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June 30

How to edit a link

In the entry laúd, I would like to change the Spanish link

es:Laúd

to

es:Laúd español

Thanks. --Opus88888 (talk) 01:52, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

@Opus88888: interwiki links are handled through WP:WIKIDATA. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 02:42, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

I could not edit. --Opus88888 (talk) 05:03, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

I have sorted it in Wikidata: the problem was that the Spanish entry es:Laúd español was attached to a different Wikidata entry (d:Q5972024) from the one (d:Q1809626) that the English, German, and Italian entries were attached to. I have merged these in Wikidata, so d:Q1809626 is now pointing to the four articles.

For reasons I don't understand, Laúd has not updated its language links - I imagine it's some sort of purging issue, but I've tried purging the page. I hope it will soon catch up. --ColinFine (talk) 08:46, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

I have removed [[es:Laúd]] from the article so it doesn't override Wikidata.[1] PrimeHunter (talk) 11:50, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

Lieutenant colonel Carl Fries, air force

I couldn't believe I didn't see my grandfathers ace pilot profile. He flew b-17s, p51s and the f86 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Merdock26001 (talk • contribs) 02:52, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

@Merdock26001: Were you expecting a biography or a mention on some page? Wikipedia:Notability (people) should be satisfied to get a biography. If you refer to a mention on a page then please name the page and a give a reliable published source showing he belongs on the page. PrimeHunter (talk) 03:25, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

@Merdock26001: If by 'profile' you mean that he doesn't have an 'article', then there are two reasons why he may not have one.

1. He is not notable enough for an article. To have an article, a person must by notable according to Wikipedia's definition of that term. You can see how a person can be notable at WP:BIO.
2. He is notable but nobody has written an article about him yet. Wikipedia volunteers write articles on subjects that interest them. It's completely voluntary. So, unless someone has found out about your grandfather and taken the time to write an article (after verifying that he's notable), then there wouldn't be an article.

I hope this explanation has helped you. Dismas|^(talk) 03:28, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

How to really create a Wikipedia page for our Company? (Fasoo)

Hello, I assume that you here this question a lot, but I will ask it again. How do you correctly make a Wikipedia page for a company?

Our company, Fasoo, was originally up on Wikipedia, and then as I work for the marketing team here, when I first looked at it, I found that some of the information was outdated and some were now did not make sense, so I corrected it.

Now when I look at the deletion log, people have claimed that it is "blatant advertising" which if it is the case, I would really like to figure out how to correctly get a Wikipedia page for our company back up, and correctly under Wikipedia standards.

Thank you and I look forward to your reply.

Sincerely, David Kwag — Preceding unsigned comment added by 112.216.249.82 (talk) 03:57, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

Wikipedia is here to build an encyclopedia and not be a marketing platform for companies or individuals. That said, it is very hard for people who have a clear conflict of interest (see WP:COI), such as yourself, to write an unbiased article about the company that they work for. In order for companies to have an article here, they must be notable enough per WP:CORP. I can't say right now whether or not Fasoo is notable enough. While editing by someone with a COI is not strictly forbidden, it is advised against. If you would like to attempt to write an unbiased and non-promotional article, try WP:AFC to write a draft of the article. Dismas|^(talk) 06:18, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

Wikipedia does not have a "page for a company". Not one. What it does have is articles about companies (and other subjects). These are based entirely on published sources, and almost entirely on sources unconnected with the subject. They report what independent sources have written about the subject, good and bad. The subject has no control whatever over the content of the article. --ColinFine (talk) 08:50, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

Some hints: Never use the word "robust", never use the word "liberate", never use the word "constraints" , never use the word "exceptional", never use the word "value" , never use the word "recognized" , never use the word "leader" , never use the phrase "high quality" , never use the word "competitive" to describe your products or prices, never use the word "solutions", never claim the the business or its clients "succeed" , never claim that you beat "limitations" , never use the word "growth", never use the word "largest" or any word ending in "-est" , never use the phrase "number one". -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 11:29, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

My hero...sigh!--ukexpat (talk) 12:37, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

problem of uploading a copyright photo

Is that possible for us to upload some to a new page with allowance from the original creator and how can i prove i HAVE THAT ALLOWANCE? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fylee891234 (talk • contribs) 03:58, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

Yes, but only if the copyright holder (who may or may not be the creator) explicitly releases the image under a suitable licence such as CC-BY-SA, which will allow anybody to use the image for any purpose, commercial or not. (Permission to use on Wikipedia only is not enough). If the copyright holder is willing to do this, please ask them to follow the procedure at donating copyright materials. --ColinFine (talk) 08:53, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

Christian Jolly footballer

Has just signed for Margate FC — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.106.244.225 (talk) 09:45, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

