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December 9

How to suggest a correction to an "Extended Confirmed Protected" page?

I've be reviewing the List_of_cryptocurrencies and have found, at this point, one spelling mistake calling the Monero Hash algorithm CryptoNight instead of the correct name CryptoNote. Because this is a Extended Confirmed Protected page I can't make an edits.

Who do I send this to?

Also another page Satoshi_Nakamoto, that I was looking at, is semi protected. Even though it hasn't been defaced or maligned, as of yet, I think perhaps it should also be given Extended Confirmed Protection.

智 — Preceding unsigned comment added by ConceptRat (talk • contribs) 01:27, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

ConceptRat Please see how to make an edit request. As to your second point, articles are not preemptively protected. There must be a demonstrated problem warranting protection in order to get it. You may request page protection at WP:RFPP should a problem develop. 331dot (talk) 01:31, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

@331dot: Thanks for responding. Not a minute after asking the question I found the answer in the last point here Current requests for reduction in protection level. This seems a little out of place though and might be better placed in the section below titled Current requests for edits to a protected page. Anyway I'll follow through that and what you mentioned about protection. Again thanks for the swift response. ConceptRat 智 (talk) 02:27, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

Fix An error on a Reference

Can You Please fix the error on the reference please. 68.102.42.216 (talk) 04:57, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

Perhaps. Which reference? -- Hoary (talk) 05:06, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

I assume it's Draft:10th Annual NFL Honors. I fixed the date and url. TimTempleton ^{(talk) (cont)} 05:58, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

Why Authority control is not showing in this article?

The article in question is As Barbas do Imperador. There's ISBN and OCLC data in Wikidata, so I assume it's supposed to show a bar with the Authority control. User:Tetizeraz. Send me a ✉️ ! 06:34, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

Template {{authority control}} supports neither ISBN nor OCLC. Ruslik_Zero 13:51, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

MISS SWISS

 Courtesy link: Draft:MISS SWISS

I saw that my MISS SWISS wikipedia page was denied due to lack of references. I want to make sure you were aware of their recent FOX Business story, which also ran on Yahoo and other sites. This brand and the founder will only grow from here --- See https://www.foxbusiness.com/retail/young-entrepreneur-relies-on-nj-manufacture-to-produce-a-christmas-miracle and https://sports.yahoo.com/young-entrepreneur-relies-nj-manufacturer-235720361.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by Umassespn (talk • contribs) 16:14, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

Umassespn, hello this is not the venue, you can post on the reviewer's talk page or post at WP:AFCHELP. Enjoy your stay on Wikipedia! Heart ^(talk) 16:16, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

Umassespn, while it is possible that this company could become notable in the future (and more reliable sources give it significant coverage, right now it is too soon. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) (🎁 Wishlist! 🎁) 17:08, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

How do I archive my Userpage?

I have a userpage which I do.(use), it journals my wikipedia experience. I began as a series of blunders and mistakes until I thought I should be thrown out. So I archived it by clearing the whole mess out (Delete), And Marking the Summary Box that I could find it in my contributions. My Request now is for official archive of my progress learning how to use Wikipedia, It (the archive), will be Phase One of my efforts, Phase Two of my efforts, furthermore known by my Userpage being the example of what user pages are designed for. Thank You, Paptilian.Paptilian (talk) 17:19, 9 December 2020 (UTC) "For clarification, I'm not ready yet! I must move things to my User Subpages. Then I shall learn how to archive. Thank you for understanding.Paptilian (talk) 17:25, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

@Paptilian: there may be an more elegant way, but one brute-force way is to go into the page history of your user page, click on the link to an old version, and then copy the URL of that old version, which in in your browser's URL box. Now you can put that URL on your user page as a link. Example: page as of 7 Dec. -Arch dude (talk) 18:09, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

Have a big thank you Arch dude. Does that make the Talk page current?18:57, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

Notice: This issue is Resolved, Thank you Paptilian (talk) 20:10, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

Three-time deleting my post ?

