User talk:Gråbergs Gråa Sång/Archive 9: Difference between revisions

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My name is Laura and I work for Joanna Shields, Baroness Shields, a baron, businessperson, and former British politician. The page about her was recently tagged for COI and advert issues due to some poor edits made years ago. I posted here regarding my desire to address the substance of the tags with a re-write or heavy trims, to remove the promotional content. I was hoping you might be willing to chime in on the proposed trims and/or the suggestion for a rewrite. Let me know. Best regards.~~~~ LauTad89 (talk) 14:50, 6 October 2023 (UTC)

@LauTad89 I will not involve myself atm, but thanks for making an effort to follow WP:COI. It's hard to get anything done as a COI-editor, but hopefully you'll have some luck, I see you're asking in several places. Consider also Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Politics of the United Kingdom and Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Women in Business. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 15:13, 6 October 2023 (UTC)

@Gråbergs Gråa Sång many thanks for the advice (which I will follow) and kind response! LauTad89 (talk) 16:05, 6 October 2023 (UTC)

Ha! Your Judith Newman quote is about me. -- Ssilvers (talk) 23:00, 7 October 2023 (UTC)

@Ssilvers Loved that article by her. This [1] is about an article I started. I didn't write the messy plot, but I was "Gaiman noticed an article I started and he had to see that??!!" Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 08:36, 8 October 2023 (UTC)

Haha! -- Ssilvers (talk) 16:21, 8 October 2023 (UTC)

Visiting your excellent page on Colyton Grammar School, where I was a former pupil way back when, I was struck by something which might be regarded as a serious omission; it did not encourage reader participation! For example, there was no opportunity to remember anecdotes from one's school days- why not? Anecdotes of the past are just as significant as actual primary facts- they make history live! Just a thought! --Belisarius465 (talk) 23:59, 10 October 2023 (UTC)

@Belisarius465 Welcome to Wikipedia! A Wikipedia-article on any subject is supposed to be a summary of published reliable sources (WP:RS). The kind of content you think of mostly fall outside Wikipedia's scope. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 07:01, 11 October 2023 (UTC)

how do I upload an image without getting copyrighted --Loganschuchard (talk) 00:43, 11 October 2023 (UTC)

@Loganschuchard Often you can't. The default assumption is that any random picture you find online is under copyright and can't be used on Wikipedia. More details at Wikipedia:Image use policy. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 07:06, 11 October 2023 (UTC)

Note also that WP has an article about Rachel Eliza Griffiths. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 10:28, 11 October 2023 (UTC)

I just noticed that user:Oldsilenus removed stuff from this talkpage on 29 september, hopefully a mistake:[2] Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 06:16, 14 October 2023 (UTC)

The removed text involved some of our discussion and this unrelated thread:

Question from Okuhle2008 on Geluksburg (09:17, 25 September 2023)

Latest comment: 18 days ago3 comments2 people in discussion

Hello How do I add a photo on Wikipedia or should I create my own page --Okuhle2008 (talk) 09:17, 25 September 2023 (UTC)Reply

@Okuhle2008 Hello and welcome! This is (or can be) a very complex area. Do you want to add a picture to the Geluksburg article? If you're thinking of a photo you found online somewhere, then the answer is almost certainly no, copyright rules are a pain in the ass. But if you're thinking about a photo you have taken yourself with your own camera you probably can. Let me know which it is. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 09:32, 25 September 2023 (UTC)Reply

Then again, your "case" may be worse than I thought. @A1Cafel, care to comment on the South Africa situation? Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 10:08, 25 September 2023 (UTC) Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 06:31, 14 October 2023 (UTC)

Hello, I don't wish to edit or correct anything but simply to add my comments to those of others in Talk on a particular subject. --OldBoyGeoff (talk) 13:02, 30 October 2023 (UTC)

@OldBoyGeoff, welcome to Wikipedia! Nothing prevents you from doing so (not counting a few WP:PROTECTed pages), but note that article talkpages are meant to discuss improvements to the article, not general discussions of the subject. Help:Talk pages may be of help. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 13:59, 30 October 2023 (UTC)

