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- 1 March 9
- 1.1 Need an expert in Template:Sfn
- 1.2 Family of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge
- 1.3 Suggested improvement to the instructions for requesting a redirect
- 1.4 Referencing errors on Comparison of optical character recognition software
- 1.5 Referencing errors on Unha
- 1.6 Change page name: Turners Cross, Cork
- 1.7 Editing in Sandbox
- 1.8 External links
- 1.9 Request edit - needed once and for all
- 2 March 10
- 2.1 Help:Cite errors/Cite error references duplicate key Slasher film
- 2.2 jagmohan singh engraver
- 2.3 Need to create and publish an article
- 2.4 How to write page for maximum problem template
- 2.5 View page history for deleted and merged pages
- 2.6 Foot notes.
- 2.7 Comments on already-archived ANI
- 2.8 I have tried several times unsuccessfully to set up an article.
- 3 March 11
- 3.1 Someone without permission edited a client of mine's page
- 3.2 Article Deletion
- 3.3 Should I add deleted content to a deletion review request?
- 3.4 Workshop
- 3.5 Mass decapitalization bot?
- 3.6 Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge
- 3.7 Referencing errors on Tim Wilson (politician)
- 3.8 How to enable project tags on GLAM page?
- 3.9 Android issues
- 3.10 Talk:Fittipaldi FD
- 4 March 12
- 5 March 13
March 9
Need an expert in Template:Sfn
In The Garden of Words, there are multiple {{sfn}}
templates with similar data:
{{sfn|Director and Cast Interview (1) (Blu-ray)|2013|loc=27:51}} {{sfn|Director and Cast Interview (2) (Blu-ray)|2013|loc=14:30}} {{sfn|Director and Cast Interview (3) (Blu-ray)|2013|loc=23:00}} {{sfn|Director and Cast Interview (4) (Blu-ray)|2013|loc=45:36}} {{sfn|Director and Cast Interview (5) (Blu-ray)|2013|loc=46:34}} {{sfn|Director and Cast Interview (6) (Blu-ray)|2013|loc=2:00}} {{sfn|Director and Cast Interview (7) (Blu-ray)|2013|loc=6:45}} {{sfn|Director and Cast Interview (8) (Blu-ray)|2013|loc=25:53}} {{sfn|Director and Cast Interview (10) (Blu-ray)|2013|loc=12:35}} {{sfn|Director and Cast Interview (11) (Blu-ray)|2013|loc=11:47}} {{sfn|Director and Cast Interview (12) (Blu-ray)|2013|loc=32:10}}
They were all previously the same (just "Director and Cast Interview (Blu-ray)" for the name of the ref) except for the |loc=
content. However, because that part was different, they would give errors:
Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "FOOTNOTEDirector_and_Cast_Interview_.28Blu-ray.29201332:10" defined multiple times with different content (see the help page). Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "FOOTNOTEDirector_and_Cast_Interview_.28Blu-ray.29201332:10" defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
How do we get them to all point to the same ref but have different |loc=
content? I hope that all makes sense. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 01:02, 9 March 2016 (UTC)
- Looks like it may have just been an extra pipe in some of them before the changes I described above. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 01:09, 9 March 2016 (UTC)
- The equivalent for books would be the Template:Rp, but I don't know if there is any equivalent. :(Naraht (talk) 12:48, 9 March 2016 (UTC)
Family of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge
Hoping that my adding of a photo on this page is all OK. (first time) Please help Srbernadette (talk) 01:36, 9 March 2016 (UTC)
- Srbernadette Looks fine to me: the only improvement I could suggest is to add the relevant first name into the caption, so the reader can see immediately which Middleton studied there. If you plan to add more pictures to articles, this page explains matters much more concisely than the "official" guidance: Noyster (talk), 12:51, 9 March 2016 (UTC)
Suggested improvement to the instructions for requesting a redirect
I just requested a redirect, in error, and was a bit puzzled whether I should immediately delete the request and hopefully make less work for the reviewers, or doing so would somehow mess up the whole process for everyone. In the end I edited the page manually to remove my bad request, but I suggest that the instructions could address this issue. Thanks! 192.118.27.253 (talk) 07:10, 9 March 2016 (UTC)
Referencing errors on Comparison of optical character recognition software
Reference help requested.
I was told that you could fix the bot that's complaining about me removing links to dead sites. The bot's operator apparently goes by a long alphanumeric string to keep them from being identified or being called something mundane like Marie or Paul.
Feel free to revert my edit back to the previous version that goes to the dead site.
Best regards, Tom
Thanks, Tfmorris1 (talk) 07:51, 9 March 2016 (UTC)
- Comparison of optical character recognition software ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- I have fixed the reference problem. The bot's message included a "help" link; the error description at Help:CS1 errors#Empty citation told me what to do. -- John of Reading (talk) 08:05, 9 March 2016 (UTC)
Referencing errors on Unha
Reference help requested. Hello, since I'm a beginner here in Wikipedia, I have one question. I do check help page, but the CSS coding on defined the reference name really confused me out. Can you help me understand what did it say with simple language and example of the coding? Thanks, LengthyMer (talk) 09:41, 9 March 2016 (UTC)
- @LengthyMer: [1] says "Cite error: The named reference Wright was invoked but never defined". Your edit changed
{{Infobox Rocket/Stage|...|stage1time = 120 seconds<ref name="Wright">...</ref>...}}
to{{Infobox Rocket/Stage|...|time = 120 seconds<ref name="Wright">...</ref>...}}
. You changedstage1time
totime
. Code of form{{Infobox Rocket/Stage|...}}
calls Template:Infobox Rocket/Stage which refers to Template:Infobox rocket. The documentation there shows notime
parameter so the parameter is ignored and<ref name="Wright">...</ref>}}
was never processed since it was placed in the parameter value. It's also why the infobox stopped saying 120 seconds after your edit. Templates can only understand parameter names they have been coded for. These parameters are usually documented on the template page. Go back to usingstage1time
if it applies. In the version before your edit [2] it produced the text "Burn time 120 seconds". PrimeHunter (talk) 10:08, 9 March 2016 (UTC)- @LengthyMer and PrimeHunter: The problem was in using a nested {{Infobox rocket/stage}}, which uses parameter
burntime
instead oftime
. Fixed now. [3] --CiaPan (talk) 10:24, 9 March 2016 (UTC)- Right, my description was inaccurate. {{Infobox rocket/stage}} was not used before the edit and has no
stage1time
parameter. PrimeHunter (talk) 10:35, 9 March 2016 (UTC)
- Right, my description was inaccurate. {{Infobox rocket/stage}} was not used before the edit and has no
- @LengthyMer and PrimeHunter: The problem was in using a nested {{Infobox rocket/stage}}, which uses parameter
- Thank you CiaPan and PrimeHunter for helping me out! I guess I need to learn more about Wikipedia editing code and I need to be careful next time! Peace ;) LengthyMer (talk) 04:45, 10 March 2016 (UTC)
Change page name: Turners Cross, Cork
The Wikipedia page for Turners Cross, Cork isn't correct, but I don't know how to change it... Would it mean creating a new page, copying the information and then deleting the old page?
