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March 13

How to change wiki url

Hi,

Today, I have created User:Radcliffecardiology and watch list page as showning "User:Radcliffecardiology", but by mistake, posted in user section. Please give suggestion for removing "user:/" in url structure and watch list area.

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Radcliffecardiology (talk • contribs) 13:02, 13 March 2015 (UTC)

It is certainly not fit to be moved into mainspace as an article. Among other things, you need to read about inline citations and external links. I see that you have given no published reliable sources independent of your company, so there is no evidence that your organisation meets Wikipedia's notability requirements. - David Biddulph (talk) 13:25, 13 March 2015 (UTC)

It is also very spammy in tone. In any event, the content is inappropriate for a user page, so I have moved it to User:Radcliffecardiology/Sandbox, per policy. Also note the username concerns expressed on the talk page.--ukexpat (talk) 14:03, 13 March 2015 (UTC)

Marie van Zandt

There have been some recent changes (reverts) in the article Marie van Zandt, including one edit of mine, otherwise I wouldn't have noticed. Could someone have a look on it. thx. --Goesseln (talk) 14:23, 13 March 2015 (UTC) (from german WP)

The recent edits all look fine to me. The biggest change was some material that might have worked as a quote from a reliable source but didn't look appropriate as it was.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 22:02, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

As for your edit, it appears you corrected a spelling error and the person making the reverts got confused. Your edit was restored.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 22:03, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

Help with article title

Hello, I've created an article PSeven The product name is actually pSeven (the first -p- is small not capital), but it automatically becomes PSeven with a capital P. Is there a way to keep the small -p-? Thanks in advance! Nata Kozlova (talk) 14:28, 13 March 2015 (UTC)

See Template:lowercase title. --CiaPan (talk) 14:30, 13 March 2015 (UTC)

See mw:Help:Magic_words#Displaytitle, if CiaPan's tip doesn't work for your pSeven. –Be..anyone (talk) 17:21, 13 March 2015 (UTC)

But Template:lowercase title does work fine here. It only makes the first letter lower case, and no method can change other letters in article names. PrimeHunter (talk) 18:56, 13 March 2015 (UTC)

Question about an Article which mistakenly has gone live

I created a page about 'Experteer' and wanted to get it reviewed, edited and then post it live but i saved the page. Now i can see the article even when i am logged out ,so i would like to know how to stop the page from going live or to move it to my sandbox till i am ready with the entire article.

Please help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nagarjun.V.S (talk • contribs) 15:06, 13 March 2015 (UTC)

I've moved it in to your user space as a sub page User:Nagarjun.V.S/Experteer - X201 (talk) 15:11, 13 March 2015 (UTC)

Email Notifications

I have some pages on my watch list and I have email notifications checked off. I used to get emails, but now I don't. I don't know why.

Mike — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mikejc101185 (talk • contribs) 20:56, 13 March 2015 (UTC)

1) are there still articles on your watchlist? (for example did you start a new account or did you leave youreself logged in on a computer where someone else could have gotten in and removed from your watchlist?)

2) do you still have the right notification switches turned on?

3) do you have the correct e-mail account hooked up to your account?

4) have you checked your spam folder?

-- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 22:58, 13 March 2015 (UTC)

5) Is there a checkmark at "Email me when a page or file on my watchlist is changed" at Special:Preferences?

6) Are there pages on your watchlist which should have produced a mail considering the rules at Help:Preferences#Watchlist?

7) Did you receive the test mail I sent to your account a minute ago?

PrimeHunter (talk) 23:19, 13 March 2015 (UTC)

1) Yes. I checked this before I posted.

2) Yes. I have the box checked as indicated in number 5.

3) Yes

4) Yes I checked on my desktop mail application and on the web were the email is accessible.

-- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 22:58, 13 March 2015 (UTC)

5) Yes

6) Under the "View History" tab there are many changes that about which I have not been notified.

7) I received two email from Wikipedia since I posted my question. On from the "TheRedPenOfDoom" who sent me an email that contained basic information about wikipedia. I plan on looking at that in the future. Another email from "PrimeHunter" is the email to which you are eluding.

Mikejc101185 (talk) 02:47, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

The system works for me. Did you check the rules at Help:Preferences#Watchlist about when you don't get emails? Can you temporarily switch to an email address at another mail service to see whether notification mails get through there? Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism and Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents get a lot of edits if you want it tested quickly. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:11, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

The Sun (United Kingdom).............ERROR SPOTTED.....FYI

In the Wikipedia article The Sun (United Kingdom) sub section "Trial of staff for misconduct in a public office", the section starts "In October 2014, the trial of six senior staff and journalists at The Sun newspaper began" The section later states "On 21 January 2015, the jury..................or 10 to 1”.[144] On 22 January 2015, the jury was discharged after failing to reach verdicts on the outstanding charges. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) announced that it would seek a retrial.[145]"

Note the dates The next Paragraph starts..........."On 6 February 2014, it was announced........"

I believe this should read............On 6 February 2015,............

--81.97.155.131 (talk) 21:57, 13 March 2015 (UTC) Paul Smith --81.97.155.131 (talk) 21:57, 13 March 2015 (UTC)

You're a very good error-spotter, and I have made the correction. You are welcome to make such changes yourself. Given that the source given is dated 6 Feb 2015, that was a completely uncontroversial change. (Things that are less cut-and-dried should be discussed on the article's talk page, not brought to the Help Desk.) ―Mandruss ☎ 22:04, 13 March 2015 (UTC)

Should I submit an article in english to wikipedia if all of my sources are in Spanish?

