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::Hello {{U| David notMD }} and thank you for your kind attention and response. I am having trouble with the template. Each time I insert it into the [[Francis Drake]] article, the template reads THIS ARTICLE and not THIS SECTION. Might you try it to inquire as to what results you have? Kind regards,[[User:Hu Nhu|Hu Nhu]] ([[User talk:Hu Nhu|talk]]) 03:40, 6 December 2019 (UTC)

:::I tested, and was able to add the THIS SECTION tag by editing a section and making the tag the first line in the section. I then removed it, because the top of the article as a THIS ARTICLE tag, and because so many sections are lacking citations, I don't see a need to tag each section. [[User:David notMD|David notMD]] ([[User talk:David notMD|talk]]) 03:54, 6 December 2019 (UTC)

== Want to write about a comapny named Nandog ==

It is a pet gear company that supplies pert products like pet beds, pet poo bags, etc. I have tried writing about that but every time it says promotional content and falls under speedy deletion.

But Again I want to give a fair trial.https://www.nandog.com/.https://www.linkedin.com/in/nando-vergara-6631078/

Please help me with it. This is my first task on the wiki pages. And I have to do it. https://www.agreatertown.com/mission_hills_ca/nandog_pet_gear_0004298852

<!-- Template:Unsigned --><small class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Priyanka8971|Priyanka8971]] ([[User talk:Priyanka8971#top|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Priyanka8971|contribs]]) 08:40, 6 December 2019 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

:{{ping|Priyanka8971}} Welcome to The Teahouse. There are three things you need to be aware of to help you with this.

:The first is that from saying this is your 'task' and you 'have to' complete it, I assume you are doing this as part of your job? If so, you ''must'' make a disclosure on your userpage as required by our [[WP:PAID|policy on paid editing]], and you should also read the guidelines on [[WP:COI|editing with a conflict of interest]]. In particular, if you have a COI, you should not create articles direct in the mainspace but only via a draft following the [[WP:AFC|AFC process]].

:The second is that the company will only be included in Wikipedia if it is [[WP:GNG|notable]] - which means it must have been the subject of significant coverage in multiple, reliable, independent sources (such as newspapers, journals, published books, etc.). Most small companies cannot meet this standard and so attempts to create an article about them simply will not succeed.

:The third thing is that ''if'' Nandog can prove its notability, it must still be written in a balanced and non-promotional way. In general that means only including information that is from reliable sources, not dwelling unduly on products, benefits, marketing information, etc, and above all writing the article in a way that sounds like an encyclopedia and not a company website or a press release.

:If you can deal with those, then your draft is less likely to be deleted, but I should warn you that step 2 is a difficult barrier to get over for most businesses. [[User:Hugsyrup|<i style="background-color: Blue; color:#FFE">Hug</i>]]^{[[User_talk:Hugsyrup|syrup]]} 09:18, 6 December 2019 (UTC)

:{{ping|Priyanka8971}} - when I wrote the above response, I hadn't seen the full history of this article and the warnings/notifications on your talk page. Now that I have, I'm afraid my advice is going to be a bit blunter: ''you need to stop attempting to publish this article''. You have been advised that the company is not notable enough to have a Wikipedia article, and no amount of editing will change that. Your continuous attempts to get it published under different names will not succeed and are becoming disruptive, and you risk being blocked. I suggest you explain to your employers that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a business directory, and that the company is not yet notable enough to be covered in an encyclopedia. [[User:Hugsyrup|<i style="background-color: Blue; color:#FFE">Hug</i>]]^{[[User_talk:Hugsyrup|syrup]]} 09:29, 6 December 2019 (UTC)

== Block me ==

Dear all,

As you will see on my user page, I am a doppelganger account for testing. But the test failed, and this account lost its purpose. So can someone block ''this account'' indefinitely for me? Thanks, and goodbye to Wikipedia! [[User:Calc Guru|Calc Guru]] ([[User talk:Calc Guru|talk]]) 10:02, 6 December 2019 (UTC)

: {{Ping|Calc Guru}} Are you sure it failed? {{Tl|Ping}}s from your own user page probably don't do anything, nor does it work if you don't sign it. <span style="color:red">—[</span>[[User:AlanM1|<span style="font-variant:small-caps;color:green">Alan</span><span style="color:blue">M</span><span style="color:purple">1</span>]]([[User talk:AlanM1#top|talk]])<span style="color:red">]—</span> 10:36, 6 December 2019 (UTC)

== I did something that made my Wiki Application worse but... ==

I hace absolutely no idea what I accidentally pressed or click for it yo happen.

For instance Vladimir Lenin's entry paragraph was just a súper quick-couple sentence long overview rather than the common two to three paragraphs popular articles usually have.

I was reading the article in English and directly noticed the differences by moving back to my PC to confirm I wasn't going crazy, alongside having my app, until now, set to prefer offline articles to save data consumption.

