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September 5
Album cover
Hello. I've been writing a draft for an album by TobyMac, and I need to get the album cover uploaded for the infobox. The album cover was uploaded for his previous album: The Elements, so I know it's possible, if somebody could do this or teach/tell me how to do this, it would be awesome and very helpful. Thank you! Cherrell410 (talk) 01:48, 5 September 2022 (UTC)
- The file already uploaded is File:The Elements TobyMac official album cover.jpg. Presumably the file you want to upload is also conventionally copyright; and can therefore only be uploaded to en:Wikipedia (not to Commons) and for "fair use" in a particular article. Not to a draft: no claim for "fair use" in a draft will be considered. So first, ready your draft, submit it for acceptance, and wait. While you're doing that, read up on fair use. When your draft has metamorphosed into an article, upload the image, in accordance with the relevant guidelines. -- Hoary (talk) 02:55, 5 September 2022 (UTC)
- Hello, Cherrell410. Hoary is entirely correct. Non-free images are never acceptable in drafts. In addition, they add nothing to a draft since reviewers do not pay attention to images. They only pay attention to the quality of the references to reliable, independent sources in the draft article, and how well your draft summarizes those references. Images are decorations that should be ignored until after the draft is accepted as an encyclopedia article. Cullen328 (talk) 06:02, 5 September 2022 (UTC)
- Incidentally, Cherrell410, User:Cherrell410/sandbox/Life After Death (TobyMac Album) doesn't currently have any comment from a reliable source. I understand that the draft isn't submitted for review and that you may already have material you intend to add before you submit the draft; but as it is, the notability of its subject isn't clear. -- Hoary (talk) 06:44, 5 September 2022 (UTC)
Search for users with user box = x
HI,
I wish to find if there are any editors with userbox = business analysis,
Can't work it out (or do you have to search using the wiki text ??
Appreciate your help Wakelamp d[@-@]b (talk) 06:24, 5 September 2022 (UTC)
- You don't point us to this userbox, Wakelamp, and I can't be bothered to search for it. Let's imagine that it's Template:User_BusAna. Then click on Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:User_BusAna. -- Hoary (talk) 06:52, 5 September 2022 (UTC)
- Thank-you Wakelamp d[@-@]b (talk) 12:11, 5 September 2022 (UTC)
Removed Vital Articles
On Wikipedia:Vital_articles I noticed there was a page with a list of all articles that were ever removed from the level 4 list. Here's a link: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4/Removed
I'm curious if there are pages of removed articles corresponding the other vital article levels. Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/3/Removed isn't a valid page, and neither is Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/5/People/Writers and journalists/Removed or any other examples. Do the other levels have any of their own removed article archives? Cadevo86 (talk) 14:08, 5 September 2022 (UTC)
- @Cadevo86:The folks over at Wikipedia talk:Vital_articles might be able to help. -Arch dude (talk) 15:30, 5 September 2022 (UTC)
September 6
[[#CITEREF|]] Related Usage Questions
If anyone knows for sure, please reply. There is no reply on Korean Wikipedia, so I'm posting a question here. I think, An error related to novichok(KorWiki) has occurred in the Novichok documentation. This is the 1st question - How to use #CITEREF?
This is the 2nd question - In the Template:Harvard citation, it is referenced in Template:Sfn with the parameter ref=harv.
i think the 'harv' is a group name in 'references'.
What is the internal mechanism? i cann't understand Lua, Please explain with wiki syntex
thanks 222.117.225.233 (talk) 00:24, 6 September 2022 (UTC)
- Hi there! I see that a user has updated the article so the #CITEREF errors no longer appear. However, while reference 1 now says "Tucker 2006", I would expect that the article would have a complete reference for this as well. Since Tucker, Albats, and Gupta are only used once in the article, you might even want to replace the {{Harvnb}} with regular citation templates with the complete details about each reference. Hope this helps! GoingBatty (talk) 00:38, 6 September 2022 (UTC)
- The role of "#CITEREF".
- Is it a command to execute "anchor function" in the document?
- i think The second is an anchor link to the parameter "ref" of the template "Book Citation".
- This is what I want to know. 222.117.225.233 (talk) 02:42, 8 September 2022 (UTC)
Tara Lipinski talk page template
Hi, so on the talk page of Tara Lipinski, I put in the A note template. I would like it to be the same color as the rest of the templates. Could someone please either explain to me how that would be done, or do it for me? Perhaps I'm using the wrong template? Help, way too technical for my pay grade! ;) Thanks in advance. Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 02:57, 6 September 2022 (UTC)
- @Figureskatingfan, I am not an expert on this but try {{notice}}. It automatically turns orange when on a talk page. StarryGrandma (talk) 17:06, 6 September 2022 (UTC)
- @StarryGrandma, hey it worked! Thanks so much for your help. Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 22:06, 6 September 2022 (UTC)
Is an exception possible where drafts can link into mainspace?
