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November 13[edit]

Redirect Tagging[edit]

There are a few hundred categories that can be assigned to redirects, and there is a long list of the categories. Some of these categories can be assigned to redirects via Twinkle using the 'tag' feature. The 'tag' feature is set up so that it works differently with redirects than with article or draft pages. With redirects it is used to tag the redirect with a redirect category. That is what I know. Here are my two questions.

First, where (in project talk space) can I discuss redirect tags? That is, where can I ask a question about what tag is appropriate in a particular case, or where can I propose to add a tag to the choice list?

Second, where is the long list of redirect categories available? I had it once, but I lost my bookmark to it. Where can I view or browse the long list of redirect categories? Robert McClenon (talk) 00:00, 13 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Robert McClenon: Check out Wikipedia:Categorizing_redirects for guidance on when and how to categorize redirects. At the bottom, there is a long list of templates that will put redirects into categories. RudolfRed (talk) 00:54, 13 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Robert McClenon: BTW, the navbox ({{R template index}}) is included (collapsed) at the bottom of all (or most) of the {{R to ...}} templates. In case anyone is interested, there are 74 Rcat templates that are in the navbox (which has 100 templates) but not in Twinkle, listed at User:AlanM1/Twinkle Missing Rcats. There are apparently another 106 templates that are in Category:Redirect templates and its subcats (total 280), but not in the navbox or Twinkle (assuming that all the navbox and Twinkle templates are in the category tree). —[AlanM1 (talk)]— 04:33, 13 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Help improving articles[edit]

I am a new and am here with the intention to contribute,learn and know more about Wikipedia's guidelines. I have been accussed of having a close connection with someone i know of but not on a personal level and on the other wise being the subject itself https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vappala_Balachandran

Another page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N._Ravikiran which i have tried to improve resulted in me being blocked and warned when i mean no harm.I admit there are people out there who know much more on improving articles,about neutrality and removing templates.Can someone please help and is being rude,as cold as winter in sweden - a norm with the genius wikipedians or a one-off targetted thing.

I admit i might have made mistakes but not with malicious intent.Rajeshbm (talk) 00:03, 13 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Rajeshbm, since you claim to be Vappala Balachandran, please completely read and understand WP:AUTO, and that writing about yourself is strongly discouraged, as Bonadea has told you on your talk page. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 04:40, 13 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Sir,I have not claimed I am Vappala Balachandran.His profile interested me and he is well known.You probably misunderstood.I am not Vappala Balachandran for the record Rajeshbm (talk) 04:58, 13 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Rajeshbm: Special:Diff/987791156 is pretty unambiguous. —[AlanM1 (talk)]— 05:50, 13 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

There's also Special:Diff/987792939 at Talk:Vappala Balachandran, which appears to refer to File:Vappala Balachandran.png, and Special:Diff/987817627 at User talk:Rajeshbm#Managing a conflict of interest. —[AlanM1 (talk)]— 06:00, 13 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Sir,I am aware that I have made mistakes but they were not intentional.I just though that i knew too much and did not follow guideines which I should have.If you can correct or help improve them i shall be grateful.My intention is not to be Vandal or cause any trouble.I will go back to the sandbox and start working on how things are done and apologize for not following guidelines.Regarding the image,I contacted the subject and these were his words When you give a press interview there are times when you need to have your photograph in hand which one has to arrange for.That is how it works in india.So by default the image becomes the subjects property but I am not Vappala Balachandran .I put up the wrong icense/attribution which was a mistake. Rajeshbm (talk) 10:41, 13 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

My guess is that English is not his first language, so he can't precisely explain himself. But taking his comments here and on his user talk in the most comprehensible light amounts to being ordered to do this by Balachandran or someone associated with same. —A little blue Bori v^_^v ^{Takes a strong man to deny...} 22:20, 13 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Help changing company name[edit]

Courtesy link: Action on Hearing Loss

Hi, I am interested in changing the company name of Action on hearing Loss to RNID. How can I have access to do this? I can't seem to "move" the article. Thanks sonja — Preceding unsigned comment added by RNID2020 (talk • contribs) 09:46, 13 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

RNID2020 First, please review the important information I have placed on your user talk page regarding your username, which you will need to change. Second, I gather you are a company representative; please review conflict of interest and paid editing for information on formal disclosures you are required to make.

Regarding your question, you may request a page move at Requested Moves. New users cannot move articles to new titles. 331dot (talk) 09:51, 13 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

status of a new article[edit]

Courtesy link: Draft:Eugene McCown

Hello,

I wrote yestedray, as a draft, an article on the American artist Eugene McCown (1898-1966).

I am not sure what the current status of this document is. Is it in proofreading / validation? Do I have to do something more now that it's finished -for me) ?

