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March 1

How to fix disambiguation in Interstate Exit List

In the article Interstate 376, there are several links to 'Oakland (Pittsburgh)' - Oakland which are correct. But in the Exit Table, there is one more that is 'city1=Oakland'. city1 add the state and the result is Oakland, Pennsylvania which is a disambiguation page, not the correct target. how can this be fixed? Mb66w (talk) 01:55, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

@Mb66w: I've made an edit after reading through the documentation at Template:Jct#Usage. -- John of Reading (talk) 07:11, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

minor display problem

The article Peter Gordon, which is a disambiguation page, has two sections. Like all such articles, there is a EDIT tab at the top of the page and an EDIT link on the second section. The problem is that the EDIT link in the SEE ALSO section is the wrong size, not properly spaced and missing brackets. Is this caused by something in the article itself or is something else going on here. Mb66w (talk) 02:11, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

A purge will fix it. It's discussed at Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)#Edit section links in article. PrimeHunter (talk) 02:16, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

Thanks. I fixed it with a Null edit.

Thomas Davis (priest)

I cannot work out how to fix up ref. 3 on this page. Also, I would like to post the ref number 9 - "wargs" - after ref number 3 as this ref. provides evidence for the point about Mayor Davis. I tied but it failed as ref. number 9 was impossible to "copy and paste". Thanks for your help in advanceSrbernadette (talk) 03:07, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

 Done ref 9 is now ref 5. You just needed to apply the ref name "wargs etc." after the refs at the point you mentioned, it now becomes the first instance of that ref. so the No. is lower. Eagleash (talk) 04:40, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

Katharine, Duchess of Kent

There is a real problem with this page. I don't know where to begin. I did not cause this problem. Please check. ThanksSrbernadette (talk) 03:38, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

What is the problem, and when did you start observing it? There have been no edits to the page for a few days. Robert McClenon (talk) 04:16, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

Is it to do with the lines around certain sentences or sections? Eagleash (talk) 04:41, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

Yes - the lines around certain sections - is this OK??/normal? I would get rid of these lines - there are no verifiable refs. or citations at all. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Srbernadette (talk • contribs) 05:48, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

Yes it's a template designed to show that a citation is needed for a larger amount of text (template:refnec). It's not in common use and I think that the more usual "citation needed" tag would be sufficient really. Eagleash (talk) 06:04, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

Selective reversions

Moved to WP:AN

A well-intended, but misguided user spent hours doing changes based on a wrong understanding. (See User talk:Cynulliad#Alphabetical order.) Since they is a well-meaning editor, those edits are interspersed with helpful edits. Is there a way to selectively only revert the bad ones? (I am an administrator, but I didn't see any tool for that at Wikipedia:Administrators/Tools#Reverting.) — Sebastian 10:13, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

I'm reposting this at WP:AN, since it didn't elicit a response here and it's an admin specific issue. — Sebastian 17:25, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

Archive bot issue

The Ashoka talk page currently has two archives titled 1. One of these appears to have been created manually while the other appears to have been created by ClueBot III. What's the best way to fix this? Other bots have an option to leave at least the last X threads on the talk page unarchived. Does Cluebot have an option for this? Thanks.--Cpt.a.haddock (talk) (please ping when replying) 10:33, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

I've re-asked this over here.--Cpt.a.haddock (talk) (please ping when replying) 13:59, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

changes to the main page?

How do you make changes to the main page itself?

Currently (01/03/16) one of the DYK says "...that Xu You foiled Li Congshan's attempt to seize the crown from his older brother by tattling on him to the crown prince himself?" - I was going to change "tattling" to "informing", as a better term - but can't see how I can do so? Chaheel Riens (talk) 11:08, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

@Chaheel Riens: The main page is protected; not everyone can edit it. You can submit suggestions about current items (including DYK) here: Talk:Main Page#Main Page error reports. – Finnusertop (talk ⋅ contribs) 11:12, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

Got it, thanks. Chaheel Riens (talk) 11:21, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

Page creation request

Hi,

I'm hoping you can help.

I'm a PR practitioner and I've recently been asked by one of the CEOs I work with to create a Wikipedia page about himself. I was already aware of Wikipedia's guidelines when it comes to creating/editing content about yourself/your brand/your client, but even more so after doing some further readings.

Let me start by saying that the last thing I'd want to do is cause offence and fall foul of your guidelines, which I do intend to respect. I've made my client aware of this and his intentions are, believe it or not, noble. Our objective is to create an educational entry about a leading business figure, similar to the ones existing about Lord Sugar or Richard Branson, not to promote the business he's at the helm of.

As such, I've drafted the copy and before uploading it, I'd be really grateful for the opportunity to have it reviewed by one/some of your volunteer editors, to make sure it ticks your boxes: reliable sources, original content, no controversiality etc. What is the best way to do this?

