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August 30

Collecting = killing This is the truth so if you want to hide it is fine, but do not call it not constructive.

collecting = killing so this must be defined because not everyone is going to know what "collecting" a bird means.

Chris filardi murdered a bird and so that is trophy hunting. it is essentially what he did. This was a VERY rare species of bird!

It must be included in some way.

You're welcome to discuss the changes on the talk page, but I think you are veering too much into editorializing. (Please remember to sign your posts on talk pages by typing four keyboard tildes like this: ~~~~. Or, you can use the [ reply ] button, which automatically signs posts.) TimTempleton ^(talk) ^(cont) 01:14, 30 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

No. There was a controversy, so I've noted it in Christopher Filardi. Clarityfiend (talk) 01:38, 30 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Sirquickwit: If you have any other suggestions to improve the article, feel free to post on the article's talk page - Talk:Christopher Filardi - with reliable sources. Happy editing! GoingBatty (talk) 01:59, 30 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Colors not matching at edit request page

At the page Category:Wikipedia_requested_edits the colors of each item do not match the color key at the bottom. Can someone help to fix it? Currently it is showing Extended confirmed protection as Red, which according to the key should be for full protection. Semi protected items are showing as yellow which the key says should be for extended protection, and the key does not list semi as a protection option. The key is from {{Edit protected/color legend}} and I am not sure how the colors in the table are set. Can someone take a look at it? RudolfRed (talk) 03:43, 30 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The table is maintained by AnomieBOT, so you should go talk to the operator, Anomie, if you want to get it changed. – Rummskartoffel 11:32, 30 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Difficulty in publishing a page for the British Feature Film - A Beautiful Breakup

I have been trying to publish a wiki page for a British feature film titled A Beautiful Breakup for a Krishplace (talk) 04:20, 30 August 2021 (UTC)few months now. I have continuously been facing rejection for the same. I'd like some assistance from your end to understand how I can optimize the content of the page so that it can be successfully published.[reply]

@Krishplace: Thank you for declaring your conflict of interest on your userpage, but please remove the <nowiki>...</nowiki> tags. Regarding Draft:A Beautiful Breakup (film), it appears that the draft has been rejected because the draft does not have enough independent reliable sources. Maybe it's simply too soon for an article, and you'll be better off when there are some reviews of the film after it has been released. Happy editing! GoingBatty (talk) 04:25, 30 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Krishplace, even if the draft were not rejected, and if it were be augmented by the intelligent citation of independent, reliable sources, it would still be declined, because its wording is blatantly promotional. -- Hoary (talk) 07:28, 30 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Further to the two replies above, the modifications which you have made to your draft subsequent to your question here show that you have presumably not read the feedback which you have received four times, on the draft and on your user talk page. The words in blue in that feedback are wikilinks to more detailed guidance. One of those relevant pages is Help:Referencing for beginners. Note also that press releases are not independent reliable sources. --David Biddulph (talk) 10:13, 30 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Krishplace, and welcome to the Teahouse. It sounds as if, like many people, you have a fundamental misunderstanding of what Wikipedia is. Wikipedia is not for telling the world about something - that is called promotion, and is forbidden anywhere in Wikipedia. Until the world has already been told about something - and not by its originators - Wikipedia is simply not interested (and press releases come from the originators, even if they are published by somebody else). Once people unconnected with the subject have noticed it, and chosen to write about it at some length, a Wikipedia article becomes possible. --ColinFine (talk) 11:37, 30 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Fixing an unwanted space rendered by an inline template

The inline template {{BSnp}} renders an unwanted space at the end:

Laxmi Prasad Devkota was born in 1966 {{BSnp}}. → Laxmi Prasad Devkota was born in 1966 BS.

How can one fix it?

Best,
Inimesh (talk) 10:31, 30 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed, with http://en.wiki.x.io/w/index.php?title=Template:BSnp&diff=prev&oldid=1041406175 Naraht (talk) 10:37, 30 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

uk:Clear Linux OS

uk:Clear Linux OS has 2 non-free images, how to do same with those files for Draft:Clear Linux ? .... 0mtwb9gd5wx (talk) 11:08, 30 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, 0mtwb9gd5wx. Use of non-free images in English Wikipedia is regulated by the non-free content criteria, all of which must be met. One of them says that non-free images are permitted only in articles, so you'll need to wait until the draft has been accepted before uploading them. Another criterion specifies minimal use, so I doubt if you will be able to justify using more than one image in the same article. --ColinFine (talk) 12:23, 30 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

ColinFine both images are used on 4 languages .... 0mtwb9gd5wx (talk) 12:45, 30 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Each language Wikipedia sets its own rules for non-free image use. What is acceptable elsewhere may not fit with the rules here. RudolfRed (talk) 15:00, 30 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I am in a very extreme problem

Please I beg you please read this full I am Harsh Vardhan Sharma "Tara" I have created many articles for my father, at that time when I was a kid, so I don't know about refrencing, but this time i got all reliable referencing content but I have blocked by other users because when I was kid I don't know about refrencing and after I know about referencing so I create a wikipedia page for my father who is politician but whenever I submit it for review users delete the page which has good reference and good article but they remove it because i am a blocked and banned user but at that time I don't know about the blocking policy so I create many articles for my father but this time I have reliable references but whenever I create the page in good faith then they delete it so what i do please answer what i have do i have been indefinitely blocked from wikipedia without an expiry set so please help me how to make a wikipedia page for dad Please help me to create wikipedia page I have never abuse Wikipedia I only want to add my father's name in wikipedia who is politician but that time I have nothing for refrence but this time I have so please help me to create page for my father please I beg you that time I was kid so I mistakenly abuse wikipedia by adding my father name many times without any refrences so please help me please sir

