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March 11

How can upload my profile picture

explain please — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sudeb Halder (talk • contribs) 07:10, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

There's no such feature. @Sudeb Halder: see WP:NOTSOCIAL.--Jasper Deng (talk) 08:27, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

@Sudeb Halder: You can't – because you have no ‘profile’ here. --CiaPan (talk) 09:12, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

Submitting information

Colin Browne was a resident at TRIOMF during which garden competitions were won during 1969 and 1969. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 105.225.17.123 (talk) 09:17, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

If this pertains to an article, you should post on the relevant article talk page, along with any independent reliable sources you have to support your claims. 331dot (talk) 10:55, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

As far as I can see from the IP's contributions, it's about Sophiatown, known as Triomf in some period. --CiaPan (talk) 11:25, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

Why did my edit disappear? and how to bring it back?

Hi, I edited a page about a topic that I m expert on by adding sentences about original research published in 2020. when I returned to the page, I saw it is deleted. why is that? I believe those few sentences are important and help others, stemming from research published in an elite journal, adding considerable insights into that topic. please let me know why this happened, and how I can bring it back. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sheilaagh (talk • contribs) 12:41, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

@Sheilaagh: You may want to see the page history (link) and see it was TJRC who reverted your edits. You'll also see the revert description: WP:ELSPAM – follow the link to see more explanation. --CiaPan (talk) 12:50, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

@Sheilaagh: You "bring it back" by engaging in a discussion with the reverting editor to reach consensus: see WP:BRD. However, your edits make it appear that you have a conflict of interest WP:COI and may be adding external links to publications of which you are the author. If so, it you need to disclose this COI, and then convince another editor to add this information rather than doing it yourself. There is nothing "wrong" with COI if it is disclosed. Our guidelines on this simply recognize the reality that COI leads to subconcious bias, so we need a second set of eyeballs on the material. -Arch dude (talk) 20:49, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

@Arch dude: :@CiaPan: Thanks very much for explaining this. I am very new to this system. I wrote my response there. It is really sad to see such subjective interpretations exist. The least thing I expected while adding to the site was coming across the people who judge a paper published in the basket of senior scholar journals with a sarcastic tone to be the editors and guardians of a public page.

@Sheilaagh: We are a crowdsourced, high-volume project. Edits to our 6 million articles occur at a rate in excess of 20 per minute. The self-selected volunteers who try to patrol these edits are badly overworked in their unpaid thankless task, sometimes having to assess multiple edits per minute just to keep up. None of our patrollers are content experts for all six million articles. This sometimes results in terse comments that seem sarcastic or even in mistakes. Our solution to this is the WP:BRD process: if they make a mistake, we assume the original editor will start the discussion, so our patrollers can afford to be a little overzealous because they are basically stating an opinion to stimulate that discussion. Please assume good faith: WP:AGF. -Arch dude (talk) 17:28, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

why is my edit appearing in red?

Just edited a page and my edit appears in red. Have I done something wrong? — Preceding unsigned comment added by BritishWaterfowlAssociation (talk • contribs) 14:01, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

It means that you've added a link to an article that doesn't exist. Check the spelling is the first thing to do. - X201 (talk) 14:11, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

@BritishWaterfowlAssociation: This question is the only edit by your account and several things can be red for different reasons so I'm not sure what you refer to. Maybe you edited a page without logging in. If there is a negative red number in a page history then it means the edit reduced the page size by that number of bytes. If you refer to your red username then it means your account has not created a user page. Doing this is optional and doesn't prevent you from editing. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:13, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

@BritishWaterfowlAssociation:However, you will need to change your user name. A user name must be for an individual, not a group, and must not imply that it is for a group: see WP:USERNAME. Easiest is to simply quit using this account and create a new one. -Arch dude (talk) 15:22, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

Speedy Deletion

Hi!

I wanted to know why my page was deleted?

Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by ChefKash (talk • contribs) 16:33, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

ChefKash Your page was deleted as inappropriate user page content. Your user page is not article space, but a place to introduce yourself to the Wikipedia community in the context of your Wikipedia editing or use. If you were attempting to write an article about yourself, please read the autobiography policy for why this is strongly discouraged. 331dot (talk) 16:38, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

Video Citation: Getty Images

Hello Helpers, For the past couple of months, I have been working on expanding an article on a fictional character known as Billy. In terms of sources, I found one that gave some VERY insightful information. However, it is a part of the notorious GettyImages and, as such, I have a feeling I would not be able to cite it as a source. I just wanted to confirm that here before I give up on that particular source. Here is the link if that is helpful: https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/robert-mann-on-playing-the-villain-in-the-film-on-having-news-footage/75820268--Paleface Jack (talk) 17:08, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

User:Paleface Jack - First, if your question has to do with whether a source can be cited because of questions about its reliability, you could consult the Reliable Source Noticeboard. They have a list of sources that are known to be usually reliable (e.g., The Times, The NY Times, The LA Times), and sources that are known to be usually unreliable. You might check their list or ask at the noticeboard. Second, thank you for working on that article on that villain. Robert McClenon (talk) 17:40, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for the insight and the compliment.--Paleface Jack (talk) 17:47, 11 March 2020 (UTC)