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GlassQube Coworking

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GlassQube Coworking is a co-working space in Abu Dhabi ^[1]

References

^ https://www.thenational.ae/business/young-entrepreneurs-click-and-go-global-straight-away-1.667396

To request an article go here and carefully follow the instructions. Regards, TransporterMan (TALK) 14:51, 12 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Help review page below

I recently read Kaihan Krippendorff's book and think he should have a page.

Info sourced from Florida Internatioal University Business School page CV of Krippendorff along with other 3rd party sources.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Slotmachiner/sandbox — Preceding unsigned comment added by Slotmachiner (talk • contribs) 18:00, 19 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Slotmachiner: See WP:NOTRESUME and WP:NOTPROMO for why I just deleted that page.

If you're going to write an article about anyone or anything, here's the steps you should follow:

1) Gather as many professionally-published mainstream academic or journalistic sources you can find.

2) Focus on just the ones that are not dependent upon or affiliated with the subject, but still specifically about the subject and providing in-depth coverage (not passing mentions). If you do not have at least three such sources, the subject is not yet notable and trying to write an article at this point will only fail.

3) Summarize those sources from step 2, adding citations at the end of them. You'll want to do this in a program with little/no formatting, like Microsoft Notepad or Notepad++, and not in something like Microsoft Word or LibreOffice Writer.

4) Combine overlapping summaries (without arriving at new statements that no individual source supports) where possible, repeating citations as needed.

5) Paraphrase the whole thing just to be extra sure you've avoided any copyright violations or plagiarism.

6) Use the Article wizard to post this draft and wait for approval.

7) Expand the article using sources you put aside in step 2 (but make sure they don't make up more than half the sources for the article, and make sure that affiliated sources don't make up more than half of that).

Doing something besides those steps typically results in the article not being approved, or even in its deletion. Ian.thomson (talk) 18:11, 19 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Ian.thomson can you revert so I can copy and paste just to have the content outline I would like to search for in journals, etc? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Slotmachiner (talk • contribs) 18:56, 19 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Slotmachiner: I could, but the best case scenario is that what you wrote would be useless toward creating a legitimate article. Using any part of the old draft, whether it's sources or prose, would only increase the chances of the draft being deleted again. Follow the instructions I gave (find independent sources and summarize those) and you'll end up with an article that won't be deleted. Ian.thomson (talk) 19:37, 19 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Pfauggh! I just examined the deleted version; and the quicker you forget that piece of promotional crap, the better. It reads as if it was written by a PR agency, or a press agent for a speakers' bureau. --Orange Mike | Talk 12:42, 20 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

A mistake in a file name

the name of the image linked below should not "karengghar of the ahom kings". It should "talatal ghar of the ahom kings". because this was not karengghar shown by this image.223.179.225.110 (talk) 15:47, 21 June 2018 (UTC) the link is- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kareng_Ghar_2.JPG[reply]

That file is actually hosted on Wikimedia Commons, not on English Wikipedia. English Wikipedia has no jurisdiction over matters at Commons. You should put your request on the talk page of the image there, stating clearly not only the fact that you think it needs to be changed but also the evidence to support your belief (such as a link to a map showing the correct identification). Click here to go to that page (which you'll have to start since no one else has started it). Regards, TransporterMan (TALK) 18:47, 21 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Are United States municipal fencing regulations potentially unconstitutional measures designed to outlaw being secretive from one's neighbors?

Many local jurisdictions in the United States have fencing regulations that include fencing height limits. AFAIK the limits on perimeter fences are considered to be designed to protect the owner's neighbors from unwanted shade, the limits on front yard fences are considered to be designed to keep drivers' sightlines clear.

However, given that fencing one's property is frowned upon in the US, are there any reliable sources claiming that some of the fencing regulations are a remnant of public-morality legislation which could possibly be unconstitutional under the privacy doctrine (I googled but couldn't find any)? After all, how can a high front-yard fence on a long straight street be obstructing drivers' view or give the neighbors unwanted shade? --185.147.82.209 (talk) 15:47, 22 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

This calls for speculation; see our rules against original research. --Orange Mike | Talk 17:48, 22 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Help editing inaccurate page

The page http://www.nbcolympics.com/news/us-short-track-skater-allison-baver-announces-retirement is outdated and therefore now inaccurate. I have tried editing the page myself but all edits have been reversed. I have links I can provide to show the information is outdated. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tibo1993 (talk • contribs) 19:40, 23 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Tibo1993 We can't edit pages which are not from Wikipedia. MB190417 (talk) 20:08, 23 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

NFCC and non-free coats of arms/substitutes

Hello all.

