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August 2

Contribution of Patrick Kennedy (author)

Hello I really appreciate you guys volunteering! I was told to contact you regarding seeing how my contribution was progressing. It is

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Jenoa9>.

Thanks heaps Patrick Kennedy Sydney Australia Author — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jenoa9 (talk • contribs) 00:47, 2 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Jenoa9, your draft is not currently under review. It was declined on 27 May 2019, the reason being that much of the text didn't have inline citations. You can resubmit again by hitting the blue button. You might also want to read WP:COI. – Thjarkur (talk) 00:53, 2 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Leavenworth Kansas Federal Penitentiary

Can you please update the Leavenworth Kansas Federal Penitentiary buffalo viewing, as start and stop dates of live buffalo viewing. https://www.leavenworthtimes.com/article/20101005/NEWS/310059849?fbclid=IwAR0xDN2aNDu1CUN26KBm5dQrGNo6bx7NN5tPQ_EXBLAEGvENs1PZzFcstCY Leavenworth Mayor Mark Preisinger told the BOP officials that area residents might have concerns about the plan that would place the prison camp on the west end of the penitentiary property for one reason: the 11 buffalo that live on that end of the federal property there, which serve as an attraction that can be viewed from a city-owned viewing area nearby. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:48F8:9004:84E:6CF1:AB95:3D42:D361 (talk) 06:29, 2 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hello IP editor. Curently, the Leavenworth prison article makes no mention of buffalo or bison. If you would like to suggest an edit to the article, please do so on Talk:United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth--Quisqualis (talk) 16:46, 2 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

How to apply for studying

Hello,I want to know how to apply for studying 1 year. I am a Chinese student,could you give me some suggest? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 103.94.69.45 (talk)

I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over 5.9 million articles and thought we were affiliated in some way with that subject. Please note that you are at Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and this page is for asking questions related to using or contributing to Wikipedia itself. Thus, we have no special knowledge about the subject of your question. You can, however, search our vast catalogue of articles by typing a subject into the search field on the upper right side of your screen. If you cannot find what you are looking for, we have a reference desk, divided into various subject areas, where asking knowledge questions is welcome. Best of luck. PrimeHunter (talk) 09:09, 2 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Why so long?

Hi!

I'm waiting for confirmation of my article "Samira Mustafaeva" during a few month. It is really important to move this page to mainspace because I need to tie it to the Russian version ASAP.

What can I do to speed up this process/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tinusik (talk • contribs)

@Tinusik: Unfortunately, there is not really anything you can do to speed things up. Reviews are conducted by volunteers, who do what they can when they can, and in no particular order. There is currently a large backlog of thousands of drafts awaiting review. You will need to be patient. 331dot (talk) 09:55, 2 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

At User talk:Tinusik#Your help desk question you were given a link to WP:Wikipedia has no deadline. Quite a number of the references seem to be to https://smstretching.ru, so they don't look independent; this may be part of the reason why reviewers have not felt able to approve your draft rapidly. David Biddulph (talk) 10:10, 2 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Tinusik. Whenever somebody in a question here talks about "needing" something done, or it being "important", I want to ask, Why are you editing Wikipedia? Is it to make Wikipedia better, or is it for somebody or some organisation? In my view, editing Wikipedia for the benefit of anybody or anything other than Wikipedia is misusing it. --ColinFine (talk) 13:01, 2 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

My User Page Does Not Exist

Hello,

I created my wiki account yesterday successfully, but each time I try clicking on my profile or talk or sandbox header, I am told they do not exist.

What could possibly be the problem as it is stopping me from writing an urgent autobiography. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Uzogor (talk • contribs) 13:04, 2 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

They don't exist because you haven't created them. Type something in the big window and click the publish button. - X201 (talk) 13:07, 2 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Please reconsider writing an autobiography on wikipedia. autobiographies are frowned upon on wikipedia. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 13:09, 2 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Uzogor Wikipedia does not have "profiles", Wikipedia has articles. Your user page and user talk page are not for writing autobiographies. Your user page is meant for you to provide a brief introduction of yourself to the Wikipedia community in the context of your Wikipedia editing or use. Your user talk page is for communication with you. Neither page is for writing an autobiography. As noted above, autobiographies are strongly discouraged here. If you meet Wikipedia's special definition of a notable person, an independent editor will eventually take note of you and write about you. Also understand that a Wikipedia article is not necessarily desirable. 331dot (talk) 13:13, 2 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Condensed references

Hi all, in this edit I condensed three citations into one citation, but I'm not a huge fan of how it looks in the References section. Anyone know how to add bullet points? Or, if you don't think it looks awful, just say so and then we can end this conversation quickly. Thanks, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 14:41, 2 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I see what you did, Þjarkur, thank you. I tried bullets, but they didn't work for me for some reason. I blame myself. Thanks again, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 14:50, 2 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I think it's clearer with bullet points, but for some inexplicable reason it's not possible to use a bullet point for the first line in refs. I added a "See:" to the ref, but it would also be fine to skip the bullet point for the first line. – Thjarkur (talk) 14:52, 2 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

translate only one paragraph

I would like to translate an entry from the spanish wiki to the english one but only the incipit that is more substantial and leave all the other paragraphs of the entry that are good, it is possible to translate only one paragraph and add only that or must necessarily translate all the voice and not in bits?--James Davies11 (talk) 19:54, 2 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, you can expand articles with portions from other Wikipedias. Just remember that you must attribute the source article—see Wikipedia:Translation#How to translate for advice on how to do this. Eman 235/talk 20:14, 2 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

cointributions

Trid to contribute to wiki tonight, but they want so many details, log on stuff etc, i gave up — Preceding unsigned comment added by 185.168.144.69 (talk) 19:57, 2 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Registering an account is suggested but not mandatory. You can edit most articles (there are exceptions) without an account. Eman 235/talk 20:09, 2 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Speculating that someone who misspells as much as the OP would probably not make the best new editor.--Thomprod (talk) 19:59, 3 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Adding links within existing entry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Collins_(cartoonist)

