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May 12

{{n/a}} template in a tabl

Hello. I am trying to use the template {{n/a}} in a table on the page - Tour, but it doesn't work and comes out to data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, #2C2C2C); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | —. The proof would be in the edit history of the page that i just listed. Cherrell410 (talk) 00:00, 12 May 2023 (UTC)

@Cherrell410: Remove the pipe from code like rowspan="2" | {{n/a}}. See the "Important" note at {{n/a}}. The template adds content to the cell attributes which are placed before a pipe so the template adds its own pipe in the right place. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:31, 12 May 2023 (UTC)

2023 Toronto Blue Jays season

Sorry for another one, but I have another issue. I am trying to change the short description of the 2023 Toronto Blue Jays season season to keep consistency with all of the other ones, but something is wrong. If you go into the source, it says that the short description is "Major League Baseball season", but in reality, it shows up as "Baseball Template". Cherrell410 (talk) 00:16, 12 May 2023 (UTC)

@Cherrell410: I have removed [1] {{Short description|Baseball template}} from Template:2023 AL Wild Card standings which is transcluded in the article. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:14, 12 May 2023 (UTC)

Thanks! Cherrell410 (talk) 01:15, 12 May 2023 (UTC)

Username

A decade or so ago I changed my username due to privacy concerns. My old username was a real name. Now an editor that is harassing me, digging and posting things about my real life publicly, some of them wrong that may hurt other people than me in real life [2], says my old username is public. Who can I contact or what can I do to hide my old username? ♦ WikiUser70176 ♦^{(My talk page)} 12:18, 12 May 2023 (UTC)

Hi WikiUser70176. Accounts can't really be deleted because of Wikipedia's licensing requirements, but user's are allowed to make WP:CLEANSTARTs when they want to start anew as long as it's not an attempt to improperly use multiple accounts or currently under some type of sanction. I don't there's any way to hide or erase your username per se, but you contributions' history might be able to be hid from public view by an administrator or an oversighter. You might also be able to request that your account's username be changed to something less personally identifying per WP:RENAME. As for the problems you're having, that's something currently being discussed at ANI which means its probably better to keep all relevant discussion related to it there. -- Marchjuly (talk) 12:40, 12 May 2023 (UTC)

Thanks! I changed my account name from a real name to WikiUser70176. The problem is that, reportedly, my old account name is still visible. Thanks for the info! ♦ WikiUser70176 ♦^{(My talk page)} 12:51, 12 May 2023 (UTC)

WikiUser70176 A rename changes your username in logs and similar, but it does not change actual posts you made(i.e. your signature). If you are being harassed, you could request a vanishing of your account and create a new one. 331dot (talk) 13:01, 12 May 2023 (UTC)

Info on the search engine results includes wrong information

The box of 'preliminary information' that appears with search results on the google search page includes incorrect information about Winebrenner Theological Seminary (my employer). The wrong information is SERIOUSLY WRONG. I cannot find the way to edit the information in this box to correct it. I tried to upload a clipping of the area of the box with the wrong information, but this box will not allow me to upload the clip. How can I access that information to make the correction!

KevinBudRisner (talk) 12:58, 12 May 2023 (UTC)

KevinBudRisner First, please make the Terms of Use required paid editing disclosure on your user page(click the link for instructions).

We cannot help you with Google search results, you will need to contact Google for issues with that. If the article about your employer has errors in it, please go to its article talk page (Talk:Winebrenner Theological Seminary) and detail the changes you feel are needed- if you mark the post you make there as a formal edit request it will draw the attention of other editors who can evaulate it. 331dot (talk) 13:03, 12 May 2023 (UTC)

To clarify a little, KevinBudRisner: if you are talking about the information which Google displays, Google takes that from many sources, including Wikipedia. So the information you say is wrong may or may not come from the Wikipedia article Winebrenner Theological Seminary. If it does, you can request edits as 331dot says. If it does not, then it is absolutely nothing to do with Wikipedia, and you need to get Google to change it. ColinFine (talk) 13:11, 12 May 2023 (UTC)

@KevinBudRisner: to report problems to Google, look just below the bottom of their info sidebar. At the right, you will see a tiny little grey "feedback" link. Click it and go from there. -Arch dude (talk) 17:16, 12 May 2023 (UTC)

WB Yeats.