The reason I think it should be changed is
- It's Turner's Cross not Turners Cross
- I don't believe the "Cork" part should be there, as on other Cork suburbs, 'Cork' is not mentioned.
Opinions on the name change are also welcomed!
Zumley (talk) 14:11, 9 March 2016 (UTC)
- Don't copy the information to a new page! Pages are moved using the "move" tab at the top of the page. It's got "Cork" in the name to avoid confusion with other places with a similar name. I've done the move for you, and it's now at Turner's Cross, Cork. DuncanHill (talk) 14:21, 9 March 2016 (UTC)
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- @Zumley: I've also given you a "welcome box" on your talkpage, this has lots of helpful links for you. DuncanHill (talk) 14:25, 9 March 2016 (UTC)
- You will get the "Move" option when your account has made one more edit. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:26, 9 March 2016 (UTC)
Editing in Sandbox
I am a new user. I have cut and pasted the general article I want to post. Do I have to enter all the formatting code? Or will that automatically be generated when I submit the article for review? — Preceding unsigned comment added by JMWalden (talk • contribs) 17:38, 9 March 2016 (UTC)
- You ought to read WP:Your first article, and in particular you need to read about reliable sources and referencing. --David Biddulph (talk) 17:44, 9 March 2016 (UTC)
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- It would also be a good thing if you could find articles about similar persons and see how they are constructed. Preferably ones that have existed for some time and yet are not 'dormant'; I.e. they are regularly updated or edited. And yes basically you have to do most, if not all, of the work, and as David points out, referencing is vitally important. Eagleash (talk) 18:05, 9 March 2016 (UTC)
- No, JMWalden: Wikimarkup ("formatting code") is not created automatically. It is rarely appropriate to copy and paste material within Wikipedia, because doing so tends to lose the attribution which is legally required by the licence under which most of Wikipedia material is released.
- It looks as if you have copied that material from an existing Wikipedia article, but there isn't one called Gene Van Dyke, so I'm guessing that you have copied another article and edited it to change the names and places? I guess this would be allowed as long as your edit message gave a wikilink to the original page (without that, it would be a copright infringement), but it is unlikely ever to be appropriate, because all Wikipedia articles should be based almost entirely on what independent reliable published sources have said about a subject, and it seems unlikely that independent sources would match so closely in what they have said about two different subjects.
- But if, for some reason, it is appropriate to copy part of an article and change the data in it (this is useful to put a template in, such as an infobox for example) you need to copy the source, (from Edit Source) not the rendered copy. --ColinFine (talk) 00:14, 10 March 2016 (UTC)
External links
Hi to all! Last week have added the information about the applications that Arkuda Digital have (the company where I work) to these two links Comparison of audio player software MyAudioStream and Comparison of video player software ArkMC/MCPlayer and the information was deleted as I have added the external links (the links to the store). I completely understand it, ok, no worries.
My question is: Can I add one more time the same information, but without any external links or I it is obligatory to create the pages of the applications on Wikipedia to add the information about them.
Thank you in advance, hope for soon reply. Best regards, Den. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Den Watsons (talk • contribs) 17:54, 9 March 2016 (UTC)
- What are you asking, exactly? Do you want to add additional audio and video players? List articles, including comparison list articles, should only list items that have their own main Wikipedia articles. If you want to add additional audio players and video players, you will need to create the articles about them. Robert McClenon (talk) 20:00, 9 March 2016 (UTC)
- In addition, since you work for the company, you have a conflict of interest; generally, people with conflicts of interest are encouraged to bring up the changes they'd like made by asking about them on the article's talk page because often they will introduce bias toward their company when editing. - Purplewowies (talk) 20:06, 9 March 2016 (UTC)
Request edit - needed once and for all
Request the edit at the article talk page with a reliable source. Robert McClenon (talk) 19:56, 9 March 2016 (UTC)
- The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
Travis Lane Stork ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Dr. Stork, multiple friends and work colleagues have tried to update his page and they have not been accepted. He is looking for help without being accused of "conflict of interest" to update his OWN page. As a public figure it shouldn't be so difficult. The number one priority is that he has been divorced for close to a year (Spring of 2015) and he wants this updated ASAP. There is other misinformation but for now, he'd like to have his marital status updated.
Again, multiple people have tried to update this, have even cited resources, but the information keeps being taken down. If a publicist or actual figure can't change their own page, who can? And who are the 'volunteers' who deem information worthy or not? We would think that Wikipedia would want the most accurate and up to date information possible.
