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June 14
Threatened with being blocked
Help, some editors are against my edits and I am being threatened with being blocked with what I think are best to edit to keep on Wikipedia. It's my definitions against theirs and I don't want to go into this fighting, but rather, I actually want my edits published. The old edits were cruel and mean. 118.208.233.159 (talk) 00:10, 14 June 2022 (UTC)
- Canvassing to win an edit war is a spectacularly bad idea. —Jéské Couriano v^_^v a little blue Bori 00:13, 14 June 2022 (UTC)
- Hi IP 118.208.233.159. Another editor has opened a discussion about this at WP:DR/N#List of Vietnamese Americans and you're welcome to participate in it. If, on the other hand, you continue to try and force the changes you think should be made into the article despite the objections of others, your account is likely going to end up being blocked for edit warring by an administrator. When there are disagreements over content, users are expected to try and resolve them per Wikipedia:Dispute resolution; moreover, the WP:ONUS generally falls upon the user wanting to make a certain change to establish a WP:CONSENSUS that it should be made, particularly when others are in disagreement and the change has been reverted multiple times. -- Marchjuly (talk) 00:21, 14 June 2022 (UTC)
My Saved articles
Hi, I have several hundred saved articles and I would access them with a saved icon at The bottom of the page. This icon does not appear on my new device. Help please, how do I find Saved articles?
John Naughton
User Naughton1237 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Naughton1237 (talk • contribs) 01:43, 14 June 2022 (UTC)
- @Naughton1237: What was your old device and what software (browser or app) were you using? What is your new device and what browser or app does it use? I have always used a browser, and Wikipedia has no "saved articles" in the brower, so I suspect this list was saved locally on your old device. -Arch dude (talk) 01:49, 14 June 2022 (UTC)
- @Naughton1237: Saved pages is a feature in some Wikipedia apps. It is not available in browsers. mw:Wikimedia Apps/iOS FAQ#I have the Wikipedia app for Android or on another iOS device, how do I share or sync these lists? says it can be synced between devices but only if they both use a Wikipedia app. I haven't tried it. PrimeHunter (talk) 09:40, 14 June 2022 (UTC)
- Browsers can save links or "bookmarks". Whether those are at the bottom of the "page" (the browser window?) or not depends on the browser and operating system you are using. As Arch Dude says, if that is how you were saving articles (or pointers to articles), then the info is likely saved on your old device. 73.127.147.187 (talk) 07:10, 17 June 2022 (UTC)
- Naughton1237 has confirmed at User talk:PrimeHunter#Thank You! that it was about the app feature. PrimeHunter (talk) 15:23, 17 June 2022 (UTC)
- Browsers can save links or "bookmarks". Whether those are at the bottom of the "page" (the browser window?) or not depends on the browser and operating system you are using. As Arch Dude says, if that is how you were saving articles (or pointers to articles), then the info is likely saved on your old device. 73.127.147.187 (talk) 07:10, 17 June 2022 (UTC)
How many contested speedy deletions are actually successful?
I've seen quite a few pages up for speedy deletion. Some of them have 'Contest this speedy deletion' buttons on their speedy deletion tags. However, when I go to the talk page, some of the contested speedy deletions don't address the reasons for deletion. Even if they do, most people who tag pages for speedy deletion understand the criteria. Most pages up for speedy deletion eventually get deleted, despite the existence of contested speedy deletion sections. So how often does a contested speedy deletion save the page from deletion? weeklyd3 (message me | my contributions) 02:17, 14 June 2022 (UTC)
- In my experience: occasionally, but not often. When I evaluate a speedy I typically make my own decision about if the content matches the criteria. It's rare that anyone has contested it. Most of the time when they have, although I do read it, it doesn't change my mind. Only in borderline cases does it normally make a difference. That said, sometimes it can be used to highlight things the admin may not notice on their own. For example, one time there were a bunch of photos of Queen Elizabeth tagged as redundant duplicates. I would have deleted them because, at first glance they did seem like duplicates. However the talk page contestation pointed out that they weren't the same photo, but rather a series of stills from a video, and there were subtle differences between them. I would not have noticed that on my own. ~ ONUnicorn(Talk|Contribs)problem solving 04:04, 14 June 2022 (UTC)
How to make article in my sandbox live
Hi, I have created article/content (with proper sources & references) which is in my sandbox. How to make it live on Wikipedia ?
The article "Rajkumari Amrit Kaur College of Nursing, New Delhi" is about a public funded Nursing College established in 1946. There exit a wikipedia Blue link 'Rajkumari Amrit Kaur College of Nursing' but if you click it you get re-directed to the page of University of Delhi.
