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    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)[reply]

    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)[reply]

    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)[reply]

    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)[reply]
    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)[reply]
    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)[reply]

    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)[reply]

    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)[reply]
    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)[reply]

    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[1]. 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)[reply]

    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)[reply]

    References

    1. ^ New Issue-Enquiry Series for Junior Forms - Section 12 International Conflicts and Threats to Peace in the 20th Century, p.68

    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)[reply]

    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)[reply]

    Help:Cite errors/Cite error included ref

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

    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)[reply]
     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)[reply]

    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)[reply]

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

    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)[reply]

    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)[reply]
    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)[reply]

    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)[reply]

    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)[reply]
    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)[reply]

    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)[reply]

    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)[reply]

    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)[reply]

    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)[reply]

    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)[reply]

    @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)[reply]
    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)[reply]

    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)[reply]

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

    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)[reply]

    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[reply]

    • 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)[reply]

    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)[reply]

    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)[reply]

    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)[reply]

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

    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)[reply]

    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)[reply]

    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)[reply]

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

    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)[reply]
    @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. TigraanClick here to contact me 15:20, 5 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    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)[reply]

    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)[reply]
    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)[reply]
    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)[reply]

    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)[reply]

    @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)[reply]
    @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)[reply]

    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)[reply]

    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)[reply]

    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)[reply]

    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)[reply]

    Salted articles

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

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

    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)[reply]

    @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)[reply]
    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)[reply]
    @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)[reply]
    When the browser does layouting, it can only account for the first floating element (image) next to the table. Therefore, if images following it are wider than that first element, they might overlap with the table. It's one of the quirks of the web standards. —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 06:55, 6 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    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)[reply]

    @Gidev: Please see Template:Cite magazine. Eagleash (talk) 00:11, 6 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    @Eagleash: Thank you a lot! :) Gidev the Dood(Talk) 15:34, 6 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    April 6

    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 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gordon.folke (talk • contribs) 00:43, 6 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Hi Gordon.folke, I can see from the official page that the church has been renamed, so moved the page for you to the correct name. NZFC(talk) 00:53, 6 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Barbara Kiefer Lewalski

    I'm attempting to make constructive edits to this page. Various warnings appear when I attempt to publish my changes. I am told that my edits will not be saved. Forgetting that I am communicating with a machine, I keep trying to "trick" the system into saving my edits. My last warning referred to me as a possible SPAMMER, which I am not. I give up.72.129.236.61 (talk) 09:01, 6 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    I have saved your edit.[1] It contained a url which happened to match a pattern used to prevent edits by an abusive user. PrimeHunter (talk) 10:37, 6 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    I made an edit to a page on Wikipedia and was reverted.

    I made an edit to a page on Wikipedia and my edit was reverted. In my opinion, there are editors at your organization that have a political, rather than a factual, viewpoint. This matters to me, a lot. I will no longer regard your organization as anything other than the ROTW, you are politically motivated and false. I will no longer support you with donations or regard your columns as truthful. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.117.77.85 (talk • contribs)

    Sadly it is the encyclopedia anyone can edit - including you. Legacypac (talk) 09:39, 6 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    This is the encyclopaedia that anyone can edit, but accusations of bias are not helpful. Editors here hold a variety of opinions. The way to avoid having edits reverted is to provide WP:Reliable sources for any changes. Dbfirs 06:41, 7 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    regarding page publishing

    Dear Sir Greetings !!! Today i have create a page for our online portal name as collegedakhila.com., for publishing but it is declined. I want to know that what is reason of behind declined. and also I want to know how i make my company page on Wikipedia.

    Thanks

    with Best Regards

    Mahesh Gautam collegedakhila.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gautammahe (talk • contribs) 10:50, 6 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Hi!

    I am extremely lost on how to a) prove that an image you are posting has no copyright and b)if it did, then how do you release it to the public domain and then subsequently prove that you did that.

    I keep getting images deleted after I upload them even though they don't have copyrights.

    Thank you!! Theaann (talk) 14:08, 6 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    • @Theaann: The rule of thumb is that you should only post images that you took/created yourself, or images that were explicitly released under a free license (not necessarily "public domain" though). If you posted an image you created to a website, you will need to post a compatible license on that website (so that we can be sure that you actually control the contents there and you are not just lying and stealing pictures). See Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials, in particular the "Granting us permission to copy material already online" section.
    I suspect that you are making quite an incorrect assumption when you talk about images that don't have copyrights. By default, pretty much everything falls under copyright (there are a few exceptions such as the threshold of originality but let's ignore them), even if it does not have a copyright notice. That is the case is pretty much every country on Earth. If you think that's stupid, lobby your politicians to have that rule changed, but don't ignore it on Wikipedia. TigraanClick here to contact me 16:52, 6 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    The Great Depression > Causes > Heterodox Theories

    According to Rothbard, government support for failed enterprises and keeping wages above their market values actually prolonged the Depression.[49] Hayek, unlike Rothbard, believed since the '1970s', along with the monetarists, that the Federal Reserve further contributed to the problems of the Depression.