Thanking you in advance.

Best Wishes.

JFatMF2016 JFatMF2016 (talk) 12:30, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

@JFatMF2016: Be sure you comply with Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure. Upload your draft to Draft space at a name like Draft:CEOs Name. Enter {{subst:Submit}} at the top. And wait for an Articles for Creation volunteer to review the draft. —teb728 t c 12:59, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

But to be frank we would strongly advise you not to - you have been given an almost impossible job to do, to create a page that maintains a neutral point of view when you have an almost insurmountable conflict of interest.--ukexpat (talk) 01:35, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

Referencing errors on Draft:Higherlife Foundation

Reference help requested. How do I fix this? Thanks, Tamuka Sanyika (talk) 12:34, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

Hello, you have attempted to cite a reference without actually inserting a reference elsewhere in the text. Using a reference name is used when it is necessary to cite the same source in an article. E.g. <ref name="ReferenceA"> then the reference (using an appropriate template). With closing tag</ref>. In subsequent instances when using the same ref. you would then only need to write <ref name="ReferenceA"/>. Note the closing "/". For further help see WP:REFB to get started and WP:CITET for a list of referencing templates.

I have fixed the ref. on a limited basis so that it does not produce a ref error. It might need more fields to be filled in (see templates as noted above). I would suggest that the draft needs considerably more independent third-party sources/ references, to demonstrate notability, if it is to be accepted at review. It also seems pertinent to ask whether you have a connection to the organisation concerned, e.g. as an employee or similar? Eagleash (talk) 13:28, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

Help:Cite errors/Cite error ref no input

I have documentary evidence re : Dame Sarah Lees and the Nook convelescent home. roge45520 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Roger45520 (talk • contribs)

From the editor's contribs, this seems to be about Sarah Lees. Dismas|^(talk) 15:10, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

@Roger45520: I'm not sure what you're saying regarding the Sarah Lees article but perhaps Wikipedia:Reliable source and Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners would help. Dismas|^(talk) 15:12, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

Neutrality issue

I placed this message on Wikipedia:Village pump (miscellaneous): Hello everyone, I have no idea on how to deal with it, but the article Waldorf education poses a severe issue of neutrality, particularly with the section Reception, where you would expect some hindsight if any is needed, and which is a laudatory. I can see no trace on criticism of these schools, there is absolutely no mention of sectarism. A nice job has been done by POV-pushers so far. Please take care of it, I can deal with French-speakers, but I can't do much here. There is an overall problem with anthroposophy, with well-coordinated "cleaners". For the peculiar article I cited, I can provide you this secondary source which offers a good starting point. Be brave, English-speakers! Totodu74 (talk) 16:00, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

Could someone take a close lok to what User:Hgilbert is doing on this kind of articles? He is one of the cleaner I mentionned, as you can see here, for example. I hope there is some motivated contributors here, or projects that care about this kind of issues. Thanks, Totodu74 (talk) 16:00, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

Note: I have responded on the other page where this was posted. HGilbert (talk) 16:47, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

Waldorf education has been the subject of arbitration, and is subject to Arbcom discretionary sanctions. User:Hgilbert has been previously warned. Robert McClenon (talk) 18:21, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

True. But there is nothing actually being disputed at this time (viz. the total absence of any discussion of any kind on the talk page). Information was lost during a merge of two sections covering the same theme and was promptly restored again. There was no disagreement at any point, only some ugly and unnecessary finger pointing. HGilbert (talk) 21:33, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

rendering failed with a non zero code 1

occaisionally when i download a page as a pdf it fails. i get a "rendering failed with a non zero code 1" message. i have tried to download the same page from various other devices without success, therefore it seems to be a fault on the wiki site. rarely, i have been able to download the page weeks later. the pages i cannot download as a pdf are:

from en.wiki bass guitar earth's rotation Day

from de.wiki SABA

how can i resolve this problem?

thanks for your assistance! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Amcgamcg (talk • contribs) 19:44, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

You might have better luck here: Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Computing. 2600:1004:B062:31:C457:C389:2AF9:FA1F (talk) 18:51, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

Names of the company where the Maslow theory of motivation is used ?

115.249.130.56 (talk) 20:27, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

This page is for questions about editing Wikipedia. Please consider asking this question at the Reference desk. They specialize in knowledge questions and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that is what this Help Desk is for). Just follow the link, select the relevant section, and ask away. You could always try searching Wikipedia for an article related to the topic you want to know more about. I hope this helps.--S Philbrick(Talk) 15:31, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

The Final Project wikipedia page

The Final Project (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Hi, I am very disturbed at a user that is continuously editing the final project page to portray the film in a bias light. While the film has received mostly negative reviews it wasn't all bad reviews. The user is purposely twisting the information and deleting information that highly the positive aspects of the films only leaving the negative. This isn't what wikipedia is supposedly about. This is supposed to be place that the public can see historical information in an unbiased format. He is also misquoting a review adding a negative comment to the pull quote that the author never says anywhere in her article. This is a misrepresentation of the facts. Please either accurately portray the information that is public or delete the page from your site as it is not being told in a credible way. Thanks!

