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Re:publish article about our hospital

Hi,

we need some advise to publish article about our Hospital. Tell me how to create and publish

Thank you

Hi V2Groups and welcome to the Teahouse. Your user name and use of "we" suggest that you might be an organisation. Wikipedia does not allow organisations to have an account, so you might like to create an individual account to be used by one person. It also appears that you might have a WP:Conflict of interest or even WP:Paid status in trying to write the article. You need to comply with those policies (click the links for details). Having said all that, I'm not trying to discourage you. You might like to read WP:Your first article, and remember that any draft article should be based on what WP:Reliable sources say about your hospital, not on what you know or on what the hospital want to say about itself. If you tell us the name of the hospital, we might be able to give more specific help. Dbfirs 07:21, 23 November 2019 (UTC)

adding to existing page

May I ask how can I add the name of my film to the Documentaries on architecture existing page? how can I start a new page after having an account? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Niliport (talk • contribs) 23 November 2019 10:56 (UTC)

@Niliport: It seems from your contributions that you have been trying to add a film to the category pages and that your edits have been undone (reverted). To be added to the category, the film first has to have a Wikipedia article about it, which means that it has to pass the general notability guidelines or the more specific film guidelines. Any article would need to be created by editors without a connection to the subject and would report on what has been written about the topic in independent reliable sources. Wikipedia has little, if any, interest in what a subject, or any person connected with it, has to say about itself. This is known as a conflict of interest and is one of the ways in which Wikipedia tries to ensure neutrality. See also WP:PAID and make any necessary disclosures. If and when an article does exist, the category would be added to it not the other way around. If you look at any Wikipedia article, you will see categories listed right at the bottom of the page. Eagleash (talk) 12:14, 23 November 2019 (UTC)

How to create Wikipedia Page

Hi sir/madam,

Please need your suggestions, please help me how to create Wikipedia account......

Thank you Rakesh — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rktofs (talk • contribs)

Hey, Rakesh! It's really simple, just search up the title you want and see if it's not chosen yet, and if it isn't, Wikipedia will automatically ask you if you want to start making the article. Hopefully this helped! Nambaseking01 (talk) 13:24, 23 November 2019 (UTC)

Before starting your new page, you might like to read WP:Your first article and WP:Referencing for beginners, and make sure that your new article is based on WP:Reliable sources. Dbfirs 13:46, 23 November 2019 (UTC)

(edit conflict) @Rktofs: On the assumption that you are asking how to create a Wikipedia page about a notable subject (see that page for information) some useful links have been left at your talk page. Please study them carefully, particularly the 'first article' link. Please note that for a topic to merit an entry in the encyclopedia it must be notable (see above) in the Wikipedia sense which requires in-depth coverage in multiple reliable independent sources and proper citing of sources within the article; see (the guide to adding references). However, you also mention 'account'. Your account is what has allowed you to post here (by registering a username, eMail and a password). To create your userpage, click on the redlink of your name in the first post in this thread. This will take you to a blank page where you can tell other editors a little about yourself and how you intend to contribute to the encyclopedia. (Please don't write an article-like 'autobiography' about yourself there!). Cheers. Eagleash (talk) 13:54, 23 November 2019 (UTC)

QUICK REPLY

HELLO wikipedia Thank you for your wonderful job helping us with us with every information we need, i just want to know if i can create my own biography, if possible how do i begin and would it cost money? thanks again

It's almost certainly a waste of time to try, see WP:AUTO. However, if you want to try anyway, take the time to read Help:Your first article carefully. All you invest is your own time. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 14:18, 23 November 2019 (UTC)

Of course you can create your own biography, but it's best not to do it on Wikipedia. —Tamfang (talk) 02:12, 24 November 2019 (UTC)

Attempting to Develop a Page for State Representative Martin Daniel

Hi,

I am trying to create a Wikipedia page for a client of mine and am having trouble. I have attempted to follow the sandbox help to do this, and have published the sandbox, with the information arranged for setting up a page. When I have published it though, it is not showing up, can someone please help me understand what must be done to get the page up and running on wikipedia?