Hi I have a Masters degree and I am a sound engineer I tried to upload the detail of my life and experience also I wanted to talk about original song I create lyrics and melody I follow all step there is no error on my writing plus all photo is original I took it myself I really want more explain from your side why I am not allowed to broadcast that in your website. Thanks for your cooperation DJ kurdistan (talk) 19:55, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

DJ kurdistan Wikipedia is not social media for people to tell the world about themselves. Wikipedia is only interested in what others say about you, not what you want to say about yourself- and only if you meet the special Wikipedia definition of a notable musician, as shown with significant coverage in independent reliable sources. Please also review the autobiography policy. If you just want to tell the world about yourself, please use actual social media, your own website, or some other alternative forum where what you want to do is permitted. 331dot (talk) 19:58, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

Basically, DJ kurdistan, you are not allowed to "broadcast" in Wikipedia, because Wikipedia is not for promotion.--Quisqualis (talk) 23:19, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

Review

Hello, can someone review my article Draft:Harry Fear? I just need opinions whether I need to edit it more or add references...etc. Thanks in advance Engy Badawy (talk) 21:30, 9 December 2020 (UTC)Engy Badawy

@Engy Badawy: You already got feedback when you asked this at the Teahouse. There are 3,444 other drafts also waiting to be reviewed. Your draft has been reviewed twice already, so please be patient. RudolfRed (talk) 21:41, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

Is there a quick way to standardize citation and date formats?

reference info for Lake Tauca

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List of cs2 templates Citation (1)
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explanations

For Lake Tauca, I tried with the scripts and it didn't work. JoJo Eumerus mobile (main talk) 22:04, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

For cs1|2 templates, either of {{use dmy dates}} or {{use mdy dates}} will cause Module:Citation/CS1 to render dates in the specified style – the style used in the wikitext of the citation can be any valid style; the rendering will be according to the {{use xxx dates}} template. Dates in the body of the article must be adjusted manually or with a script. According to {{ref info}}, the citation publication dates are already in dmy style (that template does not measure archive and access dates which MOS allows to be different from publication dates.

—Trappist the monk (talk) 22:36, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

Potential problematic editing pattern...or potential overreaction

Hey there,

I'm a decently experienced occasional wiki editor, but I'm encountering a situation that's new to me, and I'm not sure how to respond appropriately, so I'd love to hear from more experienced editors. I've noticed a pattern of three users with similar names adding content that feels vaguely promotional and (especially) removing critical content from the page for Barton Deakin, an Australian political lobbying firm, and also some pages related to figures in Australian politics connected to the firm; these users don't have any other edit history, and there have been other similarly single-interest editors who have periodically engaged in similar edit patterns in the history of the page. I've found myself wondering whether there's a possible connection between these editors, either a direct one (i.e. sock/meatpuppetry) or an indirect one (an undisclosed COI), particularly given the nature of the firm in question (a political consulting entity; ergo an organization whose business depends directly on promoting the resumes of its employees). There are three users I'm particularly concerned about who engaged in some...similar patterns of removal of content on the page recently, and there are another 4 users and one IP who've consistently engaged in similar patterns on the page and others related to it over the past few years.

However, I'm not naming these users because I know that's also quite a serious accusation, and if it doesn't turn out to be the case, I could totally see how reporting somebody to WP:SPI or taking some sort of action over possible undisclosed COIs without enough evidence could feel like I was engaging in the worst kind of ad-hominem attacks in an edit war. Basically, my question is: can some more experienced users who've dealt with this sort of thing in the past take a look at this and tell me what they think? (To be explicitly clear: I'm really not trying to accuse anyone of anything, even by implication by referring to article histories without mentioning users by name--I don't feel like I'm equipped to do that; I'm trying to find somebody who might be better able to determine if there's a problem here, and what the appropriate steps to take might be.)

Thanks in advance for sharing thoughts.

CogitoErgoSum14 (talk) 23:26, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

CogitoErgoSum14, it would be a little aggressive, but you would be within your rights to start a Sockpuppet investigation of this editing cabal. If you want to exert more effort, you might post the same inquiry to all the talk pages of the editors, asking whether a conflict of interest exists with respect to the topic and whether the accounts represent separate individuals. Thanks for noticing this pattern.--Quisqualis (talk) 00:13, 10 December 2020 (UTC)

I took a look at Barton Deakin, CogitoErgoSum14; there is no question in my mind that socking is a possibility here. The same goes for COI. Two were blocked, and #3 steps right up to the plate.--Quisqualis (talk) 03:15, 10 December 2020 (UTC)