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June 8
unable to edit the page Ship prefix
I am trying to add a prefix to the list of ship prefixes at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_prefix but whenever I try to publish the edit I get blocked with the message "As an anti-abuse measure, you are limited from performing this action too many times in a short space of time, and you have exceeded this limit. Please try again in a few minutes." but I can never try again and am not doing this repeatedly, I have tried to publish the edit a few times in the last month, any idea what's going on here? or how I might solve this issue? Teas And Cakes (talk) 00:42, 8 June 2024 (UTC)
- What's the prefix? (Conceivably, a homograph has some meaning related to a body function or whatever.) -- Hoary (talk) 00:47, 8 June 2024 (UTC)
- RNMB, Royal Navy Motor Boat. I have refences if they are wanted which I had included in the edit I was looking to make. Teas And Cakes (talk) 00:50, 8 June 2024 (UTC)
- @Teas And Cakes: We cannot always say what caused such a message but it will probably go away when your account becomes autoconfirmed, meaning at least four days and ten edits at Wikipedia. Your acount is nine months but only has four edits. Your two edits to this help desk also count. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:41, 8 June 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you very much, I will edit elsewhere and come back and try again with ship prefixes later. Teas And Cakes (talk) 18:11, 8 June 2024 (UTC)
- @Teas And Cakes: We cannot always say what caused such a message but it will probably go away when your account becomes autoconfirmed, meaning at least four days and ten edits at Wikipedia. Your acount is nine months but only has four edits. Your two edits to this help desk also count. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:41, 8 June 2024 (UTC)
- RNMB, Royal Navy Motor Boat. I have refences if they are wanted which I had included in the edit I was looking to make. Teas And Cakes (talk) 00:50, 8 June 2024 (UTC)
iOS app only shows syntax editor
Hello! I just got the iOS app. From what I can see online, there’s supposed to be a sort of visual editor for it. But all I’m getting is the source editor (with some colored text). How can I fix this? Zanahary (talk) 01:06, 8 June 2024 (UTC)
- @Zanahary: I'm not aware of a visual editor feature in the iOS app. Where did you see it? Maybe it was not about the iOS app but about editing the mobile version of Wikipedia using VisualEditor in the normal Safari browser in iOS. You can see it in a browser at https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Example#/editor/all after clicking the pencil icon at the top right and select "Visual editing" (it may already be selected). PrimeHunter (talk) 01:35, 8 June 2024 (UTC)
- Over here, with the caption text "The new editing Interface on the Wikipedia iOS app. Text from Brooklyn Bridge Park on the English Wikipedia." Zanahary (talk) 03:51, 8 June 2024 (UTC)
- @Zanahary: It looks like a misleading caption. The image is https://wikimediafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/The-new-editing-Interface-on-the-Wikipedia-iOS-app.png. It has four screenshots. The first is not from an editor as far as I can tell. It's just the rendered article. You can mark something and select "Edit" but it merely starts a source editor for the page with the same text marked in the source, assuming it's actually present in the source. And the source editor may mark another occurence of the text than you. The first screenshot shows "post-industrial waterfront" marked but it isn't even marked in the second screenshot although the text is visible. Maybe the screenshot isn't intend to show this mark feature, or maybe it's a newer feature. The story is from 2019. PrimeHunter (talk) 04:48, 8 June 2024 (UTC)
- Oh these people are monsters...
But thank you though! Zanahary (talk) 05:09, 8 June 2024 (UTC)
- Oh these people are monsters...
- @Zanahary: It looks like a misleading caption. The image is https://wikimediafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/The-new-editing-Interface-on-the-Wikipedia-iOS-app.png. It has four screenshots. The first is not from an editor as far as I can tell. It's just the rendered article. You can mark something and select "Edit" but it merely starts a source editor for the page with the same text marked in the source, assuming it's actually present in the source. And the source editor may mark another occurence of the text than you. The first screenshot shows "post-industrial waterfront" marked but it isn't even marked in the second screenshot although the text is visible. Maybe the screenshot isn't intend to show this mark feature, or maybe it's a newer feature. The story is from 2019. PrimeHunter (talk) 04:48, 8 June 2024 (UTC)
- Over here, with the caption text "The new editing Interface on the Wikipedia iOS app. Text from Brooklyn Bridge Park on the English Wikipedia." Zanahary (talk) 03:51, 8 June 2024 (UTC)
How to disable Expand all sections?
Hello. When I view Wikipedia pages while I am logged out I can see pages along with expand option on individual section. When I log with my account in browse on my phone, it by default expands all sections. This is pretty inconvenient. I have tried changing things in my preference settings, but nothing is working.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Krutarth (talk • contribs) 8. Jun. 2024, 09:11:00 (UTC)
- @Krutarth: There is an "Expand all sections" setting when you click the three line menu at the upper left of the page while you are browsing the mobile Wikipedia site. If I am understanding your comment correctly, disabling that setting should work. LightNightLights (talk • contribs) 11:34, 8 June 2024 (UTC)
- @Krutarth: After clicking the hamburger button ☰, click "Settings". "Expand all sections" should be there betwen "Text" and "Advanced mode", if you have the option. I have it on my iPhone but not in a desktop browser on the mobile site. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:00, 8 June 2024 (UTC)
- Oops, I forgot to mention the "Settings" button. Thanks for that. LightNightLights (talk • contribs) 12:22, 8 June 2024 (UTC)
- @LightNightLights@PrimeHunter
- Thank you for the help. I couldn't see the settings option itself, there was just preference option. Turned out it was because I was using en.wiki rather than en.m.wiki. The settings option, and inturn the expand section option is visible only on en.m.wiki domain.
