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September 25

Need help using the "JustReplace" script by User:Sreejithk2000

Hello,

I am not sure if this is the right place to ask this but I'll give it a shot anyway.

Has anyone here ever heard about and/or used this script that globally replaces images? I've been trying to use it for a while now but it keeps giving me an error. I've tried using the newer, updated script made by User:Perhelion but it also didn't seem to work. Probably because I don't know how to use them.

The pop-up error using Sreejithk2000's script reads as follows:

An error occurred while trying to do the requested action. A detailed description of the error is shown below:

Error while asking CommonsDelinker to replace Flag of Ichikikushikino Kagoshima.JPG with Flag of Ichikikushikino, Kagoshima.svg Reason: API request failed (abusefilter-warning): ⧼abusefilter-warning-delinker-filemover-page-syntax⧽ at Sun, 25 Sep 2022 01:07:54 GMT served by mw1362

User:SpinnerLaserzthe2nd has been helping me by globally replacing the images I upload on Wikimedia, but I want to do it on my own. Any help, guidance or advice on this would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you. EnviousBird (talk) 01:22, 25 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Your deletion of the page I created

I protest against all your complaints and removing the page I created. This is pure discrimination. JonathanV123 (talk) 02:59, 25 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi JonathanV123. The article Jayvé has been tagged for proposed deletion. You can halt this process by removing the tag from the top of the page, as it's intended for use in situations where deletion is uncontested. Before you remove the tag, I recommend spending some time looking for reliable, independent, secondary sources that could be used to prove Jayvé's notability. If you remove the deletion tag without such a demonstration, it's very likely the article will be taken to Articles for deletion where a discussion might lead to its deletion anyway. You can save a lot of time by either leaving the tag up or proving that Jayvé is notable. Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 03:07, 25 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

hi @JonathanV123 and welcome to the help desk! Reliable sources basically people who are reputable and completely unaffiliated with them talking about them, which you'll use to back up the claims you make in their article and especially their notability criteria. fulfilling both of them is essential in making sure an article stays, and the lack of them means anything may not have an article regardless of any other qualities they may have. happy editing! 💜 melecie talk - 03:12, 25 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@JonathanV123: You were given help on how to stop the article being deleted a few days ago. Have you done anything about that? Bazza (talk) 09:08, 25 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Question About using OABot for open access citations/links

Hello,

I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask, but I had question regarding using OABot to add freely accessible links to citations. Is there a guide to how it exactly works? When I do a preview of the links it suggests to add, it either says "allowed", "unknown", "restricted" or "forbidden" (I usually just add the ones that have all three criteria as "allowed"). The reason that I'm asking is because I don't want to mistakenly add something that constitutes as a copyright violation whenever I use this tool. Any explanation or guidance would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. Losipov (talk) 05:58, 25 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Losipov Bots are implemented as if they were User accounts. So you can look at the page User:OAbot to see how it works and if you wish can post a question on its Talk Page at User talk:OAbot. One of the humans who look after the bot will then reply there to answer your query. Mike Turnbull (talk) 14:00, 25 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

my username is NOT capitalized....sabastianblak

help me access my old acct, please? Sabastianblak (talk) 06:31, 25 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I believe that this is a technical limitation. All usernames, like page titles, are uppercase. – robertsky (talk) 07:29, 25 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Noting that robertsky's username is actually Robertsky, as seen at User:Robertsky. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 08:14, 25 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, on my user page the user name appears as Ianmacm, but when I sign in, it is with ianmacm (all lower case). This may lead to some confusion.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 08:47, 25 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

hi @sabastianblak and welcome to the help desk! Sabastianblak and sabastianblak act as the same account due to the technical limitation above. you may edit your signature via Preferences > User Profile > Signature to display your username as lowercase. if you ever create a userpage, you can also use {{Lowercase title}} to make it display as lowercase. happy editing! 💜 melecie talk - 08:56, 25 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Claim for creation of the term Generation Z

On the Wikipedia entry for Generation Z (Generation Z), it suggests that the term Generation Z was first used by demographer Cheryl Russell in 2009. This is incorrect as I wrote an article for Brand Strategy magazine in February 2007 in which I posed the question 'when would we meet Generation Z'. I have a PDF copy of the article as it doesn't exist online. I have tried to update Wikipedia but it's been rejected or, rather, changed back to the original entry. Please advice. Thank you. Crispin Reed CrispinGJReed (talk) 09:39, 25 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. You added the text in this edit on 2017-08-18, and it was removed by an IP editor in this edit on 2017-09-29, with the Edit summary "removing vague and unreferenced material". This is part of the normal give and take in Wikipedia (see WP:BRD), and your next step if you wish to pursue this should be opening a discussion on Talk:Generation Z. Given that you are wishing to cite your own work, you also had a conflict of interest in inserting that information (though the editor who removed it probably didn't know that) and so you should have discussed it on the talk page first anyway. ColinFine (talk) 11:15, 25 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with the whole of ColinFine's comment above. Also, according to the article, Cheryl Russell allegedly coined the term iGen, not Generation Z. Yes, you need a citation from an authoritative source for any new fact that you add to an article; however it does not have to be online. I cannot yet find Brand Strategy magazine mentioned online, but if it is (or was) a published magazine, then you can cite the magazine's name, author's name, article title, date, and page number. Optionally, if you want your citation source to be online, then try to get your pdf uploaded to a reliable website (not a blog). Hope that helps. Storye book (talk) 11:36, 25 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Donations