Please advise ASAP on how and when this can be facilitated. Thank you! 129.228.192.39 (talk) 19:04, 9 March 2016 (UTC)
References
- It is not his own page, it's a page about him on Wikipedia, the encyclopedia that anyone can edit. Also, find reliable sources to support your claims. Joseph2302 (talk) 19:20, 9 March 2016 (UTC)
- The reference provided does include the information but it is not really what Wikipedia would call a reliable source. Eagleash (talk) 19:26, 9 March 2016 (UTC)
He will not provide court documents, that is confidential and highly inappropriate. Can someone please update this for him?!? That's all he is asking. Obviously not anyone can edit because we/he has tried.129.228.192.39 (talk) 19:47, 9 March 2016 (UTC)
- Unless it's in reliable sources, we cannot change it. Also, stop using request edits, they are for article talkpages not here. Joseph2302 (talk) 19:48, 9 March 2016 (UTC)
- The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
March 10
Help:Cite errors/Cite error references duplicate key Slasher film
I edited Slasher film as part of the GOCE backlog blitz. It has reference errors that pre-date my c/e. I have looked at them but cannot figure out how to fix them. Your help would be appreciated. RegardsTwofingered Typist (talk) 00:30, 10 March 2016 (UTC)
- The issue is that there are a bunch of sources using the same reference name (i.e.<ref name=example>blah blah</ref>), but they all have different reference content. Judging by the source list, I'd bet that's page numbers. :P I fixed a couple, and Eagleash fixed the brunt of them. - Purplewowies (talk) 02:06, 10 March 2016 (UTC)
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- (edit conflict) Fixed after a bit of a false start (and some help from "purple"). The reason is that an editor has used the same reference name for different pages of the same book, which produces the large red-lettered error messages as the content within the parameters differs. There are are now some duplicated refs which need to be combined. (I will do in a short while). Eagleash (talk) 02:10, 10 March 2016 (UTC)
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Use Template:Rp
This article looks like a *perfect* example of when to use the Template:Rp and combining all of the references for the Kerswell book. What to people think on that? (It means that the references look like [1]:66-68).Naraht (talk) 16:57, 10 March 2016 (UTC)
- Agreed. --David Biddulph (talk) 17:01, 10 March 2016 (UTC)
@Twofingered Typist:, @Eagleash:, @Purplewowies:, @David Biddulph: Went through Slasher film and combined them by removing the page number from inside the ref and using the Template:RP, Please take a look and see if that looks better. There are now 5 refs, all of the one to Kerswell's "The Slasher Movie Book" are combined to 1, and that one is from 70 different locations in the article.Naraht (talk) 01:26, 13 March 2016 (UTC)
- Well done, Naraht! That looks a lot neater. --David Biddulph (talk) 02:44, 13 March 2016 (UTC)
jagmohan singh engraver
Jagmohan Singh is India's number one hand engraver he is doing amezing work I challenge that no buddy do work like jagmohan Singh engraver in India level I cannot seen this type of artist he is belong from sobha singh artist family please my request to Wikipedia take a interview and get more about his history its very fine artist you cannot be find this type of artist in India it's my challenge so please do something best regards rangesun pvt. Ltd. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ultimatesunnysingh (talk • contribs) 02:40, 10 March 2016 (UTC)
- Hello, this is the page for asking for help in editing Wikipedia. If you would like an article to be written on a particular topic then you need Wikipedia:Requested articles. Eagleash (talk) 03:24, 10 March 2016 (UTC)
- Ultimatesunnysingh, before requesting the article at the desk that Eagleash has recommended, you could read WP:Notability (people) and WP:BLP which would guide you on what is the requirement at Wikipedia before creating (or requesting to create) an article on living people. Xender Lourdes (talk) 04:14, 10 March 2016 (UTC)
Need to create and publish an article
Hi,
I would like to create and publish an article. What is the step by step process to create the same? Please help at earliest.
Regards Varun — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nextbrandz (talk • contribs) 16:27, 10 March 2016 (UTC)
- @Nextbrandz: I've left a welcome message on your talk page. I suggest reading over the information. If you intend on writing an article about Nextbrandz though, you should first read WP:COI and WP:CORP. Dismas|(talk) 18:45, 10 March 2016 (UTC)
How to write page for maximum problem template
How to write page for maximum problem templates, such as Template:Multiple issues, Template:Prose and other related template?UY4Xe8VM5VYxaQQ (talk) 17:53, 10 March 2016 (UTC)
Like this:
Or this:
- Including such a large number of maintenance templates would not be helpful, and many of them are redundant with others listed. What are you actually trying to accomplish, UY4Xe8VM5VYxaQQ? DES (talk) 23:53, 10 March 2016 (UTC)
View page history for deleted and merged pages
Is there a way to view the page history as well as old talk pages for articles that have been deleted or merged into other articles? Not necessarily to try to restore them but just to see the discussions and see what the page used to look like in the past, the way you can do with normal Wikipedia articles. -KaJunl (talk) 19:29, 10 March 2016 (UTC)
- For deleted pages, the answer is no. You'd have to be an admin to see old versions of a page. They sometimes need to get an old article to restore it to userspace in order for it to be brought up to standard. After all, what would be the point of deleting an article if just anyone could go see the old version? I'm not sure about merges though, so I can't answer that one. Dismas|(talk) 19:43, 10 March 2016 (UTC)
- Couldn't you say the same thing about edits though? What's the point of deleting a section of an article that isn't notable or reliable if we can all view it in the page history anyway? Well, I think there is a point. For a deleted article, maybe I want to see what it looked like before in order to evaluate whether it made sense to delete. Maybe I want to see the deletion discussion. Maybe I want to see whether the content in the deleted article is now appropriately moved to other articles, or whether it's nowhere in Wikipedia now. Or maybe I'm just curious - for example I love reading the page history on articles just to see how things change over time. I don't know, it seems weird that we can view old edits but not old articles to me. Or maybe in the past, an article's subject was not notable, but now it is after years have passed, and someone wants to create a new article but maybe a better way would be to restore the old article rather than rewrite everything from scratch, if a lot of the same info happens to be true. Really it's just a theoretical discussion; I don't need to see any particular deleted article right now. Is there an appropriate place to discuss this if I have an opinion about the current setup that only lets admins see them? -KaJunl (talk) 19:54, 10 March 2016 (UTC)