An entry about Chardstock Village in Wiltshire mentions a distant relative of mine,Kenneth Butler Evans,who was an artist and who still has a gallery in the Village in the home of his widowed wife Anne.The entry also mentions that Kenneth Butler Evans is a cousin of WB Yeats the famous poet.I would like to understand this connection in more detail and would appreciate any further information you may have. John Evans. Poetman1955 (talk) 13:38, 12 May 2023 (UTC)

Poetman1955 This is regarding Chardstock. You seem to be referring to the article W.B. Yeats I would suggest that you examine that article and its sources for further information. 331dot (talk) 13:42, 12 May 2023 (UTC)

@Poetman1955, the folks at Reference desk/Humanities might be able to point you toward more information. 199.208.172.35 (talk) 14:02, 12 May 2023 (UTC)

Sports game results templates

Hello, I would like to know where you could find sports game results templates? I'm particularly looking for basketball match results template or if there is a general sport game results template for all team sports then that would also be good. Thanks, SarahTHunter (talk) 15:39, 12 May 2023 (UTC)

@SarahTHunter: I'm not sure which templates you are looking for. When I have a question like this, I try to find an article that uses the templates (e.g., 2022 NBA Finals) and then look at the article's source by clicking on "edit". -Arch dude (talk) 17:11, 12 May 2023 (UTC)

I never thought of that! I'll give that a shot. Thanks, SarahTHunter (talk) 17:27, 12 May 2023 (UTC)

@SarahTHunter: Well, I'm lazy, so I prefer to not re-invent the wheel. :-) More generally, I sometimes look for articles (especially feature articles) of the same general type as my new proposed article, until I see one whose overall format and approach looks good. I then use or adapt that format and approach for my new article. This works for not just the templates but also the layout and often the actual section headers. -Arch dude (talk) 17:44, 12 May 2023 (UTC)

I found the template that I was looking for. It was for a continental multi para-sport event and I was looking for wheelchair basketball game results templates, I found them in the Paralympics which was great. SarahTHunter (talk) 17:51, 12 May 2023 (UTC)

My draft is not getting reviewed what to do?

I have drafted my Wikipedia article 3 months ago but it is not getting reviewed what to do? I have optimised my page and also added a Wikipedia project tag for a faster review but nothing is working Abhiraj Shree0420 (talk) 18:01, 12 May 2023 (UTC)

It does say on the template that a review might take 4 months to happen. Adding additional requests doesn't make this quicker.

On a quick scan, I don't really know what makes this person notable. Are there any sources that talk about the subject in terms of significant coverage? Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 18:06, 12 May 2023 (UTC)

Abhiraj Shree0420, I see no reason why this particular unelected civil servant would be considered notable. Cullen328 (talk) 18:25, 12 May 2023 (UTC)

Academic papers

For a long time, I used to edit articles about history, politics, ongoing events, etc. The rules for referencing were easy: get a reliable book or newspaper, add the info to the related article in my own words, and cite it as a reference (which basically means "this info was taken from this place"). Nowadays I have moved to astronomy, and although I still prefer books to write articles by myself, when checking the content that's already there many references are academic papers. I understand that those have to be peer reviewed, that if they are not they are little more reliable than a mere blog, but how exactly do I find out if there is such a peer review or not? Cambalachero (talk) 18:09, 12 May 2023 (UTC)

Hello, Cambalachero. You need to look at the standards and the reputation of the academic journal that publishes the article. Be especially careful about predatory publishing. Cullen328 (talk) 18:16, 12 May 2023 (UTC)

publish changes

I made changes on my original draft and submitted, but I am unable to publish changes. I'm not even sure if its under review or lost in the ether. Thanks Kraft Writer (talk) 19:55, 12 May 2023 (UTC)

@Kraft Writer Your draft is still at Draft:Chip Cooper in exactly the state after it was declined on 3 April. You can go back and make the changes suggested by the reviewer. I see that you have commented on the problem of editing it using the visual editor but you could try again with that, or use the source editor instead as an experiment. Mike Turnbull (talk) 20:14, 12 May 2023 (UTC)

I did make the changes suggested by the Wiki editor. I have been unable to get those changes to publish. I get an error message. Kraft Writer (talk) 20:19, 12 May 2023 (UTC)

If you tell us the error message, it is possible that somebody here can diagnose the problem. Otherwise, you might get more help at WP:VPT. ColinFine (talk) 20:35, 12 May 2023 (UTC)