--21:03, 1 March 2016 (UTC)Curleylandry02 (talk)Curleylandry002

If you have a content dispute, the first place to try to resolve it is at the article talk page, Talk:The Final Project. I see that there has been no discussion there. —teb728 t c 01:44, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

Oh, I see you are discussing it on your user talk page; that works too. Do I see a consensus there? —teb728 t c 01:50, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

Old templates?

Hi,

Is there a way to insert a template, as it was on a particular date? Would be quite useful for me.

Thanks, Jjamesryan (talk | contribs) 21:17, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

I'm presuming you need this for testing. So: Edit the appropriate revision of the template, and under "Preview page with this template", enter the name of an article that uses it. Then press the "Show preview" button to the right of that text field. — Sebastian 06:16, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

@SebastianHelm: No, I meant in an actual saved article, not a preview. Jjamesryan (talk | contribs) 06:52, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

To do that you would need to save a new template (remembering the necessary attribution). --David Biddulph (talk) 09:23, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

Ah okay, thanks. Not notable on its own I believe. Thanks anyway. Jjamesryan (talk | contribs)

March 2

Add picture to existing article

I own an original photograph of an individual who has an existing Wikipedia article. I did not take the photo myself and don't know who did. It's from the 1950's I would guess. I would like to add it to the article. How do I do that? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dgmedland (talk • contribs) 01:54, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

You probably can't. In order to add that photograph, you need to be ascertained of its copyright status: that it has either been released under a free license by the photographer or that its copyrights have expired. If you don't know who took it and when, I'd assume this is not possible to determine. – Finnusertop (talk ⋅ contribs) 02:08, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

Arrows in external links

I know there is a way to do this, but I can't seem to be able to find it. How do you get rid of the little arrow that appears next to external links? I need to do it in a template for aesthetics and space, but I can't figure out how it is done (I've done it in the past, but I can't find where I did it and it's been years). Thanks! ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 04:38, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

You can use Template:Plain link. Dr. K. 04:43, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

Thanks! That's exactly what I was looking for. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 04:50, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

You are very welcome Nihonjoe. Glad I could help. Dr. K. 04:57, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

Reads like a resume

I would like to help clean up some articles, and have come across the "reads like a resume" tag. I wonder if someone could guide me as to how to edit so the article is no longer reading this way? Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.105.118.98 (talk) 07:16, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

A good place to start would be reading the links that template gives, namely: Wikipedia:Conflict of interest, Wikipedia:Neutral point of view and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Biographies. Of this, Neutral point of view is probably most pertinent here: the purpose of an encyclopedic article is not to list all achievements of the subject. It is to give a due and neutral description of their deeds (both the "good" and the "bad") that are reported in reliable sources. – Finnusertop (talk ⋅ contribs) 07:32, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

Thank you, I will do that.198.105.118.98 (talk) 08:28, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

Take a look at some biographies of prominent people in the subject's field, and compare the style and tone of those articles, to the one with the tag. After a while, the differences become more obvious. (And thank you for picking something like this to work on.) --Orange Mike | Talk 00:30, 4 March 2016 (UTC)

How to increase height of rows in a chart

Let's say that I have this chart below.

Year	Name	State
2000	George Washington	Alabama
1962	Abraham Lincoln	California
1987	Thomas Jefferson	Wisconsin

Is there a way to change/increase the height of each row? Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 08:07, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

| style="height:3em" |1962

—Trappist the monk (talk) 11:56, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

What do you want to use it for? There is rarely reason to specify row height and something else may be better for your case. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:19, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

Yes, Joseph, why don't you tell us what you're trying to do? Since this is your second post about tables in three days, you obviously have something rather specific in mind. If you tell us what the end goal is and we might be able to help you get there quicker. Dismas|^(talk) 13:32, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

Thanks. No, I really have nothing specific in mind. I guess I am just "exploring" what's possible with Tables and educating myself. I know that column widths can be "set" or fixed/adjusted. And I didn't know if that was also possible with row heights. So, I decided to post and ask that question. So, while I am here: is there a good "tutorial" to learn more about these tables and charts? I know Wikipedia has some "help" page. But, it's very confusing and hard to understand. It's not user friendly. And it tends to be written for "someone who already knows what he is doing", as opposed to a novice. Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 17:49, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

See Help:Table and Help:Table/Introduction to tables. A lot of it is HTML and CSS, and not specific to MediaWiki. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:34, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

@PrimeHunter: I guess I don't understand your post. I said above that the Wikipedia Help Pages are very unhelpful. Yet, that is what you linked? Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 18:37, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

You said "help page" (singular) so I linked two pages, thinking you had maybe not seen the introduction to tables and its subpages. And I said a lot of it is HTML and CSS so you could search additional information about that outside Wikipedia if you were interested. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:03, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

Thanks. When there are technical details, Wikipedia "help" pages tend to not be very helpful. They tend to be written for people who already know the material and thus would not need help. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 01:55, 4 March 2016 (UTC)

Editing images and article titles for iOS app

From User talk:NortyNort:

Hi, I'm new to Wikipedia editing, so pardon me if I'm posting this in the wrong place or using the wrong format. I often use the iOS Wikipedia app on my iPad and have noticed some errors that I have not been able to edit out. These errors are either incorrect image associated with an article, or incorrect title. I have not been able to find a way to make edits in those areas and would like to ask for your advice. Thank you. werewolf 22:16, 1 March 2016 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Revirvlkodlaku (talk • contribs)

Hello, Revirvlkodlaku. I don't have much experience with editing on iPads. I have used an iPad only few times and edited articles much like you edited this talk page. I assume you may be getting caught up with the visual editor. The best I can do is redirect you to the help deks where other more experienced editors may be able to help you. I moved this conversation to the help desk, you can see it by clicking here.--NortyNort (Holla) 11:32, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

Revivlfodlaku, from my iOS editing experiences, I don't believe you are able to edit pictures and titles, at least not on the app. If you use Safari, it is possible to edit those things if you change to desktop mode. This may be possible on the app as well. Go to the very bottom of the screen. In the middle there is a small link that says desktop mode. This is hard to navigate, but I believe it is the only way. Fritzmann2002 16:23, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for the response, Fritzmann2002. I tried going to the bottom of the screen on the Wikipedia iOS app, but didn't see the desktop mode option. If you use the iOS app, maybe you can take a look at what I'm referring to, there may be another way to fix it. For example, the article for Mike Tompkins (musician) has "American politician" as the subtitle in the search results. Mike Tompkins is neither American (he is Canadian), nor a politician (he's a musician). Do you know how that can be fixed? werewolf 20:54, 2 March 2016 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Revirvlkodlaku (talk • contribs)

If you'd like, I could move the page from desktop. I looked at the mobile app again and I don't see a workaround. What you could do is have a contact that you provide with information of what needs to be changed. I wish I could give you a better answer, but honestly the mobile app just wasn't built for editing. Fritzmann2002 13:28, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

Hey Fritzmann2002, I'm not entirely sure what you're saying. What do you mean by "move the page from desktop"? Also, what do you mean by "have a contact that you provide with information of what needs to be changed"? werewolf 01:16, 4 March 2016 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Revirvlkodlaku (talk • contribs)

Marking a page that is undergoing a major edit

I'm looking for the code syntax to mark a page that is undergoing a major update, because I don't to conflict with other users who may also want to edit the article at the same time.

I've used it before, but can't find the article with the instructions.

Thanks, Lord Bowler (Talk) 13:54, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

{{Under construction}}?

—Trappist the monk (talk) 13:59, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

Lordbowler, yes or {{inuse}} for shorter durations. DES ^(talk) 14:00, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

Thanks, It was the In Use Template. I couldn't remember the name of the article. Lord Bowler (Talk) 14:01, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

Is there a log of what's on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page daily?

I would like to see if there were links to specific content featured on a specific day. How can I see a log, or a wayback snapshot, or something, of what https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page featured on a recent day? (starting on February 23 of this year to be specific)

Thank you.

If I'm not supposed to give my email address, how will I find your answer?

148.129.71.41 (talk) 14:44, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

People will respond here. Nyttend (talk) 15:40, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

For your main question, there is. See Wikipedia:Main Page history/2016 February 23 for the day you seek, and just change the date in the URL to get any other day. Each day, a bot copies the Main Page's current contents to a new subpage of Wikipedia:Main Page history. And thank you for asking this question; I didn't know about it until I decided to try to answer your question. Nyttend (talk) 15:52, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

Thank you very much! 148.129.71.41 (talk) 16:30, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

Creating an account if IP is blocked

I know I should know this but I don't. I'm feeling a request (OTRS) for help. The person claims their IP has been blocked due to an edit by another member of the household and they are unable to create an account. What advice should I give them?--S Philbrick(Talk) 17:55, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

See WP:UNBLOCK? Dismas|^(talk) 18:01, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

Or Wikipedia:Request an account.--ukexpat (talk) 21:25, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

Font TOO SMALL

Hi, I use Win 10 and Google Chrome. When I open Wikipedia, the font is microscopic. No other web pages appear like this. Also, I tried IE, and got the same tiny font. This happens for all the different pages I tried in Wikipedia. Jabaty (talk) 19:21, 2 March 2016 (UTC) An 8 is the smallest font in MS Word, this is at least half again as small. Am I doing something wrong? I can't find a settings icon for Wikipedia. Any help would be appreciated!

The usual problem is that you have accidentally held control whilst either rolling your mouse wheel, or pressing - (minus) Try pressing control and 0 (zero) (although sometimes that only works with the zero above the QWERTY keys not the zero on the numberpad). Or else hold control and scroll your mouse wheel - Arjayay (talk) 19:29, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

Trump Movement Article

Trump movement (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

To whom It Concerns,

I started an Wikipedia article, but it was deleted. I do not feel as though it was appropriate.

Please advise. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Josedaw2 (talk • contribs) 21:58, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

Hello, it seems that the article was not deleted per se, but was converted to a re-direct to the main Donald Trump campaign article. This would likely have been on the basis that the topic did not warrant a page of its own and that the subject matter was adequately covered in the already existing article. Having seen the article as submitted I would agree with that assessment. The page was also rather lacking when it comes to Wikipedia's Manual of style and did not cite any references; see WP:RS, WP:REFB and WP:CITET. It might also be argued that it did not comply with Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy (WP:NPOV). Eagleash (talk) 22:23, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

Disruptive editing by ip address: 188.220.38.0

Mohammed Ali (entrepreneur) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Markgerhard (talk • contribs) 22:51, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

Is that article of a "notable topic"? How did that survive a deletion request? Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 23:14, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

That's a good point! However, in the meantime I've left a warning on the IP's talk-page. Eagleash (talk) 23:16, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

I am very new to Wikipedia, I am learning the ropes on how to write a proper article

Apparently another user doesn't understand I am new to this and my article is not nearly completed. Regarding my art and myself. I would appreciate any help I can get to make sure that my article is factual. The article is regarding myself as a prominent Florida artist. Thank you, Most Sincerely, Bonnie Rogers Butler Bonnierogersleebutler (talk) 23:48, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

Hello, unfortunately you seem to have misunderstood the way in which Wikipedia works. It does not exist for persons, however notable they may be, to write an autobiography. Wikipedia articles are created by editors without close connection to the subject and from information obtained from reliable independent sources, as it is an encyclopedia not a directory or guide. Subjects of BLPs (Biographies of living persons) must have had significant coverage in third party sources for them to pass Wiki's fairly stringent rules on notability. Regret to say that as it stands, the page will almost certainly be deleted and it should not be continued with by you in any event. Sorry not to be able to offer more encouragement. Eagleash (talk) 00:03, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

March 3

Nick Diaz

I recently put in an edit letting you know that the page contained the wrong MMA history, that it was of Anderson Silva and not Nick Diaz, and I see that it has since been corrected...however your BOT claimed my edit was vandalism, it was in fact NOT vandalism as can clearly been seen that the mistake YOU made has since been corrected. In the future I will NOT try to assist you in correcting errors as clearly you do not appreciate it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.250.224.76 (talk) 00:52, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

Please see the detailed message on your Talk page for an acknowledgement that Cluebot can occasionally make errors, and instructions to report them to improve the bot's performance. Posting your complaint here does not do so. General Ization ^Talk 00:55, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

There is also a link in the page history, in the automatically generated edit summary by ClueBot, which enables the reporting of a 'false-positive'. Eagleash (talk) 00:59, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

Thank you for that sub-human response to my resentment that your BOT characterized my assistance as vandalism. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.250.224.76 (talk) 02:10, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

Just to be clear, the sentence you added to the article, although well-intentioned, was in entirely the wrong place and would thus have been identified as unconstructive by ClueBot which is an automatic program that constantly patrols Wikipedia for problems of this nature. The place to raise issues with article content is on the talk-page or you can come to the help-desk for assistance. Please do not make disparaging remarks about other editors as this is something which Wikipedia takes very seriously. Please sign your posts on talk-pages by typing four tildes (~~~~). Thank you. Eagleash (talk) 03:12, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

Correction, I made no disparaging remarks concerning any editor, I made a comment regarding the ' response ' I received. That I felt was very robotic in itself, rather than a typical response I would expect from a human. However, it doesn't surprise me that your BOT can't tell the difference between a helpful post and vandalism, when you can't differentiate between a criticism of a reply and the criticism of a person. As for ' proper posting ' you must think that your navigation is wonderful, it isn't, it took me several minutes to find this page, as I couldn't find anything remotely suitable on your ' contact ' page. A typical response from a human would go like this : " Hello, thank you for assisting with correcting that article, we appreciate your support, and we apologize that the BOT mistook your edit as vandalism, when clearly you were trying to assist, we look forward to your continuing support. We realize that not everyone is familiar with Wikipedia can we suggest that in the future you ( insert recommendations here ) ". Try that next time and maybe your replies wont sound so sub-human. (99.250.224.76 (talk) 03:42, 3 March 2016 (UTC))— Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.250.224.76 (talk) 03:38, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

Your edit was correctly identified as unconstructive by a bot designed to spot such anomalies. What you did was equivalent to going into a library and writing on a book 'this is wrong, fix it'. When the bot removed it you came to the help desk 'shouting' (using capital letters) and adopting a provocative tone. I will leave some useful hints and tips at your talk-page to help if you intend to continue to edit Wikipedia. And just to be pedantic I did not say you were disparaging. I asked you not to do so as your wording &/or tone was borderline. Lastly, the bot is not 'ours'. It is Wikipedia's bot. Editors give whatever time they can spare to edit, and none of them are wikipedia. By even your sole contribution you are part of Wiki and the bot acts on your behalf also. Eagleash (talk) 14:04, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

To give the new unregistered editor the benefit of the doubt and to assume good faith, my guess is that they didn't know the difference between article space and talk space, and that they should have posted their comment at Talk:Nick Diaz. The bot did its job correctly of removing a non-constructive post, even though the new unregistered editor didn't know that their post was non-constructive. Robert McClenon (talk) 18:15, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

My complaint was not concerning the BOT removing my addition, I fully expected it to be removed, and not linger as a permanent fixture; rather, just long enough so that the article could be corrected. My complaint was concerning my addition as being tagged as vandalism, when clearly it wasn't. Not everyone can navigate Wikipedia as well as someone who uses it often. I saw a mistake and attempted to get it corrected. And I was successful in that attempt, albeit not through the proper channels. As for disparaging , I quote " Please do not make disparaging remarks about other editors as this is something which Wikipedia takes very seriously. ", were you future tensing that statement, a preemptive strike so to speak? I think not. On another note: Robert McClenon, thank you for your reply. (99.250.224.76 (talk) 22:07, 3 March 2016 (UTC))— Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.250.224.76 (talk) 22:02, 3 March 2016 (UTC) And what is this (Warning 99.250.224.76 - #1) and ANN scored at 0.881338? Have I been warned? You do realize this does not encourage me to assist in any way should I see another error, even through the proper channels. You do realize a simple ' thank you for helping, we will remove the insinuation of vandalism, and we encourage you to continue to help here is the proper channels... ' could have avoided this entire conversation.( 99.250.224.76 (talk) 22:19, 3 March 2016 (UTC) )

I'm beginning to think we're being trolled. IP, I really think your complaint has been accepted and your questions (at least the sincere ones) have been answered. Please drop the stick, be happy, and go forth to edit productively. There is really no point in sustaining this dispute. General Ization ^Talk 22:27, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

Trolling? Fine you don't get it. Stick dropped, I'm done. (99.250.224.76 (talk) 22:49, 3 March 2016 (UTC)).— Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.250.224.76 (talk) 22:48, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

Tool to flip NRHP URLs?

I think that it would be wise to continue this discussion elsewhere because topics here can be archived before they are completed. To that end:

Moved to WT:NRHP

—Trappist the monk (talk) 10:33, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

disambiguation in infobox

In Monroe County, Indiana, there is an Law Enforcement Agency infobox in the government section that has a field subdivname = Monroe. This results in a wikilink to Monroe, Indiana which is a disambiguation page as there are several places named Monroe in Indiana. This should refer to Monroe County, Indiana. The text in the infobox displays County of xxxx; changing Monroe to Monroe County would resolve the disambiguation but would display as "County of Monroe County". And this would be a circular link (Monroe County to Monroe County). So I think this should be displayed as "County of Monroe" where Monroe is not a blue link at all. I don't know how to do this in the infobox. Mb66w (talk) 03:54, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

I don't see any link-override feature in the documentation for {{Infobox law enforcement agency}}, but I could have overlooked it. The issue is that the infobox isn't supposed to be used in articles about counties, cities, etc.; it's supposed to be used in articles about the law enforcement agencies themselves. Better just to remove the template, both because of this problem and because of the more general problem that bots may well interpret the infobox as an indication that the entire article is about a law enforcement agency. Nyttend (talk) 04:00, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

OK, I removed the infobox from this article as suggested. Mb66w (talk) 05:19, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

Publishing an Article in Wikipedia (after final corrections made in the article created in Sandbox of my user)

Respected Sir/Madam,

I have created an article in Sandbox Area in my User. I would like to publish the article for public viewing in Wikipedia.

kindly provide me the complete details about the process.

Thanks in Advance.

G.Gagananand 05:23, 3 March 2016 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by G.gagananand (talk • contribs)

Hello G.gagananand. Thank you for your contributions. I have seen your contribution and they cannot be added on to the project. I would suggest that you first study two guidelines on Wikipedia that provide suggestions on what kind of articles are included on Wikipedia. The two guidelines are: WP:Notability and WP:Notability (web). If you find any trouble understanding, leave a reply here. Thanks. Xender Lourdes (talk) 05:50, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

It appears that the draft is trying to use Wikipedia in order to conduct some sort of survey. That isn't what Wikipedia is for. If you can explain in more detail here what you are trying to do, perhaps we can give you more specific advice. Robert McClenon (talk) 18:11, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

Wileyfox corrections

Wileyfox

Hi there. Full disclosure I represent the company in a PR capacity.

How do we clean up the Wileyfox page as there are a number of inaccuracies and uncited comments criticising the performance of the Swift product and no mention of the Storm. Launch dates are in the wrong tense, present and future when in fact they are now past tense.

But key issues are namely:

Wileyfox at present does not offer replacement batteries

″The GPS and GLONASS reception is very poor″ - no citation seems like personal opinion

″Because the metal ring holding the rear camera lense has sharp edges...easily leaves scratch marks″ - no citation or proof point

It's been cited as a 'an absolute steal of a smartphone' by leading tech title Stuff and Forbes 'Smartphone of 2015' but these accolades are not mentioned or referenced.

We are happy to edit if you will allow it purely for accuracy purposes.

Dwcc888 (talk) 09:41, 3 March 2016 (UTC)DWCC888

Dwcc888, thank you for approaching this in a good manner. Your best choice is to bring this up at the article's talk page. I'll help with these problems now. (1) Fixed the verb tenses. (2) I don't understand what you'd like to see regarding the batteries. Please give additional details at the talk page. (3) I've removed the GPS/GLONASS bit. This kind of information is important to include if reliable sources, e.g. technology writers addressing cellphones, consider it important (we're an encyclopedia, not a promotional website), but as I didn't find any such sources with a quick Google search, I've removed it. (4) Ditto on the metal ring. (5) Steal of a smartphone — these awards appear to be merely the opinions of a few technical folks at those websites, not major industry awards. They don't contribute significantly to the encyclopedia article, so they should be avoided. Nyttend (talk) 12:59, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

References

Islamic State of Iraq and levant

Please correct the subject name of state in your future writings to " State Organisation " only as these people have nothing at all to do with merciful Islam. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.240.34.197 (talk) 14:20, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

The current name of the nation in question now is Islamic State of Iraq and Levant. This is backed by many sources and it would not be correct to change it. The encyclopedia should represent neutral views, and the name of this does that. See WP:POV for more information. Fritzmann2002 18:40, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

62.240.34.197, you may also see Names of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant to understand the reasoning behind the name and the various controversies surrounding the name change. Thanks. Xender Lourdes (talk) 02:34, 4 March 2016 (UTC)

Wrong work of text editor in image

In my sandbox in image with diagram of the gameplay is wrong work of hashs. I can't used hash to mark of parts by following numbers. BTW, is here someone who can check my English in this sandbox? My English isn't very quickly but I worked at this text a long time. Dawid2009 (talk) 17:20, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

I'm not sure what you mean. Are you trying to make a list using hash marks? By hash marks to you mean this : #? The image shouldn't need hash marks, so why did you mention that? If you clarify some more I may be able to help, otherwise I just don't understand. Fritzmann2002 18:46, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

Now I see, that in fact # aren't using in gameplay's diagrams but for notation in this game are useful numbers not any point's determineds (b7-a3 etc.). Here are just numbers, for example: : 1 : 35 :2 :3456789 etc. In case of this notice is more clear if for saved gameplay will by use of list by hashes (##) to highlight the importance and significance of points which define here the following players' rounds/tours. Dawid2009 (talk) 19:24, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

So you want to make a graph that shows what moves were made. I believe there are templates for this for more mainstream games, but I don't think there is for paper soccer. If I find anything else I'll tell you, but I don't know how to do that. Fritzmann2002 20:02, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

How does one enter the geographical coordinates (latitude and longitude) for an article about a location?

How does one enter the geographical coordinates (latitude and longitude) for an article about a location? And (most importantly as far as I'm concerned) how do you get the coordinates to appear in the top, right of the article?

For example, I was just reading the article about the Italian town of Quaglietta. At the very top, right of this article it has the latitude and longitude, appearing as: Coordinates: 40°44′43″N 15°14′8″E.

When you click on these coordinates, it brings you to a GeoHack webpage, which gives you a variety of options to view this location on a map.

If I am editing an article about a location, which article does NOT have this geographical information in it, and I want to add the geographical coordinates for this location, how do I do it? How do I get the coordinates to appear in the very top, right of the article? And how do I get these coordinates to appear as a link for the GeoHack webpage?

By the way, Quaglietta is where Spartacus is believed to have lost his life in 71 BC after leading an unsuccessful slave rebellion against the Roman Republic. The article Battle of the Siler River describes his last days, but the article does not give the geographical coordinates for the location of this event. After searching online I discovered that the place he is believed to have died is near the modern town of Quaglietta (Source: Howard Kramer, "BATTLE OF SILER RIVER (SILER RIVER BATTLEFIELD)," December 7, 2015, http://thecompletepilgrim.com/battle-of-siler-river/6.) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mlg666666 (talk • contribs) 20:56, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

Unless you can find a reputable publication that gives an accurate map, it is going to be difficult to determine the exact position of the battle. If you can identify the location on Google Earth, then that software will give you the co-ordinates, but, without a good reference, this might be regarded as original research. Perhaps the safest option is just to link to our article on nearby Quaglietta. Dbfirs 21:08, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

In terms of the question on coordinates, it is the template Template:Coord that produces them. There is a lot of information on that page about using the template. For Quaglietta, I believe it is actually the specific infobox used on the page, Template:Infobox frazione that produces the coordinates. As to your comments about Spartacus, you may get more specific responses at Talk:Battle of the Siler River or Talk:Spartacus. -- Natalya 21:14, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

Mlg666666, user Natalya's response is very appropriate for your query. If you feel any issues still in this, contact me on my talk page. I went through the same query some time back while creating an article on a beach and found various routes to reach the same solution. Xender Lourdes (talk) 02:29, 4 March 2016 (UTC)

MACP

I tried to post something to wiki and its been a day but it still hasnt published. i was able to add it to MACP but the actual article is not publishing. Can you help? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fnw76 (talk • contribs) 21:49, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

You added "Mobile Associate Communication Platform" to the disambiguation page MACP. But it doesn't link to an article of that name because there is no such article. Maproom (talk) 22:08, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

@Fnw76: The "filter log" link at Special:Contributions/Fnw76 shows you have tried to save articles [1] but they were never actually saved for some reason. I'm not sure the filter is working correctly but try Wikipedia:Articles for creation instead. "Mobile Associate Communication Platform" has zero Google hits. This is a very bad sign for satisfying Wikipedia:Notability. PrimeHunter (talk) 22:32, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

Draft:Joseph Walter Mountin

Help -- I am new to Wikipedia, so I figured there may be some formatting issues. Below is the reason given for the rejection. I am unclear on what it means to set off the headings with nowiki. In addition, in the references there is a formatting concern because the journal listing is for November-December 1993. I think there is an issue with the two months, but I could not find anything in any of the editing tips on how to list a date like that. Can you help?

Why have all of the level 2 headings been set off with nowiki, which prevents them from rendering as headings. Correct formatting. Fix errors in references. NPHICTom (talk) 00:13, 4 March 2016 (UTC)Tom

Looks as if the errors have been fixed with this edit. Eagleash (talk) 00:33, 4 March 2016 (UTC)

How to delete an article

Can someone put this article -- Mohammed Ali (entrepreneur) -- up for deletion discussion? I think it's called "AfD". I don't know how to get that ball rolling. Also, I can't believe that that article has not been deleted yet! Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 02:20, 4 March 2016 (UTC)

Joseph, if you have Twinkle turned on, you can pull down the TW menu and click on XFD. It will do the AFD process for you. Dismas|^(talk) 02:24, 4 March 2016 (UTC)

Thanks. But I didn't understand a word you just said. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 02:26, 4 March 2016 (UTC)

I have Twinkled it to AFD here: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mohammed Ali (entrepreneur).--ukexpat (talk) 02:28, 4 March 2016 (UTC)

@Joseph A. Spadaro: WP:TWINKLE is a user script that makes pretty much every maintenance task so much easier. You can turn it on from your preferences. Preferences -> Gadgets -> Twinkle (under Browsing). Once turned on it will add a TW tab on the toolbar at the top to every article. Under there will be a button that says XFD. That button will cause a popup where you can fill out your deletion reasoning and category for the AfD. When you click Submit Query the script will create all the pages for you, tag the article with a deletion notice, and tranclude the discussion to the main AfD page. Basically, I would not do anything complicated if it wasn't for Twinkle. You can do everything from AfD an article, to request protection, to speedy tag an article with one of the CSD criteria. I highly recommend it for anyone that is planning on sticking around. --Majora (talk) 02:31, 4 March 2016 (UTC)

Thanks. I'll check it out. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 02:40, 4 March 2016 (UTC)

fix this

I have spent 30 minutes trying to set up an account, every username sounds like another. (wtf!) this is impossible.