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Hi there, I was just wondering whether I am able to request to have an image permanently deleted from my profile on Wikipedia. how can I look up lynete zang at itm trading? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1702:2C20:ECE0:DCF6:7761:9852:98A7 (talk) 21:17, 1 October 2020 (UTC)

Look forward to hearing back from you.

Regards, Maisie — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mnankivell99 (talk • contribs) 00:58, 1 October 2020 (UTC)

October 1

Firefox issue

I use a VPN for an online learning course because they rate limit connections from outside their country. They happily sell the courses to people outside of that country but the videos are unwatchable due to constant buffering from their content hoster. After i turned it on yesterday, I happened to come to wikipedia to edit today (VPN is off, I never edited wikipedia while it was enabled), and wikipedia says I'm caught in a range block. The VPN Is windscribe and I use their firefox browser plugin. I've verified the VPN is off, and even visited ipchicken and ipchicken shows the address that I'm currently editing from. I can even edit my own talk page, which seems to be a clear indication that wikipedia ses my correct address, yet, when I try to edit any other page on wikipedia it says I'm caught in a range block which doesn't match the current address I'm using, instead I see this message "Editing from 104.254.92.0/22 has been blocked (disabled) by ‪ST47‬ for the following reason(s):" I'm currently editing from Chrome, but chrome is not my main browser, so obviously my IP isn't actually blocked. I cleared cookies in firefox and restarted it, and I've triple checked, the VPN is turned off (otherwise Ipchicken wouldn't be showing this as my IP address). Any ideas?--125.129.16.99 (talk) 00:55, 1 October 2020 (UTC)

A quick search says that Windscribe is also a proxy in addition to VPN, so it may still be rerouting your traffic. Try removing the plugin and see if that makes it work again. RudolfRed (talk) 01:09, 1 October 2020 (UTC)

No change, completely removed the plugin, restarted the browser, it's still claiming I'm in that block. I've used windscribe tons of times in between editing wikipedia before, so I'm not sure why it thinks that now.--125.129.16.99 (talk) 01:13, 1 October 2020 (UTC)

@125.129.16.99: I'm confused. Your post above, and other edits to talk and article pages a few minutes earlier from the same IP address, were all successful. Are you saying that those are being done with a different browser (Chrome?) and that the problem occurs when you try to use Firefox? Does it also happen with a Firefox "Private window"? My experience with VPNs is limited to those that integrate with the network stack directly. Assuming it does happen in a "Private window", I'm guessing that the plugin needs to be disabled from somewhere in the Firefox settings (maybe by disabling it in the [about:addons Addons] config?). You may need to talk to the VPN's support people and/or remove/reinstall Firefox. —[AlanM1 (talk)]— 01:34, 1 October 2020 (UTC)

That's correct. If I try to edit through firefox, which I've done numerous times, I get a message saying I'm blocked. These edits and the recent article edit are all being done via Chrome. In firefox my IP address is showing correctly when I visit websites that display my IP address (like ipchicken), and when I edit my talk page, the wikipedia system seems to be aware that I'm on this IP address (otherwise why would it let me edit that talk page?) but when I try to edit any other page, it claims I'm in a blocked range on firefox. The talk page edits were done in the firefox browser.--125.129.16.99 (talk) 02:35, 1 October 2020 (UTC)

As a further test here, I've reinstalled the windscribe plugin and tried to access wikipeda via various locations, just to see what happens. When I choose specific locations, the blocked messsage changes to match those locations. When I disconnect, it goes back to claiming I'm in this 104 IP block when I'm clearly not. This is very strange.--125.129.16.99 (talk) 05:05, 1 October 2020 (UTC)

I just solved this. Previously I called up the cookies in firefox, hit remove and then tried to access and it didn't work. this time I used the "save changes" button after removing the new cookies and got a different pop up. After doing that, I can now edit again via firefox. It seems like the cookies weren't properly being removed earlier, and this was a cookie problem.--125.129.16.99 (talk) 05:09, 1 October 2020 (UTC)

specific dead link scenario

• Link: John Edward Robinson

hello wiki users. while editing the page for john edward robinson, i came across a specific citing issue i don't know how to fix. a specific source was cited multiple times on the page, but the link was down. i was able to find an archive of the page (and edited the citation accordingly), but only page 1 of the 16-page article was archived, meaning that most of the information on the wikipedia page cannot be verified. i don't want to list it as a dead link, as there is still one page; should i just remove the citation on information that is no longer available, or is there a way to list a link as partially dead? thank you so much for your help :) --Vaporwaveboyfriend (talk) 02:38, 1 October 2020 (UTC)

@Vaporwaveboyfriend: Fixed I've replaced the archive url with a better, complete one from archive.org. —[AlanM1 (talk)]— 03:50, 1 October 2020 (UTC)

