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New Article - erased as I was working on it.

Started a new article in Visual Editor. When I took a look at it from the source view option and then went back to Visual Editor, every data was gone. What's the deal. — Preceding unsigned comment added by RosyCanfield (talk • contribs) 22:30, 11 July 2018 (UTC)

Welcome to the Teahouse RosyCanfield. I can see how this can be a frustrating experience. You do have the option of contacting the administrator who may have deleted the information. I see that your sandbox now contains content so at this point your problem may have already been resolved. I've taken a look at your sandbox and unfortunately it has some major problems and should not end up being an article on Wikipedia for a number of reasons. First, you have a conflict of interest assuming that it is not coincidental that the article is about something that seems to be named after you. Basically, Wikipedia is written objectively and honestly, it is considered very difficult for anyone related to the topic to be objective. You just can't write about yourself or your company. Second, Wikipedia is not a marketing tool . Will you find articles on Wikipedia that are clearly promotional? Yes. But there are legions of editors who will eventually cull these articles from Wikipedia. Sorry for the bad news. I hope you will stick around to be a contributor to Wikipedia and become involved in topics and articles that interest you. Best Regards, Barbara ✐  ✉ 13:55, 14 July 2018 (UTC)

Also note that switching between the source and visual editors is not recommended as your changes can be discarded when you make this switch. — pythoncoder (talk | contribs) 17:49, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

@RosyCanfield: your draft does not appear to have been deleted. It can be found here. \\\Septrillion:- ~~‭~~10^Eleventeen 04:26, 20 July 2018 (UTC)

Kundan Srivastava

Hi,

Greetings from India!

I am Surbhi contributed an article about Kundan Srivastava, an activist and author from India. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Surbhi20/sandbox

May the same name article was deleted many times, but, this time please look into the article. It has been written by me with best of reliable sources. I would request to administrator to create the same content.

Thanks, Surbhi

Surbhi20 (talk) 17:37, 12 July 2018 (UTC)

Your sandbox version now has 29 references. But most (?all) of these do nothing to establish that the subject is notable, because they include no in-depth discussion of him. Please be aware that when a reviewer considers whether the subject is notable, it's the quality of the sources that will count, not the quantity. If there are references in that list to sources that discuss (rather than mention) the subject, you should make it easier for a reviewer to find them, by removing all the worthless ones. Maproom (talk) 08:24, 13 July 2018 (UTC)

Maproom

I got your points Sir. Will provide you the same (depth discussion sources about him).

Surbhi20 (talk) 05:26, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

statistics tool on wikiproject activity

Is there a tool available that counts the number of new articles created per month or expanded per month for a specific Wikiproject like WikiProject Archaeology? I know there are a lot of edit counters and information counters on user activity, but I am interested in learning more about the Wikiprojects that I am participating in? I have searched around a bit and cannot find any tools. thx MauraWen (talk) 18:02, 12 July 2018 (UTC)

start here. 96.242.88.25 (talk)

@MauraWen: welcome to the Teahouse!

Articles can be tracked by WikiProject through the categories added to the article talk page where a WikiProject banner template exists, such as {{WikiProject Women}}. Petscan can be used to cross-index articles by category, though I'm not very familiar with it and I'm not sure if you can find recent changes this way.

An easier way might be to check some of the lists generated at Wikipedia:WikiProject Directory. You might specifically be interested in something like Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Showcase. These lists don't always have consistent naming across WikiProjects, so a good way to find them is to go to a recent article like Meryem Benm'Barek-Aloïsi, click on What links here in the sidebar, and look for any links to Wikipedia-namespace pages. And look, it shows Wikipedia:WikiProject Women's history/New articles and Wikipedia:WikiProject Women writers/Metrics.

If you want to look for editors who have recently contributed to a WikiProject, then there are pages like Wikipedia:WikiProject Directory/Description/WikiProject Women's History where you will find yourself listed.

I hope that helps! Thank you for supporting Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red and creating women's biography articles! – Reidgreg (talk) 13:19, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

@Reidgreg: Thanks! those are very helpful links. MauraWen (talk) 14:00, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

@MauraWen: you're welcome! Another way to find pages is with a prefix search using the page name for the WikiProject. So in the search box on any page, if you enter prefix:"Wikipedia:WikiProject Women's history" it will find all of the sub-pages for that WikiProject. (Full instructions at Help:Searching#prefix:). Happy editing! – Reidgreg (talk) 10:53, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

Article created as user page

Hi, what's the correct way to deal with this? [now at Draft:Khalid Mahmood (Pakistani Politician)] Curb Safe Charmer (talk) 09:05, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

Hello Curb Safe Charmer and fancy meeting you here in the Teahouse!

There are two branches of response. The first branch is that a user page is not a proper place to develop article content and doing so violates user pages policy. The guidance to the user is that the page should be moved to a sandbox or draft and a proper user page created to replace the redirect that moving leaves behind. There's a warning template you could use: {{uw-userpage}}.

The other branch is to consider whether the user should be encouraged to submit the draft for AfC or be advised that it cannot be accepted. Of course, if it meets any speedy deletion criterion, such as being a copyright violation or too overly promotional, it should be tagged accordingly.

When, as appears to be the case here, the user has not submitted the draft, I would be inclined to stop at this stage, or at least wait a bit to see if there is some response to the advice. If you think the article is suitable for mainspace, that notability is established, then it would be appropriate to move the article to mainspace and request deletion of the inappropriate user page redirect left behind. A note to the contributor explaining what you've done should minimize any confusion. — jmcgnh^{(talk) (contribs)} 09:29, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

User name is same as the topic of the draft article. David notMD (talk) 13:58, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

David notMD A true observation, but as this often happens because a new editor believes they should use the name of the article they wish to create as their username, it is not automatically a sign of conflict-of-interest editing. It's a topic I would take up with the user later. — jmcgnh^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:42, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

@Curb Safe Charmer: Looking again at this draft, which I see you have moved to Draft:Khalid Mahmood (Pakistani Politician), some more problems emerge. There is an a existing article Khalid Mahmood (British politician) which this submission apparently had as an initial template, copied without attribution. Significant remnants of that article are still present. None of the references seem to be to a Pakistani politician, though Karachi has been substituted for Birmingham in some of the references' parameters. I'm beginning to suspect we cannot leave this page in its current state. — jmcgnh^{(talk) (contribs)} 22:23, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

Sourcing sources

Hey guys. I'm currently in the process of editing the Ojha page and it really could do with some sources. The trouble is that I have no idea where the best place would be to begin looking. Is there a page or repository here that could give me a place to start? LampGenie01 (talk) 15:30, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

@LampGenie01: Welcome to the Teahouse! I usually just do a quick search on Google, or search for a book at my local library. You can also go to the WP:Reference Desk for help finding sources. See WP:Find your source and WP:Reliable. Hope this helps! ⇒ Lucie Person (talk|contribs) 20:08, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

Question

i have created a page , How can i convert it to a article..? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Prakhar Malviya Kanha (talk • contribs) 16:24, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

@Prakhar Malviya Kanha: I’ve added a submit button for you. Click that to submit it for review. Hope this helps! ⇒ Lucie Person (talk|contribs) 20:03, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

Abbreviations with parenthesis

I am not sure if I am using abbreviations in an article correctly. I looked thru the Manual of Style/Abbreviations, but I was left confused.

For example, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). When I want to use DRC in another sentence, do I need to have it in parenthesis? Would there be any exceptions? And would it be ok in some sentences in another paragraph to use Democratic Republic of Congo again? Or is the rule, once you use an abbreviation in an article, you need to continue to use the abbreviation? thx MauraWen (talk) 23:25, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

Hello MauraWen and welcome to the Teahouse.

This is a fairly widespread convention. You introduce the abbreviation you intend to use, in parentheses, immediately after the fully spelled out version. All later instances do not use parentheses. For consistency, you would use the abbreviation any place where you would otherwise use the proper noun later in the article.

Are there exceptions? There are always exceptions! What do you do when two entities would abbreviate the same way? The abbreviation used on WP should be commonly used in the sources being referred to. We do not make up "new" abbreviations on WP. If you run across a situation where using the abbreviation would cause confusion, it's best to spell the thing out again.

The relevant part of the Wikipedia Manual of Style (MOS) is Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Abbreviations. — jmcgnh^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:02, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

@Jmcgnh: thank you for explaining that so clearly. MauraWen (talk) 04:29, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

New articles not found on Google search -- why?

