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Publish date

Where do I find the publish dates in the artictles — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.215.181.78 (talk) 03:06, 2 October 2019 (UTC)

The date of publication for an article is usually found near the top of the page, above the text of the article, in small print.--Quisqualis (talk) 03:08, 2 October 2019 (UTC)

Wait, what? I've never seen that. Sounds like a script or something maybe? What you need to do is click on the "View history" tab at the top of the article, then click the button for "oldest" That will show you who created the page and when. Beeblebrox (talk) 03:20, 2 October 2019 (UTC)

... and at the foot of the page it says: "This page was last edited on ..." --David Biddulph (talk) 03:22, 2 October 2019 (UTC)

• Comment: Is the OP asking about Wikipedia articles or sources? Eagleash (talk) 03:24, 2 October 2019 (UTC)

If you want the publication date of a Wikipedia article in order to cite the article in an external work then see Wikipedia:Citing Wikipedia. PrimeHunter (talk) 08:42, 2 October 2019 (UTC)

Help:Cite errors/Cite error included ref

Hello Re- the article "Van Morrison" Under the sub-heading "Influences" - my apologies, I've accidentally deleted something in the section on German painter Johannes Heisig while trying to add a paragraph on poet Homer Rieth. Despite a number of efforts to do so I can't correct the problem. Can you please help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Homermrieth (talk • contribs) 03:46, 2 October 2019 (UTC)

@Homermrieth:  Fixed a closing ref tag was missing the final '>' and a stray ref tag found its way into the ref after the opening curly brackets. (Please remember to sign your posts on talk pages by typing four keyboard tildes like this: ~~~~. Or, you can use the [ reply ] button, which automatically signs posts.) Thank you. Eagleash (talk) 04:08, 2 October 2019 (UTC)

How long does it take to review a contribution draft?

I have submitted a contribution 8 weeks ago, yet it's still in the "draft:" tag, meaning not published yet. I would like to know how long it is going to take, and if I could request for a shorter period for the review. Thank you. --YUTOpia ptg (talk) 04:55, 2 October 2019 (UTC)

@YUTOpia ptg: the backlog is currently about 5 months. And no, there is no way to make things go faster. Victor Schmidt mobil (talk) 05:55, 2 October 2019 (UTC)

The review is likely to be slower because all the references are in Japanese. This is not wrong, but it means that a reviewer who does not read Japanese has to translate everything to check. Dbfirs 06:42, 2 October 2019 (UTC)

How do I publish a new page?

Hello everyone,

I am new to Wikipedia and I just published this article on my sandbox on a hotelier and a businessman. The profile doesn't exist yet on Wikipedia and I was wondering what's the best way to get it published? I am sorry I am a newbie so please forgive me for my lack of knowledge in this space. My article link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Ahmedbench/sandbox — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ahmedbench (talk • contribs) 07:21, 2 October 2019 (UTC)

Ahmedbench Hello . I would correct your language slightly in that Wikipedia does not have "profiles", it has articles. You can use Articles for Creation to submit your draft for a review before it is formally placed in the encyclopedia. This way you can get feedback on it first. I would say from a quick look that there is some promotional language that will need to be removed("Exciting new events are planned for Europe in 2020 which will be revealed soon" for example).

The language of the draft suggests to me that you might have some sort of association with Mr. Worsley; if you do, you will need to read and comply with the conflict of interest and paid editing policies(the latter is a Wikipedia Terms of Use requirement if you have a paid relationship). 331dot (talk) 07:59, 2 October 2019 (UTC)

