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January 17

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

U guys probably already thought of this, but when it comes time, will u put this article title in replace of the current zelda game? do u understand what i mean? 69.18.234.112 (talk) 01:27, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

Not sure what you mean actually. Each Zelda game has its own article. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is the one you are talking about. --Majora (talk) 01:33, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

Do you mean to ask if we are going to link to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild in the "Latest release" section of the infobox of The Legend of Zelda article? Normally, you should suggest that at Talk:The Legend of Zelda, but that's something someone will do when it comes out. Ian.thomson (talk) 01:36, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

yes69.18.234.112 (talk) 03:08, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

Of course. Why would you doubt that people would list the most recent release of a series as such, once it's actually released? Sergecross73 msg me 03:15, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

If your saying that your not going to put it there until March 3, that's fine, just don't forget about it. 69.18.234.112 (talk) 03:20, 17 January 2017 (UTC) Oh, now I understand. No, I don't doubt it, I guess I just wanted it to be there early or something. 69.18.234.112 (talk) 03:22, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

this will be quick

can someone write "yes" for me in the article above that talks about zelda. I would do it myself, but my wii u won't let me. 69.18.234.112 (talk) 01:39, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

...Why didn't you just write "yes" instead of posting this message? Ian.thomson (talk) 01:46, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

because i am writing on my wii u and last time it wouldn't let me, but i guess now it will. 69.18.234.112 (talk) 03:08, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

Is it a violation of WP:NOR or WP:CRYSTAL to include flags in a knockout diagram when the nationality but not the identity of the player is known?

For knockout diagrams of sports competitions, it seems there's a certain class of wikipedian who thinks it's appropriate to include flags for future matches before the result is known, if the two players are from the same country. In other words the nationality but not the identity of the player is known. This is most common in articles related to tennis tournaments but it can happen for other sports and competitions too, e.g. Chess World Cup 2015. I removed the flags from the 2017 Australian Open – Women's Singles article because I thought it looked odd, geeky and unprofessional (would you expect to see it in a newspaper?), but got reverted. I think the policies WP:OR and WP:CRYSTAL are on my side here. MaxBrowne (talk) 02:23, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

It's a wee bit silly, but I don't see how it violates either policy. Clarityfiend (talk) 02:47, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

Agreed it doesn't violate anything, but it looks dumb; I would not encourage the action of pre-adding flags. Matt Deres (talk) 03:11, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

I would argue that it is a violation because it is making an extrapolation before the event has taken place. How do we know that both players won't withdraw or be disqualified? MaxBrowne (talk) 03:13, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

I think it's just plain bad writing. A blank entry means "not yet decided"; half an entry is just confusing. Any idiot can see the nationalities of the two competitors; copying that to the winner just confuses the reader without conveying anything useful. I agree it looks bad and encourage you to blank them. 71.41.210.146 (talk) 03:58, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

Redirect help

I'm trying to redirect brouhaha to Wiktionary; the article was nothing more than a WP:DICDEF and wouldn't reasonably become more than that. However, it's not functioning as a hard redirect; the user would have to click through. Is there a way to make it a hard redirect? I've never tried doing this to another project before. Matt Deres (talk) 03:09, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

From WP:REDIRECT - Note that redirects to other Wikimedia projects, other websites, or special pages do not work. These should be avoided or replaced with a {{soft redirect}} template. MaxBrowne (talk) 03:19, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

D'oh. I read that but somehow interpreted it backwards. I ended up using {{Wiktionary redirect}}. Matt Deres (talk) 03:50, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

Referencing errors on Summit Award

Reference help requested. I got a bot warning and I don't understand.--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 03:30, 17 January 2017 (UTC) Thanks, Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 03:30, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

The error message says "Check |url= value (help)", with the word "help" in blue to indicate that it is a wikilink, in this case to Help:CS1 errors#bad url. That link gives an explanation which includes the following: "The URL field is checked to ensure that it contains only Latin characters and does not contain spaces". --David Biddulph (talk) 03:48, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

@David Biddulph: What would that mean in layman's terms? I don't understand any better than before I asked. I don't know what I'm looking for or supposed to fix--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 05:14, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

It means that you have to remove the spaces (and other extraneous text) from the url field. It looks as if you've tagged the title onto the end of the url field, as well as having it in the title field. --David Biddulph (talk) 05:18, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

What's the difference between Template:Nonspecific and Template:Full citation needed?

They seem very similar. I'd like to either:

1. Find a distinction and describe it in both sets of template documentation, or
2. Head over to WP:TfD and propose a merger.

I'm not feeling quite confident enough to take the second step immediately, so I'm asking here. 71.41.210.146 (talk) 04:00, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

Problem faced due to sharing of the same IP address

Hello, I was blocked for a day on wikipedia. The reason was stated that I share the same IP address with another account.I would want to find a long-lasting solution to this issue. I happen to be in a building with a shared network and a lot of people use the common internet that is provided. Evidently many of them would be using Wiki from the same IP and I would be facing the same problem in regular intervals. I would request someone to help me and give me a permanent solution to this blockage. I have uploaded this previously too but have not heard a response from anyone. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bella.black678 (talk • contribs) 04:52, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

Bella.black678, if you are logged in and editing under your user name, an IP block should not occur. Were you signed in for the problematic edit? There is no record that your registered account (Bella.black678) was warned or blocked. DonFB (talk) 05:29, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

Bella.black678: There is a possibility that even if you were logged in, you were caught in an "auto block." If it happens again, use the instructions at: Template:Autoblock. Also, see WP:IP block exemption, particularly the "How to request" sub-section. (The slightly inquisitorial unblock request page can be accessed directly at: WP:UTRS.) DonFB (talk) 14:13, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

copyright concerns

If I submit photos, are they copyright protected? Will or can a photo credit be seen?

