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Awesome quotes

Hey man just wanted to say I love the quotes! 93.107.18.225 (talk) 01:07, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

Hi there! Thank you! :-) I love them as well! :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:04, 7 April 2023 (UTC)

ActuallyTenaciousD

In 2019 you blocked ActuallyTenaciousD for violating the famous username policy, but it is really is the band albeit undercover. This was confirmed in the following video posted by GQ. https://youtube.com/watch?v=7ZEQkfEFYhA Higglygyver (talk) 05:50, 9 March 2023 (UTC)

Higglygyver. It is a soft block and it is easy for them to set up another account. But bands (even those with two members) are not allowed to have Wikipedia accounts. An account is for one person and one person only. Cullen328 (talk) 06:50, 9 March 2023 (UTC)

Higglygyver - I echo what Cullen328 said. ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:05, 7 April 2023 (UTC)

Editing

Good morning. Please may I know when the governor of Lagos state, Nigeria's profile was edited previously? Favoryte (talk) 06:42, 9 March 2023 (UTC)

Hi Favoryte! Sure, can you paste the link to that article so I can find out for you? You can also find out by visiting the article's history page. :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:06, 7 April 2023 (UTC)

Editing of a page

Good morning. Please may I know when the governor of Lagos state's profile was edited for the last time? Favoryte (talk) 06:43, 9 March 2023 (UTC)

@Favoryte, does Babajide Sanwo-Olu: Revision history help? Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 12:58, 9 March 2023 (UTC)

Favoryte - Thank you for responding while I was away. It's been a tough few months, but I'm back and I'm okay. :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:07, 7 April 2023 (UTC)

Question from Altara0075 (18:42, 12 March 2023)

Hi! I'm trying to create a page for a band, and I have found the layout a little confusing, but non the less, I"m trying to add an image to the page, like so many pages already have, but i can't seem to link the image correctly, can you help at all with this? --Altara0075 (talk) 18:42, 12 March 2023 (UTC)

Hi @Altara0075, Oshwah hasn't edited for a few weeks. In short, WP, and the sister site we keep most pics on, Commons, are both VERY careful about copyright, and the default assumption is that any random pic you find online can't be used because copyright. It sucks.

So, you can upload pics you have taken yourself with your own camera, and so can other people. If you have such images, use the process that starts here. If you know people who have such images, you can ask them to register and then they can upload them. Hope this helps. Wikipedia:Notability (music) may be of help to you, though it's message may be that trying to create a WP-article on the band is a waste of time. See also WP:BACKWARD. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 19:39, 12 March 2023 (UTC)

Yes I think this helps a lot! I'll try it out and see if it works. Thank you so very much for your reply. Altara0075 (talk) 23:22, 12 March 2023 (UTC)

Altara0075 - Thank you for responding to this user while I was away. :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:08, 7 April 2023 (UTC)

Have you considered pausing the mentor-thing if you're away a lot? Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 08:21, 7 April 2023 (UTC)

And I just saw the comment above, nevermind. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 08:22, 7 April 2023 (UTC)

Gråbergs Gråa Sång - I wish to be on the mentor team, and I don't want to leave. I apologize for my recent absence. I had some very sad things happen with my personal life over the last few months, and I'm still working out the pieces. Don't worry - I'm okay! :-) There was someone who chose to drive while very intoxicated, and it resulted in a very devastating vehicular collision. It took the life of everyone involved. I'm not telling you this to be awkward or to try and appease sympathy. I'm telling you this because I don't believe in sugar-coating things in my personal life. I have a responsibility with Wikipedia; I will not cover things up or dance any issues. I will be back soon. :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:52, 8 April 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know, horrible as it is. Fwiw, my condolences, and this place will be here when you want it. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 05:45, 8 April 2023 (UTC)

Gråbergs Gråa Sång - I appreciate the kind words. I always want Wikipedia! :-) Working overtime, on top of... well, having to unexpectedly say goodbye to some people I knew well, is what's been keeping me from being able to spend some good time here. However, things in all of those aspects are (finally) calming down. I appreciate your support and your patience... Thank you. :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 08:06, 12 April 2023 (UTC)

Just want to share the discussion I had with an article-subject here Talk:Wally_Green_(table_tennis)#Conflict of interest editing, I think this is part of why we want Wikipedia. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 08:19, 12 April 2023 (UTC)

I just went to visit your talk page to ask how you were keeping these days, and saw this - I'm so very sorry to hear of your recent loss, mate. I hope you're holding up alright - I hope to see you around a little more again very soon, but do take all the time you need. All the best, Patient Zero^talk 00:54, 5 May 2023 (UTC)

