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January 5

Account Name Change ¿HOW?

Hi, I accidently registered as T.J. Jaxx rather than T.J. Jazz ¿Is there anyway to correct that? ¿Or do I need to cancel and start a whole new account? T.J. Jaxx (talk) 00:04, 5 January 2020 (UTC)

@T.J. Jaxx: Since you have only a few edits, just abandon the account (no cancellation needed) and create the new one. However, if "T.J. Jazz" (or any other name) is intended as a group or corporate name, then don't use it: see WP:USERNAME. -Arch dude (talk) 00:18, 5 January 2020 (UTC)

THANK YOU - It's not a group name - it's my Stage name. There is a similar name but used one time 6 years ago so, following the link you sent, I am going to see if I can grab it. Thank you again. — Preceding unsigned comment added by T.J. Jaxx (talk • contribs) 00:29, 5 January 2020 (UTC)

difficulty with template

Hello - I'm trying to work with the template in this entry - Buddhist Retreat Centre - but I can't figure out why my entries keep on triggering errors. Can anyone explain? Thanks.Bangabandhu (talk) 02:26, 5 January 2020 (UTC)

There were some non-printable characters. I'm not sure exactly what but they are gone now. There is also a link to wattle which should be fixed since that is a disambiguation page. MB 02:34, 5 January 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for the fix! Don't understand exactly what the issue was, but hopefully those characters won't reemerge during the next infobox I create. Bangabandhu (talk) 02:58, 5 January 2020 (UTC)

My account

Can i delite my account ?? And how i can ?? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Santvijay Rao (talk • contribs) 10:02, 5 January 2020 (UTC)

You cannot delete an account on Wikipedia, but simply abandon one. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 10:06, 5 January 2020 (UTC)

55th Guldbagge Awards

I created this stub, which included the infobox-thing in the upper right corner. However, in preceding articles, like 54th Guldbagge Awards, there is an automatically created (I think) link to the previous article in the bottom left corner of the box. This didn't work in my stub. Can someone fix? Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 12:57, 5 January 2020 (UTC)

Gråbergs Gråa Sång, It seems changing 54rd to 54th has fixed it. ~~ OxonAlex - talk 13:16, 5 January 2020 (UTC)

OxonAlex So it does, thanks! Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 13:19, 5 January 2020 (UTC)

Nominating article for deletion

Hello! I was going through the articled that require wikilinks and came across the one that seems to meet no notability criteria. I wanted to propose it for deletion but as it's my first time doing that I decided to ask here first. As for me if fails WP:BASIC and if we go to SNG - also fails WP:NACADEMICS, WP:JOURNALIST, WP:AUTHOR. If I am right, should I mark it for PROD or AfD? Can someone guide me in this. Thank you. --Less Unless (talk) 14:14, 5 January 2020 (UTC)

@Less Unless: PROD is for deletion would not be controversial while AFD is for deletion that is expected to be controversial. I would recommend nominating this through AFD in my opinion. Interstellarity (talk) 14:18, 5 January 2020 (UTC)

Interstellarity will do that, thank you! --Less Unless (talk) 14:21, 5 January 2020 (UTC)

Regarding that why Wikipedia isn't approving my Article on Arthur Choo.

Arthur Choo is a Singaporean musician. He is famous for his instrument the cajon. he is doing social works and helping poor and handicapped people in Singapore. I Artdotc want's to publish an article for his great efforts and social work. His contributions should be notable to the people and about him their should be an article on Wikipedia. I'm trying a lot to publish an article on his life but every time after publishing article (Arthur Choo) i'm getting notice that this article should be deleted under section G11. they are saying that i'm advertising in this article but i'm seriously not. I'm a confirmed user on Wikipedia, i know how to write an article and how to edit articles. Even if i upload an image of eminent personality Arthur Choo, i gotta notice that this image should be deleted. I click that image with my own camera, still they don't approve that image.

