Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions/Archive 261

Change the tittle of an article
Hello, I am a new editor of the Wikipedia and recently I create a new page but my name appears on the article. I do not want my name to be displayed, just the subject to be discussed. Can you help me? I have been searching how to edit this, but everything I do seems not to work, at all.P. S. Sena (talk) 13:06, 8 October 2014 (UTC)
 * The relevant information is at WP:MOVE, but I'm confused as to which page you are referring to - you have only ever edited this page and the article about Brazil nuts. Yunshui 雲 水 13:11, 8 October 2014 (UTC)


 * Hello .P. S. Sena Please point out which article you are talking about.As far as I can see you haven't created a new article here in Wikipedia.You only added some info to Brazil nut,I don't see any conflicts in your edits.Usually your name isn't displayed on the body of an article even if you edited/added content,but your user name will be recorded on the history of relevant article,that's unavoidable.If you are worried about you privacy you can change your username by asking a bureaucrat,you can do it here,Hope this helps.Cheers!- Chamith  (talk)  13:41, 8 October 2014 (UTC)


 * I had never had that happen to me. It only works for me if I sign with four tildes (Scoooter3 (talk) 14:16, 8 October 2014 (UTC)). Is this helpful?

Scoooter3 (talk) 14:16, 8 October 2014 (UTC)


 * Hello, . Usually when a new user asks about something like "my name appears on the article", this means that they have tried to create an article on the user page, which is not the right place for it (the user page is a place to share whatever information you choose about yourself as a Wikipedia editor). That doesn't appear to be the case for you - you haven't a user page - but I wonder if you have perhaps accidentally created two accounts with similar names, and done this in the other one? In any case, if you want to create an article, I suggest reading your first article and then using the Article wizard. --ColinFine (talk) 16:39, 8 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Actually, I believe the more common scenario is that the user created an article on a user page such as User:Vchimpanzee/Michael Gerst. That's a generic example of sorts; it's a page I created which I'm not sure will pass notability requirements, but I'm still working on that.— Vchimpanzee  •  talk  •  contributions  •  21:37, 8 October 2014 (UTC)

how to create articles
hi, im a new editor in wikipedia, i want to create a new article in wikipedia, but i dont have experience to create them, I also need to learn to put as references, and images, if you could help me I would appreciate it too, thanks. --Halias 23 (talk) 21:18, 8 October 2014 (UTC)
 * hello and welcome to The Teahouse. I moved your question to the top so it could be seen. The best way to create an article is to use articles for creation. An alternate way would be to search for the title you want for your article and, if the article does not exist, click on the (probably red) link that you would use to create the article. But to be safe, once you are on the screen allowing you to do that, you would want to click on another link above the box that makes the article a user draft. New users frequently find their first articles get deleted, so it is better to work on them in a draft first and get feedback. As a rule drafts are not deleted, but articles that don't meet the standards usually do if created in what we call article space.— Vchimpanzee  •  talk  •  contributions  •  22:14, 8 October 2014 (UTC)


 * Hello, . I suggest you have a look at your first article. I believe The Wikipedia Adventure is designed to help, though I've not been through it myself. Happy editing! --ColinFine (talk) 22:16, 8 October 2014 (UTC)




 * If you want to upload an image from your computer for use in an article, you must determine the proper license of the image (or whether it is in the public domain). If you know the image is public domain or copyrighted but under a suitable free-license, upload it to the Wikimedia Commons instead of here, so that all projects have access to the image (sign up). If you are unsure of the licensing status, see the file upload wizard for more information. Please also read Wikipedia's image use policy.
 * If you want to add an image that has already been uploaded to Wikipedia or Wikimedia Commons, add  to the area of the article where you want the image to appear – replacing   with the actual file name of the image, and   with a short description of the image. See our picture tutorial for more information. I hope this helps.—  Vchimpanzee  •  talk  •  contributions  •  22:18, 8 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Some more help regarding images can be found below (though once this is archived it'll be above). As for references, read WP:REF. Essentially, you put enough detail about your source (usually a URL) between to allow someone to find the information. There are templates, but you don't have to worry about those. Ideally, you would provide more information such as a title with the URL, in case it can't be accessed at some point in the future. The format would look like [www.gocomics.com/glasbergen-cartoons/2014/10/07 Glasbergen Cartoons October 7, 2014] .— Vchimpanzee  •  talk  •  contributions  •  22:23, 8 October 2014 (UTC)
 * u|Halias 23, referencing is very important with article creation. Formatting them as inline citations is also easy with a number of different tools but the basic part of the wiki mark up is . If all you do is add the url to the source itself, that is called a "bare url" reference. While it is the minimum form of referencing, the inline citation is meant to give the fullest amount of information to verify the source whether or not it available on the internet. See Help:Referencing for beginners. Once a claim is written, the citation goes directly next to it that directly supports what is summarizes. Not every sentence needs a reference but anything you add that is challenged or likely to be challenged should be cited by a reference, even if from a reference already in use.
 * I use a number of tools to make things easier for me. The one I find the best is the Reference tool for Google books. This requires that there be an url, but not that the book have a preview or accessible version and creates the full wiki mark up. once a refences is added as an inline citation you add:
 * {{pre2| ==References==

