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December 27

Hunter Biden

The information on his political scandals, especially in Ukraine hasn’t been debunked. It hasn’t even been investigated. This answer was clearly written by someone who is partisan. Definitions shouldn’t be partisan. They should be factual. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.13.46.159 (talk) 00:08, 27 December 2019 (UTC)

If you have specific concerns about the Hunter Biden article, you are free to discuss them on its article talk page- but if you just want to repeat unsubstantiated Republican talking points, you will need to find another website for that- somewhere that you are told what you want to hear, inside your bubble. Here, we summarize what independent reliable sources say. 331dot (talk) 01:02, 27 December 2019 (UTC)

The article talk page is at Talk:Hunter Biden. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 05:58, 27 December 2019 (UTC)

what's going on????

I have an account with wikipedia, its one of my most fave sites. But it seems that when I enter my user name & psswrd it tells me it's wrong.I even used a psswrd generated by y'all and sent to me via email, it still tells me it's wrong Now I've checked, re-checked, then re-re-checked again more times than I can count and I'm sick of it. Can my accountbe deleted so I can just start over with a new account? cause this one is just pissing me off. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1700:E000:C7D0:78AE:10BB:2CB8:C52D (talk) 05:49, 27 December 2019 (UTC)

Sorry if this is obvious, but is your CapsLock on? Passwords and usernames are case-sensitive. Make sure you are entering them exactly as in the email. If you cannot recover it, feel free to just create a new account and just abandon the other one. It won't be deleted, but no harm in just not using it again. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 06:02, 27 December 2019 (UTC)

Notice of unsigned comments

For multiple comments and requests I've entered on the talk page of a page I'm requesting updates to, I sign the requests with 4 tildes. I've tried using both the insert function, and manually typing them. Each time the post includes my username and the time/date stamp. But an automatic script keeps indicating that my comments are unsigned, and appends "Preceding unsigned comment added by Ellisap (talk • contribs)" to the posts.

Talk:John E. Fogarty International Center

What am I doing wrong? How do I correct my posts, or at least sign them correctly in the future?

A.Ellis 13:49, 27 December 2019 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ellisap (talk • contribs)

AND it just happened again here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ellisap (talk • contribs) 13:51, 27 December 2019 (UTC)

Your signature apparently does not contain any link. Maybe that's why the bot is not recognising it. Navigate to Preferences → User profile and look for "signature" section. Untick the box preceding "Treat the above as wiki markup" and also empty the textfield above it. Your signature will become normal (the default one) and the bot will no longer follow you around (provided that you indeed signed properly) – Ammarpad (talk) 14:22, 27 December 2019 (UTC)

Thank you! I just updated the settings. Let's see if it works. Fingers crossed. So far so good. Ellisap (talk) 14:27, 27 December 2019 (UTC)

@Ellisap: See WP:SIG for info about signatures. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 10:33, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

Afican American Perspective on Racism

Why are my edits not being accepted? Do African American not get a say on Wikipedia? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.66.118.132 (talk) 16:26, 27 December 2019 (UTC)

Thank you for your good faith edits to that page. We (other Wikipedia editors) have no way of knowing if you are African American, white American, European, African, or anything else. Your edit removed a large chunk of sourced material from the article, which looks like vandalism to people who watch out for that sort of thing. It sounds like in reality, you weren't trying to harm or vandalize the article, you simply thought that one particular incident was being given too much weight in that biography and were boldly editing in accordance with that thought. The fact that your edits have been reverted means you are now on the "Discuss" portion of the Bold, revert, discuss cycle, which is a hallmark of Wikipedia editing. I would encourage you to visit Talk:Ani DiFranco and explain why you feel that incident is being given too much weight in the article and should be removed. Other interested editors will discuss it with you and hopefully be able to reach a consensus. ~ ONUnicorn^{(Talk|Contribs)}problem solving 16:35, 27 December 2019 (UTC)

The talk page of the article is at Talk:Ani DiFranco. You should not add personal comments within the article. Such inappropriate material will always be reverted. Dbfirs 18:27, 27 December 2019 (UTC)

I've semi-protected the article from disruptive edits from this isp, who may well have an undisclosed COI Jimfbleak - talk to me? 15:29, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

Artist

Good afternoon . I wanted to create a page of an upcoming artist by the name of Rio from Cleveland , Ohio . — Preceding unsigned comment added by CleOh216 (talk • contribs) 19:46, 27 December 2019 (UTC)

Courtesy notice - OK to ignore. Account has been blocked for disruptive editing of Rio disambiguation page. See User talk:CleOh216. TimTempleton ^{(talk) (cont)} 20:44, 27 December 2019 (UTC)

Providing a translation of one word in an article

Article Avangard_(hypersonic_glide_vehicle) uses an English-language (Latin/Roman) alphabet transliteration of the Russian name - (Template:Lang-ru) - of the missile throughout.

However, it seems that the Russian word (Template:Lang-ru) translates to vanguard:

https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Ftass.ru%2Farmiya-i-opk%2F7436431

It seems that using the name "Avengard" (the name in Russian rather than the translated form) in English for this missile is currently conventional, but it strikes me that it'd make sense to provide a translation to the meaning of the word at some point in the article.

Is this a sensible idea? And if so, how should I do it?

One thing I'm not sure of is the appropriate Wikipedia markup to use for a single translated word.

Thanks.

Michael F 1967 (talk) 20:20, 27 December 2019 (UTC)

You could see the articles Mir, Soyuz T-15 or Salyut 7 for inspiration. The figurative translation is avant-garde, according to my Oxford Russian dictionary. Wakari07 (talk) 00:11, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

Thanks - suggestion followed. Michael F 1967 (talk) 17:23, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

What is going on, am I blocked or something?

