September 5

I added these succession boxes to the article Berlin:

And these to the article Dornbirn:

Now as it's the same event, but hosted multiple times, I'd like to combine the boxes so that they aren't separate but instead adjacent to each other, with the same width, but with a horizontal line separating them. How do I do this? JIP | Talk 06:42, 5 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Do you mean like this:

--Jeffro77 (talk) 08:06, 5 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, that's what I was after. JIP | Talk 09:57, 5 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

On behalf of a voluntary organisation I am trying to put an external link to each of the suburbs which are in our area but this may have been interpreted as spam, which is not true. how can I continue with this exercise?

Dennis Roe — Preceding unsigned comment added by 120.155.90.117 (talk) 07:43, 5 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The link is not directly relevant to the articles you added it to, so I have removed it.--Jeffro77 (talk) 08:03, 5 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

sir , l want to join camp of mt Everest so please tell me how to join. thanking you — Preceding unsigned comment added by 8.37.226.39 (talk) 10:10, 5 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over 4 million articles and thought we were affiliated in some way with that subject. Please note that you are at Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and this page is for asking questions related to using or contributing to Wikipedia itself. Thus, we have no special knowledge about the subject of your question. You can, however, search our vast catalogue of articles by typing a subject into the search field on the upper right side of your screen. If you cannot find what you are looking for, we have a reference desk, divided into various subject areas, where asking knowledge questions is welcome. Best of luck.Template:Z25 PrimeHunter (talk) 13:10, 5 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

See example in my sandbox: User:Mare44/sandbox —Preceding undated comment added 12:06, 5 September 2015 (UTC)

• @Mare44: I am having the same issue on an iPad. The first two work fine and the last three don't. The third one I am able to view by opening the file in a new tab but number 4 and 5 don't want to show up at all. This may be an issue for the village pump. They handle more technical questions regarding Wikipedia. Side note, I was able to view the third image without problems in mobile view on the German Wiki (where it is also displayed). This is the only one of the broken three that worked using that method though. I tried the other two on the Swedish Wiki with no results. --Stabila711 (talk) 14:41, 5 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Good day, I have a quick question, regardless of the fact it makes me look like a moron. I must have inadvertently clicked on something yesterday, and now when I pull up my editing screen, the handy-dandy characters menu below the edit screen (where you can click on {{ or [[, etc.) is no longer there. Any idea what I did, and how I can correct it? Feel pretty stupid that I can't figure it out myself. Nothing like this has ever happened before. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 14:20, 5 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Right below the editing window to the left hand side will be a drop down menu. Click on that and select Wiki markup. Is that the menu you are looking for? --Stabila711 (talk) 14:24, 5 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi and thanks Stabila711! However, that drop down menu isn't there. What the hell did I do? Onel5969 ^{TT me} 14:46, 5 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Is it there when you log out? What is your skin and browser? Try to clear your entire cache. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:56, 5 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• (edit conflict) @Onel5969: Alright, sorry for the delay. It took me a little bit to actually find the page that describes the toolbar. Have you changed any of your preferences lately? Make sure under the gadgets section the CharInsert box is checked (it is under the Editing subheader). If that is checked did you make any changes to your custom .js file recently? --Stabila711 (talk) 14:59, 5 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi again. It was checked. I unchecked it, cleared the cache, and then re-checked it and cleared the cache. Still not there. And I haven't made a change to the .js in over a month. I am befuddled. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 15:07, 5 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• The only other thing I can think of is perhaps your browser is messing with your javascript? Do you have an alternative installed that you can try? Did this just start happening after an update of some kind? Beyond that, befuddled is an appropriate word. The people at VPT may be able to help you better. It is certainly odd that the whole menu would just disappear on you. --Stabila711 (talk) 15:20, 5 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps. I'll take a look at that, and also see if anyone over at VPT has an idea. But thanks for taking the time to try to help. Really appreciate it. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 15:28, 5 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Can we not do footnotes within footnotes? Please help fix at Szczecin#Name_and_etymology, where I'm trying to get this footnoted list inside an explanatory note. Thanks. Drmies (talk) 16:01, 5 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

No. But you can use {{efn}} and {{notelist}} as I have done.

—Trappist the monk (talk) 16:09, 5 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

WP:Nesting footnotes may help if this arises again: Noyster (talk), 16:33, 5 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Thanks to you both. Drmies (talk) 16:36, 5 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Can someone point me to the information on whether including the lyrics of school songs in articles about schools is appropriate? RJFJR (talk) 16:40, 5 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• @RJFJR: According to the WikiProject on schools, the lyrics of a school song should not be included on the school's article. Lyrics in the public domain can be placed on Wikisource and linked to in the article however. See WP:WPSCHOOLS/AG#WNTI for this information. --Stabila711 (talk) 17:15, 5 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. RJFJR (talk) 18:55, 5 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The French article fr:Viking ADCC is hopelessly out of date. It is still claiming "the ship will replace the Rosella in spring 2010", completely ignorant that spring 2010 was over half a decade ago and no such thing ever happened, in fact now as of 2015, the ADCC still isn't even finished. I'd like to correct it myself but I'm afraid I know too little French. I only ever took one course at university. I can read it, but I'm afraid my skills in writing it aren't up to scratch to write grammatically correct French. What should I do? JIP | Talk 17:13, 5 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You can ask for help at w:fr:Wikipédia:Le_Bistro. Ruslik_Zero 19:06, 5 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict) If you know enough French to cobble together a question, their help desk is here. Otherwise, there is a France Wikiproject here at Wikipedia:Wikiproject France. It's likely someone there knows enough French to fix it. Dismas|^(talk) 19:09, 5 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Done at both places, in my somewhat barely passable French. (My little brother speaks French fluently, in contrast, he speaks zero German, which my sister speaks fluently and I do almost fluently.) Hopefully someone there can help me. JIP | Talk 20:48, 5 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You could, of course, put something on the French article's talk page at fr:Discussion:Viking ADCC, and refer them to the English article en:Viking ADCC which has more up-to-date information. It may, however, be that not many editors have the article on their watchlists. --David Biddulph (talk) 07:20, 6 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi!

I am trying to find a script that changes the links on search results pages from links to the article to "edit page"-links. So basically, the script should add "&action=edit" to every search result link on every search result page. German pop music (talk) 21:00, 5 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@German pop music:

$(document).ready(function()
{
	if (mw.config.get('wgCanonicalSpecialPageName') !== "Search")
	{
		return;
	}
	$(".mw-search-result-heading a").each(function (){
        $(this).prop("href", "//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=" + $(this).prop('title') + "&action=edit");
	});
});

Copy the above code to your common.js and let me know if it's what you're looking for. - 185.108.128.13 (talk) 22:27, 5 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. This works perfectly. I love you! German pop music (talk) 23:08, 5 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

September 6

What happens to the page ID when a page is restored? Is a new ID generated, or is it the same as the ID before the page was deleted? GeoffreyT2000 (talk) 04:59, 6 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It's a new ID. See mw:Manual:Page table#page id and phab:T28123. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:08, 6 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

When a list of populated places covers those affected by boundary changes, should they be moved from the old category to the new?Johnragla (talk) 06:11, 6 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I assume you are talking about this? Waikato_District#History, in particular the 1989 reorg? My understanding is that there are categories for both eras, so for instance, if Ngaruawahia was a town that was *not* inside the Waikato_District during the 1980s, it would be in a category something like "New Zealand Towns Inside the Xyz District During the 1980s" ... and, assuming that after the reorg of '89, suddenly Ngaruawahia *is* now inside the Waikato_District, then it would be in categories like "New Zealand Towns Inside the Waikato District During the 1990s" and also "New Zealand Towns Inside the Waikato District During the 2000s" and so on. Note that all the category-names here are made up off-the-cuff, and that I have no idea what district that town actually is/was located within. Does this answer your question, though? Try to make the categories up-to-date, but also keep some kind of historical category, such as 'towns within waikato after 1989' category and 'towns within waikato before 1989' , or whatever makes sense in the given situation. 75.108.94.227 (talk) 16:28, 6 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I should have been clearer. I'm asking about the current era. For example, Port Waikato is in the Auckland category, but was transferred to Waikato when Auckland Council was set up.Johnragla (talk) 21:15, 6 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

No problem, although, not being familiar with the subject-matter, I might still need more clarifications.  :-)    Port Waikato is currently in mainspace as WP:CAT 'Populated places in the Auckland Region' , and Auckland Council exists already. It sounds like you are saying that nowadays, in reality, Port-Waikato-the-place is currently under the jurisdiction of the Waikato Council, and no longer under the jurisdiction of the Auckland Council? If so, my recommendation would be to put Port Waikato into *two* categories, creating them iff necessary: 'Populated places in the Waikato Region', and for historical WP:PRESERVE reasons, also 'Populated places previously in the Auckland Region'.

