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:{{ping|Monkeysmashingkeyboards}}, <small>I don’t know, I haven’t asked them.</small> I can’t see anything in the Manual of Style, so I would expect we follow what reliable sources do. You could ask at [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Tree of Life]] if no one here has an answer. [[User:TSventon|TSventon]] ([[User talk:TSventon|talk]]) 20:47, 28 October 2025 (UTC)

:{{ping|Monkeysmashingkeyboards}}, <small>I don’t know, I haven’t asked them.</small> I can’t see anything in the Manual of Style, so I would expect we follow what reliable sources do. You could ask at [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Tree of Life]] if no one here has an answer. [[User:TSventon|TSventon]] ([[User talk:TSventon|talk]]) 20:47, 28 October 2025 (UTC)

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== Sectioning article for museum & Time magazine- Ernest Hamlin Baker <span class=”anchor” id=”SECTIONING ARTICLE FOR MUSEUM & TIME MAGAZINE- ERNEST HAMLIN BAKER”></span> ==

Hi, I need help immediately sectioning an article for Ernest Hamlin Baker. [[User:TheArtandVintage|TheArtandVintage]] ([[User talk:TheArtandVintage|talk]]) 23:34, 28 October 2025 (UTC)

:It isn’t at all clear what you are asking. We have the article on [[Ernest Hamlin Baker]] you have just edited, and one on [[Time Magazine]], but what do you mean by ‘sectioning’? If you are looking for help with a particular article, generally speaking the first place to ask is the article talk page itself, where those familiar with the subject are most likely to see it, and we generally try to avoid using email to discuss content issues – this is a collaborative project, where such matters are best done in public. [[User:AndyTheGrump|AndyTheGrump]] ([[User talk:AndyTheGrump|talk]]) 00:06, 29 October 2025 (UTC)

::I am avoiding the talk section in that article because I own a historical document of Ernest Hamlin Baker. My everybody wiki will be a Wikipedia page itself. That will be uploaded shortly. So I just need to know how to section an article that is an existing article. As this article does not have a template thank you so much. [[User:TheArtandVintage|TheArtandVintage]] ([[User talk:TheArtandVintage|talk]]) 00:09, 29 October 2025 (UTC)

:::I am avoiding the talk section in that article because I own a historical document of Ernest Hamlin Baker. My everybody wiki will be a Wikipedia page itself. That will be uploaded shortly.

:::my question: there is no template. I see HTML.

:::how do I put a section in an existing article?

:::So I just need to know how to section an article that is an existing article. As this article does not have a template.

:::thank you so much. [[User:TheArtandVintage|TheArtandVintage]] ([[User talk:TheArtandVintage|talk]]) 00:11, 29 October 2025 (UTC)

::::Sorry, but that really isn’t clarifying anything. What sort of template are you proposing to add, and to which article?

::::As for you owning a historical document concerning Ernest Hamlin Baker, that in of itself almost certainly isn’t a sufficient basis to write an article on anything. Article content needs to be based around [[WP:N|significant independent secondary coverage of subject matter]], rather than around a document itself. I’d recommend reading [[Help:Your first article]] before proceeding any further. Creating new Wikipedia articles is tricky, and not something we advise newcomers to dive into without gaining more general editing experience first – it often ends in frustration. [[User:AndyTheGrump|AndyTheGrump]] ([[User talk:AndyTheGrump|talk]]) 00:24, 29 October 2025 (UTC)

:::::Hi Andy, again I am asking how would you apply a template to a pre-existing page?

:::::Section: early life

:::::Section: cartooning

:::::Section: time magazine

:::::Thank you [[User:TheArtandVintage|TheArtandVintage]] ([[User talk:TheArtandVintage|talk]]) 00:37, 29 October 2025 (UTC)

::::::I think you are asking about section headings, rather than templates: see ‘Body sections’ in [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Layout]]. I’d be wary of breaking such a short article down into too many sections though – it can make an article look cluttered and disjointed. [[User:AndyTheGrump|AndyTheGrump]] ([[User talk:AndyTheGrump|talk]]) 00:51, 29 October 2025 (UTC)

:::::::YES. That’s exactly what I’m talking about. They are not going to be short sections, but rather very detailed, that involve another museum’s rights and reproductions, and a archive that I cannot disclose.

:::::::can you walk me through this please? Thank you so much!! [[User:TheArtandVintage|TheArtandVintage]] ([[User talk:TheArtandVintage|talk]]) 01:21, 29 October 2025 (UTC)

::::::::’Museums rights’ are only ever going to be relevant to an article if given significant discussion in sources independent of the museum, and an archive you ‘cannot disclose’ is clearly not going to be discussed at all. Verifiable sourcing is an absolute requirement for Wikipedia articles, and not something that can be ignored. [[User:AndyTheGrump|AndyTheGrump]] ([[User talk:AndyTheGrump|talk]]) 01:28, 29 October 2025 (UTC)

:::::::::It’s in NARA. Andy can you please walk me through the article that you directed me to: [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Layout]] Thank you very much. [[User:TheArtandVintage|TheArtandVintage]] ([[User talk:TheArtandVintage|talk]]) 01:43, 29 October 2025 (UTC)

::::::::::Section headers are created by enclosing the title in <nowiki>== ==</nowiki> formatting. I’d recommend looking at a few existing articles, and maybe copying one to your sandbox temporarily, so you can experiment with the formatting without messing anything important up. [[User:AndyTheGrump|AndyTheGrump]] ([[User talk:AndyTheGrump|talk]]) 01:55, 29 October 2025 (UTC)

:::::::::::Andy, I do and do not know what you’re talking about. I know what I’m reading, I just do not know how to apply this concept to a pre-existing page. I see your point of view about sandbox.

