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June 2024

Hello! I see that, while I was away for a few days, you have been very busy removing a large amount of very rare, relevant and valuable images with an edit summary including "unverifiable caption". The person whose name (OK) and face (not always OK) that you wish to erase entirely from English Wikepdia (to begin with?) is clearly identifiable. So then, what's "unverifiable"? Of course, you are free to remove images you find inappropriate or unneccessarily promotional, etc. But the natural question on "unverifiable captions" would be: how many of Commons's images uploaded through an OTRS agreement, are you claiming have false descriptions? What you're doing, in other words, is a form of very serious personal attack, if you what you mean is that an uploader with OTRS has regularly been falsifying image info at Commons for over 15 years. Commons has had extremely few images uploaded of the type you have been removing, and many people appreciate generous donations of free images, to fill the void of entertainment images especially from the 1960s-1990s, and their inclusion in Wikipedia articles. Please explain! SergeWoodzing (talk) 18:58, 14 June 2024 (UTC)

I removed images and captions for a variety of reasons. I kept some where, as you say, they seemed to fill a gap in the record. But there are some general issues:

• Wikimedia Commons has no verifiability policy. It's not a reliable source. We have only the word of the uploader that anything written there is accurate. That's not to say it's false; it's just unverifiable.
• The overall impression is that many of the images have been shoehorned into unrelated articles with the effect of making Lars Jacob more relevant or prominent than he actually is in relation to that subject. This makes inclusion WP:UNDUE.
• Many of the captions linked to Wild Side Story, which seems to have acquired a secondary purpose as a pseudo-bio in lieu of the now-deleted Jacob Truedson Demitz article. This linkage also feels undue.
• The photos seem to be from a personal family archive, and many seem to have been taken in a personal context. Honestly, it comes across as a little weird to be sharing these personal photos of celebrities, even if the licensing is kosher, e.g. this one which seems to be a random selfie on a subway. What's the encyclopedic purpose?
• Overall I am left with the impression that the purpose of all of these insertions is the personal aggrandisement of your friends/family. Maybe that wasn't your intention, but nevertheless that's the impression I get. That's why editing with a COI is so treacherous. Barnards.tar.gz (talk) 10:38, 15 June 2024 (UTC)

Your impression is quite wrong. The images, none of which are what you could ever succeed in ridiculing as family pictures, were all taken in public places, not in private. There are integrity, release and privacy issues involved in that, which you cannot teach me about. I am sorry that your opinion is so disparaging of one of the most generous donors of relevant images from their valuable archives and of their own creation of any organization that has ever contrubuted to that project. Hardly anyone ever does that. Most archives sit on their rare entertainment photos, hoping to make money on them "some day".

I could see it if you had just deleted the name of someone who is acquainted with a user you obviously despise (for correctly criticizing one single item in your work), but in each and every case you removed images that are relevant to those articles. Two well-known Swedish actors who according to article text are close friends, for example, just because they are on the subway with someone you appparently suspect is not actually an old show director but some sort of PR-hungry scheister. OTRS people trust donors to provide correct info, and images found to have fake info will be deleted. There are rules at Commons. We've been doing this since 2008 and we know what we're doing. It's called generosity. What the OTRS people think counts at Commons. Your personal animosity and bias does not. I stand by my opinion that some of your embarrassingly less-that-knowledgeable wording amounts to personal attacks. Ease your grudge and pipe down! --SergeWoodzing (talk) 10:34, 16 June 2024 (UTC)

Question from Christopher Pittsburgh Pens (01:23, 25 June 2024)

How Do I create my own article --Christopher Pittsburgh Pens (talk) 01:23, 25 June 2024 (UTC)

Start at Wikipedia:Articles for creation. Barnards.tar.gz (talk) 08:16, 25 June 2024 (UTC)

Question from Lily dangremond on Meta AI (10:14, 27 June 2024)

Hello my boyfriend told me this I'll tell you a little about myself. I am divorced and single. I have 2 children who live with their mother. I want a serious relationship, I want a wife, I want a family, I never want to waste my time and much less make you waste yours. If you want the same we can move on. I am from Venezuela and in December I am going to live in Miami. I want a wife who believes in me and that we can date. Tell me if you want the same as me..what should I tell him --Lily dangremond (talk) 10:14, 27 June 2024 (UTC)

Ask if he can help expand some Venezuela-related stub articles. Barnards.tar.gz (talk) 20:40, 27 June 2024 (UTC)

Question from FpkdaNasfk (03:44, 28 June 2024)

