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ANI thread currently open about Srbernadette, one of the help desk's regular question askers. See also previous context at Wikipedia_talk:Help_desk/Archive_12#What_is_the_Help_Desk?. TigraanClick here to contact me 13:21, 22 September 2018 (UTC)
Help desk Categories
Not that it's earth-shatteringly important, but at the bottom of the Help desk Project page is a box showing that the page is in two categories, to wit: "Categories: Wikipedia help forums | Wikipedians in Hong Kong" Is there a good reason for the latter? {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 2.221.81.75 (talk) 10:37, 23 September 2018 (UTC)
- It's because of one of the infoboxes in the most recent section, Wikipedia:Help desk#Userboxes. The page will drop out of that category when that section is archived in a few days' time. --David Biddulph (talk) 10:42, 23 September 2018 (UTC)
- Ah, I see. I hadn't opened the 'Extended content' box that contains the relevant infobox, so wasn't aware of it. Thanks, David. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 2.221.81.75 (talk) 10:43, 24 September 2018 (UTC)
AbubakkarSiddique
I just want to open it Awubakkar (talk) 22:57, 30 September 2018 (UTC)
- @Awubakkar: Hello, this is the talk page relating to the help desk. It is not clear exactly what your question may be but if it relates to editing Wikipedia, please post it at the project page. Thank you. Eagleash (talk) 23:21, 30 September 2018 (UTC)
Semi-protected edit request on 22 October 2018
Hello - on the Dallas Symphony's Wikipedia page, the box on the right says "Principal Conductor (vacant)". I'm asking if someone can change the title to be "Music Director" and change "vacant" to be "Fabio Luisi". We are seeing this box populate on Google, and its info is in error. Thank you! 12.14.8.195 (talk) 14:21, 22 October 2018 (UTC)
- Declined Please make your edit directly in Dallas Symphony Orchestra. That page is not protected. Also, this is the page for discussing the Help Desk itself, not other matters. ―Abelmoschus Esculentus 14:24, 22 October 2018 (UTC)
- @Abelmoschus Esculentus: Some users may be coming here because the HD itself is currently protected due to vandalism. 331dot (talk) 09:12, 23 October 2018 (UTC)
Semi-protected edit request on 22 October 2018
Hello, I submitted a draft for a review. It has been reviewed, but no message or comment was left. What is the next step? Thank you Sobkova (talk) 17:51, 22 October 2018 (UTC)
- Hello @Sobkova:: Your draft was created, but you yourself removed the request for review: here. When you did that, it removed the article from the reviewing queue, so no one can find it. I have returned the AFC template. When you are ready for review, click the blue button that says "Submit your draft for review". I hope that helps. --Jayron32 18:13, 22 October 2018 (UTC)
Hello! Thank you so much for answering me. I am a little confused. It showed that the draft was already reviewed a month ago. Anyway, I would like to resubmit for review but I do not see the blue SUBMIT FOR REVIEW button anywhere. Thank you again. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sobkova (talk • contribs) 10:30, 23 October 2018 (UTC)
- @Sobkova: AH! I see the issue. There are three versions of the article you created: one at Draft:W.T. Taylor (which was the original version), one at Draft:W.T.Taylor (no space between W.T. and Taylor) and one at Draft talk:W.T.Taylor. All three seem to be largely identical, but only the first one has the correct header to submit for review. If you would like, I can delete the other two so that we don't get confused again... --Jayron32 12:31, 23 October 2018 (UTC)
Yes, please that would be great. Thank you!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sobkova (talk • contribs) 14:44, 23 October 2018 (UTC)
- Okay, I submitted for review again. Can you see it it shows as such anywhere? Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sobkova (talk • contribs) 18:36, 23 October 2018 (UTC) (Post moved for sake of chronology) Eagleash (talk) 18:57, 23 October 2018 (UTC)
- @Sobkova: The review notice at the bottom of the page shows that it has submitted correctly. Reviews are backlogged, please be patient. Please remember to sign your posts on talk pages by typing four tildes (
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). Thank you. Eagleash (talk) 18:57, 23 October 2018 (UTC) - The draft has now been deleted as a copyright violation. --David Biddulph (talk) 08:18, 26 October 2018 (UTC)
- @Sobkova: The review notice at the bottom of the page shows that it has submitted correctly. Reviews are backlogged, please be patient. Please remember to sign your posts on talk pages by typing four tildes (
- Okay, I submitted for review again. Can you see it it shows as such anywhere? Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sobkova (talk • contribs) 18:36, 23 October 2018 (UTC) (Post moved for sake of chronology) Eagleash (talk) 18:57, 23 October 2018 (UTC)
Semi-protected edit request on 23 October 2018
I want to edit my user name. It is National CSR Netwoork at the moment, it should be National CSR Network. How can i edit it as i am unable to edit it? National CSR Netwoork (talk) 09:07, 23 October 2018 (UTC)
- You may request a change of username using one of the two methods located at this link. However, you will need to choose a username that indicates an individual is using your account. It does not need to be your real name, it can be an alias, nickname, etc. 331dot (talk) 09:11, 23 October 2018 (UTC)
Semi-protected edit request on 23 October 2018
Please add a new section, "Diacritic".