:::::::::::Would you mind assisting me personally by making this edit? I believe I need fo Wikipedia standards.

:::::::::::- Early Life

:::::::::::- Career (includes)

:::::::::::WPA – Works In Progress (The New Deal), Mural,

:::::::::::and Time Magazine

:::::::::::- Personal Life

:::::::::::- Death

:::::::::::I have tried to get in touch with the creator of the page Matt Me, but he is unavailable.

:::::::::::Also, how do I get in touch with Silver Locust? The art and vintage was worth a Google.

:::::::::::Thank you so much. [[User:TheArtandVintage|TheArtandVintage]] ([[User talk:TheArtandVintage|talk]]) 02:05, 29 October 2025 (UTC)

::::::::::::I’ll take a look later, and maybe add a few section headers, though while you are still adding content, there’s no rush. If you are asking me to add ”content”, I can’t do that without sources, and I’ve neither any particular expertise regarding the subject matter, nor access to the sort of sources likely to be required. This is a volunteer project, and you can’t expect other people to do research and write content on your behalf. As for contacting individual contributors, you can ask on their talk page, but really as wrote earlier you are better off using the article talk page, to get the maximum input from anyone who has the article watchlisted. The article creator has no special privileges, and from the look of it Matt me hasn’t edited since last March, so you’ll be lucky to get any response at all. Claiming that anything is a ’emergency’ as you did on Matt’s talk page isn’t going to help either, since there is clearly nothing urgent about updating an article on an illustrator who died in 1975. Not to Wikipedia, anyway. [[User:AndyTheGrump|AndyTheGrump]] ([[User talk:AndyTheGrump|talk]]) 02:30, 29 October 2025 (UTC)

:::::::::::::Hey Andy — no content necessary. Everything is taken care of, it’s been a very long four years.

:::::::::::::Just the sections at header thank you so much. I just need those header sections added that I had mentioned.

:::::::::::::- Early Life

:::::::::::::- Career (includes)

:::::::::::::WPA – Works In Progress (The New Deal), Mural,

:::::::::::::and Time Magazine

:::::::::::::- Personal Life

:::::::::::::- Death

:::::::::::::Here’s what we’re working with right now. The South County History Center and my Web Archive from the Fine Arts Museum San Fran.

:::::::::::::https://southcountyhistorycenter.org/ernest-hamlin-baker

:::::::::::::https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://web.archive.org/web/20210125052417/https:/*art.famsf.org/ernest-hamlin-baker__;Lw!!AqORqQbAXw!Mj3cYTDy1jxpFbNCrp7YOyDl62-G3X0WSrz1ztWFc59kwamnW0045sAno6ofAr2aam-FVBWxuLBauV7gOoY$

:::::::::::::thank you so much, and it is very urgent. I appreciate you very much. I’d rather not add more content until the header sections have been added.

:::::::::::::thank you again! [[User:TheArtandVintage|TheArtandVintage]] ([[User talk:TheArtandVintage|talk]]) 02:43, 29 October 2025 (UTC)

::::::::::::::Sorry, but I don’t respond positively to repeated claims that something is ‘urgent’, entirely unaccompanied by anything remotely approximating to an explanation as to why. This is a help desk, for providing answers to basic questions about editing and using Wikipedia, it isn’t a ‘call up a contributor on demand’ page, and frankly, I’m not particularly interested in helping you out, given that you appear to be attempting to use Wikipedia make some sort of claim to ownership of something-or-other. That isn’t what Wikipedia is for. [[User:AndyTheGrump|AndyTheGrump]] ([[User talk:AndyTheGrump|talk]]) 02:52, 29 October 2025 (UTC)

:::::::::::::::My apologies, Andy. For not explaining myself more clearly. Will you please assist me, in adding the header sections to the article as I request requested and you agreed to assist me with.

:::::::::::::::As you can imagine, it’s a lot of information for me to take in, and it’s subjective phraseology that I am not accustomed to.

:::::::::::::::I have had a conversation with Sheamous at Wikistewards. Every time I answer you, I am making a sworn statement as an Appraiser, and and Archivist.

:::::::::::::::Thank you for assisting me and adding those sections I requested that you had directed me to in the article.

:::::::::::::::I just need those header sections added that I had mentioned.

:::::::::::::::- Early Life

:::::::::::::::- Career (includes)

:::::::::::::::WPA – Works In Progress (The New Deal), Mural,

:::::::::::::::and Time Magazine

:::::::::::::::- Personal Life

:::::::::::::::- Death

::::::::::::::: I will never ask for anything ever again. Thank you so much. [[User:TheArtandVintage|TheArtandVintage]] ([[User talk:TheArtandVintage|talk]]) 03:28, 29 October 2025 (UTC)

::::::::::::::::The English-language Wikipedia isn’t the slightest bit interested in your personal ‘sworn statements’, and as far as I can ascertain we have no contributor named ‘Sheamous’. We base article content around [[WP:RS|”’published”’ reliable secondary sources]], and unless such sources, ”independent of the subject” discuss something, we aren’t going to. As for your section headers, the article doesn’t currently have the necessary details to merit them. [[User:AndyTheGrump|AndyTheGrump]] ([[User talk:AndyTheGrump|talk]]) 03:41, 29 October 2025 (UTC)

:::::::::::::::::Andy, the wikisteward’s name is Sheamous. Should you not wish to take this on, Would you like to have another admin that you can recommend?