Hello, I've been editing for a couple of years and have successfully created new articles in the past. I recently (in the past week) created TWO new articles. However, neither one is appearing on web search. Is there an easy fix for this? Perhaps there is some index coding I need to add that I simply don't know about! Any step-by-step support would be greatly appreciated. The articles in question are biographies of Michael J. Bobbitt and Dina Ellis Rochkind. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rider4151 (talk • contribs) 00:19, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

See this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Controlling_search_engine_indexing#Indexing_of_articles_(%22mainspace%22)

I'm not totally sure that's what's happening, but it seems to be likely. Basically, new articles are generally not indexed until 90 days have passed, so they can't be found by external search engines.

Diamond Blizzard (talk) 00:30, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

Thank you, Diamond Blizzard, for this response. I didn't notice a 90-day lag with two articles I previously created! It makes sense, though. I'll just be patient! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rider4151 (talk • contribs) 02:36, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

Hello Rider4151 and welcome to the Teahouse.

Pages are flagged with NOINDEX until either 90 days have passed or they have been reviewed by a member of the new page patrol team and marked as patrolled. The patrollers do their best to get to pages before the 90 day timer runs out. — jmcgnh^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:51, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

@Jmcgnh: Wait if the newly article reached into 90 days so it will appear to the top on search bar or engine like searching google?. 49.148.250.192 (talk) 03:25, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

After 90 days, the NOINDEX flag is taken off the page. We don't control when Google or other search engines will discover the page after the flag comes off, but they are no longer prevented from seeing the page after that. You should expect to be able to find the page via Google or other search engines very shortly after the 90 days are up or very shortly after a new page patroller has released it. — jmcgnh^{(talk) (contribs)} 05:29, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

How to change username?

Hi

i am new to wikipedia world. i want to change my username of wikipedia account. can you guys please tell me how to change?

Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by WithSUHOForever (talk • contribs) 05:28, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

Hello WithSUHOForever and welcome to the Teahouse.

Please see the instructions at Changing username. Please take particular note that, when an account has very few edits, it is easier just to abandon the old account (never log into it again) and start a new one. — jmcgnh^{(talk) (contribs)} 05:39, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

Also, if you want to abandon an account and create a new one, it may be helpful to mention that you edited with an old account on the user page of your new account, so that it shows that you have edited Wikipedia in the past. It's not required, but it may be helpful. — MRD2014 ^Talk 14:24, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

Another user is reverting an article after my edit.

A User (The Banner) is resetting edits I have made to the article 'Turlough Hill'. The article he reverts to is incorrect. I have worked in this location for 35 years and I am a recognized expert on the history as well as the technical details of this place.

How do I stop him for doing this??

ESBPGEN (talk) 12:00, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

Hi, ESBPGEN - The Banner and subsequently Velella were correct in their reverts, as your edit misunderstood the subject of the article. You were altering the lead of the article to change its subject entirely, without consensus for doing so. Alterations like this - NOTE - The name, Turlough Hill, refers ONLY to the Hydro Electric scheme and it is not the name of the mountain on which the upper reservoir is situated, are not suitable edits to make to an encyclopedia. While we all appreciate your efforts to ameliorate the article, the way in which you are doing so is not, shall we say, optimal. The article about the power station is here, and can be edited accordingly. Please note that local knowledge of an area will not suffice if the edit is lacking in citations from reliable sources. Feel free to ask any further questions which you may have. Stormy clouds (talk) 13:58, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

• @ESBPGEN: The above advice is good, but I fear the most important message for your situation is diluted. That message is that we do not care what you know, because we are not in the business of original research; what we care about is what sources say. If you have sources supporting your viewpoint, present them and then we will talk. Tigraan^{Click here to contact me} 14:02, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

Created a new article

Hi All,

I created a new article with title "List of India national football team hat-tricks". It's link is [[1]]. I have ensured to conform by the rules and regulations of Wikipedia while creating the article. I would like other editors to review my article. Also, while searching my article by the title name in google, the search results do not display my article. However, if I search for titles like "List of Croatia national football team hat-tricks" or "List of Phillipines national football team hat-tricks", google search results' first entry contains the exact wikipedia page with that title name. While, all the three articles aforementioned articles belong to the same wikipedia category why google search doesn't find my article? Please help if I need to do more with my article.

Regards, Dipanjan Datta DipanjanDatta1974 (talk) 14:19, 16 July 2018 (UTC)DipanjanDatta1974

@DipanjanDatta1974: - search engine like Google use algorithms to determine primary search results. While Wikipedia articles often rise to the top of this, they are not guaranteed to do so. Generally, new articles will take time to become the top result, so give it a while. However, you can ensure that the article is easy to find by including suitable WP:LINKS to the article. So, just wait a while, and keep developing the article. It is already marked as a featured list (I can't find the log, but I assume you are aware of it), so keep up the good work. The article is in a good place currently. Hope this helps, Stormy clouds (talk) 16:06, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

@Stormy clouds: - Thanks for your suggestions. I will try to incorporate them in my newly created article.

DipanjanDatta1974 (talk) 19:58, 16 July 2018 (UTC)DipanjanDatta1974

DipanjanDatta1974 I also like to see content that I create in Wikipedia appear on the Google search page. One thing that I have noticed is that an article that shows up in Google usually has to be longer than a stub. As soon as you improve the article and it contains more information, you may see the article appear on Google. Please keep adding referenced content to Wikipedia, we love our new contributors. Best Regards, Barbara ✐  ✉ 21:53, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

Barbara (WVS) Thanks for your suggestion. I do intend to add more reference material to my article; one thing I have on my mind is to add some images of the prominent persons mentioned in the article. It will be very kind of you if you can point to any article in wikipedia about how to use images and from what kind of source such images can be procured. Also, is it OK to use images of a person from another wikipedia article or do I need to get prior permission for that? By the way, today, I am seeing that google search is displaying my wikipedia article at the top of the results. :) Thanks Again for your kind support. Regards, Dipanjan Datta DipanjanDatta1974 (talk) 09:41, 17 July 2018 (UTC)DipanjanDatta1974

DipanjanDatta1974 thanks for coming back to the Teahouse to ask more great questions. I am glad you got to see your article appear on a Google search-I find it quite rewarding myself. About images/photos - those who take the photos and create the images 'own' those images. In a lot of cases, when an image appears in an article, the creator/photographer has given permission for its reuse. Be careful though, sometimes an image can only be used in one place and under the circumstances called free-use rationale. Your safest bet is to only upload images/photos onto Wikipedia that you take yourself. Editors are always discussing the use of images in a variety of places on Wikipedia and I don't even understand the complexities of reusing images. If you find an image on the internet-just don't use it. Getting permission to use someone else's image on WP is also complicated and something I personally don't have the patience to pursue. Other editors have a lot of experience in this area and might just chime in here. Thanks for being in the Teahouse again! Best Regards, Barbara ✐  ✉ 21:25, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

Barbara (WVS) Thanks for taking the pain to elaborate on the various complexities of using images. Also, I really appreciate that you reviewed my article. I will try to add more references to my article as you had suggested in your earlier post. Regards, DipanjanDatta1974 (talk) 07:46, 18 July 2018 (UTC)DipanjanDatta1974

Edit procedure

Do you have a page that describes the edit procedure? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.58.142.186 (talk) 15:14, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

Various policies and essays detail how to edit on Wikipedia, and there is abundant information on how to do so. Every editor, including even the most experienced, will admit to still having plenty to learn and develop. However, a good place to start would be by reviewing advice for your first article, our editing policy, and the five pillars which underline Wikipedia. Hope this helps, Stormy clouds (talk) 15:59, 16 July 2018 (UTC).

Attempting to update Anne E. DeChant profile

Tried to edit to update. Understand that there may be too many links, or that Wikipedia editors don't like the links, but does the entire editing session have to be rejected? Can I get back to editing page with my edits intact and make the corrections needed? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shimel75 (talk • contribs) 16:23, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

Welcome Wikipedia Shimel75. It is good thing to participate in making Wikipedia better. I taken a look at your work that you did on the Anne E. DeChant article and noticed a few things that may be giving you problems in editing. First of all, you wanted to add content but did not support the content with a reference. As well-informed as you seem to be, unless content is backed up some good sources it risks being removed. But all is not lost. You are more than welcome to put the content back in IF you can find a good reference to back up what you want to see in the article. It is very important to source all information in an article about a person. It is also important to use words that are neutral. If you have any other questions please come back to the Teahouse to get some answers. Even though it might seem like your work is not appreciated, it really is-as long as you are able to add good references. Best Regards, Barbara ✐  ✉ 21:48, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

URGENT

Greetings

please how can i upload pictures to user page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by EMEGHEBO NNAEMEKA NNAMDI (talk • contribs) 17:41, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

@EMEGHEBO NNAEMEKA NNAMDI: - you can upload files, provided you own/have permission to the copyright, using the File Upload Wizard. Once uploaded, you can include them on your user page using the following wiki-text - [[File:Image_name.jpg|left|250px]]. Hope this helps, Stormy clouds (talk) 18:57, 16 July 2018 (UTC).