Dear Wikipedia Help Desk, I am a first time wikipedia article writer. I have created a new topic which I believe deserves inclusion in the Wikipedia about an international artist named Cekis (Nelson Andres Rivas Cekis). Anyway, English is my first language and so I have written the article in English. However, all of my footnotes reference Spanish language articles. I know that to be included/accepted in the wikipedia an important criteria is the reliability of the sources for the article. With this in mind should I translate the article into Spanish and submit it in that fashion or is it acceptable for me to submit my article to the English speaking Wikipedia editors for approval? Thank you for your consideration as I would not like the article to have problems because of language complications. Sincerely, Christian Jutt — Preceding unsigned comment added by Drmicrochp (talk • contribs) 22:42, 13 March 2015 (UTC)

When no English alternatives are available, WP:NOENG allows the use of foreign language sources. PhantomTech (talk) 22:48, 13 March 2015 (UTC)

(even if there are English sources, if the Spanish are of better quality, those are preferred) -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 22:35, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

March 14

one question for

would like to speak with Mr. Healey one question without using my email. Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.1.160.166 (talk) 00:21, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

This is the only edit by your IP address and I don't know who you refer to. Where did you see the name Mr. Healey? PrimeHunter (talk) 00:48, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

The pages are getting bias.

Okay so the pages for 3 of the schools of thought of Islam are being changed and trying to show Islam in a bias and barbic light compared to reality. Its by the User:RLoutfy and like really this what I wrote when I tried removing the bias parts:

"The User:RLoutfy clearly has a bias and is trying to show Islam in a negative light. Like over the course of 3 weeks they changed the 3 schools of thought pages into highlighting violence, Apostasy, Blasphemy, Stoning, and Slavery EVEN before mentioning prayer which is the biggest part of Islam."

So whats the deal can something be done or will this user just continue to change Islam topics to try to show it in the most negative light possible?

Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by SilverhawkJD (talk • contribs) 00:47, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

Problems with users should be brought up with them on a talk page first, if it cannot be solved then use alternate methods of dispute resolution. PhantomTech (talk) 01:34, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

Very inaccurate article

I have not edited a Wikipedia article before, but have come across the entry for "Parental alienation" which (unlike other Wikipedia entries I've read) is so profoundly wrong that it's difficult to propose minor edits. It really needs to be re-written from scratch. Is this possible? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 106.68.143.175 (talk) 01:36, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

It is possible if you have enough verifiable sources to backup your claims. You should head over to Talk:Parental alienation and discuss how and why the article is wrong and tell others what you plan on doing to the article and collaborate with other editors.--A Wild Abigail Appears! _{Capture me. Moves.} 01:42, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

the great thing about a wiki is that you can fix it! -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 22:33, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

Adding personal letters as a reference

How do I add personal letters (from a university verifying facts) to a wiki topic? I was able to add the letters once, but they were pasted to the bottom of the topic (probably incorrectly) and someone removed them. They noted the existence of my letters using superscripts 1 and 2, but when you click them, it does not take you to the letters. Need the topic to see, or is it incorrect to post links here? Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by WestTexasDave (talk • contribs) 03:50, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

Sorry, but Wikipedia only accepts published material as sources. Personal correspondence is not acceptable. See Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources. AndyTheGrump (talk) 03:54, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

WP:SELFSOURCE allows self published sources in some cases. If the article is about the university then the letters may be useable as sources however it may require the university to verify them with WP:ORTS. PhantomTech (talk) 03:59, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

Personal correspondence isn't published at all - and letters concerning third parties (as is the case here - see the relevant edit [1]) wouldn't fall under WP:SELFSOURCE even if they were published. AndyTheGrump (talk) 04:02, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

Right. We also have no way to verify that the letters are authentic. Ian.thomson (talk) 04:08, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

(edit conflict) You're right, I didn't bother to look for the edit when I replied. Since it is about a third party, it wouldn't be usable as something that's self sourced but, since the university is the only place capable of verifying this information, it might be usable if it was verified. I think I remember someone somewhere being advised to use ORTS to verify unpublished information uploaded to commons for use as a source but I can't find that post and the closest thing I could find was removing BLP issues and granting image usage rights so I might be wrong. PhantomTech (talk) 04:29, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

Unified login

I have a unified login and I wish to know how to change the interface language for all wikipedias without change in each language. --Marce79 (talk) 10:38, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

@Marce79: This is unfortunately not possible. meta:Help:Unified login#What it doesn't change says: "It may be possible in the future to set global preferences.Bug 14950" PrimeHunter (talk) 11:47, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

Pic Insert

Can anyone tell me how to insert a photograph in an article? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ayazf (talk • contribs) 12:16, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

See:

• Wikipedia:Picture tutorial
• Wikipedia:Uploading images
• Wikipedia:Image use policy

CiaPan (talk) 12:59, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

Autoconfirmed naughty or nice?

I'm watching a new user who first showed up on 10 March and made five edits, all rather trivial and low-profile, in one eight-minute cluster. Today (14 March) they are back and have made five more, similar edits in a five-minute grouping. And that's it, for now. I cannot help but notice that this user now has exactly ten edits over four days. No, I am not naming them here, of course. Yes, I am aware that there are a number of innocent explanations, including pure coincidence and a desire to become autoconfirmed with minimum effort in order to be able to edit usefully as soon as possible. Both fine. On the other hand I did wonder if there is something else going on... Is this a common behaviour, like a Known Thing That Happens? Do we have a name for it or any documentation? Obviously if they misbehave then, sure, they can be dealt with under whatever heading as vandals or spammers or whoever. That's not a problem. I am just interested in whether this is an unusual behaviour, or something that experienced editors are familiar with? I've not encountered it before, but then why would I? Thanks DBaK (talk) 18:42, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

