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October 22

Too much quoted text?

I need some feedback on whether there is too much quoted text from references at Intel HEX#References. I added a banner for this issue, but I'm not sure if it is the correct one. Thanks in advance! • Sbmeirow • Talk • 01:41, 22 October 2023 (UTC)

Yes. Many of those quotations appear to be from online source that are not behind paywalls so the quotations are not really necessary. If the quotations are important to the article, put them in the article body and cite them. Quotations require citations; citations do not require quotations.

—Trappist the monk (talk) 02:07, 22 October 2023 (UTC)

Horizontal scrolling table?

Just wondering if someone more clever than me could fix the ethnicity table (to stop it from overflowing horizontally, or at least do it gracefully) at Saint Petersburg#Demographics. Thanks. Brycehughes (talk) 03:12, 22 October 2023 (UTC)

The percentage columns were unnecessarily wide (due to the length of the heading). I have fixed that. Clarityfiend (talk)

Thanks. I gave another shot at the horizontal scroll and it seems to work okay... not sure if it's perfect but maybe good 'nuff. Brycehughes (talk) 10:23, 22 October 2023 (UTC)

Now if somebody could left indent the population figures, that would be nice (I can't find the documentation for that). Clarityfiend (talk) 03:37, 22 October 2023 (UTC)

I have right-aligned them.[1] PrimeHunter (talk) 12:47, 22 October 2023 (UTC)

updating profile picture...

How do I update the profile picture on a biography page I'm working on? Is there a guide somewhere specifically about the correct procedure? Heideana (talk) 03:45, 22 October 2023 (UTC)

Take a photograph of Martin Burckhardt (if it is he) yourself, so that you, indisputably, are the copyright holder. Upload it to Wikipedia Commons, copylefting it (or, if you prefer, waiving all rights to it). Categorize it, etc. If you upload it there under some filename (say, Martin Burckhardt 2023.jpg), then in Wikipedia you can invoke it with the same filename (you don't have to say that it's at Commons).

But I don't think you need to worry about the image. Rather, the text. The "About" section contains some Deep Thought, involving, inter alia, "our sequential great Universal Machines with their outsourced historical unconscious Psychotopes" [Come again?], and it's completely unreferenced. -- Hoary (talk) 03:58, 22 October 2023 (UTC)

The draft article needs to provide evidence that anyone has taken Burckhardt's ideas seriously. Maproom (talk) 07:32, 22 October 2023 (UTC)

The draft also needs proper citations for almost the entire content. Or at least, all that remains after the postmodernist gobbledygook is removed. AndyTheGrump (talk) 10:23, 22 October 2023 (UTC)

Sandbox

A subpage I made to experiment with Infobox country was deleted for using Wikipedia as a web host.
If I put a disclaimer that it is experimentation along with various family trees and infoboxes relating to a personal project on my sandbox, will it be deleted for the same reason?
I wanted to make sure about things this time.
Doctor Alex (talk · contributions · sandbox) 04:47, 22 October 2023 (UTC)

Your use of Wikipedia should be for the benefit of Wikipedia, Blocky44 ("Doctor Alex"), not for "a personal project". For the personal project, well, Mediawiki is free software, so you'd be free to install it on your own webserver and use it there. -- Hoary (talk) 06:20, 22 October 2023 (UTC)

But it would be placed on my sandbox and with a disclaimer. Also I do not have a webserver and did not realize I still had Doctor Alex in my signature. The sandbox is for experimentation, isn't it?

Blocky44 (talk · contributions · sandbox) 06:23, 22 October 2023 (UTC)

Blocky44, your sandbox is for experimentation directly related to improving Wikipedia, not for general experimentation. Cullen328 (talk) 07:37, 22 October 2023 (UTC)

Alright, but where would I put general experimentation? Would I have to obtain a webserver for MediaWiki? If so, what does that mean and how?