Hi Barnards.tar.gz. Worked on this article and was wondering if you can look over it for edits & revisions: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saphron_Initiative --FpkdaNasfk (talk) 03:44, 28 June 2024 (UTC)

Hi, welcome to Wikipedia. As it stands, the article may not pass our Wikipedia:Notability criteria, as I couldn’t see any significant coverage in independent secondary sources. Barnards.tar.gz (talk) 07:00, 28 June 2024 (UTC)

Question from Wahido4848 (11:55, 11 July 2024)

Hello sir, recently I have made an edit and kuru retrieve the edit by telling that the citation was mirror, would you please tell me what does this term mean. Can you please elaborate --Wahido4848 (talk) 11:55, 11 July 2024 (UTC)

I am updating you about my recent question from you, it was answered by kuru. Wahido4848 (talk) 20:25, 11 July 2024 (UTC)

Glad you got an answer. Sorry for the delayed response here, my wiki’ing time is quite intermittent. Barnards.tar.gz (talk) 07:23, 12 July 2024 (UTC)

Yes thank you for your response.yes I have noticed you were offline since two-three days. Wahido4848 (talk) 07:37, 12 July 2024 (UTC)

Improving a stub biography

Hi Barnards.tar.gz, I see that you are my Wikipedia-assigned "mentor", so I thought you might be a good person to ask: could you please review my recent edits to this biography of a computer scientist? I've done my best to consult Wikipedia guidelines about citing sources, style, etc. but I'm sure there are things I will have missed. Also, the article is marked as a stub, so what are the best ways to expand it?

(Possibly useful context: I am a grad student in computer science, so I can navigate some of the technical content about this person, if needed.) Shardul.chiplunkar (talk) 17:10, 11 July 2024 (UTC)

Hi @Shardul.chiplunkar. Welcome to Wikipedia! The edits look great. You've probably read the advice at Wikipedia:Stub on what a stub is and how to improve stubs. As far as I'm concerned, there's nothing wrong with an article being a stub - it just means it's short and there could probably be more added. If reliable sources are available, the article should be expanded. If not, it's better to leave the article short. Barnards.tar.gz (talk) 11:27, 12 July 2024 (UTC)

Alright, makes sense, thanks! Shardul.chiplunkar (talk) 10:39, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

Question from RhondAnn0603 (02:12, 15 July 2024)

My father should have been included in the section on Medal of Heroic Deeds by the Norwegian royalty. He received this medal (his is gold) in 1958. He rescued the tug boat Polar Bjorn off the coast of Greenland. The reigning monarch was Olav V.

This information is in the book, Flying into History-Volume 1 by Richard Pierson and Billie Parker. --RhondAnn0603 (talk) 02:12, 15 July 2024 (UTC)

Hi @RhondAnn0603, welcome to Wikipedia. We have a number of policies on when to include information - we don’t normally list information just because it’s true or verifiable. It has to be notable to get its own article, and significant to the subject if mentioned on another article. I haven’t got access to that book so I’m unsure what the proposed edit would look like. Barnards.tar.gz (talk) 07:32, 15 July 2024 (UTC)

Question from Wahido4848 (11:24, 16 July 2024)

Hello sir, recently I have created a page, where I also added a reference but I was not sure how to create reference heading, would you please guide me, so next time I will be to create the reference heading, and others. --Wahido4848 (talk) 11:24, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

Hi again, and once again apologies for not replying sooner - I'm out a lot at the moment. It looks like another user came along and added the reference heading - take a look at what they did to achieve that. Barnards.tar.gz (talk) 08:59, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

Question from Curiouscat17 (14:22, 18 July 2024)

I was banned from editing wikipedia, even though I only made edits that I backed up with citations and credible news articles. The community here did not consider my edits, before reporting me and reverting to a previous version. --Curiouscat17 (talk) 14:22, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

Seems like you’ve had an answer from others. Your edits to that article do come across as promotional, which tends to set off people’s conflict of interest-detectors. Do you have any relationship or personal/professional connection with the subject? Barnards.tar.gz (talk) 11:52, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

Question from Dondelicedushime257 (09:47, 30 July 2024)

Hello ! My name is Don Delice Dushime and i just joined wikipedia and i want to write two articles, one about the fundraising platform that i launced and other about me.

