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    June 19

    Userbox Help?

    Is there a specific sector of Wikipedia where I can ask help relating to userboxes? (I’m specifically meaning if a Userbox I’m looking for exists) James-the-Charizard (talk) 02:14, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    This should help Wikipedia:Userboxes#Users who make userboxes upon request - FlightTime (open channel) 02:21, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    @FlightTime: Thanks! I was gonna see if I could find a Userbox that allows one to show their discord name in it. James-the-Charizard (talk) 02:23, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    @James-the-Charizard: In that case, check out Template:User Discord. OkayKenG (talk) 05:56, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    {{User Discord|account = yourAccount}} OkayKenG (talk) 06:04, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Titles on my user pages and talk pages

    I have formatted the title on my user page by italicizing it with white text and black background. I would like to do the same thing on my user talk page. Also, I would like to change the font in the title to be Arial, not the User: part of it. How do I do those things? Interstellarity T 🌟 10:54, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    (not an answer) before you suggest it, OP already copied the userpage code {{DISPLAYTITLE:<span style="color:Black">User:</span><font style="background:black"><span style="color:white"><b><i>Interstellarity</b></i></span></font>}} to their user talk page. TigraanClick here to contact me 11:28, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    It would have worked if he had said "User talk:", rather than "User:". --David Biddulph (talk) 12:00, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    I think this is all that needed changing. I have made the changes. Feel free to revert if wrong. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski (talkcontribs) 12:04, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    @Tigraan, David Biddulph, and Lee Vilenski: I would also like to change the font in both titles to Arial. How do I do that? Interstellarity T 🌟 12:13, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    @Interstellarity: - the code is "font-family:Arial" I believe. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski (talkcontribs) 13:58, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    @Lee Vilenski: I only want the Interstellarity part to be Arial, not the User: and User talk:. Interstellarity T 🌟 14:00, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    No worries, I'll replace. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski (talkcontribs) 14:00, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    @Lee Vilenski: Thank you :-). You're the best! Interstellarity T 🌟 14:03, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Need help with move file error

    Can someone please help with this error message File:Move file error message.png. I was trying to process the move request from here Category:Wikipedia files requiring renaming and got that error message, I have no idea what it means or how or if it can be resolved. Please ping me Thanx, - FlightTime (open channel) 15:12, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    @NeoBatfreak: Thank you, I was seeking help here and totally forgot to revert that edit. - FlightTime (open channel) 02:52, 20 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Updating primary infobox image

    Hi-

    I'm an official representative for No Depression and would like to update the image in the infobox on our Page to reflect our current journal look and feel. My desire is to simply replace this very outdated journal cover with our latest journal cover, which has drastically changed.

    How do I do that? I am authorized to use the image I have/want to update with. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Adamkirr (talkcontribs) 15:42, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    @Adamkirr: You need to bring this up on the article talk page Talk:No Depression (magazine). You can use {{Request edit}}. - FlightTime (open channel) 15:46, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    Hello, Adamkirr. As the messages on your user talk page tell you, you should declare your conflict of interest in editing that article; and if your position as an official representative is in any way compensated, you must declare yourself as a paid editor. Please understand that the article belongs to Wikipedia and not to your client: anybody in the world may edit it in accordance with Wikipedia's policies; but you are discouraged from doing so directly.
    As for the image: authorisation is irrelevant. Apart from the (unlikely) case that the copyright owner chooses to release the image publicly under a licence which will allow anybody in the world to reuse it for any purpose, it can only be used in English Wikipedia under the non-free content criteria. If in the judgment of uninvolved editors a particular image you want to propose can be used in a way that meets all these criteria, then it can be used (and if there is already an image there, this is likely to be straightforward). Please make the request as FlightTime suggests, giving a link to the image to be used. --ColinFine (talk) 16:08, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Updating Logo on Company Page

    Hi there,

    We updated our logo this year, and I can't figure out how to get the new logo on the profile box of our company page (ContactEngine). Please can you let me know how I can get it updated? — Preceding unsigned comment added by ContactEngine (talkcontribs) 16:04, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Hello, ContactEngine: please read the replies to the question just above: even though that was about a magazine cover, they apply pretty well exactly to your case. You will also need to register an account which is personal to you, and does not imply that you are editing for a company. --ColinFine (talk) 16:11, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    ContactEngine  Done TimTempleton (talk) (cont) 17:46, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Update a picture on the web page

    Hi I am the editor in chief of the American Journal of Public Health. The journal wiki page has a picture of a cover dating from 2012. We have entirely redesigned the cover. I am trying to substitute the 2012 cover with the latest one (July 2019) but the page does not let me do the change and accept the new picture. What shall I do? Thanks you for your help — Preceding unsigned comment added by Amorabia (talkcontribs) 17:15, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    @Amorabia:  Done I just replaced the cover. I did notice in the photo credits for the current issue that Getty Images is listed as the owner of the cover photo, which I included in the attribution information. [[1]] I know that Getty and their image copyright crackdowns are a sore spot with Wikipedia - so if that's not kosher and considered fair use, someone will revert me. (Please remember to sign your posts on talk pages by typing four keyboard tildes like this: ~~~~. Or, you can use the [ reply ] button, which automatically signs posts.) TimTempleton (talk) (cont) 17:40, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Two-factor authentication