I was going to edit something on Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion, and I pressed the pencil button that allows me to edit, but nothing happened, it’s not my internet connection, am I topic banned? Please help me. Thanks. The person who should not be named (talk) 23:47, 27 December 2019 (UTC)

@The person who should not be named: I think that's a bug in the mobile editor, probably phab:T198011. When you switch to desktop mode, are you able to edit? Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 00:01, 27 December 2019 (UTC)

I’m sorry, can you please tell me what desktop mode means? --The person who should not be named (talk) 00:14, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

@The person who should not be named: Try logging in from a desktop computer, instead of a phone. Or, click the "Desktop" link at the very bottom of most pages. Or just click this link. Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 00:40, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

@Suffusion of Yellow: I don’t have a phone, I have an iPad and I haven’t got a computer yet. --The person who should not be named (talk) 01:26, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

• Oh, I hate using that kind of link. It’s more difficult to view changes or edit history. The person who should not be named (talk) 01:30, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

  @The person who should not be named: Sorry, but the mobile version of the site (what you're currently using) is kind of broken, as you've discovered. If you're just trying to edit the discussion about UL 93, go to Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2019 December 27 and the edit links should work from there. Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 05:08, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

@Suffusion of Yellow: Thanks for the help, I can still edit other articles on the mobile version, how do I stop using this? I switched it to desktop mode. The person who should not be named (talk) 14:37, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

[1]. I’m switching back to mobile until further notice The person who should not be named (talk) 15:16, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

Hi, I use mobile (that includes tablets) devices to edit quite a lot, and as above, there is a lot that doesn't work quite right. Regular editing is fine, but you will find certain things don't quite work, or some things you won't be able to edit (you might also find creating new articles/moving articles is a bit more difficult as well.) I usually click the "desktop" button at the bottom of the page and then go back to mobile view when I'm done.

It is being worked on - quite a bit - but it's not great yet. Sadly, that's where we are currently with this. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 15:53, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

December 28

How to view most recent articles created in Wikipedia

I want to view some of the pages that have been created today (or yesterday). How do I access these recent pages?Neldama (talk) 01:57, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

Neldama: You want Special:NewPagesFeed or Special:NewPages. Eman235/talk 02:30, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

Event name problem

What is the best place beside the article talk page to have more people from different section involved to propose a name change after chaotic dispute? Village pump work? UFC Fight Night: Zabit vs. Kattar Regice2020 (talk) 02:44, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

@Regice2020: it's best to ask for opinions on the talk pages of the wikiprojects that have interest in article, because that's where the interested editors hang out. Ask them to keep the discussion on the article's talk page. If that fails, please try one more time to get to a coherent consensus, and only if that fails proceed to WP:DISPUTE. Village pump is not content disputes. It's for technical discussions and new ideas.-Arch dude (talk) 04:34, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

WT:MMA should be your first point of call to get some more eyes. You can also go down the DISPUTE route that Arch dude commented, or if it's something that has run on for a long time, you could go down the requests for comment route. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 15:55, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

Inaccurate listing for "American Dad" seasons and episodes

The page currently listing "American Dad" seasons and episodes is inaccurate per listings as noted through television and streaming on Hulu. The seasons' and episodes' numberings on the page are mislabeled, with season 14 listed as 16, and likely include additional errors. Please have an active editor correct this or add a disclaimer note indicating the specific errors.

Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 100.36.44.22 (talk) 02:47, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

There is no mechanism for assigning tasks to "active editors". YOU are one of the 120,000 or so editors who have been active in the last 30 days, and YOU have exactly the same rights and responsibilities rest of us. Please go ahead and fix the article. If (as is perfectly reasonable) you feel uncomfortable doing it yourself, please post your suggestions, together with your references, on the article's talk page. But we would really appreciate it if you would try to do it yourself. We need the help, and the worst that can happen is that you mess it up and then you or another editor reverts it. -Arch dude (talk)

Before making a major change, though, consider that season/series numbers can vary among sources, so you'll want to check out the sources in the article, and discuss any major changes on the talk page, incuding your own sources, to get input from other editors that work on the article. One such series that comes to mind is Air Disasters, which airs with different season and episode numbers and titles in different countries. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 10:47, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

Incorrect word

I searched for 'Fire department' .in the searched results ,under the fire brigade's pic ,in 1st paragraph,12th line and 2nd word county's spelling is wrong . please make it correct to "'country"' ......thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by 106.204.96.188 (talk) 03:19, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

If you're referring to the sentence Fire departments are most commonly a public organization who operate within a municipality, county, state, nation, or special district., then I'm fairly sure "county" is correct; see county. "Country" is already covered by "nation". Eman235/talk 03:27, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

The 'incorrect word' may not be familiar in some Anglophone nations and in some non-Anglophone nations. In the United States, a county is a second-level administrative subdivision, being a subdivision of a state. In the United Kingdom, a county is a second-level administrative subdivision, being a subdivision of a constituent country (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland.) In the Republic of Ireland, a county is a subdivision of the Republic of Ireland. It is roughly equivalent to a district in India, or to a canton in some European nations. Robert McClenon (talk) 17:56, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

Continuous editing conflict

At 04:49, 19 August 2019 (UTC), I came to ask for help because often when I saved edits I got a false "edit conflict" warning. I discovered that several other editors had the same problem. Please see Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2019 August 19#Continuous editing conflict. I edit Wikipedia using Google Chrome (up-to-date) running under Win 10 Pro (also up-to-date); nothing exotic. The problem for me has escalated from frequent to constant. It is a real handicap in editing Wikipedia because it wastes a lot of my time. I do not have any beta gadget enabled and my broadband connection is fast enough. I would appreciate help with this problem in editing Wikipedia. Thank you.—Finell 06:34, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

You are probably using User:Cacycle/wikEd. Ruslik_Zero 13:13, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

Yes, I have used wikEd under Windows 10 Pro and Chrome for several years with no difficulty. I disabled wikEd and made a handful trouble-free edits. However, when I saved a prior version of this response (the one with "Thanks!" in the edit summary), I got a false editing conflict warning for the saved edit. There were no intervening edits that could have caused an "edit conflict" warning. Do you have any other ideas?—Finell 02:23, 29 December 2019 (UTC)

