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December 17

How can I change the title of a wikipedia page?

I am trying to change the page entitled "He Hymn of Death" to The Hymn of Death. Please tell me how to do this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cgwm (talk • contribs) 00:04, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

@Cgwm: The title is changed by 'moving' to a new location. This is done via the 'more' tab at the top of the page. It might be an idea to make a note on the article talk page with any sources that are available to support the correct title. Eagleash (talk) 00:59, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

The page He Hymn of Death has been moved to Hymn of Death. --Orange Mike | Talk 05:01, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

Book Author

Helllo. How does an Author get added to the author list. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ig-oliver (talk • contribs) 15:22, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

Do you mean one of our List of English writers articles? As you can see, all the links in those lists are blue, which means that they lead to an existing article about that person. That's the standard for our list articles. To get an article, an author must be notable. That is they must have been written about extensively in reliable, independent publications. Rojomoke (talk) 15:54, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

ADDRESS

What is the address of WIKIPEDIA? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:98A:303:D1E0:95F2:4C3B:2D24:7890 (talk) 17:00, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

Which address are you looking for? 331dot (talk) 17:06, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

If you're trying to send a donation, the address can be found here. †dismas†|^(talk) 21:26, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

donation

I'd be glad to donate to Wikipedia, but I don't put my credit card info online, where can I send a personal check? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.193.47.27 (talk) 18:00, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

An address to mail a check to can be found here. Note that as an unregistered user, you will likely keep getting automatic notices requesting donations as that system does not know if you have donated or not. If you register an account you can turn the notices off. 331dot (talk) 18:25, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

Photo image rights, syntax, for (English) article Yisroel Zev Gustman

It is used in the Hebrew article, and the photo can load in my browser as https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%91%D7%A5:Gustman.jpg.

The uploader says he is MeVaTayr, means waves, ... LirShus HaRaBim, to the public, BeChoL HaO-Lam, worldwide.

The file is https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/he/4/47/Gustman.jpg

• Can this photo be used in the English article; I've seen photos in (English) articles with non-English text in the photo's page, such as for some IBM mainframes, so my inclination is that the answer is yes.
• Since "File:" for Gustman.jpg doesn't seem to work, and the Hebrew article uses a prefix that transliterates to KoVaytz (Colon) followed by (in English) Gustman.jpg
  • What is the syntax to use @ Infobox person's "image=" Pi314m (talk) 18:32, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

Hello, Pi314m. As you say, the uploading user has explicitly waived all rights in the image. However, it is not technically possible to use a file that is in another Wikipedia. But the second box on the File description page says that it is a candidate for transferring to Wikimedia Commons (he:wiki:ויקישיתוף). Once it has been transferred, then it can be used in any Wikipedia (in fact, any Wikimedia project). I believe any user can do this transfer, though I've never done it myself. See Moving files to Commons for how to do it from enwiki: I presume it is the same from hewiki.

Once the file is in Commons, it can be used with the "File:" prefix like any other file. Note that the documentation for {{infobox person}} says of the "image =" parameter: " filename only, no "File:" or "Image:" prefix, and no enclosing brackets ". --ColinFine (talk) 20:52, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

Request for deletion hanging fire

I nominated Character matrix printer for deletion. Nobody seems to have noticed: it doesn't appear on the list of discussions, nobody's voted on it, and no administrator has acted on it after 2 weeks. Am I doing something wrong? Isaac Rabinovitch (talk) 18:40, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

@Isaac Rabinovitch: Some of the steps at WP:AFDHOW had not been completed. There were missing headings at the deletion discussion and I don't think it had been added to the log per step III. I have fixed that now (I hope!) and I expect the 'time' starts again from now. Cheers. Eagleash (talk) 19:41, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

Even if you never use it for anything else, Twinkle makes these deletion nominations delightfully simple: Noyster (talk), 20:13, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

@Eagleash: That does look like a very useful tool, thanks for mentioning it. And for fixing my submission. Though I wish procedures on WP weren't so ****ing complicated. Isaac Rabinovitch (talk) 21:17, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

It was actually Noyster who mentioned it; ...I tend to shy away from such 'witchcraft'! Eagleash (talk) 01:34, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

Page for an athlete

Hello I am sports agent in Charlotte NC and I am trying to create a page for an athlete — Preceding unsigned comment added by GolfFan1 (talk • contribs) 20:37, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

As an agent, you probably have a WP:Conflict of interest, and might need to comply with the policy on WP:Paid status. You could request an article at WP:Requested articles. Dbfirs 21:02, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Hello, GolfFan1. Creating a new article is one of the more difficult tasks on Wikipedia; but any user is entitled to try it: see your first article for lots of information about this.