:::::::::::::::::I very simply need the body sections added that you offered to add as per the article that you gave me.

:::::::::::::::::I’m going to tell you again that I am editing this article on behalf of multiple organizations.

::::::::::::::::: And I am simply asking for your assistance in adding body sections to the article as I cannot get in touch with Matt Me, who did not use a template.

:::::::::::::::::- Early Life

:::::::::::::::::- Career (includes)

:::::::::::::::::WPA – Works In Progress (The New Deal), Mural,

:::::::::::::::::and Time Magazine

:::::::::::::::::- Personal Life

:::::::::::::::::- Death

:::::::::::::::::Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Layout

:::::::::::::::::You asked to see the citations and I gave them to you.

:::::::::::::::::I assure you one of the organizations I belong to have a Wikipedia, and my sworn statement is extremely important in this thread and request.

:::::::::::::::::It was worth a Google.

:::::::::::::::::There is more than enough information and content that I have provided to fulfill the request that you have agreed to do.

:::::::::::::::::If not, please direct me to an admin that can assist me. [[User:TheArtandVintage|TheArtandVintage]] ([[User talk:TheArtandVintage|talk]]) 04:10, 29 October 2025 (UTC)

::::::::::::::::::The [[WMF]], of which the English-Language Wikipedia is a part, has stewards, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Global_rights_policy#Stewards] given a few special rights regarding certain administrative functions. They do not however call themselves ‘Wikistewards’, and none would be advising you to be making sworn statements regarding your personal ownership of property, since this can have no bearing on article content. If you’ve been discussing this with someone from anywhere else (there are a lot of unrelated websites with ‘Wiki’ in their name), this is, yet again, of no relevance to us. And with that, I’m done here, since your repeated entirely unexplained insistence that this matter is ‘urgent’ and ‘important’ is getting tiresome. A simple request for help is one thing, but you seem to have entirely unrealistic expectations of how a volunteer-run project works, and a rather odd idea as to the purposes of the project. And apparently, some sort of [[WP:CoI]]. I suspect you will find that other contributors (admin or otherwise – admins have no special rights in determining content) will feel the same way. [[User:AndyTheGrump|AndyTheGrump]] ([[User talk:AndyTheGrump|talk]]) 04:40, 29 October 2025 (UTC)

:::::::::::::::::::Andy. I am referring to the person that unblocks your IP address. Who has given me a certain level of administrative rights. You have gone on to disparage, defame, and humiliate, not just me, but another person whose article I have edited and that you have chosen to edit in the past.

:::::::::::::::::::You went on to assume that I was not related to other people that share my last name. You went onto assume that Wikipedia has no idea what I’m talking about.

::::::::::::::::::: You went onto to assume that the page pages that I am connecting this to also don’t know what I’m talking about, and did not give me permission, permissions and rights to do what I am doing.

:::::::::::::::::::You did not Google me, or you would know that I am a Supreme Court rape victim, and that is why I request requested a specific admin by the name of Silver Locust.

:::::::::::::::::::We’re going to do this one more time and then I’m going to delete this thread — with no consequences — as you appear to have obtained information about this article offering to assist me.

:::::::::::::::::::you have also given me the wrong information, become verbally, abusive, and combative.

:::::::::::::::::::I will repost this question. And you will allow someone else to answer me. [[User:TheArtandVintage|TheArtandVintage]] ([[User talk:TheArtandVintage|talk]]) 05:02, 29 October 2025 (UTC)

=== Body Sectioning of Existing Article ===

Assistance in [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Layout]] of existing article please. Thank you. [[User:TheArtandVintage|TheArtandVintage]] ([[User talk:TheArtandVintage|talk]]) 05:21, 29 October 2025 (UTC)

:What assistance related to layout are you asking for, [[User:TheArtandVintage|TheArtandVintage]]? — [[User:Hoary|Hoary]] ([[User talk:Hoary|talk]]) 05:33, 29 October 2025 (UTC)

== Request to Upload Non-Free Images for IART Article ==

== Request to Upload Non-Free Images for IART Article ==

Page for questions relating to Wikipedia

Since twostep verification I cannot login to my account anymore because of an old deleted email adress.
I have a lot of saved Wikipedia lemmas in my account and I am a regular donator of Wikipedia. 1. Can somebody please help me to change the emailadress from my ald deleted to my present preferred email adress? 2. Can somebody please help me to keep my old account with samed lemmas and regular financial donation? Baljuw (talk) 09:52, 20 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Baljuw: Donations have no influence on other matters. If you still know the password then you can mail (without revealing the password) meta:Trust and Safety at cawikimedia.org. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:18, 20 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

By the way, what is a ‘lemma’ in this context? —Tamfang (talk) 21:49, 24 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

one website is blocked, but i need to unblock it show me the way David Jones 2011 (talk) 15:03, 22 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@David Jones 2011 Is WT:WHITELIST what you’re after? Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 15:43, 22 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Which website (you can post it here with spaces where there should be dots)? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy’s edits 08:08, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Translation discusses translating an entire article, but it does not address the question of translating a single phrase within an English article. For example, a recent edit to Geometry changed Theorema Egregium (remarkable theorem) to Theorema Egregium (“remarkable theorem”). I have no idea which, if either, is correct, or whether there is a template that generates the approved rendering. Also, if there is an article that discusses this then there should be a hatnote template linking to it, e.g., {{about}}.

