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February 10

How do I report an admin?

Just a few hours ago I came into conflict with an admin who was using harsh language and threatening to block me for making one minor error. Two other admins condemned his actions. I may have to report him. Ak-eater06 (talk) 06:58, 10 February 2022 (UTC)

Ak-eater06 The user who gave you warnings is not an administrator. User behavior issues may be reported to WP:ANI if they are intractable and cannot be resolved. 331dot (talk) 09:18, 10 February 2022 (UTC)

(edit conflict)@Ak-eater06: I guess you are talking about the events at Andrew Scheer. A few of points to note: Firstly, the other editor involved (Toddst1) is not an Admin. Not any more - he retired from that role. He is now an editor with the same rights as you or me - although he is a hugely experienced and well regarded editor, so I think his opinion is well worth taking seriously. Secondly, you will notice that his comments all refer back to Wikipedia policies and guidelines, rather than just his own personal views - unlike your insistence to keep adding unsourced information to a BLP. It was not a single mistake; you kept putting it back in spite of being told why it was not suitable (breaking the three revert rule in the process). Thirdly, the only personal insults I can see are the ones you used, calling him an "angry user who wants to create conflict". In future, I suggest you stick to the issue, and take content disputes to the Talk page of the article per BRD. You might also like to read WP:CIVIL.--Gronk Oz (talk) 09:28, 10 February 2022 (UTC)

Something to Add about Grand Central Station

Hello Editor, I was reading about Grand Central Station Terminal in New York on Wikipedia when I noticed the paragraph on films made in Grand Central Station Terminal throughout the years. I have a film on DVD that was not mentioned which does feature Grand Central Station Terminal in the final scene of the film. The film is called Hold Your Man and it is a 1933 film done by Metro Goldwyn Mayer. It starred Clark Gable and Jean Harlow. I definitely saw on the last final scene, Grand Central Station in all its glory. You can see the movie for yourself and research it, you will see it there. Please add that detail to the information about the station in your Wikipedia. Thank you in advance. Thank you for the great work. Grand Central Station Terminal brings back lots of great memories for it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:8800:7A8E:5F00:D921:2AA5:9F9:9D79 (talk) 07:16, 10 February 2022 (UTC)

I see that you've added that information yourself, which is fine according to our WP:BRD policy. However, you didn't quite format things correctly nor did you link to the article on the film at Hold Your Man, so I'll do that for you now. Mike Turnbull (talk) 14:04, 10 February 2022 (UTC)

descarcari

buna ziua!cum procedez sa descarc un articol in limba romana? este in limba engleza,se traduce automat cand il deschid,dar cand il descarc apare in limba engleza — Preceding unsigned comment added by GABI PYT (talk • contribs) 10:57, 10 February 2022 (UTC)

This may be related to the browser features you are using. Automatic translation into Romanian is not a Wikipedia feature, but something that Chrome (or other browsers) do for you. So if you download an article, you get the original, not Chrome's translation. —Kusma (talk) 11:03, 10 February 2022 (UTC)

Request for archiving bulk URLs

Hello. I have a lot of URLs and links that should be archived in wayback machine and archive today. Is there any fast way to archive them? I have not yet added them in a page but in the future I will add them that is why I need to archive them ASAP before rotting. --Likhasik (talk) 11:04, 10 February 2022 (UTC)

You can run [1] on a series of articles to automatically archive the sources. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 12:39, 10 February 2022 (UTC)

Question

On Wikipedia:Template index/User talk namespace/Multi-level templates is there some warning template I could use for a user who's misusing warning templates? There was a user who threatened to report to block me over one mistake I made. Ak-eater06 (talk) 14:01, 10 February 2022 (UTC)

@Ak-eater06: Hello Ak! You can see the template {{uw-tempabuse}} ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 14:21, 10 February 2022 (UTC)

paintings of people to be added

i would like to be considered to paint portraits of people who have no images in wikipedia. i read that this is a project that is happening now. i have been painting portraits for 50 years. my website is ...www.sashasilverstein.com.

thanks so much. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.68.161.55 (talk) 15:45, 10 February 2022 (UTC)

See https://wikimediafoundation.org/participate/unseen/. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:41, 10 February 2022 (UTC)

Updating a radio station logo.