I've only seen that sort of behavior in accounts that go on to engage in some sort of bad-faith editing (vandalism, tendentiousness, sockpuppetry, whatever). But the action itself is not bad-faith, so the most I would recommend is keep an eye on them and give them a welcome message (for the same reason why shop clerks ask if you need help: they don't really care, they're just discouraging you from shoplifting by letting you know they're keeping an eye on you). Ian.thomson (talk) 18:53, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

I know of nothing in the Wikipedia cultural consciousness beyond the general Wikipedia:Gaming the system. Interesting comparison, Ian.thomson. ―Mandruss ☎ 19:16, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

WP:GAME could definitely be used as justification to turn a couple of inappropriate actions (that we'd normally forgive in isolation) into a case that the editor is here in bad-faith, though the ten minor edits in four days still wouldn't mean anything by itself. I guess that year in retail hell wasn't totally wasted. Ian.thomson (talk) 19:47, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

I was referring to the OP's general question, without comment on this particular case. I think we're all agreed that there is no "there" there. ―Mandruss ☎ 19:52, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

Vandals, trolls, and POV-pushers have been known to create and archive 'sleeper' accounts (WP:SLEEPER) in order to evade blocks and bans, to edit (or edit war) through semi-protection, and to use as sockpuppets. If the edits suggest substantial previous Wikipedia experience (and their speed, as described, may prompt a raised eyebrow) then it's worth keeping a passive eye on, but I wouldn't get too worried. If they start doing something funny then they will attract scrutiny whether they are autoconfirmed or not. TenOfAllTrades(talk) 20:40, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

Thank you very much for the discussion and advice. I think that wiki-culturally WP:GAME and WP:SLEEPER were the concepts I was groping towards. In terms of the particular user and their behaviour, no worries at present, but I will continue to keep an eye. Thanks and best wishes DBaK (talk) 08:14, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

find a recent article change

how do i identify the recent changes to the wiki article "Charleston, South Carolina" — Preceding unsigned comment added by BigFoot2002 (talk • contribs) 19:30, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

There should be a History tab at the top of the page. Robert McClenon (talk) 19:39, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

Clicking "View History" next to "Edit" and "Read" will show you a list of diffs ordered by when they were made. You can click on the "prev" link next to each diff to see the changes made by it, the "cur" link to compare the page after that diff to the current page or select two diffs with their radio buttons and click "Compare selected revisions" to see the differences between the page at those two times. PhantomTech (talk) 19:46, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

See more at Help:Page history. PrimeHunter (talk) 22:25, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

and if you want to directly search for when a particular word appeared, you can use WP:WIKIBLAME. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 22:29, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

March 15

Salva de la Cruz Pastor

I don´t know how to make the page Salva de la Cruz Pastor for not being deleted. Please help me. thankk — Preceding unsigned comment added by Elenadh8120 (talk • contribs) 08:00, 16 March 2015‎ (UTC)

Please read WP:NFOOTY to see what we expect for an article about an association football player. If he does not meet either of the conditions there (or WP:GNG),he is not notable enough for an article. —teb728 t c 08:24, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

But he is a proffessional. He has played with a first team and now he is playing with the official oxford city football team club. Please make all the changes needed and put again online. thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Elenadh8120 (talk • contribs) 09:57, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

If you can prove this with reliable sources, go to WP:REFUND.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 22:13, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

Information page

Is there a way to search the article information pages? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.84.28.198 (talk) 02:20, 15 March 2015 (UTC)

What exactly do you mean by searching the article information pages? There is a Search panel to the left of your page. See Help: Searching for more information on searching. If you have a more specific question, please state it and we may be able to help you further. Robert McClenon (talk) 02:47, 15 March 2015 (UTC)

if you are in the default IP user interface skin, the search is in the upper right. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 03:12, 15 March 2015 (UTC)

that will help you find a page in Wikipedia. Once you are on a page, most browsers will allow you to search web pages by using <Control> + < f > to find text on a particular page. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 03:16, 15 March 2015 (UTC)

On most Wikipedia pages underneath the Tools heading on the far left section of the screen, one of the things that one can click on is Page Information. I have found that the Wikipedia search function, even on the everything setting, does not search the pages that the Page Information link sends one to. I would like to know if there is a way to search those pages in their entirety, including the words in the templates. Thanks.108.84.28.198 (talk) 15:20, 15 March 2015 (UTC)

"Page information" pages like https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Example&action=info are generated by the software when a user clicks a link to them. They are not searchable. You can only seach editable wiki pages for the content editors have saved there. PrimeHunter (talk) 20:47, 15 March 2015 (UTC)

Is there any searchable part of Wikipedia where article creation times and dates are stored?2602:306:C541:CC60:34CD:D65A:8D91:2242 (talk) 21:42, 15 March 2015 (UTC)

Try asking at WP:VPT.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 22:14, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

First Article

I have written one article (my first) which is waiting in the sandbox space for review. Now I want to start a new article but can't find out how to create a new draft page without deleting the one waiting for review. Do I have to wait for the first article to be moved to Wikipedia? I guess I could just draft the new one in Word and wait? Thanks, Redilion (talk) 05:11, 15 March 2015 (UTC)

@Redilion: Someone moved your draft from your sandbox to the draft namespace and left a redirect at your sandbox because the draft namespace is the preferred location for articles for creation. You can create a draft for an article by typing draft:[article name] in the search box, with [article name] replaced with the name of the article you want to draft, then pressing enter. You can add a link to any drafts you are working on to your user page to make them easier to get to. PhantomTech (talk) 05:26, 15 March 2015 (UTC)

Referencing errors on Subodh Markandeya

Reference help requested. hello what is the issue? Thanks, Amit.pratap1988 (talk) 07:29, 15 March 2015 (UTC)

Subodh Markandeya (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

The error message showing in the article when you posted here has a blue link to a help page, Help:CS1_errors#extra_pages, which explains the problem and how to fix it. I have fixed it for you. -- John of Reading (talk) 08:16, 15 March 2015 (UTC)