Wondering about books, notability, and some things along those lines

I came across this article, about a series of books. The article pretty much solely consists of pretty lengthy plot outlines of the books. There's a single reference which doesn't seem particularly relevant (and is also listed as an 'official site' on the page despite this not being clear at all in the source itself, and there's zero citations. Linked in the article, there's also this, this, and this, three articles about subseries in this series, which seem to basically do the same thing, redundantly containing the same sort of long plot outlines with no citations or anything else. And all 11 books in the overall series also have their own individual pages, which again redundantly contain the long plot outlines with basically nothing else and no citations, though with the exception of a few of the articles having a brief section about reception with a couple citations for reviews. There's also three articles linked to in the 'see also' section of the first article I mentioned, for 'historical characters', 'fictional characters', and 'institutions' in the series, all three of which consist of long lists with next to no citations. Also, multiple pages for these books contain things like user created maps for the situation in the books, and even in a few instances infoboxes for the (fictional) military conflicts in the books that are made pretty much like how infoboxes for actual historical conflicts are done here on wikipedia

I don't do a huge amount of editing on wikipedia, and mostly limit myself to kind of basic things, so I'm not entirely sure what's wrong here or what specifically to do about it, but it kind of seems like stuff could be possibly wrong here... the general vibe I got from these articles is that they were pretty good articles-for, say, a fandom wikia sort of thing, but that there's a lot of stuff that probably doesn't meet notability guidelines or something like that. Looking at things like this, it looks like articles about books aren't supposed to just be plot summaries. Which, like, looks like it might consist of a fair amount of articles for books, or at least when I looked at a some articles of other books in the genre to the series above (intending to find some that seemed like a good example of how an article should probably look like, to compare to these ones), I found that the ones I was looking at often had these issues too. Or I found articles that consisted of just a plot summary... and also a brief section for one or two reviews to be cited

And I'm kind of wondering what exactly warrants a book getting a wikipedia article anyway? What establishes notability and such? It looks like just a plot summary isn't supposed to be enough. Is "just a plot summary AND a couple reviews that can be cited" enough? Do reviews establish notability? Should there be additional sources discussing the book for it to be notable?

And in a different direction... while the 'fictional/historical characters' and 'institutions' lists for the series that I was looking at seemed kind of maybe not something that would be considered article-worthy, looking a bit more, I've found at least 'character lists' for various rather more popular/well-known media, which doesn't necessarily mean anything, but if it exists for more commonly viewed and edited things, then it seems like its a legit thing to do, though I'm not sure about the guidelines for these sorts of lists regarding notability or when they should exist and how much they should contain and so on

--HelpPls? (talk) 10:00, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

You might want to start at Wikipedia:Notability (books). EdChem (talk) 10:08, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

Oh wow yeah that's pretty useful and I feel kind of dumb that I didn't manage to find that earlier--HelpPls? (talk) 10:48, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

Creating an article

I am in the process of creating an article. The article is called Draft:Bahamas Life. I am trying to find some good sources I could use for the article. Can you find some good sources that are independent and reliable that talk about the subject in detail I can use for this article? Interstellarity (talk) 13:52, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

Opening the "editor resources" tab on the AfC submission template reveals a range of search engines that should provide the desired sources. You may also consider searching the sources listed at WP:TV/RS. Good luck! – Teratix ₵ 14:08, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

@Teratix: When I did a Google search for this topic, I get a lot of results that are not related to the TV show. Can you find pages that have the information I need to create the article? Interstellarity (talk) 14:23, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

Try adjusting your search to generate more relevant results. For example, search "bahamas life tv" if you are getting too many results about the actual place. – Teratix ₵ 14:28, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

@Interstellarity: or adding a castmember, e.g. "bahamas life" AND "aldijana myrick" —[AlanM1(talk)]— 02:44, 29 December 2019 (UTC)

Draft:2021 NHL Winter Classic

Can you fix the error please. 68.103.78.155 (talk) 16:02, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

The word "help" in the error message is in blue, indicating that it is a wikilink, in this case to Help:CS1 errors#bad url. --David Biddulph (talk) 16:07, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

(edit conflict)Hello! What error would that be? I'm not sure it's all that notable for a rumoured match taking place in almost two years. See WP: CRYSTALBALL Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 16:10, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

Notifications and Alerts Question

Is there a Help file that explains how to go back to notifications and alerts that I have previously viewed? Or, how do I go back to notifications and alerts that I have previously viewed?

If I am viewing Wikipedia on my mobile device, it displays the count of total notifications and alerts, and the number is in red if there are notifications or alerts that I have not yet viewed. (On a real computer, it lists the notifications and the alerts separately, and any new alerts are red and any new notifications are blue.) However, after I look at one, I can't bring it back to view it on a real computer. At least, I don't know how to bring it back, and so if I want to view the page in more detail, I have to remember or search on my computer. Is there any way that I can bring back previous notifications and alerts?

Do I need to explain the question in more detail, or is this clear enough? Robert McClenon (talk) 18:05, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

(If I understand you correctly) On a real computer, you can click either the Notifications icon or Alerts icon, and at the bottom of the screen that opens, click "All notifications". Is that what you're looking for? Schazjmd (talk) 18:09, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

User:Schazjmd - Close enough. That gives me the Unread notifications, but gives me the choice of All, Read, and Unread. The problem had been that it was defaulting the view to Unread, and I want to read the Read Notifications or Read Alerts again because I have a better screen now. Close enough. Thank you. Robert McClenon (talk) 19:58, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

Music player does the melody right but chops up the written lyrics of "O Canada"

Each time I click on the arrow to play "O, Canada", the national anthem, the melody of the first stanza plays while a chopped up version of the lyrics of the first stanza appears above.

This is on the National symbols of Canada page in the section on the national anthem.

