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    March 20

    Sketchy edits by User:Iching4096, User:HeSeaBlueDogJueyin, and User:Xiangzi9

    These users seem to have added a lot of cryptic, obtuse text to Chinese mysticism pages that just doesn't sit right with me. Although I believe that this editor (I assume they are the same person-- IMO they have highly similar editing patterns) is editing with good faith, it seems like the content they add, to put it as candidly blunt as possible, is crackpot mystic BS. Perhaps another more experienced editor could look at it? —suzukaze (t・c) 02:46, 20 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    In the context of Chinese mysticism, some editors can find it difficult to distinguish crackpot bullshit from the rest of the content. Ideally you could mention the problem edits at the project page for Chinese mysticism; but if there is such a project, I can't find it. Maybe you could start at Wikipedia:WikiProject China, and hope to find someone competent to assess the contributions of these editors. Maproom (talk) 09:14, 20 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    By the way, I love (as in hate) the fact that you used the word "bullshit". Genius way to make Wikipedia a more welcoming place for new users... not! Please refrain from vulgarity. There are plenty of people afraid of it.--96.58.203.254 (talk) 22:54, 23 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Exception encountered, of type "Exception"

    I have been getting this error: Exception encountered, of type "Exception", when trying to login to my account. I cannot find anything by searching google or wikipedia on why this is happening and why I can't access my account. I tried to reset my password, and I get the same message. I created a new account, and this new account works. Why does my old account not work? My old account is Khafre78, and my new acccount is Hakkodasan. I'd like to keep my old user name if possible. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hakkodasan (talk • contribs) 06:04, 20 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Someone is undoing all my edits

    There is a person who removes everything I edit and reverts each page back to his original work. I am a radio professional and I try to properly edit and add information to the Wikipedia pages for different radio stations. Within a couple of hours this person reverts everything I wrote back to his original article. It's amazing. It's almost like he's watching everything I do and within hours he erases everything!

    On Saturday I tried to improve the article on WHJJ, a Providence, Rhode Island radio station. I included new info on the station, added to the info box and updated some facts. I checked back this morning (Sunday) and everything I did was undone. Not a word was left. I checked the History page for WHJJ and this person did the same thing to someone else who tried to edit the WHJJ page in February. That person also had all his edits removed by this same culprit.

    In the past, when this person has removed all my edits to a page about a Roanoke, Virginia radio station, I returned my writing. He again reverted the page back to where it was before, and reported me as being involved in an edit war. I suppose that's what this person does to others who try to change his favorite pages.

    This is very discouraging and makes me not want to help improve Wikipedia. Even if you say, maybe I was incorrect in some of my edits, surely I'm not wrong in EVERYTHING I've written. What can I do?

    More on Removing Edits from my previous post above

    I just checked another radio station, WOAI (AM) in San Antonio. According to the "History Page" I see this same person, on March 15th, removed all the edits someone else made to the WOAI (AM) page. One person made revisions in the morning and the culprit removed all the revisions by the afternoon. So I guess he's not just doing it to me, but to anyone who attempts to edit his favorite pages.

    What can we do about someone who keeps removing others work in its entirety?

    Hi, Steve1reg. First, when you post on a talk or discussion page like this one, please sign your contribution with four tildes (~~~~) so that we can see who is posting, and find your contributions easily. Also, please don't start a new section to add to a topic here: just continue the existing section.
    I agree that Stereorock seems to have been following you around undoing your edits. That doesn't mean that either of you is right or wrong. What it means is that you need to be engaging with each other on a talk page: either the user talk page of one of you, or the talk page of one of the articles. So far, as far as I can see, neither of you has done this. I observe that Stereorock's edit on WKOX (AM) has the comment "WP:NOTRADIOGUIDE". This means that, in Stereorock's opinion, your edits there are inappropriate because they break the policy in WP:NOTRADIOGUIDE - it might not be obvious to you what that comment meant, but you should have asked Stereorock on a talk page rather than bringing the question here. On WHJJ, your edits were more substantial, and Stereorock's did not make a comment explaining their reversion: there I think Stereorock should have engaged with you rather than just reverting.
    So the upshot is: you two need to have a discussion and try to reach agreement (and if you can't, follow the procedure for dispute resolution). One last point: Wikipedia is not very impressed by people describing themselves as professional. While we welcome people with expert knowledge to help improve articles, that does not necessarily privilege their contributions over other editors: what matters is whether the material is well expressed, and (most importantly) cited to reliable sources. --ColinFine (talk) 12:06, 20 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Unfortunately, the content dispute procedures in dispute resolution are intended for dispute about one (or at most a few) articles, and this pattern has to do with many articles. Try discussing on talk pages anyway. Robert McClenon (talk) 16:30, 20 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    The original poster forgets to sign their posts, and appears to have robotic signing turned off. That makes it difficult to see the history of what the original poster is complaining about. Remember to sign your posts, and turn robotic signing back on. As the other editors have said, discuss on the article talk pages. However, this applies to many pages, and that indicates a more general problem. The problem may be that Stereorock is stalking the edits of Steve1reg for no good reason, or it may be that Stereorock thinks that Steve1reg is violating policy. Try to discuss on at least one talk page. Is there a WP:WikiProject Radio? If so, try discussing there also. Robert McClenon (talk) 16:28, 20 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Poorly considered category move has created a mess

    The WP:Categories for discussion/Log/2016 February 11#Category:Disabled artists move decision has created exactly the mess it was intending to avoid - the conflation of two different categories. It has resulted in several artists, as in painters, sculptors, etc. being recategorized as "entertainers" - even articles about seriously famous artists such as Frida Kahlo and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec have been affected. They should be in Category:Artists with disabilities, not Category:Entertainers with disabilities. I have an idea that cleaning up this mess might need an admin mop. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 11:20, 20 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Nevermind, I managed to fix it. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 17:43, 20 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Additions references for page Rose

    1. The practical book of outdoor rose growing for the home garden. By Thomas, George Clifford, 1873-. Published 1914.
    2. A book about roses; how to grow & show them by Hole, S. Reynolds (Samuel Reynolds), 1819-1904.

    — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shuxrat Eshmurodov (talk • contribs) 13:12, 20 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    @Shuxrat Eshmurodov: Hey there, those look like some great references but this is not the place to discuss page improvements. Try posting your suggestion on the talk page for rose and be sure to put {{edit semi-protected}} at the top of your message because you can't edit the article due to its semi-protection; the template will call over another editor to add the info on your behalf. Also, don't forget to say why you want these references added and how they'll be useful for the article. Happy Wikipedia-ing! —Skyllfully (talk | contribs) 16:53, 20 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    How to upload own file ?

