Dear Wikipedia editor, I am Txitxa Leo a local musician in central Mozambqiue. Wikipedia is undoubtebly one of the most visited platfoms on earth, therefore, I would like to publish my article which contains my biography in order to make my brand widely known. I am looking to seeing your reaction in order to be satisfied with you appreciable work. TXITXA LEO (talk) 08:16, 27 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
That purpose is exactly the wrong reason to write an article. Using Wikipedia for promotional purposes is not permitted. Furthermore, while not forbidden, writing about yourself is highly discouraged, please read the autobiography policy. Wikipedia is not a place for people to tell the world about themselves, but a place to summarize what independent reliable sources choose on their own to say about a topic, showing how it is notable as Wikipedia uses the word, such as a notable musician. I suggest you go on about your life and career as if Wikipedia did not exist; if you truly merit a Wikipedia article, someone will eventually write about you.
So they do exist. Although the list is smaller, it seems even 20 or so notable Democrats supporting Donald Trump is worth a standalone list, ironically maybe even more notable for its small size compared to the list of Republicans who endorse Harris.
It should exist somewhere, but I am not finding it, and I am hesitant to start such a list article without knowing for sure whether I'm duplicating an effort. ~Anachronist (talk) 17:02, 27 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
We do, however, have a list of Republicans who oppose Trump's campaign, and that list also mentions who each Republican endorses (many but not all endorse Harris), so in effect we have both topics in one list. But I couldn't find an article about either subject about Democrats: no list of Democrats who oppose Kamala Harris' campaign, and no list of Democrats who endorse Trump. I figured someone would have written one of them by now, so I thought I'd ask here. ~Anachronist (talk) 19:06, 27 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
But that is a whole other idea. Opposing its own partys campaign is seldom good. Endorsement of the other partys campaign will occur more often, because if that campaign is especially bad, it will help the own party win. And fans of a party tend to see the own campaign tendencially better than it is, and the other partys campaign tendencially worse than it is. Therefore it's more probable to endorse the other partys campaign than to oppose its own. 176.0.164.155 (talk) 19:30, 28 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hello IP editor. This page is for questions about editing Wikipedia, do you have a question about editing wikipedia? -- D'n'B-t -- 18:13, 27 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Firstly, this is the Help desk asking about problems with editing Wikipedia. You probably need to ask on one of Wikipedia's eight subject-grouped Reference desks.
Secondly, your query is impossibly vague: it could apply to almost any commercial contract situation, from renting a TV to signing with a professional football club. You will need to give fairly exact details short of naming actual companies, etc. Hope this helps. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 94.6.86.81 (talk) 18:17, 27 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Are the reviewers in general just not civil and welcoming?
Anyone coming to Wikipedia for the purpose of using it as a publicity platform isn't going to be treated in a welcoming manner. Wikipedia is over two decades old, and by now the entire world knows that it cannot be used that way, so the regulars here don't view being new as a valid excuse.
If you're actually here to build an encyclopedia, then welcome! We need more good editors.
RandomTron, see "When a word or phrase may be an encyclopedic subject", and take "word or phrase" to mean "word, phrase or sentence". (NB "Wikipedia's notability criteria" aren't mine [which are of no importance to Wikipedia] and they're unlikely to be yours [ditto].) Words, phrases and sentences that aren't "encyclopedic subjects" don't merit articles here. Drafts about them will not become articles. -- Hoary (talk) 00:32, 28 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@RandomTron: Further to the above, the wording used by Drmies is in Template:uw-disruptive3, and is a standard boilerplate used by many editors. There is community consensus that that template and the rest in the set are appropriate for such circumstances.
If a user or IP has a particularly egregious instance of vandalism, but is already warned with uw-vand1, is it fair to go to uw-vand4im? The context is a user blanking a majority of the page and adding typical hoax / obvious vandalistic text in its place. GeorgeMemulous (talk) 00:21, 28 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hello @GeorgeMemulous. Normally, users should warn the disruptive editor from Level 1 to 4 and then report them to the WP:AIV if they still continue. However, if their edits are very offensive or disruptive, the usage of the uw-vand4im is normally allowed, even if they haven't been warned all the way. If the IP address's edits seems that offensive, you can give them their "Only warning".