- Now I just feel dumb hehe. Apologies and thank you for taking time to reply. — Krutarth (talk) 12:23, 8 June 2024 (UTC)
- @Krutarth: The bottom of desktop pages have a "Mobile view" link. If you click that then your device should remember your choice and also display the mobile version if you start at en.wikipedia.org. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:50, 8 June 2024 (UTC)
- @Krutarth: After clicking the hamburger button ☰, click "Settings". "Expand all sections" should be there betwen "Text" and "Advanced mode", if you have the option. I have it on my iPhone but not in a desktop browser on the mobile site. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:00, 8 June 2024 (UTC)
BROKEN: Template:Marriage
Template:Marriage is BROKEN 2601:646:201:57F0:CF62:E91D:767B:A1C5 (talk) 11:36, 8 June 2024 (UTC)
Please be specific in questions. I guess you refer to Graham Kerr where I sometimes see an error message in the spouse field where Template:Marriage is used:
Treena Kerr
<div style="display:inline-block;Expression error: Unexpected < operator">
(m. 1955; died 2015)
Other times it displays correctly:
Treena Kerr
(m. 1955; died 2015)
If I click edit and preview a revision in the page history with the error message then the error goes away. I don't know why it happens and it's difficult to investigate when the same revision keeps displaying differently and never gives an error in preview. Maybe the issue depends on which server you happen to get. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:44, 8 June 2024 (UTC)
- @PrimeHunter: Possibly related to Wikipedia:Village_pump_(technical)#Broken_infoboxes, which has probably been fixed. -- zzuuzz (talk) 12:48, 8 June 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks, that sounds like it. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:19, 8 June 2024 (UTC)
Klopt dit
Na com. ingevoerde CAPTHCA, sturarena hoort er niet bij.
Hoe kan ik dit wijzigen, of hoort het zo, of wijzigt Wikipedia dit liefst voor mij?
E-mail: ..... @outlook.comstunarena WvdWielen (talk) 12:31, 8 June 2024 (UTC)
- @WvdWielen. This is the English language Wikipedia. Google translates your question into English as
After com. imported CAPTHCA, sturarena is not included. How can I change this, or is this how it should be, or does Wikipedia prefer to change this for me?
. This leaves me no wiser as to your question. What is sturarena? Shantavira|feed me 14:49, 8 June 2024 (UTC)
Notability of peers
I am sure I have read guidance somewhere on the notability of members of the peerage. I have a vague memory it was an issue Jimmy Wales offered an opinion on. There are a couple of peers I’m interested in, one living one dead, but I don’t think they have done/did much in their lives that would ordinarily indicate notability. Nor do they have much coverage. But their peerages have articles, and I think they may therefore have notability merely by virtue of being, e.g. the 8th Marquess of Compton Bassett. Can anyone remember the relevant guidance? Many thanks. KJP1 (talk) 17:01, 8 June 2024 (UTC)
- Wikipedia:WikiProject_Peerage_and_Baronetage#Notability is the closest I found. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 17:10, 8 June 2024 (UTC)
- Yep, that was all I came up with as well, I don't think there is a subject-specific WP:N standard for this. Just Step Sideways from this world ..... today 17:11, 8 June 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks, that is very helpful. I think I am just going to have to try them and see whether there is a move to delete. Best regards. KJP1 (talk) 17:20, 8 June 2024 (UTC)
- As a practical matter, articles of this type usually have an infobox that includes links to their predecessor and successor in their title. This allows easy navigation forwards and backwards through the title holders, but if one of them has no article, the method fails (though others exist), while even a stub article preserves it. Given the responsibilities that come with most titles, it should be possible to find some material facts about most titleholders in the last few hundred years, even if they aren't spectacular. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 188.220.136.217 (talk) 18:25, 8 June 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks, that is very helpful. I think I am just going to have to try them and see whether there is a move to delete. Best regards. KJP1 (talk) 17:20, 8 June 2024 (UTC)
- It seems to me that notability is not inherited is relevant here. If you can find sources that meet GNG, that's fine, but if not (eg, the only sources you can find give routine information about a peer, "X, the seventh earl of W, was the nephew of the sixth earl, married Y, and had two children, one of whom became the eighth earl"), then your suggestion above,
they may therefore have notability merely by virtue of being, e.g. the 8th Marquess of Compton Bassett
would in my view by refuted by that page. ColinFine (talk) 22:25, 8 June 2024 (UTC)
Huge whitespace at top of US state articles
Hello. At New Mexico and New York (state) (and probably others) there is a huge whitespace at the top of the article, caused by "state symbols" template on the right, below the infobox. I tried using a "clear|left" template, but no luck. Not sure how to fix this. Thanks! Magnolia677 (talk) 17:06, 8 June 2024 (UTC)
- This is likely due to changes to {{if both}} by @Nick and @Paine Ellsworth. —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 17:25, 8 June 2024 (UTC)
- Indeed. I removed a newline from that template and it fixed the issue. * Pppery * it has begun... 17:29, 8 June 2024 (UTC)
- You folks are awesome. Thanks! Magnolia677 (talk) 18:03, 8 June 2024 (UTC)
- Indeed. I removed a newline from that template and it fixed the issue. * Pppery * it has begun... 17:29, 8 June 2024 (UTC)
- Related discussion: Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)#Broken infoboxes. —andrybak (talk) 11:30, 9 June 2024 (UTC)
- Yup. Sometimes the answer to why won't my phone charge at this station, is "as the directions say, you have to flip this switch" and sometimes it is "We've got two dozen in the engineers in the basement working on electrical balancing".Naraht (talk) 13:48, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
June 9
Arthur's Seat and other locations in Edinburgh
Author Jude Stringfellow has mentioned Arthur's Seat and other locations in Edinburgh and Scotland in her novels. They are available on Amazon. One is even called "Edinburgh". She wrote "Of Kilted Pleasure" as well, and "Murder Book" as well as "Pinball" take place in Scotland. Perhaps you could write up a page about her or at least mention her writings on the pages where she mentions Edinburgh and Arthur's seat. 2600:8803:D900:E500:8592:119A:3C36:8BA (talk) 00:23, 9 June 2024 (UTC)