Apologies for the grammar and formar, autocorrect is a huge pain when writing in a second language. <!-- Template:Unsigned IP --><small class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/187.160.103.167|187.160.103.167]] ([[User talk:187.160.103.167#top|talk]]) 09:00, 6 December 2019 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

:I'm sorry, IP user, I don't understand what you are saying. I think you are saying that the Wikipedia App (on which platform?) has changed the way it is displaying an article. (I have no idea how to help you, I'm just trying to clarify what your question is; but if that is the case, I suggest looking at [[WP:SMARTPHONE]], and if that doesn't help, asking at [[WP:VPT]]. --[[User:ColinFine|ColinFine]] ([[User talk:ColinFine|talk]]) 11:05, 6 December 2019 (UTC)

== Speedy deletion nomination of User:Igwilo ==

I got a message on the above subject that reads "A tag has been placed on User:Igwilo requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia", after creating an account with my name, Igwilo. Please what does it mean and what do I do.

Igw!lo 07:26, 6 December 2019 (UTC) <!-- Template:Unsigned --><small class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Igwilo|Igwilo]] ([[User talk:Igwilo#top|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Igwilo|contribs]]) </small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

:{{ping|Igwilo}} Your userpage (the personal page you see when you click on your username) was tagged, and subsequently deleted, for misusing Wikipedia as a web host, because it contained content not closely related to the purpose of Wikipedia. You have since recreated the page, which now looks fine to me. So all you really need to do now is not repeat the same mistake, and ensure you keep your user page to content related to your activities as an editor, and a small amount of personal information if you wish. I suggest you read [[WP:UPYES]] and [[WP:UPNO]] for a useful overview of what you may, and may not, have on your page. If an admin comes by this question they will also be able to look at the deleted page and tell us in more detail exactly what the problem was with the content you had there. [[User:Hugsyrup|<i style="background-color: Blue; color:#FFE">Hug</i>]]^{[[User_talk:Hugsyrup|syrup]]} 08:10, 6 December 2019 (UTC)

:{{ping|Hugsyrup}} Thank you. Am just new here. Please how do I create my name Igwilo Kingsley Chinwuba on Wikipedia without violating any rule. I noticed that it appears red anywhere is typed but several other names are blue with hyperlinks.Igw!lo 09:46, 6 December 2019 (UTC)

::{{ping|Igwilo}} Your userpage exists, and so if you type <nowiki>[[User:Igwilo]]</nowiki> that will display as [[User:Igwilo]] which is, as you see, a blue link going to your userpage. You can also format it in other ways such as <nowiki>[[User:Igwilo|Igwilo]]</nowiki> which means just your name appears, without the 'user:' - i.e. [[User:Igwilo|Igwilo]]. A link such as <nowiki>[[Igwilo Kingsley Chinwuba]]</nowiki> will be red ([[Igwilo Kingsley Chinwuba]]) because it is looking for an article with that name, and no such article exists. Unless you are notable, and have sources to demonstrate that you are notable, you should not attempt to create an article in the mainspace with that name. Can I just remind you that Wikipedia is not a social media site where people create personal pages - it is an encyclopedia full of articles about notable topics, and editors sometimes put a bit of basic information about themselves on their userpage just to help get to know each other. [[User:Hugsyrup|<i style="background-color: Blue; color:#FFE">Hug</i>]]^{[[User_talk:Hugsyrup|syrup]]} 09:52, 6 December 2019 (UTC)

::{{ping|Hugsyrup}} This is just getting interesting and I honestly appreciate your help, Thank you so much. Please can you kindly give me a little brief on how I can format my username to remove 'User:'. Again, can i put basic information about myself on my userpage also, things like age, place of origin, education etc. without violating any rule.Igw!lo 10:28, 6 December 2019 (UTC)

:::{{ping|Igwilo}} You can't permanently remove User: from your userpage, that is an essential identifier to differentiate it from other types of page. And, honestly, there is no good reason to want to remove it unless you are trying to make your userpage look like an article, in which case you are misusing Wikipedia. However, when you write a link to your userpage, you simply use the pipe symbol |. Everything before the pipe is the actual page name, and everything after the pipe is what shows up as the blue text. For example, <nowiki>[[User:Hugsyrup|This is a link to my userpage]]</nowiki> shows up as [[User:Hugsyrup|This is a link to my userpage]]. In answer to your second question, can I direct you again to [[WP:UPYES]] and [[WP:UPNO]] for the policies on what you can include on your userpage. A small amount of biographical information is fine as long as it does not look as if you are using the page for personal promotion, as a CV, as a blog, etc. Once again, your primary purpose for being here should be to edit the encyclopedia, not to create a personal profile. [[User:Hugsyrup|<i style="background-color: Blue; color:#FFE">Hug</i>]]^{[[User_talk:Hugsyrup|syrup]]} 10:44, 6 December 2019 (UTC)

:::{{ping|Hugsyrup}} I now understand. I will continue to learn more on articles and editing. Thank you very much and Best regards.Igw!lo 11:08, 6 December 2019 (UTC)