I understand that part. I was just wondering whether the "only warning" had to indeed be their only one, whether uw-vand1 or uw-vand2 could force them to go to uw-vand3 instead. GeorgeMemulous (talk) 14:25, 28 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I tend to think that people who issue an only warning, either multiple times or in addition to other warnings, look like they shouldn't be taken seriously. I really don't recommend it. And thank you for actually reading what the warnings say. As for your options, any increase will normally be sufficient. A v2 warning says that a user may be blocked, and I interpret that as a warning that the user may be blocked (of course no warning at all may sometimes be appropriate). -- zzuuzz(talk)21:52, 28 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It seems I can't use VisualEditor (VE) to edit articles despite having the option "Enable the visual editor" activated in my settings. Can someone help? Sabelöga (talk) 04:09, 28 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Sabelöga We'll see if we can find the problem step-by-step. Go to an article – this one, say – and click "edit". Do you a little pencil in the top right of the editing box that allows you to switch to the visual editor? It should like the picture to the right. Cremastra (talk) 16:15, 28 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Cremastra Oh, I see now, the VisualEditor tool is only available with one of the options "Enable the editing toolbar" or "Use the wikitext mode inside the visual editor, instead of a different wikitext editor" activated. Otherwise, the "Visual editing" button isn't visible/available. Maybe I could have activated it somehow anyway, but I didn't get that far. Thanks! Sabelöga (talk) 20:04, 28 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
This Wikipedia article is being used by Google when people search for Kamala Harris and her campaign. I never thought that Wikipedia would be used for politics. Lets see every quote some people did not approve of from President Biden or VP Harris. Please search your encyclopedia and rid it of anything being used by a political party and beware of items someone added for that purpose please. TooMuchTroble (talk) 04:20, 28 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@TooMuchTroble: I don't know which Google search you made but given Trump's statements about Kamala Harris, it's natural that she is mentioned in Racial views of Donald Trump. That means the article may be in some search results for Kamala Harris. She is also mentioned in 2875 other articles. We have six million articles and don't decide their content based on how it might be used by various other websites. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:11, 28 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The "Page Previews" feature (https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Page_Previews) is excellent. I was experimenting with its configuration (as a Logged-out user) and I turned it off via the cog-icon displayed at the bottom of each preview. I would like to turn it back on. The mediawiki page mentioned above says: '... Page Previews ... can be enabled via the "Edit preview settings" link available at the bottom of any wiki page'. I cannot find such a link anywhere. Does anybody know how to re-enables this feature?
@Gvvannucci: When logged out I see the link in the desktop version ("Desktop" at the bottom of mobile pages) but not in mobile. If I enable it in desktop then it's still disabled in mobile. I don't know how to enable it in mobile when logged out. It may work to delete browser cookies for wikipedia.org. Logged in users have "Enable page previews" at Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-rendering. PrimeHunter (talk) 10:27, 28 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
hello I am a ***** and is wondering how to make an article specifically about the other side (the greatest showman song) If anyone has answers pls help, thank you. 180.195.198.48 (talk) 07:48, 28 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
(i) Get plenty of practice in making constructive edits, welcomed (not reverted) by other editors, to articles that already exist. (ii) Check that the subject of your proposed new article is notable (as defined by and for Wikipedia). (iii) Construct a draft that adheres to Wikipedia's principles. (iv) Submit the draft for review. (For more, click on "Learn to edit", a link you'll see on most if not all pages here.) -- Hoary (talk) 08:02, 28 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
See the instructions at WP:REFUND. I'm assuming you deleted the article under G7 (user requests deletion)? Otherwise, if somebody else deleted it for some other reason, it's unlikely to be recovered. GeorgeMemulous (talk) 15:02, 28 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Did you work on said article on a registered account? If so, you can log in and check your contributions (Alt+Y if you're on a Windows device) and see if you can find it there. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 19:49, 28 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It should also be noted that if the article wasn't published in any form, i.e. you had typed it in the editor but did not hit Publish, there is no way to recover it. That was stored entirely locally and (to my understanding) had no interaction with Wikimedia servers. GeorgeMemulous (talk) 20:45, 28 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
corrections to imformation on the first special olympic games 1968
You have listed the founders where the Joseph P Kennedy foundation and the Chicago Park district, but you have left out the most IMPORTANT person who also made this happen. This person takes very little credit but deserves to be remember as someone who help get Special Olympic going in Chicago on July 20, 1968. The person is JUDGE ANNE BURKE, without her wisdom and fore site to get this going, there would have never been a Special Olympics. Ask Judge Anne Burke but please add her to the mix. She contacted the Park District not the Kennedy Family. 2601:243:1781:1970:858:55FF:DFCC:9AC2 (talk) 14:45, 28 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Also, it appears Anne Burke is already mentioned in the first sentence of the Planning section of the article. On Wikipedia, people are typically referred to by their name at the time of the event in question, but here it is noted in the article that Anne McGlone changed their surname to Burke later on. GeorgeMemulous (talk) 15:00, 28 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
For biographical articles, it seems Infoboxes generally utilize a simple one- or two-word designation relating to the individual's career, or their reason for being notable. Example for, say, "Franky Mozart": Infobox rock musician.