    Hello everyone, What is Two-factor authentication (The link)? Who can give me some information about it? Thanks! ⇒ AramTalk 18:26, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    @ئارام بکر: The help page is Help:Two-factor authentication. -- John of Reading (talk) 18:39, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    John of Reading Thank youAramTalk 18:56, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Sources with social media snippets in them Comment

    I come across a lot of reliable sources containing either screenshots, or an inserted social media scroll on their page, most often Twitter or Facebook. I was wandering whether information could be taken from these social media 'snippets' and used in a Wikipedia article. For example, this BBC news article has a screenshot of a tweet by Piers Morgan, they have repeated the words of the tweet, so I presume that is fine to use in a Wikipedia article, but what about the other information on the screenshot, such as it was posted on 6 June. (For theoretical reasons, imagine that this is the ONLY source writing on this, so I can't just go and cite the information from another source). A better example of this is here where it isn't a screenshot but an actual inserted Twitter discussion. Any help is appreciated, Willbb234 (talk) 19:51, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    In my view, it is a reliable source confirming that the tweet was made, or specifically that Piers Morgan said 'x.' It is kind of like the American rules of evidence re hearsay - the statement is evidence that the statement was made, but it cannot be used to prove the truth of the matter asserted. Does that make sense? --‡ Єl Cid of ᐺalencia ᐐT₳LKᐬ 20:06, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    @El cid, el campeador: I'm sorry, but that doesn't make a whole lot of sense. What I'm getting at is that the source can confirm the 'tweet' was made but you cannot use the content of the 'tweet' in an article. Am I correct? Willbb234 (talk) 20:19, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    FWIW Template:Cite tweet exists for situations where Twitter is used as a source. The wording of the tweet goes in the 'title' parameter. Eagleash (talk) 02:13, 20 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Armstrong Teasdale

    Helped
    I am requesting an edit to Armstrong Teasdale's Wikipedia Page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armstrong_Teasdale).

    Armstrong Teasdale is no longer a member of the China Alliance, which has disbanded. We also no longer have an office in Shanghai. Please remove the following section on the noted page.

    Armstrong Teasdale established a presence in China in 1994 and was awarded a license to open a foreign law office in Shanghai in 2000 by the PRC Ministry of Justice. Armstrong Teasdale is also a member of the China Alliance, an arrangement with three leading independent law firms with practices in China's business and regulatory centers. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.64.40.130 (talkcontribs) 21:45, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Hi! Please reword your request and put it on the article talk page, here: Talk:Armstrong Teasdale. Rather than remove a section, we would most likely put the end date of the alliance. Are you able to provide any independent, third-party sources WP:RS for this change? (I was not able to find any in a quick search.) Thank you. Orville1974 (talk) 02:03, 20 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    I copied the request to the talkpage Talk:Armstrong Teasdale, and as Orville1974 says, you need to provide reliable sources to back up the claim. Please do so at the talkpage not here. – Ammarpad (talk) 07:57, 20 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Adding references

    --Kangb (talk) 22:04, 19 June 2019 (UTC) I'm trying to add two references to the Old Northern Inn site, but get a mess that there is no content there. The two are: ^ Leonard Paul Reminisces, private transcript, copyright 2002 by Charlotte Jones ^ Pioneer Voices of Priest Lake, edited by Kris Runberg Smith, Keokee Books, copyright 2007 by Priest Lake Museum[reply]

    What do I need to do to add these? thanks

    See Wikipedia:Citing sources. Per WP:Verifiability all sources must be published. The second source appears to be published, and the citation you gave may be enough for reader to find it. But "private transcript" is not a phrase normally used when citing sources; I have no idea what it means. Also, there is not enough information for a reader to locate your first source. Jc3s5h (talk) 22:11, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    June 20

    unified login temporarily disabled?

    I may have resolved my issue by changing my password, but I've never had this problem in over 8 years (or longer). I'm always logged in to the English wikipedia (up to the 365 days), but today the unified login to wikimedia commons no longer worked for me. This used to work. [2] shows I have 132 attached accounts, including commons and meta. I am using the latest Firefox for Windows 8. I tried logging in to commons on Chrome using my password that I've never changed but it reports "Incorrect username or password entered. Please try again." Again, I'm curious why I had to change my password to resolve this issue. -84user (talk) 02:51, 20 June 2019 (UTC) EDIT to raise the prior issue that led me to discover the unified login failing, and that is the Mark as Read choice in my Notifications (View Notices on top line to right of View Alerts) has no effect: clicking mark as read made the blue dot empty, but the notice was still there and a refresh page returned the status to unread. Is there a more direct way to get Mark as Read, or maybe ,mark all notices as read, to work? (only workaround I found was an awkward visitng of the actual source of the notice and refreshing the page, in my case was on wikidata). Somehow the notice system is not syncing? -84user (talk) 03:08, 20 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    All syncing systems (including password/email updates and user renaming) seem to be slow at the moment, it can take a couple of hours. Jannik Schwaß (talk) 04:47, 20 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Quran (8:67) - "It is not for a Prophet that he should have prisoners of war until he had made a great slaughter in the land..." add to Kosovo, Bangladesh, Turkey, Pakistan, Croatia ....all the way back to 7th century Arabia please.

