(This is my first time here at the Helpdesk, hope i do this right) The article starts with the sentence "The nightlife in Bangkok, the capital city ofThailand, has traditionally had a reputation for rowdiness, but in 2011 it was reported that the city's crime rate had decreased." That is just a piece of trivia and not the first sentence to a Wikipedia article. Similar things happen throughout the whole article, noting stuff like the price of Local vs Import Beer. How can i alert people to this, as leaving a note on the Talk page probably wont be noticed?— Precedingunsigned comment added bySchmalzbrot (talk •contribs)00:48, 12 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Looks to me like it needs a rewrite from scratch. Someone hasWP:ProD'd it which makes sense to me in a way, but the topic may be notable. You could always create a draft with good sources, while you're waiting for the ProD. --D'n'B-📞 --07:23, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
(A specific dummy: myself.) I want to cite a paper that is headed as shown. The citation will be simple and straightforward, aside from the hieroglyphs -- for me, an unfamiliar writing system.
The paper doesn't identify the glyphs: Gardiner assumes that his readers will be familiar with the glyphs that compose the word he discusses. As I look withinhis own sign list, I identify/misidentify the five as:
[Why the line break after the hieroglyphs?] (E9 Z7 G1 N35 A2 -- PNG files, via the "hiero" tag)
𓃛𓏲𓄿𓈖𓀁 (again, E9 Z7 G1 N35 A2 -- but this time Unicode characters)
Those of you who are more accustomed to hieroglyphs (or are just wider awake) than I am can perhaps point out my misidentifications.
Even if I've got the hieroglyphs right, their arrangement is wrong. A second try with Gardiner's signs:
("Z7:E9-N35:G1-A2") Not quite right (even aside from the unwanted line break, the "coil-of-rope" glyph should be top right of the sleeping beast, not top centre); but an improvement.
I'd like a second try with Unicode characters, but I'm stuck. "Egyptian Hieroglyph Format Controls" (from Unicode.org, and not as cryptic as our own "Egyptian Hieroglyph Format Controls") provides "13434 EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPH INSERT AT TOP END" ("top end" seemingly meaning "top right"), and "1343A EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPH INSERT AT TOP". However, I don't understand how one might use these ... entities. And there may be a more fundamental problem. I fear that even if I did manage the successful use of these or similarly recherché resources of Unicode, they'd baffle later editors, who'd well-intentionedly delete them or screw them up.
Ah butTSventon, I've seen it cited with its title rendered complete with hieroglyphs, in both a book chapter and a journal article (neither of which was itself concerned with hieroglyphs). If the printing company for each could do it (even if only semi-legibly for one, and missing a glyph for the other), I imagined that Mediawiki could as well, and do it better. Let's try:
"(PDF).Zeitschrift für Ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde.41:130–135 – via Internet Archive.{{cite journal}}:hiero stripmarker in|title= at position 45 (help)
The<hiero>...</hiero> tag causes MediaWiki to create a series of hieroglyph images in an html table. As part of that creation, MediaWiki also creates a matchingstripmarker for use as a placeholder. These placeholders (stripmarkers) are replaced with the html table of hieroglyph images just before final rendering of the page (after templates and modules have been expanded). cs1|2 emits the error message because it cannot see the content of the hiero stripmarker so the metadata that cs1|2 creates for users of reference management software (Zotero and the like), will be corrupt or incomplete.
Best practice for citing works that have a title with hieroglyphs is to manually cite without using a cs1|2 template.
Thank you for your learned advice,Trappist the monk. I've adjusted the reference accordingly[in the article, not above]. (I took the opportunity to link not the six-page article but instead the 150+ page volume; because even if six pages are all that are wanted, 150+ are what the inquisitive will get.) It's a lot less ugly now. Still, it has me admiring the skills of the compositors/typographers ofZeitschrift für Ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde [de] -- though of course they had only a few kinds of script to accommodate, not dozens. --Hoary (talk) 22:28, 8 July 2025 (UTC)[Added clarificationHoary (talk)22:41, 8 July 2025 (UTC)][reply]
My first rearrangement of the Unicode characters was not a success:
𓏲
𓃛
𓈖
𓄿
𓀁
Perhaps I could experiment with negative margins; but doing so would risk a real mess with some alternative font. --Hoary (talk)05:19, 8 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not sure if this is what you want, but I recreated the text in the provided image using CSS.
Thank you,OutsideNormality (and apologies for noticing your comment so belatedly). Unfortunately this doesn't work for me -- I mean, it doesn't work as desired even as I view it here (via Firefox under a Debian derivative). This is of course disappointing but it's not surprising; I've found that the exact same chunk of Mediawiki (with the same SPAN tags and the same CSS around the same five Unicode hieroglyphs) is rendered in quite different ways depending on its position in the paragraph. I think we're stuck with the alternative approach, using the HIERO tags. Still, thank you for your code, which reminds me of some CSS attributes I'd forgotten about during five years or so of lack of practice. --Hoary (talk)00:10, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Am I correct that the citation tools that the source editor has on desktop are not available on mobile? How are people adding citations on mobile without manually typing the full templates? Thanks!Helpful Cat -talk-02:23, 9 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks! Yeah, what I meant is that the citation tools aren't available in the mobileversion. But switching to desktop mode on mobile is a good idea.Helpful Cat -talk-11:57, 9 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
For anyone else who sees this: I realised that citation tools are available in the mobile visual editor, so another option is to add citations via the visual editor, then switch back to the source editor to add a ref name. (Unfortunately theWikipedia:Citation expander gadget doesn't seem to appear on mobile either, even though it can be activated in mobile preferences)Helpful Cat {talk}20:38, 11 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
That's a very good question actually and there is a nice trick for it. Why don't you use source editors and copy not just fact but refs too that are written in front of the piece. Like this
My English page "Supriyo Bandyopadhyay" was moved from mainspace to draft by someone named HRShami. I have no idea why (I do not know HRShami) and I would like it moved back to mainspace so that a Google search can discover it. Please help.