    Make sense? Alternatively, you could go with the idea of decade-by-decade categories, or arbitrary-but-meaningful-in-real-life timespans, such as maybe 'Populated places in the Waikato Region since 1989' alongside 'Populated places in the Auckland Region prior to 1989' ... though it would depend on how category-crazy you wanted to go. I think that probably just having a set of place-in-region-xyz categories, plus as needed a related set of place-formerly-in-region-xyz categories, would be enough. Body-prose can specify the years when transitions from jurisdiction to jurisdiction occurred. p.s. Also, I'm assuming in my answer that Auckland and Waikato regions&councils are not overlapping... theoretically it could be the case, I suppose, that a particular city was under the jurisdiction of *both* councils simultaneously... if something like that is the case, you might need to be more careful with the category-structure. 75.108.94.227 (talk) 15:24, 7 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! When i search images on English Wikipedia, the search also shows images hosted on Commons. Example in this search which i have filtered for files only. But how do i search images hosted on en.wiki and exclude the Commons images? §§Dharmadhyaksha§§ {Talk / Edits} 10:47, 6 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Dharmadhyaksha, use the prefix local: like this. 185.108.128.7 (talk) 11:06, 6 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks a lot! §§Dharmadhyaksha§§ {Talk / Edits} 11:09, 6 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The Khmer Rouge article has been edited so it just repeats one sentence. please return to original condition — Preceding unsigned comment added by 114.76.184.94 (talk) 10:57, 6 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

That was an act of vandalism that was reverted with this edit within 1 minute. Cannolis (talk) 11:44, 6 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hello,

This is regarding a page about chennai dost.

Chennai Dost

The page was deleted and the reason give is Article about a club, society or group, which does not credibly indicate the importance or significance of the subject.

Please note Chennai Dost is a major support orgnization fighting for LGBT rights in Chennai, India.

We are not a commercial firm and in no way we make money out of it. All we do is fight for LGBT rights and create awareness by organizing events like LGBT film festivals, art expos etc.

Chennai dost is a Non Governmental Organisation which is self funded. That is the board members sponsor the events and for some events we go with the donations.

Yes, we occasionally organize parties for our members for which we collect money and again the money is only used to organize the upcoming events and the accounts for the same is being shared in our board meetings.

We request you to restore the page and help us to create the awareness about LGBT to the outer world.

Regards, Venkat Chennai Dost — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.110.2.207 (talk) 11:18, 6 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Venkat, the deletion has nothing to do with whether anyone made money from the organization. I myself would not have deleted this under the A7 reason, as it does claim some importance , but the article was clearly promotional in the sense of advocating for a group and a cause. Wikipedia is not the place for that or for "creating awareness". I will, if you ask, restore this as a draft under the articles for creation project, so that it will need to pass review before going live. DES ^(talk) 13:23, 6 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I would like to do, what seemingly, cannot be done.  :-)

See, nested-footnotes helpdocs. Most of the articles that I work on, use the 'normal' modern style for cites:

• Factoid one.^[1] Factoid two.^[2]

I would like to, on an existing article which uses that normal cite-style, then add (insert) a new citation, as support for some additional factoids.

• Factoid one.^[1] Factoid two.^[2] NewFactoid three^[3] NewFactoid four^[4]

How do I do this, so that I can de-duplicate the contents of ref_3_A and the contents of ref_3_B, which are identical save for the portion being quoted? Also, preferably *without* rewriting ALL the footnotes on the page to use {{efn}} or some equivalent syntax that permits nesting? What I would like to be able to do, is something like this:

• Factoid one.^[1] Factoid two.^[2] NewFactoid three.^[3]{{footquote|...which proves fact#3 is true...}} NewFactoid four.^[3]{{footquote|...which proves fact#4 is true...}}

Which I imagine working something like {{rp}} except that it would produce an output roughly akin to this:

• Factoid one.^[1] Factoid two.^[2] NewFactoid three.^[3](A) NewFactoid four.^[3](B)

References

1. ^ Cite one.
2. ^ Cite two.
3. ^ ^{a b} "Cite three".

• (A) "...which proves fact#3 is true..."[1]
• (B) "...which proves fact#4 is true..."[2]

Does something like this already exist? If not, is making the hypothetical foot-quote template, technically feasible? p.s. In particular, the MAIN advantage of using {{cite web ... |quote=...}} is that the reader can simply hover their mouse over the ^[4] portion, and see in a javascript-popup the hyperlink to the source, AND the quoted snippet thereof. I am imaging that Template:footquote would let the readership hover over the ^[3](A) with their mouse, and see a jscript-popup that shows the hyperlinked source when they hover over the ^[3] and shows the quoted snippet when they hover over the ^(A) , so that in long articles they don't have to scroll down to read the footnotes, then scroll back up.

  p.p.s. The main problem with using multiple-duplicate-cite-web-refs, differing only in the portion that they |quote= , is that it makes the article look puffed up with "ten" references, numbered 4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13 ... when in reality it is just ten distinct quotations from ref#4, backing up various differing factoids. I realize that I could just jam all ten quoted-snippets into one huge super-cite-web, but that is sub-optimal. 75.108.94.227 (talk) 16:11, 6 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

  p.p.p.s. See also the question already answered above, yesterday: Wikipedia:Help_desk#Help.21, which points to Szczecin#Name_and_etymology as an example of combining <ref>...</ref>{{efn |...}} as a means to get *close* to what I'm after. The downside to that approach is that 1) the syntax for efn requires a new 'Notes' section be added to the article with {{notelist}} , and 2) the quotations in the 'Notes' section are not found "physically" next to the place they are cited from. 75.108.94.227 (talk) 16:19, 6 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

207.255.54.120 (talk) 16:20, 6 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• @207.255.54.120: I'm sorry but you're going to have to provide a little bit more information to your question. What exactly are you trying to do? What blog are you talking about? --Stabila711 (talk) 16:35, 6 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

If your question is truly about contributing to Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia – and by "registration" you mean having an article entry here – then blogs are rarely a proper subject for an article as they are rarely notable. They are also rarely useful to use as sources to cite in articles, as they are rarely properly considered reliable sources. Note that Wikipedia is not a proper place to promote or advertize any topic, and especially for a blog you are involved with. As noted above, your question lacks sufficient detail for us to be sure what you are asking, and needs to be expanded if this doesn't answer your question. Best regards--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 17:54, 6 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Or If you want to create a blog, you can use blogger, it is very simple. Supdiop (Talk/Contribs) 05:23, 7 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

How to download — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kashi surada (talk • contribs) 17:55, 6 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

On the left hand side of any article, and most pages, you will see various menus. One is labeled "Print/export" and has a link for "Download as PDF". Does that answer your question, or did you mean something else in your very short question?--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 17:59, 6 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

September 7

Please help 1) I completely mucked up the ref number 75 2) I cannot put the accent over 'nee' in this same section - ie, Lady Body, (nee Marion Graham). Please help Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 123.2.36.6 (talk) 00:44, 7 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• You are all set on both problems. You missed the "url=" tag in the ref citation so the template got confused and errored. As to the accent mark, right underneath the edit window is the character insert section. Select Latin from the drop down menu and all the accented characters should show up. --Stabila711 (talk) 01:01, 7 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Or use {{nee}} --> née.--ukexpat (talk) 13:21, 8 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Line number 6 - the show's name should be in italics (?) and there should be a capitals on all letters of the show. Please help— Preceding unsigned comment added by 123.2.36.6 (talk)