The error message is this

Error contacting the Parsoid/RESTBase server (HTTP 404): (no message) Kraft Writer (talk) 21:07, 12 May 2023 (UTC)

Thank you. That is an error from deep down in the Mediawiki software, and is nothing to do with anything you have done. It is usually temporary, but if you continue to have problems, you'd better ask at WP:VPT. It can indicate some network problem, but (assuming you're posting here from the same device) that doesn't appear to be the case here. ColinFine (talk) 21:42, 12 May 2023 (UTC)

@Kraft Writer: I just successfully edited Draft:Chip Cooper, so hopefully whatever issue you were having has been resolved. GoingBatty (talk) 21:45, 12 May 2023 (UTC)

Can I pull my submission and give it to someone who knows how to navigate Wiki? Kraft Writer (talk) 21:50, 12 May 2023 (UTC)

I had successfully edited it too, but can't get it to submit or publish changes. I'm stuck. I've been trying for over a week to resolve this. Kraft Writer (talk) 21:49, 12 May 2023 (UTC)

Kraft Writer, your draft is crammed full of highly promotional language and will never be approved in its current state. You must rewrite the draft from beginning to end to bring it into compliance with the Neutral point of view. Promotional editing is forbidden on Wikipedia. Cullen328 (talk) 04:32, 13 May 2023 (UTC)

You're looking at my first draft. I've rewritten it start to finish. That's what I'm having trouble resubmitting. Been trying for two weeks. Can't resolve the problem Kraft Writer (talk) 07:17, 13 May 2023 (UTC)

@Kraft Writer Have you tried making a small change to the existing draft, rather than one which adds completely new content in one large block? I'm speculating that something in your re-draft has perhaps hit an WP:EDITFILTER or has some other text that the software doesn't like. Also, can you "preview" an addition to see the new revision looking correct but still get the error when you try to save it? You may find that incremental changes are the way to go: other than that, WP:VPT is where the software experts reside, as already advised. Mike Turnbull (talk) 11:25, 13 May 2023 (UTC)

Thank you, Mike. I'll keep trying. Kraft Writer (talk) 19:59, 13 May 2023 (UTC)

May 13

Les Lucs-sur-Boulogne

User:Staruge copied a machine translation of fr:Les Lucs-sur-Boulogne to Les Lucs-sur-Boulogne, so it needs hatnotes and categories for cleanup. .... 0mtwb9gd5wx (talk) 03:05, 13 May 2023 (UTC)

@0mtwb9gd5wx: OK - please be bold and add them! GoingBatty (talk) 03:45, 13 May 2023 (UTC)

I don't know hatnotes and categories .... 0mtwb9gd5wx (talk) 10:20, 13 May 2023 (UTC)

@0mtwb9gd5wx: the documentation for the hatnote template you'll be wanting is at Template:Translated page. Categories are added near the bottom with the wikicode [[Category:Some category]]. See MOS:LAYOUT for where each thing is supposed to go. Anytime I forget how to do something here, or have to learn for the first time, I just edit a page that does the thing I want to do, copy the relevant wikicode, and back out of the editor without publishing. It's pretty good everything is visible unless it's really complicated. Folly Mox (talk) 02:08, 14 May 2023 (UTC)

Château Figeac is copied from fr:Château Figeac which has hatnotes and categories implying advert and paid-for. .... 0mtwb9gd5wx (talk) 04:30, 14 May 2023 (UTC)

John Spencer, 3rd Earl Spencer

The file added today of the man on the horse needs to be smaller - please do that if you can - I cannot. Thanks 58.179.137.31 (talk) 03:21, 13 May 2023 (UTC)

Hi there! I added |210px to the image code. Feel free to make the number smaller to make the image smaller. For more information, see the examples at Help:Pictures#Thumbnail sizes. Happy editing! GoingBatty (talk) 03:49, 13 May 2023 (UTC)

Hi GoingBatty. Thumbnail images shouldn't be set to a fixed pixel width per WP:THUMBSIZE because it forces everyone to see the image the same way regardless of their user preferences or the device they're using. It's better to resize thumbnail images using scaling as explained in WP:UPRIGHT. -- Marchjuly (talk) 04:31, 13 May 2023 (UTC)

