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Moving pages

I need to move (rename) an article of a BLP, Desiree Bassett to "Desireé Bassett". With the new layout, I am not sure how to go about doing so. Frankly, i am not even sure where to have gone with this inquiry, so I am asking here. - Jack Sebastian (talk) 18:46, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

The move function has been hidden away underneath the collapsible menu to the right of the "History" tab. If you mouse over the inscrutable triangle found there, you should see a "Move" option for any page that isn't protected from being moved. — Gavia immer (talk) 18:50, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

As long as I'm here, I should also point out that the article is far too much of a close paraphrase of http://dbassett.com/about/ .Really, it needs to be substantially rewritten. — Gavia immer (talk) 18:54, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

Is a page move the right thing here (it is her proper name, after all), or is a simple redirect a more elegant solution?

As for the paraphrasing claim, I'm pretty sure that isn't the case, but you should feel free to edit to remove any similarity that you feel is there, Gavia immer. :) - Jack Sebastian (talk) 19:02, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

The page move was correct. Titles should use diacritics where appropriate, but have redirects from titles without diacritics to enable people to find the articles easily. Mjroots (talk) 05:39, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

Really? I thought the standard was whatever the person is known by in English. Are they known with diacriticts in English? Everard Proudfoot (talk) 04:15, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

I don't know about the particular case in question. As long as the article can be easily found that is the main thing. The pedant in me would use the title with diacritics as being the "correct" spelling - names like René, Chloë etc. Mjroots2 (talk) 05:34, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

Need some eyes on LeBron James

It's been attracting a lot of vandalism and BLP violations lately, despite being semi-protected. I've kept an eye on it since discovering vandalism sticking there last night, but I'll be away until Sunday, most likely. I put a warning on the talk page. Enigma^msg 19:59, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

It might be better to put a warning on the actual page such that it appears when editing like the Lewis Hamilton an RMS Titanic articles. To access this use the red page notice that appears when editing the article. Mjroots (talk) 05:37, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

How do I find the code for warnings like there are on the articles you mentioned? Enigma^msg 00:56, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

You use {{editnotice}}. Mjroots2 (talk) 05:30, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

 Done thanks. This is now resolved, I suppose, as the article got along well enough without me. Enigma^msg 06:30, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

Just needs admins to keep an eye on the article and deal with the perpetrators when they vandalise it. Mjroots2 (talk) 08:23, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

During the week, I'm on often enough to keep an eye on it. I was just concerned for the weekend, but as it turns out, there was no trouble. Enigma^msg 21:53, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not a dictionary

This has just come to my attention at RfPP. It appears there is an edit war going on. I'm inclined to fully protect it, but, with it being a policy page, I think it should be restored to last stable, consensus backed version but am reluctant to do so myself, so the eyes of more experienced admins would be appreciated. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 20:38, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

I have protected the wrong version. I probably should have protected the other wrong version though? Rettetast (talk) 20:46, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

Normally, I don't fuss over "the Wrong Version" but I think we should treat policy pages differently- for example, someone could invent their own CSD, add it to the policy page, revert a few times and get the page protected in their made-up version with a bit of luck and timing. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 21:26, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

• Is this related to some recent lameness regarding deletion or otherwise of an article on a word or phrase? A little bell is ringing but I can't remember the specifics. Guy (Help!) 14:54, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

See Wikipedia talk:What Wikipedia is not#Removal of WP:Wikipedia is not a dictionary, among other places. Deor (talk) 15:02, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

Ah yes. So, I think we may be approaching the time to wield the WP:TROUT. Guy (Help!) 06:37, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

RFC needs uninvolved admin to close it

Resolved

 – Nothing left to do here. -FASTILY ^(TALK) 01:56, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

User:Basket of Puppies/vulgarityrfc. Beeblebrox (talk) 23:43, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

 Doing... Rodhullandemu 23:46, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

 Done Maybe not great, but it is closed. Rodhullandemu 00:09, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

• It needs a box around it and a note up top; people will just keep posting, as it is. Cheers, Jack Merridew 00:53, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

Unprotected images on the Main Page Part V

"WP:WHACK" redirects here. You may be looking for WP:Wikipedia is not Whac-A-Mole (WP:WHAC).

Not to be confused with Cod throwing.

Whacking with a wet trout or trouting is a common practice on Wikipedia when experienced editors slip up and make a silly mistake. It, along with sentencing to the village stocks, is used to resolve one-off instances of seemingly silly behavior amongst normally constructive community members, as opposed to long term patterns of disruptive edits, which earn warnings and blocks.

Example

Whack!

The above is a WikiTrout (Oncorhynchus macrowikipediensis), used to make subtle adjustments to the clue levels of experienced Wikipedians.

To whack a user with a wet trout, simply place {{trout}} on their talk page.

for letting File:Flag of Sikkim.svg sit on the main page for 48 minutes unprotected. β^_command 00:53, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

Err... It hasn't even been uploaded. o 0 -FASTILY ^(TALK) 01:55, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

I had it protected on commons. Im about to file a bug in bugzilla about a flaw that I discovered. File:Sikkimflag.svg is the actual image link that was used. but its a redirect to another file, which was also not protected. The bug i discovered is that cascade protected images do not follow redirects, thus even though File:Sikkimflag.svg was automatically protected via cascade protection the actual image is not. β^_command 02:47, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

see bugzilla:23542 β^_command 03:03, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

While we're talking about bugs in cascading protection, I'll give a shoutout to bugzilla:18483. Shubinator (talk) 00:31, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

(out) Does that trout get bigger and bigger all time? It now looks like The Trout That Ate Cincinatti. Beyond My Ken (talk) 14:22, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

Delete Account

Hi admins. Can you please delete my Wiki account as i no longer want to be a member of Wikipedia. Thanks. Im called dan (talk) 16:57, 17 May 2010 (UTC)