Hello, I have checked the article in question and there are no contributions from you whatsoever, so it is not your English page, unless you are the person on the article itself. The article is moved to the the draft by the author of the article because of "paid article". If you want more clarifications you should talk toHRShami directly. Have a good day!✠SunDawn ✠Contact me!01:35, 11 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I'm assuming they moved them to draftspace since they were operating as a UPE the time they created the articles, and they now want to send them through AfC as they should have. Their block log corraborates this.🧙♀️ Children Will Listen (🐄 talk,🫘 contribs)01:58, 11 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The problem with that is that the editor in questionSbandyopa have to declare his COI first before resubmitting the article for review himself, seeing that it is very likely that he is the person in question.✠SunDawn ✠Contact me!01:58, 11 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Also, this is exactly why you don't hire PR agencies to create your article. You should have just waited until someone created it independently, or have followed theCOI editing guidelines every step of the creation process to create it yourself.🧙♀️ Children Will Listen (🐄 talk,🫘 contribs)02:04, 11 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Even aside from the matter of payment, this draft is problematic. An article about a person must be based on sources that are independent of that person. --Hoary (talk)02:13, 11 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, I created this article as part of my undisclosed paid editing. I have moved it to the draftspace so that I can improve it before submitting it again to AFC as I should have done in the first place.HRShami (talk)05:09, 11 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
It seems that HRShami (going by the name Saaed Akhtar when he contacted me), who was paid to create this page, moved it to draft on May 9, 2025 and later a user named Liz deleted it 8 minutes later on the same day. Who should I contact about this and how?Sbandyopa (talk)13:44, 12 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The editor was paid for editing services (like a copy editor) and not for PR services. Nothing in that page is advertisement and everything is verifiably true. I have zero interest in SEO ranking.Sbandyopa (talk)19:39, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
One problem is that not all hatnotes are actually sentences. The ones that are already do have a period, but the ones that aren't do not have a period.MOS:CAPTION has some guidance about punctuation when combining sentences and sentence-fragments. So either each hatnote needs to detect whether it needs a period based on determining whether it is in a hatnote-group or hatnote-group needs to detect whether each hatnote has a period and add one if not.DMacks (talk)02:44, 11 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I want to made a correction about a page on Wikipedia about an online university. The information is wrong and outdated.
Please let me know how I can provide you the updated info.
Actually Washington International University is one of the pioneer modern academic learning system that started in the United States, which is a common methods by most Universities in the U.S and Europe nowadays.
The programs offered by this university were highly academic assigned with a highly experts/ professors.Students had to finalize their study programs with academic learning material, books, researches and the final Thesis.
There are innumerable high level leaders from around the world who studied in Washington International University and received their degrees.
I would like to contribute a longer article and updated information about the positive side of Washington International University. Please let me know how I can do that and and how you or I can edit old page on Wikipedia about this university.
First, as Sys64 says, if you are connected with the university, you have aConflict of interest. If you are in any way paid or employed by the university (including as an intern or volunteer), Wikipedia regards you as apaid editor, and youmust make a formal declaration (see that link for details).
Once you have made your declaration, you may raiseedit requests for changes to the article: make them as specific as possible, don't put multiple changes into the same request, and your requests have a much greater chance of being carried out if you include a citation to a reliable independent source, for any information you are seeking to add.
You say you would like to contribute a longer article about "the positive side" of WIU. Such an intention is fundamentally off-purpose for Wikipedia. A Wikipedia article should not give "the positive side" (or "the negative side") of its subject: it should be a neutral summary of what people wholly unconnected with the subject have chosen to publish about the subject, in reliable publications - and little else. (seeWP:42). If many of the appropriate sources are positive, the article will reflect that. If they are predominently negative, the article will reflect that; and if they are mixed, again the article will reflect that.
What the article should not reflect, at all, is what the subject says or wants to say about itself, or what the subject's associates say.
If you choose to write an article about WIU (which seems inappropriate, because there is one already) you would need to effectively forget everything you know or think about the university, and summarise what the independent sources say.ColinFine (talk)11:51, 11 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@ColinFine, Actually they have sworn that they were graduate of University and did not find it pleasing enough to tell us here. Now they have made copyright edits which have been both reverted and scrutinized. I have warned him but if he continues to do this, I think a block is needed? See his talk page, [[1]] Sys64 message this user00:43, 12 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@PeruvianCocaine: I don't see any attempt to use them in your saved edits. If you tried a preview then did you remember the age parameter? If you want more help then save your broken code somewhere so we can see what goes wrong.PrimeHunter (talk)13:31, 11 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@PeruvianCocaine: I see the problem now.{{fbwu}} has an age parameter but{{Medals table}} doesn't have a way to pass it on for|flag_template = fbwu. I made a wrapper template{{fbwu17}} which doesn't itself have an age parameter and that works.[2] But a bunch of wrapper templates for gender-age combinations doesn't seem like a good solution. I will ask if{{Medals table}} can get en extra parameter.PrimeHunter (talk)14:28, 11 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
how can this be amended? It states " Kingsway College of Further Education (later known as Westminster Kingsway College), which was a community and vocational school for students with difficulties" which is not true. FE colleges are simply post school educational facilities which include vocational education. They usually include some special needs provision but this is usually small by comparison to the size of the institution. the govt website states "Further education (FE) includes any study after secondary education that’s not part of higher education (that is, not taken as part of an undergraduate or graduate degree). Courses range from basic English and maths to Higher National Diplomas (HNDs)"62.30.13.19 (talk)14:29, 11 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hi all, I've noticed that all the hundreds, if not thousands of tournament pages seen onList of association football competitions use different names for headers. It's mainly about 3 ones. For example, what do you call this table:
It's called "Overall team records" on most pages but I've seen people use "Summary" or "All-time table" too. It's a points system so maybe something like "All-time points records" or something would be better?