Blocky44 (talk · contributions · sandbox) 07:49, 22 October 2023 (UTC)

Anywhere other than Wikipedia, Blocky44. Web server gives an overview of the software and hardware requirements. Cullen328 (talk) 07:54, 22 October 2023 (UTC)

Fellow claiming to be a Wikipedia Moderator

A Fellow claiming to be a Wikipedia Moderator emailed me this evening and offered to create a Wikipedia page. While I am aware some of this is BS I'd like to refere to email - and the headers - to the appropriate notice board. Any suggestions? Or should I ignore. Whiteguru (talk) 09:39, 22 October 2023 (UTC)

Whiteguru See WP:SCAM for instructions. 331dot (talk) 09:43, 22 October 2023 (UTC)

OK, thanks. Whiteguru (talk) 09:46, 22 October 2023 (UTC)

Deleting all of my edits on a specific article

Can I request for deletion of all of my edits on a specific article? Plus looking for policy/guideline about deleted edits. Thanks. --Mann Mann (talk) 15:09, 22 October 2023 (UTC)

As it says at the bottom of every edit page By publishing changes, you agree to the Terms of Use, and you irrevocably agree to release your contribution under the CC BY-SA 4.0 License and the GFDL. Having articles written by multiple contributors subject to later arbitrary deletion by a single contributor would very likely be damaging to such articles, even if it were possible. AndyTheGrump (talk) 15:30, 22 October 2023 (UTC)

Spoilers in biographical articles

I posted a comment about this on one of the help or policy pages. I do not know where -- I can't find it "Spoilers" again. It's on one of the FAQ pages, perhaps; it took me an hour to find an appropriate place the first time. I never got any response.

My position was that spoilers are all right in an article about media, such as the solution to the murder mystery in an article about a "Columbo" show, a "Perry Mason" show or any number of other shows. I think that is established in the "Spoiler" policy; it's part fo the plot. However, it is not appropriate to say in a biographical article about an actor that the actor played the murderer. This came about because I am watching old Perry Mason shows (the shows do not have individual articles, where the spoiler would be part of the "Plot" section) and when I look up an actor, sometimes the article says he was the murderer on the show. That "spoiled" the show for me. I have been editing these spoilers out.

However, I just discovered that one was changed back without explanation. I have left a note on the talk page for that article. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Kevin_Hagen

I want to know if I doing the right thing, or should I not bother. I can give up any time. We can have spoilers in biographical articles, viz. In the article about Orson Welles, we can say he played the crooked cop and murderer in "Touch of Evil" as well as directing the movie. I don't think that's a good idea, but if someone boldly does it, would it be right to edit it out? Wastrel Way (talk) 20:40, 22 October 2023 (UTC) Eric

As usual, Wastrel Way, it comes down to what the sources say. If the sources identify the character played by this actor as the murderer, then the WP article may say so. If they don't, then that's probably original research, and shouldn't be in an article. (I suppose it's really synthesis, because the identity of the character as the murderer is presumably explicit in the show, which is an acceptable source for itself. But that's still a sort of OR). ColinFine (talk) 20:54, 22 October 2023 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Spoiler. Basically, it is irrelevant for Wikipedia whether information is a spoiler, and so spoilers can occur anywhere, and indeed should occur everywhere where they serve an encyclopaedic purpose. That a character played by an actor is a murderer sounds like encyclopaedically relevant information. Please do not remove spoilers from articles unless they need to be removed for reasons unrelated to being a spoiler. —Kusma (talk) 21:20, 22 October 2023 (UTC)

Rev'ed by draft author

I added a maintenance category + Template:Draft to the two draft articles Draft:Batman: The Video Game (Game Boy) and Draft:Mr. Tuff

My edits were later reverted by the author with the reasoning that i "wasn't an admin and i didn't had the authors permission to edit his draft" and that the edits were apparently "ruining his workflow"