Welcome to the Teahouse, EMEGHEBO NNAEMEKA NNAMDI. Please calm down! It is not urgent. Hardly anything on Wikipedia is urgent (see There is no deadline, and certainly not anything on user pages). Judging from what you have posted on your User Talk page, it looks as if you might be trying to create an article about yourself. Please don't do this. Autobiography is strongly discouraged on Wikipedia. You can share a bit about yourself on your User page if you wish (not your User Talk page, which is for other editors to communicate with you) but it should be primarily about you as a Wikipedia editor: see User pages. --ColinFine (talk) 21:07, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

How long are AFC reviews taking these days?

Hello!

Before I get to my question, please see my COI declarations on my User page.

Just hoping someone can give me some guidance on how long the review cycle is these days for draft articles submitted to AfC review. I submitted two in the not too distant past; one was reviewed very quickly, the other is moving a bit slower. I'm hoping to get some additional insight to share with clients, and explain why patience is needed.

Thanks very much in advance for any info or insight you'd like to share.

Mdrozdowski (talk) 17:48, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

@Mdrozdowski: There are over 2,000 submissions pending review. I’m unsure on how they prioritize them, but I’m assuming it’s by date. Some articles that have been submitted 5 months ago still are awaiting review (See AFC pending submissions by age). The AfC reviewers are people, so patience is needed for that. ⇒ Lucie Person (talk|contribs) 20:21, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

I review up to 20 articles per day, in no particular order, sometimes from the back of the list, other times from the front, I detest paid for editing, so never rush to review those particular draft articles. Theroadislong (talk) 20:34, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

Hello, ⇒ Lucie Person and Theroadislong -

Thanks so much for your answers; it's very helpful. I have been warning clients that reviews can take quite awhile, but wanted to check in for my own education. I do appreciate your answering my question.

Theroadislong, I can totally understand people dislike and distrust (quite often for very good reasons) paid editors. That's part of the reason I definitely try to alert everyone right up front that that's exactly what I am. My counsel to my clients is that Wikipedia is like a living ecosystem - easy to damage if you're not a good steward, and that's why we absolutely try to strictly adhere to the MOS, especially when it comes to NPOV. I see that you left a comment on my draft; I'd love to learn which parts of the article are too promotional so I can correct them. Would you be willing to share some suggested edits with me?

In any case, thank you again for your input.

Mdrozdowski (talk) 20:50, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

Mdrozdowski just a correction, it's five weeks not months, that the oldest submissions have been waiting. Keep in mind that's only a small fraction of the total queue, the vast majority are reviewed within the first week. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 14:08, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

Selena Gomez and Justin bieber music's

The reason why I'm not getting through with it is that I don't really know how to manage my Wikipedia and so on in just a new guy now running down things on Wikipedia — Preceding unsigned comment added by 181.177.218.125 (talk) 17:52, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

The reason why I'm editing this is that I'm not getting through with it on Wikipedia I don't know if they does put up things like that — Preceding unsigned comment added by 181.177.218.139 (talk) 18:03, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

Hello, IP user. I'm sorry but I have no idea what you are talking about, and what help you are requesting (if you are). Please explain a bit more (by editing this section and adding further replies). --ColinFine (talk) 21:09, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

URGENT

How can I delete my draft, which is rejected twice. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rana Abrar.Ali (talk • contribs) 18:35, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

{{db-author}}. Adam9007 (talk) 18:39, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

Uploading a new file

I completed a draft ↓, however I can't upload this to Wikipedia. Can anyone help me?

text of draft

== User talk:68.7.23.104 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigationJump to search ＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝ Tatsuo Sasaki (March 30, 1944 - ) is a timpanist, percussionist, xylophonist and marimbist, born in Okayama, Japan and lives in San Diego, CA. Contents [hide] Biography Tatsuo Sasaki received Fulbright Scholarship to Juilliard School of Music while he was senior at Tokyo Geijutsu Daigaku (Tokyo University of Arts and Music). He studied timpani with Saul Goodman, the timpanist with New York Philharmonic. He also received several lessons from noted xylophonist, Yoichi Hiraoka in New York and performed recitals in New York city. 1966 -1967, Sasaki was a percussionist with The American Symphony directed by Leopold Stokowski. 1967-1969 Assistant timpanist and percussionist with Israel Philharmonic Orchestra directed by Zubin Mehta 1970-1972 Percussionist with Japan Philharmonic Orchestra directed by Seiji Ozawa ; Faculty at Sakuyo 　　Conservatoire (percussion) ; Solo recital in Tokyo 1972-1973 Principal timpanist with Orquestra Sinfonica Brazileiro in Rio de Janeiro 1973-2006 Principal timpanist with San Diego Symphony & San Diego Opera, Faculty at SDU (San Diego University) and Grossmont College (Timpani, percussion & marimba) ; Featured as xylophone soloist with San Diego Symphony, Glendale Symphony, etc. and performed “Fantasy on Japanese Wood Prints” composed by Alan Hovhaness directed by Andre Kostelanetz, “Marimba Concerto” by Robert Kurka, “Concertino for marimba” by Paul Creston, “Suite No.2” by J.S.Bach, etc. 2006 Retired from San Diego Symphony and San Diego Opera 2007-2009 Conducted marimba ensembles in Tokyo and Nagoya, taught marimba at masterclasses in Japan. 2009-present Formed TheMarimbaDuo with noted marimbist/music arranger/music publisher, Michiko Noguchi in Tokyo, performed concert and released CDs. Photo At the concert “Fantasy on Japanese Woodprints” left : Sasaki. middle: Allan Hovhaness, right: Andre Kostelanetz 1975 Discography ”Xylophone Artistry” (Solo) Musical Heritage Society, US ”Riverdance” (TheMarimbaDuo) Kleos, US ”Tempest” (TheMarimbaDuo) Kleos, US “Back to Bach” (TheMarimbaDuo + Marimba Ensemble) Kojima Recording, Japan Reference http://www.fulbright.jp/jusec/index.html Asahi Newspaper “Tatsuo Sasaki Percussion Recital” review Music magazine "Ongaku no Tomo" "Tatsuo Sasaki Percussion Recital" Review External Links 1. Home Page : sasakitatsuo.com 2. TheMarimbaDuo : https://www.facebook.com/themarimbaduo/?ref=br_rs 3. Musicians from Juilliard School of Music

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Andanmoderato (talk • contribs) 18:46, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

Hello Andanmoderato and welcome to the Teahouse.

I see that you managed to create a draft on some IP user's talk page. I've moved the draft to Draft:Tatsuo Sasaki (percussionist) for you and asked that the remnants be cleaned up. You can continue to work on the draft in its new location. It needs a considerable amount of work before it is suitable for submission, but there are indications that the subject is notable and should have an article.

It's difficult for me to advise you what to do better next time. The most important step is to start with your own sandbox, not the entirely volatile and temporary global sandbox at WP:Sandbox. — jmcgnh^{(talk) (contribs)} 06:40, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

@Andanmoderato: You ought to read the guidance at WP:Your first article, & further advice which I will add to your user talk page. --David Biddulph (talk) 08:48, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

Question about the review of Draft:Civil Aviation Passenger Service Evaluation

Hello Teahouse!! my draft of Civil Aviation Passenger Service EvaluationDraft:Civil_Aviation_Passenger_Service_Evaluation has been waiting for review more than two weeks, I saw the volume of submissions for review is always increasing, and there is still no change for my draft. So, I am afraid of endless waiting. Do you know any AfC reviewers who can review Chinese references? Or, are there any ways to make it reviewed as soon as possible? By the way, if there is nothing I can do just wait, how long does it take at most？ Looking forward to your early reply. Thank you!