Is there any way to fix these chopped up lyrics? --AlainV (talk) 19:35, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

This appears to be a result of how the file is being displayed on the page. If you go to File:O Canada.ogg it displays the lyrics properly in a slightly larger box. I'm not super familiar with the coding used in this specific instance but my guess is that it could be altered to fix this, WP:VPT may have a better answer on that. Beeblebrox (talk) 20:56, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

I tied just removing some of the extraneous code and to my eye it is  Fixed. Beeblebrox (talk) 21:01, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

Thanks! Is there a way you can automate the fix or does it have to be done for each instance of the player? While waiting for an answer I went around and found the trouble also on List_of_national_anthems --AlainV (talk) 21:49, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

I feel lucky I figured it out at all, I have no idea how to automate it, but you can see what I did here, I just removed the *sound2 template and converted it to a bare link to the ogg file. Beeblebrox (talk) 22:01, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

The clip for "God Save the Queen" is off, too. Maineartists (talk) 18:18, 29 December 2019 (UTC)

And so is the one for "The Star-Spangled Banner". --AlainV (talk) 23:22, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

"Forward" on Mobile Device?

Is there anything equivalent to a "forward" button when I am viewing Wikipedia on a mobile device? On a real computer I have a back button and a forward button. However, on a mobile device I sometimes accidentally go back, and then there is no easy way to go forward to the page I was viewing, unless I see a link to click.

Can I go forward on a mobile device, or do I just have to be more careful to avoid going back accidentally? Robert McClenon (talk) 19:53, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

​On iOS Safari you can drag on the right side on the screen. You can do the same in Android Chrome if you turn on this flag. – Thjarkur (talk) 22:30, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

User:Þjarkur - I tried that with Android Chrome. I enabled the flag. However, now what sort of swiping motion do I do at the right side of the screen? Robert McClenon (talk) 00:01, 29 December 2019 (UTC)

The same swipe as you do on the left. I just tested it and I note it doesn't always work or was slow/fast, but this is not unexpected since the feature is still experimental as they say. However, for going forward you can use the forward navigation arrow in the menu list. You'll see the arrow after tapping on the three dots in the top right corner of the screen. – Ammarpad (talk) 08:10, 29 December 2019 (UTC)

@Robert McClenon: I'm afraid I have no idea how it works at every mobile in the world, but in my phone's native Samsung Internet app (about 4 years old now) it's enough to drag the page downwards a bit (as to see its upper part). Then a toolbar appears at the bottom of the window with Back, Forward, Favorites, Home, Tabs and Setting buttons. HTH. --CiaPan (talk) 08:27, 29 December 2019 (UTC)

Just as an FYI, if you use Chrome, just click the options button top right, and there is a dedicated button, next to the star to favourite the page. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 11:43, 29 December 2019 (UTC)

Unlock archive

What is the process to extract information from archive? (223.230.150.20 (talk) 22:43, 28 December 2019 (UTC))

It might help to know which archive you are referencing and what exactly you mean by 'extract information'. 331dot (talk) 23:08, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

• Awards related archive. "Extract information" mean to say that using it as a reference in an article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 223.230.150.20 (talk) 23:38, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

Hello IP user. You asked the same question on my talk page here. You referred to this article talk page where you asked the same question, linked to this URL. Turns out it's not an archive but an unsourced plain HTML file. You basically cannot use it as a reference in a Wikipedia article. For more information on how to cite reliable sources as references in an article, please read WP:Verifiability and WP:Citing sources. Wakari07 (talk) 00:02, 29 December 2019 (UTC)

There are more than 1.5 billion web sites on the Internet. Only a tiny percentage of them are reliable sources or are traceable to non-Internet reliable sources. See WP:RS. In this case, you will need to find the (possibly non-Internet) journal or conference proceedings that this page presumably summarises, and reference that instead of this web page. -Arch dude (talk) 18:29, 29 December 2019 (UTC)

December 29

Uttar Pradesh Police

Verified account says Wikipedia page is vandalised https://twitter.com/Uppolice/status/1211214888908902400 AntonyGonzalveZ (talk) 10:09, 29 December 2019 (UTC)

I'm looking at this. It was vandalized, but was changed to be non-neutral the other way. 331dot (talk) 10:18, 29 December 2019 (UTC)

I removed the dubious self-published claim that it would be the "biggest police force in the world" - the People's Armed Police is certainly bigger, and why wouldn't it be considered a "single police force"? + added {{Unreferenced section}} tags and {{Primary source}} tag, 11 of 16 sources are primary. Wakari07 (talk) 17:17, 29 December 2019 (UTC)

Sandbox

Header added by ColinFine (talk) 12:56, 29 December 2019 (UTC)

Hello. I have a page in my sandbox. I have an account that is older than a year and have made multiple edits. I want to move this page out of my sandbox to publish it. I do not have a "more" tab next to the star in the top right corner of my page and am trying to figure out how to move it. Any help would be appreciated. Bjattari (talk) 12:21, 29 December 2019 (UTC)

Hello, Bjattari. Your account is ten years old, but it appears you have only made six edits, so your account is not autoconfirmed and you cannot Move pages. When you have made four more edits you will be able to move pages; but please do not move your sandbox to main space, because it is not ready: it will either get moved back or deleted. The problem is that you have not got a single reference, and so the article is incapable of establishing that the station meets Wikipedia's criteria for notability. Please read WP:REFB and find some reliable published sources, wholly independent of the station, and cite them as appropriate. You should also remove the external links from the body of the draft, but that is not so crucial. --ColinFine (talk) 13:01, 29 December 2019 (UTC)

Wrong deleting

Hello,

Someone is keep deleting a true fact about Holocaust and number of people killed on this page Blagaj massacre

Can you please investigate and let me know how can we keep the facts? It was 545 Serbs, It was Holocaust and my grandfather was the only survivor. He build the monument for all the victims. I am the living source and minimizing a true about Holocaust and genocide is not what WIKI is about.

