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October 1

Mainspace

How will I create an article in the mainspace? Olugold (talk) 01:13, 1 October 2021 (UTC)

@Olugold: Creating a new article is one of the hardest things to do on Wikipedia. If you don't create a new mainspace article properly, there's a chance it will be deleted and you'll lose all your hard work. Instead, I suggest you follow the instructions on Help:Your first article. Hope this helps, and happy editing! GoingBatty (talk) 03:53, 1 October 2021 (UTC)

Thank so much. Olugold (talk) 04:16, 1 October 2021 (UTC)

What's next after page draft?

Hey, I forgot to submit it :( damn it! please ignore this — Preceding unsigned comment added by Annamaria.dmrt (talk • contribs) 01:34, 1 October 2021 (UTC)

Hey guys! I have made a page draft for a company in Australia. Can you please advise me on what the next steps are? It was made back in August, am I meant to submit this somewhere? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:The_Lottery_Office Thank you in advance, Anna Maria — Preceding unsigned comment added by Annamaria.dmrt (talk • contribs) 01:30, 1 October 2021 (UTC)

@Annamaria.dmrt: Hello, the page has been submitted and is awaiting review; this can take several weeks. Please prepare to be patient. (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) 13:38, 1 October 2021 (UTC)

2022 in American music

Can you fix an error i made in 2022 in American music please. 98.186.54.177 (talk) 13:49, 1 October 2021 (UTC)

 Fixed reference in 2022 in American music in this edit. GoingBatty (talk) 15:24, 1 October 2021 (UTC)

Deleted article?

Header inserted by ColinFine (talk) 15:55, 1 October 2021 (UTC)

Shaonahmedjoy (talk) 15:26, 1 October 2021 (UTC) Hello sir. My page delating again and again. Please help me to solve this problem. Shaonahmedjoy (talk) 15:26, 1 October 2021 (UTC)

Hello, Shaonahmedjoy. Judging from your user talk page, you have repeatedly been trying to use your user page to create an article about yourself. There are two problems with this: first, your user page is for telling Wikipedia editors about you as a Wikipedia editor, not for drafting an article. Secondly, you are very strongly discouraged from writing about yourself in Wikipedia: see autobiography. If eventually there is an article about you in Wikipedia, it will not belong to you, it will not be controlled by you, and it should be based almost entirely on what people who have no connection to you have chosen to publish about you, not on what you say or want to say. Please see an article about yourself isn't necessarily a good thing. Note that promotion of any kind is forbidden on Wikipedia. --ColinFine (talk) 15:59, 1 October 2021 (UTC)

Adding citations

Header inserted by ColinFine (talk) 15:55, 1 October 2021 (UTC)

Hey all, I am facing problems adding citations in an article here. Please help me the right way to do this as I have followed multiple articles and videos for the same but facing the same. I would be thankful for giving guidelines. Regards, Adeel Faraz Khan — Preceding unsigned comment added by Adeel Faraz Khan (talk • contribs) 15:32, 1 October 2021 (UTC)

@Adeel Faraz Khan: Hello Adeel! You might want to take a look at WP:RS to determine what sources are and aren't acceptable in an article. The source you added appears to be a blog created by you which is not an acceptable source as blogs are considered WP:UGC and as such are generally not considered reliable due to their being little to no editorial reviewing (can't think of the proper word). ― Blaze The Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 16:03, 1 October 2021 (UTC)

Authority patrol - need some advice.

I'm looking for some advice on how to put on authority patrol (I cannot remember the term's name but I think it's similar) or semi protection on a Wikipedia page: I don't know whether all users can do it or if it's only administrators can do it. I have found a page on Wikipedia that is been having a lot of vandalism lately and I believe that it needs some sort of security to stop people vandalising this page. Please leave a message on my talk page and I'll tell you more info. Thank you. SarahTHunter (talk) 16:02, 1 October 2021 (UTC)

@SarahTHunter: Welcome to Wikipedia. You have probably heard the term "Authority Control", but it is not what you think it is. The term you want is "Protection", which is a method to limit who is able to edit a page. If there is ongoing vandalism or other disruption, you can make a request at WP:RFPP for an administrator to protect the page. RudolfRed (talk) 16:09, 1 October 2021 (UTC)

Thank you very much. I'll make a request as soon as I can. SarahTHunter (talk) 16:12, 1 October 2021 (UTC)

infobox image

I have uploaded an image to wiki commons but whenever I tried to use it it covers whole screen area looks like it is in water mark or blurry image. — Preceding unsigned comment added by AhmadWzd (talk • contribs) 16:03, 1 October 2021 (UTC)

