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    November 11

    Requesting a speedy deletion of an article nominated for deletion.

    If an article is currently nominated for deletion, am I allowed to request it for a speedy deletion? Hitcher vs. Candyman (talk) 00:48, 11 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    In reviewing the deletion policy, I don't see any rule against requesting speedy deletion of an article that is nominated for deletion. However, as the deletion policy states, speedy deletion should only be requested in the most obvious cases. If the article in question is Tommy Duggan (actor), I do not think that speedy deletion under A7 is appropriate and would let the deletion discussion run. If you have another article in mind that you did not nominate for deletion, then is there a specific reason that you want to end the deletion discussion? The only reason that I can think of why I would tag an article for speedy deletion when a deletion discussion is underway would be copyright violation. That is my opinion. Other editors may have other opinions. Robert McClenon (talk) 01:07, 11 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    @Robert McClenon: I can understand that. By the way, speaking of deletion, I have nominated another article, Malick Bowens, for deletion. Unlike the Duggan article, I requested the Bowens article for deletion manually rather than the use of Twinkle. I think my request my request for deletion for the Bowens article is incomplete and that I forgot to do something. Hitcher vs. Candyman (talk) 01:22, 11 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    Your deletion nomination of Malick Bowens appears to be complete. That article is closer to being a candidate for A7, but I would still suggest letting the deletion discussion run. If in doubt as to what method to use to get rid of a cruddy article, use Articles for Deletion, which is a community process and is transparent. My own opinion is to use speedy deletion only if the article is in some way harmful, rather than because it isn't good or appropriate. Robert McClenon (talk) 02:18, 11 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    Awards Thomas McGuane

    Would like to add this to my Wiki page:

    THOMAS MCGUANE

    Montana Governor's Award for the Arts, 1988; Northwestern Bookseller's Award, 1992; Golden Plate Award, American Academy Achievement, 1993; honorary doctorate degrees from Montana State University, 1993, and Rocky Mountain College, 1995.

    And if possible I would like to note that I have been frequently included in Best American Short Stories, and have been similarly honored in Best American Essays, Best American Mystery Stories and Best American Sports Essays — Preceding unsigned comment added by Westboulder (talk • contribs) 01:33, 11 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    Hello, @Westboulder:. Please see WP:COI, in general you shouldn't edit articles about yourself or other topics, where you have a "conflict of interest". You should post suggestions for changes on the article's talkpage. Please make sure to provide independent reliable sources for your information, and add the template {{request edit}} on top of your message text (see Template:request edit for more info). Other editors will look into your suggestion and implement it, if it is within Wikipedia's content guidelines. Such requests are usually backlogged, so it may take some time for your request to be answered by a volunteer. PS: I took the liberty and trimmed the looong title a bit :), such headers disrupt the table of content and are really hard to read. GermanJoe (talk) 01:55, 11 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    Mike The Mover-Wikipedia. .

    MIKE THE MOVER IS A FEDERALLY REGISTERED TRADEMARK. Your story line suggests that my company is under a current Washington state restraining order WUTC/1997). That order has never been enforced, and the company enjoys exempt status as a household goods carrier. See: The Original Mike The Mover web-page. MTM. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mike the Mover (talk • contribs) 01:48, 11 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    The article in question is Mike the Mover. You have a conflict of interest with regard to editing the article yourself, but it is subject to the biographies of living persons policy. If you think that the article should be corrected, either go to the article talk page, Talk:Mike the Mover, or post a thread to the biographies of living persons noticeboard. Robert McClenon (talk) 02:24, 11 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    Mike the Mover, it is possible your username would be considered promotional because it is the name of the business. Changing your username might be a good idea.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 22:42, 13 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    The copyrighted sculpture Neptune Virginia Beach

    Note: that per our naming conventions, the article under discussion has been moved to King Neptune (statue) -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 03:11, 11 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    Greetings. I am Paul DiPasquale, author and sculptor of Neptune Virginia Beach - this is the registered copyrighted title. The sculpture has been owned by the City of Virginia Beach since 2005, however I retain copyright; of course I have that document. There is currently a Wikipedia site titled "King Neptune Virginia Beach" ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Neptune_statue,_Virginia_Beach ). This was put up a while ago with no ill intent I believe by an employee at the Neptune Festival a 501-C3 organization also located in Virginia Beach. The information was mostly taken from my website, PublicSculpture.info and is cited as such. Other parts of it came from interviews done with me by press and other media publications (also pulling from my web site) and some of that information has clearly become misconstrued or confusing in its reporting and re-reporting. Parts of what is currently posted has been mis-interpreted and mis-understood. I found this out recently because a writer for the Virginia Beach publication "Sunny Day" who wants to write about the production of the Neptune Virginia Beach statue telephoned me and asked me to clear up her confusion over what she had read on the Wikipedia site. This prompted me to go to the site (first time I'd seen it). I was both surprised and perturbed.

    For example, under "Fundraising and Dedication" section is this sentence which ends that paragraph:

    "DiPasquale’s initial plans for the statue’s makeup led to low cost expectations, but the materials were deemed unable to withstand heavy storms and were then replaced by more an expensive metal in bronze."

    The writer has confused the choice and use of the clay vs. plaster and wood for use in constructing the full scale working model which will then be molded and cast with the end result of producing the full scale statue in bronze.