Consensus about these should be reached to avoid future conflicts, because one person might use this and another one uses that and in my opinion it doesn't look very professional if it's all different but mostly, it's easier for everyone if we just stick with defaults.Now pages are constantly being changed because there's no consensus and everyone changes it to what he likes.Can there please be reached default settings for this?PeruvianCocaine (talk) 16:02, 11 July 2025 (UTC)PeruvianCocaine (talk)16:02, 11 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
It's not possible to delete an account, as legally all edits must be attributable to someone. You may stop using and abandon your account. If you intend to never return, an account in good standing may bevanished.331dot (talk)19:05, 11 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I am trying to improve theWP:Contents page and then all of a sudden, I get reverted. I understand that this is an important tool on Wikipedia since it helps with undoing vandalism and undo any mistakes that I make while editing. I don't understand why someone would use the revert tool to undo a good faith improvement to Wikipedia when they can just build on the work that I already did on the page. I'm all for reverting good faith edits where the chances of it being built upon by subsequent edits is not looking good, but I'm hoping that I can get a good explanation of why editors are so quick in reverting.Interstellarity (talk)00:59, 12 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Please move to ANI page for other discussions. please note i saidif needed which means only and only if it is required, and that is because I overlooked multiple edits without understanding much more. I think I was not going to deal it personally hence I am quite not comfortable with talk page discussion without an administrator involved, per war. Sys64 message this user01:57, 12 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Sys64wiki, a suggestion. En:Wikipedia has many articles that are defective in one or more ways. Work on improving these articles. Give yourself a year-long break from advising people on what to do, and from bringing people to WP:ANI. That's because your advice, however well-meant, too often (A) is hard to understand or (B) is seemingly based on misunderstandings. --Hoary (talk)02:35, 12 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Also there are some specific editors who have taken a tone of digging deeper and looking at specific comments made by user that are not appropriate. Granted, I am not perfect (and nobody is), I would suggest these users to leave this job to checkusers and bureaucrats, as they understand much better what this means and its use instead of some naive editors who have anonymity towards others. Thank you! Sys64 message this user02:49, 12 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Sys64wiki: Pointing out your inappropriate, BITEy Teahouse and Help Desk comments fromyesterday is not "digging deeper" into your edit history to find something against you. I'm unsure why you'd want us to "leave this job to checkusers"; I haven't seen anyone accuse you ofsocking or something of that sort. —DVRTed (Talk)03:23, 12 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
FTR, I have no idea why (presumably I, due to my comments at ANI), am being called naive and I have not accused Sys64 of socking either.Sarsenet•he/they•(talk)04:07, 12 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The answer to your question is reverting is rude and the guidelines tell us it's hostile, puts off unexperienced editors, shouldn't be done if the edit was in good faith, should only be done if nothing about the good faith edit was useful. But a lot of editors do it because it's quicker, they don't care and feel some ownership over a page, or they're more task than people oriented. You can ping the person on the talk page, but honestly, it's probably easier to move on. For problematic people, you'll just be another in a long line of people they'll argue with.MmeMaigret (talk)06:14, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, I am not a native speaker and yes I use AI for translation. help me in writing the article. I am a Russian speaker, and this concept of the model has proven itself well in my homeland, and I would like it to develop worldwide, as it contributes to the development of good economic relations and global peace.I can't write the article myself because my English is very bad, I would like help in writing, not necessarily on my behalf, I have sources only in Russian and in the form of books, I can scan it to PDF. There is a link to the English version (but I don't know if this is a reliable source )https://www.arimetrics.com/en/digital-glossary/b4b . also, here is my brief interpretation in Russian : "B4B (Business-for-Business, «бизнес для бизнеса») — управленческая концепция и модель взаимодействия между компаниями, в основе которой лежит идея создания взаимовыгодных партнёрских отношений как важного элемента устойчивого развития и роста бизнеса. Компании, применяющие принципы B4B, рассматривают долгосрочное сотрудничество с деловыми партнёрами в качестве одного из ключевых факторов повышения собственной конкурентоспособности. Подобное сотрудничество, как правило, включает технологическое и организационное развитие партнёров, обмен ресурсами, финансовую поддержку, совместную реализацию проектов, интеграцию бизнес-процессов, создание стратегических альянсов и другие формы совместной деятельности. Модель опирается на концепцию «win–win», которая применительно к В4В предполагает, что возникающая синергия способствует росту эффективности и развитию бизнеса всех участников партнёрской сетиProjowio (talk)10:31, 12 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
There are a lot of pages on the English language wiki that shouldn't exist - the person isn't notable, there are no sources etc. If you can't find any English language sources, that's a good sign that it shouldn't exist on the English wiki. I get that the English wiki is seen as having more reach, but still. Also if you're English isn't that good, again maybe see that as a sign to stick to the Russian wiki. Too many people want to "create" pages. However, the answer to your "how-to" question is create the draft page off your user page, then ask experienced editors for help with the draft (incl grammar and translating the titles of the sources).MmeMaigret (talk)06:08, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
PerWP:NONENG, while English language sourcesare preferred, sources in other languagesare admissible anddo contribute to notability so long as they meet the other criteria for an independent, reliable secondary source.
That said, nobody here is going to write an article for you. We're all volunteers and we work on what interests us.
We do also have aRussian language wikipedia that needs more contributors, though. You could write the article there, in Russian. If it's a good article and well referenced, and if English wikipedia doesn't have an article on the topic, eventually someone may come along who's interested in translating it into English. --Avocado (talk)23:47, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, @Bigpooz. Looking at that draft, it appears that it has been writtenWP:BACKWARDS.
My earnest advice to new editors is to not eventhink about trying to create an article until you have spent several weeks - at least - learning about how Wikipedia works by making improvements to existing articles. Once you have understood core policies such asverifiability,neutral point of view,reliable, independent sources, andnotability, and experienced how we handle disagreements with other editors (theBold, Revert, Discuss cycle), then you might be ready to readyour first article carefully, and try creating a draft. If you don't follow this advice but try to create an article without this preparation, you are likely to have a frustrating and disappointing experience with Wikipedia.ColinFine (talk)13:07, 12 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hi @Bigpooz. I wonder if you used a large-language model chatbot like OpenAI's ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini etc to create this page - and that the chatbot mistakenly told you to upload a .wikitext file? Your page atUser:Bigpooz/Sample page looks like it was written by an AI chatbot.qcne(talk)14:36, 12 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
In this long message, they listed some things I did that I shOuld not have done. So I want to apologize for doing those things. But that is not why I am here. They said this: "Some people, whether autistic or not, are just unfit to contribute to Wikipedia. Vandals, trolls, and abusive and disruptive editors can be blocked or banned, and being autistic is no excuse for unacceptable behaviour." I got confused. I don't think I ever made any excuses for being Autistic. I only included it in my user page.
If I did, please let me know.
Also, they think I used to have another account but got Blocked so I created a new one. That is not true. If you don't believe me, use the Check user tool (If that is what it is for).
