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March 1

Photo

How do I replace 1 photo for another Jonathan Drouin hes in a Tampa Bay Lightning Jersey not his current team Montreal Canadiens — Preceding unsigned comment added by RoberTroke (talk • contribs) 06:42, 1 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hi RoberTroke and welcome to Wikipedia. The problem is that all images on Wikipedia must be freely licenced (check out Wikipedia:Copyrights). The easiest way to do this is to upload your own photo that you took yourself (say, at a game), because you own the copyright that way. Honestly, a lot of photos are out of date but we (we as in Wikipedia in general) have a lot of amazing editors who take photos and share them on Wikipedia. On WP:WikiProject Ice Hockey specifically, this happens a couple of times a year. I wouldn't worry too much that the main photo doesn't show the Habs, people can find it on Google and eventually someone will upload a photo to Wiki. HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 06:55, 1 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

RoberTroke Actually, this page (Wikipedia:Image use policy) may be of more use to you. HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 07:11, 1 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Canary Islands Vandalism; order of the capitals

This already produced a discussion in the article in Spanish and the user Canario88 has just been blocked by vandalism: https://es.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Canarias&action=history

However, the user with anonymous IPs continues to vandalize the article. I propose to protect the article and revert its editions.

Nicert is a puppet account of Canario88.--87.223.115.132 (talk) 09:43, 1 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The Canary Islands article has now been protected from editing by new accounts and logged-out users. All parties to the dispute should note that edit warring is prohibited and may lead to blocks: Bhunacat10 (talk), 16:11, 1 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Where do I go?

I want to propose to merge a template side bar into a template navbox. Then I would like the side bar to be deleted. Is there a central location for this type of site action like request move? Mitchumch (talk) 13:13, 1 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Mitchumch: This belongs at Wikipedia:Templates for discussion. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:23, 1 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. Mitchumch (talk) 13:24, 1 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The New Type

Hello: Why is the type suddenly so small? - MDR — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.1.111.172 (talk) 14:38, 1 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

There are any number of reasons the text could be appearing small to you, not all of which are on Wikipedia's end. Please be more specific, like where you are seeing this issue. 331dot (talk) 14:40, 1 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The most common reason is that you zoomed your browser. In many browsers, press Ctrl++ for larger, Ctrl+- for smaller, Ctrl+0 for default. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:45, 1 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Israel / Palestine name standard

I often see people changing Israel to Palestine in articles about that part of the world. Certainly, there was a time when that area was legally called Palestine, and then I understand that Palestine should be used. But in referring to modern events in the state of Israel, some people strongly prefer Palestine and change the name "Israel" to "Palestine" whenever possible. As an editor, should I be reverting this or letting it alone? Is there a Wikipedia standard on when Israel should be used in articles, and when Palestine should be used? ubiquity (talk) 16:38, 1 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Be careful before you do anything in Palestine/Israel articles, they are the subject of special sanctions. See WP:A/I/PIA - X201 (talk) 17:00, 1 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, that was just what I was looking for. ubiquity (talk) 19:15, 1 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Two questions in a Wikitable

Here is my Wikitable.

Summary of Film Awards and Nominations
Number	Film	Awards	Nominations	Notes
1	Animal Bevaiour	0	1
2	At Eternity's Gate	0	1
0	X	0	0
0	X	0	0

Question 1. How did I lose the ability to sort? The original table had the ability to sort. And the "up and down" sorting arrows appeared in Row 2. When I added the color/shade to Row 2, I lost the sorting ability. Question 2. What is the code to make this table collapsible, so that the reader can either "hide" or "show" it? Thank you. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 16:47, 1 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

To make it collapsible you need to add 'collapsible' class. Ruslik_Zero 18:00, 1 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 18:02, 1 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Joseph A. Spadaro: The table is actually sortable but there are no sort arrows due to Help:Sorting#Background colors in sortable headers. Below is the table with style="background-color:...;" in the headers. PrimeHunter (talk) 10:59, 2 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Summary of Film Awards and Nominations
Number	Film	Awards	Nominations	Notes
1	Animal Bevaiour	0	1
2	At Eternity's Gate	0	1
0	X	0	0
0	X	0	0

@PrimeHunter: Thanks a million. I would have never caught that! I looked over my code a million times, and I was completely baffled as to why it did not work. Thank you! Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 21:52, 2 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, all! Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 16:51, 4 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I have some concerns regarding an article on wikipedia

Respected Wikipedia editors,

I want to know if article of Indian pilot Abhinandan Varthaman who was captured by Pakistan Army about 3-4 days ago passes all the criteria to have an article on Wikipedia I do not think that article should be allowed as he is the news for just a single event but I noticed a redirect war on that article between some editors and also do check the Talk:Abhinandan Varthaman where I noticed some editors discussing on the issue. Please note that about 50 soldiers died in the 2019 India–Pakistan standoff but no one has a article on Wikipedia then why a pilot who was just captured for only 2 days then released should have an article on Wikipedia ? I might be wrong as I am not aware of what is allowed here but I do believe one who dies in a war should be given more chances to have an article than one who was just captured and released. Please do the right thing.

Regards,

Vicky Singh,

— Preceding unsigned comment added by .1 V 1.&%& *$~I zmiejajekîrK̄hxngiro. (talk • contribs) 18:49, 1 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

First of all, the two countries involved are not at war. Moreover the articles on Wikipedia are not based upon who should "get a chance to have an article." Articles here are based on notability of the person and biographies of living people policy.