There's something wrong with the third paragraph of the Diacritic article, and it was wrong before I fixed a typo. Here's the code:
In other alphabetic systems, diacritical marks may perform other functions. Vowel pointing systems, namely the Arabic harakat ( ـِ ,ـُ ,ـَ, etc.) and the Hebrew niqqud ( ַ◌, ֶ◌, ִ◌, ֹ◌, ֻ◌, etc.) systems, indicate vowels that are not conveyed by the basic alphabet. The Indic virama ( ् etc.) and the Arabic sukūn ( ـْـ ) mark the absence of vowels. Cantillation marks indicate prosody. Other uses include the Early Cyrillic titlo stroke ( ◌҃ ) and the Hebrew gershayim ( ״ ), which, respectively, mark abbreviations or acronyms, and Greek diacritical marks, which showed that letters of the alphabet were being used as numerals. In the Hanyu Pinyin official romanization system for Chinese, diacritics are used to mark the tones of the syllables in which the marked vowels occur.
If you change the width of your screen, the word layout changes, and some of the text becomes right-to-left highlightable. On my screen at normal zoom, the second line begins with the last niqqud, a parenthesis, and "mark the absence of vowels." The third line begins with an Arabic character, a parenthesis, and ", which, respectively," The fourth line begins "letters of the alphabet were being used as numerals" and there is no left parenthesis. The fifth line consists of "vowels occur." If you click on "Other uses include..." and try to highlight text farther left, some words get highlighted and others don't. And some of the text reads like this: "mark the absence of vowels. Cantillation marks indicate prosody. systems, indicate vowels that are not conveyed by the basic alphabet...Greek diacritical marks, which showed that Other uses include the Early Cyrillic titlo stroke ( ◌҃ ) and the Hebrew gershayim ( letters of the alphabet I don't know how to fix it. Can someone help? 208.95.51.53 (talk) 15:47, 23 October 2018 (UTC)
- The best page for this discussion would be the article's talk page. I observe that replacing each occurrence of   by prevents the problem of a line starting with a close- or ending with an open-parenthesis. Maproom (talk) 17:29, 23 October 2018 (UTC)
- I'm seeing the issues with right-to-left highlighting as well. I moved this request to the main page - it's a weird enough thing happening that I probably would've put it at VPT, but this should work for the moment. ‑‑ElHef (Meep?) 17:38, 23 October 2018 (UTC)
My partners page and edits I have made continuously are being reverted
I am Garry William Flitcrofts long term girlfriend of some 7 years. Over the last three I have tried in vain to edit the information in his page. The text in his personal life still reverts back to his being married to Karen They separated over 11 years ago. He had another relationship previously to ours with a Sarah Lancashire, with whom he lived. And then subsequently myself and we have lived together with my child and in the full knowledge of his children and ex wife for 6/7 years. It is incredible hurtful embarrassing and inaccurate to have this information not only on his page but that it constantly gets checked back on numerous attempts to correct the information myself I don not have an article I reference that proves we are together I can only suggest u check the electrol register and see that he lives with me I wasn’t even trying to publish details linking me or mentioning me Merely clarifying that HE IS NO LONGER MARRIED TO HER 4nn0n (talk) 10:28, 29 October 2018 (UTC)
- Hi - I have found a source saying that the couple are now divorced, and have added that to the article. Thanks, Black Kite (talk) 10:45, 29 October 2018 (UTC)
- 4nn0n, you have a WP:Conflict of interest, so it would be better if you suggest edits on the talk page of the article. Your earlier edits were reverted because they were not supported by WP:Reliable sources. The old information has now been clarified and referenced. Sorry it took a long time for this to happen. Dbfirs 10:50, 29 October 2018 (UTC)
Semi-protected edit request on 30 October 2018
