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August 25

URL encoding again

I see in the archives this has been asked several times, but I tried the previous suggestions and nothing worked for me. How would I insert the following URL in the External links section of an article such that it can be clicked on?

https://digital.library.wayne.edu/digitalcollections/search.php?q=race+riot&fq[]=rels_isMemberOfCollection:%22info:fedora/wayne:collectionvmc%22&start=0&fq[]=facet_mods_year:%221967%22

I copied this URL from my Firefox URL bar. Firefox is doing something funny here. In the bar nothing appears encoded, but when I copy and paste the URL, I get percent encoding of the quote marks. So I'm not even sure I've got the right URL. Kendall-K1 (talk) 02:24, 25 August 2016 (UTC)

Hi Kendall-K1. Please see percent-encoding. In this case I simply replaced [ with %5B and ] with %5D, to make the working link:

https://digital.library.wayne.edu/digitalcollections/search.php?q=race+riot&fq%5B%5D=rels_isMemberOfCollection:%22info:fedora/wayne:collectionvmc%22&start=0&fq%5B%5D=facet_mods_year:%221967%22

Best regards--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 02:33, 25 August 2016 (UTC)

By the way, I don't know what you're going to be doing with this, but a search link would generally not be acceptable as a en external link or a citation.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 02:37, 25 August 2016 (UTC)

Thanks, but why did you change my question? That's not the question I asked. Also I was hoping for some automatic way of doing this, similar to {{urlencode:string}}, but this will do for now. As for where I'm going with this, it's for the first EL at 1967 Detroit riot. There used to be a direct link, which became broken when the target re-organized their web site. Someone "fixed" the link by pointing it to the front page of that web site, but if you go there you don't see the expected result. The only way I could find to fix it was to use the search url. But I agree this is a bad idea and am tempted to just remove the link; does that seem like the right thing to do? Kendall-K1 (talk) 02:49, 25 August 2016 (UTC)

That was an error. To provide my answer, I was fixing the URL directly to get the working link and once copied I was going to cmd+z back but forgot. I don't know any automatic way; I just tried a search and found this but it doesn't work as I expected fixing some of it but also changing other parts making it non-working. Anyway, seeing what that link provides and the purpose in the article, I think it works. I'd just leave it, despite what I said. The specifics of merits always trumps the general.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 03:35, 25 August 2016 (UTC)

Thanks again for your help! Kendall-K1 (talk) 03:40, 25 August 2016 (UTC)

There is no automatic way. The link you copied is valid. The problem is just that we use [ and ] (and a few more) as special characters inside wikicode. The wikicode parser therefor has to assume that the link ends at that point. We should probably at least fix URL insertion dialogs in the toolbars etc, to automatically do this for you, because there we at least know that something is part of the url. Please file a ticket in phabricator for that —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 14:43, 25 August 2016 (UTC)

As a matter of fact... Seems both WikiEditor and the VisualEditor already do this. So my advice would be to use those. —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 15:08, 25 August 2016 (UTC)

Gladys Cooper

Ref number 6 is all wrong - I did not do this edit. I am just alerting you all. I will not be doing much editing from now on - I am not too good at it and David Biddulph gets annoyed!!! Srbernadette (talk) 03:40, 25 August 2016 (UTC)

It was showing error because only year was there in accessdate parameter. I added the access date. Fuortu (talk) 04:04, 25 August 2016 (UTC)

Mexico, South Carolina

This is Not Real and whom ever put it up is full of Bull Crap

There is no Mexico in Rock Hill SC

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Mexico,_South_Carolina — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.197.9.248 (talk) 05:35, 25 August 2016 (UTC)

According to the article it existed as an unincorporated community until the early 1960s. Though the links in the article are currently not working, several websites seem to think the neighbourhood exists. -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 06:11, 25 August 2016 (UTC)

It shows up on the 2006 version of Microsoft MapPoint as an "Other Place", same as other CDPs and unincorporated communities such as Mars Bluff, South Carolina. RegistryKey^(RegEdit) 11:20, 25 August 2016 (UTC)

I've done some searching and couldn't find anything substantial. What's more worrying is that this article has some history, some of which is currently only visible to admins. It's been at ANI before - the IPs involved are very similar to the OP. There's also some deleted discussion on the talk page where several editors conclude that it's a mistake (or something like a filling station) in the GNIS database. @Abductive and Eastmain: who have looked into it before. This should probably be sent to AfD for considered and lasting opinion. -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 11:39, 25 August 2016 (UTC)

zzuuzz, Abductive, and Eastmain, you may wish to see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mexico, South Carolina if you want to give input. Nyttend (talk) 13:27, 25 August 2016 (UTC)

Fountain of Youth Theory

The Fountain of youth was a group of pools fed by an underground spring . Surrounding the pools were Macuna Prureins plants . Over the years so many of its fruit had fallen in that whoever drank it felt vigorous . Upon departure Ponce De Leon had his men remove all of the Macuna Prureins plants to make the spring more visible . He had his men clean the springs of all the rotted fruit to improve its appearance . Upon return all that was there was pools fed by an underground spring but no vigorous water . Mystery Solved — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.179.56.64 (talk) 11:50, 25 August 2016 (UTC)

Dd you have a question about editing Wikipedia? --David Biddulph (talk) 11:53, 25 August 2016 (UTC)

I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over 5.2 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 Robert McClenon (talk) 17:26, 25 August 2016 (UTC)

Disambiguation issue.