    So, I rewrote most of the writing on this site, making factual corrections about what materials were used or planned for use, when various processes were done, etc. I gave this to my assistant to upload on Wikipedia and that hasn't worked well... so far. Red Flags went up. My assistant explained to Wikipedia that she works for me and the response was that her "data may be biased". Meanwhile, much of the previous information on the site has been taken down and the notice "This section does not cite any reference sources" is at the top of the page... but the above quoted sentence still remains.

    So, as the designer, author and copyright holder of this sculpture, Neptune Virginia Beach, am I not a reliable source? Can I not make corrections starting with the incorrect title of my work? My re-write is in the same format as what is/was on the site. If I try to upload this under my Wikipedia Account as opposed to my assistant's account will that work? Or perhaps the better solution would for me to put up a new entry, properly titled, and request the removal of the wrongly titled posting? I would greatly appreciate your direction here and then my assistant and/or I will follow the proper Wikipedia channels to get this correctly posted. Thank you. Dipasqualepublicsculpture (talk) 02:02, 11 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    @Dipasqualepublicsculpture: If the content of the article is based primarily upon your webisite, that is problematic as articles should based primarily upon what third parties have discussed about the subject of the article. And no, as a person/site with a conflict of interest what you say is considered "reliable" only for certain limited content -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 02:07, 11 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    Read the conflict of interest policy and the dispute resolution policy. If you think that the article has errors, you or your assistant should discuss on the article talk page, Talk: King Neptune statue, Virginia Beach. I do not see any recent discussion of the edits made by your assistant. Robert McClenon (talk) 02:10, 11 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    You are also welcome to insert the template {{accuracy}} at the top of the page, which will add the following notice: This article's factual accuracy is disputed. Please help to ensure that disputed statements are reliably sourced. See the relevant discussion on the talk page. This will put readers (and other editors) on notice that portions of the article may not be accurate, and that you have some information to contribute to its improvement (on the Talk page). This does not change the fact that one or more reliable sources (other than you) are needed for any information added or changed in the article, but will encourage other editors to help find such sources. General Ization Talk 03:22, 11 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    Wiki Ed

    I'm not sure where to post this question, but I noticed recent edits to O Street Market by a student editor. The recent edits are problematic (WP:WEIGHT, WP:TONE, etc.), but I'm not sure if this is some type of test for the student (Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Bucknell University/Too Much Information (Fall 2015)) and the professor will be checking the article? If I remove some of the content, is this considered discouraging the Wikipedia:Education program? The program must have started during my four year hiatus because I'm not familiar with it. APK whisper in my ear 06:27, 11 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    I cannot see how the status of the editor impacts the validity/quality of their edits in any way. If the edits are inappropriate, revert them. Rwessel (talk) 07:18, 11 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    I agree, if there were student editors taking test it should be done in project/user space anyway. Mlpearc (open channel) 07:24, 11 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    The page for this class of students is here. I have had a look at the edits made by a few of the other students: they were generally good. But I think that the best thing to do with MikeMc95's edits is to revert them wholesale. (As well as the issues mentioned above, I suspect them of being a copyvio; but the referencing is so poor that I can't check.) Maproom (talk) 09:17, 11 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    While I agree with the answer given by@Rwessel:, I fully support the decision by @AgnosticPreachersKid: to check in to see if something had changed. By the way welcome back APK. While I don't recall when the education program first started it has grown considerably in the last few years. We have a new notification system which hopefully notified you of this message. As before editors can start articles in their own sandboxes but we also have a formal space: Wikipedia:Drafts. Other changes as well.--S Philbrick(Talk) 14:53, 11 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you all for the help. APK whisper in my ear 16:19, 11 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    Referencing errors on Isaac Benayon Sabbá

    Reference help requested. Hi, how can I fix the problem reported? Thanks, Dsabba77 (talk) 09:59, 11 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    I see you have sorted the date out - the other problem was that you had used both the page and pages parameters - I have removed the pages. If you look at the diff you provided in the title above, each of the red-text points in the references section has a "help" in blue after it - clicking the help leads to an explanation of what is wrong with that parameter. - Arjayay (talk) 10:56, 11 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    Help:Cite errors/Cite error references duplicate key

    Use the grand bastard background for loss recovery efferts hiden in art galleries Colorado/Chicago/NY/AZ/default for tide to move in after camp1 sold without my knowledge

    — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.229.209.175 (talk) 14:51, 11 November 2015‎ (UTC)[reply]

    Would you like to repose your question in English, IP user? And telling us the name of the Wikipedia page in question might help as well. --ColinFine (talk) 15:37, 11 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    These are perfectly cromulent words, but the order does not embiggen the spirit.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 03:55, 12 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    Alasdair Drysdale

    Could someone please inform me of the correct parameters to cite a chapter in a book? Thanks.Gomach (talk) 14:57, 11 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    {{cite book}} has a "| chapter= " parameter. --David Biddulph (talk) 15:04, 11 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    I have used that parameter but can't get the citation to read properly in the article space. Any ideas...Gomach (talk) 16:05, 11 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    As far as I can see, the text which you have specified in the | chapter= parameter is correctly displayed for each of the two instances where you have used it in Alasdair Drysdale#Book chapters. Perhaps you can explain in more detail what you think the problem is? --David Biddulph (talk) 16:35, 11 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    I thought the editors would have been listed after the title of the book.Gomach (talk) 17:12, 11 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    I don't understand, if your question is about editors, why not ask about the editors and not ask about chapters. That said, the template will display the information in whatever order it is set to. You can put the parameters in any order that you like within the source of the article but how it's displayed is up to the template. If you feel that the order that it gets displayed in should be changed, then you should bring that up for discussion on the talk page for the cite book template. Dismas|(talk) 18:40, 11 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    need your help and judtic

    some claims not related to Wikipedia -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 18:22, 11 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    The United Nations issued a death sentence on the family of a former employee of UNRWA