For a while now, some of the biography articles of the Presidents of Sri Lanka have featured the Presidential Standard, which essentially functions as a coat of arms for each individual president here in Sri Lanka (see, for instance, this letterhead used by former President Mahinda Rajapakse, or this used by current President Maithripala Sirisena).

Some of these Standards were hosted on Wikipedia with a fair-use license, with the rationale that they, being coats of arms, needed to be on the BLP article concerned (see: File:Presidential standard- Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga.gif). Others (see: File:Presidential Standard of Sri Lanka (Maithripala Sirisena).svg) have been deemed to fail the criteria for copyrightability and are hosted on Commons.

My question here is, given that NFCC rules are to be applied on a case-by-case basis, whether the non-free files are allowed to stay on Wikipedia (and of course, in the articles), given their application as a coat of arms of an officeholder? - ක - (talk) 07:14, 24 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I own copyright for a picture but this is not being recognized

Hello. I represent Ms Helen Clark, former Prime Minister of New Zealand and Member of the Global Commission on Drug Policy, where I work as Communications Officer. She has requested me to remove the picture that is currently on her Wikipedia profile in English, as it is an unsanctioned picture. I tried uploading her official picture, but was then blocked by one of your zealous administrators for copyright enfringement. I wrote to explain, but now i see that the old UNSANCTIONED picture is back up. No exchange, no deliberation, no consideration nothing. Please explain to me how I am suppose to defend my rights, when your administrators blindly apply rules, of which we have no insight (since I DO HAVE THE COPY RIGHT FOR THIS PICTURE). How come someone else uploads a picture of Ms Clark which she has not accepted, and yet I cannot do so AT HER EXPRESS REQUEST. Thanks! eric.grant@globalcommissionondrugs.org — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:1205:5058:9BC0:D841:AF91:E8B7:D506 (talk) 06:38, 25 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

EricGCDP: Wikipedia is not at all concerned about your, or Ms Clark's, wishes. Indeed, as you have a conflict of interest, your opinions about the Helen Clark article count for less than those of other editors. Wikipedia is however concerned about copyright law. The picture which you uploaded, File:Helen_Clark_official_photo.jpg , has been tagged "This media file is missing evidence of permission. It may have an author and a source, but there is no proof that the author agreed to license the file under the given license. Please provide evidence of permission by either providing a link to a site with an explicit release under a free license or by sending a declaration of consent to permissions-commons@wikimedia.org". Until such evidence is provided, it should not be used in any article.

The picture currently in the article is hosted at Wikipedia Commons, where they're even stricter about copyright law than we are here. It is tagged "This image, originally posted to Flickr, was reviewed on 26 June 2010 by the administrator or reviewer Bsadowski1, who confirmed that it was available on Flickr under the stated license on that date."

If you do go through the (rather tedious) process of proving that you are the copyright holder of your preferred image, it would make sense to do so at Wikimedia Commons, rather than here at English Wikipedia. That way, your image could be used in the 80-odd other Wikipedia articles that currently use the "unsanctioned" image. Maproom (talk) 08:18, 25 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Guidance to improve data in a draft

Hello

I have recently created a draft for a company that I work with. I have followed other published pages of similar companies and tried to have the same tone as them and to make it as informative as possible, though my submission has been declined. I understand Wikipedia norms and need help to improve my article so I can publish it.

Draft: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Cuemath

I also need help to understand that if I am creating a page on behalf of my company then how can I use the logo. What measures I need to take to make it legitimate.

Please note I am totally novice at writing HTML, I am learning and will try to get the best out of it. I have a comment on the draft to cleanup reference tags, that I am already working on, though I still would need help in language/content.

Awaiting positive response.

Thank you

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