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November 13

auto / any specs

us car guys dont like engine specs put in text. ANY specs for autos need to be in charts. check out old Chrysler factory service manuals. numbers / specs should be in charts. the way you do this makes it hard to find exceptions to the text. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1700:E870:C6E0:B9C3:755:1F8E:AEAB (talk) 02:02, 13 November 2017 (UTC)

• Welcome to Wikipedia, the Encyclopedia anybody can edit: this includes you. All editors are volunteers. Some editors gather themselves into projects, including Wikipedia:WikiProject Automobiles. Please feel free to join that project and see how they do things, Make your suggestion there, perhaps on the project's talk page, and by all means chip in and help. Note that since those guys, like us on the help desk, are volunteers, you might get better results by using a slightly more positive tone. -Arch dude (talk) 02:27, 13 November 2017 (UTC)

And please be more specific with links to examples. We have thousands of articles about cars. PrimeHunter (talk) 02:40, 13 November 2017 (UTC)

Sorabji

File:Cornelia Sorabji bust in Lincoln's Inn.jpg|thumb|Cornelia Sorabji's bust in Lincoln's Inn, taken at the 2012 Gresham Special Lecture]] Upon returning to India in 1894, Sorabji got involved in social and advisory work on behalf of the purdahnashins, women who, were forbidden to communicate with the outside male world. In many cases, these women owned considerable property, yet had no access to the necessary legal expertise to defend it. Sorabji was given special permission to enter pleas on the behalf of the purdahnashins before British agents of Kathiawar and Indore principalities, but she was unable to defend them in court since, as a woman, she did not hold professional standing in the Indian legal system. Hoping to remedy this situation, Sorabji presented herself for the LLB examination of Bombay University in 1897 and pleader's examination of Allahabad High Court in 1899. Yet, despite her successes, Sorabji would not be recognised as a barrister until the law which barred women from practising was changed in 1923.

Sorabji began petitioning the India Office as early as 1902 to provide for a female legal advisor to represent women and minors in provincial courts. In 1904, she was appointed Lady Assistant to the Court of Wards of Bengal and by 1907, due to the need for such representation, Sorabji was working in the provinces of Bengal, Bihar, Orissa, and Assam. In the next 20 years of service, it is estimated that Sorabji helped over 600 women and orphans fight legal battles, sometimes at no charge. She would later write about many of these cases in her work Between the Twilights and her two autobiographies. In 1924, the legal profession was opened to women in India, and Sorabji began practising in Kolkata. However, due to male bias and discrimination, she was confined to preparing opinions on cases, rather than pleading them before the court.

Sorabji retired from the high court in 1929, and settled in London, visiting India during the winters. She died at her London home, Northumberland House on Green Lanes in Manor House, London, on 6 July 1954.

References

Redirects and categories

Should redirect pages generally be in article categories? Eg. Anna Pulitzer. Nikkimaria (talk) 04:48, 13 November 2017 (UTC)

Hello Nikkimaria, as per our redirect categorization guidelines, "Redirects are not usually sorted to article categories; however, there are exceptions." Details on such exceptions can be found at Wikipedia:Categorizing redirects#Article categories. Hope this helps. Thanks, Lourdes 05:25, 13 November 2017 (UTC)

My wikipedia page is not searchable or visible in the google search or wikipedia search itself.

I have my wikipedia page named Prabhakar More which is not visible throughout the google search or wikipedia search itself. What should I do now to make visible the page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Prabhakar More (talk • contribs) 08:13, 13 November 2017 (UTC)

Please post, here, a full URL to it. Thanks. • Sbmeirow • Talk • 08:16, 13 November 2017 (UTC)

• @Prabhakar More: I would assume the page is Draft:Prabhakar More. It will not be visible to search engines as long as it is a draft (and even in mainspace where Wikipedia articles live, it will not be visible to search engines until it has been reviewed by a new page patroller).