The weird thing about this usEr is they only have 2 edits (The first one was made in 2023 and the second one was made for the question. Although this might've been mixed up by being shared.
This user might have been a robot too, because The message was extremely long.
He also said I used it as a therapy tool for autistic people. When did I do that?
Wow that message is uhh.. well it sure is long. I don't know what their beef is and I think you can safely ignore it. --D'n'B-📞 --19:53, 12 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Contrary to what they say, you are free to remove pretty much anything from your talk page except for declined unblock requests. You can safely remove their message if you don't feel the need to read or reply to it.Departure– (talk)19:56, 12 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
One more thing. The message is an LTA filter hit, contains unsubstantiated accusations that in my mind constitute personal attacks, might reasonably be AI generated, and is from what looks to be a throwaway IP. Maybe someone more acquainted with this sort of thing should look a bit more into the specific message being discussed here.Departure– (talk)21:26, 12 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I don't think that message has been produced by AI. It reads like someone who knows an awful lot about how Wikipedia works. There's also a previous post from that IP address that is similarly lengthy and combative. Personally, I'd consider escalate it to the incident board.MmeMaigret (talk)05:54, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I find it odd that the section for Anthony Johnson, the first slave owner in the U.S.A. is not mentioned to be black, but rather implied. Further more, it is disturbing that that this site will not allow a picture of him to be posted. So, officially, I am asking the representatives of this company, are you allowing bias opinions to affect the decisions of the factual information published?Ravens Asylum (talk)18:44, 12 July 2025 (UTC) Update, the site does say "he is recorded as a negro".[reply]
The article for Anthony Johnson is pretty clear that he was an African man who had previously been enslaved himself. Wikipedia summarises what reliable sources say about a topic, and doesn't provide its own commentary. There's no image as we don't currently have one of him that is suitable; previously an image of the wrong man was present which has obviously been removed. I urge you to remember to assume good faith when dealing with editors on Wikipedia and not go around accusing people of deliberate racial misinformation or you're likely to end up blocked.CoconutOctopustalk18:51, 12 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I see it does say "Recorded as a Negro". I posted a picture for Anthony Johnson and it was removed. Turned out this same picture has been rejected the past. It's him. It's resourced. But for some reason this company doesn't want people to know that the first official slave owner in the U.S. is black. It goes against the narrative that the white man is evil. It's time to stand up to woke ideology and call out the hypocrisies of Wikipedia. Perhaps I missed it, does it say that he was a slave owner as well? Or does it just say that he earned his freedom and became a tobacco farmer?Ravens Asylum (talk)19:43, 12 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I agree with CO that the article makes it clear this man was Black. Is this[3] the picture you uploaded wherever? Doesn't look 1600 to me, but if you have aWP:RS that says so, tell us what it is, then we can probably use it.Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk)20:00, 12 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
That is so obviously not an image of Anthony Johnson that I would oppose adding it even if wedid haveWP:RS that says so. We'd probably end up having to strike that source off theWP:RS list. --asilvering (talk)20:06, 12 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
In this dynamic world references a prone to expire, e.g. external sources may have been removed from external sites or those sites have been renamed or re-organised etc.What to do when one encounters such "broken" - but presumably previously working - reference links?Should one replace the reference with "citation needed" or e.g. leave as is BUT add some - presumably other(?) - marking that the reference is no longer working ? (I HAVE tried searching tutorials etc. for an answer but failed to find one.)ThanksFlemFred (talk)23:11, 12 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Update: In the actual case I just found a replacement reference (see my Edits list if you're interested), but the general question stands, since one frequently encounters broken or outdated references. ThanksFlemFred (talk)23:41, 12 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
(1) You should mark the reference as dead. Click on the reference in visual editing and chooseurl status from the list of fields. (In source editing it's probably "url-status=" but don't quote me on that.) You don't need to do anything else after indicating that the link is dead. But for completeness, you should (2) go to archive.org, type in the old url, find an archived version of the page that works (and was the source for the information), add the archived page (it will start with "https://web.archive.org/web/") in thearchive url field and thedate it was archived.MmeMaigret (talk)05:37, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
MMeMaigret, Thanks, will do. (I *do* know the WayBack Machine (since ..... way back ;-) and *have* seen references to pages there, so I think that I can do as suggested.)FlemFred (talk)11:39, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
FlemFred, because, as you say, websites may "have been renamed or re-organised etc.", the first thing to do is use Duckduckgo or Google or Bing or whatever to look for the same material elsewhere in the same (or a renamed) website. If that fails (as it usually does), the next stage is to see what theWayback Machine offers. If Wayback lacks the web page, then the next stage is to consider whether it's really necessary to cite that very same source, or whether an alternative would be appropriate. If not (or if no usable alternative can be found), thenTemplate:Dead link or a more appropriatealternative. --Hoary (talk)23:52, 12 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hoary, Thanks. And yes....-ish: The problem is that one cannot necessarily (and not least *easily*) determine or guess what an appropriate *other* reference is - which is probably also what you've found yourself. But again: Yes, could try and see if the reference could be converted to a reference to possible archived material (at WayBack). Thanks again for all suggestions.FlemFred (talk)11:47, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Best is to ask on the talk page of the particular article, pinging the username of the editor you are addressing. For how to do this, see the third paragraph ('You can "mention" a user....) of the body text ofHelp:Notifications. Of course, many edits were made years ago, by editors who have since "moved on" from Wikipedia. NB (i) Further down the same page we read "notifying anonymous users (IPs) by mentioning their IP address is not possible" (within which, "mentioning" has a special meaning); yes, pingability is an advantage of having a username and logging in to it. (ii) Simply prefixing "@" to a username does not ping that user. --Hoary (talk)02:12, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, it was telling you that a {{cite web}} citation needs a title. I've fixed the reference (i) to delete Medjadel as the author of the page and (ii) to insert a title for the page. (The reference was also in the infobox so that may have made it harder to find in order to edit.)MmeMaigret (talk)05:29, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Why car-related articles are sometimes semi-protected?
