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March 31

English & Arabic article

I was reading about “CAF Clubs of the 20th Century” article in English, and I noticed there is no Arabic translation to it. However, when I searched google for it I found already an Arabic article for it “نادي القرن الإفريقي” but it is not linked to the English article.

My questions is that can it be linked together? Sherif hady elmaghraby (talk) 03:32, 31 March 2023 (UTC)

They are now linked. Thank you, Sherif hady elmaghraby. FYI, which pages are linked together is handled at Wikidata. Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 03:50, 31 March 2023 (UTC)

Thank you so much for this information. Sherif hady elmaghraby (talk) 03:52, 31 March 2023 (UTC)

how can i create a page about an indian designer?

i want to create a page about an indian designer, how can i do it? Soniakhannaforever (talk) 07:52, 31 March 2023 (UTC)

See your first article. It should be someone who meets the general notability guideline, and you should not have a conflict of interest while doing it.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 08:07, 31 March 2023 (UTC)

Line

How do I change line when writing a text? JackkBrown (talk) 11:36, 31 March 2023 (UTC)

I guess you mean go to a new line. The easiest way is, when you're in the Edit screen, there are buttons you can click on for various formatting things. There's one that's a line with a right angle in it, and an arrow head on the left end. Click that, and you've got a new line. Uporządnicki (talk) 12:01, 31 March 2023 (UTC)

@AzseicsoK: the function you are referring to is for going back while editing. JackkBrown (talk) 12:40, 31 March 2023 (UTC)

@JackkBrown: No, that's not what I'm talking about. You mean at the top of the whole window, the stuff common to any website you're on. This is something else. When you want to edit, click the "Edit" button. At the top of the edit BOX (not the whole window), there's a row of clickable functions. I've just now reminded myself that to get the one I'm talking about, you have to click on "Advanced." Then you get a second row of clickable functions. The button I'm talking about is (at least on my computers) the sixth one along--right about in the middle of the line. There's a very short VERTICAL line going down and turning left HORIZONTALLY. Then it ends in an arrow point. Click on that, and it inserts a <br> in your text, and moves down a line. Alternatively, you can also just type in <br>. If you then go to another line in the edit mode or don't, it still gives you a new line--although I find that the spacing is a little different with the two options. Uporządnicki (talk) 18:53, 2 April 2023 (UTC)

@AzseicsoK: I assume you're not using the 2017 editing toolbar. Are you referring to this icon? —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 20:03, 2 April 2023 (UTC)

I assume you mean line breaks? You have to press enter twice. If you press it only once there will be a line break in the source but not in the displayed text. Here are two very helpful links I recommend you to bookmark: Help:Wikitext and Help:Cheatsheet. Random person no 362478479 (talk) 20:54, 31 March 2023 (UTC)

I'm going to do some experimenting here, for people to see. At the end of this line, I will press Enter twice.

At the end of this line, I will provide a <br> and then continue on the same editing line (i.e., without clicking Enter).
At the end of this line, I will provide a <br) and then move down one editing line (i.e., I will click the Enter button.)
And now, I'm typing one more line so that we can see the result of that last move. By the way, if you click on that button or type <br>, the result is pretty much the same. The only difference is, if you click the button, it will automatically move to the next line on the edit window; if you type it in, it will not. Either way, if you want the other result, just change it right there. Uporządnicki (talk) 19:03, 2 April 2023 (UTC)

And now that I've done that, I see that--contrary to what I said before--using the button (or typing in <br>) gives the same result whether you follow it with Enter or not. And I also see that for most purposes--eg., just typing ordinary text and wanting a new paragraph--clicking Enter twice gives the result you would typically want. The <br> is useful for things like defining a line break in a table cell or a caption or some such thing; it avoids the awkward (in those cases) space that would separate paragraphs in ordinary text. Uporządnicki (talk) 19:10, 2 April 2023 (UTC)

Visual editor

Is anyone else having VisEd time out today? I've found I can reload, the edits will appear in source, and I can save that way, FWIW. But I was wondering if there was something going on. Valereee (talk) 13:23, 31 March 2023 (UTC)

