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May 31

Baron Airedale

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Refs. numbers 1 and 2 are not done correctly. Please help. I cannot get it right. 175.32.24.11 (talk) 05:36, 31 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

How are they not done correctly? What is it you're trying to do? —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 05:52, 31 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

shouldn't there be a publisher's date etc ?

see the documentation of template:Cite web and remember to always sign--Pierpao (talk) 07:46, 31 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I can't see what's wrong with those references. But I can't see that Debrett's, Burke's and a book of family crests add up to establishing WP:notability. --ColinFine (talk) 15:51, 31 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Village page creation

How to create my village wikipedia page , in wikipedia.please help me and suggestions regarding the new page creation

I suggest to create it in draft:villagename and then ask help to the right wikiproject here. See also Help:Contents#Edit an article and Help:Your first article--Pierpao (talk) 07:42, 31 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Editnotice

Hi, I'am administrator at IT wikipedia. We're implementing the ns draft. Where (link?) I can create the editnotice for the whole ns0 namespace. Thanks a lot. Regards--Pierpao (talk) 07:38, 31 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Pierpao: You need to find out the namespace number of the draft namespace. Once the namespace is configured you can preview a draft page containing the magic word {{NAMESPACENUMBER}} to get it. (Here on Enwiki its 118). If you got it, you can create the editnotice at your pendant of MediaWiki:Editnotice-118, adjusting the namespace number if needed. To create a edirtnotice for the article namespace, you can use this link. Victor Schmidt (talk) 08:01, 31 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Is local news considered to reliable source?

Well, I read some policies, such as Wikipedia:Reliable sources, but can't find clear evidence whether local news is reliable source. For instance, Where can I use 'Chicago daily' (my fictional example) as reference?--Reiro (talk) 08:08, 31 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Depends on context. Take Tallahassee Democrat. As I see it, why shouldn't I see something like that as generally reliable, up to a point (WP:EXTRAORDINARY). While generally reliable, I think many editors will consider it a less weighty argument for WP:N, compared to CNN or something like that. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 09:29, 31 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Question

How can I message a user privately? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 459france (talk • contribs)

459france I believe the only way to send a message privately is to email the user, but you can only do that if they have the ability to email them enabled in their Preferences; if they do, an "email this user" link should appear on the screen when you visit their user page or user talk page(for me it is in the tasbar at the left of the screen, but this could be different for you, I am using the regular desktop version of Wikipedia) Also understand that unless it involves the most sensitive personal information, almost all Wikipedia business should take place on Wikipedia, for openness and transparency. 331dot (talk) 10:49, 31 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@459france: Email also requires that you enable it for your own account at Special:Preferences. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:21, 31 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Quantized Inertia: Article is riddled with unfounded negative comments.

Dear Help Desk,

I am new to Wikipedia editing and need help. I am assisting Dr. Mike McCulloch, the proponent of a Physics theory called Quantized Inertia, in correcting his theory's Wikipedia page. The Wikipedia article is riddled with negative comments and misleading entries. In spite of Dr. McCulloch having published 27 peer reviewed papers, after having received a D.A.R.P.A. research grant of over a million dollars and having solid references that confirm concepts presented in the article, the Wikipedia article is uneditable and carries a general tone of unfounded bad faith.

I started an attempt to edit, but not necessarily remove comments as they appear. Changes were reverted almost immediately. Dr. McCulloch attempted posting a Wide Binaries section. This is a solid concept with absolute conceptual verification and sources. It was removed. Editing is pointless. It is IMPOSSIBLE to decipher the mysterious ways of editing Wikipedia. It is beyond me how this situation can be addressed. Because of this, I request some help in allowing Dr. McCulloch to correct the article and add some content, without fighting Wikipedia's self defense bots.

As a minimum, the negative content, which has no basis, should be removed. That would show good faith.

I hope this reaches someone that can offer some help. Thanks!

Best regards,

Jose E. Lopez— Preceding unsigned comment added by SkyLoop019 (talk • contribs)

SkyLoop019 First, if you are employed by Dr. McCulloch or are his intern, you must review the paid editing policy and make the required declaration(a Terms of Use requirement). Even if you are not compensated in any way, you will still need to review conflict of interest.

Please understand that Wikipedia articles summarize what independent reliable sources state about a subject, not what a subject wants to say about itself(or what those associated with it want to say about it). From your edit I gatjher Dr. McCulloch objects to his theories being referred to as fringe/pseudoscience or not mainstream. You would need to demonstrate with multiple published independent reliable sources that his theories are indeed mainstream; we can't just take your word for it.

As you have a conflict of interest, you should avoid direct edits in the area of your conflict, but you may make formal edit requests(click for instructions) on the article talk page(Talk:Quantized inertia), detailing changes you feel are needed along with offering the independent sources to support them. 331dot (talk) 12:19, 31 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

That said, "criticized in articles online" isn't very good content. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 15:29, 31 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Quantized Inertia is a fringe theory that is ignored in mainstream physics. The little that has been said about it other than credulous media coverage has overwhelmingly been negative. Hemiauchenia (talk) 17:04, 1 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion of User:Goanbutterflydays‬

Hi,

I got this message of deletion after I created a page. There was no reply button to that message and hence I am writing here. Please clarify.