Hi Patient Zero! I'm happy to say that I'm back! ... at least for the time being. :-) I appreciate the kind words and for taking the time to message me and see how I'm doing. Don't worry, I'm fine... Life happens. There are three things that everyone experiences in life: the good - things you're happy and proud of, the bad - things you're not so much proud of that you've caused or done, and the ugly - bad things that other people have done to you that hurt or made your life difficult in some way. The question always comes next: What things can you do in order to make the best of the bad or the ugly? Anyways, I'm digressing... Thanks again for the message. I appreciate it very much, and it means a lot to me. :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 19:57, 30 May 2023 (UTC)

Question from ComputingPowers (10:58, 13 March 2023)

Dear Oshwah,

Thank you for being a mentor. I have a question about appearance on Wikipedia. I would like to ask if it is possible to change the background colour to a light yellow? I find reading with a light yellow background easier and so I was wondering if Wikipedia had accessibility features like this? I tried to find the setting in appearance but I was only able to change the pages to dark-mode. All the best, Paul Powers --Paul Powers (talk) 10:58, 13 March 2023 (UTC)

ComputingPowers - Welcome to Wikipedia! My user page was designed by a professional paid company in exchange for favors. Of course, I'm joking! :-) There are accessibility features that you can access by visiting your preferences page. You can do this by clicking here. If you don't find the accessibility accommodations that you need, please let me know and I will try my best to help you. :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:01, 8 April 2023 (UTC)

Titles in references

Hello there, hope you are OK. I have two technical questions regarding titles in references - if it's not your area of expertise, tell me who are the experts so I can bother them. I am from Serbia, and here we use both alphabets, Cyrillic (which is official) and Latin. Originally, even if the source was titled in Cyrillic, I would give its Latin version as {{title=}} in reference, so it would be at least easier for you foreigners (I always have {{trans-title=}} to English in reference). A long time ago an editor (who was not a Serb but was from a nation which also uses Cyrillic) corrected me and told me that if the original title is in Cyrillic, I should write it that way, too. So, OK, I have done that. After some time, I can't remember now was it an editor or a bot, template {{title=}} was being replaced with {{script-title=sr:}} in case of Cyrillic titles. So, I started using that for the next few years, but recently, a bot began to insert {{title=}} in Latin, even when there is {{script-title=sr:}} in Cyrillic. In references, it appears as a doubled title, first in Latin, then in Cyrillic, but as one link if there is {{url=}}. It looks dumb, to be honest, but OK. However, recently, bot added {{title=}} but instead of adding Latin version of the title, it added this [1][2] So, my question is - what should I use as the title in reference?

This latest bot also made other changes, so here is my second question: if a newspapers article has one title, and I use it as a reference, but newspapers changed the title of the article for the web version which is linked, which title should I use? So far, I always used the printed title, because I still think that printed stuff is the real stuff, but this bot on few occasions also crammed the changed, web title of the same article. It also appears as a long, doubled title, but as one link. In cases like this, which title should I use, printed or the net one? Thanks. PajaBG (talk) 15:44, 14 March 2023 (UTC)

Hi PajaBG, and thanks for leaving me a message here. I apologize for taking so damn long to respond to your question here. :-) Assuming that you haven't had your question answered, my initial reaction to your situation is... "Oh good grief". You've been on Wikipedia for quite some time, and I wouldn't be surprised if consensus (if any was even achieved in the first place) has changed over those years and if what you were told at one point in time is now no longer the case, and so on... I would naturally agree with you that if the title of the reference is written in Cyrillic, write it in Cyrillic on Wikipedia - and the same goes with Latin titles. :-)

In the end, I honestly wouldn't worry about it or lose sleep over it if you end up referencing the source and adding the title incorrectly. Remember that all editors on Wikipedia, no matter how new or experienced they are, are encouraged to be bold. If your changes are improving, building, expanding, and growing this project, you don't need to worry and wonder about silly little things like this. If the language you chose (Cyrillic vs Latin) when adding the title to one or more references to an article is incorrect, I would expect the editor who catches this to simply fix it and move on... Easy peasy! If someone came to me screaming, "Hey! PajaBG used the wrong language in a page title within their references! They should be in trouble!", I would probably laugh for a moment... and then respond to them and tell them to ease up and relax. ;-)

If you have any more questions or need anything, please let me know and I'll be happy to help! :-) Cheers - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 08:20, 12 April 2023 (UTC)

