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July 16

Changing one's username

Is there a limit to the number of times one can change one's username, by having one's account renamed? FreeKnowledgeCreator (talk) 03:04, 16 July 2016 (UTC)

As far as I am aware, no, there is no limit imposed by the software. However, username changes have to be requested and approved, and it's likely the people processing the requests will get fed up with someone who changes usernames a lot and refuse to approve any more requests. See Wikipedia:Changing username. --71.110.8.102 (talk) 11:14, 16 July 2016 (UTC)

Surname map

An example.

Hi, I wanted to know if anyone could make a surname map image for the Maiorana article, or if not, know someone who can? Based on the ones on Griffin (surname) and Jones (surname) pages (which come from this website [1]), it should cover U.K. and Ireland. The website explains how it works, but basically areas with higher density of people (Wigan and Lancashire, etc. in Maiorana's case) are dark red and areas with no people with Maiorana name (Scotland, etc.) stay white, with shades of pink for less people. Here is the numbers of U.K. Maioranas [2](but the numbers don't have to show up on the image). If it's something you can do I'd appreciate it very much and it would be a great benefit to the page, thank you.2A02:C7D:C22A:F600:CD08:3FA2:BD1:E5F6 (talk) 07:27, 16 July 2016 (UTC)

You might try making a request at the map workshop. See Wikipedia:Graphics_Lab/Map_workshop--S Philbrick(Talk) 10:48, 16 July 2016 (UTC)

BTW, is 'Jones' a good name for such file? I would rather expect something like 'Jones surname GB', at least... --CiaPan (talk) 11:00, 17 July 2016 (UTC)

Coding problem: old versions of WP:ARBCOM only display current members

Not sure if this is the place for this, but WP:ARBCOM has Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Members embedded in it, and this page has an automatically updating date stamp claiming the list is accurate as of now, but when one accesses a past version of the main ArbCom page in which the subpage is embedded, it gives the current text of the subpage but claims the list of members is accurate as of the date of the past version of the main page, with somewhat humorous results like the claim that Callanecc, Cas Liber, Drmies, Gamaliel and so on being on the committee was accurate as of May of last year.

Any idea how to fix this? I know fully displaying historical versions of subpages embedded in historical versions of main pages is probably difficult, but how about making it so the embedded version always displays the current date so at least the information is not inaccurate?

Hijiri 88 (聖やや) 08:37, 16 July 2016 (UTC)

Fixed.[3] PrimeHunter (talk) 13:16, 16 July 2016 (UTC)

Rohini Balakrishnan

I declined a speedy on Rohini Balakrishnan and moved it to Draft:Rohini Balakrishnan informing the initial creator here. A third editor turned the R2 tagged Rohini Balakrishnan into an article. Now I stand as creator, which I find is a bit unfair. What do we do in a case like this? Selective histmerge? Sam Sailor ^Talk! 10:12, 16 July 2016 (UTC)

I have looked at the edit histories of both Draft:Rohini Balakrishnan and Rohini Balakrishnan, and am puzzled. It looks as if, a couple of hours ago at 09:10, you simultaneously moved the article to draft, and created a new article with the same name. Maproom (talk) 10:38, 16 July 2016 (UTC)

That's not the case, have a look again. I moved it to draft space and tagged the redirect with CSD R2 in Diff of Rohini Balakrishnan. A third editor turned it into an article again in the subsequent edit, Diff of Rohini Balakrishnan. Sam Sailor ^Talk! 10:51, 16 July 2016 (UTC)

• Sam, do a history merge. That's about it. Lourdes 20:09, 16 July 2016 (UTC)

​Thanks, but I don't quite fly the flags to do it. Sam Sailor ^Talk! 20:14, 16 July 2016 (UTC)

I'm not an expert, so may be the following is not a good idea... but I think I woud just boldly revert all edits back to the 'redir'+CSD state and after deletion ask the 'third user' to re-insert their version as an original article. --CiaPan (talk) 10:57, 17 July 2016 (UTC)

Checkboxes

Use of the following code produces this: <inputbox> type=search namespaces=Main**,Help </inputbox>

Main Help

If i want just the checkbox how do i retrieve it. Thanks — VarunFEB2003 I am Online 12:55, 16 July 2016 (UTC)

