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February 3

Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag

Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag— Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.190.168.34 (talk • contribs)

Do you see this error in an article? Which one? RudolfRed (talk) 03:37, 3 February 2016 (UTC)

Resolved

 – Klcater (talk) 16:05, 6 February 2016 (UTC)

Help Saving Page

I am in the process of editing the Fixed Allele page. I added some citations and external links to the page. I also changed the formatting of one of the references and now it won't let me save the page because they say I deleted a reference, although I didn't it is still there just in a different format. PLEASE HELP Klcater (talk) 03:36, 3 February 2016 (UTC)

I don't know why it wouldn't let you save the page, but it wasn't because it thought you deleted a reference. Deleting a reference may be a bit naughty, but the software doesn't check for that. Maproom (talk) 14:16, 3 February 2016 (UTC)

Glen Affric

Have I done refs. number 9 and particularly number 4 correctly on this article. Thanks 101.182.136.195 (talk) 08:50, 3 February 2016 (UTC)

publisher= should usually just contain the name of the publishing organisation, not additional copyright info or similar details. If you are unsure about the publisher's correct name, you can simply skip that parameter (its usage is not required), and add the website's title or other identifying information. GermanJoe (talk) 09:29, 3 February 2016 (UTC)

Thanks so much for your help German Joe - I find that stuff hard to do. Please help if u can. 101.182.136.195 (talk) 09:48, 3 February 2016 (UTC)Thanks from an old teacher.

Done - see diff and Template:cite web for more info. I have merged both threads about this topic, no need to start a new help thread for a follow-up question about the same topic :). GermanJoe (talk) 10:00, 3 February 2016 (UTC)

Please don't get annoyed! Is ref 4 - from an important magazine- on this page OK? 101.182.136.195 (talk) 10:40, 3 February 2016 (UTC) Thanks again for fixing. Cheers

We won't get annoyed if you read what you have been told countless times and take notice. In ref 4 you have |publisher=© 2007 National Geographic Society. All rights reserved|. Less than two hours ago GermanJoe told you "publisher= should usually just contain the name of the publishing organisation, not additional copyright info or similar details. If you are unsure about the publisher's correct name, you can simply skip that parameter (its usage is not required), and add the website's title or other identifying information.", and less than an hour ago he showed you a diff to explain what he'd done, and a link to the cite web template to explain to you yet again what the parameters are. (You have had the same explanations numerous times when you have asked similar questions under your previous IP addresses and from your registered account Srbernadette). He also told you "I have merged both threads about this topic, no need to start a new help thread for a follow-up question about the same topic." and yet you started a new thread here, which I have again merged with the original. - David Biddulph (talk) 11:18, 3 February 2016 (UTC)

Japanese Spitz page

Hi I have noted that a picture of one of my pups is being used on Wikipedia and borrowed by everyone....this is fine but would you mind stating that the pup is Aust Ch Havenden Finding Oreo Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.148.147.123 (talk) 09:41, 3 February 2016 (UTC)

Convenience link to the Commons version of the image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Japspitzpup.jpg Maproom (talk) 10:31, 3 February 2016 (UTC)

The image was uploaded to English Wikipedia by Kimyata, and moved to Wikimedia Commons by Jack_Bauer00. It is now in use 13 times, in 10 different Wiki projects. My understanding is that copyright in the image was released by Kimyata, and it can now be used without acknowledgment. And if any acknowledgment is due, it is due to the photographer, not to the dog or its owner. However, it would be courteous, easy, and maybe even helpful to add the dog's name to the image's talk page. Is its name really "Aust Ch Havenden Finding Oreo"? Maproom (talk) 14:36, 3 February 2016 (UTC)

Draft:The Buffelsdraai Landfill Site Community Reforestation Project

I am in distress. Last year July I created an article which was declined due to copyrighted material. Since then, I have been submitting multiple articles with the same title, as I was not aware that amendments had to be done on the very first article (in edit space). Yesterday I tried to delete the articles but the deletions were declined. I am not sure what direction to take moving forward, should I keep submitting the multiple articles or is there a better option? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Phumelele123 (talk • contribs) 14:25, 3 February 2016 (UTC)

