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April 13
Problem when I edited page on T. E. Lawrence
Hello, I added 2 movies on the page in the "In Popular Culture" section... a 1992 TV movie and a 2021 movie. I got an error message that I was trying to add images, which I didn't do. I published my changes and, as a result, many pre-existing images are no longer displaying. Claudemlalande (talk) 02:06, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
Courtesy link: T. E. Lawrence GoingBatty (talk) 02:09, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
- @Claudemlalande: Hi there! Looks like your edit changed the punctuation in the image file names (e.g. Te lawrence.jpg to Te lawrence‧jpg). I reverted your edit to restore the images. When you redo the edit, please don't add external links (especially to IMDb) in the article. Happy editing! GoingBatty (talk) 02:14, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
- @Claudemlalande: This shows your edit which changed many periods in file names to the Unicode character U+2027 ‧ HYPHENATION POINT. Did you copy the text to another program like a word processor and copy it back before saving? Some programs can make automatic unwanted changes. A text editor (e.g. Notepad) is safer than a word processor (e.g. Word). PrimeHunter (talk) 23:52, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
Washington Monument has been tagged with "section blanking"
The Washington Monument article has been tagged with "section blanking." I'm not familiar enough with the Washington Monument to assess the extent of the person's edits. I reported it on the talk page with no response yet. Can someone please advise what to do? Thanks. AceSeeker (talk) 03:04, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
- An IP editor had removed a subsection of the article, without providing any explanation. I have restored it. HiLo48 (talk) 03:11, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
How do i change the Alphabetical order of Sub-categories in a category page?
The page Category:Ethnic groups in Afghanistan by province is solely made up of sub-categories, two of these sub-categories are Category:Ethnic groups in Kabul Province and Category:Ethnic groups in Parwan Province which are made by me. Problem is you can see the other categories have a normal Alphabetical order, while the two that I made are listed under the letter "E" despite the fact that every single sub-category there starts with E. I want the two categories to be like the others and be ordered by the name of the province, letters K and P. RevolutionaryPatriot (talk) 06:52, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
- @RevolutionaryPatriot: You do this by adding a "sort key" to the category page, on the line that sets the parent category name. For example, in the page Category:Ethnic groups in Urozgan Province there's the line
[[Category:Ethnic groups in Afghanistan by province|Uruzgan Province]]
, which arranges for the category to appear under the "U" heading. More at WP:SORTKEY. -- John of Reading (talk) 08:30, 13 April 2024 (UTC)- thank you RevolutionaryPatriot (talk) 08:54, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
Add Citation
Hello, i wanted to add a citation in the sfn format from a book. But the book seems to not show or have any Page numbers. So should i leave the page number blank or add chapter name in location? Just like this [1], If not kindly guide me. The Book:-
Rahim231 (talk) 08:22, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
- Hello @Rahim231: using the loc parameter is perfectly acceptable. Using [2]. You can also see if you can get a paper copy of the book from a library. That way, you will be able to find the page number, which Google Books often omits. —Femke 🐦 (talk) 13:57, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
- Actually i have that books in pdf but just like this one but it does not contain book number so it makes things a little confusing, Thanks for helping out:-) Rahim231 (talk) 04:32, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
References
- ^ Brown 2014, Chapter number 3:The gathering storm.
- ^ Brown 2014, Chapter 3: The Gathering Storm.
Error in Spelling
The confusing terms brought me here. I'm here to report a spelling error on this page. (Nazareth) The second line says jargest instead of largest. I'm unaware if this is the place to report this but I can't understand specific term in which place to go for this. Greencryer (talk) 14:59, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
- Hello, Greencryer. Thank you for pointing this out, but I cannot find that the article Nazareth has ever contained the word "jargest" instead of "largest", so I'm puzzled what you were looking at and on what device.
- In general, if you do find a spelling error, in most cases you can correct it (but make sure it isn't just an alternative spelling in a different variety of English - see ENGVAR). However, Nazareth is protected against newer editors being able to change it (see the padlock symbol at the top), so the correct thing to do here would be to raise an edit request on its talk page - see the edit request wizard.