- @KaJunl: You can see deletion discussions if they were AfDed. Just search "[[Wikipedia:Articles for Deletion/(article name)]]". Thanks, Jjamesryan (talk | contribs) 21:10, 10 March 2016 (UTC)
- KaJunl, you (and anyone) can see the deletion log entry made when an article was deleted, and any deletion discussions held on it. If you really think a deletion was incorrect, ask a helpful admin, or bring it up at deletion review -- try asking an active admin first. If you want to try working on creating a valid article, esp for things deleted as not notable or overly promotional or the like, ask an admin or use WP:REFUND to ask for a user copy to work on. Or just start on a new version from scratch, it may turn out better. I would advise doing so on a user space page on in Draft space, to avoid G4 speedy deletion until you are ready to support a case for retaining your new version. Merged pages usually leave a redirect at the original article name(s), and the full history may be seen there. DES (talk) 23:51, 10 March 2016 (UTC)
- What is AfDed? And I am not trying to create a new article or wondering about any specific article. I just disagree with this policy. I don't see the purpose of hiding deleted articles if we aren't going to hide prior versions/edits of articles. Is there somewhere where this could be brought up for discussion? I feel like it kind of limits the transparency of Wikipedia. -KaJunl (talk) 00:11, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
- One example (though again, this is just an example and I don't specifically need to see this article for any reason)- I was reading the AIG page, and there was mention of Chartis, and it said they renamed Chartis to AIG Property Casualty. However, this was the first mention of Chartis in the article and I thought it was confusing to say it got renamed without mentioning at all earlier. I went on the talk page, and I saw there was a discussion there about merging the Chartis article into AIG. But reading the talk discussion was mostly meaningless because I couldn't actually see the old page. I didn't want to recreate the Chartis article, or to even expand much if at all on Chartis in the AIG article - I mostly just wanted to understand what was being discussed on the talk page. What's the point of the talk page if the articles being discussed are impossible to view sometimes? The whole thing just seems very against the premise of Wikipedia to me. -KaJunl (talk) 00:17, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
- Chartis hasn't been deleted. The history is there. If you want to look at the version before the merge and redirect you can find it here. --David Biddulph (talk) 05:38, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
- KaJunl, you (and anyone) can see the deletion log entry made when an article was deleted, and any deletion discussions held on it. If you really think a deletion was incorrect, ask a helpful admin, or bring it up at deletion review -- try asking an active admin first. If you want to try working on creating a valid article, esp for things deleted as not notable or overly promotional or the like, ask an admin or use WP:REFUND to ask for a user copy to work on. Or just start on a new version from scratch, it may turn out better. I would advise doing so on a user space page on in Draft space, to avoid G4 speedy deletion until you are ready to support a case for retaining your new version. Merged pages usually leave a redirect at the original article name(s), and the full history may be seen there. DES (talk) 23:51, 10 March 2016 (UTC)
- @KaJunl: You can see deletion discussions if they were AfDed. Just search "[[Wikipedia:Articles for Deletion/(article name)]]". Thanks, Jjamesryan (talk | contribs) 21:10, 10 March 2016 (UTC)
- Couldn't you say the same thing about edits though? What's the point of deleting a section of an article that isn't notable or reliable if we can all view it in the page history anyway? Well, I think there is a point. For a deleted article, maybe I want to see what it looked like before in order to evaluate whether it made sense to delete. Maybe I want to see the deletion discussion. Maybe I want to see whether the content in the deleted article is now appropriately moved to other articles, or whether it's nowhere in Wikipedia now. Or maybe I'm just curious - for example I love reading the page history on articles just to see how things change over time. I don't know, it seems weird that we can view old edits but not old articles to me. Or maybe in the past, an article's subject was not notable, but now it is after years have passed, and someone wants to create a new article but maybe a better way would be to restore the old article rather than rewrite everything from scratch, if a lot of the same info happens to be true. Really it's just a theoretical discussion; I don't need to see any particular deleted article right now. Is there an appropriate place to discuss this if I have an opinion about the current setup that only lets admins see them? -KaJunl (talk) 19:54, 10 March 2016 (UTC)
Foot notes.
How do I add a footnote to support my edit to an article? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rooguspark (talk • contribs) 20:16, 10 March 2016 (UTC)
- Hello, you need to add using the ref tags found at the bottom of the edit window. Add the opening <ref> immediately after the statement it refers to. (Punctuation goes before the ref.) Then the source using one of the templates found at WP:CITET and then the closing </ref>. See also WP:REFB for more information. Eagleash (talk) 20:49, 10 March 2016 (UTC)
Comments on already-archived ANI
If I make a comment on an incident that was already archived, what should I do? Should I cut-paste it back into the main page? Thanks. Klortho (talk) 01:46, 11 March 2016 (UTC)
- I believe you would have to start a new discussion and link to the previous one. Comments are not supposed to be added to closed or 'hatted' posts. Eagleash (talk) 02:00, 11 March 2016 (UTC)
I have tried several times unsuccessfully to set up an article.
To Whom it may Concern,
I am not a total novice when it comes to computers, but this somehow is beyond me. I was able to set one up on Facebook, but here there is just not enough help and guidelines how to do it. Here is our Page on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AlbaPATEX/
The Company was established in 1841 and closed it's doors in 1997. I used to work there and I have hundreds of pictures and basically I know and studied the history of the company. I would like to set up the Article under the name of "Pamuttextil Művek" Felmayer Factory was the original company from 1841, but the company is well known in Hungary as PATEX or Pamuttextil Művek. I would like to start with an English Article and later translate the page in to Hungarian. Can someone help me please?
