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April 9

Request To Delete Duplicate File

I request to have this Duplicate file on Wiki Commons deleted: File:WKBK-AM & W298BT-FM Logo.png DizzyMosquitoRadio99 (talk) 03:15, 9 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I have marked the image for deletion, with a note pointing at your message here. This should be enough to get the image deleted, though it is up to the admins at Wikimedia Commons to decide. -- John of Reading (talk) 05:31, 9 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Changing the name of my Wikipedia entry

I have two questions.

First, I noticed that when I do a Google search for my Wikipedia entry, it comes up as User:AutoMatters instead of just AutoMatters. Is it possible to change this and, if so, how?

Second, my current column name is actually called AutoMatters+ but if I change the Wikipedia entry to that (with the "+" at the end of AutoMatters), will people still be able to find it if they just search for AutoMatters (without the plus)?

Thank you.

Jan — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jan at AutoMatters (talk • contribs) 05:20, 9 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Please read our policies and guidelines on editing with a conflict of interest, our policy forbidding using Wikipedia for promotion, our standard for whether a subject deserves an article, and what sort of sources qualify as reliable. The page you're referring to is your userpage, not an article. Userpages are not to be used for promoting a company. Ian.thomson (talk) 05:24, 9 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Magic button to insert infobox data into a block of prose... is it possible?

Hello, Help Desk!

I edit a lot of ship articles, and one of the additions I regularly make is to take the values from the fields of {{Infobox ship}} and write up a block of prose that becomes the genesis of a "Design and construction" section for the ship in question (see for example the sections in HMAS Vendetta (D69) and HMAS Parramatta (FFH 154)). Most of the text surrounding the technical numbers and the build milestone dates is pretty cookie-cutter, so I wonder if its possible to get a whatsit (Tool?/Script?/Program?... computing definitions are not my strong suit. Definitely not a bot.) to fill it in automatically when I click the magic button.

By this, I mean I go into the edit window, and click the magic button on the toolbar. The whatsit scans the infobox, picks up the material that has been added beside certain infobox fields, and drops it into place in a block of text that has been crafted earlier (complete with markup and links). The whatsit then presents the compiled text in a popup or a dropdown or something, from where I can copy it into the article body. Normal editing proceeds from this point, but instead of taking ten minutes to manually compile the text and copy-paste the infobox values in, its ready to go in seconds.

So, my questions are: Is it possible? Is it viable? Would Wikipedia allow it? Who do I beg or bribe to build it? Am I even in the right place to be asking this question? Thanks in advance. -- saberwyn 08:39, 9 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

That sounds like it could be done with AutoWiki Browser, AWB users will help you build the code you need, or you can make a request for someone else to do it on the User tasks page. - X201 (talk) 09:25, 9 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Have I created my page all OK?

Hello there, I've just created the below page for our TV series which is on Netflix. It said I've created the page after I saved it. Will people be able to search for the page? Thanks for you help. https://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/User:Residue_(TV_series) Residue (TV series) (talk) 10:02, 9 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I fixed the section heading formatting and added a References section with a correctly placed reflinks template. You need to find more independent sources, the one critical commentary you have is not quite sufficient. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 16:35, 9 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

How to include Draft-class articles in a WikiProject's "statistics table"?

What must I do to include Draft-class articles in the Wikipedia:WikiProject_Disability#Statistics table? Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 10:25, 9 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I think drafts get dropped in the Other category. You could ask at Wikipedia talk:Version 1.0 Editorial Team as they're the ones who run the bot. - X201 (talk) 10:58, 9 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, that is exactly what I need to fix. Some WikiProjects ignore Drafts (to their own detriment imho) and throw them on the NA-class trash heap, while others explicitly include Draft-class in their classification system. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 11:25, 9 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I've done some further research and discovered the following: The Project banner's "class mask" already specifies the "Full Quality Scale" so the banner itself does correctly display the Draft-class parameter, but the table on the WikiProject page does not display the full set of class categories. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 13:12, 9 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The eight Draft articles show up in the template at the top of this category - X201 (talk) 13:21, 9 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I've just noticed seven of the eight articles were tagged today and you shouldn't expect to see them appear until tomorrow (the table is updated with a Bot run, rather than being dynamic), but there's still one article in there that's been tagged since January, so I'd have thought that would have shown up. - X201 (talk) 13:48, 9 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Yes I tagged them. The issue is that the bot that maintains the statistics table is explicitly ignoring Draft-class or simply failing to pick them up when it runs for some reason I can't figure out. The bot task was set up before either Draft-space or Draft-class existed so maybe that is a factor. I have added the other template you mentioned to the Project page as a "temporary fix" but ideally the statistics table should included the Draft-class pages. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 13:58, 9 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Not sure its anything to do with when it was set up, The WP:FILM task would have been set up long before Draft space too, and their draft articles are listed. I think asking the techies at WP:PUMPTECH would be the best next move. - X201 (talk) 14:01, 9 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks - I'll head over there now. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 15:51, 9 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

For the purposes of anyone searching the archive for an answer to this. See Wikipedia:Village_pump_(technical)#Draft-class_is_not_included_in_WikiProject_statistics_table - X201 (talk) 08:20, 10 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Creating disambiguation page?