So I know generally speaking drafts cannot be linked for mainspace articles, but could a like a WikiProject talk page discussion or some community discussion make exceptions to that rule? So basically, a few months ago, I started Draft:List of F4 and EF4 tornadoes and 9 other editors have helped create it. Ran into an issue where it was like 10-15% done, and it was nearly 200,000 bytes. So I just broke it up into lists by decades (in draftspace still). One section was complete, the Draft:List of F4 and EF4 tornadoes (2020–present) and another user User talk:98.116.128.17 messaged on the talk page suggesting it should be moved into mainspace as it is ready. I just sped through and got the parent draft, Draft:List of F4 and EF4 tornadoes, ready to be in mainspace as well. The problem is, all the other decade articles are not ready for mainspace. The closest is the 2010s which is around 40-50% done. If you look at the parent draft, all the decades are listed in their respective sections (modeled after Lists of tornadoes and tornado outbreaks), but again, the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 00, and 10s decade articles are and will be in draftspace for a while. Is is possible to move Draft:List of F4 and EF4 tornadoes and Draft:List of F4 and EF4 tornadoes (2020–present) into mainspace, as they are ready, but leave the drafts linked to the parent Draft:List of F4 and EF4 tornadoes article? (Pinging WP Weather members as well since this is like a weird question: ChessEric, TornadoLGS, Timcigar12.)
Really hoping that question made sense. Elijahandskip (talk) 03:10, 6 September 2022 (UTC)
- I did a quick look around, and I'm not actually sure where the policy or guideline is that goes against linking from mainspace to draftspace, though I don't expect it's appropriate, considering redirects from mainspace to draftspace are subject to speedy deletion. If anyone could link to the relevant guideline page(s) that would be helpful. For anyone commenting who is unfamiliar with the subject matter we're talking about a list (or group of lists) that would contain more than a thousand entries, which was the reason for the split. TornadoLGS (talk) 03:54, 6 September 2022 (UTC)
- You're looking for MOS:DRAFTNOLINK. —Cryptic 04:28, 6 September 2022 (UTC)
- Well I guess that answers that question. Now time to figure out what would be best, but that can be a different discussion instead of here. Elijahandskip (talk) 16:35, 6 September 2022 (UTC)
- You're looking for MOS:DRAFTNOLINK. —Cryptic 04:28, 6 September 2022 (UTC)
how do i add my a place and what are the requirements
I want to add westside auto wholesales to Wikipedia - can someone please tell me how and what to achieve this - is there like a guideline doc on what we need and whats required - just looking for some guidance on it PerthDigitalEdge (talk) 05:32, 6 September 2022 (UTC)
- I'm guessing that it is Westside Auto Wholesale in Perth, Western Australia. This doesn't seem to meet the general notability guideline for its own article, and there would also be a conflict of interest if you were involved in it in some way. It is important to realise that Wikipedia is not a business directory, and that articles about businesses can only be added if they are notable enough.--♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 07:18, 6 September 2022 (UTC)
- See Wikipedia:An article about yourself isn't necessarily a good thing. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 11:03, 6 September 2022 (UTC)
- Please see WP:NOT#Wikipedia is not a business directory. It is an encyclopaedia, with well-referenced neutral articles about subjects which meet its criteria for notability. Unless several people unconnected with your business have published in-depth material about your business in reliable sources, Wikipedia will not take note of your business. ColinFine (talk) 12:17, 6 September 2022 (UTC)
footnotes
I read the template page Template:Ref label but can't figure out why the link to the footnote a on Taras Shevchenko doesn't work.
And i don't understand the error message "500 No Host option provided" that this validator produces: https://validator.w3.org/check?uri=%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FTaras_Shevchenko&charset=%28detect+automatically%29&doctype=Inline&group=0 --Espoo (talk) 10:07, 6 September 2022 (UTC)
- The link to the footnote works for me. Are you sure that "Metrical books" is meant to appear there? By the sense, I imagine it means something like parish register, but "metrical book" is not a phrase in English. ColinFine (talk) 12:23, 6 September 2022 (UTC)
- The error message is reporting an invalid URI for the page you want validated. It looks like you missed
https:
before the//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taras_Shevchenko
(encoded as%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FTaras_Shevchenko
). Bazza (talk) 12:39, 6 September 2022 (UTC)
- The link works on my laptop but not in Chrome for Android, neither in mobile nor desktop view.
