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September 14

Make contact with a celebrity

Can anyone help me to make contact with Mr Neil Young? Bill1949porter (talk) 04:05, 14 September 2024 (UTC)

I have written a song that Mr Young will SURELY enjoy.

Someone please help. Bill1949porter (talk) 04:12, 14 September 2024 (UTC)

Hi Bill1949porter. This help desk is for asking questions about Wikipedia. Most celebrities have official representation and Neil Young probably does as well; so, your best bet may be to try and contact him through his representation. Try Googling his name and see whether he has an official website or social media account. Perhaps either of those might be a way to contact him. -- Marchjuly (talk) 04:17, 14 September 2024 (UTC)

I recently noticed that I have a two-year lock on my Wikipedia account. How can I get this removed?

For Wikipedia account KarlM1980 KarlM1980 (talk) 12:37, 14 September 2024 (UTC)

@KarlM1980: The block log does not show any history of blocks for account KarlM1980. What makes you think that it is blocked?--Gronk Oz (talk) 12:53, 14 September 2024 (UTC)

I'm guessing you logged on to this account because your main one has been blocked. See Wikipedia:Blocking policy for information on why you were blocked; if you want to appeal a block, log in to Wikipedia as the blocked user and find the process for appeal on your talk page.

However, if your account is "locked", then it was likely used for higher-level disruption or vandalism and is very unlikely to be repealed. See m:Global locks on Meta for more information. Please also note that using other accounts in violation of a block or lock is a violation of Wikipedia's sockpuppet policy and you should not use your account to edit if it has truly been locked like you say. GeorgeMemulous (talk) 13:02, 14 September 2024 (UTC)

"This submission is not adequately supported by reliable sources"

Re: Draft:William Martin Boyce the reviewer declined the proposed article, saying that "You can't use self published sources (the subjects own works)." However, the sources weren't self-published; they were published in peer-reviewed mathematics journals, which are specifically identified in the policy as non-self-published. So I don't think I can "fix" this issue. I pointed this out (see the talk page) but the reviewer has not responded. Where should I go from here? WillisBlackburn (talk) 13:36, 14 September 2024 (UTC)

Based on your description the problem is that you're using academic articles about maths to assert the (an?) underlying author is notable. Academic authors aren't automatically notable as far as I know, you need to find reliable coverage specifically about the person. Or, if you want to write about the maths, you should find secondary coverage about the research proving why it matters (after all, there are also lots of research articles, but not all of them make a lasting impact). 134.41.164.51 (talk) 14:17, 14 September 2024 (UTC)

@WillisBlackburn:We do a poor job of distinguishing "reliabile sources" from "sources that help establish notability". Your source is reliable. It does not help establish notability, because it's by the subject, not about the subject. -Arch dude (talk) 15:25, 14 September 2024 (UTC)

How do I find a named character?

How do I find a named TV personality? 12feet (talk) 16:03, 14 September 2024 (UTC)

What do you mean by "find", 12feet? If you mean "find in Wikipedia", you can use the search facility. If you mean something else, we probably can't help you here. ColinFine (talk) 16:14, 14 September 2024 (UTC)

@ 106.220.57.66 (talk) 17:47, 14 September 2024 (UTC)

Comenzar a crear páginas

Estoy muy interesado en retomar la participación en Wikipedia que considero una de las mejores ideas en Internet. En 2017 creaba mi cuenta pero lo dejé por falta de tiempo, por ahora soy tambien donante.

En aquel momento intentaba crear una artículo sobre un tema jurídico sobre lo que soy especialista, un tributo en España denominado TASA FISCAL SOBRE EL JUEGO. Que ahora intentaría retomar, pues no veo ningún artículo sobre esto.

Pero tambien estaba buscando la biografía de una artista que conozco (RAFAELA CARRASCO), y solo encuentro un artículo en alemán, que está muy desfasado, y querría mejorarlo. Pero en realidad me gustaría crear uno nuevo en español, pues el otro lo puedo ver gracias al traductor Google, que además en seguida deja de traducir..... La pregunta es ¿puedo crear el Artículo sobre ella en español? ¿Tengo que pedir autorizacion al autor del artículo alemán , o tengo que citarlo en el nuevo?. ¿tengo que participar en español, en el que ya está escrito en alemán? ¿Como debo proceder?....