In its current state, the draft is unlikely to go to the mainspace. Judging by your username, you are highly encouraged to read our advice at Wikipedia:Autobiography, as well as our policies about "notability". Tigraan^{Click here to contact me} 10:08, 13 November 2017 (UTC)

Hello, Prabhakar More. I'm sorry you are having an unrewarding experience, but I'm afraid that, like many people, you have a misunderstanding of what Wikipedia is, and what it is for. Wikipedia is an encyclopaedia, which contains neutral articles about notable subjects, based almost exclusively on what has been published about the subject by independent people. It may not be used for promotion of any kind, and autobiography is strongly discouraged. The draft Draft:Prabhakar More has not been submitted for review, and would certainly not be accepted in its current form, as it has not one single reference. (And drafts are intentionally not indexed by search engines, as they have not yet been accepted as Wikipedia articles).

If you wish to get your draft to an acceptable level (discouraged, as it is about yourself, but not forbidden), I suggest you read your first article, and then find several places where people who have no connection with you have published in-depth pieces about you. If you cannot find such places, give up. If you can, then throw away everything you have written, forget everything you know about yourself (difficult!) and write a new article based solely on what those people unconnected to you have written. --ColinFine (talk) 10:09, 13 November 2017 (UTC)

Robert Weverka

Robert Weverka Spectre (1977 film) I Love My Wife (film) The Magic of Lassie List of The Waltons episodes Charles Sellier [1] [2] [3] [4] 64.175.41.175 (talk) 08:16, 13 November 2017 (UTC)

Hello, What is your question about how to edit Wikipedia? Thank you. Eagleash (talk) 12:24, 13 November 2017 (UTC)

Section heading colour

Is it possible to change it? (Not for articlespace clearly) — fortunavelut luna 12:14, 13 November 2017 (UTC)

@Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi: Yes, using something like == <span style="color:red">Heading text</span> == -- John of Reading (talk) 12:53, 13 November 2017 (UTC)

@John of Reading: That's very clever- thank you very much for your help! Cheers, — fortunavelut luna 13:15, 13 November 2017 (UTC)

About Certain Music Stars

I Have Been a Fan Of Country Music All My Life & My Father Also Did Country In His Early Yrs & We Followed The People From The 40's To Today ,,, I Read An Article In Wikipedia About Charlie Pride , Ever Since I Can Remember I've Known His Birth date To Be March 18,1938 BUT In Wiki It Said Something Different . Richie — Preceding unsigned comment added by Richie62 (talk • contribs) 18:37, 13 November 2017 (UTC)

Our 1934 year of birth come from The Country Music Hall of Fame. If you can find a reference to a later date, then please let us know. It is not unusual for celebrities to publish later dates of birth as they get older. Dbfirs 19:06, 13 November 2017 (UTC)

Page on Betterez and the concept of reservations and ticketing management

Hi, I am receiving some pushback about a page I am trying to create on Betterez and the concept of Reservations and Ticketing Management. A page on this subject would be useful as many major companies are using this ticketing technology to improve their ticketing and reservations systems. Major investors such as JetBlue Technology Ventures and Amadeus Ventures have invested in this company and having a dedicated Wikipedia page would help others who are doing research on the subject. How do I go about doing this? I received a few comments from your team about how it's not suitable but I'm having trouble understanding why technology that is impacting travel around the world isn't suitable. Betterez has had several press articles written about it and can link to outside sources. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 38.99.145.70 (talk) 19:37, 13 November 2017‎ (UTC)

See WP:Help desk/Archives/2017 November 8#Help with new page. --David Biddulph (talk) 20:02, 13 November 2017 (UTC)

Article will not show up in Google Search

Hi,

An article I created will not show up in google search results. Even adding the article to Google Index site, does not fix the problem. Here is the article. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shane_Berkery

Any suggestions would be appreciated. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Berko45 (talk • contribs) 20:05, 13 November 2017 (UTC)

@Berko45: New articles are noindexed for 90 days or until they are patrolled. See Wikipedia:Controlling search engine indexing#Indexing of articles ("mainspace"). PrimeHunter (talk) 21:03, 13 November 2017 (UTC)

2018 SEC football season

Can You Move the 2018 SEC football season article from the talk page to the draft page please. I Would Accept it. 68.102.39.189 (talk) 21:09, 13 November 2017 (UTC)

Trolling

I am a victim of trolling by a Wikipedia user who made racially motivated remarks about my background, gender and religious believes on my Wikipedia talk page, as well as making various unfounded accusations about me. I have complained about this person's actions to the police. Trolling is not good for Wikipedia. Regards--WikiRecontributer47 (talk) 22:03, 13 November 2017 (UTC)

Note There is a discussion relating to this post at WP:COI/N#User:WikiRecontributer47.