I want to create an article about a person who had several personal roles, a variegated career. Should I choose one common, pre-existing designation (such as author)? Or can I use several designation words — or even devise a single-world designation that might encompass several of this person's career roles? Thanks. Joel Russ (talk) 19:57, 28 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The biographical article on Qian Xuesen is somewhat controversial. In short: he did pioneering rocketry work first in the United States and later in China. One fundamental aspect of that is his return to China in 1955 under strained circumstances. Related to that is how, long after the fact, the importance of his work was acknowledged by rocketry experts in the United States.
That acknowledgement is now widespread and undisputed, and is wonderfully exemplified by his being selected as the 2007 Aviation Week & Space Technology person of the year. It would greatly improve the article if we could include a thumbnail of the cover art for the January 07, 2008 edition of AW&ST. It appears here: https://aviationweek.com/cover-245 and it seems like at that size it meets all the criteria for fair use in the context of the biographical article. The award is mentioned in the text of the article, and there are no available alternate images of him at the time in his life depicted by this image. Would someone with more experience in fair use of sketches that are historically important please shepherd me through the steps required to do this without adding fair-use controversy to an already somewhat controversial article? (— 𝐬𝐝𝐒𝐝𝐬 — - talk) 20:52, 28 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Sdsds, policy and precedent are pretty clear on this per WP:NFCI. We cannot use non-free images of a person when a freely licensed or public domain image is available, as is the case here. Countless notable people have appeared on magazine covers but we can use those images only if the copyright has expired. In most cases in the United States, this appplies to images published before 1929. There are exceptions, though. Copyright renewal used to be required although it no longer is. Time magazine failed to renew their copyrights on a timely basis, and as a result, most of their covers before 1936 are in the public domain. Barring dramatic changes in copyright law, that image will remain under copyright until the year 2103. Cullen328 (talk) 23:28, 28 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Ah good idea, thanks! I also sent email to the artist credited with the portrait, asking for explicit permission to use it, i.e. put the small-size version into the public domain. (— 𝐬𝐝𝐒𝐝𝐬 — - talk) 01:17, 29 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, and yet we do not have (nor can we plausibly obtain) an image of him during this important phase of his life, i.e. when he was in PLA uniform. This ties the image to the controversy discussed in the article. (— 𝐬𝐝𝐒𝐝𝐬 — - talk) 01:33, 29 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Sdsds, the credit for the illustration says Scott Marshall of the AW&ST Art Dept. That means that the illustration is almost certainly a Work for hire. If so, then Aviation Week and Space Technology is almost certainly the copyright holder instead of Marshall, according to U.S. copyright law. Cullen328 (talk) 06:37, 29 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I was going through articles on the Singapore Infopedia (example: this and this) for research and I noticed that at the bottom of the page, there's a statement that says "The information on this page and any images that appear here may be used for private research and study purposes only. They may not be copied, altered or amended in any way without first gaining the permission of the copyright holder". I'm assuming it means that I'm not allowed to use it because it would violate copyright laws unless if I get permission from the NLB? Most articles on Singapore that I've seen cite the Infopedia. Imbluey2. Please ping me so that I get notified of your response 23:05, 28 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Imbluey2, citing a reliable source, and then summarizing it your own words is not a copyright violation. Avoid close paraphrasing. I do not know whether or not Infopedia is a reliable source. That is another matter. Cullen328 (talk) 23:38, 28 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I suppose you are right (and yes, the Infopedia is a reliable source, it cites information from other sources in its article and it was made for educational purposes). Imbluey2. Please ping me so that I get notified of your response 23:51, 28 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Imbluey2, "Singapore Infopedia" is perhaps a reliable source. I don't know; I haven't investigated. But neither citing info from other sources nor being made for educational purposes nor the combination of these two makes it a reliable source. (Consider "Conservapedia". This cites info from other sources and claims to be made for educational purposes; but, to put it mildly, it's not a reliable source.) -- Hoary (talk) 07:20, 29 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Imbluey2 I looked at the two examples you linked and both have extensive sets of references at the foot of their pages. I'd do the same as I would if I saw something in a Wikipedia article, bearing in mind that Wikipedia is not a reliable source: I would evaluate the sources used for myself and use them rather than Infopedia as citations. As Cullen328 said, recasting information from sources into your own words doesn't violate copyright. Mike Turnbull (talk) 15:01, 29 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I'm working on DECA (organization) and have been trying to track down when the Collegiate Division of DECA stopped being referred to as Delta Epsilon Chi. I walked my way through archive.org until I found