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March 23

How to create a term about an institution?

I want to create a new term about an institution, so I want to creation procedure and the rules or standards for creating the new term？ Looking forward your answers!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 211.75.30.99 (talk) 01:43, 23 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, but Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not for things made up one day. We only have articles about things that have been independently reported in reliable sources, using our definitions of such sources (WP:RS). If your new term is eventually reported upon in multiple reliable sources, it would still need to be notable (WP:NOTABLE) and would still need to be more than a definition of the term (WP:DICTDEF) to warrant a separate article. -Arch dude (talk) 03:17, 23 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Article contains inaccurate information and links

I am one of two spokesmen for Anti-Communist Action, a free speech activist group which - before a heavy reform - had ties to "Alt-Right" groups. This is no longer the case and I will render a sample list of tentative changes below. I currently operate the organization's Twitter and have been active within the group since March 2017, shortly after its formation.

Anti-Communist Action is an alt-right organization based in the United States and Canada.
The group has links to Atomwaffen Division.
The group has done security for various alt-right and white supremacist rallies.

As the first sentence is no longer accurate, I will update this section with a brief history of the internal changes. The second sentence is no longer accurate and will be pruned. I will expand upon the third sentence, including a photo.

Patch however disputed the claim that all members are white supremacists.
The group has also stated that it accepts members of all-races.
Leaked ProPublica logs however found violent rhetoric against minorities in the organization.

Patch's article, while fairly accurate, is not related to Anti-Communist Action, and will be pruned. This is accurate and will be appended to include all religions. The content shown by ProPublica were troll users who the administrators at the time, myself included, regularly deleted messages and banned for inappropriate behavior. This claim will be explained in a brief, detailed section.

If requested, I will submit a full page for pre-approval, before proceeding with edits. If this is not necessary, please let me know so that I can begin my edits. Thank you for your time. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anticomskrrt (talk • contribs) 02:25, 23 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note, I have reported username. Anticomskrrt as for the changes, these are best to be discuss on the articles talk page but as for actually making them, unless they can be backed up by reliable independant sources then you are unlikely to be able to change what is in the article. NZFC^(talk) 02:44, 23 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Wu language wikipedia about Liu Xiaobo

Hello! Who can help me link this with Liu Xiaobo? I live in China and can't do it! Thanks a lot!— Preceding unsigned comment added by 他删之石 (talk • contribs)

HI 他删之石 Looks like that article is already linked. On the English article, it's listed on the Languages section. Joseph2302 (talk) 10:31, 23 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much! – 他删之石 11:22, 23 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Change of page name

Could you please change the name of the page Draft:BCN1 to BCN Drone Center please ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Prakharkamal (talk • contribs) 12:00, 23 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Prakharkamal: I have moved it to Draft:BCN Drone Center and added a box with advice and a submit button. A title without "Draft:" is only if it's accepted as an article. It lacks references to satisfy Wikipedia:Verifiability and Wikipedia:Notability. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:59, 23 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

And I've deleted the draft, because the whole thing was a copyvio of https://www.barcelonadronecenter.com. Black Kite (talk) 19:03, 23 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

How do I add a reference?

I just edited a page for the first time, but can't find out how to add a reference/citation to my edit. How do I do it? I thought that by going to the Help Desk I'd find out, but I still can't find it, sorry! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Grannybuttons (talk • contribs) 13:15, 23 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Grannybuttons. I've added some instructions to your talk page. --NeilN ^{talk to me} 13:19, 23 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Not sure how, but a large number of references went missing after recent edits... producing error messages. I restored the page and then re-added GB's content and ref. and it seems OK now. Eagleash (talk) 14:11, 23 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

bed bugs

How are they transmitted to one another? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2604:6000:A1CC:EF00:5D53:1F5:5D64:3447 (talk) 14:01, 23 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, this is the desk for help in editing Wikipedia. If the article Bed bug does not help, you could try asking at the reference desk. Thank you. Eagleash (talk) 14:14, 23 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

This isn't the correct place for an answer, but the bugs crawl into luggage and the seams of clothing. Dbfirs 21:31, 23 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Should I delete Images Created for a settled discussion?