I am Joe Francis and have been a member of Wikipedia since 2006. Just recently, I have decided to set up a wiki page. My concern is that my page will fall into the disambiguation area and not as the original Joe Francis that signed up before the other Joe Francis entries that seems to come up first . Can you help me understand what is my right and what is not? Thank you.

Twitter @joefrancis (talk) 14:08, 25 August 2016 (UTC)

Joefrancis, no one has a "right" to have anything put on Wikipedia about them, although in many cases, you may have a type of "right" to have unsourced or poorly sourced contentious material removed under the biographies of living persons policy.

If you would like to set up a user page for your account on Wikipedia, you can do this by clicking your user name at the very top of the screen (assuming you are on a pc). Otherwise, users are strongly discouraged from writing autobiographical articles. TimothyJosephWood 14:13, 25 August 2016 (UTC)

I see that you were trying to edit the disambiguation page to add a link to a photo. That is not how disambiguation pages work; they provide links to Wikipedia articles. If there is not a Wikipedia article about you (nor a redlink from anywhere else), then there isn't an entry for you on the disambiguation page. I've reverted your confused edits. --David Biddulph (talk) 14:45, 25 August 2016 (UTC)

Management of WP

I find the question pages extremely confusing to use, so I hope this is the right section to ask these questions.

Who is in overall charge of Wikipedia? To whom should complaints be directed? Who decides policy? Who are those whose view prevails in a dispute? Who are the 'volunteers' who answer questions / reverse changes, etc? Are they appointed or what?

I seem not to be able to find the answers to all these questions. Please advise.

T A Francis (talk) 14:32, 25 August 2016 (UTC)

@T A Francis: To answer a few of your questions:

1. Policy on Wikipedia is decided by consensus among all of its editors, not by one individual
2. Again, whichever view has consensus prevails in a dispute
3. Literally anyone in the world can create an an account on Wikipedia and start answering questions, etc.

Pppery (talk) 14:37, 25 August 2016 (UTC)

(edit conflict):Hey T A Francis. Wikipedia is owned by the Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit based in California. With a few exceptions (those mandated by law, such as copyright), policy is decided by consensus among editors. The volunteers on Wikipedia are just that, volunteers. Anyone can register an account (with very very few exceptions), and anyone can edit an article (with some execptions). Some users are "appointed" by the community, such as administrators, who have permissions most other's don't, like the ability to block a user or delete a page. Hope this helps. TimothyJosephWood 14:44, 25 August 2016 (UTC)

Disambiguation page DJ Paul

I like to create a disambiguation page for the name: DJ Paul, but I don't know how to do so. When I enter this name I get the rapper that is active under this name, but there is also a (famous) (happy-)hardcore producer called DJ Paul (Elstak). Could someone help me out on this? OXYGENE 7-13 (TALKPAGE) 15:40, 25 August 2016 (UTC)

There's no need for a disambiguation page before we have three or more articles that need disambiguating. When you or someone else creates the page DJ Paul (hardcore producer, a note can be added to the top of both articles, saying something like "For the rapper, see DJ Paul". When a third DJ Paul shows up, then we will need to create DJ Paul (disambiguation). Rojomoke (talk) 15:49, 25 August 2016 (UTC)

(edit conflict) We have an article DJ Paul Elstak which comes up in the autocomplete box when I get to the "a" in Paul, but there appear to only be 2 DJ Paul articles (although one has a discography page as well).
WP:TWODABS states "If there are only two topics to which a given title might refer, and one is the primary topic, then a disambiguation page is not needed—it is sufficient to use a hatnote on the primary topic article, pointing to the other article. (This means that readers looking for the second topic are spared the extra navigational step of going through the disambiguation page.)"
What is suggested, therefore, is a Hatnote (italics at the top of the page) pointing to the other article - for more information and the "how-to" of the syntax, please see Wikipedia:Hatnote - Arjayay (talk) 15:55, 25 August 2016 (UTC)

I have added hatnotes to both articles - Arjayay (talk) 16:02, 25 August 2016 (UTC)

Thanx a lot! I didn't know about the 3-article-rule but this will do just fine! Once again, thanks guys! OXYGENE 7-13 (TALKPAGE) 16:13, 25 August 2016 (UTC)

How to post an bio of an actor

Im finding that wikipedia is not straightforward. I just want to post a article about an African Actor possibly a stub. How do I go about posting this information and having it go into the right subheadings i.e bio ( early life), personal life , videography ect — Preceding unsigned comment added by Saneema (talk • contribs) 17:15, 25 August 2016 (UTC)

There are a number of useful links on your user talk page, including to WP:Your first article. --David Biddulph (talk) 17:17, 25 August 2016 (UTC)

How do I search an article for a specific phrase?

How do I search an article for a specific phrase?84.111.241.87 (talk) 17:42, 25 August 2016 (UTC)

You can try using Special:Search. Fuortu (talk) 17:51, 25 August 2016 (UTC)

Google is your friend. Put the following into Google:

site:en.wikipedia.org your_phrase_goes_here

Replace that last bit with the words you're looking for. If it's an exact match you're looking for, it would help to put it in quotes. The "site:" part limits your search to just the English Wikipedia. †Dismas†|^(talk) 17:57, 25 August 2016 (UTC)

As you are just searching "an article", Control F brings up a find option in most browsers - enter the phrase you are looking for and click "next" or "search" - Arjayay (talk) 17:58, 25 August 2016 (UTC)

Bah! I read it as "...search for an article for a...". Must stop reading so quickly... †Dismas†|^(talk) 21:37, 25 August 2016 (UTC)

But your answer helped me, so thanks! Leschnei (talk) 13:04, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

Arjuna P. de Silva

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arjuna_P_de_Silva

On the above page, by mistake the name was redirected by me as Arjuna P de Silva. Please recitfy the correct name as Arjuna P. de Silva Thanking you for your kind assistance.