Attempt to erase jesus christ from history

I strongly oppose the betrayal of jesus christ by wikipedia. It is a matter of pain among millions of christians in this world that wikipedia is trying to erase jesus from the history by changing ad and bc into bc and bce. Wikipedia will have to face its consequence. You can expect cyber attack — Preceding unsigned comment added by 1.39.77.236 (talk) 04:09, 1 October 2020 (UTC)

Please see MOS:ERA. Wikipedia is, in no way shape or form, erasing anything. As to cyber attacks they won't be the first or the last. MarnetteD|Talk 04:18, 1 October 2020 (UTC)

Which branch of Christianity advocates cyber attacks? Jesus had something to say about that sort of behavior. Clarityfiend (talk) 07:31, 1 October 2020 (UTC)

IP: There's real, serious, life-ending human-rights persecution going on in the world, and you pick on nomenclature whose purpose is to be more inclusive. Brilliant. —[AlanM1 (talk)]— 15:56, 1 October 2020 (UTC)

I want to create wikipedia of Birla Group

I want to create wikipedia of Birla Group (Redacted) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Abhishekkk1989 (talk • contribs) 05:38, 1 October 2020 (UTC)

Hello Abhishekkk1989. Please do not post personally identifying information. Begin by reading Your first article and carefully following the policies and guidelines and the good advice that you will find there. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 05:49, 1 October 2020 (UTC)

Hi Abhishekkk1989. Are you trying to create an article about Aditya Birla Group? If so, there is already an article on the subject. —teb728 t c 06:28, 1 October 2020 (UTC)

Kolachalam Venkata Rao

I have created an article in my user sandbox. Will this article automatically get converted into a Wiki Page on successful review or Is there any procedure that I could do ? Keerthiblore (talk) 06:29, 1 October 2020 (UTC)

I would suggest you move it from its present location to Draft:Kolachalam Venkata Rao. Rao is clearly a notable person, but the draft does need improvement in various ways. --Orange Mike | Talk 07:42, 1 October 2020 (UTC)

adding 'draft namespace'

Hi, I am writing an article https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Draft:Phil_Coy&oldid=976360918 and in order to help the process I want to "add tags to a draft" This process reveals the error: Please check the draft page title. It doesn't seem to be in draft namespace

I would be grateful if someone could explain how to edit the draft so that it is 'in draft namespace'

many thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Silly soul (talk • contribs) 09:52, 1 October 2020 (UTC)

@Silly soul: The item is at Draft:Phil Coy and is awaiting review. All that's need is 'patience' :P. Done some quick tidying of formatting, order etc. Eagleash (talk) 10:47, 1 October 2020 (UTC)

@Eagleash1: Thanks for the explanation, and making those changes, I have added the tags now too. Silly soul (talk) 12:39, 1 October 2020 (UTC)

Michael Nicholson

Hi, I have tried to submit a listing on Wiki, but have been disappointed to get mutliple replies that are quite angry actually. Is it possible to correspond with someone who is a bit more sympathetic to my cause please? In my submission below l have tried very hard to take all the right steps and follow the various guidelines. Regards, Mike.

Michael Nicholson [Film maker]

Michael Nicholson [born 1954] is an Australian film maker, writer and artist. Nicholson set up and worked on 'Rubbery Figuers' [similar to Spitting Image] with his brother, cartoonist and sculpter, Peter Nicholson, in 1985 for the Australian Broadcasting Comission and the TV series 'Fast Forward', 1985 - 1990.

Contents: 1. Rubbery Figures and assorted short films and two feature length documentaries. 2. www.mikenicholson.com [see films, art and writing in this archived website]. 3. References: www.michaeljohnnicholson.files.wordpress.com/2020/03/news-march-2021.pdf

External links; Nicholson - archived website www.mikenicholson.com See also Olympics, Sydney Olympics film, 'Olympiad Abstracto' [Starring Sir Steve Redgracve] and Rowing Films, London Olympics and Rio Olympics. See also Joyce Nicholson, author, publisher and feminist. Michael John Nicholson (talk) 04:28, 1 October 2020 (UTC) Michael John Nicholson (talk)

Michael John Nicholson I would suggest that you not attempt to write about yourself, while not forbidden, it is strongly discouraged per the autobiography policy(please review). Wikipedia, to be frank, is not interested in what someone wants to say about themselves, but only in what independent reliable sources have chosen on their own to say about someone, showing how they meet the special Wikipedia definition of a notable person. Specifically, in your case, the definintion of a notable creative professional. Most people have great difficulty in writing about themselves as if they know nothing about themselves other than what they read in the news or other reputable, independent reliable sources. If you truly meet the definition of a notable creative professional and are written about significantly in independent sources, an independent editor will eventually take note of your career and choose to write about you.