    It is not for us to interpret the words of the prophet Mohammad....simply to carry them out or die immediately. More like Satan inspires him. Not God who created Man. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.193.64.67 (talk) 05:22, 20 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    If you are asking for a quotation to be added to the articles about five or more nations, then no. If you want some other help, please ask for it more clearly. -- Hoary (talk) 05:25, 20 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    I would assume the asker considers this relevant contextual information for pages about Muslim-majority countries. We shall make that addition as soon as we are done with adding Exodus 22:20 (or any other such example) to Christian-majority countries (i.e., never). TigraanClick here to contact me 15:20, 20 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Football club kit patters

    Helped
    I am currently updating Dumbarton FC seasons pages including the addition of historical kits worn by the players during that season.

    I have source material for the styles (historicalkits.co.uk) but other than 'trial and error' am unaware of any guide on the coding required for displaying the kits on the relevant page.

    For example the 1876-77 season shows the following code:

    |pattern_la1= |pattern_b1 = |pattern_ra1= |pattern_sh1=_navy_sides |pattern_so1= |leftarm1 =1d1f4d |body1 =1d1f4d |rightarm1=1d1f4d |shorts1 =ffffff |socks1 =ff0000

    Is there a reference point I can go to for future changes? Aitkegs (talk)

    Hi @Aitkegs: Is this what you're looking for? Template:Football kit/pattern list. Orville1974 (talk) 08:21, 20 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    @Orville1974: Perfect - many thanks Aitkegs (talk)
    Hello, Aitkegs. I'm not convinced that historicalkits.co.uk is regarded as a reliable source. See the discussion at WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 69#Manchester United F.C. Kit Sources. --ColinFine (talk) 17:42, 20 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    @ColinFine: Noted. However I do not rely on a single source. The Historical Kits site was just a good example of what I was trying to investigate i.e. kit patterns. Aitkegs (talk)

    Contacting Wikipedia editors for a specific discipline

    Hi - I work in a University and we want to set up a Wikipedia Edit event. We'd like to contact the editorial team for the discipline we are looking to edit to get some advice. How do we do this? Thanks, Andy

    134.36.253.160 (talk) 10:42, 20 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Hey anon. It's not required, but a good first step would be registering an account and/or enabling email, which will make it a great deal easier for others to communicate with you over time. Other than that, if you could give us more information about what university you are working with, or what field you are interested in, we can probably be more helpful. There are preexisting groups on some campuses already, with some programs partnering with the Wiki Educational Foundation to incorporate editing Wikipedia into their curriculum. We also have a range of WikiProjects that are organized geographically and by subject area. GMGtalk 10:55, 20 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Uploading the logo of a company

    Hi,

    I want to upload a logo of a company. could you upload it for me?

    Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 1994ams (talkcontribs) 11:28, 20 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    @1994ams: I can say that you need to read the posts on your user talk page(User talk:1994ams) about conflict of interest and your username. 331dot (talk) 11:30, 20 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Individual Reverts my Good Faith Edits

    I don't know what this individual has against me and my expertise on "his" particular subject. I don't want an edit war, but I don't know what to do about it. He just says "you are wrong" without describing the specifics. He even deletes my additions to citations. What can I do about this?