https://web.archive.org/web/20100708034614/http://deca.org/news/14/ . Clearly a press release, I thought the title of the reference should be the header of the Press Release, shown on the page as DECA ANNOUNCES EXPANDED FOCUS AND PROGRAMS; NEW MISSION. However, when I did a copy/paste, it pasted as DECA announces expanded focus and programs; new mission . When I went to the source of the web page, it appears to be in all capital letters because it is in an <h1></h1> pairing. So should the title for the reference be in ALL CAPS or not? (And I'm coming to the help desk because I have *no* idea where else makes sense to ask?)Naraht (talk) 02:30, 29 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Naraht there's normally no reason to look at the HTML of a web page that's a putative source for an article. Whatever the means by which the browser shows (shouts) "DECA ANNOUNCES EXPANDED FOCUS AND PROGRAMS; NEW MISSION", please ignore the shouty caps --just as you'd ignore the color if this weren't black, the typeface, centring, etc. Render it as either "DECA Announces Expanded Focus and Programs; New Mission" or (my preference by far) "DECA announces expanded focus and programs; new mission". Incidentally, the H1 tag does not capitalize in any browser I've encountered, though CSS may cause it to do so. -- Hoary (talk) 07:03, 29 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I was attempting to disambiguate links to Flag of Amazonas, but in the two pages that have the DAB links, I cannot work out how the link is made. The pages are: Amazonas Province (Brazil) and Amazonas (Venezuelan state). In both cases, the link is in the caption ("Flag") for the flag image in the infobox. Is the link coming from metadata in the flag images used somehow? Or in the infobox template? Or something completely different? Any advice appreciated. AukusRuckus (talk) 03:25, 29 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@John of Reading: I just spotted it incognito and wrote a draft that it had been fixed, then your reply popped up here in my logged in window after I clicked edit source ;) The issue didn't come from the userbox I thought it was, but one I edited a couple of hours earlier. But I didn't see that hidden category about duplicate arguments until after my edit on Template:User Firefox and Waterfox, so I thought the issue came from my latest edit. Perhaps it took some hours before it was registered and showed up. Or I just didn't notice. I saw the duplicate arguments just now, and it all makes perfect sense. Also cool to learn that it is possible to wikilink to a diff. Thank you. --Mungo fraans ïttrë rumden (talk) 18:59, 29 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Don't we have TurnItIn credits? I think that's the next best option, but no idea how to use it. I think there was a discussion a few months back about how AI requests are using up all of Earwig's API calls by the middle of the month, but I don't remember where, or if any action resulted. Folly Mox (talk) 17:42, 29 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I think Turnitin is what animates Copypatrol. I don't know that we can use it for anything else. @Gråbergs Gråa Sång, if you uncheck "use search engine", earwig will still work pretty well (most people plagiarize pretty obviously, from the sources they place as references). -- asilvering (talk) 00:56, 30 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hi! Assuming the content comes from a website that is not Wikipedia, you can use {{cc-notice}} on the references section: {{Cc-notice|cc=[insert license here (0/by4/bysa4/...)]|url=[insert URL here]}} Try making sure the URL is a permanent link to a version of the page if it is part of an editable wiki. ObserveOwl (talk) 15:31, 29 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I'm trying to translate an article about the company where I work from the Spanish Wikipedia to the English Wikipedia. However, I receive the following message: "On the English Wikipedia this tool is limited to extended confirmed editors, and the machine translation component is disabled for all users." I have a registered account that is over 4 days old and has more than 10 edits, but I'm still unable to use the translation tool. Could someone please assist me in understanding how to gain the necessary permissions or suggest alternative methods for translating and creating the article? Thanks you. Sabilla27 (talk) 15:41, 29 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Sabilla27 as explained at WP:EXTENDED "A registered editor becomes extendedconfirmed automatically on edit after the account has existed for at least 30 days and has made at least 500 edits" although your account was created over 10 years ago, you only have 42 edits, far short of the 500 required. As for alternate methods, firstly, I suggest you check your company meets the English Wikipedia requirements for companies, at WP:NCORP as these are more onerous than those on most other language Wikipedias. If you think your employer meets these then you need to make a Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure as you were advised in 2021. I dislike most "auto-translate" methods, but you could copypaste into Word + translate that, correcting all the templates and references, and crediting the source as Spanish WP. - Arjayay (talk) 16:09, 29 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, Sabilla27. One of the reasons that the translation tool is often not useful for English Wikipedia, is that (as Arjayay said), English Wikipedia often has stricter requirements about notability and sourcing than other language versions. While I haven't looked at them closely (and my Spanish is limited), in my opinion the sources in es:Metricool are nowhere near adequate for an article in English Wikipedia - and if the sources are inadequate, any article will be inadequate, and therefore any translation of the Spanish article in its present form will be unacceptable.