I would also note that a Wikipedia article about yourself is not necessarily desirable; there are good reasons to not want one. 331dot (talk) 11:59, 1 October 2020 (UTC)

You have been repeatedly told how to do this, or more appropriately, how not to, if you are notable someone unconnected with you will write an article, your sources above suggest that you are NOT notable yet, please stop spamming Wikipedia with your requests. Theroadislong (talk) 12:03, 1 October 2020 (UTC)

• OP's actions:
  - "Can I have an article?"
  - "How much do I have to pay to have an article?"
  - "But there's an article about my brother!"
  - Attempting an article about himself (that wouldn't even make it to AfD) in all the wrong places.
  - Ignoring every explanation along the way as to where he's going wrong.
  I have plugged this timesink. If OP shows the slightest interest in working on anything else, unblock him. If he even indicates that he wants write about himself but will actually pay attention to what people say instead of just begging for us to do it and pointing to articles that also need to be deleted, sure, I'm not gonna wheel-war if you unblock him. Ian.thomson (talk) 12:16, 1 October 2020 (UTC)

Russian Nationalist

Duplicate part of posting below

Hello I want complaint two Russian nationalist they want and take always sources from Russian autours. Kansas Bear have also Russian Warship flags on their profil. It has to do with 1676-1681 Türkish-Russo War. This war won the Ottoman Empire and they move result from Ottoman victory to indecisive. In book of Davies L. Brian Davies, Brian L., Warfare, state and society on the Black Sea steppe, 1500-1700, Routledge, 2007 page number 172 is written Ottoman victory. Summary of this war: The 1676-1681 Ottoman-Russian War, or Muscovite Campaign, was the first great war between the Ottoman Empire and the Russian Tsardom. During this war, Merzifonlu Kara Mustafa Pasha became the grand vizier. As a result of the 5-year war, the Russian Tsardom, which could not be strengthened was defeated, and with the Treaty of Bakhchisarai on January 31, 1681, Chyhyryn Fortress and the rest of the Ukraine were left to the Ottomans. Also in Italian, Polish, Romanian, Azerbaijan and Türkish Wikipedia is result Ottoman victory written. Kansas Bear User ID: 2731577 Irpen User ID: 69761 both are Russian Nationalist and they want own English Wikipedia.

Sources and further reading

• Davies, Brian L., Warfare, state and society on the Black Sea steppe, 1500-1700, Routledge, 2007.
• Paxton, John e John Traynor, Leaders of Russia and the Soviet Union, Taylor & Francis Books Inc., 2004. — Preceding unsigned comment added by KanaKaNn (talk • contribs) 15:18, 1 October 2020 (UTC)

1676 1681 Turkish Russo War

Hello I want complaint two Russian nationalist they want and take always sources from Russian autours. Kansas Bear have also Russian Warship flags on their profil. It has to do with 1676-1681 Türkish-Russo War. This war won the Ottoman Empire and they move result from Ottoman victory to indecisive.

In book of Davies L. Brian Davies, Brian L., Warfare, state and society on the Black Sea steppe, 1500-1700, Routledge, 2007 page number 172 is written Ottoman victory.

Summary of this war: The 1676-1681 Ottoman-Russian War, or Muscovite Campaign, was the first great war between the Ottoman Empire and the Russian Tsardom. During this war, Merzifonlu Kara Mustafa Pasha became the grand vizier. As a result of the 5-year war, the Russian Tsardom, which could not be strengthened was defeated, and with the Treaty of Bakhchisarai on January 31, 1681, Chyhyryn Fortress and the rest of the Ukraine were left to the Ottomans.

Also in Italian, Polish, Romanian, Azerbaijan and Türkish Wikipedia is result Ottoman victory written.

Kansas Bear User ID: 2731577 Irpen User ID: 69761 both are Russian Nationalist and they want own English Wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by KanaKaNn (talk • contribs) 15:20, 1 October 2020 (UTC)

@KanaKaNn:, I assume the article in question is Russo-Turkish War (1676–1681)? It looks like there has been a slow burning edit war over if the infobox should say "Ottoman victory" or "indecisive" since 2016, so about 4 years now. Prior to 2015, the result field in the infobox just linked to Treaty of Bakhchisarai. In November of 2015, Kansas Bear added the "indecisive" label citing A Military History of Russia: From Ivan the Terrible to the War in Chechnya, (Greenwood Publishing, 2006), 41;"The indecisive Russo-Turkish War from 1676-1681 centered on the control of the fortress of Chigirin, just west of the Dnepr River." In January 2016 an IP user changed it to "decisive Ottoman Victory" without changing the "cited" source. In 2017 Historiker123454 was blocked for 31 hours for edit warring on the same article, presenting the same source you cite above in very similar language. Out of curiosity, are you the same person as Historiker123454? If so and you've just forgotten your password or something, I suggest you make a note of that on your userpage. Please note, that what other Wikipedias say has no bearing on what the English Wikipedia says. I reccomend you visit Talk:Russo-Turkish War (1676–1681), present the Brian Davies source and any other academic sources you have that support your position (i.e. not other Wikipedias), and see if you can build consensus for your position, perhaps with a WP:RFC. In the alternative, if there actually is scholarly disagreement about the result of that war, the best thing might be to return the infobox to its pre 2015 state where it just said Treaty of Bakhchisarai in the result field. ~ ONUnicorn^{(Talk|Contribs)}problem solving 16:01, 1 October 2020 (UTC)