Constance wu (talk) 02:03, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

Thank you for your question here in the Teahouse. I've taken a look at your article and believe that it has been created for promotional reasons. If this is true, you probably won't get much help in getting it reviewed. Are you part of this company or service? If you are in anyway connected to this topic/article then you have a conflict of interest and you should not create this article. Experienced editors are not very motivated to help with articles like this, so a better explanation of what you are trying to do would be helpful. Also, this appears to be the one and only article that you have worked on. This can indicate that you may be an editor who has only one purpose-publicize this organization. Best Regards, Barbara ✐  ✉ 21:39, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

Edit removed

I made an edit to the wiki page of the video game, Vampyr as it lacked the ending content but the editor completely reverted the changes. He said that it was nominated for a good page or something like that. My question is what is that all about? — Preceding unsigned comment added by IGuy2810 (talk • contribs) 02:37, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

In his edit summary, Cognissonance said that your edits were in good faith, that is, he believes that your edits were not vandalism even if they felt it was necessary to revert those edits. The rest of his edit summary says "we only write what has to happen" (i.e. our plot summaries cover what will happen in all playthroughs regardless of player choice). Ian.thomson (talk) 02:44, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

Problem

I have an iPhone and I like to read a lot of sports articles in the summer to get over the hump of boringness til fall. Usually, I will “add to home screen” certain Wikipedia articles to read them later and when I click on them they will send me directly back to the page I was previously on. As of recently (about 2 weeks ago) everytime I’ve tried to make a new shortcut for “add to home screen” whenever I click back on it, it will send me to the “featured article” of the day, but I want it to go back to the article not something I do not care for, any ideas on how to fix this, would be greatly appreciated! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1005:B127:299B:3133:C01F:7AF2:D07D (talk) 04:20, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

Hello. I hope someone else will be able to give you better help than I can. Meanwhile, though, I have an iPhone too so if you can describe the steps you are taking before you choose "Add to home screen," perhaps I can follow along and see if I can guess what's going wrong. Which browser are you using? Are you viewing the Wikipedia website in Mobile version, or Desktop version? (Or the Wikipedia app, but I don't see "Add to Home Screen" as an option from the app.) How do you find these articles you like (that is, on what pages do you find the links that take you to pages you like?) - Egmonster (talk) 21:30, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

false positive from cluebot

How do I remove the warning on the user talk page so I can re-enter the edit information? Thank you BortmasJ (talk) 06:51, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

You already have, BortmasJ, but the presence or absence of a warning message on your talk page does not affect your ability to edit an article. However, the Cluebot warning wasn't an error. You added external links to the body of the article, removed a prior addition and did not cite a reliable source. Wikipedia isn't interested in your interpretation of the Bible, any more than it is interested in mine. All interpretation needs to be sourced to reliable sources that interpurt the text. I'd suggest you start a discussion at the article's talk page. John from Idegon (talk) 07:56, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

Please help me.

So, school is tommorow, but I have just created an article. Can someone help me to clean up the article (assess it, fixing the grammars and typos, errors, consistency of words in the article, inter-article wikilinking, etc)? A help would be highly appreciated. Thanks!--Jeromi Mikhael (talk) 08:08, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

Welcome back to the Teahouse, Jeromi Mikhael. Do you have sources for the paragraph starting "The lyrics of the anthems heavily resembles the anthem of the Soviet Union..."? It sounds a bit like original research to me, but then I don't know the subject well. Cordless Larry (talk) 08:27, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

@Cordless Larry:Done. I've added the references for that. Jeromi Mikhael (talk) 08:30, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

Edited History to past tense. Curious, was this a homework assignment? David notMD (talk) 12:05, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

@David notMD and Marchjuly: No! What happened is that I'm requesting this article to be edited, because I'm fearing of lack of time because of my school project, not that Balgariyo mila is a school project! @Marchjuly: And yes, this article passes the WP:N because it is the anthem of a country for 13 years! And what, do you think four references isn't enough?--Jeromi Mikhael (talk) 07:56, 18 July 2018 (UTC)

Please don't use WP:ALLCAPS because it makes it seem as either (1) you're angry, (2) you're shouting, or (3) you're both angry and shouting. The Teahouse is a friendly place where editors try to one another as best as they can. For what it's worth, once you add something to the mainspace, it's fair game for anyone to edit at anytime; so, I've asked at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Bulgaria#Balgariyo mila about the article to see if the editors belonging to Wikipedia:WikiProject Bulgaria can help you out since they should know more about the anthem. -- Marchjuly (talk) 08:08, 18 July 2018 (UTC); [Post edited by Marchjuly to strikethrough content no longer applicable since Jeromi Mikhael went back a removed the "AllCAPS". -- 12:01, 18 July 2018 (UTC)]

@Marchjuly: Sorry, I think you would propose this article to WP:AFD. Jeromi Mikhael (talk) 08:16, 18 July 2018 (UTC)

Jeromi - From your contributions, it looks like you have been creating or improving articles on all of Bulgaria'a national anthems, which I consider an admirable effort. I am sure that editors who have participated in Wikipedia:WikiProject Bulgaria can add their expertise. I consider MarchJuly's intent as helpful, not critical. Here in the U.S. we like to think that "The Star-Spangled Banner" has been our national anthem 'forever', but actually that became official in 1931. Prior to that year, "Hail, Columbia", "My Country, 'Tis of Thee", and "America the Beautiful" vied for the role. David notMD (talk) 09:47, 18 July 2018 (UTC)

making a user page

Hello! How can I make a user page that's suits my style (contents, etc.), because I'm at lost on how to make one... I sincerely need some help with this...

Thanks, Ralph1300 (talk • contribs) 08:50, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

Hello, Ralph1300, and welcome to the Teahouse. Have a look at WP:User page design center. --ColinFine (talk) 10:10, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

Can you edit a page's central description?

E.g. If you search 'Rupert Moon' it comes up with 'English Rugby Union Player' when he is in fact a 'Welsh Rugby Union Player' - I can't see a way to edit this though - anyone know if it is possible? https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rupert_Moon&action=info — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ruthdavieswrites (talk • contribs) 09:08, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

This is one of many cases where data is unwisely taken from Wikidata, rather than from the English Wikipedia page itself. In the left hand toolbar of Rupert Moon you'll see a link to the Wikidata item, and you can correct the error there. --David Biddulph (talk) 09:15, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

Please help me

Hi greetings, I created a bot named Pathbot. How can I control the bot and do tasks. But it is working only like a ordinary account. I gave a request for approval in WP:Bots/Requests for approval/Pathbot. How can I make my bot good. Kindly please help me.--PATH SLOPU ^(Talk) 13:21, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

@Path slopu: Have you read Wikipedia:Creating a bot?

Writing about a company w/o sounding promotional

Hi there!

I am trying to write my first article (hopefully of many, if I can get the hang of it) on a cloud storage startup that has been written up by the Boston Globe. The post started out very long, but over the course of many rejections for sounding too promotional, I've tried to trim it down to just the bare minimum facts. This, however, still gets flagged. Does anyone have any suggestions? Is there enough notable information out there?

For reference, I am talking about this page. I also put a request in the requested articles section on businesses that reads: "Wasabi is a cloud data object storage service, similar to services like Amazon Web Services S3 Storage, Microsoft Azure Storage, and Google Cloud Storage. The company was founded in September, 2015 and launched its cloud storage product called "Hot Storage" in May, 2017." With articles from the Boston Globe, Venture Fizz and Forbes as sources.

I appreciate any help! Roger Bevins The 3rd (talk) 14:36, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

I looked at your latest version. Still too promotional, and references a mess. Take out the text about comparative costs. What, if any, is your connection to the company? David notMD (talk) 15:47, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

Hi Roger Bevins The 3rd, concentrate on the history of the company, not the latest news/PR, that's what really contributes to a reasonable article anout a company. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 12:09, 18 July 2018 (UTC)

Article images

Hello, I have a question regarding images. For articles that are in need of images, is Wikimedia Commons the only source editors should draw from? ChrisD Strummer (talk) 15:57, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

• @ChrisD Strummer: Images work in a two-step process. The first step is uploading, either on Commons or locally, an image that comes from any source as long as copyrights are in order (rule of thumb: free images go to Commons, the rest are disallowed except very special exceptions which go to the local upload). The second step is inclusion in articles, where files can be taken either from Commons or from the local (en-wp) server.

Feel free to ask follow-ups about where to upload which image (that stuff is very complicated); if you have a specific query in mind, you can also go to the specialized forum. Tigraan^{Click here to contact me} 17:05, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

IDDFS pseudo code example endless loop.

Hi! I recently proposed an article change at the talk page of the IDDFS article because I've noticed, as another user did too, the pseudo-code in the real wiki page would never end if a goal isn't found.

I added the talk page to my watchlist to wait confirmation on one of the proposals, is this the proper way? Should I at least leave a notice in the real article of this problem?