    I believe this was intended to say 1870's. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.179.165.129 (talk) 14:10, 6 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    • Since the Great Depression started in 1929 and Friedrich Hayek was born in 1899, your belief is certainly incorrect. TigraanClick here to contact me 16:45, 6 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    • The sentence in question is ambiguous and needs to be re-worded. I speculate that the OP is correct. "believed since the '70's" could mean either that the believer (Hayek) started believing it in the '70's, or that the believer thinks the effect started in the '70's. I do not know enough about deprssion historiography to have an informed opinion, but I cannot think of any reason an editor would put "believed since the 1970's" in the body of a sentence that is has a ref that has a publication date. I'll go look again. -Arch dude (talk) 19:14, 6 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    IP editing on userpages

    I'm a bit curious about this page history, where there is an IP edit. I tried to edit my user page with my IP, but I couldn't. Is there some sort of edit filter that was recently added? L293D (☎ • ✎) 18:52, 6 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    @L293D: What error message do you get when trying to edit your user page while logged out? RudolfRed (talk) 18:56, 6 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    @RudolfRed: This: This edit has been prevented either because you attempted to add or remove from a userpage other than the one associated with your account, or because unregistered and new editors can not modify other editors' userpages. If you would like to contact this editor, you may do so at the editor's talk page. If this is your userpage, please log in to edit your userpage.. L293D (☎ • ✎) 19:02, 6 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    @L293D: See Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/Protect_user_pages_by_default. Looks like editing restrictions went into effect in late 2016. The edit you found must have happened just prior to the change. RudolfRed (talk) 19:08, 6 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    April 7

    coord in text request

    Hi,

    I'd like to edit a Wikipedia article. I want the text to read as follows;

    "Four months after extensive repairs, the ship became beached close to Pittwater Road at Collaroy on January 20th 1881"

    where "close to Pittwater Road" is a link to the location 33°43′59″S 151°18′12″E / 33.733033°S 151.303365°E / -33.733033; 151.303365

    In other words, I'd like the link text to be coloured blue, and with a click, it would take the reader to the location information on another screen. This would be a better look than a series of latitude and longitude number co-ordinates.

    This request is not a high priority. But any assistance you can offer would be appreciated.

    The article is SS Collaroy

    kind regards, Peter Filikovalo (talk) 03:20, 7 April 2018 (UTC)FilikovaloFilikovalo (talk) 03:20, 7 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Sorting foreign titles

    Do we have any guideline on sorting foreign titles, e.g., would La Strada go under L or S? I'm asking because of the page List of Criterion Collection DVD and Blu-ray releases, which has some going one way and some going the other. I want to make it consistent. It seems to me that foreign titles should go under their articles/determiners, since we can't expect English readers to always know which words mean "The" in every other language, but if we have a policy on this I'll follow that. I couldn't find one, though.—Chowbok ☠ 03:37, 7 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Autoblock

    I can't edit anymore. When I hit publish, I get the message "Your IP address has been blocked automatically, because it was used by a blocked user." Huh? I have no idea why this happened or what to do. I was working on DAB pages.Vmavanti (talk) 04:22, 7 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    User:Jamal Johnson (Actor)

    Hello,

    I recently created an account for wikipedia for my client Jamal Johnson who is an actor. I noticed that when I added the content on his page and published it, the heading reads User:Jamal Johnson (Actor)

    How do I remove the word (User) next to his name so that it reads Jamal Johnson (Actor)?

    How do I add his photo and information to the right of the page like how it is displayed on many actors wiki pages? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jamal Johnson (Actor) (talk • contribs) 04:41, 7 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Wikipedia is not free advertising, and user pages are for describing activities on Wikipedia, not self-promotion, so I've deleted that user page. Please read WP:YFA. Note that any article must have independent verifiable sources to enable us to verify the facts and show that it meets the notability guidelines. Sources that are not acceptable include those linked to the him or his company, press releases, YouTube, IMDB, social media and other sites that can be self-edited, blogs, websites of unknown or non-reliable provenance, and sites that are just reporting what the he claims or interviewing him.
    You have an obvious conflict of interest and you must declare it. Since you work directly or indirectly for him, you are very strongly discouraged from attempting to write an article at all. At best, any proposed article creation should be submitted through the articles for creation process, rather than directly. Furthermore, you are required by the Wikimedia Terms of Use to disclose your employer, client and affiliation. You can post such a mandatory disclosure to your user page at User:Jamal Johnson (Actor). The template {{Paid}} can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form: {{paid|user=Jamal Johnson (Actor)|employer=InsertName|client=InsertName}}. If you are being compensated, please provide the required disclosure. Note that editing with a COI is discouraged, but permitted as long as it is declared. Concealing a COI can lead to a block. Jimfbleak - talk to me? 05:52, 7 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    If the actor is notable, then isn't there a problem with a user name that pretends to be that actor (even if you have permission)? WP:IMPERSONATE says "Do not edit under a name that is likely to imply that you are (or are related to) a specific, identifiable person, unless it is your real name." Dbfirs 06:21, 7 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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