@Rizky Juliandief: You can find the protection log by clicking the "View history" tab (or "Last edited" at the bottom of mobile pages) and then "View logs for this page" at top. The normal protection policy applies to car articles and I guess they have normal problems but I don't edit in that area.PrimeHunter (talk)09:24, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Articles are protected on a case-by-case basis when there's problematic editing on it that needs to be stopped. Looking at the edit history for each one, Hyundai Palisade was protected because someone without an account kept messing up the sales table, and Volvo Cars was protected because someone without an account kept trying to add information that contradicted what the sources say. Every type of article gets problems like this now and then, it's not limited to car-related articles.Thebiguglyalien (talk)🛸17:11, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Referencing errors on List of British bingo nicknames
I've copied what I did before, and the citations are still coming up with errors. I've looked at your help pages and copied your format from there, but I still get errors. I'm at a loss on how to fix this - I've followed your article, but it doesn't seem to work.
Doc Bingo, move{{refend}}below the entry for Belford. As for the template errors, as you view the page don't you see explanations? (For example,External link in |website=, meaning that the value specified for the attribute "website" is, but must not be, a URL. (So as an example, for the top page ofThe Guardian, not|website=https://www.theguardian.com, but instead|website=The Guardian.)
Thanks for this managed to sort a few issues but still have a REF issue. Not sure what or where it is. In terms of the Mail Online reference - it is a self reported article ie the protagonist named in the article is the one who contacted the Mail about being banned and as such in this case it is justified to use the Source. I have read the notes about the Daily Mail and understand them, however they are not always going to be inaccurate in everything they report and as such using them as a source should can be justified in certain circumstances.Doc Bingo (talk)19:57, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I've sorted some of the citation formatting so it's not currently throwing errors, although the shortened footnotes still need to be sorted.
The case of the Daily Mail publishing something self reported is exactly the type of case where citing the Daily Mail isnot justified - there is no indiciation that any fact checking was done at all, and while there might be a grain of truth to the story, there's no indication that it's a part of a wider pattern or that something like that might happen toplayers-plural. --D'n'B-📞 --20:48, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Doc Bingo Citation errors: You can't use {{cite web}} and not cite a website. Title is also a mandatory field. So click on the footnotes and add the missing info.MmeMaigret (talk)11:11, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I was creating a sand box for my college course and now everything I did the hours spent is all lost. Is there a way you can help me recover all the work I put into this?Lost Sanity (talk)20:56, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Unfortunately, no. Your list of "contributions" (edits) here shows but a single edit: the one immediately above. And nobody else has editedUser:Lost Sanity/sandbox either. So what is lost to you is also lost to everybody else. --Hoary (talk)21:32, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I'm sorry you lost your work. I wonder if (like many people) you were confused by the "Publish" button, and avoided picking it?
That is the button that used to be called "Save" - it was changed to "Publish" to emphasise that every page on Wikipedia - articles, drafts, talk pages, user pages, sandboxes - is public: there are no private workspaces. But itdoesn't mean "publish to the main encyclopaedia" - for new users you do that by submitting the draft for review (seeWP:AFC)
So you can publish (i.e. save) your sandbox or draft often: it will be visible to anybody who goes looking for it (eg looking at the "recent edits" list, or at your user contributions), but people idly searching won't find it, because it isn't in the main namespace, and it won't be indexed by external search engines.ColinFine (talk)22:32, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I own several works of art created by artist with Wikipedia bio article. I own the artwork free and clear. Also, the artists have been dead for 70+ years. Can I upload images of those works of art to Wiki Commons? Are there any restrictions I need to be aware of before I do that?Orygun (talk)21:32, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
First, note that owning the physical artwork doesnot give you ownership of the copyright or any associated rights (unless your purchase explicitly included them).
If the artist has been dead for that long, it may well be in thepublic domain - i.e. no copyright subsists in it - but this depends on a number of circumstances, most obviously which jurisdiction you are in. I suggest asking the experts atWP:MCQ.
That article was deleted per theproposed deletion process with the reason "Expired PROD, concern was: Fails WP:GNG and WP:SPORTCRIT, only played 278 minutes in the Moldovan first league and the rest in low leagues". Search engines probably just haven't removed it yet. You can challenge this deletion atWP:REFUND.331dot (talk)01:10, 14 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Public domain images with Getty Images numbers on them (Unsure where to ask, so I'll go here...)
The article onCris Tinley has three images that other users put on it. All three are public domain and were uploaded from Getty Images, and while the watermarks are gone, the image numbers from Getty are still in the lower left corner of each. Is that okay for a Wikipedia image, or do they have be removed? --JustJamie820 (talk)01:50, 14 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
There are several articles about people namedJohn McPhee; I'm not sure which one you are referring to(none have "Shrek" listed as a middle name). But Wikipedia articles summarize what publicly availablereliable sources say about a topic; documents in private hands aren't acceptable.331dot (talk)08:30, 14 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hello. If you have information to add to a Wikipedia article about somebody, then the best place to propose this is at that particular article's talk page.
Please note that Wikipedia articles should containonly information that is available from a reliable published source: personal memories, and unpublished documents, are not enough.
If you have a photo of the subject of an article and wish to donate it, thenprovided you own the copyright to the photo (which you usually will not unless you took the photo yourself) you can upload the photo to Wikimedia Commons by theupload wizard and it may possibly be added to the article.ColinFine (talk)09:21, 14 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
This is presumably regarding a US self-identified ex-Delta Force member (or"operator") John "Shrek" McPhee who has written one or more books and presents combat-related training courses on TV and YouTube. This site, Wikipedia, does not have an article on him, though another (unconnected)wiki, en.everybodywiki.com, does.