    UN practiced terrorism against staff and lack of justice . Terrorism and persecution, repression and authoritarianism and centralization are not just words it acts perpetrated against United Nations staff, especially in UNRWA

    Dear sir

    i send you my message hope you can help me and Send my problem to the Secretary-General of the United Nations .


    I have a very sad and strange story , hope you listen my story and help me , that you are the voice of rights and justice ,

    I am Mohammad Hayek , Palestinian refugee , live in Syria, at Hama city, age 61 years , My family contains from my wife and two disabled sons and one disabled daughter , the old son have 33 years and second 23 years, the last 21 years, , all cannot serve themselves and need special care, , special need as diaper, clothes, foods, Gas, medicine and my wife always get seizures and convulsions nervous attached I am without any job and without any income and no anyone support my family specially In this bad situation and war in Syrian and high cost of living This is my story, it is about the terrorism in united nation against the employees :

    I was an employee at UNITED NATION IN UNRWA/ SYRIA FIELD since 1981 in the post social worker . In 15/5/ 2002 received termination letter from job, and the termination Start at the morning of 16/5/2002 , just they gave me only one hour and half before termination , for Reasons that are not real far from logic and reason and are inconsistent with the applicable regulations and rules staff at the United Nations . It is also contrary to the relief and social affairs in UNRWA instructions ( staff rule number (ST / SCB / 2010/6) also staff laws Secretary General of the United Nations are all bulletin issued from 2010 until 2014) ST / SGB /2010 - 2011 -2013 / 2014)

    and this rule no. and what including and say:

    10-1 A AND B - 10-2 Disciplinary measures 3-10 The formation of a commission of inquiry and waiting for the results (of legal proceedings in the disciplinary process 1-10 Employee granting vacation administrative authorities pending investigation 7-9 Notice of termination is given the employee a period of three months before the entry into force of the decision to end the service of the employee Permanent Appointment and one-month period of the employee for a limited time B-3-10 Any disciplinary action on the employee must be proportionate to the nature and seriousness of his misconduct. This is not actually not by the administration or by the Joint Appeals Board nor by UNRWA Dispute Tribunal. Facility personnel Act 2014

    All these laws are not taken into account and did not care at all and has not been any work of executing the law , On the contrary, they did not give any time limit by defending myself only an hour and half before the validity of the decision of termination

    It proceeded to follow all the legitimate means available in the United Nations system, but no one achieves one of justice and fairness :

    1-It resorted to the Joint Appeals Board in UNRWA but it was the second face of the administration and stressed the dismissal decision .

    2-Advanced to the UNRWA Dispute Tribunal but to no avail arguing exceeded the time limit allowed a three-year note that UNRWA Dispute Tribunal flag directly attributable to the year 2010, how me to extend by three years .

    3-I went to the Court of Appeal in New York, but confirmed the judgment of the Dispute Tribunal to UNRWA to exceed three years deadline .

    As for the content of the decision of termination, I enclose a copy with him and discuss and refute the grounds set out in it according to the instructions relief in force at the time. If you would like to help me deliver my voice to the Secretary-General of the United Nations to achieve justice and fairness and erosion authoritarianism and centralization and personal interests of senior staff I will send you all official documents relating to this issue

    thank you

    with my best regard

    Mohammad Hayek

    31.9.232.13 (talk) 18:03, 11 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    This is the help desk about how to use or edit Wikipedia. Do you have a question about that? -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 18:23, 11 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    Vandalism on my talk page

    Hello. A week ago, a user named: "Come my body" was given a warning for his consistent vandalism. He removed it. I undid his edit, thinking that you shouldn't remove these kinds of warnings on your talk page. He undid my edit. I undid his. However, some users intervened and said I should stop, and I did. A user called: "NeiN" told me that he could remove the warning if he wanted to. I then thought that through and thought it was right. I accepted his statement without replying to him.

    A week later (today), Come my body vandalized my talk page, adding pictures of middle fingers. I undid his edit, with the summary: "Undoing vandalism". He undid my edit. I undid that edit again, saying: "I apologize for what I did to your talk page a week ago, but I want an explanation." He stopped, but added a message saying: "You said you apologized? No, you didn't." I just did in that summary.