2405:204:1229:58CB:981E:62CD:8AAD:6D9A (talk) 20:34, 1 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Editing template

I'm trying to make edits to Template:African American topics sidebar, but whenever I click on "Show preview" nothing changes. What am I doing wrong? Mitchumch (talk) 19:01, 1 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Mitchumch, The way some templates work they don't show in the preview window. What you want to do is find a page that currently uses the template (such as the /doc page) and below the publish button on the template edit page is a box for "Preview page with this template". Enter the title of the page you found, and enjoy! WelpThatWorked (talk) 19:32, 1 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Your instructions worked. Thank you. Mitchumch (talk) 19:54, 1 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

So far as I can see your recent edits have only bypassed a couple of redirects, but the links still go to the same article and show the same text on-screen. Mostly there is no real need to do this (see this advice): Bhunacat10 (talk), 19:37, 1 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Those edits weren't related to this post, but I appreciate your help. Mitchumch (talk) 19:54, 1 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Changing title/name of page

hi,

Gerardo is an actor who previously went by the stage name "Adrian Bellani"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Bellani

there is no search for him on wiki. if you google Gerardo Celasco a wiki page for Adrian Bellani comes up. is there a way to update that since people search him under Gerardo Celasco now, and not "Adrian Bellani"

the name also needs to be updated on the link to Imdb

thanks Sivarcity (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 19:25, 1 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Sivarcity I've created a redirect at Gerardo Celasco which points to Adrian Bellani. I've also undone your changes to that article. Please do not copy IMDB profiles into Wikipedia, doing so creates a copyright violation. ~ ONUnicorn^{(Talk|Contribs)}problem solving 19:58, 1 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism/disruption

This page has some disruptive edits. Can someone undo them. I am unable to edit it. Geneva Conventions 2405:204:1229:58CB:981E:62CD:8AAD:6D9A (talk) 20:30, 1 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I have reverted 2 recent edits, that seemed disruptive (or had no source or explanation). Thank you for pointing this out. Of course you are also welcome to fix such problems yourself or raise further concerns at the article's talkpage Talk:Geneva Conventions, if you don't want to edit the article. GermanJoe (talk) 20:50, 1 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

This biography of a living person relies too much on references to primary sources. (September 2018). Advice sought

This biography of a living person relies too much on references to primary sources. (September 2018)

Please advise on how to reduce this reliance. I am looking at the webpage on wiki (that I did not initiate) in my name but can add citations to published works/patents if this would help

Your guidance please — Preceding unsigned comment added by Biochemistsco (talk • contribs) 2019-03-01T20:42:09 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia, and thanks for wanting to improve it with better citations. If the article is about you and someone your are connected to, please read WP:COI. You should not edit the article yourself. Instead, put your suggested edits, including the sources in a discussion on the talk page and tag it with {{Edit request}}. Then, other editors can evaluate it and make the edits if appropriate. RudolfRed (talk) 20:50, 1 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Transfert to commons

It is possible to transfert File:Creative Technology company logo.svg to commons so that will be usable in the other Wikipedia language edition? --151.49.64.189 (talk) 23:31, 1 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

No, because it's marked as a non-free image and Commons doesn't host those. It's probably not simple enough in the source country (Singapore) to be non-copyrightable. – Finnusertop (talk ⋅ contribs) 23:36, 1 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

are you saying that the other wikipedias still will have to show the old logo instead the new one... --151.49.64.189 (talk) 23:41, 1 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

No. What will need to be done is to upload the new logo to each individual language's version of Wikipedia. The logo is not free and thus cannot be put on Commons. That does not mean that it can't be uploaded individually to each version. Does that help clear things up? †dismas†|^(talk) 23:59, 1 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

To be a bit more specific, We here at the English-language help desk know the rules for images on en.Wikipedia (i.e., fair use, with restrictions), and we know the rules for Commons (i.e., free use only). Each Wikipedia has its own policies, possibly based on laws of different countries, and you should make sure that you are complying with the policies of each Wikipedia that you choose to upload that image to, possibly by going to that Wikipedia's help desk. If you think this is onerous, tedious, and ultimately ridiculous, well so do I, but it results directly from the attempt by the WMF to adhere to copyright law. The problem is (all of the) copyright laws, not the Wikipedia policies. -Arch dude (talk) 03:31, 2 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

New York's bridges

Hi! I have contacted you folks before. I am working on a book on New York's Bridges. I have helped Wikipedia in the Past as I have made some important corrections on some of your sites and I have allowed Wikipedia to use some of my photographs on their sites. What I need to know in detail is How can I have my Attorney write up a small paragraph stating that some of my historical information was supplied by Wikipedia. I DO want to make sure Wikipedia DOES get the proper credit. Do you have any example's that you could show me and I can present that to my Attorney? Thank you!! Dave Frieder — Preceding unsigned comment added by Grillage 2 (talk • contribs) 23:46, 1 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Grillage 2: Have your attorney read WP:REUSE and WP:CCBYSA. You can use the text for any purpose (including commercial) if you provide attribution. RudolfRed (talk) 23:54, 1 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Grillage 2: Here is an example: Wikipedia:Reusing_Wikipedia_content#Example_notice RudolfRed (talk) 23:56, 1 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]