Hi. No need to apologize...though, seeing your friends answering to everyone else but me, left me feel like a basket case...but OK, I am a big boy, I will make it through this third wheel situation ;-) Thanks for the answer. My main issue was this latest bot which was mangling titles and links, and it looks bad visually. To be fair, it appears to stop doing this, either by coincidence, or someone notified the guy who handles it. Oh, and if someone do come to you screaming "Hey! PajaBG used this or that", just remember what you wrote here...Cheers, buddy PajaBG (talk) 14:13, 13 April 2023 (UTC)

PajaBG - Thanks for the response! Don't worry, I'm an "ask questions first, shoot later" kind of an admin... ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 17:30, 13 April 2023 (UTC)

Image on page

Hello, i am stephen manas i am simply trying to had an image that i have bought to getty image

Stephen Manas

but people always unvalidate my image for violation of right i bought the picture i have bought the rights i can use it on social mediam for non commercial purpuses i dont know how to prove this i d like that picture of me that i have bought to stay please

thank you for your help Martin2707 (talk) 18:15, 21 March 2023 (UTC)

@Martin2707 In short, even if you payed someone for use of this [3], you can't upload it on Commons or WP as "own work", since you didn't buy the copyright. Emma McIntyre can do that, you can't. Check [4]. If I'm wrong here and you actually did buy the copyright, follow the instructions at Commons:Volunteer Response Team. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 19:12, 21 March 2023 (UTC)

Problem with publishing

Hi,

It seems we are missing the option to publish our work from our sandbox. Everywhere I've looked says to find a "move" button under the tools section or a button saying "more" at the top right but I do not see either of those on our page.

Any help is greatly appreciated,

Will Urrylhiness (talk) 22:18, 23 March 2023 (UTC)

Hi Urrylhiness, it's CiaPan here, one of watchers of the Oshwah's talk page. A standard way to send your draft to publishing process is by adding {{subst:submit}} at the top of a draft. --CiaPan (talk) 22:21, 25 March 2023 (UTC)

Hi Urrylhiness, and welcome to Wikipedia! CiaPan is correct with his response to your question above. However, I'm going to elaborate a bit more by explaining exactly what you're seeing... or not seeing. :-) New users on Wikipedia (accounts that are not marked as confirmed or autoconfirmed) are not able to move any pages, which is why you are not seeing the option when you try to move your sandbox page. Instead, I highly recommend that you follow CiaPan's advice - add {{subst:submit}} to the top of the page you would like to have submitted, and a member of the articles for creation team will review, approve, and publish the article for you (assuming no issues are found). Please let me know if you have any more questions, and I'll be happy to answer them and help you further. Happy editing! :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 08:57, 12 April 2023 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

	~ ToBeFree (talk) 21:24, 25 March 2023 (UTC)

ToBeFree! Thank you for the cute kitten! Rest assured, it will be kept safe, raised well, and trained to become a champion warrior among the others in the kitten world. ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 08:58, 12 April 2023 (UTC)

~ ToBeFree (talk) 19:54, 12 April 2023 (UTC)

Question from Ironninja1999 (23:03, 25 March 2023)

Hey, I want to create a new article. Whats the right practices to do it? --Ironninja1999 (talk) 23:03, 25 March 2023 (UTC)

Hello Ironninja1999, I’m HelenDegenerate, one of Oshwah’s friendly stalkers. You can create a draft for an article using the Article Wizard. There are a few things you will want to avoid, so I recommend that you stop by Help:Your first article to get an overall sense of the do’s and don’ts of article writing. ◇HelenDegenerate◆ 19:14, 29 March 2023 (UTC)

HelenDegenerate - Thank you, once again, for responding and for helping this user during my absence on Wikipedia. :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 08:59, 12 April 2023 (UTC)

Question from UpcomingArtist365 (23:05, 27 March 2023)

Hello I’m trying to figure out how I go about getting a page started for an artist so when people google him Wikipedia will tell them what they need to know can you help me --UpcomingArtist365 (talk) 23:05, 27 March 2023 (UTC)

Hi UpcomingArtist365. Before creating an article on any topic, you’ll want to make sure that they meet our guidelines for notability. Here is a good rule of thumb to follow: if the artist has received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of them (so not their social media profiles or press releases), they likely merit an article.

With that in mind, you can start a draft by clicking here. ◇HelenDegenerate◆ 19:23, 29 March 2023 (UTC)

HelenDegenerate - Thank you again! :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 09:00, 12 April 2023 (UTC)

Question from TechTrendsetter (02:13, 30 March 2023)

hello how to cite a page where citation is needed --TechTrendsetter (talk) 02:13, 30 March 2023 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) We do not consider your blog (or much of anybody else's) a reliable source, so that bloated "reference" to your own blog which you inserted into an article has already been deleted and will not be restored. --Orange Mike | Talk 02:36, 30 March 2023 (UTC)