- However, as I say, I cannot see such an error now or in the history of the article. ColinFine (talk) 15:17, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
- Right, it correctly says "largest" with l (el), not "jargest" with j (jay). @Greencryer: Maybe your screen has a defect or smudge in that place. If it still appears to say "jargest" after scrolling and you really are talking about https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazareth then maybe you have a browser extension which changes text although it would be an odd change. PrimeHunter (talk) 17:14, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
- @Greencryer: I searched all articles for "jargest", and found one article that was using "Jargest" as a surname. It was a typo, so I fixed it. GoingBatty (talk) 22:14, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
April 14
How does one cite a lack of a webpage
I am currently trying to clean up IBM Rational Rose, but many references to it are no longer valid. Additionally, since those links were added, the software has been taken off the market. The only "proof" of that, however, is that there is no proof (i.e. all market/storefront pages have been removed from the internet). Would it be advisable to cite a source for its removal, and if so, how would one do that? (For example, adding a reference to a search engine and its lack of content?) Thanks, Alpha2 5232 (talk) 00:28, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
- "No longer valid" is not the same thing as no long accessible; the latter you just tag with the dead link template. Clarityfiend (talk) 10:51, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
- Well, not only are they no longer accessible, but the problem is that their existence used to prove that it is on the market. Without the links, one can reasonably assume that the product is no longer for sale. My question is not "How to deal with dead links", but "how can one cite those dead links as evidence that the product no longer exists". Alpha2 5232 (talk) 11:12, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
- @Alpha2 5232 A bit of digging around in IBM webpages got me to this blog. I think that such WP:ABOUTSELF source would be OK for your purpose. Mike Turnbull (talk) 15:34, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
- Well, not only are they no longer accessible, but the problem is that their existence used to prove that it is on the market. Without the links, one can reasonably assume that the product is no longer for sale. My question is not "How to deal with dead links", but "how can one cite those dead links as evidence that the product no longer exists". Alpha2 5232 (talk) 11:12, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
Singular or plural
{{Star Trek}} has a "Films" section, with a "television film" subsection. Currently there is only one article that would go there. Is it correct to use "television film" then, or should it be "Television films" anyway? Cambalachero (talk) 01:10, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
- @Cambalachero: Hi there! I don't see any guidance at WP:NAVBOX, WP:NAV, or {{Navbox}}, but it's possible I missed it. If there's no guidance, then you can ask at Template talk:Star Trek, or Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Star Trek if you don't get an answer there. Live long and prosper! GoingBatty (talk) 03:32, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
- I asked here because template talk pages are rarely watched, and the question was more generic than Star Trek-specific. Cambalachero (talk) 04:22, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
- @Cambalachero: My personal inclination would be to use "films" even though there is only one of them (so far). Note that we are advised to use the heading "External links" in articles even if only one link is present. Deor (talk) 14:40, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
Pres. Marcos was not a commie.
Communist mummies# 2A00:F29:248:FF2A:E51C:40C0:F1D8:4806 (talk) 02:34, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
- Agreed. I will remove it shortly. -Ad Orientem (talk) 02:37, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
Current affairs on WP
I need some clarification on news in WP articles. A few years ago I was advised that WP is not a news outlet, after I mentioned an event in a particular article, but now I see an article on 2024 Bondi Junction stabbings. So when is a current affairs event a valid item and when is it not? Sardaka (talk) 10:29, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
- Hi Sardaka. The primary guideline to determine whether an event is suitable for a Wikipedia article is Wikipedia:Notability (events). As it says in the nutshell,
An event is presumed to be notable if it has lasting major consequences or affects a major geographical scope, or receives significant non-routine coverage that persists over a period of time. Coverage should be in multiple reliable sources with national or global scope.
Alpha3031 (t • c) 10:36, 14 April 2024 (UTC)- @Sardaka Wikipedia's mainpage has a section for "In the news", which often does a better job of informing readers than any one newspaper or broadcaster would do. That's because we wait until other published sources report on a topic and only then create the article here. Also, as our editors are from all around the world, we tend to have a broader perspective than any individual source and we should write neutrally. Hence I find that, a few days after any event, Wikipedia is an excellent place to read about something. Mike Turnbull (talk) 15:25, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
- @Sardaka, one of the reasons Wikipedia avoids calling itself a news outlet/source is that it does not cover current events comprehensively. It cannot do this because all material is contributed only by volunteers, so there is no 'staff' tasked with the responsibility of ensuring comprehensive coverage.