on the Sears Tower page. Best, ///Euro Car  GT  19:12, 12 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Hello kosboot and welcome to the Teahouse. Having written some articles about persons and places with different spellings, I'm not so sure about having the alternative spellings hidden, since they may be a source for those readers who might want to search in other places/sites and they might be difficult to locate then. My advice is that you put all the alternatives in notes. This will make them searchable but not distracting the text itself. Look at article Puankhequa where ref #2 lists all the different ways to spell his name. That ref originates in the infobox where the name is spelled with Roman letters and Chinese characters. I have checked, and this way all the different spellings directs to the article when used in say a Google search. Best, w.carter -Talk  19:23, 12 October 2014 (UTC)
 * {{ping|User:Kosboot}} I also took a peek at your article (nice work btw!) and in the case of that article it might be neater to have the notes separate from the refs in a notelist, just like in this article which also contains tables and lists. Happy editing! w.carter -Talk  19:48, 12 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Many thanks for your very helpful comments, W.carter! kosboot (talk) 23:02, 12 October 2014 (UTC)

Hi
Hi,

I face problem in upload figure onto the article that I wrote. It say I need to wait 4 days. I create my account 2 days ago....

Is it true? Or I saw the wrong lines : -) Is there any other way out?

Tks Ben Fang — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ben Fang (talk • contribs) 00:34, 13 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Welcome to Teahouse Ben Fang! The notice you've seen was probably stating you needed to be autoconfirmed to proceed with the action. Once you get 10 edits and 4 days of Wikipedia activity, your account will be autoconfirmed and you may be able to upload the file, move pages or edit semi-protected pages. If you want to upload an image you could use Files for upload, a place where volunteers upload requested image under policies or you may request your account to get confirmed. Best, ///Euro Car  GT  02:03, 13 October 2014 (UTC)

work
How to know which articles need helps? I mean how to get works to do?Jojolpa (talk) 01:58, 13 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Welcome Jojolpa to Teahouse! Thanks for your desire to dive right in! You could start out by helping over at the Community portal, a page listing some pages that may require work. You could also try out GettingStarted a feature which allows users to improve Wikipedia, you could enable it by heading to the Main page and on your browser URL bar, add  right beside the URL link and load the page. It should suggest you some pages for improvements. Best,  ///Euro Car  GT  02:13, 13 October 2014 (UTC)

questions by user Comp-heur-intel
Hi there. 2 questions 1.I recently put myself up as a host. I was removed. Maybe I didn't understand the process. If someone could explain, great. 2.I recently made a new page, then a couple of days later added some references, as requested. The new page is still invisible. I cleared caches. Should I just wait? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Comp-heur-intel (talk • contribs) 01:24, 13 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Welcome to the Teahouse, . With regards to your first question, you only have made 69 edits in the two weeks since you established your account, so you clearly do not have the experience necessary to be an effective host. For example, you did not sign your question with four tildes, and SineBot came along and did it for you. Teahouse hosts should have broad experience with editing, and familiarity with our most important policies and guidelines. You are welcome to ask questions here at any time, but I suggest waiting a few months before asking to become a host.


 * As for your second question, I assume that you are talking about Heterostasis(Computational). That article is live and not invisible. However, the article has significant shortcomings. The three references you have provided do not establish that this is a discrete and notable topic in computer science. Much of the article discusses the origins of the word and uses outside of computation. Please read our policy on articles about neologisms. Cullen328  Let's discuss it  02:15, 13 October 2014 (UTC)

UPLOAD
Hello everyone ,I'm again here to ask a question .Can we upload articles instead of creating them?Jojolpa (talk) 02:37, 13 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Hello Jojolpa nice to see you again on Teahouse.If you are looking for a way to upload a document from your computer to Wikipedia then I'm sorry to say that it isn't possible, But you can always use your sandbox to do test editings and other experimental edits.And remember, you shouldn't copy-paste details/content from other copyrighted documents to Wikipedia articles.-- Chamith  (talk)  02:56, 13 October 2014 (UTC)