CapitolCelebrations — Preceding unsigned comment added by CapitolCelebrations (talk • contribs) 04:56, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

CapitolCelebrations, you will own the copyright, but Wikipedia requires each contributor to license their work for free use. Read this information page for more information about how this works and about receiving credit or attribution. One other thing: your user name implies you might have a conflict of interest. If so, read the WP:COI page about those policies. DonFB (talk) 05:57, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

Southend High School for Girls page

Recently user Fionabrierly123 changed our school page and put in ridiculous things. it has been altered back but is it possible to block this user from editing the page again? The user is using my name! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fionajillian (talk • contribs) 09:39, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

It seems to be the only edit by the other user. There is not enough disruption, as yet, to justify any sort of 'block'. However, a warning has been left on their talk page. Eagleash (talk) 09:52, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

OK they've been blocked anyway, whilst I was looking up the policy. Fair enough! Eagleash (talk) 09:58, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

@Fionajillian: Yes, I've blocked the account, as we do not tolerate any sort of impersonation (WP:IMPERSONATE is one description of this policy). Vandalism does occasionally happen, unfortunately - I'll try and keep an eye on the article but if it persists you can drop me a note on my talk page or request protection at WP:RFPP. -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 10:01, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

An article from the Japanese language Wikipedia

Greetings all. What's the correct procedure for requesting the creation of an English-language version of an article that exists on the Japanese-language Wikipedia (specifically this one about Richard Vicars Boyle)? I'd like to add a link to this person to an article I'm currently taking through a Featured Article Candidate review. Regards Exemplo347 (talk) 10:18, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

Exemplo347, the page WP:Translation seems to explain the procedure. DonFB (talk) 11:05, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for that DonFB, I was stumped! Exemplo347 (talk) 19:32, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

Campaignbox Collapse

I have created the page 2017 İzmir Courthouse Attack. There is a campaignbox i am using there but it always comes up as "extended" when people view the page. I want it collapsed as default (show/hide). I couldn't find any solution. ThanksMingus79 (talk) 14:09, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

@Mingus79: I have added a collapsible option to {{Campaignbox PKK–Turkey conflict}}.[1] Write {{Campaignbox PKK–Turkey conflict|state=collapsed}} to make it collapsed as default. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:20, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

@PrimeHunter: Thanks a lot. Cheers.Mingus79 (talk) 14:26, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

The mystery of the invisible DYK

I have been trying to edit Talk:Stella Chess so it will display the DYK nom for that page, but it's not working. Help in fixing the template so it is visible would be greatly appreciated. Everymorning (talk) 14:40, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

The DYK has been accepted, and as such it is noincluded to hide it from the main Template talk:Did You Know page. That means that it won't transclude on the talkpage either. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 14:47, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

(edit conflict) {{Did you know nominations/Stella Chess}} got noinclude tags when it was archived.[2] I think this is a DYK standard so the transclusion doesn't have to be removed from Template talk:Did you know right away. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:51, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

Yep, DYK standard is that once accepted, the DYK doesn't appear on the talkpage anymore. Not sure why they do this, but it is the normal behaviour. Joseph2302 (talk) 14:58, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

Huggle automated messages

I have recently installed Huggle and for some reason it posts a welcome message on the page of every user, whose edits I encounter. I had a discussion about this here. Is there any way to solve this problem?FriyMan ^talk 15:37, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

OMISSION FROM LIST OF (FORMER) 'BEDFORDSHIRE CRICKETERS'

Hi there, Some advice please. Referring to the list of ‘Bedfordshire Cricketers’, I note that my name is missing, despite having played for them for 18 years!

• Who do I contact to correct this omission, and to provide accurate details of my career etc.
• Or do I just ‘edit’? If so, please advise procedure.

Thanks, Andy Curtis (As evidence of authenticity my details already appear below under ‘former Bedford Modernians’ as Andrew Curtis (cricketer))

collapsed content of Andrew Curtis (cricketer)

Career Andrew David Curtis was born on 12 January 1943 in Bedford and was educated at Elstow Primary School, Bedford Modern School, the University of Sheffield and St Edmund Hall, Oxford.[1][2] He played football and cricket for Oxford University without gaining a Blue in either. His single first-class cricket appearance was against Northamptonshire in the 1966 season where he was bowled by Peter Willey for 15 in his only innings.[3] He played as a batsman for Bedfordshire in the Minor Counties Championship from 1964-1981, during which time the county won two Minor County championships and twice finished as runners up.[4] As a teacher he subsequently became Head of Economics and Cricket Master, firstly at Bedford Modern School, during which time they won the national schools' Lord's Taverners Trophy by defeating Rugby School at Edgbaston, and thereafter at Millfield School, where he coached and nurtured many pupils who went on to play first class county and Test match cricket.[5] Following his retirement, he became Chairman of Somerset Cricket Board in 2005, and a trustee of several local cricket charities helping young cricketers within the county.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.18.105.249 (talk) 17:55, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

Hello, please supply a link to the list or page you are referring to. There is a list of former players at Bedfordshire County Cricket Club, but that only refers to players who have also had a substantial first class career. Eagleash (talk) 18:11, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

Is this about Category:Bedfordshire cricketers? PrimeHunter (talk) 20:19, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

Could very well be. According to the criteria at the category Andrew Curtis should be included but wasn't until a few minutes ago when I added the cat to the article about him. Eagleash (talk) 21:37, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

Paul Clark (Christian musician)

Hello .... my name is Paul Clark. My wikipedia page, Paul Clark / Christian Musician, is a mumbled jumbled page of important and stray facts. My question is this.... Can I input the true information, verify that it is me editing it, and take all of the information that is on display off of the page?

Thanks, Paul Clark — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.187.160.127 (talk) 19:53, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

Hi, It is not your Wiki page but the wiki page about you. Please read COI. We strongly advise against the subject editing the article about themselves because it is hard for them to be objective and not turn it into a self promotional advitorial. However, there is nothing to stop you. You must however declare your COI. I can do that for you with {{Connected contributor}} . Please add your suggestions to the articles talk page. Other editors (and it wont be instant) can then update the article. Any suggestions of yours will only be considered if you can provide a reliable source. Please read :Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources. The very fact that you can remember having been there and done that - counts for nothing here -unless you can point to a third party report. Please don't try to edit the article directly. Unless you understand all our policy you may end up getting banned if you make multiple policy editing errors. Should you wish to continue, (and some find its like Crossing the Rubicon) create your own Wikipedia Account first: Wikipedia:Tutorial/Registration--Aspro (talk) 20:43, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

... but if some of the stray statements on the page are unreferenced and false, then please mention them here or on the talk page and they will be removed. Dbfirs 07:34, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

• Quick, give-a-man-a-fish answer: as Aspro explained above, you have no particular control over a page about you. However, if you can demonstrate that some info is wrong or unduly exposed, go to [3] to create a new section on the article's talk page, type in {{Request edit}} at the top, and then describe the changes you want in the form "I would like X to be changed to Y, because (...) which is proved by (such and such source)". This is the standard process to request edits when you have a conflict of interest, and probably the fastest. Tigraan^{Click here to contact me} 10:48, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