New Article, Sandbox

Hi, I want to create some new articles, but a sandbox already exists of those articles. For example, for one article that I had planned to do---Casey Cavert, I came across a sandbox of that article. Do I need to ask permission from the sandbox user if I can create the article (my own version, not straight from their sandbox) or can I simply upload my article without asking? Also, once I've created my article, can I ask the sandbox user for help or if they are willing to upload some of their information into my article (if I feel the article needs help in certain areas)? Kinfoll1993 (talk) 09:20, 15 March 2015 (UTC)

I've answered this at the Teahouse. Please don't post questions on multiple pages, Kinfoll1993. --ColinFine (talk) 13:06, 15 March 2015 (UTC)

I won't now that I know. The only reason I asked here as well as the Teabox is because the top of the page says that we can ask questions here and that new users "may also ask your questions at the Teabox"; by also, I thought it meant that in addition to this page, I could also upload my questions there as well. I wasn't sure which page would have been more appropriate. Kinfoll1993 (talk) 17:34, 15 March 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for that feeback, Kinfoll1993. I've raised a suggestion on the talk page about changing that wording. --ColinFine (talk) 21:33, 15 March 2015 (UTC)

I boldly went ahead and tweaked the wording.--ukexpat (talk) 12:44, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

Adding special images and motifs to a talk or user page.

How do i do this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hannah dufc (talk • contribs) 12:50, 15 March 2015 (UTC)

Like to any other page. Ruslik_Zero 19:39, 15 March 2015 (UTC)

@Hannah dufc: fancy schmancy stuff are you talking about? see Wikipedia:User page design center? (also note that copyright materials may NOT be used on user pages -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 23:44, 15 March 2015 (UTC)

Watchlist - No Email Notifications

Hi, I watch about 15 pages on Wikipedia and up until last September, was receiving email notifications. Since then, there have been no emails. I've checked all the settings, deleted the Watchlist in the raw editor and repopulated the list. The email address is correct but nothing seems to work. Any suggestions? I saw an earlier question above with the same issue - my answers to the questions posed are:

   1) are there still articles on your watchlist?

Yes they are

   2) do you still have the right notification switches turned on?

Yes they are switched on

   3) do you have the correct e-mail account hooked up to your account?

Yup.

   4) have you checked your spam folder?

Yup - nothing there. The wikimedia email is in my safe sender list.

   5) Is there a checkmark at "Email me when a page or file on my watchlist is changed" at Special:Preferences?

Yes

   6) Are there pages on your watchlist which should have produced a mail considering the rules at Help:Preferences#Watchlist?

Yes - several of the pages have been edited numerous times since last September. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rocdoc99 (talk • contribs) 15:26, 15 March 2015‎ (UTC)

I sent a test mail to you a minute ago. Have you received it? PrimeHunter (talk) 21:04, 15 March 2015 (UTC)

Yes I did, thank you. But still no notifications for the pages on my watchlist. Rocdoc99 (talk) 07:35, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

Copy of my post from the earlier section: The system works for me. Did you check the rules at Help:Preferences#Watchlist about when you don't get emails? Can you temporarily switch to an email address at another mail service to see whether notification mails get through there? Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism and Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents get a lot of edits if you want it tested quickly. PrimeHunter (talk) 03:10, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Thanks - I do get notifications for this Help Desk but nothing from the pages that I am watching. The system worked well until September. I will check the rules you suggested. I can also try a different email - see if that helps. Thanks for your assistance. Rocdoc99 (talk) 07:58, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Linking to or Translating Italian wiki page to English

I was going to start a wiki page for the Italian WW2 sub Ascianghi as it is already referenced in numerous pages in wiki as Italian_submarine_Ascianghi, but then I noticed the page does exist in the Italian version of wiki:- https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascianghi_%28sommergibile%29?setlang=en-gb

How do you go about linking to a different language version of wiki or translating it on the fly? Having two separate pages is obviously not desirable.

Thanks Sliven2000 (talk) 16:08, 15 March 2015 (UTC)

Actually, each language is a separate entity with their own practices and policies so having "two" articles one in English and one in Italian is not only desirable but standard practice. But you are correct that there is no need to start from scratch if there is already something with "good bones" that just needs minor tweaking.

Translation information can be found here Wikipedia:Translation.

Also note that the final page would be Ascianghi and not Italian submarine Ascianghi. It would probably make sense to utilize your sandbox for drafting and translating before sending live.-- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 16:17, 15 March 2015 (UTC)

Are you sure about that title? That's not the way I read Wikipedia:Naming conventions (ships)#Naming articles about military ships. --David Biddulph (talk) 16:37, 15 March 2015 (UTC)

The "Italian_submarine_Ascianghi" format was lifted straight from the table on the following page:- Adua-class_submarine. If this format is incorrect there are a lot of mistakes there but the "Italian battleship Giulio Cesare" example on the Naming articles about military ships page does seem to confirm it is correct? Sliven2000 (talk) 16:53, 15 March 2015 (UTC)

oops ship names. my bad.-- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 17:03, 15 March 2015 (UTC)

or ships names oops, even! :-) Sliven2000 (talk) 12:13, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

The template {{ill}} is provided for Wikilinking to a foreign language article until there is an English one. So {{ill|it|Italian submarine Ascianghi|Ascianghi (sommergibile)}} displays as it where the 'it' links to the Italian article; but if there is ever an English one, it will link to that and not show the 'it' link. --ColinFine (talk) 21:44, 15 March 2015 (UTC)