File:NoClear.png, File:YesClear.png and File:GoldfishWhiteTelescopeNoClear.png were created on commons as part of the discussion Talk:Goldfish#Removing_the_Clear_Messes_Up_the_Table. The three images serve no purpose except to give context to the discussion, which has now arrived at a consensus. Should they be deleted, as their function is concluded, or preserved so future editors can follow the discussion? --HighFlyingFish (talk) 18:37, 23 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hey HighFlyingFish. The basic requirement for images to be within the scope of commons is that they can realistically useful for some educational purpose, and even for images outside that scope, a small number of images are allowed for personal use if the user is active on some other project. So they'd probably be just fine where they are. Having said that, Commons grants fairly broad discretion for the deletion of otherwise unused images if requested by the author, and so if you would like them deleted, you can add {{SD|G7}} to the files and someone can come along and clean them up. GMG ^talk 18:57, 23 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Help With Permissions to write an article

Hello, I need help writing an article about a soccer player. He has had his page deleted and wants to be able to put it back up. His name is protected so I would like to know what we need to do to be able to either get his page re-instated or be able to write a new one. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DangerousFig (talk • contribs) 20:39, 23 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi DangerousFig, if the article has been deleted before then unless something has changed it is unlikely that another article can be created. But the requirements for a football player is WP:NFOOTY or otherwise meeting WP:GNG. If you need a hand, I work with WP:FOOTBALL project and write player articles so maybe able to help. NZFC^(talk) 21:06, 23 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

If he was Wikipedia:Notability (people) he would not have had the page deleted about him. Note: it was not His page. Wait until he becomes notable and a page will be created without him having to get involved. --Aspro (talk) 21:08, 23 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

According to Wikipedia:Notability (people) he would be considered notable as he has played professionally. The page about him has been protected, will that be an obstacle if someone tries to write about him? ~DangerousFig (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 21:22, 23 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

His Page wouldn't have been deleted if he actually played in a fully professional league. If you let us know the name of the player we could tell you but it sounds like the page was deleted and WP:SALT to stop it being recreated as he isn't notable. NZFC^(talk) 21:36, 23 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

His name is Michel Okai, he is pretty new so I understand why notability would be a problem. It seems there's no other option than to wait. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DangerousFig (talk • contribs) 21:51, 23 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Yes looking at the deletion discussion he isn't notable as hasn't played in professional league. Until then, I wouldn't try recreating the article. NZFC^(talk) 21:57, 23 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Demetrio Paparoni

Demetrio Paparoni, a prominent art historian, art critic and art curator, has a Wikipedia page in Italian. https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demetrio_Paparoni

How can this be created in English? Paparoni works with many American artists and we would all like to create this for him.

Timothy — Preceding unsigned comment added by Timothygs (talk • contribs) 22:19, 23 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

You will find advice at WP:Translation. I notice, however, that the Biografia section of the Italian article has only one reference, so you may need to improve the referencing to produce an article acceptable here on the English Wikipedia. --David Biddulph (talk) 00:50, 24 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict) Hello, Timothygs. Creating a new article is one of the harder tasks on Wikipedia (and it is not necessarily much easier if the article already exists in another language). Start by having a look at at Your first article, and especially look at the requirements for notability, which are not (directly) about whether the subject is "prominent", but depend on whether several people unconnected with the subject have chosen to publish in-depth material about the subject, since the content of an article should be almost entirely sourced to such material.

You may if you wish create an article by translating the Italian article: if you do so, you must attribute it properly: see WP:Translation. As each language Wikipedia has its own policies, it is not necessarily the case that an article acceptable to one Wikipedia will be acceptable to another: your English article, even if it is a translation, will be evaluated according to the policies of English Wikipedia.

One final point: I strongly suggest that you let go of the idea of create an article "for" him. Wikipedia articles are about subjects; they are not for (or against) them. They should summarise what the independent reliably-published sources say about the subject, not what the subject or their friends or associates say or want to say. --ColinFine (talk) 00:56, 24 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]