I've rescaled it as an upright thumbnail image. Bazza (talk) 08:39, 13 May 2023 (UTC)

@Bazza 7: You added an empty |upright= parameter which is equivalent to adding |upright=0.75 but is confusing because it doesn't specify a scaling factor. Personally, I think the original default size of the image is fine and it doesn't need to be 0.75 times smaller, which is what you did. -- Marchjuly (talk) 11:11, 13 May 2023 (UTC)

@Marchjuly: thanks for pointing out MOS:UPRIGHT's warning about not specifying a value for upright. I've added 0.75, which makes the portrait-orientated image's height about the same as its width would be if it were landscape. I agree with the OP that it ought to be smaller than if left unaltered; that may be exacerbated by the fact it sandwiches text between itself and the infobox. I'm not intending to challenge any further alterations in either direction. Bazza (talk) 13:46, 13 May 2023 (UTC)

Archiving on talk pages

Hello! So currently, my talk page is archived with ClueBot III. I must've put the archiving in the way of month/year although I don't remember because it was literally years ago. However, now its getting really tedious and annoying, to the point where the page looks kind of messy as the list of month/year is getting long. I was wondering how / if I can change the archive to a different type. Specifically this type of template. Unfortunately I am terrible with coding and some of this code really confuses me at times. Thank you, hope someone can help me! Maxwell King¹²³³²¹ 04:00, 13 May 2023 (UTC)

You already changed to numbered archives.[3] There hasn't been anything to archive since then. Do you want to go back to month/year? It gives very small archives for your talk page. PrimeHunter (talk) 10:30, 13 May 2023 (UTC)

@PrimeHunter: Actually, the way you do your archives was what I was trying to achieve. So if that's what you mean then yes please, the smaller the better! Will my past archives also go into that style? Honestly, I had no idea what I was doing when I changed that. Maxwell King¹²³³²¹ 12:29, 13 May 2023 (UTC)

Willard Scott

On the page for Willard Scott the first paragraph calls him a serial killer and rapist. I'm pretty certain someone is messing with this. I find it unbelievable that someone in the public eye for most of his 80 years on Earth and noted as a TV personality could have also been known as a serial killer/rapist. Looks like someone got by your woke censors and altered his page.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willard_Scott 206.80.218.48 (talk) 04:32, 13 May 2023 (UTC)

I don't know what you mean by "woke censors", but anyway the article history shows that this was just some very recent attempt by a bored schoolchild or similar to impress their friends, or similar. Skynxnex has already reverted it. -- Hoary (talk) 06:40, 13 May 2023 (UTC)

How do you make your own page?

Please tell me how to make my own page on Wikipedia! Maevenowotny (talk) 10:52, 13 May 2023 (UTC)

Hi @Maevenowotny and welcome. If by "own page" you mean an article in the main encyclopaedia about yourself, then that's frowned upon, for reasons discussed at WP:AUTO. If you mean "create a user page to tell other editors what I'm interested in contributing", then just click on your currently red-linked Username and proceed: see WP:UPYES. Happy editing! Mike Turnbull (talk) 11:11, 13 May 2023 (UTC)

iffy editor

Special:Contributions/86.106.2.67 has made quite a few edits, and all the ones i've checked have been the uncited addition (or alteration) of a date (sometimes changing the date format, including putting the date or edit summary in Spanish). Is someone willing to fact check 30 or more edits? If appropriate, is there a way to undo all of an editor's edits at once instead of one by one? --173.67.42.107 (talk) 11:34, 13 May 2023 (UTC)

Dortmund

On the Dortmund page, it's not clear which monuments correspond to which; moreover, there are 7 monuments, while there are 6 photos. JackkBrown (talk) 12:59, 13 May 2023 (UTC)

@JackkBrown: I've emended the caption. You can in most cases just click on the images, and the file page will tell you what it's an image of. Deor (talk) 13:38, 13 May 2023 (UTC)

Suggested languages

Hello!

Although I’m Greek, English is my preferred language and I always read the English Wikipedia, however, I speak altogether four languages and if an article that I read in English exists in any of these languages, I often want to switch and read it in another language.

My problem is that the “Suggested languages” section cannot be edited and I get randomly a list of languages which I don’t speak. (I guess randomly because I can't see how Bulgarian eor Macedonian or French hav ended up in the preferred language list!)