Userbox question

I want to keep the same code on my :de: and :en: user page, mainly info for editing that I need regularly, but also very few user boxes. Now, I wanted to have at least one fun user box, that is an edited beer barrel with "AGF" added. But it is only hosted on the German wikipedia (not on commons), and I cannot figure it out how that can be tweaked so that it works for my :en: userpage as well using the very same wiki code. I add the code (commented out) here:
Could be that I simply cannot use the {{Babel-code in :en:... I looked into some :en: users userboxes and not a single "Babel" there, many years ago I used to play around way more with user boxes than I do now and was just starting to use :en: also, not only :de: and I think I recall that quite some issues started when I tried to have the same start page like I try now (again)... after I removed all fancy looking stuff and only kept sober info... So, probably there is a hack that would do the trick, or maybe there is not... Cheers, --Rava77 (talk) 22:18, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

The image in fact is already on Commons - see below. As for the userbox, you need to look at {{Userbox}}, and play with the parameters there until you find some you like, I think. You get this on default settings, anyway:

Gutes AGF in den Tee?

Hope this helps. Bencherlite^Talk 22:48, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

Hmmm thanks a lot, it works for :en:, but for some reason when I put it in the same place as the other version on :de: it completely messes up the layout; all stuff is shifted to one-third (page-width) of the right of the page and onto each other, (the userboxes on top hiding my index), like sheets of paper, while the rest 2/3 left side of the page is left empty. Now I recall that I had such issues years ago when I attempted the same. Seems that was the reason that German wikipedia adopted its own userbox template aka Babel, instead of using the :en: one. Seems I either have to remove any image userboxes, or have to say goodbye for the same code for :de: and :en: on my userpage... Or could it be that the messing up the layout is some standard settings that I can change? But usually all user boxes are on the right side, its the same with :en: or :de:, so that can't be the reason, I presume... Cheers. --Rava77 (talk) 23:20, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

January 18

Frederick Burkle's page

Dear Wikipedians, would you please kindly take a look at the Frederick Burkle's page's https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Skip_Burkle state of preparedness for publication.

We have taken your earlier advice into account and did what you suggested. This page is being worked on by Wiki novices, friends and colleagues of Dr. Burkle who has recently suffered a health setback, and we would like to have it published as soon as possible -- thus please offer any other useful feedback you may have, so we can do what's necessary to speed up the process. Thank you in advance.EMAgain (talk) 01:27, 18 January 2017 (UTC)EMAgain (talk) 01:30, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

When you want to refer to a Wikipedia page in a talk page question it is better to do so with a wikilink rather than with a URL, so Draft:Skip Burkle rather than https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Skip_Burkle. While this is a matter of convenience in a talk page like this, it is certainly wrong to include Wikipedia page URLs rather than wikilinks in an article, as you have done in a number of places in your draft. Beyond the Wikipedia URLs in the text you also have a large number of other external links in the article text in sections other than the "External links" section. You need to read WP:external links and make the necessary corrections, replacing the external links by wikilinks where appropriate, changing the inline external links to references (see Help:Referencing for beginners) where appropriate, or otherwise removing all misplaced external links. --David Biddulph (talk) 02:40, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

2013-2015 RMPBS Schedule from 5am to 11am, weekdays and 5am to 11am Weekends

I have been trying to find a TV show that I watched on PBS when my grandson was just 3 months old. I have been looking for over 6 months!!!!! It was a series about a young girl who lost her mother first and then her father. She was sent to live with her mother's relatives on a Island (I think). These relatives consisted of two (2) sisters and a cousin Jimmy. It was a working farm!!! The actor who played Jimmy was also the actor who played the human like robot on Aliens (the one who could take a knife and go real fast between peoples fingers!!!) I really would like to find this show or at least get the name of it. I hope you can help me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:285:104:3C40:C5A2:1661:3885:EBF6 (talk) 03:45, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over 5.3 million articles and thought we were affiliated in some way with that subject. Please note that you are at Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and this page is for asking questions related to using or contributing to Wikipedia itself. Thus, we have no special knowledge about the subject of your question. You can, however, search our vast catalogue of articles by typing a subject into the search field on the upper right side of your screen. If you cannot find what you are looking for, we have a reference desk, divided into various subject areas, where asking knowledge questions is welcome. Best of luck.Template:Z25 --David Biddulph (talk) 04:04, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

• This page is for questions about using Wikipedia. Please consider asking this question at the Entertainment reference desk. They specialize in knowledge questions and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that is what this Help Desk is for). Just follow the link and ask away. You could always try searching Wikipedia for an article related to the topic you want to know more about. I hope this helps. Tigraan^{Click here to contact me} 10:50, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

Promotional Content

Hello,

I am new to Wikipedia, I know only editing and creating page in wikipedia but I am not aware of finding promotional content. So can anyone tell me how to find out promotional and advertising kind of content in wikipedia article? — Preceding unsigned comment added by John.Smith123 (talk • contribs) 06:22, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

Wikipedia should not be used for promotion or advertising. Please see WP:NOTADVERTISING. Also see Category:Articles with a promotional tone.--Shantavira|^{feed me} 12:24, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

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

Someone has edited the Wikipedia article about Barbara Lerner Spectre to say that:

Spectre has faced backlash and criticism for calling for the destruction and genocide of Christian European ethnic societies along with replacing them with non-native European populations with the intent of having Jewish leaders in charge.[3] In her own words she is quoted as saying "I think there is a resurgence of anti-Semitism because at this point in time, Europe has not yet learned how to be multicultural. And I think we are going to be part of the throes of that transformation, which must take place. Europe is not going to be the monolithic societies they once were in the last century. Jews are going to be at the center of that. It’s a huge transformation for Europe to make. They are now going into a multicultural mode and Jews will be resented because of our leading role. But without that leading role and without that transformation, Europe will not survive."

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

The source for this is a far-right video. Please remove.