Please let me know regards Rathish — Preceding unsigned comment added by RathishN (talk • contribs) 04:57, 14 June 2022 (UTC)
- Hi RathishN. Unfortunately, your sandbox isn't ready (at least in my opinion) to be upgraded to article status. There are quite a number of formatting issues and style issues that probably need to be fixed first before it will even be ready for review. What I suggest you do is go to WP:AFC and click on Click here to start a new article. Since you've already been practicing in your sandbox, keep clicking on Next (make sure to carefully read through the information on each page) until you reach the "Common mistakes" page. This is an important page so make sure you carefully read through the information it contains and then click on whichever button applies to you. When you get to the "Draft creation" page, make sure you enter the name of the subject you want to create an article about where it says "Enter your draft name here". This will be, at least for the time being, the name of your draft; it can be changed later if needed. Once you've created the draft, it will be found at
[[Draft:The name of your draft]]
. You can then copy-and-paste the content in your user sandbox into the new draft. After you've done that, I suggest you take a look at Help:Your first article, Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies), and Help:Referencing for beginners for some general information that should help you understand (1) why certain subjects are OK to write Wikipedia articles about and (2) how articles are expected to be written and formatted. When you've straightened out the formatting and other issues of the draft and feel it's ready for review, just click on Submit the draft for review! and it will be reviewed. If the draft is accepted by a reviewer, they will take care of the redirect page issue. -- Marchjuly (talk) 05:42, 14 June 2022 (UTC)
Redirect from misspelling
Hi, what is the policy on the English Wikipedia for redirects from misspellings? Is that done on purpose or did this happen by accident? --217.239.4.204 (talk) 05:49, 14 June 2022 (UTC)
- Hi IP 217.239.4.204. In some cases, a redirect may have been created if the misspelling is quite common as explained in the 12th bullet point of WP:RPURPOSE. My guess is that's what was done in the case of Mount McKinely, but perhaps such a redirect is no longer necessary since Mount McKinley now redirects to Denali. If you believe that to be the case, you can start a discussion about the redirect at WP:RFD. -- Marchjuly (talk) 06:05, 14 June 2022 (UTC)
- Speaking as a mountaineer, it is clear to me that Denali is now the accepted name of the highest mountain peak in North America, located in Central Alaska. That being said, redirects of plausible misspellings should be maintained as a convenience to our readers. The existence of a redirect to the proper article title is in no way an endorsement of the incorrect name or spelling. It is an aid to readers. Cullen328 (talk) 06:16, 14 June 2022 (UTC)
- Hi IP editor. You may be interested to look at the history page of the misspelling, here. It was created in 2009 to assist readers searching using the wrong spelling and then in 2015 a bot came along to remove what are called double-redirects (i.e. it would be inefficient to go from "Mount McKinely" -> "Mount McKinley" -> "Denali"). Mount McKinley is itself now a redirect, of course. Redirects are cheap and tend to proliferate even when arguably obsolete, as in this case. Mike Turnbull (talk) 10:24, 14 June 2022 (UTC)
- Speaking as a mountaineer, it is clear to me that Denali is now the accepted name of the highest mountain peak in North America, located in Central Alaska. That being said, redirects of plausible misspellings should be maintained as a convenience to our readers. The existence of a redirect to the proper article title is in no way an endorsement of the incorrect name or spelling. It is an aid to readers. Cullen328 (talk) 06:16, 14 June 2022 (UTC)
- I marked it with {{R from misspellings}}. MKFI (talk) 13:18, 14 June 2022 (UTC)
Help clearing "check URL value" error
I can't figure out how to clear the "check URL value" error in reference number 6 in the article Kevin Van Winkle. It's a (valid) cite of a tweet. Can you help? Thanks and best wishes, Jeffrey Beall (talk) 10:31, 14 June 2022 (UTC).
- @Jeffrey Beall The "user" parameter in the cite tweet needs to match the twitter account's username. In citation 6 it should be "ColoSenGOP" not "Colorado Senate Republicans". If you want to use the full name of the organisation as well this needs to go in the "author" parameter. 163.1.15.238 (talk) 11:11, 14 June 2022 (UTC)
- Thank you very much indeed. This fix resolved the error. Jeffrey Beall (talk) 11:19, 14 June 2022 (UTC).
Specific policy or guideline about peacock links?
I'm sure I've read a guideline or policy many moons ago that basically said don't do 'fame by association' linking like in this example "Fred Bloggs was the camera operator on Wikipedia: The Movie starring Johnny Depp, Daniel Day-Lewis, Jack Nicholson, Dustin Hoffman, Tom Hanks and Directed by...etc" any ideas what I'm thinking of? - X201 (talk) 11:14, 14 June 2022 (UTC)
- The closest I can find is the essay Wikipedia:Identifying blatant advertising#Behalf of a person:
- Name-dropping of more famous people, groups, media.