- If it did so label itself, people could complain (rightly) that it was not covering event X or Y, and was therefore biased. See Wikipedia:NOTNEWS. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 151.227.134.31 (talk) 16:30, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
Problems posting here reported to me, ie "Unable to stash Parsoid HTML"
Courtesy link: Wikipedia:Village pump (technical) § Can't edit - 97.113.173.101 (talk) 15:15, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
I advised User: Kawrno Baba to post here and after trying they told me "I wen there and clicked both 'Ask question' and 'Add a topic' buttons, both times there was a popup written 'Unable to stash Parsoid HTML.'" Doug Weller talk 12:50, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
- I had the same issue. It seems from a quick Google search that there is no documentation of this issue anywhere else before today. Mapgenius (talk) 13:20, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
- Also getting the same issue. I have to log out and log back in every time I want to edit something. --Jnglmpera (talk) 13:52, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
- Facing the same issue for editing, "Add topic" on talk etc. Redtigerxyz Talk 13:55, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
- I'm having the same issue. I get the "Unable to stash Parsoid HTML." on Chrome on Windows 11. Logging out and logging in is not a workaround. On Android, I get a different error.
- ReferenceMan (talk) 13:58, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
- On Android, I'm getting: "Error, can't load the editor".
- ReferenceMan (talk) 14:02, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
- Looks like I *can* edit if I'm logged out.
- ReferenceMan (talk) 14:13, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
- I am having the same issue. GoutComplex (talk) 14:01, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
- There's a topic on this at WP:VPT - best to take reports and discussion there. 97.113.173.101 (talk) 14:17, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
- Same error there as well. Kawrno Baba (talk) 14:19, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
- Same here. Isthmus55 (talk) 14:20, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
- Same error there as well. Kawrno Baba (talk) 14:19, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
- There's a topic on this at WP:VPT - best to take reports and discussion there. 97.113.173.101 (talk) 14:17, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
- Same error reported here. Cheers, gavre (al. PenangLion) (talk) 14:33, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
- I'm also having this issue. However, these things still work for me:
- Undoing edits
- Adding comments to Talk pages
- Creating pages
- Earlier, I logged out to see if the visual editor would load and it was normal. I didn't publish anything.
- I've also found out that after making one of the "allowed" edits, then I'm able to click on the "edit" button once without issues. After clicking the button, I'm able to edit a page and then publish changes. However, if I click the button a second time for a different page, the visual editor doesn't work again until I make another edit that doesn't use the visual editor. That Tired TarantulaBurrow 14:41, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
- Same error encountered as well. Unfortunately all of the help pages are not giving any solutions. KANLen09 (talk) 14:43, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
- I got same error on hi wiki. राजकुमार(talk) 15:01, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
- Unable to use visual edit on any of my devices. Same issue. I thought it is my internet problem. Grabup (talk) 15:20, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
- Technical discussion since January, when it first occurred, if anyone is interested. Mike Turnbull (talk) 16:29, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
- Unable to use visual edit on any of my devices. Same issue. I thought it is my internet problem. Grabup (talk) 15:20, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
- I got same error on hi wiki. राजकुमार(talk) 15:01, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
County of UK birthplace for people born before boundary changes
I'm aware that UK counties are a contentious issue. An anon user and I are in danger of edit-warring over the birthplace of Kevin Rowland, who was born in Wednesfield in 1953. At that time, Wednesfield was officially in Staffordshire but it's currently in the City of Wolverhampton. Which should be quoted in the lede and infobox? I tried MOS:BIRTHPLACE but there was no guidance. I imagine this crops up a lot but I couldn't find a definitive guideline anywhere. I don't have much time for county traditionalists so if only one polity is quoted I think it should be the current one, but I can see the justification for formations like "Wednesfield, Wolverhampton (then Staffordshire)" or "Wednesfield, Staffordshire (now Wolverhampton)". Dave.Dunford (talk) 15:17, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