Most of the sources (and all the sources that are to be used to establish that the subject meets Wikipedia's criteria on notability) must meet all three of the conditions of being reliable, independent, and having significant coverage of the subject (see WP:42 for more detail). Only two of the references there (nos. 2 and 7) even might be acceptable - the rest are either not independent of Metricool, or are blogs.
Note that Wikipedia has little interest in what the subject of an article says or wants to say about themselves, or what their associates say about them. Wikipedia is almost entirely interested in what people who have no connection with the subject, and who have not been prompted or fed information on behalf of the subject, have chosen to publish about the subject in reliable sources. If enough material is cited from independent sources to establish notability, a limited amount of uncontroversial factual information may be added from non-independent sources.
Also, the article has external links, which are hardly ever allowed inside the text in English Wikipedia, except in citations.
I recommend you treat this as creating a new article - which is difficult for an inexperienced user, and much more difficult for a user with a conflict of interest such as yourself.
In summary:
first of all , please read about paid editing, and make the mandatory formal declaration of your status as a paid editor.
Then please read translation and your first article, and start a completely new draft by finding the sources you need. (They don't have to be in English, or online, but they have to be reliable, totally independent of Metricool, and having significant coverage of the company).
I need help. I uploaded an image for the Dexter episode Love American Style and the caption and image section just isn't working and I've tried so many different things but neither is showing and it is making me very irritated. Could you please tell me what is wrong or correct the situation? Thanks. 1zdoqnrh5 (talk) 16:50, 29 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hi 1zdoqnrh5 - as it clearly states when you preview your edit (you do preview your edits, don't you?) "Warning: Love American Style (Dexter) (edit) is calling Template:Infobox television episode with more than one value for the "image" parameter. Only the last value provided will be used. (Help)" - so as it explained you needed to delete the second "image" parameter - which I have done, so it works. - Arjayay (talk) 15:58, 29 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
There’s this yellow and brown spider I took a picture of it and it told me too look up American grass spider but it came up in the search a a rabid spider 🕷️ @Aerol Leason I just don’t know how too add the picture please and sorry and please and thank you Diamonds 0666 (talk) 16:22, 29 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I've recently been looking at Wikipedia pages about areas in the electoral ward of Eastcotts and I am disappointed about the pages of Cardington and the second paragraph of Harrowden and more. These pages need to be updated. They still say that they are in the civil parish of eastcotts, which is not true because the parish abolishment of eastcotts was in 2019. I am struggling to find sources to tell the truth about them. We need to join together to stop this. 94.194.31.200 (talk) 16:43, 29 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, IP user. It's great that you want to make sure Wikipedia is up to date, but no, it is not a major emergency, and we do not need to "join together and stop this". Also, much as we would sometimes like it to be about truth, Wikipedia is about verifiability, not truth.
We are all volunteers, and work on what we want to work on. Wikipedia is riddled with out-of-date information and outright mistakes, and many of us will correct them when we come across them. But, as you've found, doing so often involves searching for sources, which can be difficult and time consuming.
The link at the bottom of the page which should be Frances Kesselbein's Leadership Forum seems to link to something else entirely. I'm not sure who can/should check or fix that. Thanks 96.255.127.16 (talk) 20:44, 29 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
IP editor, thank you, it seems the website moved to a new .pitt.edu website and the old site has been used for advertising, so I have updated the link. TSventon (talk) 20:53, 29 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Request that the article on the Pawn programming language be reconsidered
I am writing to request that the article on the Pawn (programming language), i was made a draft in my sanbox be reconsidered move soon for a featured article nomination. I believe that this topic is worthy of a more in-depth exploration, particularly given its significant role in game development for embedded systems. The history of Pawn and the reasons behind its popularity among developers would make for a fascinating and informative read.
Per Cremastra, I don't quite get what you are trying to explain here Putu Suhartawan. I also don't understand why you specifically pinged me for this, as I am not an admin.
Just because this topic is widely used for game developments doesn't mean it should immediately be a featured article. Featured article are considered to be some of the best articles on the Wiki and the nomination process is very tough as there are many criteria to follow.
Featured articles are the very best of Wikipedia articles and they pass through rigorous review processes. Your userspace draft would not be considered because it is a draft. You would have to move it to mainspace, but frankly it is definitely not featured article quality.
You say you want the draft to be "reconsidered" which implies you nominated it for featured article status in the past and it failed. This, as far as I can tell, is not the case.
Thank you for your response, Mr. @Cremastra. I understand that the current article does not meet featured article standards. However, I plan to improve and expand the article to meet the required criteria.