- Yes, "metrical books" is obviously an incorrect verbatim translation, and there are more incomprehensible things and other problems like that.
- Help:Markup validation has incorrect directions that specifically say to leave out "https:":
- To check the HTML for a Wikipedia article XYZ, visit the service's home page and enter the text "//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XYZ". --Espoo (talk) 18:03, 6 September 2022 (UTC)
Roundhay School
I have added a black and white old photo which should be at the top left hand side of the History section. It is too far down the article. Please alter if you can. Thanks. 49.198.41.28 (talk) 11:20, 6 September 2022 (UTC)
- Moving it to the top of the history section would be easy but before I do that, don't you think that the image would be better if cropped to remove the text and leave just the B&W photo? I can do that using the crop tool on Commons. Mike Turnbull (talk) 11:31, 6 September 2022 (UTC)
- But be aware of MOS:SANDWICH which is likely as the infobox for that article is long. Bazza (talk) 11:58, 6 September 2022 (UTC)
Help Me
I want help for editing and want mentor to guide me ? FNNWiki (talk) 12:37, 6 September 2022 (UTC)
- FNNWiki If you have specific questions, please ask. You may be interested in Adopt a User. 331dot (talk) 12:39, 6 September 2022 (UTC)
- Try starting with reading WP:TUTORIAL. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 14:19, 6 September 2022 (UTC)
Maths
I do not understand maths — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.113.132.228 (talk) 14:31, 6 September 2022 (UTC)
- This is not a general help desk, but a place to ask questions about using Wikipedia. Please ask a teacher or parent/guardian about math. 331dot (talk) 14:34, 6 September 2022 (UTC)
- Start by reading our Mathematics article to get an idea of how all the parts of the field fit together. Then, look for a good tutorial site on the web that matches your current level. -Arch dude (talk) 16:37, 6 September 2022 (UTC)
New Page?
Hello, there is a company Zego.com who are a huge growing company without a wikipedia information page. How do I go about requeting a page similar to Revolut 2A02:C7C:6E04:A700:6837:DFB2:DBE2:F3B7 (talk) 15:02, 6 September 2022 (UTC)
- Wikipedia does not have "information pages", it has articles. Those articles summarize what independent reliable sources say about the topic. Not every company in a field merits a Wikipedia article; typically a company must be well established to receive the coverage necessary for a Wikipedia article. You can make a request at Requested Articles, but the backlog there is severe to the point of uselessness. Do you have an association with this company? 331dot (talk) 15:08, 6 September 2022 (UTC)
- Wikipedia has articles on subjects that meet our definition of notable. See WP:NCORP. If "huge and growing" has not yet resulted in articles in the general press, it's not notable. Only a small percentage of companies meet this criterion. If you are sure you can convince other Wikipedia editors that the company meets this criterion, proceed to WP:YFA. Don't pay someone to write an article for you, as they are mostly scammers and we WILL delete the article unless your company is notable. DO declare your association with the company if there is one. -Arch dude (talk) 16:46, 6 September 2022 (UTC)
Editing
How do I create an article on Wikipedia? AContributor2077 (talk) 17:27, 6 September 2022 (UTC)
- See Help:Your first article. Be aware that your article needs to demonstrate notability of the subject, through citations to significant coverage in published reliable sources. AndyTheGrump (talk) 17:34, 6 September 2022 (UTC)
How to cite a new author work and work that contains punctuation
I am trying to figure out the best way to do a lot of citations, so please let me know if this is not correct for Mez Breeze jjust announced work: [Por]TrAIts: #AI Characters + Their Microstories [Book 1]’ (2022) [1]. This book is a collaboration between myself [human] x DALL-E2 [AI]. "This project explores the reality of AI-genned art [+ its fusion with the English/code-hybrid language termed Mezangelle] and its application as the foundation of a human-AI alliance." from artist's statement. THANK YOU LoveElectronicLiterature (talk) 19:00, 6 September 2022 (UTC)
References
- @LoveElectronicLiterature: Hi there! Using your own work as a citation can be seen as self-promotion and a conflict of interest, and may not be acceptable as a source (see WP:NOTPROMO, WP:COI, and WP:SELFPUB). If you think a citation to your work would be an appropriate addition to a Wikipedia article, I suggest you make a proposal on the article's talk page to get consensus from other editors. Happy editing! GoingBatty (talk) 22:14, 6 September 2022 (UTC)