- PrimeHunter (talk) 11:30, 14 June 2022 (UTC)
- I think it falls under WP:CONTEXT as even if Bloggs did operate the camera and it was relevant to his article to mention those he photographed, it would be over-linking and distracting to the reader to link all the names. Mike Turnbull (talk) 11:33, 14 June 2022 (UTC)
Thanks for the suggestions. My thoughts on it land in-between both suggestions. I wanted to succinctly point to something when trying to find a BLP editor to give a particular article a good shake. The article in question is Benson Taylor, which I've tried to prune the puffery out of every now and then, but now I think it needs an editor willing to attack it from the ground up. - X201 (talk) 13:28, 14 June 2022 (UTC)
- It's not perfectly relevant to what you're asking, but could you be thinking of WP:INHERIT? CodeTalker (talk) 16:39, 14 June 2022 (UTC)
CREATING A WIKI BOOK
Hi. my brother has created over 1000 wiki pages, I know you can create a wiki book based on various subjects = how do I create on just based on who was the creator of the page? (basically -create an encyclopedia just of his pages thanks david — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.235.98.140 (talk) 12:04, 14 June 2022 (UTC)
- Unfortunately, the book project was shut down last year. See Wikipedia:Books for more information. The box at the top of that page gives information on the shut down process. ~ ONUnicorn(Talk|Contribs)problem solving 14:11, 14 June 2022 (UTC)
- If you know his user name though, you can always look at his contributions and filter to page creations to see the pages he's created. You could then print those to pdf and save them that way. ~ ONUnicorn(Talk|Contribs)problem solving 14:13, 14 June 2022 (UTC)
template:pin section
I noticed several sections in some noticeboards that weren't being addressed for quite a while (such as this and this) and are pertty close to being automatically archived. Are there any rules about who is allowed to use or remove this template or when is it supposed to be used? Or is there anything else I should do to bring attention to these discussions? 67.21.154.193 (talk) 12:24, 14 June 2022 (UTC)
Linking Wikidata
Recently, I was attempting to replace a dead link and the only related information on any Wikimedia site was a Wikidata page. I attempted to use the regular format for linking Wiki articles but seemed to be unable to do so. How would I link a Wikidata article? And is it proper procedure to do so? --99.209.44.10 (talk) 13:33, 14 June 2022 (UTC)
- If you were trying to replace a red link like this, and all you found was a Wikidata item, then probably the red link should be left, if it is a plausible subject for an article. There is general advice at Wikipedia:Red link, but if you can provide the red link and the article, we could give more specific advice. TSventon (talk) 13:41, 14 June 2022 (UTC)
- Whoops, I had been removing red links, and will have to undo that. I promise it was in good faith, but it might take me/us a while to fix it because of unrelated reasons. -99.209.44.10 (talk) 13:48, 14 June 2022 (UTC)
- I believe red links were more useful when there were fewer articles and thus more gaps, but there is still Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red, which aims to replace red links with articles about women. TSventon (talk) 14:16, 14 June 2022 (UTC)
- Whoops, I had been removing red links, and will have to undo that. I promise it was in good faith, but it might take me/us a while to fix it because of unrelated reasons. -99.209.44.10 (talk) 13:48, 14 June 2022 (UTC)
Translation links conflict La Lupa (Swiss singer)
Hi people. This article is translated into for other languages, however the language linking is giving conflict with a Wikimedia page. Clould you please fix this, thank you. Equivalent pages in all five languages are: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Lupa https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Lupa_(cantante_suiza) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Lupa_(Swiss_singer) https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Lupa_(cantante) https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Lupa Neuralia (talk) 16:00, 14 June 2022 (UTC)
Fixed I fixed this in Wikidata, so it links to those other articles. Seems like someone had created a duplicate in Wikidata. Joseph2302 (talk) 16:05, 14 June 2022 (UTC)
Change draft to official text
Hello, I'm creating the English page of a great Brazilian drummer, Tutty Moreno. However, I created in draft mode and now, to preserve what I've already done, I had to publish so as not to lose. I need to get out of draft mode and continue working on the text to actually publish the edited page. Can someone help me? I haven't finished it yet, maybe I need a few days to put all the references and information. Please, what do I do to withdraw from draft mode? ThanksRummiEnglish (talk) 18:06, 14 June 2022 (UTC)
- @RummiEnglish "publish changes" should be interpreted as "save changes", it does not mean "publish to the main encyclopedia" (the button was renamed to this a couple years ago to remind everyone that pretty much anything here is publicly visible, provided that one knows where to look. I have added the appropriate information to allow you to submit the draft for review, as well as done a bit of syntax cleanup and removing an instance of
{{DISPLAYTITLE}}
that didn't apply. DISPLAYTITLE can only be used to do cosmetic changes to the page title, not change the title altogether. Changing the title completely requires a page move, which, in this case, is not generally recommended for new users. Victor Schmidt mobil (talk) 18:32, 14 June 2022 (UTC)- Ok. Thank you. RummiEnglish (talk) 18:51, 14 June 2022 (UTC)
GETTING INFORMATION OR WRITE-UP IN WIKIPEDIA.
How do I get information about by socio-cultural organization in Wikipedia so that people can search and access information about this club? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1700:24A7:1410:D007:3E21:3827:603 (talk) 18:47, 14 June 2022 (UTC)
- Hello. You don't, because that's not what Wikipedia is for. Wikipedia is interested in what others say about your organization, not what it says about itself. 331dot (talk) 18:52, 14 June 2022 (UTC)
Shady Cove, Oregon
I am the City Administrator of the City of Shady Cove, Oregon. The information on your site describing our fair City is very old. IN fact, about 4 Mayors ago. :) What can we do to edit the information?
Thank you, Tom — Preceding unsigned comment added by City of Shady Cove (talk • contribs) 21:58, 14 June 2022 (UTC)
- @City of Shady Cove: For one, change your username to something else, as it violates Wikipedia's username policy. Once that's done, please disclose your conflict of interest (and as you're doing it on behalf of the city, you must disclose a paid relationship. After that, you may make edit requests backed up by reliable sources on Talk:Shady Cove, Oregon. Please do not directly edit the article, unless it's to remove blatant vandalism. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 22:43, 14 June 2022 (UTC)
- If you do not know how to change your username, follow the instructions at WP:CHU. interstatefive 23:02, 14 June 2022 (UTC)
How to "wrap" a table based on the device width?