ACCESSIBLE
I think this website should be designed so that it is easily accessible with any internet device. It should easily be approachable by many people can edit it.Jojolpa (talk) 02:11, 13 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your question, . Please read Help:Mobile access for information on reading and editing Wikipedia with a variety of devices. Personally, much of my editing (including writing this answer) is done with an Android smart phone. Currently, I use an HTC One, accessing the desktop site rather than the mobile site. That's my preference. The Wikimedia Foundation works hard to make all its websites as accessible as possible to the widest variety of users. This is a challenge for many technical reasons. Cullen328  Let's discuss it  02:35, 13 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Agreed with what Cullen328 said above. I often edit with my Nexus 5 and use the desktop site. The mobile site is designed to work with many devices with web browsers. Wikimedia Foundation has a variety of mobile applications such as Wikipedia Mobile to be well suited to your device that are available to the popular operating systems. Another application from the WMF is Wikipedia Beta which you could test now and report comments, suggestions, problems or concerns to developers to assist you and others to build a better browsing and editing experience for everyone. ///Euro Car  GT  03:07, 13 October 2014 (UTC)

Pictures
Is it legal to put one or two pictures found on Wikipedia into my essay? -- Annonymus user (talk) 06:19, 13 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Hello . If the images in question are made freely available under a Creative Commons license, then you can use them in any way you choose. However, some images on Wikipedia are used under our policy on use of non-free images. Common examples are movie posters, book and album covers, corporate logos, and the like. Those images can't be re-used in essays, or anywhere else other than the specific authorized article. Cullen328   Let's discuss it  06:44, 13 October 2014 (UTC)

Orphan
For Orphan, how do you know if any articles are linked to an article? -- Annonymus user (talk) 06:43, 13 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Hey When viewing an article (or any other page for that matter), take a look at the navigation links at the left side of the page. Under the 'Tools' section, the first link you see should be "What links here". That'll show you what pages link to the page you're viewing. ~ Super  Hamster  Talk Contribs 06:52, 13 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Thank you, never noticed that. -- Annonymus user (talk) 06:57, 13 October 2014 (UTC)

posted a question here yesterday.. where is it?
hi everyone. excuse my ignorance. i am a new user. i posted a question here yesterday, but i dont know where to find the answer. i can't even find the question. thank you. Homeopathicstereo (talk) 06:34, 13 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Hi Looking at your list of contributions, I don't see any other instances of you posting a question here. Are you sure you posted a question? Perhaps you weren't logged in when you posted. Regardless, questions are archived after three days, so your question should still be here somewhere below. Do you remember what the question was about? We might be able to better assist you.
 * For future reference, you can view questions that have been archived after three days of inactivity by using the search box at the upper-right of this page. This lets you search through all the hundreds of pages of archived questions and answers. ~ Super  Hamster  Talk Contribs 06:58, 13 October 2014 (UTC)
 * There was a technical problem with the Teahouse question script for a couple of days, discussed on the Teahouse talk page, that prevented questions from posting properly. It was caused by an upgrade to the MediaWiki software. Apologies for the inconvenience,, and I humbly request that you post your question again. Cullen</b><sup style="color:#707">328  Let's discuss it  07:06, 13 October 2014 (UTC)

Thank you all. I will repost under a new, more relevent heading. Homeopathicstereo (talk) 07:47, 13 October 2014 (UTC)

Blank the page
So, is the teahouse page being blanked once in a while? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Annonymus user (talk • contribs) 06:24, 13 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Welcome to the Teahouse, . The Teahouse has had some technical challenges in recent days, related to an upgrade of the MediaWiki software. Hopefully, things will settle down soon. <b style="color:#070">Cullen</b><sup style="color:#707">328  Let's discuss it  06:37, 13 October 2014 (UTC)
 * I don't think you understand what I mean. -- Annonymus user (talk) 06:39, 13 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Maybe you can clarify, then. Detailed questions are better than vague ones. My second attempt at an answer is that older questions and answers get archived. Is that what you mean, ? <b style="color:#070">Cullen</b><sup style="color:#707">328  Let's discuss it  06:47, 13 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Never mind, this question isn't important anyway. -- Annonymus user (talk) 06:49, 13 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Can someone help me delete this question? -- Annonymus user (talk) 06:54, 13 October 2014 (UTC)