Actually, this editor has used different accounts, namely;Hakan255, Historiker123454, and 45.136.170.188 to edit war since they are unable to provide a quote from Davies, Brian L., Warfare, state and society on the Black Sea steppe, 1500-1700, Routledge, 2007 page number 172.

Since they have been unable to edit war their opinion into the article, they have resorted to posting battleground comments throughout Wikipedia.

FYI, I'm not Russian and my flag is the flag of Scotland. Click on the link and that is what it says. Pretty much done with trolls, battleground comments, and PAs(accusation of sockpuppetry)! --Kansas Bear (talk) 16:23, 1 October 2020 (UTC)

• Note: KanaKaNn has been blocked as WP:NOTHERE. —[AlanM1 (talk)]— 17:23, 1 October 2020 (UTC)

Correct mis-named uploaded image

Re: Commons Wikimedia File:Sandra Cason ("Casey" Hayden).jpg. Some time ago I uploaded a police mug shot which I mistakenly identified as being that of Casey Hayden. It is actually a picture of another 1960s-era civil rights activist Joan Trumpauer Mulholland, and I have since placed as an image in her Wiki entry. But it is still identified on Commons Wikimedia as Sandra Cason ("Casey" Hayden) and so comes up in general browser image searches under her name. How can I correct this--go back into Wikimedia and rename, or delete and reload as Joan Trumpauer Mulholland?

ThnaksManfredHugh (talk)

Hi, ManfredHugh. You'll need to request that at Commons (which is a separate project from Wikipedia). See Commons:Commons:File renaming. --ColinFine (talk) 17:10, 1 October 2020 (UTC)

Proud Boys

False information presented, edits not allowed. Proud Boys are not Neo Facist, not a hate group. They only try to protect innocent Americans from being beaten or killed by the organized Facist Antifa group who have attacked innocent people without provocation, as well as the self proclaimed Marxist Communist Black Lives Matter who attacked snd viciously beat and killed many innocent Americans of every Color... — Preceding unsigned comment added by Woke American (talk • contribs) 18:03, 1 October 2020 (UTC)

Woke American, the proper place to discuss this would be Talk:Proud Boys. HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 18:07, 1 October 2020 (UTC)

Pretty much everything they said isn't true, so I wouldn't worry about it. 331dot (talk) 22:30, 1 October 2020 (UTC)

2020-21 NBA transactions

Can You Fix The Error on What I Just Made Please. 68.102.42.216 (talk) 22:57, 1 October 2020 (UTC)

Fixed List of 2020–21 NBA season transactions at Special:Diff/981379337. —[AlanM1 (talk)]— 23:31, 1 October 2020 (UTC)

October 2

in The Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon please remove LEVEL1 "cohosts" & "H"

Thanks. Pi314m (talk) 00:12, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

Pi314m, there doesn't seem to be any page protection. Is there a reason why you can't do so yourself? —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 00:17, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

yes; due to the size of the article, I get WMF error 503 errors. The LEVEL1

markers are workarounds to a problem that a reboot in the summer was supposed to fix. "503" is lumped into "500s" errors, and they're not high prio for fixing. I did "cohosts" without a problem - which may be why fixing the not-always "503" is low prio. something new - I'm getting 502, not 503. I never got a 502 before.

If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below.

• Request from - via cp1087.eqiad.wmnet, ATS/8.0.8
  

Error: 502, Server Hangup at 2020-10-02 01:02:02 GMT

After retry:

• Request from - via cp1087.eqiad.wmnet, ATS/8.0.8
  

Error: 502, Server Hangup at 2020-10-02 01:08:15 GMT

Pi314m (talk) 01:12, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

Pi314m, I was able to remove the "H" heading. I'm not sure if the "sevens" and "beyond" headings are also extraneous, as they seem out of place. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 02:31, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

As for that issue it sounds like a Phabricator or WP:VPT-oriented issue. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 02:32, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

'sevens' served their purpose, and 'beyond' for now might as well also go: The "strike" keyword (Citation Needed) is hitting too many "right to strike" hits (Google). If I need to re-add it, that will be somewhat later. To close out this matter, please delete both sevens and beyond. Thanks for your help. I visited VPT re 503 months ago; time to tell them re 502. Pi314m (talk) 05:15, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

@Pi314m:  Done. I've deleted those two headings. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 05:33, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

Logging in to closed projects

How do I log in to a closed project? For example, if I log into Simple English Wikiquote, it says:

There seems to be a problem with your login session; this action has been canceled as a precaution against session hijacking. Please resubmit the form.