The following table (with {{football kit box}} templates inside each cell) looks fine on desktop view. However, on mobile view, horizontal scrolling is needed to view all the cells. I've been told that scrolling is discouraged. How can I fix the issue? Nehme1499 22:23, 14 June 2022 (UTC)
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Monza's first kit in 1912 was blue-and-white. |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In 1920 the kit changed to blue-and-white halves. |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The first red-and-white kit appeared in 1932. |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In 1937–38 and 1961–62, Monza wore stripes. |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Variations of a full-red shirt were worn between the 1930s and 2010s... |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ...which alternated with the white-stripe kit, first introduced in 1971. |
- @Nehme1499: The below uses Help:Table#Side by side tables. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:41, 14 June 2022 (UTC)
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June 15
CC drums
There is a very common and popular drum making company, CC drums.
I can't find any information on the CC company on Wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2603:6080:802:7995:2119:C0A2:B2D8:9A61 (talk) 03:05, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
- If a person, organisation or business does not have an article on Wikipedia, it is because independent people think that it is not notable enough. Wikipedia is not a business directory.--♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 05:43, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
- So common and popular that this aged music fan has never previously heard of it, it describes itself as "a small . . . company" (though it has American and European arms), and even the questioner has got its name wrong – it is apparently C&C (or C & C) Drums, unless "CC Drums" is different and even more obscure.
- That said, elegibility for a Wikipedia article is not dependent on how "common and popular" something is perceived to be: it's dependent on how much people independently of it have published material about it in well-edited Reliable sources. If the questioner thinks that there should be a Wikipedia article about the company, the questioner is the best-placed person to gather the Reliable sources required and start a Draft of an article, as described in Help:Your first article. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 90.201.73.162 (talk) 11:25, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
First time editor, noticed an article was deleted and replaced with a redirect for baffling reasons. Is there anything I can do to help?
Hello,
Circa 2016, I was into rockets, and there was a decent page on the topic of "Asparagus Staging". It was rather short, as it was not currently implemented in any form of rocket, however it was informative.
A few years later, remembering that said article existed, I looked it up again, and was confused to be greeted with a redirect to here. This page did not refer to asparagus staging by name, does not go into detail about how the process works, and gives the impression that it was invented specifically for the Falcon Heavy.
There are 3 solutions I see to this problem, the last one being, in my opinion, the most reasonable:
- Create a new article on the subject (unlikely, as it is about an unimplemented and impractical technology, therefore the article would likely be a stub)
- Delete the redirect (also unlikely, as people who want to know about asparagus staging would likely want at least SOMETHING to show up)
- Redirect to a subsection in the article for rocket staging instead (probably the best option of the bunch, would give more useful information in a more logical setting)
Sincerely, TheSoS9k (talk) 06:08, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
- It's odd that Asparagus Staging redirects to Modular rocket#Falcon Heavy, when that section is much shorter than the article Falcon Heavy. But neither mentions "asparagus". I think your third option is the most promising; or you might instead consider adding your proposed subsection to Falcon Heavy. I can't tell which would be better, as I know nothing about the topic. Maproom (talk) 07:17, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
- Hi, thanks for the response!
- Asparagus staging, to my mere no-citations knowledge, was invented long before SpaceX was even founded. The Kerbal Space Program wiki article on the subject (which I will not cite in a prospective subsection, but provided some pointers on where to find more information) points to to two possible sources where I could find more information: a book entitled Orbital Mechanics: Theory and Applications, written by a "Tom Logsdon", and further research on Mikhail Tikhonravov, who supposedly invented the staging type. Therefore, I would rather not put it in a SpaceX related article at all
- One large reason this article was deleted was almost certainly the lack of real-world applications. For technical reasons, asparagus staging, while sound from a physics standpoint, is terrible from an engineering standpoint, and this is significantly more useful in abstract computations than in real life, which is why it is mostly discussed by Kerbal Space Program players. It's also likely that technical sources would use phrases other than "Asparagus Staging" to refer to this staging type, further muddling any queries into reliable sources.