- The proper place to make a request for your suggested subject is Wikipedia:Requested articles/Biography/By profession#Authors. Please make sure to provide multiple significant coverage of the subject from reliable and independent sources along with your request. Tutwakhamoe (talk) 03:50, 9 June 2024 (UTC)
- All her books appear to be self-published. Since anyone can self-publish a book and sell it on Amazon she is unlikely to merit a Wikipedia aticle, unless she has multiple significant coverage in reliable and independent sources. Any "mention" in Wikipedia could then reflect what those sources say. Please note that Wikipedia cannot be used to promote her books. Shantavira|feed me 08:57, 9 June 2024 (UTC)
List of minor planets
I am trying to find the list of minor planets named after animals and plants. I have used it before in the past but I cannot find it anymore, it apparently no longer exists. 1) What happened to it? 2) Why was it taken down? 3) When will it be restored? Lassoharp (talk) 05:47, 9 June 2024 (UTC)
- I don't know about Wikipedia. There's such a list here on DBpedia. Maproom (talk) 07:33, 9 June 2024 (UTC)
- It was recently deleted since editors determined it was a non-encyclopedic cross-categorization. It is unlikely to be restored, since the consensus was to delete. Helpful Raccoon (talk) 07:48, 9 June 2024 (UTC)
Merge draft article and redirect
Hi. So I just prepared the draft, Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie for the main space and I feel it is more then ready. However I can't move it because of this redirect that shares the same name as the draft. Can I have help here? Zingo156 (talk) 11:29, 9 June 2024 (UTC)
- You can edit the redirect page to remove its target, and post the content of your draft there. You should also place Template:Main under the subsection heading of the redirect target, in this case SpongeBob SquarePants (film series)#Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie (2024), to link to the new article. Tutwakhamoe (talk) 12:28, 9 June 2024 (UTC)
- So what happens to the draft after I do this? Zingo156 (talk) 14:12, 9 June 2024 (UTC)
- If left unedited for six months, it will be deleted by admin. You can also make the draft redirect to the new article. Tutwakhamoe (talk) 15:21, 9 June 2024 (UTC)
- So what happens to the draft after I do this? Zingo156 (talk) 14:12, 9 June 2024 (UTC)
OneClickArchiver not working
Is it just me or is User:Evad37/OneClickArchiver not working? I'm not getting the "archive" button on any talk page. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 12:29, 9 June 2024 (UTC)
- May be related to WP:VPT#Heading markup changes. Haven't attempted to reproduce, but I remember that script being mentioned as potentially breaking under the new markup due to maintainer inactivity. Folly Mox (talk) 13:55, 9 June 2024 (UTC)
- @Folly Mox@AirshipJungleman29, You can use @Elli's new script located at User:Elli/OneClickArchiver. NW1223<Howl at me•My hunts> 16:40, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
Upload photos
I'm trying to upload some new photos for wikipedia pages but for some reason I cant find a way to do so and dont understand why. I want to load photos I have taken. SnarkyDragon (talk) 14:21, 9 June 2024 (UTC)
- SnarkyDragon, please check out WP:UPI, and know that uploading photos will likely take you through Wikimedia Commons, and that the licensing requirements are strict and taken seriously. If you have further problems after having read through the linked information page and followed the guidance therein, please do specify them for us. Kindly, Folly Mox (talk) 14:27, 9 June 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you sorted now :) SnarkyDragon (talk) 14:32, 9 June 2024 (UTC)
- Hello, SnarkyDragon. While the two pictures c: File:Skipness Bay, Argyll, 9th June 2024.jpg and c:File:Skipness Watchtower, 9th June 2024, taken on iPhone SE.jpg look fine, the third picture you uploaded, c:File:Aerial view of Skipness House and Shell Bay (note WW2 arrow marker bottom Right Hand Side).png appears to be a screenshot of Google Maps: if so, it is an infringement of their copyright, and will soon be deleted. (You have a notification on your Commons talk page, C:User talk:SnarkyDragon, but I don't know whether you will be aware of that.) ColinFine (talk) 18:07, 9 June 2024 (UTC)
- Just delete it then. I’m not too happy that Wiki have just jumped on someone trying to add information using their own time and good will. 2A00:23C6:3E13:2001:3019:F862:3334:2C6D (talk) 18:08, 9 June 2024 (UTC)
- Unfortunately we are vulnerable to litigious intellectual property holders, and are therefore extremely shy and cautious about potential copyright violations. --Orange Mike | Talk 18:43, 9 June 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you Mike - it’s somewhat frustrating when people are just trying to provide high quality information with good intentions but I also understand how careful you have to be these days. SnarkyDragon (talk) 18:51, 9 June 2024 (UTC)
- Unfortunately we are vulnerable to litigious intellectual property holders, and are therefore extremely shy and cautious about potential copyright violations. --Orange Mike | Talk 18:43, 9 June 2024 (UTC)
- Just delete it then. I’m not too happy that Wiki have just jumped on someone trying to add information using their own time and good will. 2A00:23C6:3E13:2001:3019:F862:3334:2C6D (talk) 18:08, 9 June 2024 (UTC)
- Hello, SnarkyDragon. While the two pictures c: File:Skipness Bay, Argyll, 9th June 2024.jpg and c:File:Skipness Watchtower, 9th June 2024, taken on iPhone SE.jpg look fine, the third picture you uploaded, c:File:Aerial view of Skipness House and Shell Bay (note WW2 arrow marker bottom Right Hand Side).png appears to be a screenshot of Google Maps: if so, it is an infringement of their copyright, and will soon be deleted. (You have a notification on your Commons talk page, C:User talk:SnarkyDragon, but I don't know whether you will be aware of that.) ColinFine (talk) 18:07, 9 June 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you sorted now :) SnarkyDragon (talk) 14:32, 9 June 2024 (UTC)
Adding to a Wikipedia page
Hello
I wanted to add my book 'Happy as Larry: A New York Story fo CUlts, Crushes and Quaaludes' ISBN 978-1726658393 to the Saul Newton page since my book touches on my personal experience with the Sullivanian cult. Why was it removed and what can I do to rectify this?