Yes, others seem to be having this issue as well, see WP:VPT § Stuck loading, can't post edit. Rummskartoffel 13:39, 31 March 2023 (UTC)

Thank you! Sorry to have contributed to this being discussed multiple places! Valereee (talk) 14:00, 31 March 2023 (UTC)

Editing a Wikipage

When editing a company page, why is the company URL being blocked when this is a legitimate site? I am looking to add someone to the company page who has a Wiki page themselves, with a link back to the company leadership page to demonstrate it is authoritative. Also, why can you not remove or edits the names of products from the company since it would be misleading to keep old information on the page. Wenlake (talk) 13:53, 31 March 2023 (UTC)

@Wenlake: Hello Wenlake! It appears the link you are trying to add is on the spam blacklist which is designed to stop spammers who try to add their links to various articles because it would benefit them since Wikipedia receives a lot of web traffic. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 13:56, 31 March 2023 (UTC)

To answer your second question, Wenlake, Wikipedia is not a directory intended to give only current information about a company's products. An article about a company ought to cover that company's entire history, and it is often appropriate to include information about products that it no longer produces.

Wikipedia is not interested in what a subject (such as a company) wants to say about itself, but only what unconnected commentators (such as reputable newspapers) say about it at some length, and without prompting by the subject (such as by Press releases). Only minor, uncontrovertial facts (such as the current CEO, etc.) should be cited to the company's own website or other company publications. Promotion of any kind is forbidden, and an article must demonstrate that the subject is Notable (in Wikipedia's meaning of the term). Mere existence does not merit an article.

Frankly, I struggle to see from the current article (I presume we are talking about Preqin) what is notable about this company. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 90.205.101.197 (talk) 15:00, 31 March 2023 (UTC)

Also, @Wenlake, if you are connected to the company in any way make sure to follow the rules about conflicts of interest: WP:COI. Random person no 362478479 (talk) 20:59, 31 March 2023 (UTC)

Change title

Good morning, my general would like the Jr. Removed from his title, he would like it to say Kevin B. Kennedy, without the Jr. DINFOSPA1357 (talk) 14:20, 31 March 2023 (UTC)

Seems to have been done. AndyTheGrump (talk) 14:24, 31 March 2023 (UTC)

thank you! DINFOSPA1357 (talk) 14:26, 31 March 2023 (UTC)

 Done. Confirmed from this source that common name does not include Jr. I have moved the page to the new title. --Jayron32 14:25, 31 March 2023 (UTC)

You are awesome! Thank you! DINFOSPA1357 (talk) 14:29, 31 March 2023 (UTC)

Hello, DINFOSPA1357. Thank you for asking for this to be done, rather than attempting to do it yourself. Please note the following:

1. While your request initiated the process, the article was moved because the sources do not use the suffix, not because Kennedy would like it that way. He does not own or control the article Kevin B. Kennedy.
2. If he ever asks you to make any further changes to the article, you should make a formal declaration of your status as a paid editor (I assume your use of "my general" means that you are a service person under his command), and then request the changes on the talk page Talk:Kevin B. Kennedy using the edit request mechanism.
3. I have tagged the article for lack of independent sources. A Wikipedia article should be based on reliable sources that are independent of the subject: not written, published, or commissioned, by the subject, or their employers or associates.

ColinFine (talk) 17:07, 31 March 2023 (UTC)

Ultraman Decker Finale: Journey to Beyond

Hello, everyone. I have a problem with the mentioned page, as another user moved the cast section to the end of the article, as well uses «Character (Japanese name): Actor (Japanese name)» formula instead of typical «Actor as Character». He also adds a link to the list of the prequel series' characters to the plot section. I tried to resolve the issue here and here, but without result. Дейноніх (talk) 16:10, 31 March 2023 (UTC)

Dispute resolution tells you how to proceed if your first attempts to reach consensus are not successful. ColinFine (talk) 17:09, 31 March 2023 (UTC)

author

How do I find out the author of an article. I was trying to use the article as a reference for my paper. 2600:6C58:7B7F:3817:6D34:70B0:9E83:A9AD (talk) 16:21, 31 March 2023 (UTC)