(I made it display the code you're asking aabout, rather than just the dislay produced, VarunFEB2003). The extension is documented at mw:Extension:Inputbox. This is an extension for adding an input box of various types. The checkboxes are an additional feature for certain kinds of inputbox, but it won't give you anything without an input box. --ColinFine (talk) 13:36, 16 July 2016 (UTC)

No i just wanted to know how to have just a check box which could be ticked or unticked — VarunFEB2003 I am Online 13:39, 16 July 2016 (UTC)

See Template:Checkbox. Dismas|^(talk) 20:25, 16 July 2016 (UTC)

I am new to wikipedia

I am new to Wikipedia — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wayne Stickles (talk • contribs) 19:41, 16 July 2016 (UTC)

Wayne, welcome. On your talk page, many helpful links have been left to make you understand this encyclopaedic project and various other issues that would be helpful. Click on those links and enjoy your experience of Wikipedia. If there's anything you require help in, feel free to leave a note here. Lourdes 20:02, 16 July 2016 (UTC)

Renaming a page with a special character

I would like to correct the spelling of a page name, using a special character (umlaut) in place of a U. Do I move the page and simply rename with the special character? I've done a search and have found other English pages with umlauts in the name, but want to confirm the best way to go about this. Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Heather.buchheim (talk • contribs) 23:00, 16 July 2016 (UTC)

You won't be able to move the page until your account is at least four days old and you have made a minimum of 10 edits. In the meantime you can request a move at Wikipedia:Requested moves or if you provide details here, an experienced editor may move it for you. Please sign your posts on talk pages by typing four tildes (~~~~). Thank you. Eagleash (talk) 23:10, 16 July 2016 (UTC)

@Heather.buchheim: Note Wikipedia:Naming conventions (use English)#Modified letters. We can say more if you say which name it is about. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:11, 17 July 2016 (UTC)

Keep in mind, though, that we use the name by which the subject is most commonly known in English to decide the title of the article in the English-language Wikipedia. So someone whose real name is Üschi, but who is known to English speakers as Uschi (or Ueschi; or Ooshi) would have their article in the latter name, regardless of what their actual given name might be. --Orange Mike | Talk 00:14, 17 July 2016 (UTC)

A redirect can be made from alternate spellings to the spelling the article is at. RJFJR (talk) 14:30, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

July 17

Category:Pages with URL errors

Hi, I've been working through some of the list on Category:Pages with URL errors (correcting, updating, replacing, adding archive-urls etc as necessary) and I spotted a few problem pages, for example Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Featured log/January 2009 and the pages it lists, where, because they are archived it asks for no changes to be made - would it be ok for someone (preferably an experienced user/administrator) to edit out these errors, or, if not, would it be possible to stop these types of pages from appearing in the error list? EdwardUK (talk) 00:49, 17 July 2016 (UTC)

Marianne Faithfull

Ref number 1 is not correct for a journal. Please fix if able. Sorry. 139.216.210.155 (talk) 01:41, 17 July 2016 (UTC)

Question: More precisely, what do think is wrong? That currently {{cite web}} is used? Sam Sailor ^Talk! 01:51, 17 July 2016 (UTC)

Talk page as forum

I see comments removed from article talk pages when they are just expressions that the user likes or dislikes, or just wants to discuss, the subject of the article, on the grounds that a talk page is not a forum. But what if they start by saying something like "Hooray for the brave inhabitants of the glorious republic of Foo in defeating the wretched traitors," then follow that with a reasonable comment about editing the article. I hesitate to remove part of their post and leave the rest. On the other hand it seems like a way to leave a propagandistic post on a talk page. Does the baby go out with the bathwater? Relevant policies or guidelines? Edison (talk) 02:42, 17 July 2016 (UTC)

If anything, it means you should watch that user's edits to make sure they're not POV-pushers. Turkic countries are one of Wikipedia's problem areas due to POV pushers; it's so bad that anything relating to Armenian-Azeri relations is under ARBCOM sanctions.142.105.159.60 (talk) 03:10, 17 July 2016 (UTC)

In one such instance another editor redacted the propaganda sentence, left a comment he had done so, and left the appropriate comments about improving the page. Is such partial redaction permissible? It seems like a good solution. (Redact the bathwater, leave a comment you have done so, and leave the baby). How would you make it clear what had been done and who had done it? This is a general problem, and not specific to one article or one trouble spot.Edison (talk) 03:39, 17 July 2016 (UTC)