- LoveElectronicLiterature, if you are Deena Larson (as your user page says), then you're not Mez Breeze; and so I think that GoingBatty and/or I has/have misunderstood something. ¶ A reference that's a "bare URL" is never good. Also specify the author(s) (if known), the page title, the website title, the date (if known), and the access date. ¶ I quote the page you cite: ‘[Por]TrAIts: AI Characters + Their Microstories [Book 1]’ is a collaboration between Mez Breeze [human] x DALL-E2 [AI]. This project explores the reality of AI-generated art [+ its fusion with the English/code-hybrid language termed Mezangelle] and its application as the foundation of a human-AI alliance. NB That's precisely as I read it. Every one of those square brackets is in the original; none shows any editorial interpolation or similar by me. As editorial interpolations, rewordings, etc are one of the two major uses of square brackets, the author's use of square brackets rather than plain parentheses is confusing (and for me, annoying). I'd avoid quoting that material; but if I had to quote it, I'd point out that the square brackets were in the original. Or, better, I'd regard them as a mere design affectation and replace them with parentheses. ¶ Well, what do you want to do? Do you want to quote some of what the page says, or do you want to cite it without quoting it? ¶ Methods aside, you're quoting/citing Mez Breeze's own comment on a work of hers (and doing so from a/the sales page for this work). I wonder why. What an article about the work or its creator (or human co-creator) needs is description and comment from reliable, disinterested sources, which must of course be independent of Breeze. ¶ If you have a further question, please give it a title that, unlike "Hi", indicates what it's about. -- Hoary (talk) 22:52, 6 September 2022 (UTC)
- Thank you. I am Deena Larsen, and I have been in the electronic literature field for a very long time. I have known of Mez Breeze's work since the early 90s. I am working on a project for all women electronic literature writers (except for me, I won't touch my page!). I just retired last month, and I have wanted to do this project for years. We have started a sub task, WP:WELW with about 14 new wikipedia editors (who also love electronic literature--we are writers and university professors mostly). I am trying to figure out the best way for our team to edit all women electronic literature writers, so I am asking lots of questions.
- I see the confusion--I was trying to do a quotation from Mez Breeze on her announcement. Also, Mez has a language called Mezangelle which ascribes meaning to those brackets. So I am really confused about several things.
- So the questions here are:
- 1. What is the policy for quoting authors about their own works? Am I allowed to say "‘[Por]TrAIts: AI Characters + Their Microstories [Book 1]’ is a collaboration between Mez Breeze [human] x DALL-E2 [AI]. This project explores the reality of AI-generated art [+ its fusion with the English/code-hybrid language termed Mezangelle] and its application as the foundation of a human-AI alliance." I understand that this is from the sales page, but this work is new enough (just came out) so the third party citations are not available yet.
- 2. What is the proper way to cite the work? Is this correct: "‘[Por]TrAIts: AI Characters + Their Microstories [Book 1]’ [1]?
- 3. What is the best way to explain that the brackets are part of the title? Can I unpack this as "The title of this work is in Mezangelle, which ascribes meaning to punctuation such as brackets and inline capitalization?
- Thank you LoveElectronicLiterature (talk) 01:28, 7 September 2022 (UTC)
- Generally, Wikipedia is not interested in what the subject of an article says or wants to say about themselves, or what their associates say about them. Wikipedia is only interested in what people who have no connection with the subject, and who have not been prompted or fed information on behalf of the subject, have chosen to publish about the subject in reliable sources. ColinFine (talk) 13:16, 7 September 2022 (UTC)
- @LoveElectronicLiterature "Mez has a language called Mezangelle which ascribes meaning to those brackets." When you, or she, post here at the English Wikipedia, can you translate that language to English? 71.228.112.175 (talk) 00:30, 8 September 2022 (UTC)
References
- ^ [por]TrAIts: AI Characters + Their Microstories by Mez Breeze (itch.io)
- If the only source you have is the author's own statements, sales pages, and the like, then this is not notable enough and has no place in Wikipedia. See WP:TOOSOON. --Orange Mike | Talk 03:47, 7 September 2022 (UTC)
- If you're writing about one person and her work, LoveElectronicLiterature, and in the short term [Por]TrAIts: AI Characters + Their Microstories [Book 1] (here, let's call it PAICM1) only gets a short paragraph within the article, I think it's OK to source the paragraph to her own sales page for this. So I disagree with one interpretation (perhaps a mistaken one) of what Orangemike writes above. But I agree that the article as a whole needs much better sources than this. Let's agree for now that your source merits use. That page says says: ‘[Por]TrAIts: AI Characters + Their Microstories [Book 1]’ is a collaboration between Mez Breeze [human] x DALL-E2 [AI]. This project explores the reality of AI-generated art [+ its fusion with the English/code-hybrid language termed Mezangelle] and its application as the foundation of a human-AI alliance. And yes, you can have an article say exactly that, if saying it is helpful to the reader. I think (without bothering to consult the "Manual of style") that its length is on the short side for a block quotation; however, it has such distracting punctuation that if I were to quote it I'd present it as a block. Of course the quotation would demand a reference, but let's put that aside. If I just wanted to mention it (as in "Breeze followed this memoir with PAICM1, published as a PDF file" or similar), then perhaps
- . . . blah blah blah Breeze followed this memoir with [Por]TrAIts: AI Characters + Their Microstories [Book 1], published as a PDF file.[1] Blah blah blah. . . .