You have also asked this at the tea-house - please do not ask the same question, multiple times in multiple places - suggest answers added to this thread at Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions#Draft:The Buffelsdraai Landfill Site Community Reforestation Project - Arjayay (talk) 14:36, 3 February 2016 (UTC)

Strange [edit] links in section headings

Greetings, keepers of the eternal flame! The [edit] links for the sections in William Young (Wisconsin politician) seem to have taken on a life of their own. The links appear as LifeEdit, Civil WarEdit etc., rather than Life [edit]. I'm not getting this weird effect on any other page. I'm using Firefox v14, but it also happens in IE v8. I edited the page some time ago, when this problem was not evident. Any ideas? >MinorProphet (talk) 16:09, 3 February 2016 (UTC)

Also, if you click the link, nothing happens, but https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Young_%28Wisconsin_politician%29#/editor/1 appears in the url window. >MinorProphet (talk) 16:14, 3 February 2016 (UTC)

@MinorProphet: See also similar discussion at Wikipedia:Village_pump_(technical)#Incorrect_page_rendition_of_section_titles_and_edit_links_at_Cricket_pitch. —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 16:32, 3 February 2016 (UTC)

Ahh, I think this used to be called a 'computer error' (ie a lack of Jolt cola & pizza during a 36-hour marathon coding session); how about 'app fail'? Thanks for your help. >MinorProphet (talk) 16:52, 3 February 2016 (UTC)

School Based Selective Mutism Treatment

I have been notified that the article I submitted, "School Based Selective Mutism Treatment" is being deleted due to copyright infringement. However, the article you refer to, "There's A Boy in My Class Who Doesn't Speak" IS written by me and is posted on the SMG website of which I was a past Board member: www.selectivemutism.org. The article I submitted to you, I feel, fills the gap in the information you have posted about "selective mutism". It is edited and very much shorter than my other article of which you speak. You do already have me listed in your references under the topic selective mutism and I did add my name to the article that I recently submitted. Therefore, I'm wondering how we can remedy this. I would really like the "school" information included with your topic of selective mutism. Should I have SMG remove my article, although I don't see how they compare except that there are only so many ways you can state information. Please advise. Thank you. Gail Kervatt — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kervatt (talk • contribs) 17:54, 3 February 2016 (UTC)

Hey there, even if it was written by you, it is still currently copyrighted (by you in this case). If you are interested in releasing your text to the public domain, you can read about this and how to do so at WP:DCM. --allthefoxes ^(Talk) 18:27, 3 February 2016 (UTC)

I have been directed to go to "Contest submission deletion", but cannot find that button. Perhaps my article was already deleted? The website mentioned for copyright infringement is my own website. Please advise as I cannot find where to "contest". Do I need to resubmit the article as I feel it is important? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kervatt (talk • contribs) 18:21, 3 February 2016 (UTC)

Yes, the article has already been deleted. For details of how to address the copyright problem, read the links on your user talk page, including WP:Donating copyrighted material. --David Biddulph (talk) 18:25, 3 February 2016 (UTC)

Samuel Bischoff

The photograph displayed on your page for producer Samuel Bischoff is actually a photo of actor George Brent. You might want to correct that.  :-) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:306:3145:EA70:223:12FF:FE54:CC (talk) 19:38, 3 February 2016 (UTC)

Why do you think so? Ruslik_Zero 20:11, 3 February 2016 (UTC)

It does look remarkably like George Brent, and is on other websites as a picture of George Brent. DuncanHill (talk) 06:53, 4 February 2016 (UTC)

Solidarity (Polish trade union)

There is a guy Special:Contributions/Zezen (probably from Poland) who keeps vandalizing the article deleting referenced information https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Solidarity_%28Polish_trade_union%29&action=history. Can you please have a look at the matter? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.43.50.185 (talk) 19:45, 3 February 2016 (UTC)

This is not vandalism. This is a content dispute. Since the reference you provided is not online or at least you don't give a link, it is difficult for anyone to know whether you are adding correct information. Zeren says you should discuss the issue.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 21:16, 5 February 2016 (UTC)

Mountain View at Edinboro

Hello,

My business was formally Mountain View at Edinboro, but it has changed names to Mount Pleasant of Edinboro. Please reference our website [1]. to see the updated information. This wrong information misleads our customers.