There appears to be contention about the accuracy of some of his published material. I suspect that any proposed article about him here might run intoReliable source difficulties. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195}94.5.172.125 (talk)10:36, 14 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Chidgk1: I don't think that's possible. If the article is currently connected then you can get started by clicking "Wikidata item" under "Tools" or "In other projects", and make a browser search (Ctrl+f in Windows browsers) of the Wikidata page history for "link to [enwiki]" (example).PrimeHunter (talk)10:52, 14 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
So in Wikipedia, we have theclade template for phylogenies right? Can we directly use phylogeny images from scientific articles? Couldn't I just add the image to the article for now and later I would replace it with clade template?Jako96 (talk)11:36, 14 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
please help me correct the English version Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union and the new Secretary General of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) Duong is Ahmed Nadeem and the new President of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) is Yoshinori Imai2402:800:6171:1CFD:492D:2D14:CD9A:F0EA (talk)15:13, 14 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I've added the AfC template toDraft:Councillor Supriya Singh, which I assume is the draft you were talking about. If you think it's ready, then you just need to click on "Submit The Draft For Review" and an AfC reviewer will look at it. --D'n'B-📞 --04:59, 15 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hello,Positiveinlife. Drafts are public, if you know where to look for them. If you are asking when a draft becomes an encyclopedia article, most commonly, that is when anArticles for creation reviewer accepts it. But any autoconfirmed editor can move a draft to the main space of the encyclopedia. At that point, new page patrollers can take a variety of steps, including moving it back to draft space or tagging it for deletion. The fact of the matter is that many poor quality drafts never make it into the encyclopedia and are deleted by a bot six months after editing of them stops.Cullen328 (talk)05:05, 15 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Positiveinlife Be aware that drafts aboutliving people have to meet apolicy that all substantive facts are backed up by inline citations to already-published sources whichverify the information. At present, your draft has no sourcing for the "Early life" or "Personal life" sections and is likely to be declined just for that reason. It is possible that the types of sources mentionedin this advice would be acceptable.Mike Turnbull (talk)11:13, 15 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
You wrote an article about a TV show before the show is even released. There is no reason to do that except for publicity purposes, which isn't permitted.
Infinityblu, you actually wrote about an unreleased TV show:The story follows Ping (Engfa), a famous spirit medium, who unexpectedly gets involved in a wild party called “PARADISE SEVEN”, a hotspot for hot young people, including four notorious playboys: Pee (Tre), Ter (Sarun), Jock (Point), and Doong (Chae). Also present is Bam (Nichaphat), a stunningly attractive and seductive woman whose fiery allure sets the party ablaze. That isovertly promotional language which is not permitted on Wikipedia.Cullen328 (talk)16:36, 15 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hello WikiTeam, I'd like to express my appreciation for all the great work you’re doing here. I also respond to your financial support calls in Czechia. I just wanted to ask if you could provide me with any idea what I could do to earn the JETRON article (Jetron) visibility on Google. I would really appreciate any tips! Many thanks, TomasTomas Cafourek (talk)16:56, 15 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Aside from what the others have said, you weren't supposed to create the article directly since you're a paid editor. Youmust use the Articles for Creation process to publish any article you create. I'm not sure what we can do now since it's been a month.🧙♀️ Children Will Listen (🐄 talk,🫘 contribs)18:01, 15 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Please feel free to continue to work on it three, and when you feel those issues are adequately addressed, useThe AFC process to submit it for review by a neutral editor.
Note 1: Mr. Ahmed Nadeem was appointed Secretary General of ABU. Source: https://vov.vn/the-gioi/ong-ahmed-nadeem-duoc-bo-nhiem-lam-tong-thu-ky-cua-abu-post988457.vov, source: https://vov.vn, access date: December 5, 2022
We do not have an article titled "Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Federation" (or about any relevant Ahmed Nadeem).
Wedo have an article about theAsia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (perhaps we need a redirect from . . . Federation?). Currently its infobox names Cho Dae-hyun as itsPresident (not Secretary General), but the caption to his photograph in the article describes him as "ABU former President".
(I have de-linked his name in the infobox, as the linked article was to an obviously different person ofthe same name.)
The post of 'Secretary General' is nowhere mentioned in the Union's article.
Google Translate rendered the text of the cited news article (inVoice of Vietnam), which is dated 05/12/2022 as:
Mr. Ahmed Nadeem will assume the position of Secretary General of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) from 1 April 2023.
Mr. Ahmed Nadeem will succeed Dr. Javad Mottaghi, who has served as Secretary General since May 2010 and will end his term at the end of March 2023. Mr. Nadeem is currently the Director, Technology & Innovation of ABU.
The information was released by the ABU Council after its meeting in New Delhi on 24 November 2022. The meeting took place within the framework of the 59th ABU General Assembly taking place from 25-30 November 2022 in New Delhi, India.
ABU was founded in 1964 as a non-profit, non-governmental, non-political professional association with the mission of supporting the development of radio and television in the region. Currently, ABU has more than 250 members in more than 70 countries on four continents.
The ABU General Assembly is held annually in member countries with many activities to promote cooperation in radio and television among member stations in the region as well as honor those working in this field. The ABU Prize is an important part of each General Assembly, honoring outstanding radio and television works of ABU member stations.
This year, Voice of Vietnam made a remarkable mark in the ABU Awards with 3 awards, including the first time winning 2 Excellence Awards in the category of news reportage in the Radio and Digital Media category.
This leaves some unresolved questions that the OP needs to clarify:
Is Cho Dae-hyun indeed no longer the President of the ABU?
If so, who (if anyone) has succeeded him?
Does the OP propose that weadd the post and office holder of Secretary General to the article?
or that we
replace that of President with that of Secretary General?
Since this report is two and a half years old, do we have any more up-to-date information about these post holders?
Ghi chú 1: Ông Ahmed Nadeem được bổ nhiệm làm Tổng Thư ký ABU. Nguồn: https://vov.vn/the-gioi/ong-ahmed-nadeem-duoc-bo-nhiem-lam-tong-thu-ky-cua-abu-post988457.vov, nguồn: https://vov.vn, ngày truy cập: 5 tháng 12 năm 2022
I was under the impression that what was being asked for below user:my name was information about myself for other users or administrators, that it was not in anyway an article that would be posted as an information page on wikipedia.
so what do you want on user:my name ? what should i be putting there and for what purpose?
@Larry Beinhart: I didn't see what you had written there previously, and I'm not an administrator so I can't see deleted content, but speaking generally, your user page ideally should contain information about youwithin the context of being a Wikipedia editor. Some other personal information is permissible, but the page should reflect you as an editor and not look more like a more general social media profile. Hope this helps. --Finngalltalk19:38, 15 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hello. My company Alorica had acquired this company Expert Global Solutions in 2016. We are in the process of creating our own Alorica Wikipedia page, but we need to either merge or delete this Expert Global Solutions page. Is that possible to do?AloricaMarketing (talk)19:17, 15 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@AloricaMarketing Generally no. Wikipedia is an encyclopaedia, not a trade directory.
