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February 15
Previously Deleted Article
If an article was previously deleted at AfD should it be speedy deleted? I've heard people use the the phrase that a deletion should be "salted" in what I assume means to keep anyone from recreating the article. Is this one of these instances: The Overnightscape. TipsyElephant (talk) 02:19, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
- We have a speedy deletion criterion for it (WP:G4), but it only applies if the article was deleted at AfD before and the new incarnation doesn't address the concerns that were raised in the AfD. I don't think a SALT is necessarily in the cards quite yet, but it's getting there. —A little blue Bori v^_^v Jéské Couriano 02:30, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
Global block
I have used and edited Wikipedia for many years from IP address 2600:387:b:3::b1.
A message posted by someone says this IP address falls within the range of something called a “global block.”
There is wording within the message that begins “if you believe you were blocked by mistake,” but the words that follow this invitation are completely incomprehensible.
Is there any way to unblock IP address 2600:387:b:3::b1. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bigturtle (talk • contribs) 02:49, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
- @Bigturtle if you always log in the IP block is irrelevant. An IP address is not associated with your account. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 09:13, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
- Please see meta:Global blocks for more information about global locks. 2600:387:b:3::b1 was blocked for Long term abuse by Tegel. Victor Schmidt (talk) 11:11, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
- See also meta:Global_blocks/FAQ. Victor Schmidt (talk) 11:14, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
Wikipedia article about me, not created by me
Hi there, I found this article about me and it was not written by me , I do not know who did it and I have never given my consent. How can i make sure it gets deleted ? https://eo.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valia_Tamvaki
Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.168.46.4 (talk) 10:54, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
- You will have to ask on the Esperanto Wikipedia; we can only help you with articles on the English Wikipedia. Typically articles are written without any involvement from the subject, and the subject cannot grant or deny permission for an article about them to exist, because articles summarize independent reliable sources. If many independent reliable sources write about you, there is probably not much you can do about it other than argue that you are not notable enough to merit an article. You are also welcome to inform that Wikipedia about any errors in the article. 331dot (talk) 10:58, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
- Vikipedio:Diskutejo may be a good place to ask. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 11:18, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
- Pinging @ThomasPusch (Saluton!), who created the article. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 11:22, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
- Mi komencis diskuton. --Orange Mike | Talk 14:58, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
- Tiel vi faris. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 15:06, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
Create Wiki page
Hi
How does one go about creating a page like this?
I can't seem to find the link or how to create...
Expatica — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ikamet (talk • contribs) 11:45, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
- Ikamet Wikipedia has articles, not pages. Asking "how do I create a page" is kind of like asking "how do I build a house" without knowing anything about land acquisition, permitting, construction, electrical work, etc. Successfully creating a new article is the absolute hardest task to perform on Wikipedia. It is strongly recommended that your first gain experience and knowledge by editing existing articles in areas that interest you, to get a feel for how Wikipedia operates and what is expected of article content. Using the new user tutorial is also a good idea. New users who dive right in to creating articles often end up disappointed and with hurt feelings as their work is mercilessly edited and even deleted by others. I don't want you to have bad feelings, so I strongly advise you to choose this path.
- However, if you still want to attempt to create a new article now, please read Your First Article and then visit Articles for Creation to create and submit a draft for review by another editor(new users cannot directly create new articles and must use this process). You will want to first gather any independent reliable sources you can find to summarize, and review the definition of notability. If you are associated with the topic, you will want to read WP:COI and WP:PAID for information on required formal disclosures. 331dot (talk) 11:50, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
how to publish draft
how to publish draft into article need help as I am not getting option in top to move it into article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ruchita Maheshwari (talk • contribs) 15:00, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
- Ruchita Maheshwari Just click "submit your draft for review" at the top. However, it will likely be rejected, as it does not summarize what independent reliable sources say about you. You must set aside everything you know about yourself and only write based on what independent reliable sources say about you. Please read WP:AUTO to learn why writing about yourself, while not forbidden, is discouraged. 331dot (talk) 15:11, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
- There is a blue submit button, but don't try that yet. You need to remove the misplaced external links from the draft text,and you need to ensure that you have properly cited references to independent reliable sources. --David Biddulph (talk) 15:13, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
Are consensuses needed to implement a tag?