• I am not quite sure what you mean. The show title is already in italics and the first letter of each word is already capitalized. Are you asking if it should be? Yes, it should. --Stabila711 (talk) 01:22, 7 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• I have made the change.[3] Click the "Edit" tab to edit the whole page including the lead. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:50, 7 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

What is wrong with ref. number 2 on this page? Thanks - I feel so stupid! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 123.2.36.6 (talk) 01:26, 7 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• There was an extra 0 in the accessdate section. It read, accessdate=7 September 20015 which was causing the problem. You're all set. --Stabila711 (talk) 01:31, 7 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Reference help requested. Here's the source for my addition to "Lonely Boy": http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2691222/soundtrack

Any suggestions? I put it between the <ref> and the <ref>. Thanks, — Preceding unsigned comment added by BellJohnT (talk • contribs) 01:28, 7 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• There were extra tags on the end of the references that were causing the problem. I fixed the two that were having issues and fixed the section headers so they display correctly (they have to be on their own line). You just have to move the refs to where you want them now. --Stabila711 (talk) 01:45, 7 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • The syntax-fix was correct, but IMDB is an anyone-can-edit website, so it isn't suitable for use between ref-tags (even ones with correct formatting). There are three basic problems with IMDB:
    1. although owned by amazon.com , and there is some vague assertion of 'we try hard to have only correct info' , there is no list of editorial staff, and no legal repercussions for errors whatsoever
    2. because anybody can edit, people connected to the film (castmembers or producers or similar) often edit the pages, and with the freemium IMDB 'pro' option, even pay amazon for imagefile-uploading-privs on IMDB
    3. however, although *often* the only people editing the IMDB page are closely connected to the film itself, the website is anybody-can-edit, so the cast/director/producers/studio/etc are not the *only* ones editing.

In a nutshell, IMDB fails to have a reputation for editorial oversight and fact-checking accuracy, and also fails to be independent of the article-subject, thus fails WP:RS. For much the same reasons, since IMDB is not *solely* under the article-subject's control, it also fails WP:ABOUTSELF -- even the subject's facebook page qualifies for WP:ABOUTSELF in some cases, but IMDB is too much of a wiki-style website-anyone-can-edit, even for that low bar. Ping User:BellJohnT, does this kinda make sense?

   If you want to add information to the page, it needs to be backed up by magazine reviews, newspaper pieces, television newscasts, that sort of thing. IMDB sometimes has vastly more details than can be found in magazines/newspapers/television/etc type of WP:SOURCES, but that is because the members of the band, their talent agent, and their fans can all edit IMDB, which has relatively low selection-criteria, even compared to facebook. For wikipedia, to pass WP:NOTEWORTHY, you need coverage in WP:SOURCES that are fully independent of the article-subject (not IMDB), and have a reputation for editorially-controlled fact-checked accuracy (again not IMDB). That is what people on wikipedia mean when they talk about wiki-reliable sources being required. 75.108.94.227 (talk) 06:55, 8 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

In short, see WP:RS/IMDB. Dismas|^(talk) 07:57, 8 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I knew there must be a shortcut somewheres, but couldn't find it for the life of me. Thanks.  :-)     That wikiproject-essay you mentioned, also points to a standalone-essay WP:CITEIMDB#Appropriate_uses, which suggests that MPAA ratings and WGA-trademark-annotated writing credits listed in IMDB are proper things to cite from IMDB. Of course, that exception doesn't apply to soundtracks (those are mentioned in the 'disputed uses' section aka the I-wish-these-could-be-used section of the standalone-essay). Anyways, in this specific case, I left a hidden HTML comment that the sountrack-factoid was alleged at that URL, so as to keep the factoid around, in case somebody can find a better WP:SOURCE later on, but simultaneously keeps www.imdb.com from appearing in the references-section, where it doesn't belong. 75.108.94.227 (talk) 09:19, 9 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Yep, there are some things you can use it for. I'm fairly certain things like the cast list can only be added by those affiliated with the production of a film. I have a short IMDB entry and my credits were put in by the director of those films. (They were small independent projects) Dismas|^(talk) 10:12, 9 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Most cast lists ARE properly submitted. However, with one TV movie when it wasn't done, I was told to do it myself. I did it wrong and it was a complete mess, but I'm sure my sources were "reliable".— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 22:18, 10 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hello,

I am in dire need for your help to create a page for one of our actors here at William Morris Endeavorer. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Richard.lee.jones (talk • contribs) 01:52, 7 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

No. You are in dire need of understanding the purpose of Wikipedia. We aren't here to assist you in your efforts to promote actors. This is an encyclopaedia, not a free webhosting service. AndyTheGrump (talk) 01:56, 7 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• @Richard.lee.jones: Hello, Richard. I recommend creating a draft for the actor in question and submitting it to articles for creation. The articles for creation page also has a button that will take you to the creation wizard that you can use. This will alleviate any possible issues with a conflict of interest. Please be aware that all articles must be verifiable, with reliable sources, and be neutral. In your specific case, I recommend also taking a look at the notability standards for actors that Wikipedia has set. If the actor in question does not meet these standards then unfortunately it is unlikely that your draft will be accepted. In addition, Wikipedia is not for promotional purposes. If the actor is notable and the article meets Wikipedia standards they can have an article here. If they are not and this is just for promotional purposes then I'm afraid it is unlikely you are going to attain your goal. --Stabila711 (talk) 02:01, 7 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

AndyTheGrump (talk) :Ok I do not understand your purpose for writing me with your negativity. If this is an issue I will have our team call wikipedia themselves and inform their corporate office of what we need like we have done so in the past for all of our talents including the Kardashian Sisters and all of our other celebrities. You have no write to tell anyone what can and can not be posted on wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Richard.lee.jones (talk • contribs) 02:06, 7 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

--Stabila711 (talk) Thank you I will check out this page and also contact wikipedia from our legal department to aid them in the creation of this page. I appreciate you for sending me over this link. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Richard.lee.jones (talk • contribs) 02:10, 7 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• @Richard.lee.jones: Please do not use legal threats to try to get your way. That is strictly forbidden by Wikipedia policies and any legal threats will result in a block from editing for the duration of the proceedings. Wikipedia has guidelines, set by the community, regarding what content is appropriate for inclusion and what content is not. Legal threats will not only result in your editing privileges being revoked but they will result in you not attaining your goal at all as the community decides what is appropriate not lawyers. --Stabila711 (talk) 02:14, 7 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Frankly, given that Richard.lee.jones can't even get their name right, I very much doubt that he has any connection with William Morris Endeavor. An earlier article on Bari Suzuki, the individual being promoted, was deleted as a hoax, [4] and I can find no substantive evidence to suggest that this is not still the case. It looks to me to be simple self-promotion. AndyTheGrump (talk) 02:19, 7 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

At this point their is no point in arguing with you people on this site. If it gets deleted then I will inform my senior and that will be the end of my efforts and for two Stabila711 (talk) I did not threaten anyone if you can read I responded with AID THEM IN THE CREATION OF THIS PAGE In no way did I say sue or slander the company. Most importantly their are a ton of celebrities on wikipedia outside of the content people need for research yet for some odd reason the original page was deleted due to the talents Japan based agency creating him an account without proper instructions on what they needed to do. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Richard.lee.jones (talk • contribs) 02:39, 7 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Richard.lee.jones: I'm not being aggressive to you here, but you should understand that you have a conflict of interest. Furthermore, Wikipedia is not for promoting celebrities. Wikipedia should not be used to create notability, but to house content that already has notability. The Average Wikipedian (talk) 08:46, 7 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