    Softtest123 (talk) 12:32, 20 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Sure. I like to work on Wikipedia when I'm not busy, or as it applies to the work I am doing. Right now I am working on Floating-point arithmetic. The latest history there shows my revert and my explanation. I think he doesn't read my references, so I think it is something personal. I can give you point of interest on this, though I am not really sure why he reverts my stuff except that he reverts a lot of stuff on Floating-point arithmetic. I think he is claiming ownership or something.
    And isn't it okay to have multiple references for a factoid? There is often minor differences in perspectives of various citation authors. There are multiple experts in any field and one should study them all to be knowledgeable.
    Softtest123 (talk) 14:23, 20 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    Just to let others know, the user in question (User:Vincent Lefèvre) seems to be some 'expert' on the subject disputed. He even has his own website about him which can be found via a link on the user's page. Just pointing this out so that others know how to approach. Regards, Willbb234 (talk) 15:45, 20 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    @Softtest123: It looks like it's a disagreement on "whos paper to use", why don't you open a discussion on the talk page and discuss why you want to change the reference from the existing one to your prefered reference. - FlightTime (open channel) 15:52, 20 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    I never intend to replace a reference. Is there a Wikipedia rule against multiple citations for a single factoid? I have no doubt that Professor Lefèvre is an expert on applications of floating point arithmetic. I am an expert on implementation of floating point in hardware. I, too, have a home page, but it is the home page of my floating point company and I think it is against Wikipedia rules to cite one's own company. Inarguably I have few publications on this topic except one: US patent 9817662B2, Alan A. Jorgensen, "Apparatus for Calculating and Retaining a Bound on Error During Floating Point Operations and Methods Thereof", issued 2017-11-17 . I think it likely that this will be an important work because it solves the problem of floating point error that has existed for over 75 years, nearly my whole lifetime. (Floating point error cannot be eradicated, but it can be detected, which it is not in the current floating point standard.) It is natural that there will be controversy, but I think that this controversy should not be reflected in the manner that Wikipedia articles are edited; the controversy should just be defined. I have, as yet, to see a cogent argument countering my statements.
    A paper has been submitted for publication and I have been promised an accept/decline response this week.
    I am seeking guidance. I simply wish to post substantiated information on Wikipedia without it being deleted.
    Softtest123 (talk) 16:57, 20 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    @Softtest123: No there is no such rule about multiple references, to an extent, but in this instance you are NOT adding a reference, you are replacing the existing one, like I mentioned above. - FlightTime (open channel) 17:58, 20 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    There's a discussion on the talk page now. My engineering calculus training has left me years ago, so I'm not going to be much help, but there's no reason you can't discuss this there, and come to a resolution, if you are intelligent about it. TimTempleton (talk) (cont) 18:02, 20 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    @FlightTime: That particular edit was a reversion because my edit had been replaced and I could see no reason to retype the whole thing. I have no problem with the Goldberg-91 reference. It could have been added, but he replaced my reference which, as I have noted, is the earliest reference to floating point error that I have ever found. I think it is important to know how long floating point error has been known and not resolved.
    Softtest123 (talk) 19:15, 20 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    I'm taking this issue back to the talk page and replacing the deleted section as stated there with my reasons.
    Softtest123 (talk) 19:23, 20 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    Well, good luck with that. Please do us all a favor and review WP:INDENT. - FlightTime (open channel) 19:27, 20 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    A reference should be helpful to the reader. The patent in question really is not (but this is not the purpose of patents). This is why I replaced this reference by the paper from Goldberg ("What Every Computer Scientist Should Know About Floating-Point Arithmetic"), which is an often cited reference by the community. Softtest123 reverted my change, saying "This patent is the earliest know reference to floating point error [...]". But the goal of a reference is not to be the first one. Moreover, I would be very surprised that the notion of cancellation were not known before (the patent is from 1962). Thus I think that the reference should be changed back to Goldberg's paper. Vincent Lefèvre (talk) 19:29, 20 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    It would seem that when two editors use the term: "I" with little communication as to "why", it most definitely ends with not only confusion but lines being drawn and personalities shown rather than policies. It's always best to simply take it to the Talk Page and gain consensus. After all, WP is a community. Best to you both. Maineartists (talk) 20:53, 20 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Logo Loading

    Hello! Please tell me what I do wrong when loading the company logo - they constantly write to me that the copyright of the image is violated, although the owner of this site has allowed me to use its logo, which I upload. Another person does the same thing and they never write anything about it to him. For example, his download is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Spinet_logo.png and the same is mine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Carsscanner_logo.jpg - what's the difference? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Webseon (talkcontribs) 14:40, 20 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    • @Webseon: We cannot just take your word that the owner of this site has allowed me to use its logo, and furthermore we need a much more precise release of copyright ("yeah, you can upload it to Wikipedia" is insufficient). Reading the page Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials should dispel any misunderstandings, and gives the procedure to correctly upload such logos.
    As for your example, first of all, plenty of stuff on Wikipedia is wrong but it is not a reason to add similar wrong things, and secondly, File:Spinet_logo.png has been tagged for speedy deletion as a copyright violation (which will likely happen soon). TigraanClick here to contact me 15:11, 20 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    But the good news, Webseon, is that Logos are often used in Wikipeda articles without requiring permission, as they can often be used in a way which meets all the criteria in the non-free content criteria. You have to show when uploading how they meet these criteria. See WP:LOGOS for more information. --ColinFine (talk) 17:49, 20 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    User blocked for 48 hours for disruptive editing. See User talk:Webseon. TimTempleton (talk) (cont) 17:54, 20 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    birth certificate citation

    how should public records such as birth certificates be cited? cite book?, Mkoronowski (talk) 17:45, 20 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    @Mkoronowski: This is a new one for me. I'm unsure whether you can post a birth certificate, for various reasons. I'd first be concerned about violations of privacy. Even public State records ask that you provide a reason for your search. Then, unless the certificate is posted online on a reliable web site, of which none exist that I'm aware of, referencing one in your possession would likely be considered WP:OR. If you were able to find a good reliable web site showing a birth certificate, such as for a deceased celebrity who had some controversy about their birth, you could simply use the Template:Cite web template. Other helpers may have more insight into this. TimTempleton (talk) (cont) 18:15, 20 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    I'm not sure what jurisdiction you live in(and I don't need to know, don't share if you don't wish to), but usually records like birth certificates are not accessible to the general public, at least for many years or even decades. If it's not accessible to the general public, it can't be used as a source. Even if it's accessible, I would attempt to find other sources first. 331dot (talk) 18:51, 20 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    Not only would the birth certificate have to be available to the public, but if the person is still alive, you can't use it (WP:BLPPRIMARY). Jc3s5h (talk) 18:59, 20 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Publishing of Burdwan Institute of Pharmacy Wiki Page.