අනුරාධ (talk) 19:35, 25 August 2016 (UTC)

Please, see Wikipedia:Move. Ruslik_Zero 20:15, 25 August 2016 (UTC)

Request for moving over redirect lodged on 25 August.-- Elmidae (talk · contribs) 11:33, 28 August 2016 (UTC)

Techincal template question

Is there a template that counts the number of times a string appears in another string? Pppery (talk) 21:40, 25 August 2016 (UTC)

Are you just looking for a boolean or the specific number? Because there's {{str sub find}}, but it doesn't count the occurrences. Bruto (talk) 22:31, 25 August 2016 (UTC)

@Bruto: Sorry, but I want the specific number. Pppery (talk) 22:33, 25 August 2016 (UTC)

Module:PatternCount will do that. Count the occurrences of the pattern 'bob' (without quote marks):

{{#invoke:PatternCount|count|bob the dog, bob the cat, bob the man|bob}}

—Trappist the monk (talk) 22:52, 25 August 2016 (UTC)

Page Creation - Bernie Matthew (Bernie Matthew Rau)

Trying to create a page for Bernie Matthew also known as Bernie Matthew Rau an American born Television Presenter, Contributor, Activist, and Actor.

Here are the sources:

• http://www.imdb.com/name/nm4004628/
• http://taramacqueen.com/tag/bernie-matthew-rau/
• http://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/bernie-matthew.html
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxh_pVZR_0s
• https://haligonia.ca/marplot-hits-the-stage-36960/
• http://celebrityimages.org/celebrity/4004628/2216874
• http://juliaphillipssmith.com/news/
• http://www.famousfix.com/topic/primer-impacto-edicion-nocturna/characters
• http://www.tvbuzer.com/celebrity/Bernie-Matthew-Rau — Preceding unsigned comment added by KevinOCarole (talk • contribs) 22:02, 25 August 2016 (UTC)

Hello, KevinOCarole. Please read Your first article, especially about reliable sources. Most of the sources you mention are certainly not regarded as reliable. Personally I would advise any new editor to spend a few weeks improving existing articles and learning how Wikipedia works before embarking on the difficult task of creating a new article. I reformatted your list of URLs for clarity. --ColinFine (talk) 22:10, 25 August 2016 (UTC)

August 26

Technical issue / glitch with Special:Watchlist

I use both the Special:Watchlist on de: and en:. With de: all is okay, but there is a glitch with the en: Special:Watchlist : When I load the page, the not yet seen changed pages are first drawn in bold, but when the page is loaded completely, the results in bold all change by themselves into results in non-bold, so I cannot distinguish these anymore from the already seen pages. With de:, the results in bold stay bold. Why is that so and how do I get rid of that glitch? When I reload the en: Special:Watchlist every time the not yet seen changes are again drawn in bold, but again, as soon as the page is loaded completely (that is, after a very short time), the results drawn in bold are all changed into regular results, and at least it looks like that the loaded page gets loaded once more, and this 2nd load then removes the results in bold. (There is no such thing as a 2nd (unneeded) load of that page for the de: variant of Special:Watchlist) Any ideas why that is? Dietmar Lettau (talk) 03:52, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

I wanted to add: the size change drawn in bold, or the legend (that seems to be for me in German in the en: Special:Watchlist) like K for kleine Änderungen (small changes) or N (for neue Seite / new page/new article) all stay bold, just the marker for not yet seen changed pages get reverted) Dietmar Lettau (talk) 03:59, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

@Dietmar Lettau: The English Wikipedia has chosen to remove the bolding by default. Enable "Display pages on your watchlist that have changed since your last visit in bold" at Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-gadgets. PrimeHunter (talk) 10:40, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

Thanks, but when it was disabled, why does at first the pages loads with the changes in bold but reloads with bold changes removed instead of just loading once without changes marked? Dietmar Lettau (talk) 10:54, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

@Dietmar Lettau: Gadgets can only make JavaScript and CSS which run in your browser after a page has loaded. It's only loaded once from our servers and the MediaWiki default is bolding. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:08, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

In this case there are actually two opposite gadgets. The MediaWiki software comes with bolding and no builtin option to remove the bold. The English Wikipedia removes bolding in MediaWiki:Gadget-WatchlistBase.css, a gadget enabled by default and saying "(This loads the base style for the watchlist. Please do not disable this option.)" Another gadget MediaWiki:Gadget-WatchlistChangesBold.css can then override the first gadget and make bolding again with "Display pages on your watchlist that have changed since your last visit in bold (see customizing watchlists for more options)". PrimeHunter (talk) 11:13, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

┌──────────────────────────────────────────┘
That explains what looks like a 2nd loading... Cheers.Dietmar Lettau (talk) 11:35, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

How should I use this source in an article?

I'm thinking about using this PBS timeline in an article as a source, but how would I link to or point to a specific point on the timeline? --MorbidEntree - _{(Talk to me! (っ◕‿◕)っ♥)}(please reply using {{ping}}) 05:03, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

@MorbidEntree: Since this hasn't been responded to yet, I'll give it a go. What I would do is simply use {{cite web}} template for the webpage, with a note in the 'location' parameter.

