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September 15

Delete a Photo?

How do I delete a photo from a page? I've been making editorial tweaks to a friend's site, and he asked that I remove a photo he dislikes. I understand the copyright issues, and could update the page with a photo I've taken. From what I understand, a request to an administrator must be made for a photo to be removed, are there specific instructions?72.92.55.126 (talk) 00:17, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

We will need to know what page you are referring to - but please note that an image is not going to be removed because the subject dislikes it in most cases. Unless there is a copyright problem with the current photo, there's no reason it must be removed. ~Charmlet ^-talk- 00:21, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

Also, please follow the guidance at WP:COI. Usually it's not a good idea to edit an article about your friends. RudolfRed (talk) 00:45, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

The OP seems to be referring to John Wesley Harding (singer) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views). Dismas|^(talk) 02:02, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

Removing a picture because he doesn't like it isn't a valid reason, sorry. Best approach would be to make a better picture available for free. Upload a nice pic, and change it. If you can't work out how to change it, ask again here - but upload it with a free licence first; WP:UPLOAD. Best, 88.104.27.75 (talk) 03:03, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

I think there's been some confusion in these answers. There are two separate issues: removing a picture from a page, and removing it from Wikipedia or Wikimedia commons. Removing a picture from a page is easy and anybody may do it; however, if somebody else thinks the article is better with the picture they can restore it. A way round that is often to provide a better picture, properly licensed, as 88.104 suggested. And while COI is generally relevant, providing good pictures is one thing that people with a COI are often able to do that definitely helps Wikipedia.

The other point is removing a picture from Wikipedia or Wikimedia commons. This is the thing that would require action from an administrator, but as I read it, that is not what the OP is requesting. --ColinFine (talk) 08:53, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

edit info for Bogdan rudenko

Im asking to edit the information regarding Rudenko Bogdan since it is effecting not only him but close people around, relatives, friends. All new information stated that he was release and not guilty and it was all fault accusations against him. Kindly asking for editing and correcting since its ruining everyone's life. Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bogdanrudenko23 (talk • contribs) 02:29, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

Bogdan Rudenko (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

This reference link seems legit; do you have references to show that he was declared 'not guilty'? - I will remove the claim for the time-being, per WP:BLP. Please reply. 88.104.27.75 (talk) 02:53, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

Roman Polanski Sexual Abuse Section of the Article

Reading this section I think it is incredibly biased given what is publicly known about the case. It appears to be an apology for skipping the country. The judge is blamed for not being trusted because he was not going to give Polanski probation.

As I understand the facts // text removed per WP:BLP //

Just my thoughts — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.129.119.96 (talk) 03:11, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

Roman Polanski (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Hi, this is wikipedia. "As I understand the facts" doesn't cut it. Please read WP:V. If you can add information with appropriately reliable sources, go for it. Please understand how seriously we take these issues, please read WP:BLP. Thanks. 88.104.27.75 (talk) 03:15, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia strives to simply report the facts of the matter, and not to editorialize. It wouldn't be appropriate for us to inject our own opinions of whether the man should be in jail now or not. --erachima talk 03:16, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

If you want to discuss any change to the wording, based on reliable sources and the policies linked above, the place to do so is the article's talk page. -Karenjc 08:30, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

Date error

My input is very simple. I have found an error in a year of death of an individual listed in Wikipedia. You have an article about the father. When I followed the link to a son, the article about the son lists an incorrect year for the death of the father. Very minor but yet a correction that needs to be made. How do I make that happen.

Sincerely, D. Smith — Preceding unsigned comment added by Smith2586 (talk • contribs) 07:13, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

You can correct it yourself, but ought to ensure that you include a reference to a published reliable source to confirm the information. - David Biddulph (talk) 07:20, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

You can usually just click the Edit tab. Which page is it? PrimeHunter (talk) 10:41, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

Meaning of "Category:Historical regions in Country X"

I have a difficulty in understanding the scope of this category. Doesn't it include historical regions that are presently a part of Country X? Or it also includes regions that were in the past a part of Country X? 79.117.184.132 (talk) 07:53, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

It might mean either. There has quite possibly been no discussion on the matter; or it might be that there have been separate discussions on the categories for different countries, which might even have come to different conclusions. I would take a pragmatic view that the purposes of categories is to help people navigate, nothing more, so I'd just include any region which might fit by either interpretation. Is there a particular instance that is troubling you? --ColinFine (talk) 09:06, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

The edit in question is [1]. I understand the meaning of the article name as "Historical regions that are currently in Hungary". I am not against a category that links Burzenland with Hungary, but I think this formula is not the best 79.117.184.132 (talk) 09:42, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia images

Hi. I have just moved to China and found that all of the images on Wikipedia have been replaced by a little icon of a page with the bottom right corner broken off. Is this a result of the censorship here (which I realise tears a lot of articles to pieces) or something I can do something about?

Thank you for your help :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 39.190.67.225 (talk) 12:23, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

The images are stored at https://upload.wikimedia.org. Can you see https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a9/Example.jpg? PrimeHunter (talk) 12:34, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

Logging in problem

I haven't used my accout in a while, but decided to revive it again. I'd forgotten my password but not the Username, so I sent a password reset request.

I received the email with the temporary password info, but this is where the problem begins. After inputting the temp password, I am redirected to a page to choose a new password. On doing this, the user should click a button to create password and log in, but for me, I just get rerdirected back to the first log-in page, with an error message saying the password is incorrect. Even if I retype the password I just chose, I am advised it is incorrect. Nor can I re-use the temp password. I have been throught this process three times now, using three temp passwords and choosing three different "new" passwords, but the same thing keeps happening.