I intend to move the Pawn (programming language) draft to the mainspace and will strive to improve its quality. I would also like to highlight that on the page Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pawn (scripting language), there was a fairly supportive discussion about the topic's eligibility for a main article.
I hope to gain support from the Wikipedia community to develop this article into a comprehensive source of information on the Pawn programming language.
Reasons to Maintain the Pawn Programming Language Article on Wikipedia
1. Historical Significance and Community:
Origin and Development: Pawn has a notable history, having been developed by ITB CompuPhase and gaining popularity among game developers. Its open-source nature has fostered a dedicated community.
Legacy and Impact: Pawn has been used in various game development projects, particularly for embedded systems. Its influence and contributions to the programming landscape make it worthy of documentation.
2. Educational Value and Learning Resource:
Beginner-Friendly: Pawn's syntax and structure are relatively straightforward, making it suitable for those learning programming. Its availability as a free and open-source language provides a valuable learning resource.
Game Development Applications: Pawn's use in game development offers a practical context for learning programming concepts and applying them to real-world projects.
3. Technical Relevance and Current Use:
Active Development: While Pawn may not be as widely used as some modern languages, it continues to be developed and maintained.
Embedded Systems: Its relevance in embedded systems programming ensures its continued use in specific domains.
Community and Projects: The existence of an active community and ongoing projects demonstrate its ongoing relevance.
4. Comparison and Context:
Relationship to Other Languages: Comparing Pawn to other languages, especially C, can provide valuable insights into its unique features and benefits.
Historical Context: Understanding Pawn's place in the evolution of programming languages can offer a broader perspective on its significance.
5. Potential for Future Development:
New Applications: Pawn might find new applications or be adapted for emerging technologies.
Community-Driven Evolution: Its open-source nature allows for community-driven improvements and innovations.
In conclusion, while Pawn may not be a mainstream language today, its historical significance, educational value, technical relevance, and potential for future development justify its inclusion on Wikipedia. The article can serve as a valuable resource for those interested in learning about programming languages, game development, or the history of technology. Putu Suhartawan (talk) 01:12, 30 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I encourage you to improve the article and work towards WP:FA status. A good short-term goal would be, once the article has been moved to mainspace and you are sure it is notable, try nominating it for WP:DYK.
A side note: generally, don't assume anyone here is "Mr." or "Ms." unless they state their gender explicitly. Often, people don't. You can just call me "Cremastra". Cremastra (talk) 01:15, 30 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
As it stands the draft is not even ready for article space, let alone for featured article status. For starters there is only one ref (it's used twice but they are both the same ref), a simple description of the language from the developer. There is nothing independent to show the notability of the language. Meters (talk) 01:25, 30 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Dear Wikipedia administrators,
Thank you for your valuable feedback and encouragement. I understand that the current draft of the Pawn (programming language) article does not yet meet the standards for a featured article. I am committed to improving the article and working towards achieving WP:FA status.
As a short-term goal, once the article has been moved to mainspace and I am confident in its notability, I will nominate it for WP:DYK.
I would like to clarify that I will avoid assuming anyone's gender unless it is explicitly stated. I will address individuals by their preferred pronouns or by their username.
Regarding the article's content, I acknowledge that there is currently only one reference and it needs to be expanded. I will strive to include more independent sources to demonstrate the language's notability.
I appreciate your guidance and support. I am dedicated to improving the quality of the Pawn (programming language) article and ensuring it meets Wikipedia's high standards.
Putu Suhartawan, if you are using ChatGPT or any form of AI or LLM to formulate your replies, then please stop immediately. We only want to hear from genuine human beings in their own words here. Imagine that you took your small child to a local kindergarten and they told you that the child was not ready for kindergarten and to wait a while for the child to develop. Imagine that you then responded, "Forget about kindergarten. Give my child a PhD degree." Do you think that anybody at that school would take you seriously? Cullen328 (talk) 06:54, 30 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for your valuable feedback and encouragement.But actualy i think the Pawn (programming language) article, need to be accepted like another wiki in another languange. In the wiki data about this topic was explain how it can be right?