Is there any way to get in the section “Suggested languages” only these four languages I speak, assuming of course that the corresponding article that I read does exist in one of the four languages of my choice?

Thanks! Entropy1963 (talk) 15:07, 13 May 2023 (UTC)

Entropy1963 The interlanguage links interface is managed by Wikidata. As far as I know there is no way to filter languages in the selection, other than by performing a search each time. Sungodtemple (talk • contribs) 16:42, 13 May 2023 (UTC)

Hello, Entropy. This is controlled by mw:Universal Language Selector/Compact Language Links, and that seems to have some instructions for managing suggested languages. I haven't tried it myself. ColinFine (talk) 17:31, 13 May 2023 (UTC)

Thanks! I’ll read the article and if I find a solution I’ll post it back here for future reference.

Thanks again! Entropy1963 (talk) 19:07, 13 May 2023 (UTC)

Following. I frequently work with other wikis, and have a theory that the length or quality of the article may be a metric for what is displayed. Please do post back anything you find out as I would be interested. Elinruby (talk) 23:47, 14 May 2023 (UTC)

Please replace wrong photograph on my wikipedia page.

You have a photograph of another person on my wikipedia page. The photo of the bald gentleman sitting is not me. That is the son of Charles Schwab (same name as me). Please remove and replace with an alternate appropriate photo of me. Thank you.

- Michael Schwab, graphic designer / illustrator Col.Ludlow (talk) 18:11, 13 May 2023 (UTC)

Our article Michael Schwab (designer) does not have a photo, and never has had. I guess you may be referring to what Google displays when someone searches for you. We have no control over that (though we get frequent complaints about it). Maproom (talk) 18:24, 13 May 2023 (UTC)

One way to address the problem is to arrange for someone to take a photo of you and then for them (as the copyright holder) to upload it to Wikimedia Commons with a suitable free licence. Then add it to the article (or ask here for someone to add it.) Maproom (talk) 18:28, 13 May 2023 (UTC)

Responded at User talk:Col.Ludlow. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 19:19, 13 May 2023 (UTC)

@Col.Ludlow: Here is our stock reply for such posts:

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.

If the Wikipedia article Michael Schwab (designer) does get a photo then we have no way of knowing or controlling whether Google will display it in their Knowledge Graph. PrimeHunter (talk) 20:45, 13 May 2023 (UTC)

Going dotty over dots

Here South Hams under 'Politics' I've updated with recent election results. The infographic has an arrangement of coloured dots to represent the distribution of seats which I hoped would rearrange themselves when the new numbers were input but sadly no. I cannot see any code for this but it looks like a standard wiki thing. It really must change, I'd be grateful if someone could show me or fix it. Thanks very much. Thelisteninghand (talk) 20:09, 13 May 2023 (UTC)

@Thelisteninghand: That seating chart is not generated by Wikipedia. It is just an image file File:United_Kingdom_South_Hams_District_Council_2019.svg. There is a note on the image page that it was generated from https://parliamentdiagram.toolforge.org/parlitest.php, but I am not clear on how that tool works. RudolfRed (talk) 20:23, 13 May 2023 (UTC)

Thanks very much. Thelisteninghand (talk) 14:42, 14 May 2023 (UTC)

Question about moving/renaming pages

Hello,

I was just wondering what will happen to a Google Knowledge Panel if a page is renamed to something else? Will it disappear? Here is the link in question: Eva Doležalová and it would be changed to "Eva Vik."

Please let me know if anyone has any input regarding this topic.

Thanks,

Cias94 (talk) 20:27, 13 May 2023 (UTC)

@Cias94: A Google Knowledge Panel is made entirely by Google on their own initiative with no control by Wikipedia. Some of the content may or may not be copied from Wikipedia. If there is a text paragraph ending with a link to a Wikipedia article then that paragraph was copied from Wikipedia but other parts of the Knowledge Panel may be from other unnamed sources. I don't know what Google is likely to do when they discover a Wikipedia page has been renamed but it shouldn't be a factor in Wikipedia decisions. PrimeHunter (talk) 20:36, 13 May 2023 (UTC)

@Cias94: a page move leaves a redirect here on Wikipedia. We have no insight as to what Google does, but it is reasonable to assume they will follow the redirect is someone searches on the old name. -Arch dude (talk) 20:57, 13 May 2023 (UTC)

Edits that don't stick

Edited a page that was in accurate and it keeps getting reverted back to original (which is incaccurate) NBCNFLalum (talk) 21:14, 13 May 2023 (UTC)

NBCNFLalum Your edit is unsourced. All edits about living people must be sourced to a reliable source. Please see the biographies of living persons policy. 331dot (talk) 21:19, 13 May 2023 (UTC)

I added the source in external links- just don't know how to embed it in the article. NBCNFLalum (talk) 21:21, 13 May 2023 (UTC)

Also, the source you gave only supports some of the material you added: I don't see a source for his family life.