Thank you very much,
Adam Csernay [details removed] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.198.7.160 (talk) 02:16, 11 March 2016 (UTC)
- Hi Adam. Would you like to check out WP:Your first article? It contains instructions on how to create a new article, specially your first article. You can also checkout WP:Article wizard. It too would be really helpful. If it's not, do again post here and someone will help. Xender Lourdes (talk) 02:33, 11 March 2016 (UTC)
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March 11
Someone without permission edited a client of mine's page
Hi my name is Sam and I work for a publicity company in Los Angeles. While looking at one of our clients pages I saw that someone who does not work at my company edited it. How can I make sure that does not happen? Thank you so much! -Sam — Preceding unsigned comment added by Primepr01 (talk • contribs) 03:17, 11 March 2016 (UTC)
- @Primepr01: I think you have completely the wrong idea of what Wikipedia is. Your clients and you do not own the rights to edit the articles about them. See WP:OWN. Also, Wikipedia is an encyclopedia. It is not a means of promotion. See Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not#Wikipedia is not a soapbox or means of promotion. Wikipedia is no more a promotional tool than the Encyclopedia Britannica that you may have used in grade school. As it says at Wikipedia:About, Wikipedia is "based on a model of openly editable content". Which means that anyone can edit any article (though some exceptions are made such as articles which are protected due to vandalism and the like). And finally, editing of articles about people and things which you have a strong connection to is frowned upon. See WP:COI. Dismas|(talk) 03:34, 11 March 2016 (UTC)
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- @Primepr01: you have a financial stake in promoting your artists. Paid advocacy is a category of conflict of interest (COI) editing that involves being compensated by a person, group, company or organization, directly or indirectly, to use Wikipedia to promote their interests. Paid advocacy is prohibited by our policies on neutral point of view and what Wikipedia is not.
Paid advocates are very strongly discouraged from direct article editing, and should instead propose changes on the talk page of the article in question if an article exists, and if it does not, from attempting to write an article at all. At best, any proposed article creation should be submitted through the articles for creation process, rather than directly.
Regardless, you are required by the Wikimedia Terms of Use to disclose your employer, client and affiliation. You can post such a mandatory disclosure to your user page at User:Primepr01. The template {{Paid}} can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form: {{paid|user=Help desk|employer=InsertName|client=InsertName}}. Please provide the required disclosure, and note your COI on each of your clients' articles you edit. Please do not edit further until you respond to this message. Jimfbleak - talk to me? 07:39, 11 March 2016 (UTC)
- @Primepr01: you have a financial stake in promoting your artists. Paid advocacy is a category of conflict of interest (COI) editing that involves being compensated by a person, group, company or organization, directly or indirectly, to use Wikipedia to promote their interests. Paid advocacy is prohibited by our policies on neutral point of view and what Wikipedia is not.
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- @Primepr01: You have completely misunderstood Wikipedia. This is an encyclopedia, not a promotional platform. Articles are public, not proprietary. Working for someone with a Wikipedia article does not put you in a position to require "permission" from anyone. Being someone with a Wikipedia article does not put you in such a position either. If there's anyone here that shouldn't be editing the articles, it's you and the people you work for. JIP | Talk 20:27, 11 March 2016 (UTC)
- More to the point. Why is it that anyone that chooses a career in the entertainment field (and their agents) believe they are entitled to have their CV on Wikipedia when they are not anyway notable in the WP sense? What is notable about a two minute appearance in a sit-com – where all they have to say (if they get any lines at all) is to mutter is “ Uhmm, I donow stranger... I'm stranger here myselffff” -with a suggestive wink in the strangers direction. Look at the number of actors in the US, Canada, Europe, India, China. It amounts to not tens of thousand but millions. If they want a free CV host, then they should create one themselves. As is sometimes said: if someone's notable they have a Wikipedia page already, if they don't their not notable yet. Sure, one of these might turn out to be the next Clint Eastwood (Oh, that has just conjured up in my mind of him pointing a magnum between my eyes and saying so you think someone else could take my place - you punk) but you get the picture. Notable people in the entertainment should have articles because of their notable presence. How do we go about deleting Primepr01 articles until her clients do something WP notable. --Aspro (talk) 18:11, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
Be careful...
It wouldn't be difficult for any reasonably experienced editor to create an account that simulates the appearance of a promotional SPA, and use it to discredit a individual, organization or their PR agency by making ham-fisted changes to articles and/or complaints like this one. In this instance I've no reason to doubt that the account Primepr01 is anything other than what they claim. But we should be careful how we react to situations like this. On the Internet, no one knows you're a cat pretending to be a dog... - Pointillist (talk) 23:41, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
Article Deletion
I am a manager for an artist. He has a wiki page that is going to be deleted... I NEED TO HELP HIM!
He is being falsely accused of not being too "popular". When he has a website, dozens of tracks and thousands of fans.
The link: Steve Wilks (musician)
Please let me know what I can do to keep the article online!
Thank you
174.113.211.25 (talk) 03:21, 11 March 2016 (UTC)
- Please see my response to the question immediately above yours on this page. The part about promotion applies here. As does the notability criteria for musicians which can be found at WP:BAND. Dismas|(talk) 03:38, 11 March 2016 (UTC)
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Should I add deleted content to a deletion review request?
I created a userbox which was subsequently deleted by another user. I think he made a mistake, so I'm going to post to WP:DRV with my reasoning (I'm also trying one last time to get him to discuss the issue, but I don't hold out much hope). Should I post the text of the userbox along with with my reasoning? Or is it expected that anyone participating in DRV can see deleted content? Dingsuntil (talk) 06:03, 11 March 2016 (UTC)
- No, you shouldn't. If the exact contents are relevant to the discussion, and it isn't prohibited content, an admin will temp undelete it for the duration. (...and if it's one of the userboxes in your deleted contribs, I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for that to happen.) —Cryptic 08:48, 11 March 2016 (UTC)
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- I'll have you know I worked my way though college as a pearl diver. Dingsuntil (talk) 21:40, 11 March 2016 (UTC)
Workshop
I plan to do a outreach workshop to introduce Wikipedia to journalism students, during which 10 participants who will registered users (I've asked them to create accounts before the workshop) are likely to edit from the same IP address, I have done similar workshops at other places, and am aware that permission can be sought so that the said address may not be blocked, for the duration of the workshop, however this part was done by someone else, I wonder how to go about it? Please help. Yogesh Khandke (talk) 06:05, 11 March 2016 (UTC)
- I think WP:ASSIGN is a good place to start, lots of advice there. If you have further questions, feel free to ask. CaptRik (talk) 13:50, 11 March 2016 (UTC)
Mass decapitalization bot?