    Is there any help that anyone could give me on this situation? Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pezminer12 (talk • contribs) 18:08, 11 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    @Pezminer12: It is not clear what type of help you need, can you be more specific ? Mlpearc (open channel) 18:17, 11 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    @Mlpearc: Sorry, I was just wondering if there were any tips on how I could avoid possible incidents like this in the future. Pezminer12 (talk) 18:22, 11 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    The original poster appears to want advice on how to deal with a troll. First, with a very few exceptions, an editor has the right to remove talk page warnings, and Come on body had the right to do that. Second, administrator Floquenbeam has issued a final warning. Third, in general, trolls can be reported at WP:ANI. (In my opinion, it wasn't simple vandalism that is reported at WP:AIV.) However, in this case, asking for advice here has had the desired effect of reporting the troll. Robert McClenon (talk) 18:28, 11 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    (e/c) The user vandalizing your page has been blocked indefinitely by User:NeilN. Neil was correct to tell you last week that people can remove block notices and warnings from their own talk pages, but when you run across trolls like this, they'll find some way to pester you no matter what you do. Reporting them to WP:AIV usually (not always, but usually) results in a fairly quick resolution (I disagree with the comment above that this wasn't appropriate for AIV); until they're blocked, just ignore them and wait to remove their vandalism until once they've been blocked (to avoid wasting your time). Does that help? --Floquenbeam (talk) 18:30, 11 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    @Pezminer12: One thing you generally need and should do to situate yourself properly to ask for a block at WP:AIV is warn the user, using an escalating series of warnings, and then ask for a block shortly after the conduct continues, following a final warning. This is not mechanical rule blindly followed. You can start with higher level warnings depending on the degree of the conduct, and many admins will block for truly egregious edits without a "full series", but doing this consistently will serve you well. WP:WARN contains a listing of most you might need for any given situation.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 03:47, 12 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    Oh, ok. Thank you for telling me where to report trolls. I totally acknowledge that users can remove talk page warnings if they want to. I'll keep this in mind in the future. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pezminer12 (talk • contribs) 13:44, 12 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    Failed translations

    I've noticed a few new pages recently tagged as content translation which simply consist of articles in another language, not translated. Is there a particular reason for this, and can anything be done to help? Thanks, --Rubbish computer (HALP!: I dropped the bass?) 19:12, 11 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    I don't know why people do this; but what you can do is add them to WP:Pages needing translation into English. --ColinFine (talk) 00:01, 12 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    Adding links to related pages

    I want to add some links from some Wikipedia pages to related materials on the International Buster Keaton Society website. For example, linking http://www.busterkeaton.com/Films/A01_The_Butcher_Boy.html to Wikipedia's https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Butcher_Boy_(1917_film). How do I do this correctly?Davidbpearson (talk) 20:28, 11 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    @Davidbpearson: Hi David, if you wanted to link that, you would write

    [http://www.busterkeaton.com/Films/A01_The_Butcher_Boy.html]
    which would result in this
    [1]
    If you wanted to give it a title, such as "Lorem Ipsum", you would write this
    [http://www.busterkeaton.com/Films/A01_The_Butcher_Boy.html Lorem Ipsum]
    which would result in this
    Lorem Ipsum
    If you wanted to use it as a reference, you should check through Template:Cite web and use those guidelines. Please also note that when linking to Wikipedia pages within Wikipedia, you should use four square brackets ([[Lorem ipsum]], resulting in Lorem ipsum) rather than a full URL. Thanks, Jjamesryan (talk) 07:08, 12 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    November 12

    Help with Page creation

    Hi,

    I am trying to create a Wikipedia page for New Heights Education Group, Ohio. I volunteer with them and would like to submit an article.

    The current account I was using kept disapproving the article submitted. Now it says the page may have been deleted as it was not edited for 6 months.

    Could you please help me with this?

    Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by NewHeights1 (talk • contribs) 00:03, 12 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    @NewHeights1: given that in order to have a wikipedia article, the subject must meet some minimum requirements like having had significant coverage about the subject in reliably published sources that are independent from the subject and it doesnt appear that any news organization has written about the subject at all, it is unlikely that anyone can help "fix" that.
    Also, please read our conflict of interest policies -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 02:41, 12 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    Vandalism found

    Chris Benoit

    Un-editable page due to vandalism

    Please delete item under Accomplishments - Father of the Year (2007) and Runner Up (2008)

    2007 was the year this person committed a murder-suicide of his family.

    Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.87.115.238 (talk) 08:06, 12 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

     Done I've removed 'Father of the Year' as clear vandalism - thank you for letting us know. You can also make an edit request on protected articles in the future samtar {t} 08:12, 12 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you for doing that, @Samtar:, but when you encounter vandalism it is advisable to look in the article history to see what other vandalism the editor has committed on the article, and revert the lot. I have now done so. --David Biddulph (talk) 08:39, 12 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    Apologies David Biddulph, I quickly looked over this one (something I don't often do!) and missed that bit out. Thank you for catching it samtar {t} 13:48, 12 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    Noah Webster

    — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gary Clarence Baker (talk • contribs) 14:46, 12 November 2015‎ (UTC)[reply]

    If you are referring to your edit to E Clampus Vitus, the error message said "Cite error: There are <ref> tags on this page without content in them (see the help page).", and the word "help" was in blue to indicate that it was a wikilink, in this case to Help:Cite errors/Cite error ref no input. I have reverted the edit for you. - David Biddulph (talk) 15:13, 12 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    Deepwater Horizon oil spill

    Reference number 175 is showing cite error. --Galaxy Kid (talk) 17:25, 12 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    Fixed by using different ref names for different references.[2] PrimeHunter (talk) 18:46, 12 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    giant white space under Table of Contents on pages with infoboxes