    Hi, I would like to upload file / write my own autobiography. Please help as to how this could be done on this site. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Syedraza621 (talk • contribs) 13:56, 20 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Hello,
    unfortunately, Wikipedia does not exist for people to write an autobiography. It is an encyclopedia and not a directory or guide or a form of social media. Biographies are created by volunteer editors without close connection to the subject and are only written for people who can pass Wiki's fairly stringent rules on notability and who have received significant coverage in reliable independent third-party sources (see WP:RS for more information). Sorry not to be able to offer more encouragement. Eagleash (talk) 15:08, 20 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Log in problem

    I cannot log in — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.193.153.238 (talk) 15:36, 20 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    @24.193.153.238: Hey there, have you tried reading this article? It should help you with the most common log in problems! And to upload an image, make sure you're logged in and then navigate to Wikipedia's File Upload Wizard. —Skyllfully (talk | contribs) 16:45, 20 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Accounts created by other users without account creator permissions

    While scrolling through the user creation log, I see many accounts "created by" new accounts with similar usernames, how can this be? They don't have account creator permissions. Example image —Skyllfully (talk | contribs) 16:40, 20 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    @Skyllfully: Anyone can create a new account by going to Special:CreateAccount while signed in (the form will change to include a reason box). The account creator only adds a a few extra rights. ACs have three additional rights that normal people do not have. The ability to override the anti-spoof feature that blocks similar usernames, the ability to override the username blacklist, and the ability to override the username creation limit. This last one is the one they use most often and is why AC is given for edit-a-thons. The MediaWiki software has a strict limit of 6 accounts create per IP in a 24 hour period (see WP:ACCP). The right will allow edit-a-thons coordinators to override this limit. --Majora (talk) 17:12, 20 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you! That makes more sense now... —Skyllfully (talk | contribs) 17:14, 20 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Help needed with MfD

    Hello,
    today I had 2 draft templates to nominate for deletion via MfD. The first one went fine here, but in the second instance something went wrong and I accidentally saved the page due to a jumpy cursor (laptop needs a service!). I thus created this muddle and cannot figure out how to put it right! Would really appreciate some assistance. Thanks. Eagleash (talk) 17:20, 20 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    @Eagleash: Done I have fixed it, as per this edit. —Skyllfully (talk | contribs) 17:28, 20 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    And this edit which listed it on WP:MfD. —Skyllfully (talk | contribs) 17:31, 20 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    @Skyllfully: Excellent: Aptly named! Thanks. (I tend to to forget that bit till later too!) Eagleash (talk) 17:35, 20 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    New (to me) mobile site - where is it discussed?

    Sorry my Wikipedia-foo is failing me and I cannot find out where even to ask this. I've been using the mobile site on ios (not the app) and it has an image at the top of the screen, which is generally the same as the one in the infobox. Where is it pulling this from - Wikidata? Is it the image property on a page's wikidata entry? Two copies of the same image in close proximity is sub-optimal and like to debug this. Thanks. Secretlondon (talk) 18:01, 20 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Hi, Secretlondon. Questions about how the software works (including the Apps) are best posed at WP:VPT. --ColinFine (talk)
    Thanks for your help - I've asked there. Secretlondon (talk) 19:36, 20 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    reference desk 'edit' option disappeared

    posted a question in science reference desk...someone responded etc..but the 'edit' option has disappeared there for me...it hasn't disappeared throughout Wikipedia generally for me but it's gone within the reference desk....68.48.241.158 (talk) 18:07, 20 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Hi - IP from Saline, Michigan
    Unfortunately, due to repeated racist questions, Wikipedia:Reference desk/Science has been semi-protected, so unregistered users, like yourself, and non- Autoconfirmed users cannot ask questions at the moment - perhaps you should consider creating an account? although you would still have to have 10 edits and wait 3 days before you could edit a semi-protected page - Arjayay (talk) 18:17, 20 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    68.48.241.158 can request that an edit be made by posting {{edit semi-protected}} at the bottom of Wikipedia talk:Reference desk, followed by the text of the desired edit or comment (with an explanation of where it should be added). Deor (talk) 20:55, 20 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    At the moment, the reference talk page is also semi-protected (for rather longer than any of the actual desks). To ask questions, non-autoconfirmed users will need to go to the global request page at WP:RFED. Tevildo (talk) 21:34, 20 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Well meaning, but I don't know where to start ....

    I found The best girlfriend (painting) article - which seems to be (it is that obscure) a long ramble about what the captain of a boat (possibly the article's editor) thought when seeing a painting.
    The editor has written similar long, rambling, incoherent pieces at SS Nezhin, SS Karaganda, SS Metallurg Anosov, MS Toyvo Antikaynen and MS Sarny and possibly numerous other places.
    My guess it is a Russian seaman who is creating articles in order to add his stories of travelling around the world.
    I had some interaction with User:Грищук ЮН about the Leninsky Komsomol class of cargo ships article, but his grasp of English seems poor. Can a Russian speaker explain what Wikipedia is about?
    I don't know where to start - nominate this article for deletion? under what category? - and then all the other articles? or has someone assumed User:The Red Pen Of Dooms's mantle and fancy a mass delete? - Arjayay (talk) 19:17, 20 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    The reason for their deletion may the lack of notability. The painting is unlikely to be notable as we do not have even an article about the artist. I am less sure about the ships. Ruslik_Zero 20:24, 20 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    User_talk:TheLongTone#Women_.28picture.29_2 put this up for deleation before it got redirected. The artist, although prolific, appears not to be notable so a painting of his less so. So put in for Deletion – not notable.--Aspro (talk) 21:14, 20 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    I've started an AfD here. Joseph2302 (talk) 22:14, 20 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    It is not just that article - this editor has over 3,300 edits. Have a look at one of the ship articles listed above - they start off about the ship and end up discussing Stalin's secret codes, or the importance of being born in the year of the tiger, or small unknown beasts, or catch phrases in movies ..... - Arjayay (talk) 08:41, 21 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Wow... the current SS Nezhin is like having an amiable drunk at a bar giving you his annotated life story. It's actually quite interesting, but encyclopedic, well-sourced or even coherent it is not. That needs to be nuked in some way!-- Elmidae (talk) 15:27, 21 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    I've removed some vast, irrelevant, unsourced sections from the articles, but still a hell of a long way to go to fix them. Joseph2302 (talk) 18:07, 21 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    I alerted Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Russia. — Sebastian 23:53, 21 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    I noticed that Joseph2302 also left a message on User talk:Грищук ЮН titled "please stop". I don't think that is appropriate; as several people here wrote, it appears that the new user is well meaning and rather needs some guidance. Even if the user's English isn't that good, they still provide material such as pictures of the ship, which is useful for Wikipedia. I therefore changed the section heading to the neutral "Problems with your edits". — Sebastian 00:12, 22 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    To clarify, I wanted them to temporarily stop editing and stsrt talking - happy for them to edit, but I think they need help with editing. They've replied on my talkpage, but it doesn't make a huge amount of sense. Joseph2302 (talk) 07:21, 22 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Getting access to a digitised source