You said "A felony warrant for Kidnapping was issued for Zoe on May 14, 2021." It does not speak of 2023, and in the BLP-context, we're not allowed to make that conclusion". Actually we can make that conclusion. In the United States arrest warrants do not expire, They stay active until

• the suspect is arrested,
• the judge recalls the warrant, or
• the suspect dies

Jaydoggmarco (talk) 09:13, 2 November 2023 (UTC)

Also it lists her age as 48 which means the warrant is still active. Jaydoggmarco (talk) 09:16, 2 November 2023 (UTC)

Commented on article talk and WP:BLPN. 2 forums are enough. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 09:17, 2 November 2023 (UTC)

"Frankfurt am Main" is the information for Danmark on how to start the referendum. Wname1 (talk) 10:48, 5 November 2023 (UTC)

I am familiar with the Danish withdrawal from the European Union WP-article, but I have no idea what you are talking about. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 10:52, 5 November 2023 (UTC)

As with Brexit, GB knew after some time with this correct information (it was Zürich) that they could hold a referendum, the same to Danexit ("Frankfurt am Main"). Wname1 (talk) 12:31, 5 November 2023 (UTC)

I'll assume that if this is relevant to some article on en-WP, you will discuss it on that talkpage. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 12:34, 5 November 2023 (UTC)

True. Wname1 (talk) 12:43, 5 November 2023 (UTC)

I sent this to Mr. Morten Messerschmidt: "Wouldn't it be better if the Dansk Folkeparti returned to the European conservative and reformist group? In the 2014 European Parliament elections in Denmark, Dansk Folkeparti achieved 27%." Mr. Morten Messerschmidt, he responded with that: "In my view the best would be, if ID and ECR found a more formal way of cooperation. Sincerely Morten Messerschmidt." Wname1 (talk) 13:02, 5 November 2023 (UTC)

I have no interest in discussing this on my talkpage. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 13:24, 5 November 2023 (UTC)

That's right, the page Danish withdrawal from the European Union is the right one. Wname1 (talk) 17:08, 5 November 2023 (UTC)

hi --Houseofpancake (talk) 08:55, 11 November 2023 (UTC)

Hello. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 08:58, 11 November 2023 (UTC)

Could you help me publish a page 'Surendra Prasad Chaudhary'? It was created a few hours ago by me but requires some changes in the citation. The information available is quite old and is in PDF format and is not sufficient. I have added the link to the PDFs in the reference section. --Rupandehi (talk) 20:22, 26 November 2023 (UTC)

@Rupandehi One thing you should do is to remove the full text of the speeches. It's probably fine to mention in a section that they exist, with a cite (or put them in a "External links" section), but a WP-article about a person is supposed to be a summary of independent WP:RS about that person.

See also the ref you put here:[3]. Move it to it's proper place in the article.

The infobox is supposed to be a summary of simple facts from the article text, you need to add references for date of birth, family and education. If you can't ref it, remove it (goes for everything in the article). I may take a further look at the sources tomorrow.

That said, this looks like an article WP should have. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 21:20, 26 November 2023 (UTC)

Ping to @Theroadislong if you want to give any further advice. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 21:23, 26 November 2023 (UTC)

Also, Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Nepal may be a good place to ask for input. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 21:30, 26 November 2023 (UTC)

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Hi Gråbergs Gråa Sång :) I'm looking for people to interview here. Feel free to pass if you're not interested. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 09:56, 2 December 2023 (UTC)

Hello --989abcd (talk) 19:53, 7 December 2023 (UTC)

Hello. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 19:55, 7 December 2023 (UTC)

Why can't I translate pages? --989abcd (talk) 20:11, 7 December 2023 (UTC)

Not sure what you mean. WP:TRANSLATE and/or WP:TRANSLATEUS may be of help to you. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 20:14, 7 December 2023 (UTC)

Hey. Sorry for that revert on Talk:Cyber Anakin. For some reason I'd read that {{press}} as a {{refideas}} tag, thinking you were suggesting using that source in the article. I've self-reverted that now. Sorry again. Sideswipe9th (talk) 16:25, 11 December 2023 (UTC)

@Sideswipe9th No problem! Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 16:30, 11 December 2023 (UTC)

@Sideswipe9th, Talk:Race_and_intelligence#Removal_of_Quillette_quote may interest you. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 19:16, 11 December 2023 (UTC)

I'd rather not. There's been a long history of attempts by POV-pushers who, under the guise of discussing sources, try to relitigate the consensus in two different RfCs that the belief in genetic superiority of one race over another is a fringe viewpoint that is rejected by scientific consensus. Starting a discussion that grows out of a biased and factually incorrect article in Quillette would be an invitation to them to start again, causing everyone a pointless time sink, since we've already been through that several times, especially in 2020-2022.