    Tracked in Phabricator
    Task T118475

    I'm suddenly seeing whitespace like this on every article with a TOC that ends before infobox. Happening on both Chrome/Firefox for Mac. —'''''YO 😜 18:21, 12 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    This is being dealt with at Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)#TOC problem and at phab:T118475. -- John of Reading (talk) 18:27, 12 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    Note: yes, I'm seeing the same "effect" also with images, added in a section, that are longer than the section. Btw, this effect doesn't appear in other WP editions. My message is just to add a further detail and because I was going to ask the question. My thanks to Мандичка and John :) --Dэя-Бøяg 18:48, 12 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    I have made a temporary fix to MediaWiki:Common.css until the underlying issue in phab:T118475 is fixed.[3] PrimeHunter (talk) 20:55, 12 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    If you fixed something, it doesn't appear to be fixed at this moment in time in IE 11, even when I do an Alt-F5. It appears to work in Chrome 47. • Sbmeirow • Talk • 21:58, 12 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    My fix worked but was reverted because it apparently broke other things. I doubt it was worse than literally millions (according to a small Special:Random sample) of articles with a large gap before the first section heading. A modified fix has now been made.[4] PrimeHunter (talk) 22:15, 12 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    phab:T118475 has now been fixed. This should be a permanent solution. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:40, 13 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    Need help with infobox film

    I have inserted a TV-film infoboks in The March (1990 film) with some success. The annoying part is that the box seams to have pushed the first chapter down under the box, for no apparent reason. Infoboxes aren't known to cause such problems. Could someone take a look and fix it.--Ezzex (talk) 19:39, 12 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    Just ignore it. It's a Wikipedia-wide problem discussed at Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)#Blank spaces left when second-level headings follow floating boxes. PrimeHunter (talk) 19:47, 12 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    Ok. Thanks for the info.--Ezzex (talk) 19:53, 12 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    Flying the American Flag

    We have been told that No other flag can fly with the American Flag on the same pole. Yet, we see many flags, i.e. POWS, Marine, Navy etc. on the same pole below the American flag. It has been suggested that we hang any other flag from a yard arm Please help 19:51, 12 November 2015 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.4.165.170 (talk)

    I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over 6.8 million articles and thought we were affiliated in some way with that subject. Please note that you are at Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and this page is for asking questions related to using or contributing to Wikipedia itself. Thus, we have no special knowledge about the subject of your question. You can, however, search our vast catalogue of articles by typing a subject into the search field on the upper right side of your screen. If you cannot find what you are looking for, we have a reference desk, divided into various subject areas, where asking knowledge questions is welcome. Best of luck. --S Philbrick(Talk) 20:03, 12 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    That said, the code of conduct for flying the flag can be found here. Dismas|(talk) 20:04, 12 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    More here Mlpearc (open channel) 20:12, 12 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    Help:Cite errors/Cite error references duplicate key

    see Battle of Buna–Gona there is one cite error in this article. It has only just 'appeared'. Tried pasting the first over the second to make them identical but didn't work. Help! Cinderella157 (talk) 23:39, 12 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    @Cinderella157: The error message comes from a check recently added to the MediaWiki software. It's supposed to report different definitions of the same ref name but in this case the article has two identical:
    {{sfn|Blakeley|1956|p=67|ps=. Cited in Advance to Buna – Part 2 of The 32nd 'Red Arrow' Infantry Division in World War II.<ref name=32ndDiv/>}}
    The use of {{sfn}} creates the ref name FOOTNOTEBlakeley195667. The nested reference <ref name=32ndDiv/> apparently causes an error not currently covered by the linked help page Help:Cite errors/Cite error references duplicate key (written by me). There has always been limitations on nested references. This looks like a new limitation. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:24, 13 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    I have added it to the help page.[5] PrimeHunter (talk) 00:44, 13 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    @PrimeHunter, thanks for the reply. I had previously run HarvErrors.js without errors. The recently added error check has identified as an error something which was not in error? It worked quite well before. This would appear to be a problem with the new software? Cinderella157 (talk) 00:48, 13 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    I have posted to the developer at User talk:Matma Rex#Nested references with identical definitions. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:36, 13 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    @Cinderella157: The reply is at User talk:PrimeHunter#Re: Nested references with identical definitions. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:27, 14 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    November 13

    Referencing errors on Bill Hartack

    Reference help requested.

    Thanks, 108.38.51.73 (talk) 00:29, 13 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    If I have erred in changing the Bill Hartack page, please be specific about how I can do it better. Thanks.

    The link in your section heading shows the problem: An empty <ref></ref> was inserted at the start of the page. This can happen if you accidentally click a link below or above the edit box during editing. I have fixed it. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:48, 13 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    How to create push-pin-map location

    How do I add Olema, CA, USA as a push-pin-map location for the infobox on Sir and Star? I already added CA and USA. Just need to know where to add data for Olema. Where does Lua pull that info from? Lua reports a big red error if I try Olema or any nearby towns.