Thanks Colin. :-) Amongst other things, the Asanghi was involved in the torpedoing of HMS Newfoundland as was a German sub. If historians or other peeps want to contribute to documenting this history it means they have to make entries in 3 different languages, i.e. on the English, Italian and German versions of wiki. This is a bit daft especially as few people can speak all 3 languages. Otherwise you are going to end up with 3 wiki pages containing potentially completely different versions of events (English, Italian & German historians have access to different source information not easily accessible to people of other nationalities). I am tempted to not bother creating an English Asanghi page and just link to the Italian one like you suggested. Sliven2000 (talk) 12:13, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

Removing article: Christopher Peterson (serial killer)

To whom it may concern,

I am writing in regards to the article titled Christopher Peterson (serial killer) - - Christopher Peterson (serial killer)

I am a friend of Obadyah Ben Yisrayl (gov. name Christopher Peterson) and he is not guilty of the crimes he was charged for. I find it offensive that he is known to the wikipedia community as a serial killer, and I would like this article removed immediately.

If you would like more information about the mistrial which was Obadyah's case, I would be happy to provide that. In the meantime I would appreciate if this page be removed.

Thank you so much for your time. Fury Young — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.199.30.157 (talk) 17:27, 15 March 2015 (UTC)

I have read the article Christopher Peterson (serial killer). He is reported by reliable sources to have been convicted of the crimes for which he is serving time. The article does state that he has recanted his confession and that he denies having committed the crimes. The fact that he has denied the crimes is a fact, but so is the fact that he is still convicted of the crimes. He is known to the Wikipedia community as a serial killer because he is known to the mainstream media as a serial killer who contests his conviction. We are not about to delete the article. If the article contains errors, then they should be corrected in accordance with the policy on biographies of living persons, but it appears that what the article says is correct and is consistent with what you say. Robert McClenon (talk) 17:47, 15 March 2015 (UTC)

There were some factual issues with the lead paragraph implying that he was convicted of all of the killings when he was only convicted of 3 4. I have tried to make that clear. It does not seem that case has attracted much attention outside of the news at the time, which is kind of surprising given all of the quirks of the case. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 18:51, 15 March 2015 (UTC)

Help:Cite errors/Cite error included ref

I am getting this message when I try to save changes in the page "Ahmed Yacoubi".

Thank you so much in advance — Preceding unsigned comment added by King Solomon's Ring (talk • contribs) 18:12, 15 March 2015 (UTC)

The message says "Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).", and in there the words "help page" are in blue indicating that they are a wikilink to specific help. - David Biddulph (talk) 18:17, 15 March 2015 (UTC)

You have added a large amount of non-neutral discussion to the article in Wikipedia's voice without adequate sourcing that is likely to be deleted. Robert McClenon (talk) 18:20, 15 March 2015 (UTC)

Cross language link from english to french for article "Eurosignal"

I am trying to add to the following page

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

a cross language link to :

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurosignal

But I am getting the following error :

The specified article could not be found on the corresponding site. Details The external client site 'frwiki' did not provide page information for page 'https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurosignal'

I noted that the french, Italian and german article are cross referenced with each other, but the english version isn't referenced (yet it exists) and doesn't itself reference the French, Italian or German version.

Any possibility to fix this ?

Thanks,

Ivan Scott Warren (talk) 22:26, 15 March 2015 (UTC)

I have added it. The error message indicates you tried to add the whole url https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurosignal. Only add the French page name Eurosignal. PrimeHunter (talk) 22:47, 15 March 2015 (UTC)

Thanks ! (Just my misunderstanding of how to use the feature) Ivan Scott Warren (talk) 22:58, 15 March 2015 (UTC)

Citing Public Document from Wikimedia?

I have uploaded a Fed-govt public-domain NTSB report to Wikimedia. The report is entirely original—I haven't touched it at all. Is it within WP regs to link to it (on Wikimedia or Wikisource) in a {{Cite book}} template, for example? -- Veggies (talk) 22:41, 15 March 2015 (UTC)

there being no chain of custody , the uploaded file is essentially meaningless. If the report is appropriately published, it does not need to be on line to be cited. but we would only link to a verified version of the file. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 23:28, 15 March 2015 (UTC)

I have the original email (with the attachment) from the NTSB. Can I prove a chain of custody with that? -- Veggies (talk) 23:34, 15 March 2015 (UTC)

not in a way that matters to Wikipedia. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 00:47, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

Is the report available on the NTSB website?--ukexpat (talk) 12:39, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

@Ukexpat:No. That's the problem. They haven't uploaded it yet. An OCR version is available on a non-government website, but OCR versions sometimes produce weird formatting and typos. That's why I asked for a hard-copy original scan from the NTSB. -- Veggies (talk) 13:14, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

@Veggies: Then the only option is to wait until it is publicly available on their website. --ukexpat (talk) 14:30, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

March 16

Table with one column not sortable

I am trying to build WP:consensus for a table to be used at Los Angeles City Attorney. For a long time that page had two tables, one of names alphabetically and the other with names arranged chronologically. A user was WP:Bold and combined the two lists into one sortable table. Because I thought the move was ill-advised (combining, very awkwardly, two kinds of information), I reverted and the page was re-reverted and now we are in a WP:discussion mode. In searching for WP:consensus and hoping for a WP:compromise, I reluctantly agreed to using a single table. The table now on the page, to which I object, is very confusing and awkward. We don't need a table where the names can be sorted in reverse-alphabetical order (ZYX): That just makes no sense. So – can anybody devise a table for that page where the first column, the names, is always alphabetical (no little arrows at the top) and the second column (the years) is sortable? You can read more about this request at Talk:Los_Angeles_City_Attorney#Sortable_table. Sincerely, GeorgeLouis (talk) 00:41, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

Making a column unsortable is possible, but that seems like throwing out the baby with the bath water. The problem is that once someone clicks on the chronological sort button, there would be no way to return to alphabetical sorting.