Also, you have copied promotional wording from a non-independent source. "brings extensive coaching and playing experience". This is problematic in three different ways. First, it is probably a copyright violation. Secondly it is putting evaluative language in Wikipedia's voice, which is never permissible in an article. Thirdly, while such language may be acceptable as an acknowledged direct quote ("John Doe said in the Daily Beasth that '...'), that would only be the case for an WP:independent source. Fort Bend Christian Academy's news is not independent of Black, and may only be used in limited ways: see WP:PRIMARY.

In fact, I have tagged the article for inadequate sourcing as it is: the only possibly independent sources are the two Washington Post articles; but they are at least partly based on interviews, and therefore are not adequate in themselves. Wikipedia is not interested in what the subject of an article says or wants to say about themselves, or what their associates say about them. Wikipedia is only interested in what people who have no connection with the subject, and who have not been prompted or fed information on behalf of the subject, have chosen to publish about the subject in reliable sources. ColinFine (talk) 22:45, 13 May 2023 (UTC)

Please see Referencing for beginners. 331dot (talk) 21:19, 13 May 2023 (UTC)

May 14

Referencing errors on Federal University of Technology Akure

Reference help requested. how can i fixed missing tittles and reference error Thanks, Royalesignature (talk) 07:16, 14 May 2023 (UTC)

You need to add a title to the Template:Cite web template. I think the error message is clear enough: "missing or empty |title=". You can also use the help link to get more information on how to resolve a cite error. I fixed one of the errors but for the other one I cannot open the link. Sungodtemple (talk • contribs) 14:11, 14 May 2023 (UTC)

@Royalesignature I fixed a couple of the cites. The main problem with that article is the WP:PEACOCK wording, making large parts of it sound like an advert. You would do well to focus on fixing that: e.g. FUTA) is renowned for fostering innovative skills among its students and promoting an entrepreneurial mindset. Are we to assume that other universities don't do this? And who said they were renowned for it? Certainly not Wikipedia. Mike Turnbull (talk) 14:18, 14 May 2023 (UTC)

Pity about the acronym :-). {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 90.199.210.77 (talk) 07:00, 15 May 2023 (UTC)

John Spencer, 3rd Earl Spencer

I am having trouble with a new pdf - reference number 5 - please leave in the long quote. Please put on the writer's name too - if you can. Thanks - I cannot do this. 175.38.42.62 (talk) 09:50, 14 May 2023 (UTC)

I've added the missing }}, but I think the quote is far too long and probably needs to be trimmed. —Wasell^(T) 🌻🇺🇦 11:30, 14 May 2023 (UTC)

How

How can I add my dancers resume here my titles and all competitions Dancepage1 (talk) 11:25, 14 May 2023 (UTC)

You cannot, Dancepage1. This is an encyclopedia. Please use LinkedIn instead, or of course create your own website. -- Hoary (talk) 11:58, 14 May 2023 (UTC)

Requirements for Wikipedia

Following the Coronation of King Charles the Third in London UK, much lusting and comment is being made about

      Major  Jonathan  Thompson     the Equerry  to King Charles.

A pictorial history of the man should be a must for Wikipedia. 80.41.34.60 (talk) 11:25, 14 May 2023 (UTC)

If you believe that this fellow qualifies under WP:PERSON for an article, and if you can construct an article from what you learn from reliable sources, then you're free to create Draft:Jonathan Thompson (equerry). But you'd be wise to accustom yourself to Wikipedia before attempting to create a new draft. -- Hoary (talk) 12:02, 14 May 2023 (UTC)

Edit summary search

Is there a way to search for all the edits I have made to city pages? I have always written, within the first edit on a city page, "fixed caption", but by searching, within the edit summary search, for this phrase, I only get about ten results (there should be at least a hundred). JackkBrown (talk) 12:36, 14 May 2023 (UTC)