Many thanks for your guidance.
Best wishes
Kaethe Cherney Kaethe Cherney (talk) 16:07, 9 June 2024 (UTC)
- You can start by reading Wikipedia:Conflict of interest. If your book merits discussion in the Saul Newton page, it will be because independent published reliable sources have discussed it in relation to Newton. A Quick Google search doesn't come up with anything obvious (note that 'reviews' written by book retailers etc aren't independent, since they sell the book, and thus have a stake in promoting it). If you can find some in-depth coverage of your book from an acceptable source, start a discussion on the article talk page, where we can assess it and decide whether it merits inclusion. AndyTheGrump (talk) 16:16, 9 June 2024 (UTC)
- To add to the above, I now see that your book is apparently a work of fiction, though possibly based on Newton's 'cult'. This would almost certainly make it ineligible for inclusion in the article, and it certainly doesn't belong in 'further reading', as you appear to have attempted to add it. AndyTheGrump (talk) 16:24, 9 June 2024 (UTC)
- It's also self-published. Shantavira|feed me 08:22, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
The First World Flight
Why cant I find my Grandfather Lt. Robert J. Brown Jr. Trainer of pilots WW1 in Texas U.S. Air Service -Chairman of First World Flight -In Lowell Thomas Book - Builder of Logan Airport- Commander in charge of base in Hawaii 1926 t0 1930.I Found his brother (My Uncle Bump) Gen. Wilburt Scott Brown. Thanks 24.198.64.174 (talk) 22:44, 9 June 2024 (UTC)
- Hello. The answer to "Why does Wikipedia not have an article about X" is usually one or both of:
- Because nobody has written one, or
- Because X does not meet Wikipedia's criteria for notability.
- If 2. holds then an article is not possible. If it does not, then an article is possible, but will only exist if some volunteer has chosen to write it.
- I am dubious that the article Wilburt S. Brown is adequately sourced to demonstrate that he meets those criteria, because I'm not sure that any of the sources cited is truly independent. There may be other, independent sources, which do establish his notability (in Wikipedia's sense). ColinFine (talk) 23:05, 9 June 2024 (UTC)
- Leaving aside the issue of whether or not Wilburt S. Brown is notable, I think that it is fairly obvious that a two star general in the US military is much more likely to be notable than a lieutenant. There are occasional exceptions, of course, but in the end, it all comes down to the depth of coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the person in question. Audie Murphy, for example, also only reached the rank of lieutenant during his active service during World War II, but he was the subject of massive coverage because of his conspicuous heroism in combat. And most of his accomplishments were as an ordinary enlisted soldier, not as an officer. It is all about the extent of the coverage in reliable, independent sources. Cullen328 (talk) 08:18, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
June 10
Please open my own now
Please open my own 105.112.123.209 (talk) 10:06, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
- Hello. I don't understand what you are asking. Please clarify. ColinFine (talk) 10:36, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
My account is "lost"
Hi, I have an issue. I have created my wiki account very long time ago. The old e-mail is not working anymore, so I am not able to reset the password. The password got changed in 2016 by Wikipedia mass password resets (because many passwords were compromised). I would like to access my old account and continue working with it. But how? Who can fix my e-mail address in the account? How can I open a ticket for wikipedia support?
Thank you. 90.64.194.49 (talk) 10:23, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
- I'm afraid that if you no longer have the password or access to that email address, then there is no way to recover the account. I suggest you create a new one, and edit the user page of both the new account and the old one to say that they are the same person, and why there are two. ColinFine (talk) 10:38, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
- Hi. I have contacted Wiki support (info-en@wikimedia.org) and they opened a ticket, found my changed user id and told to try to login with that user and the old password. It has worked. Case closed.
- Thanks. 90.64.194.49 (talk) 11:43, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
how to set languages i want in suggested languages?
Hi! I'm a relatively new user, and recently I went into a bit of a deep dive into some topics which required me to look across multiple language versions of the same page.
Now, I have an overwhelming amount of suggested languages when I want to switch the language. Is there a way to set the languages I speak so I can easily access them? For clarity, I would like to set my languages to English, Hebrew, and Simple English, without having languages like Hungarian or Italian (and about 20 others) appear in the suggested languages menu.