Thank you, Ana Kuzmanovic — Preceding unsigned comment added by TraumaFacts (talk • contribs) 14:25, 29 December 2019 (UTC)

TraumaFacts Wikipedia only cares about what reliable sources say about an event. You knowing something is not something we would use, as it is original research. If there are reliable sources that say this is the amount, then this would be useful to add, however, just stating that you are the "living source" is not adequate. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 14:32, 29 December 2019 (UTC)

What Lee Vilenski said. If you want to try to change this article in a way that "sticks" you can try to discuss it with other editors at Talk:Blagaj massacre. Click "New section" at that page and make your case, and bring the WP:Reliable sources that supports your suggestions. Preferably good historybooks. WP-stuff is discussed on WP-pages, not via private e-mail. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 14:45, 29 December 2019 (UTC)

HiLee Vilenski,

Are you really serious in saying you are just a living source?! How do you think all the facts are collected from Holocaust? Do you think they took all the bones from the gas chambers in Auszwits and count them? Seriously, you should not work in Wiki or dismiss such a serious facts.

Again, If I am granddaughter of only survivor and he knew, as my father does, how many people were slaughter and it is 545 then you need to take this fact as reliable resource. You think Somme will full around with victims?

Second, I wrote at the begining this was a Holocaust. Why Holocaust is deleted? Explain.

Third: Why is my grandfather name, who is only survivor, deleted? Do you need a written rescuer about this or life source is not enough for you?

Fourth : Do I need to spin this on social media as an Wiki antisemitic doing so you Lee can take this more seriously?

Ana — Preceding unsigned comment added by TraumaFacts (talk • contribs) 23:23, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

Islamic punishment on adultery

Your punishment on adultery is completely wrong . There is no stoning to death in Islam. And repentance can nullify a punishment. Not just faith, a real law. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.98.222.51 (talk) 15:24, 29 December 2019 (UTC)

Could you tell us which Wikipedia article you believe is incorrect? Have you read our well-referenced article Rajm? Dbfirs 16:10, 29 December 2019 (UTC)

expand citation bot

is the citation bot down... https://tools.wmflabs.org/citations/process_page.php?edit=toolbar&slow=1&page=Attribution_questionnaire..?Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 15:29, 29 December 2019 (UTC)

Looks like it. To my knowledge, it's run by ohconfucius (I could be wrong, it could just be the script I use). If it's a more general issue, perhaps WP:VP/T would be a better place? I've found tools to be down now and again, so it could be maintenance, or the pinged user may know more. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 16:04, 29 December 2019 (UTC)

It's citation bot so: User talk:Citation bot § Bot down ...

—Trappist the monk (talk) 16:08, 29 December 2019 (UTC)

Missing tracking category

Johan de Ridder is using {{expand Afrikaans}}, but the corresponding tracking category doesn't exist. I don't see anything wrong, so did the category get deleted or never created? MB 17:45, 29 December 2019 (UTC)

Either way, I created it. Empty categories are prone to being speedily deleted, so I added {{Possibly empty category}} as per WP:C1. Wakari07 (talk) 18:05, 29 December 2019 (UTC)

Merry Christmas Everyone

Information on a record released in 1986 is completely wrong.Considering it was a Christmas no one I would of thought it would of been researched correctly.I am one of the writers but have never been asked to provide information.My name is Darrell Edwards NOT Dave Edwards and Bruce Roberts now deceased was not American.The track was called With My Heart b/side of Merry Christmas Everyone.I have never received a platinum record and also never been allowed to have accountants(that my contract says I am allowed to every year)look at the books on sales,so to have wrong information about me is a bit like rubbing salt in the wound. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.72.86.20 (talk) 20:04, 29 December 2019 (UTC)

Wikipedia allows and encourages anonymous editing. We have neither the means nor the inclination to know and verify the identity of an editor or a commenter such as yourself. As a direct consequence, we must insist that facts be referenced to cited reliable sources: See WP:V and WP:RS. If you can provide a reference to such a source, please do so on the talk page of the affected article. If there are any assertions in the article that are not referenced to a reliable source, those assertions should be removed. Nobody from Wikipedia will contact you: that's not how we (nor any other encyclopedia) operates. -Arch dude (talk) 22:19, 29 December 2019 (UTC)

Apparently discogs has a link to Dave Edwards. On the other hand, the cassette release page on the same site lists Darrell. hungama.com and 45worlds.com also list Darrell. Also I found no source for the nationality of Bruce Roberts, only a site reservoir.com that claims he'd be "based in Los Angeles". Anyway, this is a matter for discussion on the relevant talk pages Talk:Merry Christmas Everyone and Talk:Bruce Roberts (singer). As there's reasonable doubt in my opinion and the facts are unreferenced, I modified the first fact and added a {{citation needed}} tag on the second. Wakari07 (talk) 03:31, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

Random page within categories and subcategories tool

Special:RandomInCategory/Random page in category

Is there any way to get the Random Page in Category tool to include subcategories? e.g. for the Music category, this would include all songs, albums,performances etc. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:306:C541:CC60:3073:FD3A:38BF:C7B (talk) 20:06, 29 December 2019 (UTC)

Just want to make one change—

—without learning how to edit. It’s just that on:

List of late-night American network TV programs

there’s no listing for Jimmy Kimmel Live, even though the show has its own page:

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Could someone else add it? Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1700:9758:B290:C46F:A0CF:4C20:A2C0 (talk) 22:46, 29 December 2019 (UTC)

It's in the "Current" section of that page. You must be looking at the "Past" section in the same page. --AlainV (talk) 23:28, 29 December 2019 (UTC)

Requested moves and Twinkle

Is it possible to nominate two or more pages to be moved using Twinkle (without doing it manually)? Please ping me in your reply. Interstellarity (talk) 23:13, 29 December 2019 (UTC)

​Not possible yet, but you could suggest this at Wikipedia talk:Twinkle. – Thjarkur (talk) 00:44, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

@Þjarkur: Just did. Interstellarity (talk) 01:02, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

December 30

Scottish wikipeida full of typos

https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page it the English Wikipedia in the scottish dialect but its full of typos can a admin please fix the Scottish Wikipedia typos — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.173.78.70 (talk) 01:24, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

That is a separate project from this one, you will have to address any issues or concerns with it there. 331dot (talk) 01:27, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

It's in the Scots language, so what you may think are typos probably aren't. DuncanHill (talk) 01:30, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

There's even a link on the front page to Wikipedia:Spellin an grammar that addresses it. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 10:36, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

Scottish wikipeida full of typos
Just couldn't resist. --CiaPan (talk) 13:43, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

I could rewrite pages using strange spelling to represent the Yorkshire dialect, but Yorkshire is not a (sub-)language because it doesn't have a parliament (yet). Dbfirs 14:32, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

Accurately described subject as an E-7, added reaction of his men to his leadership.

