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April 15

Notices while e-mailing users?

When the Arbitration Committee is e-mailed, there is a notice that says to change the subject to something more specific. How is this placed on the Special:Emailuser page? I can't find anything in the source code of the account's user page. I.hate.spam.mail.here (talk | contributions) 05:44, 15 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

They use the page: User:Arbitration Committee/Emailnotice. You can make yours here. Heart ^(talk) 05:55, 15 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Got it, thanks! I.hate.spam.mail.here (talk | contributions) 20:32, 16 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

how to edit a biography page to indicate a death?

Hi, there, I can't seem to find any documentation about editing a biography of a person to indicate that the person died (he died yesterday). Is there a policy or guideline about that? I've been editing/maintaining the page of the individual while he was living. He's not really a public figure, but I want to do it right. I realize that I need to wait until an official announcement in the news media. Thanks! Robert J Nagle (talk) 05:56, 15 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Robert J Nagle. It is really quite simple. You must create a reference to an indisputably reliable source that says this person has died. False death claims are commonplace on the internet and these false claims often creep into Wikipedia articles. The verifiability of the death, in cases like this, is a core content policy that cannot be ignored. Cullen328 (talk) 06:02, 15 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I don't do this often but here are a few things to consider:

Change tenses as needed, for example: "Elvis Presley (born January 8, 1935) is a..." to "Elvis Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was a..."
Add the death date to the info box and right after the name in the intro paragrapah
Write a paragraph about his death, using citations.
Change the talk page from {{WikiProject Biography|living=yes|...}} to {{WikiProject Biography|living=no|...}}

Happy editing! Heart ^(talk) 06:05, 15 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict) Hi Robert J Nagle. You're correct in that you're going to need to be able to provide a citation to a pretty strong reliable source that allows such content to be verified before trying to add it to the article per WP:BLPSOURCES. Moreover, as you can probably guess and may have experienced before based upon the ~~paid-contribution~~COI declaration on your user page, any time you post something like I've been editing/maintaining the page of the individual while he was living., some users might be quick to assume the worst or at least that you've got an WP:APPARENTCOI. So, if you do have any sort of personal or professional connection with this individual, you probably should be up as front about it as possible. Perhaps, use the article talk page to discuss things and explain whatever connection you have to this person, and seek input from others as to how to best incorporate the information about their death into the article, even prehaps making edit requests instead of trying to do it yourself. -- Marchjuly (talk) 06:11, 15 April 2022 (UTC); [Note: Post edited by Marchjuly to strikethrough the incorrect reference to "paid-contributions" per the OP's response below. -- 07:24, 15 April 2022 (UTC)][reply]

Who is the person in question? Since various people have been killed off on Wikipedia in hoax edits, it is always a no-no to do this without a reliable source.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 07:04, 15 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Ianmacm I received a private email from a family member. I won't mention it publicly until the family has announced it publicly -- and certainly won't mention it on wikipedia until there is a bona fide obituary. Robert J Nagle (talk) 07:08, 15 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Cullen328 thanks for the straightforward advice. @Marchjuly With regard to conflict of interest, I did not make a notice because it was not necessary at the time -- and I received no money or commercial benefit from editing the article, but I've been interviewing the person (an author) for a book I'm writing -- well, when he was alive anyway. Now, though, things have changed and there is theoretically a COI -- and so I definitely will do a declaration. (By the way, it is wrong to say that I have a paid-declaration on my user page -- I have never received money for any work I have done on any wikipedia page and the author mentioned there is not the same one I am talking about here). Robert J Nagle (talk) Robert J Nagle (talk) 07:06, 15 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Robert J Nagle: My apologies for that error and mistaking your COI declaration for a paid-contribution declaration. Careless mistake on my part and I've gone back and corrected things. I was pretty sure the declaration was for a different person, but just was trying to state (rather poorly perhaps) that you probably knew about COI editing and how some users view it quite suspiciously even when its been declared. Anyway, sorry again for the error. -- Marchjuly (talk) 07:24, 15 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Robert J Nagle: Another thing you need to do (besides those mentioned by HeartGlow30797 above) after you have a source to cite for the death is to change the category Category:Living people to Category:2022 deaths in the article. I've occasionally forgotten to do this myself. Deor (talk) 13:35, 15 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Robert J Nagle: Once you have a reliable source and undertake all of the changes mentioned above, please also change the associated Wikidata item. -Arch dude (talk) 17:43, 15 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I can now say that the wiki page I'm referring to is for author Clay Reynolds. I'm editing now Robert J Nagle (talk) 15:55, 17 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

