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Helston Railway

When searching on google for the Helston Railway (preserved) a pane appears on the right hand side of the screen with contact details, etc. This pane lists location as Helston Railway Station which no longer exists. Can this be amended to read Trevarno Farm, Prospidnick please>?

Andy Sutton, Director, Helston Railway 86.186.211.17 (talk) 13:07, 30 July 2022 (UTC)

Unfortunately we can't control what Google shows. EEng 15:08, 30 July 2022 (UTC)

request edit

Dear Wikipedia Editors

Entry: Professor Hugo de Burgh

I have made several attempts to update this entry but, soon after, it is changed back to the original, incorrect entry.

It is not that I have tried to change everything – whoever wrote it did so many years ago and I have left most of it, only correcting the most obvious errors.

What do I have to do to make sure that my changes are accepted?

Thanks a million

Cukci-cmc Cukci-cmc (talk) 12:19, 22 February 2023 (UTC)

Hey @Cukci-cmc. Looks like Amigao is the one that reverted your edits. You can ask them for a more detailed explanation. I have pinged them so they will see this conversation. In the future, you may want to ask questions like this at WP:TEAHOUSE or on the article's talk page at Talk:Hugo de Burgh. Hope this helps. –Novem Linguae (talk) 12:37, 22 February 2023 (UTC)

Dear @Novem Linguae,

Thank you very much for your prompt reply and advice.

I asked Amigao in the past and explained what I tried to do but it seems didn't work. Anyway I will try again and hope it will solve it.

Have a good day.

My kindest regards

Cukci-cmc Cukci-cmc (talk) 11:45, 15 March 2023 (UTC)

Missing Information

Dear Sirs

Having looked at the material on Peter Maddocks, an English cartoonist a few months ago, i was most impressed by your coverage.

However currently the material has been reduced to about one page which does not do justice to the matter covered.

Mr Maddocks is currently in the process of re marketing some of his well known and loved characters and books and would very much appreciate reinstatement of the previous Wikepedia coverage of his biography and material.

Many thanks PTRMDX (talk) 14:40, 27 May 2023 (UTC)

@PTRMDX. Hey there. I'd recommend reposting this at Talk:Peter Maddocks. Also keep in mind the material was probably removed for a reason such as being uncited, and folks may not want to reinstate it until the problems are fixed. Hope this helps. –Novem Linguae (talk) 15:54, 27 May 2023 (UTC)

@PTRMDX: Indeed the article's talk page is the more appropriate place for this post. I should point out, there has not been any removal of content recently at Peter Maddocks. In fact, the last edit of any kind was nearly a year ago. See the article's edit history here. --DB1729^talk 16:54, 27 May 2023 (UTC)

FAQ on verifying identity

I might be missing something, but I’m not sure this page is the best place for the question “How can I prove my identity to the Wikipedia Community?”. From my point of view, this page is where article subjects (who won’t necessarily have a Wikipedia account, or one containing their own name) will come, looking for answers to questions about the article on them. While there might be a place for this to be added as an FAQ, I’m not convinced that this page is the most suitable location (and if it is, my opinion is that it probably shouldn’t be the first listed FAQ).

Pinging @137a, who added this in Feb.

A smart kitten (talk) 18:03, 25 August 2023 (UTC)

As there hasn’t been any comment here, I’m assuming (hopefully correctly!) that removing this would be non-controversial, and so I have boldly reverted the FAQ addition (Special:Diff/1175774868). All the best, ^user:A smart kitten_meow 10:13, 17 September 2023 (UTC)

Why is there porn on Wikipedia??? This has got to Stop!!!

There is a link on Camilla Belle's Wikipedia Page. When you go to the bottom of the page under (REFERENCES) you will see a link titled "^ "Jurassic Park 2: what becomes of Camilla Belle, the child attacked at the beginning of the film?". DashFUN. September 25, 2021." When you click on the link, it goes here: [redacted] This has to be changed NOW!!! This is a PORN SITE that has nothing to do with Camilla Belle!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 38.158.166.154 (talk) 05:56, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

This page is not for discussion of article content. I've replied on your talk page.

Box of wolves (feed) 06:34, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

The domain was hijacked. The link has been fixed by marking it as status=usurped and adding an archive URL. Diff. Now the archive URL displays instead of the hijacked domain. –Novem Linguae (talk) 15:48, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

'Organizations' FAQ merged here

I have merged Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations into this page, due to the high level of duplication. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 13:05, 10 February 2024 (UTC)

Disability Infractions & Wiki-Editors Helping Disabled Would-be Wiki-Editors.