- Hope this provides more information on my plight! TheSoS9k (talk) 08:05, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
- Update: I found some information about asparagus staging and Mikhail Tikhonravov in the history and development section of Multistage rockets. Because of that, I think it's safe to say that the phrase "asparagus staging" should redirect there. TheSoS9k (talk) 08:21, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
Archives not moved after page move
The two archives at Talk:Macedonian Orthodox Church – Ohrid Archbishopric/Archive 1 and Talk:Macedonian Orthodox Church – Ohrid Archbishopric/Archive 2 were not moved to the new name when I moved the article to Macedonian Orthodox Church – Archdiocese of Ohrid. Does anyone know what to do to get the bot the move them automatically? Veverve (talk) 07:37, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
List of AfC reviewers
I was wondering if Wikipedia has a page containing a list of AfC reviewers based on which languages they know. When reviewing drafts, I've come across articles that contain primarily non-English references and in an attempt to speed up the reviewing process I might ping an admin from a related WikiProject or check one of the subcategories of Category:Wikipedians by language. I'm able to find the admins by using User:Theopolisme/Scripts/adminhighlighter.js, but I don't know of an easy way to specifically locate AfC reviewers in a list of other users. For instance, I can look through each individual user listed at Category:Wikipedians by language and check their user page to see if they are a AfC reviewer. Or I can check each individual user listed at WP:AFC/P to see if they speak the relevant language. Either way it's a lot of work to find someone that might be helpful unless they are also an admin. TipsyElephant (talk) 13:10, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
- @TipsyElephant: See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Articles_for_creation/List_of_reviewers_by_subject The list has column for which language the reviewer knows. RudolfRed (talk) 20:45, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
Vandalism help request from C-entwikieditor
I have noticed some vandalism at [[1]]. Namely, There is a celebrity whose Japanese and Korean translations are being maliciously edited to show the wrong birth year: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gong_Jun https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B3%B5%EC%A4%80_(%EB%B0%B0%EC%9A%B0) https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%BE%94%E4%BF%8A Even though the Chinese version of the article is added to the BLP policy and contains the correct birth year (1992). The source for this information is added to the Korean and Japanese pages, sadly the year still gets edited by the same malicious editor. This has caused errors in printed publications in the Japanese language. Edited to clarify: Most recently the Japanese and the Korean versions of the article have been affected. In the recent months, also the Thai and the English versions were edited maliciously. Would an editor please assist me with fixing it? Thank you, C-entwikieditor (talk) 13:21, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
- Are you having this issue on the English Wikipedia? PRAXIDICAE🌈 13:25, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
- The Korean and the Japanese versions of the article are being affected. C-entwikieditor (talk) 13:31, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
- You'll need to discuss it there. PRAXIDICAE🌈 13:40, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
- If you don't speak Korean and Japanese, you could try posting at the Korean and Japanese versions of Wikipedia:Embassy. TSventon (talk) 14:45, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
- You'll need to discuss it there. PRAXIDICAE🌈 13:40, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
- The Korean and the Japanese versions of the article are being affected. C-entwikieditor (talk) 13:31, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
a new subject page
can you point me to page on how to create new subject matter? — Preceding unsigned comment added by WayneWhaley1136 (talk • contribs) 15:36, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
- @WayneWhaley1136 See WP:YFA. First and most important, make sure you have the sources to meet the demands of WP:GNG. If you don't, chose another subject matter. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 16:02, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
- Hello, WayneWhaley1136. Welcome to Wikipedia. If you are keen to contribute to Wikipedia, I would like to advise you that if you plunge straight into the very difficult task of creating a new article, you are likely to have a frustrating and miserable time. I always advise new editors to spend at least a few months improving existing articles and learning how Wikipedia works before they try it. On average, I would say that a new editor who follows that advice will be adding thousands of times as much value to Wikipedia as somebody who tries to create an article before they are ready. Note also that if you have joined Wikipedia specifically to get an article on a particular subject into Wikipedia, the chances are that you are engaged in promotion, which is forbidden anywhere on Wikipedia. ColinFine (talk) 16:45, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
- Hello WayneWhaley1136 - I wrote a simple decision tree to help new editors find info about getting started with editing. It may help you find other ways to contribute. Please see Wikipedia:TRIAGE. TimTempleton (talk) (cont) 23:15, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
How do you change main photo on person's page?
Hello,
I want to change the main photo on a person's wiki profile (picture on right side of page with info about the person's life/career). I don't see an edit button like the one above each section. Can someone please assist?
Thanks, — Preceding unsigned comment added by HC Precinct1 (talk • contribs) 18:58, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
- @HC Precinct1: you change the image in the infobox on an article by editing the source. Since it's in the lead paragraph, you hit the "edit" button for the article as a whole and not for a section. To change the picture, first upload the new picture to Commons. There is one absolutely critical step: make sure that you have the right to upload that picture. You must own the copyright to the picture (e.g., because your are the photographer) or the copyright owner must have explicitly licensed it under an appropriate free copyright license. If it is not properly licensed, we will delete it. Once you are certain of this critical step, go to the upload wizard and upload your picture to commons, then edit the article. -Arch dude (talk) 19:23, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
- Just to going to add that the OP has been soft-blocked for a username violation; they can still read any responses given here, but they won't be able to posting any additional comments here as long as their account is blocked. So, anyone want to discuss things with the OP probably should do so on their user talk page, but anyone who does should also remember that the OP should now primarily be using their user talk page to get unblocked and not for other things. -- Marchjuly (talk) 20:10, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
- HC Precinct1 Wikipedia does not have "profiles", not a single one. Wikipedia has articles. 331dot (talk) 23:04, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
- Username blocked - seems to represent Harris County precinct 1 - a political entity and WP:SPA. TimTempleton (talk) (cont) 23:12, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
Authority control
I am in the process of writing an article draft, and I have added in the authority control template. However, when I am on the visual editing mode, the authority control icon and text are visible at the bottom, even though on other articles that use the same template, it is not. How do I make it so that this icon is not visible? Catsandgurdies (talk) 21:37, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
- @Catsandgurdies Are you talking about the image of a puzzle piece and the name of the template? That's just an indicator that "there's a template here, but it produced no output" so that you can actually see it and edit it. You don't need to do anything, it won't show up outside editing mode. 192.76.8.94 (talk) 00:19, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
Requested articles
In my opinion, if someone wishes to request an article if they don't have an account, they should be able to do so. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.5.122.8 (talk) 21:44, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
- Hi - nothing is preventing you from requesting an article as an IP, in fact I see you've already done so. I do wonder why you're trying to create articles by resurrecting the talk pages of articles that have been deleted and placing article content into them. That is not allowed. 199.208.172.35 (talk) 22:04, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
- There is nothing stopping you from requesting articles, but you need to follow the huge, bold instructions at the top of the page:
All requests must contain RELIABLE, INDEPENDENT, THIRD PARTY SOURCES
. You need to provide evidence that these companies and people are WP:Notable, by providing examples of coverage in books, newspapers, magazines etc. 192.76.8.94 (talk) 00:23, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
Is Marriages and children always appropriate?