copyright status of still image extracted from livestream of US Senate hearings

Question

I would like to confirm that I can use a screenshot from an archived livestream of a recent US Senate hearing. And that I should mark that image as an "Original work of the US Federal Government" during the upload to Wikimedia Commons.

Background

Livestream on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZT1vEjCv8A
Target article: Joseph DeCarolis

Process

File upload wizard ▶ Release rights ▶ This file is not my own work ▶ This work was made by the United States government ▶ Original work of the US Federal Government = ✘

Comment

The main issue is whether the livestream in question is indeed an original work of the US Federal Government. Any help gratefully received. RobbieIanMorrison (talk) 07:49, 15 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, RobbieIanMorrison. That is the official YouTube channel of the U.S. Energy Information Administration, a federal agency. Therefore, the video is free of copyright and in the public domain. Proceed as you described at Wikimedia Commons. Cullen328 (talk) 17:03, 15 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

As Cullen said, it's in the public domain and as such, you may want to directly upload it to commons:. Public domain images are suggested to be hosted from there. —CX Zoom[he/him] ^{(let's talk • C • L)} 17:20, 15 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Many thanks Cullen328 and CX Zoom (I am a bit more versed in copyright and related rights in a European context). RobbieIanMorrison (talk) 18:52, 15 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved

Ten or 10?

Should this numer be written as "ten" or "10"? Dr Salvus 09:10, 15 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

See MOS:NUMERAL. RobbieIanMorrison (talk) 09:49, 15 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism help request from bobbyjoeandy Replace BCE with BC Page [[1]]

I have noticed some vandalism at PAGENAME. Namely, BRIEFLY DESCRIBE THE VANDALISM HERE. Would an editor please assist me with fixing it? Thank you, Bobbyjoeandy (talk) 13:57, 15 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Bobbyjoeandy: If the vandalism is persistent across different editors, please submit a request at Wikipedia:Requests for protection. If it's one editor (unregistered or otherwise), please go to WP:AIV. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 14:37, 15 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: how is the existing date format vandalism? Sumanuil. 05:28, 16 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Christos Aslanis or Χρήστος Ασλάνης

Hi there, I have just uploaded successfully my bio file and photos in greek and english, however in the search my name doesnt come out. Is there anything else I should do in order to publish my information? Thank you for your kind assistance and looking forward to hearing from you. Sincerely yours, Christos Aslanis — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kaliona!23 (talk • contribs) 16:28, 15 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Kaliona!23. This is your only edit to the English Wikipedia although I notice that you uploaded a lot of images to Wikimedia Commons. Please read WP:AUTOBIOGRAPHY. In short, trying to write a Wikipedia article about yourself is a bad idea. Cullen328 (talk) 16:56, 15 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Kaliona!23: I note that you have uploaded commons:File:CHRISTOS ASLANIS wikipedia - bio 1.pdf which purports to be "my bio file". This is not, and will never be, an article within Wikipedia in any language and I suggest you delete it. Wikipedia is an encyclopaedia, where volunteer editors write about notable topics and people (unconnected to them), not some sort of social media or LinkedIn. Mike Turnbull (talk) 19:14, 15 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Where's the category for general link issues?

I'm putting together an edit request to fix the help links on the links to be fixed area (how ironic) in Open tasks and was wondering if there's a category for link errors. Could someone help me find it? IHaveAVest (talk) 18:19, 15 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@IHaveAVest: Is this what you're looking for? Category:All articles with dead external links TimTempleton ^(talk) ^(cont) 19:15, 15 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]