    A few days ago I was working on Uvavnuk, improving the biography of a C19 Inuit woman whose poetic work is still being used today. I found my way to the relevant part of the ten-volume work by Arctic explorer Knud Rasmussen, who collected her tale. The text I was reading was raw, with plenty of machine transcription errors, but it served my purpose. Now I can't find it anywhere online: Google Books acknowledges its existence, but I can't see more than occasional snippets. I seem to recall that there is a resource somewhere in Wikipedia that might help me. Specifically, I want to read The Fifth Thule Expedition, especially the volume entitled The Intellectual Culture of the Copper Eskimos. Any ideas? Carbon Caryatid (talk) 23:07, 20 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    I think you're looking for WP:RX, Carbon Caryatid. --ColinFine (talk) 23:19, 20 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks; I've re-posted there. Carbon Caryatid (talk) 23:43, 20 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    March 21

    Maintaining data consistency across multiple articles

    Is there a technique/insertable template for ensuring that figures quoted across multiple articles are consistent and updated en-masse? The specific example I have in mind is the altitude of Mont Blanc. It is a well-known mountain whose snow-capped summit was once regarded as having a constant height of c. 4,807 metres, but detailed GPS measurements every two years is now producing a regular change in the 'official' figures. Different pages across Wikipedia state different heights, which can't help to bolster Wikipedia's credibility. e.g. 4,810 m: Extreme points of the European Union; 4,808 m : Geography of France; 4,807 m: Retreat of glaciers since 1850;

    I envisage that the discussion about what any 'official' figure is needs only to be held in one single place, then consensus agreed upon. If some sort of template code had then been inserted into every article or Infobox referring back to that agreed figure, then a change in one central discussion page would cascade to every article using that template.

    I'm sure this issue must have arisen in numerous other contexts, and it would be an elegant solution to a not particularly serious but nevertheless irksome problem. I look forward to hearing that a simple solution to an annoying variance in factual statements across Wikipedia does indeed exist. Parkywiki (talk) 00:11, 21 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    What you propose is obviously a good idea. I think it could be implemented by use of a template, so that a change of MB's height results in just one edit to the template (after any necessary discussion). The various pages would need editing to use the template, maybe accompanied by an html-comment warning editors not to replace the template by a height. Maproom (talk) 11:31, 21 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you for your response. I'll work my way through the template help pages and try to gain some technical understanding of the processes, then come back if I can't find the right way to take this forward.Parkywiki (talk) 17:11, 21 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    @Parkywiki: bBasically, this is all you need. If you need different outputs, then say. If you want different template's name, feel free to move it. --Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 17:33, 21 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    @Edgars2007: Ah - as simple as that. Thanks so much. I've just tweaked it by inserting the 'convert' template to get height in feet too, which seems to work fine. Much appreciated.Parkywiki (talk) 20:26, 21 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Incorrect facts about Thom Mayer, M.D.

    There are significant incorrect facts about Dr. Thom Mayer. He DID NOT make the anthrax diagnosis as written below: A radiologist at Inova Fairfax Hospital made the x-ray diagnosis and the Laboratory identified the anthrax on the slide///NOT Dr. Mayer. Dr. Mayer has taken credit for it but he was no where near the hospital when this all unfolded. He DID NOT "notice the opaque areas on the xray and CT Scan." as stated below. His taking credit for this is scientifically inaccurate and completely unethical. Much of his so called biography is fabricated and overly exaggerated. I am appalled to see this type of inaccuracy and unethical scientific behavior. (Check carefully on his so called NFL "Concussion" expertise as well. Also totally overblown and completely exaggerated.)

    During the September 11th attacks, Mayer was a Command Physicians at the Pentagon Rescue Operation at the Pentagon in Washington, DC. He also led the first team to diagnose and treat inhalation anthrax victims during the 2001 anthrax terrorist attack in Washington,[2][3] after one of the victims was admitted to the emergency room where he was department chairman. Upon the admittance of the patient, Mayer noticed opaque areas showing the lymph nodes of the patient’s chest filling with blood upon viewing their x-rays and CAT scans. Following this he view a culture of the patient’s blood taken the day before, and saw that the anthrax bacteria had become prevalent in the blood.[7][8] His team’s treatment of the patients improved their survival rate from 20% to 55%.[9] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 165.214.11.80 (talk) 00:44, 21 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Hello, although some editors who are active on this page may be able to help you, this is the page for resolving problems with editing Wikipedia (I.e. with 'coding' information etc.). The best place to raise the concerns you have are at the article talk-page (click the tab at the top left of the article) which will be more likely to be monitored by editors experienced in the field. If you have information which reveals inaccuracies in any article you are quite at liberty to edit the page yourself but you must cite a reliable source. (See WP:RS for more information). Also please sign posts on talk-pages by typing four tildes (~~~~) this will produce a signature and time-stamp. Thank you Eagleash (talk) 00:58, 21 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Timaru Christian School

    This now has year 9 with a plan to begin yr 10 in 2017 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 111.69.162.91 (talk) 00:50, 21 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Hello, not sure what your question is, but if you have information which could be added to an article you are free to edit the page yourself, but you must cite a reliable source (see WP:RS for more information). Thank you. Eagleash (talk) 01:01, 21 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    I assume this relates to List of schools in Canterbury, New Zealand#Timaru District - but as stated above please cite a reference - Arjayay (talk) 09:41, 21 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    UFC 157 - 2013 in UFC

    Hello,

    I want to create a separate page for UFC 157. Unfortunately, it is part of the "2013 in UFC" page, but it is not supposed to be. How do I delete the "UFC 157" sub-article and create a new "UFC 157" page?