@WikiRecontributer47: Please do not make any sort of legal threat on Wikipedia per WP:NLT. If you have an issue with an editor's behaviour you can file a report at WP:ANI. Please be aware that any discussion there will review the behaviour of both parties. Eagleash (talk) 22:19, 13 November 2017 (UTC)

I have not made any threats however this person have been trolling me and I have reported this to the authorities as trolling is a criminal offence in United Kingdom.WikiRecontributer47 (talk) 22:22, 13 November 2017 (UTC)

Not there is a case open about this user here Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest/Noticeboard#User:WikiRecontributer47 as well.

This person has been making unfounded allegations about me and I have already stated that there is no conflict, however he proceeded with making further allegations. WikiRecontributer47 (talk) 22:29, 13 November 2017 (UTC)

This same issue was opened at WP:ANI#Trolling; please choose a single forum for this discussion, to avoid appearance of WP:FORUMSHOPPING. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 22:45, 13 November 2017 (UTC)

OP blocked per WP:NLT. - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 23:05, 13 November 2017 (UTC)

November 14

2018 SEC football standings template

Can you Move the 2018 SEC football standings template from the talk page to the draft page please. I would except it. 68.102.39.189 (talk) 01:09, 14 November 2017 (UTC)

Hello, IP editor. I see that Template talk:2018 SEC football standings was deleted earlier today, as it was a talk page dependent on a nonexistent page, so I have asked the admin who processed this deletion to restore the contents as a draft. –FlyingAce^✈hello 01:20, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

Stephen Bachiler

Please help me place the new file of coat-of-arms at top of page, if that is appropriate. Also, should we remove notice about not enough citations? I have added many more. Thanks 203.132.68.1 (talk) 01:51, 14 November 2017 (UTC)

The image is fine where it is. I've removed the {{refimprove}} tag: a minority of statements are still unreferenced, but the overall referencing has been much improved and unless nominated for Good or Featured Article it now appears ample. You're entitled to remove such "maintenance tags" yourself where appropriate, guided by Help:Maintenance template removal, which is linked from every tag: Noyster (talk), 16:42, 14 November 2017 (UTC)

Wikitext search

Is it possible to search the original Wikitext of articles? I'm wanting to find articles in the living people category which link to specific articles, such as United Kingdom general election, 1950, but in many cases the links are piped, so a search for incategory:"Living people" "United Kingdom general election, 1950" is not finding them. I could try and check every link coming in to the article in question, but there are more than 1,000 for this article alone, so I'm hoping for an automated method and being able to search the original Wikitext would solve this. Warofdreams talk 02:46, 14 November 2017 (UTC)

See Help:Searching and mw:Help:CirrusSearch for options. There is insource: but you can also use linksto:. incategory:"Living people" linksto:"United Kingdom general election, 1950". PrimeHunter (talk) 02:53, 14 November 2017 (UTC)

Brilliant, thank you, that will save loads of time! Warofdreams talk 02:54, 14 November 2017 (UTC)

Collapsed text not displaying

I've been working on formatting something on a different wiki, and when I collapse a specific text it shows up as {{{1}}}, and I cannot figure out why. I have checked for extra brackets and could not find any. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:18f:800:1dd9:d16c:c408:3c5d:4304 (talk) 03:32, 14 November 2017‎ (UTC)

You haven't given much detail here, but one thing to check is whether the collapsed text contains an equals sign anywhere, for example, hidden inside a URL. The workaround is to stick 1= in front of the text: {{My collapse template|Some text with an = sign}} won't work, but {{My collapse template|1=Some text with an = sign}} should be OK. -- John of Reading (talk) 08:23, 14 November 2017 (UTC)

That is certainly the most likely explanation when {{{1}}} is displayed. It's the issue at the first bullet at Help:Template#Usage hints and workarounds. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:40, 14 November 2017 (UTC)

Sean Bean Page Awards Update

Hello,

Can you please update Sean Bean (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Bean)'s page with his recent wins.

