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March 22

Help:Cite errors/Cite error ref no input

my edit states no references . The exact reference was provided. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Twiddletwaddle (talk • contribs) 00:29, 22 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Widdletwaddle: Edit the article, look for occurrences of <ref></ref>, and remove them. There are two such occurrences, and they are at the locations where the big error messages are in the normal article display. ―Mandruss ☎ 00:33, 22 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Twiddletwaddle: Pinging again, this time with the correct username. ―Mandruss ☎ 00:42, 22 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

For a new editor the <ref></ref> can be a little bit confusing. Do as Mandruss suggests and first remove your edits, then read Help:Cite errors/Cite error included ref & Help:Footnotes. Then have another attempt at it .--Aspro (talk) 01:01, 22 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

New Topic how To

Hi,

How can I create a new Wikipedia topic for a specific product? Is this the place to do that?

Thanks! Terry — Preceding unsigned comment added by TCoupe58 (talk • contribs) 00:33, 22 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

This is not the place to create a new article. I would suggest you read Wikipedia:Your first article. It will explain how to create an article. -- GB fan 00:38, 22 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Is this product, something you have designed yourself ? --Aspro (talk) 01:20, 22 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

TLD pages

I was recently looking at some pages, such as .ninja, .ceo, and .xyz, and I noticed in this template at the bottom of the pages that there were a lot of pages not yet created. As a new user with little-to-no knowledge about any of the domains missing pages (other than research I will likely do), would it be wrong of me to try and help out by creating those pages, and trying to bring them up to at least the standard of .aero? Or, would it be ok to do that?

On a question I asked a few days ago about musicians, someone mentioned making a draft for a page and submitting it to a "pages for creation" project page. Would that be a better option than just immediately creating the pages?

Also another minor question (as a n00b wikipedia user), does anyone have any suggestions on where to start looking up things to add to my userpage (such as userboxes, templates, whatever)? Or, any suggestions as to what I should write on my userpage?

Thanks for the help in advance. CentralFloridian (talk) 07:06, 22 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I would suggest only creating them if they are indeed noteworthy by themselves (have received a lot of coverage in the news, etc.), if not, they should just be redirected to List of Internet top-level domains.

As for the second question, if you're unsure as to whether or not your content should go live in the article namespace and be immediately recognized as an article, you should definitely go the WP:AFC route. Here you can work on the article and get feedback from other users. Or if you think your content's ready, be bold and just start the page.

And the third question: take a look at WP:UPDC.

Scarce2 (talk) 09:56, 22 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The guide for what is appropriate for your user page is WP:UP -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 10:43, 22 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe also interesting in an old discussion on Meta about this issue, and if you feel entitled to close it as not one please make it so. –Be..anyone (talk) 13:46, 22 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

SATISH SINGH GAHMARI

WHY DELETE THIS PAGE — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gahmar (talk • contribs) 12:37, 22 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Because this is not Facebook. We only include articles on notable people, not people who write their own, pretend, autobiography.
You have repeatedly tried to spam this numerous times as Satish Gahmari, Satish singh gahmari, Satish Singh Gahmari and probably others.
To quote the archives here "it's nothing but a copy and paste of Amit Agarwal with Agarwal's name replaced with his own" - Arjayay (talk) 13:08, 22 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

If the 'article' is nothing but a copy-paste with the name changed, it is an unambiguous hoax, and therefore vandalism. Do anything remotely similar again, Gahmar, and you can expect to be indefinitely blocked from Wikipedia. AndyTheGrump (talk) 13:45, 22 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It is then also a WP:Copyright violation. -- Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 14:21, 22 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

article in sandbox

How to post the article we have written on sandbox to Wikipedia, Pls Let us know about it . — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.189.191.129 (talk) 17:46, 22 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Posting this question is the only contribution from IP 50.189.191.129 and IPs cannot have sandboxes. Perhaps you have an account, but forgot to log-in when you asked your question?
Please tell us where your article is, and we can try and help. - Arjayay (talk) 18:35, 22 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Add Scranton Sports Person

Reference: http://biddybb.com/about-biddy/our-history/ Biddy Basketball was originated in 1951 by Jay Archer, Executive Director of the Youth Center in Scranton, Pennsylvania.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Panicalep (talk • contribs) 18:57, 22 March 2015‎ (UTC)[reply]

@Panicalep: If you feel that Jay Archer meets Wikipedia's notability requirements, then I invite you to create an article about him through the articles for creation process. As for adding him to the list of notable people from Scranton, PA, it is usually best that the subject have an article of their own first and then be added to such lists. Dismas|^(talk) 19:26, 22 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley

I am editing the wiki page for Ambassador Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley, per her request. I have cited every article and removed anything that was subjective.

What do I need to do to get the warning removed from the page?

Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Grmax1000 (talk • contribs) 23:04, 22 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

First, you have an almost insurmountable conflict of interest so you are strongly discouraged from editing the article directly. Second, you have added some refs but the COI, "like resume" etc tags are still relevant. Please use the article's talk page to discuss further.--ukexpat (talk) 12:42, 23 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Varieties of Squirrels

Hello... just wanted to know if you could or should add "white squirrels" of Exter, Ontario Canada... I have sent you a link:http://www.blogto.com/travel/2009/10/the_white_squirrels_of_exeter/ ... please check it out as they are the norm there! Thank you Alexander Smith — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.252.253.173 (talk) 23:56, 22 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The article you've linked says that they are a variety of eastern gray squirrels, rather than a separate species, so we wouldn't have a separate article on them. Our article notes that white-colored individuals are relatively common where predation is low, which makes sense (they are presumably more visible than the gray norm, and accordingly more vulnerable to predators). I'm not sure we need to mention the Exeter Ontario whites specifically, especially since the source is a travel blog. A scientific study giving more information might be worth looking for though - I'll see what I can find. In future, if you have suggestions regarding a particular article, the best place to post is the article talk page - your post is more likely to be seen by people interested in the subject. AndyTheGrump (talk) 00:10, 23 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]