For example, on Conscription Crisis of 1917, someone put a tag saying the lead needs to be rewritten. I reverted it stating that there needs to be a proper consensus and not just one person's belief. Was I right? I'm starting to think I was a bit harsh... Ak-eater06 (talk) 16:37, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
- Tags are merely edits and may be placed on the opinion of a single editor but they may also be reverted likewise. Then there should be discussion. Essays suggesting appropriate behaviour are WP:Tagging pages for problems and WP:BOLD, revert, discuss cycle Thincat (talk) 17:00, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
- ...and, sadly, no one seems to be discussing matters at Talk:Conscription Crisis of 1917. Thincat (talk) 17:05, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
- @Ak-eater06: The how-to on removing maintenance templates is Help:Maintenance template removal and includes a section on when to remove them. They're a little more than ordinary edits. "It is not okay to remove maintenance templates until the issue flagged by the template is remedied first". Toddst1 (talk) 00:14, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
- I think these matters are never really clear cut. To quote the sentence in full
It is not okay to remove maintenance templates until the issue flagged by the template is remedied first—that is, only once the maintenance tag is no longer valid, unless it truly did not belong in the first place.
I think overall the editing was too aggressive and the matter should have been brought to the talk page. Or was it unthinkable for someone to have have written, or drafted, a better lead? Thincat (talk) 09:08, 16 February 2022 (UTC)- As far as I can tell, the situation is that a tag has been added, another user suggests it's not required, and then the original editor restored the tag, saying "but, I do think it's required". WP:BRD is pretty much the situation that needs to be followed. If there is disagreement whether a tag is suitable, then it should be discussed. A tag on it's own is a bit irrelevant if no one can agree that change needs to happen. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 09:39, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
- I think these matters are never really clear cut. To quote the sentence in full
Need additional citations for verification problem
Please help, The following are reliable sources of confirmation but I can't connect them to links and get rid of the red highlights. They need to be a blue links. I need to connect the red items to blue links and can't seem to make the connection. PLEASE HELP. I am concerned that my listing is being arbitrarily deleted, just when I was putting together some new material.
Broadway Scene Stealers: The Men. https://music.apple.com leonard john crofoot I am on this album singing "Bigger isn't Better" You can also go to iTunes - Leonard Crofooot and also it's on Tunekind https://www.tunekind - artist -leonard john crofoot It's on Spotify as well
Nijinsky Speaks It's on the External Links at the bottom of my Wikipedia page listed as Nijinsky Speaks Website Https://www.nijinskyspeaks.com You can see an article go Https://www.playbill.com - article - Nijinsky-speaks, Portrait of Legendary Dancer Bows off B-way Aug. 24/1998 an eight week engagement at the New York's Harold Clurman theatre also see Https://www.imdb.com Nijinsky Speaks Promo a video of proof Nijinsky Speaks Getty Promo - Imdb Youtube also has video proof https://Leonard Crofoot Youtube/channel
Dancer Within, Intimate Conversations with Great Dancers
published by Wesleyan University Press june 30, 2008 Available on Amazon and Kindle
https://roseeichenbaum.com (click to see BOOKS and scroll to see the book — Preceding unsigned comment added by Leonard Crofoot (talk • contribs) 18:40, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
- Hello, Leonard Crofoot. I'm afraid you seem to have got rather confused (not surprising: the ways of Wikipedia are sometimes quite arcane). The links within the text of Leonard Crofoot are internal links to other Wikipedia articles: the blue ones are to articles which exist, and the red ones to Wikipedia articles which do not exist - either they haven't been written, or they have been deleted. Either way, links within Wikipedia will do nothing to rescue the article: Wikipedia itself is not regarded as a reliable source (since anybody can edit it). Neither would iTunes, Tunekind, or iMDB contribute in any way to keeping the article.
- The problem is (assuming you are Crofoot - I'll come to that below), that it is not "your listing" - it is an encyclopaedia article about you. It does not belong to you, it is not for your benefit except incidentally, and it should be based almost entirely on what people who have no connection with you have chosen to publish about you in reliable places, not on what you have done, said or made (except insofar as these inependent people have commented on it).
- Reviews, such as https://playbill.com/article/nijinsky-speaks-portrait-of-legendary-dancer-bows-off-bway-aug-24-com-77059 will help, but that one does not say very much about you - we need more solid sources that are about you.
- Please note that autobiography is strongly discouraged in Wikipedia, because it tends to be difficult to write sufficiently neutrally. You should limit yourself to making edit requests on the article's talk page.
- In this case, what you need to do to contest the deletion is to find several places where people wholly unconnected with you (and not prompted by a press release or interview) have chosen to publish significant coverage of you in reliable sources (for example, Playbill or the NYT). If you can find at least three such - with more about you than is in the Playbill review - then post them on Talk:Leonard Crofoot, as evidence that you do in fact meet Wikipedia's criteria for notability, and the article is salvageable. --ColinFine (talk) 19:51, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
Can someone delete Centaurea solistitialis for me?