If you contact the Foundation, your e-mail will end up with the volunteer response team from whom the response will be the same. --ukexpat (talk) 13:24, 8 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I enjoy creating medical articles and using MEDR sources when these sources are available. Unfortunately, there are many conditions, diseases or other topics that I want to write about that are not covered in review articles published within the last five years. In some cases my contributions are deleted or reverted because the references don't meet the guidelines of MEDRs. There are medical topics and conditions which should have articles that can only be written with other, reliable secondary sources, but don't fall within the five-year limit. These would be conditions or diseases that have not been widely researched, widely published and illustrate consensus between the sources - but if the source is from 2009 or earlier, it is considered an unreliable source. I've read every essay that I can find on the topic and every WP guideline. I have over 15,000 edits and this issue is still limiting my article creations. One factor about referencing of medical articles is that if you examine most of the ones that already exist, the references of these older articles don't even come close to meeting the current referencing guidelines. The majority of medical articles are out-of-date or use primary references quite freely. I'm not asking 'permission' to use primary sources, but if there is not an article on a topic and if there has not been a lot of research on the topic, primary sources are sometimes the only sources available. Comments? Best Regards,

  Bfpage |leave a message  03:31, 7 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I think you might do better to ask the question at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Medicine, rather than here. AndyTheGrump (talk)

Thank you AndyTheGrump, but I also don't get much of a response there. I appreciate the time you put in here at the help desk. Best Regards,

  Bfpage |leave a message  20:57, 9 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I would like to know where I can attract help for a new article I have no idea how to get it past the drafting process any help or edits would be most aporeciated : Draft:The United Videogame Raffle Federation — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.87.91.187 (talk) 07:01, 7 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I see User:Jenks24 has submitted it for review, but it will undoubtedly be refused, as you have cited no references whatsoever, let alone shown that it has received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject. Please see the very basic inclusion criteria, which all articles must have, and Referencing for beginners for how to include those references in the article - Arjayay (talk) 08:42, 7 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Arjayay, if the review tag should be removed please go for it. I'm not overly familiar with the draft/AfC process, my main intention was just to remove the requested move tag as it clearly wasn't ready for article space yet. Jenks24 (talk) 08:47, 7 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I have returned it to Draft:The United Videogame Raffle Federation so the references can be added, and to avoid wasting reviewers time - Arjayay (talk) 08:57, 7 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I've put the AfC template back up, since it contains some helpful hints on 'improving your draft' , but left it in unsubmitted form. Once some WP:SOURCES are added, 66.87 can click the submit-button on the template to get a reviewer's attention. 75.108.94.227 (talk) 06:36, 8 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Jadu Tona (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

hello,

i wanted to clarify that the spirit name in the film jadu tona was not hiralal as mentioned. it was pannalal. However i am unfamiliar with the procedure to convey it on the site. thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 45.112.3.78 (talk) 07:20, 7 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Ideally, someone would check this in one of the references in the Jadu Tona article, then make the correction. But the article has no references. Maproom (talk) 08:25, 7 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

And while looking for references, I found that almost the entire article was a copy of this IMDB page, in violation of copyright law and of Wikipedia policy. I was therefore obliged to delete it. Incidentally, the IMDB source gives the spirit's name as "hiralal". Maproom (talk) 08:38, 7 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

i wanted to add to the article that in french: allez allez aux hommes (free) is go go men (free). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mgmcs (talk • contribs) 14:48, 7 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The requirement for an article is that reliably published sources have specifically covered the subject in detail and that we don't already have an article that covers the same topic. I think that the second aspect would be in effect. but, feel free to improve the article that we already have Olly olly oxen free, it is not in very good shape and can use some TLC. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 15:47, 7 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Mgmcs: Sorry, I think I misunderstood your question.

Wikipedia is an encyclopedia and not a translation service - so simply adding "In French, the phrase is XXXX" is not appropriate. If you have a reliably published source that discusses how the French phrase has been influenced by or influenced the English phrase, then that type of content can be added. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 16:13, 7 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I was poking around and noticed that page. I also noticed it's not archived. As far as I can tell it's because it's all level three headers. How best should this be resolved? Jerod Lycett (talk) 15:02, 7 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know whether level three sections can be archived but the archive bot hasn't run since the archive code was added today so I would wait and see. PrimeHunter (talk) 15:34, 7 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Seems not. Is it something that should just be ignored or something that should be fixed? Jerod Lycett (talk) 00:08, 10 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The page has very low activity so it can just be archived manually at long intervals. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:16, 10 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Would it be a problem? If not, then how can I post png files.

Thanks, --AboutFace 22 (talk) 16:04, 7 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Code is generally covered by copyright and so there are many potential issues with that depending upon exactly what you are talking about. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 16:14, 7 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

That's my own code. I've written every line of it. I am going to take care of the copyright. You answer my question: how to post png files. --AboutFace 22 (talk) 20:00, 7 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure that I understand what you mean by "post". You can upload png files (and text files) to Wikimedia Commons by going to https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page, clicking "upload", and filling in the form as appropriate. If you have created them yourself that won't be a problem for Commons. But you will need to specify a license which allows anyone to use them. Once they're uploaded to Commons, you can use them at the Computer Desk. Maproom (talk) 20:14, 7 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I created those png files myself also. The files are not something I should worry about. Nobody will be interested in using them. It is something I've run into doing Fourier Transform. The result of the inverse of the Fourier Transform is not what I expected. I want someone to take a look and perhaps to run this code on their machine. I know there is one fellow at the Computer Desk who does GFortran. Perhaps I miss something very elementary that causes the distortion. I need help. To specify a license to use those picture will be ridiculous. Again, I need to post it in the Computer Desk. There will be two formulas posted also but they have been known for centuries. --AboutFace 22 (talk) 21:27, 7 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

User:AboutFace 22 , if you don't want to mess with licensing, and are just trying to ask a question about your code, then the easiest way is this:

• upload the PNG files to your own world-visible website
• upload the GFortran code to the same
• ask your question at the Computer Desk, and leave the external URL of your (just-uploaded) code-and-images
• note that, if you do not already have your own world-visible website, you can pick one of these no-cost online services: List of free web hosting services

Does that make sense? Uploading imagefiles to talkpages like the Computer Desk, is not very easy. You basically have to go through the pain of doing the proper licensing, and fiddling with unrelated stuff. Since you are the copyright-holder, it is POSSIBLE for you to go through the hoops at wikipedia-and-wikipediaCommons, but the EASY way is to just upload externally, since it sounds like you are asking a question about the code (on wikipedia), rather than making a direct contribution of the code (to wikipedia). If this doesn't answer your question, or is not what you are trying to accomplish, please give us some more details about your goals. 75.108.94.227 (talk) 00:52, 8 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

To the last contributor: Thanks, I am not contributing to Wikipedia, I am asking a question. Your post answers my question entirely. Yes, I want to ask a question about my code and the question is why it behaves this way or why it gives the unexpected result. The code is very simple and transparent. The code execution results in a gnuplot graph and I want to ask questions why the result is not want could be expected. There is no need to license anything. Thanks, --AboutFace 22 (talk) 16:20, 8 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

On my user page User:Penbat I use Template:Userbox as blank fillers in some places but even when no text is wanted it now spews out {{{info}}} although a while back this didnt happen. How can i just get blank space ?--Penbat (talk) 18:14, 7 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• @Penbat: If you add a <br> to each info line it will display empty space. So the line should read | info = <br> --Stabila711 (talk) 18:20, 7 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thx that works a treat.--Penbat (talk) 18:26, 7 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I cannot find any information on the above mentioned department store, who bought them out? who might have the sales records relating to weapon purchases back in 1868? 108.71.32.177 (talk) 19:59, 7 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You might be more likely to get an answer at the Miscellaneous Reference Desk. This page is for questions about how to edit Wikipedia, not for general knowledge questions. However, if you are really asking about weapons purchases in 1868 (and not 1968), it is likely that there might not be any records. Robert McClenon (talk) 20:38, 7 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Depends on the purchaser -- if they were a wholesaler to the military (or even to the NYPD maybe), for instance, records almost certainly exist of those bulk purchases, in some governmental paperwork somewhere. Maybe ask a question at WP:MILHIST ('discussion' page or directly ask one of the wiki-project-members), if this is the kind of info you are seeking. But yes, individual retail sales of firearms, one by one over the counter to retail customers, would almost certainly not be published anywheres ... and I would be surprised if such records even existed privately, in the warehouses of the former corporate entity. But for large purchases by governmental or police bodies, records might exist. There is mention of the "M.W. Robinson Mfg. Co., Inc" in this NYC govt site, http://www.nyc.gov/html/lpc/downloads/pdf/reports/tsouthext.pdf , circa 1950s. Generic search for "M.W. Robinson" and gun and New York turns up a lot of civil-war-related hits, though maybe spurious. 75.108.94.227 (talk) 01:05, 8 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I submitted a draft, which was rejected. I have re-written it (see below) with the citations needed. How do I re-submit it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lyn Dunsavage Young (talk • contribs)