Hello, I'm 331dot. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions have been undone because they appeared to be promotional. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" are against Wikipedia policy and not permitted; Wikipedia articles should be written objectively, using independent sources, and from a neutral perspective. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you. 331dot (talk) 13:18, 31 May 2021 (UTC)

Note that your user page is not article space or space to draft an article, but a place for you to tell the Wikipedia community about yourself as an editor, including making the required conflict of interest and paid editing declarations. You may submit a draft using Articles for Creation- but it will need to be radically different from what you have done so far. 331dot (talk) 13:19, 31 May 2021 (UTC)

Goanbutterflydays Please reply on your user talk page, simply edit that page to reply. 331dot (talk) 13:54, 31 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Reporting problems

i noticed this "editor". How do I report possible problems?

Special:Contributions/Crypto Casinos

—¿philoserf? (talk) 14:33, 31 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Philoserf: You could warn them first on their talk page. If that doesn't work, try Wikipedia:Requests for comment/User names and Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism. GoingBatty (talk) 15:02, 31 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

How do I manually introduce links to an orphan article?

Hello dear friends, I would like to know how do I manually insert articles as links to an orphan article? Thanks in advance, ArzakMululu (talk) 14:44, 31 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@ArzakMululu: For example, Foxel is an orphan, meaning that there are no other articles that link to Foxel. You can edit other related articles and add links to Foxel, and then remove the {{orphan}} template from Foxel. Happy editing! GoingBatty (talk) 14:54, 31 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hey @GoingBatty:, thanks, but yes, that I understood. But how do I do that? How exactly I suppose to insert these links? Thanks in advance, ArzakMululu (talk) 14:57, 31 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

For example: the Foxel article states that his single "Get Right" was played at a Rock in Rio festival, and the citation for that indirectly specifies the Rock in Rio 8 (2019) festival, whose article section lists its World Stage performers. If Foxel had actually been one of them and was included in the list in grey (there aren't any such names there, but there are in the preceding Rock in Rio 7 table preceding it), you would place double-square brackets around his name there, as I will now do here: Foxel, creating a wikilink to his article which renders it no longer an orphan – except that links from a non-article page like this don't count. Similar links could be added to other articles where Foxel could legitimately be mentioned.

However, simply having one's single played at an event does not make one a performer, so that example wouldn't be valid. Frankly, I can't myself see anything so far in the Foxel article that suggests another article from which it could be linked, and I am inclined to agree with the other comment in the warning template: "The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia's notability guideline for music." It may simply be WP:TOOSOON for this artist. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 2.121.163.176 (talk) 15:48, 31 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Help with map pushpins

Hi, I am using the settlement template in San Salvador Huixcolotla and would like to get the pushpin on a detail map of the Mexican state of Puebla. I have a link to that map:

but am having trouble referring to it. Can someone please take a look at what I have and let me know what I'm doing wrong? Thanks! Wnissen (talk) 15:01, 31 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Wnissen: The pushpin map for Puebla depends on Module:Location map/data/Mexico Puebla. If you just type "Mexico Puebla" in the |pushpin_map= parameter of the infobox, you should get what you want. (If you want to give readers the option of a pushpin map of Puebla, one of the whole of Mexico, or both, use "Mexico Puebla#Mexico" for that parameter.) Deor (talk) 16:03, 31 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Suicide prevention NGO

we are a 25 years suicide prevention ngo in India. We would like to have our name featured in the suicide crisis helpline list of wikipedia — Preceding unsigned comment added by 42.110.151.174 (talk • contribs) 17:34, 31 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hi IP editor. I sounds like you are doing enormously important work, and I thank you for it. However, Wikipedia does not set out to be a helpline site, and while I appreciate that you have good reasons for wanting your name and contact details to be widely available, Wikipedia might not be the best way to do that. We are an encyclopedia, and only host content about subjects which are identified as being notable. If your organisation has been written about by multiple independent and secondary sources, it might be possible for someone to write article about it; after that, it would be appropriate for it to be added to one of our list articles. Our conflict of interest guidance would discourage you from trying to write that article yourself, however. Best GirthSummit _(blether) 20:18, 31 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Lists like that, while well-intentioned, are practically impossible to keep current and updated. 73.127.147.187 (talk) 16:14, 2 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Mrs Dene Degas his wife for 31years till his Death 3rd April 2020

I Manage Mr Dene Degas (www.jwymanagement.com) James William Yarlett also press Card holder Bectu (Redacted) Mrs Dene Degas whom has been married happily to Brian Degas for 31years together till his death on the 3rd April 2020 they had no children together. pictures attached but cant send

James w Yarlett Thanks for reaching out. I assume you are asking us to update one of our articles, but I can't identify the subject - we don't seem to have an article about Dene Degas. If you can clarify which article you're talking about, and provide a citation to a reliable source confirming your assertions, we can look at making the necessary changes. Best GirthSummit _(blether) 20:13, 31 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Presumably the article is Brian Degas, but I can't make out what the OP wants us to do to it. Deor (talk) 21:03, 31 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Issue with editing

Hello,

I'm trying to edit the page of the film festival I work for. Here is the link: https://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Image%2BNation My issue is that the information in the top right corner of the page looks great while being edit and as soon as I apply the changes, the information gets unorganized. I see other pages with organized information under a picture and I don't understand why in my case, it doesn't work. I really tried everything.

Thanks in advance

Fred — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dglqimagenation (talk • contribs) — Dglqimagenation (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.

You shouldn't be editing about the film festival you work for. Make requests on Talk:Image+Nation. —A little blue Bori v^_^v ^{Jéské Couriano} 23:23, 31 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I think you wanted an "Infobox". I went ahead and added one. But as stated above, you should read the message left on your Talk Page and not edit this article yourself. MB 23:30, 31 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]