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Unable to add Infobox Image

Hello experienced editors,

I am attempting to upload and add an image to musician Randy Barlow's entry page. I have uploaded the image to English Wikipedia, with a non-free:promotional (publicity photo) rationale. I may or may not have done this correctly, but the image file did upload.

The image file is named Randy Barlow country music singer 1979.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Randy-Barlow-country-music-singer-1979.jpg#Summary

I have researched how to add an image for {{template:infobox musical artist

but my result is that file name text appears instead of the image: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Barlow

Below is the portion of the info box code pertaining to the image:

, but I don't know what. deisenbe deisenbe (talk) 19:05, 7 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Deisenbe: Hey Diesnbe, thanks for your question. Are you referring to ü? If you are using "edit source," It should be under the "special characters menu" under the Latin subheader; there is a scroll bar on the right side to show more characters in the list than the top set (starting with Á, á, À, à, etc.) As you said, there is also Template:Unicode which has relevant documentation page there. At worst, there you can always open up word processor and copy-and-paste, but the character is definitely available in special characters. Take care, I, JethroBT ^{drop me a line} 19:13, 7 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Deisenbe: Ah, I'm sorry, I misread the combination aspect of your question, my apologies. Give the template a try if you're aware of a hex code for the character first, I'd say. Alternatively, a copy-paste may be the way to go if you're aware of another source where this character appears. I, JethroBT ^{drop me a line} 19:16, 7 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Deisenbe! It looks as if you want to use one of these ́ and one of these ̈ . You might find one of these ´ and one of these ¨ easier to handle, though. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 21:34, 7 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Greetings Deisenbe and I JethroBT, another somewhat backdoor solution would be to click on Wikipedia Main page, then on left sidebar-Languages section click on Español link which will display the entire page in Spanish. From there you can choose the special characters you are looking for. Regards, JoeHebda talk 21:30, 7 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Deisenbe, I may be missing something, but I JethroBT's first answer appears to me to be correct. The ǘ character is indeed available if you select "Latin" in the drop-down menu below the edit screen. Just place the cursor where you want the character to go and click the character. Deor (talk) 22:11, 7 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The characters I need are at Combining diacritical marks. But I can't figure out how to insert them in a WP article. deisenbe (talk) 04:19, 8 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Deisenbe: Do you mean a stand-alone combining character and not combined with a letter? Most browsers can copy-paste characters but I don't know Safari on IOS. If you know the Unicode number like U+0308 then you can write the html entity ̈ to produce ̈. Help:Special characters#External links links to http://shapecatcher.com/ where you can draw characters to get their Unicode number. There may be a lot of suggested matches. PrimeHunter (talk) 04:36, 8 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry I wasn't clearer. Yes, I do want the two dots and accent without the characters underneath. This for an article on typewriter keyboards. See if you're interested Tilde#Role of mechanical typewriters.

In the table at Combining Diacritical Marks, the first line, undef the 8. That's the two dots (dieresis). Exactly what do I type to use this character in a WP article? How browsers display it is irrelevant. Then I'm going to put it on the Help Special Characters page because it sure ain't there.

I looked at the code for that page and all I found was a template and I have no idea what to do.

In fact, I also need the 1/2 and 1/4 symbols. Much too obsolete to be on the Symbols or Mathematical menus. Anybody know how to do them? Funny to think of characters becoming obsolete, but I think they are, just like Bell and Blink bytes. deisenbe (talk) 11:59, 8 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Deisenbe: Actually, 1/2 and 1/4 do appear under symbols: ½ ¼. Is the toolbar not displaying correctly or something? This is what it looks like for me. I, JethroBT ^{drop me a line} 12:19, 8 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

They're definitely not on the Symbols menu as I see it using Chrome on IOS (iPhone) 9.1. I'll double check Safari but I'm pretty sure the toolbar is the same. I can't see yours. I get a pop-up menu with options about what to do with a .png file, but "view it" is not among them. I don't understand this as the iPhone uses .png for screenshots. Seeing the code of what I'm writing and what you wrote above it, the characters 1/2 1/4 appear, not the code to produce these characters. Unfortunately blocking and pasting on the iPhone is a pain in the ass. deisenbe (talk) 12:35, 8 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Deisenbe, apparently the Unicode number for a combining dieresis and a combining acute together is U+0344, which produces ̈́. It doesn't (with the font I'm using) look exactly like the combination of diacritics in the ǘ character, but I can't find anything closer. Deor (talk) 13:14, 8 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