Hi all
I'm creating a lot of plant articles and there was a typo in the list I was using so I accidentally created Centaurea solistitialis, there is already an article for the species at Centaurea solstitialis. Could someone delete the new article as its a duplicate (also does not include any content).
Thanks
John Cummings (talk) 18:43, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
- @John Cummings: if you replace all the content of the article with {{Db-g7}} it will signal that you, the initial creator and sole contributor of the article, decided to delete it which will notify the relevant people. Umimmak (talk) 18:47, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks very much Umimmak, John Cummings (talk) 18:49, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
Constructive?
What should be considered 'constructive' when I am editing a post? HogRidaa79 (talk) 19:39, 15 February 2022 (UTC) HogRidaa79
- @HogRidaa79: If you are improving an article or a talk page conversation, that would be "constructive". Editing someone else's post to introduce a typo would not be considered "constructive". GoingBatty (talk) 01:10, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
Santa Ana College: President Update
Hello,
My name is Amanda Farah and I am reaching out to you on behalf of Santa Ana College. I was reaching out in hopes for assistance. The link below still reads as our previous Santa Ana College President. Can you please guide me to the person who will be updating this. I have listed the new Santa Ana College President below.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Ana_College Current SAC President: Annebelle Nery PH.D.
Looking forward to your reply.
Best, Amanda Farah — Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.75.250.12 (talk) 21:29, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
- An editor has updated the page. P.S. There is no specific person responsible for updating college info. Clarityfiend (talk) 22:50, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
- In the future, you can post a suggestion on the article's talk page (e.g. Talk:Santa Ana College. (Please remember to sign your posts on talk pages by typing four keyboard tildes like this:
~~~~
.) GoingBatty (talk) 01:11, 16 February 2022 (UTC)- To be more precise: please make any requests for edits to that article on the talk page, following the proceudre in WP:edit requests. PLease first familiarise yourself with information about editing with a conflict of interest. --ColinFine (talk) 17:27, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
February 16
What fonts are supported on Wikipedia?
So, I was curios which fonts were supported on Wikipedia? jawico (Talk.) 01:43, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
- Jawico666. You probably want to read WP:Fonts. Note that there are additional constraints on fonts that work in .svg graphics files etc but the system will swap some unsupported fonts (e.g. Arial) for ones that are supported. See commons:Help:SVG#Fonts,_text Mike Turnbull (talk) 14:06, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
- I think you're looking for MOS:FONTFAMILY. WP:Fonts just takes you to MOS:TEXT. ― Blaze WolfTalkBlaze Wolf#6545 14:11, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
- Actually, Blaze Wolf, MOS:FONTFAMILY just takes you to a specific section within WP:Fonts/MOS:TEXT but irrelevant as Jawico666 has now been blocked as a WP:SOCK. Mike Turnbull (talk) 18:30, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
- Ah ok. I thought when you were telling them to read WP:Fonts you were intending to take them to a page that explains what fonts are supported on Wikipedia. But I agree it's irrelevant now that they've been blocked as a sock. ― Blaze WolfTalkBlaze Wolf#6545 18:35, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
- Actually, Blaze Wolf, MOS:FONTFAMILY just takes you to a specific section within WP:Fonts/MOS:TEXT but irrelevant as Jawico666 has now been blocked as a WP:SOCK. Mike Turnbull (talk) 18:30, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
- I think you're looking for MOS:FONTFAMILY. WP:Fonts just takes you to MOS:TEXT. ― Blaze WolfTalkBlaze Wolf#6545 14:11, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
Rasheed Hasrat
Born on 16 June 1962 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Abdul Baqi1960 (talk • contribs) 01:53, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
- Articles have been deleted four times. You can see the deletion log at Rasheed Hasrat. --David Biddulph (talk) 01:59, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
- Most of the deletions were for basically being a blank article. It looks like people who have tried before have tried to create it a little at a time instead of having a suitable article when they first hit publish. I suggest that if Abdul Baqi1960 wants to try again that they do so in draft space and use articles for creation. ~ ONUnicorn(Talk|Contribs)problem solving 14:22, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
Editing Help for New User
Hello,
I am very new to editing in Wikipedia. I have an account and I wanted to add a name to a high school under it's Notable Alumni. I was able to add the name, but I can't enter it alphabetically with the other names listed. I also have a source to cite, but I'm having difficulty with that as well. It would be great if I could have assistance.
Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Retepleo (talk • contribs) 07:38, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
- Retepleo, you added a name to "Fairfax High School (Los Angeles)#Notable alumni", but you didn't supply a reference for doing so; since the list is prefaced by an invitation to remove names that aren't referenced, I removed it. What you added was "Marilyn Wilson-Rutherford (nee Rovell), singer, The Honey's (transferred to Hollywood Professional High School in 1963)". I (or somebody else) will be happy to readd it if you provide a reference; you're welcome to provide it here. -- Hoary (talk) 08:06, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
- @Retepleo and Hoary: Readded and copied reference from the Marilyn Wilson-Rutherford article (after reading the page in Google Books). GoingBatty (talk) 14:00, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
Moving a table
Hi all. What it is, if you go to The Tower (2021 TV series), and open /Episodes in source mode, there's the usual table of episodes that you'd expect; but viewing the article shows an empty section with the table right below the references? Looks bizarre to say the least! Any help would be appreciated. SN54129 08:13, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
- The table source has more { than }, which must be wrong. The table is displayed, apparently correctly, when I do "Show Preview", but is still invisible when I do "Publish changes" – this makes debugging difficult. Maproom (talk) 08:49, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
page freezes when adding references - I can read but no longer edit wikipedia
Can anyone help? After a year or so of activity creating/editing wikipedia pages, I now find page freezing has become terminal - triggered when I try to add a citation. This happens whether I am logged in or not, on both of two laptops, and on different browsers, consistently now for two weeks. The windows task manager show multiple versions of the browser open - depending how often I have tried clicking on the unresponsive page. Otherwise my broadband/internet function at home is fine. Any suggestions? Thanks Philip Sugarman (talk) 15:12, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
- @Philip Sugarman: Are you using the source editor or VisualEditor? What are the exact steps you're using to add a citation? On which articles is this happening? GoingBatty (talk) 15:59, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks for replying. I have tried different wikipedia pages, all present the same problem. I always use the VisualEditor. What I do is place the cursor after the punctuation, click on the cite button, and then click on the [..] area, which normally opens a referencing menu - but it freezes at this point.Philip Sugarman (talk) 16:03, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
- @Philip Sugarman: When I'm using the VisualEditor and place the cursor after the punctuation, and click on the Cite button, I see a "Add a citation" box open up, which points to the [...] area like this screenshot. If that's not what you see, I suggest you go to Wikipedia:VisualEditor and click "Report a problem with VisualEditor." In the meantime, you can use the source editor to add citations - see WP:EASYREFBEGIN. Hope this helps! GoingBatty (talk) 16:34, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks. I have tried to report the bug through registering with something called Phabricator, which insisted I add a _ into my log in name, anyway I filled out the form to the best of my ability, its all a bit technical. I also managed to add a reference using the source editor. The "reuse" element was greyed out which meant I had to cut and paste some code and hop[e for the best, and the effect was to repeat the reference. Thanks for your help.Philip Sugarman (talk) 18:21, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
- Apparently in order to get the reuse element to pop up you have to highilght the reference, and even then it doesn't work all that well. ― Blaze WolfTalkBlaze Wolf#6545 18:28, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks. I have tried to report the bug through registering with something called Phabricator, which insisted I add a _ into my log in name, anyway I filled out the form to the best of my ability, its all a bit technical. I also managed to add a reference using the source editor. The "reuse" element was greyed out which meant I had to cut and paste some code and hop[e for the best, and the effect was to repeat the reference. Thanks for your help.Philip Sugarman (talk) 18:21, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
- What happens when you try editing the source instead? -- Hoary (talk) 22:35, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
- @Philip Sugarman: When I'm using the VisualEditor and place the cursor after the punctuation, and click on the Cite button, I see a "Add a citation" box open up, which points to the [...] area like this screenshot. If that's not what you see, I suggest you go to Wikipedia:VisualEditor and click "Report a problem with VisualEditor." In the meantime, you can use the source editor to add citations - see WP:EASYREFBEGIN. Hope this helps! GoingBatty (talk) 16:34, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks for replying. I have tried different wikipedia pages, all present the same problem. I always use the VisualEditor. What I do is place the cursor after the punctuation, click on the cite button, and then click on the [..] area, which normally opens a referencing menu - but it freezes at this point.Philip Sugarman (talk) 16:03, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
Kinzua Bridge State Park has a different address and phone number
Kinzua Bridge State Park has a different address and phone number: 296 Viaduct Road, Mount Jewett, PA 16740. Phone Number: 814-778-5467. I can't see how to change that. Please help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 8.20.65.4 (talk) 20:29, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
- I don't see address or phone in Kinzua_Bridge_State_Park. If you saw this in Google, its probably the Knowledge Graph problem. RudolfRed (talk) 21:06, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
An unconstructive editor?