E.g: "God In America - Timeline". Jump to [date] in timeline: WGBH Educational Foundation.

@MorbidEntree: However, the colon in the cite web template suggests that the 'location' parameter refers to the publisher, not the information; but otherwise, the citation can be augmented to refer to a location within the timeline, e.g:  <ref>{{cite web|title=God In America - Timeline|url=http://www.pbs.org/godinamerica/timeline/|publisher=WGBH Educational Foundation|location= Boston}} Your additional info here</ref> --which renders:  "God In America - Timeline". Boston: WGBH Educational Foundation. Your additional info here

I hope this helps --2606:A000:4C0C:E200:1821:CD59:E35A:CB68 (talk) 02:37, 27 August 2016 (UTC)

Upload photos

I am working within the National Registry of Historical Places of which my Great-great Grandfather had built the first round barn east of the Mississippi. The listing at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Johnson_Count does not have an image. it allows for a Link click to do so. when i click on it, thinking it would be a simple attachment with my photos, but it takes to the wikimedia. I am far from an expert here, and it looks like anything within this world of wikidome takes a seasoned user, but i did get pictures loaded and there were instances where i could see that Johnson County, or National Registry appeared during the process, so I assumed that I was attaching to the space provided in the registry. Right now I am stuck being an Wikidiot. No where to go and no way to attach the picture where it looks so easy on the outside of the book cover, but it lead me into unexpected territory trying to work with this photo attempt that the Registry uses to upload photos. — Preceding unsigned comment added by David II (talk • contribs) 06:20, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

Hello, David II. If you took the photo yourself, then go to Wikimedia Commons. Take a look at the menu on the left side of the home page, and select "Upload file". That will take you to a wizard which should walk you through the process of uploading your photo. Once you have done so, the file information page will give you a number of choices at the top, including one to use the image on Wikipedia. When you click on that choice, it will display the wikicode. Copy that code, and paste it into the right place in the edit window for the article you mentioned above. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 07:04, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

First round barn east of the Mississippi

Hi David II, you have successfully uploaded three photos to Commons. In order to add those to an article you would type [[File:Joseph Miller Barn - first round barn east of the Mississippi.jpg|thumb|First round barn east of the Mississippi]], and what would display in the article would be what you see at right. I am concerned, however, about these images, especially the charcoal drawing. You claim all three of them as your own work, yet you note that the drawing was made by "Artist Sherry Newsome". Unless you are Sherry Newsome, you should not claim that drawing as your own work. Likewise, the photos of the barn. Did you take the photos of the barn yourself? Also, when (what year) was the drawing made or the photos taken? It is important to properly label images to prevent copyright violations. I can help you with this, but I need more information. ~ ONUnicorn^{(Talk|Contribs)}problem solving 14:52, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

Major General Jonathan Hall CB OBE DL

This isn't the place for article text

Major-General Jonathan Hall CB OBE DL (As at August 2016) Jonathan Hall, who was educated at Taunton School and the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, was a professional soldier for thirty-five years, reaching the rank of major- general. His last serving appointment was General Officer Commanding the Army in Scotland and Governor of Edinburgh Castle. He saw service in many parts of the world including Germany, Cyprus, Canada, Libya, Singapore, and Northern Ireland. He commanded his regiment, the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, and 12th Armoured Brigade. He is a graduate of the Army Staff College (1977), the Higher Command and Staff Course (1988) and the Royal College of Defence Studies (1991). He was appointed in 1999 a member of Her Majesty’s Body Guard of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms and was involved in the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations. He was promoted Standard Bearer in August 2012; he retired from the Body Guard in August 2014. On leaving the Army in 1997, he was selected for the post of Lieutenant Governor (CEO equivalent), Accounting Officer and ex-officio Commissioner of the Royal Hospital, Chelsea. During his eight years in that appointment, he was responsible, inter alia, for producing a strategic plan for the re-development of the hospital as well as increasing income by opening the facilities of the Hospital for commercial gain. He was instrumental in setting up a fund-raising campaign/appeal to raise £35 million for the creation of a new all-purpose care home and the much-needed refurbishment of the sheltered accommodation for the Chelsea Pensioners. Since then he has been involved with several national charities as a management consultant with Compton Fundraising Limited. Recently he successfully helped the charity for blind ex-service members, St Dunstan’s (now known as Blind Veterans UK), raise £5 million for a new rehabilitation and respite centre in North Wales. He remains actively involved in fund-raising activities, currently with Royal Trinity Hospice, Clapham. He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1987, an Officer of the Order of St John (OStJ) (Scottish Priory) in 1997, a Companion of the Bath (CB) in 1998, Knight Commander of the Order of Francis 1 in 2014 and Deputy Lieutenant of Dorset in 2010. He was Chairman of the Commissioners of Queen Victoria School, Dunblane from 1995 to 1997, a member of the Edinburgh Military Tattoo Board from 1995 to 1997, Colonel Commandant of the Royal Army Veterinary Corps from 1995 to 2001 and Colonel of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards from 1998 to 2003. He is a fellow of the Chartered Management Institute and Honorary Associate member of the British Veterinary Association. He was from 2007 to 2010 a designated member of the BVA Ethics and Welfare group. He was a lay-member of the Ethical Review Process Committee of Imperial College, London from 2002 to 2009. He was a trustee of the Army Museums Ogilby Trust from 2003 to 2014. He has been a trustee of the Victoria Cross and George Cross Benevolent Fund since 2003. He was a Governor of Taunton School (2007 to 2016) as well as a Governor of Blind Veterans UK (St Dunstan’s). He is a Freeman of the City of London and a liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Farriers. He was also Vice President of the Army Benevolent Fund in Dorset (2008 to 2016). He was a Vice Patron of the 65th Anniversary Appeal of the National Association of Almshouses. He is a patron since 2016 of ExFor+, an organisation that helps ex -service members find employment. He was a member of the Sherborne Parochial Church Council from 2006 to 2016 and is still involved with the Sherborne Abbey Festival. He was the County Chairman of the St John Council, Dorset from 2009 to 2011. Finally, as a member since 1968, he was a trustee of the Cavalry and Guards Club from 2005 until 2014. He is a member of the MCC and Somerset County Cricket Club. He is a member of Pratt’s. Jonathan Hall has been married for forty-eight years to Sarah. They have two daughters and four grandchildren. He lives in Dorset.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Jonathan MFC Hall (talk • contribs) 10:02, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

