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July 2

Page seems to have disappeared

Dear editors, I am not particularly familiar with the technical aspects of Wikipedia. In 2011 I had contributed to a page. Having logged in after a long time, I found that the page seems to have disappeared. Exact title or URL of page is https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Indraprastha_Institute_of_Information_Technology&redirect=no May I know what has happened to it and how to fix it? Thanking you in anticipation. AnkitSarkar (talk) 06:33, 2 July 2017 (UTC)

It is still there in the history. An editor redirected the page to another version that exists (though with less history to it). Jarkeld (talk) 06:42, 2 July 2017 (UTC)

It seems Ashutosh.iiitd has done a cut-and-paste move in 2016 and then redirected the page instead of a proper move. A history merge would be appropriate. Jarkeld (talk) 06:44, 2 July 2017 (UTC)

Thank you for your help Jarkeld. May I know if I can do this myself or do I need to contact any administrator? AnkitSarkar (talk) 07:01, 2 July 2017 (UTC)

The history merge was done.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 20:28, 7 July 2017 (UTC)

Vandalism by User:Garrymust506

Article WittyFeed which was created through AFC, is being repeatedly vandalized by newly created account possibly a sock User:Garrymust506. The user has created account with purpose to delete article, placing speedy deletion tag, even when speedy deletion criteria doesn't apply. Please anyone look at the matter and resolve it. I would request to lock the page so that unregistered or new user cannot edit. 2405:204:2105:EEE4:5B01:2219:57B4:F77E (talk) 07:13, 2 July 2017 (UTC)

Yes No unregistered user like you can edit it. You IP is here and you are just removing this tag. Are you the guy working for wittyfeed? Administrator please review the complete article. This is only made for promotional purpose. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Garrymust506 (talk • contribs) 07:16, 2 July 2017 (UTC)

Garrymust506. I assume that by "Only Self Promotion Nothing Else" you actually mean Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion#G11. Unambiguous advertising or promotion? While I have no idea of the IP's motives I would not delete that as a speedy. On the other hand I see you are both editwarring over it and if either of you continue you will be blocked. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 07:46, 2 July 2017 (UTC)

The article does not look like a speedy deletion candidate to me. There are some fairly solid looking refs. Take it to AFD if you think it should be deleted. And copying the speedy deletion notices to the article's talk page is not appropriate. Protecting the page would likely prevent both of you from editing it. And IPs are allowed to edit just as named accounts are. Both of you should read WP:EW. Meters (talk) 07:48, 2 July 2017 (UTC)

Meters I ended up having to semi-protect it anyway. Another IP (likely the original) started up. I also declined the speedy. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 08:36, 2 July 2017 (UTC)

I'll keep an eye on it. It does not look like a speedy candidate now, but I don't know what the two versions that were speedied looked like. I'll read the refs in detail to make sure this is properly supported. Meters (talk) 18:26, 2 July 2017 (UTC)

I've looked at enough to say that I wouldn't support an AFD on this article.Meters (talk) 18:39, 2 July 2017 (UTC)

Biased article Growth_Hacker_Marketing

I have no idea how to report this in other way. I came across this article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Growth_Hacker_Marketing and this seems to me overly biased. It sounds like blatant self-promotion. This really affects Wikipedia credibility. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Marek Duda (talk • contribs) 09:10, 2 July 2017 (UTC)

Hi @Marek Duda: Tigraan has already listed the article for deletion. You can provide your opinion on the article here. Have a great day! Daylen (talk) 17:54, 4 July 2017 (UTC)

File:Ottoman Hungary dancer.jpg

Uploaded November 20006. This file is a candidate to be copied to Wikimedia Commons. since February 2012... Is it possible to copy it now? --Informationswiedergutmachung (talk) 13:17, 2 July 2017 (UTC)

Hi Informationswiedergutmachung. As an image from 1570, I see no problem in doing so. Go for it. If you haven't already, I suggest reading Wikipedia:Moving files to Commons and then using the Move-to-commons assistant tool. Best regards--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 14:26, 2 July 2017 (UTC)

@Fuhghettaboutit: My english isn't as good as I maybe think, I'm German. Can't you do that for me? Best Regards. --Informationswiedergutmachung (talk) 14:29, 2 July 2017 (UTC) My English is better than i tought... :D --Informationswiedergutmachung (talk) 14:54, 2 July 2017 (UTC)

A question on dispute resolutions

I'm looking for a bit of advice on dispute resolution etiquette that doesn't seem to be covered in the guidelines. Is somebody allowed to change an article to their preferred version before opening a dispute resolution? I ask because I have recently seen this happen, and to my mind the act of making changes to an article in such circumstances, i.e., minutes before starting a DRN, would seem not to be in keeping with the spirit of the process. Can anyone shed some light on this? Cheers, This is Paul (talk) 15:00, 2 July 2017 (UTC)

Without looking into specific circumstances of the case it is impossible to answer your question. Ruslik_Zero 20:28, 2 July 2017 (UTC)

Very well. It concerns this user, who was recently blocked for edit warring on 2017 Finsbury Park attack. They made this edit minutes before opening the dispute resolution here. I had some involvement in this at the beginning, but have been away on holiday and thought it resolved. I reverted the edit in the belief the user had acted improperly by making the change in such circumstances, but was quickly reverted by the user and challenged with "care to site rules on not being able to do so?". I'm inclined to think from past experience they're not interested in resolving anything, particularly as their modus operandi is to edit war, and their actions in this instance appear to go against what would be deemed appropriate behaviour when making a DRN request. This is Paul (talk) 20:50, 2 July 2017 (UTC)

How can I turn off Wikipedia's encryption?