Can you help me with guidance ? Thanks ! --Dondelicedushime257 (talk) 09:47, 30 July 2024 (UTC)

Hi @Dondelicedushime257, welcome to Wikipedia. It is almost never a good idea to write articles about yourself or your projects. Please read our guidelines on conflicts of interest. You are very welcome to edit in unrelated areas. Barnards.tar.gz (talk) 09:50, 30 July 2024 (UTC)

What can i do then ? Can you look for other one to write it ? Dondelicedushime257 (talk) 09:52, 30 July 2024 (UTC)

If you are interested in contributing to Wikipedia in general, you could take a look at the Wikipedia:Task Center.

If you mean can a friend write an article about you instead of you, then that would almost certainly still be a conflict of interest. You should also read WP:Notability to see if you or your fundraising platform would qualify as notable subjects for articles. Barnards.tar.gz (talk) 12:12, 30 July 2024 (UTC)

Question from April Liu 741989 (16:02, 20 August 2024)

Hi

Under View History, how can I delete my account name appearing there? --April Liu 741989 (talk) 16:02, 20 August 2024 (UTC)

Hi, apologies for the long delay in responding. Have you seen Wikipedia:Changing username? Barnards.tar.gz (talk) 16:36, 27 August 2024 (UTC)

Question from Paipola on User:Paipola (17:44, 23 August 2024)

Hello how can i create my own? --Paipola (talk) 17:44, 23 August 2024 (UTC)

Hi @Paipola. Apologies for the long delay in responding. Create your own what? Barnards.tar.gz (talk) 16:37, 27 August 2024 (UTC)

Question from Wikimousepk1704 (13:35, 28 August 2024)

Hi, I just wanted to ask when to remove the new to wikipedia template. --Wikimousepk1704 (talk) 13:35, 28 August 2024 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia! I’ve actually never seen that template before, but I’m certain you can add or remove it whenever you like. There are some guidelines on what you might want to put on your user page here: WP:USERPAGE - but you don’t have to put anything at all. Barnards.tar.gz (talk) 14:04, 28 August 2024 (UTC)

Question from Jilberto0007 on Scott Painter (01:40, 29 August 2024)

Hello my name is Jilberto Gonzalez my DOB is (Redacted) my SS number is (Redacted) does anyone know how I can find my family been I single kid sense DOB the people I live with can’t possibly be my family need help --Jilberto0007 (talk) 01:40, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

Hi @Jilberto0007, this is not what Wikipedia is for and you should not share personal information here. Barnards.tar.gz (talk) 17:51, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

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Question from "wandile Richman" (12:43, 30 August 2024)

Hello. I sincerely understand Wikipedia it all about, but my main point and aim is to find more about Yann LeCun. I have an idea something Creative to propose of which might do some massive change in Meta AI. need more information about Yann LeCun, and to Which platform is he reachable, e.g. Email, Social Medias any information would do so much. --"wandile Richman" (talk) 12:43, 30 August 2024 (UTC)

Wikipedia is not the place to find contact information for individuals. Barnards.tar.gz (talk) 15:33, 30 August 2024 (UTC)

Hi, thank you for the feedback "wandile Richman" (talk) 17:18, 30 August 2024 (UTC)

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Question from Ritbm (21:17, 3 September 2024)

I edited few hours ago but now the edit is not showing why! --Ritbm (talk) 21:17, 3 September 2024 (UTC)

Hi, sorry for the delayed response. Did you figure it out? If not, which edit do you mean? Barnards.tar.gz (talk) 19:18, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

Question from TyphoonAmpil (04:12, 4 September 2024)

Can review GA see WP:Good article criteria named Craig Conover --🌀TyphoonAmpil🌀 (💬 - 📝) 04:12, 4 September 2024 (UTC)

Hi, sorry for the delayed response. Looks like events have overtaken this. Barnards.tar.gz (talk) 19:19, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

Question from Correctinformer007 (08:43, 7 September 2024)

Hello How to add image in a page from phone? --Correctinformer007 (talk) 08:43, 7 September 2024 (UTC)

Hi, sorry for the delayed response. Did you find Help:Pictures? Editing from a phone is in theory no different to editing on a desktop PC, but can be fiddly. I personally change Wikipedia into desktop mode when editing on my phone. Barnards.tar.gz (talk) 19:21, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

Question from Parvesh7 on Help:Contents (10:07, 17 September 2024)

my content is in the sandbox and guess is approved so now how to move to Main Namespace so that I can add the link in the reference article my content --Parvesh7 (talk) 10:07, 17 September 2024 (UTC)

Hi. The sandbox is a space for you to experiment in. It doesn’t get any kind of approval. If you want to start a new article, the best place to start is here: Wikipedia:Articles for creation. Barnards.tar.gz (talk) 12:39, 17 September 2024 (UTC)