Is {{langx|la|Theorema Egregium|translation=remarkable theorem}}, rendered as Latin: Theorema Egregium, lit. ‘remarkable theorem’, the correct style? — Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz Username:Chatul (talk) 09:49, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, @Chatul.I think the relevant section is MOS:NONENGITALIC. ColinFine (talk) 13:02, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The page where I thought I saw a problem:

My redirect requests, and possibly a few others, look like they have been done. But they suddenly disappeared, when older requests that also looked finished were still on the page. I already put my requests back on the page, because it looked like something had gone wrong, but I’m not sure if that was the correct thing to do, so I decided to ask for help, because I don’t know what happened, or if it should have happened, or what should happen next. 2405:6E00:651:F5FC:D904:ED5:248C:FE9F (talk) 11:06, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry if my attempt to fix it made it worse. 2405:6E00:651:F5FC:D904:ED5:248C:FE9F (talk) 11:06, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hiya, IP! Have not checked to closely, but perhaps they were archived (by a bot) at Wikipedia:Articles for creation/Redirects/2025-10? GoldRomean (talk) 17:17, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your requests were removed by 89.19.79.25 here. —pro–anti–air ––>(talk)<–– 23:20, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

How can I create another account? JUNGAL9992 (talk) 11:17, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Just log out of your current account and then create a new one. For what reason do you want to create another account? If you just want to rename your account, go to Special:GlobalRenameRequest or WP:CHUS. See WP:VALIDALT for valid uses of additional accounts. 331dot (talk) 11:26, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@JUNGAL9992: You can create an account at Special:CreateAccount while you are already logged in. Then your old account will be logged as creator of the new account and this will be publicly visible. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:32, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

But my IP address is blocked, but not my account. It will expire on November 7, 2025, 7:19 p.m. JUNGAL9992 (talk) 15:40, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@JUNGAL9992: If you have a specific problem then always reveal it when you seek help instead of wasting time. See Wikipedia:Request an account. PrimeHunter (talk) 15:49, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I suggest checking out Request an account. Rockfang (talk) 15:50, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I am writing an article requiring a lengthy chronological list. Each item in the list should be referenced. In some cases, there are several chronological items all requiring reference A, followed by an item with reference B, then several more items all requiring reference A. For the items in a sequence requiring reference A, is there guidance on whether to 1) show reference A repeatedly after each and every relevant item (looks cluttered); or 2) show reference A only after the final item in the sequence (the preceding items appear to have no reference); or 3) some other option I’ve not thought of? Thanks. Masato.harada (talk) 16:45, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Masato.harada. The named reference function allows you to reference properly while reducing the clutter. For the technical details, see WP:REFNAME. For an example in a Good article, see the reference list at Harry Yount, where one reference is used 26 times but it only appears once in the list of references. Cullen328 (talk) 17:57, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, perhaps I haven’t explained clearly. I know how to use WP:REFNAME. I’m asking whether I should be doing this:

• Item 1[refA]
• Item 2[refA]
• Item 3[refA]
• Item 4[refA]
• Item 5[refA]
• Item 6[refB]

or this:

• Item 1
• Item 2
• Item 3
• Item 4
• Item 5[refA]
• Item 6[refB]

Masato.harada (talk) 18:30, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I would recommend the former: the latter is ambiguous (does refA refer to items 1–5 or 5 only?), and in many lists, one or more further items with different references might potentially be inserted between those already present, which would entail more complications in the second format.

In practice, the blue superscript reference numbers are not perceived as ‘clutter’ unless there are several against one item/in the same place. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 94.1.208.246 (talk) 21:21, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Nicholas jones melbourne australia nu metal pioneer/metal/Hardcore og daughter sierra parents john and stella net worth as of 2025 2.5million @ 106.71.11.123 (talk) 17:01, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi IP editor. The usual answer to “Why isn’t x on Wikipedia?” is: because no volunteer editor has taken the time and effort to create an article yet. Hopefully, someday, a volunteer editor will create an article for this person if they meet our criteria for inclusion. That person could be you? qcne (talk) 17:07, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Before undertaking this, however, check carefully whether this musician meets the relevant criteria at Wikipedia:Notability (music). If he does not, no attempt at an article will succeed (yet) and your time and effort would be wasted. See also Wikipedia:Too soon. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 94.1.208.246 (talk) 21:28, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Addendum: I now see that this musician’s career began several decades ago, so ‘Too soon’ will not be applicable. However, I have found surprisingly few references to him by websearching, and no sources suitable for basing a Wikipedia article. I would have thought he would be well-enough documented in relevant music journals, etc. of the relevant period and locality, but finding such sources might entail searching physical (or microfilmed, or scanned) archives in libraries (if not someone’s cuttings collection) – sources do not have to be online, so long as their full bibliographical details are given. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 94.1.208.246 (talk) 17:32, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I abhor ignorant acquiescing to anything that could lead us as a society to full-scale setting aside of thorny questions and eliminating subtleties in thought and writing via AI. Can I download a correct “snap-shot/copy” of ALL of WIKI’s content pre-any introduction of AI? 2600:1007:B03E:BE18:0:36:3E90:8601 (talk) 12:44, 24 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