- I've implemented your second suggestion. One of the two is the only way forward, and I would suggest that the county at the time of birth is the one to mention about hist birth, followed by the current one to help our readers find it. Given the way governments have been reorganising counties over the last few decades, it does make for an easier change when they decide to carve up Wolverhampton! Martin of Sheffield (talk) 15:52, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you. Sensible compromise. Let's hope the anon IP accepts it. Dave.Dunford (talk) 16:34, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
- As a broader rule of thumb, what a place was called on the date of their birth has to come first. I get this with American immigrants all the time: "Friedrik Veeblefetzer was born in Glauschreik, Silesia, Kingdom of Prussia (now Gliŝrik, Poland)" is the way it's usually done. "The current one" is a form of recentism, ignoring the context within which the subject lived their life. --Orange Mike | Talk 16:56, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
- @Dave.Dunford: Another alternative is to add a little more detail, as I did at Rowland Hill Berkeley. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 20:27, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
- Template:Infobox person has quite a lot to say about this, although specifically relating to infoboxes. The 2 most relevant sentences seem to be "Use the name of the birthplace at the time of birth, e.g.: Saigon (prior to 1976) or Ho Chi Minh City (post-1976)." and "What the place may correspond to on a modern map is a matter for an article's main text." - Arjayay (talk) 20:35, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
Thanks all. Sounds like my antipathy to county traditionalists was colouring my judgement. Dave.Dunford (talk) 10:06, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
Indian Motocycle Manufacturing Company
Indian Motocycle Manufacturing Company was moved during a move request. How can I make sure that the requested move notice stays at the top of the page? --Jax 0677 (talk) 16:23, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
- It looks like it still is. TypoEater (talk) 13:50, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
Math is broken
I was doing research on Julia sets when I saw that all of the math displays, even Pi, are broken and show as the wikitext underneath. Is this a known glitch? Is there a fix? PLMMJ (talk) 17:28, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
- I just checked Julia set and wasn't able to verify this on desktop or mobile versions. How are you viewing Wikipedia? Are there any user scripts installed or other changes to the way you view the site that changes how it is displayed? Reconrabbit 18:39, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
- Using the Android app, some of the maths displays have abnormally huge font sizes on my end, but everything appears readable, at least. I haven't yet investigated further. Rummskartoffel 21:30, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
- I don't have any user scripts that I know of unless Adblock Plus is one. I'm on Vector Legacy 2010 if that helps. Reloading the page multiple times and leaving and returning to it has done nothing. What I see is along the lines of "These sets $ F_{i} $ are the Fatou domains of $ f(z) $, and their union is the Fatou set $ \operatorname {F} (f) $ of $ f(z) $. Each of the Fatou domains contains at least one critical point of $ f(z) $, that is, a (finite) point z satisfying $ f'(z)=0 $, or $ f(z)=\infty $ if the degree of the numerator $ p(z) $ is at least two larger than the degree of the denominator $ q(z) $, or if $ f(z)=1/g(z)+c $ for some c and a rational function $ g(z) $ satisfying this condition." PLMMJ (talk) 22:05, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
- It's also broken on other pages, including Mandelbrot set ("...whether the sequence $ f_{c}(0),f_{c}(f_{c}(0)),\dotsc $ goes to infinity. Treating the real and imaginary parts of $ c $ as image coordinates on the complex plane, pixels may then be colored according to how soon the sequence $ |f_{c}(0)|,|f_{c}(f_{c}(0))|,\dotsc $ crosses an arbitrarily chosen threshold...") and Pi ("For example, one may directly compute the arc length of the top half of the unit circle, given in Cartesian coordinates by the equation $ {\textstyle x^{2}+y^{2}=1} $, as the integral:
- $ {\displaystyle \pi =\int _{-1}^{1}{\frac {dx}{\sqrt {1-x^{2}}}}.} $
- An integral such as this was adopted as the definition of π by Karl Weierstrass, who defined it directly as an integral in 1841.") Some symbols are showing, like the F for function and the symbol for Pi, but only outside of math sections. I should have put that in the other comment. PLMMJ (talk) 22:10, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
- PLMMJ, check Preferences → Appearance → Math. If that's set to "LaTeX source", try the other options. Rummskartoffel 14:48, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
Closure requests
Is there a place to request the closure of a discussion that has an obvious consensus? I'm aware that Wikipedia:Closure requests exists, but it explicitly states not to request closures for discussions with an obvious consensus. I don't feel comfortable closing this discussion because I participated in it, but it's been going since January and the discussion has gone stale: Talk:Audacy#Merging Audacy and Audacy, Inc. together. TipsyElephant (talk) 19:22, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
- @TipsyElephant: According to note 4 at Wikipedia:Closing_discussions#Closure_procedure says
In uncontentious circumstances, even an involved editor may close a discussion.