This isn't the place for article text, so I have supressed its display. Please read WP:Your first article, and particularly the need for references to published reliable sources independent of the subject. --David Biddulph (talk) 10:08, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

If this is related to the existing article Jonathan Hall (British Army officer), and if you have a conflict of interest, then the place to make suggested improvements is Talk:Jonathan Hall (British Army officer), supported by references as mentioned in my previous reply. - David Biddulph (talk) 10:12, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

I have removed the names of General Hall's children and grandchildren from the article, as I believe is encouraged by both Wikipedia policy and the above request. Maproom (talk) 14:34, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

Submitting a page

Hi there, I've created a new page in my sandbox but I can't work out how to submit it for review? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Keithmcguinness (talk • contribs) 10:11, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

I've added a {{userspace draft}} template, which gives you a button to submit for review when you are ready. --David Biddulph (talk) 10:15, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Keithmcguinness (talk • contribs) 10:20, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

Searching edit summaries

Is it possible to search for a phrase or word within an edit summary? Chaheel Riens (talk) 11:53, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

Yes, you can use this to search edit summaries. Fuortu (talk) 11:59, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

Excellent - thanks. Chaheel Riens (talk) 13:03, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

Watchlist messages

A while ago, I read that it was possible to prevent messages from appearing on my watchlist by adding #watchlist-message { display: none; } to my vector.css page. I did this and the messages stopped. Lately, though, they've been coming back again. I think they are mainly, perhaps exclusively, notices of current RFAs. I haven't made any changes to vector.css. Does anyone know why this is happening, and if I can stop the messages from appearing again? Thank you, --Viennese Waltz 12:00, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

@Viennese Waltz: Try .watchlist-message { display: none; }. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:25, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

Thanks, I'll try that and come back here if they still keep reappearing. --Viennese Waltz 12:36, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

Article name change - "The" removed from company/charity name plus other edits

Please could someone who knows more about this than me review these changes by an experienced editor ? -

• Article on the UK charity & company, officially named The Twentieth Century Society, has been moved to Twentieth Century Society citing WP:THE. So both official sources and branding (Website title and also the society's About page) use "The". Do WP rules really overule this ? Edit Charities Commission registration & documents Companies House registration & documents.
• These changes were made under the guise of a minor edit.
• Adding references to unreferenced text and removing challenges that do not support the text eg "In 1992, the society changed its name to the Twentieth Century Society," when the ref says "in 1992 it was decided that we should be renamed The Twentieth Century Society." and "it was felt by Marcus Binney, John Harris and Sir Simon Jenkins that much more needed to be done." when the ref says they "felt that it represented a whole body of important architecture of the period that deserved more sympathetic assessment."

Sorry if I've posted this in the wrong place - I always find it difficult knowing where to post questions. -- John (Daytona2 · Talk · Contribs) 14:37, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

Image upload

Howdy, Folks. Image uploads have always been a conundrum for me here on Wikipedia. There are so many different avenues in which to upload images and countless categories to file them under that if one does not find that exact perfect match, the image is rejected and deleted. Recently, I created an article for an Oscar Peterson album and wanted to upload the cover. Since it was merely a duplicate for the Clef Records series already uploaded to other article pages: Oscar Peterson Plays Harold Arlen (1955) and Oscar Peterson Plays Duke Ellington (1952), I thought there wouldn't be any problem in uploading the exact same image used for Oscar Peterson Plays George Gershwin (1952). Obviously, I was mistaken (since it was deleted) and that I had simply not uploaded it through the correct channels that met with Wikipedia standards for copyright. Could someone please advise and direct me as to how I might be able to upload this image correctly in the same fashion that the other images were successfully uploaded? Thank you in advance. Maineartists (talk) 14:49, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

For album covers,

1. go to WP:UPLOAD
2. use the upload wizard
3. on Step 3, choose "This is copyrighted..."
4. use the fourth radio button down labeled "This is the official cover art..."