Thanks --2bam (talk) 16:27, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

Hello, 2bam. Yes, this is the proper way. No, you should absolutely not leave a notice in the real article. I suggest waiting a few more days to see if anybody discusses it (you might Ping the editor who originally made the suggestion - the article is probably on their watch list, but it does no harm to notify them). If nobody has objected or otherwise commented, go ahead and make the change (with a suitable edit summary). The worst that can happen is that somebody reverts it, and then you can discuss it further with them on the talk page. Another possibility, if you are not confident in making the change, is to ask at WT:WikiProject Computer science. --ColinFine (talk) 16:44, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

• @2bam: If anything, you discussed the change too much! Even if you are not decided between your two proposals, I presume either is better than the current state of the article, so go ahead and change it. See WP:BOLD: if you are sure of what needs to be done, and you do not anticipate obvious opposition to it, just do it; if you get reverted, then it is time to talk (see WP:BRD). Tigraan^{Click here to contact me} 17:01, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

• @ColinFine: @Tigraan:, thank you both for your help. I'll wait a couple of days and then make the change. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2bam (talk • contribs) 17:33, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

User Name Question

Hi,

My name is Jessica. I am writing an article about Lena de Winne. I tried to create an account under a different name but then saw that the title of the article was in that name. So I created a new account under LenadeWinne but now I'm wondering if Wikipedia will think I am writing about myself?

Thank you,

   Jessica  — Preceding unsigned comment added by LenaDeWinne (talk • contribs) 16:32, 17 July 2018 (UTC) 

Hello Jessica. You absolutely should not use an account in somebody else's name. You don't have to use your real name - I do, but many people use pseudonyms - but you must not impersonate somebody. Please read CHU and change your username as soon as possible.

You are quite appropriately working in a user sandbox - it has the account name at the front precisely because it is not yet an article in article space: there is no necessary relationship between the name of the sandbox and the name which the article will eventually have when it is moved to main space. Have you read your first article? Please remember that Wikipedia articles should be almost entirely based on what people who have no connection with the subject have chosen to publish about them - Wikipedia has very little interest in anything that a subject says about themselves, or that their associates say about them. Please also read referencing for beginners: the references in your draft are hard to make sense of, and to determine their reliability and independence. --ColinFine (talk) 16:54, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

• (edit conflict) @LenaDeWinne: Now that you said so, no, but you will still need to change your name (see WP:IMPERSONATE). See WP:CHU for how to do so (come back if you still have trouble).

I will also notice that your draft does not seem to show why Lena De Winne is "notable", meaning roughly "has been written about by multiple reliable sources" (see WP:NBIO for details). That Frank De Winne is notable does not mean his wife is, so the claim of notability rests on books written by her - would you have reviews of these books in the press etc.?

Finally, please have a look at WP:SIGN to know how to sign your posts in the future. Tigraan^{Click here to contact me} 16:55, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

Erased Information

Yesterday I edited an article but Today when I looked at the article all the information that I added was erased. So I want to know why other editors delete other editors information? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rocky333God (talk • contribs) 18:47, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

• @Rocky333God: Hi and welcome to the Teahouse. You can see the list of all edits of a page by clicking the "history" tab (see WP:Page history). I guess you are talking about the The Motto article. You can see the editing history of that article here: [2]. As you can see, your addition was removed by Binksternet because it did not cite any reliable source (see: WP:Verifiability). In Wikipedia articles, every statement should be supported with references to reliable sources, so that anyone can verify the information. Vanjagenije (talk) 19:02, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

Vanjagenije is right, I removed this addition because it was unreferenced. It was also written poorly, and it appeared to be original research, which is not allowed. If there's a published article about T-Minus producing the song, then tell us about that source. Binksternet (talk) 19:07, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

Can someone create the page for me

Hi I am not proficient in coding and the Wikipedia formatting on creating a page for a celebrity. He is being confused with Beyonce's father Mathew Knowles where my client's name is Matthew Knowles with two 't's . There is no Wikipedia page on him and I tried to create one but it was rejected. Is there a service to create the page or an editor through Wikipedia who can look into creating a page for him. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ashleyalv (talk • contribs) 19:19, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

• @Ashleyalv: Because you are working for Knowles, you must disclose your employer on your user page per WP:PAID. Also, because you have a conflict of interest, you should not directly edit an article about Knowles. "Coding" has absolutely nothing to do with why your draft was rejected.

If you're going to write an article about anyone or anything, here are the steps you should follow:

1) Choose a topic whose notability is attested by discussions of it in several reliable independent sources.

2) Gather as many professionally-published mainstream academic or journalistic sources you can find.

3) Focus on just the ones that are not dependent upon or affiliated with the subject, but still specifically about the subject and providing in-depth coverage (not passing mentions). If you do not have at least three such sources, the subject is not yet notable and trying to write an article at this point will only fail.

4) Summarize those sources from step 2, adding citations at the end of them. You'll want to do this in a program with little/no formatting, like Microsoft Notepad or Notepad++, and not in something like Microsoft Word or LibreOffice Writer. Be sure to write in such a way that someone who hates the subject can still agree with the basic facts.

5) Combine overlapping summaries (without arriving at new statements that no individual source supports) where possible, repeating citations as needed.

6) Paraphrase the whole thing just to be extra sure you've avoided any copyright violations or plagiarism.

7) Use the Article wizard to post this draft and wait for approval.

Doing something besides those steps typically results in the article not being approved, or even in its deletion. Ian.thomson (talk) 19:24, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

Can you request that Wikipedia make a page for someone

Am I able to submit the name and information of a celebrity where the editors of wikipedia can create a page for him. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ashleyalv (talk • contribs) 19:44, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

Hello, Ashleyalv. You can submit a request at Requested articles. But you need to be aware that Wikipedia is a volunteer project, and people work on what they choose to work on, so there's no guarantee anybody will pick up your request. If you search out some solid, reliable, indepedent, sources (nothing published by the celebrity or their associates; nothing based on a press release or interview with them; nothing on social media, blogs, forums, wikis, iMDB; but places where people unconnected with the subject have chosen to write about them at some length, and been published by a reputable publisher), that may make the request more attractive. On the other hand, if you look for such sources and you can't find any, then the chances are the person is not notable in the special way Wikipedia uses that word, and no article is possible at present --ColinFine (talk) 20:37, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

Your problem (after you properly address PAID and COI), is that many articles about Mathew Knowles misspell his name as "Matthew Knowles" (the name of your client). Anyone attempting an article on Matthew Knowles - the actor - would have to ignore all that and find appropriate publications to use as citations. IMBd does not count. Even this [3] does not count because it is an interview. What is needed is articles about MK. David notMD (talk) 20:56, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

Forget to Log Out?

Will I be logged out automatically if I forget to log out?Thegooduser Let's Chat 🍁 21:41, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

@Thegooduser: - depends on whether or not you ticked the box to remain logged in. If not, then you should have been logged out. (This is not a guarantee, but seems to be the pattern for me). Stormy clouds (talk) 22:32, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

starting a link

i couldn't find a link for conscious masculinity. an idea that i think represents an emergent view of what it means to be male today? and toxic masculinity can create reactionary responses. i feel if this concept of conscious masculinity, the integration of both stereotypical female and male qualities. the conscious man is a compassionate man, for instance — Preceding unsigned comment added by G0ph33rR (talk • contribs) 00:56, 18 July 2018 (UTC)

Toxic masculinity is an existing article. Conscious masculinity was blanked when I wrote this reply because the created article was suspected of being in copyright violation (since deleted). If there is enough source material on the second topic, it could become an article. David notMD (talk) 01:03, 18 July 2018 (UTC)

Article about a Business

Hi, this is Payal from India. I am willing to create a page on a company called Bounce which is a two wheeler rental company. however that page was tagged for deletion saying it was related to promotional stuff. But similar pages like Uber, Meru cabs pages are still on Wikipedia. Kindly suggest a solution. Thanks in Advance — Preceding unsigned comment added by Payal Bhansali (talk • contribs) 04:42, 18 July 2018 (UTC)

• @Payal Bhansali: Assuming no error from the deleting admin, your draft was speedily deleted because of the style - it was written in purely promotional style and would have needed a complete rewrite to be of encyclopedic value. The existing articles you cited do not have this problem.