What do I do now? Gioguch (talk) 02:18, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

Gioguch, I had no problem. Already logged in to English Wikipedia, I entered simple:wikt: in the search box. As expected, my enwiki login made logged in globally to all projects. —teb728 t c 03:39, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

Gioguch, could it be a cookies issue? Have you tried it after clearing cookies? —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 04:21, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

@Teb728 and Tenryuu: No, I meant closed projects, like simple:q: for Simple English Wikiquote. It will only say Log in at the top right corner. Gioguch (talk) 04:34, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

Ah, I see what you mean; I'm getting the same message even when I allow all possible Javascripts. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 05:15, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

::::@Tenryuu: So, is there a way to log in? Or is it impossible to log in to closed projects? Because on m:List of Wikipedias, it does say that users can still log in to closed projects. Gioguch (talk) 05:49, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

@Tenryuu: Never mind. It says existing users can log in, but I never logged into those projects when they were open. Now it won't let new users log in. Now this makes sense, and thank you for your help. Gioguch (talk) 05:52, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

Wikipedia Authors - Evil Men and Seducers

Obviously nonsense

Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. John 8:44 KJV And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity. Jeremiah 9:5 KJV But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived. 2 Timothy 3:13 KJV Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. Romans 12:19 KJV ...And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.... Revelation 9 KJV You know who you are... You will reap what you sow! God will avenge! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.12.34.23 (talk) 03:18, 2 October 2020 (UTC) Do you have a question about using or editing Wikipedia? -Arch dude (talk) 03:25, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

Vandalism help request from PunkAndromeda

I have noticed some vandalism at Brianna Hildebrand. Namely, continued edits in Arabic and edits including links to Qasem Soleimani which are entirely unrelated, unsourced, and frankly make no sense - in the page, history, these edits have been made by the IP addresses 5.124.173.156, 5.124.94.227, 5.22.65.194 and 5.22.62.52. I've fixed these issues for now, but my primary concern is that this vandalism will continue, and I do not know how to protect it in the future. What should be done? Thank you, PunkAndromeda (talk) 07:42, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

@PunkAndromeda: If the disruption continues you can request page protection at WP:RFPP. If the individual IP addresses are continuing to vandalise they can be reported at WP:AIV. The disruption would need to be ongoing and the addresses received multiple warninmgs. Eagleash (talk) 08:05, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

Login issues

I bought a new phone, and now I can't get logged back in. I've got 2-factor verification enabled, and apparently I need to have disabled on the old phone and re-enabled on the new before I turned the old phone in, as the authenticator apparently doesn't transfer. I have my scratch codes, but I don't know how to use them to log in. I've tried putting one in as the password, but no go. Can anyone help me figure out how to do that? Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2605:A000:C7C3:D00:9495:C433:E269:954B (talk) 10:09, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

Hello IP, I dont have TFA enabled, but I guess this should be the way:

1. go to Special:UserLogin
2. enter your account's username and password.
3. next, you will be propmpted to enter a security code form your app. enter one of the scratch codes instead.
4. Once you are logged in, go to Special:OAuth to disable 2fa temporarely. You need another scratch code for that.

Once you are done with that, you can reenable tfa for your new device. Victor Schmidt mobil (talk) 10:27, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

Victor Schmidt, I copied/pasted one of my scratch codes, but verification failed. What would be my next step? 2605:A000:C7C3:D00:9495:C433:E269:954B (talk) 10:37, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

Not sure if there's an easier way to do this, but as a worse case scienario you can email ca@wikimedia.org who can deal with this sort of thing. ~~ Alex Noble/1-2/TRB 10:56, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

Got it, thanks! 2605:A000:C7C3:D00:31FB:A59D:BEBF:8DD1 (talk) 11:14, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

Just in case anyone else references this discussion in the future, the login issue was resolved by entering the scratch code in all caps, since it is case-sensitive. This detail has been added to H:2FA § Logging in with 2FA. See the discussion at Special:Permalink/981449153 § 2FA woes for context. — Newslinger talk 10:50, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

I want to create a page on iqoo mobile

Iqoo is a subsidiary brand of bbk electronics and i really want to create a page on it to contribute to Wikipedia as i have learned a lot from Wikipedia and now in return i also want to help in growing the amount of information it shares to millions or maybe billions of users worldwide. Feel happy to answer 🙂 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shroej (talk • contribs) 13:16, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