84.216.35.114 (talk) 11:43, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

• Done; thanks for pointing that out. Next time, be be bold and remove such material yourself, by editing the source. Unsourced or poorly-sourced material, especially from biographies of living persons, should be removed on sight if you have a reason to believe it is inaccurate or controversial. Tigraan^{Click here to contact me} 13:03, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

Validation error in "Check |url=value" for single letter domain names? Comment

Hello, I am trying to fix a "" error in zcash for this URL: https://z.cash/about.html. It seems like the validation code is incorrectly flagging single-letter domain names like this. How can I report this bug to the maintainer? – JonathanCross (talk) 13:44, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

This sounds similar to the problem discussed some time ago at Help talk:Citation Style 1/Archive 10#Spurious 'Check |url= value' error?. --David Biddulph (talk) 16:25, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

Help talk:Citation Style 1 is the place to report the current issue. Template talk:Cite web redirects there. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:37, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

I went ahead and copied the question to Help talk:Citation Style 1. Seems like a quite valid question for there.Naraht (talk) 14:28, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

Thanks Naraht! – JonathanCross (talk) 14:37, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

Confused about non-English article titles

I've just re-read Foreign names and anglicization and I'm still confused. I understand that this Wikipedia should use English first and foremost, but for institutions like museums, where the name is fundamental to their identity, shouldn't we use the name that the institution itself uses? I've seen a number of articles where an English version is used for the article title and the "actual" name is used everywhere else. For example, Denis Diderot House of Enlightenment (this article needs a lot of work for other reasons, but it comes to mind) - the actual name of the museum is 'La Maison des Lumières Denis Diderot' but the infobox has the French name and the article has both the French name and 'House of Enlightenment, Denis Diderot'. Is there any consensus on how this should be handled? Leschnei (talk) 15:40, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

I listed basically the same question at WikiProject Museum, but decided to post here as well since my question applies to all kinds of articles. Leschnei (talk) 15:41, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

I'm thinking WP:COMMONNAME applies to this. Wikipedia should, in general, use "the name that is most commonly used (as determined by its prevalence in a significant majority of independent, reliable English-language sources)," not necessarily the official name of the place, or the name that is most commonly used in French or whatever other language the foreign institution uses.~ ONUnicorn^{(Talk|Contribs)}problem solving 15:48, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

That makes sense; I can live with that. Though if it's a smaller institution that isn't in the press much, it can be difficult to tease out since many of the travel sites and other web sources get their information from Wikipedia. Thanks for the input! Leschnei (talk) 17:03, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

Change Page Name/Move Page

Hello,

Our wiki page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_Hills_First_Baptist_School

I am employed at The Christian School at Castle Hills and I am going through the arduous process of improving our school's SEO and updating our online presence. Our school has changed its name within the past year. My problem is that I am not able to move/change our wikipedia page name from "Castle Hills First Baptist School" to "The Christian School at Castle Hills". I believe it's because I am the not the administrator of our page. But we don't have admin access to this page anymore. So, I would like to have that access granted so I can update our wiki page to our correct name. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated as I know Wikipedia priority is to have current and correct information displayed on your site.

Bobby Haney — Preceding unsigned comment added by Izzy Eagle (talk • contribs) 18:12, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

You obviously have a fundamentally confused view of the ownership of Wikipedia pages. In general most folk are allowed to edit the page Castle Hills First Baptist School, but the people who ought not to be editing the page are those with a conflict of interest. That page will tell you how to request an edit using the article talk page, but you will need to support your request by reference to published reliable sources independent of the subject. You also misunderstand Wikipedia's purpose. It is not an advertising hoarding for promotional purposes on which you can improve your school's SEO; it is an encyclopedia. --David Biddulph (talk) 18:24, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Hello Izzy Eagle and welcome to Wikipedia! Unfortunately, your understanding of the project is not correct. No one, and especially not the people and organizations covered on Wikipedia, owns their pages. (see WP:OWN) In fact, you directly editing that page is against the rules, because you have a significant conflict of interest. I have written several long pages here on Wikipedia, but I don't own them at all - any editor can come around and change my writing, add more, and so on. Wikipedia's purpose is not to promote your school or improve your SEO, Wikipedia's purpose is to be a free general knowledge encyclopedia.

With all of that said, you are still very welcome here, if you can follow the rules! Please read WP:PSCOI for a start, and follow the directions therein about declaring openly your conflict of interest. Then, you can create a WP:DRAFT article with your changes, and submit it for approval. Remember that your changes cannot rely to much on what your official website says (as per WP:SELFPUB), so you must find proof of your name change in a reliable source, perhaps a local newspaper. Good luck and I hope you stick around and contribute within the rules of Wikipedia. Psiĥedelisto (talk) 18:26, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

With respect, I would disagree with Psiĥedelisto in one detail. It is unhelpful to have a draft where an article already exists. The process is to use the article talk page to request changes. --David Biddulph (talk) 18:32, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

Thank you for your correction User talk:David Biddulph! I am still quite green myself, just trying to help where I can. Psiĥedelisto (talk) 18:37, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

• As is common with schools that don't meet Notability should it not get AfD'ed and reditected to the school district authority that operates it. Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Common_outcomes#Schools. That would also make moot the multiple issues this article has and which likely can not be resolved.--Aspro (talk) 13:07, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

COI issue | Being upfront

Hello!

I created a new account today, as I cannot get access to my old account, GRUcrule. I mention this because it's pertinent to the issue I'd like to ask for advice on.

I would like to work on improving the Club Car page, including updated information and possibly a picture or two. Here's where the COI comes in: I work there.

This is why I bring up my prior username: I've done this before, working on some pages related to my then-employer. I understand WP:NPOV and the need for only reliably-sourced information within the page, and believe I can work on the page in my sandbox, have more established users comment on my sandbox, and then if approved have one of them make my changes live (or some other format that would ensure precautions are taken).

Can I get some advice on what might be the best way to go about this? Should I open a process to somehow get credit on this username for the work I did as GRUcrule? Thanks!
SportsGuy17 (talk) 21:02, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

EDIT: I've started working on a version of the article in my sandbox. Would be more than happy to work with other editors for oversight, etc. and to have people go over things with a fine-tooth comb before anything goes live.SportsGuy17 (talk) 22:54, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

Hello, SportsGuy17. The recommended way for somebody with a COI to suggest improvements to a page is on the article's talk page. If the suggestion is substantial, preparing it in your sandbox is a reasonable way to approach it, but you should make the request on the article's talk page and link to your suggested text (see Talk:Bradford Playhouse#Recent events in the Playhouse's history. where I did exactly that). Bear in mind that this may be harder for a reviewer to evaluate than a list of separate changes; but if the changes you want made require sections to be completely rewritten, go for it.. If there is not much traffic on the Talk page, you can add {{edit request}} to your suggestion, as I did.