Thank you!— Preceding unsigned comment added by MartinDanielTN (talk • contribs) 23 November 2019 16:29 (UTC)

MartinDanielTN If you are not Rep. Daniel, you cannot use his name as your username and you must change it immediately. Please visit Special:GlobalRenameRequest or WP:CHUS to make a request. 331dot (talk) 16:43, 23 November 2019 (UTC)

The sandbox is not formally a part of the encyclopedia; you must submit it for review using Articles for creation. 331dot (talk) 16:44, 23 November 2019 (UTC)

@MartinDanielTN:Since he is your client, you are a paid editor and you must declare your paid status in order to comply with the terms of service imposed by the owners of the Wikipedia website. See WP:PAID. You also have a (completely understandable and acceptable) conflict of interest (WP:COI), so you must submit your draft for review instead of directly adding it as an article: you are OK so far in that regard. Also, be aware that once an article is in Wikipedia, you will have no control over its contents. Anyone will be able to add prpperly-sourced information to the article, including negative information. -Arch dude (talk) 17:09, 23 November 2019 (UTC)

MartinDanielTN I would add that members of state legislatures do meet the notability guidelines for politicians so there is no issue there; you just need to do as requested here. 331dot (talk) 18:50, 23 November 2019 (UTC)

Publishing article in Wikipedia

How to create a separate page on a article that i want to publish it here. Kindly help me.— Preceding unsigned comment added by BPt2 (talk • contribs)

BPt2 Are you saying that you want to create a new article which would have the same title as an existing article? 331dot (talk) 19:33, 23 November 2019 (UTC)

@BPt2: On the assumption that you are asking how to create a Wikipedia page about a notable subject (see that page for information) some useful links have been left at your talk page. Please study them carefully, particularly the 'first article' link. Please note that for a topic to merit an entry in the encyclopedia it must be notable (see above) in the Wikipedia sense which requires in-depth coverage in multiple reliable independent sources and proper citing of sources within the article; see (the guide to adding references). See also, WP:AfC and to start a draft article, which can be submitted when ready see WP:WIZ. Thank you. Eagleash (talk) 19:56, 23 November 2019 (UTC)

Recipient of the Legion of Honor, CHEVALIER DE LA LEGION D'Honneur.

I am a retired Assistant Director, US Secret Service. While assigned to our Paris Office, I was presented the award by President Chirac on December 21,2001. I have all documentation which would be necessary to support me being added to your list of recipients, to include the Chevalier Medal Insignia and Certificate. I may be the only American Law Enforcement person to have received the award. Could you please inform me as to whom I should forward my request. Patrick C. Miller, Sr.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:151:c302:a690:48b5:1077:7f4e:faf6 (talk)

The first thing that there would need to be is an article about you, which there doesn't seem to be. In order to be included in a List article(I assume we are talking about List of foreign recipients of the Légion d'Honneur by country), there needs to be an article about you. If there is significant coverage of you or your career in independent reliable sources, it sounds like you would meet the criteria, but it is strongly advised that editors not attempt to write about themselves here, please see the autobiography policy for more information. To request an article, you can visit Requested Articles. You could also comment on the article talk page (Talk:List of foreign recipients of the Légion d'Honneur by country). 331dot (talk) 19:40, 23 November 2019 (UTC)

331dot, not all the members of that list have articles, though. Maybe all that's needed is a single source supporting it? --valereee (talk) 23:24, 23 November 2019 (UTC)

As I understand general policy, members of list articles need to have articles of their own or at least the prospect of one. 331dot (talk) 23:33, 23 November 2019 (UTC)

List of foreign recipients of the Légion d'Honneur by country does specify that inclusions on that list are notable recipients, which would seem to mean either an article or the prospect of it. Would a single significant mention in a reliable source possibly support the prospect of an article? --valereee (talk) 23:53, 23 November 2019 (UTC)

According to the website "Some 320 foreigners can be awarded this honor every year but, unlike French nationals, they are not members of the Legion of Honor", so it's not a terribly exclusive club. I have been unable t o independently verify the award to Mr Miller, the only source I can find is a site promoting his business. DuncanHill (talk) 00:11, 24 November 2019 (UTC)

I broke the transclusion somehow

Talk:Makiyakinabe/GA1 isn't transcluding properly to the article talk -- what have I done wrong? --valereee (talk) 22:57, 23 November 2019 (UTC)

Just lagging behind a little, from what I can tell. Happens from time to time. A quick purge of the talk page seems to have fixed things. AddWittyNameHere 23:08, 23 November 2019 (UTC)

AddWittyNameHere, oh, thanks, I didn't realize transclusions could lag! --valereee (talk) 23:21, 23 November 2019 (UTC)

Valereee Yup. Well, the more technical explanation is that when a page gets edited, it is cached on the servers and that cached version then gets served upon request. If the page is transcluded to another page, that page also gets cached. If the first page (the one that gets transcluded) is changed, that page's cache is always updated--but not necessarily the cache of pages that transclude or link to it. Effectively speaking, those pages then thus "lag behind" the other page. AddWittyNameHere 23:30, 23 November 2019 (UTC)