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August 21

When it says "the code is incorrect" what do I do?

Like, I'm trying to long in (make an account) and it doesn't let me cuz the code is supossedly "incorrect", I don't know what to do :(( 2800:810:492:13C:59EB:46F2:EA0B:7032 (talk) 03:42, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

If you don't already have an account then start at Special:CreateAccount. I suggest giving an email address so you can get a password reset if you forget the password. PrimeHunter (talk) 09:51, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Requesting authorization to update the Lally School Wikipedia page

Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I am assistant professor at the RPI Lally School (Sebastian Souyris, https://faculty.rpi.edu/sebastian-souyris) and want to do a big update the Lally Wikipedia page (Lally School of Management). Much of the existing information is old. Can you allow me please to do it? S124816 (talk) 04:50, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

S124816, I understand that you want to edit Lally School of Management. Thank you for complying with the Paid contributions disclosure. That is a great first step. I also see that you only have 24 edits to Wikipedia. How confident are you that you fully and deeply understand Wikipedia's policies and guidelines? Do you understand the deep opposition that many, many volunteer editors feel about paid editors who defy those policies and guidelines? Have you thoroughly studied and absorbed our guideline about editing with a conflict of interest? Do you understand that your best course of action is to submit neutrally written, well-refenced formal edit requests at Talk: Lally School of Management? I advise you to proceed with great caution and care with your plan to make a big update to this article. Cullen328 (talk) 06:05, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Cullen328, thank you for pointing out to the policies and guidelines, conflict of interest, and edit requests references. I understand and appreciate enormously the neutrality of Wikipedia and your efforts to keep it that way. I will follow the policies and guidelines to proceed with the big update update.

S124816. I'd suggest using template:Edit COI on the talk page of Lally School of Management. I've added it to my watchlist. In general, it is designed for replacements. (ex Dean: Michael Smith should actually be Dean:David Brown and include the references.) this will allow another editor to evaluate your proposed changes and take action. Again, than you for being willing to work through the Paid contributor rules. (And yes, I know you aren't being paid to specifically edit wikipedia, it is somewhat more broad than that.Naraht (talk) 15:52, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Will do. Thanks, @Naraht. S124816 (talk) 16:02, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

How do I link a section of an article into a category page?

I have tried looking at the various help pages about categorization, but I cannot seem to figure it out.

I was looking at Category:Lists of tallest buildings in New Jersey page and noticed that you can link sections of an article into a category, which had been done three times on this page. There is one section of a page that is notably missing, New Brunswick, New Jersey#Tallest buildings, but I cannot figure out how to add it to the category. I have tried looking at the source code for the other three pages that are linked to the sections of their articles, but it seems it doesn't even exist in the code. I know I cannot just directly add it to the category page either, as that is not what was done on the category page. Honestly I wouldn't mind if someone did this for me, but I just cannot figure it out myself. Thanks! Hij802 (talk) 05:42, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You add the category to the redirect to the section (creating the redirect if it doesn't already exist). Clarityfiend (talk) 09:35, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Hij802: Those three entries in Category:Lists of tallest buildings in New Jersey are in italics which means they are redirects. There is also a redirect at List of tallest buildings in New Brunswick but it's not currently in the category. See Help:Redirect#Creating and editing redirects. PrimeHunter (talk) 09:47, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Possible to get info into box by name of wikidata item?

Hello helpful helpers,

I have written several articles about particular power stations and I normally just pick up the infobox info from wikidata automatically by simply writing “Infobox power station” inside curly brackets - for example see Atlas power station.

However occasionally one article covers more than one power station, for example Afşin-Elbistan power stations. As the A and B power stations have so much in common I don’t want to split the article.

I would like an infobox for the A section and another for the B section. Is there any way I can say something like “Infobox power station - get the info from wikidata item Q6101862”? Chidgk1 (talk) 06:45, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Chidgk1, you can use |qid= like so: {{Infobox power station |qid=Q6101862 |name=Afşin-Elbistan B}}. It seems the name is taken from the page name, that's why I'm setting it manually. Rummskartoffel 09:00, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Perfect - thank you very much Chidgk1 (talk) 16:48, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Is it possible to get WSOP free chips from websites that provides links?

As a passionate player of the World Series of Poker (WSOP), I’ve always enjoyed the thrill of the game and the challenge it presents. The excitement of competing against skilled players from around the world is unmatched. Recently, I discovered a way to get free chips through a website called <redacted spamlink>, which has allowed me to keep playing without spending real money. However, I’m curious—are these free chips obtained from such websites legal and safe to use in accordance with WSOP’s terms and conditions? Hafiz Chand ali (talk) 10:03, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Why ask us? Ask the WSOP organizers. (But remember, there's no such thing as a free lunch.) Clarityfiend (talk) 10:10, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, you're right. I should ask the WSOP organizers directly. Initially, I didn't think of this. Hafiz Chand ali (talk) 10:21, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Can I create a wikipedia for my company

Hi everyone,

I would like to create a page for my company which was incorporated in 2021. We are a training provider (private) registered under Malaysia's Ministry of Human Resources to conduct trainings for all companies incorporated in Malaysia. We will be listing down our history, core business and divisions similar to this company (The Italian Baker).