I thank you in advance for your help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pariswasafeast (talk • contribs) 09:58, 13 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Pariswasafeast I have added the appropriate information to allow you to submit your draft for review. You will need to do that in order for it to be considered for formal placement in the encyclopedia. 331dot (talk) 10:06, 13 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Film with wrong title[edit]

Beyond the Law (1992 film) was first released in 1993 as seen in the actual article and on IMDb]. Title needs to be changed to Beyond the Law (1993 film). Greetings Aquatic Ambiance (talk) 11:40, 13 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Aquatic Ambiance:

Done by @Dq209 today with this edit. For future reference, Wikipedia:Moving a page explains how pages are moved/renamed on Wikipedia. Seagull123 Φ 15:20, 13 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you @Dq209: and @Seagull123:. Aquatic Ambiance (talk) 16:03, 13 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

VG Images[edit]

Do screenshots of video game gameplay (as requested by the image department) need to be free use, or can fair use off the internet work as well? Le Panini ^Talk 12:38, 13 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It might help others to understand the situation if you identified "the image department" and linked to its request. (In the meantime, "fair use" must be fair for a specific and tightly constrained purpose.) -- Hoary (talk) 13:24, 13 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I'll save you the trouble: Unless the game itself is under a copyleft licence, any screenshot is fair-use (and in the case the game is under a copyleft licence, then any use of that photo would have to comply with that licence - which means the ND and NC prongs would be fair-use if they are used at all). —A little blue Bori v^_^v ^{Takes a strong man to deny...} 22:10, 13 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Jéské Couriano, when you say "any screenshot is fair-use", the most obvious interpretation is one that I don't suppose you intend. How about this: Unless the game itself is either (i) explicitly released under a copyleft license acceptable for Wikipedia or (ii) explicitly released into the public domain, then any screenshot of it used in Wikipedia would have to specify its copyright status and cite "fair use". This doesn't mean Any time you want to illustrate a game, forget all the "Creative Commons" and similar mumbo-jumbo and just claim "fair use", which I fear is how what you say could be interpreted. Additionally NB "fair use" does not mean "any use that's convenient for building an article": indeed, it's pretty hard to claim "fair use" convincingly. And I still wonder what/who "the image department" is. -- Hoary (talk) 09:25, 14 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Le Panini: a screenshot from a copyrighted game is copyrighted, so you can use it only if you can claim fair use. Our fair-use policy is very restrictive. You must meet all 10 of our criteria. See WP:FAIRUSE. -Arch dude (talk) 17:22, 14 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Question about formatting | Dropdown/tabs[edit]

Hello! So I am the Lead Coordinator of the Current Events WikiProject. The project was revived earlier this year and it currently doing a massive re-formatting.

The WikiProject's "main page" will have a list of every article the WikiProject is currently active in. As we know, COVID-19 is always a 'current event', so every COVID-19 (Pandemic) article will be listed in its respective place on the WikiProject's list. To prevent just a gigantic list of articles, we would like to have a drop down menu, so when a person clicks on an arrow "For example like a button for COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, it would have a drop down and show each of the articles related with the parent article.

How do you create that type of drop down? (We aren't thinking of multipage tabs yet, just a large list of drop downs).

Also, if you have any advice on extra formatting/organization for the WikiProject, it would be greatly appreciated.

-Thanks, (Lead Coordinator of WikiProject Current Events) Elijahandskip (talk) 19:45, 13 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

See Template:Drop_down_list. Maproom (talk) 21:50, 13 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It's simple! Use {{Drop down list}} and you are good to go. SMB9 9thx my edits 23:46, 13 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

... though I now see that the lists are restricted to eight items. Maproom (talk) 08:42, 14 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Watch a section of an article[edit]

I'm learning how to use the watchlist. Rather than watching a whole page I only want to watch a particular section of a page for changes. Example is watching the 'sequel' section of a movie article. How can I do it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Meorioa3 (talk • contribs) 22:28, 13 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

You can't. You either watch the whole page or none of it. —A little blue Bori v^_^v ^{Takes a strong man to deny...} 22:30, 13 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Meorioa3: This idea comes up periodically. There is short explanation of why this can't be done here: Wikipedia:Perennial_proposals#Allow_watchlisting_individual_sections_of_a_page RudolfRed (talk) 22:44, 13 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Meorioa3, the only tool available to do that is User:Enterprisey/section-watchlist, which I don't think is currently functioning. It's very beta and thus not something I'd recommend to a new user. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 08:27, 14 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism/false info[edit]

Is there something staff can do when someone is repeatedly vandalizing a pager to include false information?

Someone has been editing the page for Noonbory and the Super 7 constantly and including false info (i.e stating the series had 4 seasons when it only had 2, one of which was never broadcast outside South Korea). They use a different alt-account every time, so it cannot be traced back to a specific person.

The only solution I can think of is locking the page, but I don't know if that can be done on Wikipedia or if that's just a Miraheze thing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by NoonboryKedabory (talk • contribs) 22:47, 13 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hello NoonboryKedabory. You can report vandalism at WP:AIV and you can request page protection at WP:RFPP. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 23:04, 13 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Wrong information[edit]

Discuss at Talk:President-elect of the United States

There is a wrong information on an article that is locked cannot delete. About explaining President Elect laws. There is Constitutional law being violated here. There is no president elect at this time 11/13/2020 when there is a dispute. The correct info was up last week and has been changed in the last few days saying Biden is president elect. There is a recount going on and courts will decide some disputes filed. Until it’s resolved Biden hasn’t won the election. That should be updated. A link should be there on Presidential election law and process as well as Constitutional laws on Presidential election and disputes. https://www.usa.gov/election — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:185:C100:1F5C:15CA:6AF7:B7D2:DB54 (talk) 23:02, 13 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia summarizes what independent reliable sources state, not necessarily what is official or legal. If you disagree with the sources, you will need to take that up with them. Most of the sources also state the legal cases are without merit and will not change the results. 331dot (talk) 23:05, 13 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Care to mulligan on the topic area you've chosen to edit? —A little blue Bori v^_^v ^{Takes a strong man to deny...} 23:31, 13 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The help desk is for questions about using or editing Wikipedia. Discussions about changing article content belong on the talk pages of those articles. -Arch dude (talk) 03:08, 14 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]