I believe you mean Christian Jolley. I see that there are some sources to confirm this. The Average Wikipedian (talk) 10:13, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

 Fixed Found a source and updated the page. In future, please supply reliable sources. Joseph2302 (talk) 16:12, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

incorrect info "uncle tupelo"

this page on the band uncle tupelo Uncle Tupelo has an false statement. "The Newsboys (later Sammy and the Snowmonkeys)" the newsboys broke up in 1989 and never became sammy and the smowmonkeys. the fact that this was included or edited was a prank by a local band. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:306:C485:60D0:203:93FF:FEBC:C798 (talk) 12:51, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

Since nobody else has answered this, I'll have a go: if you think an article can be improved, you are welcome to do so. We require a reliable published source for information, so if you wanted to add something, we would ask for a citation to a source. If the information you are challenging appeared to be cited to a reliable source, you would need to discuss the matter on the article's talk page. But if, as here, you want to remove some information which is not referenced, please feel free to do it. (Make sure you leave an error summary explaining why, so that nobody will mistake your edit for vandalism). I have not removed it myself because I know nothing whatever about the band in question. --ColinFine (talk) 10:30, 1 July 2015 (UTC)

Sorting

I put a bunch of pipe-links at a sortable wikitable but when I press “sort ascending” it sorts them by the first letter of the destination page, not that of the hyperlinked word. What can I do?--The Theosophist (talk) 13:49, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

It would help if you linked to the article and table in question so that we can quickly view your wiki-code instead of guessing. Is this it: List of Nobel laureates in Literature?--Aspro (talk) 14:21, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

@Aspro:Yes, it is this.--The Theosophist (talk) 16:09, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

See Help:Sorting#Specifying a sort key for a cell. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:29, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

@PrimeHunter: Thank you! I have fixed it.--The Theosophist (talk) 16:38, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

Tallahassee Regional Airport Name Change

Tallahassee Regional Airport became Tallahassee International Airport yesterday.

Please change the name title.

Needs a Move Page redirect. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MikeMcDaniel86 (talk • contribs) 14:26, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

Do you have a reliable source, such as a newspaper article, reporting the name change? Robert McClenon (talk) 15:51, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

The City of Tallahassee web site has a press release, and also calls it that. http://www.talgov.com/airport/news/4781.aspx Rwessel (talk) 17:35, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

I've gone ahead and moved Tallahassee Regional Airport to Tallahassee International Airport. Rwessel (talk) 20:28, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

Requesting an edit for the China Medical Board page

I made some suggestions and included some proposed text in the China Medical Board talk page: talk:China_Medical_Board. I also mentioned my proposed edits in the Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_China page and requested an edit formally because I have a conflict of interest. I would really appreciate help in this matter. Thanks very much!

Yearoftheox36 (talk) 14:28, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

Your petitioning of changes on the article's talk page is the right way to go, so now you just have to wait for any willing editors to review your requests. If you don't receive any feedback, nudge us again (I'll see if I can spare a few moments myself). Thanks! FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 20:25, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

Retrieve CSD deleted draft

Hi, I would like to retrieve the draft of article titled Draft:Exilant Technologies that was deleted during review so that I can work on it in my sandbox area.

Is that possible, and kindly drop pointers on who can assist me or how I can do so , if by myself.

Devopam (talk) 16:00, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

You should contact the deleting admin, Jimfbleak. The draft was deleted as unambiguous advertising. -- GB fan 16:16, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

 Done Devopam I moved it to User:Devopam/Exilant Technologies --S Philbrick(Talk) 20:42, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

Thank you S Philbrick for retrieving it. I intend to work on the feedback and make this a good article in due course.Devopam (talk) 03:15, 1 July 2015 (UTC)

Thank you S Philbrick. Devopam, if you want more detail on why it was deleted or what you need to do, contact me on my talk page. Jimfbleak - talk to me? 05:57, 1 July 2015 (UTC)

creighton university ....Heider College of Business

This college has changed it's name and we can't figure out how to edit the title of the page

Eugene C. Eppley College of Business Administration

We have been able to edit the rest of the page. Please advise.

Thank you,

Kari Watts Director of Web Strategy Creighton University [e-mail redacted] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 147.134.159.165 (talk) 16:02, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

Hello, I need to move a page (change the header) of this current page :Eugene C. Eppley College of Business Administration The new name needs to read [Heider College of Business]. The college was renamed in 2013 and needs to be reflected in the wiki page. Thank you. Llemke24 (talk) 16:19, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

 Done - has been resolved by another editor. GermanJoe (talk) 17:58, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

Copyediting images: How do misspellings get fixed?

I have found several misspellings of scientific words within an image. What can I do to correct these kinds of mistakes?