Make the changes in Draft:Randy Thornhorn. I moved the draft to that location as you were advised. Follow the submission procedure again. The procedure for submitting draft articles is mostly relatively self-explanatory. The hard part is complying with Wikipedia guidelines and policy and reviewer comments, not the procedure of how to submit it again. Robert McClenon (talk) 20:31, 7 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

However, you may get comments to the effect that the article is overly promotional, or that it presents fiction as fact or that parts of it are written "in-universe". Robert McClenon (talk) 20:35, 7 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Here is such a comment. The phrase "is known to have" provokes the reaction, "by whom? Where's the evidence?". If there is evidence, supply it, as a reference. If there isn't, delete the claim from the draft. Maproom (talk) 21:04, 7 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The previous feedback and comments gave a number of useful links, including to Referencing for beginners, Citing sources, and WP:Manual of Style. I see that the draft has been resubmitted by an IP editor without any of these aspects having been addressed. Reviewers tend to be annoyed at having their time wasted by resubmissions which don't address previous feedback and comments. There is additional confusion that the draft submitted yesterday evening seems to include duplication, new material having been added without removing the corresponding old material or without making it clear which is intended to be the current version. I would recommend that you tidy it up. - David Biddulph (talk) 06:49, 8 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I have declined the article again. It appears that the OP (editing logged out) added the revised draft of the article to the article rather than replacing the declined text with the draft text. As I said above, the procedures for submitting draft articles are not that complicated. If you don't know how to replace the declined text with the revised draft text, play The Wikipedia Adventure or ask for a mentor. In this case, I suggest that the original poster ask for a mentor. Robert McClenon (talk) 14:11, 8 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

September 8

Parwinder Singh Brar — Preceding unsigned comment added by Parwinder singh brar (talk • contribs) 09:37, 8 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Parwinder singh brar: Did you have a specific question for help? Please note, that Wikipedia is no venue for self-promotion. See Wikipedia:Autobiography and WP:PROMO. Autobiographies like User:Parwinder singh brar are strongly discouraged. I left you a message with additional , hopefully helpful, links on your user talkpage. GermanJoe (talk) 10:41, 8 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I am editing an article on Paris in World War II and I would like to link it to the comparable article in the French Wikipedia. How do I do that? Many thanks.SiefkinDR (talk) 11:44, 8 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@SiefkinDR: Click on the "Add links" button on the "Languages" toolbar and follow the instructions. The Average Wikipedian (talk) 12:19, 8 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, that worked! SiefkinDR (talk) 13:17, 10 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I have uploaded this picture

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ping_Portrait.jpg

and i want to insert it into this page

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ping_He_(fashion_designer)

Can you tell me how i can do this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Angusjosephwilson (talk • contribs) 12:09, 8 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Angusjosephwilson: You uploaded commons:File:Ping Portrait.jpg to Wikimedia Commons but the English Wikipedia already has another file with the same name File:Ping Portrait.jpg. That makes it impossible to display a commons file with the name. You have to upload it with another name but I see you discovered that while I was writing. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:28, 8 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict) Angusjosephwilson - You seem to have worked out how to add it by yourself, but I have moved it into the infobox, where it should be.
In future, could you please sign your posts on all talk pages with 4 tildes ( ~~~~ ) which will add your signature and a timestamp - Arjayay (talk) 12:32, 8 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Your Antique Wikipedia webpage has MacKeeper malware in it and it crashes other websites. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.240.174.222 (talk) 14:20, 8 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Do you mean https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antique? I don't find a problem. What makes you think there is malware? PrimeHunter (talk) 14:52, 8 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• (edit conflict) You are going to have to be a little bit more specific regarding what page you are talking about and what exact problem you are experiencing. Do you mean the Antique page? I looked, I couldn't find anything suspicious on it. Perhaps you are talking about the MacKeeper page? That doesn't have malware on it. It is describing a program and it has clear indications of potential problems with it. Please provide more information so we can help you with your request. --Stabila711 (talk) 14:55, 8 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

There are several malware plugins that get installed into web browsers through various means which OP might have picked up somewhere along the way. The plugins work by putting links in on various words and phrases of web pages that don't normally have those links, e.g. a Wikipedia entry. Then when the user hovers over or clicks on the link, they are served an advertisement or sent to another page. I have a feeling that this is what has happened with the OP. Dismas|^(talk) 20:09, 8 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Good morning,

I was tasked with writing a short bio for Gerry Wright (biochemist) - I'm Dr. Wright's communications coordinator - and I'm wondering if it's possible to remove the following caption from the top of the page: "This article is an autobiography or has been extensively edited by the subject or by someone connected to the subject. It may need editing to conform to Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy. There may be relevant discussion on the talk page. (August 2015)". I understand it's not as simple as just "removing" it from the page, but any help on how to eliminate it will be really appreciated.

Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by McMasteriidr (talk • contribs) 15:44, 8 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Greetings. Well the page was written by a "Gerard D.Wright", which to me appears to be Dr. Wright. Is that wrong, @McMasteriidr:? Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 15:50, 8 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Also McMasteriidr, because you are a paid editor, you are required by Wikipedia's Terms of Use to disclose the same, preferably on your user page.--ukexpat (talk) 15:52, 8 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

And you should read WP:COI, McMasteriidr, and understand that Wikipedia has very little interest in what a subject (or his associates or employers) want to say about him, and requires an article to be based almost exclusively on what unconnected people have said about him. Those references in Gerry Wright (biochemist) which are not from Wright himself or his institution are mostly clearly written from interviews or press releases, and so are not independent. --ColinFine (talk) 16:16, 8 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. Anyone willing to help me out with {{Vidhan Sabha summary (collapsed)}} and the associated {{Summary of Vidhan Sabha elections (Nov 2010 - May 2015)}}. I wanted to create a collapsable template (since the full template is very large), but I can't get it sortable or inner borders, colours to work. --Soman (talk) 16:40, 8 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Where do I go to request than an unintended edit, containing personal information accidentally pasted from my clipboard, be removed from an article's history? Loraof (talk) 18:00, 8 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• For personal information removal from all records see WP:OVERSIGHT. --Stabila711 (talk) 18:04, 8 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

What is the best or easiest way for me to setup auto-archiving on my talk page? I know there are a lot of different bots out there. Is there a good one that someone can recommend? --Zackmann08 (^{Talk to me}/_{What I been doing}) 22:55, 8 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I don't use a bot but there are a couple listed at Help:Archiving a talk page. Dismas|^(talk) 23:08, 8 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Zackmann08: MiszaBot, I think. Edit Bbb23's talk page [5] to see a sample setup. --NeilN ^{talk to me} 23:09, 8 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Dismas and NeilN: Thank you very much! Really appreciate the assistance. NeilN, I almost just posted on your talk page to ask. --Zackmann08 (^{Talk to me}/_{What I been doing}) 23:20, 8 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

September 9

I am attempting to gather evidence in an SPI and wonder if there is a tool available that will produce specific word or phrase usage by an account within their contributions. Do we have anything like that available? It would sure make my evidence gathering easier! Thanks, -- WV ● ✉ ✓ 00:51, 9 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Is the word in the article text or in an edit summary? - X201 (talk)

Hi, I consume the media 'news' on broadcast and Internet sources.