I don't see a problem with partial refactoring of off-topic forum-like posts. You can use {{rf}} to denote that you have done so. --Majora (talk) 03:44, 17 July 2016 (UTC)

Repinging. First one didn't work @Edison: --Majora (talk) 03:44, 17 July 2016 (UTC)

"Refactoring" is one of those neologisms which some Wikipedians love, but which are unknown to the general public. It seems to date back only to 1991, and then in a different usage of changing computer code. The template cited of refactoring discusses moving text from one page to another. In the cases I'm discussing we should be removing entirely from view the inappropriate text. I feel like one should be hesitant to edit another's talk page post, since it might make him look inarticulate or confused, if you removed the inappropriate preamble but left the permissible conclusion, but I hate to see someone allowed to keep inappropriate text by following it in the same post with appropriate text. It is convenient if they allow a clean excision by having some propagandistic statement followed by an only loosely related suggestion for editing. If the parts of the post were inextricably related, I would argue for complete removal, followed by inviting the poster to submit an appropriate comment without the propaganda.Edison (talk) 04:03, 17 July 2016 (UTC)

Huh. So it is. My mistake. Depending on how bad it is you could always use {{inappropriate comment}}. That one seems to be more along the lines of what you want. And it provides different options depending on what you are looking for and how bad it is. Frankly, I don't see the problem with you just removing it without mention. Off-topic posts are distracting to the talk page process of improving the article. --Majora (talk) 04:20, 17 July 2016 (UTC)

• Edison, Talk page guidelines allows such redacting, per "It is still common to simply delete gibberish, comments or discussion about the article subject (as opposed to its treatment in the article), test edits, and harmful or prohibited material as described above (in the guidelines)." You can remove the comments that seem absolutely irrelevant (but err on the side of caution, as recommended by the guidelines). Leave a redacted note appropriately. And undo your delete if any established editor objects or consensus deems otherwise on the page. Lourdes 04:32, 17 July 2016 (UTC)

SOMEONE HAS DELETED CONTENT OF MY HISTORY - TOYIN ADEKALE

Hope you can help me. If I could edit my profile adequately I would, but it seems that someone has deleted extensive history on my Wikipedia page. I was wondering how to get it retrieved and how to add pictures or content. The information that was deleted is not inaccurate, so not sure who or why it was deleted. Can you help? Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Talithavoices7 (talk • contribs) 05:48, 17 July 2016 (UTC)

Firstly, please understand there are no "profiles" on Wikipedia - we have articles, including one on Toyin Adekale, but that is NOT "your" page it is Wikipedia's page about you.
As you have a conflict of interest you should not be editing the page at all, but you can make suggestions, citing reliable references, on the talk page:- Talk:Toyin Adekale
The reasons for the deletions are stated in the page history:- The photos were removed because they were copyright violations, 2694 bytes were removed by one of our most experienced admins who stated "cleanups and removing unreferenced sections. If one has performed before Queens and Presidents, it needs refs" another 1059 bytes were removed by another experienced editor who stated "Rm unsourced, cruft, crappy sourced" Looking at what was removed, all of these look reasonable removals, all of the removed material was totally unsourced and much of it was promotional, so there would be no point in reinstating it.
Additions to every article should be sourced to reliable, independent, sources, but this is particularly true of biographies of living persons. - Arjayay (talk) 08:14, 17 July 2016 (UTC)

It sounds kind of like you're saying you are the subject of the article. If so, the rules are that you really shouldn't be editing the article at all. Read Wikipedia:Autobiography. Sorry, but it's often the case that people have a hard time being impartial and following the policies and guidelines when writing about themselves. Note also that Wikipedia doesn't provide "vanity hosting", or whatever you might call it, for people to put up whatever they want. If you want a webpage that you control, start your own website or create a page on something like Facebook. And an obvious issue is that without some method of authentication we have no way of knowing you're who you say you are. Anyone can call themselves anything online. Again, see the page I linked for more advice on this, and if you have more questions you're welcome to ask them here or in another appropriate forum. --71.110.8.102 (talk) 21:53, 17 July 2016 (UTC)

What do I do about a well meaning person who keeps reverting an article back to incorrect?

