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Geoff Lane
| If you feel that I have reverted an edit or issued a warning in error, please click here and let me know. I do make mistakes. Please don't interpret a reversion or warning on my part as a personal attack on you; it's not. Please bring any error to my attention as I am always open to civil discussion. (I will respond here on my talk page unless you request otherwise.) No worries, mate. Geoff
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This is vest earn point saite and developed countries * --POPI mandatory (talk) 18:22, 7 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
- @POPI mandatory: Did you have specific questions about editing Wikipedia? Geoff | Who, me? 18:40, 7 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
- yes to work on Wikipedia POPI mandatory (talk) 18:46, 7 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
- And exactly what questions do you have about how to go about doing that? You might take the tutorial to get started: Help:Introduction. Geoff | Who, me? 19:22, 7 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hola quiero registrar a nuestra organización en wikimedia, pero no sé como hacerlo, COFOCHILEX se creó hace 21 años --Cofochilex (talk) 09:52, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
- @Cofochilex: Esta es la Wikipedia en inglés. Para ver el artículo en español, visite la Wikipedia en español en Wikipedia:Portada. Geoff | Who, me? 13:16, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Please block this persistent editor from Russia, 85.249.22.63 who is doing editing warring 84.9.236.94 (talk) 15:28, 20 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
- This keeps happening and nobody is doing anything about it, what is the moderators exactly doing about these wikipedia vandalisms: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:85.249.22.63 84.9.236.94 (talk) 15:30, 20 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
- I am not a sysop and so cannot block anyone. A request for protection against editing by all IP and new editors has been filed at Wikipedia:Requests_for_page_protection. Geoff | Who, me? 15:33, 20 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
How can I publish an article for others to see? --Milanmicunovic888 (talk) 19:25, 21 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
- @Milanmicunovic888: I assume you refer to your draft created today, Draft:Low Taper Fade Meme. As you can see from the notice at the top of the draft, when you are ready to submit it for review, click on the blue button at the bottom right of the notice, labelled "Submit the draft for review!" When you do that, the notice at the top will change, indicating it is waiting to be reviewed. Be aware that there is a backlog, and it could be up to 3 months before the volunteers who review new draft artucles complete their review. You'll be notified on your user account Talk page when the review is complete. If approved, the article will then be published as part of Wikipedia. Geoff | Who, me? 19:41, 21 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hello! I am new and I am working on a draft. I looked at wikipedia's instructions and recommendations and I found that I should ask for review from other editors so before I submit my draft, may you please check it out? (Draft:Matthew Corey) Thank you, have a great evening. --Dawsonisgood123 (talk) 01:45, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
- @Dawsonisgood123: Well, I'm not one of the new article reviewers, but I suspect your draft has issues because it is about an unelected politician. See WP:POLITICIAN. Your article subject would not be notable simply because he ran for office. He must meet the notability requirements outlined in WP:GNG. I don't see significant coverage cited in multiple, independent and reliable sources. Geoff | Who, me? 13:57, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Dear Geoff,
Do you know if -once I've edited & saved a page- it will be immediately visible? Or is there some delay due to fact checking or something else?
Best wishes,
Rasa --Rasamuller (talk) 18:11, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
- @Rasamuller: Dear Rasa, are you asking about the process for creating a new article? You can create a draft article to be reviewed for publication as part of Wikipedia. Start here: Help:Your_first_article Geoff | Who, me? 18:46, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
- Dear Geoff,
- Thanks for your quick reply. I'm talking about a significant amount of edits of an existing page. As well as a translation of the page in another language (which page doesn't exist yet).
- Best wishes,
- Rasa Rasamuller (talk) 19:56, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
- What is the title of the article you are asking about? For more information about translating an article from another language into English for the English Wikipedia see this article. Geoff | Who, me? 13:35, 4 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
- I already managed! Thanks for your help :-) 2.37.166.199 (talk) 14:25, 4 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, I am interested in changing a photo on an article about a living artist. The new photo would be an update because the person has aged. --Hippielongstocking (talk) 20:47, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
- @Hippielongstocking: First, please keep in mind that pictures must be available under a free content licence of some kind (see Free content). Free content licences are vastly preferred; non-free pictures without clear reasons for an exception and pictures without source information or clear licence status will be deleted. Please see our image use policy (Wikipedia:Image use policy) for further details. If the image is protected by copyright, please do not upload it — it will just be deleted within a day or two.
- If you know that the image already exists under a suitable free licence or if you made the image yourself, then you should upload the file to Wikimedia Commons by visiting this page: <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page> and clicking on "Upload file" from the left-hand margin. Your "Source" here will be the place (e.g., the http:// website, the book title & page, etc.) where the image exists and is shown to be freely licensed. If the file is entirely your own work and does not contain other copyrighted works within it, you should type Template:Own for the "Source". If the image is not yet under a free licence, but the copyright holder would like to place it under one, he/she may want to use our Interactive Release Generator available here: <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wikimedia_VRT_release_generator>. Once you've successfully uploaded a free image, you can ask here or at the Teahouse how to add it to the article to replace the existing image. Geoff | Who, me? 22:18, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
- I own the photo. I am a publicist for the celebrity in question. Hippielongstocking (talk) 22:38, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
- Well, as I wrote, you can use the Template:Own if you took the photo yourself when you upload the image to Commons. If someone else took the picture, you'd need that person to release the rights using the VRT release generator I wrote about earlier. But your position as the publicist for the person raises another issue on Wikipedia: any editing on their behalf would be paid editing, which is required by the Terms of Use to be disclosed. See Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure. How to disclose is in this section: Wikipedia:Paid-contribution_disclosure#How to disclose, which indicates how to put a disclosure template on your user page. You can upload the image on Commons and release it under a free use (CC-BY) or other licence. To add it to the article about your client, you'll want to post a note on the article's Talk page, disclosing your conflict of interest as a paid editor, and ask that a volunteer replace the existing image with the new own you've just uploaded. There is an edit tool you can use for this: Wikipedia:Edit_Request_Wizard. Select the first button (as a paid editor) and follow the instructions. You'll want to point the volunteers to the filename of the image on Commons. Geoff | Who, me? 23:11, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
"Hi, I'm new to Wikipedia and have submitted company pages for review. Could you please assist me with the process of getting them published?"