However, your point that reverse-alphabetical sorting makes no sense (in many tables) is very valid. I really wish there was a way to only disable ZYX, and allow ABC. The ZYX is especially important when you sort by last name, because people will be distracted by the first name. (As just happened when I showed the list at emblem book#Timeline to someone.) But I don't think this is currently possible. Maybe a good idea for a request. — Sebastian 20:11, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

Need help on how to fix citation error

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

Or: Why, oh why, can I never figure this stuff out for myself!!??!! I recently helped fix entry "Actigraphy" with a very high quality research article I found on the topic. Used Vis.Editor, made a mistake on entering the new citation. There's an error msg there now, but I can' tree how to GET back into the citation to fix it. This is crazy & why I quite editing Wikipedia so often: Every simple seeming thing ends up being horribly convoluted and confusing.

ID# in cite prob looks to have been fixed (by bot?) But "accessed date" is still incorrect (wrong date format). (it was Mar. 13, 2015, fyi). Any advice welcome. Thx! Cynthisa (talk) 03:08, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

added a convenience link. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 03:15, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

2015 Mar 13 is not a valid format for |access-date=, I changed it to 2015-03-13 for consistency with the other accessdate in the article. ―Mandruss ☎ 03:19, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

My Articles always get deleted

Hello Wikipedia i love you website it is awesome but the only problem is every time i make an article it somehow always gets deleted. Heres a link maybe it doesn't work because it got deleted go try it Edmund Murphy So tell me what to do for it not to be deleted. Bye i hope you find out. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.148.163.131 (talk) 09:10, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

You haven't indicated why Edmund is important enough to have an article in an encyclopedia like Wikipedia; most Ireland convicts are not that important. Beside that, all content in Wikipedia must be verifiable by citations to published reliable sources, but if as you say "its a secret no one knows", such sources don't exist. —teb728 t c 10:43, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

wrong Wikipedia article title

I work for the Roboy company, and we would like the name of the article to be changed from ROBOY to Roboy. I have submitted redirects, and they have been denied. We just want the name changed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Serena dulong (talk • contribs) 09:21, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

Hello @Serena dulong:, I have done this uncontroversial move for you (sources seem to use "Roboy" as well in most cases). As an editor working for the company, please read WP:COI, Wikipedia's policy for editors with a "conflict of interest". GermanJoe (talk) 09:47, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

Your requests at Wikipedia:Articles for creation/Redirects have not been denied. They haven't been reviewed. A new user incorrectly blanked the page but it has been restored. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:00, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

Hello @GermanJoe:. OK great. Thank you very much for all of that. I also read the COI policy for editors. I completely understand. I am the Community Manager for Roboy. I realize now I have to write that on my page. Thank you!

Serena dulong (talk) 17:20, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

I cant think of a article

I cant think of an article tell me something and ill right about it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.148.163.131 (talk) 09:41, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

So I'm telling you: Something, but I suggest you left it rather than right (esp. ill right).
Or something like that... --CiaPan (talk) 10:03, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

(cant doesn't appear to be a real adverb, either.) In all seriousness, you could check out Wikipedia:Requested articles for some ideas and also check out Wikipedia:Your first article for some things you need to know before you start. Also consider creating an account. Good luck, and welcome. Scarce2 (talk) 11:07, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

please be sure that anything you do think to write about, you send through a spell check before you submit. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 15:51, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

Archive page exists, but it's shown as a red link in archivebox navigator

See Talk:Uzbeks. Archive 1 marked as red link, but it's available: Talk:Uzbeks/Archive 1. How can I fix it? --Zyma (talk) 13:31, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

It's blue now. It probably just needed a purge to update. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:35, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

Translations of articles on non-English Wikipedia sites

Would the appearance of an article on a larger, non-English Wikipedia site qualify its translation for inclusion in the English language Wikipedia?

Thanks! Polemyx (talk) 15:02, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

Possibly/probably, but not necessarily - The notability criteria vary from language to language, some are stricter than others. So a subject could meet the criteria on the "non-English Wikipedia" site, but fail to meet the criteria here. We might be able to be more helpful if you tell us what the article is... - Arjayay (talk) 15:27, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

It's a Russian musician, with growing international (Western Europe, Israel) standing, who also lived in the US at one time. (As an American, I have no COI.) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Polemyx (talk • contribs) 15:44, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

Have a look at the criteria at WP:MUSICBIO - does he clearly meet at least one (preferably more) of those? Please note that references do not have to be in English, but one decent reference in English often convinces editors suspicious about notability. - Arjayay (talk) 15:52, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

"Growing" is a discouraging sign – it suggests that s/he is not yet notable, by the standards of en:Wikipedia. Maproom (talk) 15:58, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

Yes, I believe several of those are met. It's just hard to judge how seriously the stars of non-US/-CA/-UK/-OZ/-NZ television, and film credits and music awards in the rest of the world will be taken in judging for inclusion in English-language Wikipedia. And @Maproom, "growing" means they're still alive with an active career, one not plateaued like Madonna's. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Polemyx (talk • contribs) 16:28, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

Inclusion in the English Wikipedia is determined by the existence of acceptable sources, in any language. Language has no role at all in the notability criteria of the English Wikipedia. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 07:49, 17 March 2015 (UTC)::

"Growing standing" sounds like WP:UPANDCOMING. --Orange Mike | Talk 11:18, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Help:Cite errors/Cite error ref no input for This is no fairytale by carach angren

This is no fairytale by Carach Angren

Hello, Mabdarke (please sign your posts on talk and help pages by ending with four tildes (~~~~) so tha we know who we are answering. I don't see any Cite errors appearing on This is no Fairytale, so I'm guessing that you saw the errors on a preview and didn't save the changes. This makes it hard to diagnose the problem. Usually this means that something in your reference is not formatted correctly, but I can't tell you what. All I can suggest is reading referencing for beginners; and if you get the error again, I think you'll find that part of it is blue, and that is a link to a page which should explain the problem. --ColinFine (talk) 20:09, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

How to chronologically sort a list of people?