Please can someone within the Wikipedia community advise if the Wikipedia organisation has a protocol in place to provide statutory “reasonable adjustments” to ensure that those members of society who have a disability are not barred, nor effectively banned from participating in the Wikipedia community? I reluctantly partook in Wikipedia when incorrect information was posted about one of the community ventures we were assisting between 203 to 2012. As a former law-officer, I prefer public domain information to be accurate. So I corrected (edited) the Wikipedia article (circa 2013). That opened up such unwanted knowledge as Wiki “edit wars.” To preserve sanity, I left matters to those more knowledgeable than myself. Though a few years later, a reference on U.K., television about a World War 2 Spitfire pilot upset me. Why? Because the brave young man did not have any information to study on Wikipedia. I did try to add some relatively neutral content about the Spitfire pilot Peter Ayers to a new Wikipedia page. A debt beyond our ability to repay is owed to Peter. The least we can do is follow the remembrance of 11th November each year and NOT forget. Yet I was shot down in literal flames by edit-warriors. They speedily-deleted the article. Fortunately the good and fair segment of editors at Wikipedia came to the rescue. But now, several years later, when I attempt to correct inaccurate details about a person who helped a charity I and my friend Iain Sim formed in 2012, I was shot down again. It is a source of great hurt that some lowly individuals have published grossly untrue material about our friend Robbie Coltrane (source below). So in order to correct that inflammatory click-bait article, I added FACTS about how Robbie Coltrane HAS helped our charity. Surely the source being the founders of the charity hold some veracity? Nope. Unfortunately, the words I wrote correcting Wikipedia’s page about Robbie Coltrane got deleted. So according to Wikipedia, the MANIFESTLY UNTRUE rumour and hearsay by the former prison inmate Andrew Edmonstone are regarded as true. I quote that disgraceful article; “He (Robbie Coltrane) really does not want to be part of the community at all. As a person, he is about as far from the generous-spirited Harry Potter character Hagrid as you could possibly imagine." I served as a police officer and KNOW Andrew Edmonstone’s quote is wrong and defamatory. But Wikipedia’s edit-warriors evidently prefer the word of a convicted prisoner than a charity trustee and law-officer (link at the foot of this narrative). The inaccurate libellous information persists. The “facts” and the words the founders of the charity who KNOW and can ATTEST to the work Robbie DID DO for charity gets DELETED from what is supposed to be the fount of all digital knowledge: Wikipedia. As a person with two disabilities (broken spine and stroke) - mentioned to make it clear there is an issue surrounding Wikipedia apparent FAILURE to have “REASONABLE ADJUSTMENTS” in place to help the disabled. Looking back ove the past 11 years as a (reluctantly) registered editor with Wikipedia, I would simply ask: PLEASE can someone in the Wikipedia community help me? I do not have a Ph.D doctorate in Wikipeadian! I am a mere mortal who wishes to correct the quality of Wikipedia accuracy by updating Robbie Coltrane’s page to include the charitable patronage he gave to our charity and the funds he DID raise. In other words, counter the disgraceful clickbait of this excremental detritus: https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/934112-harry-potters-hagrid-robbie-coltrane-living-life-as-sad-recluse-in-remote-scottish-barn-source . Robbie was NOT a “sad recluse.” As a renowned actor, Robbie had done his job and done it well. But he sought privacy. It is public domain that Robbie was in a lot of pain. He preferred to deal with that pain in private. But he was a dedicated fundraiser for charity and a thoroughly outgoing, decent human being. Is this factual public domain video the sign of a “sad recluse?” NO. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pVdJKww0kU - Robbie was absent that night due to excruciating pain. Yet he still had the time and decency to make a video as well as raising over £100,000 for the charity. It is my HOPE that one of Wikipedia’s kinder and philanthropic editors will help me format what I am trying to edit onto Robbie Cotrane’s page in a way that passes the labyrinthine processes that are within the DNA of what should be a website of knowledge where even people with disabilities can contribute? Kindest regards and many thanks, Russ McLean. Russ McLean (talk) 19:02, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

@russ mclean: is this about this? you got reverted because you didn't verify it with a reliable source. (this is the wrong place to ask such questions, but it doesn't matter now.) ltbdl (talk) 00:58, 27 March 2024 (UTC)

Thankyou ltbdl for at least replying. It is not clear to a disabled person where the "right" place to ask questions is. Unless a contributor has advanced qualifications in Wikipedia and a very good memory (not afflicted by stroke). To keep things simple, rather than an overly long post above, it would be very helpful if you could do the honours and point me in the right direction of where I should ask about Wikipedia's policy/impact assessment of helping people with disabilities be part of this "community"? I would hope that a philanthropic organisation that holds the privilege of being a registered charity in the UK would have some form of recognition and protocol to help people with disabilities partake? Many thanks and best wishes, Russ McLean. 28th March 2024. Russ McLean (talk) 01:15, 28 March 2024 (UTC)

WP:TEAHOUSE is a good spot for questions. MOS:ACCESS talks a bit about what we do to increase accessibility. –Novem Linguae (talk) 01:17, 28 March 2024 (UTC)

Can't Edit my own bio

hi

I need to edit my own biography, but the content gets reverted back all the time. How can I edit it - surely this should be possible given this is (sometimes personal info) about me?

Thanks for any thoughts Alvinrakoff (talk) 13:14, 22 April 2024 (UTC)