In the biography of GEORGE SEWELL (actor)there is a question mark concerning his date of marriage. This is clarified in the website FREEBMD, which states:-GEORGE D.J. SEWELL married HELEN L. SAINTRAND in Westminster in the first quarter of 1961. 82.42.253.231 (talk) 17:54, 30 October 2018 (UTC)
- @82.42.253.231: If you want, you can just add the sources and the information to the article yourself. If you are not confident to do so, use the article talk page Talk:George Sewell, to make the request so that others can see it. Please include the URL of the source in your request so that others may find it. --Jayron32 17:57, 30 October 2018 (UTC)
contradition
Oscar James Dunn (1826 – November 22, 1871) was one of three African Americans who served as a Republican Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana during the era of Reconstruction. In 1868, Dunn became the first elected black lieutenant governor of a U.S. state.
You state that a Virginia Govenor was the first black elected govenor, 1990. Yet you state Louisiana elected black lieutenant govenor , I suppose Lt and Govenor make the difference
- Well, yes. Although various US States (and other entities) may differ in the details, in general a Lieutenant Governor is the seniormost assistant, second-in-command or formal backup to a Governor (or other more senior position), much like a Vice-President and President.
- Both Louisiana and Virginia's State Governments have the post of Governor as their highest state office (see List of Governors of Louisiana and List of Governors of Virginia), and Lieutenant Governors as second-highest (see Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana and Lieutenant Governor of Virginia).
- There is therefore no contradiction in saying that Virginia was the first to elect a black Governor, despite there having been a previous elected black Lieutenant Governor in Louisiana. {The poster formerly known as 87,81.230.195} 2.218.14.42 (talk) 14:43, 31 October 2018 (UTC)
Semi-protected edit request on 31 October 2018
I took valuable time to edit your article on Walter Bosshard, Swiss photographer, then logged into my account only to find you keep rejecting my password. This is very frustrating, since I refuse to change my password--have too many already, and went through several tests to prove I'm not a robot when I tried to create a new account. What to do? Thanks, PC. 2602:306:CF09:D460:115C:72D5:A14:1311 (talk) 04:15, 31 October 2018 (UTC)
- I've copied your question to the help desk. Dbfirs 08:21, 31 October 2018 (UTC)
Semi-protected edit request on 31 October 2018
Ojongmax22 (talk) 07:27, 31 October 2018 (UTC)i want to ad up a school name and i have been aving issues doing that so please i need help
- Not done: this is the talk page for discussing improvements to the page Wikipedia:Help desk. Please make your request at the talk page for the article concerned. Please take this up at WP:HELPDESK. —KuyaBriBriTalk 13:30, 31 October 2018 (UTC)
Semi-protected edit request on 31 October 2018
In the Tracklisting section of the article, under the song Monster In Me, please change Anna Jones to Anya Jones. In the song More Than Words please change Ayna Jones to Anya Jones. In the song Forget You Not please change Jones to Anya Jones. Thank you. Readitandweep21 (talk) 11:51, 31 October 2018 (UTC)
LM5 page - Little Mix - Semi-protected edit request on 31 October 2018
In the Tracklisting section, for the writers of Monster In Me, please change Anna Jones to Anya Jones. For the writers of the song More Than Words, please change Ayna Jones to Anya Jones. Under the song Forget You Not please change Jones to Anya Jones. Thank you. Readitandweep21 (talk)
- @Readitandweep21: Hello, please make this request at the talkpage of the article concerned. Please note that after the first mention it is conventional to use the surname only. Thank you. Eagleash (talk) 12:16, 31 October 2018 (UTC)
Hi - have added to the talk section - can you please help with what I should do / what may happen next? Thanks.