    The coordinates are:

    • latitude = 38.040744
    • longitude = 122.787743

    Ping me back. Cheers! {{u|Checkingfax}} {Talk} 00:37, 13 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    @Checkingfax: if you want to put a pushpin map for Olema, then you need to create it, it currently doesn't exist. All available locmaps are listed here. --Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 08:27, 13 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    Edgars2007, I guess I assumed the pushpin_map parameter in the infobox hotel or restaurant template would place the pushpin via the existing California map. Cheers! {{u|Checkingfax}} {Talk} 08:32, 13 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    Edgars2007, Turns out I had the longitude wrong. Once I put a minus sign in front of it like this:
    • latitude = 38.040744
    • longitude = -122.787743
    The pushpin popped right on to the California map in the right place. Sir and Star uses template:infobox restaurant for the pushpin map. The map won't show up at all if the parent template of template:infobox hotel is used instead. See below too. Cheers! {{u|Checkingfax}} {Talk} 04:07, 14 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    Another pushpin map Gremlin

    PrimeHunter and Edgars2007:

    On Little River Inn the coordinates are correct but the pushpin maps are not rendering in template:infobox hotel. There is a template called {{location}} but it does not offer an embedded/embed or module/child parameter. Please ping me back. Cheers! {{u|Checkingfax}} {Talk} 04:07, 14 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    @Checkingfax: the correct parameter at Infobox hotel is |map_type=. Fixed --Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 06:30, 14 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    Jobbik (political movement)

    Your website claims that Jobbik is "far-right." This is illogical as they have repeatedly condemned capitalism, which in its nature is "far-right." If you can provide the information that Jobbik is either a capitalistic movement, or is misrepresenting their position, please feel free to send it to me. If you are unable to do so, I will assume that most of the website is bogus if wikipedia cannot get something that simple correct. I can only imagine what else is patently false on it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:190:301:1FCA:1A3:85B7:2848:1225 (talk) 06:00, 13 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    Wikipedia goes by what reputable published sources have said. It tends to disregard what subjects of articles say about themselves, as less reliable. The Jobbik article has ample references (including all those currently numbered 22-29) showing that Jobbik is regarded as "fascist", "neo-Nazi", etc. And no-one here cares what you imagine. Maproom (talk) 09:11, 13 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    The infobox says "Far-right". Blue text is a link. Click it to see discussion of the meaning which isn't just "capitalism". PrimeHunter (talk) 12:50, 13 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    Indeed the article on Far-right politics does not even mention "capitalism." But it does identify far-right with nationalist—which Jobbik certainly is. —teb728 t c 02:04, 14 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    TFA

    Do other Wikipedias all have a exhibit of their FAs like ENWP? Are their interval all 24 hours? (as in are there "weekly articles")—Eat me, I'm an azuki (talk · contribs · email) 08:05, 13 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    @Eat me, I'm an azuki: I'm not sure that every Wikipedia does that. Most probably not all, especially the small ones, which probably doesn't have their FA equivalent. And those who exhibit, most probably not changing every 24 h. --Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 08:22, 13 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    Wikipedia language editions vary in many respects and some are very small with few features. The Danish Wikipedia (my native language) has a weekly article on the main page, and it doesn't need featured article status. There is also a daily article but that is a daily Scandinavian article in another language. The Scandinavian languages are very similar. Some Wikipedias don't have a concept of featured articles. Some Wikipedias have a static main page, maybe only very small Wikipedias. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:07, 13 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    Mobile operating system

    Fix reference 5 and Reference 76. --Galaxy Kid (talk) 13:15, 13 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    Yes, sir, Galaxy Kid, sir! Dismas|(talk) 13:26, 13 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    cannot find an item that I read yesterday

    Yesterday, I read the complete diary of Mary Spring Rice on gunrunning trip on board Ascard in 1914. Today, no matter I try I cannot find the item. I can find many refs. to the diaries but I cannot find them. How do I use Wikipedia to relocate this item ?. Many thanks, Michael Martin14:46, 13 November 2015 (UTC)~ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.44.59.158 (talk)

    Wikipedia does not have diaries, so if you did read it somewhere on Wikipedia yesterday, and cannot find it today, it is likely because the content was removed as inappropriate content for an encyclopedia.
    You might want to check out Wikisource where it is possible that diary would be appropriate. Link to Wikisource home page -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 19:16, 13 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    Babe Ruth

    Just wondering why on the BABE RUTH site there is no mention to his parents? That I could see in that very long baseball history that starts when he is 7. As a Genealogist I am interested in his family lineage. found his death cert for your convenience. Thank you for adding this to his "history"

    Name George Herman Ruth Event Type Death Event Date 16 Aug 1948 Event Place Manhattan, New York, New York, United States Address 110 Riverside Drive Residence Place New York, New York, New York Gender Male Age 53 Marital Status Married Race White Occupation retired baseball player Birth Date 07 Feb 1895 Birthplace Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland Burial Date 19 Aug 1948 Cemetery Gate of Heaven Cemetery Father's Name George H. Ruth Father's Birthplace Maryland Mother's Name Katherine Schamberger Mother's Birthplace Maryland Spouse's Name Claire Citing this Record

    "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2WYC-X4W : accessed 13 November 2015), George Herman Ruth, 16 Aug 1948; citing Death, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, New York Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 2,134,508.