Here is the URL to the page where the image is located: Sanger sequencing

Here is the image: file:Sanger-sequencing.svg

Best way would be to contact the uploader on their Commons talk page: Commons:User talk:Estevezj.

How to prevent a article from deletion

I have created a article named Satish Kumar Agarwal and there is a notification asking for atleast one reference to a reliable source to prevent from deletion.Please help. And the link is Satish Kumar Agarwal. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Satish Kumar Agarwal (talk • contribs) 18:00, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

Writing your own autobiography as a Wikipedia article is discouraged, because you have a conflict of interest. However, if you intend to work on articles about other topics, some of that information might be better suited to your userpage. ~ ONUnicorn^{(Talk|Contribs)}problem solving 18:28, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

You should probably read Wikipedia:Autobiography for a start. AndyTheGrump (talk) 18:27, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

speedy deletion! help me...!

what I've to write in my page as an article? i just copy paste one paragraph from holy bible, which meant to be my topic, "The Chosen One". And i need to make further modifications too. And now my page meet the criteria for speedy deletion! what i've to do now, please help me somebody, thanks in advance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rijo Jose Kudiyirippil (talk • contribs) 18:14, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

Wikipedia is an encyclopaedia. It consists of articles on notable encyclopaedic topics, based on published sources. It is not a web-hosting service for random 'topics' created by contributors. AndyTheGrump (talk) 18:18, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

@Rijo Jose Kudiyirippil: What are you trying to do with that page? Are you trying to let other editors know about yourself? Since the page has the same name as your username, if it is about yourself you may want to put it at User:Rijo Jose Kudiyirippil. Is it going to be some sort of essay where you discuss the meaning of that Biblical passage? If so it probably doesn't belong in Wikipedia at all. Please elaborate on your goals and objectives.~ ONUnicorn^{(Talk|Contribs)}problem solving 18:25, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

@Rijo Jose Kudiyirippil: We also do not allow copyright violations but cutting and pasting content from other sources. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 22:00, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

Need to change company page

Hi,

Could you tell me how I can update my company's page name. It is currently listed as the Sporting Good Manufacturers Association and must read as The Sports & Fitness Industry Association.

Online it said I just needed to wait till my account was autoconfirmed but it has been a while and I am still not able to edit the title.

Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jacobsca946 (talk • contribs) 19:53, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

To be autoconfirmed, which is require in order to be able to do moves, requires that your account is four days old and has performed ten edits. Anyway, this seems pretty uncontroversial, I've gone ahead and done the move. Rwessel (talk) 20:16, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

would like to have a second sandbox page

I am working on 2 different articles at the same time. It would help if I could have 2 different sandbox pages for the two different topics. Is that possible? thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Smithriedel (talk • contribs) 22:17, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

Pull up the sandbox, but do not open the editor. Put a 2 at the end of the address. It won't appear in the toolbar between your talk page and preferences like the regular sandbox, so you'll want to bookmark it in addition to adding it to your watchlist. Ian.thomson (talk) 22:25, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

Also, you can generally use the talk page of sandboxes as an additional sandbox, so long as you don't put anything in the sandbox that could get it nominated for deletion or otherwise prompt discussion that couldn't just go to your user talk page. Ian.thomson (talk) 22:32, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

You can make as many sandboxes as you want. Just pick a page name starting with User:Smithriedel/ and save something, or click one of these: Special:MyPage/sandbox2, Special:MyPage/sandbox3, Special:MyPage/sandbox4, Special:MyPage/sandbox5. One of the ways to find the pages later is to click "Contributions" at the top right, and if you don't see the wanted page right away then click "Subpages" at the bottom. I don't recommend using a talk page as a sandbox. Talk pages are not meant for that and it can cause confusion. PrimeHunter (talk) 22:38, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

Smithriedel, It is posible to add the menu a link to a page listing all the pages in your userspace, that is, all the pages whose names start with "User:Smithriedel/" That would be at Special:PrefixIndex/User:Smithriedel/. I have quite a few, so such a munu link helps me. If you want one, say so and I will describe how to do it. DES ^(talk) 02:53, 1 July 2015 (UTC)

I see you use my User:PrimeHunter/My subpages.js so let me just copy the instructions. Add the following line to Special:MyPage/common.js:

importScript('User:PrimeHunter/My_subpages.js'); // Linkback: [[User:PrimeHunter/My subpages.js]]

PrimeHunter (talk) 03:06, 1 July 2015 (UTC)

However, as noted below, there are disadvantages to creating draft articles in the sandbox. Please create draft articles either in draft space, or in user subpages (where they can be moved into draft space later). Some editors refer to user subpages as sandboxes, but they are not the same, and the usage causes confusion. Robert McClenon (talk) 17:43, 1 July 2015 (UTC)