Almost every result table for MMA articles improperly uses capital letters for weight classes. It's a lot of boring work for a human to fix them all, especially while people are reverting, purely for consistency. Is there script that can do this quickly to a whole category or list? InedibleHulk (talk) 06:47, March 11, 2016 (UTC)
- @InedibleHulk: this is actually a bit tricky. While editing a whole category isn't inherently tricky (although I don't know of any prefab tool which would do it; I'd just drive a browser), the rule for decapitalizing isn't as straightforward as it sounds. The first article I found with an error was Shane Carwin. This contains
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- "Shane Bannister Carwin[3] (born January 4, 1975) is a retired American mixed martial artist who competed in the Heavyweight division" which I think is an error (although maybe it's a proper name here).
- "Carwin fought former UFC Heavyweight Champion Frank Mir" which I don't think is an error.
- "Division: Heavyweight (265 lb)" Which isn't an error (it's just capitalized as if it were the first word of a sentence).
- There may be other corner cases as well. Dingsuntil (talk) 07:10, 11 March 2016 (UTC)
- That second one's a major peeve, and yeah, an error. Weight divisions are only uppercase when part of a championship title. So three's good.
- I accidentally left a word out above; should be MMA event articles. Mostly concerned about the two-word divisions (Light Heavyweight, Women's Bantamweight, Women's Strawweight). Every instance of that has no place in an English encyclopedia. Though if you want to help fix it in fighter articles, I won't stop you.
- Not sure what "driving a browser" means, but if it's simple, that's cool. InedibleHulk (talk) 08:08, March 11, 2016 (UTC)
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- In any case, such a bot would require approval. If I actually ran it, I'd probably be banned. You might look into AutoWikiBrowser or its various derivatives (see Wikipedia:Tools/Editing_tools). Also, check out Wikipedia:Bot_requests. Dingsuntil (talk) 08:37, 11 March 2016 (UTC)
- I'm too hip for Windows, and too dumb for Wine (anything Unix-like, really). But I can make a formal bot request. I think. I could also take the blame, if you should "accidentally" press the big red button before then. InedibleHulk (talk) 09:00, March 11, 2016 (UTC)
- It's not a matter of taking the blame. Operating a bot without permission is verboten, even if I managed not to fuck anything up, and it'd be obvious that I was unless I took the trouble to camouflage the bot, which is more trouble than I'm willing to go to. I think we should just make a "bot" request to do this.
- Aye, probably tomorrow. There's a guy undoing my manual labour, simply because I haven't gotten the rest yet. Sisyphean nonsense. InedibleHulk (talk) 05:18, March 13, 2016 (UTC)
- It's not a matter of taking the blame. Operating a bot without permission is verboten, even if I managed not to fuck anything up, and it'd be obvious that I was unless I took the trouble to camouflage the bot, which is more trouble than I'm willing to go to. I think we should just make a "bot" request to do this.
- I'm too hip for Windows, and too dumb for Wine (anything Unix-like, really). But I can make a formal bot request. I think. I could also take the blame, if you should "accidentally" press the big red button before then. InedibleHulk (talk) 09:00, March 11, 2016 (UTC)
- In any case, such a bot would require approval. If I actually ran it, I'd probably be banned. You might look into AutoWikiBrowser or its various derivatives (see Wikipedia:Tools/Editing_tools). Also, check out Wikipedia:Bot_requests. Dingsuntil (talk) 08:37, 11 March 2016 (UTC)
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Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge[edit]
Please help - ref number 150 is not good. Thanks 101.182.97.203 (talk) 08:54, 11 March 2016 (UTC)
- It looks like a cached copy of the Times obituary which might not be accessible to all, both because it is a cached doc. and the Times requires subscription also. Eagleash (talk) 09:04, 11 March 2016 (UTC)
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- The fact that it may be inaccessible to some people does not invalidate its use as a reference. Unique sources that are found in only one place such as a library, museum or archive are regularly used as sources. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 06:36, 13 March 2016 (UTC)
Referencing errors on Tim Wilson (politician)[edit]
Reference help requested. how do I fix the reference link? It seems impossible to go back and fix... Thanks, Pasha4russia (talk) 11:05, 11 March 2016 (UTC)
- Date parameters fixed by Keith D in subsequent edit: oldid=709393403.
- However the <ref> contains an URL with Russian (cyryllic) characters in the domain name : http://мпгу.рф/...