Ray Collins, cartoonist and the subject of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Collins_(cartoonist), is now 88 years old and in the late stages of ALS. He has asked me to find out if it would be possible to add three links to his Wikipedia page that would permit readers to see examples from the past of his work. Those links are:

http://www.oocities.org/soho/studios/9481/ http://www.oocities.org/soho/studios/9481/GeoDonut/GeoDonut.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RITnHWMJDQ

If this is possible, I would think that the most logical place might be in the References section, but I am not familiar enough with Wikipedia's requirements to know (although I do contribute $ during every fundraising drive). I have not, however, done any editing or contributed any entries to Wikipedia.

So, I was wondering if someone smarter that I am could advise me if adding these links would be possible and permissible and, if so, where they should best go and how they should be put there.

Thanks for any help you can provide. I'm not sure how you would respond, but I have included my email below.

John Seattle — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.165.30.95 (talk) 20:36, 2 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Done. We usually prefer not to use external links like this unless they are references for particular statements in the article, but I chose to add them in an "external links" section, because I feel taht a reader should have a way to actually see some of a cartoonist's work. If you can find a picture of Collins to which he owns the copyright, please provide it as we can add it to the article. Pleas come back here for help with that if you need it. -Arch dude (talk) 21:11, 2 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks so much for doing this Arch dude; it will make Ray Collins very happy. I've asked Ray's wife to see if he has a personal photo of himself to put on the page, and it I do get one I'll provide it. John — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.165.30.95 (talk • contribs) 16:28, August 3, 2019 (UTC)

I have received a picture of Ray Collins that he would like to have on his Wikipedia page, but I am not sure how to get it to you. It's a jpg and I now have it saved on my desktop and could forward it an an email attachment or however else I am instructed. Also. I wasn't sure to continue this conversation on this August 2 string or open a new one. I'd appreciate any advice you can provide. Thanks, John — Preceding unsigned comment added by 165.30.95 talk (talk • contribs) 18:49, August 4, 2019 66. (UTC)

I'll be happy to help with this one too. I've had this article on my To Do list for a while.. First, read WP:UPIMAGE. IPs can't upload images to Wikipedia, (as far as I know) . This sounds like a copyrighted image. We can't upload a copyrighted image for you unless certain hoops are jumped through, and we cannot use it a fair use image since he is alive.. The simplest method would be for the copyright holder (presumably his wife) to upload the image, or to publicly release the image but I assume that's not possible. Sorry, but we're going to have to have to contact WP:OTRS and prove to them that the copyright holder has given Wikipedia permission to use the photo. Does does his wife have an ermail address? If not this may require letter writing. Meters (talk) 20:52, 4 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I read the link, and have a general familiarity with copyright law. I am almost certain that this is a personal family photo, probably taken by his wife. I could give you her email address, but this page warns not to include email addresses in any communications, so that leaves me at a bit of a loss. How can I put you in touch with her to confirm that the photo is not subject to copyright (if for no other reason that it being supplied by the creator, along with permission to use)? I will cut and past this exchange in an email to her so she knows what the issue is. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.165.30.95 (talk) 21:29, 4 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Please read the WP:OTRS link I provided. That's who has to deal with such situations. She will have to contact OTRS personnel to grant us permission to use the image (see grants of license for donated media). Once that's done it does not matter who uploads the image. Meters (talk) 07:24, 5 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

This will probably get auto archived soon, so you might want to post to my talk page User talk:Meters if you have more questions. Meters (talk) 07:30, 5 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I will reread that page, with special attention to the OTRS sections, talk to Ray's wife, and see if we can't figure out how to comply. How would one go about finding your talk page ?

why this page??

I will no longer donate to Wikipedia if they are going to participate in the radical media disinformation campaign against President Trump

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racial_views_of_Donald_Trump — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.225.173.177 (talk) 22:02, 2 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

See above. "This page is only for questions about how to use or edit Wikipedia", not for debates about whether or not in your opinion a page should exist. If you have specific concerns about the content of that article, you can discuss them (civilly) at Talk:Racial views of Donald Trump. If all you want to do is let us know why you won't donate to Wikipedia, thanks, but we don't really need to know. General Ization ^Talk 22:12, 2 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

blank grey rectangle on my Userpage how to fix

Why is the a blank grey rectangle on my Userpage and how to fix it Abote2 (talk) 22:24, 2 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Abote2 Apparently like so: [1]. Don't ask me why, but spaces can do weird things in WP-markup. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 23:13, 2 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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