Hello, I am a part time editor on Wikipedia and came across an editor today (after he reverted my constructive edit). The editor Victor Trevor, has and is reverting many edits and when going to his talk age and reading it, it appears he likes to revert constructive edits. His talk page is filled with excuses and apologies for countless (? vandalistic) reverts. Wondering to myself, how many editors like Victor would it take to cause Wikipedia to become a complete mess. Please visit his talk page and editing history for yourself and maybe some counseling or a ban can help Victor bvecome a constructive editor. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1700:7610:41E0:B0F4:2EE1:B03D:AB8B (talk) 20:41, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
- Courtesy ping: Victor Trevor So you can explain to the IP editor your reasoning ― Blaze WolfTalkBlaze Wolf#6545 20:48, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
Sir, Victor has already explained to me it was an accident. He has explained to many editors he has made mistakes. It would seem to continuous to the point of being destructive. I am not against making a mistake at all. I merely posted here in order that someone with more experience and privileges can review and decide what actionn may be beneficial to all those involved.2600:1700:7610:41E0:B0F4:2EE1:B03D:AB8B (talk) 20:55, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
Would you mind linking me to the page Victor said this to you? Your talk page at your current IP address is currently non-existent. ― Blaze WolfTalkBlaze Wolf#6545 21:12, 16 February 2022 (UTC)NEvermind. For those wondering, check Victor's talk page. ― Blaze WolfTalkBlaze Wolf#6545 21:14, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
- Thank you for the ping, Blaze Wolf. I haven't over edit in here, and am not even sure about completed my first month of fighting against vandalism. I think that at the some points my experience was limited, and today (unfortunately) I made a lot of mistakes. These mistakes resulted the part of my experience. I would prefer not to comment on that a few accepted mistakes were warning several times (not included here), although there were hundreds of appropriate undid. --Victor Trevor (talk) 21:38, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
- @Victor Trevor: Thank you for your anti-vandalism efforts, but please be extra careful, since English isn't your first language. See Wikipedia:Competence is required. TimTempleton (talk) (cont) 22:58, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
- Victor Trevor, what I read above and on your talk page suggests to me that it would be a good idea for you to take a break of at least one month from attempting to fight what seems to you to be vandalism. There are many other things you could be doing constructively. I infer that you can read Turkish. So, as an example: the first Turkish place-name that came to my mind (after İstanbul and Ankara, of course) was Erzurum, whose article is only patchily referenced. Paragraphs of it aren't referenced at all (and may of course be factually mistaken). Could you improve this article? Of course, Erzurum is only a rather arbitrary example: there are plenty of other Turkey-related articles that would benefit from well-referenced, careful additions. -- Hoary (talk) 23:00, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
- Hoary -- Victor Trevor might very well help those articles about Turkish places or other Turkish subjects, but note that he says on his user page that he is here because he was blocked from the Turkish Wikipedia. (Edited to add:) I hope he becomes a constructive editor. 73.127.147.187 (talk) 10:54, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
Need help for a table
Hello.
At Biblical canon#Table_2, some cells have a dark green background in the "Catholic epistles (General epistles)" "and Apocalypse" sections. I would need for those dark green backgrounds to be in the same light green as the other "Yes" cells are.
I have tried to do that myself, but so far I have not been succesful. Could someone do it foe me? Thanks in advance. Veverve (talk) 22:46, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
- Done * Pppery * it has begun... 22:50, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
How do I bold a part of a word that ends in an apostrophe without putting a space between the apostrophe and the rest of the word?
This is a very specific question, but I noticed an error message in the French grammar article saying that some of the text (it was in French, so it used the lang template) had malformed markup, so I tried to fix it. Before I edited it, it looked something like this: Nous '''n''''avons pas vu '''personne'''. The intended result was to bold n' and personne, showing how negation works in French, but it caused an error. So, I changed it to: Nous '''n' '''avons pas vu '''personne'''. However, this caused there to be a space in between n' and avons, which shouldn't be there. Does anyone know how to fix this? 96.227.138.190 (talk) 22:56, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
- @96.227.138.190: I fixed it. Instead of using the straight keyboard apostrophe ( ' ), use the curved one that Wikipedia's toolbar lets you select. ( ′ ) Look for it to the left just above the edit summary on a desktop. TimTempleton (talk) (cont) 23:06, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
- Umm, that character is not a proper apostrophe; it is U+2032 PRIME used in, for example, latitude and longitude, etc. It is certainly not the correct character to be using for the example:
{{lang|fr|Nous '''n''''avons pas vu '''personne'''.}}
→ [Nous n'avons pas vu personne.] Error: {{Lang}}: text has malformed markup (help)
- Instead, use
{{`}}
:{{lang|fr|Nous '''n{{`}}'''avons pas vu '''personne'''.}}
→ Nous n'avons pas vu personne.