    Dear Wikipedia ,

    The Shishu Niketan(Society),Bhatchala,P.O. Sripally,Burdwan-713103,W.B. Regd. under WB Act XXVI of 1961, No S/37776 of 1982-83 proposes to establish a pharmacy college in the name and style of Burdwan Institute of Pharmacy with the course Diploma in Pharmacy(D.Pharma) from the academic session 2019-20. For this purpose to the society has taken a venture to launch this job oriented course. The society meant for educational purpose and serving the society for more than 45 years.

    Kindly publish our article . I am also attaching the website - http://burinspharma.in/

    Thanking You ,

    Warm Regards ,

    Secretary Burdwan Institute of Pharmacy — Preceding unsigned comment added by 103.43.83.10 (talk) 18:07, 20 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    You're better off starting here and being mindful of any conflict of interest Wikipedia:Articles for creation. TimTempleton (talk) (cont) 18:17, 20 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    Hello, Secretary. You need to start by determining which reliable publications, wholly unconnected with the Institute of Pharmacy, have already published significant material about the Institute. If (as I suspect) there are none yet, then it is TOOSOON. If there are such sources then an article can be written about it, based almost entirely on what those sources say: Wikipedia has no interest in what the Institute (or any other subject) wishes to say about itself. Wikipedia is not for promotion (or, in other words, telling the world about something). It is only interest in subjects that the world has already taken note of. --ColinFine (talk) 19:14, 20 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Help:Cite errors/Cite error ref too many keys

    Leon E Rosenberg List of memberships in Infobox scientist has been red flagged because it has too many keys. How can I get rid of the red flags in the inbox?


    Leon E Rosenberg173.61.129.43 (talk) 18:07, 20 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

     Done Leon E. Rosenberg appears to have been fixed by editor FlightTime. TimTempleton (talk) (cont) 18:21, 20 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    Yes, sorry running late to post reply here. There were many markup errors in the newly added content. - FlightTime (open channel) 18:28, 20 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    can't save edits in my sandbox page

    Helped
    I'm editing this page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:BrucePL/sandbox/MOR_edits?action=edit

    Tried to save my edits and got HTTP error 404.

    What's going one? I've been editing this page for days. BrucePL (talk) 18:41, 20 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Hi @BrucePL: Try refreshing your cache: WP:BYPASS. That usually clears it up. Orville1974 (talk) 18:48, 20 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Head shot image

    My boss Laura Eason would like to add her headshot to her Wiki page, Laura Eason. I've tried to upload the headshot from my computer, but my permission is denied. How can I add this photo? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Liz.efrankel (talkcontribs) 19:40, 20 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    @Liz.efrankel: I would first inform you that if you are here at the direction of your boss, you are required by Wikipedia's Terms of Use to review and comply with the paid editing policy; you should also review the conflict of interest policy. Please also note that the article is an article about your boss. not "her Wiki page". If any message came up when you attempted to upload the photo, please share it, but you need to actually have the rights to the photo in order to be able to upload it, and the photo has to have a license compatible with Wikipedia's(the photo needs to be able to be reproduced with attribution for any purpose). Please read the image uploading guidelines and donating copyrighted materials for more information. 331dot (talk) 19:47, 20 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Should the categories for "sub-Roman Britain" include the late 4th century?

    Roman rule in Britain began to collapse in 383 (according to this website's own article), but did not fully end until about 410. Should the categories of this and associated pages include the 4th century, then? Or should it just be ignored, since Roman rule didn't extend (much) into Scotland and thus never all of Britain anyway? (Edit: Sorry that I initially forgot to sign.)--Thylacine24 (talk) 23:17, 20 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Under the section Meaning of terms the period of sub-Roman Britain is defined as 410 to either 597 or 633. 383 does not occur in the article. Therefore I wouldn't include the 4th century at all. Martin of Sheffield (talk) 07:51, 21 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    I agree with Martin of Sheffield on the 4th century. Until January 2019 the lead mentioned a period beginning with the Crisis of the third century. However the article covers parts of Scotland so I think it could be included in the Scottish 5th and 6th century categories.TSventon (talk) 08:42, 21 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    June 21

    How to create new content

    Hi,

    I need to create a new page, about an old theatre in bangalore India....plz do guide me.....