IP editor: see WP:DUMPS. I’m not sure how you could be sure that AI had not been involved in some way, given even simple uses such as automatic typo correction and Wikipedia’s extensive use of bots for minor edits. Mike Turnbull (talk) 12:48, 24 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The OP is likely referring to large-language models, in which case, anything before 2022 wouldn’t have been written by them. ~Anachronist (who / me) (talk) 08:02, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There was information on your website how to submit photos and other information about this photo contest of historic places but I don’t see the info now, is it too late to submit photos? Thanks,
dane 2600:1700:7B94:2090:5163:BBC4:D26F:8487 (talk) 14:18, 24 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi IP editor. See Commons:Wiki Loves Monuments 2025. qcne (talk) 14:22, 24 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi all.

While there is an option in desktop version about recovering the last revised code, in case the page crashes, I feel it should also be available for mobile versions. Weak internet connectivity or multitasking in a device crashes the page (or sometimes edit preview) and it makes me rewrite the code multiple times (if I have not saved it in the clipboard or backed up somewhere else).

Also, for the past few days, all the titles on the talk pages are now not opening on mobile version (maybe I have installed some wrong gadget), and instead I need to click “Latest comment: xx minutes ago” to open the title and view the prose.

Can someone lead me to its solution, without switching to desktop version in mobile device? Thank you! M. Billoo 17:35, 24 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

These are the kinds of issues better raised at WP:VPT. Please state what device and browser you are using, and what Wikipedia skin (if not the default). Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy’s edits 18:10, 24 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I would like to read Wikipedia pages for my own personnel joy, and to get other people interested in certain topics, and post it on Youtube but i just don’t wanna get copyrighted. And also what if i include the original authors name and quote the sources? Lightness616 (talk) 01:30, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The liscencing for articles is at WP:CCBYSA. Basically, yes, as long as you link to the article and make it clear that it was written by “Wikipedia contributors” or individual author names. Ultraodan (talk) 01:56, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

That’s correct, but Wikipedia:Reusing Wikipedia content is probably a more useful read. jlwoodwa (talk) 02:19, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Lightness616: You are absolutely free to use Wikikpedia content in just about any way you want, but you must adhere to our CC-BY-SA license. For this, there is an easy part and and a hard part. The easy part: just provide a link to the Wikikpedia articles(s) you use, and a very short attribution. HOWEVER, there is also a hard part: you must license your work (your post on Youtube) under that same CC-BY-SA license. When you do, you are allowing anyone to use your Youtube stuff however they want to, as long as they attribute your work. Think long and hard about this. I (and the huge Opensource community) would encourage you to do this, but none of us want to deceive you into giving away your material if you do not want to do it. If you disagree, then do not use our material, but I hope you decide to join us. You are of course still free the use the same sources that our articles use without agreeing to our license. –Arch dude (talk) 02:35, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Is there anything I would have to do in order to get the CC-BY-SA license, or is it just given to me? Also say perchance someone uses my work but does not credit me, that’s not allowed right? Lightness616 (talk) 14:27, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You ‘get’ the licence by documenting under the video that you are releasing the content under that licence (note that there are several variations of it, so be specific). And if someone re-uses your material but fails to credit you, it would be up to you to pursue them if you chose – no one would enforce the matter on your behalf (unless you paid a copyright lawyer to do so). {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 94.1.208.246 (talk) 17:39, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You might like to contribute to WP:Spoken Wikipedia. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy’s edits 08:22, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

plz change photo of bhism article this nude type photo 2409:40C1:3030:FCDC:8CDD:EDFF:FEF0:BF12 (talk) 06:14, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

We don’t have an article bhism. What are you talking about? —Orange Mike | Talk 06:43, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Wherever it is, a “nude-type” photo (whatever that is supposed to mean) is unlikely to be changed merely because you say “plz” as Wikipedia is not censored. Shantavira|^{feed me} 07:35, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It could be Bhisma, which has an inoffensive image with a nude baby in it. I can’t imagine how that would be a problem. ~Anachronist (who / me) (talk) 07:57, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

IP editor: You may like to follow the advice at Help:NOIMAGE. Mike Turnbull (talk) 10:36, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There is also a photo of a carving in the Buddhism article that includes several bare-breasted women – again, not remotely objectionable in context. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 94.1.208.246 (talk) 17:43, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Is there a tool that allows to identify categories on Wikipedia with the largest number of interwikis for which there is no corresponding category in a specific language section, for example Ukrainian? Perohanych (talk) 16:13, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You could do that through the Wikidata Query Service; Ask at d:WD:RAQ and somebody will write you a query. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy’s edits 17:51, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I am using an iPad
I cannot figure out howto view the editing history of an article. 2603:3014:C06:3C00:3C88:6560:F3A0:FFD4 (talk) 19:46, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

If you are using the mobile view (the default, on an iPad) it is the tab with an icon showing a pair of clock hands, inside an anti-clockwise arrow. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy’s edits 20:10, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Dear all,
until a few days ago my watchlist showed entries first with a time period less than permanent, sorted by remaining days, and then the permanently watched pages in alphabetical order. Now it’s alphabetical order only, the non-permanently watched pages are sorted in. How can I cange that back?
Thanks and kind regards, Grueslayer 07:11, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Grueslayer, that appears to have been changed for performance reasons. I don’t think you can change it back. Rummskartoffel 11:41, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Rummskartoffel. It’s a bit weird that the display scheme was changed without notice, and it’s sad that an established feature is scrapped because of a handfull people with 10.000+ articles on their watchlist. But c’est la vie. Kind regards, Grueslayer 08:30, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

If I want to add the email adress of a school that the designer I am creating a page for , what should I do ? Duboys Patrick (talk) 11:24, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Duboys Patrick. Don’t – because email addresses shouldn’t be on Wikipedia articles. qcne (talk) 11:28, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

If a person has an associated website, then it is acceptable to put a link to it in the infobox or as an external link. Many websites have a “contact us” email address but we don’t include them directly. Mike Turnbull (talk) 15:43, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, @Duboys Patrick.