I've been expanding a few articles. In one article I use the term "conditional operator". "Conditional operator" on wikipedia is a redirection page to "?: (programming)" but the term conditional operator has more uses than only "?:". How do I change the redirect page into a disambiguation page?

After adding a disambiguation page perhaps people who are educated in those areas (university or above) will notice the need for, and start adding, articles for what "conditional operator" means in different fields?

I will continue trying, but I'd really appreciate some input on how to do it correctly.

I've searched for "how to create a disambiguation page". There is an article about editing them, but it doesn't say how to create one de novo.

Sincerely yours.

Student342 (talk) 12:03, 9 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Student342. At the moment, there's nothing in any of the articles (including the disambiguation page) that specifically says which other uses there are for the term, just a mention that it is used in other fields. What are some uses of the term outside of computer programming? Thanks, Dai Pritchard (talk) 13:40, 9 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Is it possible to ask for another person to review an article we want to publish at Wikipedia

I submitted an article to be reviewed, but the person in charge defines herself as "Semi-retired". The answer takes very long. So that I would like to know if it is possible to ask another person to review it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by IVANCARDOSO (talk • contribs) 13:20, 9 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi IVANCARDOSO - There is no "person in charge". AFC reviewers assess submissions more or less randomly, if you resubmit, after fixing the problem pointed out by the previous review, the next review will be done by someone else. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 13:38, 9 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I have moved the draft from "Draft:Berimbot (Robot)" to Draft:Berimbot, as Wikipedia has no article "Berimbot" to disambiguate from. The draft cites only two references, one in German, and the other a paper co-authored by the inventor of the device, which therefore does not qualify as an independent source. If it is reviewed before the referencing has been improved, it is very likely to be rejected again for the same reason as before. Maproom (talk) 06:42, 10 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Small Problem with Wiki Commons

I have tried to upload a few photos to Wiki Commons area but have been unable to unless I specify these are My Work. The liscense {{US - PD}} which is supposed to work for public domain items does not seem to work. The pictures I have attempted to load were all featured in newspaper articles taken 95 years ago. I believe this normally makes them public domain. Some pictures were older than this. Perhaps I am putting an extra space in the brackets above, and the correct format should be {{US-PD}}

It is certainly trickly uploading any works to Wiki commons, but this one was taken from a newspaper published prior to 1921, so I believe it makes it public domain.

Any help,

Thanks,

David Wasserman — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dcw2003 (talk • contribs) 16:14, 9 April 2015‎ (UTC)[reply]

{{US-PD}} is a redirect on en-wiki, but not at Commons. You want {{PD-US}}, or one of its more specific forms. --David Biddulph (talk) 16:27, 9 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Dcw2003: In File:Davepalitz3.jpg you wrote {{PD=US}} instead of {{PD-US}}. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:38, 9 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Assistance with BNY Mellon article

Hello. This morning someone added nowiki tags to The Bank of New York Mellon article, making it unreadable. As I have a COI, I don't want to revert the edits, but it's been a few hours and the article is still in a mess, so it looks like it was missed by the usual edit patrols. Would someone here be able to assist? I left a note on the article Talk page as well. Thanks! Heatherer (talk) 16:41, 9 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Heatherer:

Done. And thanks for adhering to COI guidelines - but note that there are cases where you can edit an article in which you have a COI, which includes non-controversial edits removing spam or vandalism. I would say that you making a reversion in this case would have been fine. ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 16:45, 9 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Outdated Information on Company Page

Hello,

I noticed there is outdated information on our company page and posts to the Talk page that suggests updating articles. I was wondering if there was another way to get the company page updated (logo is outdated as well).

The page is: https://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/NeuroSky

To get information about our business, you can visit: www.neurosky.com

Please let me know if there are any other ways to get our wiki page updated.

Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by NeuMaryAnne (talk • contribs) 18:46, 9 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@NeuMaryAnne: Thanks for your note above. The first thing to do would be to have at least a rough understanding of our conflict of interest guidelines. This is something we take quite seriously and violations of it really bother people. Having read that, you will find that you can contribute to the talk page for the NeuroSky article at Talk:NeuroSky. There you will be able to communicate with the editors who have that page on their watchlist. If there's no help after a while, you may want to try posting a {{Request edit}} tag on the page to bring it more attention. I hope that helps, and if there's anything else you are wondering about, please let us know. SchreiberBike | ⌨ 01:59, 10 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

First-time Wikipedia page

Hello,

I'm curious about starting a Wikipedia page. It seems like there is a lot to starting one. I am with a PR firm and a client would like to have a Wikipedia page. What are the best and main points to tell them?

Thanks for your help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.55.36.91 (talk) 20:24, 9 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Tell them to read Wikipedia:Conflict of interest - and read it yourself, taking note that per our terms of use, if you contribute to Wikipedia "you must disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation." AndyTheGrump (talk) 20:26, 9 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

And also bear in mind that Wikipedia may not be used for promotion, and that the subject of any article must meet Wikipedia's criteria for notability. --ColinFine (talk) 11:27, 10 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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