But, I am cynical at the editing and bias that is probable, for many reasons. Commercialism, fear, NWO, government policy...

Is there any place on Wiki sites that allows REASONED opinion and analysis of such topics in current event, as the invasion of immigration into the E.U. (i.e. very select countries with the most generous social assistance programmes?). Why is Hungary/Turkey trying to stop that wave of Syrians, really why? Why is this happening now? Who are these people, Sunni, Christian, Kurds, other? Why isn't anyone mentioning Obama's 'fix' of this Civil War a while back via cruise missiles from a Navy battle group off the Lebanese coast? Anyone notice Putin negotiated that gone, and right quick took the Crimean peninsula to his own, without any real objections from the 'free world'? WHY immigration, that is a permanent demographic shift, versus real temporary care of the displaced, and back home they go to the hard work of rebuilding a nation (ala Europe in the 1940-50's_- were Germans to all quit, and all immigrate to Argentina or just the elite get on with life easily...) IS immigration the easy way out? Is this just a North African, Middle Eastern JIHAD through bloodless take-over of another culture? Hasn't France, Sweden, Britain, Germany had enough of the 'religion of peace' within their borders? WHY are these things happening without long term questions being asked, from the recent facts front and centre guiding the 'compassion' of nations, safely. IF you were a homeless or unemployed Brit. what would you think of the offers of housing, education, medical care and open arms to persons who were not born there, and may not pay taxes for a decade or ever (based upon facts of the last 25 years?)? really... This is news, that needs light, not heat. North America IS the destination for many of these poor people. They ought to GO HOME, 'we' end Aussad fast, and rebuild their country... not occupy another, by mass numbers invading it on foot. FACT: 'refugee' camps in Jordan/Lebanon had sanitation, food, water and safety, plus satellite TV in their clean spacious home/shelters... so they drown and suffer, for what? So sad to see a wee lad die and wash up on a beach? Where are the pictures of the dead Christian men, their girls sex slaves, Churches torched in Syria+Iraq+NIgeria??? Empathy NOT yet? The West to either end the war or take them in for 1000 generations ahead, UNTIL the E.U. is Shariah Law. A valid arguement against mass immigration of MILLIONS, mindlessly believing a myth.

WHERE can I opin and read the TRUTH about a problem in our day? The news media won't.

Merci.

A FAIR Canadian Conscience. — Preceding unsigned comment added by WViewer999 (talk • contribs) 14:26, 9 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia is an encyclopedia. It is not a news site or a forum for discussion. Wikipedia articles summarise what has been said about article subjects in reliable sources. If you want to suggest how an article can be improved, please discuss on the article's talk page, but note that talk pages are not forums for general debate. There are plenty of other places on the internet for that.--ukexpat (talk) 14:36, 9 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You may wish to check out the Wikinews sister project [6] , but clearly Wikipedia is not what you want. At Wikipedia we present as best we can the mainstream views of the topic and expressly present any content that "the news media won't" as FRINGE beliefs, not as THE TRUTH. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 14:39, 9 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I have raised this question a few times on relevant project talk pages but response appears limited. I would like to know about the categories involving things like "Animals described in [year]", "Fish described in [year]", "Moths described in [year]", etc. since there seem to be quite a lot of articles not categorized into such categories and I would like to know guidelines on what should be categorized as what (as I cannot find a full list of such categories) and if every species (with a given year of description) should be categorized. Could someone please point me to relevant information? The Average Wikipedian (talk) 15:36, 9 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The parent category (with several layers of heirarchy by century, decade, year, etc.) is at Category:Species by year of formal description. If you wish to add one to the correct category, you would need the year of formal description properly described in the article text itself, and cited to a reliable source, which optimally would be the first published formal description. --Jayron32 16:56, 9 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

This one has a descriptor for its usage Category:Species described in the 18th century, but not many do. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 18:15, 9 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Just not sure! I am a new editor. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mdbabinec (talk • contribs) 18:05, 9 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

That depends a) where the photo is b) what its copyright status is and c) which infobox (Unfortunately infoboxes are not all the same with regards to images)
If the photo has already been uploaded to Wikimedia:Commons then go to edit the page you want it on and see which infobox is in use, which it will say at the top - e.g. "Infobox school"
Then go to Template:Infobox school (or Template:whichever infobox it is) and it will explain the parameters to insert. Please note that file names are case sensitive, and need to be entered exactly as the file name.
If the image is one you took yourself, and is currently on your computer, then click "Upload file" (under Tools in the left hand column) and upload it to Wikimedia Commons, then follow the first section.
If the image is just one you found on the internet, it almost certainly will be copyright, so can only be used in very exceptional circumstances as a WP:Fair use file - Arjayay (talk) 18:17, 9 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

When editing a page there is a lovely toolbar that shows up atop the editing box (screenshot of what I'm talking about). One of the sections is "Cite", and under the templates dropdown it lists 4 templates: {{cite web}}, {{cite news}}, {{cite book}} & {{cite journal}}. Is there a way add another template there? Or is there a way to add to this toolbar as a whole? For example if there are certain things I use a lot, can I edit my CSS to have them show up there? If this is possible can someone point me in the right direction of a basic example? --Zackmann08 (^{Talk to me}/_{What I been doing}) 19:39, 9 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

This is done by WP:REFTOOLBAR, but it's not designed to do many other things. You could of course write your own script to do something similar. —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 19:41, 9 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

and check out add on tools like WP:TWINKLE. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 19:42, 9 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Zackmann08: FYI, you can find all the CS1 citation templates here. —Skyllfully ^(talk | _contribs) 04:11, 10 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

HER PERSONAL INFO IS INCORRECT 1. SHE WAS NEVER MARRIED TO AN ALI 2. NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH HER MUSLIM FAMILY 3. ALWAYS HAD A CORDIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH HER MUSLIM HUSBAND (DURING AND WHEN SHE WAS DIVORCED)24.188.152.181 (talk) 21:15, 9 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• First off, stop shouting. It is completely unnecessary to type in all caps and it is extremely off putting to try to read a sentence that is written that way. Second, that article has an enormous amount of sources and references. Including a source, written under the name Phyllis Chesler, that disputes you claim that she was never married to a man named Ali. Do you have evidence to your claims? Do you have reliable sources that back up your information? If you do you can add to the page yourself. If you don't then the information that is already there, and already sourced, should stay. --Stabila711 (talk) 21:21, 9 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I would like to exchange this 256 shares from Travelers Group. Please call<contact info redacted> . — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.190.193.242 (talk) 23:11, 9 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

This page is intended for editors who need help with Wikipedia. eurodyne (talk) 23:48, 9 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over 4 million articles and thought we were affiliated in some way with that subject. Please note that you are at Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and this page is for asking questions related to using or contributing to Wikipedia itself. Thus, we have no special knowledge about the subject of your question. You can, however, search our vast catalogue of articles by typing a subject into the search field on the upper right side of your screen. If you cannot find what you are looking for, we have a reference desk, divided into various subject areas, where asking knowledge questions is welcome. Best of luck.Template:Z25--ukexpat (talk) 14:04, 10 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I was reading the future DYK to see if mine made it in yet, and ran across Template:Did you know/Preparation area 5, which has:

... that Canadian football player Josh Aladenoye was released from the practice squad of the BC Lions, only to be resigned and make his professional debut a week later?