Wikipedia made me a confirmed user, that's great!, with this now i can create an article, move an article and upload media, this is only a joke with me. Still i'm unable to create articles and upload images. overall their is no use of my confirmed user. why Wikipedia isn't so smart and technical that it is unable to identify the point of view of my written article. There is no single medium of advertising and productivity in my article Arthur Choo. so please, it is a humble request to you, that let my article to be live on Wikipedia without any objections. and please contact me if you seriously found any mistake in my article(Arthur Choo), except deleting my article. Thanks Wikipedia confirmed User Artdotc — Preceding unsigned comment added by Artdotc (talk • contribs) 14:43, 5 January 2020 (UTC)

Blatantly promotional language copied from the subject's own website. Hence liable to deletion not only as promotional but also as a copyright violation. --David Biddulph (talk) 14:55, 5 January 2020 (UTC)

@Artdot: Also asked and answered at the teahouse. Please do not ask similar questions in multiple locations. You have now been given the reasons at three separate locations (including David's talk page). Instructions for contesting the speedy deletion are included in the notices at the article, but it would need to be re-written to be acceptable as a Wikipedia entry. (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) 15:22, 5 January 2020 (UTC)

Cites from the Internet / dead links

In general, how does Wikipedia "handle" this situation? Oftentimes, I can go to an internet website, get some information, and cite it as a source. But, I know that if I go back to that same exact website (or URL?) a month or a year from now, that content will no longer be there. In other words, websites often delete old content to make way for new content. In general, how do we handle this on Wikipedia? Also, is there some "pre-emptive" way to "maintain" some link or cite (in an article) that I know will probably be gone at some point in the future? Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 16:13, 5 January 2020 (UTC)

See Help:Archiving a source. --David Biddulph (talk) 16:16, 5 January 2020 (UTC)

Joseph A. Spadaro, If you choose to use the Wayback Machine to create archives of pages, I recommend using a browser extension. An extension allows you to save a page while it is in your browser window, rather than having to go to the Wayback Machine's page and enter the URL there. The Wayback Machine's page has links to tools for Chrome, Firefox, Safari, IOS and Android. Eddie Blick (talk) 02:59, 6 January 2020 (UTC)

Thanks, all. Very helpful! Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 16:56, 6 January 2020 (UTC)

Trouble adding images that I have a copyright on

I am writing a page on Yardley Taylor, it is still in the draft stage. I own a daguerreotype of Yardley and Hannah Taylor that I have a file photograph of, and would like to add it to my page. Plus I have file photos of public domain images of both Yardley Taylor's 1853 map and of him as an old man. When I try to upload these images, a window opens warning that the images might not be allowed because of copyright issues. How do I resolve this issue? most sincerely, Lee1101 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lee1101 (talk • contribs) 18:24, 5 January 2020 (UTC)

Lee1101, We give a spooky warning to folks about copyright becuase...well copyright is very important. However, since your works are pre-1923, they are in the public domain, and are no longer copyrighted. As long as you upload them, and check the right boxes and explain that fact, you should be fine. Captain Eek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!}⚓ 21:05, 5 January 2020 (UTC)

@Lee1101: Copyright is not straightforward, so the wording gets tricky. You own one instance of the daguerreotype. You do not own the copyright in the daguerreotype image. The copyright was owned by the original photographer and remained with the photographer or his estate unless it was sold. The copyright then expired and the work passed into the public domain. To complicate matters, your photograph of the daguerreotype is a "derived work" which is potentially copyrightable. Your copyright in the derived work does not change the copyright status of the work from which it derives. This would for example cover a work by you that added other creative elements (e.g., a collage, or a re-rendering of some sort.) BUT, a "faithful reproduction of a two-dimensional work" has been deemed to have no added creative elements that can be copyrighted. I'm sorry that this is complicated, but it's the law that is complicated, not our procedures. SO: as CaptainEek said, just state that the images are Public Domain. -Arch dude (talk) 23:49, 5 January 2020 (UTC)