    — Preceding unsigned comment added by Theepicwarrior (talk • contribs) 03:25, 21 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    As you rightly point out, when you click on UFC_157 a redirect takes you to the other page. However after clicking this, go to the top of the page and click on Redirected from UFC 157 which should take you to here: [1]. You can then edit this page to remove the redirect and replace it with article content. CaptRik (talk) 10:11, 21 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Follow-up, the redirect is current under page protection, and the original article was previously deleted (see here - Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/UFC_157. You should carefully consider whether you can address the issues raised at deletion before creating the article. CaptRik (talk) 10:14, 21 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Referencing errors on 1919 Philadelphia Athletics season

    Reference help requested.

    1916 Philadelphia Athletics season - I am having trouble with the <ref name> citations for 2nd and 3rd citations after doing the full citation for the first time. I have included the ref name => citation in the 1st citation, but I am still gettting a message saying that the ref name has not been determined - can you help

    Thanks, — Preceding unsigned comment added by Asd36f (talk • contribs) 05:08, 21 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    1919 Philadelphia Athletics season (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
    @Asd36f: Fixed it. You called one ref name "Hollingsworth", without calling an earlier reference with details Hollingworth. See the edit history for what I did. Jjamesryan (talk | contribs) 07:16, 21 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Getting 401s from wikimedia

    I'm getting 401s attempting to download the videos on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Video_schematic_of_glymphatic_flow.ogv e.g: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/transcoded/0/06/Video_schematic_of_glymphatic_flow.ogv/Video_schematic_of_glymphatic_flow.ogv.1080p.webm

    Is this the right place to report it?

    - Vonfraginoff (talk) 09:30, 21 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Disruptive edits from dynamic IP

    Resolved
     – Listed and protected at Wikipedia:Requests_for_page_protection#Netherlands_national_football_team CaptRik (talk) 10:55, 21 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Someone keeps on editing the Netherlands national football team page, adding the wrong birthdate for one of the players (Jeroen Zoet) every time. Examples:[2],[3],[4],[5]. I can't reach out to him on his talk page because his IP is different every time, and he also completely ignore the article's talk page, edit summaries and comments inserted in the article. Is there anything that can be done about this? Kinetic37 (talk) 10:24, 21 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    You can request page protection at WP:RFPP. CaptRik (talk) 10:33, 21 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks, I will do that then. Kinetic37 (talk) 10:36, 21 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Adding footnotes

    Few days ago I tried to add footnotes, but it didn't work. In articles which have references but no footnotes, how are they added for first time? I want to see edit example. Especially for pages which have reference section, but no footnotes or notes section, as in these pages: Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard and Percy Jackson. --Greek Legend (talk) 11:03, 21 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    @Greek Legend: See Help:Footnotes#Footnotes: groups. —teb728 t c 09:21, 23 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    @Greek Legend: Footnotes, in the Wikipedia sense, may appear in a section entitled "Notes" or "References" so Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard and Percy Jackson include footnotes. Footnotes are normally implemented with <ref>...</ref> tags. See Referencing for Beginners for more details, followed by Help:Footnotes. DES (talk) 11:35, 23 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    DES, I think that GL is asking about a separate section of footnotes for footnotes that are not references; a few articles have that. My link describes how that can be done. —teb728 t c 21:53, 23 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    If that is what Greek Legend, was asking about your answer was exactly the information needed, teb728. I didn't think that it was, because the two example pages listed above (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard and Percy Jackson) both have ordinary reference footnotes in a section headed "References", and neither has any footnotes that are not references. DES (talk) 22:40, 23 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Deceased Wikipedian process

    Wikimedia received an email via OTRS that User:CaesarsPalaceDude has passed away. I know we have some procedure but I don’t recall what it is. I suspect that the first step is more formal evidence than an email; I can follow up on that can someone remind me of the general process?--S Philbrick(Talk) 13:12, 21 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Wikipedia:Deceased Wikipedians/Guidelines. —Cryptic 13:30, 21 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks for the quick response.--S Philbrick(Talk) 13:43, 21 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    How exactly do I use CSS?

    I keep reading around wikipedia trying to figure out how to use CSS. I keep running into circles. Right now I'm trying to figure out how to customize my userpage using css. Right now I'm experimenting with CSS Here but my problem is when I include the CSS file, all it does is show the code instead of rendering the design of the links on the sandbox. The other day, somehow I had it to where the CSS file was working but it was turning all the links the color I wanted yes, but even the ones outside the page. It even turned the Wikipedia image to the top-left a different color. Not what I wanted. Really all I want to do is manipulate the a:link, a:hover, a:visited, and all that. I know how to code using CSS it's the getting to work part that is the problem. Outside of wikipedia, The way to do it is <style="type/css"> CSS code goes here </style>. Trying to figure it out on my own is hard because all the links I click on doesn't go into detail on how to use CSS and is confusing. If I could find a page or a userpage that uses CSS I could use that as an example. Also, when I use css to customize my userpage, is it only that I can see it or everyone else? Because if only I can see it, then there is no use for me using it. And please don't just send me a link on how to use CSS on wikipedia because I've looked thoroughly at many and I wind up in circles and they don't go into detail. This is really a last resort. Thanks. —Preceding undated comment added 15:52, 21 March 2016 (UTC)

    @BookPortal: answer to is it only that I can see it? is yes - only you will see those fancy links. OK, others also would see them, if they include those CSS rules to their .css files. --Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 17:42, 21 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    I need to talk, and this is an important issue.

    I'll try to make this story short: I am distributing some European healthcare product in US, actually it name Detensor and according to European clinical trials it is very helpful back pain treatment with over 85% of success and absolutely without negative side effects. When I take a look in Wikipedia I did not find any information about such a great opportunity for back pain sufferers. I'd trying several times to publish articles in regards of method, not commercial advertisement. But somebody with with perseverance worthy of a better deleted it. I believe it is either by purpose to not to talk about the new procedure for the United States in favor of competitors, or simply stupidity. With this approach, you need to remove articles about everything that concerns the consumer market: Coca Cola, Mercedes-Benz, Massage chair. Because all of them are selling and belongs to the consumer goods category.