I'm not quire sure what you mean about the usernames: You can certainly edit the User pages of both accounts to explain that they are the same person. There's no way to transfer contribution history from one account to another, but if it's important to you you can list on the new User page some of the work you did as the previous account. But I don't know a concept of "getting credit" in Wikipedia. --ColinFine (talk) 13:51, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

The list of user contributions is considered "attribution" for the purpose of the license - which is "getting credit", in my book. For example, when merging pages without a history merge, templating with {{Merged from}} (or writing something to that effect) is mandatory. Tigraan^{Click here to contact me} 14:36, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

Much obliged. The suggestions are very substantial, so I know significant oversight is necessary. I'll build it out in my Sandbox, then post to the talk page as you suggest. As for the previous username, my big fear is/was that people would look at my account and think "this person is brand new and shouldn't be doing this" when I've logged a few hundred edits - enough to show I may have some familiarity with Wikipedia. Thanks for the suggestions! SportsGuy17 (talk) 19:38, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

Jay Tornado Brooks

I dont know what i need to change for the page Jay Tornado Brooks to make it so it stopps getting flagged. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Golfscout2905 (talk • contribs) 23:34, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

Flagged as what? Also, please sign your posts by typing four tildes (~~~~) or clicking the signature button above the edit box which looks like this: , but do not sign in articles. Pppery 23:42, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

The page was "PRODed" as failing both WP:GNG and WP:NATHLETE. It also fails WP:NGOLF. The PROD was removed by the OP. In short the page is not suitable for Wikipedia as the subject has not (yet) had a senior career. It will probably be proposed for deletion by another means. Eagleash (talk) 23:55, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

January 19

Sean T WIKIPEDIA Page

Sean T (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

I Have a WIKIPEDIA page Titled Sean T & the pictures of the artist on that page is not me, how do i correct this issue? Please HelpSean Thompson (talk) 00:24, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

You do not have a page; there is a page about you. You have no particular control over that page. However, if you can demonstrate that some info is wrong or unduly exposed, go to [4] to create a new section on the article's talk page, type in {{Request edit}} at the top, and then describe the changes you want in the form "I would like X to be changed to Y, because (...) which is proved by (such and such source)". This is the standard process to request edits when you have a conflict of interest, and probably the fastest. You may have to take steps to establish your identity, though. --Orange Mike | Talk 00:41, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

I removed the two images which appear to show another person from the article subject. The pictures are of Seanie T. from London, not Sean T from California. Rmhermen (talk) 05:22, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

Broken references

Hi I tried deleting broken references but i'm not sure how to do it. Can someone provide me with a detailed explanation of how I can achieve this? All the references when clicked on lead to empty pages.

Thanks in advance!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mar blazer (talk • contribs) 01:44, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

We don't delete references just because they are broken, as hopefully someone may be able to salvage them, see WP:link rot. I have tagged the dead links in this edit. --David Biddulph (talk) 01:57, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

How to report articles currently only being edited by POV-pushers?

The article Orthomolecular psychiatry is currently shaped by people who want to hide the fact that the consensus in the scientific community is that orthomolecular psychiatry is pseudoscience. I don’t have time to edit the article. How can it be flagged and reported that someone who respects NPOV needs to intervene? The current message at the top of the article (“This article may require cleanup”) is inadequate because the problem isn’t low quality, the problem is that the article is being rewritten in bad faith. Jan Arvid Götesson (talk) 01:55, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

Try the Fringe theory noticeboard.74.70.146.1 (talk) 13:00, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

Abbreviating month names in date computing templates

Is it possible to abbreviate a month name through using e.g. {{Birth date}} or {{Death date}}? So instead of January 1, 1970, the month is abbreviated down to three letters as Jan. 1, 1970 (mdy) or 1 Jan 1970 (dmy). If this feature is currently unavailable, is there anyone willing to make it available? (Say by adding an extra parameter or something?) Thank-you.--Nevé–selbert 03:42, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

I can't find this option in any of the date templates, although it is acceptable under WP:DATEFORMAT for situations "where brevity is helpful (refs, tables, infoboxes, etc.)" The templates have options for day-fist or month-first formatting (and some also have ISO date formats, etc.), but not the shortened month name. I guess the best place to start the discussion would be at Template talk:Birth date. --Gronk Oz (talk) 07:42, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

Hmm, ok. @Redrose64 and EEng: Sorry to bother, but do both of you have any thoughts or suggestions on how to abbreviate months? Much appreciated.--Nevé–selbert 23:44, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

Well, like Gronk said, the acceptable ways of abbreviating are at DATEFORMAT, but they're only for use in cramped situations. Don't hold your breath for a change to the templates. It's usually best when submitting questions like this to link to the article in question. EEng 00:14, 20 January 2017 (UTC)

The {{#time:}} parser function can reformat dates: {{#time: j M Y|1 January 1970}} → 1 Jan 1970 and {{#time: M. j, Y|1 January 1970}} → Jan. 1, 1970. Do not try to wrap it around {{birth date}}, it will probably throw an error, but will certainly break the microformats. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 00:25, 20 January 2017 (UTC)

How in the world did that help? The question was about the Birth/Death templates. EEng 00:31, 20 January 2017 (UTC)

Thanks Redrose64, but that would mean I'd have to go into my draft and convert each template to the one you refer to. Are you sure there isn't a quicker way, resulting in less exhaustion? I can't understand why a simple parameter can't be added to the templates, like |abbr=true, or something.--Nevé–selbert 00:46, 20 January 2017 (UTC)

Another option would be to skip the templates and just format the text directly (abbreviating if it's one of the situations DATEFORMAT contemplates), letting the microformats people get their act together when they can. EEng 03:21, 20 January 2017 (UTC)

That would take forever in my case EEng. I'm preparing a draft and I'll have to remove the formatting of over a hundred templates. An extra parameter would take no time at all to add, since I would just use Find and Replace to add a parameter at the end.--Nevé–selbert 05:02, 20 January 2017 (UTC)

I assure you that will be quicker than waiting for someone to modify the template. EEng 05:26, 20 January 2017 (UTC)

Has a note asking for (or just suggesting) a modification been left at either Template talk:Birth date or Template talk:Death date? --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 11:46, 20 January 2017 (UTC)

You Owe Me Three Wishes

Who says you owe me three wishes what's that line from what movie is it from. 68.102.39.189 (talk) 04:35, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

This page is for questions about using Wikipedia. Please consider asking this question at the Entertainment reference desk. They specialize in knowledge questions and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that is what this Help Desk is for). Just follow the link and ask away. You could always try searching Wikipedia for an article related to the topic you want to know more about. I hope this helps. GermanJoe (talk) 04:37, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

List of fake news websites

This list includes a famous British satirical website, News Biscuit. News Biscuit presently features a story "Vatican Demands All Robots Be Programmed As Catholic" and last week claimed that, under "new legislation", "Restaurants Told To Stop Pissing About With Wine Glasses". Apparently The Daily Dot is now considered, as a source, so reliable it's beyond reproach - when I removed News Biscuit from this list, my edit was reverted as "original research".