Shroej If it's a subsidiary, it might be better to start by additions to the article on the parent company(if there is one) before determining if the subsidiary warrants a separate article. The subsidiary would need to receive significant coverage(not press releases, staff interviews, announcements of routine business transactions, etc.) in independent reliable sources showing how the subsidiary meets the Wikipedia definition of a notable organization. 331dot (talk) 13:19, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

@Shroej: Please also take note of WP:COI and WP:PAID if you have any relation to the company. —[AlanM1 (talk)]— 13:33, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

Rights

Hello! Is it possible to assign a right if it is already in the Russian Wikipedia? I have the Autopatrolled, Rollback and Page mover already (I have ~1460 edits) Владимир Меланхолин (обс) 14:34, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

@Vova WIFI: In general, I think permissions on en.wiki should be based on experience on en.wiki, which likely has different standards, interpretations, expectations, and overall zeitgeist. I would certainly not assign autopatrolled or page mover without significant en.wiki experience. Personally, I'd be willing to assign rollback because the consequences of misuse are pretty small, and it can be removed easily. This isn't really the place to request it, but I'll cut through the bureaucracy and do it myself after I wait a bit to see if anyone objects to that. --Floquenbeam (talk) 14:51, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

I'm sorry, Vova WIFI, for speaking too soon. When I look at WP:RFP/R, I see people with decent amounts of experience on en.wiki still getting rejected for rollback because they don't have enough experience reverting vandalism. While I disagree with this approach, and think we should hand out rollback like candy (and take it away like candy if misused) , I probably shouldn't overrule what appears to be our consensus on that. I would say you have a better chance getting rollback than the other two rights, but it's still not likely, and if you want to try, you'll need to request it at WP:RFP/R. --Floquenbeam (talk) 14:57, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

• Floquenbeam, thanks! So I need to go to a special page and request there and specify my reason?
• I need Autopatrolled to nominate files for renaming so that the patrollers don't have to check it. Владимир Меланхолин (обс) 15:08, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

  @Vova WIFI: If you go to WP:Requests for permissions, it lists the user groups, what is generally expected before being granted (for example, autopatrolled typically requires creating 25 new articles), and gives an "add request" link after each permission. You have to request each one separately. I think it is unlikely you'll be given autopatrolled. It is possible a rollback request will succeed, I don't know. But that's where you ask. --Floquenbeam (talk) 15:17, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

• Thanks! I'll go to the special page. What impossible rules for Autopatrolled - in the Russian Wikipedia, you only need 100 edits. And what about Extended confirmed? It needs 500 edits... Владимир Меланхолин (обс) 15:23, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

@Vova WIFI: As a seperate issue, your user name appears to violate the English Wikipedia's prohibition against using a corporate name. Please see WP:USERNAME. This may affect an adiminstrator's decision to grant you permissions. -Arch dude (talk) 16:04, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

• Arch dude, please give me a specific point - I was looking for it, but I didn't find anything. My name is not an ad (where have you seen such a company?) Владимир Меланхолин (обс) 16:12, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

@Vova WIFI: The specific point is in the WP:ISU section. I thought it was a corporate name (or perhaps the name of a product) when I Googled for it and found this. If it's not a corporate name, you should be OK, but you might want to explain it on your user page. -Arch dude (talk) 16:39, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

• The fact is that my main page is in the Russian Wikipedia. I can only provide a link to the main page. Владимир Меланхолин (обс) 16:43, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

@Vova WIFI:You are free to also create a user page here at the English Wikipedia, and since this issue may involve a rule that is specific to this Wikipedia, it would be a good idea. -Arch dude (talk) 01:36, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

• It is true that on other language versions(I'm aware of the German one as one) that business names/accounts are permitted and even encouraged, but they are not allowed here on the English Wikipedia. This was made more complicated when usernames were made global(across all versions of Wikipedia). Here, a username must reflect that a specific person is exclusively operating an account and granting no one else access to it. 331dot (talk) 16:46, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

• It's true. I asked a russian bureaucrat to change my name from the one I use to sign up for the real one. Okay, I'll create a page here, but I'll indicate that my main account is ruwiki and give you a link to it. By the way, advertising names are also prohibited in Russian Wikipedia, but there were no questions for me. Владимир Меланхолин (обс) 06:15, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