    Or more specific category, in Traction (orthopedics) article are mentioned different competitor's products:

    • Milwaukee brace
    • Bryant's traction
    • Buck's traction, involving skin traction. It is widely used for femoral fractures, low back pain, acetabular fractures and hip fractures.[2] Skin traction rarely causes fracture reduction, but reduces pain and maintains the length of the bone.[2]
    • Dunlop's traction – humeral fractures in children
    • Russell's traction

    But Detensor was several times deleted. I'll be greatly appreciated you answer and help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alvulfov (talk • contribs) 17:59, 21 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    You have been adding promotional content to Wikipedia articles, sourced only to the producer's own web site. Another editor has, quite properly, been removing your additions. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, and should not be used for promotion. Maproom (talk) 18:15, 21 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    (edit conflict) Hello, Alvulfov. Wikipedia may not be used to tell the world about anything, no matter how wonderful that thing may be (and irrespective of whether it is commercial or not). That is simply not its purpose, and is incompatible with its purpose. Once your product has been discussed in depth by several people who have no connection with it, published in reliables sources, then there can be an article about it in Wikipedia (though you are discouraged from writing that article, because your conflict of interest may make it difficult for you to see whether the language is neutral or not. But until such material has been published, Wikipedia will not take notice of it, however hard you try. Sorry. --ColinFine (talk) 18:17, 21 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Thank you for the answer, But first of all it was no any commercial information in our last attempt and the comment was that it is suspicious that several attempts to publish happened in the short time frame. How about that?

    And another issue - if I will write 100% neutered article how to be sure in regards of approval? Do you have any special email or something to send it for serious inspection? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 100.34.98.79 (talk) 19:40, 21 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Even if you write a 100% neutral article (not neutered, I hope), you are unlikely to gain approval because the product is not notable in the special Wikipedia sense until it has been written about in independent reliable sources published elsewhere. Dbfirs 21:13, 21 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    If you want to get approval of an article, what you should do is to create it in draft space (See WP:Drafts) and submit it to Articles for Creation for review. There is no email back-door to get articles approved. However, as noted above, if the product is not considered notable, it won't be approved. If you can find multiple independent reliable sources, that will establish notability. If not, not. Robert McClenon (talk) 21:19, 21 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    It appears that the article has been deleted twice with two different names. Detensor was speedy-deleted. The Detensor was deleted today after a deletion discussion. Robert McClenon (talk) 21:19, 21 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    I think it's possibly also worth carefully reading this too - Identifying Reliable Sources (medicine). CaptRik (talk) 21:34, 21 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    The OP states "and this is an important issue" Sure it is for the manufacturer of this contrivance but surly the much more important issue than this, is to educate people that for this type of back pain the best cure (and more inexpensive and more effective one) is prevention. I.e., avoid siting all day in a chair without proper lumber support, wearing high heels shoes every day etc. This article smacks at taking advertorial advantage of those that are ignorant of ergonomics. So it has no place on an encyclopaedia. Keep it deleted.--Aspro (talk) 21:59, 21 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Hindi films

    I worked in hindi movie "aap mujhe ache lagne lage" as a production manager & also acted in it (in mc donald scene ) winkpedia does not show my name why ? Also in other movie "budha mar gya" also having the same issue with this movie ...as u can also check the content of both the movie — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jaideepbandhu (talk • contribs) 18:52, 21 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    English-language Wikipedia does not have any article named "aap mujhe ache lagne lage" or "budha mar gya". Can you tell us what article you are referring to? Maproom (talk) 18:57, 21 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    To build on that, we generally don't credit production managers. I have asked for us to do so, but there wasn't consensus at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Film. It's been a few weeks (or maybe months) since the last time it was bought up, so maybe it could be brought up again. Second, per WP:FILMCAST, cast lists are generally restricted to people who have a substantial role. We link to the IMDb so that people can find full cast lists. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 20:03, 21 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    This is only your second edit at this Wikipedia, so I would infer that you are asking about the Hindi Wikipedia. If so, you should discuss at the Hindi Wikipedia. Robert McClenon (talk) 21:26, 21 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    What is Good Faith edits?

    Sometimes when I edit on wikipedia, I see others revert my edits and say they were "good faith". I wanted to know what that means. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eurocus47 (talk • contribs) 20:41, 21 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    WP:AGF is a behavioural guideline on Wikipedia, which states that editors must attempt to assume that other editors (in particular new ones) could be making innocent mistakes, or are unaware of certain policies and guidelines, when they edit in a problematic manner. --Ches (talk) (contribs) 21:02, 21 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    One of the more common reasons for reverting a good-faith edit is that it is unsourced. It means, as noted above, that other editors think that the edit is problematic, as in violating some Wikipedia policy such as verifiability. If another editor reverts your edit with an edit summary saying only "rv good faith edit", that isn't particularly helpful, and I would advise asking them politely, either on the article talk page or on their talk page, why they are reverting your edit. If they cite a policy, such as "revert good-faith unsourced edit", that explains that. Robert McClenon (talk) 21:24, 21 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    I'd like to add that it generally also means that nobody is terribly upset with the change, just you need to make it fit with our policies. Zell Faze (talk) 22:25, 21 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    US Wiknic Organiser

    Does anyone know who organises the Great American Wiknic every year. I run one every year and am trying to do some long term planning and am hoping to find when abouts (beyond July/Aug) that this years will be held. Zell Faze (talk) 22:23, 21 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Is it possible to search within my contributions?

    Hi, I would like to search within my contributions to find a page category. Is it possible? Thanks in advance.--Carnby (talk) 22:31, 21 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    I know that you can search the edit summaries from your contributions, you can do that here. Don't know if that might help you find what you are looking for? Zell Faze (talk) 22:49, 21 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    March 22

    Revealing IP addresses

    I just want to make an important comment. Wikipedia posts IPs when readers make comments. If the poster is making comments from any nation that believes in free speech, there should be little to worry about but for those who are in nations with dictatorships there is a real threat to personal privacy and possibly even safety. By posting IPs, what does wikipedia intend? Wkipedia is endangering many people around the globe even if those posters comments aren't threatening in any way. It would be better to hide the IP details and list guest as the poster. Should wikipedia wish to release that IP information upon request, well that is up to wikipedia. I have to wonder if there are some governments hunting down posters on wikipedia by using IP information. If anyone suffers human rights violations due to this weak idea to show IPs, wikipedia cannot claim it is not an accomplice to what happens. If your staff can't understand the danger, maybe you should try living and posting online under a dictator. There are many nations where you can have this experience. Just hide those IPs. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.131.210.82 (talk) 05:26, 22 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    One of the many advantages of creating an account is that if you edit logged in, Wikipedia posts your username instead of your IP. —teb728 t c 06:02, 22 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Wikipedia needs to know who made each edit, and what other edits that person has made. Attributing all IP edits to the same "guest" would make it much more difficult to track vandalism which is sometimes a problem here (though the OP at Thammasat University is obviously a genuine editor). Hiding all IP addresses would make it harder for volunteers here to revert vandalism. Wikipedia prefers users to create an account to maintain anonymity, but allows users to disclose their IP address if they prefer to edit this way. See WP:Why create an account. Dbfirs 08:45, 22 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Help:Cite errors/Cite error included ref