Semi-protected edit request on 1 November 2018
How can I make this page go live? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:William_Thomas_Miles Historator2018 (talk) 20:13, 1 November 2018 (UTC)
- Not done: this is the talk page for discussing improvements to the page Wikipedia:Help desk. Please make your request at the talk page for the article concerned. Will answer on user talk page. —KuyaBriBriTalk 20:22, 1 November 2018 (UTC)
Semi-protected edit request on 1 November 2018
173.73.78.46 (talk) 23:10, 1 November 2018 (UTC)
Fix my edit and reference, I can't do it.
Thanks, Sadie
- What edit and reference would that be? This request is the only edit this IP has made. MarnetteD|Talk 23:12, 1 November 2018 (UTC)
Semi-protected edit request on 2 November 2018
Chettbohanglesextrodinare (talk) 14:52, 2 November 2018 (UTC)
ANA KASPARIAN SPOKE POORLY ABOUT WHITE PEOPLE AND WOMEN
I WOULD LOVE THAT TO BE PUT IN HER ARTICLE BECAUSE THE PERSON WHO EDITED THE ARTICLE ATTEMPTED TO POLISH A TURD AND WE ALL KNOW YOU CAN'T POLISH A TURD. PUT THE TRUTH INSTEAD OF YOUR LEFT WING BIAS. TAKE YOUR MOUTH OFF THE LEFT WING BALLS AND DO THE RIGHT THING
THE RIGHT HONORABLE CHETT BOHANGLES ESQ.
- I expect that no one is going to respond to your request because it was rude and abusive. If you want to get help, I would suggest using a more collaborative tone. --Jayron32 14:54, 2 November 2018 (UTC)
- Yes. Engage manners and go to the talk page of the article concerned. here, which may be more useful. Britmax (talk) 14:58, 2 November 2018 (UTC)
Semi-protected edit request on 4 November 2018
Hi, I cannot get access to my clients Wikipedia page. His name is Andrew Plante and appears under the “List of origamists” Wikipedia page. When you click on his name it says the page is protected but I would like to be granted access to it. Thank you. 168.245.150.214 (talk) 23:00, 4 November 2018 (UTC)
- Hello, there seem to be several problems here. The only reason Plante appeared on the list of origamists is because you added it... creating a redlink to a non-existent page. Lists such as that are for persons who are already the subject of a Wikipedia article I.e. deemed notable in the Wikipedia sense. The entries have already been correctly reverted and should not be reinstated. It seems a draft has been created at Draft:Andrew Plante but this has been nominated for speedy deletion as it falls a long way short of being accepted into the encyclopedia, for multiple reasons.
- Further, you refer to 'your client'. If you are wishing to create a page for someone with whom you have any sort of connection you are advised not to attempt this and to read WP:COI and WP:PAID and make the necessary declarations. Also, do not attempt an autobiography.
- If a page were to be created for 'your client', this would be done by editors without a connection to him and would have to demonstrate notability based upon what had been written about him in independent reliable sources and would not be in any way promotional. Strictly speaking, neither he, nor any person with a close connection to him, would be able to edit the page. Eagleash (talk) 00:38, 5 November 2018 (UTC)
Semi-protected edit request on 5 November 2018
Can you fix the Article about the associated events for super bowl LIII please. 68.103.78.155 (talk) 15:58, 5 November 2018 (UTC) 68.103.78.155 (talk) 15:58, 5 November 2018 (UTC)
- If you have specific fixes you would like to see made, please leave a comment at Talk:Super Bowl LIII explaining exactly what needs to be changed. --Jayron32 16:20, 5 November 2018 (UTC)
- I have also reverted your previous good-faith edit covering minor details of an only loosely-related event. The article should primarily focus on significant information about the main topic. But please feel free to suggest this or other possible improvements on the article's talkpage as noted above. GermanJoe (talk) 16:31, 5 November 2018 (UTC)