These are:

Royal Television Society - North West Awards Best Performance in a Single Drama or Drama Series (Male): Sean Bean https://rts.org.uk/award/regional-awards-north-west-2017

Cologne Film Festival The Hollywood Reporter Award http://filmfestival.cologne/en/film-festival-cologne-award/the-hollywood-reporter-award/

Many thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.87.27.34 (talk) 13:00, 14 November 2017 (UTC)

 Done Thank you for the suggestion: there's nothing to stop you making such edits yourself – the Sean Bean article is under "pending changes" protection so edits by non-registered users will be reviewed by someone else before they go live, but you can still make the edits, and especially if you learn how to format references your edits will be very welcome: Noyster (talk), 16:20, 14 November 2017 (UTC)

Re-assess

I have posted to a couple of relevant Wikiprojects requesting any uninvolved editor to re-asses Mustang District, quite unsuccessfully. It still is assessed as a stub! Where else can I go to have an uninvolved editor to asses it? Aditya^{(talk • contribs)} 15:35, 14 November 2017 (UTC)

I changed it to B-class. RJFJR (talk) 17:18, 14 November 2017 (UTC)

Thanks a ton. One question, should this remain a low importance article? After all it a whole district. May be mid importance? Aditya^{(talk • contribs)} 02:21, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

I changed it to mid. RJFJR (talk) 14:56, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

I'm not "cool"

Regarding this request at FFU. I... honestly didn't know that online singles had their own cover art, and I really have no idea if one pulled from the iTunes page is in any way authoritative as the official cover art. Anybody "cool" around with any insight? GMG^talk 16:05, 14 November 2017 (UTC)

Top 100 DJs

Hello

The 2017 part of List of DJ Magazine's Top 100 DJs is just not true.

Can someone block the person who did this?

Thanks

WhatsUpWorld (talk) 17:29, 14 November 2017 (UTC)

@WhatsUpWorld: Please be more specific about what is wrong. The list in the article appears to match the source. RudolfRed (talk) 20:46, 14 November 2017 (UTC)

The "Top 100 DJs – 2017" does not match its unique source. WhatsUpWorld (talk) 21:55, 14 November 2017 (UTC)

I looked very quickly at the page section and the 2017 source. It did not seem to match to me; third place has been moved to fifth in the article, fourth to third and an apparent 'oddity' inserted at fourth. That's as far as I had time to go into. @WhatsUpWorld: you are quite welcome to correct the page in accordance with the source. Eagleash (talk) 22:04, 14 November 2017 (UTC)

The 2017 part of the article was changed as was its data (review part); I don't know how to revert all of it without spending one hour on it. WhatsUpWorld (talk) 22:07, 14 November 2017 (UTC)

Yes the offending edit was here. Yes it's a lot of work to correct unless someone has the appropriate tools enabled. Eagleash (talk) 22:10, 14 November 2017 (UTC)

What tools? May be I can help. Aditya^{(talk • contribs)} 02:24, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

TV Show Character Articles

At what point does a character from a TV show merit their own Wikipedia page? What if said show is ongoing? Justus et peccator (talk) 18:17, 14 November 2017 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Justus et peccator (talk • contribs) 18:15, 14 November 2017 (UTC)

As with any other subject, Justus et peccator, the criterion to decide whether there should be an article on the subject is nothing directly do to with what the subject does, or is, or is known as, but wholly to do with whether there is enough independent reliably published material on the subject to base an article on. If somebody has written an extended article specifically about the character in a reputable newspaper or magazine; or if several in-depth articles about the show contain more than just a sentence or two about the character, that might do it. Please see WP:GNG. --ColinFine (talk) 19:16, 14 November 2017 (UTC)

Wikipedia Wrongful Accusation !