Thanks again for proposing a good compromise on your edit there. NightHeron (talk) 09:54, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

@NightHeron Thanks for commenting, and I understand. I have not spent any time and effort on that article, but I know the "Not this again" feeling from other WP-areas.

Fwiw, I edit pages like Wikipedia:Press coverage 2023 a lot, and sometimes the media I find fits on article talk-pages (or Arbcom talk-pages, or WP-project talk-pages, or...), so I add it there too. Since this is WP, sometimes people disagree with me (!), but I think we handled it WP-well in this case. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 10:13, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

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God Jul! Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 15:55, 23 December 2023 (UTC)

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Merry Yuletide to you! (And a happy new year!)

Hoppas du har en bra Julafton! ★Trekker (talk) 12:50, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

Detsamma till dig, @StarTrekker! Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 12:50, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

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@Atsme Where I am, the big day has about 5 min remaining, but God Jul anyway! Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 22:55, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

Hello dearhreart, I am off out of town for a few days, but when I come back I intend to finish the clean-up of History of Christianity. It is now below 12,000 words! I am checking to be sure all references have correct page numbers and I have noticed that some that don't have n.d. in the page number place. I can't find a reference to that, what it means and whether it's legit to use it or what. Do you oh wise one have any idea what the heck that is? Jenhawk777 (talk) 16:58, 29 December 2023 (UTC)

@Jenhawk777 Interesting, I don't remember seeing that before. Could it be intended for no data as in no year of publication in this case? I looked at 3 examples and those where just ordinary webpages, so it makes an amount of sense.

I can't see anything about it at Help:Shortened footnotes or Help:References and page numbers. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 18:28, 29 December 2023 (UTC)

Thank you for the work you did there. I hope that will be sufficient for those websites since there is no such thing as a page number for those. Jenhawk777 (talk) 15:55, 30 December 2023 (UTC)

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Could you please explain what you exactly mean by removing the Banke's photograph?

You provided an unrelated website link while both the photos are completely different. Is it your misunderstanding or is there something else?

Please clarify, otherwise I'll restore the photo. Don't report it.

Thanks. LampVimmW (talk) 04:54, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

@LampVimmW, stop telling people not to "report" things, that is up to each editor (and it makes people think "So you've been blocked before, huh?"). I commented on this at the article talkpage, take it there. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 08:08, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

Ok. I'll not say that again to you. Please clarify why did you remove the picture. There were extra wordings, I can understand. But what's wrong with photograph?

You provided an unrelated website link while both the photos are completely different.

I'm not blaming you but, giving a better reason may help. LampVimmW (talk) 04:27, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

Again, article talkpage. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 08:55, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

Also, consider Help:Archiving (plain and simple) instead of just blanking your talkpage. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 09:04, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

Hi @Gråbergs,

Hope you are doing well. I am writing a article related to Classic Tech - one of the ISP here in Nepal. However I am not sure what triggered or caused issue for the article to be denied. If you could help me on this, I would be very grateful since this is my first article. --Sujandahal76 (talk) 06:51, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

@Sujandahal76, Sorry for the late answer. I looked at your sources for WP:GNG-good ones. Sources like [4][5] may be in that catgory, but it's hard for me say how WP:RS they are. I don't know a Nepalese blog from a Nepalese Washington Post. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 08:59, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

Maybe you can get some helpful input at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Nepal/Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Asia. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 09:11, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

Hi @Gråbergs Gråa Sång Thank you for the direction. I'll definitely check the talk. And for the references, they are all from top medias in Nepal, not sure how to provide the confirmation. Sujandahal76 (talk) 09:06, 5 January 2024 (UTC)