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

    please someone change theri_film page info in music section — Preceding unsigned comment added by Srivinaidu (talk • contribs) 06:18, 22 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

     Done Eagleash (talk) 06:55, 22 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Random Article

    Tracked in Phabricator
    Task T130575

    Hey Guys, I was trying to find something to edit, so I clicked Random article. Instead of bringing me to one, it brought me to a page with the url https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random and which only displayed the capitalised word NULL on it. Is this occurring to anyone else? If not, is it my software? If anyone can help, I would be very grateful. Thanks JoshMuirWikipedia (talk) 06:37, 22 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Yup, I see the same. Something's broken. Maproom (talk) 06:50, 22 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    There are several similar reports at Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)#Weird NULL issue when attempting to view an article. It's also at Phabricator, so the technical people are on to it. -- John of Reading (talk) 06:57, 22 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    I am unable to log into a wikipedia

    When I logged in to the wiki (Kerbal space program wiki) I was able to see my ip address but not the account that I'm using. I treid logging intomy other browser but it didn't work. — Preceding unsigned comment added by NHPluto (talk • contribs) 07:09, 22 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Is the question about wiki.kerbalspaceprogram.com? That site is nothing to do with Wikipedia. This page is for questions about Wikipedia. Maproom (talk) 07:16, 22 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    The Kerbal Space Program Wiki appears to have a Helpdesk here. Perhaps they could be of assistance. —teb728 t c 09:00, 22 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    @NHPluto: http://wiki.kerbalspaceprogram.com is powered by the same MediaWiki software as Wikipedia so it looks similar but there is no box saing "a WIKIMEDIA project" in the lower right corner. It is not run by the same organization and does not share accounts with us. A wiki is just a type of website and there are thousands of independent wikis. If you have not created an account there then you can do that. http://wiki.kerbalspaceprogram.com/wiki/User:NHPluto shows the name NHPluto is available. PrimeHunter (talk) 09:24, 22 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    How to take my staff out of social media

    I would like to take my name mom and day out if social media because I haven't done anything in this country so far so I don't know why they put my staff there I would like to please take my name out of there because I know someone put my name in there please can you help or what can I do to prevent that from happening thank you so much — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2607:FB90:40AD:869F:0:27:F89C:6101 (talk) 14:19, 22 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Hello anonymous user. I'm afraid you have come to the Help desk for Wikipedia. We have no connection with any social media. You will need to apply to whichever social media it is (Facebook? Twitter? something else?), as nobody here can help you. Sorry. --ColinFine (talk) 18:07, 22 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Hello - When you search for our company "Ice Miller LLP" on Bing, the featured Wikipedia results show our old logo. However, there was no logo uploaded into the Ice Miller LLP page. I upload our new logo File:Ice Miller LLP Logo.jpg but the logo does not show up on the Ice Miller LLP Wikipedia Page, and it was not updated in Bing. Can you help? Thank you. KK — Preceding unsigned comment added by IceMiller (talk • contribs) 16:56, 22 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    @IceMiller: Unfortunately, we have no control over what Bing shows- they take their images & information from a number of sites, one of which is Wikipedia. Therefore, Wikipedia cannot so anything to change what Bing shows. You would need to contact Bing directly to try and get this changed. Joseph2302 (talk) 17:17, 22 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    @IceMiller: We have no control over what Bing does. You will have to take up Bing's display of information with Microsoft. Also, you will have to change your username. See WP:USERNAME for what is allowed and what is not. Using a business name is one case that is not allowed. Dismas|(talk) 17:15, 22 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
     Fixed logo (here). 2600:1004:B016:7C7A:B593:8214:4AE9:5155 (talk) 17:20, 22 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Incidentally, I think that logo should be tagged as {{PD-textlogo}} - as noted on commons:COM:TOO that kind of simple coloured text is not generally considered copyrightable.Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 17:24, 22 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Done and tagged with {{Mtc}}--ukexpat (talk) 21:34, 22 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    See also {{HD/Bing}} PrimeHunter (talk) 18:57, 22 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Adding a WWII Veteran to the list of survivors?

    I do I get my Dad's name added to the list of WWII survivors, he is 99 years old. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rsaiani (talk • contribs)

    @Rsaiani: You didn't provide a link to the list you're referring to, so I'm not sure what list you were looking at. That said, normally people aren't listed on our lists unless they have an article first. Dismas|(talk) 17:13, 22 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    For everyone else's benefit, Rsaiani posted List of surviving veterans of World War II to my talk page.
    Now that I know what list you're referring to, I can confirm that the people on that list all have articles. Notice that none of their names are red links. So, the people have been determined to be notable per Wikipedia's definition of that term. If you father is notable enough for an article, see WP:BIO, then you could suggest there be an article written at Wikipedia:Requested articles. You should probably not write that article because you have a conflict of interest. Dismas|(talk) 17:42, 22 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    How do I get a chart/table to sort correctly?

    How do I get a chart/table to sort correctly? The column has entries like this: 1st; 2nd; 3rd; 4th; etc. When it sorts, it will sort like this, however: 10th, 11th; 1st, 20th; 21st; 2nd; 3rd; 4th; 5th; etc. It is obviously sorting by using the "characters" instead of the numerical values. What do I need to do to make the sort accurate? Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 17:37, 22 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Hi, Joseph. Looking at Help:Sorting#Dealing with problems, I don't see a way of managing this. You can get it to sort numbers by number rather than alphabetically, but it looks to me as if the following text (st, nd, rd, th) will break that. I may be missing something though. --ColinFine (talk) 18:14, 22 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    I asked a very similar question previously. Here: Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2016 March 18#How exactly do I alter or manipulate a sorting result?. In that discussion, I was told to use a command that looks something like this: |data-sort-value="0"| . Is that command of any use here? Or is it inapplicable for some reason? Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 18:47, 22 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Joseph A. Spadaro@ The standard solution (and really what the template is designed for) is to use Template:nts. If you are sorting, {{nts|1}}st, {{dts|2}}nd and {{nts|19}}th it *will* come out in that order.Naraht (talk) 19:18, 22 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    @Joseph A. Spadaro:Naraht (talk) 19:18, 22 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    @Naraht: Thanks. I tried that. It did not seem to work. So, I assume I had a typo. What would be the exact thing to type as the cell entry? The entries would be 1st Academy Awards, 2nd Academy Awards, etc. And I also want it to include the Wikipedia link to that article. So, what exactly should I be typing? To have the sort correctly, plus the Wikipedia article linked. I tried {{nts|1}}st Academy Awards and {{nts|2}}nd Academy Awards, etc. That sorts correctly, but does not create a blue link to the article. Help? Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 20:30, 22 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    An alternative workaround might be to use a hidden column for the sorting, if the above solution can't be made to work. Dbfirs 21:13, 22 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    @Joseph A. Spadaro: Ah. Didn't know they were links... Yeah, the data-sort-value might be worth a try, got it in a sandbox?Naraht (talk) 01:10, 23 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    @Naraht: The very last chart at the very bottom of this page: User:Joseph A. Spadaro/Sandbox/Page80. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 03:52, 23 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    @Joseph A. Spadaro: Looks like you've got it working.Naraht (talk) 11:08, 23 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    @Naraht: Yes, I found that alternative way. I still wanted to know if you can combine your way (using the Template:nts) with a blue-link Wikipedia link. Do you know if that's possible at all? Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 17:52, 23 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    @Joseph A. Spadaro:. No clue. The other option would be to use Template:ntsh (h for hidden, still generates the invisible sort key, but not anything obvious) in front of the blue link entry, but you'd have to type the number again. So {{ntsh|23}} [[23rd Annual whatever]]Naraht (talk) 17:55, 23 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    OK. Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 17:58, 23 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Draft in userspace