However, another issue you should be aware of before writing another version is that you need to demonstrate the company's "notability". In Wikipedia's meaning of the term, this means references to third-party reliable sources that deal with the subject at length; if such do not exist, do not bother writing the article, it would be rejected/deleted every time. Our article about Uber currently contains 566 references, most of which reliable newspaper articles focused on Uber as a topic and not paid for by the company, so notability is assured; I just proposed the deletion of our article about Meru Cabs, precisely because references do not show that; in any case, "other stuff exists" is never a good argument on Wikipedia. Tigraan^{Click here to contact me} 08:10, 18 July 2018 (UTC)

Article deleted

Hi friends I want to create an article on a well known, famous motivational & public speaker of our region (Tamil Nadu). She is carrying out a wonderful work to the society particularly for women empowerment & student community. I tried to create one, but got deleted. Can anyone please help me to create an article. RaRaBa (talk) 10:17, 18 July 2018 (UTC)

Gave this query its own section header. If you want help, need to name the person in question. David notMD (talk) 10:29, 18 July 2018 (UTC)

• @RaRaBa: This must be about Shyamala Ramesh Babu. The article was deleted under the speedy deletion criterion A7 because it did not make a "credible claim of significance". What you would need to create an article would be to demonstrate that person is "notable" in Wikipedia's meaning of the term, i.e. written about at length by independent reliable sources. If such sources do not exist, do not bother writing the article, because it will be deleted, no matter how wonderful that person is. Tigraan^{Click here to contact me} 11:22, 18 July 2018 (UTC)
• @David notMD: Thank you so much for your response, and yes it is about Shyamala Ramesh Babu as rightly pointed out by *@Tigraan: thank you too. Sure, Will check out for the independent reliable sources. Is it possible to help me out to check out those sources which I provide before I publish ?

  @RaRaBa: Sure, post a couple of refs here and we can tell you whether they seem good or not. (Notice also that sources need not be online, even if it helps, of course.)

Please do not forget to sign your posts - especially if you try to ping someone, as you did, because unsigned posts cannot generate pings. Tigraan^{Click here to contact me} 15:56, 18 July 2018 (UTC)

Why my account was deleted

I made a profile with a small online business of mine. This person called cahk made it deleted. And why the fuck he did so I don't know. Please help with this guys. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 106.211.2.98 (talk) 11:42, July 18, 2018‎ (UTC)

It would help if you supply a link to your account.
 — Berean Hunter (talk) 11:51, 18 July 2018 (UTC)

Wikipedia is not social media. It is not about 'profiles.' It is not a place to promote a business. IF your business is large and important and notable to the point that other people - not you - have written articles about it in reputable publications such as national newspapers and magazines, then and only then would your business be a valid topic. Lastly, but no less importantly, given that it is your business, see WP:PAID. - David notMD (talk) 13:40, 18 July 2018 (UTC)

And also read WP:CIVIL too - X201 (talk) 19:36, 18 July 2018 (UTC)

edit needed on the Wikipedia page for Jelena Kovacevic

Hello, perhaps I might get advice for the best way to make a small change to a living person's Wikipedia page without having content flagged or the page frozen. This is for our incoming Dean Jelena Kovacevic. First, I would like to add both the Czech 'hacek' diacritical and acute accent diacritical to, respectively, the first and second "c" in her last name, per "Jelena Kovačević". Also, since she starts very soon as Dean of NYU Tandon, on August 15, and no longer works for CMU, I would like to flip the positioning of "Dean-designate of NYU's Tandon School of Engineering" and "Head of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University" in the infobox, and add "Former" to the beginning of her Carnegie Mellon designation, since she's no longer there. I work for NYU so I do not know if I can do this myself because of conflict of interest. I have asked this question already on the "talk" page associated with her page. Kgberg (talk) 12:54, 18 July 2018 (UTC)

@Kgberg: On the article talk page, you can place the {{request edit}} template just above your suggested changes. That will place it in a queue of requested edits and get the attention of editors who watch that list. I have done that for you at Talk:Jelena Kovacevic.

Thanks also for declaring your employment with NYU. I would advise that you use the {{paid}} template on your user page as an easily seen disclosure. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 15:02, 18 July 2018 (UTC)

@Drm310: 🍁 Thanks for doing that for me. Looks like  spintendo  was gracious enough to make one of the changes vis the diacriticals in the spelling of the incoming dean's last name. I will do as you suggested for the second correction, involving the infobox content. And yes, I will put the {{paid}} template on my user page as well. Kgberg (talk) 18:46, 18 July 2018 (UTC)

@Kgberg: Are you employed by the University in a public relations / marketing capacity, or simply an academic with a personal interest in seeing your colleagues' articles up-to-date? The latter case would not require {{paid}}, but you should still note what your role is to avoid any misunderstanding. Pelagic (talk) 20:50, 19 July 2018 (UTC)

@Pelagic: Yes I'm a PR person here at the university, so {{paid}} for sure. I have one more requested change on her entry, so I'll use this template and also insert {{request edit}} above my request. thanks again Kgberg (talk) 21:00, 19 July 2018 (UTC)

Reliable Sources

Okey I wasn't aware that you have to add a reliable source before publishing an edited article... But I don't know how to add a reliable source to an article... — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rocky333God (talk • contribs) 13:47, 18 July 2018 (UTC)

@Rocky333God: Hi and welcome to the Teahouse! Before you edit any articles here I would like you to do the following:

• Read our guide for identifying reliable sources.
• Learn how to add a proper citation to an article. You can read WP:CS, WP:REFB, Help:Referencing for beginners with citation templates.
• Read WP:BLP and WP:V. These two are important guidelines and policies.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask here, at the help desk or on my talk page. Happy editing! ~ Abelmoschus Esculentus (talk to me) 15:12, 18 July 2018 (UTC)

Change Table Box Background Color in Visual Editor

I've been on Wikipedia for 3 and a half years, but I figured this would be a good place to ask this, because I can't figure it out. How do I change the background color of a box in a table in visual editor? Additionally, how do I center text in visual editor? Are these possible or do I have to switch to edit source every time and then switch back? (See my sandbox.)

Thanks, AvRand (talk) 18:53, 18 July 2018 (UTC)

Need help with Wikipedia entries

I'm hoping someone can help me figure out why my entries from March and April aren't appearing on Wikipedia yet. I'm thinking I've missed a step or something. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Angie — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alaskaartrocks (talk • contribs) 18:54, 18 July 2018 (UTC)

@Alaskaartrocks: Hello and welcome to the Teahouse. Your edits were in your sandbox, which is not article space. You need to formally submit it for review, but I would encourage you to not do so yet; please review the notability guidelines for artists at WP:NARTIST, and you may also find reading Your First Article helpful. 331dot (talk) 19:29, 18 July 2018 (UTC)

Newspaper

How do I Start my own Wikipedia Newspaper?--Thegooduser Let's Chat 🍁 21:50, 18 July 2018 (UTC)

@Thegooduser: - I am unsure what exactly you are referring to. The "Wikipedia Newspaper" is the Signpost, and you can ask to contribute to it here. The editor of the Signpost is Kudpung, who will judge any work submitted for publication. As for starting your own paper, I would suggest working on the long-running Signpost instead. Stormy clouds (talk) 22:18, 18 July 2018 (UTC)

Service award time requirements

Are the time requirements on the badges supposed to be upper bounds or lower bounds? For example, to go from Registered Editor to Novice Editor, do I have to complete 200 edits within one month, or just complete 200 edits and have an account at least one month old? Ikjbagl (talk) 21:59, 18 July 2018 (UTC)

The awards at Wikipedia:Service award should be read to mean 'complete 200 edits and have an account at least one month old.' Stuartyeates (talk) 22:08, 18 July 2018 (UTC) (technically a Master Editor II, but can't say I've ever checked before)

@Ikjbagl: If you don't want to pull out a calendar to check the dates, you can use {{Service awards}} or {{SA user topicon}} on your user page. Add the date you created your account (follow the links for instructions) and your number of edits, and it figures out the rest. When you periodically update your user page, update your number of edits as well. Just watch that you don't contract WP:Editcountitis. – Reidgreg (talk) 21:41, 19 July 2018 (UTC) I like to say that I'm a veteran of the edit wars (VEW).

I'm American too

Hello everyone,

Huge thanks for your contributions. Wikipedia is a real source of high quality information.

I'd like to ask something that probably has been discussed here before but maybe it's a sensitive topic for US citizens: as you know, there are lots of countries in America, but it's been generally used the demonym of the continent to only refer to the United States. This is wrong in the terms of people from other countries, say Mexicans or Brazilians, for example.

I've been talking with lots of people in my country and certainly there are lots of persons that disagree with the use that European or US people gives to the word "American".

Having told this, millions of articles on Wikipedia must be corrected replacing the word "American" by "U.S." or "U.S.A.", this is for sure the correct and fair use of this demonym, for example: Wikipedia has an article for Kansas, the state, and says: "Kansas is a U.S. state..." but there's too the Kansas' band article (love their music, by the way ;) and says: "Kansas is an American rock band..." and must say "Kansas is an U.S. rock band..."