I would like to update the logo for the radio station I program, but was unable to do so. Instead, the upload was flagged. I reported the issue and received an email from "Jeff G." directing me to the "Please do not advertise on Commons" paragraph. This is not for the intent of advertising. I simply want to ensure that our Wikipedia page is as up to date as possible and given we recently changed the station logo (along with the 3 other stations I program), I would like to replace the old logo with the new one. If this is considered advertising, then how did the old logo get their in the first place. Also, how do other radio stations go about updating their logos? I realize that Wikipedia Moderators deal with numerous issues daily and only have a short time to address each of them, but the response by Jeff G. has left me no apparent recourse, except through this message, and we are stuck with an outdated Wikipedia page. Can someone assist further, please? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Greg Diamond 2022 (talk • contribs) 17:21, 10 February 2022 (UTC)

There are two ways to upload files for use at Wikipedia: You can upload locally for files that are being claimed as fair use, which will allow very limited use in Wikipedia articles. See WP:NFCC for more information. If you are uploading a file for general use across all Wikimedia projects, you would use Wikimedia Commons, but they have much stricter requirements for what can be uploaded; and require you to be the copyright holder of the work you upload, and ALSO require you to release the work under a reuse license such as CC-BY-SA. What you want to do is upload the file locally, fill out the NFCC paperwork for limited use at Wikipedia, and then you should be okay. --Jayron32 17:28, 10 February 2022 (UTC)

Unless the logo is free of copyright (or the copyright holder wishes to release the copyright for anyone to use, including commercially), it can't be uploaded to Commons. Logos for use on enwiki are usually uploaded to enwiki with a fair use rationale; see advice at WP:logos. --David Biddulph (talk) 17:30, 10 February 2022 (UTC)

Courtesy ping: Greg Diamond 2022 —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 00:22, 11 February 2022 (UTC)

.I uploaded a new logo a month or two ago for a public station I'm involved with and had no problems. I used the File Upload Wizard and indicated the logo's "fair" but limited use in responding to the wizard's options. I had no problems. Of course, there's a promotional aspect to this, but I believe that's outweighed by the interests of readers. So generally speaking, your upload shouldn't be blocked, though it's possible your responses are the reason it was. Perhaps you've already used it, but just in case, here's the link: File Upload Wizard. Allreet (talk) 01:15, 11 February 2022 (UTC)

Dispute Over Moderna Page: Part 2

Hello

User Zefr seems to have taken issue with the following sections on the Moderna page.

Vaccine patent dispute Moderna is involved in a patent dispute with the NIH over its Covid-19 vaccine. Link According to the NIH, three of its scientists played a major role in developing the vaccine. Link The NIH had already been working with the company for four years. Moderna first refuted the claim entirely, and only recently has it backed down. Link

Company culture In 2016, the health oriented news website STAT described Moderna's work environment as "caustic". Employees recounted abusive emails, dressings down at company meetings, exceedingly long hours, high turnover in leadership, and unexplained terminations. Link

Tax avoidance According to the non-profit, Research on Multinational Corporations, Moderna avoids paying corporate taxes through its Swiss subsidiary "Moderna Switzerland GmbH". On top of that, the company registers its patents in U.S. Delaware, where royalties, including vaccine profits, are not taxed at all. Link

According to him, the sections rely on outdated and biased information. He also claims that Moderna's Swiss and Delwaare tax schemes should not be added because they are prevailing. A claim he has so far refused to substantiate.

What needs to be done to improve these sections? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Surge Of Reason (talk • contribs) 17:36, 10 February 2022 (UTC)

As you were told at #Dispute Over Moderna Page above, the place for discussion is on the article's talk page. Bringing it here (again) could be regarded as forum shopping. --David Biddulph (talk) 17:39, 10 February 2022 (UTC)

Archived.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 22:57, 17 February 2022 (UTC)

Look Mr. Smarty-Pants, that user just said to me that the talk page was the wrong place to have this discussion. So how about you give me a much better answer than that. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Surge Of Reason (talk • contribs) 20:39, 10 February 2022 (UTC)

@Surge Of Reason: I can see why you might be having problems. Successful and happy editors carefully read the information they are given and understand it, without getting snippy. TimTempleton ^{(talk) (cont)} 00:20, 11 February 2022 (UTC)

@Surge Of Reason: That is not what Zefr said. It is to discuss improvements to the article; it is not a forum for your opinions. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 00:25, 11 February 2022 (UTC)

I believe Surge Of Reason is right on the content, and have detailed why on the talk page. I also join TimTempleton and others in suggesting a less combative approach. Tigraan^{Click here for my talk page ("private" contact)} 13:45, 11 February 2022 (UTC)

London Gazette template

Trying to tidy up Coronation of Edward VII and Alexandra and found this URL:=[2] but when I tried to use Template:London Gazette, which I think should be "No. 27489". The London Gazette. 28 October 1902. p. 6874., it links to a London Gazette page saying "The page you are looking for can't be found". What have I done wrong? Alansplodge (talk) 19:02, 10 February 2022 (UTC)

It's a supplement so |supp=y:

{{London Gazette |issue=27489 |date=28 October 1902 |page=6874 |supp=y}}

"No. 27489". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 October 1902. p. 6874.