Wikipedia articles usually have many authors, and this can be found by looking at the History tab at the top of the article page. However, Wikipedia articles are not intended to be cited as infallible, because it is the reliable sources that they contain which is what matters.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 16:25, 31 March 2023 (UTC)

(edit conflict) If you mean the author of a Wikipedia article, there is rarely only one. Look at the revision history, that will list all contributors. More specifically, when looking at the article, click o n the "Cite this page" under "Tools" on the left hand side. It lists citation information and includes citation templates in the major styles. Martin of Sheffield (talk) 16:27, 31 March 2023 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Citing Wikipedia Martin of Sheffield (talk) 16:29, 31 March 2023 (UTC)

For references for a paper, what you want to use are the ones at the bottom of the article. You almost certainly don't want to use Wikipedia itself as a reference. Valereee (talk) 16:30, 31 March 2023 (UTC)

How come some images show up while hovering on some articles and on others they do not?

For example, when hovering over the article for a pencil, an image shows up near the text from the article. When hovering over the Capex Corporation article, the image on the article doesn't show up. Why is that? Casint (talk) 17:15, 31 March 2023 (UTC)

Casint see mw:Extension:PageImages#Image choice. Victor Schmidt (talk) 17:59, 31 March 2023 (UTC)

@Casint: mw:Extension:PageImages#Image choice is often the explanation but not for Capex Corporation which does have File:Capex Corporation logo.jpg as page image. See instead mw:Extension:Popups#Known problems. The uploaded file is too small so Popups rejects it. Popups can only show an image if it has been selected by PageImages but Popups rejects some small images which are accepted by PageImages. The size requirement is described unclearly. At mw:Topic:X24ym9nooumpgr1h I wrote more clearly what I think is the rule for the uploaded file: "width × height must be either at least 320 × 200 px or 203 × 250 px." PrimeHunter (talk) 20:14, 31 March 2023 (UTC)

Is a source credible if the underlying source is ...

If a statement is made on WP about an individual, and the reference provided is an article that is based on a report by that individual, is the reference valid? For example: "Spotts is ... [1]", but that link is based on [2] which has under it "SOURCE Woni Spotts". My thinking is the reference is invalid, but I want this confirmed. K.Nevelsteen (talk) 20:29, 31 March 2023 (UTC)

I see the second source is affiliated with PR Newswire. I view that as a generally unreliable source. But it is not uncommon for respectable journalists to write about some company or individual, and in parallel, the company or individual arranges for coverage through PR Newswire. So how do you know the story by Amos Fofung is based on the PR Newswire story? Jc3s5h (talk) 20:53, 31 March 2023 (UTC)

If the article is based on or references the information at Newswire then, as far as I know, that does not influence how the article is treated. If it merely repeats the information (e.g. reprinting a press release) then it is different. The article at Newswire seems to be a press release and probably falls under WP:ABOUTSELF. Random person no 362478479 (talk) 21:09, 31 March 2023 (UTC)

@K.Nevelsteen It sounds to me that the reference you describe would not be independent of the subject of the article, or of the person being discussed. David10244 (talk) 11:02, 1 April 2023 (UTC)

April 1

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoe_fetishism

There is a pornographic photo (red boots) on this page. While i am not offended this page is available to young children without any restrictions and might be a little confusing etc to them. Please remove the picture. (If the woman had a head on her body I might find it less pornographic but since it's basically a crotch shot it appears to be rather for titillation via an objectification/pornographic versus illustrative) 75.100.4.4 (talk) 01:19, 1 April 2023 (UTC)

Wikipedia is not censored. The subject is sexual by nature. If the image helps illustrate the subject, then it's perfectly valid. If you have a specific reason why it shouldn't be there, you can discuss it at Talk:Shoe fetishism. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 01:28, 1 April 2023 (UTC)

Hmmm! Considering the credit citation for that photo, it could probably also illustrate the article for candaulism, too! Uporządnicki (talk) 20:44, 2 April 2023 (UTC)

Template:Support

as I see in Meta, there is a specific template for "support" which invokes a green plus sign. I also saw such a sign in Indonesian wiki as well. Can't we have it in this Wikipedia as well, or am I missing an existing template which invokes such a sign? Thanks. zoglophie 06:06, 1 April 2023 (UTC)

Are you referring to this?