Does that help? RudolfRed (talk) 19:33, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
how do i get my ip address taken down
hi all, i accidentally posted without logging in and want to get my ip taken down. who do i contact? NotQualified (talk) 20:30, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
- @NotQualified: Contact the Oversight team: Wikipedia:Oversight RudolfRed (talk) 20:35, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
April 15
couldn’t → couldn't, ’s → 's’s → 's
Hello. In recently uploaded articles, I have noticed that apostrophes have been turned into... whatever this -> ' is called.
I have two queries: Are apostrophes not allowed? If not, what is the best way to put them in, instead of apostrophes? I write in Word and then copy and paste into the create box, so there are apostrophes all over the place.
(I use ''
when I am doing italics and '''
when bold, it's just in the middle of words that's the issue)
Thanks! BJCHK (talk) 00:03, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
- @BJCHK: You're going to want to see MOS:CURLYQUOTE. Apostrophes are used; just not the curly variant. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 00:17, 15 April 2024 (UTC).
- @Tenryuu thanks - I am trying to work out how to get the straight ones when I am typing in Word. The learning curve continues!BJCHK (talk) 02:29, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
- Also, BJCHK, according to the Manual of Style, contractions should be avoided, except in direct quotations. See MOS:CONTRACTIONS. Write "could not" instead. Cullen328 (talk) 01:21, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
- @Cullen328 thank you for pointing that out. I had no idea about the contractions. I'm (haha) not sure I used too many contractions previously but will go back and check now! BJCHK (talk) 02:30, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
Maybe I'm seeing this wrong?
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/88/Mussolini_and_Hitler_1940_%28retouched%29.jpg
Did Hitler's mustache really look like that? I thought it was a solid block? I'm wondering if there was vandalism? I'm not supporting the guy, but it just seems strange. Maybe I'm seeing things or I'm wrong and that's how it was supposed to look? 75.142.254.3 (talk) 07:16, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
- That does seem weird. In most pictures his moustache is a rectangle. Maproom (talk) 07:45, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
- I did an image search, it really did look like that sometimes I guess because I don't think it could have been vandalized in all those pics. So I guess no need for further action. 75.142.254.3 (talk) 08:07, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
- Before WWI (I have read), Hitler wore a much wider ('handlebar') moustache, but trimmed it to the more familiar style in order to fit inside a gas mask.
- A moustache wearer myself, I would remind people that moustaches do not retain a fixed shape and size by themselves, but instead grow and have to be regularly trimmed. They also grow in patterns that are not necessarily ideal for the shape the wearer may most desire. Doubtless over the years Hitler's moustache varied a little in exactly how it was trimmed. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 151.227.134.31 (talk) 19:26, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
- I did an image search, it really did look like that sometimes I guess because I don't think it could have been vandalized in all those pics. So I guess no need for further action. 75.142.254.3 (talk) 08:07, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
Reference number 1 needs the publisher - it is in red at the moment. Please fix if. you can, thanks 58.171.152.120 (talk) 07:22, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
- Fixed. The Education Annual is a book, not a journal. Clarityfiend (talk) 07:50, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
There are some red words further down the bottom of this article - - "Matibla the Musical" - this should be removed I think, but I cannot do it. Thank you for assisting. 58.171.152.120 (talk) 08:31, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
- "Madiba the Musical" there (as here) is a red link. Why should it be removed; and if it should be removed, what problem do you face in removing it? -- Hoary (talk) 11:34, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
- IP editor. Maybe you thought the link should go to Matilda the Musical, as I did at first. However the citation confirms that there is a musical called "Matibla the Musical" and it is perfectly possible someone could decide to write a Wikipedia article about it at some point in the future. That's what WP:Red links are intended to encourage. Mike Turnbull (talk) 13:56, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
hyper link
How do I post a hyper link onto a page? Creativeedge1 (talk) 12:51, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
- Hi @Creativeedge1.
- It depends what you mean by "hyperlink". Articles should not have external links put into the body of the text, only in the External Links section at the bottom. See WP:EL.
- You can link to other articles by using a WP:WIKILINK.
- If you wanted to link to a citation/reference, please follow the tutorial at WP:INTREFVE. Qcne (talk) 12:59, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
Account deleted
How to reactivate my account someone tampered with? Acting4u (talk) 13:30, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
- @Acting4u Could you be more specific? Are you requesting an un-block, or an account retrieval if yours was deleted? Cocobb8 (💬 talk • ✏️ contribs) 13:39, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
- Hello and yes please, I request it to be unblock my account, and not sure if it was my doing with this speedy deletion mentioned as I don't even know what that means or what I may have done wrong?