By the way, I'm not a U.S. citizen, I'm Ecuadorian, consequently I'm American too. Got it?

Thank you for your valuable points of view.

Best regards. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bmfloyd (talk • contribs) 00:15, 19 July 2018 (UTC)

I think you have a perfectly valid point of view. Trouble is, people from the USA invented Wikipedia, and they will give you all sorts of allegedly English language based reasons why America means the USA here. (But I sometimes wonder if they find it all too hard to change, or even recognise other people's claim to the word.) It's a useful convention much of the time, and isn't going to change. Just accept it, and go with the flow. Welcome to Wikipedia, and good luck. HiLo48 (talk) 00:40, 19 July 2018 (UTC)

(edit conflict)

Hello Bmfloyd and welcome to the Teahouse.

I am on your side to the extent that it's unfair to substitute "America" when what is really meant is "United States of America", leaving out all of the other countries in the hemisphere. This convention is, however, so widespread that Wikipedia is unlikely to change in advance of what the rest of the world does. Frank Lloyd Wright tried to popularize the word Usonian in place of American, but that didn't go very far. The terms Yankees or Yanks don't do the job, either. I'm afraid we are stuck for now. There is a section of the Manual of Style about preferring US over U.S.A, however. You can find it at MOS:NOTUSA.

While I'm quite sure your broader question has been discussed, and discussed repeatedly, on Wikipedia as a policy issue, I'm am not at the moment finding an archive that I can point you to. Perhaps one of the other helpers knows where to find them. — jmcgnh^{(talk) (contribs)} 00:54, 19 July 2018 (UTC)

Hi, I'm with you Bmfloyd, it must be bothersome to see the US dominating use of the term "American". And it's not just the Usonians who do it; Europeans and Australians also write "American" for want of a better term, as jmcgnh points out. But consider this: if I write “Air is a French band” or “Air is a European band”, either is correct. To change “Cream is an American band” to “is a US band”, you would run into arguments that American is not untrue, just less specific. On the other hand, we wouldn't write that Baja California is a state in America, but rather Baja California is a state in Mexico. I'd say focus on areas where changing "American" is a clear improvement and is easily defensible. Pelagic (talk) 21:59, 19 July 2018 (UTC)

Citing from a Museum

Hello! So, I've been looking for an online reference for a detail I would like to add to the Warren Mott High School page (the detail in question being that it was formed from the merger of two pre-existing schools), and while I wasn't able to find any sources online that held any credibility and were also easily accessible, I did find a credible source offline.

The Historical Society of Warren runs a museum of sorts about the city's history out of one of the former high schools that was merged to create WMHS (which has since been converted into a city operated community center), and I recently visited it. Since the museum resides in the former high school, it had a section out on it and its history, where it mentions that Warren High (the high school in question) and another high school were merged to create Warren Mott in the 90s. Now, I think that a section of a museum run by the Historical Society of the city that Warren Mott resides in would likely have no issues with credibility, but I have no idea how I should go about citing it on Wikipedia. So... Are there any tips you can give me on this, or have I reached another dead end? Finchwidget (talk) 03:53, 19 July 2018 (UTC)

Welcome to the Teahouse, Finchwidget. There is no requirement that a reference be available online. For example, you could use a local weekly newspaper article. You should provide full bibiographic details, and perhaps a quote from the most relevant sentence or two. The problem with museum exhibits is that the exhibit might be removed. Unless a catalog of that exhibit was published, the content then could not be verified, and that violates policy. Newspapers are kept in libraries so claims can be verified. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 04:43, 19 July 2018 (UTC)

Hi, Finchwidget! Glad to see you at the Teahouse. My suggestion would be to talk to one of the curators or docents at the museum and ask if they have built a file on the construction of the exhibit. There might be some published documents you could use there. John from Idegon (talk) 05:31, 19 July 2018 (UTC)

Save Page

Hi there,

I´m currently writing an article in Sandbox mode. The template sandbox box says that I can save the page by pressing the "save page" button. However there is no button. How do I make sure I don´t delete everything when closing my browser?

Thanks in advance

Troajan — Preceding unsigned comment added by Troajan (talk • contribs) 06:47, 19 July 2018 (UTC)

@Troajan: welcome to the Teahouse. The template has not been updated, unfortunately - the button is now called "Publish changes", so if you click that one your sandbox content will be saved. There is no autosave, so closing a window without clicking "publish" will discard the text. --bonadea contributions talk 06:52, 19 July 2018 (UTC)

Welcome to the Teahouse, Troajan. The software has recently (actually, not so recently now, but it seems that documentation is still catching up in places) been changed so that the save button is now labelled "Publish page". Cordless Larry (talk) 06:53, 19 July 2018 (UTC)

Ah I see. Thank you for the quick answer :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Troajan (talk • contribs) 06:55, 19 July 2018 (UTC)

@Troajan: I've put in an edit request on the {{User sandbox}} template to fix the text that referred to the old button label "Save page". This change had already been made to the {{Userspace draft}} template. As we track down the places where the old label occurs, we'll eventually get them fixed, but reports like yours are very helpful in moving the process along. — jmcgnh^{(talk) (contribs)} 07:35, 19 July 2018 (UTC)

Check on activity

It appears that User:User:5a1amm60 is removing links to other languages in many articles without explanation. Could someone check to see whether these edits are appropriate? HopsonRoad (talk) 11:21, 19 July 2018 (UTC)

Hi HopsonRoad, links to similar articles in other language Wikipedias are now handled by Wikidata, so removing them from articles is indeed correct. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 12:33, 19 July 2018 (UTC)

Not correct to remove valid links if they don't exist in Wikidata. There are, of course, situations in which Wikidata can't cope, because of its limitation to one-to-one mapping. --David Biddulph (talk) 12:40, 19 July 2018 (UTC)

Thanks, David Biddulph. The links that I saw removed were legitimate and their removal left the article unlinked to the appropriate other-language article. The removals were made without edit comments. HopsonRoad (talk) 13:23, 19 July 2018 (UTC)

How to move from Sandbox to Wikipedia

Hi All, I created an article in my Sandbox and want some advice on how I can move it to Wikipedia. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cleveranalyst (talk • contribs) 11:24, 19 July 2018 (UTC)

@Cleveranalyst: Hello and welcome to the Teahouse. The short answer is that you should not do so at this time. Your draft appears to have no independent reliable sources whatsoever. In order for a subject to merit an article on Wikipedia, it must have in depth coverage in independent reliable sources, that indicates how it is notable as Wikipedia defines notability. From viewing your draft and seeing your username, I would wonder if you are the originator of the methodology you wrote about. Please also see Your First Article for more information on what is being looked for. 331dot (talk) 11:29, 19 July 2018 (UTC)

Hi 331dot, I am not the originator of the methodology. This methodology is patent pending and I am a user of it which I find to be innovative and wanted to share it with the public. As technology continues to evolve, there are allot to knowledge and innovation which we all should be aware off. Please advise if there is anything I needed to amend, perhaps I can get the patent number and add it as a reference? Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cleveranalyst (talk • contribs) 11:54, 19 July 2018 (UTC)

The patent number will not help to establish that the subject is notable. If the subject has not been discussed in reliable published source, then it doesn't warrant a Wikipedia article. Maproom (talk) 11:59, 19 July 2018 (UTC)

@Cleveranalyst: Please understand that Wikipedia is not for merely sharing information. As an encyclopedia, Wikipedia only summarizes what independent reliable sources state about a subject; that is, what sources not associated with the subject have chosen to write about it. This methodology will need to have been written about in such sources with in depth coverage in order to merit an article here. The patent will not help as a reference. If you just want to tell the world about this, social media or a blog would better serve your purposes. 331dot (talk) 12:01, 19 July 2018 (UTC)

Screenrant

Hi there. I have to ask that is screenrant a reliable source? DCEU (talk) 12:58, 19 July 2018 (UTC)

Last evidence I can find is that it was considered as situational. Although that's a few years ago. Best place to ask is at WT:FILM - X201 (talk) 13:32, 19 July 2018 (UTC)

Edits are subjected to reversion most of the times.