I have an older computer and an older browser and they do not work well with the way Wikipedia is encrypted. Most of the time when I try to visit a Wikipedia site, I get an error message saying that "Firefox and en.wikipedia.org cannot communicate securely because they have no common encryption algorithms." Other times I will be able to see the text of the Wikipedia page, but the images will not load because they are encrypted.

Is there a way for me to turn off Wikipedia's encryption so that I can use Wikipedia? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.228.119.41 (talk) 18:13, 2 July 2017 (UTC)

What operating system do you use? Ruslik_Zero 20:26, 2 July 2017 (UTC)

OSX 4.11 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.228.119.41 (talk) 20:30, 2 July 2017 (UTC)

I sometimes used Tiger and Firefox for Wikipedia as recently as 2011 with no problems, but six years is a lifetime when it comes to software. If you don't get a helpful response here, you might leave a message at WP:VPT. Rivertorch^FIRE_WATER 03:34, 3 July 2017 (UTC)

That's a 12 year old operating system (predating the iPhone and just 4 years older than the original iPod). That'll set you up for all sorts of problems. If you can try to find something newer, that would be best. There is often donation hardware that can be found via 2nd hand goods webshops etc. Be on the lookout. But for the meantime, it seems that TenFourFox specialises in this particular problem and is still alive. —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 14:06, 4 July 2017 (UTC)

Inaccurate and Outdated Information

Hi,

My name is Haroon Moghul, and I am writing in regards to the page created about me: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haroon_Moghul

There are significant errors in this piece, including: 1) Date of birth 2) My academic affiliation (I am not a doctoral candidate at Columbia University) 3) My professional affiliation (I am not a Fellow at the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding) 4) My other affiliations (I am not a contributor to Al Arabiya English)

Please let me know how I can make or propose changes to this article, to reflect accurate information.

Thank you.

108.5.247.61 (talk) 18:37, 2 July 2017 (UTC)

I've removed the date of birth, as no source is cited for it. Sources are cited for the other claims, though they appear to be written by Haroon Moghul. Also, we don't know that the person making this request is really Haroon Moghul. Can you (whether or not you are him) cite reliable published sources for the correct affliations? Maproom (talk) 18:52, 2 July 2017 (UTC)

It certainly appears that the subject has written for Al Arabiya English. See http://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/world/2014/02/20/Palestinians-and-Spaniards-The-historical-right-of-return.html for example. Meters (talk) 18:57, 2 July 2017 (UTC)

The IP can contact OTRS if he wishes to prove his identity. Meters (talk) 19:02, 2 July 2017 (UTC)

Link to OTRS: Wikipedia:Volunteer Response Team. Rivertorch^FIRE_WATER 03:29, 3 July 2017 (UTC)

question

hi, I added [1] and [2] from Internet_Archive to my sandbox (for reference), just wanted to make certain theres no copyright violation, or anything, thanks--Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 21:11, 2 July 2017 (UTC)

answered elsewhere, thanks--Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 12:14, 3 July 2017 (UTC)

being threatened and accused of harassment

Hello, feel like I have offended Mr Fink (talk) who has put threats on my page telling me I will be blocked and punished for "harassment", I will be honest I do not feel welcomed and am personally a bit upset by this unkind language. At no point have I been aloud to ask my question, it keeps being taken away and I find this place has quite a hostile atmosphere. Can anybody please help — Preceding unsigned comment added by Victoria H Bright (talk • contribs) 21:34, 2 July 2017 (UTC)

Your edit to Pinniped was not constructive, and your restore of it was not a good idea, but does not appear to me to warrant user:Apokryltaros jumping to a level 4 vandalism warning. The level 3 harassment warning appears to be for your topic header when you posted to his talk page (nothing wrong with the content of your message). Again, the warning appears to me to be far too harsh, but don't make comments or ask leading questions like that. You are free to remove almost anything you like from your talk page. I suggest that you remove his warnings, stay off his talk page, and don't make article edits such as the one that started this. Meters (talk) 22:24, 2 July 2017 (UTC)

Hi Victoria H Bright and welcome to Wikipedia. Sorry you are running into problems. You asked your question within the text of an article, rather than on the talk page. Articles are only for article content, they aren't blogs. An automatic program detected the words like "I have known many seals and still the answer is probably no." and reversed the edit. Wikipedia articles get a lot of vandalism and this program can't distinguish that from an innocent question asked in the wrong place. The program did leave you some useful information at User talk:Victoria H Bright. Vandals often put their material back after having been told it didn't belong, so a user also was confused about what you were doing when you put the question back. The best place to ask a question like "can a seal and a human ever really be friends?" is not at either the article or its talk page (which is about improving the article) but at the Wikipedia:Reference desk. Hope things will go better for you here. StarryGrandma (talk) 22:32, 2 July 2017 (UTC)

Unfortunately the other editor involved has seen fit to elevate this to WP:AIV. I do not believe this is warranted as this is a 'rookie' mistake by a new user with less than half-a-dozen edits. Eagleash (talk) 22:42, 2 July 2017 (UTC)

Thankfully the report did not result in any action. The Admin. who reviewed it was more supportive of Victoria. Eagleash (talk) 22:46, 2 July 2017 (UTC)

I've left a comment on the one user's page, and I'm just going to remove the warnings form the new user's page.Meters (talk) 22:48, 2 July 2017 (UTC)