Also, I use Wikipedia from my phone a lot, so i use the mobile version on it, which is drastically more convenient than the desktop version (when using a phone). The problem is that it makes the autocomplete for certain articles I read a lot direct to en.m.wikipedia instead of en.wikipedia, so it is less convenient on my desktop.
Is there a way to stop my browser from going to the mobile version instead of the desktop version? (instead of manually editing the URL or scrolling to switch to the desktop view).
Thank you guys so much for reading and (hopefully) helping :) Skiddaddle (talk) 10:45, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
- On the desktop version, the languages that you've frequently switch to would be placed on the top of the language sidebar (assuming ccorresponding articles do exist in those languages). I think something similar might exist on the mobile website version but can't be certain. As for the second question, on the very bottom of each Wikipedia webpage there would be a tool bar, the ones with "term of use" and other options, and you can click/tap on the last one that says "mobile view" or "desktop" to switch to the other version. Generally your device will remember your preference. Tutwakhamoe (talk) 12:11, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
- I'm skeptical about the claim that it will automatically put your "frequently switched to" languages at the top of the language sidebar. (T presume that by "frequently switched to", you are referring to the setting for the languages used in menus. It appears to me that the available languages for the current page are simply listed in alphabetical order (by the code prefix). There may also be some unavailable languages listed before the available languages are listed. (Don't ask me why.) On "simple English" wikipedia, it's a little different, in that the languages are arranged in groups. If there is some kind of customized ordering of the languages, I'm not noticing it. Fabrickator (talk) 22:19, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
Deleted article
Hi,
I tried to post an article, and it got deleted based on Wiki's U5 ("Pages in userspace consisting of writings, information, discussions, or activities not closely related to Wikipedia's goals, where the owner has made few or no edits outside of user pages..."). However, I am not sure why it got deleted, as I did include many references and links to other sites and articles. My article was about a person, who I did get permission to write about. Please advise me as to why my article was deleted, and how I can do it again so as to avoid being deleted. This is who my article was about: https://www.constancescharff.com/. Lisacourtnadge (talk) 11:08, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
- Hi Lisacourtnadge. Even though trying to create an article on one's user page is a mistake that's commonly made and isn't something explicity prohibitted by Wikipedia's user page policy, such content is often mistaken for a fake article or being otherwise inappropriate for a user page; so, the page often ends up being tagged ans subsequently deleted per speedy deletion criterion U5. For this reason, it's generally better to work on drafts for articles in the draft namespace or as a userspace draft instead. What you can try doing is posting a message on the user talk page of the administrator who deleted the page, explain you were working on a draft for an article, and ask them to restore it either as a draft or a userspace draft. Since I'm not an administrator, I can't see what was deleted, but the deleting adminsitrator would probably be willing to restore it unless it was so hopeless or so filled with serious violations of relevant Wikipedia policies that restoring the page wouldn't be allowed or would otherwise be pointless to do so. If that's the case, you may have no alternative but to start again.Finally, you don't need the permission of the subject to try and create a Wikipedia article about them, but you do need to clearly be able to establish that the subject meets Wikipedia:Notability because only subjects deemed to be Wikipedia notable can have stand-alone articles written about them. Given that the subject you want to create an article about is a person, you should take a look at Wikipedia:Notability (people) and Wikipedia:Notability (academics) for reference. You will need to first self-assess this person to see whether the meet Wikipedia's notability guidelines because nobody is going to be able to create an article about them without being able to establish that they do. -- Marchjuly (talk) 11:26, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
- Hi Marchjuly it was the username/sandbox page so the location is not an issue. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 11:33, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
- @Lisacourtnadge I've taken a look at the deleted page, but I'm none the wiser about why it was deleted as it appears to be a legitimate draft. Hopefully the deleting admin, @Fastily would explain soon. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 11:31, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
- It's a promotional piece about a non-notable individual intended to boost their SEO visibility. It's a stretch to describe this as a "legitimate draft" -Fastily 20:00, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
what is the world's worst wildfire?
We need a history of the greatest and worst wildfires of the world. Please help with this. 2405:201:C030:118D:EDC4:DA37:79A0:E4BD (talk) 11:56, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
- In my experience, attempting to compile lists of this kind usually runs into problems with original research. There is a source here that has some suggestions.--♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 12:00, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
- You're also going to run into the problem of definition. Worst for the trees? Worst for the wildlife? Worst for loss of human life? Worst in terms of financial loss? Or the largest or most difficult to put out? Shantavira|feed me 13:55, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
Bold/Italics w/ piped Wikilink.
Is ''[[target|text]]'' preferred to [[target|''text'']] to the point where it should be changed from the second to the first in artices? (similarly for bold) Naraht (talk) 13:42, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
- I'd mildly prefer the second, but I certainly wouldn't bother changing either. Maproom (talk) 16:09, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
- I think the second form used to break WP:popups or some other quick-formatter tool, but I can't reproduce it now. The first form feels semanatically more correct in many cases also: assuming 'text' is some sort of approximate synonym for 'target', 'target' would be an italicizeable text if it were displayed, just we'd rather display a synonym. DMacks (talk) 17:11, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
Torah Tape
Is there an article on the topic Torah Tape? Nuts240 (talk) 14:43, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
- It doesn't appear so. What is "Torah tape"? ColinFine (talk) 15:51, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
- To reply to your question, Colin, it can refer to a tape (or other similar medium) recording of the Torah being recited: there is rabbinic debate about whether this is as 'Talmudically' valid as reading the Torah or hearing it recited by someone physically present.
