User talk:WilliamSell

User talk:WilliamSell2603:6000:A408:C400:94C0:57AC:3F78:17ED (talk) 03:58, 15 March 2020 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: sandbox (March 16)
 Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Theroadislong was:

The comment the reviewer left was:

Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.


 * If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to User:WilliamSell/sandbox and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
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 * If you do not make any further changes to your draft, in 6 months, it will be considered abandoned and may be deleted.
 * If you need any assistance, you can ask for help at the [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Articles_for_creation/Help_desk&action=edit&section=new&nosummary=1&preload=Template:Afc_decline/HD_preload&preloadparams%5B%5D=User:WilliamSell/sandbox Articles for creation help desk], on the [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Theroadislong&action=edit&section=new&nosummary=1&preload=Template:Afc_decline/HD_preload&preloadparams%5B%5D=User:WilliamSell/sandbox reviewer's talk page] or use Wikipedia's real-time chat help from experienced editors.

Theroadislong (talk) 18:21, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: sandbox (March 29)
 Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Sulfurboy was:

The comment the reviewer left was:

Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.


 * If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to User:WilliamSell/sandbox and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
 * If you now believe the draft cannot meet Wikipedia's standards or do not wish to progress it further, you may request deletion. Please go to User:WilliamSell/sandbox, click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window, add "Db-g7" at the top of the draft text and click the blue "publish changes" button to save this edit.
 * If you do not make any further changes to your draft, in 6 months, it will be considered abandoned and may be deleted.
 * If you need any assistance, you can ask for help at the [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Articles_for_creation/Help_desk&action=edit&section=new&nosummary=1&preload=Template:Afc_decline/HD_preload&preloadparams%5B%5D=User:WilliamSell/sandbox Articles for creation help desk], on the [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Sulfurboy&action=edit&section=new&nosummary=1&preload=Template:Afc_decline/HD_preload&preloadparams%5B%5D=User:WilliamSell/sandbox reviewer's talk page] or use Wikipedia's real-time chat help from experienced editors.

Sulfurboy (talk) 20:18, 29 March 2020 (UTC)

Creating a sidebar
Please help me with... What is the wikitext code for creating a sidebar. By "sidebar" I mean a box off to the side of a paragraph, carving space in the text to display information. The sidebar is typically text or image set off with borders and possibly color. SocratesChildren 04:32, 16 May 2020 (UTC) SocratesChildren 04:32, 16 May 2020 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by WilliamSell (talk • contribs) 04:32, 16 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Do you mean an infobox by any chance? Chess (talk) (please use&#32; on reply) 04:47, 16 May 2020 (UTC)
 * What you're describing is a common feature of articles; they are created using one of the infobox templates.
 * A helpful tip: when you see something on another page that resembles what you want to create on your own page, open up the source to see how it is done.  — jmcgnh (talk) (contribs) 06:11, 16 May 2020 (UTC)

Infobox format, file, and location?
Please help me with... Thank you. Next step. I so appreciate your help. I need help defining and loading the data that I want to appear in the infobox. As you can see the name of the infobox is taken from the sandbox URL (not helpful). How do I create the data file? Where do I post it? I am accustomed to "reverse engineering" code to build what I want, but I cannot find the naming convention or location for the data. Again, thank you. SocratesChildren 20:38, 17 May 2020 (UTC) SocratesChildren 20:38, 17 May 2020 (UTC) SocratesChildren 20:40, 17 May 2020 (UTC) SocratesChildren 20:42, 17 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Hello! Since you've only been editing your sandbox, and it contains a rejected draft that doesn't conform to Wikipedia's Manual of Style, it's hard to understand what you're asking for since you didn't specify the data you want to appear.
 * Are you trying to find a sidebar like the one at the Yoga article? If so, there are almost 200 sidebars at Category:Sidebar templates.
 * Are you trying to find an infobox like the one at the University of Khartoum article? If so, there are almost 2,000 infoboxes at Category:Infobox templates.
 * If you provide more information (and remove the "-helped" from the help me template at the top of this section), we can try to provide a better answer. Thanks!  GoingBatty (talk) 21:07, 17 May 2020 (UTC)

Your sandbox
From your past edits, it seems likely that you think you are preparing a Wikipedia article in your sandbox. Having looked at its current state, I wanted to suggest that you find another place to post your writings, since your draft so far exhibits several traits of what Wikipedia is NOT. Making claims about meditation as it relates to health means that your references must meet the much stricter standards of WP:MEDRS. There should be no sort of 'how to' aspect to the article. I'm sorry if this seems frustrating to you, but there are many other places on the internet where writings such as yours would be welcome, but English Wikipedia is not at all likely to host this article in the form you seem to be taking it.  — jmcgnh (talk) (contribs) 01:20, 19 May 2020 (UTC)

I have carried your concerns to the author. Since then he has made revisions. I have begun to make his requested revisions. I have relayed your concerns about giving medical advice. I will note when the draft is ready for review. Not yet.WStlw 02:12, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

Your signature
It looks like your signature, where you style yourself 'SocratesChildren', is not compliant with the polices that apply to signatures, in particular * A customised signature should make it easy to identify your username Please fix it.  — jmcgnh (talk) (contribs) 01:27, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
 * A customised signature should provide an easily-identified link to your talk page. You are encouraged to also provide a link to your user page.

Problem with your custom signature
You have a custom signature set in your account preferences. A change to Wikipedia's software has made your current custom signature incompatible with the software.

The problem: Your preferences are set to interpret your custom signature as wikitext. However, your current custom signature does not contain any wikitext.

The solutions: You can reset your signature to the default, or you can fix your signature.


 * Solution 1: Reset your signature to the default:
 * Find the signature section in the first tab of Special:Preferences.
 * Uncheck the box (☑︎→☐) that says "Treat the above as wiki markup."
 * Remove anything in the text box.  (It might already be empty.)
 * Click the blue "" button at the bottom of the page. (The red "" button will reset all of your preference settings, not just the signature.)
 * Solution 2: Fix your custom signature:
 * Find the signature section in the first tab of Special:Preferences.
 * Uncheck the box (☑︎→☐) that says "Treat the above as wiki markup."
 * Click the blue "" button at the bottom of the page.

More information about custom signatures is available at Signatures. If you have followed these instructions and still want help, please leave a message at Wikipedia talk:Signatures. 19:04, 3 September 2020 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Yoga and Chemistry, review of literature


Hello, WilliamSell. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Yoga and Chemistry".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been deleted. If you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion by following the instructions at this link. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz Read! Talk! 02:43, 18 November 2020 (UTC)

Your draft article, User:WilliamSell/sandbox


Hello, WilliamSell. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "sandbox".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been deleted. If you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz Read! Talk! 21:15, 2 April 2021 (UTC)