- Thank you
- Ozzie Acting4u (talk) 14:15, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
- @Acting4u As far as I can tell, you created this account in 2012 and at that time what you had done was speedily deleted (see your Talk Page). Then in 2017 you made a couple of edits, before starting again today. Some of your other edits may have been revision deleted but I can't confirm that. As of today, continuing to edit should be fine. Mike Turnbull (talk) 13:50, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you Mike but I still don't see my detailed page as previously just a blank. If this can be reactivated or unblocked would be greatly appreciated
- Ozzie Acting4u (talk) 14:21, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
- I think they are complaining about the deletion of Ozzie Devrish, which they made extensive edits to, and was recently proposed for deletion. * Pppery * it has begun... 14:28, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
- Ah! So that was "an unreferenced promotional WP:BLP" deleted by User:Explicit following an uncontested proposed deletion. @Acting4u, you may be able to use WP:REFUND to get the text back but I don't think it can go back into article space until the issues (such as lack of references) are addressed. Also, you have just suggested you are Ozzie, in which case this is your biography and you should carefully read our autobiography guideline which suggests that you are not the best person to write such an article owing to your conflict of interest. Mike Turnbull (talk) 14:50, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
- thank you, yes I added the credits and my biography was originally written by my manager, I just added to it as mentioned with the credits etc Acting4u (talk) 15:06, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
- It is worth noting, @Acting4u, that articles on Wikipedia are not owned by anyone. The article was about you, and you should not have been editing it directly due to your conflict of interest. Please read WP:OWN and WP:AUTOBIO. Qcne (talk) 15:17, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
- I'm afraid that, like many people, you have a fundamental misunderstanding of what Wikipedia is. That article was not "your account" or "your page", it was Wikipedia's article about you, and it was highly undesirable that it be written by you or your associate.
- A Wikipedia article about you, whoever writes it, should be a neutrally written summary of what people wholly unconnected with you, and not prompted or fed information on your behalf, have chosen to publish about you. You do not control its contents, and what you or your associates say or want to say is of little relevance. Your involvement in it, once it has been written, should be limited to making suggestions, which uninvolved editors will make the decision on. Please see an article about yourself isn't necessarily a good thing. ColinFine (talk) 15:22, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
- thank you, yes I added the credits and my biography was originally written by my manager, I just added to it as mentioned with the credits etc Acting4u (talk) 15:06, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
- Ah! So that was "an unreferenced promotional WP:BLP" deleted by User:Explicit following an uncontested proposed deletion. @Acting4u, you may be able to use WP:REFUND to get the text back but I don't think it can go back into article space until the issues (such as lack of references) are addressed. Also, you have just suggested you are Ozzie, in which case this is your biography and you should carefully read our autobiography guideline which suggests that you are not the best person to write such an article owing to your conflict of interest. Mike Turnbull (talk) 14:50, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
- I think they are complaining about the deletion of Ozzie Devrish, which they made extensive edits to, and was recently proposed for deletion. * Pppery * it has begun... 14:28, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
- Acting4u, this thing has now been resuscitated as Draft:Ozzie Devrish. It has little text, but this currently includes (after markup-stripping): His fame came with an Australian TV series The Strip, following feature films such as Peter Pan, Chronicles of Narnia, The Condemned and many more prestigious productions that has enjoyed critical acclaim and international visibility. He demands the attention of elite casting directors in Hollywood and around the globe. This is promotional drivel. If you wish to demand people's attention, please do so on some other website. -- Hoary (talk) 00:43, 16 April 2024 (UTC)
Article about a terrorist
A terrorist has recently been active online after 10 years. He has become more silent and giving indirect provocations to violence online. Ten years ago he was recruited by UK based IS group. So as a precautionary measure I created an article which got deleted under A7. (There were citations from three independent news websites. There were few sentences initially.)