Hello Annonymus user. The answer to your question is no, the Teahouse page is never (intentionally) blanked. Instead conversations are archived for future references. You can see the archive a bit further up this page to the right where it says "Question archived?". The archiving is an automatic and continuing process, so in a while this question/tread will also be archived. The only way to really delete something at the Wikipedia is to make a request for deletion. Read about it here: Deletion process. Best, <em style="font-family:Verdana;color:DarkBlue">w.carter <em style="font-family:Verdana;color:DarkBlue">-Talk  09:17, 13 October 2014 (UTC)

newly created articles
Is there a page that says "XXX just created a new article YYY" or "XXX just edited article YYY" — Preceding unsigned comment added by Annonymus user (talk • contribs) 07:09, 13 October 2014 (UTC)
 * , yes there is. it's called Recent changes and it's another useful link you'll find in the interaction section on the left hand side of the screen.  If there is one particular user's edits you want to know about then your need to look at their contribution list.  It's another toolbox link called User contributions that is only seen when you are looking at that user's userpage or talk page.  Otherwise you can type Special:Contributions/XXX to see XXX's contributions.  All contribution logs are public so anyone can view any user's log including those of unregistered (IP) accounts. Nthep (talk) 08:11, 13 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Expanding on Nthep's excellent answer, Special:NewPagesFeed provides a feed of all the recently created pages and articles. ~ Super  Hamster  Talk Contribs 08:12, 13 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Just a note to Annonymus user. I can see from your question that you may be thinking that the WP could perform like Twitter or some other social media, where you get updates on activities all the time in small notifications. Well, the WP is not like any of those sites. This is one of the most common misunderstandings about the WP. Best, <em style="font-family:Verdana;color:DarkBlue">w.carter <em style="font-family:Verdana;color:DarkBlue">-Talk  09:25, 13 October 2014 (UTC)

IMAGE
Can information icons, warning icon and hand stop icons can be used by me on other's talk pages to inform them or I need some special permission to do that?Would anyone like to answer this question please?Jojolpa (talk) 03:08, 13 October 2014 (UTC)
 * You're talking about warnings and notices, right? If so, you don't need any "special permission" to place such warnings/notices. -- Amaryllis Gardener  talk 03:10, 13 October 2014 (UTC)


 * But you shouldn't misuse these warnings/notice.Civility is an important factor on Wikipedia. Misuse of warning templates to harass/attack other editors is not accepted and you will be blocked if you continue to do so.-- Chamith  (talk)  03:22, 13 October 2014 (UTC)


 * Hi again! :) And when we are on the subject of civility: Please don't use all capitals in the headings for your questions, that is considered equal to shouting here. We know that you are new, so no-one is offended now. :) Best, <em style="font-family:Verdana;color:DarkBlue">w.carter <em style="font-family:Verdana;color:DarkBlue">-Talk  10:05, 13 October 2014 (UTC)

Converting a family tree from Template:Family tree to Template:Chart
Hello

I'm trying to convert this family tree to chart by writing chart instead of familytree. I tried it manualy, or using familytree.js. The unwanted result is this. The last two columns are disappearing, with the exception of the last three boxes. I don't know how to fix this. Can someone, please, help me. What should I do for my chart to appear in a normal, complete, way? Thank you. Daduxing (talk) 06:04, 13 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Hello Daduxing and welcome to the Teahouse. Having wrestled with family trees I know how difficult they can be. I have not looked in detail at your examples, but I know that they are very sensitive to having the right number of "|-|-|-|" between the different names. If you fall short by even one "|-|" the chart can't produce the last box (it can't "reach far enough" to put in the box). Try adding and subtracting these spaces first and see what happens. Best, <em style="font-family:Verdana;color:DarkBlue">w.carter <em style="font-family:Verdana;color:DarkBlue">-Talk  09:44, 13 October 2014 (UTC)


 * Hi. I tried, but is not working. I realized that when I change it back to Template:familytree it's displaying properly. Only in the chart format the boxes are disappearing.   Daduxing (talk) 12:14, 13 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Sorry, this is beyond my knowledge then. I have looked at it properly, but cannot find the "missing part". Best, <em style="font-family:Verdana;color:DarkBlue">w.carter <em style="font-family:Verdana;color:DarkBlue">-Talk  13:03, 13 October 2014 (UTC)