Hello, Ahmedbench. In addition to what 331dot says (and the fact that your username includes 'bench', which also suggests you have a connection) I don't see anything in the sources in your draft which is independent, substantial, and about Worsley. Most of the references are about Bench, not about Worsley; and on a quick look it seems to me that most of them come from Bench or associated organisation, or are based on press releases from Bench. Please understand that, for an article about Worsley or Bench, Wikipedia basically has no interest in anything said or published by Bench or associated organisations, including things said in interviews or press releases. It is only interested in what people who have no connection with Worsley and Bench have chosen to publish about them in reliable sources, and any article should be based almost entirely on such sources. It follows that if there are few or no such independent sources, then it is impossible at present to write an acceptable article about them: the Wikipedia jargon for this is that they are not notable|. --ColinFine (talk) 15:16, 2 October 2019 (UTC)

Please also read the messages on your user talk page about copyright violation. --David Biddulph (talk) 03:04, 3 October 2019 (UTC)

Problem opening a page

Why does this entry show on Google, but when clicked on refuses to open? www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Hawdon — Preceding unsigned comment added by James Oldroyd (talk • contribs) 16:53, 2 October 2019 (UTC)

You can't have both the "www" and the "en" in the URL. It has to be just be "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Hawdon". At least that was what was wrong for me. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 17:07, 2 October 2019 (UTC)

Because that URL doesn't exist, James Oldroyd. The URL is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Hawdon, without the 'www.' on the front. Google for some reason has the URL wrong. (I wondered if Wikimedia had recently withdrawn a previously existing www.en.wikipedia domain, but I see that somebody asked a similar question two years ago.) --ColinFine (talk) 17:06, 2 October 2019 (UTC)

Two years ago I was referring to Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2017 May 31#Search engines adding a "www" to wikipage. The user indicated they had the problem at Google but I could only reproduce it at Bing and Yahoo. It's exactly the same now: James Oldroyd and ColinFine are apparently seeing the problem at Google but I'm only seeing it at Bing and Yahoo. Exactly which search engine url are you seeing the problem at? I see it at bing.com and search.yahoo.com but not google.com. PrimeHunter (talk) 20:38, 2 October 2019 (UTC)

Actually, PrimeHunter, I've remembered I don't use Google, but Ecosia. According to our article, "Search results for Ecosia are now provided by Microsoft Bing, enhanced by the company's own algorithms." --ColinFine (talk) 21:06, 2 October 2019 (UTC)

User Deleted-Cannot login- User Page No longer Available

Perhaps you might direct me to the procedure to edit or restore original User pages? I have been a Wikipedia user for more than 12 years, however LisaKachold was ignored (even without creating old versions), while these Landscape features were contended, it had been removed, except that the user exists but is somehow suspended or locked? I also accessed Wikipedia through my business account (used by Volunteers of my 501(3)c. The obnosis wiki account also worked toward equality within noteworthy pages of men vs women. I was variously attacked as a "sockpuppet" without warrant. Ami Muramato's refusal to repair and fail to respond to internal water damage caused by HOA negligence, that was ence that I can uch later while considering relocation, and competing via cascading interviews for Wikipedia's parent company's DevOps Engineer position and other similar internal damage that was covered by the last Board, including the HOA loss. The last entry on the LisaKachold talk page: '''05:53, 30 July 2019 Scottywong talk contribs deleted page User:LisaKachold (Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:LisaKachold (XFDcloser)) Tag: PHP7 (thank)''' I had logged in using 'LisaKachold' account after 13 March 2019, as investigation history indicates. Could you please unblock the LisaKachold and obnosis user accounts, so we can continue to contribute to Wikipedia? Please direct us to the procedure or documentation for restoring Deleted User pages repair HOA Insurance covers most of the existing damage? — Preceding unsigned comment added by LisaKachold (talk • contribs) 17:05, 2 October 2019 (UTC)

• Hello Lisa,

Your userpage was deleted in July as it was found to not conform to Wikipedia's policies. If you'd like to make a new one you'll have to follow those policies and guidelines. As for an unblock, you'll have to contact the administrator who blocked you, and failing that request an unblock. Either way, this is not the place to ask for one. Have a good day!