"The established consensus on the English Wikipedia is that templates used to mark "votes" during XfD discussions—such as a small image and text label, for example, " Keep" — are not to be used. Any template created solely for this purpose may be tagged with speedy deletion criterion G4.

The rationale behind the consensus against these on the English Wikipedia is that they encourage voting rather than a discussion aimed at the generation of consensus. A contributing factor to the recurrence of discussions on this matter is the widespread use of these type of templates on other Wikimedia sites." (Source: Wikipedia:Voting templates).

I assume that this would apply mutatis mutandis to contexts other than WP:XfD as well. Random person no 362478479 (talk) 06:31, 1 April 2023 (UTC)

The GA inline template produces – I'm not sure if that's what you were looking for.

To anyone else, while I'm still here, does anyone know if there's a template that shows off both the raw text and the outcome of the template, especially for icons like this? Could've sworn there was one, but I have no idea where to look or if my brain's playing tricks on me. Skarmory (talk • contribs) 11:46, 1 April 2023 (UTC)

@Skarmory and @Zoglophie: There's a Javascript one can install on their personal common.js page that I use, User:Ais523/votesymbols.js. So long as the words are bolded, you'll see the icons at the beginning of the string. It only affects what you see but not the actual page. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 16:46, 1 April 2023 (UTC)

Hello, perhaps this page helps as well: Template:Check mark templates --Maresa63 ^Talk 19:16, 1 April 2023 (UTC)

• Thankyou all! zoglophie 04:43, 2 April 2023 (UTC)

Dennis weaver

I was reading about actor Dennis Weaver, and in the personal section it has his date of death listed as 2016 and his age as 90. His date of death is 2006 and his age was 81.how can that be changed? 2600:1700:2480:1510:F461:E524:9D60:94D0 (talk) 12:00, 1 April 2023 (UTC)

You might be getting confused with his wife, who died in 2016, aged 90. Bretonbanquet (talk) 12:16, 1 April 2023 (UTC)

Authoritative source

My question is: will Everybody Wiki source be an authoritative source? 178.126.200.198 (talk) 16:40, 1 April 2023 (UTC)

User editable websites are generally not considered reliable sources. Wikipedia isn't a reliable source, either. 331dot (talk) 16:41, 1 April 2023 (UTC)

Interwiki linking

My interwiki link isn't rendering:

• Wikitext: [[zh:徐壽|Shou Xu]]
• As rendered: Shou Xu

What am I doing wrong? — BillHPike (talk, contribs) 17:01, 1 April 2023 (UTC)

@BillHPike: To make an inline link, you need to stick a colon in front of the language code. Confusingly, a bot has done exactly that to your post. Without the colon, it's treated as an Interlanguage link - read that page for more. -- John of Reading (talk) 17:13, 1 April 2023 (UTC)

New page

Hello,

I made a new draft. about a French criminal case (User:Jeanne Angerie/sandbox - Wikipedia) and I'm not sure about my text. Can someone help me, please ?

You're sincerely,

Jeanne Angerie. Jeanne Angerie (talk) 17:22, 1 April 2023 (UTC)

@Jeanne Angerie: What exactly are you unsure about? I think this could be sent to AFC as-is – it could use some copyediting, it's not perfect English-wise, but it's certainly not awful. (Important note: sources come after punctuation, not before.) The article itself looks fairly solid, if a bit short. I'm not entirely sure it meets crime-related notability guidelines, but I've never been very sure where those start and end. Skarmory (talk • contribs) 23:22, 1 April 2023 (UTC)

Hello @Skarmory.

I'm not sure about the syntaxe of my sentences. Thank for your help, I will change the place of the sources.

Thank you. Jeanne Angerie (talk) 09:08, 2 April 2023 (UTC)

Hello @Skarmory,

I have make changes what you tell me.

If you want, can you confirm me that it is really whant you want ?