- —Trappist the monk (talk) 23:48, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
- Umm, that character is not a proper apostrophe; it is U+2032 PRIME used in, for example, latitude and longitude, etc. It is certainly not the correct character to be using for the example:
- You can also try nowiki tags for the apostrophe you want actually in the text. Skarmory (talk • contribs) 03:22, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
Thank you! 96.227.138.190 (talk) 23:08, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
- Looking at some documentation, the backtick template {{`}} might be recommended here. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 23:16, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
- What documentation suggests U+0060 GRAVE ACCENT?
- —Trappist the monk (talk) 23:53, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
- @Trappist the monk: Its own documentation, where it adds an apostrophe that doesn't include a leading space. Confer:
This template (
—Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 00:06, 17 February 2022 (UTC){{`}}
) is intended for use with non-italic text, whereas{{'}}
is intended for use with italic text.- Ok, thanks. Modified my post. I can't say that use of the grave accent for a template name that renders something other than a grave accent makes for a good user interface design...
- —Trappist the monk (talk) 00:21, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
- Simple HTML:
Nous <b>n'</b>avons pas vu <b>personne</b>
- gives: Nous n'avons pas vu personne. - Erik Baas (talk) 00:46, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
- Courtesy link: [[:{{{1}}}]] Good catch - I would never have noticed the difference. This is one of the rare cases where developers made it more complicated - the camel by committee so to speak. TimTempleton (talk) (cont) 00:56, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
- @Trappist the monk: Its own documentation, where it adds an apostrophe that doesn't include a leading space. Confer:
- For the record,
Nous '''n''''avons pas vu '''personne'''
is valid markup and renders correctly as Nous n'avons pas vu personne. The problem occurred because the code was in{{lang|fr|Nous '''n''''avons pas vu '''personne'''.}}
{{lang}} (via Module:Lang) explicitly searches for four or at least six consecutive apostrophes and writes an error message. There are many ways to avoid it by avoiding four consecutive apostrophes. PrimeHunter (talk) 03:50, 17 February 2022 (UTC) - Just taking a step back, I don't see justification in MOS:BOLD for use of bold text in this context. Am I missing something? CodeTalker (talk) 04:06, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
- This bolding technique is often used in articles that describe the various aspects of a language. MOS:FOREIGN requires non-English Latn-script text to render in an italic font. MOS:WORDSASWORDS requires italic font for the words being discussed. MOS:BOLD says that emphasis should be applied with the
<em>...</em>
tags but content of those tags is rendered in italic font (<em>emphasized text</em>
→ emphasized text) so the reader cannot distinguish emphasized text from italicized text. Therefore, editors have turned to bolding to provide the necessary emphasis within italicized text. - —Trappist the monk (talk) 14:34, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
- This bolding technique is often used in articles that describe the various aspects of a language. MOS:FOREIGN requires non-English Latn-script text to render in an italic font. MOS:WORDSASWORDS requires italic font for the words being discussed. MOS:BOLD says that emphasis should be applied with the
February 17
Lupton family
Apologies, I cannot work out how to "repair" refs 175 and 158 on this page. Please assist and thank you 115.70.23.77 (talk) 03:38, 17 February 2022 (UTC)115.70.23.77 (talk) 03:37, 17 February 2022 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 115.70.23.77 (talk) 03:36, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
- In the error message, the word "help" is in blue, indicating that it is a wikilink, in this case to Help:CS1 errors#generic name. --David Biddulph (talk) 03:42, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks, but way too difficult for me to understand and thus repair. I will wait for someone else to fix up these glaring mistakes. 115.70.23.77 (talk) 04:45, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
- Which part of the help page did you find difficult to understand? If you can explain your uncertainty then perhaps the wording can be improved. You describe the mistakes as "glaring"; they were made by 175.32.106.109 and 175.33.49.35 who may be people known to you. --David Biddulph (talk) 08:09, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks, but way too difficult for me to understand and thus repair. I will wait for someone else to fix up these glaring mistakes. 115.70.23.77 (talk) 04:45, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
Table needed for antique cars
I need a table, however that is too technical for me. A GA reviewer has suggested I set up a table for Lambert_(automobile)#Lambert_automobiles. The reason for it being so that the model picture is next to the description. Example being 1906 Model 4 description with the Model 4 picture on right side. Next would be 1906 Model 5 description with the Model 5 picture on right side. This idea then carried through 1915 Model 48-C description with the 1915 Model 48-C picture on right side. Then at the end Lambert Trucks could be another table. Can someone set this up? Thanks for help. --Doug Coldwell (talk)
- @Doug Coldwell: Hi there! I created a table with the VisualEditor, which is easy to do - see Help:Introduction to tables with VisualEditor. I used copy/paste to move the text and drag/drop for the images. Is that what you were looking for? GoingBatty (talk) 14:23, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
- @GoingBatty: Perfect!!! I should get my article promoted to Good Article for that. Will let you know. Thanks much.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 15:05, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
Wikipedia Password Not Remembering
Dear Sir Mannafull islam Rafi Username Or Password not is Justify Discovery Please Your Profile Photo Deleted Please Help...... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 103.51.2.62 (talk) 13:53, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
- IP could you possibly rephrase your question? I'm not sure if I understand it. ― Blaze WolfTalkBlaze Wolf#6545 14:49, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
- If you do not remember your password for Wikipedia, and you did not set up an email address, (or the email address you specified is no longer valid) then there is no way to recover your account. Please just create a new one. --ColinFine (talk) 16:11, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
Removal log?