Sushant Sing Rajput / Wrong info

discuss at Talk:Sushant Sing Rajput

Hi , I am a regular Wikipedia fan and go and search on topics but I was taken a back about the article on a dead person called Sushant Sing Rajput . The publisher deliberately wrote the wrong info to offend the pubic of India and Workd wide . And whole nation and the world is fighting to get him justice . He died in mysterious circumstances and his case is with the CBI and it is dispute if he died of Suicide or murder . Pls change it to disputed or else tell us how to go further with taking action against that individual who just to offend majority of people’s feeling wrote such a lie using biased articles and website . We need your help in editing it to the truthful information — Preceding unsigned comment added by 45.72.199.24 (talk) 15:00, 2 October 2020 (UTC) Please see the article talk page for information on this matter, and comment there if you have something new to add. 331dot (talk) 15:03, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

There's a healthy discussion at that article's talk page - this has been addressed. TimTempleton ^{(talk) (cont)} 18:28, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

At this point I would strongly suggest just reverting off further demands of this nature, as it's been unambiguously ruled a suicide. —A little blue Bori v^_^v ^{Hasteur Hasteur Ha-- oh....} 08:53, 4 October 2020 (UTC)

hi i need help

hi i need help on fixing mine credit up so i can get me a truck or a car i am tried of not having a car or a truck so can you help me please — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2605:A000:7A47:300:1409:AD01:E094:D688 (talk) 15:02, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

This is not a general help Desk, sorry. 331dot (talk) 15:04, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

Black Egypt

egypt is a part of africa. it is not nor even has been separate from africa. it's founding was of the african (black) races, and remains as so in spite of white peoples efforts to carve it (egypt) from africa. whites are Not indigenousness to africa nor the middle east nor any of the americas not any islands surrounding them. please do your due diligence to correct the misstatements of your authors. your website is only as good as your deployment of the truth. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:46:C703:5A70:2847:296B:9BC1:8609 (talk) 15:30, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

There are more than 6 million articles on this English Wikipedia. Please discuss specific issues in the talk pages of any article you feel has problems.

Please see our articles on the Black Egyptian hypothesis, Ancient Egyptian race controversy, and Population history of Egypt. -Arch dude (talk) 19:59, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

Wrong Redirect from Cryptojacking to Monero

People keep adding the redirect from Cryptojacking to the Cryptocurrency "Monero": https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cryptojacking&redirect=no

This is similar as redirecting from "Fraud" to "US Dollar". Should I just revert it again? Is it possible to do anything to prevent people from reverting? --MartinThoma (talk) 16:02, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

MartinThoma If this is a habitual problem, you can request page protection at WP:RFPP. 331dot (talk) 16:15, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

Hi MartinThoma. It seems like other users are reverting your addition because we don't usually keep articles which are just a dictionary definition, and they're restoring the redirect to Monero because that's the most recent topic it redirected to. If you're planning to create a separate article or section on cryptojacking, why don't you try writing it at Draft:Cryptojacking? That will give you more space to work, and when you think your draft is ready you can ask for it to be moved over the cryptojacking redirect. I see that the redirect actually points to a section that doesn't exist (it did when the redirect was created in 2017) so we'll have to do something about that too. I'll send you a discussion link in a few minutes. Ivanvector (^Talk/_Edits) 16:19, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

@MartinThoma: we have a process called redirects for discussion where you can nominate a redirect to discuss doing something different with it, including deletion. I've nominated this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2020 October 2#Cryptojacking. You're welcome to participate in that discussion. Ivanvector (^Talk/_Edits) 16:27, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

In state of Alabama

In the State of Alabama What do you do if the State of Alabama Department of Banking did an Audit and found your funds were taken out of your account,your life saving gone?No one else is on the account. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:248:5280:F8E0:4027:D990:4A85:B023 (talk) 16:05, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

This is not a general Help Desk, sorry, this is only for asking about Wikipedia. 331dot (talk) 16:14, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

How do I report that the page on Abortion Statistics has been vandalized and apparently locked?

Someone has added "If you don't have female reproductive organs, mind your business" to the abortion statistics page.

Abortion statistics in the United States — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.221.73.161 (talk) 16:34, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

Its been reverted, see [1]. --Jules (Mrjulesd) 16:39, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

Help for page creation

Hi I am trying to get on the internet with my wikipedia page how can i do that — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alex Sylber (talk • contribs) 16:52, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

If you need help with your user page, see WP:USERPAGE. If you wish to have a Wikipedia article about yourself, you will first need to do stuff in the real world to make yourself notable by our definition: see WP:N and WP:AMOUNT. You can have a page on the internet at any of several other web sites: see WP:OUT. If none of these cover your issue, then come back here and we can try to help. -Arch dude (talk) 17:02, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

(edit conflict)@Alex Sylber: I assume that you meant to ask "How can I create a Wikipedia article about me?" (not yust page). Please note that autobiographys are strongely discouraged (but not forbidden) and that there are reasons why one might not want a Wikipedia article. Next, please be advised that even if you were to manage to create an article, it would not be "your" page, but Wikipedia's page about you. If you dont want others to contribute, consider alternative outlets. If you are still sure that you want to create the article, follow this guide by User Ian.thomson on articles that wont be deleted or rejected. Victor Schmidt (talk) 17:06, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