    I'm new to wiki editing and I'm unable to grasp some of the terms used here. Hence this (probably basic) query:

    Is my draft in the userspace hidden from others? How long do I have before it could be deleted or edited? In other words, how and where can I pen an article or draft a fresh page free from intervention by other users and/or wiki admin, until I feel ready to put it up?

    Tia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by PradhaNarasimhan (talk • contribs) 19:55, 22 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    @PradhaNarasimhan: Generally, there is nothing on Wikipedia that is truly hidden. However, we generally don't mess with drafts, either in the draft namespace, or in the user namespace, unless the content is obviously vandalism, or copyright violations. So, there's no rush. Start now, and finish whenever. Just make sure that when you submit your article that it meets the guidelines for notability and verifiability. Otherwise, you might find your draft rejected. If you need help with anything specific, feel free to ask. Also see the welcome I left on your talkpage. Thanks! -- The Voidwalker Discuss 20:03, 22 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    (edit conflict) If it's in your userspace (that is, it's a subpage of User:PradhaNarasimhan), then it is effectively a draft, but it is not what we generally call a draft. An actual draft looks like this: Draft:Mary Spiller. Either way, anyone can see it, but they will only delete it if it contains something illegal, like a copyright violation or a libellous attack. Also, anyone can edit it. The rules are a bit vague here, my own view is that improving a draft is allowed and encouraged, while editing something in another user's userspace is a bit rude. Maproom (talk) 20:07, 22 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Please, see Help:Userspace_draft and also Wikipedia:User_pages. Ruslik_Zero 20:09, 22 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Exactly as noted above, drafts are granted significant leeway unless they are copyright violations, vandalism, attack pages and other forbidden content – and the draft you posted at User:PradhaNarasimhan/Kalyani Varadarajan was a blatant copyright violation. Please don't do that again.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 04:50, 23 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Liza Jacqueline

    Hi, is this twitter account from the same person who voice Bloom in winx from the Fox dub? see: https://twitter.com/lizajkaplan --Maxie1hoi (talk) 20:06, 22 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    uploading images

    Hi.

    I tried to up load images into the common using Photosynthesis at the category. I uploaded three images, but since there is no photosynthesis category, I am unable to search for the files and include them in an article. As a result, I tried to reload the image files, but I am unable to because the Wiki system says that the file has already been uploaded. I need help on how to retrieve the uploaded files or on how to get around the existing uploaded files.Plant Stress Doctor (talk) 20:23, 22 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Hello, assuming you uploaded the files to commons whilst logged in you will find them listed under 'contributions' (link at the very top of the page) in the same way as Wikipedia, or you could search for the file name you gave them when uploading. Eagleash (talk) 20:27, 22 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Here is a list of your contributions to Commons. Normally, you would note the filename you uploaded it with. Maproom (talk) 20:29, 22 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    initial screen

    The initial startup screen has an unwanted background which says files are encrypted with RSA-2408 and AES-128 ciphers. Also the unwanted background upon startup may be _help_instructions bitmap image. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.251.200.34 (talk) 21:51, 22 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    The initial startup screen for what? I don't see anything like this for the main page of Wikipedia; so either you're talking about something which isn't Wikipedia (in which case this is the wrong place to ask - this is the Help Desk for questions about editing Wikipedia) or something else (such as your browser) is interfering with how Wikipedia is displayed. Can you explain further? --ColinFine (talk) 22:48, 22 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    March 23

    Untitled

    why has my name and descrition been taken down — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.87.252.6 (talk) 00:38, 23 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Can you give us a page and a full description of what happened? -- The Voidwalker Discuss 00:41, 23 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    This is the only edit made from your IP address. If you made the edit from a different IP address, please provide us with the page that you are asking about. Robert McClenon (talk) 03:50, 23 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Stitchers

    Regarding (Stitchers) the season 2 link goes to the show baby daddy instead of stitchers season 2 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.51.209.202 (talk) 02:40, 23 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Discuss on the article talk page, Talk: Stitchers, or be bold and edit the article, but if so, be prepared to discuss if reverted. Robert McClenon (talk) 03:49, 23 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    The link to season one (in the episode table) goes to the right place but the link to season two goes to Baby Daddy as stated. Clicking on 'edit source' for the table just gives (me) a mark up of a template for list of Stitchers episodes. No idea how to fix it so the link goes to the right place. It's not all that controversial, I wouldn't have thought anyone would want to revert the correction of a link. Eagleash (talk) 04:40, 23 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    The code says {{:List of Stitchers episodes}}. The colon in front means it's not transcluding from a template but an article: List of Stitchers episodes. That article uses <onlyinclude>...</onlyinclude> to control which parts are transcluded. The error has been corrected in the article.[6] PrimeHunter (talk) 13:49, 23 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks. Should have spotted that. Eagleash (talk) 16:02, 23 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    On Wikipedia, is an editor "allowed" to edit the remarks and comments of another editor?

