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August 4

Roth Capital Partners, capitalisation

Of the eight sources cited in ROTH Capital Partners that I can access and that mention the business, all eight call it "Roth", not "ROTH". But I can't move it to Roth Capital Partners as that already exists as a redirect to thj "ROTH" form. What is the recommended way to handle this? Can I do it myself, or is an admin's help needed? Maproom (talk) 12:53, 4 August 2018 (UTC)

Looks like Orangemike has taken care of this. Deor (talk) 15:12, 4 August 2018 (UTC)

Problem with WP:ERRORS

There is currently a sync problem on WP:ERRORS. I am not sure how to report this since WP:ERRORS does not seem to have a talk page of its own. The section "DYK next" needs to be moved to "DYK current", and "POTD today" needs to be deleted because the picture has rotated off the main page. Thanks.72.94.18.189 (talk) 13:47, 4 August 2018 (UTC)

There is talk page: Wikipedia_talk:Main_Page/Errors. Ruslik_Zero 20:04, 4 August 2018 (UTC)

Use of "(radio series)" in titles

Does Wikipedia have a style rule for using only "XXX (radio series)" -- rather than "XXX (radio)" or "XXX (radio program)" -- for disambiguation in titles of articles about programs on radio? I have seen titles changed to that form recently, causing me to wonder if I have overlooked a rule when I have created articles. I searched the WikiProject Radio talk archives and found Radio Article Names from May 2007 in which someone asked about variations in titles, but no response appeared.

I realize that this question is better suited for Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Radio, but I posted it there three days ago and no one has responded. Eddie Blick (talk) 13:23, 4 August 2018 (UTC)

• This sounds like a stylistic preference to me. Discuss it with the editor making the changes, arrive at a consensus, and add it to the project page. Anything more formal than that would like WP:CREEP to me. -Arch dude (talk) 16:38, 4 August 2018 (UTC)

Thanks, Arch dude. It seemed like a matter of preference to me, too. I just wondered if I had missed out on some rule or guideline. I appreciate your feedback. Eddie Blick (talk) 23:21, 4 August 2018 (UTC)

Bizarre stuff at Sever's disease

Four IPs and a new account add information about "Serveving Sever's", a supposed support charity that hosts an annual 5K run, and information about clinical diagnosis, including "A clinical diagnosis of Sever's disease is made when at least two of the following conditions are observed: ... 3) an abnormal aversion to Key Lime pie". The president and founder of "Serveving Sever's" is none other than ... Marko Ramius. All IPs have made no other edits outside the topic. The account, Ahyee12345, has fixed a couple of typos in Draft:BC1278/sandbox/Alivecor, and uploaded the supposed logo to Commons, but has otherwise solely contributed to this article. The Wikidata item was also vandalised.

Good-faith? Vandalism? Hoax? Advertising? I have no idea. TeraTIX 13:37, 4 August 2018 (UTC)

Hello @Teratix:, the content looks like advocacy for a specific support group, or it may even be a hoax. But the background doesn't really matter here, both kinds of content are equally unsuitable for an encyclopedic article. Only when the support group has been covered in independent reliable sources, a brief mention in neutral language might be appropriate. But without such independent sources and considering the section's promotional tone (or a possible hoax), your removal was perfectly fine. GermanJoe (talk) 15:46, 4 August 2018 (UTC)

There should be a disambiguation page for Slender Man and/or Slenderman.