Where do i go from here? Because I have no clue if i did something wrong --Trade (talk) 22:12, 22 October 2023 (UTC)

I'm about to post a message on the user's talk page. -- Hoary (talk) 22:41, 22 October 2023 (UTC)

See this. -- Hoary (talk) 22:48, 22 October 2023 (UTC)

@Trade: I just updated Category:Draft articles about video games with the instructions "This category is populated by {{draft topics}} template, using the parameter value "video-games". It should not be used directly." I also updated the drafts in this category. GoingBatty (talk) 17:22, 23 October 2023 (UTC)

How did you got the draft topics template to do that? Trade (talk) 18:26, 23 October 2023 (UTC)

It doesn't look like draft topics actually places drafts in the category Trade (talk) 00:08, 24 October 2023 (UTC)

October 23

Move conflict (re: Sea of Faces)

Minutes ago, I was about to move Sea of Faces (Fowley, Parker song) to Sea of Faces (song) (as the only such article at this writing documenting a notable tune under this title). Turns out I was blocked by the existence of the latter, which has redirected to the Kutless album of the same name since 2009. What next to do from here? (Surveyed as part of NPP October 2023.) --Slgrandson (How's my egg-throwing coleslaw?) 06:22, 23 October 2023 (UTC)

Fixed (I think). -- Hoary (talk) 08:45, 23 October 2023 (UTC)

Informative Videos on Wikipedia

As we see all the scrap on YouTube why don't we come up with informative videos on Wikipedia.

This help people to search for specific content they are looking without getting deviated with irrelevant content.

Every parent will feel safe while kids search for content that help them in studies or knowledge.

Wikipedia will become will be everyone's place to search any kind of content. Appala.baipilli (talk) 06:49, 23 October 2023 (UTC)

Appala.baipilli, if WP were everyone's place to search for any kind of content, then it would be (for example) the porn-fiend's place to search for porn -- whereupon parents (or many of them) would not feel safe. That's just one contradiction. Your idea has plenty of other problems too. But if you want to pursue it, then the place to do so is Wikipedia:Village pump (idea lab). -- Hoary (talk) 08:38, 23 October 2023 (UTC)

@Appala.baipilli: Wikipedia is crowdsourced by volunteers who each do whatever they choose. Good videos are a lot of work. If you personally wish to make videos, please feel free to do so. If you personally wish to create a project to do this systematically, please go ahead. You will probably attract others to help you if you have a plan and have produced a good first example. -Arch dude (talk) 12:58, 23 October 2023 (UTC)

@Appala.baipilli Note that Wikimedia Commons encourages the upload of videos and would be happy to host those of the type you suggest. Full details at c:COM:VID Mike Turnbull (talk) 20:08, 23 October 2023 (UTC)

Error: Unable to display the reference properly. See the documentation for details.

In W3af the error: "Error: Unable to display the reference properly. See the documentation for details." appears.

It is caused by: {{wikidata|property|edit|reference|P348}}

The same (or a similar) problem is at for example: GimPhoto and slrn. Can someone explain wtf is going on and how to fix it? Thanks! 2A02:A46E:9885:0:8998:4211:DCCE:3A82 (talk) 10:42, 23 October 2023 (UTC)

The error message links to Module:Wd/doc#References which says: "The reference to be displayed has to have at least title (P1476) and reference URL (P854) properties." The pencil icon where the reference is used in the infobox links to [2] in the Wikidata item where I added a title.[3] PrimeHunter (talk) 11:11, 23 October 2023 (UTC)

@PrimeHunter: Ok, so if I understand you correctly using the Wikidata thing just creates a bunch of busywork and we should stop using it (for example see GimPhoto and slrn). Asking a reference URL for every single version of a piece of software is nonsensical. It shows an error, does not even explain what the actual error is, and people have to read a bunch of stuff and then use the wikidata interface to solve the error. I actually tried to understand it but it turns out it is just wasting my time and making Wikipedia inaccessible to anyone who values their time on this planet. How do we get rid of wikidata? 2A02:A46E:9885:0:8998:4211:DCCE:3A82 (talk) 11:41, 23 October 2023 (UTC)