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{{Cite web|url=http://мпгу.рф/novosti/professoru-oksforda-timoti-eriku-uilsonu-prisvoeno-zvanie-pochetnogo-professora-mpgu/|title= Профессору Оксфорда Тимоти Эрику Уилсону присвоено звание Почетного профессора МПГУ (Russian: Oxford Professor Timothy Eric Wilson was awarded the title of Honorary Professor of Moscow State Pedagogical University)|last=Semenov|first=Alexei|date=29 February 2016|website=Видеоматериал подготовлен отделом видеотехнологий Управления маркетинга и коммуникаций МПГУ|publisher=Moscow State Pedagogic University|access-date=10 March 2016| language=ru}}
- Semenov, Alexei (29 February 2016). "Профессору Оксфорда Тимоти Эрику Уилсону присвоено звание Почетного профессора МПГУ (Russian: Oxford Professor Timothy Eric Wilson was awarded the title of Honorary Professor of Moscow State Pedagogical University)" Check
value (help). Видеоматериал подготовлен отделом видеотехнологий Управления маркетинга и коммуникаций МПГУ (in Russian). Moscow State Pedagogic University. Retrieved 10 March 2016.|url=
- Semenov, Alexei (29 February 2016). "Профессору Оксфорда Тимоти Эрику Уилсону присвоено звание Почетного профессора МПГУ (Russian: Oxford Professor Timothy Eric Wilson was awarded the title of Honorary Professor of Moscow State Pedagogical University)" Check
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How to enable project tags on GLAM page?[edit]
Hello, I'm a Wikipedia-in-residence for Brigham Young University. I'm trying to make a GLAM project page for editing work associated with our library (and a place to organize events like an edit-a-thon). I've noticed that other GLAM pages can tag a page on its talk page to mark it as a page they're interested in improving or keeping track of. I think an admin has to enable this for my project? Can you please enable this or help me understand the proper procedure for GLAM pages? I'm also not sure if a GLAM project has to fulfill the same criteria as a WikiProject (i.e., if I need to have at least 11 interested users before the project can be approved). Thanks Rachel Helps (BYU) (talk) 16:56, 11 March 2016 (UTC)
- Can you clarify what you mean by "tag a page on its talk page"? Please, provide an example of talk page. Ruslik_Zero 19:14, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
Android issues[edit]
For the last few days I have been unable to access most wikipedia pages after searching via Google. I am instead forced to a page that contains only a button to install an app. If I change my user agent to desktop, it works just fine. Am I to understand that this is intentional? Why do I need to install your software to view information that, up until a few days ago, I needed no software to access? What does Wikipedia intend to do with access to my location and media files and how can that be relevant to my recent search for phase locked oscillators? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ares 6815 (talk • contribs) 17:51, 11 March 2016 (UTC)
- I've no problem in accessing Wikipedia via Google on an Android device, though I do recall some time ago having the same problem as you. I think I uninstalled something to get rid of it. There is an official Wikipedia app that was updated on February 15th. You can see the Privacy policy at Wikimedia.org, but there is no need for you to install any app to access Wikipedia. Other apps are available but I wouldn't recommend them. Dbfirs 21:49, 11 March 2016 (UTC)
Talk:Fittipaldi FD[edit]
Hello, this page has recently been created, by moving an existing page, and then merging three other pages into it. The talk-page now looks poor with four 'merged from' banners / tags, but though I've tried I can't seem to make a 'shell' to incorporate all the pre-existing articles. Can anyone help out. Thanks. Eagleash (talk) 18:09, 11 March 2016 (UTC)
- I used {{Copied multi/Merged-from}} in [4]. PrimeHunter (talk) 19:22, 11 March 2016 (UTC)
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Page post to website
Hi, an needing to post my Wikipedia page to my class website, how can I do this other than copying. I want it to have have same fonts, lettering, as the page. Thanks,Ian. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Igrkilldrums (talk • contribs) 00:02, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
- Hi, Igrkilldrums. There's no easy way to do this. To display pages, the Mediawiki software makes use of a lot of CSS, possibly some Javascript and Lua, and usually some templates: you would need all these to get it to display the same. The only way I can think of is to take a screenshot and display that on your website as an image. Downloading the page as PDF would preserve some of the formatting, but again I think you're going to have to display it as an image. Sorry. --ColinFine (talk) 01:06, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
references
Hi, I wrote an entry for a broadcaster friend, Liam Mayclem, and am being faced with the references policy. I've included 2 references for statements in my bio, but the message preceding the entry remains. Help! I'm Ben Fong-Torres, honored to have my own Wikipedia page, and believe Liam should have one, too. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fongtorres (talk • contribs) 01:29, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
- Hello, Fongtorres. First of all, as a firend of the subject, you have a conflict of interest and are discouraged from creating or editing such an article. Secondly, your citations aren't well done, as they don't give enough information to allow a reader to find the actual source and verify the content, nor do they cover many of the statements in teh articel, short as it now is. Third, you are strongly discouraged from citing your own work here. DES (talk) 02:13, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
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- Hi, Ben. In short, Wikipedia has almost no interest in what a subject, or their company, employers, employees, agents, relatives or friends, want to say about them. It is only interested in what people who have no connection whatever with a subject have published about them. Neither Liam Mayclem nor Ben Fong-Torres cites even one reference that is substantial, independent, and published by a reliable source. This means that, as they stand, neither of these articles should be in Wikipedia, as neither of them establishes that the subject is Notable in Wikipedia's special sense.
- As, DES says, you are discouraged from working on either of these articles because you have a Conflict of interest; if you want to go ahead, you should get somebody to move them to Draft space, work on them there, and then submit them for review before they are made live. But it is only worth doing this if you can show that there exist enough in-depth, independent, reliable published sources about either of you to establish notability. --ColinFine (talk) 17:02, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
How can I access Wikipedia on mobile?
I'm sorry if I'm in the wrong section; I couldn't find any other section that seemed appropriate.
I'm unable to view Wikipedia pages on mobile. I am automatically directed to the Google Play store to download the app. There is no option to bypass this. There is no way to view Wikipedia pages on mobile (Android) without downloading the app.
Is this just the way things are now? Is Wikipedia seriously prohibiting people from viewing the site on mobile without the app? Why? I cannot work out why Wikipedia wants to stop people from viewing the site on mobile?
182.239.199.183 (talk) 07:51, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
- It's Google, or your mobile, not Wikipedia that is doing this. When I ask Google for "Wikipedia" it delivers the main page of Wikipedia first, and the option to download the app lower down. What do you get? Dbfirs 08:07, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
- I have no difficulty viewing WP on my Android tablet or phone using Chrome, in fact I often edit on my tablet. Do you put the url directly in your browser's address bar or do you use the device's search function to reach Wikipedia? I use a bookmark I created in Chrome. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 09:40, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
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- I haven't had this issue on my Android, but worth noting that there's another comment from yesterday called Android Issues noting something similar. -KaJunl (talk) 20:38, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
edit warning
Hey Wikipedia,
I got a warning about editing a page, and since I've never (intentionally) edited a page, i was wondering if this counts as a revert or will it count as a revert if or when i make an account. i probably use this site more than any other so id hate to be banned. i don't like having to sign in all the time. I'm all over doing research so I'm in and out, or here all day (stuck on linklik). is there another way to keep my ip from being used intentionally or not for editing, besides making an account and having to sign in all the time? id bookmark, but i search unfiltered www a lot, and (of course) wikipedia is always there, so id have to sign in for every hop on, hop off. some sites have a time, say 15 minutes, your sign in is good for. some, if you have a page on that site already open, it signs you in. Any info on that? Also, do editors get paid, thought it was volunteers (just wondering). Thanks, Wikipedias the best. Profs love to badmouth, "unreliable" (although you know they use it, for links and ease of use if nothing else). thx again, any info is greatly appreciated, Roger
p.s. couldn't link to edit page due to i.p. in the title
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- Hello, IP user. There is nothing on the user talk page of that IP address, so I'm guessing you must have got the warning when you werer on a different IP address. The chances are that this is nothing to do with you, but directed at a different person who had previously had that IP address, and you can ignore it. Whether you keep your IP address or whether it can change is completely out of the hands of Wikipedia: it's up to your ISP or whoever else provides you with an internet connection.