No advertising here. Apologies for the incorrect terminology. There is currently no encyclopedia Alorica page, and I am in the process of authoring one so there is one for the company. For companies that are subsidiaries of other companies and have an encyclopedia page already, how does one go about creating something that merges into the parent company encyclopedia page.AloricaMarketing (talk)19:46, 15 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
A merge may not be appropriate; as an encyclopaedia, we want to preserve historical information.
Our article aboutExpert Global Solutions already states in its lede that the company was acquired by Alorica in 2016:when an article about Alorica is successfully drafted, submitted, assessed and accepted, that mention can be wikilinked to it.
Temple clearly stated that Freed entered the room fully naked. He was a known pedophile. Wikipedia paints him as a flasher. There is a difference between a sick mind thinking that exposing one's genitalia is somehow comedy and a person that has sex with children. Do not excuse Freed as the former when the eyewitness account is of the latter. Freed was a pedophile.174.67.150.56 (talk)19:51, 15 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Currently, the article onArthur Freed citesthis Vanity Fair article which in turn quotes an extract from Temple's autobiographyChild Star - in which Temple doesnot say that he entered the room fully naked (perhaps she said that somewhere else?). What I don't see, is how the article paints Freed as a flasher, could you quote the actual phrasing that you object to? --D'n'B-📞 --20:03, 15 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, I inadvertently misspelled my first name of my username. I spelled it Kenneh Armstrong and it should be Kenneth Armstrong. How do I correct it?Kenneh Armstrong (talk)22:00, 15 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Genuinely unsure if this is the best place to post this, but could use a second opinion.
In recent edits atUmar Buba Jibrin, the subject's name has been changed throughout, from Jibrin to Jibril. This is backed up by the new sources given; older sources have the other spelling.
I have no idea how to handle this, if anything needs doing. Does the article itself need renaming? Would someone please take a look? I'm willing to fix the footnotes mess, but don't want to change the page until the name issue is resolved. Thank you,Jessicapierce (talk)01:54, 16 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Interesting situation indeed. (You're probably aware of this already but) the first thing I noticed wasthis edit, might beWP:COI editing orWP:OR; I would check the info added there carefully for source-text integrity. The same editor also madethis, with the edit summary "Correction of name from Jibrin to Jibril". Other Help desk people probably can answer better, but I would followWP:COMMONNAME and go with what most sources say. @Isah Yahaya, perhaps you could weigh in on the meaning ofthis edit?GoldRomean (talk)02:31, 16 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you - I had actually totally missed that edit summary. For the time being, given the many issues going on there, I've restored the earlier version. I appreciate the help!Jessicapierce (talk)16:20, 16 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Well in this edit, there were innapropriate external links added, and a personal life section added that was cited to a broken link. So I've reverted that one, which was by yourself. Were there other problems jumping out at you? --D'n'B-📞 --09:04, 16 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Members of the Secretariat of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union include: Indra Prakash Singh (Director of News) and Cail Yanijang (Director of Sports) and Dr Veysel Binday (Director of Technology & Innovations) and Aoki Kazumori (Director of Pogramming)2402:800:6171:1CFD:E93C:A30A:55A1:A410 (talk)09:21, 16 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
If you have changes to suggest to a Wikipedia article, post on that article's talk page - but remember that all information in a Wikipedia article should be verifiable from a reliable published source. Your unsupported word will not be accepted.ColinFine (talk)10:22, 16 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
How should articles refer to people who use neutral pronouns other than "they/them," such as "ze/zer," "ze/hir," "xe/xem," among others? Should these be used or should "they" be used?Questionadora ávida (talk)09:24, 16 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
This page is for questions about using and editing Wikipedia, and nothing else. If your question is not answered in that articleElon Musk or by googling, I suggest that the answer is probably not publicly available. --ColinFine (talk)10:25, 16 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
At the risk of encouraging further misuse of this help page, the answer is blindingly obvious. This is a scam. If you send money to 'activate' your prize (which everyone contacted by the scammers 'wins'), you get nothing back. And Elon Musk has nothing to do with it.AndyTheGrump (talk)10:46, 16 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hello guys stuff still deleted need address for Mike hard lemonade N.C. I am looking glass maker granny please reply me all thank you very much50.111.213.233 (talk)15:12, 16 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Why is Mitzura Arghezi "Romanian of Hungarian origin"? Only Arghezi's second wife, Rozalia (Iosif Barutu's mother), was from Transylvania...109.166.138.68 (talk)15:14, 16 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I take it this is about the article,Mitzura Arghezi? Which includes the sentence, "Her mother, Paraschiva, hailing from a rural family of Bukovina Romanians, was Arghezi's second wife." And since the article doesn't include the text "Romanian of Hungarian origin", I am guessing your objection is to being in theCategory:Romanian people of Hungarian descent? It would really be helpful if you could bespecific about your concerns - so that we can know how to help you. --D'n'B-📞 --15:52, 16 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I have a feeling that the site won't let me in--I've been having issues with logins all year. All I want is to see that your article on "Rupert Hughes" (author) is up to date. The man wrote *three* novels about "Lakerim." They are: The Lakerim Athletic Club (1898), The Dozen From Lakerim (1899), and The Lakerim Cruise (1910). You can confirm this on this page:https://www.unz.com/print/author/HughesRupert/.8.40.81.202 (talk)17:15, 16 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry to hear you're having login problems, but logging in is actually not necessary to edit most articles. I encourage you to editRupert Hughes yourself. It's the fastest way to see an article fixed! The source you linked here isn't ideal according to our policies aboutreliable sources but the book itself is also a "source" for its existence. If you have questions about editing when you give it a try, feel free to ask.~ L 🌸 (talk)17:31, 16 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
How do I continue to donate to Wikipedia if you continue to allow bad-faith editors to manipulate content and allow extremist opinions in different languages?142.76.0.20 (talk)18:23, 16 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Donations are collected by the Wikimedia Foundation, and do not go to us editors. Donations or withholding donations has no impact on article content. We can only help you with issues on the English Wikipedia, each language version has its own policies and editors.