Or, how do we make wikidata usable? It should at least show which missing piece of data caused which problem. 2A02:A46E:9885:0:8998:4211:DCCE:3A82 (talk) 12:06, 23 October 2023 (UTC)

Module:Wd/doc#References starts with: "When either the reference or the references command is used and a reference is encountered (in Wikidata), the module attempts to display it using the {{Cite web}} template." So the current calls explicitly ask for making a reference. If you omit |reference in the call then the reference and any associated error message will disappear. Suggestions for Module:Wd and its error messages can be posted to Module talk:Wd. The first section is currently about reference errors but has no posts since August. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:26, 23 October 2023 (UTC)

Looking at GimPhoto (and GIMPshop), where the error is still present, the error was introduced by an IP editor on 30 August 2022, so presumably they are responsible for introducing the error and not asking for help to fix it at the time. TSventon (talk) 13:16, 23 October 2023 (UTC)

This may be a stupid question, but is this fixable by bot? There are ~1300 pages in this category. I could not find a tutorial on how to fix those errors. Did I not use the correct search terms? Looking at for example ACE (editor) and AbsoluteTelnet and the joke software called .NET the red errors are very prominently displayed despite being quite unimportant (e.g. no URL for a version of a program). 2A02:A46E:9885:0:8998:4211:DCCE:3A82 (talk) 14:15, 23 October 2023 (UTC)

The current error message was added 6 May 2023 [4][5] after discussion at Module talk:Wd/Archive 1#Reference formatting bug when using "author name string" (P2093). I do think a reference url without a title (which appears to be optional at Wikidata) is handled poorly. For comparison, {{Cite web|url=https://github.com/andresriancho/w3af/releases/tag/1.6.54}} produces:

https://github.com/andresriancho/w3af/releases/tag/1.6.54. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

That still gives a clickable reference and the red message is less prominent and doesn't call it an "error". But this dicussion belongs at Module talk:Wd if you want attention from editors of the module who can actually change it. PrimeHunter (talk) 15:27, 23 October 2023 (UTC)

Help in article submission Review

The rules say that articles in AFC will be reviewed at random. Is it possible to ask other people for help? For example if I write articles about military subjects, would a request in corresponding Wikiproject be lawful and people will review submission ahead of time? F.Alexsandr (talk) 10:51, 23 October 2023 (UTC)

It's not "at random", exactly; it's according to what the volunteer reviewers choose to work on. You may certainly request assistance on your draft from a relevant WikiProject. Whether that will get the draft reviewed any sooner is not predictable - there may not happen to be any reviewers who watch that project, and even if they are, that does not necessarily mean that they will get to your draft any sooner.

But if members of the WikiProject are interested in your draft, they may help you improve it and improve your chances of its being accepted when it is reviewed. ColinFine (talk) 11:31, 23 October 2023 (UTC)

To clarify one point: it's not like an exam where you have to stop writing when the invigilator calls "time"/you submit the draft. You (and others) can continue to improve the draft until a reviewer(s) get round to it. Also, you can collaborate with others at any point, before submission, awaiting review, and after review. (The draft's Talk page is there for discussion and co-ordination of such collaboration.)