- Although of course you needn't and indeed shouldn't keep repeating this explanation of the brackets and seemingly bizarre capitalization. Once is enough. (Incidentally, note my use of the "nowiki" tag.) -- Hoary (talk) 04:25, 7 September 2022 (UTC)
- Thank you. Yes, this is just one bullet in a much larger article about Mez Breeze, and in the coming months and years, we hope to expand that article. I think the easiest thing to do at the moment is to just list the actual title of her new 2022 work with a link and a date. I do appreciate understanding the thought process and approaches, and I will keep that in mind as we start this (ad)ventUre. LoveElectronicLiterature (talk) 21:09, 7 September 2022 (UTC)
- If you're writing about one person and her work, LoveElectronicLiterature, and in the short term [Por]TrAIts: AI Characters + Their Microstories [Book 1] (here, let's call it PAICM1) only gets a short paragraph within the article, I think it's OK to source the paragraph to her own sales page for this. So I disagree with one interpretation (perhaps a mistaken one) of what Orangemike writes above. But I agree that the article as a whole needs much better sources than this. Let's agree for now that your source merits use. That page says says: ‘[Por]TrAIts: AI Characters + Their Microstories [Book 1]’ is a collaboration between Mez Breeze [human] x DALL-E2 [AI]. This project explores the reality of AI-generated art [+ its fusion with the English/code-hybrid language termed Mezangelle] and its application as the foundation of a human-AI alliance. And yes, you can have an article say exactly that, if saying it is helpful to the reader. I think (without bothering to consult the "Manual of style") that its length is on the short side for a block quotation; however, it has such distracting punctuation that if I were to quote it I'd present it as a block. Of course the quotation would demand a reference, but let's put that aside. If I just wanted to mention it (as in "Breeze followed this memoir with PAICM1, published as a PDF file" or similar), then perhaps
References
- ^ Mez Breeze, "[por]TrAIts: AI Characters + Their Microstories", mezbreeze.itch.io, 2022. Accessed 7 September 2022. (The title of this work is in Mezangelle, which ascribes meaning to punctuation such as brackets and inline capitalization.)
Language edition Wikipedia article
How can we cite for language edition Wikipedia to create a page? 196.188.244.212 (talk) 19:01, 6 September 2022 (UTC)
- Wikipedia is not a reliable source, so you should not use it as a reference for another article. If you are translating the article to English, see Help:Translation for how to provide attribution for the translation. RudolfRed (talk) 19:03, 6 September 2022 (UTC)
Alphabethization of names with Van, De, O' etc.
In the native languages (Dutch, French, Irish, etc.) people's family names are listed as Van de Velde (NOT Velde, van de). This causes difficulties when searching for such names. Does Wikipedia have a policy on such, and is it possible to change the listing of a family name of a person listed and how to do that? Thanks Ghislaine De Regge Gderegge (talk) 19:46, 6 September 2022 (UTC)
- @Gderegge: This simple question has a complicated multipart answer. First: does Wikipedia have a preferred sort order for names with prefixes? Answer: I don't know. Next: can you display the name with the prefix but sort on the base name? Answer: yes, but it depends on where. In the categories, you provide the "default sort" name in your article and the article name is sorted by your preferred sort: see WP:DEFAULTSORT. In sortable tables, you can use "data-sort-value" to force your preferred sort. See Help:Sort -Arch dude (talk) 20:53, 6 September 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks so much--I will proceed as you suggest.
- Ghislaine De Regge Gderegge (talk) 21:01, 6 September 2022 (UTC)
- Gderegge, does Wikipedia:Categorization of people#Ordering names in a category help? Apparently the Dutch and the Belgians treat names starting in van differently. TSventon (talk) 21:22, 6 September 2022 (UTC)
September 7
Spiny-tailed Monitor wikipedia article "gaming"
Hi. For a few years now, a content creator named Mariah Healey of the website ReptiFiles (reptifiles.com) has been copying other creators content, doing light patchwriting, and then slapping a trademark and copyright on it before selling it.