I also tried to recreate the account, in case it had expired, but it still exists. I've not provided the username, as I'm assuming the solution will be general rather than account-specific.

Help! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.151.91.123 (talk) 12:56, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

If you don't get an answer here within a reasonable amount of time, I suggest you try WP:VPT, which is where the more technical folks tend to hang out. -- John Broughton (♫♫) 20:49, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

I suggest that you instruct your browser to dump all Wikipedia-related cookies and then go back, being sure to accept all cookies if you don't have your browser set to accept all cookies. I've never had this problem with Wikipedia, but I've had this kind of loops on other websites, and they're normally a cookie problem. Nyttend (talk) 02:38, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

Changing an article's title

I started an article several years ago: Kirby-Smith Hall. As it turns out, the correct name of this LSU campus dormitory is Edmund Kirby Smith Hall. I'm thinking the right thing to do is to change the article's name to reflect this. What are my options? Any advice will be appreciated! Kerry (talk) 15:05, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

Dear Ksoileau, in order to change the title, the article can easily be moved to a new name. But you should provide some sort of a reference that the correct name really is "Edmund Kirby Smith Hall". Currently, "Kirby-Smith Hall" is backed by [2], the official campus map. Best regards--FoxyOrange (talk) 15:21, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

I moved the article to Edmund Kirby Smith Hall (after checking the map to confirm the name)

Because the map also uses Kirby Smith Hall, I created a redirect.

I'll let you edit the article itself.--SPhilbrick(Talk) 15:26, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

Curiously, though perhaps not surprisingly, the name Edmund Kirby Smith Hall is on the list at the left. On the map itself, Kirby Smith Hall is used. However, on the list on the left Kirby-Smith Hall is also listed, so all three are in use.

A reader searching for any of the three will find the article. I'll leave it to others to decide if one of the others is a preferable name, but it doesn't sound like it is worth spending too much time.--SPhilbrick(Talk) 15:31, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

Looks like a good resolution of the question, thanks all for help! To answer the question about the correct name of the building, one can see at the beginning of the following video Kirby Smith Hall Tour that the sign outside of the dorm reads Edmund Kirby Smith Hall, so that's the source I'm going by... Kerry (talk) 16:54, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

How to access {{Hollywood1921}}

Hello. I'm quite an experienced contributor, but now I have come across something that I don't understand. At Bebe Daniels#Later life and career, there is something that looks like an image, a clickable 1921 Vanity Fair caricature by Ralph Barton. A closer investigation reveals that this has not been included using [[File:]], but rather by {{Hollywood1921}}. My question is: How can I edit the caption (I would like to flag the reflink as "dead")? Thanks for your help, and keep up your great work!--FoxyOrange (talk) 15:14, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

You need to edit Template:Hollywood1921. Ideally, see if you can find a good link, but barring that, mark as dead.--SPhilbrick(Talk) 15:20, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

Uploading photos

Hi- Might somebody be able to explain to me how to upload a photo onto a wkipedia page? Thanks in advance, — Preceding unsigned comment added by RiffMom (talk • contribs) 17:14, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

@RiffMom: Where did you find the picture? ~Charmlet ^-talk- 17:33, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

See my answer to an identical question further up the page: Wikipedia:Hd#Photo-edit a page. - Karenjc 19:09, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

Entering new article

Two portions of the text we just entered do not appear in the preview -- a single line, in each case, appears in an enclosed box in a simple type font (different from the rest of the text) and then the ensuing text after the missing end of the paragraph continues properly. How do we get the lines inside the box -- along with the rest of the missing copy -- to appear in the article? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 47.17.47.19 (talk) 17:29, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

Assuming you're talking about Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Pritam & Eames, the problem is that in front of the words "Critical" and "The impassioned" you have a leading space. Just delete the spaces in front of those paragraphs, and the text should be properly formatted. Howicus (Did I mess up?) 17:33, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

• Orangemike G11 deleted the page 17:59, 15 September 2013. Some of the text can be found at at pritameames.com. -- Jreferee (talk) 20:08, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

Blocked URL

Hello, upon attempting to make a recent edit, I discovered that Examiner.com has been blocked from being linked. I could not find any rationale as to why this is in any of the archives, can someone please explain? Thanks. felt_friend 19:37, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

Examiner is a user-submitted news source, thus it is not considered a reliable source. ~Charmlet ^-talk- 19:58, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

You can find some of the discussions here on why examiner.com is registered on Wikipedia's blacklist. -- Jreferee (talk) 19:59, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

Login issues

Hi been a member since 2010, last edited a page on Jan. 4 2011. About 2 years ago I cancelled my Rogers internet & my email account was terminated. But have recently been back with Rogers again, and created a new email account, I used the same email address & username to log in to Wikipedia, but since I can't remember my password, I've had to re-set password again. When I entered my username which I remember, it says password has been re-set to my email. But no messages are in my email box, even after 24 hrs. I've re-set password a few times, but got message: A password reminder has already been sent within the last 24 hours. To prevent abuse, only one password reminder will be sent per 24 hours. Should I just create a new Wikipedia account? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.245.143.63 (talk) 21:16, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

It would help us if you'd specify the Wikipedia username that you had before. Nyttend (talk) 02:35, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

Hi Nyttend sorry to not adding my username, it is still jerry didonato — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.245.143.63 (talk) 14:35, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

The account User:jerry didonato has a total of six edits. So it doesn't seem important to figure out how to access it again - better to just create a new username. I note that User:Jerry Didonato seems available. -- John Broughton (♫♫) 01:27, 17 September 2013 (UTC)