Honestly, if wikipedia wants to carry articles which are so full of obvious bullshit then I can't be arsed to get into an edit war with this bloke. Especially considering that "fake news" is a matter of current affairs and a politically-charged topic, it discredits wikipedia to have such blatant and easily-disproven nonsense on there.

I just reverted the article, but apparently the bloke is entitled to revert it back. I thought it obvious that I don't need to cite that the sky is blue, and so didn't bother reading WP:NOTBLUE before submitting the edit. This was lazy of me - apparently I was wrong. Anyway, just a heads up, in case anyone wants to take care of this article. I have spent many hours working on wikipedia in the past, because I consider this site a public resource and that it serves the common good for me to improve it when I see the opportunity to help. I cannot face wasting more time on a pointless edit-war.--Stroller (talk) 05:41, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

There's a wider problem here. Some editors, and some cited sources, regard as "fake news websites" what others see as clearly jokes or satire. For instance, http://worldnewsdailyreport.com/ is listed in the article, with four references. I'm surprised that no-one has added http://www.theonion.com/ . Maproom (talk) 09:42, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

Changing the text size in the source editor editing box?

I mean in this editor

Does anyone know how to change the text size in Wikipedia's source editor editing box, please? I can't find an option for it.

I tried overriding the text size in Stylish, but I'm not very good at CSS, and I'm obviously overlooking something.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.--Stroller (talk) 06:02, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

It depends on how you are accessing it. If you're using a PC with Chrome or IE, holding down Ctrl which scrolling the mouse wheel will zoom in/out (it's a browser thing, not a Wikipedia thing). But if you're using a mobile device, I will need to ask somebody else to advise. --Gronk Oz (talk) 07:47, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

Thanks. I'm editing in Safari on Mac, but I really don't want to zoom every time I edit a page, just for this website. That would affect the editing previews, too. I'd prefer a solution that allows me to fix only the text in this one edit box. Actually, it just occurred to me that the Safari option (under Advanced) to "Never use font sizes smaller than … [12]" is some improvement, but I'd rather fix it through Wikipedia's settings or Stylish's CSS override, if I can. The text in the source editor editing box seems to be the smallest on the internet - I have noticed no text on any other site which makes me squint. I should get new glasses, though, I do admit. --Stroller (talk) 08:26, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

Try this or another size in your CSS:

.mw-editfont-default {font-size:150%;}

PrimeHunter (talk) 11:40, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

Wonderful! Thank you! Remarkably, even 100% is quite an improvement. No wonder I had problems if the default is below 100%. I do appreciate your help. Stroller (talk) 15:43, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

This has come up before, see Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2016 October 19#Enlarge font in edit window. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 00:29, 20 January 2017 (UTC)

More than one President

Does any person have a job title of "Second/Third/etc President"?—azuki (talk · contribs · email) 10:07, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

Hello Eat me, I'm an azuki ! The help desk is to ask questions about how to use Wikipedia, so this is not the right place to ask your question. Please ask your question at Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Humanities instead. Psiĥedelisto (talk) 10:34, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

Darwin Chambers Company

I put an article up for review a few days back and got a message back saying it was decline at Articles of Creation, I am just wondering what this means and why it got declined so that I can fix my mistakes and put it up for review again. Please let me know.

The title of my article was: Darwin Chambers Company Rebeccafassler (talk) 15:28, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

Hello, please provide a link to the draft or page in question as your post is the only edit showing in your list of contributions and the title did not show up when searched for. Thank you. Eagleash (talk) 15:37, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

The draft was Draft:Darwin Chambers Company, deleted as unambiguous advertising or promotion. The reason that it was declined is given in a message on the user's talk page. --David Biddulph (talk) 16:00, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

Pageviews Analysis tool is broken, again

January 18, 2017 is missing from Pageviews. Thanks in advance, Ottawahitech (talk) 17:07, 19 January 2017 (UTC)please ping me

Wikipedia tools like this one aren't part of the meta wiki software. Please report issues using the link "report an issue" at the bottom of the page. [[5]]. 2605:8D80:6A7:5CD1:39CB:87E4:13FC:F422 (talk) 18:45, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

How to identify a name in the text of the article that is linked in Wikipedia

There are several names appearing on the subject article that have an article in Wikipedia about them. How do I format the name to become a link to the other article?Lord Ascot (talk) 20:30, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

The short answer, add [[ ]] around the title of the article. If you wanted to link to the article about Albert Einstein you would add [[Albert Einstein]] and it shows up like this, Albert Einstein. - GB fan 20:48, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

Super Bowl LI

When Will there be a National Anthem Singer and a host for the 6th NFL Honors hopefully by next week. 68.102.39.189 (talk) 21:03, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

This page is for questions about editing Wikipedia. Please consider asking this question at the Reference desk. They specialize in knowledge questions and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that is what this Help Desk is for). Just follow the link, select the relevant section, and ask away. You could always try searching Wikipedia for an article related to the topic you want to know more about. I hope this helps.

Sentence deleted

Hello,

I wrote a sentence on the page of the Sherlock episode "The Final Problem", which got deleted. It discussed important criticism of social representation in the episode. I used the Talk page but, though it took less that one second for my original sentence to be deleted, the Wikipedia admin has yet to get back to me.

Here is the message I sent them: Hi,

I see that you found my sentence regarding critics on the misogyny and homophobia non constructive. As a college professor of gender studies, I find it worrying that you should think so. Would you have deleted it if it had been about racism or other matters of the representation of diversity? Please get back to me.