I was informed by a user named Everedux that adding the correct pay grade of the subject Navy retiree (E-7) and the subject's comments on the men he led, along with an observation that this was indicative of his leadership abilities constituted "vandalism."

I am married to a man who spent 30 years in the US Navy, 14 of those as an E-9, and 12 of those as a Command Master Chief/Chief of the Boat. I fail to understand why a college student would find accurately listing Mr. Gallagher's pay grade and his comments on the men he led to be "vandalism" unless he is attempting to conceal aspects of the subject's life that he feels do not paint the picture he desires.

I am a monetary contributor to Wikipedia because I have believed in its usefulness and in methods by which I understood it was edited. I am concerned that the user who sent me the "level 2 warning" is claiming the power to silence military retirees and their families in the editing of Wikipedia to state truthful information and reasonable inferences drawn therefrom.

I perceived the "level 2 warning" to be a threat. If that is correct, I will not feel comfortable using Wikipedia in my work (I do always check it, but it is often my first go-to source for basic information) as I would regard it as internally contaminated by the bias of editors such as Everedux.

Am I correct?

Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Peeweezers (talk • contribs) 02:39, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

Your first attempt would likely have been reverted regardless, because it broke the format of the infobox.

Your opinion that Eddie Gallagher (Navy SEAL) is omg the best E-7 evar is, well, not the kind of tone that we like to use here; show don't tell. His opinion that his accusers are cowards may be relevant, though; please provide a source for the quotation. —Tamfang (talk) 02:56, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

Idea...

You guys ever think about putting out actual donations bins? I’m sure people would give at least spare change if it’s convenient. Also there is the problem of people like myself who don’t use credit cards. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1702:3760:E920:70E2:3B09:D9D4:609E (talk) 04:13, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

"Us guys" who read and respond here on this Help Desk are here to help improve Wikipedia, by making edits and advising others on how to make edits. The guys you want to address are the Wikimedia Foundation, who keep the whole project running by running the servers, hiring legal support, etc., and raising the money to pay for it. Maproom (talk) 09:36, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

Creating a new celebrity page

Hello,

is there a form to request a celebrity page to be created? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jadeagreaves (talk • contribs) 04:43, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

Please see Wikipedia:Requested articles. Wakari07 (talk) 04:48, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

Jadeagreaves Please note that Wikipedia does not have "celebrity pages". Wikipedia has articles about people that meet Wikipedia's special definition of a notable person, summarizing what independent reliable sources say about them. This can include "celebrities" but it is possible to be a celebrity and not merit a Wikipedia article. 331dot (talk) 09:48, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

I would like my submission to be read by a different reviewer, due to current reviewer's bias

Hi there,

My Wikipedia submission (Autistics for Autistics, A4A) is very good, lots of different sources, factual and balanced. It was wrongly rejected by someone who perhaps has older-fashioned views about autism and disability self-advocacy groups. I honestly can't think of any other reason why they would reject it.

This group is very important in Canada right now and needs an entry and I wrote a good one.

Please have another reviewer look it over.

Thank you very much.

- Barry — Preceding unsigned comment added by Barryc25 (talk • contribs) 07:14, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

@Barryc25: I've looked all of the sources cited, in light of our policies on notability and reliable sourcing.

A lot of the sources (such as this or this) don't mention Autistics for Autistics (A4A) at all. As such, they're completely useless as sources. If a source does not mention A4A, then the source is not about A4A and does not belong in the article.

Affiliated sources, like A4A Ontario's website, Facebook page, or even listings by related groups are not independent. You need unaffiliated, independent, professionally-published reliable sources to establish notability. Articles written by members of A4A are not independent, either. The same goes for interviews (which are primary sources).

Sources that are not specifically about A4A but only mention them in passing, such as this one, do not demonstrate notability. You need independent reliable sources that are specifically and primarily about A4A.

Wikipedia articles are never valid sources. We're user-generated and so not a reliable source. Even if a specific article was as good as a reliable source, there's the problem of circular sourcing that would require us to disallow Wikipedia articles as sources. If you meant for those to be links instead of references, put the article title in square brackets, [[like this]].

All of the above is what CaptainEek meant by "This submission is not adequately supported by reliable sources" and "Many of the sources are not independent, in that they are too closely affiliate with the subject or are published by the subject."

You can find clear instructions on how to write an article that won't be rejected by opening this link. If you follow them exactly, there should be no issues whatsoever.

Finally, WP:Assume good faith is a foundational site principle. The problem is not the reviewer, nor even you, it's the draft, as noted above. What I wrote above is in light of the guide in that bold link, which I wrote a long time ago, so you can rest assured that the draft fails to meet standards we've had for a long time and that it's not just some user's feelings about a topic. Ian.thomson (talk) 07:45, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

How submit my new member article on Wikipedia?

I am a retired entertainment film industry (Director of Photography) and would like to get some guidance on how to get a written background article and summery of my career referenced on Wikipedia? Do I need a professional experienced editor to accomplish the help I may need? Please advice Best regards EricGoehano (talk) 09:34, 30 December 2019 (UTC)Eric

@Goehano: If anyone refers to themselves as a "professional" editor, or asks for money, IT IS A SCAM.

This is a volunteer-driven project. If anyone asks for money, they are violating our site's terms of use. They never produce articles that meet our notability standards and they have no reason to give you your money back after we delete that page.