I updated an article, with references, and a person keeps reverting it because they prefer the old wording. But the old wording is factually incorrect. They clearly aren't meaning harm. But their profile suggests this is a page they shouldn't even care about anyway. Is there someone I can refer this too sothepage can be updated properly. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.61.93.104 (talk) 11:53, 17 July 2016

Hello, Ambic (I'm guessing that's who you are, even though you didn't log in). You and GorgeCustersSabre are engaging in an Edit war, and both of you need to stop, and discuss it on the article's talk page Talk:Massey University. I see that you posted about the closing of the campus on the talk page on 13 July, before this started: but once Sabre reverted your change, you should have engaged with him on the talk page, rather than reapplying your change. If Sabre won't engage, or you can't reach agreement, then you should follow the steps in Dispute resolution, but attempting a discussion is the essential first step. I have pinged both of you here, so you should both see this comment. --ColinFine (talk) 16:27, 17 July 2016 (UTC)

Thanks. I was trying to avoid an edit war but did not know what I needed to do. I was trying to avoid naming people on this page too.

Oversighting?

I had been trying to bring Draft:Mir Abdolrez Daryabeigi into an acceptable state (with limited success, I am now hoping to forget about it and leave further work to others). On looking today at its edit history, I see that nine consecutive edits by me followed by five by another editor are shown in struck-through grey. I associate this style with oversighting. But I see no evidence that an admin has become involved, I don't recall any content that could be considered defamatory, and I haven't received any kind of warning. What is the explanation for the struck-through edits? Maproom (talk) 11:16, 17 July 2016 (UTC)

Click "View logs for this page" in the page history to see [4]. Based on a Google search, you copied from [5]. Special:WhatLinksHere/Draft:Mir Abdolrez Daryabeigi links a report at User:EranBot/Copyright/rc/48 which says [6]. That's another url to the same content at that site. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:26, 17 July 2016 (UTC)

Thank you. It all makes sense now. Maproom (talk) 14:54, 17 July 2016 (UTC)

Table

How can I export a wiki table to excel and vise versa?(Of course I mean an easy way)--Freshman404^Talk 12:03, 17 July 2016 (UTC)

@Freshman404: You can try one of the tools listed here. Cheers ✦ _hugarheimur 14:47, 17 July 2016 (UTC)

Copying to Excel is easy - just copy, then right-click as paste special. Copying from Excel to Wikipedia used to be very hard, but now easy, as long as you use VE.--S Philbrick(Talk) 16:38, 17 July 2016 (UTC)

Old discussion on AFD sort list

WP:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Arizona has a entry for a closed PROD from 2013. Should I just remove it manually, or may there be other things elsewhere that also need to be cleaned-up? Mb66w 14:49, 17 July 2016 (UTC)

Cite template formatting

I remember, that there was a userscript for converting cite templates from block to inline version and vice-versa. Of course, I don't remember title of it or where I did see it. Any help? --Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 14:49, 17 July 2016 (UTC)

Subgroup in templates

I wish to make a subgroup within groups in a template; .. | group5 = Main group

 subgroup5 Subgroup 

| list5 =

• A
• B

How is that done? Carystus (talk) 19:30, 17 July 2016 (UTC)

@Carystus: See Template:Navbox#Child navboxes and Template:Navbox subgroup. PrimeHunter (talk) 10:13, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

Marianne Faithfull

Please add this link Austrian nobility in the category section at the end of this article. Thanks Srbernadette (talk) 23:41, 17 July 2016 (UTC)

 Done - But you are an experienced editor and could have done that. Did you really need our help? Robert McClenon (talk) 23:47, 17 July 2016 (UTC)

July 18

Reference problem

I can't figure out what's going on in Hastings Highlands. The second reference is in the demographics template somewhere (and is causing an error message?), but I can't find it. Clarityfiend (talk) 01:20, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

That's a tricky one -- I changed ref name. Fixed it, but not really sure why, however, one source is 2011 Census and the other is 2011 Census of Population -- presumably same, with different name. So what I did is not really a "fix", but more of a work-around. --2606:A000:4C0C:E200:B5B0:E568:AE41:A487 (talk) 02:39, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

The other one is automatically generated by the Template:Canada census in Demographics section. Not sure, however, why it needs to have a name. --CiaPan (talk) 06:11, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