Thank you both for your help; I've attempted to follow it by various phrases using "public domain" but a window still opens saying: "We could not determine whether this file is suitable for Wikimedia Commons. Please only upload photos that you took yourself with your camera, or see what else is acceptable. See the guide to make sure the file is acceptable and learn how to upload it on Wikimedia Commons." Is there a glitch of some sort that is possibly causing the problem? I was able to download and add a photo from the wikipedia images, but can't upload any of my own, even though they are not copyright protected. Lee1101 (talk) 23:57, 5 January 2020 (UTC)

@Lee1101: You add an image to a page by first uploading the image to Commons. I get to the "upload wizard" by clicking on "upload file" in the leftmost column on this or any other Wikipedia page desktop, (not mobile) and then clicking on the huge "upload wizard" text button. Step three asks about copyright. I click "this is a free work" and another selection list expands. I then click "this is so old that its copyright has expired." If you tried some other method, please let us know where it failed for you. -Arch dude (talk) 01:19, 6 January 2020 (UTC)

Could you please help me edit this page?

This page seems to have some problems after the sub-section "Issues and history" of South Africa. Could you please help me fix it?--Carnby (talk) 19:43, 5 January 2020 (UTC)

Too many templates; that page is a member of Category:Pages where template include size is exceeded. Something has to change; split the page (probably best choice because this page is already a split of a larger page), delete some stuff, ...

—Trappist the monk (talk) 19:51, 5 January 2020 (UTC)

Unknown authors - please help

I am looking for biographical, educational and personal likes/dislikes information on recently self-published authors Ric K. Hill, Tony Rosa and James Ross because I like their writing in their books that I have been able to locate in the hinterlands of New Mexico (U.S.A., for those who DON'T know). I will appreciate any information from any source. Thanks from one who can no longer play their game. Steve Prekker — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pdssteve (talk • contribs) 19:54, 5 January 2020 (UTC)

@Pdssteve: Please see the responses given to you at the teahouse and also on 2 January above. The reference desk is probably better equpped to help you.... this is the desk for when you need help with editing. Please don't ask similar questions in multiple locations and (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) 20:40, 5 January 2020 (UTC) Archived.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 22:26, 10 January 2020 (UTC)

"For ... see ..." template's output needs correcting in article.

The note at the top of Ray Middleton (actor) directs readers to a non-existent "Ray Middleton (actor) (disambiguation)" page. I wanted to correct it to point to the Ray Middleton disambiguation page, but I don't know what to change. The source page has {{about|American actor|Ray Middleton}}. Eddie Blick (talk) 23:11, 5 January 2020 (UTC)

@Teblick: Fixed. To solve problems like this read the template documentation, which is not as easy to find as you might at first think. to find the documentation for {{about}}, go read Template:about. And thanks for pionting this out. -Arch dude (talk) 23:33, 5 January 2020 (UTC)

Arch dude, You're welcome! I appreciate the quick response and resolution. Eddie Blick (talk) 02:41, 6 January 2020 (UTC)

Editing Versus Opinion.

Am I allowed to leave my Opion on something rather than Editing something? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dana.lynn.3367 (talk • contribs) 23:19, 5 January 2020 (UTC)

@Dana.lynn.3367: Sorry, but no. ALL assertions in all articles are supposed to be referenced to material in reliable sources. See WP:RS. You are free to put opinions on your own user page if it helps other editor to understand your biases, but Wikipedia is not a forum. Please read WP:NOT to see what we are trying to accomplish here.-Arch dude (talk) 23:25, 5 January 2020 (UTC)

Email question

My main e-mail address has changed. Where and how do I change my contact details? I cannot see such a possibility on my User page - but perhaps I have just Tomaten auf den Augen.Klumpenburg (talk) 23:55, 5 January 2020 (UTC)

@Klumpenburg: Preferences, a link at the top of the page in the desktop version. There, see "User profile" > "Email options". Regards. Wakari07 (talk) 00:14, 6 January 2020 (UTC)

Thank you, Wakari07! Klumpenburg (talk) 20:25, 6 January 2020 (UTC)