This included the Spiny-Tailed Monitor article on wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiny-tailed_monitor). Mariah Healey very obviously used an automatic writing tool to generate an article that was literally the first sentence of each paragraph on the Wikipedia page - with no credit to Wikipedia on an article that is not CC-BY-SA that carries a copyright.
It appears someone has further gamed this system by crediting Mariah Healey with a citation *on the wikipedia page she copied* (link here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiny-tailed_monitor#cite_ref-17).
This seems to be a very clear case of abusing Wikipedia from multiple angles - not only by literally stealing and putting a copyright on Wikimedia content that she *sells* to people but also a case of an editor crediting her for the very article she plagiarized.
Please resolve this. 67.175.103.16 (talk) 04:47, 7 September 2022 (UTC)
- There are two separate issues here. First, you are claiming that somebody is reusing Wikipedia content in a way that violates the licence. That is of concern, but it is not something that Wikipedia can take action on (as opposed to whoever wrote the text that has been used): see WP:Mirrors and forks#Non-compliance process.
- The second point is circular referencing, and that should be dealt with by removing the circular reference(s), and either finding better references to back up the material, or removing the now-unreferenced claims. Alternatively somebody could add the {{Circular reference}} tag.
- Anybody could do this - you could, I could, somebody else could. It's not something that I choose to do. ColinFine (talk) 13:28, 7 September 2022 (UTC)
- You can verify. Check the page and the Wayback machine. ReptiFiles violated the license. It is a lightly patchwritten summarization of the wikipedia page and is extraordinarily obvious.
- The circular reference is back to a page from someone who is not an authority and as far as anyone knows doesn't even own Ackie monitors. The information isn't from that author. 67.175.103.16 (talk) 01:46, 8 September 2022 (UTC)
Roundhay School
Down at the very end of the page for "categories" it incorrectly says "Education institutions established in 1907" - it should say "Education institutions established in 1903" (not 1907). Also, "1907 establishments in England" should say "1903 establishments in England". I cannot fix these 2 errors up. Thanks for helping. 175.33.243.212 (talk) 08:57, 7 September 2022 (UTC)
- You'll need a reliable source to have that change made; there is currently no such source for either establishment date. Bazza (talk) 09:48, 7 September 2022 (UTC)
- If you read the article - you will see several reliable sources stating that the school was founded in 1903, not 1907. please fix. and thanks in advance. 175.33.243.212 (talk) 10:15, 7 September 2022 (UTC)
- (Repeated below). It was the categories that needed fixing, now
Done. Mike Turnbull (talk) 11:43, 7 September 2022 (UTC)
- (Repeated below). It was the categories that needed fixing, now
- If you read the article - you will see several reliable sources stating that the school was founded in 1903, not 1907. please fix. and thanks in advance. 175.33.243.212 (talk) 10:15, 7 September 2022 (UTC)
Uluchu Kamme Brahmins community
Dear Sir,
may be 25000 people in south Karnataka belongs to Uluchu Kamme Brahmins community. we did not find any article on this community in wikipedia.
please add.