– John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 17:11, 2 October 2019 (UTC)

EDIT: You do not appear to be blocked at this time. You can still log in and edit Wikipedia without having a userpage. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 17:15, 2 October 2019 (UTC)

LisaKachold, your account is not blocked. If it was, you would not be able to post here. You can create a new user page, but it must be about you as a Wikipedia editor, not an imitation encylopedia article. Please read WP: AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 17:17, 2 October 2019 (UTC)

Hello, LisaKachold. I'm sorry you are having a difficult time; but it appears to me that you (like many people) have a number of misconceptions about Wikipedia. Some of those I think I see are:

• There is no connection whatever between a user name and the articles that account edits; except that, since writing about yourself in a Wikipedia article is strongly discouraged, people are likely to look closely at it when somebody edits an article with the same name as their user name.
• You do not need to have a user page; but if you do, there are some limitations on what may go there, detailed at user pages. It must not appear to be an article; and while its contents should relate to you, they should relate to you as a Wikipedia editor. There is latitude for a small amount of information about you outside your work in Wikipedia, but if the page is mostly about that, this may fall foul of NOTWEBHOST. (I can't see the deleted user page, as I am not an admin, so I don't know what you put on there).
• Each Wikipedia account must be personal to a single individual (who may use their real name for the account, as I do, but may choose a pseudonym). Sharing of accounts is forbidden. Equally, you should not normally edit from more than one account yourself (though there are some circumstances where this is permitted: see SOCKLEGIT). That is why somebody thought one of your accounts was a sockpuppet.

It sounds as if you and your associates are trying to provide valuable input to Wikipedia; but you do need to understand how it works before you plunge in. Please see What Wikipedia is not, Autobiography and Your first article. --ColinFine (talk) 17:32, 2 October 2019 (UTC)

Creating a page for our company website

Hello, I am part of the LCEC Lee County Electric Company in Southwest Florida public relations team and I am trying to start a web-page on Wikipedia for our company. I was curious if I would be able to copy and paste from our website, since we are the the team that runs the website and wrote the sections on there.

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Draft:LCEC_(Lee_County_Electric_Company)&action=edit https://www.lcec.net/about-lcec — Preceding unsigned comment added by LeeCountyCoop (talk • contribs) 20:28, 2 October 2019 (UTC)

No, you can't do that. This is an encyclopedia, not a place to promote your business. RudolfRed (talk) 20:34, 2 October 2019 (UTC)

Wikipedia is NOT a promotional website, and needs to be unopiniated and to inform. As well, it does have to be notable. Thank you! HeartGlow30797 (talk) 21:29, 2 October 2019 (UTC)

LeeCountyCoop, just to add on to this, if you're copying and pasting text that you own to Wikipedia, that constitutes a permanent and irrevocable release of the copyright of that text under Wikipedia's licenses. After that, anyone can edit and redistribute the text. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 21:56, 2 October 2019 (UTC)

Glynn Wolfe

The first picture that comes up when you google Glynn Wolfe is my father in law, Glynn Arthur Wolfe not Scotty Glynn Wolfe. Could you please remove my father in laws picture. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.90.5.204 (talk) 22:02, 2 October 2019 (UTC)

Hi there IP. Unfortunately, Wikipedia does not control Google Search results. HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 22:03, 2 October 2019 (UTC)

The Wikipedia article for Glynn Wolfe does not contain an image. Google draws information from multiple sources and often displays it in a way that implies it comes from Wikipedia. We have no control over this, as Hickory states, but there is a feedback link at the base of the panel in the Google search results. Eagleash (talk) 22:07, 2 October 2019 (UTC)

India

Great to see a non-American centric article on the main page. However is there a way to make the pictures normal size for my desktop PC? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2605:8D80:569:B751:41BB:A986:F6BA:3DCF (talk) 22:11, 2 October 2019 (UTC)

Dear IP, All pictures other than two panoramic ones are now down to default size, 220px. Thank you for your concern and your contribution. I hope this was helpful. Best regards, Fowler&fowler«Talk» 14:14, 3 October 2019 (UTC)