I think that there should be a disambiguation page for Slender Man and/or Slenderman. But, I do not know how to set one up. I came across these four articles: Slender Man; Slender Man (film); Slender Man stabbing; and Beware the Slenderman. I think these warrant a disambiguation page. Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 14:55, 4 August 2018 (UTC)

 Doing... The current Slender Man article is clearly WP:PRIMARYTOPIC, however the patchwork of connex articles does deserve a DAB, which I will create at Slender Man (disambiguation) soon. Tigraan^{Click here to contact me} 16:16, 4 August 2018 (UTC)

 Done by copy-pasting the format from another DAB page. Feel free to change the entries. I also put a hatnote on the main article. Tigraan^{Click here to contact me} 16:28, 4 August 2018 (UTC)

Perfect! Thanks! Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 20:57, 4 August 2018 (UTC)

Resolved

Gary The Goat

Hi, Consensus over at Talk:Gary the Goat was to use Jimbos real name .... however I have no idea where I would put his real name ....,
I assume it would go in the Jimbo section and ifso does "Jimbo (born James Dezarnaulds) was" sound okay?,
Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 15:27, 4 August 2018 (UTC)

• Sounds good to me, but you should raise this on the article's talk page, not here, if you are unsure. General guidance would be to but it in parentheses at the first occurrence of the nickname.-Arch dude (talk) 15:45, 4 August 2018 (UTC)

Okay brilliant thanks, I chose here as I thought it'd be seen more here than there and as such the chances of being helped here were in my eyes higher here than there :) Anyway many thanks for your help :), –Davey2010^Talk 13:52, 5 August 2018 (UTC)

Notifying all other editions of Wikipedia at once

I did put a new question at Wikipedia talk:Embassy days ago, but still got no answer yet. See Wikipedia talk:Embassy/Archives/2022/June#(Officially) untitled cinematic universe from DC Comics. JSH-alive/^{talk/cont/mail} 16:24, 4 August 2018 (UTC)

• I answered at the original location for your particular question. The more general question of how to notify all wp of certain things at once is not one I can address; I am not sure it is feasible at all. Tigraan^{Click here to contact me} 16:34, 4 August 2018 (UTC)

Why can't new users create new articles?

Hello Wikipedia. As a new user I have found that any attempt to make a new article ends up getting redirected onto this "new user page." Is there any way that I can actually create the article itself, if not why not? (signed) Dogs curiosity ^{talk to me!} 22:01, 4 August 2018 (UTC)

The ability for non-(auto)confirmed individuals to create articles in mainspace was turned off in April due to a Request for Comment. You can find that RfC here: WP:ACPERM along with the preceding trial page here: WP:ACTRIAL. New editors may create articles in draft space or wait for their account to be autoconfirmed after 4 days and 10 edits. --Majora (talk) 22:05, 4 August 2018 (UTC)

Dogs curiosity—please sign your messages on talk pages with four tildes (~~~~). This will automatically insert your "signature" (your username and a date stamp). The or button, on the tool bar above Wikipedia's text editing window, also does this. Bus stop (talk) 22:10, 4 August 2018 (UTC)

@Bus stop: Hi, I have signed my post? (signed) Dogs curiosity ^{talk to me!} 22:18, 4 August 2018 (UTC)

Oh, OK—my mistake. Sorry about that. Bus stop (talk) 22:24, 4 August 2018 (UTC)

@Majora: Thank you for that information regarding new article creation. I will be taking my leave from the Wikipedia project now. (signed) Dogs curiosity ^{talk to me!} 22:18, 4 August 2018 (UTC)

Dogs curiosity, the draft that you created is awaiting review. We hope you will return in three days as an auto-confirmed editor. Dbfirs 06:07, 5 August 2018 (UTC)

Dbfirs Thank you for that, sorry I had to leave from the project for a few hours because of studies but I have some spare time now. I had a look at the autoconfirmed user information page but am a little confused, can you tell me what the difference between autoconfirmed and confirmed users are? I appreciate your time (signed) Dogs curiosity ^{talk to me!} 10:10, 5 August 2018 (UTC)

Hi Dogs curiosity, autoconfirmed and confirmed users have the same privileges, and the only difference is that autoconfirmed users accumulated 4 days and 10 edits on their account, while confirmed users placed a successful permissions request. Since 4 days and 10 edits are not very difficult to obtain, the vast majority of users are autoconfirmed (1.4 million+) rather than confirmed (539). — Newslinger talk 15:38, 5 August 2018 (UTC)