Thanks

Mulieribus

Ps. Here are references from serious publications addressing the issues I mentioned in the sentence you deleted. http://www.dailydot.com/parsec/sherlock-final-problem-review-eurus-finale/ http://www.indiewire.com/2017/01/sherlock-review-the-final-problem-season-4-episode-4-spoilers-finale-1201769310/

I would like to hear from you.

Thanks,

M. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.20.37.113 (talk) 21:23, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

To establish that the sentence has a place in the article, you need to provide in-line references inserted in the article. WP:Referencing for beginners might help. Dbfirs 21:30, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

Thank you for getting back to me! ... How do I do that?

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The Final Problem (Sherlock) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Convenience link. †dismas†|^(talk) 21:35, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

The edit is here. You put your sentence within a reference and not in the text that a reader would see while reading the article. You also did not back up your addition with the references that you mention. So, yes, WP:Referencing for beginners might be the best place to start.

Also, I'm pinging Ale jrb since they are the editor who reverted your edit. †dismas†|^(talk) 21:38, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

Thank you, and sorry I missed the page you linked me to in your first message.

Hi. I replied to your message on my talk page, but repeating here for clarity. Unsourced material of the nature you added is typically vandalism, and you didn't include any sources in your edit that would imply otherwise. If you believe the material is constructive you should feel free to re-add, but remember to include your references. All the best, Ale_Jrb^talk 21:43, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

Removing "BLP sources" tag

Hi! I was adding a few citations to Zara Larsson and I was wondering if I should remove the "BLP sources" template at the top. I think that there are enough citations at the article to warrant removing the template. However, I am a fan of Larsson's meaning that I have a minor COI. According to WP:MTR#When not to remove that means that I am not allowed to remove the template. Do you think that there are enough citations to remove the template regardless of my COI? Thanks, Jith12 (talk) 22:47, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

I removed the template. It is not clear what the issue was with that article. Rmhermen (talk) 23:46, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

@Jith12: If you're only just a fan, that doesn't qualify as a conflict of interest. You can look at WP:COINOTBIAS. Air.light (talk) 04:09, 20 January 2017 (UTC)

A page I created for Clay Road Baptist School in Houston was deleted

I created a page for Clay Road Baptist School in Houston that was up for a year or two, and now it has been deleted. The search for that page now takes you to a write-up on the City of Houston. I don't understand why that page was deleted, when similar pages for other private schools in Houston (for example First Baptist Academy) are still up. How can I get my page reinstated? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Houston parent (talk • contribs) 22:53, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

It was turned into a redirect because we do not generally keep articles on elementary and middle schools. Only high schools and colleges are usually considered notable. The Education in Houston article might be a better target than the current redirect to the education section of the Houston article. Rmhermen (talk) 23:39, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

In addition, the article was purely an advertisement and included the first-person statement, "Our Christ-centered, kingdom-based education..." Sections of the article titled "Vision Statement" and "Mission" consisted of text apparently directly copied from documents created by school founders. The Wikipedia policy WP:NOT explains that articles intended as promotion or advertising are not permitted in the encyclopedia. DonFB (talk) 00:26, 20 January 2017 (UTC)

Pinging Houston parent since they may not know to look back here for answers given that they haven't edited since 2014. †dismas†|^(talk) 00:40, 20 January 2017 (UTC)

January 20

Sudden Basque user page

I just received an alert that someone had left a message on my Basque language user page. I didn't know I had a Basque language user page. Has something untoward happened? Has this been created by a bot? https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lankide_eztabaida:Ordinary_Person Ordinary Person (talk) 02:45, 20 January 2017 (UTC)

@Ordinary Person: Most other projects have a "welcome bot" that places a welcome notice on the user talk page of recently created accounts. At some point in the past you must have visited the Basque Wiki while logged in and since accounts are global you got an account there. They must have just brought their welcome bot online and that is why you got the notice. It has been doing that for everyone. Since notifications are now global you got a notice here. --Majora (talk) 02:48, 20 January 2017 (UTC)

Yes, it was a welcome message by a bot which didn't post welcomes between 15 November 2015 and 19 January 2017. Special:CentralAuth/Ordinary Person shows your Basque Wikipedia account was created 12 May 2016 where you must have visited a Basque page (and 44 other Wikipedia languages) while logged in. PrimeHunter (talk) 03:07, 20 January 2017 (UTC)

Editing My New Draft Page Titled "Jean Jepson"

I have just created my first ever Wikipedia draft page by copying and pasting the text from my source document created in Microsoft Word.

All the text has been pasted properly into the draft but it needs a lot of formatting. I was not able to do any formatting on the day that I did the copy and paste.

Now I am trying to access the draft to begin the editing. However I am not able to access the draft though I did save it.

I have been searching your Help features but I have not found anything to show me how to access my draft.

Please help me to gain access so that I can carry on with the project.

Thank You!

CableHut (talk) 03:00, 20 January 2017 (UTC)

@CableHut: This post is the only edit by your account and searches on "Jean Jepson" give no relevant results. Maybe you didn't click Save or overlooked a message about an issue when you tried to save. Try again. PrimeHunter (talk) 03:14, 20 January 2017 (UTC)

Road Infobox Template help

In List of state highways in Louisiana (1100–1149)#Louisiana Highway 1143, uses {{jct}} with "city2=Oak Grove". That creates a link to Oak Grove, Louisiana - which is a dab page. This needs to be Oak Grove, Cameron Parish, Lousiana (which doesn't exist). If I just use "city2=Oak Grove, Cameron Parish", it creates the correct link - but it displays Cameron Parish which looks like another city in the list. I don't know enough about templates to get the right link here while just displaying "Oak Grove".

The same problem exists twice in List of state highways in Louisiana (900–949), however in that case both need to be Oak Grove, Ascension Parish, Louisiana MB 05:16, 20 January 2017 (UTC)

How do we say “we don’t know”?