@Putu Suhartawan That wasn't encouragement, it was a request not to use LLM when replying here. A pawn in the context of that Wikidata link is a chess piece and has little or nothing to do with your proposed article about a programming language. Mike Turnbull (talk) 14:34, 30 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Putu Suhartawan, please understand that the list of qualities you give above, apparently as a justification for arguing that Wikipedia should have an article on Pawn, is completely irrelevant to that question. English Wikipedia accepts articles only if they meet its criteria for notability, and in most cases, that means that there has been enough indepedent, reliable material published about the subject to base an article on. The qualities you list may make it likely that somebody independent has written about it, but you need to cite those actual publications; and then you need to base the article nearly 100% on what those sources say, not what you know or want to say. ColinFine (talk) 15:01, 30 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Is greath idea. Thank you, But i need help. About, how the not English Wikipedia accepts articles all about the Pawn (programming language) article. When we know just English Wikipedia accepts articles only if they meet its criteria for notability. And please can you tell about how another version of wikipedia just have with same name is wikipedia, but they actually have different rules about everythink? like, another user just was try to make this article at another time. but is so sad, now that article just not exist. Putu Suhartawan (talk) 15:15, 30 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Search result images can be turned off by altering the respective common.css for the skin being used and adding a rule to not display background images for spans of the class .wvui-typeahead-suggestion__thumbnail. For example:
It only applies to logged in users who can save the code at Special:MyPage/common.css, but I don't know whether there are currently circumstances where it works. This works for me in the default desktop skin Vector 2022:
I created a page for Seattle city council member Tom Weeks but a red link for an Olympic sailor was connected to it. I'm still relatively new at Wiki, and I would like to learn how to solve this problem and avoid this in the future.
You don't need to use any code - just remove the incorrect wikilink (take off the [[ ]] on either side of Tom Weeks), or disambiguate it (example). If someone only just added the wikilink, I'd simply revert their edit. If the link predates the creation of your article, you might want to disambiguate it instead, so that it will still show as a red link. -- asilvering (talk) 00:54, 30 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
User:Cullen328 has blocked the OP, claiming the above is an admission of sockpuppetry. But it could also be an IP or VPN issue; and the block should be undone, absent any other such evidence. (I do note that User:Fredric Jameson, who is not blocked, has edited on the same topic, Marie-Térèse Baird, which may or may not be a coincidence).) Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits09:55, 30 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I am an English speaker, and Wikipedia articles appear in English, but everything else on the page is in German. This started a year or two ago. Can you tell me how to make it all English again? Sizemark (talk) 05:54, 30 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Sizemark you have probably somehow set your preferences to German. To return to English go to Einstellungen (preferences) and then Spracheinstellungen (language preferences), select en - English and click Einstellungen speichern (save preferences). TSventon (talk) 06:04, 30 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, what's the best way to cite this page in the 2024 AFL Grand Final article? For one thing, it uses {{cite web}} templates, which I've basically never used; I never use these templates. For another, it's a webpage with a transcript of a radio broadcast, and I don't quite know how I'd cite that even without worrying about the template; I pretty much always write from physical sources. I've added content to the article using this source, but I hid it all pending assistance with the citation; if you could both create a good citation and un-hide the new content, I'd appreciate it. Nyttend (talk) 07:45, 30 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Makersmuse, please don't apply to have your username changed. After all, such applications take other people's time, and "Makersmuse" has so far made a total of one edit. Simply stop using "Makersmuse" and create and use "Makers' Muse" or whatever it is that you want. -- Hoary (talk) 11:47, 30 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
This account is attached to an email that no longer exists. What do I do?
This account was created quite a long while ago under a different username until it was renamed, but I now realized after all this time that it was linked to an ancient email of mine that no longer exists. How can I change it if the confirmation email can never, ever be accessed? Preinstallable (talk) 11:40, 30 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Trying to update the Carrozzeria Touring Superleggera logo, as the one in the page is outdated, a User:Ybsone listed for deletion on Wikimedia Commons the image, mentioning a copyright problem, saying as it is the company logo, it can't be my own work, but actually, i do work for Touring Superleggera, and im in charge for updating this page and the logo.
The page notifying me what happened, says "You can read and participate in the deletion discussion if you are interested or do not wish the file to be deleted. Thank y", but the deletion discussion says: "This page does not currently exist. You can search for this page title in other pages or create this page."
Most logos on Wikipedia are uploaded directly to the site, instead of being on Commons. This is because Commons is for free-to-use work, and, unless your company is going to release their logo under a Creative Commons license for anyone to use, it doesn't belong on Commons. You can upload the file at Wikipedia:File upload wizard, but must provide a fair use argument. Note that the image is likely to only be used on that page. You are an employee working under a conflict of interest, so I suggest you read the articles WP:COI and WP:PAID if you plan to edit beyond changing the logo to avoid potential issues that may arise when editing on behalf of your organization. GeorgeMemulous (talk) 13:52, 30 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
although I´ve spent a long time editing and translating, I do not understand the steps I have to follow in order to start editing.