Your wording gives me reason to think that it might be even harder for you to do this than usual case, because you probably have a conflict of interest, you may very well be considered at doing paid editing, and you are probably at risk of including promotional material. Please understand that Wikipedia is an encyclopaedia, not a business directory or showcase; and that an article about your athlete will not be necessarily contribute usefully to their online presence (see WP:PRIDE) It should be based almost entirely what people who have no connection with them have previously chosen to publish about them, and neither the athlete nor their associates will have any control whatever over the contents of the article. If you are satisfied that the athlete is notable in the special sense that Wikipedia uses the word (if not, it will be a waste of your time even trying any further), then please read all the pages carefully that I have linked to before you proceed any further. --ColinFine (talk) 21:06, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

Is the text formatted properly?

An editor changed subsection headings ("Domestic" and "Foreign") from using equal signs (=) to using a semicolon in the wikicode. I was wondering if that is appropriate and if you could provide a link with the guidance. Thanks. Thinker78 (talk) 22:10, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

@Thinker78: I believe the equal signs should be restored. Help:Wikitext#Lists mentions that semicolons are used for descriptions lists, which does not seem to be the case here. Further, the page states Do not use a semicolon (;) simply to bold a line without defining a value using a colon (:). This usage renders invalid HTML5 and creates issues with screen readers. Hope this helps! –FlyingAce^✈hello 00:35, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

I agree. One minor point to take care with: at the same time, that editor also added a reference to the "Foreign" heading. When you change it back to a proper heading (with = signs) that ref will have to be moved out of the heading, to some text. --Gronk Oz (talk) 08:00, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

Peer review process

Hi, I'm interested in editing the wiki article about my workplace. I understand that this potentially raises a COI issue, but I am not sure how to start the peer review process? Do I need to contact specific editors? The particular editor who raised this issue initially and deleted all of my previous contributions to the article is now actually blocked by Wikipedia, so I am not sure if I can contact them. Thank you! Irenepark89 (talk) 22:38, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

Good form would be that on the talk page of the article, you may suggest the changes you want to be made to the article. Then wait for response from the community; if no one objects for a reasonable time, include those changes. Lourdes 02:51, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

@Irenepark89: as Lourdes says, add your suggested edits in section on the article's talk page. Place the magic incantation {{request edit}} (with the curly brackets) in the section. This will attract the attention of an editor. That editor will make the changes if the editor thinks they are appropriate. Declare your COI on your user page. If your job can be thought of even broadly to include publicizing your company, then you are a paid editor (WP:PAID), not just an editor with a COI. This is not a problem, just a fact, and you must declare this (e.g., on your user page) to comply with our terms of service. Don't be put off by all this, your contributions are likely to be valuable, but we do want a second set of eyes on them to mitigate any unconscious bias. -Arch dude (talk) 03:47, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

List of wedding guests of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle

I have accidently wiped a bit off - sorry Srbernadette (talk) 23:09, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

Restored. You can do this yourself. General Ization ^Talk 23:16, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

Pity you didn't get all of it. Britmax (talk) 23:22, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

Submission of article drafts

Hello. I have a draft article for submission pending. You nay find it here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Fully_Feathered_Baskets . Since I've posted this, I've written two more articles and have another I am working on. They are currently in a Word document, not in my sandbox. How do I get these drafts submitted while I've may sandbox occupied by one which is pending? I look forward to hearing from someone.174.50.180.236 (talk) 23:24, 17 December 2018 (UTC)Sorry, just realized I was not logged in.Hu Nhu (talk) 23:28, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

Hi Hu Nhu Welcome to Help desk. Your draft article Draft:Fully Feathered Baskets in NOT in your sandbox but in the pool of drafts waiting in review. You could go to Article_wizard - see HERE to get your new article set up. Once you deemed is good for review just click the submit button. For any question on Article of Creation (AfC), you could go to AfC help desk for assistance - see Wikipedia:WikiProject Articles for creation/Help desk. Thank you. CASSIOPEIA^(talk) 04:36, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

Thank you CASSIOPEIA (I hope this—CASSIOPEIA—)is the correct and effective manner in which to alert you.) I am grateful for your assistance and attention. I will look at the information you provided me. I've not a published article and have read somewhat about the matter. I also do much to look at featured articles and mimic their editing patterns. What you gave will be of much further hope. I do believe my articles are good and meet Wikipedia standards. I did try an article on German Wikipedia as an exercise for my German, college class. I thought it lacked and the rejection confirmed this. Nevertheless, it was interesting, especially noodling through the German Wikipedia site. My English articles are far more sophisticated. I appreciate your efforts.Hu Nhu (talk) 16:39, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

Hu Nhu You are welcome. Since you have not had an article published and not sure you have read WP:Your First Article, if not, do check it out. Do pop by my talk page if anything I would help. Cheers. CASSIOPEIA^(talk) 17:54, 18 December 2018 (UTC)