JackkBrown, I tried edit summary search and got 135 results. TSventon (talk) 12:54, 14 May 2023 (UTC)

How did you make the search? I clicked "Edit summary search" at the bottom of Special:Contributions/JackkBrown and entered fixed caption in the "Search" field with 500 in the "Max pages" field. It gave 136 results including 1 on the next page. Most of them sound like cities. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:58, 14 May 2023 (UTC)

@PrimeHunter: maybe from mobile does not return the same results, I will try via desktop mode. Update: searching via desktop mode, I solved. JackkBrown (talk) 13:13, 14 May 2023 (UTC)

Tags:

Is it possible to edit a 'Visual Edit' in my description post? For example; Spelling Error, incorrect word used. Miki6264 (talk) 14:48, 14 May 2023 (UTC)

@Miki6264: Hi there! If you're asking if you can change your edit summary after you've saved your edit, the answer unfortunately is no. GoingBatty (talk) 15:45, 14 May 2023 (UTC)

I'm not sure what you refer to. Edit summaries cannot be edited after the edit is saved. If you refer to text like "Tag: Visual edit" in [4] then it's added automatically if the edit used VisualEditor. The only way to avoid it is to not use VisualEditor. PrimeHunter (talk) 15:46, 14 May 2023 (UTC)

Redirect From Translated Article

Hello,

I'm in the process of translating an article from the Russian Wikipedia (Garik Kharlamov), but it shows that it's a redirect to the broader article Comedy Club (TV program). Back on April 11, I asked the help desk about creating a new article that is part of a redirect to a different one. Is it the same process as that? In other words, will creating a translated page cause problems here? I'm fairly new to translating so any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. Losipov (talk) 17:45, 14 May 2023 (UTC)

Losipov I think the advice at Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2023 April 11#Creating a separate article from another one applies. Ensure the subject is notable, create a draft, then either submit your article for review or use WP:Requested moves/Technical requests to publish it. The redirect has a history, which will need to be archived by the page mover. Also I recommend Help:Translation, which explains that the source of a translation from another Wikipedia needs to be acknowledged and that other Wikipedias have different policies. TSventon (talk) 18:17, 14 May 2023 (UTC)

Pinging meta wiki users

Apparently this doesn't work with the usual syntax. Is there some ping equivalent to an ILL? Elinruby (talk) 19:44, 14 May 2023 (UTC)

No, but cross-wiki notifications exist so you can usually just ping them on the English Wikipedia and they'll see it. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 19:48, 14 May 2023 (UTC)

ah ha, you're right of course; I have actually gotten those. Thanks; my brain bubble, I guess. Maybe the real problem here is that they aren't much of a Wikipedia user. I'll try the email. Appreciate the time Elinruby (talk) 23:41, 14 May 2023 (UTC)

Attempted-and-failed redirects

In this edit, I meant to redirect a page somewhere, but instead of typing #REDIRECT[[ before the target, I simply typed #[[. Of course, this resulted in an article whose entire content was a single-entry bulleted list. Is there any way to discover if there are other pages in mainspace whose entire content is a single-entry bulleted list? Nyttend (talk) 22:18, 14 May 2023 (UTC)

They should appear at Special:ShortPages. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:16, 15 May 2023 (UTC)

Which is a maintenance list being actively patrolled, hence it's likely there aren't any. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 00:50, 15 May 2023 (UTC)

May 15

two tables

Is there a way to have two tables side by side? I can't find the wiki markup that might work. The kind of table I'm referring to is the one found here minus the style and comments columns. It's for a different historic district article. APK whisper in my ear 04:05, 15 May 2023 (UTC)

I think you could achieve this by putting the two tables inside one outer table with one row and two cells. But I really wouldn't recommend putting two tables side by side. Have you considered how it would look on a mobile device? Maproom (talk) 07:00, 15 May 2023 (UTC)

Ahh yeah didn't think of the mobile thing. Ok thank you. APK whisper in my ear 07:02, 15 May 2023 (UTC)

@APK: See Help:Table#Side by side tables for a method where one drops below the other on narrow screens. PrimeHunter (talk) 10:55, 15 May 2023 (UTC)