Are there any sort of people with articles for whom this type of information (presuming it is verifiable) is not appropriate? At the level of "Trevonti was married twice, had one son with his first wife before she died, and three daughters with his second wife. He also acknowledged a daughter sired during his marriage to his second wife". For example if the Trevonti in question is a leader in the 3rd crusade, a President of an Italian University, or one of the first three people representing North Dakota in congress, same rules?Naraht (talk) 23:42, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
- Hello, Naraht. No, the rules are not the same. We have more stringent standards for biographies of living people. Presumably, the crusade leader and the members of Congress are dead. What matters most is the quality of the sources used to verify the content. Loaded terms like "sired" should be avoided, as should gossip sources. Normally, the names of minor children will not be included unless they are discussed extensively by high quality sources, so a routine birth announcement is not sufficient. Cullen328 (talk) 23:50, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
- Cullen328 OK, so the split is living vs. dead. I appreciate that sources will vary, assume as good as possible... I deliberately didn't include the names in the example. I'm curious as to why sired is viewed as a loaded term. Naraht (talk) 23:56, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
- Naraht, in current serious usage, "sired" is used to refer to the offspring of animals like stallions and bulls. When applied to human beings, the term is usually archaic or ironic or humorous. It is not the type of neutral terminology that should be applied to human beings in Wikipedia's voice. Cullen328 (talk) 03:56, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
- Cullen328 OK, so the split is living vs. dead. I appreciate that sources will vary, assume as good as possible... I deliberately didn't include the names in the example. I'm curious as to why sired is viewed as a loaded term. Naraht (talk) 23:56, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
June 16
what redirects here?
It used to be that What links here would also show redirects. Now it doesn't. Or at least I don't know how. We could have a What redirects here, though. Gah4 (talk) 01:45, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
- @Gah4 It does show redirects and transclusions. The options to show/hide redirects, links and transclusions are in the collapsible box at the top of the page. 192.76.8.94 (talk) 01:47, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
- OK, I was used to the not collapsed form, and couldn't figure out where it went. But the reason I asked, is that I knew it was supposed to be there. Some people might not, and also might not know to look in the collapsed box. I wonder how many other things I don't know where are. Thanks, though. Gah4 (talk) 05:09, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
- @Gah4: "What links here" is a poor title for hidden options on a what links here page. It's discussed in phab:T310014: "Improve the title of the whatlinkshere filter control box". PrimeHunter (talk) 20:47, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
- OK, I was used to the not collapsed form, and couldn't figure out where it went. But the reason I asked, is that I knew it was supposed to be there. Some people might not, and also might not know to look in the collapsed box. I wonder how many other things I don't know where are. Thanks, though. Gah4 (talk) 05:09, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
How to change an article/topic identifier
Folks:
I'm new to the program. I've been updating the 'drawback' page to ensure it provide the most accurate and up to date information. However, the title itself, 'Drawback,' is lacking. It should be 'Duty Drawback.'
How do I change it?
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Drawback&oldid=1092055448
Tks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lauren1453 (talk • contribs) 01:46, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
- @Lauren1453 To change the title of a page you need to move it. To move pages you need to have made 10 edits and had an account for 4 days. Since you don't meet those requirements yet you can go to Requested moves and ask another editor to move it for you, you can use technical requests if you think the move is uncontroversial, or you can use the controversial moves section to start a discussion if you think other people are likely to disagree. 192.76.8.94 (talk) 01:53, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
- Hello, Lauren1453. In order to change the title, you will need to provide evidence that "Drawback" is somehow inaccurate, misleading and not frequently used by reliable sources discussing this topic, and that "Duty drawback" is by far the more common term used by reliable sources. So, assemble your evidence. Be rigorously objective and do not skew the evidence in favor of your preferred outcome. Cullen328 (talk) 04:07, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
- Google 'drawback' and 'duty drawback' and see which inquiry returns relevant content; that alone will demonstrate how the trade community at large uses the term. 'Drawback' alone is not accurate, plain and simple. Lauren1453 (talk) 14:22, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
- As a Brit, I had never heard of the term "drawback" used in any other sense than "a disadvantage", as per wiktionary or "draw back" meaning "withdraw", so I think that moving to Duty drawback, with the existing disambiguation for drawback would be sensible. Mike Turnbull (talk) 16:03, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
- Google 'drawback' and 'duty drawback' and see which inquiry returns relevant content; that alone will demonstrate how the trade community at large uses the term. 'Drawback' alone is not accurate, plain and simple. Lauren1453 (talk) 14:22, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
- Hello, Lauren1453. In order to change the title, you will need to provide evidence that "Drawback" is somehow inaccurate, misleading and not frequently used by reliable sources discussing this topic, and that "Duty drawback" is by far the more common term used by reliable sources. So, assemble your evidence. Be rigorously objective and do not skew the evidence in favor of your preferred outcome. Cullen328 (talk) 04:07, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
Template:Commons Category
On Teasmade, this template appears correctly placed, at the head of the References section. Viewed on my mobile device (iPhone SE type 2), references text is constrained into a column 2-3 characters wide and therefore totally unreadable. How do I fix this? Thanks Nick Levine (talk) 07:16, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
- Which browser are you using? It looks fine in Safari on my iPhone 8 in both desktop and mobile view. - X201 (talk) 08:15, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
- Desktop view in Safari. Would you like a screenshot? Nick Levine (talk) 09:07, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
- I can confirm this on narrow screens, both in Monobook and in the standard Vector skin. —Kusma (talk) 10:21, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
- @Nick Levine: Fixed. See Template:Commons_category#Location for instructions. —Kusma (talk) 10:24, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks. I’d read the template page but that setting wasn’t clear. Nick Levine (talk) 22:40, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
- @Nick Levine: Fixed. See Template:Commons_category#Location for instructions. —Kusma (talk) 10:24, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
Restarting account.