Assuming that you've filled in everything else, that should allow you to upload a cover image without getting it deleted. †Dismas†|^(talk) 15:12, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

The problem was that, whereas the other two album covers that you mention were uploaded to English Wikipedia under a non-free use rationale, you had uploaded the album cover to Wikimedia Commons as if it were free of copyright. --David Biddulph (talk) 15:18, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

Awesome! Dismas! & David Biddulph! What do you mean, you're not an "image expert"? Wow! THANKS! Maineartists (talk) 15:22, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

per your advice and direction Dismas, I uploaded the image Oscar_Peterson_Plays_George_Gershwin.png and filled in all the information using the same terms as the other image uploads for the same cover art. I hope it is correct this time. Thanks again! Maineartists (talk) 15:40, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

Looks good as far as licensing is concerned. My only concern is the quality of the image. Notice how the other two that you reference are both 300x300 pixels or less. You might want to save a lower res version and upload that over the current one. There is a link near the bottom of the file page to upload a new version. There might also be a bot that goes around doing this too. I'm not sure on that though. †Dismas†|^(talk) 17:41, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

Why did the release templates get removed from Firefox for Android?

I have a problem. Lately, Comp.arch renamed the article as Firefox for Android, but he forgot to rename the Latest stable software release and latest preview software release templates. I suppose they must have vanished from the article. Can you please fix this and rename the templates? --Angeldeb82 (talk) 15:16, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

I have moved and updated the templates. The infobox now uses them correctly. PrimeHunter (talk) 22:28, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

I see. Thanks for your help. --Angeldeb82 (talk) 23:12, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

Cross wiki upload problems

I'm trying to upload an image to an article "Marjorie Lynn" and keep getting the Abuse Filter warning. Can you help me?

Dr. Grampinator (talk) 15:32, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

Seems like you are trying to use the cross wiki upload tool. You need to use Special:Upload or the Wikipedia:File Upload Wizard.Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 15:37, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

My page was marked for deletion

I created a page yesterday because I found that it satisfied the requirements to be its own page. It was extracted from a larger, lengthy page, but has issues of its own. However, today the page was marked for deletion, with no rationale cited. I've asked this user to discuss in the talk page. In the meantime, I'm not sure that I've set up the talk page well, but want to make sure to moderate this discussion process appropriately. The page I created is at MBTA Subway. Thanks Tylr00 (talk) 17:17, 26 August 2016 (UTC)Tylr00

It is being discussed here: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/MBTA Subway – Finnusertop (talk ⋅ contribs) 17:21, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

@Tylr00: Also, when you re-use Wikipedia content in other Wikipedia articles, you should read Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia and Wikipedia:Splitting. One necessary step is to provide proper attribution of the "parent" article and its contributors. There are various methods and templates available for this, more information is in the linked guidelines. GermanJoe (talk) 17:31, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

Thank you Finnusertop, GermanJoe Tylr00 (talk) 17:39, 26 August 2016 (UTC)Tylr00

It is frustrating to have a page nominated for deletion, but it isn't entirely accurate to say that it was marked for deletion "with no rationale cited". The rationale for deletion is in the deletion discussion. As a new editor, you may not have been aware that that is where the rationale is outlined. Also, it is a good idea, before taking any major action on an existing article, such as splitting it, to discuss the action on the article talk page. Also, there are attribution issues, as mentioned above. Robert McClenon (talk) 17:43, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

Prudence and Strickler originals

Prudence and Strickler originals company's history information was removed from Wikipedia websit.

Prudence and Strickler originals was founded in 1957 by the Philadelphia leather designer duo Prudence and Edward Strickler. Together they created couture leather garments for internationally known musical icons and actors, as well as select private clients from 1957 to 1981. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:47:4100:E6F8:4553:B1D8:F007:FD3F (talk) 17:58, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

Which of our five million Wikipedia articles are you talking about, IP user? I can find no evidence that there has ever been an artile called "Prudence and Strickler originals". --ColinFine (talk) 18:43, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

I searched special:undelete for titles starting with prudence, draft:prudence, and for AFC prefixes, and then for the word strickler appearing in the last 30,000 deletions – nada.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 21:26, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

Article subtitles on mobile

Consider the article Ohio. When viewed using the Wikipedia mobile app, it appears with the subtitle, "State of the United States of America." When viewed using a desktop browser, however, this text does not appear. In fact, that string of text appears nowhere in the article's source text. Where does this subtitle come from? Christopher Ursich (talk) 18:07, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

Presumably from wikidata:Q1397. --David Biddulph (talk) 18:11, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

Thanks, David. Do you know what establishes the association between the article and the Wikidata entry? In the article I find no reference to "1397," and in the Wikidata entry I find no precise reference to the article.

Christopher Ursich (talk) 18:24, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

The Wikidata record d:Q1397 links to 168 different Wikipedias in its "Wikipedia" section, Christopher.ursich. --ColinFine (talk) 18:39, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

Ah, I didn't pay attention to the sidebar. That is surely it. Thanks for your help. Christopher Ursich (talk) 19:03, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

As an unrelated aside, interesting that Ohio is a featured article in the Spanish Wikipedia, but not in the English.--S Philbrick(Talk) 01:15, 28 August 2016 (UTC)

August 27

On this day....