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.211.234.28 (talk) 19:47, 3 February 2016 (UTC)

I renamed the page. Ruslik_Zero 20:04, 3 February 2016 (UTC)

Ashlynn Yennie

Hello!

My name is Ashlynn Yennie and I have a wiki page that was created for me several years ago. I am an actress who starred in the cult film "The Human Centipede 1 & 2" I would love to have an updated picture on my wiki page but I am unsure how to change that picture. Is this something you can help me with. I have a link to the wiki page on my website and would love if the outdated picture could be updated with something from my IMDB page or I can send a photo I have the right to to you all for uploading.

thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ashyennie (talk • contribs) 22:22, 3 February 2016 (UTC)

Hey there Ashyennie - Welcome to Wikipedia! Due to the way our website works, we cannot use just any picture! The picture has to be released to us from copy-right, into the public domain. This means pictures like the one on your IMDB page is off-limits for us :(. The good news is, if you are the photographer, you have the ability to release the picture! See where I am going with this? If you want to take a picture of yourself, you can then upload it to our system and it can be used! As for uploading the picture, you can learn how to do that here! --allthefoxes ^(Talk) 23:19, 3 February 2016 (UTC)

If you have an image to which you own the copyright (because it's a selfie, or you used a camera with a delay, or you paid the person who took the picture to transfer the copyright to you), you can upload it to Wikipedia Commons, starting here. Uploading it to Commons rather than to English Wikipedia has the advantage that it allows the image to be used in French, Russian, Chinese etc. Wikipedias as well. It will then be up to editors on the various language Wikipedias to judge whether the image is better than the one already on the page. This shouldn't be a problem, as long as the picture shows you full face or near enough, and preferably looking at the camera. (In my irrelevant opinion, the one now in the article looks even better than the one at IMDB.)

Incidentally, I see that you have been editing the article about you. This is allowed, but not encouraged. Adding simple statements of fact is generally ok, but for anything that might be controversial, it is better to describe the changes that you want made on the article's talk page, and hope that an impartial editor will make them for you. And, for anything you want added, it's best if you can give a reference to a published source (like a newspaper article) that supports the statement. Maproom (talk) 23:32, 3 February 2016 (UTC)

editing wikipedia

hi,

i made several edits to couple of pages to include references to journal articles to support claims made in the article.

i saved these changes and saw them on the screen. however, when i went back to those pages, the changes were not there. in my contributions section, i see the updates to the pages that i made.

are all wikipedia updates verified by someone before they are placed on the website? is that why i'm not seeing the changes that i've made?

thanks, — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rlow11 (talk • contribs) 23:07, 3 February 2016 (UTC)

Hi Rlow11! Every page on wikipedia is editable by everyone, so it was very likely that your edits were quickly reverted. For example, here, your edits were reverted by another editor. They didn't leave a message for you, which is a bit rude, but you can absolutely leave them a message on their talk page to ask them why they reverted your edit! --allthefoxes ^(Talk) 23:14, 3 February 2016 (UTC)

Looking quickly through your contributions it seems that a number of your edits were silently (I.e. without explanatory edit summary) reverted by just one or two editors. As Allthefoxes suggests that's not really the best way to do things as your edits contained referenced material and you would have the right to raise the matter at their talk pages. Eagleash (talk) 23:25, 3 February 2016 (UTC)

Actually, at least one of the editors did leave a message for User:Rlow11 at his talk page (some spam warnings). He may not have known to check it though. Dingsuntil (talk) 00:35, 4 February 2016 (UTC)

Relevant guidelines are WP:SPAM and WP:NOTHERE. Maproom (talk) 08:33, 4 February 2016 (UTC)

Hi Rlow11 I looked at several of your reverted edits, and something they had in common is that they added citations to articles had written. Although most of the reversions did not mention a reason, I believe the other editors thought you were trying to publicize your articles as described at WP:REFSPAM. —teb728 t c 09:48, 4 February 2016 (UTC)