Do we have a style guide on how to sort a list of people (or other items with a duration), such as the one at Isidore#People? The problems are that (1) people live to very different ages and (2) we only have the floruit for some people.

I checked Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lists, Help:Sorting, and Wikipedia:Disambiguation, but couldn't find anything, which is surprising, given that this situation is so common. — Sebastian 19:31, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

I know of no applicable guideline, but it seems intuitive that the list should be in ascending name sequence (ignoring "of", "the", etc.). ―Mandruss ☎ 19:38, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

Yes, name lists are generally alpha. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 05:33, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Help:the correction I made is based on my personal contact with Leo Sternbach

[OP Bossman Steve did not supply any comments.]

@Bossman Steve: Please see the message on your Talk page concerning your edit to Benzodiazepine. Your personal contact with and/or knowledge of Mr. Sternbach and his activities is not a reliable source that can be cited in this article. Wikipedia requires edits be supported by citations of reliable sources so they can be verified by any reader. Dwpaul ^Talk 20:32, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

deleted articles

I have made an article but after a few minutes boom its gone its called Moon (Old Age) is it red maybe it got deleted please help me I want my articles to be permnament sorry bad spelling — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.148.163.131 (talk) 21:35, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

Given your command of English language, you should not be attempting to create articles in live main space.

In your account, utilize your sandbox to create a draft of an article about a subject that meets the basic requirements for a stand alone article. then have an established user who does have a solid command of English review and copy edit the article. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 22:02, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

March 17

Does Oversight leave indications of diffs that have been made not visible?

When Admins nix a diff, anybody can still see that something happened in the page log. When a someone does the full "oversight" does that leave the traces of the diffs or do those go away too? -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 04:13, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

The oversight is not in the log, but the revision is still there in the history. Attempting to diff one will give, "You cannot view this diff because one or both of the revisions has been suppressed." Anon126 (notify me of responses! / talk / contribs) 05:23, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Thank you! -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 05:30, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

@TheRedPenOfDoom and Anon126/R: It depends what you mean by "full" oversight. See Wikipedia:Oversight/FAQ#Tools for hiding/removing edits. "a deprecated tool, no longer in general use" removes the trace in the page history. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:36, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Still my articles still get deleted person who made deleted articles

still I read myfirstarticle but nothing happened great if my articles keep getting deleted im gonna quit wikipedia — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.148.163.131 (talk) 07:20, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

If you dont stop making disruptive inappropriate articles you will be forced off Wikipedia. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 07:47, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

I have de-shouted your heading because I find it annoying and offensive. As for the incomprehensible grammar, I'll let that stand since I have no idea what you are trying to say. ―Mandruss ☎ 07:51, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

@122.148.163.131: Please stop adding new sections here. If you want to add to a thread, simply click "edit" next to the section heading, add your comment at the end, and click "Save page". And stop typing in all capital letters, that is considered shouting on the Internet. ―Mandruss ☎ 08:03, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

THIS IS A NEW QUESTION in that title (this is a new question) I'm not shouting I'm just trying to get your attention but can you answer my question now maybe for the fifth time I have done everything you told me but my articles still get deleted like Talk Ray its a contact app is it red or blue just check please tell me why it still gets deleted I want my articles to be PERMNAMENT (I'm not shouting) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pabdelma (talk • contribs) 08:23, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

@Pabdelma: Multiple editors have responded to your questions, here, here, and here. I agree with the other editor that your English language skills are not good enough to write new articles on the English Wikipedia site. See Wikipedia:Competence is required#Some common types, "Language difficulty". There are probably other problems with your article attempts, but the language problem is enough. ―Mandruss ☎ 08:54, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Deletion of .js page

Please tell me where or how to request deletion of a .js page on Wikipedia. Thank you so much! --iudexvivorum (talk) 07:33, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

see WP:G7--Moxy (talk) 07:57, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Regarding page on Ms Inese Vaidere

Good day,

I am writing you concerning the community page about politician Ms Inese Vaidere. For some reason this page (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Inese-Vaidere/133439886696962) appears on Facebook with wikipedia content in English. Ms Vaidere has her official facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Inese-Vaidere/133439886696962?fref=ts#!/inese.vaidere.9) for this reason I am kindly asking you to remove the community/wiki page about her from Facebook.com otherwise it is providing confusing and misleading information about he rofficial page.

Yours sincerely, Assistant to Ms Vaidere — Preceding unsigned comment added by 136.173.162.144 (talk) 09:06, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

As per the notice on the Facebook community page "This Page is automatically generated based on what Facebook users are interested in and not affiliated with or endorsed by anyone associated with the topic." Wikipedia content is freely licensed and Facebook can use it if they want. You'll have to contact Facebook about this page not Wikipedia. - X201 (talk) 09:18, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

The Facebook Help page is at http://www.facebook.com/help/ - I'm afraid we at Wikipedia can do nothing about this matter. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 09:43, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

There is a Wikipedia article Inese Vaidere. As mentioned above, its content can be freely used in Facebook. If anyone has an issue about the content of the Wikipedia article, they can discuss at Talk: Inese Vaidere. If the issue is about Facebook content, then, as noted, it is a Facebook issue and not a Wikipedia issue (unless someone says that something is incorrect in her Wikipedia article). Robert McClenon (talk) 17:18, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