Basically, submitted drafts go into a 'pool' and each (volunteer) reviewer chooses what they want to review next. They often go for "low-hanging fruit" where a draft is obviously inadequate (e.g. no citations at all) or obviously well-composed – drafts that look borderline are sometimes avoided for a while because they will likely take more effort to examine and critique. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 46.65.231.103 (talk) 12:44, 23 October 2023 (UTC)

The search box

What happened to the "search box" which was at the top of every page? Wikipedia cannot always read a user's mind, but a user can tell Wikipedia what specific page (such as the name of a town or a person) they are looking for. With the search box the user can go to the page they are looking for directly. 90.254.174.146 (talk) 12:17, 23 October 2023 (UTC)

For me, nothing has happened to it. It's where it used to be. And if I take a look while logged out, I see that it's still where it used to be when logged out. Ditto if I look while logged out and in the "mobile view". -- Hoary (talk) 12:29, 23 October 2023 (UTC)

[Edit Conflict] It's still there (and more central), but with the new default 'skin' is often reduced to just the magnifying-glass logo, which you need to click to expand the actual box. (Or so I understand; I myself apply an automatic url extension [if that's the right term] that retains elements of the old skin.) {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 46.65.231.103 (talk) 12:31, 23 October 2023 (UTC)

What to do with stuck move request?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Prime_Minister%27s_Official_Residence_(Japan)#Requested_move_22_September_2023 My request for a title change has been pending for a month. Is there anything that can be done to expedite the process? PointInfo (talk) 14:24, 23 October 2023 (UTC)

How do I create a page for myself?

appalchian culture bearer wishes to create a page Jeanabrown (talk) 16:32, 23 October 2023 (UTC)

See your first article. But please bear in mind that Wikipedia is not Facebook, LinkedIn etc, and if the article lacks significant sourcing or has a clear conflict of interest, it is likely to be deleted very quickly. You could try creating a draft and asking other users for their feedback first.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 16:36, 23 October 2023 (UTC)

@Jeanabrown, I'd also recommend a careful read of WP:AUTO and the reasons why an article about yourself isn't necessarily a good thing. 57.140.16.45 (talk) 16:38, 23 October 2023 (UTC)

See also WP:BACKWARD. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 17:55, 23 October 2023 (UTC)

On creating my first article

Writing new articles for Wikipedia is always something I've had a passive interest in, but it's also something I've never done before. I realize that if I wanted to create an article I would be able to from the get go, as I have the user rights to do so; however, realizing that articles require a certain level of quality, and that I'm not going to meet the criteria flawlessly on my first attempt, I'm hesitant to just go ahead and make an article. I'm aware of the existence of WP:AfC, but from what I've seen there's a large backlog of articles waiting for review and I don't know if I want to wait that long for something that seems tailored to editors who do not have the sufficient permissions to create articles on their own in the first place.

My question, then, is this: say I want to create my first article, but I want it to be checked for quality before I'm confident enough to actually put it into mainspace. How should I go about this? Is there some sort of peer review system in place for draft articles (as I assume I can just prop up a draft in the Draft: namespace or in my sandbox) that I could use to get the opinion of other editors on my draft, without the lengthy waiting period that comes with AfC? I might be answering my own question here, but I don't know where I would find such a thing or a reasonable alternative to it in the event that that is the case. Cheers — theki ^{(hit me up)} 17:38, 23 October 2023 (UTC)

If your draft at WP:AFC is clearly notable it is likely to be accepted within minutes, if not then it can take longer, it isn't a queue, reviewers pick and choose, and obvious passes are easily reviewed. Theroadislong (talk) 18:03, 23 October 2023 (UTC)

In minutes? More likely weeks or months, regardless of its quality. There's always a big backlog. Clarityfiend (talk) 02:33, 24 October 2023 (UTC)

That's primarily my issue. I don't really mind a wait that long if it's what I have to do to wait for some sort of peer review, but I'm just curious if there are any alternatives— I don't have any Wikipedia editor friends who could look over it, so asking someone personally to informally review a draft is not an option for me. — theki ^{(hit me up)} 12:33, 24 October 2023 (UTC)

Userbox

so I think I put the right stuff in the Userbox but how do I get the actual box to show up on my page because it's just the code on the page when I publish it and not the box?. DON'T CRY BY GUN'S N ROSES (talk) 21:41, 23 October 2023 (UTC)

