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June 23

Locked page has been vandalized

There is a locked page on Wikipedia that was vandalized before it was locked. It now has a blatant error that I cannot correct. How do I request a correction? Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Asinoski9595 (talk • contribs) 17:07, 23 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Asinoski9595: You can use the template {{Edit request}} on the article's talk page, or if you let us know what page (and the error) here, we can take care of it. LittlePuppers (talk) 17:17, 23 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict)@Asinoski9595: It can depend on the level of protection. When you click 'edit source', do you see a pink notice with details of the protection? Does that give any instructions for requesting an edit? However, if you return here with more details, one of the volunteers will likely have the necessary permission. Please remember to sign your posts on talk pages by typing four tildes (~~~~). Thank you. Eagleash (talk) 17:32, 23 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: The following copied from the heelp desk talk page. Eagleash (talk) 17:40, 23 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! I’d like to request an edit for the page for Emma Swan, character from Once Upon a Time. Her daughter’s name is Hope Swan-Jones (as seen on the pages for other Once Upon a Time characters). Someone changed it to Hope Swan-Mills. I can’t edit it because the page is locked, and i’m a new reviewer. I also believe the person who vandalized the page removed a great deal of the description section that discussed her relationship with her husband, Killian Jones (aka Captain Hook). Is there a way to restore that portion of the description? Thanks! Asinoski9595 (talk) 17:24, 23 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Asinoski9595: It seems the 'error' has already been corrected. The person that did so also disrupted tte protection template... maybe in good faith not certain, but please keep an eye on the page and if you spot anything else, let us know. Thank you for bringing this here. Eagleash (talk) 17:50, 23 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Footnote in question

A known commentator X is quoted in an article, about a fact involving Y, the subject of the article: “X says that, ‘Y has violated a federal criminal law’”.The cite is given for that quote. Is it permissible to add another cite, to the only federal law which is relevant, even though the commentator did not cite the specific law? Thanks so much. Hoppyh (talk) 21:25, 23 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Seems to me that this constitutes original research, which we do not accept. It may seem clear to you that this is "the only federal law which is relevant, even though the commentator did not cite the specific law"; but unless a reliable source says so, it's just your opinion. --Orange Mike | Talk 22:42, 23 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Makes sense—I should have seen this—the learning never stops. You all do a great job here. Hoppyh (talk) 02:09, 24 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Please, take a look

To patrollers and administrators,

Please, take a look at File:Danish Order of Freemasons (Den Danske Frimurerorden) - logo.png#Licensing:

"To patrollers and administrators: If this image has an 'appropriate' rationale please append |image has rationale=yes as a parameter to the license template."

If the rationale is okay, please mark it so. --PetersenAndersen (talk) 21:57, 23 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Wrong DOB

A wiki page about me lists wrong date of my birth - making me almost 10 years older! This is a serious distortion. (no woman would like this and as an active scholar, this matters to me a great deal). This info comes not inside my wiki page but on the announcement page, when I google my name. Please advise. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.54.196.120 (talk) 22:34, 23 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

If you have a problem with the Google Knowledge Graph then you're going to have to talk to them about it. We have no control over Google. Wikipedia is completely separate and Google pulls that information from a large quantity of different websites. There should be a feedback link at the bottom of the chart on Google that you can use. --Majora (talk) 22:36, 23 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Yes, I kind of thought so but was not sure, you are awesome, very quick response, you rock! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.54.196.120 (talk) 22:43, 23 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

While we do not know Google's algorithm, there is at least a chance that they would trust Wikipedia more than other sites. On the off chance that this is so, you might want to provide us with a reliable source for you DOB. NOTE: we have our own peculiar definition for "reliable source". Please see WP:RS. put your DOB and a reference to the reliable source on the article's talk page, together with the magic incantation {{request edit}} (with the curly braces) and someone will come along and update the article. -Arch dude (talk) 23:13, 23 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not naming you and the claimed age here but based on the first edit at Special:Contributions/173.54.196.120 I guess you are the subject of wikidata:Q4767509. That page is not part of Wikipedia but it is a sister project of us. It's possible Google got the year from there since the Google Knowledge Graph claims the same year as Wikidata. It was added [1] by Magnus Manske and his bot 25 May 2018 with a reference [2] where I don't currently see a birth year. The Wikipedia article has no birth year. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:28, 23 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

While I still stand by my original response, that the person should contact Google, for good measure I removed the DOB from wikidata since it was improperly sourced. --Majora (talk) 23:34, 23 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]