When you look at a talk page and see that a comment was removed from the history how do you tell who removed it and the reason they gave for doing that? Is there some sort of removal log associated with the page? 14:00, 17 February 2022 (UTC)2600:1700:D0A0:21B0:E491:C262:EEFB:B8F2 (talk)
- All edits are saved in the page history, you should be able to see who removed the comment by clicking the "view history" tab at the top of the page (on desktop, sorry I don't know what it looks like on mobile). It does sometimes take a bit of effort to see which edit actually removed the comment. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 14:02, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
- Some edits can be removed completely by administrators if the edit violates various policies: see WP:REVDEL. These will not be seen on the edit history of the page but are logged at Special:Log/delete. Mike Turnbull (talk) 14:05, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
- And sometimes edits are hidden even further so that they aren't even show in the deletion log. ― Blaze WolfTalkBlaze Wolf#6545 14:50, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
- See Wikipedia:Oversight for details. Cullen328 (talk) 17:30, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
- And sometimes edits are hidden even further so that they aren't even show in the deletion log. ― Blaze WolfTalkBlaze Wolf#6545 14:50, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
- Some edits can be removed completely by administrators if the edit violates various policies: see WP:REVDEL. These will not be seen on the edit history of the page but are logged at Special:Log/delete. Mike Turnbull (talk) 14:05, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
2022 Winter Olympics Closing Ceremony Page error
Can you fix the error i made please and i'm sad to see the olympics almost come to an end that makes me cry. 98.186.54.177 (talk) 16:51, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
- Hi there! I don't see an error on 2022 Winter Olympics closing ceremony. Could you please be more specific? GoingBatty (talk) 20:57, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
Replacing photo
I have been in contact with Juli Ellyn Briskman who has a wikipedia biography page. The current page has a photo of her from 1983 (source unknown). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juli_Briskman I would like to replace that photo with her current, official photo from her official government page. She is a county supervisor for Loudoun County VA. https://www.loudoun.gov/2232/Algonkian-Supervisor-Juli-E-Briskman I have a letter from her on official letterhead (attached) that duplicates wikipedia's statements regarding copyright relating to her official photo. I need help deleting the wrong, old, photo and replacing with her current official photo as she requests. The letter and photo come from her and Rey Cheatham Banks, Chief of Staff Algonkian District Supervisor, Juli Briskman Loudoun County Government I need help to use the correct photo on Juli Briskman's bio page. GrassRootsGuy (talk) 18:17, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
- Hello, GrassRootsGuy. I can see why Briskman might want that photo replaced: it actually comes from her 1983 high school yearbook, and was doubtless used because under US copyright law at the time, it is in the public domain. We would like to have a more up to date picture. Normally we require for an email from the copyright holder, as explained at donating copyright materials. I'm not sure whether the official letter you describe would be adequate, because it is unlikely that she holds the copyright to the picture. But I suggest that (since you should upload it to Wikimedia Commons anyway) you ask at C:COM:Village pump/Copyright, where they can give you better guidance. One further question: are you associated with Briskman? If so, you should read about editing with a WP:conflict of interest. ColinFine (talk) 18:38, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
References
Should an article with no references be deleted? Toad62 18:37, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
Oh ok. Thanks for answering my question, ColinFine! Toad62 18:57, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
How to fix infobox wikilink generated by template parameter?
I came across a formatting glitch in the infobox in the article O'Halloran and Francis v. United Kingdom. The article uses Template:Infobox European case, which accepts a bunch of parameters for the names of judges presiding over the case. It seems that these names are used to automatically generate wikilinks for each of the judges. This will obviously be a blue link if the article exists and a red link if it does not.
The glitch comes up with judge Matti Pellonpää, who does not have a Wikipedia article, but shares a name with a Finnish actor and musician. Outside of a template, I would typically resolve this either by avoiding the wikilink or by creating a piped wikilink such as the one that the article's author appears to have tried this by supplying [[Matti Pellonpää (judge)|Matti Pellonpää]] as the parameter. Unfortunately, this approach does not work with the current template.