Hello,

Some time ago I started making regular donations to Wikipedia. Something I am glad to be doing, and continue to do. However, I regularly still get prompts to donate. So, I've created a Wiki log in, but I can't find a way to link my regular donations to my new account. Is there a way to do that, or Should I cancel my original donations and set up a new donation plan? TuryScrema (talk) 11:44, 25 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi TuryScrema - we don't link donations to accounts, but provided you always use your account, the next time you receive a donations request, there should be a dismiss button, allowing you to block any further requests - Arjayay (talk) 12:52, 25 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, TuryScrema. There is (purposely) no way to link donations to an editing account: absolutely nothing in Wikipedia knows anything about who has made what donations. But what you can do is to go to Preferences and ask it to surpress the banner. (You can do this whether you actually donate or not). ColinFine (talk) 12:52, 25 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Delete user profile

I set it up incorrectly and cannot change the user name ass so wish to delete the profile. Not obvious how I do that. Thanks Bill Wkbrannigan (talk) 12:43, 25 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Accounts cannot be deleted for technical and legal reasons. It is possible to change a username (see CHU), but since you've made no other edits on this account, the easiest thing is just to abandon it and create a new one. If you choose, you can create a User page for this account saying what you have done, but there is no need to. ColinFine (talk) 12:54, 25 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Please be aware that User:Wkbrannigan is not a "profile", and should not be regarded or treated as one. It is your user page, intended only for your activities in Wikipedia. Maproom (talk) 15:36, 25 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Account blocked

How can you help me to restore my account? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.81.1.56 (talk) 13:52, 25 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Can you remind me the duration of this block please. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.81.29.56 (talk) 13:57, 25 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Please log in to your account to request unblock, all information should be there. 331dot (talk) 13:59, 25 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

When will be the end of this block? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.81.53.56 (talk) 14:22, 25 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Posting questions here is block evasion. Stop posting here. Log into your account. AndyTheGrump (talk) 14:31, 25 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Dr. Donna Singer Wikipedia Page

Hello -

I am wondering what the below means regarding this page Donna Singer

The below was added, but this page has been up for a long time:

This article is an orphan, as no other articles link to it. Please introduce links to this page from related articles; try the Find link tool for suggestions. (August 2016)

This article contains wording that promotes the subject in a subjective manner without imparting real information. (June 2022)

This article may have been created or edited in return for undisclosed payments, a violation of Wikipedia's terms of use. It may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia's content policies, particularly neutral point of view. (June 2022)

How do I fix this? If nothing gets fixed will the page be deleted? ElizabethJamey (talk) 18:11, 25 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@ElizabethJamey: It looks like the {{orphan}} tag has been removed, so I'll explain the latter two:

The article contains promotional wording, which should be removed. Articles should have a neutral point of view.
The article content appears to have been written by someone for financial gain, and should be edited to be more neutral (like above).

—Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 20:51, 25 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for this response. I read the articles on Promotional wording and neutral point of view, however, the article for Donna Singer, to me, doesn't seem to fit that criteria. Can you please advise of at least a section or a sentence or something on the Donna Singer article that would point to either promotional wording or something that is not neutral, so I can see an example and update accordingly? Thank you for replying back to me and thank you for all of your help, I do appreciate it. ElizabethJamey (talk) 13:25, 26 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

It looks to me as if Marchjuly has cleaned up most of the puffery, but in the Career section, ". . . includes Doug Richards (bass), a highly applauded jazz musician who worked with . . ." should have "highly applauded" removed unless this description can be cited to a quote in a Reliable source.

On a more grammatical point, in the The Doug Richards Trio section's first paragraph, ". . . which combined both jazz standards as well as original instrumental tracks" doesn't make logical sense – combined these two things with what? Presumably each other, though I doubt that the standards and originals were literally combined, but rather interspersed with one another, in which case something like ". . . included both jazz standards and original instrumental tracks" would be better. Ordinarily I copy-edit such things myself when I come across them, but in this case I'll leave you to do it. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 90.205.227.236 (talk) 14:36, 26 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I did some cleanup of the article, but it probably needs some more work. -- Marchjuly (talk) 21:45, 26 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Adding a website to a movie page

I am curious as to why I can NEVER add the movie site TMDB to a movies page? A couple of years ago a 'spam ' alert would come up if I tried. But it is a LEGITIMATE SITE & has been around for 14 years (2008)! Hardly spam. Any idea why I can't add it to the external references section?

www.themoviedb.org Beccib23 (talk) 19:35, 25 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

It's on the spam blacklist here so any attempt to add it will be blocked automatically. I'm not sure exactly when or why it was added to the list, but it is usually because the link was added in a spammy way to various articles.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 20:02, 25 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

You can read a discussion here. Ruslik_Zero 20:06, 25 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Ellen Terry

Please check ref number 2 - It is all wrong. Thanks 101.182.115.91 (talk) 23:56, 25 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

It was you who made it. The right approach is to preview it, see that it's wrong, and fix it before "publishing" it. This is the approach taken by the vast majority of editors who are as experienced as you are. -- Hoary (talk) 01:32, 26 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]