hello , i received a message accusing me of a violation that i had nothing to do with , the accusation was ' that i made an edit to "Ape". and to be sure NO ONE, and i mean no one , has used my devices to make such edits as Wikipedia has falsely accused me of .obviously someone has hacked and used my IP address to , as wiki says " make inappropriate and false edits to APE , i use and was planning on donating to Wikipedia but am retracting that plan until Wikipedia at least takes as much time to resolve this issue born of false accusations as they have to start it in the first place . — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chevy1981 (talk • contribs) 20:18, 14 November 2017 (UTC)

Hi, it's possible that you may have a dynamic IP address that means your IP address may well have changed to another user who added the vandalism to that page. Feel free to disregard any messages that are not relevant to yourself. In cases such as this, account creation is encouraged to avoid erroneous messages, which I see you have now done. This should prevent any further messages regarding other user's edits from being posted on your talk page Hope this helps. Kosack (talk) 20:25, 14 November 2017 (UTC)

The same thing happened to me today, and I was puzzled until I realised that I wasn't logged in. Now that you have created an account, the problem can't happen again as long as you log in, and the message will not be associated with you. Dbfirs 20:33, 14 November 2017 (UTC)

As is usual ' wiki has proved itself a champion to public discourse and was more than expedient in resolving this issue! donations are back on course . Thanks a million .— Preceding unsigned comment added by Chevy1981 (talk • contribs) 14 November 2017 20:51 (UTC)

English or British

Hello,

On the Dua Lipa article, user SnapSnap keeps reverting my edits: she is a British singer, not an English one (see British nationality law). Can someone other than me replace English by British in the catch phrase? Thanks

WhatsUpWorld (talk) 21:58, 14 November 2017 (UTC)

This is a long-term thorny issue (with many other artists). Don't get into an edit-war over it. As I understand it, unless she has stated at some point that she considers herself English rather than British, we should go with British as nationality. Eagleash (talk) 22:14, 14 November 2017 (UTC)

As a content dispute, it should be resolved by discussion with the other editor, preferably at the article talk page. Eagleash (talk) 22:34, 14 November 2017 (UTC)

Sutcliffe Jugend

Hi, I play in a band called Sutcliffe Jugend. In the pictures on your website is a picture of the cassette called White Power and a Nazi symbol. We had nothing to do with that cassette, a track was put on without our permission, back in 1982. This does not represent the band or our political feelings, plus the picture of ripper victims. This is a gross misrepresentation of the band. We have children and do not want them to see this. We play noise/industrial music. We tackle extreme topics, but do not glorify in any way.. we do the opposite if you listen to the words.

Please amend this misrepresentation.

Kind Regards Paul Taylor — Preceding unsigned comment added by 5.65.175.251 (talk) 22:41, 14 November 2017 (UTC)

Hello, Paul. We have over five million articles: which are you referring to? There is no image in the article Sutcliffe Jügend (and it hasn't been edited for over a year).

Are you by any chance referring to a photo or text shown to the right of a Google search? Google's Knowledge Graph uses a wide variety of sources. There may be a text paragraph ending with "Wikipedia" to indicate that particular text was copied from Wikipedia. An image and other text before or after the Wikipedia excerpt may be from sources completely unrelated to Wikipedia. We have no control over how Google presents our information, but Google's Knowledge Graph has a "Feedback" link where anyone can mark a field as wrong. The same feedback facility is also provided on Bing and some other search engines. --ColinFine (talk) 23:35, 14 November 2017 (UTC)

A problem with Google Image search and their Knowledge Graph, and it is notoriously hard to get Google to change them, no one knows who to contact. They need to have an ombudsman. The problem appears to be that someone made a mix tape that contains one of their songs and the cover of the mix tape has a swastika on it. --RAN (talk) 05:41, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

Help with possibly advanced text editing

Hi, I would like the place words on top of each other. Take this piece of text:

17 86 CO 80 37 32 56 Read Words KONA 3 6 Read Letters S D

Is it possible to place 17 atop Read, 86 above KONA, CO above 3, 80 above 6, 37 above Read Letters, 32 above S and 56 above D. I could put them in a table, so they are in tabular format, but is there another way to format them.