—Trappist the monk (talk) 19:07, 10 February 2022 (UTC)

Ah okay. I tried putting the issue number in the supplement field but it was easier than I thought. Many thanks. Alansplodge (talk) 20:31, 10 February 2022 (UTC)

Resolved

Joe Gatto

I want to ask how do I move a page if a redirect is blocking it? I tried moving Joe Gatto to Joe Gatto (disambiguation) and Joe Gatto (comedian) to Joe Gatto, because the massview analysis shows the comedian gets FAR more views than the 2 others combined but there is a redirect in the way... I am confused first of all as to why Joe Gatto (comedian) is apparently not the primary topic? So how would I go about doing this? --The Tips of Apmh 19:21, 10 February 2022 (UTC)

The redirect isn't blocking a move, as only one edit was made (creating that page). However, since Joe Gatto has multiple edits, you need to follow the procedure at WP:Requested moves (or become an admin and do it yourself). Clarityfiend (talk) 22:12, 10 February 2022 (UTC)

Home video years articles

Hello. Quick question, where did all the home video releases by year articles go? I can't find any of them ZX2006XZ (talk) 20:21, 10 February 2022 (UTC)

@ZX2006XZ: It was decided to delete them at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2022 in home video and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2021 in home video. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:14, 11 February 2022 (UTC)

|series-link=

Per:

• Help:CS1_errors#bad_paramlink

What does the template expect to see against "series link"? I assumed at first that this was the series URL, but that gave an error, so next I put a wiki-link series - but that also gave an error. So, what is expected? The cited Help page does not help to explain. So, I left it blank, although I suspect that there was something I could have added.
FWIW, I suggest that the above Help page could be more explicit to explain what is a valid parameter, rather than (just) what is not a valid parameter. Maybe include an example.
Enquire (talk) 20:43, 10 February 2022 (UTC)

I suck at documentation so if you know how to improve the cs1|2 documentation, please do. |series-link= gets the title of an appropriate en.wiki article or (with proper interwiki prefix) an article at an other-language wiki; the link is applied to |series=. Do not wikilink; do not use a url.

—Trappist the monk (talk) 20:56, 10 February 2022 (UTC)

@Enquire: If you want to see an example of it in the wild, check the article Dwayne Johnson. One example there includes "series=WWF Monday Night Raw |series-link=WWE Raw" in the source. This produces the link which displays "WWF Monday Night Raw" and links to "WWE Raw" in the reference.--Gronk Oz (talk) 22:14, 10 February 2022 (UTC)

Ah, I was right on my second attempt - except that I wrapped the "series link" in double square brackets... Enquire (talk) 01:57, 11 February 2022 (UTC)

How to copy DE wikipedia entry to EN

Hi, I would like this entry copied to the EN wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horror_Pain_Gore_Death_Productions — Preceding unsigned comment added by Horrorpaingoredeath (talk • contribs) 22:19, 10 February 2022 (UTC)

@Horrorpaingoredeath: Hello Horror! That's unfortunately not going to happen because the article is not up to the standards of enWiki, and might not actually be notable. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 22:41, 10 February 2022 (UTC)

Hello, Horrorpaingoredeath, the general answer is at Translate us. But the fact that an article may exist in another Wikipedia edition does not reove the requirement that any article added to the English Wikipedia must meet en-wiki's requirements for notability and referencing. Furthermore, judging by your username, it appears you are part of the band, in which case you would need to follow all the practices of editing with a conflict of interest, and almost certainly need to make the declarations of your status as a paid editor. Please understand that Wikipedia is not interested in what the subject of an article says or wants to say about themselves, or what their associates say about them. Wikipedia is only interested in what people who have no connection with the subject, and who have not been prompted or fed information on behalf of the subject, have chosen to publish about the subject in reliable sources. --ColinFine (talk) 23:12, 10 February 2022 (UTC)

@ColinFine: You may have intended to refer to WP:Translation, which is the one for translation from other languages into the English language Wikipedia. Translate us is for translation from English to foreign. --David Biddulph (talk) 01:24, 11 February 2022 (UTC)