Use "|##px" as an argument in the image link (i.e. [[File:Image.jpg|60px]]). This sets the image's display width in pixels. —A little blue Bori v^_^v ^{Jéské Couriano} 16:30, 1 October 2021 (UTC)

@AhmadWzd: Since you speficially say the image is for an infobox, most infoboxes have a |image_size= param that can be used to specify the image size, like so (as it appears when viewing this page) |image_size=100px. Victor Schmidt (talk) 18:28, 1 October 2021 (UTC)

Trump is no longer President

Hello I did a search on Pelosi and her page came up and it stated on the page that Trump was still president along with Joe Biden. This need to be corrected as we all know Trump lost his presidency to Joe Biden November 2020. Please correct this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.118.194.186 (talk) 16:29, 1 October 2021 (UTC)

If you're referring to the infobox on the Nancy Pelosi article, both Donald Trump and Joe Biden are listed because she has served as Speaker during both of their presidencies (since 2019).-- Pawnkingthree (talk) 16:36, 1 October 2021 (UTC)

Nancy Pelosi
52nd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office January 3, 2019
President	Donald Trump (2017-2021) Joe Biden (2021-present)

The Talk:Nancy Pelosi is the best place to give suggestions for the Nancy Pelosi article. Would you find it helpful for the infobox to show a lower level of detail like the example on the right? GoingBatty (talk) 19:14, 1 October 2021 (UTC)

If you're referring to the results of a Google search, the Google Knowledge Graph will show information from a variety of sources, often making it look like it is all from Wikipedia. RudolfRed (talk) 17:13, 1 October 2021 (UTC)

Changing personal references

I recently updated a former speaking url for a new one. The old site was accepted and utilized for several years. Is there a question of ethics in changing it to the current one? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Maura sweeney (talk • contribs) 16:33, 1 October 2021 (UTC)

Hello, Maura sweeney. I didn't understand this until I looked at your edits, and found a purely promotional citation to your website in Jim Sweeney (basketball) I have removed that, as inappropriate for a Wikipedia article, and I have tagged the article as probably edited by somebody with a conflict of interest. Please do not edit that article any further: if you wish to make changes, please suggest them using the edit request mechanism. Note that promotion in any form is not permitted on Wikipedia. --ColinFine (talk) 16:45, 1 October 2021 (UTC)

Search within Wikipedia on Safari IOS

It looks like the search function has disappeared on pages presented in Safari for iOS. I see the offer to use the iOS Wikipedia app, which has a Wikipedia search function, but I miss it in the iOS Safari web presentation. The advantage of using iOS is that hyperlinks from Wikipedia pages can be opened in background tabs for reading later. In the app, a hyperlink takes you to the page directly and you have to read it then. There is no forward button, so if you go back, you can’t go forward again. I wish either the search function would return to the Safari iOS app or that the Wikipedia app for iOS would have tabs with the option of opening a tab in the background. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.171.194.36 (talk) 17:20, 1 October 2021 (UTC)

I still see the search function at the top of the screen when viewing the Wikipedia Home page in Safari for iOS 15.0 in the mobile view and desktop view. GoingBatty (talk) 19:18, 1 October 2021 (UTC)

Posting my poems.

Does Wikipedia allow me to post my poems here? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 154.225.38.62 (talk) 21:54, 1 October 2021 (UTC)

No. See WP:NOT, Wikipedia is not a web host. RudolfRed (talk) 21:58, 1 October 2021 (UTC)

Sadly, no, for the reasons stated above. Nevertheless, I personally urge you to keep writing. Take lessons about writing poetry. If (and when) you are vaguely famous, someone will write an article about you or your verses in a respected literary journal. Maybe you will even get a chapter in a printed review of early 21st century verse. Then someone might wonder about writing a Wikipedia article about you or a poem you wrote. This would probably take place in around 20 or 30 years' time. Best of luck. MinorProphet (talk) 19:43, 3 October 2021 (UTC)

Move page

Please move Yadu (legendary king) page to Yaduvanshi page as both the pages have the same information — Preceding unsigned comment added by विक्रम सिंह बनाफर (talk • contribs) 23:30, 1 October 2021 (UTC)

@विक्रम सिंह बनाफर: Hi there! Per the Wikipedia:BOLD, revert, discuss cycle, it would be best for you to discuss your proposal on Talk:Yadu (legendary king) with the editor who reverted you. Happy editing! GoingBatty (talk) 00:36, 2 October 2021 (UTC)

See also the advice on WP:Merging articles, if there is any material that differs. – Anon423 (talk) 09:32, 3 October 2021 (UTC)