Regrads,
Venkatesh DS 8861129016 171.76.82.146 (talk) 09:48, 7 September 2022 (UTC)
- There is an article Babburkamme which mentions Uluchu Kamme. Perhaps you would find information there, or could add new material from relaible sources? Mike Turnbull (talk) 11:47, 7 September 2022 (UTC)
Roundhay School
If you read the article - you will see several reliable sources stating that the school was founded in 1903, not 1907. Please fix and thanks in advance. 175.33.243.212 (talk) 10:15, 7 September 2022 (UTC)
- The article was fine, it was just the categories that needed modyfying, which I have done. Thanks for pointing this out. Mike Turnbull (talk) 11:27, 7 September 2022 (UTC)
- FWIW, yet again, please do not start multiple sections with the same heading. Thank you. Eagleash (talk) 12:51, 7 September 2022 (UTC)
Collapse a template
I added Template:Mosques in the United Kingdom to Bradford Grand Mosque. According to the template-page, it should be collapsed by default, but it wasn't, and I can't collapse it by adding a parameter either. Help? Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 16:53, 7 September 2022 (UTC)
- You told it to
autocollapse
which means 'collapse in the presence of other nav templates'. If you want it to be collapsed all the time,|state=collapsed
. - —Trappist the monk (talk) 17:00, 7 September 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks, that worked now, but I swear it didn't the first time [1]. Oh well. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 17:17, 7 September 2022 (UTC)
- @Gråbergs Gråa Sång: You are right that it didn't work at the time of [2]. The template had wrong documentation since 2014.[3] {{collapsible option}} is only for the documentation. The parameter has to actually be implemented. Trappist the monk did that in [4] after your first post here. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:01, 7 September 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks for the info! Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 21:05, 7 September 2022 (UTC)
- @Gråbergs Gråa Sång: You are right that it didn't work at the time of [2]. The template had wrong documentation since 2014.[3] {{collapsible option}} is only for the documentation. The parameter has to actually be implemented. Trappist the monk did that in [4] after your first post here. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:01, 7 September 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks, that worked now, but I swear it didn't the first time [1]. Oh well. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 17:17, 7 September 2022 (UTC)
September 8
Clara “Keffals” Sorrenti
Ms Sorrenti is a worldwide troll target and her wikipedia entry is now full of references claiming she is a “Bolshevik” and a “communist” political candidate, with false sources — Preceding unsigned comment added by 45.37.12.58 (talk) 01:41, 8 September 2022 (UTC)
- FWIW I've just dropped DS alerts for Gender/Sexuality and BLP on the IP's page. The "false sources" claim seems to be bullshit, but even if it isn't it's a content dispute at best. —Jéské Couriano v^_^v a little blue Bori 01:52, 8 September 2022 (UTC)
- While it is true that person is the target of intense harassment by trolls, it is also true that she twice ran for political office on the ticket of the Communist Party of Canada. Several reliable sources confirm that. Cullen328 (talk) 02:19, 8 September 2022 (UTC)
Portalegre District
The article involved: Portalegre District
I wanted to change "S" to "Seats" in the section on the summary of election votes from 1976-2022. However, afterwards, it made the table unexpectedly much bigger then I expected. I believe that this will affect readability in the future. I'm now considering a table set-up like this:
I believe that using that kind of format will increase the readability, as well as will fit the flow of the article more easily.
However, I do not know how to do this. I am requesting for help on this. Thank You.
Shark_____Shark (talk) 03:31, 8 September 2022 (UTC)
- Hello, SpacedShark. I suggest that you discuss this issue at Template talk:Election table. Cullen328 (talk) 03:54, 8 September 2022 (UTC)
- Thank You. Shark_____Shark (talk) 03:55, 8 September 2022 (UTC)
- @SpacedShark: Options to avoid wide columns include adding "S: Seats" somewhere for explanation, using
{{vertical header|Seats}}
to make vertical text in a narrow cell, and saying{{abbr|S|Seats}}
to make S with hover text. PrimeHunter (talk) 05:13, 8 September 2022 (UTC)
- @SpacedShark: Options to avoid wide columns include adding "S: Seats" somewhere for explanation, using
- Thank You. Shark_____Shark (talk) 03:55, 8 September 2022 (UTC)
"Spinoff of" in a celebrity's Background information
Hello all! I was reading through Desiigner's article and noticed that there's a line in his Background information section that says he's a "Spinoff of Kanye West"; I'm wondering what exactly that means? I checked a few articles of other similar artists and couldn't find anyone else referred to as a spinoff. I understand that he has worked with Kanye quite a lot, but I don't understand what is meant by spinoff there. Was this information just added by someone that wanted to be rude or something? Should it be removed?
Thank you. ~ Tyong127 (talk) 04:38, 8 September 2022 (UTC)
- @Tyong127: I have removed it.[5] Template:Infobox musical artist#spinoff_of is for groups, not individuals. PrimeHunter (talk) 05:01, 8 September 2022 (UTC)
Searching templates
I often run into the issue that Wikipedia does not search symbols in templates, such as '|', '=', and '{' properly. One example can be seen here, where I try to search for Color box templates formatted as "{{Legend3...}}", but in addition to what I am looking for, I get a lot of results that are "| legend3 = ". How do I fix this? TheGEICOgecko (talk) 08:07, 8 September 2022 (UTC)
hastemplate:Legend3 insource:/\{\{ *Legend3/
- For what that means, see Help:Searching.