Thank you,

Jeanne Angerie. Jeanne Angerie (talk) 09:15, 2 April 2023 (UTC)

@Jeanne Angerie: I have done some work on the English of the article. The article is about recently deceased people so Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons policy applies. In particular, information in the first two paragraphs should be sourced inline, unless it is sourced in later sections. TSventon (talk) 10:24, 2 April 2023 (UTC)

@Jeanne Angerie Murder is, regrettably, a common crime. You have written about two specific victims but I don't see any evidence in the draft that the individuals themselves were notable, so WP:1E applies and the draft is likely to be declined, in my opinion. Mike Turnbull (talk) 16:08, 2 April 2023 (UTC)

I understand. I will try to find what can I do with this draft. Because, on the French article, this murder takes an importante place in the news.

Thanks for your reply. Jeanne Angerie (talk) 16:12, 2 April 2023 (UTC)

@Jeanne Angerie and Michael D. Turnbull:, WP:1E suggests that there should not be articles for the individuals involved, WP:EVENTCRITERIA are criteria for whether there should be an article about the event. I still don't see evidence that the event is notable in the draft. TSventon (talk) 16:27, 2 April 2023 (UTC)

This Image Fine To Use For This Sandbox

I Working On A Sandbox About Web Series Character (The Link Is Here) i not sure i should add a image i found from wikimedia common that under the apache license 2.0 so. NatwonTSG2 (talk) 19:00, 1 April 2023 (UTC)

Hello. I'm guessing that you are talking about C:File:Skidandpump.png, which (as you note) appears to be licensed under Apache License V2.0. (There is a note that it was transferred from Korean Wikipedia)

I cannot find any discussion in Commons of the significance or effect of this licence, but my impression is that that is specifically a software licence, so I doubt whether it can apply to graphic designs at all, and my guess is that the graphics are copyright and not free-licensed. I may be wrong though. I suggest you ask at C:COM:VPC. ColinFine (talk) 19:47, 1 April 2023 (UTC)

Yes I'm talking about that file. NatwonTSG2 (talk) 20:03, 1 April 2023 (UTC)

but this file was non free and the village pump only allowed free content. NatwonTSG2 (talk) 20:06, 1 April 2023 (UTC)

The weird licensing seems to be due to the fact that the source is the github repository of the game Friday Night Funkin'. I am not particularly confident that the creators of that game have the necessary rights to use the character much less making it available with a free licence. Random person no 362478479 (talk) 12:38, 2 April 2023 (UTC)

Caption

This caption is not comprehensible enough: "Ukrainians, winners of the Ballon d'Or played for Dynamo Kyiv Andriy Shevchenko, Oleh Blokhin and Ihor Belanov". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Kyiv. JackkBrown (talk) 23:20, 1 April 2023 (UTC)

You could just change it yourself. Sungodtemple (talk • contribs) 00:11, 2 April 2023 (UTC)

JackkBrown:

ORTOGRAFIA eng

Cullen328 (talk) 08:03, 2 April 2023 (UTC)

April 2

About translation of wikipaedia article.

Can i translate a wikipaedia original article into my home language? LavB83 (talk) 08:52, 2 April 2023 (UTC)

Hello, LavB83. The answer is "yes, but". Please read WP:TRANSLATEUS, paying special attention to the legal requirement to attribute the source of your translation. Cullen328 (talk) 09:13, 2 April 2023 (UTC)

You'll find advice at WP:TRANSLATE for translation into the English Wikipedia, and WP:TRANSLATEUS for translation from enwiki into another language's Wikipedia. - David Biddulph (talk) 09:15, 2 April 2023 (UTC)

Wikilink not available

Why, in this paragraph, is this sign present (it looks like a wikilink, but it is not)? "May 14, 2011, Aysal replaced Adnan Polat to become the 34th President of Galatasaray, with a record of the highest majority of votes in the 106-year-history of Galatasaray, winning 2,998 of the 4,019 votes cast.[1]" (History of Galatasaray S.K.). JackkBrown (talk) 15:21, 2 April 2023 (UTC)