    Thnx Sripriya — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sripriya401 (talkcontribs) 02:55, 21 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    @Sripriya401: See this guide to writing your first article. You probably want to start with the article wizard. Make sure that your topic is notable (by our standards) before you begin, and remember to write the article in a neutral tone. LittlePuppers (talk) 04:04, 21 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    The following copied from the talk page. Eagleash (talk) 09:24, 21 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    How do u add pictures to the article? Sripriya401 (talk) 04:50, 21 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Hello, Sripriya401. You can find the answer to that question at WP:Uploading images. But my advice to you is not to spend time adding pictures until you have written a solid article: that would be like icing a cake before you bake it. Separately, I would advise you (as I advise all new editors) to spend a few weeks or months improving some of our millions of sub-standard articles, and learning how Wikipedia works, before you try the difficult task of writing a new encyclopaedia article. --ColinFine (talk) 14:51, 21 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    I know I've seen this occasionally in the past, but I don't know what the technically correct way to respond to it is if the links aren't irrelevant or completely spam. The user in this case is Jmvdl (you should be getting a ping, what are your thoughts?) LittlePuppers (talk) 04:10, 21 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    If they aren't reliable sources, they should be removed (along with contentious material they might support if they are refs.) If they are somehow reliable sources, they should be contacted regarding COI. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski (talkcontribs) 07:34, 21 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks LittlePuppers (talk) 18:21, 21 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Wikipedia:Sandbox

    When I searched the term Wikipedia:Sandbox on WP, I got a personal biography dating from 2003. Should it be there at this point?--Quisqualis (talk) 07:30, 21 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    That particular page is quite literally a testing area for the community. The one I see was posted today. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski (talkcontribs) 07:33, 21 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    Plus, if OP meant this content, it's only been there for like half an hour; a bot will clean that up shortly. —RainFall 07:37, 21 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    I don't see "2003" in the recent history of Wikipedia:Sandbox. If you don't refer to this content then please give precise steps to reproduce, quote text from the page you see, and post the url when you see the page. PrimeHunter (talk) 09:32, 21 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Hello help desk

    I posted information on Doctor Ian Wilson and can not find any sign of it on Wikipedia

    Could you please tell me if its still pending and what I need to do to further this request.

    Thank you

    Condensed

    PS The information posted is as follows: World Expeditionary Association (Wexas)

    The World Expeditionary Association (Wexas) was founded in London by Dr Ian Wilson in September 1970 as a non-profit membership organization called the World Universities Expeditionary Association (WUNEXAS). The name of the association was shortened to Wexas in 1972.

    The aim of Wexas was to provide low cost travel for student expeditions and to allocate a share of revenue towards funding expeditions organized by UK universities and schools. The former were generally scientific while the latter were adventure training expeditions, sometimes in association with the British Schools Exploring Society and the Brathay Outdoor Centre in the Lake District.

    Dr Ian Wilson founded Wexas a year after leaving Oxford University. From its early days, continuing to this day, Wexas attracted the support of many prominent explorers and travellers. The founding Honorary President was the late General Sir John Hackett, principal of King’s College London and a distinguished scholar soldier who commanded the Rhineland Army after the Second World War. Soon there followed a string of honorary presidents famous for their exploits around the globe.

    Former honorary presidents of Wexas:

    Richard Leakey Sir Chris Bonington Sir Chay Blyth Sir Peter Scott Lord Hunt Clare Francis John Ridgway James Michener Lowell Thomas Lord Wolfenden Major General Lascelles Baron Hugo van Lawick Sir Alec Rose Sir Wally Herbert Sir Hereward Wake Brigadier Worsley

    Most of the above were members of the Honorary Board of Traveller magazine, published continuously by Wexas since 1970,

    Current Honorary Presidents of Wexas:

    Kate Adie Mark Beaumont Professor David Bellamy Colonel John Blashford-Snell Dr Jean-Michel Cousteau William Dalrymple Sir Ranulph Fiennes Robin Hanbury-Tenison Dr Alasdair Harris Fergal Keane Sir Robin Knox-Johnston Stewart McPherson Sir Christopher Ondaatje Sir Michael Palin Professor John Prebble Dr Christopher Roads Jonathan Scott John Simpson Colin Thubron Sir Crispin Tickell

    Philanthropy

    Over the course of its first twenty years, Wexas gave financial aid to over 200 British expeditions. The scientific reports acquired as a result were donated by Wexas to the Royal Geographical Society in the early Nineteen Nineties. Around the same time Wexas stopped making grants directly to expeditions and instead made an annual financial grant to the Royal Geographical Society which enabled the Society to make grants to scientific expeditions on behalf of Wexas.

    In 2006 Wexas established the Wexas Travel Foundation, a registered UK charity (Number 1130335) to raise funds from staff events and from members of the association, matched by funds from the association, to help finance a number of Third World and global sustainability projects. The first three such projects to benefit were:

    A school room for poor children in Kwa-Zulu Natal

    A project in South America that aimed to prevent illegal destruction of the rainforest

    The provision of temporary accommodation for schoolchildren in Nepal following the 2015 earthquake, and the subsequent building of permanent accommodation

    .Publications

    Over the years the association has published several travel books, notably The Traveller’s Handbook, which went through a dozen UK editions and three US editions (as the International Traveller’s Handbook) between 1977 and 2009. A definitive book for serious travellers, the Handbook had around 120 specialist contributors and was often known as the traveller’s ‘bible’. The development of the Internet led Wexas in 2009 to the decision not to publish further editions of this 1200-page book.