Beyond that, we're not a social media site. We generally discourage people from starting or editing pages about themselves, too.

If, however, you completely follow these instructions on how to write articles that won't be deleted, you could start an article that other people could expand. Ian.thomson (talk) 09:40, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

New to Wikipedia

Hi I was interested in getting guidance on how to publish on Wikipedia a written reference about my career. I do have many references to what is written is correct and can be easily verified. I registered myself on Wikipedia as GOEHANO, was that a mistake? How can I have one of your representatives proof read, that was written about me, (not by myself) is in the correct form and could be published? Please advice, Best EricGoehano (talk) 10:13, 30 December 2019 (UTC)eric

Goehano I'm not sure what you mean by 'publish on Wikipedia a written reference'. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia that has articles about subjects shown with significant coverage in independent reliable sources to meet Wikipedia's special definition of notability; in this case, the definition of a notable person. Typically, articles are written by independent editors unassociated with the subject who took note of the subject and chose to write about it on their own. Autobiographical articles are strongly discouraged(though not forbidden) per our autobiography policy(click to review). This is partially because people naturally write favorably about themselves and it is usually difficult for someone to adhere to a neutral point of view. I haven't seen someone successfully write about themselves in my years here, though it is technically possible. If you still wish to attempt such an enterprise, and truly feel you meet the notability criteria(there are also more specific criteria for certain fields, like actor, politician, athlete, etc.) you may use Articles for Creation to create and submit a draft for review by an independent editor before it is formally placed in the encyclopedia. 331dot (talk) 10:25, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

But please bear in mind, Goehano, that in an article about you, Wikipedia is essentially uninterested in anything you have said, written, or done, except as commented on publicly by somebody wholly unconnected with you. There may be a few references to sources connected with you (such as your website, your publications, or interviews with you) to support uncontroversial factual information; but the bulk of the article must be based on published sources in which you and your associates had no hand whatever. That is more or less what the notability criteria amount to. --ColinFine (talk) 17:10, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

deactivate account

My 10 year old son has created a Wikipedia account (in violation of your terms of service), and we would like it removed. He has not authored or edited any pages. How can we achieve this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Smartcarplays (talk • contribs) 12:29, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

Smartcarplays Accounts cannot be 'deactivated' or deleted, only abandoned. If you have access to your son's password you could change it without his knowledge to bar him from the account.(though nothing would prevent him from creating a new account elsewhere) I could be wrong but I don't believe there is anything in the Terms of Use prohibiting youths from creating an account- though there may be laws in your jurisdiction that affect this. Many youths have accounts here. 331dot (talk) 12:35, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

You may be able to obtain a courtesy vanishing. 331dot (talk) 12:35, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

You are the best person to judge whether this is an appropriate option for your son, but just a suggestion: why not encourage your son to try Wikipedia:The Wikipedia Adventure and to become an editor here? We have mature ten-year-olds who make constructive edits. If you know the account name, then you can look at his edits to make sure that he is not doing anything inappropriate. Dbfirs 13:02, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

You probably want to look at, and maybe direct him to, Advice for younger editors too, Smartcarplays. --ColinFine (talk) 17:13, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

@Smartcarplays: Since he does not need to log in to read Wikipedia or even to edit Wikipedia, it's unclear what you as a parent are trying to accomplish. If you (or anyone else) knows his user name, you can see his entire editing history. Make him aware of this so he will know you will ckeck to make sure he is not getting warned about disruptive editing or other youthful silliness and that he is not putting personal information anywhere on our site. If he edits without logging in instead, you have much less visibility into his activities.-Arch dude (talk) 18:07, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

Michael French page

Hi, I am trying to edit the above page as much of the information held on the page is inaccurate. I have been sent a message to say that I will be blocked and I'm not sure why. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MickeyDaisyJimmyDipsey (talk • contribs) 14:24, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

See user’s edit history. Rationale for warnings clearly explained. 2600:387:5:80D:0:0:0:A2 (talk) 14:27, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

MickeyDaisyJimmyDipsey You tried to replace a sourced article with a completely unsourced text. If the information in the article is incorrect, you need to do more than just correct it- you need to add independent reliable sources to support the content you want to add. Wikipedia summarizes what such sources state. You may wish to discuss your concerns on the article talk page. 331dot (talk) 14:29, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

Additionally, the edits have been consistently promotional in tone and have constituted edit warring. The user has also indicated that they’re writing on the subject’s behalf. 2600:387:5:80D:0:0:0:A2 (talk) 14:35, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

More Swag Please

Promotional merchandise

I have donated to Wikipedia probably five or six times over the years. I even bought a Wikipedia T-shirt in order to support Wikipedia. Which is why I think you should make more merchandise. I hate to say it, but people like to get stuff in return for their donations. Just think of PBS and all the gifts they hand out to their donors. it’s sort of a badge of pride. People like to show off what causes they care about. Hence why am writing you. More swag please! — Preceding unsigned comment added by WikiWikiJayJay (talk • contribs)

Thank you for your suggestion. Unfortunately, we here at the help desk are volunteers and have no control over merchandise or donations, or any link between the two. Here is where you can find merchandise. ~ ONUnicorn^{(Talk|Contribs)}problem solving 15:43, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

Donations are handled by the Wikimedia Foundation that operates the computers Wikipedia is on; you should address any comments about fundraising to them. 331dot (talk) 17:05, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

defamatory article

Hello,

There is an Article about Zouave, where people put a contribution that are completely wrong and defamatory to the berber people in north Africa, and sparking a big controversy on social media.