How Do You Edit Titles

Hello Wikipedia, you a awesome and plus my favorite thing to do on the computer. I came here to ask a question how do you edit titles. I have written and article and I want to change it to something else. Thanks. Oh and check out my first article Talk Ray --SweetPoet345 (talk) 09:54, 17 March 2015 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by SweetPoet345 (talk • contribs) 09:53, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

The answer to your question is to WP:MOVE it. But I doubt you'll get the chance since it looks like the article is going to be deleted. Maybe you should go through the Articles for Creation process. And ask yourself if the subject you're writing about is notable enough for an article. Dismas|^(talk) 10:09, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Same user as 122.148.163.131 and Pabdelma in multiple threads above. Clear WP:CIR and approaching WP:NOTHERE. I have reported them at ANI. ―Mandruss ☎ 10:15, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Isidore

Isidore and Isidore (disambiguation) are so similar in format and content that they can't both be correct usage. How should this be corrected? ―Mandruss ☎ 14:19, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Either could be correct, but not both at once. I suggest a merge. Maproom (talk) 14:34, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

After I posted that, I belatedly checked out how other names are handled. For example, there are a William (name) and a William (disambiguation), but the former looks a lot different from Isidore. ―Mandruss ☎ 14:36, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Maybe Marcus is a better example of such a separation. It contains everything except given names, which are included as link to Marcus (name). Seems like a good approach. GermanJoe (talk) 14:44, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

How odd that there is no common treatment for given names. I'm inclined to just leave it alone, given that anything I did would be subject to the next guy's whim in the absence of any guideline. ―Mandruss ☎ 14:48, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Stewart Bowman Johnson

I wish to add an article about the artist Stewart Bowman Johnson but I do not know how. Can someone help? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Auhor71 (talk • contribs) 14:27, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

You could read Wikipedia:Your first article to learn how, or add his name to one of the lists at Wikipedia:Requested articles and wait for someone else to create one. Maproom (talk) 14:33, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

featured page

how do you become featured on the featured content? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.172.194.254 (talk) 15:17, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

There are different types of featured content linked below, or maybe you want Wikipedia:Today's featured article. PrimeHunter (talk) 15:45, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Featured content:

• Featured articles
• Featured lists
• Featured pictures
• Featured topics

General Wikipedia Doubts

1) Wikipedia Profile

I am planning to create two Wikipedia pages for Ansar Gallary Shopping Mall & Safari Group have many branches across Qatar and Dubai they have subsidiary group also. I have friend who is working in top management in both companies. they can provide the correct information of both shopping mall.

the links for full profile not available on Web. So Could you please guide me in which way I can create the page.

2) Wikipedia profile Images

for example for the above shopping site I also want to upload their images. When I had a talk on info-commons@wikimedia.org one of the admin said they can send direct to permissions-commons@wikimedia.org

In such a case , though which account I can upload this images to Wikipedia account. Is it possible to upload in mine after the send direct to permission commons?

3) Wikipedia Profile Photo shoot

Some of the Film Celebrities ask me to put their photo shoot images but I said its against Wikipedia rule. I wanna know, Is it possible if they send photoshoot images to make wikipedia profile.

Appreciate answer for above 3 Questions — Preceding unsigned comment added by Niyazsky (talk • contribs) 16:15, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Hello, Niyazsky. I am afraid that you have some misunderstandings about Wikipedia. It is not a directory, advertising of any sort is not permitted on it, it does not contain profiles, and people connected with a subject are strongly discouraged from having any involvement in an article about that subject. Please see what Wikipedia is not and Your first article.

Having said that, it is possible that there could be articles about those two businesses. Wikipedia articles should be written almost entirely on the basis of what people with no connection to them have written about them and published in reliable places like major newspapers. Information from the top management of the company is not permitted in the article, unless it has also been published.

What you need to do is to find places where people who have no connection with the mall and the group have written articles about them, and published them in major newspapers or magazines (or books from reputable publishers). Blogs and social media will not do, nor will anything published by the companies themselves (including press releases). If you can find suvh writing, then there can be articles on them; but because you have a friend in the top management it may be difficult for you to write in a suitably neutral way about them: I suggest you use the article wizard. You need to make sure, as I said, that everything in the article (apart possible from some uncontroversial factual data such as dates and numbers) comes directly from independent published sources, and make sure that there is no advertising language in it (see Peacock words).

As for pictures: with few exceptions, all pictures in Wikipedia must be released under a free licence. The holder of the copyright (usually the photographer, unless they have assigned it) must explicitly release the picture under a licence such as CC-BY-SA - see donating copyright materials for how to do this. You have had an account long enough, and have made enough edits, that you are allowed to upload pictures: preferably, load them to Wikimedia commons.

I don't understand quite what you are asking about the Photo shoot: the celebrities probably don't own the copyright to those pictures (though they might do). The copyright owner must release the picture as I said above. --ColinFine (talk) 17:05, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

How do I do this Category stuff?

There is a Category:Art Deco architecture. It has several ‘’’Subcategories’’’. I would like to add Category:Art Deco architecture in New York to the list of Subcategories, but do not know how to do this. Any suggestions? Ideas? Theories?
Carptrash (talk) 18:19, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Category:Art Deco architecture in New York is already a subcategory of Category:Art Deco architecture in the United States by state which is a sub cat of Category:Art Deco architecture in the United States which is a subcat of Category:Art Deco architecture by country which is a subcat of Category:Art Deco architecture.--ukexpat (talk) 18:54, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Font

HOW DI CHANGE THE FONT TO NEW TIMES ROMAN — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:30A:2C18:9150:F0AF:94E2:1DF:7172 (talk) 18:51, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Where do you want to change it? Do you want article text to show up in Times New Roman? Anon124 (+2) (notify me of responses! / talk / contribs) 19:08, 17 March 2015 (UTC)