    Wexas travel titles:

    500 Tips for the Long Haul Traveller (later renamed Trouble-Free Travel: An Insider’s Guide) (Wexas, London, 1982, ISBN 978-0905802015) author Ian Wilson under the pseudonym Richard Harrington

    500 Destinations to Avoid and 500 to Visit (Wexas, London, 2000, ISBN 978-0905802992) author Ian Wilson

    Wexas is also the publisher of Traveller (1984) (formerly called Expedition News (1970) and then Expedition(1973), the association’s flagship magazine and the oldest surviving travel magazine in the UK, having been published continuously since 1970.  Wexas owns the registered magazine trademark ‘Traveller’ in the UK, the USA and Canada.
    

    Off The Beaten Track : a Wexas Travel Handbook (1977-1980, ISBN 978-0905064307)

    The Traveller’s Handbook (1982-2008, ISBN 978-0905802060)

    Around the World in Eighty Ways (1993, ISBN 978-0905802060) by various celebrity contributors

    The Traveller’s Healthbook (1998, ISBN 978-0905802091) editor Jonathan Lorie

    The Traveller’s Internet Guide (2001, ISBN 978-0905802138) editor Jonathan Lorie


    Controversy

    In 2004 Wexas was involved in controversy when Chairman Dr Ian Wilson organized a diving expedition to the Chagos archipelago (British Indian Ocean Territory) in the Indian Ocean. Access to Chagos is severely restricted by the British government, while the principal island of Diego Garcia is rented out to the USA as a military base. Wilson obtained permission to take 15 people by boat from Seychelles to Chagos with the indirect approval of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office through the intermediary of the Chagos Conservation Society. However, departure from Seychelles aboard the Indian Ocean Explorer was almost prevented by order of the Seychelles prime minister and only the intervention of UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw at the last moment made it possible for the expedition to depart. The plight of the Chagossian people, resettled in Mauritius and Seychelles in the 1960s to make way for the US base in Diego Garcia, continues to this day.

    Wexas today

    Wexas is a leading UK travel organization with 110 staff . The association operates from its principal office on London’s South Bank and a subsidiary office in Bournemouth. Wexas was incorporated in 1982 and offers its members a variety of travel and travel insurance services. Dr Ian Wilson remains the chairman to this day.

    Garthpedia (talk) 10:26, 21 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    @Garthpedia: The only edit you have related to Ian Wilson is to add a word to an article about a different Ian Wilson. If you created a draft, you didn't do it while logged in to your account. 331dot (talk) 10:30, 21 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    It sounds as if your article should be about WEXAS, rather than Dr Wilson, but we have an article on Ian Wilson (entrepreneur). Is this yours? Are you PaulBommel? (Probably not.) Dbfirs 10:45, 21 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    There's not much point in trying to create a new article on Dr Wilson because we already have one. Why not call your draft WEXAS instead? Dbfirs 11:48, 21 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Gruppo UNA - Still a draft

    Hi there! I need some assistance with a page whose I have completed the translation from Italian to English. Wiki still displays the page as a draft, and I don't know how to resolve it :( The link of the page is here --> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Gruppo_UNA

    Thank you in advance, Alessandro

    Itseclypso (talk)

    Hi @Itseclypso: Thank you for translating it. I notice that all of the sources are about the merger of the companies. Since I don't speak Italian, it's hard for me to conduct a search, but are you able to find third-party, independent sources WP:RS that discuss Gruppo UNA in more detail to get it past the WP:NCORP/WP:ORGDEPTH threshold? Adding those sources/more content will help it meet WP:GNG. Also, be sure to attribute the article to the Italian Wikipedia source by following the instructions here: WP:Translation#How_to_translate. Once all that's done, you can submit the article for review by adding the {{subst:submit}} template to the top of the article. Orville1974 (talk) 14:05, 21 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Draft Deleted

    Hello, I wrote an article which was carefully written with citations only from reputable public media. The draftEyeglasses.com was deleted due to promotional material. I followed your guidelines, checked all the wiki pages for similar companies. Can you please refer to the article and show me specific instances of promotion? Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Peacefulmark (talkcontribs) 13:14, 21 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    @Peacefulmark: It was deleted by RoySmith for this reason WP:G11. It is highly unlikely it would be restored. - FlightTime (open channel) 13:19, 21 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    The deleted draft started with, "Eyeglasses.com has been called a disrupter in the eyeglasses industry", and went downhill from there, including pricing information about the glasses they sell, and how many stars they got rated from various websites. Please see WP:COI and WP:UPE. -- RoySmith (talk) 13:34, 21 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Page Renaming

    Please kindly assist with renaming the Permal Group (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permal_Group) page to EnTrust Global. Content has been updated, however I am unable to correct the name.