Not even found "edit" on the page! Can you help me with easy steps...then editing or tanslating will be "my cup of tea"... Miss Dunia (talk) 14:54, 30 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, Miss Dunia. You appear to have found the answer after posting here, since you edited Jay Schwartz.
Your edit there was reverted, but please don't be disheartened: this kind of back-and-forth is normal: see WP:BRD.
By the way, I would have reverted your edit too, as "from the city of" means more than just "in": it means that it was the city (as an institution) that gave the award. ColinFine (talk) 15:09, 30 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I just finished writing an article on the German film director Lutz Büscher. I have tried to link it to his German page, but I have been unsuccessful. I can't do anything in the "Add Languages" section, and my online research has brought me nowhere. Please help me, and thank you in advance! -Erin (PhoenixCaelestis) (talk) 15:17, 30 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@PhoenixCaelestis:, by translation I mean making a translation through your own knowledge of German or through automatic translation of any kind. I asked whether it was a translation because it can be a matter of judgement whether an article is a translation or a new article which mostly covers the same material.
I did not really translate the article, I just used the German article and its sources as my jumping off point to write the English article. I have some (very) limited knowledge of German, and I used Collins Translator to get a general idea of the subject. All the text, however, is my own writing. Also, thank you for adding the categories! -Erin (PhoenixCaelestis) (talk) 17:23, 30 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Can you please help me to publish a page of real and valid content of an Research Academic as my sandbox has just been deleted and I am not sure what to do now ? Prof.JG.Cambridge (talk) 16:23, 30 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Can you guide me on how best to get started and approach publishing some of the relevant articles and related patents that will be accepted..what is the best format for me to use and do I do this via Sandbox ? Prof.JG.Cambridge (talk) 16:39, 30 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Articles published to mainspace are subject to scrutiny on their notability. Unless your topic has coverage from third-party sources, it doesn't belong in mainspace. Self-promotional material in the manner Cullen328 described has no place on Wikipedia. See WP:CRYSTALBALL (for your patents which are not as of yet accepted), WP:Notability (for any topic you choose to write about), and WP:COI (as you have a conflict of interest when writing about a topic you are involved with). GeorgeMemulous (talk) 16:44, 30 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I was on the article Radius of outermost closed isobar and I found that reference number 4 leads to an ftp:// address, which I believe is the address of an FTP server. I'm unable to view it in my browser, and I assume the server is down? I'm also almost certain it's a primary source so I may remove it later on if nobody else can verify it. Are citations to FTP servers allowed at all? GeorgeMemulous (talk) 17:39, 30 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
As I suspected, it's the synthesis of a primary source in the article. I'm aware of FTP, I'm just more concerned as to whether or not FTP citations themselves are allowed, as this is the first one I've stumbled upon. GeorgeMemulous (talk) 19:07, 30 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I understand the connection to offline sources. My main concern is that it was more difficult to get to than an HTTPS connection and only accessible with specific software, even if such software is free and relatively common. I've removed the claim from the article, as it was synthesized from the primary source (the database itself was linked as a source to back up its own existence). GeorgeMemulous (talk) 19:19, 30 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Contents pop-up covers up text of Wikipedia article
I'd be grateful if someone could tell me how to disable the little square "Contents" box that covers up the text in the upper left corner of Wikipedia page displays.
@Clueless in Seattle: I assume you still want to the left of the page heading so it's possible to see the table of contents at the top of the page. You can save ("Publish page" button) this in your CSS:
I believe this section was created using AI Dan_Taberski#Hysterical it's factually incorrect and none of the sources are real. The URL for the NYTs includes the year 2023, which means the source would've been published before the podcast was released in 2024. Not all of the information is completely wrong. Should I just correct the factual errors and move on? TipsyElephant (talk) 19:34, 30 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
If it fails our reliability test, I would say remove the entire thing. AI content is generated by mechanisms which cannot distinguish truth from fact, and poison everything in which they are used. --Orange Mike | Talk19:36, 30 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Almost certainly an LLM-generated section, given how it makes the same claim twice (what the topic is) in different words with perfect grammar. I also see the generic name John Smith in the NYT citation. GeorgeMemulous (talk) 19:41, 30 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Kudos for this fabulous new feature! ...except for one problem, and surely I'm not the only editor bothered by this: Previews appear far too quickly, almost instantly. Frankly the incessant little pop-ups can become a nuisance, especially when I'm hunting through edit histories; they block my view like a giant trailing mouse-pointer that I can't turn off. It would be very helpful for there to be a brief delay, maybe 2 seconds of mouse hover, before the preview feature is engaged. — HelpMyUnbelief (talk) 21:59, 30 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
to the left of the page heading so it's possible to see the table of contents at the top of the page. You can save ("Publish page" button) this in your CSS:
