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April 2

How to add a link

Under Associated Acts. How do you add a link 2 Associates another band to site? What is a allowed as a link https://www.discogs.com/Low-Threat-Profile-Low-Threat-Profile/release/2652538 information on this particular band. Is this allowed? I am the vocalist in this is an Associated Act, another band I was in — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1:B11A:9935:98B4:94BC:C7D1:CC62 (talk) 02:04, 2 April 2018 (UTC)

Wikipedia may not be used for promotion of any kind. For that reason, there are very strong restrictions on adding external links to articles, except where they are to reliable published (and preferably independent) sources to substantiate facts in an article. Please see External links for more information. --ColinFine (talk) 11:36, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

Andre Denis Kemeny

Extended article content

Andre Denis Kemeny is a Belgian businessman and consultant active in the Broadcasting and Digital Economy sectors. After completing his law studies, he began his career in 1986 at the office of the Minister-President of the French Community of Belgium, Philippe Monfils, as adviser. In 1988, he will be parliamentary candidate on the Liberal party deputies list for the House of Representatives. In 1988, he will work as adviser for the Tax shelter law project in Luxembourg. During the 90’s, he will then work as consultant for various European audiovisual groups such as NRJ and Europe 2 on radio, Canal +, Super channel and MTV on television, via his consulting firm based in Luxembourg. In 2001, he initiates the “Youth Channel” project and is one of the co-founders of the Belgian commercial television channel "AB3", where he will serve as CEO from 2002 to 2007. During this period, he will also be a member of the consultation college of the Belgian Media Regulatory Authority and of the Belgian Committee for Film Support. http://www.gallilex.cfwb.be/document/pdf/27899_000.pdf He will be as well member of the board of directors of several companies specialized in the production or sale of audiovisual rights, notably in Amsterdam, Luxembourg and Monaco. In 2009 he joins the Belgian Exqi TV project, initiated by Alfacam Group, and will manage the development of Exqi Culture and Exqi Sports channels in the French speaking area. In 2012, he creates, in the US, a consulting firm specialized in business development and lobbying. His company, based in Newark, Delaware, is active primarily in the new media, digital economy and healthcare sectors. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/AB3 References

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:2788:598:697:357F:7B24:3AF3:B769 (talk) 11:07, 2 April 2018 (UTC)

Hello, this is not the place to create article content. Please s ee WP:AfC, WP:WIZ and WP:YFA. Thank you. Eagleash (talk) 11:43, 2 April 2018 (UTC)

Image help, please

There's a lot I know about editing Wikipedia, but I'm pants at images. Can someone please help me with the images I just added at Walls of Benin. I know there are several sizes available for the 17th century image. I don't really care what's done so long as it looks ok. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Doug Weller (talk • contribs) 15:04, 2 April 2018 (UTC)

@Doug Weller: I've move them into a 'gallery' format. You can tweak the sizes etc. (Or undo it altogether if you don't like it!) Cheers. Eagleash (talk) 15:28, 2 April 2018 (UTC)

That's great, thanks. Just what I wanted. Doug Weller talk 16:41, 2 April 2018 (UTC)

Help:Cite errors/Cite error ref no input

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 39.60.89.242 (talk • contribs) 16:22, 2 April 2018 16:22 (UTC)

Please provide a link to a page where you are encountering problems. This thread seems to be your only edit from the IP address used. Eagleash (talk) 16:45, 2 April 2018 (UTC)

The page on Acupuncture is horribly misleading and biased, as it bases it's outlandish claims on completely inconclusive research.

Hey, I was wondering why the page on Acupuncture has such a terribly biased view, as a good number of the attached sources have nothing to do with some of the outlandish claims they made as early as the first three sentences of the article.

"Acupuncture[note 1] is a form of alternative medicine[2] in which thin needles are inserted into the body.[3] It is a key component of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). TCM theory and practice are not based upon scientific knowledge,[4] and acupuncture is a pseudoscience.[5][6] "

The World Health Organization clearly lists 28 disorders for which acupuncture has been proven to be an effective treatment and over 68 others for which a therapeutic effect is recorded but further proof would be needed. To outright claim that it is a pseudoscience misleads the American public entirely. It reads like propaganda and needs to be re-written by someone more competent (not necessarily saying me, but it can't be left like this.)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acupuncture — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bguest257 (talk • contribs) 17:08, 2 April 2018 (UTC)

The place for discussing the article Acupuncture is on its talk page, Talk:Acupuncture. Please read the warnings there. --David Biddulph (talk) 17:22, 2 April 2018 (UTC)

thanks -257 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bguest257 (talk • contribs) 20:17, 2 April 2018 (UTC)

How do I change my username?

I'm a dummy, and made it my real name. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mirandablair (talk • contribs) 17:39, 2 April 2018 (UTC)

@Mirandablair: See WP:RENAME. LittlePuppers (talk) 17:47, 2 April 2018 (UTC)

April 3

Deleted page

Hello, I submitted a page about Anne Gamble Kennedy today, and was informed it was deleted. I have since found references to include, which I thought I could add. How do I re-submit the page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nina07011960 (talk • contribs) 01:21, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

Hello, Nina07011960. There are several methods, but the simplest and often the best is to ask the deleting admin, Bbb23 in this case, to restore it and move it to the draft space so that you can work on it. I looked at the deleted version, and I have posted such a request on User talk:Bbb23#Anne Gamble Kennedy. If Bbb23 agrees, the page will probably be restored at Draft:Anne Gamble Kennedy.

Some advice: Too large a proportion of the article as it stood dealt with Kennedy's family and not with Kennedy herself, in my view. Several additional reliable sources that discuss her in some depth would be needed. I urge you to read WP:NBIO and WP:NACADEMIC to better understand how to establish notability. I will place some additional advice on your user talk page. Please remember to sign your posts on discussion pages like this page with four tildes (~~~~). The Mediawiki software will convert this into your signature and a timestamp. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 01:52, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

Nina07011960, the article is now at Draft:Anne Gamble Kennedy. It definitely needs several sources cited. You may want to read Referencing for Beginners. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 02:27, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

Sprained Ankle Page Editing

Hey guys,

I recently made an account here, so I can occasionally edit and help out with what I can.

I noticed that in the "Sprained Ankle" article, the writer talks in detail about everything except for ankle sprain prevention methods. The author also neglects to note that once you sprain your ankle, you are more prone to subsequent sprains (especially in the first year following the initial injury).

I tried to add that to the article, however, I was not able to edit the text. I can only edit/add are links and references. I'm only contacting you because I used to be a very prominent basketball player, but the regular occurrence of ankle sprains cost me my career. I think this adding this information could potentially help a lot of people prevent this horrible snowball-effect injury. If I'm not allowed to make such changes, I kindly ask you to do it.

Here are a couple of links who support what I'm saying. The first one is an article from Foot Health Facts, in which the author mentions that subsequent sprains are much more likely to occur than the initial ankle sprain. The other link is a peer-reviewed article referencing to several studies on the effectiveness of ankle strengthening exercises and ankle protection devices (like tape, or braces) on ankle sprain prevention. https://www.foothealthfacts.org/conditions/chronic-ankle-instability https://www.jospt.org/doi/pdf/10.2519/jospt.2003.33.10.572?code=jospt-site — Preceding unsigned comment added by Insomnia kg (talk • contribs) 03:45, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

Hi Insomnia kg and thanks for your message and your contributions to the encyclopedia. I'm surprised to hear you're having difficulties editing the page as I don't see any current restrictions on access to it. Are you having the same problems with any other entries? Does it happen if you try a different web browser or a different device (if you're editing on mobile)?

Meanwhile, the best place to make suggestions to an entry, especially something specialized like a medical topic, is on its talk page--in this cased Talk:Sprained ankle. (You'll also see a note at the top of that page with a link to some useful info describing Wikipedia standards for sourcing on medical topics.) If that doesn't get an answer, you could inquire at WP:Wikiproject Medicine. Here at the general Helpdesk, it might be a little while before someone adequately specialized sees your request (medical entries are WAY out of my expertise, so I'm afraid the best I can do is help you find someone who knows more.) Hope that helps! Innisfree987 (talk) 05:42, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

Hi Innisfree987 thank you so much for taking the time. It turns out I was just being stupid, of course. I proceeded to make my edit in question, so thank you very much!

Feeeling [sic]

I know I've looked before for guidance, and again just now, but what can one do about text, such as titles of external articles, that contain misspellings? I see that one can use {{sic}} to drop a "[sic]" into a correctly quoted text. And I think I've seen this done elsewhere here within titles, just so that people will know that nahsty [sic] misspelling is in the original.

The motivating example is in the refs in article Spadikam

<ref>{{cite web|title=Spadikam (Orginal Motion Picture Soundtrack) - EP by S. P. Venkitesh on Apple Music|url=https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/spadikam-orginal-motion-picture-soundtrack-ep/1063137490|publisher=[[iTunes]]|accessdate=22 February 2018|date=16 November 2015}}</ref>

where the title on that webpage really does have 'orginal'.

So, can I inject this cure for sicness, so that the next spellchecker doesn't have to check? Shenme (talk) 04:02, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

Shenme The drawback about inserting the {{sic}} template into a citation template is that the explanatory wikilink does not work and the word "sic" is rendered with three parentheses on either side. And you get a red error note. So perhaps better to let it go in this circumstance, or add a nested footnote to the ref. Hope the feeeling sooon passses: Noyster (talk), 10:29, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

References

Shenme: Another option in this situation is to use the parameter |nolink=y within the {{sic}} template, such as {{sic|Orginal|nolink=y}}. This suppresses the wikilink and avoids the error. Regards,  GILO   A&E⇑  19:41, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

Monitoring our own IP addresses for vandalism

Hi,

I manage a block of IP addresses that are shared by multiple users. IP addresses occasionally get blocked due to vandalism. Is there a way to monitor the IP addresses for vandalism reports so I can address that with the user either so the address doesn't get blocked or is restored promptly? One admin suggested setting up an RSS feed for every single IP address and monitor the changes, but both creating all of the feeds (especially for IPv6) and checking every change is impractical.

Thanks. Dsm (talk) 05:46, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

• There is Special:BlockList and its API equivalent mw:API:Blocks with an option to list block ranges. Depending on a few technicalities (how large is the IP block you are handling etc.) you could monitor that block feed if you have the technical ability to run simple API requests from your server. Tigraan^{Click here to contact me} 11:44, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

Eghbal Hamidy

reading an article on Patrick Head I see a reference to Mr Eghbal Hamidy with no Wikipedia content however there is an article on the Wikipedia German page about this engineer please bring this page into English version. https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eghbal_Hamidy — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.69.172.170 (talk) 08:21, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

The page you link to is on the Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia) wikipedia, not the German one. There is no German page. The Indonesian one cites no references at all, so it couldn't be translated as is and created here. The place to request a page be created is WP:Requested Articles. Rojomoke (talk) 09:49, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

Creating a new page

How do you create a new page? I was going to create a page about one of the dog crossbreeds I know. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chili The Border Collie (talk • contribs)

Hello, Chili The Border Collie. Welcome to the Wikipedia. Creating a new article is hard, and I suggest you get more experience at editing existing articles before you try. But your first article has lots of good advice. You might want to go to WP:WikiProject Dogs and get involved there.

By the way, please don't shout, and do sign your posts here with four tildes (~~~~) --ColinFine (talk) 12:08, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

Sorry. I didn't know that was shouting. I just needed to see what I'm typing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chili The Border Collie (talk • contribs)

Creating a new template

What are the policies for created a new page in the template namespace? There's a template that I would like to create, as there have been several circumstances where I've seen a page that could be improved if they had the template that I want to create or something similar. Do you have to get some kind of approval or have some kind of discussion? I know exactly how I would make the template, so I probably wouldn't need any help, and I can't think of any reason why the template could cause any type of controversy if created. However, I wanted to check to see if there is some kind of policy prohibiting, or discouraging, templates from being created prior to discussion.--SkyGazer 512 ^{talk / contributions / subpages} 14:45, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

• There is no a priori approval needed (see WP:BOLD) but you can have a look at WP:TFD#REASONS (and links). Tigraan^{Click here to contact me} 16:36, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

Thank you; I think I'll create it, as I can't think of any way that it would violate those reasons.--SkyGazer 512 ^{talk / contributions / subpages} 16:41, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

 Done. See Template:Only primary sources. I'll add shortcuts, documentation, categories, and all that stuff later.--SkyGazer 512 ^{talk / contributions / subpages} 16:58, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

I'm not sure that is uncontroversial. We already have {{Primary sources}}. Your version says "Only" but there are some issues. Editors may disagree whether a source is primary, whether something is a source at all, and the tag may remain on an article long after a clearly non-primary source has been added. PrimeHunter (talk) 17:26, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

Technical problem with geographical coordinates

In the Steinway & Sons article:

When I click on the link "53°34′27″N 9°55′27″E" in the upper right corner of the article I get a page showing the company's international headquarters in Germany. That is all correct. But when I click on the globe (in the article next to the link "53°34′27″N 9°55′27″E") I get a map showing the American address in the United States. The map should show the address in Germany.

What is wrong?

The two sets of coordinates are:

{{Coord|53.5743|9.9241|type:landmark_region:DE_dim:100km|format=dms|display=inline,title|name=Steinway & Sons - European and international headquarters - Hamburg, Germany}}

{{Coord|40.7793|-73.8998|type:landmark_region:US-NY_dim:100km|format=dms|display=inline|name=Steinway & Sons - American headquarters - Queens, New York City, New York, the United States}}

--SimpleSimpleSimple (talk) 16:43, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

• I suspect but cannot be certain that this is a Wikidata issue. here is the Wikidata entry for Steinway & Sons. I've never worked with Wikidata before, but from my experience, when things go pear shaped at Wikipedia, and we can't figure out why, it's probably something happening offsite screwing up here. --Jayron32 18:13, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

@SimpleSimpleSimple: I can't figure out what's going on, either. The map you get when you click on the globe is produced by WikiMiniAtlas, the authority on which, I think, is Dschwen. He doesn't seem to be around much these days, but perhaps he'll see a notification of my mention of him here and pop up with an answer to your question. Deor (talk) 19:27, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

@SimpleSimpleSimple: {{coord}} uses Module:Coordinates which pulls coordinates from Wikidata. The same happens if you preview the page with only {{Coord|53.5743|9.9241|type:landmark_region:DE_dim:100km|format=dms|display=inline,title|name=Steinway & Sons - European and international headquarters - Hamburg, Germany}} or just {{Coord|53.5743|9.9241|display=title}}. It doesn't happen if the same code is previewed on a page without Wikidata coordinates, e.g. Example. {{coord}} doesn't appear to have an option to ignore Wikidata coordinates. There is no simple fix at Wikidata because wikidata:Q156391#P159 has two sets of coordinates. The second set is apparently used by {{coord}} but I wouldn't swap them. This is a Wikipedia problem and should be fixed here. I will post to Template talk:Coord. PrimeHunter (talk) 22:51, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

Issues with my preferred browser

Hi guys,

I've had to use chrome to post this edit as I'm getting the following using my version of Opera:

"It appears that your browser does not support Unicode. It is required to edit pages, so your edit was not saved."

Anyone know why I'm getting this error cropping up - i.e. is there some header info my browser is forgetting to send?

86.139.12.99 (talk) 18:42, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

I am saving this edit using the current Opera 52.0.2871.40 on Windows 10. I installed Opera to make the test and haven't changed any settings. PrimeHunter (talk) 18:55, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

TWL

I sort of understood that you have to submit your real name in order to access, for example, Highbeam. Is that true, and, if yes, why is that necessary? L293D (☎ • ✎) 19:18, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

L293D No, all you need to apply for a HighBeam account is your username, an email address (enabled on Wikipedia) and your reason for wanting access. You apply for this and other partner accounts through The Wikipedia Library: Noyster (talk), 20:38, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

@Noyster: If I click apply at that link it says "In order to complete your request, Library Card needs permission to access information about you, including your real name and email address, on all projects of this site. No changes will be made with your account." RudolfRed (talk) 20:42, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

My apologies if this is not correct. I've been using HighBeam for several years and never had to give any further information. The TWL Terms of Use say:

Each publisher who is a member of the Wikipedia Library program requires different specific information in the application. Some publishers may request only an email address, while others request more detailed data, such as your name, location, occupation, or institutional affiliation. When you complete your application, you will only be asked to supply information required by the publishers you have chosen, and each publisher will only receive the information they require. Please see our partner information pages to learn what information is required by each publisher to gain access to their resources. The words "partner information pages" are hyperlinked, but the link doesn't lead anywhere. Perhaps SoWhy can confirm the current requirements: Noyster (talk), 21:03, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

As far as I know, the Library platform needs access to information because some resources require it but HighBeam does not afaik. You need to enter something but they don't check if it's true iirc. Nikkimaria might be able to tell you more. Regards SoWhy 07:50, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

Right - Highbeam uses email only. You only need to add a name for those resources that require it, eg. Cairn (note Special Requirements section). Nikkimaria (talk) 10:52, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

Can't sign on a specific page

On this specific page User:Hummerrocket/CVUA/RafaelS1979, when I try to add my signature going in insert and choosing my signature, the zone is grayed out and I can't explain why. It only occurs on that page and nowhere else. Can somebody help me with that? RafaelS1979 (talk) 21:13, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

@RafaelS1979: I see you use the 2017 wikitext editor. You must have enabled "New wikitext mode" or "Automatically enable all new beta features" at Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-betafeatures. I guess it disables the signature button in namespaces where edits are not normally signed. It works on talk pages and the Wikipedia namespace. Try typing ~~~~ manually. PrimeHunter (talk) 22:38, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

Ok thanks, I'll have look at that. RafaelS1979 (talk) 16:48, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

Medgar Evers Talk Page - New section appearing between previous section and previous section's footnotes again (again!)

Hi, sorry for all the incompetence ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Medgar_Evers#Weird_sentence . Help appreciated. TiA. T 88.89.217.90 (talk) 22:50, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

I have added {{reflist talk}} to the section where the references are defined.[1] PrimeHunter (talk) 22:59, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

April 4

Disruptive editing

So I just added true information on a Wikipedia page. But I got a warning about disruptive information. What does that mean in a nutshell? Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2607:FEA8:C320:16C:554E:484E:F6E0:E908 (talk) 02:10, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

This was my bad. While I was patrolling recent changes, I made an incorrect inference about their edit, assuming they were adding themselves to a list of notable people. Your edit was fine, and I am immensely sorry! The warning on your talk page has been removed, and you may edit the page again. Basically, I'd gotten your edit confused with an edit on another page that had recently been vandalized. Again, your edit was fine, and I am very sorry! Feel free to add your edit back to the page. — Katie <3 (talk) 02:20, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

Duplicated article, with a twist

Lewiston, New York and Lewiston (village), New York are essentially the same; I've updated the latter to be the best version. However, there's also Lewiston (town), New York, which in my opinion is the primary topic. As I've noted in Talk:Lewiston, New York#Redirect or Disambiguation page?, this "town / village within the town with the same name" situation arises fairly frequently, at least in New York. In the sample I looked at, I counted 14 with the town article with an undisambiguated title (e.g. Adams, New York vs Adams (village), New York) versus three where both the town and village had disambiguated names (e.g. Allegany (town), New York vs Allegany (village), New York). So it seems to me the optimum solution is to move Lewiston (town) to Lewiston, but what happens to the edit history? The other, less troublesome option is to simply redirect Lewiston to Lewiston (town), with a hatnote to the village, but that's a bit sloppy. Comments? Clarityfiend (talk) 09:13, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

New York gets tricky in that as you have seen, in some cases the town and village are different entities. I'm not sure what to recommend though. :( Naraht (talk) 16:29, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

We have a similar situation in Wisconsin. We have a rule of thumb that the larger entity (i.e., city or village) will get the undifferentiated title, with a hatnote; and the smaller gets the parenthesis (again with the hatnote). So: Milwaukee, Wisconsin vs. Milwaukee (town), Wisconsin. If they are in different counties, then Jonesville, Smith County, Wisconsin vs. Jonesville, Johnson County, Wisconsin should suffice (with hatnotes). When there are more than two Jonesvilles, then a dab page also becomes necessary (as with the locally notorious case of Rome, Wisconsin. --Orange Mike | Talk 00:00, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

Since it's been through Afd already, I gone ahead and implemented the simplest and easiest solution: redirecting Lewiston to the town page, with a hatnote to the village. That's good enough, if not the best way to do it. Clarityfiend (talk) 12:48, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

Spanish Wikipedia help Comment

Hi. I came across a page on Spanish wikipedia that has been vandalised. Do we have a go to person for this kind of thing? The page is https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caldas_de_Malavella Gbawden (talk) 10:05, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

The simplest option, in a clear case of vandalism, is to revert it to the un-vandalised version. But if you feel you ought to report it to someone, you should do so on Spanish Wikipedia. Maproom (talk) 10:48, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

It has been reverted now. I don't know a go to person for other wikis. When I have to contact a Wikipedia in a language I don't know, I look for a link under "Languages" in the left pane here at Wikipedia:Help desk or at Wikipedia:Village pump. I post in English and have received replies in English. You can change interface language to English at the local Special:Preferences. PrimeHunter (talk) 10:51, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

Regarding the edit on the page Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact

Hello. My edit of the page Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact has been deleted as I added the phrase ", the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact," in The Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, also known as the Nazi–Soviet Pact, the German–Soviet Non-aggression Pact, the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact, or the Nazi German–Soviet Pact of Aggression ... with the reason "they did not appear constructive". I don't know if he meant that 'my edit was too small so I deleted it' or 'the phrase I added didn't have evidence'.

If it is the former one, then please ignore this post. If it is the later one, then I have the evidence. This name of the pact is used in Hong Kong, and I have an image of it in a textbook. However, I'm not sure if I should add a reference after the phrase like so. The following file is the image of the textbook. Thank you.

File:Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact.jpg

Jeffrey288 (talk) 11:25, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

Hello, Jeffrey288. The place to discuss this is the talk page of the article, not here. You have been BOLD, somebody has reverted you, and the next stage is to discuss it on the article's talk page. But it will bolster your case if you do give a reference in that way. Please see WP:REFB for how to format the reference. --ColinFine (talk) 16:24, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

References

Attempt To Move Draft To Article Space - Please Help

Dear Wikipedia c/o,

I’m doing a project for my Masters degree in which I have to research and produce a wiki page for a UK figure, which will be assessed. I first successfully posted the page on musician/public figure Mykaell Riley (link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Mykaell_Riley) in February. It was taken down due to lack of citations in which I have now rectified. After a second attempt in moving it to the article space, it was taken down again by the same user. I have researched on my peers’ articles (with less references which is questionable) and their contributions are still ‘live’.

Please advise on what will qualify to have my contribution published? Thank you for your help!

Kind regards,

Norman Lusardi Norman Lusardi (talk) 11:41, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

Norman Lusardi: you should be aware that when citations are assessed (by a Wikipedia reviewer) to see if they establish that the subject is notable, they are judged on quality, not quantity. Which four of the the 28 citations in that draft do you think do most to show that Riley is notable? Maproom (talk) 14:08, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

Help:Cite errors/Cite error included ref

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 171.61.162.251 (talk) 12:16, 4 April 2018‎ (UTC)

The error message in Nirmal Verma says "Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page)." and in that message the words "help page" are in blue to show that they are a wikilink, in this case to Help:Cite errors/Cite error included ref. --David Biddulph (talk) 12:26, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

 Fixed The ref was not correctly placed between the ref tags, used a ref name already in use producing a further error message and was also not formatted correctly. Please see WP:REFB for a guide to adding references. Please remember to sign your posts on talk pages by typing four tildes (~~~~). Thank you. Eagleash (talk) 12:30, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

Fix / cut a redirect?

Regarding Survivor (U.S. TV series) (w/ Jeff Probst): a contestant has a redirect link that is wrong, dating back to 2015. I'm still learning some of these edit fine points. The redirect should be changed back or eliminated.

https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Tom_Buchanan&oldid=663476587

Clearly, contestant Tom Buchanan has no relationship to a same-named character in ""The Great Gatsby".

Thanks for the help.

GeeBee60 (talk) 13:34, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

I assume that you weren't talking about Survivor (U.S. TV series) but about List of Survivor (U.S. TV series) contestants? Corrected in this edit. - David Biddulph (talk) 13:47, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

Yes, thanks, exactly. Sorry I wasn't clearer. And now I know the fix. GeeBee60 (talk) 04:16, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

upload a picture

I am trying to upload a head shot of Sen. Mike Duffy (Canada). Although the page is not protected, when I try to save tyhe picture, I am given a notice that the page is protected. Jaquestheripper (talk) 13:45, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

Where are you trying to upload it to? There's no way to upload an image direct to a Wikipedia article. First you should upload it to Wikimedia Commons (or in a few cases, where Commons won't accept it for copyright reasons but you can justify "Fair Use", to English-language Wikipedia), then once you've uploaded it, you can use the uploaded image in the article. Maproom (talk) 14:18, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

You write elsewhere that the picture is "copyright cleared". To be able to upload it to Commons, it needs to be released with an appropriate licence by the holder of the copyright (usually the photographer). See Wikipedia:Image use policy for details. Dbfirs 15:03, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

Change of username

please change my name

michelle haverkamp

I do not use caps — Preceding unsigned comment added by Michelle haverkamp (talk • contribs) 16:07, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

Is this in regards to your user page and id being "Michelle haverkamp" rather than "michelle haverkamp"? If so, for technical reasons, all articles (and in this case that includes files, categories, and user pages) start with capital letters, however because of situations like eBay, there are work arounds. If your user page or user talk page contains {{lowercase title}} then the user page will be displayed with a lower case m.Naraht (talk) 16:19, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

Your user page is User:Michelle haverkamp which has to be created to add the code. Your user talk page is User talk:Michelle haverkamp. If you enter michelle haverkamp in the Signature field at Special:Preferences then your signatures made with ~~~~ will say that. Don't enable the box saying "Treat the above as wiki markup". The real username cannot start with a lowercase letter so upper case M will still be shown in many other places. It's optional whether to type m or M when you log in but it doesn't affect anything afterwards. PrimeHunter (talk) 17:12, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

Help:Cite errors/Cite error references duplicate key

I have used the template to cite a web article. I filled in all the data, and then used the box called "Ref name" to give the article a short name (in this case, "casarasume"). I understand that the point of the ref name is to be able to use the short ref name in future cites instead of having to re-write all the details. However, when I wanted to re-use the same article as authority in another location in the article, I opened the Template web cite box and wrote only the ref name (casarasume). I have received an error message saying that "Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "casarasume" defined multiple times with different content (see the help page)."

Your help page is not helpful because it was written for people who do not use the templates. Please advise how I can correct this problem and save the updates I have made, correctly cited.

Peak Player (talk) 18:42, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

When I am editing, in the toolbar above the edit window there is a link "Named references" just to the right of the "Templates" dropdown. That "Named references" link allows the editor to select from reference names which have been defined. --David Biddulph (talk) 18:55, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

Swapping a photo on a page

Hello, on March 21st I sent an email to 'permissions-commons@wikimedia.org' to get an image changed for this page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMO_Tower) and I attached the photo that should be used. I still dont see the image live on the page. How can I ensure the photo gets replaced accordingly? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Emily.penate (talk • contribs) 19:44, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

Hello, Emily.penate. Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons are separate projects, both run almost entirely by volunteers. You have mailed the team at Commons who deal with permissions for material: they are likely to be fully occupied with that work, and will probably not be doing anything with the images themselves; they will almost certainly not be editing Wikipedia articles. You (or another editor) need to upload the picture to Commons, and then edit the Wikipedia article to use the new image. Please see c:First steps/Uploading files and Help:Pictures. --ColinFine (talk) 23:21, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

Policy and Guideline on Internal Links

Hello all. User:Pangguanzhe recent created an article on William Liu and inserted internal links to many articles. This puts undue emphasis for William Liu. Should those links be removed? -Mys_721tx (talk) 20:09, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

@Mys 721tx: I don't think it is undue weight, but is likely a case of overlinking. If you want to clean it up so it more closely follows the encyclopdia's style guide, go ahead. RudolfRed (talk) 20:19, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

The problem was poorly explained. On 7 January Pangguanzhe added a link to William Liu Zhongjing (since moved to William Liu) in the see also section of 27 different articles about China and politics. 26 of them were added in 11 minutes. None of the links look justified to me. Liu is just a historian and translator who has presumably written about those topics. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:24, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

Harumi Nakamura

Can someone write the Japanese name of Harumi Nakamura apparead in this photo? The name is written in a label on wall, at the back of the woman head. Thanks! http://kaishindo.mck.or.jp/images/Event/original/Event_YPugL2yg2PsjSUkNLWpWYZXIHSvxGLBz_1.png

--151.49.116.0 (talk) 21:11, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

Unfortunately not, IP. There is no proof that the woman in the photo (currently listed as "Anonymous from Tokyo" in supercentenarian tables such as this one) is actually called "Harumi Nakamura" other than the plate in that photo and online speculation. Unless you can provide a reliable source stating that the nameplate does indeed refer unquestionably to the woman in the bed (and not another patient, doctor, etc.), then the name cannot be replaced, as it was not released by the family and does not appear in public records. Regards, Dairy {talk} 04:07, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

I mean: in that label it is write Harumi Nakamura in Japanese. --151.49.116.0 (talk) 04:54, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

Yes, but that label could refer to anyone. In particular, another resident of that room, or a past resident, or the doctor or nurse assigned to that patient. I agree that it is likely to be her name, but that's just my opinion, so I can't include it in an article unless a published source supports it. By the way, were you referring to a particular article where you wanted it changed, or just any article that mentions the woman? Because no article uses that image in it, and the image is not on Wikimedia Commons at all. Dairy {talk} 05:41, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

Ok, I change strategy: what it is write in that label? --2001:B07:6442:8903:A1E1:2875:CD3C:69AA (talk) 09:42, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

Reference Lists

When I want to add to a reference list that another author has made, what I see is

==References==

{{Reflist}}

How do I open the reflist in order to add to it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Roger Conner75 (talk • contribs)

@Roger Conner75: See Help:Referencing for beginners. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:30, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

Thanks, but I DO understand what is there. I know how to make a reflist, but when I look at someone ELSI'S reflist I cannot actually see the list and clicking on the word contained in curly brackets opens nothing. Roger Conner75 (talk) 23:59, 4 April 2018 (UTC)Roger Conner75

• The reflist is automatically generated from the references. The references are inline throughout the article. You cannot "open the reflist" because it does not exist as a separate editable entity. To add a ref to the list, place the ref inline as described at Help:Referencing for beginners. Your ref will then magically appear in the reflist. -Arch dude (talk) 00:30, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

Robert Burns

Under monuments in the Robert Burns profile it is missing a statue of him that is in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. I have a picture I can send you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1010:B003:6C6B:E812:2F43:E89A:571D (talk) 21:52, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

Hello, IP user. Wikipedia is almost entirely created by volunteers: there isn't a staff that can receive pictures and do something with them. If it is a picture that you took yourself (so you own the copyright) then you are welcome to upload it to Wikimedia Commons, and then add it to the article. Please see c:First steps/Uploading files and Help:Pictures. Alternatively, you could post on the talk page (Talk:Robert Burns, I presume), asking if there is an editor who will work with you on this. --ColinFine (talk) 23:29, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

Separating out Combined article

While stub sorting I came across the article Modern Quarterly, which is really about two separate publications, published in different places at different times. My understanding is that these should really be two separate articles, and that policy is not to allow them to both be described on the same page. (Right?) I just want to confirm I have the steps right, and I'm not missing anything. I should: 1) Pick one of the journals to move the article to, in order to preserve its history (probably Modern Quarterly (British Journal), 2) create a new Page for Modern Quarterly (American Magazine), and copy-and-paste the relevant content in, linking to the old page in the edit summary 3) place {{Histmerge|Modern Quarterly (British Journal)}} on the American Magazine talk page to ask an Admin to merge the histories, and 4) Turn the Modern Quarterly page into a disambiguation page, since it was automatically turned into a redirect in step 1.

Does this sound right? Would it be better to ask an admin to move/split the page rather than making the change first and going though the {{Histmerge}} request process? If so, would that go through WP:REQMOVE or somewhere else?

Thanks! Let me know if there's a page that documents this process. Wikipedia:Administrators' guide/Fixing cut-and-paste moves was the best I could find, but seems to be written from a post-hoc perspective. MarginalCost (talk) 23:32, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

There's a misunderstanding of the histmerge process here, which can't duplicate histories. What you should do is follow step 1, using a non-cut-and-paste move, and then follow step 2 and step 4. No histmerging should be necessary. {{3x|p}}ery (talk) 23:58, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

I agree. A history merge is not relevant. A history split could have been relevant but the problem is that edits about the two magazines are interweaved in the same page history. If all edits about one magazine had been consecutive then a history split could have handled it but that is too impractical here. Just do as pppery said. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:52, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

Resolved

Thanks to both of you! MarginalCost (talk) 01:02, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

April 5

Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer

Ref number 4 is in red and looks wrong to me - I did not do this edit. 123.2.36.6 (talk) 04:08, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

The red there does not indicate an error, it's just what's called a "redlink". The name of the publication is given as London Speaker Bureau, with a link to a Wikipedia article about the Bureau, though no such article has yet been written. Maproom (talk) 07:24, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

• There was such an article, but it was deleted. See: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/London Speaker Bureau. -Arch dude (talk) 15:15, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

Antoine Salvanh

Hi,

I've got lost in this page translated from French with the mingling of 2 models {{Ref}} and {{break}} . "Remark 1 and Remark 2" in the text. End result : the text doesn't appear in the References section.

I've tried various combinations but couldn't find the right one. Could someone please work it out? Thanks in advance. LouisAlain (talk) 08:21, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

@LouisAlain: I have replaced the </br> before the 2nd 'remark' with a <ref> tag. The 2nd inst. now appears in the refs. Please say if this has not fixed things. Thanks. Eagleash (talk) 10:14, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

It has! that's what was needed. Thank you very much. LouisAlain (talk) 10:18, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

Wikipedia error message

I recieved this today but I have never ever used your site for editing anything .

  April 2015

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. This is a message letting you know that one or more of your recent edits to Batman (military) has been undone by an automated computer program called ClueBot NG.

ClueBot NG makes very few mistakes, but it does happen. If you believe the change you made was constructive, please read about it, report it here, remove this message from your talk page, and then make the edit again. For help, take a look at the introduction. The following is the log entry regarding this message: Batman (military) was changed by 118.210.73.120 (u) (t) ANN scored at 0.970784 on 2015-04-09T00:30:10+00:00 . Thank you. ClueBot NG (talk) 00:30, 9 April 2015 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 118.210.73.120 (talk)

Hello, that message was three yesars ago. IP addresses (which Wikipedia uses to identify anonymous editors) can change frequently... sometimes even on a daily basis. Your provider will allocate an IP address each time you log on. The best way to avoid seeing messages intended for other people is to create an account, which is simple to do, is free, you can still remain anonymous via your username and will allow greater editing privileges. Please remember to sign your posts on talk pages by typing four tildes (~~~~). Thank you. Eagleash (talk) 10:21, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

@Eagleash: The original poster here did not edit Wikipedia and presumably does not intend to do so. So I am not sure suggesting to create an account or reminding that talk page posts must be signed is of great value.

I cannot see in ClueBot's BRFA that notification of IPs has been discussed, so I am going to ask the operators if that behavior is (1) deliberate and (2) uncontroversial. Tigraan^{Click here to contact me} 15:20, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

2018 Mountain West Conference football season

In the 2018 NCAA football navbox it's still red link the article was accepted late last night but can you change the link to blue. 2600:8803:7A00:976A:40BD:D18B:1EC0:549E (talk) 13:31, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

Could you please give us a wikilink to the page which has the redlink? There isn't a page called 2018 NCAA football or 2018 NCAA football navbox. --David Biddulph (talk) 14:29, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

I guess you refer to Template:2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season navbox. The link in the template page to 2018 Mountain West Conference football season is currently blue. Articles using the template are cached and can take time to detect the article exists. A purge of an article will update it. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:40, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

You may also find that a redlink was because the article was created with incorrect capitalisation of its title. I have moved the article from 2018 Mountain West Conference Football season to 2018 Mountain West Conference football season. If you find an unexpected redlink you ought to check where it is pointing and check the title of the article in question. --David Biddulph (talk) 14:38, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

Removing tag about missing references and article deletion

I have added references but the message still appears: 'This article is about a living person and appears to have no references. All biographies of living people must have at least one source that supports at least one statement made about the person in the article. If no reliable references are found and added within a seven-day grace period, this article may be deleted. This is an important policy to help prevent the retention of incorrect material. Please note that adding reliable sources is all that is required to prevent the scheduled deletion of this article. For help on inserting references, see referencing for beginners or ask at the help desk. Once the article has at least one reliable source, you may remove this tag.' How do I get rid of it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kasialewis (talk • contribs) 13:34, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

@Kasialewis: You edit the source to remove the template at the top of the page. Please ensure that the refs you have added corroborate the content, that they are reliable and note that the article can still be proposed for deletion by another method if appropriate. Please remember to sign your posts on talk pages by typing four tildes (~~~~). Thank you. Eagleash (talk) 13:59, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

@Kasialewis: On the assumption that this relates to Charles Alexander Pasternak, please see WP:REFB for a guide to correctly adding references. Thank you. Eagleash (talk) 14:03, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

page protection

Is it possible to apply both semi-protection and pending changes protection on the same page? L293D (☎ • ✎) 13:44, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

Yes, for admins, the two options on the "page protection" page are handled with two different drop downs, so it is technically feasible to apply both types of protection at the same time; because of the way "pending changes" works here, however, I don't believe it has any practical effect, since we only have the option for PC level 1, which only affects non-autoconfirmed users. Within the software are the capabilities for more fine-tuning of protections, such that it could make a difference, but the way we have options enabled here at en.wikipedia, it has little practical effect. I believe if you sent the expiry dates to different times, it would have the minor effect of blocking all non-AC edits for a time, then falling back to PC protection after that date, but I don't know how often that option is used. So, in summary, yes it is technically feasible, but the way the kinds of protection are used here at en.wikipedia, it is of little practical value to do so. --Jayron32 15:20, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

Wrong photo

Search Beatriz Manz: The photo provided by Wikipedia is that of Beatrice Forbes Manz with her publications. How can that be corrected? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.5.198.181 (talk) 16:21, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

Are you by any chance referring to a photo or text shown to the right of a Google search? Google's Knowledge Graph uses a wide variety of sources. There may be a text paragraph ending with "Wikipedia" to indicate that particular text was copied from Wikipedia. An image and other text before or after the Wikipedia excerpt may be from sources completely unrelated to Wikipedia. We have no control over how Google presents our information, but Google's Knowledge Graph has a "Feedback" link where anyone can mark a field as wrong. The same feedback facility is also provided on Bing and some other search engines. --ColinFine (talk) 17:28, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

Salted articles

Is there a list of salted articles? Or only admins have access to this? --Jamez42 (talk) 17:44, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

Your link has a link to Special:Protectedtitles which can be seen by everybody. PrimeHunter (talk) 18:21, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

Table images

I've been working on List of Wales international footballers today but I'm experiencing an issue with adding images alongside the table. For some reason, they're overlapping the table and I'm not sure why. I was basing the table on List of France international footballers and I've tried comparing the two to see what I'm doing wrong but no luck. Is anyone able to point out why they are overlapping? Kosack (talk) 20:29, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

@Kosack: The table on List of Wales international footballers has a notes column in the table that the France table does not have. Your best option would wither be to resize the image within the page so that it appears smaller or get rid of the notes column and present the information in a different place. Template:Efn would probably be one of the best alternative options considering there are only 5 notes and 100 rows. TheDoctorWho (talk) 20:45, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

I just tried that and the problem was still persisting, the image just overlaps the end column even with the notes section removed. Kosack (talk) 20:57, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

@Kosack: Page rendering depends on browser, window size, zoom and other factors. I don't see an issue in Firefox but sometimes in Opera which appears to be confused by the second image being wider than the first. I removed some unnecessary column widths. This solves it for me in Opera at my normal settings but the problem returns in a narrow window. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:04, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

Magazine as citation

Hello everyone. I have an article on a magazine that I could use as a citation on an article, but since magazines don't have serial numbers like books, how could I use it as a citation? Thanks. Gidev the Dood^(Talk) 23:54, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

@Gidev: Please see Template:Cite magazine. Eagleash (talk) 00:11, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

How does one change the title of a listing?

The Wiki for Grace University Lutheran Church in Minneapolis is essential correct, except that the overall title of the page reflects the OLD name of the congregation, Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church. The name was changed in the 1990's. I am a member of that congregation and am trying to get the name of the article changed in order to accurately direct people seeking information on our congregation. Thank you.

Gordon Folke