Can you nominate an event to be included on a day's anniversary? --LLcentury (talk) 00:59, 27 August 2016 (UTC)

Yes you can LLcentury, please see WP:OTD for instructions on how to do so. These instructions may seem a little vague, so if you have a specific idea that you want to suggest, and don't know how, you can ask here. -- The Voidwalker ^Discuss 01:09, 27 August 2016 (UTC)

Unable to reset my another account password

Am forget my login password for my another account, but unable to get my reset password link on that mail kindly rectify — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sfaathima (talk • contribs) 16:26, 27 August 2016 (UTC)

When does the edit show

Hi, I'm new and have just made an edit but it has not shown up on the site, I am guessing it needs to be moderated? How long does it take for it appear? Regadrs Robert Nicholas — Preceding unsigned comment added by Robertnicholas (talk • contribs) 17:55, 27 August 2016 (UTC)

Your account (User:Robertnicholas) has definitely made no other edits than the one above. Try the Sandbox for testing. Your edits will usually show in your contributions immediately after you click 'Save'. -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 18:00, 27 August 2016 (UTC)

@Robertnicholas: Perhaps you clicked the Show Preview button instead of the Save Page Button:

Edit summary (Briefly describe your changes)

 

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By publishing changes, you agree to the Terms of Use, and you irrevocably agree to release your contribution under the CC BY-SA 4.0 License and the GFDL. You agree that a hyperlink or URL is sufficient attribution under the Creative Commons license.

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If you do not click on Save Page, the edit will not be kept. Pppery (talk) 18:19, 27 August 2016 (UTC)

Panting

Hello, I created the page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panting_(ship_construction) I am trying to link to it from "Panting" on this page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_nautical_terms#P but as it consists of a template I have not been able to figure out how to insert the link. Thanks in advance for any help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by AugusteBlanqui (talk • contribs) 23:03, 27 August 2016 (UTC)

Not 100% sure what you intend but [[Glossary of nautical terms#P|piped content]]? Eagleash (talk) 23:23, 27 August 2016 (UTC)

I think this edit does what you intended. --David Biddulph (talk) 23:53, 27 August 2016 (UTC)

August 28

Problem with uploads

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_sims_freeplay_icon.jpg

There seems to be an error going on. I tried uploading a new version of this file today, that is to reflect the logo change of The Sims Freeplay. After that, I noticed the file was still the old logo. I tried re-uploading three times, and as you can see in the revision history, the new version only shows up after another upload is made, but the latest revision always wants to only show the initial version of this file. This is my first time uploading images and well I'm not experienced with it. How do I rectify this, seeing as how the old version insists to be the one showing up?? —Mythdon 00:47, 28 August 2016 (UTC)

It's the new version that shows up for me. I guess you may have a caching problem, which purging may cure. --David Biddulph (talk) 00:51, 28 August 2016 (UTC)

That helped. Thanks. I was just concerned I might've uploaded the image wrong, since this is my first upload. Thanks again. —Mythdon 00:53, 28 August 2016 (UTC)

New User Needing Some Help

Hello,

I am a new Wikipedian. I was very proud to have made my first edit, however I woke up in the morning to find my edit had been removed, and a message had appeared saying "An editor has expressed a concern that this account may be a sock puppet of Djdan4961". I looked it up and it seems to be about sharing IP addresses. I share an IP address with hundreds of people (as far as I am aware), and so I'm not sure what to do about this. I saw that there was a 'template' to say you shared IP addresses, but I'm not sure how to add it to my page, or how to say "shared with many possible users". I can see that I have changed the same page as another person, and am frankly unsurprised as this is a contentious issue that doesn't seem to have been well-documented in the article.

If anyone could help me that'd be great!

I can confirm that no-one is puppeteering my socks!

Thanks guys — Preceding unsigned comment added by Heteroclite* (talk • contribs) 04:54, 28 August 2016 (UTC)

There are two separate things going on here, Heteroclite*. First, you made a change to Labour Party (UK) leadership election, 2016, which Timrollpickering disagreed with, and reverted. This is a normal event on Wikipedia, and if you want to pursue it further, the proper course of action is to discuss it on the article's talk page: see WP:BRD. What actually happened is that Djdan4961 applied essentially the same edit a couple of hours later. This is Paul reverted that as well, and suggested that Heteroclite* (which was only created that day) was a sock-puppet - a second account used in contravention of Wikipedia's rules - of Djdan4961. It is nothing to do with IP addresses, but a suspicion that the same person is using two or more accounts. --ColinFine (talk) 12:29, 28 August 2016 (UTC)

Heteroclite*, Djdan4961, just to say that Colin is right. If neither of you have engaged in the activity described above then you are welcome to remove the template on your user page, and post something else there, or redirect it to your talk page. This is Paul (talk) 17:44, 28 August 2016 (UTC)

UIPM and Wikidata

Please someone check Template:UIPM. In the talk page I said that there are no more ids in the url of the UIPM site. One user stated that if the data in Wikidata is correct, the template can be added without the id number. However, for example in Aleksander Lesun the link goes to [1], while in the Wikidata the link correctly directs me to [2].--User:Tomcat7 (talk) 12:48, 28 August 2016 (UTC)

Fixed by [3]. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:21, 28 August 2016 (UTC)

Math formulae do not display in a .docx document after a copy-paste from a Wikipedia page

Math formulae do not display in a .docx document after a copy-paste from a Wikipedia page like this:

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermitian_adjoint.

I never had a problem like this till a few a days ago. (And I don't have this problem when copying-pasting from other sources, like:

  http://quantummechanics.ucsd.edu/ph130a/130_notes/node133.html,  or:
  http://mathworld.wolfram.com/ConjugateTranspose.html )

I have this problem with Microsoft Word and both with Windows7 and Windows8, both with Internet Explorer and Mozilla, both with Google and Yahoo.

How can I fix this problem?