Species article based on one good source

Is it acceptable to create an article for a newly described species that so far only appears in one source (its description?) The source is extensive and detailed but since the species is so new there's not really any other sources save some species databases that reference the description. Brendansoloughlin (talk) 04:08, 15 May 2023 (UTC)

It might be WP: Too soon; perhaps just a draft for now, until more is published about the subject? --136.56.52.157 (talk) 06:49, 15 May 2023 (UTC)

What is the species?--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 07:01, 15 May 2023 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Notability (biology).   Maproom (talk) 07:03, 15 May 2023 (UTC)

Tens of thousands of new species are described every year, so they would need to be individually notable to be included in Wikipedia. Shantavira|^{feed me} 08:33, 15 May 2023 (UTC)

Redirect to draft page

The article Jamie Chalker has been draftified, leaving four or five redlinks, also may be the object of a casual search, as the topic is of current interest. There is nothing seriously wrong with Draft:Jamie Chalker as it stands, certainly not in the NPOV or BLP direction. Is it OK to create a redirect pending reassessment? Doug butler (talk) 04:37, 15 May 2023 (UTC)

No. Redirects from mainspace to draftspace are subject to speedy deletion. But nothing's stopping you from moving the draft to mainspace yourself if you feel it is worthy of being in mainspace. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 04:42, 15 May 2023 (UTC)

Archiving a source that is inaccessible from archiving websites

I'm supposed to post this to Help talk:Archiving a source, but that page is little-watched.

[5] is a highly valuable source about highway transport in Xinjiang but archiving websites cannot reach it. How do I properly archive a site that appears inaccessible outside Mainland China? ibicdlcod (talk) 07:44, 15 May 2023 (UTC)

Could you download it and upload it to somewhere like Archive.org? I can't download it.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 07:54, 15 May 2023 (UTC)

Update: It is now here but it is in Chinese so I can't say much about it. However, it could now be uploaded to Archive.org.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 09:06, 15 May 2023 (UTC)

Italics in the title. Page: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

Good morning, could someone remove the italics from the title of the "Brockhaus Enzyklopädie" page? Wikipedia page titles should not contain italics (if I'm not mistaken. JackkBrown (talk) 08:01, 15 May 2023 (UTC)

Why do you think it should not be in italics? See Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Titles of works. Shantavira|^{feed me} 08:04, 15 May 2023 (UTC)

@Shantavira: I was wrong. Thanks for pointing out this umpteenth page of the style manual; it's one of the very few I had not read. JackkBrown (talk) 08:07, 15 May 2023 (UTC)

Parliament Template

Hello, altogether,

does anyone know, when the parliament template (Template:Parliament diagram) will be working again?

Thanks Alektor89 (talk) Alektor89 (talk) 12:30, 15 May 2023 (UTC)

It is working. What isn't is the underlying {{Graph:Chart}}, as the messages at {{Parliament diagram}} show. You can check on the {{Graph:Chart}} problem at WP:VPT#Graph_extension_disabled_per_immediate_effect. Bazza (talk) 12:38, 15 May 2023 (UTC)

Linking a Wikipedia entry with a company profile in Google.

How can I link a entry on Wikipedia with a company profile on Google (company entry and company profile). 5.226.109.122 (talk) 12:52, 15 May 2023 (UTC)

That's not an appropriate thing to link from Wikipedia. Wikipedia guidelines at Wikipedia:External links allow for basically a link to the company webpage, and that's it. --Jayron32 12:56, 15 May 2023 (UTC)

Web page Palme d'Or ‎ →‎Multiple Nominations missing

I cannot find the page Palme d'Or ‎ →‎Multiple Nominations which I was editing earlier. Has it been removed? Princehal (talk) 13:36, 15 May 2023 (UTC)

Princehal, the entire section was removed on January 17th 2020 by Ribbet32 with this edit, with the edit summary "Multiple nominations: there are no nominations at Cannes; unreferenced, WP:NOR)". Maproom (talk) 13:54, 15 May 2023 (UTC)

Request to Change Article Title

Hi there editorial team,

ConnectWise has changed their ConnectWise Control product name to ConnectWise ScreenConnect™. We have updated the page to reflect this change. You can find it here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ConnectWise_Control

We were just wondering, would it be possible on your end to please change the page title from "ConnectWise Control" to "ConnectWise ScreenConnect™"

Thanks so much, Charles 99.114.204.145 (talk) 15:42, 15 May 2023 (UTC)