Per Template:Canada census, "This template creates named references cp2011, cp2006, and optionally cp2001 for use in articles. Each is areference to the Statistics Canada Community Profile search page for the corresponding census year." I think the template has given the name to these automatically transcluded references because giving a name looks more structured. Somewhere, someone gave the same name to an in-article reference, thus creating a conflict. It's resolved now. Lourdes 06:28, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

"Resolved now" is my work-around. I also tried removing the ref definition from the article, assuming it would transclude from the template, but I got an "undefined reference" error. Currently, there is no nasty red error message, but there is a redundant reflist reference. -2606:A000:4C0C:E200:B5B0:E568:AE41:A487 (talk) 06:45, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

Are you sure...? I've removed the reference named "cp2011(a)" and replace the "cp2011(a)" name with "cp2011" in both places, and it seems to work in preview. However, the link from the Census template is much more general, while that from infobox leads specifically to Hastings Highlands' data – and I think this deserves being preserved. --CiaPan (talk) 07:21, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

You're right. Did a test fix (here) with no error message -- don't know what I did differently before. --2606:A000:4C0C:E200:B5B0:E568:AE41:A487 (talk) 07:40, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

Why does this sorting of calendar dates work correctly, without using the "dts" sorting template?

Please take a look at this article: List of people executed in Georgia (U.S. state). There is a column entitled "Date of Execution". When you sort that column, it actually sorts correctly (by date). How does the computer "know" that it is sorting calendar dates? Why doesn't the sort go, as would be expected: alphabetically list all of the April dates; then the August dates; then the December dates; then the February dates; and so forth? And, if this works on its own, what's the point of using that Template:Dts ({{dts}}) template/command in sortable Tables and Charts? Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 04:14, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

I'm not sure which part of it is doing the sorting but the template knows that January = 1, February = 2, and so on. Dismas|^(talk) 04:28, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

Help:Sorting#Dates clarifies that the usage of formats like January 12, 2016, automatically tells the table that it is a date cell. Lourdes 05:53, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

And, if this works on its own, what's the point of using that Template:Dts ({{dts}}) template/command in sortable Tables and Charts? Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 06:27, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

When you use numerical dates instead of the specific format given above, it is sensible to use dts. Lourdes 06:29, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

Thanks, all. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 12:48, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

@Joseph A. Spadaro: You have changed the section title and now all the relevant edit summaries (including yours!), visible in the edit history and in versions' diffs, which indicate the section being modified (→‎Why does this sorting work correctly?) point to nowhere... --CiaPan (talk) 13:10, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

I have had that discussion with Editor Joseph A. Spadaro before. Perhaps you will have better luck than I.

—Trappist the monk (talk) 13:39, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

Thanks. Yeah, I never really understood the first discussion we had a few weeks back on this issue. And I don't even "get" what the issue is? Sorry. Please explain. And please don't use a lot of Wikipedia letters and symbols and verbiage, because that won't help me understand any better. Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 14:05, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

Here's the deal. When I post a question, I give it a quick "off the cuff" title (heading). When I am done with my question, let's say a week or so later, I change the title to make it easier to find in the archives at some later point, if needed. I change the title to be a better reflection of the content of the discussion (for archiving purposes). So, that's the origin of this "problem" or "issue". What do you suggest? Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 14:05, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

If you must change the section heading, then please add an anchor so that previous links will still work, see Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Linking#Section links. --David Biddulph (talk) 14:11, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

No idea what an "anchor" is. And -- as typical -- the Wikipedia pages that "explain" things (i.e., "how to") are notoriously difficult/impossible to understand. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 15:40, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

No. No deal. Please do not change the sections' titles after the discussion. Devise appropriate title before you ask a question instead, so that it doesn't need any change later. It often happens to me that I drop into some discussions at Reference Desk or Help Desk and add some comments. Sometimes, if I find them later in the history of my edits, like '‎wrong information on your web' here, I want to know how the talk went on after (I also store links to interesting talks somewhere outside Wikipedia, sometimes, for the same purpose.) Then I can go to the Desk and search the archives with that exact phrase, I can find the archived section and jump to it: [7]. However, it's no longer possible if you change the section title – it won't match my searching query anymore.
It also happens quite often that users post a reference to a specific section on other users' talk pages when inviting them to participate in a specific discussion. A change to a section title invalidates such links. --CiaPan (talk) 15:08, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

Well, that procedure works for you and your needs, but not me and my needs. So, your "suggestions" are not helpful. (1) No deal. (Really?) and (2) Devise the appropriate heading before, not after. Those are impractical and unrealistic. Sorry. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 15:38, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

Multiple editors have asked that you not modify headers yet you dismiss their requests with the flippant statement that writing a carefully considered topic header when you first post the question and leaving it alone as a courtesy to other editors is impractical and unrealistic. How is it impractical? How is it unreasonable? How is it better for the encyclopedia that you dismiss the requests of other editors because you don't like what they are asking of you?