Hello! What normally goes on the User page?
Hi Teahouse Host (Rosiestep ?) Thanks for the invite to the Tea House, I'm not entirely sure what to do here yet - obviously can't drink tea (joke :-) but I'll work it out eventually. First, how do I know who is here in the Teahouse? Second, it's my second day, so i should set up a User page, what do people normally put on the User page? Is there a minimum / maximum requirement? Excuse my ignorance - this is probably obvious to you, but most people of my generation have missed out on all that social media stuff. Tennispompom (talk) 17:02, 13 October 2014 (UTC)
 * See WP:USERPAGE for guidance. You can put more or less anything on a user page as long as it is not promotional or offensive.-- ♦Ian Ma c M♦  (talk to me) 17:15, 13 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Hi ianmacm, thanks but too late! I've just created one. Could you pls have a quick look before I inadvertently offend someone? I've gone for humour, but can change it if you advise. Tennispompom (talk) 18:30, 13 October 2014 (UTC)
 * The main idea,, Is that your user page should be about you and your goals, interests and accomplishments as a Wikipedia editor. It can be blank, brief or detailed. The choice is yours, and you can expand it as time goes by. As for who is "here", hosts come and go, keeping an eye on the Teahouse. A new question usually attracts someone's attention fairly quickly. <b style="color:#070">Cullen</b><sup style="color:#707">328  Let's discuss it  18:33, 13 October 2014 (UTC)


 * Welcome to the Teahouse, . I like your user page. Humor is fine outside of article space - see Silly Things. RockMagnetist(talk) 18:50, 13 October 2014 (UTC)


 * Well, I love your user page. Some of them are so boring and dry. Yours is great.
 * <span style="font-family:Monotype Corsiva;background:#E6E6FA;border:solid 1px;border-radius:7px;box-shadow:darkgray 0px 3px 3px;"> Bfpage &#124;leave a message 19:39, 13 October 2014 (UTC)

Large edits
I made some edits to the page Laci Green. Some of them were considered biased by someone which might be true, but because of this they removed all of the changes I made instead of just removing the biased part. I am scared to edit on it again because it seems like it's a waste of time now. What should I do about it? TempletonU (talk) 05:58, 13 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Welcome to the Teahouse, . Since you conceded that some of your edits may have been biased, the best advice I can give is to refrain from making biased edits. In this particular case, I suggest that you discuss your proposed unbiased edits on the article's talk page. Please read about our bold, revert, discuss cycle, which is applicable here. <b style="color:#070">Cullen</b><sup style="color:#707">328  Let's discuss it  06:12, 13 October 2014 (UTC)
 * But I made several edits and they were not controversial, Why did he revert them all? It should be be so much work to make such simple changed. TempletonU (talk) 06:40, 13 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Your edits were reverted with the edit summary "POV edits and undue emphasis on blogger reactions." So, your edits were controversial to the person who reverted. Discussion is ongoing on the article's talk page, and that is the proper place to reach consensus on your proposed changes. Sometimes, it takes "work" to implement changes. That is the nature of collaborative editing, . <b style="color:#070">Cullen</b><sup style="color:#707">328   Let's discuss it  07:00, 13 October 2014 (UTC)
 * I looked over the talk page and given TempletonU's comment, suspected Ninja of bullying a new user who couldn't do much better. I instead found out that the affirmative consent criticism came from a self published blog, and that's the only part that was omitted. (Other than the section headers and the 'self proclaimed feminist' bit.) He even gave his assent to include those back in. Tutelary (talk) 18:17, 13 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Thank you for coming to the Teahouse . On Wikipedia I mostly create content in smaller chunks, to prevent someone from doing what has happened to you. Sometimes I add content just one sentence at a time. That way someone has a problem with that particular statement, that's all he will delete or change. I have the additional problem of not being able to discuss changes on the talk page because there are so few editors that are active in my area. So I do a lot of documentation of the changes.
 * <span style="font-family:Monotype Corsiva;background:#E6E6FA;border:solid 1px;border-radius:7px;box-shadow:darkgray 0px 3px 3px;"> Bfpage &#124;leave a message 19:46, 13 October 2014 (UTC)

Thank You
It is so nice to hear from you fellow editors. Your words are so comforting to know help is available.

Yes, I understand the concern of the editor who reviewed my submission. Yes, I need to document the article further and provide more references. In fact, I do have ample documentation to list and link up the text to the references. I'm working on it will resubmit the page.

Thanks for your support.

Axshah95 — Preceding unsigned comment added by مرداد٩٣ (talk • contribs) 11:08, 10 October 2014 (UTC)


 * Hello and thank you for coming to the Teahouse. I went back to look at your contribution history and I have not found any indication that you have had an article reviewed on English Wikipedia. I did see that you have some activity on another Wikipedia, but I don't recognize the language. Unfortunately, I can't help you with the the problems that you may be having in the other Wikipedia. Something that may help the process along is to create your User page. I see that you have created a user talk page, so then on your new user page. You can tell people a little bit about yourself. Did you upload some photographs that there was a question about?
 * <span style="font-family:Monotype Corsiva;background:#E6E6FA;border:solid 1px;border-radius:7px;box-shadow:darkgray 0px 3px 3px;"> Bfpage &#124;leave a message 19:55, 13 October 2014 (UTC)