@DON'T CRY BY GUN'S N ROSES: Userboxes are a form of templates. You are editing with VisualEditor where templates are added in a different way from the source editor. In your edit [6] you probably tried to use the source method, but VisualEditor surrounded your code with <nowiki>...</nowiki> which is a way to display source code instead of executing it. See Help:VisualEditor#Editing templates for how to add templates with VisualEditor, or see the end of Help:VisualEditor#Getting started: the VisualEditor toolbar for how to switch to the source editor. PrimeHunter (talk) 22:20, 23 October 2023 (UTC)

Multi-member district infobox

Hello, I'm not too experienced with infoboxes and I'm trying to use This one. Is it possible to use it in a way that will show multiple members (like if a single district sends 1 senator and 2 representatives), or will a different infobox template need to be used? If so, does the different template exist yet?

Longestview (talk) 22:45, 23 October 2023 (UTC)

@Longestview: From what I can tell, it only allows one "chamber" value, so you can't specify both. Try asking at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_United_States_Government for suggestions on a template to use for your case. RudolfRed (talk) 00:58, 24 October 2023 (UTC)

Userbox q 2

so how do I put a picture in the side box? DON'T CRY BY GUN'S N ROSES (talk) 23:01, 23 October 2023 (UTC)

@DON'T CRY BY GUN'S N ROSES, I've looked at your userbox and all you have to do is add the File name of the image next to the color code. Do you have any image in mind? 🛧Midori No Sora♪🛪 ( ☁＝☁＝✈) 23:15, 23 October 2023 (UTC)

Yes I just wanted the Falling in reverse logo I'm a metal head so. Also thx DON'T CRY BY GUN'S N ROSES (talk) 23:17, 23 October 2023 (UTC)

@DON'T CRY BY GUN'S N ROSES,  Added. 🛧Midori No Sora♪🛪 ( ☁＝☁＝✈) 23:21, 23 October 2023 (UTC)

Blocked

i am being blocked form loggin in and my wiki contribution has been deeply and incorrectly edited 98.47.8.244 (talk) 02:47, 24 October 2023 (UTC)

Hi there! On your user talk page, you should see information on why you were blocked and how to appeal your block. If you don't, please provide us your blocked username. GoingBatty (talk) 03:05, 24 October 2023 (UTC)

October 24

Page move and resulting template questions

I moved Aphra to Aphra (moth) to create a dab page. However, I'm not sure how to adjust the Automatic_taxobox template in the moved article and the speciesbox templates of the four species in the Aphra genus, nor whether I should boldly change the Template:Taxonomy/Aphra Link field (probably, but just to make sure). Clarityfiend (talk) 09:19, 24 October 2023 (UTC)

I added Aphra (moth)| to Template:Taxonomy/Aphra (at 2nd attempt), which seems to have fixed the problem for all 5 pages. ◅ Sebastian Helm 🗨 12:00, 24 October 2023 (UTC)

Thanks. Clarityfiend (talk) 12:05, 25 October 2023 (UTC)

I need to take down this wiki with my details - it threatens my safety

Juliet Mphande Makamula (talk) 12:01, 24 October 2023 (UTC)Be q

Hello. Please read the page Trust and Safety for the best advise and contact points. —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 12:48, 24 October 2023 (UTC)

Nominated for deletion by Theroadislong. 57.140.16.45 (talk) 12:50, 24 October 2023 (UTC)

The article has been deleted. Be well, Makamula. Cullen328 (talk) 18:36, 24 October 2023 (UTC)

Issue with file

Hello, I can't see the thumbnail of the old version of the file File:Carrillo elementary school.jpg. Is this an issue on my end or something else? — MATRIX! (a good person!)^{[Citation not needed at all; thank you very much!]} 14:43, 24 October 2023 (UTC)