    Thanks, — Preceding unsigned comment added by 38.88.182.219 (talk) 14:22, 21 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Hi! Your rewrite blanked all of the content on Permal Group and included no reliable sources, so I've restored the prior version and kept the page where it is for now. Please add to the article regarding the rename without removing existing content, and be sure to cite independent, third-party sources WP:RS when doing so. Thank you! Orville1974 (talk) 14:47, 21 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    template help

    how to add logos of other Indian cities here? Template:Rail-interchange/doc/IN
    Saha ( talk ) 18:38, 21 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Eastern Screech Owl

    My edit of a quote was found to be "not constructive". I don't understand why. The quote in the article is incorrect, and is actually in Walden by Henry David Thoreau. I cited all the book information I had available. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Birdnerder (talkcontribs) 18:56, 21 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Hello, Birdnerder. You should discuss this at Talk:Eastern screech owl and with the editorcwho reverted you. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 19:03, 21 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    Birdnerder: I think the problem was that you failed to cite a reference for your claim. You wrote "(Henry David Thoreau, 1854).<ref name=Thoreau/>", which does not give the name of the work, and incidentally refers to a named reference which does not exist. I think the work you were trying to cite is Walden. If you have access to a copy of the 1854 edition of Walden, it should be easy to support your claim with a validly-fortmatted reference, with a page number. Maproom (talk) 20:52, 21 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Bulk URL check?

    Dear Wikipedia folks,

    Is there a bulk way to check whether a page link already exists in Wikipedia.

    I am creating a database of bacterial names and want to include a link to Wikipedia if a page exists for that name, but not have a dead link if it doesn't exist.

    Say I have a long list of bacterial names (which I do) and say I want to check each one if they have a page in Wikipedia, but I don't want to manually search each one.

    Such as:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abiotrophia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escherichia_coli https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streptococcus etc.etc x 14,000

    Is there a tool or script to submit bulk lists of candidate Wikipedia URLs which reports back YES or NO in Wikipedia?

    Thanks

    Teeber — Preceding unsigned comment added by 137.187.161.236 (talk) 20:13, 21 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    As far as I know, there is no such tool. However, if you add each name into each wikilink then press the preview button at the bottom of the edit box, then you can view the edit you are about to make. Then you can view whether any of the wikilinks come up as a red link (indicating there is no page with that exact title) and then you can manually search for the name that has come up red. This eliminates huge amounts of time, but can still be rather tedious, especially if you get the spelling slightly off. I hope that helps, Willbb234 (talk) 20:33, 21 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    If this is your first time editing, you might want to head to this editing tutorial to get an idea on what editing Wikipedia is about. You can ask any questions at the Teahouse. Best wishes, Willbb234 (talk) 20:36, 21 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    Hi Teeber, since there doesn't seem to be a tool that would do it, here's how I would approach it. In Excel, enter [[ in the first and second rows of the first column, then use the cell tool (bottom right corner of cell) to drag it down for as many rows as you need. In the second column, paste your list of titles. In the first and second rows of the third column, enter ]], then drag it down for as many rows as you have titles. Next, save the file in .csv format (comma separated values). Open the .csv file in Notepad. Replace every comma with nothing (use search+replace but don't put anything in the "replace with" field). You now have a list of wikilinked article titles that you can paste into your Sandbox and preview to see which ones are blue and which are red. Hope that helps! Schazjmd (Talk) 21:03, 21 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    As I read the OP's question, they are not wanting to create wikilinks, but to add links to Wikipedia articles to a database outside Wikipedia. If that is the case, IP user, I think you will need to download the Wikipedia database and extract the information from it. WP:Database download is where you want to go - probably the section "Help to parse dumps for use in scripts". --ColinFine (talk) 22:29, 21 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    Each database dump also comes with a compressed list of all the current article titles. This is just a big text file, so may be easier for you to work with. The most recent article title dump is enwiki-20190601-all-titles-in-ns0.gz -- John of Reading (talk) 04:23, 22 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    June 22

    How to write a biography about someone

    I would like some help to be able to create a biography about someone, what are the steps I need to take.. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:585:8101:1AA7:BD07:8714:79A5:1DD0 (talk) 00:25, 22 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Who do want to write about? - FlightTime (open channel) 00:29, 22 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Nominating for a DYK the second time

    Can a article be nominated for a DYK twice? I can't figure out how I would nominate Go Vacation for a DYK, since when I use the nominating tool thingy here, it just brings me to the page to edit the previous nomination that happened for the article in 2011. Thanks, TheAwesomeHwyh (talk) 01:10, 22 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    WP:DYKRULES 1d states: "Articles that have featured (bold link) previously on DYK, or in a blurb on the main page's In the news, or On this day sections are ineligible." MB 01:40, 22 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks, I hadn't seen that page. TheAwesomeHwyh (talk) 01:58, 22 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    DYK is for new articles or those that have been expanded at least five-fold recently. Neither applies here, as far as I can see. Clarityfiend (talk) 05:40, 22 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    This is a new GA, which is another eligibility, but disallowed in this case due to previous DYK as a new article. MB 05:57, 22 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    I stand (or rather sit) corrected. Clarityfiend (talk) 06:05, 22 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Writing an article

    Hello! I would like to create an article about a notable professor and I didn't understand the full procedure of submitting and publishing an article. I have the content of the article and as I read on academic notability he qualifies, I would like your assistance about how to do it. Thank you, Oak9500