thanks. scope_creep (talk) 22:46, 14 November 2017 (UTC)

Hello, Scope creep. You might be able to do something with tabs, but really, that is what tables are designed for. Note that you can customise the layout of tables, so for example the cell boundaries can be hidden. --ColinFine (talk) 23:39, 14 November 2017 (UTC)

Thanks ColinFine, I will give it a try. How do your do it though? scope_creep (talk) 08:54, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

November 15

Search for hidden text

How do you search for a string of text hidden by "<!-->"? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk • contribs)

Use CTRL F in edit mode. Dr. K. 05:41, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

Ctrl+F is a search feature in most browsers regardless of the website. Your editing window may also have a Wikipedia search feature depending on the editor you use. Click "Advanced" above the edit box and then a search icon at the far right. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:18, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

That will only help me if I already have found a page containing hidden text, it will help me find where on the page it is. I need to use the master search function to find articles containing the same hidden text string. Lets say there is <!--Please help find this person's middle name--> in multiple articles. --RAN (talk) 14:35, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

insource: will search the wikitext, e.g. insource:"Please help find". If you only want occurrences in comments then it's more complicated but should be possible with some regex like insource:"Please help find" insource:/\<!--.*Please help find.*--\>/i. PrimeHunter (talk) 18:46, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_assassination_conspiracy_theories hacked????

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_assassination_conspiracy_theories

could somebody please look at this page, when I open it I get a strange banner from wikileaks? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.21.34.157 (talk) 08:30, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

Thank you for letting us know - this has now been resolved by purging the page. It was the result of a "template hijack" -- There'sNoTime ^{(to explain)} 08:31, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

Thank you very much for the fast response! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.21.34.157 (talk) 08:33, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

Stephen Bachiler

please help - ref number 27 which is a book. I added in the IBSN number and it was VERY long. I was SURE that I got it right. I am sorry. Please help. Also, I have failed when adding a commons file of an old church - "All Hallows, Stailing" Please help. 101.189.107.58 (talk) 10:12, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

No worries. You actually added two ISBN nmbers, ISBN 10 and ISBN 13. I removed the 10 and works OK. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 10:21, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

Stephen Bachiler

Sorry - bad timing . I also failed with a commons file. It should have worked. The file should say "All Hallows, Stailing, England". Please help 101.189.107.58 (talk) 10:25, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

Did you successfully upload the said image to Commons? If so, could you provide the URL? -- ChamithN (talk) 10:30, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

This URL is from Commons and is currently on the "All Hallows, Staining" page itself. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/66/PAHSt1010012.JPG — Preceding unsigned comment added by 101.189.107.58 (talk) 10:36, 15 November 2017‎ (UTC)

I'm getting a 404 Not Found error. Once you have uploaded an image to commons, it should look something like this. Did you, by any chance, cancel the upload wizard halfway through? -- ChamithN (talk) 10:46, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

I never uploaded the image. The black and white old print (file) is already on the All Hallows, Staining Wikipedia page and I thought that I could transfer it over to the Stephen Bachiler page. Please help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 101.189.107.58 (talk) 10:50, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

Do you mean this image? -- ChamithN (talk) 10:52, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Fixed I have added the image; using the file name contained in the wikimedia URL above. Eagleash (talk) 10:56, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

If that's the case, don't worry, Eagleash has already taken care of it. -- ChamithN (talk) 10:54, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

The spelling is incorrect (probably my fault). It should say underneath the file "All Hallows, Staining, England" (not Stailing) Sorry again. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 101.189.107.58 (talk) 10:55, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

That's OK, I've fixed it. Feel free to ask if you need further help. -- ChamithN (talk) 10:58, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

Problem adding reference to the update I posted to an article

Hello. This is my first time editing anything. My reference doesn't appear correctly in the sources. It isn't highlighted in blue and I'm not sure how to do that. I don't intend to do a lot of editing, so I would appreciate it if someone would look at that. It's reference 32 in the article on Boise Airport, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boise_Airport Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Matthewroy1961 (talk • contribs) 13:52, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