How do we best handle statements of ignorance, of saying we don’t know something because there are no sources available? Something that might be along the lines of, As of January 2016, no further information about X is available, where the content about X would otherwise seem incomplete. Would a statement like that need to be citable? Is it acceptable? If not, what would be? I’m hoping I missed a policy or something that covers such scenarios. —67.14.236.50 (talk) 05:37, 20 January 2017 (UTC)

I would imagine except in very few circumstances (and I don't know what those might be) you just wouldn't say anything. Saying something is not known probably borders on WP:OR. Are you able to point to the exact situation in question? Triptothecottage (talk) 06:54, 20 January 2017 (UTC)

I agree with the above. If a question is raised on the talk page, respond that you can't find anything then, or, if you wish, make a pre-emptive comment there. Sometimes it's possible to cite, eg this has "no data" in the survival section Jimfbleak - talk to me? 06:58, 20 January 2017 (UTC)

(edit conflict) A situation I could imagine this applying is movie development, or similar recent future events/processes that do not violate WP:CRYSTALBALL. In those cases, silence is preferable unless there are sources that explicitly say "we don't know." Ian.thomson (talk) 07:00, 20 January 2017 (UTC)

Proving a negative is (almost) impossible, and that includes "there are no sources available" - it just means the writer has been unable to find anything, not that something does not exist. Qualified negatives "as of 19 January 2017 the company had issued no further comment on its website" may be "provable", but "no further information about X is available" cannot be. Not everything is on the internet, and not everything on the internet appears in search engines - so there may well be sources available. - Arjayay (talk) 09:31, 20 January 2017 (UTC)

Uploading files from a networkdrive location.

L.s.,

In our business wiki location we have created a page with links to multiple documents. When we enter the EDIT page we select the option 'External File' link to create a link to a certain document. The documents are located on one of the networkdrives.

When we test the link in Internet Exlorer, Chrome and FireFox, we get different results. The Links doesn't work in FireFox. When I use Internet Explorer and adjust the setting 'Internet Local' (Security option in Internet Explorer. The link works for me, but when my colleagues are trying this option, then it doesn't work for them. The same goes for Chrome. I have installed a extension and the links are working fine for me, but when my colleages are trying this, then it doesn't work.

Can you help me with this issue? How can we make the links works so that we can open the documents from the wiki page.

This is a forum for dealing with questions about Wikipedia itself. You could, however, try asking at WP:Reference desk/computing where I expect someone may help. (Hint: files you link to cannot merely be on a network drive, they must be in an area made available by your web server). Thincat (talk) 09:46, 20 January 2017 (UTC)

Deletion of Page Recovery

Hi,

Can you please help me to recover the page "R systems international"

Thanks R Systems Team — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.34.117.5 (talk) 09:38, 20 January 2017 (UTC)

User:JamesBWatson deleted the page[6] so you should ask him at User talk:JamesBWatson. Thincat (talk) 09:52, 20 January 2017 (UTC)

The article was clearly written from a promotional point of view, and, despite edits by numerous editors over the course of its history, it was no less promotional than it had been when first created. Wikipedia is not a medium for companies to post advertising pages for themselves. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 11:30, 20 January 2017 (UTC)

Creature

Is there a creature like the Wiki Dragon, but making smaller edits? Benjamin (talk) 10:29, 20 January 2017 (UTC)

There are Wiki Gnomes. Is that what you mean? Maproom (talk) 10:56, 20 January 2017 (UTC)

There is a whole menagerie of creatures on Wikipedia - please see Wikipedia:WikiFauna for a brief catalogue - Arjayay (talk) 11:03, 20 January 2017 (UTC)

No, bigger edits than a Gnome, but smaller than a Dragon. Perhaps more controversial than a Dragon, even, but lacking the grammar mistakes. Perhaps some kind of serpent? Benjamin (talk) 14:51, 20 January 2017 (UTC)

"Smaller than a dragon but bigger than a gnome" is almost all of the other Wikifauna. See the page on Wikifauna. Any conclusive answer to your question would be based on that page or one of the pages that it links to. Ian.thomson (talk) 15:02, 20 January 2017 (UTC)

I meant the size of the edits. I looked through that page and didn't find any creatures that fit. Benjamin (talk) 15:24, 20 January 2017 (UTC)

School badge

Hi,

Is it possible to transfer a copy of the Strathallan School badge from its twitter page to its Wikipedia page? Could someone do this for me, if not, how do I do it? Thanks.Gomach (talk) 14:02, 20 January 2017 (UTC)

Userpages

Is there a guide to formatting userpages? Benjamin (talk) 14:49, 20 January 2017 (UTC)

@Benjaminikuta: See Wikipedia:User page design center. PrimeHunter (talk) 15:36, 20 January 2017 (UTC)

Ole Paus (General)

The photo purporting to be that of my father, General major Ole Otto Paus, is very definitely that of another to me unknown army officer (a colonel) and has no connection with my father. My father was dark haired and never bald for starters!

Please delete the photo as misrepresenting my father - who had a completely different facies.

Jean Pierre Paus Eldest son of General major Ole Otto Paus Brother of Ole Christian Paus (Entertainer) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Peterpaus45 (talk • contribs) 15:19, 20 January 2017 (UTC)

I've removed the link to the photo, pending further investigation. Do you have a genuine photograph? Dbfirs 15:24, 20 January 2017 (UTC)

The photograph was added in this edit by Msbmt who might be able to explain where it came from. The claim is that it is from "Ole Paus family photos". Dbfirs 15:36, 20 January 2017 (UTC)

Even if I add references to my article, there is still a warning

Even if I add references to my article, there is still a warning https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Altanpurev Please help me — Preceding unsigned comment added by Masha.altanpurev (talk • contribs) 15:57, 20 January 2017 (UTC)

Hello, that is not a 'warning' as such, but a proposal that the page be deleted through lack of references. Some have been added as noted, but notices and 'tags' such as that are not deleted automatically. It requires the involvement and opinion of the community (other editors). The page however, has other issues as Wikipedia discourages the writing of an autobiography (see WP:AUTOBIOGRAPHY and WP:COI). Wiki requires that entries are created by editors with no direct connection to the subject based on what has been written in reliable, independent sources (See WP:RS). Please also note that it is not 'your' page, it is a page within Wikipedia about you and you should not edit it yourself. You can request edits be made via the article talk page. Eagleash (talk) 16:11, 20 January 2017 (UTC)

Dr. Sam Sheppard Article

Twice I have posted additions to the Dr. Sam Sheppard article and twice it has been taken down. I referenced the specific page numbers in Tailspin that support the new evidence with photographs. Why has this new information been removed?

I lived in Bay Village at the time of the murder. My mother was a Cleveland newspaper reporter at the time and knew some of the principals. The inquest was in my elementary school. I have also interviewed some of the principals. I have an extensive collection of material on the case. I read portions of the ten volume trial transcript when it was being stored in a janitor's closet at the courthouse.

So, I ask again, why were my references removed?