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March 28

Vogue Williams

Ref number 3 has been done incorrectly I think - please help. Sorry 175.33.22.145 (talk) 02:26, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

• How so? The URL doesn't point to anything useful, but is that a problem? Drmies (talk) 02:28, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
  • the publisher should be like other publishers - maybe in italics?175.33.22.145 (talk) 03:28, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

As you have been told on countless occasions, the place to find how the cite web template works is at Template:cite web. The "publisher" parameter is not italicised, but the "website" or "work" parameter is. As usual you have filled the publisher parameter of your citation with all manner of drivel which is not the name of the publisher. 28 Sep. 2017 - Hatchett UK - pp 2-11 is not the name of the publisher. There is a parameter for "date" and there is a parameter for "page" or "pages". We keep asking you which language we should use to address you in order that you understand what we are telling you, but you refuse to answer or to take any notice of the advice which countless editors have given you under your username and your various IPs. --David Biddulph (talk) 06:06, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

I have changed from a web reference to a book reference so it displays better. NZFC^(talk) 06:16, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

how to use wikipedia

how does anyone add anything to wikipedia if someone can just come along and delete it, claiming that what you added was unconstructive? on the wikipedia page for florida legislature i posted a quote from a newspaper about what the florida legislature voted on and it was deleted — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.185.36.1 (talk) 03:01, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

Wikipedia uses the BRD model of "Bold, Revert, Discuss". You were Bold in adding material, someone Reverted it, the next step is to Discuss it on the article's talk page, talk:Florida Legislature. RJFJR (talk) 05:33, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

Note that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia and not a news site. Something a legislature did last week is unlikely to be considered encyclopedic by editors, and mentioning they did not do something is even less likely. Content may still be in articles in 50 years. I don't think readers in 2068 want to see what the legislature didn't debate 50 years ago. PrimeHunter (talk) 10:28, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

24.185.36.1 - if you feel you have to react to having edits reverted like you did, you probably won't find the editing experience suits you. Dorsetonian (talk) 10:52, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

Uploading photos

I'm trying to upload new photos to the Charlotte Hatherley wikipedia page, URL:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_Hatherley

And it keeps saying:

An automated filter has identified this edit as potentially unconstructive, and it has been disallowed. If this edit is constructive, please report this error.

I own the photos 100%

Chazhat79 (talk) 13:05, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

• @Chazhat79: Since the edit was rejected, we (or at least non-administrators) have no way to see what exactly you tried to do, and your post is not very informative. How did you "try to upload new photos" on that page, exactly? Including images in an article is a two-step process (first upload the image to the server, then place it in the article; see WP:IMAGE). Tigraan^{Click here to contact me} 13:15, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

  The edit attempt was trying to perform a cross-wiki upload which was disallowed on Commons by an edit filter. The upload should be done through Special:Upload instead ... but I notice that the file description submitted reads "A still from Hatherley's 2018 video for How Deep Is Your Love", that does sound like we need to know about the copyright of the video. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 13:22, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

help for a deleted page

Hi Everybody,

I don't know exactly how works Wikipedia but just saw that the page which was created concerning myself and my carrer as a professional actor was deleted by Jo-Jo Humerus user.

I don't know who created this page but I think the link to my imdb was included. https://www.imdb.me/xavierlaurent

Thanks for your help.

Best regards

Xavier Laurent — Preceding unsigned comment added by Xavierlaurentbert (talk • contribs) 14:07, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

The deletion was discussed at WP:Articles for deletion/Xavier Laurent. --David Biddulph (talk) 14:17, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

Help with constructive editing

Over 5 years ago, I was topic banned under Discretionary Sanctions for discussing a source[1] I'm not concerned with the details of my content dispute, but I am interested in getting help to enable me to collaborate constructively, as suggested by one of the other editors.[2] --Iantresman (talk) 14:18, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

• Note: Previously asked here. Also asked and answered at the the teahouse today. Eagleash (talk) 19:57, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

GNDR-G 310 Class Help

Hello,

I am enrolled in GNDR-G 310 with Professor Jennifer Maher at Indiana University - Bloomington. I am having trouble figuring out what article did I need to publish also, I need help uploading an image.

Chilogan (talk) 19:28, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

You may find the information you're after at WP:Wiki Ed/Indiana University, Bloomington/Representation and the Body (Spring 2018), and in the links on your user talk page. --David Biddulph (talk) 20:25, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

I notice also that in your earlier edits you included a misplaced external link rather than a reference, and included a signature (which is intended for discussion pages rather than articles). These errors were corrected by another editor. A further editor also improved the information in your reference. --David Biddulph (talk) 20:38, 28 March 2018 (UTC)