- You don't have to create an account, but I would recommend it. Wikipedia has got a "keep me logged in" option when you log in - I don't know how long it lasts, but it is days, not minutes.
- As for your last question: no, editors do not get paid, unless they make a private arrangement with some third party, in which case they are obliged to declare their position and their consequent conflict of interest. --ColinFine (talk) 17:10, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
Barnstar and WikiProject
i need to know how to make a barnstar in our own i need to know how to make a wiki project — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wiki tamil 100 (talk • contribs) 10:13, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
- Please don't ask the same question in different places. This has also been asked at Teahouse/Questions. --ColinFine (talk) 17:17, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
References not appearing
For some reason, the references are not appearing on Donald Trump presidential campaign, 2016. When I checked the code, it seemed okay but I did change {{Reflist}} to {{reflist}}. There was no change. Can you think of a reason why the reference list isn't appearing under References? I asked on the talk page and it seemed like others saw the problem, too, but we couldn't come up with a solution. Thanks. Liz Read! Talk! 12:07, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
- This has been fixed by removing the "Endorsements" box. The code inside the box included a {{reflist}}, causing all the references for the main article to appear there. They could then only be seen by expanding the box. -- John of Reading (talk) 13:05, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
- Yeah! Thank you, John of Reading. This has been bugging me and I couldn't figure out what the problem was. Your help is appreciated. Liz Read! Talk! 16:16, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
Hiding App banner
Hi A banner has just started to appear at top of seemingly EVERY Wikipedia page I read when using my iPad. The banner is advertising the WP app and offers to open the current page in the app. I'd like to hide this banner but there is no "Dismiss" link. Anyone have any idea how I can get rid of it? CalzGuy (talk) 16:01, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
- well, it does much more than that. It actually subverts URL calls, diverting the user experience into the App regularly especially when navigating through browser history. The solution I found was to delete the app which is a real pity. It used to be quite a good app. My bet is that I won't be the last editor to delete the app. CalzGuy (talk) 09:09, 13 March 2016 (UTC)
New Page for Abu naser
I have created the page with direct permission from Mr. Naser, who has given me the permission to use the information from his webpage. Mr. Naser is a famous photographer in Bangladesh and so information should be there about him in the Wikipedia. We have just created the page and shall make correction and addition accordingly. Hope you will give us time to do that. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dawoodkarim (talk • contribs) 18:10, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
- Hello, Dawoodkarim. I'm afraid that's not how Wikipedia works. There are two reasons why you should not copy the material from Naser's web page. The first is that it will be a copyright violation, unless he explicitly released the material under a licence such as CC-BY-SA, which will allow anybody to reuse the material for any purpose, commercial or not: only such a licence is acceptable in Wikipedia.
- The other reason is that material from Naser's website is of almost no interest to Wikipedia. If we are to have an article about him, then it should be almost 100% based on what people who have no connection with him have published about him in reliable places.
- So how I advise you to proceed is as follows:
- Read your first article.
- Find several sources, written by people who have no connection to Naser, and published by organisations with a reputation for fact-checking. (These do not have to be in English, or on-line, though it is easier it they are both). If you cannot find such sources, give up: in Wikipedia terms he is not Notable, and no article on him will be accepted, however it is written.
- If you know or are otherwise connected with Naser, read about how you should act with a conflict of interest.
- If you wish to continue, use the article wizard to create a draft in Draft space. Make almost the whole text based on those independent sources (though use your own words except where you are explicitly quoting), and when you think it is ready, submit it for review.
- People who are new to Wikipedia and who decide to do the most difficult thing there is, that is, create a new page, often have a frustrating time, I'm afraid. I've tried to give you some useful advice. --ColinFine (talk) 18:37, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
Is there a Wikipedia template or tag for "incorrect date formats"?
Is there a Wikipedia template or tag that I can place at the top of an article about "incorrect date formats"? For example, when an article uses British date formats, and it should be using American dates. Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 19:25, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
- I don't know about a tag, but MOS:DATERET says the format in an article should stay in whatever format is chosen for it, as long as it is consistent within the article. Also, if you see an error, it is better to fix it than to tag it. RudolfRed (talk) 20:25, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
- Not sure if this is exactly what you'd need but maybe a starting point? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Use_dmy_dates https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Use_mdy_dates -KaJunl (talk) 20:46, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
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- There is a date-fixing or harmonizing script out there somewhere that might make easy work of what you want to do. Of course, I don't remember where I've seen it or what it's called but perhaps this post will jog someone's memory. It would not be hard to craft a simple AWB script to add or replace
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- There is a date-fixing or harmonizing script out there somewhere that might make easy work of what you want to do. Of course, I don't remember where I've seen it or what it's called but perhaps this post will jog someone's memory. It would not be hard to craft a simple AWB script to add or replace
- This relates to the following discussion: Talk:List of submissions to the 88th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film#Date format. There are some 60 articles that need to be standardized. Which is why I am asking about the template. It's doubtful that I would have the time to fix all 60 articles. What's the best way to approach this? Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 20:50, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
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- @Joseph A. Spadaro: I think what you are looking for is {{use mdy dates}}. (It was actually in the second reply but given in external link format.) The opposite template then would be {{use dmy dates}}. —teb728 t c 07:44, 13 March 2016 (UTC)
- Sorry, I didn't understand a word of these replies. They were too technical, and they went way over my head. So, what is the best way to approach this issue? Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 01:38, 13 March 2016 (UTC)
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