1989: Man vs. Chinese Tank Tiananmen Square Pro-Democracy Protest

I am Seeking permission to use this image (1989: Man vs. Chinese Tank Tiananmen Square Pro-Democracy Protest)from Wikipedia. I look forward to hearing from you soon. Mike M 192.235.188.162 (talk) 19:05, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

I assume you mean the the image in the Tank man article : File:Tianasquare.jpg. You can see its copyright info by following the link. We are using this copyrighted image under a fair use rationale. We do not have anyone's permission to use it, and we cannot give you permission to use it because we do not own the copyright. -Arch dude (talk) 19:29, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

October 3

Uploading videos

How do I upload a video? Gioguch (talk) 02:46, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

@Gioguch: Do either Wikipedia:Videos#Uploading video or commons:Commons:Video#Uploading a video help? Jackmcbarn (talk) 02:56, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

Rotating files

Hello, can you help me rotate the file at File:Washougal School District E St. Transportation.jpg? I uploaded it and now it can't be rotated the right direction. Gioguch (talk) 03:29, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

I see that you re-uploaded it. —teb728 t c 06:06, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

Page Size tool has disappeared and pop-up referencing anchors aren't working either.

It's needlessly obtuse to find a tech support section on here. Per the above, is anyone else experiencing this? Darkwarriorblake / SEXY ACTION TALK PAGE! 10:58, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

If you're looking for tech support, try WP:VPT. David Biddulph (talk) 11:04, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

Is WP:technical support needlessly obtuse? What else did you try? Please make suggestions as to how we can make it less obtuse.--Shantavira|^{feed me} 11:14, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

Citing paragraphs in a document

Hi. I've been expanding the Rukhsana Naz article, and I've used the same reference on multiple occasions, I know how to use named references and I've got the gist of short citations when I'm citing a book so I can specify page numbers - but this is a long document with 38 paragraphs and the pages aren't numbered. So... I was just wondering if there's a way to cite the paragraph number in a similar way to using short citations for pages? Might not really be necessary, but I figured it'd be more user friendly than just referencing the whole document. :) I'd be grateful for any direction. Thank you. --DSQ (talk) 13:40, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

@DeltaSnowQueen: one way is to use the {{rp}} template. Its parameter can be any text, not just a page number. <ref name = foo>The Documented TRUTH</ref>{{rp|para 13}}.. Really. -Arch dude (talk) 15:17, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

References

Ah, that looks useful, I'll try it! Thank you very much for your help @Arch dude --DSQ (talk) 16:25, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

October 4

How do I upload photo files

Hello, I’m MadScientistX24. I am here to know how to upload a file onto an article, either on the article wizard or in the sandbox. I am set to make a few articles based on science in a few days, so please may I learn how to upload files? —Preceding undated comment added 07:56, 4 October 2020 (UTC)

Please, see Wikipedia:Uploading_images and Help:Pictures. Ruslik_Zero 08:07, 4 October 2020 (UTC)

Vandalism

I was charged with vandalism n would like to know what did I vandalize please.It occurred when I was comparing Wickie wigs with others n I was barred because someone thought I was"spying" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:8003:3715:300:C8E4:697F:8B7D:4DDD (talk) 09:17, 4 October 2020 (UTC)

Your IP address has no other edits attiributed to it(other than your post here) so it is difficult to help you. If you are using an account, remember to log in; if your IP changes, please provide links to the specific claims. 331dot (talk) 09:23, 4 October 2020 (UTC)

Top tourist destination in the world

I have looked at your site and it is clearly wrong. Everyone and I mean everyone knows France is number one and you show Pakistan? France doesnt even show at all. Clearly nonsense. But it shows as number one on your Europe list. With the correct figure and Pakistan shows correctly under Asia. You have taken the figures of France as number one and showed a random country. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.174.18.104 (talk) 09:38, 4 October 2020 (UTC)

Please direct any comments about an article's content to its associated talk page. 331dot (talk) 09:39, 4 October 2020 (UTC)

The IP is presumably referring to vandalism this morning to World Tourism rankings. Another IP partly reverted, and I have completed the reversion and warned the vandal. David Biddulph (talk) 10:27, 4 October 2020 (UTC)

Can't publish the file linked to the page even if the link is correct

Please, referring to page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_vita_non_perde_valore, I can't understand what's the problem related to the "red issues" just published there, and the reason why I can't publish the file (two files) linked to the page, even if the link is for both the files correct. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.68.190.201 (talk) 11:51, 4 October 2020 (UTC)