page is only for questions about using Wikipedia". Do you have a question about using Wikipedia? -- Hoary (talk) 12:47, 2 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Edit Changed[edit]

The article I had updated has been changed and I don't fully agree with the conclusion that it was promotional or spam. What is needed is very clear instructions on adding information. The information which is informative will not always come from academic journals, in this case, the link had references to the relevant academic journals and to the website of the BBC. Therefore, It Is unfathomable as to how the decision was made. Happy to contribute to this platform, however very clear instructions are needed because editing and authoring takes time. It would be wasting time if these edits are simply reverted. If there is an absolute rule on referencing back to any website that an author may have a connection with then this needs to be clearly stated. You can't expect users to spend five hours crawling through the website to find this information it needs to be easily accessible. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DrHorsford (talk • contribs) 15:10, 2 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

DrHorsford, the content you added to Psychological trauma contained a direct external link (Wikipedia articles should not contain external links in their main text) to a blog (Wikipedia does not regard blogs as a reliable source) which features an interview with you (Wikipedia disapproves of editors adding links to their own work). I expect that everyone who has read this far will agree with what you say in the interview. But Wikipedia has rules which make it possible for it to work as a cooperative project, and you have inadvertently broken several of these. Maproom (talk) 15:37, 2 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

What happens when accused of sockpuppetry?[edit]

Hi, I'm a new user. I recently joined to make an edit on a page but the page was protected. I joined the discussion regarding this but have been accused of being a sock puppet. I was wondering what the standard procedure for this is as I'm still getting to grips with Wikipedia (my experience of editing pages is through Wordpress). — Preceding unsigned comment added by DarkerDai (talk • contribs) 15:11, 2 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@DarkerDai: Please see Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/SPI/Guidance#Defending_yourself_against_claims. Victor Schmidt (talk) 16:14, 2 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Victor Schmidt: thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by DarkerDai (talk • contribs) 16:19, 2 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]