- —Trappist the monk (talk) 12:31, 8 September 2022 (UTC)
Sukavich Rangsitpol
How can l delete the deformation information in biography of living people. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:MobileDiff/1109070037&markasread=255899083&markasreadwiki=enwiki
Thailand
In 1995, the minister of education, Sukavich Rangsitpol, launched a series of education reforms in 1995 with the intention of the education reform is to realize the potential of Thai people to develop themselves for a better quality of life and to develop the nation for a peaceful co-existence in the global community.[1]
Sukavich Rangsitpol Education Minister came up with
the Reform Program of 1996. A sense that major changes are needed in education is reflected in the recently introduced "reform program". It is built around four
major improvements:
- improving the physical state of schools
- upgrading the quality of teachers
- reforming learning and teaching methods
- streamlining administration [2]
School-based management (SBM) in Thailand implemented in 1997 in the course of a reform aimed at overcoming a profound crisis in the educación system.[3]
According to UNESCO, Thailand education reform has led to the following results:
- The educational budget increased from 133 billion baht in 1996 to 163 billion baht in 1997 (22.5% increase)
- Since 1996, first grade students have been taught English as a second or foreign language and computer literacy.
- Professional advancement from teacher level 6 to teacher level 7 without having to submit academic work for consideration was approved by the Thai government.
- Free 12 years education for all children provided by the government. This program was added to the 1997 Constitution of Thailand and gave access to all citizens.[4]
World Bank report that after the 1997 Asian financial crisis Income in the northeast, the poorest part of Thailand, has risen by 46 percent from 1998 to 2006.[5] Nationwide poverty fell from 21.3 to 11.3 percent.
I also want to add his education reform achievement
References
- ^ Dachakupt, Pimpan (1999). "The current innovation in curriculum development in Thailand". International Journal of Curriculum Development and Practice. 1: 93–101. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
- ^ http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/605431468777588612/text/multi-page.txt [dead link]
- ^ Gamage, David T.; Sooksomchitra, Pacharapimon (2004). "Decentralisation and School-Based Management in Thailand". International Review of Education / Internationale Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft / Revue Internationale de l'Éducation. 50 (3/4): 289–305. JSTOR 4151600.
- ^ Education Management Profile: Thailand (PDF). Bangkok: UNESCO PRINCIPAL REGIONAL OFFICE FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC. 1998. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
- ^ NESDB, Economic Data, 1995–2006 Archived 19 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
— Preceding unsigned comment added by แม่สอดตาก (talk • contribs) 08:18, 8 September 2022 (UTC)
Please can you add China's Chongyang Festival (Double Ninth Festival) to the Grandparents Day around the world page?
Dear Editor,
In China, we celebrate Chongyang Festival (Double Ninth Festival) for thousands of years. It has always been dedicated to celebrating the elders, and grandparents in our history. In the 1980s, the festival was set official as Seniors Day by the Chinese government. as a school, we promote it to children for showing their love and appreciation to grandparents and the seniors in our community. it is the oldest Grandparents’ day in the world. It is on the ninth day of the ninth lunar calendar. This year it falls on the 4th of October. We hope society will celebrate the special time for the grandparents and elders just like how we celebrate Mother's Day and Father's Day. Hope you can add China's Grandparents Day - Chongyang Festival (Double Ninth Festival) Seniors Day to the "Grandparents Day around the World page on Wikipedia. Much appreciated.
More information about the festival can be found here: https://wenlinchineseschool.org.uk/chongyang2022.htm
The URL for the page that I refer to is: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandparents%27_Day
I look forward to hearing from you.
Best regards, Rosa Wang Founder and Headteacher WenLin Chinese School info@wenlinchineseschool.org.uk Wiki886699 (talk) 11:01, 8 September 2022 (UTC)
Reference Issues
Typically, I'll use Provelt to put in my references, but this time I've had an error code that I've been unable to fix. On User:Horsegeek/Ronteza, I've been trying to input a source I found on the Wikipedia Library (which I only recently gained access to after many months of absence from the Wiki) and I'm trying to cite a journal. Multiple errors pop up, including check|url=value and Unknown parameter |month=ignored, along with {{cite journal}}
: Empty citation (help) though I've already put in the link to the journal, but I'm assuming there's a different way to cite sources from the Wikipedia Library. Would anyone be able to assist me with this? Many thanks! Horsegeek(talk) 11:41, 8 September 2022 (UTC)
- This is about this citation? In cs1|2 templates, URLs in
|url=
require a scheme component, typicallyhttp
orhttps
, followed by://
, the host, the path etc. In cs1|2 templates,|month=
was deprecated 14 December 2013 and withdrawn 26 September 2015. If that citation template was created by ProveIt then you should take up the issues with the maintainer of that tool. - As an aside, I wonder about the url that you chose to use. Do your library privileges permit you to make the source available to anyone who does not have library privileges? I don't have library privilege yet I can read that source when I probably should.
- —Trappist the monk (talk) 12:28, 8 September 2022 (UTC)