What to do in such cases? How can I store (authentic, cited) information about terrorists here on WikiPedia for future reference? Please advise. Kawrno Baba (talk) 15:26, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
- This is not a place to merely store information. This is an encyclopedia. This isn't a place to merely tell the world about alleged terrorists. Please see MOS:TERRORIST. "Terrorist" is a highly charged word and should not be tossed around lightly. Also see WP:BLP. 331dot (talk) 15:31, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
Barnstars
Just a question out of curiosity; can barnstars be given to a person by anyone or do they have to be bestowed upon them by a person of higher status/experience? e (talk) 15:29, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
- Anyone may award barnstars. 331dot (talk) 15:31, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
- The template is just a template, so technically they can be given by anyone. -- ThatOneWolf (ChatEdits 15:32, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
Contributing corrections or additional information, easily verified
I have attempted to contribute additional information (easily verifiable) to Wiki's articles, but have much luck. The three items I attempted to enhance previously were correct, but not accepted. I mistakenly submitted two as 'original research' when I could have cited articles in print, which I am willing to do. Now: I have additional information on the Bio of actor Seamon Glass re; three television performances he acted in (Perry Mason Show) and part of his teaching career, mid-fifties working for my father in Modoc Co. California -- where he also helped write some local history curriculum text books. What do I do? I've contributed what I can in money to Wikipedia; hope to send more. Wick Humble, MA retired teacher, veteran, author Wick Humble (talk) 16:47, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
- @Wick Humble: Hi there! I suggest reviewing Help:Introduction, which shows how to edit and provide independent published reliable sources. You can also post your suggestions on the article's talk page, Talk:Seamon Glass, and ask for others to update the article for you. Happy editing! GoingBatty (talk) 17:32, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
- Hello, Wick Humble, and thank you for your contributions.
- To get the finance out of the way first: your contributions are welcome (though some point out that the Wikimedia Foundation is not in need of funds at present), but has no connection whatever with editing. Nobody editing Wikipedia sees anything at all of what may or may not come in as financial contributions (and it is important that that is so).
- As for your editing contributions: they all seem to have been several years ago, and the first one, to Chevrolet big-block engine, was not reverted as far as I can see. The second was removed as original research - you stated something without providing a reference for it. The third was removed a couple of weeks later as part of a "clean up selected filmography and removing non-noteworthy entries".
- The thing is, this is how Wikipedia works. We all have our opinions of what should and shouldn't be in an article. Sometimes these are uncontroversial; sometimes people will disagree, and the way it works is called the bold, revert, discuss cycle: somebody boldly makes a change, somebody else disagrees and reverts it, and then they discuss the matter to reach consensus. Your second edit was contrary to policy, as it did not include a source. The third was less clear, and it came down to a difference of opinion.
- For making edits to the article about Glass, you could be bold and insert the information, and see if somebody disagrees that it is appropriate and reverts you; or you could do as GoingBatty suggests, and start with a discussion on the talk page. But either way, you must be able to cite a reliably published source: your own knowledge is not enough. ColinFine (talk) 17:46, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
Hi
I'm creating a medal table from a tournament of 1965, so there were old flags of some countries, like Hong Kong for example, so how can i show it's 1959 variant in the medal table?
* Host nation (India)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
Totals (1 entries) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
zoglophie•talk• 18:27, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
- @Zoglophie: Please name pages you want help with. I assume it's about 1965 Asian Badminton Championships and you want to use {{Medals table}}. The
flag_template
parameter can be used for some events but there is no support for the Asian Badminton Championships. The only way I can find if {{Medals table}} is used is to change the output with a string function. It's not pretty, it's hard to edit with VisualEditor, and it may fail later if the involved file names change, but this works now to replace File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg with File:Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg:
{{MultiReplace |plain=yes |1={{Medals table | caption = | host = IND | flag_template = flagcountry | event = | team = | gold_HKG = 1 | silver_HKG = 1 | bronze_HKG = 3 }} |2=Flag of Hong Kong |3=Flag of Hong Kong 1959 }}
* Host nation (India)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
Totals (1 entries) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
- Other replacements can be made with
4=...|5=...
, and so on. You have to identify the file names first, or try guessing. PrimeHunter (talk) 20:40, 15 April 2024 (UTC)- Thankyou! zoglophie•talk• 21:10, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
How to revert title change?