Thanks in advance, Dinesh. DineshVijayan (talk) 11:59, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@DineshVijayan Welcome! Creating a new article from scratch is extremely challenging, and new editors are strongly recommended to spend a few months learning how Wikipedia works, by making improvements to some of our existing seven million articles before trying it. When you do decide to have a go at a new article, you are highly encouraged to read WP:Your first article. If you haven't already also check out WP:TUTORIAL; it's a lot of fun! Happy editing!

You have a Wikipedia:Conflict of interest and MUST declare your association on your user page at User:DineshVijayan. In order to create an article about a company, it needs to satify Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies). ~ 🦝 Shushugah (he/him • talk) 13:05, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Please Correct Tim Walz's Page

Greetings. Please update Gov. Tim Walz's main page. He is not an Afghanistan War veteran and never deployed to Afghanistan. The insignificant link to Operation Enduring Freedom has nothing to do with him deploying to or serving in Afghanistan. One cannot be an Afghanistan, Iraq, or Vietnam War veteran unless they actually physically went and served there. ScottAvant (talk) 15:11, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Discuss this on the article talk page - there are plenty of people watching it. AndyTheGrump (talk) 15:15, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Seems to have been dealt with at Talk:Tim_Walz#Extended-confirmed-protected_edit_request_on_21_August_2024_(2). Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 19:36, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Donald S. Rugoff | Film producer

Donald S. Rugoff Film producer

I could not find Wiki entry for Film Producer Donald S. Rugoff. Please see following links and update.

https://www.nytimes.com/1989/04/29/obituaries/donald-rugoff-62-presided-over-chain-of-movie-theaters.html https://mrrugoff.com/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11233002/ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4178145/ https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/mij/15031809.0004.104/--donald-rugoff-cinema-v-and-commercial-strategies?rgn=main;view=fulltext 23.128.56.81 (talk) 18:55, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry, first off, he doesn't seem too notable. We can't cite his own website nor can we cite IMDb. I also don't think the help desk is any kind of place to request article be written. Thanks and goodbye. MallardTV (talk) 19:06, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia has fairly strict rules about the requirements for an article: the subject must meet Wikipedia's criteria for notability, which mostly comes down to "Has there been enough independent reliably published material about this subject to base an article on?", remembering that Wikipedia has little interest in what the subject of an article says or wants to say about themselves, or what their associates say about them. Wikipedia is almost entirely interested in what people who have no connection with the subject, and who have not been prompted or fed information on behalf of the subject, have chosen to publish about the subject in reliable sources. If enough material is cited from independent sources to establish notability, a limited amount of uncontroversial factual information may be added from non-independent sources.

There is a place where you can request an article be written - requested articles, but in all honesty, the take-up from there is very low.

If you can find suitable source, and you are not Rugoff, then you may try to create an article yourself. But creating an article is hard, and people who try it before they have spent several weeks (at least) learning how Wikipedia works often have a frustrating experience. My earnest advice to new editors is to not even think about trying to create an article until you have spent several weeks - at least - learning about how Wikipedia works by making improvements to existing articles. Once you have understood core policies such as verifiability, neutral point of view, reliable, independent sources, and notability, and experienced how we handle disagreements with other editors (the Bold, Revert, Discuss cycle), then you might be ready to read your first article carefully, and try creating a draft. ColinFine (talk) 19:48, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Why is 2FA only enableable on your account through making a special request?

Having my account recently hacked (via a data breach or something), this is understandably something I want to enable, but for some reason, this is not a default thing you can enable in your account options like most of the websites on the internet or something. This should ABSOLUTELY be an option for every user to activate if they want to and not something that requires special permission. Jtrainor (talk) 19:45, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

To avoid situation when many thousands users lose their authentication devices and then bombard this board and developers with requests to somehow reset their accounts. Ruslik_Zero 19:51, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Questions about the Wikimedia software or the user interface are best asked at one of the sections of the Village pump - perhaps WP:VPR. ColinFine (talk) 19:51, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Help Needed with Vaibhav Palhade Draft Article

Hello, I am working on a draft article about Draft:Vaibhav Palhade, an Indian filmmaker and author. The article has been declined multiple times, primarily due to concerns about notability and sourcing. I would appreciate it if experienced editors could review the draft and provide suggestions or edits to help meet Wikipedia's guidelines, particularly in improving notability and finding reliable sources. Thank you in advance for your assistance!

Ballal2003 Ballal2003 (talk) 20:24, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Ballal2003. You can't "improve notability" - he either is notable or he isn't; and you establish that he is by finding sources that meet the triple criterion of reliability, independence, and significant coverage - see WP:42.

It is unlikely that anybody here will be willing to do the work of looking for the sources (which is the major work that goes into writing an article) - not impossible, but unlikely. ColinFine (talk) 21:07, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"In addition to his work in film and literature, Palhade has contributed to education through various initiatives." All that means is "he's done some teaching". Well, so have I. That's not evidence of notability; it's not even worth mentioning. Maproom (talk) 22:08, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

How to Add Image to Draft ? Can i get help with that ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ballal2003 (talk • contribs) 19:44, 22 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]