That time I don't know about blocking policy and refrencing because I am kid so please help me to create a wikipedia page for my father really I don't abuse any wikipedia page next time but please create that page contact me at my talk and I will give you contents so you have to create wikipedia page by it please that time i was kid so I don't know about wikipedia so Please help and please don't block me I will never abuse wikipedia Note- I haven't abuse wikipedia but only add my father's name many times but please this time help me I really want help so can you help me. 47.247.196.235 (talk) 13:39, 30 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

If you are indefinitely blocked from Wikipedia you must make an unblock request from that account. Continuing to edit from an IP address is sockpuppetry and will reduce your chance of being unblocked in future. If/ when you are unblocked you can then submit for review a draft article if you have references which demonstrate the subject's notability. --David Biddulph (talk) 13:47, 30 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

While you're waiting to be unblocked, I suggest you read the Wikipedia:Plain and simple conflict of interest guide and WP:POLITICIAN. Also, I suggest you share Wikipedia:An article about yourself isn't necessarily a good thing with your father. Hope this helps! GoingBatty (talk) 15:19, 30 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Courtesy link: User:HARSH VARDHAN SHARMA "TARA" ––FormalDude talk 16:12, 30 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect

Currently High, Wide and Handsome is a redirect to High, Wide, and Handsome, but this is incorrect. The title card of the film shows that there is no comma after 'wide' in the title. I would like High, Wide and Handsome to be the title of the article, but I cannot move the page as the redirect already exists. How can I fix this so that the article has the correct title, i.e. without a comma after 'wide'? Many thanks, --Viennese Waltz 15:33, 30 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Viennese Waltz: Hi there! You can read Wikipedia:Requested moves and make your request at Wikipedia:Requested moves/Technical requests. Happy editing! GoingBatty (talk) 15:43, 30 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Cool, thanks. --Viennese Waltz 15:57, 30 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Infobox church

Hi. All Saints' Church, Putney Common has entirely the wrong location. Imagine if someone turned up for a wedding or a funeral at the wrong place! I had several tries on the infobox template but nothing seems to work. Grateful for any help Peter Damian (talk) 16:37, 30 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Peter Damian: Hi there! I see that you're having a discussion on the article's talk page, which is great. I see that the coordinates on the Wikipedia article were different from those in the Wikidata item. I changed the coordinates of the Wikidata item to match the Wikipedia article, and that changed the map. Please check that the map is now correct. Thanks, and happy editing! GoingBatty (talk) 17:11, 30 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Well spotted! Why on earth do we keep letting enwiki articles get corrupted by erroneous data in Wikidata? It really is more trouble than it's worth. --David Biddulph (talk) 17:22, 30 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Many thanks. I realised that the location must have been stored in some database, but it is hard to tell from the infobox structure. The location is now correct. As a matter of fact my daughter is getting married there on Wednesday and I hope the guests turn up in the right place now! Peter Damian (talk) 17:33, 30 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Peter Damian: Congratulations, and I hope the wedding invite doesn't say: For directions, use Wikipedia! :-) GoingBatty (talk) 18:25, 30 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@David Biddulph Updating a location once in wikidata is way nicer than updating it in 20 different language Wikipedias, I empathise with the pain point here tho ~ Shushugah (he/him • talk) 20:32, 31 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Please update content

On this page -- http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/List_of_water-related_charities -- you have a list of water-related charities with brief profiles. The organization for which I work, Lifewater Canada, is listed there but the profile is outdated. Can I please submit a new profile to you? And better yet, can Lifewater Canada have its own profile page and listing in Wikipedia, in the same way that Lifewater International has one? - Jeff Adams, Donor and Volunteer Relations Manager, Lifewater Canada. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lifewater Canada (talk • contribs)

Lifewater Canada Wikipedia does not have "profiles", not a single one. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia with articles, typically written by independent editors, summarizing what independent reliable sources with significant coverage have chosen on their own to say about (in this case) an organization, showing how it meets Wikipedia's special definition of a notable organization. Wikipedia has no interest in what an organization wants to say about itself, only in what others completely unconnected with the organization choose to say about it.

Please see your user talk page for important information about your username, as well as information on formal disclosures you must make. You may submit a formal edit request, detailing changes you feel are needed, on the article talk page. 331dot (talk) 19:44, 30 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Lifewater Canada: While your charity looks quite worthwhile, I did a Google search and can't find enough media coverage to pass Wikipedia's notability requirements. Please see WP:GNG for notability info, and WP:RS for the types of sources that you will need to identify to show notability. TimTempleton ^(talk) ^(cont) 16:27, 31 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Still confused as sto how to cite

I have URLs but I don't know how to fix the request for citing. I filled out the form and the flag still was not removed. I am not sure what to do. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.157.70.42 (talk) 20:21, 30 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there! I fixed the errors on the Winston Hill article for you, which included removing <ref>...</ref> tags that didn't have any content. I suggest reviewing Help:Referencing for beginners. Happy editing! GoingBatty (talk) 21:04, 30 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

FWIW the 'flag' does not go away automatically; it has to be removed 'manually' or, as in this case, modified to reflect the changes. GB has fixed the ref and updated the tag. Eagleash (talk) 21:09, 30 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Depends on the user's definition of "flag". If "flag" means the big red Cite error messages, then they go away automatically when the references are fixed. However, if "flag" refers to the {{unsourced section}} template, then Eagleash is correct that the template does not get removed automatically. GoingBatty (talk) 21:46, 30 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I cannot see that there were any large angry red error msgs at the page before the anon. editor added empty ref tags... which then produced some. So yes, I think they were trying to fix the 'unref'd section' tag. Eagleash (talk) 22:03, 30 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]