—Trappist the monk (talk) 18:53, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

Lose the attitude, man. I will give you an example. Let's say that my question is, for example: "Who is the actor that played Billy Jones on General Hospital? When the discussion is done, I will modify my heading to say something like "The actor who played Billy Jones on General Hospital is Brad Pitt." And I do that because I am more concerned with someone (me or someone else) being able to access it more easily in the archives (i.e., provide good key words), more so than I am worried about an "anchor" (which I don't even know what that is). And I highly doubt that my random questions here and there are that significant that they "throw people off" in their editing functions. So, answer my question. How am I supposed to edit/modify the header before the discussion, in a way that is only available after the discussion? Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 21:47, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

No. I agree with Trappist and CiaPan. Modifying a header after discussion has taken place is confusing. It isn't necessary to get the header to match the discussion after the fact. Just make the header state the question simply and concisely, and leave it alone when it is answered. Please. I agree that changing the heading in a talk page after there is been discussion is confusing and rude. Please. They are trying to make a reasonable request. Robert McClenon (talk) 02:55, 19 July 2016 (UTC)

This is not a one-way street. No one is addressing my issues and concerns. So, if that doesn't happen, I don't see that I will be changing my MO any time soon. I don't go for the "do it our way, because we said so" approach. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 03:59, 19 July 2016 (UTC)

Upload a new version of this file...

I've just fixed a couple of images on Manic Miner, and noted that one of them was still a GIF file. Is there any easy way of using the "upload new version" and getting the wizard to acknowledge the fact that the new version is no longer a GIF, but a PNG file? There seems to be no way of modifying the destination filename, so you're restricted to the original filetype. Chaheel Riens (talk) 06:36, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

"upload new version" really means "upload new version of whatever is stored at this filename and extension". So if you want to upload a PNG, you'll have to upload it as a new file. Then you'll need to change the links from articles that you want to use it. Maproom (talk) 08:42, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

Wrong information provided on Television series details of Neha Pendse

Hello,

This is to bring to your notice that we have observed there is a serious mistake in wiki page of Neha Pendse. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neha_Pendse). The actress herself was shocked to see that she is listed to be a role of a teleserial on Sab TV called Gupp Chupp. This information is false. The actress is currently seen as a lead role in 'May I Come In Madam'. This information is correct.

Am really surprised that wiki being so accurate has brought up this wrong information. I have edited and deleted the serial Gupp Chupp mentioned on her page. Kindly approve the changes.

Hope to hear from you soon. Also please remove Neha Pende's name on Gupp Chupp wiki page.

I request to get these changes on both the pages ASAP.

Thanks, Janet — Preceding unsigned comment added by Janetdianad (talk • contribs) 11:47, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

Requesting editor has already made the changes to both Neha Pendse and Gupp Chupp herself - Arjayay (talk) 12:00, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

Wierd edits by User:Dr.Endocrinolog

Hi, the User:Dr.Endocrinolog has been adding the same phrase to several wikipedia projects regarding the 2016 Nice attack. Specifically he has been writing in the talk page saying that:
"in blood of the offender was clearly excessive [cortisol.]"
translated (I suppose automatically) in several languages (see here: [8]), and seems to have started on the german wikipedia. Now I'm bringing this to your attention because, although it seems fairly harmless, it's kinda weird that he/she would go to such lengths to post this frase on all these pages, so I wanted to see if his contributions should be removed. Thanks, --Amendola90 (talk) 15:32, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

@Amendola90: thank you for reporting this :) it may be worth making a new post at the incident section of the administrator's noticeboard -- samtar ^{talk or stalk} 15:36, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

SALLY RIDE IS FIRST FEMALE ASTRONAUT AND NOT FIRST FEMALE OR WOMAN

As the first female to pass testing at Cape Canaveral, Florida in 1979 and 1980 to board Space Shuttle Maiden Voyage on April 12, 1981, Sally Ride was not around and still in School. Most women were not interested in space or aerospace due to impact issues for former space models. On April 12, 1981, Captain McCool, Commander Jim Morris Pettit, and I, Mary Clyde Bridgers, went into space on the Space Shuttle. Captain McCool was an Astronaut. I was not an Astronaut until 1983 and flights later. My background was added on Sally Ride's because of errors made with media organizations like Wikimedia.