Muchas gracias por adelantado- Carlos lalanda (talk) 20:27, 14 September 2024 (UTC)

This is the Help desk for English Wikipedia. We cannot help you with Spanish Wikipedia. Please ask at es:WP:C/A. ColinFine (talk) 20:31, 14 September 2024 (UTC)

I have been posting comments about the one-sided and defamatory Wikipedia page for Geoffrey Kabat

Since July 11, I have been positing comments about the Wikipedia Geoffrey Kabat page to draw your attention to the one-sided and distorted picture that this article gives. In the past 2 months I have only gotten very minimal responses. I have followed the guidelines for supporting the new information that should be included to give a balanced account of our paper in the British Medical Journal (2003. SOMEONE AT WIKIPEDIA NEEDS TO READ THE HOURS OF WORK I PUT IN TO GET THIS VERY CLEAR DISTORTION OF THE RELEVANT FACTS CORRECTION. MY POSTS OVER TIME HAVE GOTTEN MORE AND MORE TO THE ESSENCE OF THE CASE AND HAVE INCLUDED IMPORTANT DOCUMENT FROM PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SOURCES. PLEASE TRY TO BRING THIS MATERIAL TO THE ATTENTION OF PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING TO TAKE THIS MATTER SERIOUSLY AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. AS IT IS, THE ARTICLE IS DEFAMATORY AND TOTALLY ONE-SIDED. IF THERE IS A NEED FOR FURTHER DOCUMENTATION I CAN PROVIDE MORE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION. AFTER 2 MONTHS OF NOT GETTING ANY RESPONSE, I THINK WIKIPEDIA SHOULD HONOR ITS COMMITMENT TO CORRECTING DEFAMATORY MATERIAL CONCERNING LIVING PEOPLE. Gkabat (talk) 20:46, 14 September 2024 (UTC)

Courtesy link Geoffrey Kabat Knitsey (talk) 20:49, 14 September 2024 (UTC)

Please see no legal threats. Looking at WP:SHOUTING would help as well.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 20:51, 14 September 2024 (UTC)

Also, the user name Gkabat suggests that you might be Geoffrey Kabat. If this is the case, it might help to state this openly as guidelines such as WP:AUTOPROB apply here.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 21:05, 14 September 2024 (UTC)

@Gkabat: the place to bring up any issues with the Geoffrey Kabat article is talk:Geoffrey Kabat. Please note that independent sources are required to back up any claims and that the WP:BLP policy applies to all pages. Mjroots (talk) 09:33, 15 September 2024 (UTC)

That's what I have provided -- INDEPENDENT SOURCES!! Gkabat (talk) 13:28, 15 September 2024 (UTC)

If you shout again, you will be blocked. 331dot (talk) 13:31, 15 September 2024 (UTC)

If you are alleging that the article is libelous/defamatory, please handle that as described at WP:LIBEL. 331dot (talk) 13:45, 15 September 2024 (UTC)

Wikipedia revenue

How does wikipedia get its revenue? From advertising? 2601:447:D181:E7B0:21FC:615:B4B4:CB15 (talk) 21:34, 14 September 2024 (UTC)

Wikipedia editors are volunteers. So far as technical infrastructure, bandwidth, software development, legal services, etc., those are provided by the Wikimedia Foundation, a nonprofit which is donation supported. There is no advertising on Wikipedia, and there all but certainly never will be. Seraphimblade ^{Talk to me} 21:45, 14 September 2024 (UTC)

You can see all the details in the financial report https://wikimediafoundation.org/about/financial-reports/ RudolfRed (talk) 23:19, 14 September 2024 (UTC)

Editing while logged out

Hey, there. On occasions, I've made some edits while logged out of my user account by accident. Any ideas on what to do here? Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 21:43, 14 September 2024 (UTC)

Hi Sjones23. There's some information on this provided at WP:LOGGEDOUT. This is something that's fairly common, and what is done depends on how much it bothers you. If you're really concerned abuot it, you can as that the IP address be hidden by emailing WP:OVERSIGHT. The record of the edit itself can't be deleted or somehow transferred to your account because of Wikipedia's licensing requirements, but it can be hidden from public view. If, on the other hand, you're not concerned about it be connected to you or want "credit" for it, you can simply treat it as sort of a WP:GOODSOCK and post something about it your user page. Just keep in mind that the more details you post about it, the more there is potentially to clean up and the easier it will potentially be for someone to connect the two accounts. -- Marchjuly (talk) 22:06, 14 September 2024 (UTC)

Got it. Understood. Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 22:20, 14 September 2024 (UTC)