Because somebody put it there. Presumably for the same reason as the last time you asked this question, because somebody copied the text over from somewhere without the underlying citations. ColinFine (talk) 15:36, 2 April 2023 (UTC)

@ColinFine: also here: "Barcelona, originally founded as Nueva Barcelona del Cerro Santo, New Barcelona or also called La Nueva Barcelona​, is a city located in the northeast of Venezuela. Founded in 1557 by the Spanish military conquistador of Catalan origin Joan Orpí, it is the capital of the Anzoátegui State. Barcelona has a population of 954,928 inhabitants, according to INE data (2011)[1]". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barcelona,_Venezuela#. JackkBrown (talk) 16:34, 2 April 2023 (UTC)

It usually happens because somebody copied content from a rendered page instead of the source text as they should. If you copy from the rendered page then you miss all citation code, template calls, wikilinks and so on. PrimeHunter (talk) 17:36, 2 April 2023 (UTC)

Adding an NGO

I am failing to add Civicom Aid to wikipedia platform. Can someone add t he name necessary text Civicomaid (talk) 17:46, 2 April 2023 (UTC)

@Civicomaid: Your attempts to add Civicom Aid to List of non-governmental organisations in Kenya are futile as there isn't an article on the organisation yet. What's more, your username violates Wikipedia's username policy as a corporate username. Please understand that Wikipedia is not for promotional purposes or "getting the word out". —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 18:26, 2 April 2023 (UTC)

Article assessment

What is the difference between a Start and YStart article? Really not getting it. Dancing Dollar ^{(let's talk)} 18:33, 2 April 2023 (UTC)

@Dancing Dollar: Please always post an example when possible. I don't know where you saw "YStart" but it appears to be a temporary error. See Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)#Did I miss the memo?. PrimeHunter (talk) 18:42, 2 April 2023 (UTC)

Can Wikipedia RESTORE the article I erroneously "corrected"?

The article is "Paulette Jordan." I erroneously corrected her thumbnail sketch based on out-of-date information provided by official Idaho State Legislature site https://legislature.idaho.gov/legislators/membership/2017/id3144/. I'm unable to correct the thumbnail sketch, because all I know about the ending date of her term is it was 2018--although this would be better than nothing?! Deni-Sonja (talk) 23:34, 2 April 2023 (UTC)

@Deni-Sonja done! In the future, you can WP:UNDO your own edit. I did it for you this time.  Courtesy link: Paulette Jordan. Check out WP:TUTORIAL to learn how to edit Wikipedia. ~ 🦝 Shushugah (he/him • talk) 23:45, 2 April 2023 (UTC)

April 3

Talk:Greg_Laurie#Movie

Trying to do the right thing here...I have looked a bit in MOS for explicit guidance on what is disallowed in this situation and haven't yet happened upon the right section. I'd appreciate it if someone could provide a link, and also perhaps give their own opinion about whether I inadvertently overstepped the no-merchandising rule by adding mention of the new movie to the article intro. While I admit that I'm happy if people go see the film, my thought, again, was not to take advantage of the article to plug the movie; if anything, it was the other way around, to use the film, as it were, to plug the article: "Greg who...? Oh, yeah, the guy in that new movie that all the Jesus freaks are so excited about." – HelpMyUnbelief (talk) 01:20, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

Mentioning that he was the subject of a movie in the lede seems perfectly reasonable to me. Not necessary, but surely reasonable. Random person no 362478479 (talk) 01:39, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

How to get semi protection

I don't know how to get semi protection with a confirmed account can you help? Ben Dover 23 (talk) 04:10, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

Hi Ben Dover 23. Pages can only be protected by a Wikipedia administrator, and this typically only done when there's some serious ongoing disruption of the page that needs to be addressed. Page protection tends to be a "last resort" type of action taken by administrators when other attempts to end the disruption have been unsuccessful. You can find out more about this at Wikipedia:Protection policy. -- Marchjuly (talk) 04:57, 3 April 2023

You can ask for it at WP:RFPP. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 08:40, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

James Martineau

I failed to get ref. number 25 correctly done. Please repair. Thank you. 58.179.137.31 (talk) 08:31, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

