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Hi,

I believe one column should be deleted from this page. The 'Registered Users' column. Almost all companies there never posted their total registered users number bar one from what I checked. So the registered users number corresponds to the number of monthly active users in most cases. Therefore it is false data No companies post this number as it is not useful. It should be deleted as of now it is quite false as most people edit it with same number as monthly users, which makes no sense. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alakagom (talk • contribs) 16:13, 17 August 2018 (UTC)

Hello, Alakagom. The place to discuss this is on that article's Talk Page. Often when somebody suggests an improvement to an article "you can edit it yourself!" is good advice; but if you're planning to make a change that affects the whole article, it would be prudent to suggest it on the talk page first. If after a week nobody has disagreed, you can feel free to make the change. --ColinFine (talk) 19:50, 17 August 2018 (UTC)

Protocol for uploading photos

Please let me know if there is a specific protocol to add photos to an existing wiki page, which is from the personal collection of the living person written about in wiki. Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kajinka! (talk • contribs) 2018-08-17T20:02:53 (UTC)

Hello, Kajinka!. I wouldn't call it a protocol, but there are several steps. The first is to determine the copyright status of the pictures. If they are pictures of a living person they are probably not old enough to be in the public domain; so we would require that the copyright owner (who is usually the photographer, unless there was a contract which specifically said otherwise) expicitly release them under a licence such as CC-BY-SA, which will allow anybody to reuse them for any purpose, commercial or not. If the copyright holder can be identified, and is willing to do this, then it is easiest if they upload the pictures themselves to Wikimedia Commons, declaring that they release them under this licence. If they are not able to do this, then they can send an email as explained at donating copyright materials. But if the copyright holder is not willing to license the pictures in this way (permission to use them on Wikipedia is not sufficient), or if the copyright holder cannot be found, then I'm afraid they cannot be used. See Help:Upload.

Once the pictures have been uploaded successfully to Commons, it is straightforward to insert them into articles. --ColinFine (talk) 20:03, 17 August 2018 (UTC)

Hi ColinFine. The info and the links are very helpful. I had read a lot, but was still uncertain. Many thanks. K — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kajinka! (talk • contribs) 20:31, 17 August 2018 (UTC)

Editing the Subject

How would i change the subject of an article if it is not right. I am not able to change the name of a page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shak926 (talk • contribs) 18:30, 17 August 2018 (UTC)

Hello Shak926 Changing the title of an article is done by moving the article to the new title. See WP:Move --Vexations (talk) 21:00, 17 August 2018 (UTC)

how to publish

Hi there, I have been trying to publish this article since yesterday with no success I am also trying to upload a picture, I can't even see where This is so confusing. Who can help ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by LongShotCandidate (talk • contribs) 19:39, 15 August 2018 (UTC)

Welcome to the Teahouse. I recommend you read WP:Your first article and the instructions in the File Upload Wizard. — pythoncoder (talk | contribs) 21:56, 15 August 2018 (UTC)

It looks like you are asking about User:LongShotCandidate/sandbox. Just click the "submit your draft for review" button I added. You should still read the pages above before submitting, to see if the page meets Wikipedia's notability guidelines. — pythoncoder (talk | contribs) 21:59, 15 August 2018 (UTC)

By the way, if you intend to submit an article about "Jean-Philibert Mabaya Gizi Amine" then that should be the title, not LongShotCandidate. Really. David notMD (talk) 22:44, 15 August 2018 (UTC)

The draft article is unsourced, and the subject may have challenges meeting Wikipedia's notability standards, from what I can find about him. You might also want to read Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Common outcomes#Candidates. Unless he's elected, it would also be a case of WP:TOOSOON. TimTempleton ^(talk) ^(cont) 23:00, 15 August 2018 (UTC)

timtempleton, the draft says that this person has been an elected Senator in the Democratic Republic of Congo since 2006. Accordingly, he meets the notability guideline for politicians if this can be verified. Obviously, the draft article needs to be referenced before it can be accepted. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 01:13, 16 August 2018 (UTC)

Here is a French language Congolese news article that identifies him as a Senator and head of an opposition political movement. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 01:25, 16 August 2018 (UTC)

I missed that senator reference Cullen328 - the editor buried the lede apparently. I didn't see Mr. Amine's name in the French source you posted though. I did find this hacked cable from 2007, which says he was President of Office National des Transports (Congo). [[1]]TimTempleton ^(talk) ^(cont) 00:14, 18 August 2018 (UTC)

First, my apology for confusing your User name with the article name Draft:Jean-Philibert Mabaya Gizi Amine. Right now, no references, will not be approved. David notMD (talk) 21:08, 16 August 2018 (UTC)

Inappropriate use of images on User pages

On the Wikimedia Commons, there are *a lot* of nude images and stuff like that. Are we allowed to put those on our user pages? I don't want to because that's rather gross, but I'm just curious as to whether or not there are community guidelines that would ban me if I tried that. Redditaddict6 9 11:45, 17 August 2018 (UTC)

@Redditaddict69: Wikipedia:User_pages#Images_that_would_bring_the_project_into_disrepute ~ Abelmoschus Esculentus (talk to me) 11:48, 17 August 2018 (UTC)

Redditaddict69 There are guidelines; see WP:UPNOT and WP:NOTWEBHOST. Vexations (talk) 12:02, 17 August 2018 (UTC)

For what it's worth, I have come across some user pages of experienced editors which include as an image or background some nude photograph. It has only happened a few times, though. The picture has always been some nude photography art, though, rather unsurprisingly of a woman. I doubt this is prohibited and considered actionably disruptive, but it might be discouraged and an occasional user who does not understand Wikipedia's position on censorship might complain on the user talk page. It is definitely gray area content. The third note (permanent link) at Wikipedia:User pages is particularly relevant. —Nøkkenbuer (talk • contribs) 16:43, 17 August 2018 (UTC); last sentenced added at 16:49, 17 August 2018 (UTC)

I would say that, for example, the scaled-down use of an image like File:Nude recumbent woman by Jean-Christophe Destailleur.jpg on the user page of an editor who frequently edits pages about photography or art (or possibly, which as a caption expressing that editor's immense love of the image as a form of minor personal expression) would be wholly unremarkable, whereas something like File:Black woman's buttocks and pudenda.jpg on the user page of an editor who doesn't have any connection to nude photography should probably be removed. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 16:59, 17 August 2018 (UTC)

Haha ok thanks everyone, appreciate it! Didn't realize there were so many user page guidelines so I cleared most non-wiki-related stuff from my page. Redditaddict6 9 03:38, 18 August 2018 (UTC)