Help me in the restarting account process, I am stuck. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 105.160.12.163 (talk) 13:09, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
Actual question section
hi everyone. I have a simple formatting question, about our old friend, template:navbox. how would I put a simple horizontal bar across the navbox, with some text inside it, to delineate a separate section?
please note, this bar does not need to be the top of a collapsible section; it is simply for visual purposes only, in separating one part of the navbox from the other parts.
appreciate any help. if you want, you can simply link me to an existing navbox which would have this feature. thanks! --Sm8900 (talk) 13:25, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
- @Sm8900 You can use a "list" without a group to do this, e.g.
{{navbox | name = Navbox | state = uncollapsed | title = title | above = above | group1 = group1 | list1 = list1 | list2 = list2 - No Group so becomes a bar | group3 = group3 | list3 = list3 | below = below }}
produces
192.76.8.94 (talk) 13:57, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
- hm, ok, that looks excellent, IP editor. one question; is there any way to add just a bit of shading to that bar? thanks!! Sm8900 (talk) 14:03, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
@Sm8900: yes, you can use the list"n"style parameters to set the colouring of particular groups, e.g.
{{navbox | name = Navbox | state = uncollapsed | title = title | above = above | group1 = group1 | list1 = list1 | list2style = background: silver; | list2 = list2 - No Group so becomes a bar | group3 = group3 | list3 = list3 | below = below }}
will make the bar silver
192.76.8.94 (talk) 14:10, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
- holy smokes, that's brilliant, IP editor. thanks so much! by the way, can I please suggest that you add your great advice above to the documentation for template:navbox? I think your info is highly useful. but anyway, this is truly helpful. great info! thanks! --Sm8900 (talk) 14:13, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
sample coding
copying your helpful sample code, below for experimentation. --Sm8900 (talk) 14:08, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
- ok, I tried the code below for shading, but as you can see it changed shading for all of the groups./ hm. I would be open to any tips you may have. thanks! --Sm8900 (talk) 14:09, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
| liststyle = background: silver;
sandbox section
{{navbox | name = Navbox | state = uncollapsed | title = title | above = above | group1 = group1 | list1 = list1 | list2 = list2 - No Group so becomes a bar | list2style = background: silver; | group3 = group3 | list3 = list3 | below = below }}
produces
--Sm8900 (talk) 14:05, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
- @Sm8900: You can set
list2style
to change the background for list2 only. -- John of Reading (talk) 14:10, 16 June 2022 (UTC)- As the IP demonstrated, just five seconds before I saved that comment... -- John of Reading (talk) 14:14, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
- @John of Reading, lol, yes, I guess that great minds think alike. it's truly helpful to have your input here as well. thanks! by the way, I left our IP Editor friend some thanks of sorts, on their talk page. I appreciate your help. are you highly familiar with editing and coding for navboxes? maybe I can use your help, actually. are you active at all at the meta:wikimedia site? --Sm8900 (talk) 14:19, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
- @Sm8900: Not "highly familiar"; I found "list2style" by reading the documentation. I'm not active at meta. -- John of Reading (talk) 14:25, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
- @John of Reading, lol, yes, I guess that great minds think alike. it's truly helpful to have your input here as well. thanks! by the way, I left our IP Editor friend some thanks of sorts, on their talk page. I appreciate your help. are you highly familiar with editing and coding for navboxes? maybe I can use your help, actually. are you active at all at the meta:wikimedia site? --Sm8900 (talk) 14:19, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
- As the IP demonstrated, just five seconds before I saved that comment... -- John of Reading (talk) 14:14, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
New question re color codes
hi all. ok. sorry, but here are some new questions. FYI, I am trying to review the page Help:Using colours, in order to learn some of this, but I could still use some assistance. thanks very much.
edit: ok, I found some useful data here: Help:Using_colours#Guide_to_colors. feel free to answer below, though. thanks!
- (A) where would I find a list of names that i can use to indicate the color, for the formatting shown above for a horizontal bar?
- (B) how would I use a numerical color code for the formatting above, eg such as the color code 708ECF?
I appreciate any help. thanks. --Sm8900 (talk) 15:44, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
- You should find all that you need at {{color}}, Sm8900. Mike Turnbull (talk) 15:51, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
- Hi @Michael D. Turnbull. well I appreciate your reply, but what I need is a full, specific detailed list of the actual names to be used for colors. i don't happen to see that data at the link above that you provided, so please feel free to clarify further. however, I did find the page Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Accessibility/Colors, and there does seem to be a list of that sort, so I am giving that a try to see if I can use that data.