I'm also unable to see or find it. It was uploaded as File:Carrillo.jpg in 2006. A new file with the same name was uploaded in 2009 and moved in 2021. The original version apparently got lost somewhere in the process. The same user uploaded File:CarrilloIn.jpg in the same minute.[7] Maybe the files were identical or similar. commons:File:Carrillo.JPG is unrelated. PrimeHunter (talk) 17:45, 24 October 2023 (UTC)

In that case, I might just request a WP:HISTSPLIT to see if that works. Also, looking at the user who uploaded this image's user page, they look like two images that are different but of the same place (File:CarrilloIn.jpg is presumably the interior of said place) — MATRIX! (a good person!)^{[Citation not needed at all; thank you very much!]} 18:17, 24 October 2023 (UTC)

Question about how to correctly include an article source

Hi there,

Some days ago, I wrote this Wikipedia article together with another person:

es:Asdrúbal Blanco

The current sources of information are written in the "external links" section, but there is another source that we would like to include in the article and we haven't been able to include it because Wikipedia seems to not accept YouTube links as sources. This Wikipedia article is about Venezuelan actor Asdrúbal Blanco, and the YouTube link we wanted to include is a recent interview with him where he says many things that we wrote on his Wikipedia page. How could we do to put the YouTube interview with the actor himself as a information source, and how could we fix the sources problem?

Best regards and thank you in advance. 2A0C:5A81:E209:7800:9880:59B6:B26A:BF18 (talk) 20:04, 24 October 2023 (UTC)

The article you are referring to is on the Spanish Wikipedia, not here. Hence you will have to ask for assistance at their Help Desk, since they are a separate project with their own rules and policies on citations. Mike Turnbull (talk) 20:07, 24 October 2023 (UTC)

The Spanish Wikipedia's Help desk appear to be at es:Wikipedia:Café/Archivo/Ayuda/Actual. Happy editing! GoingBatty (talk) 03:08, 25 October 2023 (UTC)

Please note that at least in the English-language Wikipedia, we do not consider interviews with the subject of an article as reliable sources, as human beings tend not to be entirely truthful about themselves. --Orange Mike | Talk 20:02, 25 October 2023 (UTC)

Leeds Pals

The order of the first 3 citations are not in chronological order. Citation number 1 is double up. Did I do something wrong - I cannot fix this. please help. thanks you 115.70.23.77 (talk) 22:55, 24 October 2023 (UTC)

I guess you were startled to see three footnotes to one sentence appear as “[2][3][1]”. This is nothing to worry about. When a reference is cited more than once, it gets only one number; and it so happens that the last of these three is a repeat. If you find it æsthetically displeasing, the cure is simple: move the last “<ref …/>” ahead of the other two. —Tamfang (talk) 23:03, 24 October 2023 (UTC)

"The brothers' brother, Lord Mayor of Leeds Sir Charles Lupton, was filmed in 1915 inspecting the Leeds Pals at a camp near Colsterdale in the Yorkshire Dales where the battalion underwent training. The Lord Mayor's brothers were also present at the event." I do wonder how significant it is that this or that person was present at an event. And "brothers' brother" makes me wonder about the brothers' brother's brothers. -- Hoary (talk) 09:29, 25 October 2023 (UTC)

October 25

merchant marine officers from india in 1970

I am searching for merchant marine officer Anil Vidar Prakash

Vetkid50 (talk) 01:35, 25 October 2023 (UTC)

Hey there. Unfortunately, the article about the person you are searching for does not exist on Wikipedia.