Captain McCool died on Space Shuttle Columbia tragedy and we miss him. Commander Jim Morris Pettit, a Captain of the United States Navy SEAL Team, died in combat. I, Mary Clyde Bridgers worked in intelligence and counter-intelligence and recently received an award from the United States Senate in 2013.

Please note the difference. Sally Ride was still in school and was not interested and was asked to come join the NASA Team by me, Neil Armstrong and others. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.85.192.200 (talk) 17:25, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

Bill McCool was 19 years old in 1981, and certainly wasn't going into space at that age (he only joined NASA in 1996). The crew of the mission on April 12, 1981 were John Young and Bob Crippen—since this was probably the most heavily documented spaceflight since Apollo 11, I'm sure the world's media would have noticed if there were anyone else aboard. ‑ Iridescent 17:35, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

(edit conflict)Your writing is a little hard to follow. If I am reading what you wrote correctly, you are saying that STS-1 was crewed by William C. McCool, Jim Morris Pettit and Mary Clyde Bridgers. Acording to our article and the NASA web page on STS-1 it was crewed by John W. Young and Robert L. Crippen. -- GB fan 17:37, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

Just for fun, Google "Mary Clyde Bridgers" and check out the Twitter accounts that show up in the results. clpo13_(talk) 17:39, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

I was just looking at that. -- GB fan 17:45, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

As far as I know, Valentina Tereshkova was the first astronaut. But looking at the Twitter account, I don't think we have to take this case very seriously. The Banner talk 17:49, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

Tereshkova was a cosmonaut, not an astronaut. "Astronaut" is a US title, not a synonym for "went into space". ‑ Iridescent 17:57, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

There's a "female" missing there as well. Britmax (talk) 18:06, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

"Astronette"? --Warning: tangent ahead--> The Astronettes probably satisfy WP's notability requirements for an article. -2606:A000:4C0C:E200:8558:6C31:688B:8595 (talk) 22:33, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

July 19

Census

In the section titled "Census data and research" - the link on "researchers" is no good and in RED. Yet it works in the few sentences above. PLUS Ref number 19 is all wrong. Please help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Srbernadette (talk • contribs) 02:14, 19 July 2016 (UTC)

It seems that another editor has corrected this. You are an experienced editor, and the main problem that you were reporting wasn't even a reference, just a piped link. You can learn to fix these errors yourself. Robert McClenon (talk) 02:29, 19 July 2016 (UTC)

(edit conflict)

Resolved

The link did not work because an 'e' had been added to the word 'research'. Link removed as there is one just above it. The access date in the ref was wrong because 2106 is still 90 years away. Eagleash (talk) 02:37, 19 July 2016 (UTC)

List of Old Cliftonians

Please add British Royal Family to the Category section at the bottom of this page. We cannot do this. Sorry. ThanksSrbernadette (talk) 02:39, 19 July 2016 (UTC)

 Not done — Not all on the list are members of the British Royal Family; actually most are not.

2 articles need tweaking article

1. The Laverne_Cox article is missing an upcoming listing called Doubt_(TV_series). It should be in her television listings. Doubt's article mentions her starring in a role. 2. In the Hercules_in_popular_culture article in other films it should mention Young Hercules starring Ian_Bohen. 209.53.181.73 (talk) 02:44, 19 July 2016 (UTC)

You should be able to edit both of those articles. Anyone can edit most articles. An account isn't required. If you're having problems, describe what happens when you try to edit. Copying-and-pasting any error messages will help. And if you have any other questions you're welcome to ask them here. --71.110.8.102 (talk) 03:38, 19 July 2016 (UTC)

List of Old Cliftonians

Please add the link British Royal Family to the "Category" section at the bottom of this page. We cannot see where to d it on our tabloid. Thanks so much Srbernadette (talk) 04:01, 19 July 2016 (UTC)