Salam every one! I want to ask you guyz why edits are subjected to reversion by fellow Wikipedians without specifying reasons for it? I've added info to the infoboxes of some pages regarding their alma mater n occupation etc. I haven't added any controversial info nor do it was for any promotional purpose but still it was subjected to reversion. It was pretty discouraging for me as a new Wikipedian. Kindly explain this to me??? (UsamaAhmadKhan 17:58, 19 July 2018 (UTC)) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Saamikhan01 (talk • contribs)

Hello, Saamikhan01. Ideally, editors will always give a reason for reverting, in their edit summary - you can see this by looking at the history of the article (sometimes they don't but this is the exception, and if that happens it is reasonable for you to ask them on their User Talk page). So, for example, if you look at the history of NA-13 (Mansehra-I), you'll see that SheriffIsInTown reverted one of your edits with the comment "Unnecessary change based on original research of current scenario", and Jibran1998 reverted another with the comment "The reason your edit was reversed because you did not include references". You may or may not agree with their reasons, but you can't say they didn't give any. Please note that reverting edits is a normal part of how Wikipedia achieves consensus, and how new editors learn how Wikipedia works: please read WP:BOLD. --ColinFine (talk) 19:16, 19 July 2018 (UTC)

no wrap

I know I have seen somewhere how to prevent a phrase from being split as the text moves to the next line, but I have looked all over the Manual of style and can't find it. Can someone tell me what form that should be in? Jenhawk777 (talk) 18:13, 19 July 2018 (UTC)

Try reading {{no wrap}}. --David Biddulph (talk) 18:18, 19 July 2018 (UTC)

Thank you for responding! Do I put it in front of the text only? Jenhawk777 (talk) 19:03, 19 July 2018 (UTC)

Tried it--didn't work. More ideas? Jenhawk777 (talk) 19:05, 19 July 2018 (UTC)

No, Jenhawk777, you put the text inside the template. See the "Usage" examples on the page David Biddulph linked to. --ColinFine (talk) 19:09, 19 July 2018 (UTC)

The tl| then the text, then the no wrap? All inside double brackets? Jenhawk777 (talk) 20:59, 19 July 2018 (UTC)

Okay--no wrap in front, then text. Thank you!!! Jenhawk777 (talk) 21:01, 19 July 2018 (UTC)

No Subject

Hello
why my article was declined???  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sayed Aagha Reza (talk • contribs) 19:27, 19 July 2018 (UTC) 

Hello and welcome to Wikipedia! This Article?Thegooduser Let's Chat 🍁 19:29, 19 July 2018 (UTC)

@Sayed Aagha Reza: Your article was declined because

1. it makes no claim of notability: Wikipedia only includes articles on people who are in some way notable, as evidenced by the fact that they have received significant coverage in independent media;
2. it is unsourced: Wikipedia requires that all biographies of living persons have at least one source to verify the content of the article.

In general, it is considered a very bad idea to try to create an article about yourself. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 20:07, 19 July 2018 (UTC)

Actually, declined twice. You would be considered notable by Wikipedia's criteria if other people published articles about you and your accomplishments. Until, then, social media more appropriate. David notMD (talk) 00:25, 20 July 2018 (UTC)

Creating a article

I am a official representative of a writer Shaunak Chakraborty can I create a page on him. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rupa Banerjee (talk • contribs) 19:33, 19 July 2018 (UTC)

@Rupa Banerjee: Because you work for him, you should not. See WP:COI and WP:PAID for more information on why.

If you're going to write an article about anyone or anything, here are the steps you should follow:

1) Choose a topic whose notability is attested by discussions of it in several reliable independent sources.

2) Gather as many professionally-published mainstream academic or journalistic sources you can find.

3) Focus on just the ones that are not dependent upon or affiliated with the subject, but still specifically about the subject and providing in-depth coverage (not passing mentions). If you do not have at least three such sources, the subject is not yet notable and trying to write an article at this point will only fail.

4) Summarize those sources from step 2, adding citations at the end of them. You'll want to do this in a program with little/no formatting, like Microsoft Notepad or Notepad++, and not in something like Microsoft Word or LibreOffice Writer.

5) Combine overlapping summaries (without arriving at new statements that no individual source supports) where possible, repeating citations as needed.

6) Paraphrase the whole thing just to be extra sure you've avoided any copyright violations or plagiarism.

7) Use the Article wizard to post this draft and wait for approval.

8) Expand the article using sources you put aside in step 2 (but make sure they don't make up more than half the sources for the article, and make sure that affiliated sources don't make up more than half of that).

Doing something besides those steps typically results in the article not being approved, or even in its deletion. Ian.thomson (talk) 19:35, 19 July 2018 (UTC)

The "should not" is not absolute. From WP:PAID "Editors who are or expect to be compensated for their contributions must disclose their employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any paid contributions. They must do this on their main user page, or on the talk page accompanying any paid contributions, or in edit summaries." If you decide to go ahead, there are also recommendations to submit it to Articles for Creation rather than posting directly. Everything Ian outlined above applies. P.S. Sign you questions here and your contributions to article Talk pages by typing four of ~ David notMD (talk) 00:32, 20 July 2018 (UTC)

Contributor undoing my revisions

Contributor undoing https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Palace_of_the_Parliament&oldid=851021541 my revisions based on "we do not usually add rankings from blogs with Alexa ranking below 3000 to the lead sections of articles". Is that true?! The site in the link is "most visited architecture website worldwide" according to many.--81.101.159.55 (talk) 20:10, 19 July 2018 (UTC)

Asked at the help desk here and answered. Contributor undoing my revisions. NZFC^(talk) 23:03, 19 July 2018 (UTC)

How to Show the Person is Notable

Hi,

I am writing about Lena De Winne. She is notable, not only because she is an author of several books but because she is in charge of leading a new Space Nation called Asgardia. They are working to become a recognized nation in the U.N. and have the first colony of humans on the moon. I was told that my draft does not convey that she is notable. How should I do this? One suggestion was to add book reviews of her books but what about when it comes to her role in Asgardia?

Thank you, --LenaDeWinne (talk) 20:37, 19 July 2018 (UTC)

@LenaDeWinne: Hello and welcome to the Teahouse. I would first note that if you are not Lena DeWinne, you will need to change your username. You may do so at WP:CHU, using one of the two methods there. 331dot (talk) 20:46, 19 July 2018 (UTC)

Hello, Jessica. You got several answers - including that you should change your username immediately - when you asked two days ago above. --ColinFine (talk) 21:10, 19 July 2018 (UTC)

I've decided to soft block her for the name since she was already made aware. 331dot (talk) 23:15, 19 July 2018 (UTC)

Can't get references.

I'm writing an article about Major General Marvin Gilbert McConnel. He was the Idaho Adjutant General for 22 years he fought in World War 1 World War II multiple military citations and awards through his military career and is responsible for the hundred and 116th Calvary combat team being formed which is still in use today but the United States Army Idaho National Guard. He has a very interesting story. I originally did the edit for the Idaho State guard page putting an infobox updating it with an Idaho State guard photo patch from the uniform and put all the necessary information in. When it came to putting the generals information it said there was no known page for the general or the page didn't exist yet. So to educate the readers of the article further I decided to create the page. But I only have one reference these reference tells his entire story in a 4 Page write up of his military exploits that's the only reference I have to go on. It's from a legitimate government website from the Idaho Military Museum and it's directly sponsored by the Idaho National Guard. Wikipedia tells me I don't meet the requirements for references. How can I if I only have the one paper to go off of. And to boot from a legitimate government website from the state of Idaho. I found his grave at Find A Grave online so I tried to use that as a reference....but no luck. He's a real person from history who not only serve the state of Idaho and was solely responsible for the creation of a major military unit we have today but he was the leader of the Idaho State guard all of that is pretty historical and seems like it should be an article on Wikipedia but how do I get a round only have in the one reference? I'm new to this I've really liked somebody to help me or for somebody to even help me get the article written so it's acceptable for Wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 19Marc86 (talk • contribs) 21:18, 19 July 2018 (UTC)

@19Marc86: Try Google Books. Focus on professionally-published mainstream academic or journalistic sources. Gov't websites can also be good, especially if they help show that someone meets the standards at WP:MILPEOPLE. Anyone can edit Findagrave, so it's not a reliable source. Ian.thomson (talk) 21:21, 19 July 2018 (UTC)

Welcome to the Teahouse, 19Marc86. Please be very careful of the spelling. His name was Mervin Gilbert McConnel. You will have better luck searching for sources if his first name is spelled correctly. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 21:29, 19 July 2018 (UTC)

Here is a link to a 1940 newspaper article about his promotion to general. You will have to sign up to get the full article. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 22:31, 19 July 2018 (UTC)

May Day

The use of May Day for sinking ships and planes that are about to crash needs to be mentioned.Ojai Eyes (talk) 02:31, 20 July 2018 (UTC)

Hi, Ojai Eyes! I think we already do: the article you're looking for is at mayday (no spaces). :) Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 02:40, 20 July 2018 (UTC)