- There are also Torah-related music tracks and CDs (and YouTube videos), some of which appear under the rubric of 'Torah Tapes'. Disclaimer: IANAR.
- To answer Nuts240, the only mention of the term on Wikipedia is found in the article about Avigdor Miller, who issued such tapes. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 188.220.136.217 (talk) 16:07, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
- A reliable source for a debate might be used in Torah reading but it doesn't sound like a topic for a whole article if "Torah tape" merely means an audio recording of the Torah. We have a general article audiobook which doesn't mention the Torah. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:22, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
Date/time formatting
Hi, there is this wikitext in an article June 6, 2024, 12:50:00 [[UTC]] (7:50 am [[Central Time Zone|CDT]])
which is a manually printed and converted date showing the UTC date of the event (matching the MOS of the section of wikipedia it is located in) and also the local time of the event. Is there a wikipedia template that will generate this just specifying the utc time (or local time) and the converted time in the requested time zone? Ergzay (talk) 16:12, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
- We have a ton of Category:Time, date and calendar templates but I don't see one that does this full task. The closest is {{time}}, which displays the current date and/or time in a variety of formats, adjusted for a given timezone. But it does have a documented parameter to force use of an alternate specific date+time. So you could call it twice, once for UTC and once for CDT:
- Check the documentation for the
|df=
parameter for the (too limited, in my opinion) formatting options. Does our Lua support include strftime to allow enhancing this template? We also have the {{#time:}} parser function for comparable formatting flexibility, but it cannot make the TZ string as a link. There are a few other formatting templates listed in that one's docs that might be more flexible for format but not cover both date and time simultaneously. DMacks (talk) 16:41, 10 June 2024 (UTC)- @DMacks Am I perhaps misreading that template? That only works for the _current_ time which isn't what's needed as this is the time a specific event took place, not the current time. That's why I didn't bother looking at it further. Ergzay (talk) 21:11, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
- See my "But..." sentence:) My example output is an actual use of the template for the time and date you proposed. The code is:
- DMacks (talk) 02:09, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
- @DMacks Am I perhaps misreading that template? That only works for the _current_ time which isn't what's needed as this is the time a specific event took place, not the current time. That's why I didn't bother looking at it further. Ergzay (talk) 21:11, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
Register of interests as source for politicians
Can the Register of Interests for a politician be used as a citation source? I ask just in case it might fall foul of WP:BLPPRIMARY, and be classed as a public record. I am thinking of this link for use on the article about Georgia Gould. It doesn’t have her home address. BLP says "Do not use public records that include personal details, such as date of birth, home value, traffic citations, vehicle registrations, and home or business addresses." The link mentions the organisations she is a member of, which would be an interesting addition to the article. TrottieTrue (talk) 16:18, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
temporarily removed
The former content has been removed. The original statement was shown to be inconsistent with Wikipedkia protocol. I apologise for this and after due consideration, a replacement will appear shortly.
Being required to log in and not being able to do so
I'm not pleased with not being able to use the search capacity. I have been with wikipedia from the beginning nad have donated when aske to. I probably logged in the first time and have never needed to repeat that until now. I don't recall my used name or password but Jimmy always sends me emails so that much you do know. I'm waiting for a response to my password queery, but the bot or person seems to be in no hurry, meanwhile I'm loosing my patience. Of course I know writing this is a waste of time because I need to log in and that I can't do in order to get an answer. Now I'm thinking it will be possible to live without Wikipedia. 81.40.93.60 (talk) 17:50, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
- You don't have to log in to post here or edit most pages. "Jimmy always sends me emails" sounds like you once donated and gave your email address at the time. Donations are not tied to user accounts. Search does not require logging on. If you don't see a search box then maybe you have to first click a magnifying glass icon at the top of pages. If you tried to use Special:PasswordReset then mails are sent immediately. I receive them within seconds. I guess you never created an account.PrimeHunter (talk) 18:01, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
Posting a Bibliography
How long does the process take of uploading a Wikipedia page about someone very important and is there any way to expedite this process?  RevitateIntern1 (talk) 18:22, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
- Hi RevitateIntern1, the time for a draft to be reviewed is currently anywhere up to three months due to a sizable backlog. There is no way to expedite the process. If you are referring to User:RevitateIntern1/sandbox, this draft would not be approved as Wikipedia is not for hosting fictional content. Tollens (talk) 18:30, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
I have submitted an article to en.wikipedia, but it was actually meant to be on pt.wikipedia
I need help to transfer an article which was originally submitted to en.wikipedia as a draft (Hábitos Alimentares em Animais) to pt.wikipedia. The article was written in portuguese, so it makes more sense to be in the portuguese version of the platform. Can I transfer it to pt.wikipedia? If so, how? Rafaeltrivella (talk) 22:53, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
- As you are basically the main author, I would think it would be ok to just copy/paste the whole thing over, the other option is to find someone over there with the import user right and ask them to import it. Just Step Sideways from this world ..... today 23:23, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
- I have removed the submission request for Rafaeltrivella, I agree that there is no issue with the user copying the draft over to the Portuguese Wikipedia. Note that the references should be tweaked to convert the fields to Portuguese. Meters (talk) 23:36, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
Notes