To begin with, you haven't included a url in the reference. In general, only links appear in blue. Take a look at Help:Referencing for beginners without using templates for a simple how-to guide. Rivertorch^FIRE_WATER 14:00, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

@Matthewroy1961: Yes, there's no url so it will not display in blue. I have tweaked it a bit so it displays a bit better. As River says, please study WP:REFB and if you have a URL, use Template:Cite web to correctly add the ref. Any problems please ask. Cheers. Eagleash (talk) 14:04, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

Mr. Rossi Looks for Happiness

Hi. I want create Wikipedia article of Mr. Rossi Looks for Happiness, but there is a page and said:

The article that you're looking for doesn't exist.

• You can create it, but... Before you create an article, you should read Your first Wikipedia article.
• New to Wikipedia? See the contributing to Wikipedia page for everything you need to know to get started.
• Need interactive help? You can ask questions at the Teahouse, help desk or through live chat.

There are different ways to edit Wikipedia: ...

What can I do? Please help me.

ML8 (talk) 16:15, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

Hello, ML8. I don't want to be unfriendly, but did you try picking the links in that message? To the essays Your first article and Contributing to Wikipedia? Please come back here if you have further questions, but those pages explain things in general. --ColinFine (talk) 17:10, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

Help:Cite errors/Cite error ref no input

I am the grandson of A.A. MacLeod and added the family history of his first marriage to Annie Jean Hicks who bore two children Jean MacLeod & Annabelle MacGregor MacLeod before she tragically was burned to death in her mid 20's when a wood stove blew up - my mother Annabelle MacGregor MacLeod was only a year old - AA MacLeod subsequently met & married Virginia MacLean & they had two children Joan MacLeod & David Macleod _ I trust you will allow tis information to be updated — Preceding unsigned comment added by Doug fulford (talk • contribs) 19:14, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

This has been already fixed. Ruslik_Zero 20:25, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

I have removed the stray ref tags and the names of non-notable children from the i/bx. The marriages need tidying also but the dates are not clear. Also left welcome message and some hopefully helpful info. at Doug's TP. Eagleash (talk) 21:01, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

2018 Big 12 Conference football season

Can you move the big 12 football season article from the Talk page to the Draft page please. 68.102.39.189 (talk) 20:18, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

• Done, it is at Draft:2018 Big 12 Conference football season. Thanks! Crow^Caw 20:26, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

a person was born in my hometime but isn't credited on the hometown's page

...how do you move the person to the "famous" people section of the hometown...Eugene Von Bruenchenhein is the artist, Marinette, WI is the town — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.248.51.165 (talk) 20:54, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

Hello, in this instance you can add [[Eugene Von Bruenchenhein]] to the notable section at Marinette, Wisconsin, with brief biographical details. He should also be added to the appropriate section at List of people from Milwaukee. Eagleash (talk) 21:07, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

4k

I clarified some muddy information on the '4k resolution' page... And it still needs more work. But a certain J.M. quickly rolled back the modifications. Not sure why I should contribute when rollback rights have been granted to certain individuals (not groups) with little/no oversight. J.M. may be an engineer and familiar with the various video formats, resolutions, and compression schemes, but his writing skills leave something to be desired. Moreover, on a subject (4k) where accuracy and clarity is key, the page is now back to its former, vague self. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gstanley123 (talk • contribs) 22:41, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

The editor who reverted your edits claimed that " the new definition does not match the cited source (4K does not refer to the monitor display)". Reverting like this does not require any special rights. Any editor can do this. I have no opinion about who is correct, but a content dispute like this should be discussed on the talk page of the article to reach consensus. Dbfirs 23:02, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

@Gstanley123: From the edit summary, the revert at 4K was partially due to your edits not supported by the cited source. It is not unusual for edits to be reverted, it is part of the normal process even if it can be frustrating. See WP:BRD. Next step if you want to persue it is to discuss the edits on the article's talk page, and cite a source that supports the changes you are trying to make. RudolfRed (talk) 23:03, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

Can anyone help me make a complex geologic time scale-related template?