Let me know if you'd like any further adjustments! --Aryweb (talk) 07:14, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
- Your username was changed to WikiMaven. Referring to your draft, Draft:Aryson Technologies Pvt. Ltd. As can be seen in the review notice at the top, it has been resubmitted for review, which is pending and may take 2 or more months to complete. Meanwhile, it appears likely to be rejected as it lacks references to reliable sources and appears to be primarily designed to promote your employer. I suggest you refer to the article on what Wikipedia is not, at Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not#Wikipedia is not a soapbox or means of promotion. And also, for further advice on the draft's content, please read these articles: WP:V, WP:RS and Help:Referencing for beginners, and then add appropriate references for the statements in the article. You can keep working on the draft while waiting for the review. Geoff | Who, me? 14:00, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
hi --WikiMaven (talk) 12:04, 4 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
- How can i edit? WikiMaven (talk) 12:05, 4 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
- @WikiMaven: Are you asking about your draft article Draft:Aryson Technologies Pvt. Ltd which was deleted about an hour ago? If not, can you be a bit more specific? Geoff | Who, me? 13:39, 4 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Geoff,
Hope you are well.
I was wondering if you might be able to help me with regard to the Henry James Knight page. As I'm not too familar with editing on wikipedia.
I noticed that on the 30th October 2023 you removed his unsourced birth name.
I'm his Great Great Grandson and we have been trying to add information regarding his birth name of 'James Huntley Knight' for sometime as there is no reference to it on his page. It's a bit of a mystery why he enlisted under a different name, even my Grandfather doesn't know.
As you were the one to remove the unsourced birth name would you be able to advise me on the sort of information and sources that would be required in order to have his birth name added.
Previously in the talk section (Talk:Henry_James_Knight) I added an image link to his grave stone in Milborne St Andrew, Dorset.
Please find some additional online sources that use his birth name below:
National Liverpool Museum Website
Angloboerwar Website
Yeovil Museum Website
Victoria Cross Online Website
Milborne St Andrew Marriages
Sidmouth Herald News Article
Please let me know if this sort of information is appropriate as I was previosly advised that family records are not acceptable as they have not been indepently verified.
Thank very much for your time.
All the best,
Ellis Orbital9221 (talk) 12:53, 4 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
- @Orbital9221: Facts in Wikipedia's articles need to be verifiable, WP:V, so that the readers can check any fact in an article for themselves. Wikipedia is written by volunteers and has no paid staff or central editorial management. Facts are verified by citing reliable sources as references. Such sources are described here: WP:RS. To learn about adding references to the articles, see Help:Referencing for beginners. And finally, discussions about the content of the articles should be conducted on the article's Talk page, Talk:Henry James Knight, rather than on an individual volunteer's Talk page, so that any interested volunteer might notice the discussion and contribute. To start a new conversation, press "Add topic" at the top of the page (or "new section", in the old view, or the "+" sign in the lower right of the mobile app view) and give it a suitable section title. Then use the larger space below the title to enter your questions or comments about the article content. It may be a while before any response is posted, so be patient. Geoff | Who, me? 13:51, 4 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
- Hi Geoff,
- Thank you very much for your help.
- I will try and get a subject setup on the articles talk page.
- Apologies for messaging you directly.
- All the best,
- Ellis Orbital9221 (talk) 17:46, 4 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
How can I create a Wikipedia page about a famous who is not in this --Izaan12810 (talk) 17:55, 4 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
- @Izaan12810: Start here: Help:Your first article, which will help you decide whether the topic you want to write about is suitable for a Wikipedia article. If your subject is suitable for Wikipedia, you can choose the option to create a draft and submit it for review by other editors as a part of the "Articles for Creation" project (WP:AFC). The members of this project are experienced editors, though there is much greater demand for their services than there is supply, so you may need to wait a while before your draft is reviewed.
- Once you submit your draft, it will be placed into a category where it will be open for review by anyone who reviews submissions. If your submission is approved (which may take more than 2 months because of the current backlog) then an editor will accept it, and you will be notified of the article's creation. If your submission is not accepted, a note will be left on the page describing what can be improved, and you will be notified of this via a message on your "Talk" page.
- Note that if you are interested in the publication of an article to which you are very close (e.g., an article about a member of your family, your business, your club/organization/school, or yourself) you probably have a conflict of interest: if so, it will be absolutely critical that you disclose this when you create the article. Please see Wikipedia:Conflict of interest for information about doing so properly. If you do not do this, your user account may become permanently blocked and the article may be deleted.
- Let me know if you have further questions. Thank you for your interest in Wikipedia, and welcome to the community! Good luck! Geoff | Who, me? 18:01, 4 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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