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March 21

publications

Hi. My name is Sergio, I received the inquiry for a costumer to introduce the data for a Spanish painter, but for some reason it was imposible. And we would like how can we write the data in the wiki. The name of the painter is José Luís Mesas and you can find several material in google about him. Please, can you help us to know what is happening. Thanks in advance. waiting for your reply. Sergio 2806:2F0:8560:BA78:F4BF:CA43:A211:D03C (talk) 02:02, 21 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Sergio, I couldn't find any trace of any prior attempt, so you would have to be more specific in what is impossible to track down the cause. Putting that aside, Editing Wikipedia for a customer is a form of paid editing, which, while not forbidden, must be disclosed (this is a Terms of Use requirement). Please also note that we are not interested in what a subject wants to tell about themselves. Wikipedia is only interested in what independent reliable sources have written about a subject (if these sources are wrong, take it up with them, Wikipedia is not the right place to do corrections). That being said, please see Your first article for guidance about creating a new article, and also Creating articles backwards. Victor Schmidt (talk) 08:22, 21 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

wikiversity

I would like to teach writing theree 72.225.176.145 (talk) 03:11, 21 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Wonderful! Visit https://www.wikiversity.org/ to learn more about Wikiversity. Happy editing! GoingBatty (talk) 04:35, 21 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Citation needed?

How do I know what to put in a 'citation needed' spot? Nice user2 (talk) 03:18, 21 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! If you would like to add a citation needed tag, you can add {{cn}} to an unsourced claim, if the claim is not sourced or referenced. Tails Wx 04:13, 21 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I mean when i'm editing and come across a citation needed what do I do? Nice user2 (talk) 04:17, 21 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Oh! Well, you can source it, and once you have a source for the claim, you can remove it. If you don't, you can leave it, and maybe even remove the unsourced claim if there are no reliable sources for the claim! Tails Wx 04:20, 21 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

When you say source for the claim, do you mean a site that proves a statement? Nice user2 (talk) 04:26, 21 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry if I'm wasting your time, sometimes I have trouble understanding things. Nice user2 (talk) 04:28, 21 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Err, whoops, I meant proof for the statement. Nice user2 (talk) 04:31, 21 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, wait, nevermimd, I just read it wrong. Nice user2 (talk) 04:32, 21 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

We mean a reliable published source, preferably independent of the subject of the article, that says whatever is claimed in the article. Many reliable sources are websites, or are to be found on websites (eg Google books). But many reliable sources are not on the web (eg printed books, or newspapers that have not been scanned).

On the other hand, many websites (as well as some books etc) are not reliable sources, and should not be cited. For example, wikis (including Wikipedia), blogs, forums, and iMDB, are not regarded as reliable; and nor are books published by vanity presses. See WP:RSN for discussion of reliability of sources, and WP:RSP for a list of sources that are commonly asked about.

You cite a source by giving essential bibliographic information like title, author, date, publisher/website, page number: if the source is on the web, then a URL may be given as a convenience, but (unless that is the only place the source is to be found) it is not an essential part of the citation. See WP:REFB for how to do this. ColinFine (talk) 13:13, 21 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

How to create a new wikipedia page

Hello Team, I am ML Gayatri and i am a playback singer in the sounth indian films. I have red-colored link already existing. However, i am unable to create a page/draft using this link. Do you ahve any standard template that i need to follow to create a draft and then publish? Please guide me. ML Gayatri AdityaTel (talk) 03:21, 21 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@AdityaTel: Hi there! WP:AUTO explains that Wikipedia strongly discourages autobiographies. Creating a new Wikipedia article can be challenging, especially when you have a conflict of interest (COI). To learn how to edit, I suggest you start at Help:Introduction. I suggest spending a significant amount of time editing existing articles to hone your skills. When you're ready to create an article, you would gather multiple published independent reliable sources that have provided significant coverage of you, and determine whether they demonstrate that you meet Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, called "notability". If so, you could create an account and declare your COI on your user page. Then follow the instructions at Help:Your first article, and be prepared for a process that may include months of waiting for review, rejections, and rewrites, before an article is created. If you are successful, then you could never edit the article directly due to your COI, but could submit edit requests on the article talk page. Hope this helps. GoingBatty (talk) 04:29, 21 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Who rescinded my revision and why? My comment was based on law (5th and 14th Amendments of the Constitution).

Who rescinded my revision and why? My comment was based on law (5th and 14th Amendments of the Constitution). Cuban-American Patriot (talk) 04:24, 21 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Cuban-American Patriot: Hi there! I see you edited the List of LASD deputy gangs article. When you go to the article and click the "View history" link, you'll see who reverted your edit, which an edit summary explaining the reversion because "not providing a reliable source (WP:CITE, WP:RS)". Per the Wikipedia:BOLD, revert, discuss cycle, you could post on the article's talk page - Talk:List of LASD deputy gangs - to discuss your concerns. Hope this helps, and happy editing! GoingBatty (talk) 04:33, 21 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Keep in mind that we don't write our own opinions or interpretations of law into articles, even if they're obviously correct. We just summarize what reliable sources say about the topic. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 06:05, 21 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

List of Exorcists

How can my ministry as an Exorcist be added to the List of Exorcists? Carolyn-1956 (talk) 14:18, 21 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Can you assist me in adding my name under the list of Christian Non-denominational exorcists. Carolyn-1956 (talk) 14:26, 21 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It probably can't, Carolyn. Like most list articles on Wikipedia, List of exorcists is not, nor intended to be, a list of every exorcist who ever existed. It is a list of Wikipedia articles or potential articles about exorcists. If you meet Wikipedia's criteria for notability - roughly, that a significant amount of material has been published about you in reliable sources, and without you or your associates being involved in any way in that publication - then there could be an article about you. You are strongly advised against writing an article about yourself, but not forbidden. But unless you meet those criteria, anybody trying to write such an article will be wasting their time. In any case, the time to add an article about you to the list is after the article has been written. ColinFine (talk) 14:26, 21 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Herstal Group

https://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Herstal_Group

Has the company listed as public. I do not think this is so. I can not find their stock. Nertbox (talk) 18:11, 21 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

According to the article, "Since 1997, Herstal Group has been 100% owned by the Walloon Region of Belgium". If all its stock is owned by the same entity, it's not going to be traded or listed. Maproom (talk) 18:24, 21 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

So some number of people in that region of Belgium bought all the stock? Nertbox (talk) 18:51, 21 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I take that to mean that the Walloon Region as a corporate entity bought the stock, not members of the public who happen to live in the region.

I have tagged the article as needing more references, because at present it has not a single reference that meets WP:42, and therefore does nothing at all to establish that the company meets Wikipedia's criteria for notability. ColinFine (talk) 19:05, 21 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

is there anything showing habitats of tarantulas on here

i needit for school 67.0.196.81 (talk) 22:34, 21 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

IP editor. You could start by reading the article at tarantula. Mike Turnbull (talk) 23:10, 21 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]