- if you have any other links or info, I could use that as well. thanks! --Sm8900 (talk) 16:02, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
- Sm8900 The article at web colors has everything under the sun (or at least, those capable of being rendered in browsers!). Mike Turnbull (talk) 16:06, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
- @Sm8900 Web colors#HTML color names lists all the named colours. To use a hex colour code you need to preface it with a hash like so:
| list2style = background: #C71585;
. 192.76.8.94 (talk) 16:14, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
Login.
Help in loging in to my account. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 105.160.12.163 (talk) 13:38, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
- What is the nature of the difficulty you are having? 331dot (talk) 13:42, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
- Does Help:logging in contain anything that helps? 192.76.8.94 (talk) 13:59, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
A move request?
Hello all! I just edited on American Journal of Physical Anthropology, the scientific journal has been renamed some weeks or months ago. I do not understand Wikipedia:Requested moves and the things related to it (i am de-N, en-2). Can You help me? Thanks in advance. --Himbeerbläuling (talk) 17:23, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
- Your can be bold and rename the article yourself. Ruslik_Zero 20:46, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
- Himbeerbläuling I have renamed the article and changed a few things (everything that said Physical Anthropology now says Biological Anthropology, but I think you should go through it again. I noticed a *lot* of the links to Wiley were http: links, they should be replaced with the new locations which are https: (and it isn't just adding an s, the https locations are in different places). Let me know if you have any questions.Naraht (talk) 14:18, 17 June 2022 (UTC)
Language Codes
Where is there a list of what languages the usually-2-character language codes represent? I know that, for instance, .en is English, .de is German, .fr is French. If I see a link to .he or .bn, how do I look up what languages those are? Robert McClenon (talk) 21:18, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
- List of ISO 639-1 codes. Since that (and ISO 639-1) is hard to remember, it's linked from language code. In Wikimedia-specific context, m:Template:List of language names ordered by code. —Cryptic 21:26, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
- For lists of all language tags (ISO 639-1, -2, -3, IETF forms, and 'special') supported by cs1|2 templates see: Template:Citation Style documentation/language/doc. These are all the tags supported by MediaWiki; they are a small subset of all possible language tags.
- —Trappist the monk (talk) 22:06, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
June 17
Tables
Hello. How do I center the text in a content cell in a table? Cherrell410 (talk) 02:11, 17 June 2022 (UTC)
- Like this:
cell1 cell2 cell3
- Bazza (talk) 08:09, 17 June 2022 (UTC)
- Yes, but how Cherrell410 (talk) 13:21, 17 June 2022 (UTC)
- You need to look at the source code (what you see when you use "Edit source"). In this case, the code is style="text-align:center;" embedded into the correct table code. See H:TABLE for more instructions. Mike Turnbull (talk) 14:36, 17 June 2022 (UTC)
- As Mike Turnbull says, press "edit source" next to "Tables" in the heading above, and you'll see the source code for this entire conversation, including the Wikitable I gave as an example and which you can copy into the source of the page you're editing.
- If your using the Visual Editor to write your page, then it has tools for inserting a table, and aligning text in cells.
- Finally, be aware of any accessibility issues there might be in centring text: some people find it less easy to read. Bazza (talk) 15:01, 17 June 2022 (UTC)
- Yes, but how Cherrell410 (talk) 13:21, 17 June 2022 (UTC)
Wikipedia.org
Hello. When you open the wikipedia.org webpage, it says that the english wikipedia has 6 458 000+ articles. The english wikipedia main page says that it has 6 520 000+ articles. Is that number on wikipedia.org ever purged or updated? Cherrell410 (talk) 02:12, 17 June 2022 (UTC)
- AFAIK the en.wp Main Page link is accurate; the wikipedia.org webpage is likely cached or only updated periodically. —Jéské Couriano v^_^v a little blue Bori 03:15, 17 June 2022 (UTC)
- Ok Cherrell410 (talk) 13:22, 17 June 2022 (UTC)
- In case you want to use it elsewhere, Cherrell410, there is a "magic word" that gives the correct number, automatically updated, currently 6,520,544. See my source code here for the bit you would need. Mike Turnbull (talk) 14:32, 17 June 2022 (UTC)
- Updates are usually reported at phab:T128546. The latest was 13 June. PrimeHunter (talk) 15:30, 17 June 2022 (UTC)
- In case you want to use it elsewhere, Cherrell410, there is a "magic word" that gives the correct number, automatically updated, currently 6,520,544. See my source code here for the bit you would need. Mike Turnbull (talk) 14:32, 17 June 2022 (UTC)
- Ok Cherrell410 (talk) 13:22, 17 June 2022 (UTC)
Inyo County Sheriffs. Left out was Allen B George. Sheriff from Nov. 7 1990 - 1996
Courtesy link: Inyo_County,_California#County_Sheriffs
I would like to place Allen B. George in context. He was left out of Sheriffs of Inyo County. Nov.7 1990-1996 Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:1970:511D:DB00:0:0:0:B040 (talk) 02:23, 17 June 2022 (UTC)
- I was looking at the article and it said that the sheriff was Don Dorsey. Do you have a reference that I could read? Cherrell410 (talk) 02:54, 17 June 2022 (UTC)
Page that doesn't exist exists
This page has a notice at the top saying it has been deleted, but there is still text in the page. When 'View source' is pressed, the source can still be seen. However, there is no history. How can this page be deleted and exist at the same time? weeklyd3 (message me | my contributions) 02:54, 17 June 2022 (UTC)