If the person meets WP:N standards, you can write an article about the person. Regards. 🛧Midori No Sora♪🛪 ( ☁＝☁＝✈) 02:17, 25 October 2023 (UTC)

If you are searching for this person more generally, we can't really be of much help. This is not a general help desk, but a place to ask about Wikipedia. 331dot (talk) 15:17, 25 October 2023 (UTC)

Fix the pronunciation in Greek

I would like to ask to make a pronunciation in Greek to fix of Anna Benaki-Psarouda. 108.21.67.83 (talk) 14:20, 25 October 2023 (UTC)

 Courtesy link: Anna Benaki-Psarouda - 57.140.16.45 (talk) 15:06, 25 October 2023 (UTC)

Are you offering to provide a recorded audio pronunciation? That is complicated. However if you are comfortable with the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) or you are willing to learn it, you can create an IPA pronunciation. The current article has a completely broken IPA pronunciation and we should either remove it or replace it. IPA is fairly easy to learn and you can check your work by using any of several "IPA readers" in the web, such as this IPA reader. Since I don't know Greek and I don't know the pronounciation, I cannot do it. If you do create the IPA and cannot figure out how to correct the article, then please come back here.-Arch dude (talk) 15:36, 25 October 2023 (UTC)

Hello. Please see MOS:PRON, which recommends an IPA transcription, but does mention the possibility of an audio file, as Arch dude said, but it doesn't give much information about producing or using one. (See WP:Audio for more).

I am not very skilled in Greek, but I think something like

{{IPA|el|ana bɛnaki psaruða}}

which displays as

Greek pronunciation: [ana bɛnaki psaruða].

But I'm not sure of the precise vowels or the stress. ColinFine (talk) 16:36, 25 October 2023 (UTC)

Citing art exhibition posters

Hi. I'd like to know if there is a way to cite a poster from an art exhibition. Specifically, for the YuYu Hakusho article. There is this poster from the "Togashi Yoshihiro -Puzzle-" exhibition (more photos are available here) detailing the actual serialization period of the series. The article currently just includes the cover dates of the issues where the series was published. I would appreciate any help or suggestions in this regard. Xexerss (talk) 15:59, 25 October 2023 (UTC)

You can perhaps use {{cite sign}}. But the question may arise whether the poster has been reliably published: if after the exhibition is over, it is found only where individuals or organisation have chosen to keep a copy, I'm not sure if it can be said to be published. ColinFine (talk) 19:15, 25 October 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for your suggestion. At the moment, I can only argue that the photos of the exhibition presented in the link I posted before can at least serve to verify the content of the poster itself. I understand that this is not ideal, but I think it is better than just citing the poster without showing what it looked like and the content it possessed. Xexerss (talk) 20:04, 25 October 2023 (UTC)

Page Deletion

Hello,

I represent Fairbanks Morse Defense. I tried to make a new page that was speedy deleted for our company.

There is already a Fairbanks Morse page for us that is live. When we try to update the information on this page the edits are removed.

What is the best way to move forward for us, should we complete a new page? If so, how should we make sure it is not deleted?

Should we make the edits to the already existing page? How do we make sure they are not removed?

Thank you

Will.Monroe FMDefense (talk) 20:22, 25 October 2023 (UTC)

1. Please link to the article you are attempting to edit. Your user account has not made any article edits and I cannot find an article for Fairbanks Morse Defense. so I cannot tell why the edits were removed.
2. Do not create a new article for an existing subject.
3. Since you represent the company, you have conflict of interest. Please read and follow WP:COI. Declare your conflict of interest, and request edits to the article on the article's talk page rather than making them yourself. Meters (talk) 20:32, 25 October 2023 (UTC)

   See Fairbanks-Morse. 57.140.16.45 (talk) 21:15, 25 October 2023 (UTC)

Kim Zmeskal and the children

I just want to ask to put of personal life of Olympian Kim Zmeskal, and she have 3 children that she married Chris Burdette. 108.21.67.83 (talk) 20:41, 25 October 2023 (UTC)

I'm not sure what you're asking - you yourself just added a paragraph on that subject to the article, two minutes ago. Though I'm not sure whether including the birthdates of minor, non-notable children is really appropriate. 57.140.16.45 (talk) 21:10, 25 October 2023 (UTC)

Tiktok-teen 62.201.254.118 (talk) 21:14, 25 October 2023 (UTC)