How do I revert a title change? The article titled "Horatio Caine" in existence since 2006 was recently retitled "H. Caine" with no sensible explanation. A redirect page was also created. I can edit articles, but I don't know how to edit titles or how to properly revert/delete redirects. Can you help? Jaguar766 (talk) 21:24, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
- You can go to the right side of your screen (or top right tools bar, depending on your setting) and click move, entering in the title. This won't work unless you have no redirect, so instead you would need to revert the move. To revert a page move previously done, find the move log entry (you can find this by going to Special:Log, clicking the drop-down menu and clicking "Move log" when you find it, they are in alphabetical order), enter in the page's name in the "Target" field, and there should be a revert button when you find the move. Click it, enter your reason, and click "Move page", and it will be reverted. I believe this is the process, but I could be wrong. -- ThatOneWolf (ChatEdits 22:30, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
- Okay, I found the "revert" button on the "Move log", but I don't want to swap it back until I delete the redirect because it states "The old title will become a redirect page to the new title." If "Horatio Caine" redirects to "H. Caine" and is not deleted and "H. Caine" redirects to "Horatio Caine" after the move, the two will cancel each other and could end up in a cycle to nowhere. Or does the "revert" button on the "Move log" also automatically delete the "Horatio Caine" to "H. Caine" redirect? Is there a way to delete the "Horatio Caine" to "H. Caine" redirect first? I don't want to mess things up. Jaguar766 (talk) 23:58, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
- Looking at the move done on the page you are talking about, I find valid reason for the move. The person who moved it said that it was moved because H. Caine is the name of the character, and is referred to as that rather than the common name. You can look at the reason in the page's history for a better understanding, but I feel a revert would be unnecessary, although I could be misunderstanding. -- ThatOneWolf (ChatEdits 00:10, 16 April 2024 (UTC)
- You obviously never watched the show. The character's name is "Horatio Caine". He was sometimes called "H" as a nickname, one syllable is easier than four, but only sometimes. Jaguar766 (talk) 01:06, 16 April 2024 (UTC)
- But, in case you want me to answer your question for future moves, I think you would have to ask someone else who has more experience than me. I haven't been around too long compared to others, and I'm not completely sure if doing that would mess things up, but I do believe that it wouldn't, again though, don't hold me to it. -- ThatOneWolf (ChatEdits 00:12, 16 April 2024 (UTC)
- Okay, where would I ask someone else how to delete a redirect? Would the Teahouse be appropriate? And thank you for your help not only with the "revert" button but also with the "Move" under "Tools". I had seen that link for years and never knew its purpose. Jaguar766 (talk) 01:07, 16 April 2024 (UTC)
- Looking at the move done on the page you are talking about, I find valid reason for the move. The person who moved it said that it was moved because H. Caine is the name of the character, and is referred to as that rather than the common name. You can look at the reason in the page's history for a better understanding, but I feel a revert would be unnecessary, although I could be misunderstanding. -- ThatOneWolf (ChatEdits 00:10, 16 April 2024 (UTC)
- Okay, I found the "revert" button on the "Move log", but I don't want to swap it back until I delete the redirect because it states "The old title will become a redirect page to the new title." If "Horatio Caine" redirects to "H. Caine" and is not deleted and "H. Caine" redirects to "Horatio Caine" after the move, the two will cancel each other and could end up in a cycle to nowhere. Or does the "revert" button on the "Move log" also automatically delete the "Horatio Caine" to "H. Caine" redirect? Is there a way to delete the "Horatio Caine" to "H. Caine" redirect first? I don't want to mess things up. Jaguar766 (talk) 23:58, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
I am a new user please help me use wikipedia
New User HomNeopaneyaschoolboy (talk) 23:02, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
- Hi. What help are you seeking? 331dot (talk) 23:04, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
Write a story about Yudhishthira an ancient yogi
Ancient Yogi
A yogi from India about 5000 years ago. I am trying to write a life story of Yudhishthira a brother with 4 siblings in the Story of Mahabharata. Earnest, Loyal, and truthful youth. He is an orphan child with knowledge of Wisdom HomNeopaneyaschoolboy (talk) 23:20, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
How to add a photo to this Wikipedia page? HomNeopaneyaschoolboy (talk) 23:22, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
How to add a video Link to a Wikipedia page? HomNeopaneyaschoolboy (talk) 23:23, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
How to copy and paste Stories that I have written in other apps? HomNeopaneyaschoolboy (talk) 23:25, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
How to copy and paste Stories that I have written in other apps? HomNeopaneyaschoolboy (talk) 23:27, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
How can I use AI technology in 2024 to edit my Wikipedia page?" HomNeopaneyaschoolboy (talk) 23:33, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
- Please don't. Acroterion (talk) 23:35, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
- I've added a welcome message, which contains links to how to edit, on your user talkpage. Please start there. Acroterion (talk) 23:37, 15 April 2024 (UTC)