Am I incorrect in thinking it should be re-signed rather than resigned? Jerod Lycett (talk) 23:57, 9 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• @Jerodlycett: You are not incorrect at all. Re-signed means that he was kept on by the team. Resigned means he left the team. So Aladenoye was involuntarily resigned (released) but then was re-signed a week later. --Stabila711 (talk) 00:09, 10 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Stabila711: @Jerodlycett: Maybe this should be changed to the appropriate spelling? —Skyllfully ^(talk | _contribs) 04:02, 10 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I've made the edit. I'm not sure how DYK works, but the page wasn't protected. -- John of Reading (talk) 06:25, 10 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

September 10

Contact bellevuehallfame for complet resmue on David Beckman. Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.4.86.185 (talk) 01:59, 10 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Why would we need to? Is he applying for a job here? I don't know of anyone who is hiring. --Jayron32 03:50, 10 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@50.4.86.185: I'm not sure if you can get a job with the Wikimedia Foundation, albeit you can take a look at our Job Center if you want to help... —Skyllfully ^(talk | _contribs) 04:06, 10 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I thought David Beckham wants to be the next James Bond...--ukexpat (talk) 14:07, 10 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, but if he doesn't land that, he will take Wikipedia editor as next best thing. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 21:38, 10 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

This request was passed from a Cite error help page
Help me to troubleshoot the error while editing the content: Antonov An-32:Variants:
the editing is showing some errors
-- Zainraw (talk | edits), 10 September 2015‎

Please do NOT include your request inside hidden text mark up <!-- like this --> - which I have now removed - as it hides your question

Please sign all posts on talk pages with 4 tildes ( ~~~~ ) which will add your signature and a timestamp

The problem at Antonov An-32 was that you had removed the closing </ref> symbol from the end of the previous reference, I have added it back - Arjayay (talk) 08:13, 10 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I know it is generally not accepted uploading non-free use images of people, however I've seen plenty of "promotional photos" on various articles. I'm asking specifically about images like this where the markings clearly show that the photo was distributed by the artist and company to promote the band. Although these seem reasonably common, they don't seem to meet criteria in the upload wizard. Are they just a throwback to an earlier time when the criteria was looser? Doctorhawkes (talk) 09:11, 10 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The link you provided leads to a amazonaws.com site, not to Wikipedia. Do you see that picture displayed in Wikipedia? --CiaPan (talk) 09:39, 10 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Doctorhawkes. At one time Wikjipedia took the position that since publicity photos were distributed by the copyright owner with the intent of being widely reproduced, they were acceptable to use here. We no longer take that position, and any such photos should either have been qualified under our current fair use criteria, or else deleted. If you find such an image on Wikipedia, please let someone know so the image can be re-tagged if it qualifies for fair use, or removed. DES ^(talk) 11:49, 10 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I suspected as much. Thanks. Doctorhawkes (talk) 21:00, 10 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I am having problems after uploading images in Wikimedia Commons. I have uploaded a number of photographs over the years and the majority of these have been deleted even though I have given public domain license. The feedback I have had back is very confusing and is really frustrating. The initial Wizard to upload in Wikimedia Commons photographs is very friendly but editing the copyright information is very unfriendly. The latest photograph I have uploaded and received notification that it will be deleted, is here: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Akiba_Israel_Wertheimer.jpg&diff=0&oldid=680232061 have I made the correct alterations to the licence?

Look forward to hearing from you. MrArmstrong2 (talk) 10:44, 10 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@MrArmstrong2:: When you are making photographies of sculptures and other works of art, the copyright of these works of art applies to the photographies. These are not just your copyright. Also, I think you've been vague at giving the sources of images you upload. Does this help? Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 10:50, 10 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The example you have given, a picture of a rabbi with some Hebrew text, appears to be a reproduction of a page of a published book. You have to consider the copyright of that book. I judge from the style of the printing that it was published before 1923 and is therefore in the public domain. But you have not given a publication date, and it may well get deleted from CommonsEnglish Wikipedia as being possibly in breach of copyright. When you fill in the form (which I agree is quite user-hostile), you need to supply the publication date, and state why you believe it is out of copyright. Maproom (talk) 11:45, 10 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It is the copyright laws that are a confusing mess not Wikipedia Commons. Read through these two links (slowly and several times) Copyright rules, Copyright rules by subject matter & Credit line. Wikimedia Commons help desk is a better place to ask for any more advices as they are more familiar with image copyright. Yet, the basics are easy once you grasp the proper meaning of public domain and how to give the image due provenance, etc. Agree with Maproom above but invest a bit of time in understanding copyright to avoid these problems in the future.--Aspro (talk) 11:52, 10 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

No funcionan mis emails. Soy Tetranol35 - Nila López y cuando estaba por editar mi página me cortaron bruscamente y Wikipedia no me da ahora la opción de recuperar mi cuenta. (...)

miniatura — Preceding unsigned comment added by 181.120.178.181 (talk) 11:02, 10 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Este es el idioma Inglés de Wikipedia . Si desea que el idioma español de Wikipedia , hay que ir a http://es.wikipedia.org --Jayron32 11:13, 10 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Is it possible to get the page history view and editor contribution view to show timestamps in UTC instead of my local timezone? I frequently want to compare an edit timestamp with a signature timestamp (eg to see if an editor's last vandalism was after a certain warning was given); currently, signature timestamps are invariably in UTC while edit history and user contribs timestamps are always shown in my local timezone (currently set to London on my system, which is UTC+1). This leads to more errors on my part than it should. GoldenRing (talk) 12:56, 10 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@GoldenRing: The used time zone is not determined by your computer but by your setting at Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-rendering. And Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-gadgets has the option "Change UTC-based times and dates, such as those used in signatures, to be relative to local time." PrimeHunter (talk) 13:12, 10 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, I see. Many thanks. GoldenRing (talk) 13:13, 10 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I would like to know more about the product called " Omega Q Plus Resveratrol" ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.230.104.37 (talk) 13:59, 10 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over 4 million articles and thought we were affiliated in some way with that subject. Please note that you are at Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and this page is for asking questions related to using or contributing to Wikipedia itself. Thus, we have no special knowledge about the subject of your question. You can, however, search our vast catalogue of articles by typing a subject into the search field on the upper right side of your screen. If you cannot find what you are looking for, we have a reference desk, divided into various subject areas, where asking knowledge questions is welcome. Best of luck.Template:Z25--ukexpat (talk) 14:10, 10 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

We don't have an article about that product, nor is it even mentioned in any other articles, so we can't help you, sorry. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 14:17, 10 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I have seen many Chinese Pinyin contains 'ü' in wikipedia, sometimes in a computer that cannot display it correctly. So is it necessary to replace it into yu(like lü into lyu), like Chinese Guojiabiaozhun(National Standard) GBT 28039-2011? But I have to say it's not used that frequently in Pinyin... --Axmaxmaxm3 (talk) 14:47, 10 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I am trying to edit personal details which are being shared on an individuals page that i represent, it is not in the public interest for this information to be shared. Other individuals of the same profession do not have such details shared. There is also the question of security risks for the individuals family which is the reason they have asked for it to be removed.

The problem is other people keep adding this information after it is removed. How can one go about stopping this action. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shadhilli (talk • contribs) 15:15, 10 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Appears to be Muhammad al-Yaqoubi (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views).--ukexpat (talk) 15:37, 10 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

As you represent Muhammad al-Yaqoubi, you have a conflict of interest, and ought not to be editing the article about him. However the information you have been removing is not mentioned in the source cited in its support, so I have not restored it to the article. Moreover, that source is about a "Shaykh Ibrahim al-Ya`qoubi", and says that he is dead; so I assume it is about a different man anyway. Note that "not in the public interest for this information to be shared" is not regarded in Wikipedia as a reason for not sharing it, but lack of published evidence is so regarded, particularly in articles about a living person. Maproom (talk) 15:50, 10 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I now realise that Shaykh Ibrahim al-Ya`qoub was the father of Muhammad al-Yaqoubi, and that the source was cited in support of Ibrahim's death. The information you have been removing was misleadingly inserted immediately before the link to the reference. As the inserted material was about a living person, and was unsupported by any reference, it should be removed. Maproom (talk) 16:06, 10 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, yes there is no issue with that Shaykh Ibrahim al-Yaqoubi, he was Shaykh Muhammad's father and has his own page, he has passed away. I understand a bit more about the whole system now, i think i was naive at first and many of the editors are less then helpful all they do is delete rather then offer advice. So it seems everything accessible on the internet can be put on here, this is good to know for future events. I still don't understand how relevant details can be added when they are in fact important but just not on the internet, for instance a part of Muhammad Al-Yaqoubis career is missing. There seems to be no way of a adding such material, which i find confusing. Same with books, unless they are accessible on the internet but surely the best part of books is that one can hold them rather then download and read of a screen. Shadhilli (talk) 20:04, 10 September 2015 (UTC)shadhilli[reply]