The phrase you used “creating a page for” suggests to me that, like many people, you may a misunderstanding of what Wikipedia is.

I urge you to replace “creating a page for” in your mind with “writing an encyclopaedia article about”. This might seem picky (after all, you are wanting to create a page), but it might help you to remember that when you write a Wikipedia article about somebody, that article should be a summary of what people wholly unconnected with the person have chosen to publish about the person in reliably publications, not what the person themself want people to know about them. Sometimes it will be things that the person would much rather people didn’t know about them – but if they’ve been published in reliable independent sources, then they should probably go in the article.

My earnest advice to new editors is to not even think about trying to create an article until you have spent several weeks – at least – learning about how Wikipedia works by making improvements to existing articles. Once you have understood core policies such as verifiability, neutral point of view, reliable, independent sources, and notability, and experienced how we handle disagreements with other editors (the Bold, Revert, Discuss cycle), then you might be ready to read your first article carefully, and try creating a draft. If you don’t follow this advice but try to create an article without this preparation, you are likely to have a frustrating and disappointing experience with Wikipedia. ColinFine (talk) 18:33, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

While the recommended range for an auto archive setup is at least 90 days, some articles such as Back to the Future, the range is 30 days and on the Anita Sarkeesian article is at 10 days. Meanwhile, the auto archive range for Robin Williams is set at 1 year.

Which auto archive range should be best for any article in general? Thanks. sjones23 (talk – contributions) 12:56, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Sjones23: It depends on the activity. Talk:Anita Sarkeesian was very active around 2014 and could grow above 100 kB even with fast archiving. Maybe it should be slower now. Most talk pages have never had a single discussion post. If a page actually needs archiving then 90 days is usually OK. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:19, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I reduced the delay for RW. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy’s edits 16:39, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@PrimeHunter: Thanks. Also, given the potential bot issues in archiving older discussions especially the ones that are very old, have unsigned comments, have missing section headers and/or formatting errors on any page(s), I sometimes move them to the correct archive pages manually, as I did when I moved a very old discussion (which had a general formatting issue) on the Talk:Charles M. Schulz talk page (which has a 60 day auto archive range) to its correct archive page.

Sometimes, I also use {{unsigned}} and {{undated}} templates for certain comments in sections so the archive bot(s) can put them into the proper archive page location(s). sjones23 (talk – contributions) 05:14, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I am from a school in ipswich (not telling you) that has been framed by Brisbane Grammar school saying

Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, as you did at Brisbane Grammar School, you may be blocked from editing. InvadingInvader (talk) 02:14, 2 August 2022 (UTC)

AND I have gotten 14 complaints From November 2019 to August 2025. Ijdiwjdw (talk) 04:42, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You have a shared IP address. No one is framing you. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy’s edits 06:27, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Ijdiwjdw: The message is from 2022 and somebody who had that IP address at the time did indeed vandalize Brisbane Grammar School by changing its name to Goofy Ahh School.[1] The IP address has vandalized many other articles before and since but that’s typical for IP addresses belonging to schools. If you use your own device but connect to the Internet via a school Wi-Fi then you get the IP address of the school. PrimeHunter (talk) 15:31, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This photo:

File:Annabel Elliot at State Banquet 2025-09-17 (0.75 crop).jpg

is not of the sister – Sonia Annabel Elliot – of Queen Camilla.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/202101414@N05/54805317564/

The source itself (above) does not even label her in its photo.

She looks nothing like Sonia Annabel Elliot who was very prominent and photographed at the Coronation of Charles III as the Queen’s “assistant”.

Please look into this

Thank you
49.185.106.252 (talk) 08:42, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Certainly looks like it could be her to me. Pinging the file uploader user:Robin S. Taylor. Meters (talk) 08:51, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. The IP user is correct.

The woman in the image is Carlyn Chisholm, Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen, who is one of Queen Consort Camilla’s ‘Queen’s Companions’ (ladies of the court) and a member of the House of Lords. I am removing the image from Annabel Elliot‘s page. Aesurias (talk) 23:50, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Getty Images of Baroness Chisholm: https://www.gettyimages.com.au/detail/news-photo/carlyn-chisholm-baroness-chisholm-of-owlpen-attends-king-news-photo/2227263940 Aesurias (talk) 23:51, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I need some kind of hint, advice, or help on how to get into the Edit preview, since I know how to get to Edit summary, but I can’t get to the first one (preview). Any help would be helpful! (as I’m a little lost). SI Moon Grubisz440 (talk) 17:51, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