This article was apparently put there to specify treason by the indigenous people, when in reality it is completely the opposite. This article is dangerous as it was written under some type of seperatist to justify certain action against the indigenous people of Algeria (berbers). Please review the article and get back to me on this. The article can remain there, but the berber, or Kabylie need to be removed completely from it. Again this is a defamatory article, and very controversial that can lead to terrible consequences for the indigenous people, and with no historical basis of Kabyle or berber people involved with the French Army,

Zouave

Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shassani79 (talk • contribs) 17:01, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

​You are deleting sourced information and switching it out with unsourced information (see Wikipedia:Don't hijack references). You either need to demonstrate that the cited source does not include the information, or you need to add much stronger reliable sources instead. You can discuss your concern on Talk:Zouave, but I'd recommend keeping the discussion calm and neutral since it usually has better results than using charged language ("defamatory / dangerous / written by seperatists"). Don't forget to point to reliable sources demonstrating your point. – Thjarkur (talk) 17:42, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

Michael French page

Dear Wikipedia Help Desk, I'm trying to edit the Michael French wikipedia page as some of the information on there is factually incorrect. I have been in contact with several "adminitrators" but I'm still not clear on why the page keeps reverting to the previous incorrect version. I do not work for any business affiliated to Michael French, neither am I connected to him. Please could you advise. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MickeyDaisyJimmyDipsey (talk • contribs) 18:35, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

​First of all stop edit warring on the page. You are removing all the citations from the page, which leaves the page in a worse condition. Consider suggesting changes on the article's talk page. – Thjarkur (talk) 18:38, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

In this edit you told us that you are editing on behalf of the subject of the page. --David Biddulph (talk) 18:52, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

Template to add x number of days to a date

I'm trying to set up a list of Up Helly Aa festivals, and want to include the date that each one occurs. Most of the festivals occur on the nth day of a particular month, for example Northmavine Up Helly Aa occurs on the third Friday of February. This is fine, as I can achieve this using Template:DatesWD. However, the Nesting and Girlsta Up Helly Aa occurs 10 days after the Lerwick Up Helly Aa, which is on the last Tuesday of January - a bit contrived, I know, but that's what it is.

Is there a template that allows me to enter a date, specify a number of days I'd like to add on, and it will output a new date? For example, I enter (in some format) 28 January 2020 and then specify 10 days to add on, and it would output 7 February 2020? If there's a template that does this I should be able to figure out the rest. Griceylipper (talk) 19:49, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

Template:Infobox holiday can be used for this, for example the infobox on First day of summer (Iceland) inputs "first Thursday after 18 April" and calculates the dates for the next few years. The calculations are stored in Template:Infobox holiday/date where you can add more special cases, or you can request an addition on the main template's talk page. – Thjarkur (talk) 20:13, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

Thanks Þjarkur, I will request an edit on this template. Griceylipper (talk) 20:22, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

someone keeps reverting my changes

I am updating a personal page for a person and viewmont viking keeps reverting to the past one, which doesn't reflect the person's actual activities and up to date information. What can I do???

I am trying to reflect David Edwards actual words here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mxaviere (talk • contribs) 21:44, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

​Your edits are highly promotional and not encyclopedic. First read our guidelines for editors with a conflict of interest, then go to the article's talk page and suggest edits using {{request edit}}, citing reliable sources. – Thjarkur (talk) 21:49, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

Apart from the conflict of interest question which has been raised elsewhere, the problem is that you removed sourced text and replaced it by text which had no references (though it had misplaced external links). --David Biddulph (talk) 21:50, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

Monsey Hanukkah stabbing

Hello, I would like to upload this image from the New York state government to illustrate this article. Is the image free? If so, would you be able to help me with the upload? When I click on it to save it on my computer, the image moves in and out. Thank you, Yoninah (talk) 21:58, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

@Yoninah: No, it is not a free image. It is labeled (C) All Rights Reserved. RudolfRed (talk) 22:06, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

That Flickr page says "(c) All rights reserved". If you believe that there is evidence that it is free of copyright, you need to tell us (and Commons, because that is where it would be uploaded) where that evidence is. --David Biddulph (talk) 22:06, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

Thank you, I was just checking. I know that U.S. federal government sources often have copyrights but are free for use on Wikimedia Commons. I was just wondering if the same is true for U.S. state government sources. Yoninah (talk) 22:09, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

Yoninah, I have never heard of a situation where "U.S. federal government sources often have copyrights but are free for use on Wikimedia Commons". I have heard of situations where a federal government site might host the material from another source that is copyrighted, but that material is not eligible for use on Wikimedia Commons. Most state government documents are fully copyrighted (one major exception is legislation). S Philbrick(Talk) 01:43, 31 December 2019 (UTC)

possible malicious redirection from childfocus.be

At least I hope it's not my PC, but here I've commented out the "http:" URL from Child Focus because it redirects to the suspicious newly registered domain nonamebiaso48.live: See my talk post and whois info -84user (talk) 22:03, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

I see no evidence of it being redirected to that other domain. --David Biddulph (talk) 22:11, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

That's the problem, they dynamically change their hosts and targets. Some more digging tells me it's the malicious 2019 Annual Visitor Survey Pop-up Scam so I'm removing it where it appears in other places in wikipedia. Once a site shows itself to be insecure makes me doubly cautious. Potentially quite nasty. See https://nl.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Child_Focus&type=revision&diff=55260920&oldid=55260918 and https://support.google.com/chrome/thread/14704979?hl=en . This also means that other malware domains were and will be using this scam (because they quickly change both the host and the redirected domains on discovery). -84user (talk) 22:31, 30 December 2019 (UTC) EDIT to add, for what it's worth I've sent a request to report a security issue with the registrant of the site in question via https://www.dnsbelgium.be/en/whois/contact-registrant/childfocus.be/confirm?uuid= . -84user (talk) 23:19, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

​Yes I also get the scam site. Most of this organization's domains have been usurped. Seems to be fairly common on articles of defunct businesses. I thought we had a bot that removed links to usurped sites. – Thjarkur (talk) 00:42, 31 December 2019 (UTC)

Please add 'already donated' button to your donation request

Hello. I donated recently while accessing Wikipedia on my phone. Then when I accessed it using my iPad I was asked to donated again. The only to options were yes or not now...not 'I've already donated'. Please add a third option. Thank you