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October 6[edit]

How to find redirects of a specific article[edit]

Hi, I want to find all the redirects of a specific article. Is there a way to do that ? Thanks in advance.--SharabSalam (talk) 00:58, 6 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Click "What links here" on the left sidebar of an article, then "Show redirects only" – Thjarkur (talk) 02:32, 6 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks!!!--SharabSalam (talk) 02:37, 6 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Promoting a draft article[edit]

I'm not an official reviewer, but having created a number of articles and edited many others now, am fairly confident of the quality required for an initial add of an article. I happened upon someone else's draft article, at Draft: Julian Maroun, when I was editing another article which included a reference to this actor, so was going to create a short article myself. The original author created it in July and it is marked "Review waiting". I did leave a note on the talk page, but no response as yet and I was wondering what the procedure or etiquette is, if I just create the article into the mainspace (then add categories and projects)? The editor does not appear to have been active before or since this article, and I've done quite a bit of work on it eliminating uncited info, improving citations, etc. Laterthanyouthink (talk) 11:18, 6 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

You are free to move good drafts to mainspace, the AfC process is not mandatory. – Thjarkur (talk) 12:05, 6 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your prompt response, Þjarkur. I'll do it tomorrow when back at my computer. Am I correct in assumimg that I should just delete all of the content below the actual article body, and the draft will drop off the list of articles awaiting review? Laterthanyouthink (talk) 12:16, 6 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, {{AFC submission}} is the template that lists it in the review queue. – Thjarkur (talk) 12:26, 6 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Uploading content[edit]

How can I Upload content on Wikipedia — Preceding unsigned comment added by Usman Fazlani (talk • contribs) 13:34, 6 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

To create a new article, go to Articles for creation. To upload images that you own the copyright to (or that are without copyright), use the Commons upload wizard. – Thjarkur (talk) 13:38, 6 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Deletions[edit]

I'm curious to know why some of my articles are being deleted and I'm not informed as to why or when this happens. Shouldn't I, at the very least, get a message that the article is being deleted and a hint as to why so that I can address any problems. When I first started submitting articles, I was contacted on the first deletion, but nothing since. This seems like a counter productive policy, to just delete anonymously and lose an article that might just need a small alteration. I also don't understand how I can submit an article with a perfectly good reference or two and it gets deleted, yet I've visited similar articles that don't even include a reference at all. I've had dozens of articles accepted, yet very similar ones are deleted. It's got me feeling like I should just spend my time doing something else. Thanks to anyone who can clear this up for me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by HowlinMadMan (talk • contribs) 14:11, 6 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Which article are you referring to? I only see two pages you've started that were deleted, File:T. G. Sheppard - Biggest Hits Cover.jpg and File:Album Jaci Velasquez On My Knees.jpg, both of which you got a notice for. – Thjarkur (talk) 14:52, 6 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Please post a link to pages you refer to. You gave no example and your account has no edits to deleted pages except files. Maybe you mean pages which were turned into redirects and still have the former content in the page history. Your contributions contain some examples which were probably redirected to the artist due to Wikipedia:Notability (music)#Recordings. PrimeHunter (talk) 15:00, 6 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I would also note that usually more than one or two references is needed to establish notability, and other similar articles existing does not automatically mean yours can exist too, see other stuff exists. 331dot (talk) 16:11, 6 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Contribs & tag filter[edit]

I was trying to find all the reverts I had done from my own contributions over a period using the "search for contributions" menu. However, none of the tags I tried in the filter, "undo", "Undo" or "revert" produce any results. What am I doing wrong? -- Kautilya3 (talk) 16:27, 6 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The tag is named "mw-undo", so here are all your reverts. – Thjarkur (talk) 17:00, 6 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much! -- Kautilya3 (talk) 17:06, 6 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Printing pages from wikipedia[edit]

Is printing of Wikipedia pages allowed. If so, how do you do this. I previously asked this question and never saw a reply. whenever I have tried to print, the screen indicated a computer problem and would want to close the program. 73.235.113.16 (talk) 18:51, 6 October 2019 (UTC)Joe[reply]

You received an answer to your question ~~above~~ here. 331dot (talk) 18:57, 6 October 2019 (UTC) Archived.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 20:53, 11 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]