Hi, I noticed you removed numerous image requests. I noticed this for a couple of pages on my watchlist and the requests there seem reasonable to me. Please explain your reason of removals. --Altenmann>talk18:52, 4 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Altenmann: Thanks for allowing me to explain myself. Per Template:Image requested, the image requested template is "not a general-purpose "no image present" indicator ... Editors placing this template on a talk page should provide information about what images or photographs are wanted". Apparently in 2014, a user added these requests to around 50,000 talk pages, to the talk pages of (apparently) every single Iranian village article that lacked an image (see this category as an example). So, while some of these requests can be viewed as valid (we don't always explain our reasons for adding the imagereq template to talk pages), your average user at least doesn't add them to thousands upon thousands of talk pages en masse using the same edit summary, disregarding the usage guidelines in the process. The massive number of image requests dilutes the template's importance (it isn't intended to be added en masse), and also goes against the usage guideline. Also according to those guidelines, Template:Improve images should be added instead as a ""no image present" indicator". Nythar (💬-🍀) 22:53, 4 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Question from Lionking334 (13:35, 6 December 2024)
Hello Nythar! Thank you for the warm welcome and for offering your guidance. I am currently working on creating a Wikipedia biography for one of the artists I manage. If you could please help me with that I would be most grateful. --Lionking334 (talk) 13:35, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hello @Lionking334. I've reviewed the draft Theo Lucas. Overall it appears to be in good condition, but I do have a few recommendations. Firstly, there's language that appears to be somewhat praising, which should be toned down per WP:NPOV. "The track amassed" — "received" is usually a better alternative; "Pursuing his talents further" — "talents" isn't a very neutral term so if I were you I'd remove that part of the sentence. "which has produced notable alumni such as Ed Sheeran and Matty Healy." — this associates Theo Lucas with big names in the music industry but is not relevant to his life or career, so it also should be removed. "Style and influences" describes his musical style as "a fusion of electronic dance pop and elements of his Cypriot heritage" — I would recommend attributing this description to the person/organization that provided the description; for example, something like this: "Lucas's musical style has been described by [insert person/organization name] as a fusion of". Once you've taken care of the issues I pointed out (and other issues, make sure to review the entire article) I'll go over the article again to make sure that it's ready to be published. I should note that the references seem okay but they're not the most solid of sources since they consist mostly of articles focused on very specific updates, so you may encounter some issues while trying to get the draft published, although I don't have much experience with articles about musicians so I'm not too sure. Regards, Nythar (💬-🍀) 18:27, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Nythar, thank you very much for your detailed feedback. I’ve just made the changes you suggested to the bio. Regarding the phrase "the track amassed," I noticed that I had already used "received" in the same sentence ("The track amassed over 123,000 streams and received strong support from radio stations"). Do you have any suggestions on how I could improve or rephrase this to keep the tone neutral? Many thanks Lionking334 (talk) 21:52, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Nythar, one more question if that's okay. Could you please advise me how I could delete the current draft completely? I would like to create a new one if that's okay. Lionking334 (talk) 00:58, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I noticed that and I'm not sure what to replace it with either; I'd probably reword the entire sentence and see if something else works to eliminate any POV concerns. Nythar (💬-🍀) 05:30, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Hello @Abubakarinfinkey. Here are some helpful links for new editors when getting started: Help:Getting started and Wikipedia:Contributing to Wikipedia. You could start off by making simple edits. For example, adding information to articles supported by good sources, with the URL of a source placed between <ref></ref> tags. You could also copyedit articles to make their English sound better. Let me know if you need more specific info. Regards, Nythar (💬-🍀) 22:03, 12 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
hello, I've started writing article on science and food production you can check on it if there is any mistake, though I'm not done with the article. thanks --Danstickz (talk) 10:36, 11 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hello and welcome to Wikipedia @Danstickz. Firstly, your draft is unsourced except for a single source. You're going to need more sources. Secondly, and perhaps more importantly, the draft doesn't seem to actually be focused on "food production", and for the most part it appears to be defining and discussing things that are outside the topic's scope. For example, "DEFINITION OF FOOD" and "SCIENCE" appear to be discussing things that are not related to food production. Thirdly, I'm not sure if it's appropriate to include this kind of article in an encyclopedia in the first place, at least in its current state. "SCIENCE AND FOOD PRODUCTION", as a concept, is simply too broad and undefined. If we're dealing with specific types of food production, like Fermentation in winemaking, relevant scientific facts on fermentation's role in winemaking can be found in the #Process section. If you want this draft to be published, you'll need to work on adding general information on how science is used in different types of food production. And you'll need to be specific: "Science helps to produce healthy food so as to avoid malnutrition, diseases, organ disorder" -- what branch of science? If it's GM foods, add something about that. Regards, Nythar (💬-🍀) 22:44, 12 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Select Films Assistant: To set up a new page, create a draft through the Article Wizard. You can either practice creating a draft in your sandbox, or you can click on "Next" and follow the steps to create a draft in the "draftspace". Once you've chosen the draft's name, proceed to insert the article's contents, splitting them into different sections using headings: ==Heading name here==. Regards, Nythar (💬-🍀) 21:49, 12 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hello
I have been looking at the graphs on a page that interest me, however they have not been updated for over 8 months, the previous editor ( according to talk page) is no longer able to maintain them. My question is, are there any templates or models for graphs that are available on Wikipeadia that I might use to refresh this data. Article in Question is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_on_Scottish_independence --Pugpa2 (talk) 12:42, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hello @Pugpa2. If you're referring to the line graph, unfortunately there are no templates at Wikipedia that can be used to update it. You'll need to do that using a graph creator, although there might be a way to update it manually, but the graph is a .pdf being used as an image (which is not something I would normally do) so I'm a bit confused myself to be honest. Regards Nythar (💬-🍀) 16:45, 17 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
How much editing, and time spent on Wikipedia do you advise before you start writing articles? For example, how long did you spend editing before you began producing articles? I definitely would like to eventually start writing articles but I'd like to get a good foundation. Thank you very much in advance. --Tristan-Hopewell (talk) 18:12, 17 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hello @Tristan-Hopewell. I would say at least a month of making edits to random pages and figuring out how Wikipedia works, although there's no specific minimum amount of time that I am confident would allow an editor to gain enough experience to create high quality articles. For me personally, it took about 5 months to create my first article, but by that time I had a lot of experience from almost daily editing (and I would have created an article sooner if I had a notable subject in mind). In my opinion, the simplest route is to learn how to create a draft (see the Article Wizard) and then learn how to determine whether the subject of the draft passes the general notability guideline and is notable enough to have an entire article dedicated to it. Once you have these two things figured out, I'd recommend learning how to structure an article and add references. If you need to, visit the pages of similar subjects to figure this out; that's what I did when I started creating articles. Regards, Nythar (💬-🍀) 09:58, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Danstickz, if you're referring to Draft:THE PLACE RESTAURANT, you should know that there's no chance that draft's getting published. It isn't even obvious if the article is about a restaurant called "The Place" or simply a general article about restaurants (which we have here: Restaurant). Please take my advice from this comment before creating more drafts. Regards, Nythar (💬-🍀) 08:46, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