How best to fix this? Is there a way to format the parameter passed to the template that would either suppress the wikilink or allow it to be piped? Or does this need to be fixed by a modification to the template? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rupert Clayton (talk • contribs) 19:20, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
- @Rupert Clayton: It will yield the desired result, if you input
Matti Pellonpää (judge){{!}}Matti Pellonpää
but this trick is not likely to be understood to be understood by many well-intentioned editors and so the template must be fixed with a modification which I'll be carrying out soon. ---CX Zoom(he/him) (let's talk|contribs) 19:39, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
- @CX Zoom: Thanks very much! I didn't know about {{!}} previously. And I appreciate your taking on the work to fix the template more comprehensively. Rupert Clayton (talk) 19:46, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
- Should be fixed now. Regards, ---CX Zoom(he/him) (let's talk|contribs) 20:03, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
- Looks great. Thanks! Rupert Clayton (talk) 20:23, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
- Should be fixed now. Regards, ---CX Zoom(he/him) (let's talk|contribs) 20:03, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
- @CX Zoom: Thanks very much! I didn't know about {{!}} previously. And I appreciate your taking on the work to fix the template more comprehensively. Rupert Clayton (talk) 19:46, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
How do i ask for a page to be locked?
I have been watching a corporate page for a while now. The business that the page talk about is constantly trying to add spin to the page to make them sound more favorable. Lately I have had to undo their changes a couple times a day. Restricting the ability to edit the page probably wont work. They seem determined to corrupt their wikipedia page and control the narrative. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2604:3D08:F17E:500:A9F3:D868:EBC5:31A0 (talk) 23:13, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
- Page protection may be requested at WP:RFPP. 331dot (talk) 23:15, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
- IP editor: You seem to be engaged in an WP:EDITWAR with the other editor. I side with you view that their edits are not appropriate, and I have issued them with a warning against edit warring, I must also do the same to you, too. Looking at your range contributions, you have also breached our WP:3RR policy. So please don't revert them again. Protecting this page against one determined user is not appropriate. You failed to do three essential things, which I hope you will do in future. These are:
- Explain the reason for your revert in a clear, concise edit summary with each revert
- Go to the other editor's talk page and attempt to engage with them over your concerns about their poor editing, and advise them about edit-warring.
- Raise the matter on the article's talk page and explain why you have reverted. The registered user should then explain their rationale and seek consensus for proceeding (which they are unlikely to get)
- Consider the scenarios where an editor make an edit, no matter how poor. If you simply revert but never explain via an edit summary why you reverted them, why on earth should they think their behaviour is not OK? They'll simply think yours is not, and repeat their action. So we get a cycle of disruption which is not acceptable. But page protection is not the solution. Try to put yourself on the 'right side of the law' by explaining what you're doing and why. I will block both of you if I see this pattern of editing continues, but I hope you will appreciate that I side more with your view of what the article should say than that of the registered users. Thanks, Nick Moyes (talk) 00:32, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
Thank you Nick. I am not trying to cause trouble. I want to do things by the rules, I just don't know how. I would be happy to walk away from this if I knew someone else was taking care of the problem properly. This company conducts their business in a very dishonest way at the cost of disabled people. I can't do much to stop them from doing that but I can try to keep their Wikipedia page honest.
2604:3D08:F17E:500:A9F3:D868:EBC5:31A0 (talk) 01:03, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
What are the policies concerning mostly helpful editors who have very poor spelling skills/otherwise exemplify edit creep?
I don't want to open up an ANI or dispute resolution over an editor I've encountered, but it's safe to assume that most of their significant edits are laden with egregious spelling errors throughout despite usually adding relevant information to a page. The information they supply is often organized inappropriately in a page or given undue weight, but it's all (again) usually deserving of some kind of mention. What are the policies for editors that are high maintenance/prolific writers that can't write/general producers of good-faith edit creep? I know editors are expected to edit Wikipedia when they are at their best, but I don't know if their "best" is possible. Mewnst (talk) 23:20, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
- @Mewnst: Check out WP:CIR for expectations and possible next steps. "A mess created in a sincere effort to help is still a mess" The editor might be better off making requests on the article's talk page rather than editing the article directly. RudolfRed (talk) 23:54, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks! Something like that is what I was looking for, but it's somewhat unfortunate that it may be treated like any other form of disruptive editing. That policy has its merits, but it feels wrong to ban an active, good-faith editor. I'll try informing the editor in question instead of immediately jumping to that. Mewnst (talk) 01:40, 18 February 2022 (UTC)