I wish I knew someone I could hire to help me with a page. I used to have one on Wikipedia that someone did, Idon't know who, but it was inaccurate and incomplete and then it disappeared and was replaced by someone else with the same name, but spelled differently. I reached out to a human somewhere on Wikipedia several years ago but they couldn't find a deleted page. It's so bizarre because it was there for years when I had my first website back in 1998. Anyhoo, I would love to create a new page but my URL was stolen for my website and whomever purchased it is hiding behind a proxy and they want 15k for my stage name. It's my name, I own the Trademark and have used it since 1979. My problem is my career was mostly pre internet 80's and 90's. retired in 2001. How would I create links to material that isn't on the internet anymore, other than my brand FB page, and I don't want to pay 15k for my real name URL? If one is posting original irl materials, why does it matter where they are posted? If you can help support me in creating acessible content I would greatly appreciate it. I am happy to compensate anyone that can help me with this.
A couple of points. Firstly, Wikipedia was founded in 2001, so there can't have been an article about you in 1998. As for your issue with URLs, they are of no relevance whatsoever to Wikipedia, since whether we have an article on a subject or not is determined solely by whether it meets relevantWikipedia notability criteria, as demonstrated through significant coverage inpublished sources independent of the subject. And there is no absolute requirement that any such sources be online at all, though clearly this makes things easier. They do however have to have been published, and accessible somewhere: e.g. in a library.
Beyond that, please note that we discourage, though don't absolutely prohibit, creating articles about oneself. If doing so, one is required to make aconflict of interest declaration, and expected to submit the article for prior scrutiny through theWP:AFCREVIEW process. And note that Wikipedia has tightened up its criteria regarding subject matter since it was founded: content that was acceptable in the early days may not be now.
As for compensation, we are all volunteers here, and do not accept compensation: if anyone offers to create an article for you in return for payment, it is very likely a scam.AndyTheGrump (talk)19:29, 16 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Hoary: I was being slightly snarky. This user is clearly comfortable with ChatGPT's style and accuracy, so for this user, ChatGPT's response will be "ideal". -Arch dude (talk)13:53, 17 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
For a multiple-use named-ref cite book, one can add a{{rp}} (reference page) following a named ref. e.g. [1]: 5 [1]: 42 [1]: 33 etc. Can I use it to for a multiple-use named-ref{{cite AV media}}? e.g. [1]: 5:15 -or- [1]: time: 5:15 Should I do something else? ThanksAdakiko (talk)00:38, 17 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
So, I edited something from 2026 Senate Elections from Minnesota. It was a valid and I am curious why it was taken down and how I can edit appropriately.PoliticalFav (talk)01:30, 17 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@PoliticalFav: look at the edit summaries added by the reverting editor. Do this by looking at the article's "history" tab. Your first attempt was unsourced, and when you subsequently used a source3, it was not a valid source. discuss this with the reverting editor on the article's talk page. -Arch dude (talk)03:23, 17 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Probably not,СтасС. Finding reliable sources is hard work.Draft:Ministry of Agriculture (North Korea) currently hasno sources. It's classed as a draft (it's in "draft space") but in reality it's not even a draft. Finding three sources that are reliable and independent of the North Korean government and of each other isyour task. --Hoary (talk)06:56, 18 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hi,When trying to log in from a different device, or trying to change my e-mail preferences on this device, I get a verification code sent to an obsolete email address. What can I do?ThanksDan Gluck (talk)10:48, 17 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
If you no longer have access to the email address that the password recovery emails get sent to, you unfortunately will not be able to regain access to your account(unless you remember the password). Your only option would be to create a new account and identify it as a successor to your current account("I am Dan Gluck2, I previously used Dan Gluck but lost access").331dot (talk)10:55, 17 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the quick reply.
I do remember the password, but I still get a requirement for a verification code, that is being sent to the obsolete email address.
Hello! I would kindly like to ask for some help in locating and editing the templates or pages of political parties. I'm after updating the shade of a certain political party as the color is exactly the same with a different party, making it difficult to use in the legends on tables from a list of incumbent officials. Searching them using the parties' names do not work for me. Thank you!FiveGeekabytes (talk)14:34, 17 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you! A bit of a correction on my part, the shades of Partido Federal ng Pilipinas and Laban ng Demokratiko are not exactly the same, but almost too similar that it's quite inditinguishable. It does use the coding from the source you've provided so I'll try to play around with the right shade at least or adopt a color from their official logo to see what works. Other than that, thank you very much!FiveGeekabytes (talk)14:59, 17 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hello I want help as we keep on submitting to publish a page about Yale Center for Ecosystems + Architecture (Yale CEA) but this keeps on getting rejected or not added. Please help me? Thank you!Hindver (talk)14:49, 17 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Please make a formal disclosure of your conflict of interest, seeWP:COI. If you receive any form of compensation(including if you are employed by Yale) the Terms of Use require disclosure, seeWP:PAID.
You have a draft in your sandbox, but it has not been submitted. If a draft was submitted via theArticle Wizard, please link to it.
Wikipedia is not a place for organizations to tell about themselves, their offerings, and what they consider to be their own history. A Wikipedia article about an organization must summarize what independentreliable sources with significant coverage have chosen on their own to say about the organization, showing how it meets the special Wikipedia definition ofa notable organization.331dot (talk)14:56, 17 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I'm wondering why I am no longer able to select the "contribute" option in the toolbar of my account. I'm in good standing and have already had an article accepted. Do I need to keep editing articles regularly to keep my contribution access?
Nu mă mai regăsesc în aceste pagini. Vă rog să mă ajutați să-mi schimb id-ul. Aș dori să-mi fie șters contul de utilizator. Vă mulțumesc!Cora Barcan (talk)20:07, 17 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
This is the help page for the English-language Wikipedia. If you have questions about Wikis in other languages, or if your question is not one that can be conducted in English, I would suggest starting with our counterpart in your preferred language, which I am guessing might be Romanian. --Orange Mike |Talk20:21, 17 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Before creating an account I added a topic on the talk page of an article, I used my IP address and would now like to hide or remove my IP address from that page (without deleting the topic). Any ideas on how to do this? Thanks!ShutUpSam (talk)00:05, 18 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I was using Newspapers.com to find a source for an article that I'm working on, and I wanted to use a link of a clipping of an obituary for the URL section of the newspaper citation template. However, when I enter it in there, the template gives me back an error saying "Wikipedia Library link in URL". I was wondering if anyone here knows of a way to get a link from a newspaper.com clipping that doesn't have the wikipedia library link so that readers can actually access it (granted that they have a newspapers.com account)?
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