Thank you Ennio Guidotti — Preceding unsigned comment added by 5.170.24.164 (talk) 15:11, 28 August 2016 (UTC)

Fake Article

I'm pretty sure this is the work of a fantasist Oliver O'Dea, it's all very nebulous and there is no record whatsoever of him in boxrec.com Unibond (talk) 15:22, 28 August 2016 (UTC)

I have fixed up the reference, Unibond, so he appears to be real. Whether he is notable is a different question. --ColinFine (talk) 16:09, 28 August 2016 (UTC)

thanks, I still think it is stretching the truth "7 fights while based in Houston TX" I could find no trace of any professional bouts as a boxer, Texas has a well run commission, I am 100% these fights didn't happen, not only would they have disappeared from his record but also from the records of his supposed 7 opponents Unibond (talk) 16:50, 28 August 2016 (UTC)

plant vs zombies 2 world ideas

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Plant vs zombies 2 new world ideas Plant vs zombies 2 12th world should be a dark halaweeny world where it is evening and at the final wave it becomes night. Like in other world's there is sun tiles in this halaween world there should be moon tiles where when a zombie stands on it, it activates there special abalities. Here are some ideas of plants from this world:Doom shroom a plant from plant vs zombies which returns to plant vs zombies 2 explodes all zombies in a 2×5 area killing all zombies instantly including gargantuars,it also leave a a crate in the ground which stays there for 20 seconds and then sinks away. Gloop plant is a plant that doesn't deal damage but weakens and slows down zombies in a 1×3 area, every 3 seconds it Gloops zombies and makes them weaker in speed, ability and strength. Ghost buster busts all ghost zombies on the screen and deals more damage the more it s planted nearer to the zombies. Here are some ideas of zombies from this world: bomb zombies apear on day 1 and walk close to the the nearest plant on that lane and explode it and explode there self's to they can be killed before this happens. Skeleton caller zombies use moon tiles to activate there special ability and after it activates it's ability it makes 5-10 skeletons come out of random moon tiles, this zombie can be stoped by placing a wall nut in front of it. Wear wolf zombies are just ordinary zombies that only become wear wolf's when they stand on a moon tile and become a were wolf and blows all your plants on each row not column one by one slowly. Vampire imps are imps with new sprites of a vampie based costume like the one from plant vs zombies heroes. Ghost sprayer zombies spray 3 zombies into ghosts when standing on a moon tile, ghost zombies can teleport anywhere they want but they can't come to close to the players house. Monster gargauntars are a little bit stronger then normal gargauntars and have a sprite of a monster zombie. This is only part 1 of this world with 16 levels in it so far. Premium plant for part 1 is planters plasma which shoots out strong dangerous plasma that can vaporise zombies and gets stronger for each zombie it kills.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Youshallnotpassss (talk • contribs) 17:29, 28 August 2016 (UTC)

This page is for asking questions about editing Wikipedia - do you have such a question? - Arjayay (talk) 17:34, 28 August 2016 (UTC)

publish

howcan i publish any article on wikipedia — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mdtaqialexander (talk • contribs) 18:53, 28 August 2016 (UTC)

• Hi and welcome! Click on WP:YFA to see how to start an article, and what the requirements are before doing so. Crow^Caw 18:56, 28 August 2016 (UTC)

sort name in a category different than a person's pagename

As an example, I want the name 'Eric Murray' to appear in the category listing 'Canadian bridge players' as opposed to his article name 'Eric Murray (bridge)'. Can this be done? Newwhist (talk) 20:17, 28 August 2016 (UTC)

@Newwhist: It's not possible to change the name displayed in a category. It's possible to sort it in another position in the category but in spite of your heading it appears you are not asking about sorting. PrimeHunter (talk) 20:26, 28 August 2016 (UTC)

@Newwhist: Not the most elegent solution, but in this particular case you can use the redfirect Eric R. Murray as the entry in the category list instead. Ottawahitech (talk) 23:29, 28 August 2016 (UTC)please ping me

Copyvio curiosity

While attempting to find a source for an article, I found a good one -- too good. At first I suspected a copyright violation by a WP editor, since the content was virtually identical. However, the format of the book chapter that I checked suggested the opposite; that the book copied WP (note 'External links' at the bottom). I could not find any attribution "CC BY-SA 3.0 License", or whatever; but, the pages before the table of contents were omitted in the Google preview. Compare:

• Book chapter -with- Article

I didn't know what to do, so I am posting here. 2606:A000:4C0C:E200:1821:CD59:E35A:CB68 (talk) 20:42, 28 August 2016 (UTC)

That is really odd, there appears to be a section on copyright information in the book, but it is not available in the preview. But, there is also this book and this book which follow the same layout. -- The Voidwalker ^Discuss 21:11, 28 August 2016 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Republishers. The linked books are selfpublished via Lulu (company). PrimeHunter (talk) 22:09, 28 August 2016 (UTC)

No page view statistics for August 27, 2016?

I cannot see the page view statistics for August 27, 2016. Any idea what is going on? Thanks in advance, Ottawahitech (talk) 23:09, 28 August 2016 (UTC)please ping me

Incoming link count

Please does anyone know of a simple tool to count incoming links to a page, ideally limited to links from the article namespace? I can page through Special:WhatLinksHere and count manually, but this gets tedious for articles with many thousands of incoming links. I've searched through tools.wmflabs.org and found a tool that works for disambiguation pages only, but I'm hoping for something similar that includes ordinary articles. Thanks, Certes (talk) 00:32, 29 August 2016 (UTC)

Refdesk permalink

Is there a way to create a permalink to a section (i.e. "question") on a reference desk? --2606:A000:4C0C:E200:1821:CD59:E35A:CB68 (talk) 00:51, 29 August 2016 (UTC)