Information in books but not on-line is still acceptable to be put in Wikipedia articles, you just have to cite the book as the source of the information. ~ ONUnicorn^{(Talk|Contribs)}problem solving 20:07, 10 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Ok great, so I can add the books that have been written as long as I cite the books as a source of information it is fine. I am not sure about his early career if that has been cited in any books I will investigate. In regards to current projects how can I cite that. As in currently he is doing this and this? When one reads the article it appears that there is no current projects which is inaccurate. Shadhilli (talk) 20:14, 10 September 2015 (UTC)shadhilli[reply]

Current projects are a little harder. Has anyone written about them? For example, an author may be working on a novel, but until someone else writes that he's working on a novel that information can't be in Wikipedia. However, if he says in an interview, "I'm working on my next novel, it's a love story between a witch and a vampire..." and that interview is published, then that information can go in Wikipedia. In the meantime though, please keep in mind what someone said earlier about your conflict of interest. The best way to handle it is to propose changes on the article talk page using a {{Request edit}}. ~ ONUnicorn^{(Talk|Contribs)}problem solving 20:29, 10 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Information about a person's current projects can be referenced from their official web site or the like. That said, it should not be promotional in its tone. And again, it would be best if you do not add this info to the article directly since you have a conflict of interest. If you like, you can add it to the talk page for the article and let other editors who are unaffiliated with the subject, yet still watch the page, to make a determination on how/if to add that information to the article. Dismas|^(talk) 20:27, 10 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Shadhilli You wrote above that "So it seems everything accessible on the internet can be put on here, this is good to know for future events." That is not correct. Only facts that can be verified in reliable sources can be included in a Wikipedia article, whether the sources are online or offline. This generally means not blogs, tabloids, or personal web pages, and the like. Reliable sources are ones that have have a reputation for fact-checking and accuracy. If the facts are at all controversial, the source should be independent of the subject. (Independent means not his own website or his own published books or comments, or a press release or the like, nor from any source directly associated with the subject, such as a relative or buisness partner.) If the source is offline, include at least enough detail that a reader could find the source, say in a library. If the source is online, please include a link, and also as much detail about the source as you can. That will help. DES ^(talk) 20:45, 10 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Someone above mentioned that this user is Shaykh Muhammad Al-Yaqoubi it is not i am just someone who follows his work, however I am trying to help ensure the page is a true representation . I understand completely about the promotional issue which is fine I just really wanted all relevant facts to be available on his page as it will help inform readers. Thank you all so much for your help. Shadhilli (talk) 22:35, 10 September 2015 (UTC)shadhilli[reply]

Hi there - I am the marketing manager for Microsoft Movies & TV. I tried to edit the article but it was undone. There is customer confusion over whether we are called Microsoft Movies & TV or Movies & TV.

The name of the service is called Microsoft Movies & TV, which we explain in the official FAQ: xbox.com/video and the marketing page: microsoft.com/movies-and-tv

Movies & TV is the name of the Windows 10 playback app of ihch you can also watch your home videos. It is not the name of the video service that was formerly Zune and Xbox Video.

Can you please remove the redirect from Microsoft Movies & TV to Movies & TV and make the article name Microsoft Movies & TV?

Happy to be contacted directly to verify my role.

2001:4898:80E8:5:0:0:0:D0 (talk) 16:53, 10 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Please read our quick guide for the minimum requirements for an article. We are not here to be an advertising platform for your products. Please also see the conflict of interest policy and the terms of use -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 16:57, 10 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• There is already a discussion regarding the move on the article's talk page here. You can contribute to that if you wish however, as TRPoD mentioned, you should not edit an article that you have a conflict of interest in. In addition, if you are in any way being paid to edit Wikipedia you must disclose that per the Terms of Use. --Stabila711 (talk) 17:05, 10 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there, I already contributed to the discussion but as I said I tried to edit and was thrown back to the discussion you mentioned so it is an endless circle. I am not being paid to edit wikipedia, but I am disclosing that I work directly on the product so I can verify what is factually correct. The existing tab at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movies_%26_TV is factually incorrect in stating that "Movies & TV" is the name of the service. I am just trying to correct the name. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:4898:80E8:2:0:0:0:73D (talk) 17:28, 10 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Your edit was reverted because there is an ongoing discussion. Wikipedia runs off of community consensus. If the community cannot come to a consensus then there are other avenues that can be taken such as requesting a wider audience. In any case, you working directly on the product means you have a clear conflict of interest. While you can participate in the community discussion on the talk page you should never directly edit the article itself. Wikipedia articles should only be edited by third parties who have no direct involvement in the article's topic. --Stabila711 (talk) 17:40, 10 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• I read through the discussion about the name. One thing that will really really help your cause in that discussion is producing published sources that are independent of the company that use the full name. I.e. not the company's website, marketing materials, etc. and not press releases or articles that largely use press releases as their source. If you can demonstrate that the product is actually known to the world-at-large and actually referred to by the world-at-large as Microsoft Movies & TV, then, per WP:COMMONNAME, that is the correct name of the article. However, if that's not how the world-at-large refers to the product, then it belongs where it is. ~ ONUnicorn^{(Talk|Contribs)}problem solving 17:42, 10 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Wait if theyre the marketing mamager for Microsoft Movies and Tv, their job is managing issues with the brand being out there or whatever and they are clearly editing the name here because that is part of their job and they are paid a salary for that so wouldnt that be considered paid editing? This question is really more for my understanding of this policy. Thanks Tortle (talk) 20:00, 10 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It most certainly IS paid editing, of the clearest and most unambiguous sort. --Orange Mike | Talk 20:02, 10 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@TheRedPenOfDoom, Stabila711, Tortle, and Orangemike: I have notified this user using {{uw-paid1}} (see also {{uw-paid2}}, {{uw-paid3}} and {{uw-paid4}}). I am mostly noting this because this template series is new, following the Orangemoody socking case, and this seemed like a good opportunity to advertise them to some regulars.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 22:49, 10 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Its not on Twinkle yet so I don't know where one would go to get that accomplished (Ill look into it). Thanks Tortle (talk) 22:53, 10 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Im also writing for the Signpost right now so I might include a note about the addition of the templates. Thanks Tortle (talk) 22:54, 10 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I have a little bit of experience in writing in c language. I want to make a good script on my own. In what language should I write a script to make it work on wikipedia? I am asking this because when I ran a script's code outside wikipedia, it gave an error message. Supdiop (Talk/Contribs) 20:31, 10 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not clear on what you want to do. Do you mean to edit Wikipedia via use of a bot? If so, see WP:BOT. Bot accounts must be approved since they can really muck things up for many articles in a very short period of time. Or are you trying to trawl through Wikipedia for information for your own use? If so, you probably want to download a database dump of Wikipedia to work with it offline. See WP:DUMP for more on that. Dismas|^(talk) 20:36, 10 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I just want to make a script like one click archiver. I think it will be a good starting point. Supdiop (Talk/Contribs) 20:46, 10 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It sounds like you want to make a user script. User scripts run client-side and JavaScript is the only language. See Wikipedia:User scripts. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:36, 10 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I'm having a terrible time trying to add Bridget van Kralingen under the Business header. Could you sort out the coding, please? Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 22:45, 10 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Helpers,

 I am new to Wikipedia as far as submitting an article and am really confused. I have written two drafts on the new subject of Maj. Lenox R. Lohr and can't find either of them. I did ask for help and the person who answered said he/she had added a template for a "submit your draft" button and also kindly done a copy-edit. I am not finished with the submission and I cannot access it to make it complete, including sources and click on the submit button. What are the steps I must take? Thank you, James DohrenJames dohren (talk) 22:53, 10 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]