    GreettaylorGreertaylor (talk) 14:59, 13 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    Hi Greertaylor - The Babe Ruth#Early years section describes his early life in some detail - his birth, his parents, his siblings etc. although it does admit "Many aspects of Ruth's childhood are undetermined, including the date of his parents' marriage." We can only include information that has already been published in reliable sources and given the fame of the man, I am sure the biographers will have tried every avenue. If you think there is information we have not covered, then please suggest what, and where it is cited, on the article's talk page Talk:Babe Ruth which has quite extensive archives, which may already covered additional information you want adding. Arjayay (talk) 15:19, 13 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    Preventing an edit war

    For a BLP article. Are half-brothers and/or half-sisters considered "siblings"? Buster Seven Talk 15:34, 13 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    See Sibling#Half-siblings. General Ization Talk
    Thanks General. I appreciate the lead. I guess I should have asked "What is Wikipedia's stance on half-siblings (if it has one}? Buster Seven Talk 15:46, 13 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    To be pedantic, Sibling#Half-sibling (without an s on the end of the section name) is the working link to the section concerned. --David Biddulph (talk) 16:03, 13 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    Could you please explain what you mean by "Wikipedia's stance" - where, and in which article, are you wanting to use, or remove, half-brothers and/or half-sisters?
    I do not know of a specific guideline, but one recent dispute was the inclusion of half-brothers/sisters and sister/brother-in-law in the relatives section of the infobox at Kendall Jenner
    There were numerous names in this earlier version - until it was agreed that they would all be removed. - Arjayay (talk) 16:39, 13 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    The article is Darrelle Revis. The "embryonic" editor wants to add halfs which have not been verified. So, its not really an issue there. But it raised the "who is a sibling and who isn't a sibling" question in my mind....for other future articles that I might create or edit. It's a slippery slope and I wondered if any editors had seen some discussion on the topic. Buster Seven Talk 19:02, 13 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    The Kendall Jenner is a good example for a situation where every fact of lineage and heredity is established and verified and agreed to by all the parties. But what about when parenthood is ambiguous or denied by one of the parents (usually the father)? Do we allow it in an article? Just curious. Buster Seven Talk 19:08, 13 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    It is probably not appropriate to cover contested/alleged children of a parent in the article of the recognized child. WP:UNDUE / WP:COATRACK . Unless the recognized child who is the subject of the article has specifically engaged in the discussion of their alleged siblings in a notable manner, over a significant period of time as covered by the reliable sources. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 19:26, 13 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    Example: Lee and Pat are married and have a child, Lou. Chris alleges an affair with Pat and that Chris' child Stevie is a result of that affair, which is denied by Pat. The articles about Pat and Chris may cover the alleged paternity of Stevie, if reliable sources cover the allegation. The articles of Lee and Lou should generally not cover the allegations about Chris and Stevie. The article about Stevie should not proclaim Lou as a sibling, although with sources, it would be proper to say Pat is the alleged parent. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 19:34, 13 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    jerry jacoby

    your story about jerry jacobys custom cigarette is incorrect don aronow would not let jerry build the boat the boat was design and built by bart quartin get your facts correct — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:306:BD69:DE60:A00B:B5BB:36D:E9CA (talk) 15:41, 13 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    If you have a reliable published source, you are welcome to improve the article. (Actually, the article Jerry Jacoby could do with a lot of improving.) Like probably 99.9% of those who read this page, I had never heard of Jerry Jacoby so they're not my facts. --ColinFine (talk) 23:45, 13 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    The format of an article went crazy

    I made some edits and adds to a Wikipedia page and the entire format of the page Suzy Welch was affected. I am trying to see if I can revert to the initial format then simply re-apply source links and edits.

    Is this possible? 16:47, 13 November 2015 (UTC)16:47, 13 November 2015 (UTC)Mariew12 (talk) 16:47, 13 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

     Done. Mlpearc (open channel) 16:54, 13 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    Redirecting Niqqud versions of every Hebrew letter to the article about the letter

    Hi,
    I did this as an example; redirecting heth with niqqud to the article heth. I request all the Hebrew letters with niqqud versions to redirect to the article about that specific letter. The reason for this request is this, let's say somebody visited the article Uzziah and saw the original version of the name in Hebrew with niqqud. He wanted to learn the letters which makes the word Uzziah by copying and pasting those letters in the search box, so he pasted Ayin with kubutz. And the result is nothing.-- İskenderBalas💬 18:11, 13 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    I'd suggest bringing this up on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Judaism, since grabbing all of the possible combinations of Hebrew letters, niqqud, cantellation marks and dagesh would get rather large.Naraht (talk) 19:57, 13 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    The talk above was copied to the page Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Judaism#Redirecting_Niqqud_versions_of_every_Hebrew_letter_to_the_article_about_the_letter. If the talk here should be removed, I leave it to somebody else who knows these technical matters better. -- İskenderBalas💬 21:04, 13 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    I've seen considerably useful requests left on this page. I'd leave it. I just suggested somewhere where the average editor actually knows what a kubutz is. :)Naraht (talk) 21:43, 13 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    Can't work out what's wrong with my page

    Hello

    Hopefully you can see my page below?