IP editor. The only error I could see was in a book citation. I fixed it with this edit. Mike Turnbull (talk) 08:36, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

James Martineau

Sorry. I have added a file from commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Norwich-_Octagon_Chapel_%28geograph_3236803%29.jpg

It is correct but far toooooo big! Underneath the photo it should read: Norwich's Octagon Chapel and adjacent Martineau Memorial Hall (right)

• Seems this has been  Fixed. Eagleash (talk) 10:39, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

requested moves

go to Talk:Typhoon Bopha (disambiguation) vote a Support or Oppose to move 112.209.26.43 (talk) 10:58, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

The help desk is not a place to solicit comments for not-votes. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 14:48, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

James Martineau

In the bibliography section - there is a new commons pic - I think it should not be in this bibliography section - but I have failed to place it in the section above. Please fix. Sorry again, 175.38.42.62 (talk) 12:42, 3 April 2023 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 175.38.42.62 (talk)

•  Fixed PalauanReich (talk) 17:55, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

Christopher Boyes

Good Morning, I'm a student doing a project for Christopher Boyes. I have a few questions for you. Where was he Born? Where did he go to school? 131.150.66.130 (talk) 15:45, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

Hello. This page is for asking questions about using Wikipedia. If you can't find what you're looking for at Christopher Boyes, try the Reference Desk. 331dot (talk) 15:48, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

Links in Navboxes

Can navboxes include links to article sections, or do they have to be links to actual articles? Cambalachero (talk) 16:50, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

@Cambalachero: Section links are OK in most navboxes but there should generally only be one link to each article. Don't use a navbox to create an index to a list article. Pipe section links like [[Article name#Section name|Link text]]. Don't use {{Section link}} in navboxes. Sometimes there is a redirect to the section and it may be better to link the redirect in case it's converted to an article later. PrimeHunter (talk) 17:14, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

How to Seek Guidance From WikiProject on Organizations

Hello, an article I revised was given a C-Class rating (low quality) by the WikiProject on Organizations. It's possible the article was assigned the rating before my revision was completed. Unsure. How can I communicate with this group? Thank you for your help in this matter. PatriciaBishop (talk) 17:36, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

 Courtesy link: National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment

You can just revise the ratings based on that WikiProject Organizations importance scale and their quality scale. You don't need to be a part of a WikiProject it to help it. PalauanReich (talk) 17:50, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

Many thanks, @PalauanReich. PatriciaBishop (talk) 19:22, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

@PatriciaBishop: To answer your specific question, you can "communicate with the group" at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Organizations. You might choose to do this if you prefer not to change the rating yourself since you did the work, or you may change the rating and then use that page to ask if other editors agree with you. -Arch dude (talk) 18:01, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

Thank you for these specifics. Most helpful. PatriciaBishop (talk) 19:24, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

Is ITV news a reliable source?

Can I cite to www.itv.com/news as a source; is it reliable? 81.155.227.238 (talk) 18:35, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

As a source for the sort of things TV news broadcasters generally report on, probably. Though 'reliability' can only really be assessed when looking at particulars: what exactly being cited, and what proposed Wikipedia content is it being cited for. AndyTheGrump (talk) 18:44, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

Help in submitting page below to wikipedia

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Nationals top prospect Elijah Green in spring training game 2023

Haroldk1234 (talk) 18:50, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

 Courtesy link: Draft:Elijah Green - 199.208.172.35 (talk) 18:54, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

The biggest problem here is probably that most of the new version of the draft - along with that photo to the right - seems to consist of potential copyright violations. Also: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Elijah Green. 199.208.172.35 (talk) 19:04, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for the feedback. These are public articles on a celebrity player. No different that any professional athletes' page? Haroldk1234 (talk) 19:05, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

You appear to have copy/pasted directly from your sources. That's the problem. You need to summarize in your own words, then cite. Also, you uploaded this photo as your own work. Did you take the picture? The metadata says it was taken by Amanda Bowen, copyright: 2023 Washington Nationals. 199.208.172.35 (talk) 19:09, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL I don't think he meets the general notability guideline at the moment.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 19:10, 3 April 2023 (UTC)