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February 16

MIsh Mash of Two Celebrities

I am trying to figure out how to fix the Wikipedia that shows up for Wendy Barlow. There is a tennis player from Canada named Wendy Barlow, but the pictures and much of the information is about a different public figure who is WWE wrestler's wife Wendy Barlow. Magazines, which is embarrassing, use Wikipedia to cite her age and say that Ric Flair's new wife is a Wimbledon tennis player. I am their publicist and trying to change this. Obviously, I don't want to take away the other woman's wiki but how to do i delete the stuff about her being married to Flair and the pictures that come up immediately. How do I create an entirely new profile for her as well? Thanks!

Here is the incorrect profile. That is however, my client Wendy at the top. But unlike credible media sources have been saying she does not play tennis etc. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_Barlow

Would be grateful for any direction or assistance. Thanks! Elisa — Preceding unsigned comment added by Atlantapeach (talk • contribs) 02:06, 16 February 2019 (UTC)

We only have an article about the tennis player Wendy Barlow and it has never contained an image.

Are you by any chance referring to a photo or text shown to the right of a Google search? Google's Knowledge Graph uses a wide variety of sources. There may be a text paragraph ending with "Wikipedia" to indicate that particular text was copied from Wikipedia. An image and other text before or after the Wikipedia excerpt may be from sources completely unrelated to Wikipedia. We have no control over how Google presents our information, but Google's Knowledge Graph has a "Feedback" link where anyone can mark a field as wrong.

This is the version before you made changes February 10. It doesn't mention Ric Flair. Is there anything in that version about your client, or is it all about the tennis player as it should be? I have reverted the article to that version. You shouldn't be editing articles about your clients directly. See Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure. PrimeHunter (talk) 03:00, 16 February 2019 (UTC)

@Atlantapeach: See Wikipedia:Articles for creation and Wikipedia:Notability (people) if you consider submitting an article about your client. PrimeHunter (talk) 03:02, 16 February 2019 (UTC)

There is nothing in the Wikipedia article Wendy Barlow about a wrestler's wife. It is unlikely that she is notable enough to justify a Wikipedia article about her. If some other website, such as Google, pulls information out of our article about the tennis player, and then does a bio-mashup with the wrestler's wife, you will have to contact the other website to get their mess straightened up. --Orange Mike | Talk 03:03, 16 February 2019 (UTC)

Ric Flair briefly mentions his wife Wendy Barlow. I have added this note about her at the top of Wendy Barlow to avoid confusion in Wikipedia readers:

This page is about the tennis player. For the wife of Ric Flair, see Ric Flair.

We are not responsible for Google or magazines. PrimeHunter (talk) 03:11, 16 February 2019 (UTC)

Eddie Hall: incorrect talk page associated with this article

There are articles on two different people named Eddie Hall. One is an athlete, the other is a racing driver. The talk page for the athlete's article is actually for the racing driver. How do we fix this? Thanks... BuzzWeiser196 (talk) 11:48, 16 February 2019 (UTC)

Well spotted. talk:Eddie_Hall was a redirect to talk:Eddie_Hall_(racing_driver) following a page move. I've broken the link and left a brief note.  Done Martin of Sheffield (talk) 12:07, 16 February 2019 (UTC)

Thanks. BuzzWeiser196 (talk) 09:53, 18 February 2019 (UTC)

Template:Cite web - missing parameter(s)?

Please see my new section "Template:Cite web - missing parameter(s)?" at: Help talk:Citation Style 1#Template:Cite web - missing parameter(s)?

Hedles (talk) 12:23, 16 February 2019 (UTC)

Template:Sister project links

I would like to draw attention to this inquiry by Czar, since I was looking for the same thing with respect to the transclusion in that section. Additionally, I wanted to ask why exactly it says "Do not place this template in a section containing columns." here.--Hildeoc (talk) 13:37, 16 February 2019 (UTC)

Supported Copyright tag

Hi Folks, is this copyyright tag supported. CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 Possibly asked this before. scope_creep^Talk 19:22, 16 February 2019 (UTC)

No. NC means "noncommercial", and ND means "no derivatives", both of which disqualify an image for use in Wikipedia. Deor (talk) 19:30, 16 February 2019 (UTC)

@Deor: I guess I can convert it to fair fair use, and get it shrunk. scope_creep^Talk 19:50, 16 February 2019 (UTC)

@Deor: Thanks. scope_creep^Talk 09:03, 17 February 2019 (UTC)

@Deor: Thanks. scope_creep^Talk 09:04, 17 February 2019 (UTC)

Helen Kapalos article

I deleted a line in this article which is repeated elsewhere in the article with exactly the same reference number. It is now showing an error in the references below i.e. reference no. 1. How do I fix it? The second line of text in this article is the one repeated elsewhere, which has been deleted. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Kapalos 203.196.41.161 (talk) 21:05, 16 February 2019 (UTC) Editrite!

Hi. I've undone your edit which removed the reference to the supporting source. The lead (first paragraphs) should summarize the rest of the article, so the information should be in both places. StarryGrandma (talk) 21:16, 16 February 2019 (UTC)

morgan Freeman

Morgan freeman was born and ia from greenwood missiaaippi — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2605:6000:55C3:D600:D579:51F9:9DA8:D50D (talk) 22:21, 16 February 2019 (UTC)

You need to discuss this at Talk:Morgan Freeman, not here. --Orange Mike | Talk 22:34, 16 February 2019 (UTC)