    Cathy

    https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Gideon_Bensen&action=submit


    Cathyoates (talk) 20:45, 13 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    1. This is Wikipedia. For help with Wiktionary, please start here.
    2. "Your" page was deleted at Wiktionary because "Gideon Bensen" is not an appropriate entry for a dictionary. General Ization Talk 20:49, 13 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    Referencing errors on Allison Hedge Coke

    Reference help requested. Thanks. How do I fix the broken reference link noted? Thanks, QualityCtrl (talk) 21:30, 13 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    It appears that Bgwhite fixed it.--S Philbrick(Talk) 04:07, 14 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    Paris bombings/shootings

    Does anyone know if there is an article for the bombings and shootings in Paris that killed 18 people less than an hour ago? I looked it up, but I don't even see anything in List of terrorist incidents in France. epic genius (talk) 21:58, 13 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    November 14

    Blacklist

    I edited an article and added about 60 references, but I got a message saying that at least one of those external links was to a site on Wikipedia's blacklist. Is there any way at all that it can tell me which one out of my 60 citations has the blacklisted site on it, or would I have to scour the Blacklist and check off each one? Thanks! JTtheOG (talk) 01:23, 14 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    first thing save your draft offline in a text editing document @JTtheOG:! -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 02:00, 14 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    Yes, of course :) Done @TheRedPenOfDoom: JTtheOG (talk) 02:15, 14 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    Can you save your draft in your sandbox? can you open the actual article make a null edit of adding a space and save the existing article? -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 02:22, 14 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]


    @JTtheOG:I glanced at your recent contributions to see if I can guess which article had the issue. I fail to find it. An article on my watchlist recently had a notice added that there was a link on the blacklist. See Rene Portland. Note the template on the page, with the phrase "list of blacklisted links: " and a link with the word "show" which, if you click on identifies the link. Do have something like that?--S Philbrick(Talk) 04:03, 14 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    @Sphilbrick It didn't even let me save the page without getting rid of the blacklisted site, though. :/ I solved the issue; thank you to both! The article was List of deceased hip hop artists, and the blacklisted site was examiner.com. I found it after clicking "preview page" a few more times and it appeared under the inital blacklist warning. Thanks again! JTtheOG (talk) 05:30, 14 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    JTtheOG, too bad the examiner.com is not reliable as they do have a lot of interesting stories. I appealed their blacklisting years ago and my appeal failed. The problem is they don't fact-check, so we're better off throwing the baby out with the bath water. Cheers! {{u|Checkingfax}} {Talk} 05:50, 14 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    Mistakenly left e-mail

    Dear editors: Someone has left a message on this page: Talk:Avangate, thinking that they were contacting the company. What's the procedure in cases like this?—Anne Delong (talk) 01:58, 14 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    you could place a modification of the language from the {{astray}} template either on the talk page or the user page. redact any e-mail addresses. (potentially ask for oversight of them) -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 02:06, 14 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    Okay, how does it look now? I suppose if the person found there way to the page once, he or she may check it again and see the message.—Anne Delong (talk) 04:31, 14 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    Was Audrey Hepburn Saved By Jesus?

    Please someone tell me if Audrey Hepburn,was saved by Jesus!? She, had to be she was a christian and loved Jesus supremely,that's why she delibertly asked to play a nun in A Nun's Story. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.87.122.229 (talk) 06:02, 14 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    Nobody knows that sort of stuff, but here is a summary of stories on her faith. From her own mouth, "[I have] enormous faith, but it's not attached to any one in particular religion.... My mother was one thing, my father another. In Holland they were all Calvinists. That has no importance at all to me." InedibleHulk (talk) 06:23, November 14, 2015 (UTC)

    Half-italicizing titles

    I want to change Bellator MMA in 2015 so only the first two are italicized. It seems to be fully italic because of a transclusion from the TV Infobox template. I figured out I can "noinclude", but that only seems to work on the source, and I don't want to ruin all the show articles that need italics. I see something about parentheses in the Italic Title template, but wouldn't want to move the page to something that will be overriden by the infobox transclusion, giving me just an italic (Bellator MMA) in 2015.

    Any ideas? InedibleHulk (talk) 06:19, November 14, 2015 (UTC)

    @InedibleHulk: Is the current result what you wanted? See my edit. --Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 06:33, 14 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    Beautiful, thanks! I'll fix 2016. InedibleHulk (talk) 06:43, November 14, 2015 (UTC)
    @InedibleHulk: Um, I think a relevant question is, why should the term be italicized at all? It is italicized neither in the text of that article nor in the text of the main Bellator MMA article. We don't italicize names of companies or organizations, which is what sports promotions seem to be. Cf. WWE, etc. Deor (talk) 13:30, 14 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    For the longest time, it was the name of the promotion and the TV show it produced, regardless of the event number featured in it. It doesn't hold house shows. But now it seems the name for the weeklies is Bellator MMA Live and they have special names for their big "tent-pole" events. So yeah, I suppose we don't need italics anymore. InedibleHulk (talk) 13:48, November 14, 2015 (UTC)
    Though TV Guide still also goes with plain Bellator MMA. It's a mystery. InedibleHulk (talk) 13:51, November 14, 2015 (UTC)

    This article, Shijiazhuang, has too many unlicensed photos!

    This article, Shijiazhuang, has too many unlicensed photos! And some photos have original website logos. -- Paoting (talk) 12:23, 14 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

     Done I have now checked the copyright status of all images in this article, and removed the ones which had already been challenged on commons. These had been uploaded by a single user, who has been warned of a block on commons for these uploads. DES (talk) 14:14, 14 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    Referencing errors on Draft:Mo Saidi

    Reference help requested. I'd like to continue with the editing of my article aiming to correct the errors and improve the text and reference. Please help with these questions: 1-Should I include the references within the body of the text and not at the bottom of it? 2- I shall edit and abridge the introduction of my article, too; would that improve the chance of the article to get accepted? and 3- I use the MLA style to quote the references: is that okay? Yours, Mo H Saidi

    Thanks, MHS78257 (talk) 15:54, 14 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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