How are you editing? On a mobile device, or laptop/desktop? In Visual Editor or Source editor? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy’s edits 19:14, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Grubisz440: Your article edits are tagged “Visual edit” so you must be using VisualEditor. It doesn’t have a preview feature because it’s WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) so the preview would look almost like when you were editing. If you still want a real preview during a visual edit then you can switch to the source editor on a pencil icon at the top right and click the “Show preview” button below the text box. PrimeHunter (talk) 20:40, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you!! For the clarity on what I edit and which device, I use “Visual edit” and using Laptop. SI Moon Grubisz440 (talk) 21:21, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Looking to locte the stock my Grandfater worked hard for where have they gone to and how do we locste the company HR department to see who or where to locate stocks from AT&T…??? 2601:4B:C000:37A0:163:B524:8F85:E544 (talk) 20:09, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Contact AT&T, this is the Help Desk for the website Wikipedia. qcne (talk) 20:16, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Contact me,I am an Archivist and Researcher TheArtandVintage (talk) 03:33, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I didn’t mean to publish it it is fictional I mean to keep it as a draft but I accidentally published it Catlover1519 (talk) 00:01, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The draft space facility on Wikipedia is provided as a means to assist in article creation only. Wikipedia is not a web-hosting service, and accordingly, works of fiction are as liable to be deleted from draft space as anywhere else. I suggest you make a backup off-Wikipedia quickly, and confine your editing of Wikipedia to its intended purpose only. AndyTheGrump (talk) 00:31, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Catlover1519 You can request speedy deletion of anything that only you have authored by placing the template {{db-author}} at the top of its source code. I recommend you do so if it is still there. Mike Turnbull (talk) 12:08, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Are some articles destined to never be able to become FA or GA? For example:

• They lie in the grey area where there are enough reliable sources to justify notability, but don’t have enough coverage to offer a fully comprehensive article, without resorting to synthesis and/or original research of primary sources.
• They require synthesis to bridge unreported but still important context.

Thanks in advance. monkey_smashing^keyboards (talk) 00:44, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• An article without context is clearly incomplete, and lacking content essential to justify its existence. If you need synthesis to establish context for an article, it isn’t acceptable. FA status has no bearing on this whatsoever. AndyTheGrump (talk) 12:32, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Monkeysmashingkeyboards: Don’t synthesise any content into any Wikipedia article at all, ever. That will put you a very very short route to the out door. The WP:OR policy covers this “Articles may make an analytic, evaluative, interpretive, or synthetic claim only if that has been published by a reliable secondary”. So, in this instance, the article will remain unwritten or specific section remain unwritten until sufficient secondary sources are available. Many, as in most articles never make it to even GA but they may be very well written. It is an unfortunate fact that the GA/FA is a victorian boutique process in the age of industrial manufacturing. scope_creep^Talk 07:04, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Monkeysmashingkeyboards The best place to ask for all things FA is at WT:FAC. —Fortuna, imperatrix 12:36, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! How do you go about putting a userbox in the centre of your page? I tried {{Align|center|{{Time userbox|-4}}}} but that doesn’t work. Thanks! Chorchapu (talk | edits) 00:57, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

{{Center block}} works for me (Desktop, Windows 11, Firefox) — John of Reading (talk) 07:47, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This did work. Thank you. Chorchapu (talk | edits) 12:11, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I was reading the Anne Lockhart page. It mentions the actress died, but it also has her living and speaks of her in the present tense. Since she was an actress and has family, I would think she has someone who they would like to have Edit her information. Is there a mechanism to let the editors know of the problem? I didn’t know whether there is a notification by page to authorized editors. Thank you. 2601:985:4100:50D0:5901:35D4:D0F5:C3A4 (talk) 02:10, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Please link the page you refer to. Anne Lockhart (actress) does not claim she has died. Her mother June Lockhart died five days ago but this is not mentioned in Anne’s article. PrimeHunter (talk) 02:29, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

What is the meaning of #[[#L1|^]] in Template:R? Is it a wikilink with special handling, or something totally different? Where is it documented? Thanks. — Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz Username:Chatul (talk) 09:21, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Chatul: [[#L1|^]] links to a section or anchor called L1 on the same page and displays ^ on the link. See Help:Link#Section linking. In this case it links to a template-generated anchor. The first # is unrelated to linking. The template places it at the start of a line where it produces an ordered list. See Help:Wikitext#Ordered lists. More details at Help:List. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:31, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

So that first # is just a bog standard numbered list entry indicator?

Is there a way to get multiple backlins for an annotation, or only for the base reference? Thanks. — Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz Username:Chatul (talk) 18:14, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It says that Erin Pizzey UK Activist is dead. This is a lie and causing distress to her family and friends 217.65.134.33 (talk) 17:41, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Already been addressed. I’m considering taking this to RFPP/I. —Jéské Couriano v^_^v ^{threads critiques} 18:04, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

A user recently put a new image in the infobox for the page Rohini Kumari Wijerathna. I think most editors can agree that the image is way too big. I attempted editing the infobox to resize the image to a reasonable scale but nothing seems to be working. Any help? Not Wlwtn (talk) 19:24, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, there’s an infobox parameter called “image size”. I changed it to 200px – if you still want to adjust it, feel free to play with the px value. Barbalalaika (talk) 21:29, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, thanks. Not Wlwtn (talk) 23:07, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