Here [1] I'd like the first note to be below the "Notes" section and the second note to be under the poem. The article is modeled after this one [2] but I happened to need to add another note which is unrelated to the poem so it shouldn't be below it. I thought I'd be able to sort it out with Template:Efn's parameters (I imagined I'd be able to set a name for a specific group of notes and set the same name for Template:Notelist so it only lists those with that name, or something, I don't know) but I haven't been able to. Can anyone help here? Super Ψ Dro 23:02, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
- Hi Super Dromaeosaurus. The problem has to do with the two {{notelist}} templates being used in the article. All the notes located above the first template will automatically be displayed wherever it is located, and all the notes added below the first template will automatically be displayed where the second template is located. In my personal opinion, it just seems better to keep all of the notes in the same section, but you might be able tell the software to locate them in different sections by using the
|group=
parameter as explained in Template:Efn and Template:Notelist. Finally, the article Zicu Araia is only using one "notelist" template: the notes appearing under the poem are formatted using the templates "efn" and "notelist", but the notes appearing in the "Citation" section are formatted using the templates {{sfn}} and {{Reflist}}. Since there's no template conflict, the software puts everything where it's intended to go. -- Marchjuly (talk) 05:02, 11 June 2024 (UTC)- I am not able to figure it out with the
|group=
parameter. If any editor has any clue, please tell me, or feel free to edit my sandbox for applying it. Super Ψ Dro 10:07, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
- I am not able to figure it out with the
June 11
Edit history
An editor replaced the contents of Operation Star with another, which is really Operation Star 94, on 10 June. I would like to move the newer material to that other title and restore the much more significant World War II operation, but how can I attach the three-edit Star 94 history to the new article? Does this require an admin? Clarityfiend (talk) 01:08, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
- Sounds like a WP:HISTSPLIT, which does need admin assistance. DMacks (talk) 02:15, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
- I did it:) DMacks (talk) 02:21, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks. Clarityfiend (talk) 02:26, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
- I did it:) DMacks (talk) 02:21, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
How can I report malicious edit of existing Wiki Page?
A profile photo of Samdech Hun Manet, Prime Minister of Cambodia, had been replaced by a photoshopped photo. It has now been reversed to the original photo, but how can I report this so that it won't happen again?
- Where did you see this? The article Hun_Manet has not been edited in the past few weeks. If you do notice ongoing persistent vandalism, you can request page protection at WP:RFPP but that won't be granted for a one-time event. RudolfRed (talk) 03:29, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
- This is a help desk for the English Wikipedia. I don't know why but the poster removed their own link to the affected page https://km.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%9E%A0%E1%9F%8A%E1%9E%BB%E1%9E%93_%E1%9E%98%E1%9F%89%E1%9E%B6%E1%9E%8E%E1%9F%82%E1%9E%8F.[3] We have no authority over the Khmer Wikipedia and Wikipedia editions have different processes and policies. I don't know theirs or their language. PrimeHunter (talk) 04:30, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
signing into my wiki page
I'm trying to edit my page but I can't remember my password. I've tried resetting it but receive no instructions to my email address 49.224.233.208 (talk) 04:16, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
- Hi IP 49.224.233.208. Does
my page
mean a user page or a Wikipedia article? If you had previously created a Wikipedia account and don't remember the password, please take a look at Wikipedia:FAQ/Technical#How do I recover a password I have forgotten? for some general information on how to reset your password. However, in order for the process to work, you will need to have registered an email address when you created your account, and you will need to be able to access that account. If you can still access your email account, try checking the accpount's spam folder to see whether any emails related to Wikipedia accidentally ended up there. -- Marchjuly (talk) 04:38, 11 June 2024 (UTC) - To continue what Marchjuly said: if you mean an article about you, then you should not edit it. If there are changes you think should be made, please see AUTOPROB. ColinFine (talk) 10:28, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
Request to upload an English Wikipedia image
Request to upload an English Wikipedia image. Currently, the logo image of the Wikipedia entry (Soul (app)) is old and needs to be updated with the latest brand logo.
Wikipedia: Soul (app) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soul_ (app);
The source file is: https://s3.amazonaws.com/i.snag.gy/f0UkRC.jpg Lihaiyue88 (talk) 06:15, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
- Lihaiyue88 Please go to Files For Upload. 331dot (talk) 06:22, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
- (edit conflict) Hi Lihaiyue88. You should be able to update the logo yourself by going to File:Soul App logo.jpg, scrolling to the bottom of the page and clicking on "Upload a new version of this file"; however, you'll need to download the new logo to your computer first before uploading to Wikipedia. If you're unable to do this yourself, you can ask for help at Wikipedia:Files for upload. FWIW, though, there doesn't appear to be any real difference between the logo currently being used in the article and the one you want to upload; so, there might not really be a need to change things. -- Marchjuly (talk) 06:27, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you! My account does not have permission to upload images. Can you help me upload the latest logo? The latest logo still has a significant difference from the original image. The new logo has a green border and a "Soul APP" logo, making it more representative. Lihaiyue88 (talk) 10:12, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
- BUt the current is much represented. I mean File:Soul App logo.jpg. Safari ScribeEdits! Talk! 10:55, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
- Above, I've commented out your intended inclusion of the file File:Soul App logo.jpg, SafariScribe, because its copyright status does not license such appearances. -- Hoary (talk) 11:19, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
