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March 22

alignment question

why are my user boxes in this page section User:Sm8900#User_box_grid all seemingly aligned to the right? thanks. pls ping when you reply. thanks!! --Sm8900 (talk) 04:46, 22 March 2020 (UTC)

@Sm8900: It's probably because the boxes aren't quite the same height. I solved this at User:John of Reading/Userboxes by enclosing each box inside a fixed-size div, <div style="width:250px;height:55px;float:left"> ... </div>. The boxes re-arrange themselves quite neatly when the window size is changed. -- John of Reading (talk) 08:44, 22 March 2020 (UTC)

Michael John Nicholson

Hi,

I would like to put myself in Wikipedia, my mother and brother are. Here is my website; www.mikenicholson.com l am an film maker. How can l do this please?

Mike. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Michael John Nicholson (talk • contribs) 05:28, 22 March 2020 (UTC)

Hello Mike, welcome to Wikipedia! Because Wikipedia adheres to a neutral point of view, creating autobiographies is strongly discouraged and often leads to the deletion of the article. In most cases, if you're notable enough for inclusion in Wikipedia, an editor will create an article about you at some point. However, if you believe that you as a person clearly meet the general notability guideline or the notability guideline for creative professionals, you can request an article to be created about you. Best, MrClog (talk) 11:24, 22 March 2020 (UTC)

Michael John Nicholson Also be aware that a Wikipedia article is not necessarily desirable. There are good reasons to not want one. You cannot lock it to the text you might prefer, or prevent others from editing it. Any information about you, good or bad, can go into an article about you as long as it appears in an independent reliable sources and is not defamatory. 331dot (talk) 18:52, 22 March 2020 (UTC)

So can l go ahead and get on wikipedia? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Michael John Nicholson (talk • contribs) 10:55, 23 March 2020 (UTC)

You'd have a conflict of interest. Editing when you have a conflict of interest "is strongly discouraged on Wikipedia". As MrClog wrote above: "if you believe that you as a person clearly meet the general notability guideline or the notability guideline for creative professionals, you can request an article to be created about you." -- Hoary (talk) 13:41, 23 March 2020 (UTC)

Penhow Castle

The entry for Penhow Castle is currently a redirect, from here, [1] to here, Penhow, Newport. I would now like to create a standalone article for Penhow Castle. I tried to do this before, for Mamhead House, but messed up, and I think the overwriting of the redirect can only be done by an admin. Anyone able to assist? Thanks and regards. KJP1 (talk) 10:00, 22 March 2020 (UTC)

Hello KJP1! You should be able to overwrite the redirect by clicking "Edit source" on the redirect page and replacing the redirect with an article, after which you should "Publish changes". What specific issues are you experiencing when trying to do this? Best, MrClog (talk) 11:31, 22 March 2020 (UTC)

MrClog - Many thanks. I shall try that and see how it goes. I thought one had to do something a little more complicated! KJP1 (talk) 11:41, 22 March 2020 (UTC)

KJP1, you can do as MrClog suggests; but what you are doing is effectively creating a new article, and if you do so in article space, it will be judged by the (high) standards of new article. Unless you are confident that you can bring it up to that standard straight away, I would advise developing it as a draft, using articles for creation. When your draft is accepted, the reviewer will handle moving it over the redirect. --ColinFine (talk) 12:56, 22 March 2020 (UTC)

ColinFine: KJP1 seems to be an experienced article creator considering they were involved in 10 FACs according to their user page, in which case submitting a draft may unnecessarily slow down the process. -MrClog (talk) 13:09, 22 March 2020 (UTC)

ColinFine, MrClog - Prudent and sensible advice! I should have said I was autopatrolled, as I've done a bit on buildings, but I frequently forget the technical aspects. KJP1 (talk) 13:25, 22 March 2020 (UTC)

Seems to have worked a treat, Penhow Castle. Many thanks for the advice. KJP1 (talk) 14:00, 22 March 2020 (UTC)

Spencer Hughes (audio engineer)

Hello,

this is my first article in the English WP.

Let me tell the reason: The person founded a company in UK, which manufatures loudspeakers more than 50 years! I was surprised, that this Spencer Hughes was not in the wikipedia, for example Philip Swift with a younger company with less products has the audiolab-article.

S.H. was involved in the research of LS3/5A at BBC Research, so that is serious work. The references shows, that the products are relevant: Book by Colloms and journals. The articles in the journals shows, that the Spendor loudspeakers are shipped in the US, too.

Could you please put this arguments in the correct place? I'm waiting for your answer to discuss this issue. Thank you in advance.

Kind regards from Germany, --Wikisympathisant (talk) 18:15, 22 March 2020 (UTC)

What exactly are you looking for? An explanantion as to why Hughes didn't have an article yet? If so, the reason would be that before you, no Wikipedia volunteer decided to create one. After all, each editor choses which articles to write themselves. --MrClog (talk) 18:20, 22 March 2020 (UTC)

Thank you very much for your hint :-). The reason to write is the stamp here Talk:Spencer Hughes (audio engineer), I would prevent a deletion of my article. And I did some amendments. Will that be assessed automatically? Is it sufficient put the arguments at the talk page, or is there a possibility to discuss with people of the Biography-project?

Please let me know. --Wikisympathisant (talk) 18:32, 22 March 2020 (UTC)

Wikisympathisant, you mean the yellow Wikiproject Biography banner? Your article is not at risk of deletion at this time. That banner is simply to help people interested in biographies keep track of them. It says the article is a stub because it is (or was when the banner was placed) very short. That's all it means. ~ ONUnicorn^{(Talk|Contribs)}problem solving 18:38, 22 March 2020 (UTC)

Thank you :-).

I named above the audiolab-article. It's possible that it makes sense to change my article to a company article, because I think, it will be harder to find more personal facts (family S.H. comes from, education, studies before the BBC R&D), than about the products ... Where can I discuss that? Or is that to early? What can you suggest or recommend? --Wikisympathisant (talk) 18:47, 22 March 2020 (UTC)

Very little in the article Spencer Hughes (audio engineer) is not about the company Spendor (an article that is currently a redirect to Spencer Hughes (audio engineer)). Some of what's in the article is about Spendor but not about Hughes. So converting the article into one titled "Spendor" would seem to make sense. Think hard about whether it's possible any time soon to have both an article about Spendor and an article about Hughes, with little overlap. If (as I'd guess) the answer is no, then ask at Wikipedia:Requested moves for a move from "Spencer Hughes (audio engineer)" to "Spendor". Once this is done, you should hurry to edit "Spendor" so that it really is about the company rather than the man. -- Hoary (talk) 23:10, 22 March 2020 (UTC)

But on a quick look, Wikisymphathisant, it doesn't look to me as if many of the references are about either. There are several mentions of Hughes in the historical article about the BBC, but I'm not sure that they add up to substantial coverage; and many of the references are about particular products, not about the company or the man. --ColinFine (talk) 23:32, 22 March 2020 (UTC)

It's possible, you wrote quick look: Please consider: Many articles about products contain informations about the company or the work there. And they tell about the philosophy; I think this connected to S.P.s experiences of research (first at BBC). Regards, --Wikisympathisant (talk) 08:55, 23 March 2020 (UTC)