How do I get a blank colspan box to show as white in a table instead of gray? See my edit I just made on Ayumu Iwasa. Electricmemory (talk) 19:35, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Also see User:Electricmemory/Racing driver test page#Cup_Series_2– the rows 1982 through 1998 have white colpsan boxes, while the rows 1999 and 2000 have gray ones and I cannot for the life of me figure out the difference between them in the wikitext. Electricmemory (talk) 19:39, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Don’t use header markup (!) for cells that aren’t headers? Help:Table § Markup

—Trappist the monk (talk) 19:44, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

What pronouns do animals use? I see it/its on some articles, and they/them on others. It/its is much more common for invertebrates, and they/them are much more common for vertebrates, but there still is overlap in the use of pronouns. Thanks in advance. monkey_smashing^keyboards (talk) 19:44, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Monkeysmashingkeyboards:, I don’t know, I haven’t asked them. I can’t see anything in the Manual of Style, so I would expect we follow what reliable sources do. You could ask at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Tree of Life if no one here has an answer. TSventon (talk) 20:47, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

[Redacted]

<paste the message here>
Hello,

I am creating a Wikipedia article for the International Alliance of Racquet Technicians (IART), founded by Tim Strawn. I have three images that are non-free/copyrighted and I am requesting assistance to upload them under fair-use rationale.

Below are the details:

1. RSI Stringer of the Year plaque

Description: Tim Strawn’s award plaque for RSI Stringer of the Year, 2006

Source: RSI Racquet Sports Industry magazine, March 2006

Purpose / Fair-use rationale: Illustrates Tim Strawn’s recognition as Stringer of the Year. Minimal use in article.

Suggested file name: RSI_Stringer_of_the_Year_Plaque_2006.jpg

2. Roanoke Times Wimbledon article

Description: Newspaper article covering Tim Strawn’s first official Wimbledon stringing team assignment

Source: Roanoke Times, 2002 (exact date in the article)

Purpose / Fair-use rationale: Illustrates Tim Strawn’s professional experience on the official Wimbledon stringing team. Minimal use in article.

Suggested file name: Roanoke_Times_Wimbledon_2002.jpg

3. Wilson Techno Times article “4 Questions with Tim Strawn”

Description: Wilson Techno Times magazine article featuring Tim Strawn, November 2008

Source: Wilson Sporting Goods Techno Times, November 2008

Purpose / Fair-use rationale: Illustrates Tim Strawn’s recognition and career achievements. Minimal use in article.

Suggested file name: Wilson_Techno_Times_4_Questions_2008.jpg

All three images are used in the draft article for illustrative purposes only, are not replaceable by freely licensed media, and are critical to showing the subject’s notability and career accomplishments.

Thank you very much for your assistance!

Added at 00:14, 29 October 2025 by TStrawnVA

TStrawnVA, you were asking about a draft, not an article, which you were in the process of creating at User:TStrawnVA. That’s an improper place for a draft, and I have therefore moved it to User:TStrawnVA/sandbox, where you may continue to work on it. As a draft, it’s odd: It sets off being about the International Alliance of Racquet Technicians but seems to switch to being about Tim Strawn (who I suppose is yourself). You’d better decide which of the two — and that’s just one of numerous problems that this embryonic draft of yours faces. So, your request: (i) An article may not have two or more non-free images. (ii) A draft may not have any non-free image. — Hoary (talk) 01:51, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I just received an email that a message was posted to my Talk page on the Indonesian Wikipedia. I don’t speak Indonesian, and haven’t manually created an account for it, nor have I made any edits on there. Why did I receive this message? The main public log also shows that my account was apparently automatically created on 6th July 2024, I’m very confused as to why it would be created at all.

Sorry if this is posted to the wrong message board, this seemed like the most relevant forum. TanyaK94 (talk) 00:37, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@TanyaK94: hi, Wikipedia sets up an account every time you visit a new Wikipedia while logged in, see Meta:Help:Unified login. Some Wikipedias then get a bot to post a welcome message, apparently including Indonesian. TSventon (talk) 01:11, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Is there a way to search a group of Wikipedia pages using Google as the search engine? I know I can do this “manually”, which is what gave me the idea. It would be ten times easier if the UI were specific to Wikipedia—and it would require no “technical” knowledge related to the syntax for search arguments. ―Mandruss ☎ 2¢ IMO. 00:42, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

A userscript could probably do this prettily easily, and I think you can set a custom search engine on Google Chrome that will have set search filters. I’ll let you know if I get something working. Cheers! monkey_smashing^keyboards (talk) 01:34, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I’m astounded. Speechless, except for these twelve words. Bloody awesome, I say. ―Mandruss ☎ 2¢ IMO. 01:37, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I’m looking to change the preview image of a page (i.e. the image that appears in the preview when typed in on the search bar at the top of the page). How do I do this? I went to “page information” and the image that appears in preview shows there but when I go to edit the page information page, I don’t see how to edit this specific image, as trying to edit that page just brings me to editing the general Wikipedia article, not the preview or its image. Helper201 (talk) 03:49, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

For context the preview image that is appearing for the page I’m looking to change is not the first image in the infobox on the page, so I’m not sure how to change it. Helper201 (talk) 04:23, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

A lot of actor’s sidebars have been nominated for deletion yesterday, see Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2025 October 28. As a result, all the pages with this sidebar have been ‘broken’ as the lead is moved to below this sidebar, leaving the entire beginning blank. See Leonardo DiCaprio for an example. The same thing happened a few weeks ago but I forgot how somebody fixed it. Help! jolielover♥talk 04:20, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Here you go. —Cryptic 04:27, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]