OK, I got it . It's &#x followed by a 4 digit hex number followed by ; gives me the character I want, which is 308: ̈ . Since I'm pretty sure Unicode has more than FFFF characters, this can't be the whole story, but it's good enough for now. I see now how to use the Template:Unicode. Thanks to all who helped, I'm amazed at how hard this was. deisenbe (talk) 13:29, 8 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The article has been fixed. All I need now is the code for non-breaking space, if there is one; hopefully the browser will honor that before the character, since it won't honor spaces. deisenbe (talk) 13:44, 8 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Dependable WP has an article on the non-breaking space. It's Unicode 00A0. I was too old for Morse code (used for telegraph and primitive radios), but I sure did know the MT/ST. Which means you know of characters like that. deisenbe (talk) 13:50, 8 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Deisenbe: The simplest way to input a non-breaking space is

 

No arbitrary numbers to memorize. See List of XML and HTML character entity references.

--01:16, 11 January 2016 (UTC)

Adding an English language version of a German Wikipedia page?

Hello Teahouse. I have had our translators create the texts for an existing Wikipedia page about a notable technology innovator. I have been involved many times promoting Wikipedia etc. but have never officially rendered a page, either for myself, or an associate.

I would deeply appreciate any help or suggestions for putting up the English version of this page with updates. Thanks so much, and Happy New Year too. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefan_Tweraser

Philbutler (talk) 15:04, 7 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Does WP:TRANSLATE help?--ukexpat (talk) 15:53, 7 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, this is very helpful ukexpat, thanks very much. I already have the certified translation, but am (sadly) inexperienced at editing Wikipedia. I have denoted that you guys have made it much easier than when I joined years ago. I hope you will forgive if I revert back again with questions. TY very much. Philbutler (talk) 16:42, 7 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Philbutler: Comments on English in your paragraph just above:

denoted should be noted or noticed or observed.
revert does not mean return, and in fact has a very specific technical meaning on Wikipedia.

(By and large, your English is quite good.) --Thnidu (talk) 01:28, 11 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

A request regarding fixing of errors from some files

Hi! I am SWASTIK 25. I'm an editor in Wikipedia. I'm facing problems regarding these files and seeking help to solve them. I am requesting someone to kindly fix the errors/problems from these four files given below:

File:Mohun Bagan other logo.png, File:Dadagiri Unlimited.png, File:CESC Logo.png, File:Mohun Bagan A.C. Logo.png

Please fix the errors from these, before they are deleted. Thank you. — SWASTIK 25 (User talk) 08:00, 11 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@SWASTIK 25: Along with the license, for non-free (i.e. copyrighted) images, we've required an explanation of where the image is used and why it's permissible to use someone's copyrighted image in that way. What you should look at is Template:Non-free use rationale logo which has the details you need. I'd suggest looking at image pages for other logos as well since the exact language is pretty standard. -- Ricky81682 (talk) 09:16, 11 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I have replaced the images above by wikilinks, because it is never permitted to use a non-free image in a non-article. --ColinFine (talk) 10:00, 11 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Kindly fix the errors from File:Mohun Bagan Logo.jpeg too. @ColinFine: Are the above files now permitted in the articles connected with it? — SWASTIK 25 (User talk) 12:59, 11 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

SWASTIK 25. I have no idea. I have merely fixed something on this page which I know to be forbidden. I haven't looked at anything else. --ColinFine (talk) 17:09, 11 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@SWASTIK 25: I have provided non-free use rationales for Dadagiri Unlimited.png, CESC Logo.png, and Mohun Bagan A.C. Logo.png. But in my opinion no help is possible for Mohun Bagan other logo.png or Mohun Bagan Logo.jpeg. The solution I used for the other logos does not work for these because they are used in a gallery, and the use of non-free files is almost never acceptable in galleries. —teb728 t c 09:08, 13 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

physics

how aging can be slow down at very high speed ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 119.160.118.24 (talk) 08:05, 13 January 2016‎ (UTC)[reply]

Hi 119.160.118.24. It sounds like you are trying to get us to do homework for you. We won't do your homework, but I can tell you that you may find a clue at time dilation. —teb728 t c 09:19, 13 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]