    On Wikipedia, is an editor "allowed" to edit the remarks and comments of another editor? I am not referring to articles, obviously, as we all edit each other's edits all the time. I am referring to comments, posts, remarks, etc., on Talk Pages and User Pages and such. I assume it's not proper etiquette. But is there some rule/policy about this? Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 05:45, 23 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Hi @Joseph A. Spadaro: WP:TPO is the guideline you're after, which I recommend taking a glance at. Others' comments and posts should generally not be edited without good reason. In addition to not doing the obvious things like editing a comment's meaning, you also shouldn't edit someone's comment to fix their grammar, spelling, etc. Reasons why you might reasonably edit someone else's comments could be to fix a formatting flaw that damages the readability of the page; adding a missing signature; removing prohibited materials such as copyrighted content or libel; removing off-topic posts or spam; moving a comment to the proper section; and so on. Basically, use good judgement! ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 05:51, 23 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks. I will check that page out. Thank you. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 07:08, 23 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    As noted, please read talk page guidelines carefully. Only in rare cases is an editor allowed to edit the talk page remarks of another editor, and in some cases except those rare cases, editing another editor's talk page comments is disruptive editing. Changing the spelling or grammar of a post isn't disruptive; it is just rude. Changing the meaning of another editor's post is a very serious matter. Do you have a specific reason for asking? Did another editor edit your post? Do you wonder whether you may edit another editor's post? Robert McClenon (talk) 01:49, 24 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    mortgage law

    You allowed someone to edit Mortgage law which was edited to correctness in 2013, and the edit was wrong. THE NOTE is repaid! The mortgage is to secure the NOTE. Lawyers who bombastically believe only they are correct change definitions to comport with their limited myopic intelligence. They write it and memorialize it -- but it does not change the definition it just changes the argument. So now wiki is dumbing down the process facilitating not so bright editors. It will dilute the meaning of your effort. (by the way wiki noted dumbing as incorrect . . .) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Teddy321 (talk • contribs) 15:24, 23 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    This is the encyclopaedia that anyone can edit, but we are keen to get the facts correct. Sorry you were upset by an article, but you do not make clear what the problem is. If you believe there is an error on a page, please correct it and provide a reference for your correction, or, if your edit might be controversial, please discus it on the talk page of the article first. Dbfirs 15:49, 23 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Looking at the edit history of Mortgage law and the date in question (2013), I guess this is the same person as the IP who tried to "fix" that definition in 2013 by adding a very similar rant to the article, [7] & [8]. @Teddy321: If you disagree with the content of the article, you should discuss it at Talk:Mortgage law, citing reliable sources to support your claims. Joseph2302 (talk) 18:21, 23 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    ?how can I write a new Wikipedia article?

    What do I need to do in order to write a new Wikipedia article? — Preceding unsigned comment added by LizardBird3 (talk • contribs) 17:38, 23 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Check out WP:YFA which has tips and guidance for writing your first article. RudolfRed (talk) 18:13, 23 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    submit an article

    Hi,

    I have finished an article on chloroplast migration and I would like to submit it for review. I am unable to find a submit button on the editing page. Can someone please help? Plant Stress Doctor — Preceding unsigned comment added by Plant Stress Doctor (talk • contribs) 19:10, 23 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    I tried but failed to add a submit button. I'll try again tomorrow when I'm at a real computer. The draft needs a fair bit of work before it can be accepted:
    • it needs dividing into sections with real section headers
    • the first sentence uses the word "another" without explain ing what the prior ones are
    • terms like C3 should be wikilinks, so readers can easily find what they mean

    I can help you with this tomorrow. But I still have fears that the draft may be rejected as a research paper. Maproom (talk) 19:35, 23 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    I've added {{submit}} to the draft so that it can be reviewed. If you want to continue working (and not have the draft status be submitted), either contact me here, or change the template to be {{AFC submission|T||ts=20160323202349|u=Plant Stress Doctor|ns=118}} Cheers! -- The Voidwalker Discuss 20:27, 23 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Assessment box display

    Hello, I'm in the process of making a GLAM page for the BYU library. I've made a talk page template to put on related pages, and now I'm trying to make an assessment table like many Wikiprojects have: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/Harold_B_Lee_Library under "assessment." Do I need to make a page for each cross-category (i.e., FA-class Top-importance articles and the like)? I think the way the Wikiprojects do assessment tables is more automated but I'm not sure how to get that to work. Rachel Helps (BYU) (talk) 19:14, 23 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    IP

    Resolved
     – Suppressed the edit in question. Future requests should go to the oversight team via email to oversight-en-wp@wikipedia.org GorillaWarfare (talk) 21:32, 23 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Can somone please help me hide my IP on this edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mazar_%28mausoleum%29&type=revision&diff=711580107&oldid=702208591 Adjutor101 (talk) 18:59, 23 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    problem with articule

    dear sirs, I wrote on wikipedia about Lubomir Tomaszewski I add reliable source, but still you write that aricle may be delay, can you te me why?

    Lubomir Tomaszewski

    Regards Marlen — Preceding unsigned comment added by MarlenPaterson (talk • contribs) 22:25, 23 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    I've removed the template, you don't have to worry. -- The Voidwalker Discuss 22:29, 23 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Also removed the uncategorised tag, as several have been added. Eagleash (talk) 22:32, 23 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Help with re-titling: David L. Mackenzie

    Folks,

    I cannot seem to find the pathway for editing the title of an article that I created: David L. Mackenzie

    Having recently discovered that the historical figure's correct name is David D. Mackenzie, I made the requisite edit within the article. I have not yet discovered the method by which to edit/correct the article title to: David D. Mackenzie

    Sincerely,

    Chuckjav (Charles Greene) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chuckjav (talk • contribs) 19:39, 23 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Changing the title is known as "moving" a page. The 'more' tab at the top of the article page will reveal the link in a drop-down. Your account seems to have existed long enough and completed enough edits for you to be able to undertake the move. Please ensure that you complete the edit summary. On another point, please sign your posts on talk-pages by typing four tildes (~~~~) to produce a signature and timestamp. Thank you. Eagleash (talk) 23:59, 23 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Also, Chuckjav, you really should have a source for the correct name. Both sources currently cited in the article list no middle initial or name at all. See WP:MOVE for more about moving a page. DES (talk) 00:05, 24 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Will-Do, and thank-you for the assistance

    Chuckjav Chuckjav (talk) 00:21, 24 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    EDIT: after looking more film pages it seems it was just an error by previous IMDB link number on one single page so nevermind :)
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    EDIT: not sure if it is an error in the format or was just error on one page

    https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jake_Lloyd&diff=711671534&oldid=709773977

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    currently the IMDB links in the format

    *{{IMDb name|####|Name Here}}

    does not work correctly on mobile browser, the address that is formed is missing the zero numbers
    on desktop it is formed correctly
    but on on mobile phone the formed address is missing zeros and gives Not Found IMDB error page
    experienced on Android Firefox on mobile wikipedia website
    --82.131.14.177 (talk) 05:26, 24 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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