I'm trying to make a navbox template that can easily be filled in with a region's stratigraphic units (manually) sorted by age. The problem I'm facing is that there are a huge number of time units on the geologic timescale that spreads the content over a wide area of the template. Is there any way to make it so that only the units that have content inputted for their respective variables show up in the template? Abyssal (talk) 23:04, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

Collapsing barnstars

On my user page I tried to collapse my barnstars using {collapse top} and {collapse bottom} thingys, but most of the stars remain outside. I know there is a solution, as per this archived talk, but I am struggling to see the light. Can anyone supply me with a non-technical answer, or if I am really lucky, do it for me ? Actually, thinking about it a bit more, the same principle applies to 'Stars and stripes' (mainly barnstars), plus 'Articles created' and 'Did you know(s)'.

Sorry, but "I'm a Great Big Silly Old Hector." Many thanks,

Derek R Bullamore (talk) 23:25, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

 Done - Derek, rather like the archived query you linked, there was a stray unmatched |} (close table code). The collapse has left some whitespace so you may want to tweak the layout some more: Noyster (talk), 00:04, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

Thank you - Derek R Bullamore (talk) 00:06, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

November 16

2020 NBA All-Star Game

Can you change the links from red to blue for the 2020 NBA All-star Game Article. 68.102.39.189 (talk) 01:11, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

That will require someone to create that article. You can use WP:AFC and the article wizard to create the article yourself, or post a request at WP:RA. RudolfRed (talk) 02:25, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

@RudolfRed: The article already exists (2020 NBA All Star-Game). The red links the IP user was referring to were the article categories. Turns out "Illinois" was misspelled – I have fixed the spelling so now the categories are displaying correctly. –FlyingAce^✈hello 02:38, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

Sorry I Mispelled it but the navbox need to turn 2020 from red to blue because I put a new category called 2020's can you do that for me. 68.102.39.189 (talk) 04:24, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

The link was red in the navbox because the article title had the hyphen in the wrong place. I have moved it to 2020 NBA All-Star Game, and {{NBA All-Star Games}} now shows it as a blue link. -- John of Reading (talk) 07:31, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

Stephen Bachiler

I have FAILED again when adding a file (of the front page of a book) . Please fix if able. I am not doing any more editing for some time. Sorry. 203.132.68.1 (talk) 02:28, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

Hello! I have fixed the display of the image. To add an image outside the infobox, the correct code is [[File:Your image name here.jpg|thumb]]. You do not need to enter the complete URL from Commons. Hope that helps! –FlyingAce^✈hello 02:42, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

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My edit has been reverted twice and I'm not sure who the editor is or how to address this.

José Guadalupe Posada (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Hello, I edited part of the article on José Guadalupe Posada, but my edit was reverted twice in a row. I'd like to know why this keeps happening and how to address it. Thank you. werewolf 04:04, 16 November 2017 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Revirvlkodlaku (talk • contribs) 16 November 2017 04:04 (UTC)

@Revirvlkodlaku: Hello, the other editor is anonymous, I.e. editing without creating or using a Wikipedia account. Nothing wrong with that per se, as long as their edits are constructive. In this case I believe the addition of 'los' to be incorrect per Día de Muertos and Day of the Dead. I have reverted their most recent change with an explanation. For future reference if your edits are reverted you should discuss with the other party preferably at the article talk page per WP:DRD. Also, do not get into an edit war as this can land you in difficulty irrespective of the merits of the edits. Please sign your posts by typing four tildes (~~~~). Thank you. Eagleash (talk) 07:32, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

Stephen Bachiler

In the section - Emigration to England and death - there is a big void of space which is evident when we print out the sheet. Please fix if able. Thanks 101.189.107.58 (talk) 08:14, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

The problem is probably caused by the two images taking up extra space, but I am unable to reproduce the error. The article prints correctly, without extra space for me. Have you tried a different browser? Dbfirs 09:10, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

The problem is with the overheads on a large screen- we can see the void/gap and it looks like the article is lacking information (where the void of space is). Thanks for trying 101.189.107.58 (talk) 09:17, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

Biography

How can i add abiography of apersonality on wikipedia — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.210.159.13 (talk) 09:01, 16 November 2017 (UTC)