- BUt the current is much represented. I mean File:Soul App logo.jpg. Safari ScribeEdits! Talk! 10:55, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you! My account does not have permission to upload images. Can you help me upload the latest logo? The latest logo still has a significant difference from the original image. The new logo has a green border and a "Soul APP" logo, making it more representative. Lihaiyue88 (talk) 10:12, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
Unsure whether the user is a sock or not
This user's last reply to me on their talk page said that they "edited several pages" when the account was just created today so I'm not sure if the account is a sock or not and that's why I go here instead of reporting it at WP:SPI. 98𝚃𝙸𝙶𝙴𝚁𝙸𝚄𝚂 • [𝚃𝙰𝙻𝙺] 11:28, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
- @98Tigerius It is possible block evasion, or, more simply, that the editor no longer has access to a prior account, or that this is the first account they have created after editing anonymously. 🇺🇦 FiddleTimtrent FaddleTalk to me 🇺🇦 12:30, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
- @98Tigerius I have made a polite request for clarification on their talk page. Until the mist clears may I suggest you take them at face value? 🇺🇦 FiddleTimtrent FaddleTalk to me 🇺🇦 12:35, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
Help moving from sandbox to wikipedia
Hello. I am attempting to move this link User:NY wikiwiki/sandbox into an open page to share. I have checked the help information and even YouTube walk throughs, with no luck. My version of wikipedia, on my computer (Safari) seems different than what the video was showing. Help please. Thank you. DaniMotherofDragons (talk) 12:19, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
- @DaniMotherofDragons Generally, unless the sandbox has been submitted for review, we leave other people's sandboxes well alone. There are specific exceptions. Why do you believe that NY wikiwiki wishes this sandbox to become an article at this stage, please? 🇺🇦 FiddleTimtrent FaddleTalk to me 🇺🇦 12:24, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
- Users that are not autoconfirmed (have been active for at least a week and have made at least 10 edits) cannot move articles directly from a sandbox or draft to the main article space. You can add {{draft article}} to the top of the page, which will give you the option to submit it to Articles for Creation for review, but why would you be submitting this article on behalf of someone else? Reconrabbit 12:27, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
- So, this started as a semester long project of research in a class. Our instructor has been asking us to submit it but my class mate (who originally typed out everything in her account) and I have both been unable to get it moved. Neither of us have submitted anything to Wikipedia before, so that is probably why this is going on. I will try the review. Thank you. DaniMotherofDragons (talk) 12:33, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
- @DaniMotherofDragons in a few moments I will add the necessary template to allow it to be submitted for review. Please count to 50, slowly. It should be the sandbox owner who submits it. 🇺🇦 FiddleTimtrent FaddleTalk to me 🇺🇦 12:37, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
- That makes sense and is good to know. I appreciate the help with this. I have read stuff on Wikipedia plenty but never submitted and edited anything. So this is a whole new experience but it is nice to see that it is still a community. Thank you. DaniMotherofDragons (talk) 12:39, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
- @DaniMotherofDragons It is now at User:NY wikiwiki/Demetrus Coonrod whch makes more sense. It has not been submitted for review 🇺🇦 FiddleTimtrent FaddleTalk to me 🇺🇦 12:41, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
- @DaniMotherofDragons and, bizarrely, I see no submit button there. {{Draft article}} is intended to show them. Perhaps another Help Desk editor might take a look, please? 🇺🇦 FiddleTimtrent FaddleTalk to me 🇺🇦 12:44, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you for editing that. It does make more sense. I'm still very green. DaniMotherofDragons (talk) 12:45, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
- If need be, I can try and ask the sandbox owner to join the conversation, maybe? I'm assuming I can just send her this link and she will be able to view it. DaniMotherofDragons (talk) 12:47, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
- @DaniMotherofDragons Unless oyu can see a submit button or they can it is technical help we need. Adding their voice is not a problem but it will just make a longer thread 🇺🇦 FiddleTimtrent FaddleTalk to me 🇺🇦 12:52, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
- Got it. I will just relay the information to her through text then. Thanks. DaniMotherofDragons (talk) 12:55, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
- @DaniMotherofDragons I chose a different template, whch has worked 🇺🇦 FiddleTimtrent FaddleTalk to me 🇺🇦 12:55, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
- Great! Thank you so much for your help. Before submitting, I will check over everything again. I appreciate all of the help and patience with this. DaniMotherofDragons (talk) 13:01, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
- @DaniMotherofDragons Unless oyu can see a submit button or they can it is technical help we need. Adding their voice is not a problem but it will just make a longer thread 🇺🇦 FiddleTimtrent FaddleTalk to me 🇺🇦 12:52, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
- If need be, I can try and ask the sandbox owner to join the conversation, maybe? I'm assuming I can just send her this link and she will be able to view it. DaniMotherofDragons (talk) 12:47, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
- @DaniMotherofDragons It is now at User:NY wikiwiki/Demetrus Coonrod whch makes more sense. It has not been submitted for review 🇺🇦 FiddleTimtrent FaddleTalk to me 🇺🇦 12:41, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
- That makes sense and is good to know. I appreciate the help with this. I have read stuff on Wikipedia plenty but never submitted and edited anything. So this is a whole new experience but it is nice to see that it is still a community. Thank you. DaniMotherofDragons (talk) 12:39, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
- @DaniMotherofDragons in a few moments I will add the necessary template to allow it to be submitted for review. Please count to 50, slowly. It should be the sandbox owner who submits it. 🇺🇦 FiddleTimtrent FaddleTalk to me 🇺🇦 12:37, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
- So, this started as a semester long project of research in a class. Our instructor has been asking us to submit it but my class mate (who originally typed out everything in her account) and I have both been unable to get it moved. Neither of us have submitted anything to Wikipedia before, so that is probably why this is going on. I will try the review. Thank you. DaniMotherofDragons (talk) 12:33, 11 June 2024 (UTC)